Chapter Summaries

Huang Fei defeated Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng in the sparring match, leading Xuan Zi to exclude him from the Reserve Team’s training camp so the others could improve without him. Huang Fei accepted the advice and planned to upgrade the Eastern Emperor Bell into a Fifth-level Soul Tool.

• Huang Fei used Life Drain and the Eastern Emperor Bell to trap Dai Yueheng, then faced Ma Xiaotao after she freed Dai Yueheng.
• Huang Fei wore Ma Xiaotao down with the Wood Dragon, vines, Life Drain, and the Eastern Emperor Bell, forcing her to concede.
• The Reserve Team won the sparring match, and Xuan Zi called Huang Fei a monster while Song Yunzhi watched proudly.
• Xuan Zi told Huang Fei that his strength would undermine the Reserve Team’s training camp and advised him to focus on improving himself instead.
• Huang Fei accepted Xuan Zi’s advice and decided to upgrade the Eastern Emperor Bell into a Fifth-level Soul Tool.

Huang Fei designed an upgrade to make the Eastern Emperor Bell a fifth-grade Soul Tool and searched for the scarce materials it required. After the Academy’s Resource Vault could supply only part of his list, Song Yunzhi offered to help him obtain the rest.

• Huang Fei drew up a plan to rebuild the Eastern Emperor Bell with stronger materials, improved arrays, and an interface for Azure Sky’s systems.
• Huang Fei calculated that the upgrade would cost at least five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and decided to check the Academy’s Resource Vault for materials.
• The Resource Vault Instructor sold Huang Fei one piece of Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron and three portions of fifth-grade core material, but lacked the other materials he needed.
• Huang Fei visited Song Yunzhi and explained his upgrade plan and remaining shortages.
• Song Yunzhi offered to help Huang Fei obtain two more pieces of Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron, two portions of core material, Millennium Cold Jade, and Soul Power Conductive Fluid.

Huang Fei spent three days upgrading the Eastern Emperor Bell into a fifth-level Soul Tool with defense, mental-attack, and flight functions. After demonstrating its capabilities, he gave it to Ma Xiaotao to test, and she suggested they fight again.

• Huang Fei engraved three fifth-level Core Magic Arrays, succeeding with the Defense Array, Sonic Array, and Flight Linkage Array.
• He fused two pieces of Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron into the Eastern Emperor Bell and installed the three arrays, completing the upgrade.
• Huang Fei tested the bell's defense, mental-attack range, and flight, then flew it around the academy as students watched.
• Huang Fei handed the upgraded bell to Ma Xiaotao, who flew it around her courtyard and praised its abilities.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Huang Fei to fight her again sometime, and he agreed.

Huang Fei joined Ma Xiaotao's team on a mission to capture Evil Soul Masters who had been killing Soul Hunting Teams. The team subdued all five attackers, and Huang Fei returned to the academy eager to test more of the Eastern Emperor Bell's abilities.

• Xuan Zi invited Huang Fei to join the Surveillance Team's mission to capture five Evil Soul Masters in the Outskirts of Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ma Xiaotao led Huang Fei, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and Ling Luochen into a hidden valley, where they found the Evil Soul Masters beside the corpses of a Soul Hunting Team.
• The team attacked the Evil Soul Masters, while Huang Fei used the Eastern Emperor Bell to seal the Valley Entrance.
• The Bald Man released poisonous black mist and tried to escape, but Huang Fei's Light Shield withstood his attacks until Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, and Ling Luochen subdued all five enemies.
• Ma Xiaotao told Huang Fei that he had not yet faced a true strong enemy, and Huang Fei returned to the academy considering how to use the Eastern Emperor Bell's other modes.

After the mission, Huang Fei secluded himself to cultivate and steadily advanced from Level Fifty-five to Level Sixty. He became a Soul Emperor and prepared to hunt for his Sixth Soul Ring.

• Xuan Zi welcomed Ma Xiaotao and the others back after they defeated five Evil Soul Masters, then told them to rest and submit their report the next day.
• Huang Fei decided to cultivate alone and reach Level Sixty before the tournament, while Ma Xiaotao supported his efforts.
• Huang Fei followed a rigorous routine of Wood Breathing Technique practice, body tempering, and meditation, advancing to Level Fifty-nine.
• Huang Fei told Ma Xiaotao about reaching Level Fifty-nine, and she suggested they fight again when he reached Level Sixty.
• After another half month of secluded cultivation, Huang Fei broke through to Level Sixty, his Blue Silver Emperor bloomed a Jade Green Fruit, and he resolved to hunt for his Sixth Soul Ring.

After reaching Level Sixty, Huang Fei received rewards that strengthened his life abilities and revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year World Tree Sapling as his sixth Soul Ring target. He prepared to seek it in the Star Dou Great Forest with Song Yunzhi and Ma Xiaotao, who both agreed to accompany him.

• Huang Fei broke through to Level Sixty, expanding his Life Domain and improving his Wood Dragon Technique and Life Drain.
• The Mechanical Voice rewarded Huang Fei with greater Wood Affinity, Life Immortality, the Eternal Life realm and Life Creation, and guidance to a Hundred-Thousand-Year World Tree Sapling guarded by at least three hundred-thousand-year-old Soul Beasts.
• Huang Fei told Song Yunzhi about the World Tree Sapling, and she agreed to accompany him into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huang Fei told Ma Xiaotao about his sixth Soul Ring target, and she agreed to go with him despite the danger.

Huang Fei, Song Yunzhi, and Ma Xiaotao reached the Forbidden Life Zone and found the World Tree guarded by three powerful Soul Beasts. They began confronting the Azure Wood Dragon Python, and Huang Fei formed a vine dragon as the battle continued.

• Huang Fei sensed the World Tree and located three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts guarding it.
• Huang Fei planned to drive the Azure Wood Dragon Python away without killing it, with Ma Xiaotao assisting and Song Yunzhi distracting it.
• The trio entered the valley, and Huang Fei rode Azure Sky toward the python's territory while Ma Xiaotao and Song Yunzhi followed.
• The Azure Wood Dragon Python attacked with venomous vines, but Huang Fei's Life Domain slowed them and the Eastern Emperor Bell shield blocked its venom.
• Ma Xiaotao drew the python's attention with a strike and dodged its tail, while Huang Fei gathered vines into the outline of a dragon.

Huang Fei and his companions defeated the Azure Wood Dragon Python as they fought their way toward the World Tree. They encountered the Nether Tiger, whose attack was blocked by the Eastern Emperor Bell, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Huang Fei used Twin Dragon Resonance, the Eastern Emperor Bell, and a Level 5 Soul Tool Ray Gun to restrain and injure the Azure Wood Dragon Python while Ma Xiaotao attacked its exposed flesh.
• The Azure Wood Dragon Python broke free and burrowed underground, and Huang Fei recovered before the group continued toward the World Tree.
• Huang Fei sensed the Nether Tiger moving through the shadows and warned Ma Xiaotao and Song Yunzhi about its approach.
• The Nether Tiger ambushed Huang Fei from behind, but the Eastern Emperor Bell's Light Shield blocked its claws.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix—Blazing Sky to force the Nether Tiger out of hiding, and Huang Fei's Eastern Emperor Bell intercepted its pounce, dazing it.

Huang Fei and his companions drove off the Nether Tiger and reached the Ancient Life Phoenix guarding the World Tree. The Phoenix recognized the aura of Huang Fei’s Blue Silver Emperor and asked whether he wished to absorb the World Tree’s Soul Ring.

• Huang Fei used Life Drain on the Nether Tiger, while Ma Xiaotao struck it and Huang Fei shielded her from its teleporting claw attack.
• Huang Fei restored the Eastern Emperor Bell’s Light Shield with stored soul skills, and the Nether Tiger fled under Song Yunzhi’s pressure.
• Huang Fei, Ma Xiaotao, and Song Yunzhi flew toward the World Tree’s canopy, where the Ancient Life Phoenix waited without attacking.
• Huang Fei approached the Phoenix and told it he sought the World Tree without intending to become its enemy.
• The Ancient Life Phoenix recognized Huang Fei’s Blue Silver Emperor, asked if he was Tang San’s descendant, and then asked whether he wanted to absorb the World Tree’s Soul Ring.

Huang Fei faced the Ancient Life Phoenix’s test so he could absorb the World Tree’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, while Song Yunzhi intervened when his attacks failed. The Phoenix allowed him to proceed in exchange for his promise to try to resurrect the human who saved its life ten thousand years ago.

• The Ancient Life Phoenix warned Huang Fei that the World Tree’s Soul Shock could overwhelm him, then tested him with its Life Domain.
• Huang Fei opposed the Phoenix’s domain while Ma Xiaotao attacked its defenses, but her strikes and Huang Fei’s ray gun failed to break through.
• Song Yunzhi suggested using the Eastern Emperor Bell, but the Phoenix countered its Mental Attack and sent it flying.
• Song Yunzhi revealed her Level 97 Super Douluo strength and persuaded the Ancient Life Phoenix to let Huang Fei absorb the World Tree’s Soul Ring.
• The Ancient Life Phoenix asked Huang Fei to use the life-creating ability he might gain to resurrect the human who had saved it, and Huang Fei promised to do his best.

Huang Fei absorbed the World Tree’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, reached Level Sixty-Five, and awakened the Blue Silver Emperor’s full potential. The system’s rewards raised him to Level Sixty-Six and strengthened his Soul Rings and abilities as he left the World Tree with Song Yunzhi and Ma Xiaotao.

• Huang Fei used the Wood Breathing Technique and the Blue Silver Emperor’s bloodline to withstand the World Tree Soul Ring’s shock and absorb it.
• Huang Fei’s Soul Power rose to Peak Level Sixty-Five, and his Blue Silver Emperor grew as its fruit ripened and released a beam of golden light.
• The World Tree gave Huang Fei a Life Seed, which melted into his palm as his sixth golden Soul Ring appeared.
• The system increased all six Soul Rings’ ages, advanced Huang Fei to Level Sixty-Six and a Sixth-level Soul Instructor, and granted him new life abilities.
• Huang Fei thanked the World Tree and left with Song Yunzhi and Ma Xiaotao, keeping the changes to his earlier Soul Rings secret.

Huang Fei returned to Shrek City with Song Yunzhi and Ma Xiaotao after obtaining his sixth Soul Ring, and he discussed how to conceal his unusual Soul Ring configuration. Back in his dormitory, he reviewed his progress through the system as a new mission began generating.

• Song Yunzhi advised Huang Fei to stabilize his realm and study his Life Creation Soul Skill after absorbing the 100,000-year Soul Ring.
• Ma Xiaotao asked how Huang Fei would explain his Soul Ring configuration, and he planned to blame its evolution on the World Tree's Soul Ring energy.
• Song Yunzhi left for Sea God's Pavilion after the group reached Shrek City, while Huang Fei and Ma Xiaotao returned to the academy.
• Huang Fei told Ma Xiaotao he would stabilize his realm and train for the approaching tournament before they parted at the dormitory building.
• Huang Fei opened his Character Interface and saw his Level Sixty-Six status, six Soul Skills, and completed mission, with a new mission being generated.

Huang Fei prepared to upgrade the Eastern Emperor Bell but lacked the rare materials and money required. When the Surveillance Team assigned the students to hunt Evil Soul Masters in the Mingdou Mountain Range, Huang Fei distrusted Xuan Zi’s plan to let them face danger with little intervention, and Song Yunzhi gave him a powerful defensive pendant before the mission.

• Huang Fei calculated that upgrading the Eastern Emperor Bell would cost at least three million Gold Soul Coins, far more than he had, and decided to seek materials in the Sun Moon Empire during the tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao told Huang Fei that the Surveillance Team had called an emergency assembly, where Xuan Zi announced a mission against the Death God Envoy and his Evil Soul Masters in the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Huang Fei recalled that Yao Haoxuan had died on this mission in the original story and resolved not to let the same tragedy happen again, despite Xuan Zi’s plan to intervene only if absolutely necessary.
• Huang Fei visited Song Yunzhi, who agreed that Xuan Zi’s approach had cost many promising students their lives and gave Huang Fei a Greenwood Heartguard Pendant that could withstand three Super Douluo-level attacks.

Huang Fei joined the Shrek team’s assault on the Death God Envoy’s cave in the Mingdou Mountain Range and used his Life Domain and defensive Soul Tools to protect the hostages and his teammates. The Death God Envoy was defeated, and all fourteen team members and the hostages survived.

• Song Yunzhi gave Huang Fei a Green Eagle Wood Carving and reminded him to protect his own life while saving others.
• Huang Fei told Ma Xiaotao that his Life Domain could keep nearby teammates from suffering fatal injuries, and she agreed to stay close to him.
• Zhou Yi led the fourteen team members to the Evil Soul Masters’ cave, where Huang Fei sensed hostages hidden in its depths.
• The team attacked the Evil Soul Masters, while Huang Fei raised the Eastern Emperor Bell to seal the cave and shield the hostages.
• When the Death God Envoy released poisonous black mist and attacked Huang Fei, Huang Fei protected the hostages with his Life Domain and repeatedly repaired the bell’s shield with Energy Storage Rings.
• Ma Xiaotao, Zhou Yi, and Dai Yueheng helped defeat the Death God Envoy, and Huang Fei knocked him unconscious after he fell.

After Huang Fei’s successful mission earned Xuan Zi’s approval, he struggled to find rare materials for his Soul Tools. Song Yunzhi pointed him toward the Sun Moon Empire, where he might find them during the upcoming tournament, and he continued strengthening his cultivation as he prepared to go.

• Zhou Yi reported that Huang Fei had helped rescue all sixteen hostages and capture thirteen Evil Soul Masters without any deaths, and Xuan Zi praised his performance.
• Huang Fei realized the mission’s safe success challenged Xuan Zi’s belief in training at the edge of life and death, but he prioritized keeping everyone alive.
• Huang Fei calculated that the Soul Tool materials he needed would cost at least 2.76 million Gold Soul Coins, far more than he could afford.
• Song Yunzhi told Huang Fei that the Sun Moon Empire’s larger materials market might carry the rare components, while warning him to conceal his Shrek Academy identity there.
• Huang Fei spent the following days stabilizing his cultivation and preparing for the tournament as his Soul Power continued to grow.

Huang Fei used Life Creation to make a jade-green beast with independent awareness and Soul Ancestor-level strength, then received a system mission tied to the upcoming tournament. On the eve of departure, he and Ma Xiaotao discussed the competition and searching for materials in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Huang Fei used Life Creation by Sea God Lake and formed a small jade-green beast from Life Energy.
• Huang Fei tested the beast's combat power, speed, and obedience, then returned it to his palm as green light.
• Three days before departure, Huang Fei received the Tournament Journey mission, which promised rewards based on his results.
• The night before leaving, Ma Xiaotao offered to ask her Surveillance Team acquaintances to help Huang Fei find materials in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huang Fei held Ma Xiaotao's hand and shared Life Energy with her as they sat together in her courtyard.

On the night before the tournament trip, Ma Xiaotao and Huang Fei acknowledged their growing closeness with a kiss. As they prepared to part for the Sun Moon Empire, Ma Xiaotao urged him to stay cautious and contact her if he encountered trouble.

• Ma Xiaotao worried about Huang Fei's long and dangerous journey to the Sun Moon Empire, and he comforted her by sending Life Energy through her hand.
• Ma Xiaotao reflected on how much Huang Fei had grown and kissed his forehead beneath the moonlight.
• Huang Fei kissed Ma Xiaotao on the lips, and she accepted his affection.
• Inside Ma Xiaotao's room, she reminded Huang Fei to focus on the tournament, avoid trouble, and send word if anything went wrong.

Huang Fei and Ma Xiaotao grew closer as they spent the night together, then joined Shrek Academy’s teams to depart for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament. The chapter left them traveling toward the city gate, with Ma Xiaotao walking beside Huang Fei.

• Ma Xiaotao asked Huang Fei to return alive from every mission, and they made a pinky promise.
• Ma Xiaotao and Huang Fei slept beside each other, and she woke leaning against his chest the next morning.
• Shrek Academy gathered at the gate to send its Official Team and Reserve Team to defend its tournament title.
• Xuan Zi gave the order to depart, and the procession headed toward the city gate.
• Ma Xiaotao slowed down to walk beside Huang Fei and asked whether he was nervous.

The Shrek team set out for the Sun Moon Empire, where Huang Fei revealed his Soul Power had reached level sixty-six. At the border checkpoint, Sun Moon Imperial Soul Instructor Academy students insulted Shrek and threatened Ma Xiaotao, and Huang Fei challenged them to settle the dispute on the tournament stage.

• Ma Xiaotao warned Huang Fei to be careful in the Sun Moon Empire and offered to ask her merchant contacts about materials.
• As the team left Shrek City, Huang Fei spotted Song Yunzhi watching from the city wall and bowed to her before continuing onward.
• Zhou Yi explained the tournament stages and named the main rival academies, then the group stopped for the night in a small town.
• Huang Fei told Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao that his Soul Power had risen to level sixty-six, surprising them.
• At the Sun Moon Empire border, students from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Instructor Academy mocked Shrek and the power of Martial Souls.
• Ma Xiaotao confronted the students, but Huang Fei stepped forward and told their leader to challenge them on the tournament stage instead of starting a fight at the checkpoint.

Huang Fei stopped students from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Instructor Academy from attacking the Shrek group by disabling their Soul Tools and suppressing their Soul Power. After the group entered Sun Moon City, he planned to visit its black market that night with Ma Xiaotao to find materials.

• A Sun Moon student fired a Fifth-level Soul Tool at Huang Fei, but Huang Fei drained its energy with Life Energy and rendered it useless.
• Huang Fei's life pressure disabled the other students' Soul Tools and hindered their Soul Power, forcing them to retreat after Ma Xiaotao threatened them.
• Zhou Yi praised Huang Fei, and the system rewarded him with increased Wood Affinity, Soul Power, and Life Energy recovery speed.
• The Shrek group passed through the checkpoint and entered Sun Moon City, where Huang Fei spotted a black market containing materials he needed.
• Huang Fei agreed to visit the black market that night with Ma Xiaotao, who offered to help him avoid being cheated.