Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuheng cooked a bear-meat feast for Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xuan Zi while they recovered in the Star Dou Great Forest. After Xiao Xiao woke from absorbing the Spirit Bone, she joined the meal and praised Jiang Yuheng's cooking.

• Xuan Zi prepared bear meat for Jiang Yuheng and encouraged him to cook while Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao eagerly asked for his food.
• Jiang Yuheng roasted the bear meat and stewed the bear-paw bones, then served Wang Dong the first skewer.
• Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao ate Jiang Yuheng's cooking, and Xuan Zi regretted not taking him as a disciple so he could train him to become the continent's best chef.
• Xiao Xiao woke after absorbing the Spirit Bone, smelled the food, and eagerly ate the roasted meat while praising Jiang Yuheng's cooking.

Jiang Yuheng and the others entered the Mixed Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable Spirit-type Spirit Beast for Huo Yuhao, then encountered a heavily composed group while camping. The chapter ended as the group gathered and its leader questioned Bei Tang about the teenagers.

• Xuan Zi told the group to rest before entering the Mixed Zone, and Jiang Yuheng sealed the butchered bear meat with Extreme Ice.
• After ten days of searching, Huo Yuhao and the others still had not found a suitable Spirit-type Spirit Beast, so Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao urged Jiang Yuheng to venture deeper.
• Jiang Yuheng agreed to enter the Mixed Zone but ordered the group to retreat after fighting any Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.
• Huo Yuhao detected six men and two women approaching, including a powerful Soul Master, and Jiang Yuheng told the others to claim they were from Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Bei Tang approached the group and questioned them, then the rest of his party arrived and a middle-aged man asked him what was going on.

Jiang Yuheng’s group joined Mo Feiyun’s party and headed into the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Zone to search for Spirit Rings. After Huo Yuhao detected the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao prepared to split off while drawing the others’ attention with an attack on the Crimson Fire Monkeys.

• Mo Feiyun’s group met Jiang Yuheng and his companions, and the two parties agreed to rest together for the night.
• Mo Feiyun told Mu Xue and Vina that Jiang Yuheng seemed to lead his group and was likely its strongest member, while Mu Xue said her Martial Soul reacted to him with rejection.
• Jiang Yuheng and Mo Feiyun’s group exchanged information and traveled together from the Outer Zone into the Mixed Zone.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Yuheng that he had found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Jiang Yuheng decided to go with him while leaving Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao under Xuan Zi’s protection.
• Jiang Yuheng used his Time Domain to conceal his aura and struck a Crimson Fire Monkey with an ice spike to provoke its pack.

Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao escaped the Crimson Fire Monkeys and convinced Xuan Zi to leave them behind while he fetched Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao. They pursued a suitable Soul Beast, but a fleeing Twin-Eyed Giant and its mysterious golden pursuer appeared before them.

• The Crimson Fire Monkeys attacked Mo Feiyun’s group, and Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao slipped away under Huo Yuhao’s Simulated Soul Skill.
• Xuan Zi intercepted them, but Jiang Yuheng claimed Huo Yuhao could absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and persuaded Xuan Zi to fetch Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.
• After Xuan Zi left, Jiang Yuheng asked Huo Yuhao where the Soul Beast was, and a fleeing Twin-Eyed Giant charged toward them.
• Jiang Yuheng summoned the Frost Dragon, causing the Twin-Eyed Giant to change direction, while its golden pursuer emerged in the forest.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the Star Dou Great Forest’s revered Auspicious Beast, but Xuan Zi mistook her for a threat and struck her. Scarlet King intervened as Xuan Zi demanded that he hand her over, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao reacted in shock and grief.

• Ice Empress warned Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was an Auspicious Beast whose presence benefited every Soul Beast, and that harming her would invite the forest’s wrath.
• Huo Yuhao tried to tell Jiang Yuheng they could not touch the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but distant clashes suggested that Xuan Zi had attacked her.
• Xuan Zi’s full-power assault killed the Twin-Eyed Giant and severely injured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Scarlet King arrived and blocked Xuan Zi’s follow-up attack, revealing himself as her guardian.
• Xuan Zi demanded that Scarlet King hand over the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao stood in shock and grief.

Xuan Zi stopped short of killing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after Huo Yuhao’s aura proved he was alive, and he arranged for Scarlet King to bring Huo Yuhao a suitable soul beast. Xuan Zi then planned to use the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s spiritual power and auspicious aura to strengthen Jiang Yuheng and the others.

• Scarlet King warned Xuan Zi that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the Star Dou Great Forest’s Imperial Beast, but Xuan Zi refused to back down until he sensed Huo Yuhao’s soul-beast aura.
• Xuan Zi protected the injured Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Huo Yuhao reassured Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong that he and Jiang Yuheng were safe.
• Huo Yuhao requested a mental-type soul beast with roughly fifteen thousand years of cultivation, and Scarlet King left to find one in exchange for the Imperial Beast’s return.
• Xuan Zi explained that he planned to draw out the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s spiritual attribute to refine Jiang Yuheng’s Mental Power and let the others absorb her auspicious aura.
• Wang Dong felt uneasy as a Trident mark appeared on his forehead, as though something that belonged to him was about to be shared.

Wang Dong’s mysterious time power blocked a Divine Realm watcher, while Xuan Zi negotiated the group’s escape from the Star Dou Great Forest with Di Tian. After the Three-Eyed Golden Lion returned to the Soul Beasts, she questioned whether they cared for her only because she was an Auspicious Beast.

• A deep blue dragon froze everything around Wang Dong and blocked the faint golden light sent by a Divine Realm watcher, who then spoke with the Sea God about gods interfering in the Lower Realm.
• Huo Yuhao helped the severely weakened Jiang Yuheng return to the group, and Jiang Yuheng admitted that he had been injured after trying an unfamiliar herb.
• Scarlet King returned with a dark purple Soul Beast and offered it to Xuan Zi in exchange for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Di Tian threatened Xuan Zi, but then guaranteed that the conflict would end if the Auspicious Beast was released.
• Xuan Zi released the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and flew toward Shrek Academy with Jiang Yuheng and the others, while Scarlet King stayed behind with her.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked Di Tian whether the Soul Beasts treated her kindly only because she was an Auspicious Beast.

Di Tian reassured Three-Eyed Golden Lion before Xuan Zi returned with Jiang Yuheng, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao to Shrek Academy. Mu En revealed that Evil Soul Masters had attacked the academy, transformed Ma Xiaotao, and left him weakened after he helped suppress her.

• Di Tian told Three-Eyed Golden Lion that she was valued by the Soul Beast World and explained that a powerful, familiar presence had been protecting Jiang Yuheng.
• Xuan Zi brought the group to Sea God's Pavilion, where Wang Dong insisted that Jiang Yuheng receive treatment before Huo Yuyao absorbed the captured Soul Beast's Spirit Ring.
• Xuan Zi found Mu En weakened and learned that the Evil Soul Masters had attacked Shrek Academy while he was away.
• Mu En explained that four Titled Douluo had awakened Ma Xiaotao's Dark Element, transforming her into an irrational Evil Soul Master.
• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe had sealed and suppressed Ma Xiaotao, but Mu En feared the organized Evil Soul Masters would return for her.

Mu En warned Xuan Zi about the Evil Soul Masters and his approaching death, while Xuan Zi recounted what had happened in the Star Dou Great Forest. Back at Shrek, Jiang Yuheng admitted to Wang Dong that he was hiding the truth about his condition and promised to explain later, as a mysterious figure appeared at Mu En’s window.

• Mu En told Xuan Zi that Mingde Hall had likely used the Evil Soul Masters to attack Shrek, and said he would soon seal his soul imprint in the Golden Tree.
• Xuan Zi described encountering the Imperial Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Mu En reacted with interest to the Power of Destiny and Jiang Yuheng’s injury.
• Jiang Yuheng returned to the New Student Dormitory in a weakened state, and Wang Dong infused him with Life Force before confronting him about what had really happened.
• Jiang Yuheng promised Wang Dong he would reveal what he had done later, then said his powerful Big Sister would act that night to change the predetermined outcome.
• Jiang Yuheng led Wang Dong toward Sea God’s Pavilion, where Mu En noticed an unfamiliar figure with no discernible aura at his window.

Holy Radiant Silver Dragon healed Mu En, restored his youth, and helped him break through to level one hundred. With Mu En recovered, Jiang Yuheng could prepare to study at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, though Mu En warned him that the academy was dangerous.

• Holy Radiant Silver Dragon visited Mu En at night and stopped him from summoning his Martial Soul, explaining that he had come to help at someone else's request.
• Holy Radiant Silver Dragon transferred Mu En's injuries, restored his vitality and youthful appearance, and helped him break through to level one hundred.
• Jiang Yuheng sensed Holy Radiant Silver Dragon's departing aura and wondered why Boss had come instead of Big Sister, while Wang Dong questioned him.
• The next morning, Xuan Zi and the Sea God's Pavilion elders saw that Mu En had recovered; Mu En asked Xuan Zi to bring Jiang Yuheng to him.
• Jiang Yuheng congratulated Mu En and said he could finally go to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy without lingering worries, but Mu En warned him that the place was dangerous and difficult to leave.

Jiang Yuheng began the Limit Soldier Plan with He Caitou, receiving intensive training to become a support specialist while He Caitou focused on offense. Before training, Jiang secretly aided Ma Xiaotao, and the chapter ended as the instructors prepared to test the pair against Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• Mu En arranged an intensive training cycle for Jiang Yuheng and told him the Limit Soldier Plan would begin alongside He Caitou.
• Mu En urged Jiang Yuheng to grow quickly and shoulder responsibility for protecting the continent, but Jiang left without stating whether he would accept that burden.
• Jiang visited Ma Xiaotao in a secluded meditation chamber and secretly sent golden light into the protection suppressing her black flames.
• Jiang and He Caitou began training in Soul Tools and military skills, with Jiang specializing in support tools and He Caitou focusing on offense.
• Xian Lin'er and Fan Yu chose Gong Changlong's Soul Beast Area for a coordination test, and Gong Changlong warned them about the danger of sparring with Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

After a year of intense training, Jiang Yuheng prepared to leave for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while his friends made major gains in strength. Before his departure, Wang Dong gave him three warnings about girls he might meet there.

• Jiang Yuheng and He Caitou trained with Soul Beasts, and Gong Changlong was impressed by Jiang Yuheng's restraint and Frost Dragon Bloodline Suppression.
• The students grew stronger over the year, while Bei Bei failed to find Tang Ya and threw himself into cultivation.
• With three days left before Jiang Yuheng's departure, he returned to Wang Dong and they shared a private farewell.
• Wang Dong gave Jiang Yuheng a note listing three types of girls to beware of, especially talented girls who wore glasses and acted delicate around him.

Wang Dong gave Jiang Yuheng jealous warnings before his departure to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, then surprised him with a farewell kiss. She made him promise to remain faithful and left him with the bandage removed after changing back to his original appearance.

• Jiang Yuheng laughed at Wang Dong's three warnings, and she made him recite them aloud.
• Wang Dong blindfolded Jiang Yuheng, changed into girls' clothes, and nervously kissed him.
• Wang Dong told Jiang Yuheng that the kiss marked him as hers and warned him not to flirt with other women.
• Jiang Yuheng promised that she would be the only one in his heart, and Wang Dong believed him.
• Wang Dong changed back to her original male appearance and removed the blindfold, then explained that she had wanted to stop him from peeking.

Jiang Yuheng said goodbye to Wang Dong and left Shrek Academy with He Caitou to join an exchange trip to Maple Leaf City. There, Shrek Academy's delegation met Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team, while the two academy leaders exchanged pointed pleasantries.

• Jiang Yuheng teased Huo Yuhao for recommending romance novels to Wang Dong, then departed with He Caitou as Wang Dong called after him with a promise to visit during break.
• Yan Shaozhe led Jiang Yuheng, He Caitou, and Shrek Academy's Soul Engineering Department students southeast to Maple Leaf City.
• The Shrek delegation settled into a hotel and went to Maple Leaf Square the next morning for the agreed exchange meeting.
• Jiang Yuheng recognized Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen among the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's students, while the siblings silently acknowledged him.
• Yan Shaozhe and Jing Hongchen traded courteous greetings, and Yan Shaozhe reminded Jing Hongchen of Shrek Academy's previous visit and the losses Jing had suffered there.

Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy exchanged students, and Jing Hongchen led the Shrek group toward Mingdu using an advanced Flying Soul Tool. The journey left Fan Yu impressed by Mingde Hall’s technology and wary of the gap between the academies.

• Jing Hongchen and Yan Shaozhe finalized the student exchange and exchanged polite assurances about their academies’ instruction.
• Jiang Yuheng heard Xiao Hongchen warn him to be careful, while Meng Hongchen happily anticipated seeing her Winter Prince at Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe demonstrated Void Walking before departing, prompting Jing Hongchen to reconsider the strength of Shrek Academy.
• Jing Hongchen welcomed the Shrek students and used a biomimetic Flying Soul Tool to carry them toward Mingdu inside a protective light membrane.
• Fan Yu praised the Flying Soul Tool, and Jing Hongchen explained Mingde Hall’s research goals before hinting that its primary operator had not yet returned.

Jing Hongchen brought the Shrek Academy exchange students to Mingdu and introduced them to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. As their enrollment examinations began, Jiang Yuheng volunteered to be the first scanned by the academy’s physical testing Soul Tool.

• Jing Hongchen showed Fan Yu and the students Mingdu, whose vast, brightly lit skyline astonished them, while Jiang Yuheng recognized it as reminiscent of his former home on Blue Star.
• Jing Hongchen landed with the group at the academy, where Director of Instruction Lin Jiayi welcomed the students and explained their access to Mingde Hall and its assessments.
• Lin Jiayi and the teachers gave the students academy maps, regulations, and accommodation keys, then led them to the physical testing room.
• Lin Jiayi asked for a volunteer to undergo the physical examination, and Jiang Yuheng stepped forward to be scanned first.

Jiang Yuheng underwent the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s physical examination and was assigned to study under Xuan Ziwen. Xuan Ziwen tested his claimed Level 6 skill by asking him to make a Core Array in fifteen minutes, and Jiang Yuheng began engraving one.

• Jiang Yuheng passed the Soul Body Scanner examination while secretly tampering with its readings.
• Lin Jiayi observed the Shrek students’ superior physical strength and arranged for ten teachers to draw students by lot.
• Jiang Yuheng was assigned to Xuan Ziwen and followed him to the Third Laboratory in the Sixth Grade Teaching Building.
• Xuan Ziwen told Jiang Yuheng to prove his skill by making the best Core Array he could from a Rare Metal within fifteen minutes.
• Jiang Yuheng selected deep blue metal, shaped it with an ordinary Engraving Knife, and began engraving as Xuan Ziwen watched his impressive technique.

Jiang Yuheng passed Xuan Ziwen’s test by creating a Level Six Control System Soul Tool that used mental and space arrays, and Xuan Ziwen accepted him as a disciple. Later, Jiang Yuheng arrived at the laboratory and found an unfamiliar girl asleep on a worktable.

• Jiang Yuheng finished refining the Soul Tool and handed it to Xuan Ziwen for testing.
• Jiang Yuheng threw the Soul Tool at Xuan Ziwen, whose senses were disrupted by its mental and space arrays.
• Xuan Ziwen recognized the arrays, praised Jiang Yuheng’s talent, and declared that he would take him as a disciple.
• Xuan Ziwen shared his discoveries with Jiang Yuheng over the following days.
• Jiang Yuheng returned to the laboratory and found a beautiful girl around seventeen or eighteen sleeping on a worktable.

Jiang Yuheng met his Senior Sister Ju Zi and froze her thrown oranges when she attacked Xuan Ziwen, leaving her shaken and angry. A week later, Ju Zi and three companions confronted him in the laboratory, and Jiang Yuheng turned the burly man into an ice sculpture after he blocked the exit.

• Xuan Ziwen dragged Jiang Yuheng into the laboratory to introduce him to his disciple, Ju Zi.
• Ju Zi rushed out when Xuan Ziwen tricked her with the promise of food, then returned and threw rapid-fire oranges at him.
• Jiang Yuheng froze the oranges and frightened Ju Zi with a vision of a giant dragon with Deep Blue eyes.
• Jiang Yuheng avoided Ju Zi for a week by working nights, but she and three companions came to the laboratory one morning.
• The burly man blocked Jiang Yuheng's way and insulted him, so Jiang Yuheng froze him into an ice sculpture.

Jiang Yuheng froze Keke and the two boys after they cornered him in the Experiment Area, then left them for the academy staff to handle. That evening, Zhang Moyu arrived at Jiang Yuheng’s dormitory and led him away for a private chat, leaving He Caitou uneasy.

• Keke tried to fire her Soul Tool Great Cannon at Jiang Yuheng, but the Frost Dragon’s Zero Frame Start froze her and the two boys into ice sculptures.
• Jiang Yuheng warned the students not to provoke him again and left the Experiment Area; Ju Zi asked whether the others would be all right.
• Xuan Ziwen arrived, warned Ju Zi and the others that they could be expelled, and told them to go to the infirmary while he sought Jiang Yuheng.
• Jiang Yuheng rested and spent the day eating, exercising, and reading before He Caitou visited him that evening.
• Zhang Moyu appeared at Jiang Yuheng’s dormitory, spoke warmly with him, and led him outside for a chat despite He Caitou’s concern.