Chapter Summaries

Liu Yuan successfully began cultivating the Body Secret Technique, impressed Du Busi with his progress, and learned that the Heaven Dou emperor had granted him a barony. Du Busi then brought Liu Yuan and Long Aotian to the Martial Arts Arena to test their combat abilities in a spar.

• Liu Yuan raised his Soul Power to level twenty-five and strengthened his body and spiritual power through the Body Secret Technique.
• Du Busi and Long Aotian visited Liu Yuan, and Du Busi confirmed that he had successfully begun cultivating the technique.
• Du Busi invited Liu Yuan and Long Aotian to dinner and told Liu Yuan that the Heaven Dou emperor had granted him a barony and a fief for protecting the princess.
• Liu Yuan described difficulties he had encountered while cultivating, and Du Busi explained how to address them.
• Du Busi led Liu Yuan and Long Aotian to the Martial Arts Arena so Long Aotian could spar with Liu Yuan.

Liu Yuan accepted Long Aotian’s challenge, and the two faced off before the gathered Body Sect disciples. Liu Yuan revealed that his Spirit Eye could fire devastating beams, leaving the arena stunned as the spar began.

• Du Busi called the sect’s disciples to the Grand Martial Arts Arena to watch Long Aotian and Liu Yuan spar.
• Long Aotian and Liu Yuan took their positions, and Long Aotian raised his four Soul Rings while preparing to defend against mental attacks.
• Liu Yuan channeled Soul Power into his Double Pupils and used his first soul skill, Spirit Ray.
• Long Aotian dodged the two crimson beams, which pierced the arena’s basalt railing with ease.
• The watching disciples were shocked by Liu Yuan’s unexpected attack and the Spirit Eye’s destructive power.

Liu Yuan used his Spirit Eye’s destructive Laser Eye to battle Long Aotian, eventually defeating him with a point-blank blast after sacrificing both arms. The chapter ended with Du Busi rushing to the bloodied arena as everyone feared Liu Yuan had been crippled.

• Chen Lü, Wang Yanfeng, Gu Tong, and Du Busi watched in shock as Liu Yuan’s Spirit Ray demonstrated its overwhelming power.
• Long Aotian activated Demon Ape Transformation and Dark Gold Power, endured Liu Yuan’s Laser Eye, and charged into close range.
• Long Aotian used Mad God Slash, and Liu Yuan charged forward to meet the descending axes with his bare hands.
• The axes severed Liu Yuan’s arms, but his point-blank Laser Eyes blasted Long Aotian off the arena and into a protective wall.
• Du Busi rushed toward Liu Yuan as the disciples stared in alarm at his exposed bones and bloodied arms.

Liu Yuan’s Second Soul Skill, Undying Body, regenerated his severed hands and revealed that he could recover from severe injuries as long as his Spirit Power remained. After winning his spar against Long Aotian and receiving Du Busi’s guidance, Liu Yuan returned to focused cultivation and reached Level 27.

• Long Aotian rushed back to Liu Yuan after their spar left Liu Yuan’s hands severed, while Du Busi rebuked Liu Yuan for fighting recklessly.
• Liu Yuan activated his Second Soul Skill, Undying Body, and regrew both hands, shocking Du Busi, Long Aotian, and the disciples.
• Liu Yuan explained that his thousand-year Soul Spider Soul Ring granted ultimate regeneration while he had Spirit Power, and he told Long Aotian that he had won the match.
• Long Aotian accepted defeat, and Du Busi praised Liu Yuan before pointing out a flaw in his Soul Power circulation and Zhou Tian Guidance.
• Liu Yuan ignored outside distractions and cultivated at Tingtao Pavilion for another month, raising his Soul Power to Level 27.

After a month of intense cultivation, Liu Yuan reached Level 27 and decided his Third Soul Skill should combine powerful close-range attacks with swift movement. Long Aotian brought him to meet Du Busi about an important matter, and Du Busi was shocked to discover Liu Yuan had leveled up again.

• Liu Yuan reached Level 27 after a month of cultivating with the Body Secret Technique.
• Liu Yuan decided to seek a Third Spirit Ring that would grant a Qilin Step combining rapid movement with powerful stomps.
• Long Aotian visited Liu Yuan, learned he had gained two levels in a month, and admitted Liu Yuan was rapidly catching up to him.
• Long Aotian told Liu Yuan that Du Busi had emerged from seclusion and wanted them to come at once for an important matter.
• Liu Yuan and Long Aotian arrived at the Sect Master Hall, where Du Busi sensed Liu Yuan's aura and exclaimed at his Level 27 cultivation.

Du Busi assigned Liu Yuan and Long Aotian to lead a group of Body Sect disciples on a mission to hunt Evil Soul Masters in Yaluo City. He secretly ordered two Title Douluos to follow and protect them as they faced their first real trial.

• Du Busi praised Liu Yuan for reaching Level 27 after a month of cultivation and called him a rare treasure for the Body Sect.
• Du Busi explained that Evil Soul Masters had been terrorizing villages near Yaluo City and assigned Long Aotian to lead the mission, with Liu Yuan as his assistant.
• Du Busi ordered Chen Lü, Gu Tong, Wang Yanfeng, Vina, and Mu Xue to join the mission as a trial for the younger disciples.
• Liu Yuan and Long Aotian left the Sect Master Hall to gather the group and depart for Yaluo City.
• After the disciples left, Du Busi summoned two Title Douluos and secretly ordered them to protect the group without being noticed.

Liu Yuan and his teammates wiped out a camp of Evil Soul Masters near Yaluo City, but a powerful five-ring Evil Soul Master struck Liu Yuan down as he protected Vina. Ling Luochen arrived and killed the attacker, while Liu Yuan’s severed body began to recover.

• Liu Yuan and Long Aotian led their team to a forest near Yaluo City and ambushed six Evil Soul Masters.
• Liu Yuan used his Laser Eyes to kill several enemies and turn the battle in his team’s favor.
• A five-ring Evil Soul Master flew into the forest and struck Liu Yuan in half after Liu Yuan shoved Vina out of danger.
• Liu Yuan pierced the attacker’s wing with a final beam, and Ling Luochen appeared and froze him into an ice sculpture before smashing him apart.
• Ling Luochen regretted that Liu Yuan had been killed, but his severed body began recovering.

Liu Yuan survived being cut in half by a five-ring Evil Soul Master, shocking Ling Luochen and the Body Sect disciples. After Ling Luochen reported the encounter to Xuan Zi, he was stunned by the account of Liu Yuan’s strength and regeneration.

• Liu Yuan regenerated his lower body after the Evil Soul Master cut him in half, while Vina and the Body Sect disciples reacted in shock.
• Ling Luochen thanked Long Aotian’s group for helping defeat the Evil Soul Master, then left without revealing her affiliation.
• Long Aotian led the group toward the Body Sect, deciding they should leave Yaluo City before more trouble arose.
• Days later, Ling Luochen told Xuan Zi that a Level 27 Soul Grandmaster had injured a five-ring Evil Soul Master and healed after being severed at the waist.
• Xuan Zi dropped his wine gourd and exclaimed in disbelief at Liu Yuan’s abilities.

Xuan Zi learned that Ling Luochen had encountered a remarkably powerful young man and ordered her to find and recruit him for Shrek, while dismissing Wang Yan’s report about Huo Yuhao’s possible Martial Soul Second Awakening. At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En heard the same young man’s extraordinary feats and was stunned, while the search for Liu Yuan remained fruitless.

• Xuan Zi was shocked to hear Ling Luochen describe a two-ring Soul Grandmaster surviving a devastating wound and injuring a five-ring Soul King.
• Ling Luochen admitted that she had parted ways with the young man, so Xuan Zi ordered her to search around Yaluo City and bring him to Shrek.
• Wang Yan reported that Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eye might have undergone a Second Awakening, but Xuan Zi dismissed the discovery and drove him away.
• Mu En learned that the search had still found no trace of Liu Yuan, though investigators had checked the surrounding provinces and the area near the Heaven Dou Empire’s Imperial City.
• A staff member told Mu En about the young eye-type Martial Soul user’s level twenty-seven cultivation, powerful eye beams, and instant limb regeneration, leaving Mu En astonished.

Mu En ordered Shrek to recruit the gifted youth described by Luochen while continuing to search for Liu Yuan, not realizing the youth might be the same person. Back at the Body Sect, Du Busi rewarded Liu Yuan and the others, and Liu Yuan began secluded cultivation with the goal of reaching level 30.

• Mu En praised the unknown youth’s strength and ordered Luochen’s search party to bring him to Shrek while instructing the academy to keep looking for Liu Yuan.
• Mu En concluded that the youth could not be Liu Yuan because Liu Yuan had been only Level 9 and had a failed, disabling Martial Soul when he left Shrek.
• Long Aotian reported the battle outside Yaluo City, and Du Busi praised Liu Yuan for risking his life to save Vina.
• Du Busi gave the disciples Qiangti Pills as a reward for completing the dangerous mission.
• Liu Yuan returned to Tingtao Pavilion, reflected on the danger of fighting above his level, and began cultivating toward level 30.

Liu Yuan broke through to level thirty after more than a month of intense cultivation, while Vina reported his achievements to the Heavenly Soul Emperor and the Body Sect’s young disciples trained harder because of him. The chapter ended with Liu Yuan preparing to obtain a new Soul Ring.

• Liu Yuan broke through to level twenty-eight after ten days of cultivating in seclusion.
• Vina returned to the Heavenly Soul Imperial City and told the Heavenly Soul Emperor how Liu Yuan had fought the Evil Soul Masters and recovered from being cut in half.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor promoted Liu Yuan to Viscount, granted him three hundred taxable households, and urged Vina to cultivate a closer relationship with him.
• Long Aotian, Chen Lü, Gu Tong, and Wang Yanfeng intensified their training after seeing Liu Yuan’s strength, and Du Busi welcomed the competition.
• Liu Yuan broke through to level thirty and decided it was time to obtain a new Soul Ring.

Liu Yuan found a record of the Ice Qilin in the Body Sect’s Soul Beast Codex and decided to ask Du Busi for help reaching the Extreme North to pursue his Third Spirit Ring. After leaving seclusion, he revealed that he had reached level 30, shocking Du Busi and the others in the Sect Master Hall.

• Liu Yuan considered seeking a Qilin-like Soul Skill to strengthen his close combat and movement, then searched the Body Sect’s Soul Beast Codex for Qilin Soul Beasts.
• Liu Yuan found the Ice Qilin, a rare beast dwelling deep in the Extreme North, and realized he would need help to survive the journey and hunt one.
• Liu Yuan left Tingtao Pavilion and headed to the Sect Master Hall to ask Du Busi for assistance.
• Long Aotian reported that his team had eliminated a band of border bandits, though their Evil Soul Master leader escaped using Blood Escape.
• Du Busi sensed Liu Yuan’s return, confirmed that he had advanced from level 27 to level 30, and left Long Aotian, Chen Lü, and Yan Feng astonished.

After reaching level 30, Liu Yuan proposed an Ice Qilin as the source of his Third Soul Ring to remedy his close-combat weakness. Du Busi trusted Liu Yuan’s unconventional judgment and took him toward the Extreme North to find one.

• Liu Yuan reached level 30, and Du Busi urged him to prioritize obtaining his Third Soul Ring.
• Liu Yuan explained that he needed close-combat power and mobility, then named the Ice Qilin of the Extreme North Core Region as his target.
• Chen Lü, Wang Yanfeng, and an elder questioned whether an Ice Qilin Soul Ring suited Liu Yuan’s Double Pupil Martial Soul.
• Du Busi recalled Liu Yuan’s unusual but effective first two Soul Skills and decided to trust his judgment.
• Du Busi dismissed Long Aotian, Chen Lü, and Wang Yanfeng, then took Liu Yuan toward the Extreme North.

Liu Yuan and Du Busi searched the Extreme North for an Ice Qilin, and Du Busi revealed that he intended Liu Yuan to take a twenty-thousand-year beast as his Third Spirit Ring. After Du Busi subdued the Ice Qilin and Liu Yuan killed it, Liu Yuan began absorbing its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Du Busi led Liu Yuan into the Extreme North and made him endure the deadly cold using his own Soul Power.
• For half a month, Liu Yuan and Du Busi searched the frozen region without finding the Ice Qilin.
• Liu Yuan spotted the Ice Qilin and judged that its cultivation was around twenty thousand years.
• Du Busi explained that he had prepared Liu Yuan to absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and set the Ice Qilin as his target.
• Du Busi defeated the Ice Qilin, and Liu Yuan killed it and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.

Liu Yuan endured the fusion of a Twenty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and broke through to level thirty-four before revealing his new Qilin Precious Technique to Du Busi. Du Busi was astonished by the skill’s physical enhancement and aerial movement, and the two remained in the Extreme North Core Region.

• Liu Yuan refined the Ice Qilin’s energy for four hours while Du Busi anxiously guarded him.
• Liu Yuan awakened and absorbed the Soul Ring’s power, rising from level thirty to level thirty-four.
• Du Busi urged Liu Yuan to demonstrate the Third Soul Skill granted by the Twenty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Liu Yuan used Qilin Precious Technique to move at extreme speed, walk through the air, and shatter a massive block of mystical ice with one punch.
• Liu Yuan explained the skill’s strength, speed, and Qilin Step, leaving Du Busi stunned and delighted.

After Liu Yuan’s Third Spirit Ring breakthrough, Du Busi taught him the Great Evolution Body Refining Technique and had him train in the Extreme North. Liu Yuan reached Level 35 and the technique’s beginner stage, then agreed to test himself against a ten-thousand-year Ice Ape.

• Du Busi wondered what Fourth Spirit Ring Liu Yuan should seek and gave him the Body Sect’s Great Evolution Body Refining Technique.
• Liu Yuan trained for fifteen days in the Extreme North’s freezing winds, tempering his body with the technique.
• Liu Yuan’s body broke through, the technique reached its beginner stage, and his Soul Power advanced to Level 35.
• Du Busi pointed out a ten-thousand-year Ice Ape and challenged Liu Yuan to test his strength against it.
• Liu Yuan accepted the fight, trusting Du Busi to cover for him.

Liu Yuan fought a Ten-thousand-year Ice Ape head-on, using his Undying Body to endure fatal injuries and overpower the beast. He killed it by twisting its neck, then healed the hole through his abdomen while Du Busi watched in shock.

• Du Busi encouraged Liu Yuan to attack the Ten-thousand-year Ice Ape while promising to protect him.
• Liu Yuan opened the fight with Double Pupil Lasers and met the Ice Ape's charge with the Qilin Precious Technique.
• The Ice Ape blasted Liu Yuan's shoulder and side into a bloody ruin, but his Undying Body restored him within moments.
• Liu Yuan continued trading injuries with the Ice Ape, healing himself as his attacks weakened the beast.
• The Ice Ape punched through Liu Yuan's abdomen, but Liu Yuan seized its neck and twisted its head around, killing it.
• Liu Yuan healed the wound in his abdomen, leaving Du Busi stunned.

After killing a Ten-thousand-year Ice Ape, Liu Yuan reunited with Du Busi, while Huo Yuhao secretly witnessed Liu Yuan’s strength and recognized him. Du Busi and Liu Yuan detected Huo Yuhao’s hiding place and rushed toward him.

• Du Busi questioned Liu Yuan about his remaining Soul Power and spiritual power, and Liu Yuan said he had thirty to forty percent left.
• Huo Yuhao watched the battlefield with Spiritual Detection after gaining Ice Empress as his second Martial Soul and obtaining a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Liu Yuan and felt overwhelmed by how much stronger Liu Yuan had become.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm regretted choosing Huo Yuhao, and Ice Empress scolded him for missing the chance to choose Liu Yuan.
• Du Busi and Liu Yuan sensed Huo Yuhao behind the ice slope and rushed toward his hiding place.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Liu Yuan in the Extreme North and learned that Du Busi, the Body Sect's Sect Master, had personally taken Liu Yuan as his disciple. After Liu Yuan invited him to join the Body Sect, Huo Yuhao fell silent, weighing the offer against his disappointment with Shrek Academy.

• Du Busi found Huo Yuhao hiding nearby and questioned him, but Liu Yuan arrived and vouched for his old friend.
• Liu Yuan brought Huo Yuhao to share roasted meat from the ten-thousand-year Ice Ape while Du Busi sheltered them from the storm.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Du Busi was the Body Sect's Sect Master and that he had personally guided Liu Yuan's cultivation.
• Huo Yuhao thought about how Shrek Academy had denied him core disciple status and felt envious of Liu Yuan's treatment.
• Liu Yuan invited Huo Yuhao to join the Body Sect, and Huo Yuhao fell silent as he considered the offer.

Huo Yuhao refused Du Busi’s offer to join the Body Sect and remained in the Extreme North as Liu Yuan and Du Busi departed. At the Body Sect, Long Aotian reached level 47 and looked forward to sparring with Liu Yuan, who returned with Du Busi.

• Huo Yuhao rejected Liu Yuan’s invitation to join the Body Sect, choosing to remain loyal to Shrek and the Tang Sect.
• Du Busi threatened Huo Yuhao, then withdrew his strike and left with Liu Yuan after Huo Yuhao refused to go with them.
• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discussed Huo Yuhao’s choice, and Huo Yuhao resolved to train and catch up to Liu Yuan.
• At the Body Sect, Long Aotian defeated Wang Yanfeng, Gu Tong, and Chen Lü, revealing that he had reached level 47.
• Long Aotian hoped to spar with Liu Yuan again, and Liu Yuan and Du Busi returned to the sect.