Chapter Summaries

Tang San recovered from his fight with Chen Xing while Oscar silently watched Ning Rongrong leave Chen Xing’s room. The next morning, Chen Xing discovered an eighty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring with the Ice Explosion skill and wondered whether his body could withstand absorbing it.

• Tang San and Oscar saw two girls leaving Chen Xing’s room, and Tang San relaxed when he realized Xiao Wu was not among them.
• Tang San recalled that Chen Xing had defeated him effortlessly and decided he no longer wanted to challenge him.
• Chen Xing’s Golden Grass Seed absorbed a surge of Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline before the sensation faded.
• Chen Xing inspected the System Panel and found an eighty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring that granted Ice Explosion, along with a hundred-thousand-year Fire Phoenix Soul Ring.
• Chen Xing considered attaching the Fire Phoenix Soul Ring to his Purple Imperial Bamboo at level seventy and worried that his current body might not endure absorbing the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring.

Chen Xing weighed whether to absorb the random Eighty-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring despite the danger to his body. After leaving Shrek Academy for a deserted mountain, he still had not decided whether to take the risk or give it up.

• Chen Xing considered the danger of absorbing the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring and decided he needed to leave Shrek before attempting it.
• Chen Xing asked Ning Rongrong to tell Flender he was taking a day off, promising to treat her to grilled meat for three days.
• Chen Xing left Shrek Academy and flew to a secluded mountain range to avoid being disturbed.
• Chen Xing studied the Soul Ring and considered relying on the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to heal damage from its energy.
• Chen Xing spent nearly half an hour weighing his options but remained unable to choose between absorbing the Soul Ring and giving it up.

Chen Xing struggled to absorb an eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring as Ice Empress appeared in his Sea of Consciousness and agreed to help contain its power. The next morning, Flender found Chen Xing missing from his cabin and searched anxiously toward Suotuo City.

• Ice Empress appeared in Chen Xing's Sea of Consciousness and questioned him about his unusual Soul Rings.
• Chen Xing told Ice Empress he was absorbing an eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring and asked for help when its energy overwhelmed him.
• Ice Empress became hostile after sensing the familiar aura of her kin, but agreed to help after Chen Xing pleaded with her.
• Chen Xing redirected the violent Soul Ring energy through his Sea of Consciousness while his meridians suffered severe damage.
• The next morning, Flender found Chen Xing's cabin empty and searched toward Suotuo City.

After damaging his meridians while absorbing a Soul Ring, Chen Xing returned to Shrek Academy with Flender and pretended his injuries came from an unstable Martial Soul. The teachers gathered to assess him, where Yu Xiaogang gloated over his apparent vindication, and Zhao Wuji promised to invite a healing expert.

• Chen Xing recovered in the forest after reaching Soul Power level 69, relying on his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to slowly heal his damaged meridians.
• Flender found Chen Xing and, alarmed by his weakened Soul Master aura, asked what had happened.
• Chen Xing blamed his injuries on an unstable Martial Soul, and Flender took him back to Shrek Academy for help.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Chen Xing had suffered a Martial Soul Mutation and mocked him over his uncertain future at the academy.
• Zhao Wuji promised to invite a healing expert the next day to treat Chen Xing's injuries.

Chen Xing stayed in his dormitory for seven days, enduring pain as he used his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to repair his damaged meridians while preparing for a possible encounter with Ye Lanyi. The chapter ended with someone urgently calling for Chen Nian, claiming he could be saved.

• Chen Xing declined Zhao Wuji’s offer to seek out Ye Lanyi immediately, saying he would first try to recover on his own.
• Yu Xiaogang mocked Chen Xing and went to tell Tang San the news, while the teachers condemned Yu Xiaogang’s behavior.
• Chen Xing left the office and returned to his dormitory, where he focused on healing his meridians with his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Chen Xing remained in his dormitory for seven days; Oscar came to mock him, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing avoided interrupting his cultivation.
• Chen Xing combined Photosynthesis and Wild Growth with his leg bone’s healing ability, then heard someone urgently call for Chen Nian and say he could be saved.

Ye Lanyi arrived at Shrek Academy to heal Chen Xing, but she recognized him as the man she had searched for and tried to capture him. Chen Xing revealed his Purple Imperial Bamboo Martial Soul and six Soul Rings as Ye Lanyi’s hidden forces surrounded him.

• Zhao Wuji smashed open Chen Xing’s door and brought him to Flender’s office, where Ye Lanyi was waiting to treat him.
• Ye Lanyi recognized Chen Xing and wept with excitement, while Chen Xing realized she still intended to capture him.
• Chen Xing asked whether the academy had been evacuated, and Ye Lanyi confirmed that everyone else had left at her request.
• Flender recognized Chen Xing as Spirit Hall’s wanted criminal and pulled Zhao Wuji away from him.
• Ye Lanyi summoned dozens of hidden guards and demanded that Chen Xing come with her or be taken by force.
• Chen Xing revealed his Purple Imperial Bamboo Martial Soul and six Soul Rings as his aura pressed down on the crowded office.

Chen Xing revealed ten Soul Rings and his true strength to Ye Lanyi and her guards, then killed a Soul Emperor with a single sword strike. Ye Lanyi’s confidence collapsed as she screamed and withdrew her healing Martial Soul.

• Chen Xing exposed his extraordinary Soul Ring configuration, while Ye Lanyi admitted Spirit Hall had searched for him and declared that he would belong to her.
• Chen Xing accused Spirit Hall of not treating Ye Lanyi as a person and unleashed a freezing shockwave that covered the room in ice.
• Chen Xing revealed his seventh, eighth, and ninth Soul Rings, leaving Ye Lanyi, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the guards stunned.
• Chen Xing revealed his tenth Soul Ring and beheaded the Soul Emperor Ye Lanyi had pushed in front of him.
• Chen Xing kicked the dead Soul Emperor’s head into Ye Lanyi’s arms, and she screamed as her healing aura vanished and she withdrew the Nine Heart Begonia.

Chen Xing trapped Ye Lanyi’s escorts in a blizzard and began eliminating them before they could report his identity to Spirit Hall. After wounding the remaining Soul Saints and Soul Douluo with his Purple Imperial Sword Formation, he targeted the Gale Wolf Soul Saint for a killing blow.

• Chen Xing detonated the ice on Ye Lanyi’s head, knocked her unconscious, and activated his strongest enhancement skills.
• Chen Xing used the blizzard to kill several Soul Emperors while the surviving Soul Saints and Soul Douluo gathered together.
• The Fire Sparrow Soul Douluo and the Soul Saints realized Chen Xing was below Soul Saint rank and planned to break through the blizzard.
• Chen Xing struck the group repeatedly with his Purple Imperial Sword Formation, wounding them through their defenses.
• Chen Xing chose the Gale Wolf Soul Saint as his first target and prepared Purple Imperial Sky-Breaking Slash.

Chen Xing killed the Gale Wolf Soul Saint and used Great Cold No Snow to seal the Martial Souls of the remaining guards, but the fight left him badly weakened. He summoned Flender and Zhao Wuji and asked them to finish off the helpless survivors.

• Chen Xing used Purple Imperial Sky-Breaking Slash to kill the Gale Wolf Soul Saint without the other guards noticing.
• Chen Xing unleashed Great Cold No Snow, crushing the Earth Violent Bear Soul Saint and sealing the Martial Souls of the remaining three guards.
• The attack ended Snow Dance Shining Sun and left Chen Xing and the guards injured and without Soul Power.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji watched in disbelief as Chen Xing called them over from the ruined battlefield.
• Chen Xing asked Flender and Zhao Wuji to kill the guards, then collapsed and closed his eyes.

Chen Xing maneuvered Flender and Zhao Wuji into killing the Spirit Hall pursuers, ensuring they could not report him. After thanking them, he captured Ye Lanyi and used Ice Explosion across Shrek Academy.

• Flender realized Chen Xing had forced him and Zhao Wuji to share responsibility for killing Spirit Hall members, so he killed two Soul Saints.
• The surviving Soul Douluo threatened Flender and tried to bargain with Zhao Wuji as his Martial Soul began to recover.
• Flender urged Zhao Wuji to act before it was too late, and Zhao Wuji smashed the Soul Douluo with a Vajra Palm.
• Chen Xing withdrew the Soul Power he had gathered to strike and thanked his teachers for protecting him.
• Chen Xing grabbed Ye Lanyi and activated his fourth Soul Skill, Ice Explosion, covering Shrek Academy in ice crystals.

Chen Xing escaped with Ye Lanyi after defeating her group, but his exhausted body collapsed as his damaged meridians took their toll. When Ye Lanyi awoke, she begged him to reveal how to evolve a Martial Soul so she could help her family, and Chen Xing offered her an opportunity before the chapter ended.

• Chen Xing's Ice Explosion wiped out everyone nearby, while Flender and Zhao Wuji survived with minor injuries and realized Chen Xing had forced them to choose a side.
• Chen Xing took Ye Lanyi to a concealed cave, sealed her Soul Power, and tied her up before collapsing from the strain of battle and his depleted Soul Power.
• Ye Lanyi woke in the cave and learned that Chen Xing had survived and apparently defeated the group whose leader had possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Chen Xing questioned Ye Lanyi about her secret techniques and her ability to steal his bloodline, then showed her his evolved Purple Imperial Bamboo.
• Ye Lanyi begged Chen Xing to teach her the secret of Martial Soul Evolution and offered to become his slave, hoping to save her family and Ye Lingling.
• Chen Xing offered Ye Lanyi an opportunity, stopped her from swearing an oath, and began to tell her what she needed to do.

Chen Xing forced Ye Lanyi to attempt stripping the Purple Imperial Bamboo bloodline again, using the failed attempt to confirm that it had fully fused with him. He then prepared to kill her, but Ye Lanyi fought back with her Martial Soul Avatar.

• Chen Xing threatened to kill Ye Lanyi unless she stripped his bloodline again, and she agreed in exchange for his promise to spare her and tell her the secret of Martial Soul Evolution.
• Chen Xing freed Ye Lanyi, removed her Soul Power seal, and enclosed them within four walls of ice.
• Ye Lanyi used her Nine Heart Begonia to send a blood-red thread toward Chen Xing's Purple Imperial Bamboo, but she could not strip away his bloodline.
• Chen Xing realized the bloodline had fully fused with him and declared that Ye Lanyi had lost her chance to survive.
• Ye Lanyi summoned her Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and vowed to take Chen Xing down with her.

Chen Xing emerged from the cave after killing Ye Lanyi, while Flender told the returning Shrek Academy group that the ruined academy was being rebuilt. Chen Xing returned with a false account of the Ye Clan head’s departure, leaving the teachers suspicious and Zhao Wuji missing.

• Chen Xing left the cave after Ye Lanyi died and the cave collapsed behind him.
• The group returned to Shrek Academy and found its buildings gone, with workers rebuilding on the cleared foundation.
• Flender claimed he had chosen to renovate the academy, and the teachers questioned why Chen Nian and the Ye Clan head were absent.
• Flender said Chen Nian had gone to Ye Mansion for treatment, but Chen Xing returned and said he had come back alone because his injuries were minor.
• Shao Xin noticed the conflicting explanations and the group wondered what had happened to the Ye Clan head and Zhao Wuji.
• Flender changed the subject, ordered everyone to help the workers, and Ma Hongjun asked where they would stay meanwhile.

After Ye Lanyi’s death, Chen Xing worried that Spirit Hall would trace the battle back to Shrek Academy. Tang Hao arrived at the academy and questioned Flender, who concealed Chen Xing’s role and was ordered to watch Chen Nian.

• Flender told the Shrek Seven Devils to camp in tents while workers rebuilt the academy.
• Chen Xing reflected on Ye Lanyi’s death, the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring’s Ice Explosion, and the danger of Spirit Hall investigating.
• Tang Hao summoned Flender to the back mountain and demanded to know who had come to the academy.
• Flender claimed Spirit Hall had attacked because Zhao Wuji was wanted, and said he and Zhao Wuji had driven them off.
• Tang Hao accused Flender of lying, seized him by the throat, then released him after his spiritual force detected no unusual heartbeat.
• Tang Hao warned Flender not to endanger Xiao San and ordered him to keep watch on Chen Nian.

Three months after recovering, Chen Xing prepared to return to the Blue Silver Forest to visit Ah Yin. After breakfast, he told Ning Rongrong he would be away for a few days, and she followed him into the kitchen to ask about his family.

• Chen Xing woke in the rebuilt dormitory with his meridian injuries healed and his Soul Power still at level 69, then decided to return to the Blue Silver Forest.
• Ning Rongrong came to Chen Xing for breakfast, as she had each morning, and eagerly ate the steak he made.
• Chen Xing told Ning Rongrong he was going home for two or three days and asked her to inform Flender that he was leaving.
• After breakfast, Ning Rongrong followed Chen Xing into the kitchen and shyly asked who was in his family and whether they were Soul Masters.

Chen Xing left Shrek Academy to visit Ah Yin, while Yu Xiaogang confronted Flender over Chen Xing’s supposed absence from class. Flender began defending Chen Xing, revealing that the dispute was not yet settled.

• Chen Xing escaped Ning Rongrong, then flew toward the Star Dou Forest using his Ice Spirit Wings.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed Chen Nian was absent, and Ning Rongrong explained that Chen Nian had asked for leave.
• Yu Xiaogang went to Flender’s office to complain about Chen Xing and demand that Flender stop indulging him.
• Flender’s tea set shattered when Yu Xiaogang burst into the office, and Flender knocked Yu Xiaogang down with his Soul Saint pressure.
• Tang San helped Yu Xiaogang up, and Yu Xiaogang accused Chen Xing of breaking academy rules and skipping class.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Chen Nian had asked him for leave and had not skipped class.

Yu Xiaogang collapsed after Flender’s angry words made him question the value of their friendship. Meanwhile, Chen Xing reunited with Ah Yin in the Blue Silver Forest and learned that the Blue Silver Grass he had rescued, now named A-Zi, had become a human after reaching one hundred thousand years of cultivation.

• Flender argued with Yu Xiaogang over keeping Chen Nian at the academy, then stormed out after nearly insulting Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang dwelled on whether Flender had looked down on him and collapsed as Tang San called to him.
• Chen Xing reached the Blue Silver Forest and reunited with Ah Yin after flying for a day.
• A-Zi appeared and revealed herself as the Blue Silver Grass Chen Xing had saved from a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Ah Yin and A-Zi explained that the Blue Silver Grass Clan had sacrificed their cultivation to help A-Zi reach one hundred thousand years, and she had taken human form two days earlier.

Chen Xing learned that A-Zi wanted an offensive Martial Soul instead of Blue Silver Grass and suggested she shape her independent awakening after Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Overlord Spear. The chapter left A-Zi preparing to try the idea after seeing Ah Yin summon the spear.

• Chen Xing confronted A-Zi about taking over his room, then told her to focus on cultivating after she explained she had nowhere else to sleep.
• Chen Xing discovered that A-Zi had not awakened her Martial Soul, and she begged him to teach her how to awaken an offensive one like his Purple Imperial Bamboo.
• Ah Yin explained that A-Zi wanted a Martial Soul like Chen Xing’s, but Chen Xing said Martial Souls could not normally be chosen and advised her to develop offensive Soul Skills instead.
• Chen Xing recalled Ji Juechen changing the form of his Martial Soul and wondered whether A-Zi could shape her Blue Silver Grass into a spear.
• Chen Xing asked Ah Yin to demonstrate Blue Silver Overlord Spear and told A-Zi to study its form and condense her origin power that way during her independent awakening.
• Ah Yin summoned the blue-gold Blue Silver Overlord Spear for A-Zi to observe.

A-Zi successfully reshaped her Martial Soul into the Blue Silver Purple Thunder Spear, an offensive weapon combining Blue Silver Grass with her lightning attribute. After celebrating with Chen Xing, she condensed her Soul Ring, and the chapter ended the next morning as Ah Yin woke the two of them.

• A-Zi endured the painful process of reshaping her Martial Soul while Chen Xing and Ah Yin watched anxiously.
• A-Zi awakened the Blue Silver Purple Thunder Spear and excitedly thanked Chen Xing.
• Chen Xing told A-Zi to steady herself and condense her Soul Ring, then discovered she had gotten snot on him as she cried in his arms.
• The next morning, Ah Yin called through the door for Chen Xing and A-Zi to get up.
• Chen Xing rose and greeted Ah Yin, who pointed out that the sun was already high.

Chen Xing reassured Ah Yin after revealing that he had survived a fight against three Soul Saints and a Soul Douluo, but she begged him not to return to the human world. He demonstrated his power to convince her he was safe, leaving A-Zi astonished by his ten Soul Rings.

• Ah Yin gave Chen Xing warm water and chilled cakes while scolding him and A-Zi for sleeping in.
• Chen Xing recalled that A-Zi had agreed to travel with him to the human world so she could seek Whale Rubber and see the outside world.
• Chen Xing returned the Golden Grass Seed to Ah Yin, whose health improved, and promised to take her to a growth-boosting treasure ground after he reached Soul Saint.
• Chen Xing accidentally revealed that he had fought three Soul Saints and a Soul Douluo, prompting Ah Yin to fear for his safety and plead with him not to return to the human world.
• Chen Xing summoned his martial souls and displayed ten Soul Rings, stunning A-Zi.