Chapter Summaries

Ye Mu and Bibi Dong secured Snow Empress and Ice Empress’s approval to rebuild Spirit Hall in the Extreme North, agreeing to coexist peacefully with its Soul Beasts. Ye Mu then explained his Spirit Soul method, leaving the two Empresses astonished by its potential benefits for Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.

• Snow Empress questioned the risks of rebuilding Spirit Hall, and Zhang Lexuan and Bibi Dong explained that present-day Shrek had no direct conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Ye Mu offered Snow Empress and Ice Empress the chance to return to Ten Thousand Years Ago, and Snow Empress agreed to let Spirit Hall be rebuilt in the Extreme North.
• Snow Empress set rules against harming the Extreme North’s Soul Beasts and environment, while Ye Mu and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm promised to follow them.
• Ye Mu said the group would choose a site in the Extreme North Middle Region and avoid recklessly entering the Core Region.
• Snow Empress asked why Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Soul Beast aura had weakened, and Ye Mu explained that it had become his Spirit Soul.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress were stunned by Ye Mu’s account of Spirit Souls, and Ice Empress called the method a potential blessing for Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.

Ye Mu and Spirit Hall’s allies rebuilt Spirit Hall in a hidden valley in the Extreme North, with the support of Snow Empress and Ice Empress. The new Ice Martial Soul Hall was completed, and Ye Mu pledged to revive Spirit Hall, promote Spirit Soul Contracts, and protect the Extreme North.

• Ice Empress and Snow Empress agreed to help Ye Mu promote Spirit Soul Contracts and gain the Extreme North Soul Beasts’ support.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress led Ye Mu’s group to a concealed valley that they chose as Spirit Hall’s new home.
• Snow Empress summoned Soul Beasts to help build the hall while Ye Mu, Bibi Dong, and their companions planned and assisted with construction.
• After ten days, the group completed the grand ice-and-snow Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong and Hu Liena reflected on its return.
• Ye Mu declared the Ice Martial Soul Hall Spirit Hall’s new foundation and promised Snow Empress and Ice Empress that they would honor their agreement.

Ye Mu left Spirit Hall with Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen to return to Shrek, carrying Bibi Dong’s cultivation notes for Xiao Xiao. After the farewell, he received rewards that included a year-long effect to help Spirit Hall attract talent, and he told his companions he would soon become a Level 3 Soul Engineer.

• Ye Mu agreed to return to Shrek while Bibi Dong and the others stayed behind to build Spirit Hall and recruit Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong gave Ye Mu cultivation notes for Xiao Xiao and asked him to watch over her progress.
• Ning Rongrong, Hu Liena, and the others saw Ye Mu and his companions off, and Snow Empress arranged an escort to the border.
• After Ye Mu shut down the livestream, he received a fifty-thousand-year physical body, Level 3 Soul Engineer, and a year-long Spirit Hall Talent Attraction Effect.
• Ma Xiaotao noticed a change in Ye Mu, and he said he had gained enlightenment and would soon become a Level 3 Soul Engineer.

Ye Mu returned safely to Shrek Academy after traveling through the Extreme North, where his teachers welcomed him and urged him to rest. Instead, he went to Xiao Xiao's dormitory with Bibi Dong's Twin Martial Soul Cultivation Essentials, drawing the attention of the female students.

• Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Lexuan, and Ling Luochen praised Ye Mu's talent, and he hurried them back to Shrek so he could give Xiao Xiao the cultivation essentials.
• Ye Mu and the others reached Shrek Academy after three days of travel, and Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er greeted him with relief.
• Xian Lin'er scolded Ye Mu for risking a long trip while Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy watched him, and Qian Duoduo told him to rest.
• Qian Duoduo invited Xian Lin'er to celebrate Ye Mu's safe return with a meal, and she agreed.
• Ye Mu went to the Outer Court girls' dormitory carrying the cultivation essentials, where female students recognized him and whispered about his arrival.

Ye Mu gave Xiao Xiao cultivation notes for her Twin Martial Souls, and she nearly revealed that her teacher was involved. In the God Realm, Tang San and Xiao Wu worried that a mysterious barrier around Douluo Planet had cut off their divine sense, while Tang San feared a crisis threatening his plans and the God Realm.

• Ye Mu gave Xiao Xiao a book of Twin Martial Soul cultivation notes and told her to protect it and study it carefully.
• Wang Dong'er asked Xiao Xiao about the book, and Xiao Xiao tried to conceal what she knew about Ye Mu and her teacher.
• Tang San struggled to see through the barrier surrounding Douluo Planet, while Xiao Wu worried about Wutong's safety.
• Tang San reassured Xiao Wu that his divine seal would alert him if Wutong faced mortal danger and hoped Tang Hao and Ah Yin could explain the barrier.
• Tang San sensed that Douluo Planet's anomaly might conceal a crisis capable of disrupting his plans and affecting the God Realm.

Ye Mu attempted to create a Third-level Soul Tool and successfully made a Soul Tool Cannon, becoming a Level 3 Soul Engineer. Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er waited outside his research room, unaware of his success as the chapter ended.

• Ye Mu asked for materials for Third-level Soul Tools, prompting students to speculate that he was challenging Level 3.
• News of Ye Mu's attempt spread through the Soul Tool Department, and Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er hurried to his research institute.
• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er recalled Ye Mu's promised surprise and waited nervously outside the research room.
• Ye Mu carefully assembled and engraved a Soul Tool Cannon, completing a flawless Third-level Soul Tool in an hour.
• Ye Mu declared that he had become a Level 3 Soul Engineer and reflected that he still needed to learn forging before he could make Battle Armor.

Ye Mu became a Level 3 Soul Engineer after crafting a Level 3 Soul Tool Cannon, stunning Shrek Academy. He planned his next steps in soul-tool study while Mu En considered convening a Sea God Pavilion meeting to discuss his importance to Shrek’s future.

• Ye Mu showed his Level 3 Soul Tool Cannon to Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er, who confirmed it was flawless and celebrated his breakthrough.
• Ye Mu credited his progress to insights gained in the Extreme North, then left the Soul Tool Research Institute after Qian Duoduo advised him to rest and prepare for Level 4.
• News of Ye Mu’s achievement spread throughout Shrek Academy, impressing Yan Shaozhe and prompting Mu En to consider a Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Ye Mu put away his first Level 3 Soul Tool and planned to strengthen his crafting skills, study forging, and visit the Extreme North Ice Valley to check on Spirit Hall’s construction.
• Xiao Xiao excitedly told Wang Dong'er about Ye Mu’s achievement, and Wang Dong'er acknowledged his extraordinary Soul Engineer talent.

Xiao Xiao considered learning Soul Tools but chose to focus on cultivating her Martial Souls and fusion skill. Several days later, Shrek Academy’s senior leaders gathered at Sea God Pavilion for a meeting as Mu En opened it.

• Xiao Xiao asked Wang Dong'er whether she should learn Soul Tools from Ye Mu, and Wang Dong'er advised her to concentrate on her existing training.
• Xiao Xiao accepted Wang Dong'er's advice and resolved to cultivate diligently so she could become stronger and protect Ye Mu.
• Several days later, the leaders of Shrek Academy assembled at Sea God Pavilion for a meeting about the academy’s future.
• Mu En called the meeting to order, and Yan Shaozhe stood and respectfully addressed him as Teacher.

Shrek Academy’s leaders agreed to devote all their resources to nurturing Ye Mu, whose Soul Master and Soul Tool talents could make him a future pillar of the academy. Mu En then decided that Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao should grow closer to Ye Mu naturally to strengthen his loyalty to Shrek.

• Mu En opened a meeting focused on Ye Mu, and Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er proposed developing both his Soul Tool and Soul Master abilities.
• The Elders, Yan Shaozhe, and Mu En agreed that Ye Mu’s background was trustworthy and approved giving him priority access to Shrek Academy’s resources.
• After the meeting, Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Ye Mu already had excellent Spirit Bones and Soul Rings and would mainly need Soul Tool materials.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao could help Ye Mu develop a sense of belonging to Shrek, but insisted that no one force their closeness.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to speak with Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao and left Mu En alone in the meeting hall.

Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er told Ye Mu that Shrek would prioritize all available resources for his growth, then began teaching him the foundations of Fourth-level Soul Tools. Meanwhile, Yan Shaozhe summoned Zhang Lexuan to entrust her with an important matter.

• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er visited Ye Mu after the Sea God Pavilion meeting and told him the academy would spare no effort in nurturing him.
• Ye Mu accepted Shrek's support, understanding that the academy hoped to secure his loyalty and future service.
• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er gave Ye Mu Fourth-level Soul Tool blueprints and began explaining materials, soul guidance patterns, and Soul Power control.
• Yan Shaozhe summoned Zhang Lexuan to his office and said he had an important matter to entrust to her.

Yan Shaozhe gave Zhang Lexuan a Hundred Thousand Year Holy Light Beast torso bone for Ye Mu and told her that Shrek Academy intended to cultivate him as its successor. He also relayed Mu En’s request that Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao strengthen their personal bonds with Ye Mu, leaving Zhang Lexuan to accept that she was already tied to him and would deliver the bone.

• Yan Shaozhe showed Zhang Lexuan the Holy Light Beast Hundred-Thousand-Year Torso Bone and ordered her to give it to Ye Mu.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that the Sea God Pavilion had unanimously chosen to make Ye Mu Shrek Academy’s future successor and provide him with its full support.
• Zhang Lexuan worried that Ye Mu’s true origins and ties to Spirit Hall could endanger him if the academy discovered them.
• Yan Shaozhe relayed Mu En’s request that Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao grow closer to Ye Mu so he would feel attached to Shrek.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted the request, took the Jade Box, and left to deliver the Spirit Bone to Ye Mu.

Zhang Lexuan brought Ye Mu a Hundred Thousand Year Holy Light Beast Torso Bone and asked him not to move against Shrek. Ye Mu agreed for her sake and because she and Ma Xiaotao would work to reform the academy.

• Zhang Lexuan delivered the Spirit Bone to Ye Mu, who treated it as a gesture of goodwill rather than a treasure he needed.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Ye Mu to spare Shrek while she and Ma Xiaotao tried to correct the academy’s shortcomings.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed that Mu En had encouraged her and the others to build close relationships with Ye Mu to keep him at Shrek.
• Zhang Lexuan said she believed Ye Mu was the only one capable of supporting Shrek and protecting it when war came.
• Ye Mu agreed not to make things difficult for Shrek or move against it, for Zhang Lexuan’s sake and because she and Ma Xiaotao would work to change it.

Ye Mu absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Holy Light Beast Torso Bone under Zhang Lexuan’s guard, gaining powerful new abilities and breaking through to Rank 66 Soul Emperor. He considered entering the Soul Master Tournament despite Zhang Lexuan’s warning that doing so could expose him to other factions.

• Ye Mu told Zhang Lexuan he would change Shrek in his own way, then prepared to absorb the Spirit Bone while she guarded the dormitory.
• Ye Mu absorbed the Holy Light Beast Torso Bone, and his Soul Power rose from Rank 63 to Rank 66.
• Ye Mu gained Holy Light Demeanor, which enhanced his attributes and soul skills and improved his recovery, along with Holy Light Descent, which enhanced him and granted immunity to control, knockback, and confinement.
• Zhang Lexuan praised Ye Mu’s breakthrough and warned that the Elders might keep him out of the Soul Master Tournament to conceal his abilities from other factions.
• Ye Mu said he might still enter the tournament because he was curious about it and feared Xuanzi would get Ma Xiaotao and the others killed.

Ye Mu agreed to enter the Soul Master Tournament despite the risks and later joined Ma Xiaotao, Zhang Lexuan, and Ling Luochen at the Treasure Appreciation Fair. The group arrived at the lavish Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where Shrek’s students would get first choice of its treasures.

• Ye Mu told Zhang Lexuan he would compete in the Soul Master Tournament, and she agreed to report his decision to Dean Yan.
• Ye Mu continued absorbing the Holy Light Beast Torso Bone and studying Fourth-level Soul Engineer knowledge with Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er.
• Ma Xiaotao invited Ye Mu to the Treasure Appreciation Fair and explained that Shrek could choose treasures before the public auction.
• Ma Xiaotao took Ye Mu to meet Zhang Lexuan and Ling Luochen near Shrek City's northern gate, where Ling Luochen linked arms with him and Ma Xiaotao grew jealous.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where Ye Mu admired the reception girls at the entrance.

Ye Mu met Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo at the Treasure Appreciation Fair, where both senior sisters quickly claimed places beside him and drew attention from the crowd. Wu Ming linked arms with Ye Mu and led him into the lavish Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

• Zhang Lexuan and the others were approached by Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo, who greeted Ma Xiaotao and met Ye Mu.
• Wu Ming flirted with Ye Mu, and Zhang Lexuan introduced Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo as prominent Shrek inner-courtyard talents.
• Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo edged Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen aside and stood on either side of Ye Mu.
• The group attracted envious and curious looks as Ye Mu remained calm amid the gathered beauties.
• Wu Ming linked her arm with Ye Mu's and led him into the opulent Treasure Gathering Pavilion.

Ye Mu visited Shrek Academy’s exclusive Treasure Appreciation Fair, where Zhang Lexuan authorized him to take anything he wanted at the academy’s expense. He left with tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins’ worth of Spirit Bones, materials, and Soul Tool blueprints, all paid for by Shrek.

• Wu Ming teased Ye Mu as they entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, while Han Ruoruo, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen watched with jealousy.
• A service girl guided Ye Mu and the others to the exclusive fair on the pavilion’s second floor.
• Zhang Lexuan declared that Shrek Academy would cover all of Ye Mu’s expenses without requiring registration or an appraisal.
• Ye Mu took every displayed Spirit Bone over ten thousand years old, along with rare Soul Tool materials and every blueprint on the second floor.
• Zhang Lexuan paid the bill, which totaled tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins.

Ye Mu’s lavish purchases at Treasure Gathering Pavilion prompted speculation about why he had bought so many ten-thousand-year Soul Bones. Mu En explained that Ye Mu might be preparing them for his companions, and Yan Shaozhe realized the purchases could benefit Shrek’s Inner Disciples.

• Wu Ming, Han Ruoruo, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Zhang Lexuan discussed Ye Mu’s wealth and Soul Tool talent before Zhang Lexuan led the group back to Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe reviewed Ye Mu’s purchases and wondered why he had bought so many ten-thousand-year Soul Bones, while Zhang Lexuan suspected he intended them for Ning Rongrong and the others.
• Ye Mu received rewards that included a Spiritual Soul Core, a Martial Soul Evolution Material, a thirty-thousand-year physical body, a Soul Power Multiplier, and two viewers.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En about Ye Mu’s purchases, and Mu En suggested the Soul Bones could fill vacant slots for Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Xiao Xiao.
• Yan Shaozhe realized Ye Mu might be gifting the Soul Bones to his companions and felt the expense was worthwhile.

Mu En instructed Yan Shaozhe to protect Ye Mu, whom Shrek considered essential to its future. Days later, Ye Mu told Xiao Xiao about the Selection Tournament and gave her a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, which she accepted after learning the academy had funded it.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to protect Ye Mu and bring him any important problems or needs.
• Several days later, Ye Mu visited Xiao Xiao at the Outer Court and told her the Selection Tournament could earn her an exception to enter the Inner Court.
• Ye Mu gave Xiao Xiao a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, explaining that his own soul bones had surpassed its quality.
• Xiao Xiao hesitated to accept the costly gift until Ma Xiaotao explained that the academy had funded it and that she and Ling Luochen had received one too.
• Xiao Xiao thanked Ye Mu and hugged the Jade Box, while Ling Luochen nearly laughed at her candid reaction.

Xiao Xiao absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone under Ye Mu’s protection and advanced to level thirty-five, while Ye Mu prepared to give his remaining Soul Bones to Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo. The chapter ended with Wang Dong'er noticing Xiao Xiao’s stronger Soul Power when she returned to their dormitory.

• Ye Mu brought Xiao Xiao to a secluded cultivation room, where she absorbed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and safely advanced to level thirty-five.
• Ma Xiaotao encouraged Xiao Xiao to join Ye Mu at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, and Xiao Xiao eagerly imagined him winning.
• Ye Mu said he planned to give his remaining Soul Bones to Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo, prompting Ma Xiaotao to tease him about cultivating a harem.
• Ling Luochen offered to lead Ye Mu and Ma Xiaotao to Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo’s individual courtyards, while Ye Mu told Xiao Xiao to rest and stabilize her Soul Power.
• Xiao Xiao returned to the dormitory, where Wang Dong'er noticed that her Soul Power had grown stronger.

Ye Mu visited Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Zhang Lexuan, and the two women eagerly pulled him into their courtyard. Ma Xiaotao revealed that Ye Mu planned to give each of them a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, leaving Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo stunned.

• Xiao Xiao told Wang Dong'er that Ye Mu had given her a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, raising her to rank thirty-five, and Wang Dong'er privately envied their closeness.
• Ling Luochen led Ye Mu and the others to the courtyard Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo shared, where they had just woken up after sleeping in each other's arms.
• Wu Ming spotted Ye Mu and pulled him inside while Han Ruoruo followed close beside him, prompting Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Zhang Lexuan to react with exasperation.
• After everyone settled in the courtyard, Han Ruoruo asked why they had come, and Ma Xiaotao announced that Ye Mu planned to give Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo each a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo reacted with disbelief at the promised Soul Bones.