Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er learned that Wang Qiuer’s resemblance to Dong'er came from her Golden Dragon Martial Soul, not a connection between them. The chapter ended with Dong'er admitting that Wang Qiuer still made her feel an inexplicable sense of crisis.

• Wang Dong'er redirected the group from discussing Wang Qiuer in public, and Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao went to Dean Yan's office to investigate her.
• Jiang Yuheng told Zhou Yi about his years in the Sun Moon Empire and his Soul Spirit research, crediting Wang Dong'er with helping establish the Spirit Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao returned with Wang Qiuer's records, which revealed that her Martial Soul was the Golden Dragon and that her Soul Power differed from Wang Dong'er's.
• Zhou Yi explained the Golden Dragon's legendary bloodline and overwhelming strength, while Jiang Yuheng concluded that Wang Qiuer was unrelated to Wang Dong'er.
• Jiang Yuheng reassured Wang Dong'er that their bond could not be replaced by a similar appearance, but Wang Dong'er still felt an unexplained sense of crisis around Wang Qiuer.

Jiang Yuheng secured approval to join a team traveling to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he hoped to test a Soul Spirit experiment and approach the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts. After sharing a meal and a quiet afternoon with Wang Dong'er, he worked on his Rank-9 Soul Tool, Hongchen's Blessing.

• Wang Dong'er remained hostile toward Wang Qiuer, while Wang Qiuer watched the group leave and realized who Wang Dong'er was.
• Jiang Yuheng proposed his Star Dou Great Forest experiment to Mu En and Xuan Zi, and Mu En approved a team trip with Jiang Yuheng, Wang Dong'er, Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi that a new student would protect Shrek Academy, though he did not explain who that student was.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong'er to prepare for the trip, then cooked lunch for her and refused to teach her his family recipe, saying he wanted to care for her himself.
• Wang Dong'er napped while Jiang Yuheng worked on Hongchen's Blessing, and she woke after dark and quietly watched him.

Jiang Yuheng modified Wang Dong'er's Hongchen's Blessing with a Space Array, and the two joined a soul beast-hunting operation in the Star Dou Great Forest. When Wang Dong'er sensed that Wang Qiuer's Golden Dragon aura suppressed her Martial Soul, Jiang Yuheng used his Frost Dragon possession to counter it, alerting Zhang Lexuan to something nearby.

• Jiang Yuheng showed Wang Dong'er that he had added a Space Array to her Hongchen's Blessing, and she revealed how much she had learned about Soul Tools.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er received approval to join the Star Dou Great Forest soul beast-hunting operation, led by Cai Mei'er and Zhang Lexuan, with Han Ruoruo also accompanying them.
• The group gathered at the academy entrance, where Wang Qiuer introduced herself coldly and created tension with Wang Dong'er.
• As the group traveled through the forest, Wang Dong'er sensed that Wang Qiuer's Golden Dragon aura faintly suppressed her Martial Soul.
• Jiang Yuheng possessed himself with the Frost Dragon and suppressed Wang Qiuer's aura, prompting Zhang Lexuan to warn everyone that something was nearby.

Jiang Yuheng and the team prepared for their Spirit Ring hunt at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, where he cooked a meal that delighted everyone and brought him and Wang Dong'er closer. He ended by offering Wang Qiuer a bowl of noodle soup to keep her strength up for the mission.

• Wang Dong'er explained Jiang Yuheng's actions to Zhang Lexuan, then scolded him for releasing his Martial Soul while neutralizing Wang Qiuer's suppressive force.
• Zhang Lexuan assigned Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao to catch fish while Jiang Yuheng prepared noodle soup for the group.
• Jiang Yuheng cooked fish soup noodles, and Cai Mei'er praised the meal before the others eagerly ate.
• Jiang Yuheng teased Wang Dong'er by saying he would be her chef for life, then brought her a bowl with an egg while she blushed and scolded him.
• Jiang Yuheng noticed Wang Qiuer eating alone, whispered to Wang Dong'er, and gave Wang Qiuer a hot bowl of noodle soup to help her prepare for the Spirit Beast hunt.

Jiang Yuheng guided the group through the Star Dou Great Forest to test his Soul Spirit method with a group of Azure Sea Spirit Apes. The lead ape accepted his offer, and Mo Xuan prepared to sign a Soul Spirit Contract with it.

• Jiang Yuheng explained to Wang Dong'er that humans and spirit beasts differed in how they approached relationships, then the group entered the Star Dou Great Forest's Mixed Zone.
• Huo Yuhao detected a group of Azure Sea Spirit Monkeys, and Mo Xuan chose one as a suitable spirit beast for his next Spirit Ring.
• Cai Mei'er reminded the group that their main objective was the Soul Spirit Experiment, and Jiang Yuheng asked Wang Qiuer to use her Golden Dragon bloodline to intimidate the spirit beasts.
• Wang Qiuer released her Golden Dragon Martial Soul, and Jiang Yuheng used the Soul Spirit Secret Method to communicate with the Azure Sea Spirit Apes' leader.
• The leader accepted Jiang Yuheng's offer of increased cultivation and an unlimited lifespan, and Jiang Yuheng invited Mo Xuan to sign a Soul Spirit Contract with it.

Mo Xuan successfully fused with the Azure Sea Spirit Ape using Jiang Yuheng’s Soul Spirit Secret Method and discovered the process was painless and could grant extra spirit skills. The group continued into the Star Dou Great Forest and set up camp for the night, where Jiang Yuheng was assigned the final watch with Wang Qiuer, giving him a chance to approach her about Soul Spirits.

• Jiang Yuheng guided Mo Xuan through fusing with the Azure Sea Spirit Ape, which became his sixth Spirit Ring.
• Mo Xuan reported that the painless fusion improved his spirit skills, let him communicate telepathically with the Soul Spirit, and might grant additional spirit skills.
• The group continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest until Zhang Lexuan ordered them to camp on a slope and arranged night-watch shifts.
• Zhang Lexuan assigned Jiang Yuheng and Wang Qiuer to the final watch, and Jiang Yuheng saw the pairing as an opportunity to persuade her to join their side.
• After Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao completed their watch without a soul beast attack, Jiang Yuheng woke for his shift while Wang Dong'er slept in his arms.

Wang Dong'er marked Jiang Yuheng's neck before he left to keep watch with Wang Qiuer, while he discussed his plan to use the Soul Spirit Secret Method to resolve the conflict between humans and soul beasts. Wang Qiuer chose to pursue the idea despite the Scarlet King's distrust of humans and sent it to tell Di Tian everything.

• Wang Dong'er left a strawberry mark on Jiang Yuheng's neck before he went to the observation post with Wang Qiuer.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Qiuer watched fireflies and discussed his goal of resolving the conflict between humans and soul beasts through the Soul Spirit Secret Method.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Qiuer that he did not know how to present his proposal to Di Tian, then sat aside to rest.
• The Scarlet King warned Wang Qiuer that humans could not be trusted, despite admitting the Soul Spirit Secret Method benefited soul beasts.
• Wang Qiuer declared that she had to take responsibility as the Imperial Beast and ordered the Scarlet King to tell Di Tian about the method.

The Scarlet King sent a Blood Red Baboon herd to the students, and Zhang Lexuan and the others defeated it without serious trouble. As they considered the fifty-thousand-year Blood Red Baboon King as a Spirit Ring, Huo Yuhao volunteered to absorb it, but Wang Qiuer blocked him and claimed it for herself.

• The Scarlet King agreed to bring Jiang Yuheng back to explain the situation and left to guide the soul beasts.
• A Blood Red Baboon herd charged the students, and Zhang Lexuan shielded Jiang Yuheng and Wang Qiuer before striking down the first attackers.
• Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, Wang Qiuer, and the other students repelled the herd and restrained its fifty-thousand-year king.
• Huo Yuhao asked to absorb the Blood Red Baboon King, but Wang Qiuer stopped him and said it was better suited to her.

Wang Qiuer challenged Huo Yuhao’s claim to the Blood Red Baboon King, but Zhang Lexuan intervened, and Wang Qiuer fused with its Soul Spirit. While the group guarded her, Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er discussed the possibility that soul beasts might take him to meet the Beast God, and he reassured her before they parted.

• Wang Qiuer pulled Jiang Yuheng toward the Blood Red Baboon King and demanded he teach her the Soul Spirit method, prompting Wang Dong'er to confront her over Huo Yuhao’s prior claim.
• Wang Qiuer pressured Wang Dong'er with her Golden Dragon bloodline, but Zhang Lexuan separated them and challenged Wang Qiuer’s reasons for intervening.
• Wang Qiuer promised to answer with her life if she could not find a suitable Spirit Ring for Huo Yuhao, then fused smoothly with the Blood Red Baboon King’s Soul Spirit.
• Zhang Lexuan ordered the group to stay alert and Huo Yuhao to continue using Spirit Detection Sharing while Wang Qiuer completed the fusion.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er talked privately about the possibility that soul beasts would take him to meet the Beast God, and Jiang Yuheng said the meeting could help establish contact with them.
• Wang Dong'er offered Jiang Yuheng her ring for protection, but he returned it and reassured her that Hongchen's Blessing would keep him safe.

After Wang Qiuer and Li Yongyue absorbed their Soul Spirits, Jiang Yuheng reassured Huo Yuhao that he had found a suitable mental-type soul beast for him. Scarlet King abducted Jiang Yuheng to the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region to discuss the Soul Spirit Secret Method, but Jiang refused to cooperate.

• Wang Qiuer absorbed her Soul Spirit and became more convinced that Jiang Yuheng needed to meet Di Tian to help prevent the soul beasts’ extinction.
• Li Yongyue absorbed a ten-thousand-year Purple Shadow Lion as his sixth Spirit Ring and first Soul Spirit.
• Wang Dong'er used her Spirit Bone's Light of Fire to shield Jiang Yuheng from the forest's humidity, and he reassured Huo Yuhao that Wang Qiuer would lead him to a mental-type soul beast.
• Scarlet King carried Jiang Yuheng to the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, explaining that he wanted to negotiate over the Soul Spirit Secret Method.
• Jiang Yuheng protested Scarlet King's abduction and refused to cooperate.

Jiang Yuheng met Di Tian in the Star Dou Great Forest and pursued cooperation with the soul beasts to develop his Soul Spirit Secret Method. He followed Di Tian into the Land of Great Ferocity, hoping the meeting might bring him closer to the Silver Dragon King.

• The Scarlet King brought Jiang Yuheng to the core region and left him to wait for Di Tian.
• Jiang Yuheng cultivated in the core region, where the dense Heaven and Earth Origin Force refined his Mental Power.
• Di Tian observed Jiang Yuheng and then led him onward, while the Scarlet King explained that Jiang had to convince the Beast God to cooperate.
• Jiang Yuheng followed Di Tian through the forest and reached the Land of Great Ferocity, where he found a life-filled lake instead of the terrifying landscape described in books.

Jiang Yuheng visited the Lake of Life with Di Tian and awakened the injured Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, to propose cooperation between Soul Beasts and Soul Spirits. When Gu Yuena demanded proof of his claims, he summoned the Snow Empress Soul Spirit and its four orange Spirit Rings.

• Di Tian brought Jiang Yuheng to the Lake of Life and explained its importance to the Soul Beast Clan.
• Jiang Yuheng released his Frost Dragon bloodline aura, freezing the lake and awakening the Silver Dragon King beneath it.
• Gu Yuena questioned Jiang Yuheng’s motives and threatened him, but he explained that he wanted to protect Soul Beasts and reconcile them with humans.
• Gu Yuena challenged Jiang Yuheng to provide evidence and show her a Soul Spirit.
• Jiang Yuheng summoned the Snow Empress Soul Spirit with four orange Spirit Rings and asked Gu Yuena to recognize her.

Jiang Yuheng demonstrated the Soul Spirit Secret Method to the Star Dou Great Forest’s core beasts after the Silver Dragon King refused to endorse him, leaving cooperation dependent on his answers to Di Tian’s questions. The chapter ended with Di Tian asking why Jiang Yuheng wanted to prevent soul beasts from going extinct and what he hoped to gain from working with them.

• The Silver Dragon King acknowledged the Soul Spirit Secret Method but told Jiang Yuheng to persuade the soul beasts himself, then sent his consciousness back to his body.
• Di Tian brought the Star Dou Great Forest’s remaining core members to meet Jiang Yuheng, but Bear Lord attacked him and Di Tian restrained Bear Lord before Bi Ji and the others arrived.
• Jiang Yuheng released the Frost Dragon and Snow Girl as examples and explained the Soul Spirit Secret Method, including its benefits for both soul beasts and Spirit Masters.
• The four Ferocious Beasts considered the method’s potential to slow soul beast extinction, and Di Tian said cooperation could begin if Jiang Yuheng satisfactorily answered his two questions.

Jiang Yuheng secured Di Tian’s agreement to discuss cooperation over the Soul Spirit method and was allowed to leave the Star Dou Great Forest wearing Di Tian’s Inverse Scale. Afterward, Silver Dragon King questioned whether Jiang Yuheng was truly only a Soul Emperor, while Sister Luo warned him that the scale would let them track him.

• Jiang Yuheng explained that he wanted to protect Soul Beasts because he was a Spirit Master and openly admitted he sought both fame and profit.
• Di Tian accepted Jiang Yuheng’s answer, promised to send someone to discuss cooperation with Shrek Academy, and asked to witness a Soul Spirit fusion.
• Jiang Yuheng insisted on returning to Shrek City, and Di Tian gave him an Inverse Scale as a condition of letting him leave.
• Di Tian warned Silver Dragon King that humans were untrustworthy, but Silver Dragon King wondered whether Jiang Yuheng was really only a Soul Emperor.
• Jiang Yuheng told Sister Luo that Silver Dragon King’s awareness of her aura had made the beasts hesitate, and Sister Luo pointed out that the Inverse Scale could track him.

Jiang Yuheng returned to Shrek Academy with news that Di Tian had agreed to a first Soul Spirit Experiment, and he and Wang Dong'er secured the academy leaders’ support for cooperation with soul beasts. They hurried to meet three friends from the Sun Moon Empire, only to find two familiar faces waiting without Teacher Xuan.

• Jiang Yuheng reunited with Wang Dong'er and told her that Di Tian had agreed to the first Soul Spirit Experiment.
• Wang Dong'er worried that Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts might not honor their agreement, but Jiang Yuheng argued that shared interests made cooperation necessary.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er briefed Mu En and Xuan Zi, who approved the experiment and chose the woods outside Shrek City as its proposed site.
• Mu En told Jiang Yuheng that three visitors had arrived claiming to be his friends, and Jiang Yuheng explained that one was his former Soul Tool Teacher, Xuan Ziwen.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er reached the visitors’ courtyard and found two familiar people there, then asked why they had come without Teacher Xuan.

Jiang Yuheng tried to recruit Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan into the Spirit Pagoda through a duel, but Wang Qiuer arrived and demanded to join as well. He set her a one-minute challenge, and a crash from inside the courtyard left the outcome unclear.

• Jiang Yuheng challenged Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan to fight for a place in the Spirit Pagoda, and Ji Juechen immediately accepted.
• Jiang Yuheng summoned Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, who introduced themselves as the Spirit Pagoda's Second and Third Vice Tower Masters.
• Wang Qiuer arrived and asked Jiang Yuheng to let her join the Spirit Pagoda so she could keep improving through the Soul Spirit Secret Method.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Qiuer she had to defeat one of the challengers within three minutes, and she vowed to do it within one minute.
• Wang Qiuer entered the courtyard, and a loud boom followed as a wall cracked apart and crumbled.

Wang Qiuer defeated Ji Juechen in a single blow, and Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen agreed to join the Spirit Pagoda. As Wang Dong'er arranged their lodging and took charge of the damaged wall, Xuan Zi arrived with Xuan Ziwen to meet Jiang Yuheng.

• Wang Qiuer knocked Ji Juechen into a metal wall and accepted his respectful acknowledgment of defeat.
• Jing Ziyan agreed to join the Spirit Pagoda, and Jiang Yuheng said Wang Qiuer would receive her identification after the upcoming Soul Spirit Experiment cooperation.
• Jiang Yuheng told Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen to repair the wall, but Wang Dong'er intervened and arranged their lodging instead.
• Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao discussed the burdens of managing their organizations, and Jiang Yuheng praised Wang Dong'er’s administrative ability.
• Xuan Zi arrived with Xuan Ziwen, and Jiang Yuheng greeted Xuan Zi enthusiastically.

Jiang Yuheng welcomed Xuan Ziwen to the Spirit Pagoda and explained that he had secured an agreement with the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Spirits. As Shrek prepared for a Sea God's Pavilion Meeting, Jiang planned to use his authority to push Huo Yuhao, Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao into Elder positions.

• Xuan Ziwen asked to join the Spirit Pagoda, and Jiang Yuheng told him that Soul Spirit preparations were underway after reaching an agreement with the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xuan Zi confirmed that Dong'er had arranged specialized rooms for Xuan Ziwen and the others, and Jiang Yuheng felt grateful for her support.
• Jiang Yuheng showed Xuan Ziwen around Shrek and gave him blueprints and access to Rare Metals for his Soul Tool research.
• Xuan Zi told Jiang Yuheng that the academy would hold a Sea God's Pavilion Meeting the next day and grant him authority over the Star Dou Great Forest cooperation.
• Jiang Yuheng told Huo Yuhao he intended to make him, Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao Sea God's Pavilion Elders, and Huo Yuhao returned to prepare a speech.

Wang Dong'er helped the exhausted Jiang Yuheng rest by letting him sleep on her lap, and the two shared a quiet moment together. Huo Yuhao arrived to discuss the next day's Sea God's Pavilion Meeting and the Spirit Pagoda proposal, while Jiang Yuheng remained asleep behind Wang Dong'er's soundproof barrier.

• Wang Dong'er urged Jiang Yuheng to rest, and he asked to sleep on her legs.
• Wang Dong'er returned with a cushion, spread out a blanket, and let Jiang Yuheng rest his head on her lap.
• Jiang Yuheng fell asleep as Wang Dong'er watched over him and then closed her eyes beside him.
• Huo Yuhao arrived to discuss the Sea God's Pavilion Meeting and his speech draft about establishing the Spirit Pagoda.
• Wang Dong'er told Huo Yuhao to speak normally because she had isolated the sleeping Jiang Yuheng with a soundproof barrier.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er planned how to secure Huo Yuhao's entry into the Sea God's Pavilion, then prepared Jiang Yuheng for the meeting. Jiang Yuheng woke late and learned their plans were ready, but Wang Dong'er scolded him for being a slacker.

• Huo Yuhao worried that the Sea God's Pavilion Elders would block his entry because of the Body Sect's history with Shrek Academy.
• Wang Dong'er pointed out that the cooperation agreement between the two groups could be used against any Elders who opposed Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao realized they could use it to gain leverage.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong'er he would help manage the Spirit Pagoda after the Soul Spirit Experiment and the next tournament.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er discussed the next day's arrangements before parting.
• Jiang Yuheng woke nearly fifteen hours late, and Wang Dong'er urged him to eat and prepare to host the Sea God's Pavilion Meeting.
• Wang Dong'er told Jiang Yuheng that she and Huo Yuhao had prepared everything, then scolded him for claiming he had worked hard.