Chapter Summaries

Jiang Siming trained Jian Tongming in the Seven Kill Sword’s intent, then asked Xuan Zi for money to support his new disciple. After tasting Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, Jiang Siming noticed the Ice Empress within him, leaving Huo Yuhao shaken by the possibility that his secrets had been sensed.

• Jiang Siming ordered Jian Tongming to swing his sword ten thousand times a day if he wanted to keep training with him.
• Jiang Siming asked Xuan Zi for money, and Xuan Zi gave him a card containing one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Dong asked Huo Yuhao for extra grilled fish, and Huo Yuhao agreed on the condition that she keep it secret from Sister Xiao Ya and the others.
• Jiang Siming tried Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish and paid him a Copper Soul Coin despite Huo Yuhao’s protests.
• Wang Dong noticed the Snow Empress’s Origin Mark on Jiang Siming’s hand, and Jiang Siming sensed the Ice Empress within Huo Yuhao.
• The Ice Empress reassured Huo Yuhao that Jiang Siming meant him no harm, while Huo Yuhao hid his unease as Jiang Siming left.

Jiang Siming trained Jian Tongming and discovered how to control elements through the Chaos Bell's Great Dao runes. After developing this power, he set off for the Treasure Appraisal Fair in Shrek City.

• Jiang Siming demonstrated a silent sword strike to Jian Tongming and explained how repeated practice strengthened a swordsman's will.
• Jiang Siming reflected on his own training under Sword Douluo and left Jian Tongming to continue practicing.
• Jiang Siming meditated with the Chaos Bell and learned to use its Great Dao runes to control elemental powers.
• Jiang Siming spent the day expanding his elemental control until he could gather and dismiss the powers in his hand.
• Jiang Siming traveled to Shrek City for the Treasure Appraisal Fair and remarked on how lively it was.

Jiang Siming entered the Treasure Gathering Pavilion with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, where he bought a seemingly worthless bead that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified as a Sword Pellet. On the second floor, the staff discovered Jiang Siming had listed his Soul Power Level as 80, startling Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and the red-clothed young woman.

• Jiang Siming was stopped at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion entrance for lacking an invitation, but Huo Yuhao invited him inside.
• Jiang Siming noticed a black bead on the first floor and bought it for eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins despite Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong warning him it seemed overpriced.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that the bead was a Sword Pellet containing a sword cultivator's lifelong sword intent, and Jiang Siming planned to give it to Jian Tongming.
• Jiang Siming, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong went to the second floor and filled out forms for a comprehensive assessment.
• The red-clothed young woman saw Jiang Siming's stated Soul Power Level of 80 and exclaimed in surprise, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong also stared at him in astonishment.

Jiang Siming rejected Elder Lin’s attempt to take him as her disciple and left the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to wait for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong. He discovered that Dai Huabin had sent people to target him and prepared to retaliate as the group left Shrek City.

• Elder Lin recognized Jiang Siming’s strength and invited him to become her disciple, but he refused and broke through the pressure she released.
• Xuan Zi woke from his doze with a sudden sense of foreboding.
• Jiang Siming found no Soul Tools or blueprints worth buying and returned to the pavilion’s entrance to wait for Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Jiang Siming sensed several people’s killing intent and realized Dai Huabin had sent them after him.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong returned excitedly, and Jiang Siming left with them.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Jiang Siming were ambushed by seven soul masters, but Jiang Siming killed them effortlessly with Zero Degree and Heavenly Punishment. Afterward, the system announced a repair milestone, while the Ice Empress kept Jiang Siming’s identity secret.

• Huo Yuhao sensed an ambush and fired a distress signal as the assassins emerged and surrounded him and Wang Dong.
• Jiang Siming used Zero Degree to freeze all seven attackers, then struck them with Heavenly Punishment and destroyed them.
• Jiang Siming noted the power of his new ability, and the system announced that it had repaired to 59% and unlocked 25% of an unknown function.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao praised Jiang Siming, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress discussed his two ultimate attributes.
• The Ice Empress refused to reveal Jiang Siming’s identity, protecting the secret tied to the Snow Empress’s Origin Mark.

After Jiang Siming helped Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong defeat an ambush, Shrek Academy’s elders noticed his unusual abilities, and Ma Xiaotao arrived to enlist his help. The chapter ended with Jiang Siming agreeing to go with her.

• On Shrek City’s wall, Elder Lin admired Jiang Siming’s twin ultimate attributes, while Xuan Zi wondered who had dared to ambush him.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and the others arrived, and Huo Yuhao told them Jiang Siming had saved him and Wang Dong.
• Ma Xiaotao landed in a burst of phoenix flames and recognized the Ultimate Ice left at the scene.
• Huo Yuhao blamed the Ultimate Ice on Jiang Siming, who revealed he was a specially recruited inner courtyard core disciple.
• Ma Xiaotao ordered Jiang Siming to help her, and he agreed to go with her.

Jiang Siming went with Ma Xiaotao to the Sea God Pavilion, where he saw through Yan Shaozhe’s plan to suppress her evil fire and discussed the assassination attempt with Xuan Zi. After ordering Xuan Zi to spare Dai Huabin’s life but deny him the Evil-Eyed White Tiger inheritance, Jiang Siming asked to be publicly named Xuan Zi’s disciple and summoned Ma Xiaotao alone.

• Jiang Siming demonstrated overwhelming strength as he left Huo Yuhao and the others, then followed Ma Xiaotao to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe that Jiang Siming also possessed ultimate ice, and Jiang Siming warned that Yan Shaozhe’s proposed treatment for her evil fire would only work temporarily.
• Xuan Zi dismissed Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao, then asked Jiang Siming how he wanted the assassination incident handled.
• Jiang Siming told Xuan Zi to spare Dai Huabin but said he was unworthy of inheriting Dai Mubai’s Evil-Eyed White Tiger, and asked Xuan Zi to announce that he was his disciple.
• After learning that Ma Xiaotao was Ma Hongjun’s descendant, Jiang Siming told Xuan Zi to send her in alone.

Jiang Siming used his Ultimate Ice to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, though he said a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower would still be needed to solve it completely. The effort exhausted Ma Xiaotao, who fell into Sea God Lake, and Jiang Siming rescued her.

• Ma Xiaotao questioned Jiang Siming about his identity and asked how he could help with her evil fire.
• Jiang Siming named a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower as the missing cure and offered to suppress the evil fire for now.
• Jiang Siming and Ma Xiaotao went onto Sea God Lake, where he used Zero Degree and the Chaos Bell to calm her evil fire.
• Ma Xiaotao lost consciousness and fell into the lake, and Jiang Siming plunged in to rescue her.

After an accidental encounter with Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Siming returned to his dormitory, where Zhu Lu begged him to spare Dai Huabin. He relented but warned that another offense would cost Dai Huabin his life, then sensed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm watching from Huo Yuhao’s spiritual sea.

• Jiang Siming covered the unconscious Ma Xiaotao with his clothes and hurried back to his dormitory, while Ma Xiaotao revealed she had only been pretending to faint.
• Zhu Lu came to Jiang Siming’s door in tears and knelt outside after he initially refused to let her in.
• Jiang Siming told Zhu Lu that Dai Huabin had tried to kill him and that sparing Dai Huabin’s life had already been an act of mercy.
• Zhu Lu offered to do anything if Jiang Siming would spare Dai Huabin, and Jiang Siming agreed to let him off with a warning.
• Jiang Siming sensed a spiritual fluctuation and realized Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had been watching from Huo Yuhao’s spiritual sea.

Jiang Siming gave Jian Tongming a Sword Pellet that resonated with the Seven Kill Sword, then brought him to observe a chaotic battle at Shrek Academy. After the fight, Xuan Zi rebuked defeated students and described the life-and-death trials that had forged Shrek’s strength.

• Jiang Siming gave Jian Tongming a black bead and instructed him to focus his mind on it.
• The bead released sword intent, causing the Seven Kill Sword to resonate, and Jian Tongming thanked Jiang Siming.
• Jiang Siming took Jian Tongming to watch a chaotic battle at Shrek Academy’s Soul Fighting Arena and introduced him to Xuan Zi.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong ended the battle with the Golden Road, leaving the defeated students dissatisfied.
• Xuan Zi reprimanded the students and recounted how twelve inner courtyard disciples had faced a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, with eight dying in battle.

Xuan Zi invoked Jiang Siming’s legendary deeds to remind Shrek’s students that strength mattered more than fair fights, while Jiang Siming guided Jian Tongming to accept his own limitations. Jiang Siming then demonstrated his sword intent at the rear mountain, alarming the academy’s elders as Mu En prevented them from investigating.

• Xuan Zi praised Jiang Siming’s feats and challenged the students to earn comparable glory through their own strength.
• Jiang Siming took Jian Tongming to the rear mountain and asked him to compare himself with the other geniuses.
• Jian Tongming admitted that the others were stronger, and Jiang Siming taught him to acknowledge others and focus on surpassing himself.
• Jiang Siming warned Jian Tongming that he might leave the academy, then began a sword lesson and unleashed a streak of sword qi thousands of meters long.
• Shrek Academy’s elders reacted to the pressure from the rear mountain, but Mu En ordered them not to investigate and released his dragon pressure.

Jiang Siming demonstrated two sword paths to Jian Tongming and urged him to find a path suited to his own Seven Kill Sword. After exploring the Chaos Bell’s runes, Jiang Siming suddenly appeared as Xuan Zi’s group prepared to leave for the Star Luo Empire, where his introduction stirred a brief clash with Ling Luochen.

• Jiang Siming showed Jian Tongming the sword paths of pressing forward without retreat and slaughter, then warned him that the slaughter path could lead to devilry.
• Jiang Siming told Jian Tongming to follow the sword path in his own heart, and Jian Tongming began considering what path he wanted to take.
• Jiang Siming spent several days exploring the Chaos Bell’s runes before a silver rune made him disappear from the mountaintop.
• At Shrek Academy’s gates, Jiang Siming appeared before Xuan Zi, Wang Yan, Huo Yuhao, and the students preparing to travel to the Star Luo Empire.
• Jiang Siming introduced himself as Xuan Zi’s disciple after Ling Luochen called him arrogant, and the group continued on as someone gave Jiang Siming a low, delicate shout.

Jiang Siming traded barbs with Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng before the Shrek team set out on its mission. He flew after the others on the Juexian Sword with Huo Yuhao tucked under his arm.

• Ma Xiaotao demanded to know who Jiang Siming was, but he brushed her off and left her furious and blushing.
• Dai Yueheng apologized for Dai Huabin, and Jiang Siming warned him not to give him a reason to kill him.
• Xuan Zi prepared the team to leave, and Ma Xiaotao assigned the reserve members to be carried by senior students.
• Huo Yuhao asked Jiang Siming to take him, and Jiang Siming agreed to carry him on the Juexian Sword.
• Ma Xiaotao noticed Jiang Siming and Huo Yuhao had fallen behind, but Jiang Siming soon caught up while carrying Huo Yuhao under his arm.

Jiang Siming reflected on the loneliness he had gained after waking ten thousand years later and discovered a sliver of time-manipulating power. He left the group behind, and his sword strike stopped time briefly but injured him and cracked the Xianxian Sword.

• Jiang Siming carried Huo Yuhao to the Heaven Dou Empire border, where Wang Dong asked to ride his sword and then joined the others as Huo Yuhao prepared grilled fish.
• Xuan Zi found Jiang Siming alone and urged him to mingle with the others, but Jiang Siming vanished, leaving Xuan Zi and Wang Yan wondering about him.
• Jiang Siming shifted through the primeval forest and reflected on how the ten thousand years had taken away his attachments and left him lonely.
• Jiang Siming struck with the Xianxian Sword and briefly stopped time, but he spat blood and a crack appeared on the sword.
• While Jiang Siming was away, Huo Yuhao and the others ate together as Xu Sanshi and Beibei argued over a rabbit head.

Ma Xiaotao praised Jiang Siming’s strength as he recovered from a backlash and rushed to rejoin Xuan Zi. When he arrived, he warned Xuan Zi that his carelessness could endanger the children, but Ma Xiaotao and the others were already facing a blood-energy explosion unleashed by an evil soul master.

• Ma Xiaotao told her teammates that Jiang Siming was stronger than she was, while they teased her about her interest in him.
• Xuan Zi led the group onward without waiting for Jiang Siming, who was recovering in a cave from a strange energy backlash.
• Jiang Siming finished recovering, returned to Xuan Zi, and warned him that his carelessness could destroy the children.
• Ma Xiaotao and the others nearly defeated the bandits before an evil soul master invoked the Death God and made the corpses explode into a surge of blood-colored energy.

Jiang Siming rescued Huo Yuhao and the Shrek students from an Evil Spirit Master, then used the system’s healing function to revive the injured. Xuan Zi reprimanded the group for failing their mission while Jiang Siming recovered his Soul Power.

• Huo Yuhao warned everyone as the Evil Spirit Master’s blood-red energy knocked Ma Xiaotao and the others unconscious.
• Jiang Siming froze the Evil Spirit Master, burned him to ash, and saved the survivors from further harm.
• Xuan Zi blamed himself for the students’ injuries, while Wang Yan also apologized for the failed mission.
• Jiang Siming used the system’s healing function, spending his Soul Power to revive the seven injured students, though their internal wounds still needed time to heal.
• Xuan Zi reprimanded the group, including Wang Yan, for failing to deal with the greatest threat and nearly losing their lives.

After Jiang Siming saved the Shrek students, Ma Xiaotao and the others recognized their inexperience and thanked him, while Jiang Siming received a mission to prevent Ma Xiaotao from being devoured by the Evil Fire. The team reached Star Luo City, where Wang Yan worried that the weakened Shrek team could not win the tournament, and a pulsing mass of flesh was revealed in a basement.

• Xuan Zi reprimanded Wang Yan, Ma Xiaotao, and the other students for failing to understand the danger of battles where their lives were at stake.
• Dai Yueheng thanked Jiang Siming for saving him and apologized for his younger brother, and Jiang Siming warned him to make the right choice.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Jiang Siming, then left; Jiang Siming received a story mission to prevent her from being devoured by the Evil Fire.
• With Ma Xiaotao and the other Inner Court disciples temporarily unable to fight, the Shrek group traveled to Star Luo City in carriages provided by the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
• Wang Yan worried that Huo Yuhao and the reserve team could not win the tournament, but Xuan Zi said Jiang Siming would not step in.
• In a basement in Star Luo City, a glowing, pulsing ball of flesh stood amid steel plates marked with complex runes.

Jiang Siming sensed that Snow Empress had become an embryo and rescued her from the Starlight Auction House, using the Chaos Bell and Chaos Qi to help her transform. As her transformation reached a crucial moment, auction house soul masters surrounded the cave, and Jiang Siming went out to face them.

• Jiang Siming sensed Snow Empress's aura in Star Luo City and realized she had become an embryo.
• Jiang Siming entered the Starlight Auction House's secret chamber and took Snow Empress's flesh-ball embryo away.
• Jiang Siming used the Chaos Bell to conceal Snow Empress's aura and speed up her transformation with Chaos Qi.
• A blue-mist fox appeared from the embryo, and Jiang Siming recognized it as Little Fox.
• More than a dozen soul masters from the Starlight Auction House surrounded the cave, so Jiang Siming left to confront them.

Jiang Siming confronted Star Luo Empire Soul Masters who demanded the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, then fought them when negotiations failed. He defeated the attackers with the Ten Directions Sword Domain, drawing the attention of powerful figures across Star Luo City.

• Jiang Siming offered one million Gold Soul Coins for the Embryo, but the lead elder rejected the offer and demanded that he reveal his allies.
• The irritable elder attacked Jiang Siming, and Jiang Siming repelled him with Ice Dragon's Grasp before refusing to back down.
• The lead elder ordered his Soul Masters to attack and retrieve the Embryo, while Jiang Siming summoned the Juexian Sword and revealed two hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
• Jiang Siming unleashed the Ten Directions Sword Domain, creating a pillar of light visible across Star Luo City and catching Xuan Zi's attention at the Shrek Academy hotel.
• Jiang Siming defeated the Starlight Auction House Soul Masters, leaving the lead elder badly injured and terrified.

Jiang Siming traded a Sword Seal of the Xianxian Sword for the Snow Empress's embryo after defeating the Star Luo Empire soul masters, while Xuan Zi kept others away from the battle. The embryo hatched, Little Fox fused with the Snow Empress, and Jiang Siming pushed her away when she embraced him as her consciousness took control.

• Jiang Siming gave the leading elder a Sword Seal of the Xianxian Sword, and the Star Luo Empire soul masters agreed to sell him the Snow Empress's embryo.
• The leading elder warned his hot-tempered Third Brother that the emperor's silence and Jiang Siming's Heavenly Sword showed the young man was not safe to provoke.
• Xuan Zi turned away more than a dozen groups of soul masters, and the distant battle's outcome strengthened Shrek Academy's reputation.
• As Chaos Qi filled the embryo, Little Fox plunged into it and fused with the Snow Empress's body.
• The Snow Empress emerged and embraced Jiang Siming, calling him Master, but he pushed her away because Little Fox still controlled her consciousness.