Chapter Summaries

Five-year-old Zhu Zhuqing dreamed of her lonely childhood, her engagement to Dai Mubai, and her desperate flight from the Zhu Family. As Zhu Zhuyun prepared to kill her in the Jincheng Mountains, an unknown young man intervened.

• Zhu Zhuqing dreamed that her six-year-old self awakened the Hell Spirit Cat with rank seven innate soul power and was engaged to Third Prince Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuyun grew distant from Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai fled the Star Luo Empire when Zhu Zhuqing was eight.
• At eleven, Zhu Zhuqing escaped the Zhu Family but was chased into the Jincheng Mountains by pursuers sent by Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuyun cornered Zhu Zhuqing and prepared to kill her after she refused to return.
• An unknown young man landed between the sisters, mocking the Zhu and Dai families, and halted Zhu Zhuyun.

Dai Tianyu drove Zhu Zhuyun and her pursuers away, then escorted Zhu Zhuqing to Suotuo City before parting ways. Zhu Zhuqing then spotted her fiancé, Dai Mubai, entering the Rose Hotel with twin girls.

• Dai Tianyu revealed his powerful Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul and unusual Spirit Ring configuration, forcing Zhu Zhuyun to retreat.
• Dai Tianyu gave the injured Zhu Zhuqing a hemostatic and stayed nearby while she recovered.
• Dai Tianyu accompanied Zhu Zhuqing from the Hadrian Kingdom to Suotuo City, where she planned to find Dai Mubai at Shrek Academy.
• Dai Tianyu parted ways with Zhu Zhuqing on a busy Suotuo City street.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw Dai Mubai entering the Rose Hotel with his arms around two twin girls.

Zhu Zhuqing relived a dream of discovering Dai Mubai’s indulgent life and losing her last hope that he would help her escape their fate. After leaving a Shrek Academy team battle, she encountered Dai Tianyu, who had been cultivating through fights at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s dream self saw Dai Mubai enter a hotel with twins and realized he had abandoned his duties as her fiancé.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing learned Dai Mubai had reached only rank thirty-seven and had been harassing her instead of cultivating seriously.
• Zhu Zhuqing found Shrek’s conditions and outlook disheartening and lost the remaining hope she had placed in Dai Mubai.
• After a Shrek team Soul Battle, Zhu Zhuqing left the Great Soul Arena and encountered Dai Tianyu outside.
• Dai Tianyu said he had spent most of the past month at the Great Soul Arena, where he had become known for challenging Spirit King opponents as a Soul Ancestor.

Zhu Zhuqing’s dream showed how she stubbornly followed Dai Tianyu in Suotuo City and gradually earned his quiet acceptance. After Dai Tianyu rejected Uncle Wu’s attempt to involve him in political affairs, he revealed that his father was the legendary Heavenly Star Prince, Dai Yuanfeng.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Dai Tianyu to train her, and when he refused, she persistently followed him around Suotuo City.
• Dai Tianyu gradually accepted Zhu Zhuqing’s presence, sometimes offering brief combat advice and accepting the water and cloth she brought him.
• Uncle Wu confronted Dai Tianyu after a Great Soul Arena battle, addressed him as Your Highness, and urged him to claim his position with the Zhu Family’s support.
• Dai Tianyu rejected Uncle Wu’s proposal, took Zhu Zhuqing away, and brought her to her room at the inn.
• Dai Tianyu told Zhu Zhuqing that Uncle Wu had served his late father, Dai Yuanfeng, whom Zhu Zhuqing recognized as the Heavenly Star Prince.

In a dream, Zhu Zhuqing learned that Dai Tianyu was the son of Tianxing King Dai Yuanfeng and understood why he refused to return to Star Luo. The dream left them bonded by their shared desire for freedom, before five-year-old Zhu Zhuqing woke in the Star Luo Imperial City.

• Zhu Zhuqing realized Dai Tianyu was likely Tianxing King Dai Yuanfeng’s son after he confirmed Wu Yuan had found him and urged him to reclaim his inheritance.
• Dai Tianyu told Zhu Zhuqing he wanted freedom, not the throne, and refused to repeat his father’s life in the imperial succession struggle.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Dai Tianyu as her cultivation teacher and chosen companion, regardless of his identity.
• Dai Tianyu gave Zhu Zhuqing a fleeting smile as their dream scene faded.
• Five-year-old Zhu Zhuqing abruptly woke before dawn in the Star Luo Imperial City.

Five-year-old Zhu Zhuqing woke from a frightening dream about her future and told Zhu Zhuyun what she had seen, including the names Dai Tianyu, Dai Yuanfeng, and Wu Yuan. Zhu Zhuyun recognized the names and wondered whether the dream was prophetic, while Fu Shiyan gained a large amount of Faith Power in Heaven Dou City.

• Zhu Zhuqing recoiled from Zhu Zhuyun, terrified that her sister would become cruel and that she would be forced into an engagement and a Martial Soul awakening.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyun that her dream showed Dai Mubai abandoning her and Zhu Zhuyun trying to kill her.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled that a black-clad brother named Dai Tianyu had saved her and said his father was Dai Yuanfeng, whose personal guard was Wu Yuan.
• Zhu Zhuyun recognized Dai Yuanfeng as the late Tianxing King and Wu Yuan as his former guard, then comforted Zhu Zhuqing while questioning whether the dream was prophetic.
• Fu Shiyan received a system notification that Zhu Zhuqing's fear, reliance, and initial trust had generated 300,000 Faith Points.

Fu Shiyan advanced his plan to use Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Tianyu to destabilize the Star Luo Empire, then agreed to help Dugu Yan evolve her Martial Soul. The chapter left Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan preparing to accompany him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in two days.

• Fu Shiyan reflected on the trust he had planted in five-year-old Zhu Zhuqing and planned to use Dai Tianyu as a weapon against the Star Luo Empire.
• Fu Shiyan sensed Tang San and Dai Tianyu sparring in the rear courtyard while Xiao Wu watched.
• Dugu Bo told Fu Shiyan that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan would keep quiet about him and Tang San, and that Prince Xue Xing was investigating the Third Prince's death and contacting Xue Beng.
• Dugu Bo asked Fu Shiyan for a pill to evolve Dugu Yan's Martial Soul, and Fu Shiyan agreed to refine one at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in two days.
• Fu Shiyan told Dugu Yan she might need to withdraw from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and she accepted.

Fu Shiyan guided Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass training, teaching him to connect with the plants’ senses as the first step toward Martial Soul Evolution. While Tang San practiced, Fu Shiyan considered using Ah Yin’s past to create a gap between Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, leaving that plan for the future.

• After sparring, Tang San and Dai Tianyu reported that Tang San still lacked real life-or-death combat experience.
• Fu Shiyan told Tang San to train his Blue Silver Grass control and develop the Senluo Soul-Locking Bind, then assigned him to sense every Blue Silver Grass plant in the garden.
• Tang San established a fragile sensory connection with the nearby grass and perceived details within seven or eight meters.
• Fu Shiyan considered using the truth about Ah Yin to keep Tang Hao from wholly siding with the Clear Sky Sect, and planned to bring Tang San to Holy Soul Village once his senses improved.
• Fu Shiyan told Tang San to maintain his connection for three hours, then left to prepare his plan.

Yu Xiaogang arrived at Shrek Academy and met Mo Xuan, the student whose Moro Vine Martial Soul had caught his interest. After revealing that a mysterious young Spirit King had taken the six-year-old disciple Yu Xiaogang had wanted, he began evaluating Mo Xuan’s Spirit Skills and prepared to advise him.

• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the dilapidated Shrek Academy, where Flender welcomed him and learned he would not return to Nuoding City for now.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender about an unknown man under twenty with at least Spirit King-level Soul Power who had taken a six-year-old disciple with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Flender led Yu Xiaogang to the training ground, where Mo Xuan demonstrated Ghost Vine Entanglement and Blood-Devouring Piercing.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as Mo Xuan’s teacher, and Mo Xuan bowed and asked for guidance.
• Yu Xiaogang pointed out that Mo Xuan’s Ghost Vine Entanglement took an extra 0.3 seconds to tighten, and Mo Xuan asked how to improve it.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Mo Xuan to become his disciple and began training him according to his theories about Spirit Rings. The chapter ended with Flender questioning the danger of Yu Xiaogang’s plan to give Mo Xuan an animal-type Spirit Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang advised Mo Xuan on controlling his Spirit Skills and argued that his first two Spirit Rings had been too conservative.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Mo Xuan could absorb higher-age Spirit Rings and promised to find an animal-type Soul Beast for his third ring.
• Mo Xuan accepted Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, and Yu Xiaogang took charge of his training for the next month.
• Yu Xiaogang set Mo Xuan a demanding daily routine and gave Flender thirty Gold Soul Coins to pay for his food and medicinal herbs.
• Mo Xuan began running with a sandbag while Yu Xiaogang and Flender watched, and Flender warned that an animal-type Spirit Ring carried great risks for a plant-type Martial Soul.

Yu Xiaogang trained Mo Xuan and resolved to get him onto the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament stage to prove his theories, despite Shrek Academy's poverty and lack of accreditation. As Yu Xiaogang began planning how to improve the academy, a woman in a pale purple gown appeared at Balaque City's gates.

• Yu Xiaogang decided to research the Moro Vine Martial Soul and continued training Mo Xuan, who completed his tasks and received a nourishing dinner from his teacher.
• Over the following days, Mo Xuan followed Yu Xiaogang's rigorous schedule, grew stronger, and raised his Soul Power from level twenty-six to its peak.
• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang to Shrek Academy's teachers, and Zhao Wuji questioned what a low-level theoretical Grandmaster could teach.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he wanted Mo Xuan to compete in the tournament, then proposed recruiting students, gaining accreditation, and finding money to improve the academy.
• Yu Xiaogang recorded Mo Xuan's progress and reaffirmed his goal of getting him onto the tournament stage to prove his theories and himself to the man who had taken Tang San away.
• In Balaque City, a woman in a pale purple gown stood quietly beside the city gates.

Fu Zhi found Oscar in Balaque City and waited for a natural chance to approach him, while Oscar struggled to decide whether to travel to Heaven Dou City to find the Teacher Fu from his vivid dreams. As Oscar sat alone in the academy woods, a woman in a light purple dress appeared and spoke to him.

• Fu Zhi confirmed that the eight-year-old Oscar had fifteen levels of soul power and a food-system martial soul, then watched him collect his Spirit Hall subsidy.
• Oscar considered traveling to Heaven Dou City but worried that he lacked the money and might not find Teacher Fu.
• That evening, Oscar replayed his detailed dreams and endured classmates mocking his martial soul and spirit chant.
• Oscar recorded details from his dreams in a notebook and calculated that saving enough for the journey could take a year.
• A woman in a light purple dress appeared beside Oscar in the academy woods and asked why he was alone so late at night.

Oscar met a woman who affirmed that Food System Soul Masters could become formidable fighters with the right teacher, while Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Moyuan about Zhu Qing’s disturbing dream of the Star Luo imperial family’s future. The chapter ended with Zhu Moyuan recognizing the name Dai Yuanfeng and reacting with shock.

• Oscar met a woman who reassured him that Food System Soul Masters were valuable and could gain combat strength through special training.
• Zhu Zhuyun reported Zhu Qing’s dream to Zhu Moyuan, including her awakening with level seven Innate Soul Power and becoming engaged to Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Moyuan that Zhu Qing dreamed Dai Niesheng and her second sister died, prompting him to suspect Dai Weisi.
• Zhu Zhuyun recounted Zhu Qing’s dream of Dai Mubai abandoning her, Zhu Zhuyun pursuing her, and Dai Tianyu rescuing her with a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul.
• Zhu Moyuan was shocked when Zhu Zhuyun said Dai Tianyu’s father was Dai Yuanfeng.

Zhu Moyuan learned of Dai Tianyu from Zhu Zhuyun and sought out Wu Yuan, a former guard of Tianxing King, to confirm the young man's identity and Martial Soul. Wu Yuan admitted Dai Tianyu existed but said he was away and did not wish to return, while Zhu Moyuan asked to meet him and offered the Zhu Family as a possible source of support.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Moyuan that Zhu Qing had dreamed of a man named Wu Yuan meeting Dai Tianyu, who wanted freedom rather than the throne.
• Zhu Moyuan visited Wu Yuan at his blacksmith shop and asked about his past service to Tianxing King.
• Zhu Moyuan mentioned Dai Tianyu and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, prompting Wu Yuan to reveal through his reaction that he knew the young man.
• Wu Yuan confirmed Dai Tianyu was away from Star Luo and did not wish to return, while Zhu Moyuan said he wanted to meet him rather than force him to claim the throne.
• Zhu Moyuan suggested the Zhu Family could support Tianxing King's surviving lineage, but Wu Yuan said he needed time and could not decide on his own.

Zhu Moyuan learned from Wu Yuan that Dai Tianyu was alive and secretly cultivating, then decided the Zhu Family should seek an alliance with him. He planned to meet Dai Tianyu and delay Zhu Qing’s engagement, while Dai Tianyu continued practicing in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well valley.

• Zhu Moyuan pressed Wu Yuan about Dai Tianyu and warned that the Zhu Family could become either a friend or an enemy.
• Wu Yuan revealed that Dai Tianyu was safe and cultivating under an expert, but said he needed permission before arranging a meeting.
• Zhu Moyuan recalled Dai Yuanfeng’s refusal to submit to the imperial rules and concluded that Dai Tianyu’s Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Martial Soul could transform the Zhu Family’s fortunes.
• Zhu Moyuan decided to confirm Dai Tianyu’s talent and character, and to find a way to delay Zhu Qing’s engagement.
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Fu Shiyan watched Tang San cultivate before turning to Dai Tianyu, who was practicing his Spirit Skills.

Fu Shiyan revealed the truth about Dai Tianyu’s parents and how the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s aura transformed his twin Martial Souls. Dai Tianyu vowed to determine his own fate, while Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan waited for Fu Shiyan at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Fu Shiyan told Dai Tianyu that his father, Dai Yuanfeng, was the former Heavenly Star King and his mother, Fu Qingxue, belonged to a collateral branch of the Fu Family.
• Fu Shiyan explained that Fu Qingxue inherited a blade Martial Soul corrupted by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s aura, which eventually eroded her body.
• Fu Shiyan said the aura became active around Dai Yuanfeng’s White Tiger Martial Soul and entered Dai Tianyu when he was born.
• Fu Shiyan revealed that Dai Tianyu’s White Tiger transformed into the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, while his Evil Demon Blade became the Asura Purgatory Blade.
• Dai Tianyu vowed that he alone would decide his fate, and Fu Shiyan told him to continue cultivating.
• Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan waited for Fu Shiyan on the other side of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Dugu Yan took Fu Shiyan’s modified Soul Shaping Origin Pill at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to begin evolving her Martial Soul. As the painful reshaping began, Fu Shiyan instructed her to guide the medicinal power toward her Martial Soul Origin.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo she was ready to endure the pain and risk of Martial Soul Evolution, and he promised to stay by her side.
• Fu Shiyan explained that the gentler Soul Shaping Origin Pill could reshape Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul Origin but offered no guarantee of success.
• Dugu Yan swallowed the pill, sat at the point where the springs converged, and began circulating her Soul Power as her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul emerged.
• Dugu Yan’s body trembled as the medicine struck her Martial Soul Origin, and Fu Shiyan told her to guide the medicinal power toward it rather than resist the pain.

Dugu Yan endured the crucial stage of her Martial Soul evolution while Fu Shiyan planned to draw Yue Guan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by tempting him with a rare Immortal Herb. Yue Guan recognized the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Fu Ze revealed, and the chapter ended before he could react to Fu Ze’s next move.

• Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent began evolving toward the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor as Dugu Bo watched anxiously and Fu Shiyan reassured him.
• Fu Shiyan planned to use Dugu Yan’s successful evolution to draw Ye Lingling and the Ye Clan into seeking cooperation with him.
• Fu Shiyan waited for Fu Ze to lure Yue Guan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with an Immortal Herb.
• Yue Guan entered Sunset Forest to visit Dugu Bo, but Fu Ze blocked his path.
• Fu Ze opened a cold-jade container and revealed a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, leaving Yue Guan stunned with excitement.

Fu Ze lured the enraged Yue Guan into the misty valley near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Yue Guan encountered a woman he believed was his sister. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan endured intense pain as her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor began evolving.

• Fu Ze ate a petal of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, enraging Yue Guan and driving him to attack.
• Fu Ze fled toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Yue Guan pursued him, ignoring the possibility of a trap.
• Fu Ze led Yue Guan into the mist, where Yue Guan lost sight of him and heard a familiar voice call him “Guan Guan.”
• Yue Guan saw a woman beneath an ancient tree and tearfully whispered, “Sister?”
• At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor developed crystalline scales, budding horns, and emerging claws as it evolved.

Dugu Yan endured the painful evolution of her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor while Fu Shiyan used the Void Reality Illusion Domain to trap Yue Guan with the image of his dead sister. The serpent’s transformation reached its critical stage, and Dugu Yan fought to hold on as she remembered why she wanted to become stronger.

• Dugu Yan broke through to level thirty after taking Fu Shiyan’s weakened Soul Shaping Origin Pill, while her Martial Soul continued to evolve.
• Fu Shiyan explained that he had enlisted Fu Ze’s Soul Power to use the Void Reality Illusion Domain against Yue Guan.
• The illusion showed Yue Guan his deceased sister, and he struggled to reconcile the familiar warmth with his knowledge that she was dead.
• Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor began developing limbs as her evolution reached its most painful stage.
• Dugu Yan recalled her grandfather’s care, her experience at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and her determination to control her own fate and stop worrying him.