Chapter Summaries

Xuan Zi explained that Yu Tianhuang’s deep Soul Power came from his Twin Martial Souls and advised Yan Shaozhe to trust him. After waking on Sea God Island and spending the evening with Chu Qingtian and Ye Liu, Xu Zihuang went to the training ground, where Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao were waiting.

• Xuan Zi told Yan Shaozhe that Yu Tianhuang’s Twin Martial Souls explained his unusually deep Soul Power and reminded him that Mu En had also come from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Xuan Zi sent Yan Shaozhe to check on Xu Zihuang and consider whether his soul skill could suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire.
• Xu Zihuang woke in the Inner Court, where Chu Qingtian and Ye Liu explained what had happened and warned him about Ma Xiaotao’s temper.
• Xu Zihuang ate with Chu Qingtian and Ye Liu, who gave him two Purple Gold Cards containing his share of the Soul Beast materials’ sale.
• Xu Zihuang went alone to the training ground, where Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao were waiting.

Xu Zihuang used his First Soul Skill to temporarily suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire by elevating her Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul to Extreme Fire. Ma Xiaotao entered meditation, and Zhang Lexuan escorted Xu Zihuang away.

• Xu Zihuang greeted Elder Xuan, Yan Shaozhe, Zhang Lexuan, and Ma Xiaotao before preparing to test his Soul Skill on her.
• Ma Xiaotao released her Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and Xu Zihuang activated Whale Song across the training ground.
• Xu Zihuang’s Soul Skill amplified Spiritual Power and attributes, drawing black evil aura from Ma Xiaotao and pushing her Martial Soul into Extreme Fire.
• Elder Xuan determined that the Evil Fire was only temporarily suppressed, though it would no longer interfere with Ma Xiaotao’s cultivation.
• Elder Xuan asked Yan Shaozhe to watch over Ma Xiaotao as she entered meditation, then sent Zhang Lexuan to escort Xu Zihuang back.

Xu Zihuang spoke with Zhang Lexuan about his future at Shrek Academy, then returned to campus after recalling his battle with the Ten-Thousand-Year Human-Faced Demon Spider. The next day, Fan Yu recruited him and He Caitou to field-test special Fixed Soul Cannons, hoping to draw Xu Zihuang further into soul tool research.

• Zhang Lexuan asked whether Xu Zihuang would stay at Shrek Academy, and he said he had nowhere else to go and had enjoyed his time there.
• Xu Zihuang returned to the dormitory, where Tuoba Yu, Zhou Sichen, and Cao Jinxuan reacted to his victory over the Ten-Thousand-Year Human-Faced Demon Spider and told him they had passed their assessments.
• Xu Zihuang attended Wang Yan's theory class, then left for the Soul Tool Department with Ning Tian after she told him Fan Yu wanted to see him.
• Ning Tian asked Xu Zihuang about Xiao Xiao as they walked, while Xiao Xiao watched them leave and then departed alone.
• Fan Yu asked Xu Zihuang and He Caitou to field-test a batch of special Fixed Soul Cannons during the week's break, and Xu Zihuang agreed.

Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian attended a Treasure Appraisal Fair after receiving invitations at the Soul Tool Department. At the fair, Xu Zihuang discovered a rare Source of Lightning Right Leg Bone and wondered why it had appeared there.

• Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian practiced with Class 3 Soul Light Rays, then ate dinner together at the Soul Tool Department cafeteria.
• Xu Zihuang spotted Huo Yuhao eating a meager meal but pretended not to notice him.
• A Treasure Gathering Pavilion envoy invited Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian to a Treasure Appraisal Fair, and they decided to attend.
• Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian traveled through Shrek City to Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where the staff escorted them to the fair on the second floor.
• Xu Zihuang noticed a Ten-Thousand-Year Thunder Beast Soul Bone, the Source of Lightning Right Leg Bone, and wondered about its presence at the fair.

Xu Zihuang toured the Treasure Gathering Pavilion with Ning Tian, concealing his interest in a powerful Soul Bone while she offered him the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s credit card. He bought a piece of Whale Rubber that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified as a rare ten-thousand-year specimen, then left the pavilion with Ning Tian as Lin Huiqun watched.

• Ning Tian noticed Xu Zihuang’s apparent interest in the Source of Lightning Right Leg Bone and offered him her crimson-gold Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect card, but he declined to use it for now.
• Xu Sanshi and Beibei joined Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian, and Xu Sanshi asked for advice about winning Jiang Nannan’s affection before leaving awkwardly when Beibei asked what he had done to her.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Xu Zihuang that a black piece labeled Thousand-Year Whale Rubber was actually from a Demon Whale with at least thirty thousand years of cultivation and could help undo the seal on his fourth Soul Ring.
• Xu Zihuang bought the Whale Rubber and continued browsing with Ning Tian while Lin Huiqun, the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s master, watched him and praised his restraint.
• Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian left the pavilion together beneath the stars, with Ning Tian’s feelings deepening while Xu Zihuang remained emotionally unmoved.

Xu Zihuang traveled with He Caitou to test Fixed Soul Cannons, using the journey as an opportunity to reveal his identity. He Caitou recognized him as his long-lost younger brother and embraced him, and Xu Zihuang began to explain what had happened to him.

• Xu Zihuang spent the evening with Ning Tian, then prepared to leave the academy the next morning with He Caitou.
• He Caitou explained that they were heading to a village near the Star Dou Great Forest to test Fixed Soul Cannons against wandering Soul Beasts.
• During a rest in a secluded valley, Xu Zihuang confirmed with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that no one else was nearby.
• Xu Zihuang revealed himself to He Caitou as Zihuang and displayed his Purple Blazing Sky Dragon Martial Soul.
• He Caitou recognized Xu Zihuang, embraced him tearfully, and asked what he had endured; Xu Zihuang replied that he had faced a few setbacks.

Xu Zihuang and He Caitou reunited over their shared past and agreed to pursue revenge together, then traveled to a village near the Star Dou Great Forest to test a reduced-power Fixed Soul Cannon. Their test began successfully, while back at Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe discussed how Ma Xiaotao depended on Xu Tianhuang to suppress her Evil Fire.

• Xu Zihuang told He Caitou about his imprisonment and rescue, and He Caitou blamed his family for Xu Zihuang's suffering.
• Xu Zihuang asked He Caitou to help him seek revenge, and He Caitou pledged to support him as his soldier if he became an Extreme Soldier.
• Xu Zihuang and He Caitou traveled to a village where an elderly shopkeeper explained that local nobles had turned the nearby forest into a Soul Beast hunting market.
• Xu Zihuang and He Caitou entered the forest, where Xu Zihuang used a reduced-power Fixed Soul Cannon shell to freeze six Ten-Year Nether Wolves.
• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe discussed how Xu Tianhuang's first soul skill could suppress Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire for up to seven days.

Xu Zihuang and He Caitou finished testing Fixed Soul Cannons in the forest and returned to Shrek Academy, where Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire drove her to seek Xu Zihuang’s help. After he purified her Soul Power, she lost consciousness and fell into Sea God Lake, and Xu Zihuang rescued her before leaving her in the care of the elders.

• Xu Zihuang and He Caitou tested the paralysis-attribute Fixed Soul Cannon on a Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear, saving a wounded Soul Master team from the beast.
• Xu Zihuang and He Caitou flew back toward Shrek Academy, where Ma Xiaotao rushed to Xu Zihuang and carried him away to suppress her evil fire.
• Xu Zihuang used Whale Song to purify Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Power, and she went limp and fell into Sea God Lake.
• Xu Zihuang dived into the lake, brought the unconscious Ma Xiaotao ashore, dried her clothes with Soul Power, and left Sea God Island.
• Elder Lin criticized Yan Shaozhe and Elder Xuan for setting up the situation, while Elder Xuan dismissed her concerns and told Yan Shaozhe to take Ma Xiaotao back to rest.

Xu Zihuang and the other core disciples entered a selection tournament to choose seven students for a secret mission, then began a chaotic melee in the Douluo Arena. Xu Zihuang teamed up with Ning Tian and He Caitou, whose boosted Soul Tool barrage eliminated many opponents and left four groups standing.

• Ma Xiaotao woke on Lake Heart Island, remembered her intimate contact with Xu Zihuang, and blushed with embarrassment and an unfamiliar flutter in her heart.
• Wang Yan told the second-year core disciples they would join an afternoon tournament, where seven of twenty-eight students would be selected for a mission.
• Ning Tian predicted the tournament would be a melee and agreed to join forces with Xu Zihuang as they walked to the Douluo Arena.
• Xuan Zi announced the Great Collective Melee, in which students could fight without rules and the last seven remaining would win.
• Xu Zihuang formed a team with Ning Tian and He Caitou, and Ning Tian's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda boosted He Caitou's Soul Power by forty percent.
• He Caitou unleashed a powerful barrage that eliminated many students, leaving his team, the teams of Beibei and several upperclassmen, and the pair of Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao in the arena.

The core disciple selection competition shifted as Luochen’s team attacked Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, revealing Wang Dong’s Clear Sky Hammer before both were eliminated. Luochen conceded to Xu Zihuang after his Spiritual Power was suppressed, leaving Xu Zihuang facing Beibei and Xu Sanshi with a challenge.

• Luochen ordered his teammates to attack Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, and Xiao Xiao slowed them with her Nine Phoenix Coming to Court Flute.
• Luochen used his Space Element Martial Soul to redirect the Spear Soul Elder’s attack toward Xiao Xiao, eliminating her before Wang Dong was cornered.
• Wang Dong revealed her Clear Sky Hammer and repelled the Spear Soul Elder, but Luochen trapped her with Space Lock, and she was eliminated.
• Luochen challenged Xu Zihuang to demonstrate the gap between them, then conceded after Xu Zihuang suppressed his Spiritual Power.
• Xu Zihuang walked toward Beibei and Xu Sanshi and asked whether they had ever been defeated.

Xu Zihuang challenged Beibei and Xu Sanshi, seeking to prove his strength and claim the Dragon Pill. After their bloodlines awakened and the battle escalated, Xu Zihuang revealed his Ultimate Lightning and overwhelmed the arena, leaving the fight’s outcome unclear.

• Yu Tianhuang declared that he had never been defeated, prompting Dai Huabin and the other eliminated disciples to reflect on their strength and resolve to improve.
• Xu Zihuang challenged Beibei and Xu Sanshi, saying he sought to become the strongest, while Beibei and Xu Sanshi agreed to fight at full strength.
• Xu Sanshi awakened his Black Tortoise bloodline, and Beibei drew on his Radiant Holy Dragon bloodline as they attacked Xu Zihuang together.
• Xu Zihuang restrained Beibei and Xu Sanshi with Mirror Shatter and attacked with crystal spears, but Xu Sanshi’s Mystic Turtle Shield Formation blocked them.
• Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Underworld Exchange to bring Xu Zihuang within Beibei’s Lightning Domain, but Xu Zihuang countered with the same domain.
• Xu Zihuang’s black-purple Ultimate Lightning swallowed Beibei’s golden lightning and engulfed the arena; after the storm faded, he stood at its center with residual lightning around him.

Xu Zihuang defeated Beibei and Xu Sanshi, revealing that his second Martial Soul possessed the Extreme Thunder Attribute. The academy’s leaders convened at Sea God’s Pavilion, where Elder Xuan announced the revelation to a shocked gathering.

• Beibei recognized that Xu Zihuang had used Ultimate Lightning, and Xu Sanshi realized that Xu Zihuang possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Xu Zihuang explained that his Purple Sun Thunder Prison Dragon had let him use an Extreme Thunder version of Overlord Thunder Domain, and Elder Xuan ordered Beibei and Xu Sanshi to keep his second Martial Soul secret.
• Elder Xuan ended the core disciple selection tournament, and Xu Zihuang left the arena supporting the injured Xu Sanshi with Beibei.
• Ning Tian followed Xu Zihuang to the infirmary and waited until he came out before leaving with him.
• Elder Xuan announced at the Sea God’s Pavilion meeting that Xu Tianhuang’s Second Martial Soul possessed the Extreme Thunder Attribute, shocking the attendees.

Xu Zihuang upgraded his short blade Whale Tooth with a Level 4 Core Array while Yan Shaozhe urged Ma Xiaotao to bind herself to him to cure her evil fire. Elder Xuan announced the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament Reserve Team, introduced its members to the main team, and arranged a friendly match between them.

• Xu Zihuang engraved five flawless Level 4 Core Formations and used one to upgrade the short blade Whale Tooth.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Yu Tianhuang’s Ultimate Lightning could purify her evil fire and urged her to unite with him, but she refused to marry someone she did not like.
• Xian Lin'er accused Yan Shaozhe of scheming against Ma Xiaotao to tie Yu Tianhuang to Shrek Academy.
• Wang Yan brought Xu Zihuang, Wang Dong, and Ning Tian to meet Elder Xuan, who named them and four other Outer Court students as the Reserve Team for the upcoming tournament.
• Xu Zihuang and the others introduced themselves alongside the Inner Court main team, revealing their Soul Power levels and abilities.
• Xuan Zi set a friendly group Soul Fighting match between the five main team members and the seven Reserve Team members, giving them fifteen minutes to prepare.

Xu Zihuang led the Reserve Team against the Inner Court disciples, using his abilities and Ning Tian’s support to eliminate three opponents and nearly turn the fight around. Elder Xuan ended the battle, appointed Xu Zihuang Main Control Soul Master and Beibei captain, and sent the teams to Star Luo City for the tournament; Xu Zihuang then took Ning Tian to the infirmary while concealing his own plans.

• Beibei asked Xu Zihuang to command the Reserve Team, and Xu Zihuang assigned roles for facing Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and the other Inner Court disciples.
• Yao Haoxuan and Ling Luochen opened with team-wide enhancements and slowing effects, but Xu Zihuang’s Whale Song dispelled their hindrances and strengthened his allies while Ning Tian boosted the team with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Xu Sanshi and Beibei held off Dai Yueheng, while Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong delayed Chen Zifeng and He Caitou provided covering fire.
• Xu Zihuang trapped the Inner Court team with Mirror Shatter and used Time Distortion to help eliminate Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan; he then suppressed Xixi with his second Martial Soul, which Gongyang Mo recognized as bearing a Dragon King’s aura.
• As the remaining fighters continued battling, Elder Xuan stopped the match, named Xu Zihuang the Reserve Team’s Main Control Soul Master and Beibei its captain, and ordered the teams to leave for Star Luo City the next morning.
• Dai Yueheng acknowledged Xu Zihuang and the Reserve Team as comrades, and Xu Zihuang led the exhausted Ning Tian to the infirmary while privately pursuing his own plans for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Xu Zihuang and Ning Tian spent the evening shopping in Shrek City before joining the teams bound for Star Luo City. As they began their journey, the group accepted its first Shrek Supervisory Corps mission: hunting the Death Messengers bandits in Mount Dou.

• Ning Tian recovered in the infirmary, then went with Xu Zihuang to Shrek City and met Tang Ya and Beibei outside the academy.
• Xu Zihuang sold five Level 3 Core Formations and shopped for supplies with Ning Tian.
• The next morning, He Caitou demonstrated his cigar Martial Soul’s four enhancement skills, impressing the team despite the embarrassing incantations.
• Elder Xuan asked the team members to join the Shrek Supervisory Corps, and everyone agreed before receiving Observer’s Rings.
• Ma Xiaotao briefed the group on its mission to eliminate the Death Messengers bandits in Mount Dou, then arranged for the lower-cultivation members to be carried as they set out.

The Shrek Supervisory Corps traveled into the Star Luo Empire, where Xu Zihuang impressed the Inner Court disciples with his stamina and grew closer to them. During a stop, he helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire and used her Phoenix Flame to soften Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, whose potent Yang energy left him flushed after he absorbed it.

• Xu Zihuang kept pace with the Inner Court disciples, spoke with Chen Zifeng about Evil Soul Masters, and learned that the group’s target was believed to be below Soul Emperor level.
• Dai Yueheng apologized for Dai Huabin’s past offense, and Wang Dong began reflecting on his own hostility toward Xu Zihuang.
• The group stopped to rest in the Star Luo Empire, and Ma Xiaotao took Xu Zihuang into the forest to suppress her evil fire with his Whale Song.
• Xu Zihuang asked Ma Xiaotao to soften his Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber with Phoenix Flame, then absorbed it before they returned.
• The group noticed Ma Xiaotao looked refreshed and Xu Zihuang had a flushed face from the Whale Rubber’s excessive Yang energy.

Xu Zihuang and the Shrek Supervisory Corps traveled toward Star Moon Grand Canyon after learning that the Death Messenger Bandit Group had been spotted near the trade route. The group reached Star Moon City exhausted, where Xu Zihuang was assigned to help Wang Dong, leaving him worried that the God King was monitoring his behavior.

• Xu Zihuang explained to Ning Tian that he had consumed Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and reassured her that his condition was under control.
• At the Star Luo Empire border, Dai Yueheng reported that the Death Messenger Bandit Group had been spotted near Star Moon Grand Canyon, and Ma Xiaotao decided the group should investigate.
• The Outer Court students practiced using army Flying Soul Tools, then the group flew toward Mount Dou with Elder Xuan carrying them for part of the journey.
• The exhausted group arrived near Star Moon City, and Wang Yan sent Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to gather information about recent merchant caravans.
• Wang Yan assigned Xu Zihuang to support Wang Dong into the city, and Xu Zihuang worried that resisting the arrangement might reveal his secrets to the God King.

Shrek’s team entered Mount Dou to intercept the Death Messenger Bandit Group and found the bandits slaughtering a merchant caravan. As they fought, Xu Zihuang recognized that the corpses were swelling and detonating, then used his Soul Skills to trigger the explosions and save the others.

• Dai Yueheng escorted the group into Star Moon City, where Wang Yan learned that a merchant caravan was nearing the depths of Mount Dou and ordered everyone to prepare for a mission.
• Ma Xiaotao led the team into Star Moon Canyon, assigning Xu Zihuang and Ling Luochen to control the battlefield.
• Xixi detected the scent of blood, and Ma Xiaotao rushed ahead to find the bandits looting the caravan and killing its people.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked the bandits, and the rest of the team joined the battle while Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong struggled to face the carnage.
• Xu Zihuang noticed that the corpses were swelling, warned the team, and used his second and third Soul Skills as the bodies exploded across the battlefield.

Death Messenger’s corpse explosions badly injured several Shrek Inner Court disciples, but Xuan Zi arrived and killed him before the group could be wiped out. With the tournament approaching, Wang Yan led the uninjured Reserve Team toward Star Luo City while the most seriously injured disciples returned to Shrek Academy for treatment.

• Xu Zihuang warned the group and used Time Distortion and a Dark Red Crystal barrier to reduce the damage from Death Messenger’s corpse explosions, though Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, Ling Luochen, and Yao Haoxuan were injured.
• Xuan Zi arrived, killed Death Messenger, and used his Soul Power to clear the poisonous blood from the gorge.
• Xuan Zi assessed the injuries and took Ling Luochen, Yao Haoxuan, and Xixi back to Shrek Academy for urgent treatment, while Wang Yan led the others toward Star Moon City and then Star Luo City.
• Ma Xiaotao and the other injured team members thanked Xu Zihuang for protecting them, and Wang Yan said the Reserve Team might have to compete until reinforcements and the injured members could return.

After Shrek Academy’s injured students stabilized, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe discussed the Academy’s need to learn from its recent setbacks. In Star Luo City, with Shrek’s team weakened before the tournament, Xu Zihuang offered to fight alone in the first elimination match to give his injured teammates time to recover, and the team approved his plan.

• Xuan Zi told Yan Shaozhe that Mu En wanted Shrek’s students to compete as they could and planned to address the Academy’s future at a Sea God's Pavilion meeting.
• Wang Yan told Shrek’s team that the first elimination match would be a team battle, despite several main and reserve team members being injured.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou volunteered to compete, but Xu Zihuang proposed that he fight alone instead.
• Xu Zihuang said he was completely confident he could win and explained that victory would give his injured teammates three days to recover.
• Wang Yan called for a vote, and seven members, including Ma Xiaotao and Gongyang Mo, approved Xu Zihuang’s proposal.