Chapter Summaries

After the new student assessment, Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena received exceptional rewards and were named Inner Court disciples. They began discussing a powerful armor project, then received their custom Level 7 Soul Tools from Xian Lin'er while the promised Soul Bones remained undelivered.

• Du Weilun announced Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena would each receive a custom Level 7 Soul Tool and a future Soul Bone, then granted them direct Inner Court disciple status.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao reacted to the pair's recognition and debated whether they could surpass them.
• Mu Xuanheng, Gu Yuena, and Huo Yuhao continued their Soul Engineer studies, and Gu Yuena said she wanted to help with Mu Xuanheng's research.
• Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena discussed turning forged metal into armor that could enhance a Soul Master's combat power.
• Xian Lin'er delivered Mu Xuanheng the Azure Flame Sharp Claw and Gu Yuena an elemental-control ornament, both Level 7 Soul Tools.
• The Spirit Martial Department's promised Soul Bones had not arrived by the start of the break, which suited Gu Yuena.

Mu Xuanheng returned to the Extreme North with Xuan Zi to form a Contract with the Ice Empress, while the Snow Empress began teaching him her Three Ultimates. The Ice Empress came rushing toward them after sensing the Snow Empress’s aura.

• Mu Xuanheng left Shrek for the Extreme North, but Xuan Zi caught him and agreed to accompany him.
• The Snow Empress returned home with Mu Xuanheng and explained that his Heart of Ice and Snow could protect him from death once and summon her at full strength temporarily.
• The Snow Empress insisted that Mu Xuanheng learn her Three Ultimates and rejected his request to change one of the techniques’ names.
• The Snow Empress released her aura near the Core Circle, and the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion rushed toward them.

Mu Xuanheng and the Snow Empress tried to persuade the Ice Empress to sign a contract, but she initially refused. After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trapped the Ice Empress in his cocoon, she chose Mu Xuanheng instead, and the contract raised his Soul Power to level 40.

• The Ice Empress rejected the Master-Servant Contract until Electrolux appeared and Mu Xuanheng explained her options.
• Mu Xuanheng left the contract with the Ice Empress and warned her that a hunter might disguise himself as delicious food.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm brought Huo Yuhao to capture the Ice Empress in his million-year-old cocoon.
• Mu Xuanheng, Xuan Zi, and the Snow Empress reached the trapped Ice Empress, who agreed to contract with Mu Xuanheng.
• Mu Xuanheng used his dragon claw to pull the Ice Empress out of the cocoon, and the contract raised him to level 40 and gave him her torso Soul Bone.

After returning from the Extreme North, Mu Xuanheng tested the powers of his new Soul Bone and Fourth Soul Skill at Shrek. The chapter ended with Mu En arranging a match between Mu Xuanheng and the official team members.

• Xuan Zi questioned Mu Xuanheng about the million-year-old Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress pressed Mu Xuanheng about his foreknowledge; Electrolux helped him keep the truth secret.
• Huo Yuhao failed to find Bing'er and, with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's help, set out to find an Ice Jade Scorpion as his Martial Soul.
• At the Sea God Pavilion, Mu Xuanheng demonstrated Ice Emperor's Wrath and explained how his Fourth Soul Skill, Disaster-Fortune Reversal, could turn negative effects into positive ones or convert misfortune into attack power.
• Mu En reminded Mu Xuanheng that he had promised to treat Ma Xiaotao, and the Snow Empress reminded him to learn the Three Ultimates of the Snow Empress.
• Xuan Zi told Mu En about the million-year-old Soul Beast, and Mu En said he suspected its identity and would leave the matter to Mu Xuanheng before arranging a match between him and the official team members.

Mu Xuanheng used his Ultimate Ice to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and advised her to seek out an Ice Martial Soul student. Yan Shaozhe then brought Mu Xuanheng to meet the current Shrek Seven Devils, where the group noticed his rapid rise to Soul Ancestor rank.

• Yan Shaozhe brought Mu Xuanheng to Ma Xiaotao’s cultivation room after her Evil Fire flared out of control.
• Mu Xuanheng struck Ma Xiaotao with Ice Emperor’s Wrath, and Snow Empress knocked her unconscious with Great Cold Without Snow.
• Mu Xuanheng cooled and bound Ma Xiaotao with ice, suppressing her Evil Fire and warning her about cultivating recklessly.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Mu Xuanheng for help in the future, and he suggested she find an Ice Martial Soul student as a dual cultivation partner.
• Yan Shaozhe took Mu Xuanheng to meet the Shrek Seven Devils, and the students recognized his orange Soul Ring and impressive flight.

Yan Shaozhe introduced Mu Xuanheng to Shrek’s senior students and arranged a four-on-four match to test their teamwork and his combat ability. The match began with Mu Xuanheng facing Chen Zifeng while the two teams fought for control of the battlefield.

• Yan Shaozhe brought Mu Xuanheng to meet the senior students, and everyone introduced their Soul Master roles.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed a four-on-four match, and Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng selected their teams, with Mu Xuanheng joining Dai Yueheng’s side.
• At the start of the match, the seniors paused to admire Mu Xuanheng’s orange Soul Rings before Ma Xiaotao’s team launched its attack.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng activated their enhancement skills as Yao Haoxuan weakened Mu Xuanheng and Chen Zifeng moved to attack him.
• Mu Xuanheng urged Ling Luochеn to support Dai Yueheng, then used Taotie to disrupt Gongyang Mo’s enhancement and countered Chen Zifeng with Phantom Dragon Claw.
• Chen Zifeng broke through Mu Xuanheng’s attack with his Soul Chasing Sword and challenged him to reveal his full strength.

Mu Xuanheng turned the four-on-four match around with his Disaster-Fortune Reversal and Ultimate Ice, helping his team defeat Ma Xiaotao’s side. After the match, Yan Shaozhe praised the battle and told Mu Xuanheng that he and Gu Yuena could skip the freshman assessment and use the time for their own affairs.

• Chen Zifeng struggled to suppress Mu Xuanheng, while Ma Xiaotao fought Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochеn with support from Gongyang Mo and Yao Haoxuan.
• Xixi broke through Chen Zifeng’s defense to eliminate Yao Haoxuan, prompting Ma Xiaotao to launch stronger attacks against Dai Yueheng and Ling Luochеn.
• Mu Xuanheng used Disaster-Fortune Reversal to turn Yao Haoxuan’s weakening effect into a boost, then revealed his Ultimate Ice and knocked Chen Zifeng out.
• Ma Xiaotao sent Ling Luochеn flying, but Xixi eliminated Gongyang Mo and the other support; Mu Xuanheng and Dai Yueheng then eliminated Ma Xiaotao.
• Ling Luochеn asked to experience Mu Xuanheng’s Ultimate Ice, and his Great Cold No Snow left her frostbitten.
• Yan Shaozhe lectured the seven fighters and told Mu Xuanheng that he and Gu Yuena could skip the freshman assessment for second year.

Gu Yuena’s Hundred-Thousand-Year fourth Soul Ring stunned the students, while Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin and fulfilled his bet. Mu Xuanheng brought Huo Yuhao to the Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En exposed the Million-Year Soul Beast in his Spiritual Sea and the Ice Empress revealed herself.

• Du Weilun excluded Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena from the promotion assessment, and Gu Yuena showed the students her Hundred-Thousand-Year fourth Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao clashed with Dai Huabin, demonstrated his strength, and made him apologize to Mu Xuanheng.
• Xuan Zi watched the assessment and suspected that Huo Yuhao was the host of the Million-Year Soul Beast.
• Mu Xuanheng took Huo Yuhao to meet Mu En at the Sea God Pavilion while Gu Yuena stayed behind.
• Mu En identified the Million-Year Soul Ring’s four Soul Skills, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sea.
• The Ice Empress appeared on Mu Xuanheng’s shoulder and confronted Tian Meng, whom Mu Xuanheng stopped from approaching her.

Mu En offered to take Huo Yuhao as his disciple after the Ice Empress chose Mu Xuanheng instead, and Huo Yuhao accepted in tears. Back with Gu Yuena, Mu Xuanheng faced questions about who he liked before she revealed that her younger sister had seen him leaving the Extreme North.

• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress explained why the Ice Empress had chosen Mu Xuanheng, while the Snow Empress warned Tian Meng not to target him.
• Mu En explained that he had brought Huo Yuhao to clear up the misunderstanding and offered to take him as a disciple, with Bei Bei and Mu Xuanheng teaching him.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Mu En's offer and wept in his arms, while Mu Xuanheng walked away after being asked to help teach him.
• Mu Xuanheng returned to Gu Yuena and hinted that he might face another enemy in the future.
• Gu Yuena asked Mu Xuanheng who he liked; he said it might be her, and she changed the subject by showing him her Battle Armor plans.
• Gu Yuena told Mu Xuanheng that her younger sister had seen him coming out of the Extreme North.

Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena discussed her younger sister and her Silver Dragon Spear, then went to the Treasure Appraisal Fair to buy materials and herbs. On the way back, they killed an assassin sent after Huo Yuhao, who was rescued by Ma Xiaotao, while Mu Xuanheng wondered whether he and Gu Yuena could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Gu Yuena told Mu Xuanheng she had a younger sister and invited him to meet her family after the Soul Fighting Tournament; he agreed to go later.
• Gu Yuena revealed her Silver Dragon Spear as a Companion Martial Soul to her Seven-Colored Dragon, and Mu Xuanheng showed her his Contract Martial Soul.
• Mu Xuanheng invited Gu Yuena to the Treasure Appraisal Fair, where they looked for Battle Armor materials and medicinal herbs using Xuan Zi's card.
• Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena encountered Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong at the fair, and Mu Xuanheng planned to use herbs and Whale Glue to improve his physique.
• Dai Huabin's assassins tried to attack Mu Xuanheng and Huo Yuhao on the way back, but Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena killed one of them.
• Ma Xiaotao rescued Huo Yuhao from the remaining attackers, and Mu Xuanheng wondered if he and Gu Yuena could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena made their Battle Armor and joined the Soul Fighting Tournament’s melee, where Mu Xuanheng punished Dai Huabin before returning to Gu Yuena. They named their matching armor Eternal Moon and Yue Heng, marking their entry into a new era of Soul Masters.

• Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena consumed the Whale Rubber and other materials, cooled off to dispel its effects, and agreed to make Battle Armor.
• Mu Xuanheng explained Battle Armor naming and planned to enter the Soul Fighting Tournament with Gu Yuena, hoping their early use of the technology would help delay war.
• Xuan Zi brought Mu Xuanheng to the core disciples’ melee, where Mu Xuanheng subdued the group with pressure and broke Dai Huabin’s arm after warning him not to provoke others.
• The melee proceeded without Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena, and Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan withdrew while Huo Yuhao remained in the competition.
• Gu Yuena completed her Battle Armor and named it Yue Heng, while Mu Xuanheng named his Eternal Moon; the two donned their armor together.

Xuan Zi gathered the reserve and official team members for a seven-on-seven mixed-match battle, and Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng selected their teams. The battle began with Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice helping Ling Luochеn suppress Ma Xiaotao’s flames, but Ma Xiaotao counterattacked with her Phoenix Meteor Shower.

• Yan Shaozhe found Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena relaxing in the workshop and brought them to the battlefield.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng took turns choosing their teammates, placing Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena on Dai Yueheng’s team.
• The teams summoned their Martial Souls, and the sight of Huo Yuhao, Mu Xuanheng, and Gu Yuena’s Soul Ring configurations shocked the others.
• Xixi disappeared from sight, He Caitou prepared his guns, and Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to aid his team.
• Ling Luochеn’s Ultimate Ice extinguished Ma Xiaotao’s flames, and Dai Yueheng intercepted Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her sixth Soul Skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower, against Dai Yueheng’s team.

Ma Xiaotao’s team lost the first mixed-team battle, so Xuan Zi rearranged the teams and ordered a rematch. Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena dominated the second fight with their combined ice and lightning powers, and Gu Yuena ended the chapter by challenging all twelve opponents to face the pair of them.

• After Dai Yueheng’s team defeated Ma Xiaotao’s team, Xuan Zi ordered the participants to recover and changed the lineups for a second battle.
• Mu Xuanheng complained about being called out for slacking, then joined Ma Xiaotao, Xixi, Gu Yuena, Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong for the rematch.
• Mu Xuanheng’s Eternal Frozen Domain suppressed the opposing ice Soul Masters, while Ma Xiaotao and Bei Bei attacked Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng.
• Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena summoned a powerful lightning storm that knocked out Chen Zifeng, paralyzed Dai Yueheng, and quickly decided the battle.
• Xuan Zi ordered Mu Xuanheng and Yao Haoxuan to switch teams for another match, but Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena objected, and Gu Yuena challenged all twelve opponents to fight the two of them.

Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena accepted a twelve-on-two match against Shrek Academy’s official team and defeated them with their overwhelming abilities. After the humiliating loss, Xuan Zi ordered everyone to reflect and told the two victors to return the next morning to prepare for departure.

• Gu Yuena claimed that she and Mu Xuanheng could defeat the other twelve, and Xuan Zi arranged the match while Yan Shaozhe watched.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng launched powerful attacks as Gongyang Mo supported them, but Mu Xuanheng’s Eternal Frozen Domain weakened their assaults and his Emperor Sword shattered them.
• Gu Yuena shrouded the field in darkness, and Huo Yuhao connected everyone with Spiritual Detection Sharing before realizing they needed to escape.
• Gu Yuena immobilized the fighters, and Mu Xuanheng used his dragon form and Emperor Palm to eliminate them until Yan Shaozhe ended the match.
• The official team admitted defeat, and Xuan Zi told everyone to reflect before ordering them to meet the next morning to prepare for departure.

Shrek's team set out to eliminate the Hand of the Death God before the Soul Fighting Tournament, with Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena growing closer during the journey. After the group rested and shared a meal, Ye Xishui ordered an investigation into Xuan Zi's strength, and Dai Yueheng said they would meet his father at their next stop.

• Xuan Zi told the team about the Hand of the Death God and led them toward the border between the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ma Xiaotao distributed Flying Soul Tools, and Mu Xuanheng flew with Gu Yuena while she helped him keep pace with the group.
• The team landed to rest, and Mu Xuanheng used his cooking supplies to prepare food for everyone with Huo Yuhao's help.
• Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to investigate whether Xuan Zi had reached the Limit Douluo level and to test his strength if he had not.
• Dai Yueheng told the team they would see his father at their next stop.

Mu Xuanheng and the Shrek students reached the military camp, where Huo Yuhao learned that Dai Hao had other women and accepted that his father had never acknowledged him. After receiving intelligence about the Evil Soul Master Hand of Death, the group found his cave and prepared to attack.

• Mu Xuanheng gave Xuan Zi a Soul Tool connector that linked the group during flight, and they reached the military camp ahead of schedule.
• Dai Yueheng praised Dai Hao, and Mu Xuanheng told him that Dai Hao had other women and might have more children; Huo Yuhao realized his father had never valued him or his mother.
• Gu Yuena teased Mu Xuanheng about his relationships, but Dai Hao's arrival interrupted their conversation before he answered.
• The Shrek students learned they would face the Corpse Explosion Soul King, Hand of Death, and Ma Xiaotao assigned the team's battle formation.
• Mu Xuanheng joined the main team, and Xixi, Chen Zifeng, Dai Yueheng, Ma Xiaotao, and Mu Xuanheng killed the bandits guarding the cave.
• The group saw the gruesome remains inside Hand of Death's hideout, and Ma Xiaotao ordered the main team to enter while Gongyang Mo guarded the rear.

Mu Xuanheng and the Shrek team fought through the Hand of Death’s cave to confront its Corpse Explosion Soul King, while Electrolux stopped the corpses from detonating. Their apparent victory turned into a desperate retreat when a man with a Ten Thousand Soul Banner appeared and killed the Evil Soul Master.

• Xixi, Yao Haoxuan, Mu Xuanheng, Ma Xiaotao, and the others fought their way through the cave as hundreds of bandits charged them.
• Ma Xiaotao ordered the group to conserve their Soul Power and push toward the Hand of Death’s leader, and Mu Xuanheng asked Electrolux to suppress the corpses’ explosions.
• The team reached the Corpse Explosion Soul King, whose swelling corpses failed to explode after Electrolux intervened through Mu Xuanheng.
• Mu Xuanheng struck at the Evil Soul Master, but his cry for help prompted the group to flee from an unknown greater threat.
• A man in white killed the Corpse Explosion Soul King and used his Ten Thousand Soul Banner to draw vengeful spirits from the corpses, which Electrolux recognized.

Mu Xuanheng and the Shrek team fought a Holy Spirit Soul Sage wielding a Level 7 Ten Thousand Soul Banner, only to discover that his Yuan Ying Martial Soul Avatar had left them near death. As the enemy revealed a stronger Evil Soul Master was nearby, Gu Yuena arrived to help Mu Xuanheng finish the fight.

• Mu Xuanheng recognized the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and warned the group that its wielder was an Evil Soul Master, but the Soul Sage trapped them with resentful spirits.
• Ma Xiaotao organized the seven fighters, and the team combined their abilities to break through the spirits and defeat the Soul Sage’s human form.
• The Soul Sage revealed his Yuan Ying Martial Soul Avatar and used resentment to poison the team, while Mu Xuanheng resisted with his fourth Soul Skill.
• Mu Xuanheng shattered the Soul Tool’s flag, and the baby revealed that its sect leader had gone to intercept Xuan Zi.
• The Soul Sage attacked the incapacitated team with two skulls, but Mu Xuanheng destroyed one as Gu Yuena appeared and pierced the other with her spear.

Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena battled Yuan Ying, a Soul Saint, and survived his borrowed resentment with the help of their Battle Armor. Mu Xuanheng collapsed from his injuries as Gu Yuena held him and vowed to kill Ten Thousand Soul Douluo within three years.

• Xuan Zi was held back by an Evil Soul Master while Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena sent the unconscious students away and confronted Yuan Ying.
• Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena revealed their Battle Armor and defeated Yuan Ying's three strengthened resentful spirits.
• Yuan Ying summoned a wraith empowered by Ten Thousand Soul Douluo, and Mu Xuanheng took its attack to protect Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena healed Mu Xuanheng as best she could, then stood with him and froze the wraith with Ultimate Ice.
• Mu Xuanheng used the Void Dragon Claw to tear the wraith apart, and Gu Yuena threatened Ten Thousand Soul Douluo before holding the injured Mu Xuanheng.

After Mu Xuanheng recovered from his near-fatal battle, Shrek’s team traveled to Xingluo City to compete in the Soul Fighting Tournament. Gu Yuena stunned the arena in their first match by revealing her Hundred Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring and overpowering Tianling Academy’s entire team.

• Gu Yuena told Xuan Zi that Mu Xuanheng was alive, and Yan Shaozhe said the poisoned students needed to return to Shrek for treatment.
• Mu Xuanheng ordered Xuan Zi to take the poisoned students back while the remaining team competed, then told everyone that he and Gu Yuena had defeated a Soul Saint.
• At the hotel, Mu Xuanheng trained under the Snow Empress while Shrek’s arrival and small roster drew attention from rival academies.
• Shrek opened its tournament campaign against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy with six teammates kneeling around Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena revealed a red Hundred Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring and used wind pressure to force all seven Tianling contestants onto one knee.