Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yang traveled to Tanggu and passed the Sun God's First Stage Trial by bringing up more than one hundred kilograms of seabed silt from three thousand meters below the surface. The trial raised his Soul Power by one rank and increased the age limit of his existing soul rings, and he was left with a new challenge involving Fusang's branches.

• Before leaving for Tanggu, Zhang Yang agreed to Ning Rongrong's demand that he take over the housework after his return.
• Zhang Yang used his Soul Ring and Soul Bone abilities to freeze the seabed around him, break free, and retrieve 243 kilograms of seabed soil.
• Fusang confirmed that Zhang Yang had passed the First Stage Trial because his Soul skills and soul bones did not count as external tools.
• The Sun God's reward raised Zhang Yang's Soul Power by one rank and increased the age limit of his existing soul ring skills by one thousand years, turning his first three rings purple.
• Zhang Yang received the Second Stage Trial: evade Fusang's branch attacks for half an hour within five years.

Zhang Yang absorbed a red seventh Soul Ring and discovered that Yellow Ape True Body let him transform into Borsalino, though Borsalino could refuse to control the body. Zhang Yang was left piloting the transformation himself while Borsalino preferred to relax and read.

• Fusang gave Zhang Yang a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and Zhang Yang endured its pressure with Spirit Infusion and his five Soul Bones until the ring turned red.
• Zhang Yang completed the seventh Soul Ring and, after a week of recovery, woke with his body enhanced by the Sun God's power.
• Zhang Yang learned that Yellow Ape True Body transformed him into Borsalino and gave him a 100% skill boost.
• Zhang Yang activated Yellow Ape True Body, transformed into Borsalino, and tried to hand control of the body to him.
• Borsalino refused to take control, telling Zhang Yang through their spiritual connection that he preferred relaxing, drinking tea, and reading the newspaper.

Zhang Yang completed the God Inheritance trial and returned to Ning Rongrong in Seven Treasure City. A year later, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy for the team’s reunion, where a duty student verified their identities using Zhang Yang’s detailed instructions.

• Zhang Yang returned to Ning Rongrong after completing his plans in Tanggu and showed her his Martial Soul Borsalino and its seven Soul Rings.
• Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong flirted together in their room in Seven Treasure City.
• One year later, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Shrek Academy, eager to reunite with their former teachers and teammates.
• A duty student recognized Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing from Zhang Yang’s descriptions but required them to display their Soul Rings before entering.
• The duty student repeated Zhang Yang’s threat to break the legs of anyone impersonating the Shrek Team, leaving Dai Mubai speechless.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy as six-ring Soul Emperors and reunited with their old friends and teachers. The joyful gathering turned tense when Xiao Wu arrived with an unfamiliar blue-haired young man carrying Tang San’s Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing entered the expanded Shrek Academy and went to the Principal's Office, where they reunited with Flender, Zhao Wuji, Master, and Liu Erlong.
• Dai Mubai and Zhang Yang embraced, while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong reunited tearfully.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar arrived, and Dai Mubai and Zhang Yang greeted them with rough embraces before teasing Ma Hongjun about Zhang Yang’s description of him to the gate students.
• Xiao Wu arrived holding the arm of an unfamiliar blue-haired young man in white, prompting everyone to question who he was and how he had obtained Tang San's Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night.

Tang San reunited with the Shrek group, proved his identity, and recounted the five years that had transformed him. The group compared their cultivation levels, and Zhang Yang stunned everyone by revealing he had reached level 77 as a Battle Soul Sage.

• Tang San returned with Xiao Wu, and Zhang Yang and Master helped the others recognize him.
• Tang San proved he was himself by displaying his Clear Sky Hammer and Blue Silver Grass with five Soul Rings.
• Tang San recounted his experiences over the past five years, including the City of Slaughter, Moonlight Pavilion, and his return to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Master interpreted the Clear Sky Sect's three demands as tests of Tang San's perseverance, courage, and wisdom.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu shared their cultivation levels with the group.
• Zhang Yang revealed that he was level 77, leaving everyone in an uproar.

Zhang Yang returned to Shrek Academy and revealed his level 77 strength, extraordinary Soul Rings, and Sun God's inheritance to his companions. The group agreed to demonstrate their abilities for the academy the next day, but Liu Erlong arranged for them to spar together against Flender and Zhao Wuji.

• Zhang Yang surprised his companions by revealing he had reached level 77 in five years.
• Zhang Yang summoned Borsalino and displayed Soul Rings configured as purple, purple, purple, black, black, red, and red.
• Zhang Yang explained that the Sun God's trials and God-Bestowed Soul Rings had helped him absorb Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and rapidly raise his Soul Power.
• Flender asked the returning Shrek group to demonstrate their strength to the academy students, and they agreed.
• Liu Erlong posted announcements that the group would spar together against Flender and Zhao Wuji the next day.

The Shrek Seven Devils faced Flender and Zhao Wuji in an exhibition match at Shrek Academy, while Zhang Yang watched from the sidelines to avoid exposing his rare Soul Rings. The battle began with the Deans targeting the team’s support members, and Tang San moved to counter Flender’s attack.

• Flender reluctantly agreed to fight the Shrek Team after Liu Erlong told him Zhang Yang would not compete.
• Master warned Tang San to conceal his identity, and the Shrek Seven Devils put on their old masks before entering the arena.
• Tang San arranged the team’s formation, while Flender and Zhao Wuji planned to attack from the air and ground.
• The fighters released their Martial Souls, displaying seventeen black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings across the training ground.
• Zhao Wuji charged Dai Mubai and used gravity to force Ma Hongjun down as Flender flew toward Ning Rongrong and Oscar.
• Tang San moved as Flender prepared to attack the team’s support members.

Tang San used his Blue Silver Emperor and coordinated attacks with Xiao Wu to restrain Flender, while his Blue Silver Cages trapped Zhao Wuji. Flender was thrown back toward his starting point, and Zhao Wuji remained buried beneath layers of cages.

• Tang San trapped Zhao Wuji in successive Blue Silver Cages and enclosed Ning Rongrong and Oscar to protect them.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor web and Purple God Light stalled Flender in midair, letting Xiao Wu teleport onto his back and bind him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Xiao Wu wrapped her legs around Flender’s neck with Waist Bow and flung him back the way he had come.
• Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul Avatar, but Tang San’s expanding layers of Blue Silver Cage continued to contain him.

The Shrek Seven Devils used Tang San’s Blue Silver Domain, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell White Tiger, and Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Howling Sky Strike to overpower Zhao Wuji and Flender. Flender accepted Tang San’s offer to end the match, then staged a public victory after the team agreed to pretend to concede.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Domain to trap Zhao Wuji in layers of Blue Silver Cage while Ning Rongrong boosted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing fused into the Hell White Tiger, which broke Zhao Wuji’s momentum and knocked him flying.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor restrained Flender and Zhao Wuji as Ma Hongjun struck them with Phoenix Howling Sky Strike, badly scorching Zhao Wuji and sending Flender flying.
• Flender saw the Shrek Seven Devils regroup and agreed privately with Tang San to end the match, asking the team to preserve his dignity.
• Flender knocked the seven from the air, and Dai Mubai publicly declared that the Shrek Seven Devils conceded before Flender announced the exhibition match was over.

After the Shrek Seven Devils discussed their futures, Tang San planned to leave for secluded cultivation and Ma Hongjun chose to stay at the academy. The group agreed to hold a one-versus-seven spar between Zhang Yang and the Shrek Seven Devils after dinner outside Heaven Dou City.

• Flender asked about their plans, and Ma Hongjun decided to stay at the academy as Flender’s disciple, though Zhang Yang teased him about wanting to flirt with the junior schoolmates.
• Tang San said he would seek his Sixth Soul Ring, visit his father, and travel with Xiao Wu; he and the others agreed to meet again in five years.
• Ma Hongjun egged Dai Mubai and Tang San on to challenge Zhang Yang, and Master proposed a one-versus-seven match with [Elementalization] and [Blink] forbidden.
• Zhang Yang accepted the spar, which was set for after dinner in an open area ten kilometers outside Heaven Dou City; the Shrek group meditated to recover their Soul Power.

Zhang Yang faced the Shrek Seven Devils in a private sparring match, revealing his overwhelming strength against their coordinated attacks. The battle was still underway as he charged a laser toward the Hell White Tiger’s Tailed Beast Bomb.

• Flender urged everyone to begin the secret sparring match before Tang San and Xiao Wu left the next day.
• Both teams revealed their Soul Rings, and Zhang Yang’s side astonished the spectators with two red rings.
• Tang San trapped Zhang Yang in a Blue Silver Cage while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing transformed into the Hell White Tiger and Ma Hongjun prepared to attack from the air.
• Zhang Yang froze the Blue Silver Emperor vines, transformed into his Golden Great Buddha form, and knocked the Hell White Tiger backward with a Light Speed Kick.
• Zhang Yang used Yata Mirror to send Ma Hongjun crashing into the ground, then charged a laser at the Hell White Tiger as it prepared its Tailed Beast Bomb.

Zhang Yang fought Tang San and the others, who exploited his vulnerability to soul skills that could silence or dispel his abilities before Master stopped the battle. On the way back, Zhang Yang told Ning Rongrong he had sensed a large group of Soul Masters, including four Titled Douluo, near Seven Treasure City, and she realized who they might be.

• Zhang Yang dodged Tang San’s Purple God Light, then clashed with the Hell White Tiger’s Tailed Beast Bomb as both attacks caused a massive explosion.
• Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body and Soft Bone Lock to restrain Zhang Yang, allowing Ma Hongjun and Tang San to attack him.
• Tang San’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear silenced Zhang Yang, but Zhang Yang used Conqueror’s Haki to interrupt Tang San’s follow-up attack before Master ended the fight.
• Master warned Zhang Yang that an enemy with silence or dispelling abilities could leave him vulnerable, and Zhang Yang promised to be more careful.
• Zhang Yang told Ning Rongrong that he had sensed a large group of Soul Masters, including four Titled Douluo, outside Seven Treasure City, and Ning Rongrong fell silent as she understood the likely threat.

Spirit Hall launched a massive assault on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Zhang Yang used Conqueror’s Haki and Yasakani no Magatama to devastate its forces. As Ape Douluo attacked him, Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived to protect the sect.

• A patrol disciple named Xiao Yi warned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect of the attack with a signal flare before an enemy killed him.
• Spirit Hall’s army surged toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Fortress, and Zhang Yang appeared in his Golden Great Buddha state to confront them.
• Ape Douluo attacked Zhang Yang while Spirit Hall’s troops charged into the fortress.
• Zhang Yang unleashed Conqueror’s Haki, knocking out more than 9,500 Soul Masters below level 67.
• Zhang Yang followed with Yasakani no Magatama, blasting the unconscious attackers with light bullets and explosions.
• Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived, and Zhang Yang asked him to protect him as Ape Douluo’s attack came at him.

The Spirit Hall forces raided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Zhang Yang summoned a meteor after Bone Douluo told him to let loose. The meteor devastated the battlefield and much of Seven Treasure City, leaving Zhang Yang to survey the destruction.

• Ape Douluo interrupted Borsalino’s attack, while Sword Douluo confronted the four Spirit Hall Titled Douluo and the battle spread across the battlefield.
• Bone Douluo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect reinforcements arrived, strengthening Borsalino and helping Sword Douluo hold off the attackers.
• Bone Douluo told Zhang Yang that Ning Fengzhi had ordered him to let loose, and Zhang Yang dodged a volley of Soul Skills before launching purple halos toward outer space.
• Sword Douluo recognized that Zhang Yang had called down Meteor Fall and ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members to flee; Blood Rage Douluo and the Spirit Hall forces also retreated.
• A blazing meteor struck the battlefield, creating a huge crater and destroying buildings across Seven Treasure City, while Zhang Yang watched from the sky and admitted he had overdone it.

After Spirit Hall’s raid on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect failed, Zhang Yang rushed to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and helped repel a second attack. Yu Yuanzhen invited him to share a drink, leaving Zhang Yang unsure whether he should accept.

• Spirit Hall’s remaining attackers retreated after the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s defenders pursued them, and the sect began clearing the battlefield and moving its treasures to Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi, and Zhang Yang received the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Sect Master Token before leaving to warn the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong to prepare to relocate to Heaven Dou City at daybreak.
• Zhang Yang arrived during Spirit Hall’s assault on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and knocked out the black-clad Soul Masters with Conqueror’s Haki before defeating their Soul Sages.
• Yu Yuanzhen thanked Zhang Yang and invited him to share a drink, leaving Zhang Yang uncertain whether to accept.

Zhang Yang helped the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan repel an attack and informed Yu Yuanzhen that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had also been targeted. After reassuring Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong, he returned to his parents and tried to persuade them to remain in Heaven Dou City, where he could protect them.

• Zhang Yang told Yu Yuanzhen that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan had been attacked and explained that Ning Fengzhi had sent him to warn the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen gave Zhang Yang a sealed letter of thanks, and Zhang Yang left Thunder City without sharing the promised wine.
• Zhang Yang met Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong on their way to Thunder City and told them the clan's direct line had suffered few losses, though many others were likely casualties.
• Zhang Yang brought Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong a tent and food, then returned to Seven Treasure City to check on his parents.
• Zhang Yang's mother said she and his father wanted to return to Nuoding City, but Zhang Yang explained that staying in Heaven Dou City was safer while he was at war with Spirit Hall.

Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi discussed the failed attack on their sects and Zhang Yang’s role in stopping it, while Bibi Dong berated Spirit Hall’s commanders for their disastrous operation. Bibi Dong concluded that Zhang Yang was a divine-inheritance candidate and a major threat, but the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s protection would make killing him difficult.

• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi noted that their sects had avoided severe losses, while Spirit Hall had lost over sixteen thousand Soul Masters and would need time to recover.
• Xue Ye urged Ning Fengzhi to protect Zhang Yang, and Ning Fengzhi said Zhang Yang could escape anyone pursuing him.
• Xue Ye told Ning Fengzhi that Princess Xue Ke loved Tang Yin, a Clear Sky Sect disciple, but Tang Yin did not return her feelings.
• Bibi Dong angrily blamed the returning commanders for losing most of their force in the failed attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Blood Rage Douluo blamed Zhang Yang’s strength and Soul Skills, and Bibi Dong condemned Spirit Hall’s outdated intelligence about him.
• Bibi Dong recognized Zhang Yang as a likely divine-inheritance candidate and decided that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s protection would make him difficult to kill.

After Spirit Hall condemned the attacks on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, its spies began targeting Zhang Yang while Qian Renxue received orders to delay Xue Ye’s death. Zhang Yang set aside his frustration over finding the wrong Soul Bone, resolved to focus on gaining Soul Power, and spent the night with Ning Rongrong.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Star Luo Empire early, while Tang San left with Xiao Wu after receiving information from Zhang Yang.
• Spirit Hall publicly condemned the attacks and warned the Soul Master world against seeking revenge, while its spies infiltrated Heaven Dou City to find a way to kill Zhang Yang.
• Bibi Dong ordered Qian Renxue to delay Xue Ye’s death by several years so her plan to replace him would remain secure.
• Ning Rongrong suggested Zhang Yang hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Zhang Yang dismissed the idea as too risky and said he would leave the Soul Bone search to the sect.
• Zhang Yang decided to prioritize increasing his Soul Power and set a goal of reaching level 80 for a third God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Zhang Yang and Ning Rongrong spent the night together.

Zhang Yang sailed far offshore to cultivate aboard a stabilized naval warship, then returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that Tang San was preparing to establish the Tang Sect. The chapter left Zhang Yang considering the sect’s plans and Ning Rongrong’s role as its financier’s representative.

• Zhang Yang visited the Base Chief, then hired sailors and sailed out to sea with Soul Master guards to cultivate aboard a destroyer stabilized by a Super Sea Calming Pearl.
• Zhang Yang and his crew spent three months in deep waters, where his Soul Power rose by one level, before the restless guards and sailors prompted him to return.
• Zhang Yang returned the destroyer, paid and dismissed the sailors, sent the guards to rest, and went back to Heaven Dou City to speak with Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhang Yang that Tang San was founding the Tang Sect with help from the Strength Clan, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was funding the Tang Sect and that she would gain practical experience overseeing its finances.

Zhang Yang confronted the Four Elements Academy after its members arrived at Shrek Academy and fought its students over a campus. He challenged their leaders to face him, alone or together, leaving a fight poised to begin.

• The Four Elements Academy came to Shrek Academy seeking space for its new campus, and its students defeated the Shrek students who challenged them.
• Zhang Yang recognized Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Huo Wushuang, and Yu Tianxin among the academy's leaders.
• Feng Xiaotian claimed they had only come to greet Shrek, but Zhang Yang accused them of forcing their way in and injuring students guarding the gates.
• Huo Wu and Zhang Yang traded insults, and Feng Xiaotian stopped her from attacking him.
• Zhang Yang challenged the leaders to fight him, offering to face three of them or all six together.