Chapter Summaries

Wu Xuan joined Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Chu Qingtian on a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to find his fourth Soul Ring, with Elder Xuan accompanying them. After revealing his exceptional cultivation and group speed boost, he traveled with the team into the forest and rested with them before they entered the mixed region.

• Elder Xuan agreed to accompany the group to the Star Dou Great Forest and left Zhang Lexuan in command.
• Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, Chu Qingtian, and Wu Xuan introduced their ranks, martial souls, and Soul Ring needs, and Zhang Lexuan confirmed Wu Xuan had reached Rank 40 at age twelve.
• Wu Xuan used his Second Soul Skill, Light Spirit Wind, to more than double the team's speed, astonishing the three seniors with his thousand-year Soul Ring.
• The team traveled through the outer region, where Zhang Lexuan's Soul Power deterred Soul Beasts and Wu Ming burned those that approached.
• Zhang Lexuan ordered everyone to rest before entering the mixed region, and Wu Ming shared pastries with Wu Xuan while Chu Qingtian teased him.

Wu Xuan and his companions traveled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Zone and settled in for the night. After revealing that his martial soul could sense disturbances nearly one thousand meters away, Wu Xuan told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he intended to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and avenge his parents.

• Wu Ming killed a Steel-Fanged Boar that attacked the group, and Chu Qingtian cut up and stored its corpse.
• Zhang Lexuan chose an elevated clearing for the group to camp and arranged for herself and Wu Ming to take turns keeping watch.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Wu Xuan to sit between her and Wu Ming for safety, but Wu Xuan explained that his martial soul let him sense nearby disturbances across nearly one thousand meters.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm estimated that Wu Xuan could absorb a Soul Ring below fifty thousand years and said it could seal part of a Soul Ring’s energy for him.
• Wu Xuan told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to watch for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger because he planned to kill it, avenge his parents, and possibly use it for his fourth soul ring.

Wu Xuan sensed a powerful Soul Beast approaching the camp, and Zhang Lexuan exposed the Ink Leopard with her Martial Soul’s innate ability. Wu Ming defeated it, allowing Chu Qingtian to begin absorbing its Soul Ring as the others stood guard.

• Wu Xuan warned Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Chu Qingtian that a powerful Soul Beast was approaching their camp.
• Wu Xuan identified the approaching Soul Beast as a roughly twenty-thousand-year Ink Leopard.
• Zhang Lexuan illuminated and tracked the Ink Leopard with her Crescent Moon Martial Soul, revealing it as it tried to flee.
• Wu Ming pursued the Ink Leopard with Wu Xuan’s wind-enhancing Soul Skills and returned with its charred, half-dead body.
• Chu Qingtian killed the Ink Leopard and began absorbing its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Wu Xuan and the others guarded him.

Wu Xuan and his companions encountered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger he had been tracking, and Zhang Lexuan and Wu Xuan attacked it. The tiger fell under Wu Xuan’s Soul Breaking Spear, revealing that he had Twin Martial Souls.

• Chu Qingtian absorbed the Ink Leopard’s soul ring and gained a new soul skill.
• Wu Xuan secretly guided the group while Tian Meng and the Ice Empress located and lured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger toward them.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appeared, and Zhang Lexuan identified it as a beast with at least thirty thousand years of cultivation.
• Zhang Lexuan used her moon-based soul skills to strike the tiger as it charged at her.
• Wu Xuan revealed his Soul Breaking Spear and used Spirit Lock and Soul Blast to knock the tiger to the ground, shocking Chu Qingtian with the discovery that Wu Xuan had Twin Martial Souls.

Zhang Lexuan and the others severely wounded the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with a coordinated attack, but it fled before they could finish it off. Xuan Zi appeared and knocked the tiger unconscious, leaving the group with the beast in their hands.

• Zhang Lexuan attacked the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with Moonfall while Wu Ming and Wu Xuan helped interrupt its assault.
• Wu Ming's Golden Crow True Fire Ring and Wu Xuan's Soul Pressure restrained the tiger, allowing Zhang Lexuan to strike it with Undying.
• The tiger unleashed Dark Demon Evil Thunder, and Zhang Lexuan used an Inner Court secret technique to strengthen herself and withstand the clash.
• The wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fled, prompting Wu Xuan to call for Zhang Lexuan to stop it.
• Xuan Zi intercepted the tiger and slapped it into a near-death unconsciousness with a massive earth-yellow hand.

After avenging his parents by killing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, Wu Xuan absorbed its Soul Ring despite Xuan Zi’s warnings. The absorption pushed his strength higher and transformed his Wind Element Martial Soul into Extreme Wind, which stunned Xuan Zi and the others.

• Wu Xuan broke down over his parents’ deaths and explained that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had killed them when he was nine.
• With Xuan Zi’s permission, Wu Xuan killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger himself and its black Soul Ring appeared.
• Wu Xuan convinced Xuan Zi to let him absorb the Soul Ring by claiming he had an inherited eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Wu Xuan absorbed the Soul Ring, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s origin power raised the ages of his second and third Soul Rings while the new fourth ring reached forty-five thousand years.
• Wu Xuan’s Soul Power rose to Rank Forty-Six, which he concealed as Rank Forty-One, and his Wind Element Martial Soul transformed into Extreme Wind.

After absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul ring, Wu Xuan revealed his powerful Fourth Soul Skill and joined the search for Wu Ming’s Seventh Soul Ring. In the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone, the group encountered a fifty-thousand-year Three-headed Crimson Demon Mastiff, and Wu Xuan used his First Soul Skill to counter its Hell Roar.

• Wu Xuan told Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Chu Qingtian that his Fourth Soul Skill, Soul Scattering Wind, drained an enemy’s Soul Power, though it could only be used once a day and was less effective against Soul Cores.
• After three days without finding a suitable soul beast in the Mixed Zone, the group headed into the Core Zone to find Wu Ming a Seventh Soul Ring.
• Following Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s directions, Wu Xuan led the group to a fifty-thousand-year Three-headed Crimson Demon Mastiff that Wu Ming chose as her target.
• The Three-headed Crimson Demon Mastiff detected the group and unleashed Hell Roar, stunning Wu Ming and Chu Qingtian while Zhang Lexuan blocked its scorching flames.
• Wu Xuan activated his First Soul Skill, Spirit Gathering Wind, and cleared the dizziness caused by Hell Roar.

Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, Wu Xuan, and Chu Qingtian killed a Fifty Thousand Year Three-headed Crimson Demon Mastiff, and Wu Ming began absorbing its Soul Ring. Scarlet King arrived to avenge his slain clan member and clashed with Xuan Zi, who drove him back while both held back to avoid damaging the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Zhang Lexuan restrained the Three-headed Crimson Demon Mastiff while Wu Ming and Chu Qingtian attacked it, and Wu Xuan drained its Soul Power with Soul Scattering Wind.
• Zhang Lexuan struck the weakened beast with Undying, and Wu Ming finished it off and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• Scarlet King heard the beast's death cry and rushed toward the humans, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion followed him after the Bright Unicorn escaped.
• Wu Xuan sensed a terrifying soul beast approaching and warned Xuan Zi as Zhang Lexuan and Chu Qingtian guarded Wu Ming during her absorption.
• Scarlet King attacked the group, but Xuan Zi revealed his Godly Taotie Bull form and forced Scarlet King back while both restrained their power.

Xuan Zi defeated Scarlet King and captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then demanded soul bones in exchange for releasing her. Scarlet King left to fetch them, while Xuan Zi mocked the captive Auspicious Beast and challenged her belief in her own importance.

• Xuan Zi beat Scarlet King back and imprisoned him in an earth cage as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion arrived.
• Xuan Zi restrained and captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, prompting Scarlet King to warn that harming her could bring a war between the Star Dou Great Forest and Shrek City.
• Xuan Zi demanded soul bones from Scarlet King in exchange for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and gave him two hours to return.
• Scarlet King agreed to trust Xuan Zi and departed to retrieve the soul bones.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion threatened Xuan Zi, who mocked her status and claimed the fierce beasts valued her as a treasure rather than an emperor.

Wu Xuan underwent Attribute Guidance with the captured Three-Eyed Golden Lion, greatly strengthening his Spiritual Power and experiencing a vision of her birth. Afterward, he revealed a Soul Power Level of 46, while concealing that his sudden increase had nothing to do with the Auspicious Beast.

• Zhang Lexuan explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Spirit Attribute could be used for Attribute Guidance, and Elder Xuan asked Wu Xuan to touch her third eye.
• Elder Xuan suppressed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as Wu Xuan pressed his forehead to her vertical eye, triggering a surge of life energy across the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wu Xuan experienced a vision of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion hatching and growing, while his Spiritual Power broke through and his Sea of Consciousness expanded by fifty percent.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion saw Wu Xuan's concealed memories and a hazy vision of a pink-blue-haired girl before she collapsed onto the ground.
• Wu Xuan revealed his Soul Power Level of 46, surprising Elder Xuan and Zhang Lexuan, but privately knew the increase was unrelated to Attribute Guidance.

After Wu Ming advanced to Soul Sage, Xuan Zi negotiated with Scarlet King and Di Tian to secure the group’s safe departure from the Star Dou Great Forest. The group returned toward Shrek Academy with three powerful Soul Bones, while Di Tian warned Scarlet King to perform his duties properly.

• Xuan Zi discovered a high-quality left arm Soul Bone on the Three-headed Crimson Demon Mastiff and assigned it to Wu Ming, while the group harvested the beast’s remains.
• Wu Ming completed her breakthrough to Soul Sage and accepted the Soul Bone that Zhang Lexuan, Chu Qingtian, and Wu Xuan had yielded to her.
• A strange pressure swept through the Star Dou Great Forest, and Scarlet King offered Xuan Zi three Soul Bones in exchange for releasing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and swearing that Shrek Academy would not harm her again.
• Xuan Zi accepted the offer, swore on Shrek Academy’s honor, released the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and led the group toward Shrek Academy with the Soul Bones.
• After the group left safely, Di Tian reprimanded Scarlet King for his negligence and threatened him if he failed again.

Buddha Ancestor Tang revealed that he had used the Golden Dragon Spear to place half of Xiao Qi’s soul in the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s consciousness as part of a scheme against the God King of Destruction. After Wu Xuan’s group returned from their soul-hunting expedition, he declined an invitation to join the Inner Court and went back to the Outer Court.

• Di Tian reassured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that he cared for her beyond her Auspicious Beast powers, and she agreed to go home while recalling the pink-blue-haired girl’s memories.
• Buddha Ancestor Tang celebrated using the Golden Dragon Spear to block Di Tian’s senses and place half of Xiao Qi’s soul in the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Sea of Consciousness.
• The armored God of Destruction returned the God Realm Central Hub and told the God King of Destruction that he had chosen a promising successor from Douluo Continent instead of Zhou Weiqing.
• The God King of Destruction advised the God of Destruction to scrutinize his successor’s character, warning him against choosing someone skilled only in schemes and manipulation.
• Wu Xuan and his companions returned to the academy with their soul rings and four soul bones, and Chu Qingtian celebrated the power of his new soul skill.
• Wu Xuan declined Wu Ming, Zhang Lexuan, and Chu Qingtian’s invitation to enter the Inner Court, saying he would remain in the Outer Court for two more years.

Wu Xuan returned to Shrek Academy, reunited with his friends, and learned that Huo Yuhao had not yet arrived. At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Elder Xuan presented three rare soul bones recovered from the Star Dou Great Forest and began recounting how the academy obtained them.

• Wu Xuan returned to his second-year dormitory, where Qian Gu Ming greeted him and said Nanmen Yun'er, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng had repeatedly asked about him.
• Wu Xuan and Qian Gu Ming met Nanmen Yun'er and Xiao Xiao for lunch, then encountered Wang Dong, who was worried that Huo Yuhao had not arrived before the enrollment deadline.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, Elder Xuan convened a meeting and displayed two two-hundred-thousand-year soul bones and one soul bone nearing the hundred-thousand-year level.
• Elder Xuan described how the soul bones had been obtained during a dangerous trip to the Star Dou Great Forest that drew out the Great Danger Land's true ruler.

Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion elders praised Wu Xuan’s talent and unanimously named him the temporary heir to the next Pavilion Master, hoping he could help cure Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire. After the meeting, Zhang Lexuan found Wu Xuan at lunch and took him away to discuss an urgent matter.

• Xuan Zi told the Pavilion elders that Wu Xuan had absorbed a thirty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger soul ring, evolved his Wind Element Martial Soul into Extreme Wind, and had Twin Martial Souls.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned whether Wu Xuan would stay at Shrek, but Xuan Zi explained that Wu Xuan had no sect and was Yang Wenhui’s son, winning Yan Shaozhe’s support.
• Xuan Zi said Wu Xuan’s First Soul Skill could remove negative conditions affecting Spiritual Power and might clear Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Mu En proposed making Wu Xuan the temporary heir to the next Sea God Pavilion Master, and the senior elders unanimously approved.
• Xuan Zi privately told Mu En about Wu Xuan’s encounter with the Imperial Auspicious Beast, and Mu En saw it as a sign of an era of great contention.
• Zhang Lexuan came to the second-floor cafeteria to find Wu Xuan, who quickly finished his lunch and left with her.

Wu Xuan used his wind-based soul skill to remove Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire temporarily, and Yan Shaozhe gave him an Inner Court access token. At the start of the new semester, Wu Xuan and his friends reunited with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, who revealed Huo Yuhao had become a Soul Tool Department core disciple.

• Wu Xuan visited Sea God Pavilion with Zhang Lexuan and agreed to help treat Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Wu Xuan’s First Soul Skill separated the Evil Fire from Ma Xiaotao and boosted her flames enough to reach Extreme Fire.
• Elder Xuan determined that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire had been temporarily dissolved and could return with future cultivation.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Wu Xuan an Inner Court access token, and Elder Xuan asked Zhang Lexuan to see him off.
• At the new semester’s start, Wu Xuan, Qian Gu Ming, and Xiao Xiao reunited with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong on their way to class.
• Qian Gu Ming noticed Huo Yuhao’s second-level Soul Engineer badge, and Wang Dong explained that Huo Yuhao had become a core disciple under Fan Yu.

Wu Xuan returned to Class One for the new semester as Mu Jin announced the second-year advancement assessment and removed Huo Yuhao as vice class monitor. Huo Yuhao then demanded that Wu Xuan avoid Dai Huabin, but Wu Xuan refused to ostracize him, leaving their friendship strained.

• Wu Xuan reunited with his classmates and joked with Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen before Wang Yan and Mu Jin arrived.
• Mu Jin spared Huo Yuhao from expulsion for his Soul Tool Department mission but replaced him as vice class monitor with Cao Jinxuan.
• Mu Jin and Wang Yan explained that students would face chosen soul beasts in the Beast Fighting Area for the afternoon advancement assessment.
• Dai Huabin told Wu Xuan he intended to challenge him, and Wu Xuan encouraged him to do his best.
• Huo Yuhao asked Wu Xuan to stay away from Dai Huabin, but Wu Xuan insisted on treating Dai Huabin fairly, prompting Huo Yuhao to leave angrily.

Shrek Academy's second-year students gathered at the Beast Fighting Arena for their advancement examinations, where students would face chosen Soul Beasts one at a time. Wang Dong volunteered to go first and chose a thousand-year Soul Beast, revealing that he had three Soul Rings and surprising the students and Teachers.

• Wu Xuan, Qian Gu Ming, and Xiao Xiao entered the Beast Fighting Arena and collected their examination forms with the other second-year students.
• Du Weilun changed the examination order so Classes One and Two would alternate sending three students at a time.
• Wang Dong volunteered to be the first student from Class One to take the examination.
• Wang Dong chose to face a thousand-year Soul Beast and confirmed his choice to the assessment Teacher.
• Wang Dong released his Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and revealed three Soul Rings, one yellow and two purple, impressing Du Weilun.

Wang Dong fought a Thousand Year Bloodthirsty Demon Bear in his promotion examination after Wu Xuan disrupted Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection support. Wang Dong passed despite a failed challenge, receiving a final score of fifty points.

• Wang Dong faced the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear while Huo Yuhao tried to provide Mental Detection, but Wu Xuan struck Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Power and knocked him unconscious.
• Wang Dong dodged the bear’s charge and used Wing Guillotine, but its hardened fur resisted the attack.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Bear activated Bloodthirst and struck the ground with Seismic Wave, sending Wang Dong flying before he recovered and evaded another pounce.
• Wang Dong used Butterfly God's Light and Butterfly God's Slash, injuring the bear but failing to defeat it.
• Du Weilun stopped the examination and awarded Wang Dong fifty points, declaring that he passed.

Wang Dong failed to defeat a Thousand Year Soul Beast and received only fifty points, while Dai Huabin defeated a Thousand Year Wind Tiger and passed with one hundred and forty. Dai Huabin taunted Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, then wondered how strong Wu Xuan had become.

• Du Weilun criticized Wang Dong for recklessly challenging the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear and warned that the academy could revoke his core disciple status.
• Wang Dong returned to Huo Yuhao, who was pale and too weak to explain why his Mental Detection had abruptly disappeared.
• Dai Huabin chose a Thousand Year Soul Beast and defeated a Wind Tiger in a direct clash using White Tiger Body Protection Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Du Weilun awarded Dai Huabin one hundred and forty points, and Dai Huabin passed the advancement assessment.
• Dai Huabin mocked Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, but seeing Wu Xuan's calm expression made him question how powerful Wu Xuan was.

Wu Xuan challenged the strongest Thousand Year Soul Beast in the Beast Arena and revealed that he had become a four-ringed Soul Ancestor with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. He defeated the Azure Sea Spirit Ape with overwhelming force and earned a perfect assessment score, leaving his classmates stunned and inspired.

• Wu Xuan challenged the Beast Arena’s strongest Thousand Year Soul Beast, and Du Weilun allowed him to choose it.
• The Azure Sea Spirit Ape emerged, and Wu Xuan revealed four Soul Rings, including a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, shocking Dai Huabin, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao.
• Wu Xuan used Light Spirit Wind to evade the ape’s poisonous mist, then overwhelmed it with powerful strikes and knocked it unconscious.
• Xiao Xiao cheered for Wu Xuan as the students erupted into applause, while Dai Huabin and Wang Dong looked dejected.
• Du Weilun awarded Wu Xuan the full 150 points for his challenge and combat performance.