Recaps

Xu Lanqing pressured Tang Ya to join him and challenged her to pursue revenge, then revealed that she had dormant potential. Tang Ya was stunned that he knew her hidden secret.

• Tang Ya cursed Xu Lanqing for striking her, but backed down when he threatened to punish her again.
• Xu Lanqing asked whether Tang Ya would abandon the darkness and embrace the light, while she argued that Shrek Academy might help her.
• Tang Ya admitted that Shrek Academy and others connected to the Tang Sect had refused to help her avenge her family.
• Xu Lanqing asked whether she wanted revenge and revealed that they were near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xu Lanqing told Tang Ya that she had special potential hidden within her, and she demanded to know how he knew.

Xu Lanqing tried to recruit Tang Ya by confronting her about her life-draining ability and promising her a chance to prove herself, but she had not revealed where she hid the item he sought. He and Snow Empress traveled to the Iron Blood Sect at dawn, where Xu Lanqing unleashed a dragon’s roar inside its courtyard.

• Xu Lanqing challenged Tang Ya to stop making excuses and offered her a chance to prove herself, then left without learning where she had hidden the item.
• Xu Lanqing told Snow Empress that Tang Ya had no Storage Ring and had likely hidden the item near the Iron Blood Sect.
• Snow Empress teased Xu Lanqing about Tang Ya before he sweet-talked her and asked her to take them to the Iron Blood Sect.
• Snow Empress opened a spatial rift and carried Xu Lanqing to a quiet courtyard in Heaven Dou City.
• Xu Lanqing left Snow Empress’s arms and roared like a dragon, while Snow Empress kept the sound from reaching outside the courtyard.

Tang Ya confronted the Iron Blood Sect over the murder of her parents, while Xu Lanqing arranged for her to fight its members one at a time. She killed Tie Ban with her Blue Silver Grass and absorbed his life force, revealing that she might be an Evil Soul Master.

• The Snow Empress froze the Iron Blood Sect members with her presence until Xu Lanqing called her off.
• Tie Li recognized Tang Ya and begged her to spare his son, but Xu Lanqing left the revenge to her and required the sect to fight her one at a time, starting with the weakest.
• Xu Lanqing urged Tang Ya to attack, and she challenged the Iron Blood Sect with her Blue Silver Grass.
• Tie Li sent Tie Ban to fight Tang Ya, and her vines crushed him and absorbed his life force.
• An Iron Blood Sect elder suspected Tang Ya was an Evil Soul Master, but Tie Li ordered the next fighter forward.

Tang Ya used her awakened life-devouring talent to slaughter Iron Blood Sect members, then was nearly killed by Tie Tang before Xu Lanqing intervened. She ended with Tie Tang pinned beneath Xu Lanqing’s foot.

• Tang Ya killed a succession of Iron Blood Sect fighters with her Dark Blue Silver Grass, absorbing their life force and growing stronger.
• Tie Li sent his son Tie Tang to fight Tang Ya while Xu Lanqing watched without intervening.
• Tang Ya attacked Tie Tang with Hidden Weapons and Dark Blue Silver Grass, but his superior strength overwhelmed her defenses.
• Tie Tang struck Tang Ya down and raised his fist to kill her as she mourned the Tang Sect’s lost future.
• Xu Lanqing stopped Tie Tang and pinned him beneath his foot, saving Tang Ya.

Xu Lanqing purified Tang Ya’s mind long enough for her to take revenge on the Iron Blood Sect, but her Evil Martial Soul and despair remained. He persuaded her to leave the ruins and seek a Second Soul Ring, while she agreed to let him use the Tang Sect Secret Manual for his proposed Divine Mechanism Battalion.

• Xu Lanqing suppressed the negative effects of Tang Ya’s Evil Martial Soul, then let her kill Tie Tang and the other Iron Blood Sect members.
• Tang Ya revealed where she had hidden the Tang Sect Secret Manual and said she would rebuild the Tang Sect, though she had no resources or control over her Evil Martial Soul.
• The Snow Empress told Xu Lanqing that Tang Ya wanted to die, and he urged Tang Ya to live and honor her parents by restoring the Tang Sect.
• Xu Lanqing proposed founding the Divine Mechanism Battalion, and Tang Ya agreed to let him use the manual after insisting that she would rebuild the Tang Sect herself.
• Tang Ya agreed to leave with Xu Lanqing to find a suitable Second Soul Ring.

Beibei discovered that Tang Ya had been missing from the girls' dormitory for several days and grew worried about where she had gone. Remembering how the Tang Sect's destruction had left her in despair, he rushed toward Sea God Island, fearing she might do something reckless.

• Beibei asked the dorm supervisor about Tang Ya and learned that she had not been seen for several days.
• Beibei recalled meeting Tang Ya two years earlier, when he helped her enter Shrek Academy after she said she was from the Tang Sect.
• Beibei remembered Tang Ya leaving Sea God Pavilion in a daze after seeking help for the ruined Tang Sect.
• Beibei realized the academy had stopped keeping close watch over Tang Ya and worried that she had no money or place to stay.
• Beibei hurried toward Sea God Island, afraid Tang Ya had gone there to do something foolish.

Beibei sought Xuan Zi’s help after Tang Ya disappeared, and Xuan Zi went to Heaven Dou City while Beibei and Zhang Lexuan searched Shrek City. Beibei spotted a black-clad figure in an alley and called for him to stop.

• Beibei hurried to Sea God Lake, where Zhang Lexuan took him across to Sea God Pavilion.
• Beibei told Xuan Zi that Tang Ya had gone missing and asked to bring her back from Heaven Dou City.
• Xuan Zi decided to search Heaven Dou City himself and told Beibei to search Shrek City as well.
• Beibei and Zhang Lexuan joined the search in Shrek City with help from students, teachers, and the City Defense Army.
• Beibei spotted a black-clad figure entering an alley, followed him, and called for him to stop.

Zhang Lexuan joined the search for Tang Ya while reflecting on her own tragic past and Mu En releasing her from her childhood-bride vow. The chapter ended when she saw the Shrek Inner Court’s distress signal flare in the sky.

• Zhang Lexuan assigned five Inner Court students to search another district for Tang Ya, while judging that Tang Ya would stay hidden if she did not want to be found.
• Zhang Lexuan recalled how her family was slaughtered and how Mu En later avenged them, leading her to vow to protect Shrek Academy and become Beibei’s child bride.
• Zhang Lexuan remembered Mu En telling her six years earlier that she did not have to keep her vow to Beibei, and she promised to honor his dying wish.
• Zhang Lexuan saw dark-green fireworks signaling distress from the Shrek Inner Court, and her expression changed dramatically.

Beibei confronted a powerful Evil Soul Master in an alley and was nearly killed before Zhang Lexuan arrived and drove the attacker away. Yan Shaozhe ordered Shrek City’s gates sealed as Zhang Lexuan pursued the fleeing enemy.

• Beibei recognized the black-robed figure as an Evil Soul Master, sent up Shrek’s distress signal, and raised an Invincible Barrier to protect himself and nearby civilians.
• The Evil Soul Master struck Beibei repeatedly, leaving him badly injured and unconscious as the barrier failed.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived and cut the Evil Soul Master’s palm with her Moon Blade, forcing him to flee into the crowd.
• Zhang Lexuan left students to care for Beibei and pursued the attacker using the Moonlight Power she had placed inside him.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, ordered the City Defense Army to seal Shrek City’s gates, and vanished toward Zhang Lexuan’s pursuit.

A concealed attacker tried to escape Shrek City after being pursued, but Zhang Lexuan tracked him to an alley and fought him. She resisted his mirror’s illusion and unleashed a chained attack, leaving his cloak corroded by moonlight.

• The shadow evaded the City Defense Army but found the city gates sealed and hid in a secluded alley.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed that she had tracked him by marking his injured hand and asked whether he belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The shadow’s apparent body shattered when Zhang Lexuan struck, so she filled the alley with Moon Blades to force him out.
• The shadow used a black mirror to show Zhang Lexuan an image of her dead big sister, briefly distracting her before she recognized the deception.
• Zhang Lexuan combined four Soul Skills as the shadow lunged at her, and the moonlight began corroding his cloak.

Zhang Lexuan killed an Evil Soul Master but was wounded by his mind-corrupting attack, and Yan Shaozhe sealed the evil Soul Power. Xu Lanqing visited Jiang Nannan’s home with Snow Empress and Tang Ya, but found that Jiang Nannan was in Deep Meditation.

• The shadowy Evil Soul Master used a blood-infused mirror attack to wound Zhang Lexuan before moonlight erased him.
• Yan Shaozhe sealed the evil Soul Power in Zhang Lexuan’s shoulder and warned her that the wound could affect her mind.
• Zhang Lexuan followed Yan Shaozhe from the alley, regretting that she could not ask her dead sister for help.
• Xu Lanqing, Zheng Zhan, Snow Empress, and Tang Ya arrived at Jiang Nannan’s home, where her mother nervously greeted Xu Lanqing.
• Xu Lanqing realized Jiang Nannan was in Deep Meditation and could not be disturbed.

Xu Lanqing arranged for Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan’s mother to travel to the Sun Moon Empire while Zheng Zhan stayed behind to guard Jiang Nannan during her Deep Meditation. He returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Tang Ya and the others, then departed after Ning Chengye reaffirmed the sect’s commitment to its chosen path.

• Xu Lanqing told Jiang Nannan’s mother to set out early with Tang Ya and have Zheng Zhan take them to the Sun Moon Empire after Jiang Nannan awoke.
• Zheng Zhan stayed at Jiang Nannan’s home to guard her, while Xu Lanqing and Tang Ya left for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Snow Empress brought Xu Lanqing and Tang Ya to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Tang Ya saw its grand grounds and imagined the Tang Sect rebuilt.
• Xu Lanqing told Ning Chengye that he had to leave and would not take the sect with him, and Ning Chengye promised to honor the choice he had made.
• After Xu Lanqing departed, Ning Chengye sent the sect members back to cultivating, while Ning Tian silently felt his absence.

Huo Yuhao encountered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in Star Dou Forest, and it made itself his Soul Ring before vanishing into his body. Meanwhile, Xu Lanqing chose to take his companions to Star Luo City, planning a route through the forest.

• Huo Yuhao entered the outer region of Star Dou Forest to find his First Soul Ring and encountered the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm absorbed Huo Yuhao as its host, spread its spiritual power across the forest, and became his Soul Ring.
• Gu Yuena learned that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had stolen Gold of Life and reached the million-year level, but she changed her mind about pursuing it.
• Xu Lanqing decided to take his companions to Star Luo City, and Tang Ya asked to be placed in his storage space rather than continue flying.
• Xu Lanqing checked the map and saw that their shortest route passed through part of Star Dou Forest's Outer Region.

Huo Yuhao found his mother dying in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and Tian Meng offered to preserve her soul until Huo Yuhao could find a way to revive her. As Tian Meng began the rescue, Snow Empress, Ice Empress, Xiao Bai, and Xu Lanqing arrived, leaving Tian Meng facing the Ice Empress.

• Huo Yuhao rushed to his mother's bedside and learned that she had little time left.
• Huo Yuhao begged Tian Meng to save his mother, and Tian Meng explained that he could preserve her soul but could not restore her body yet.
• Huo Yuhao's mother died, and Tian Meng separated his Spiritual Origin from Huo Yuhao to protect him while attempting to save her.
• Tian Meng sensed an attack and turned to confront the newcomers as a black crack formed in the air.
• Tian Meng recognized Snow Empress, Xiao Bai, Xu Lanqing, and Ice Empress, then delightedly addressed Ice Empress, who threatened him and rejected his advances.

Xu Lanqing, Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Xiao Bai confronted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, whose old feelings for Ice Empress sparked a jealous misunderstanding and a staged embrace. As Sky Dream secretly prepared an escape skill, Xu Lanqing and Snow Empress recognized his plan and prepared to stop him.

• Ice Empress attacked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who healed his spiritual body and asked about Xu Lanqing and her cultivation.
• Xu Lanqing introduced himself and stopped Ice Empress from striking Sky Dream again, prompting her to insist that Sky Dream had only ever been potential food to her.
• When Sky Dream guessed that Ice Empress was with Xu Lanqing, Xu Lanqing put an arm around her waist, and she let him, leaving Sky Dream despondent.
• Snow Empress told Xu Lanqing that Sky Dream was concealing a skill to escape, and Xu Lanqing agreed to let him think he had escaped before stopping him.
• Xu Lanqing materialized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Bead and looked toward the two figures on the bed.

The Snow Empress froze the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and drained most of his Spiritual Origin while Xu Lanqing rescued the dead woman's soul and had Electrolux secretly tamper with the captive. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm escaped with Huo Yuhao and the woman, leaving Xu Lanqing with the Silkworm's purified Spiritual Origin.

• The Snow Empress used Emperor's Palm to freeze the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and began extracting his Spiritual Origin.
• Xu Lanqing released the Ice Empress from his embrace, then drew the dead woman's soul into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Bead.
• Xu Lanqing asked Electrolux to tamper with the frozen Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux secretly sent a wisp of gray energy into him.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used his hidden escape method to flee with Huo Yuhao and the woman, declaring his love for the Ice Empress.
• The Snow Empress gave Xu Lanqing the purified Spiritual Origin after explaining that it was too powerful for him to absorb yet.

Xu Lanqing revealed that he had let Sky Dream Ice Silkworm become Huo Yuhao’s Soul Ring as bait for the god who had once attacked him and Snow Empress. After Huo Yuhao and the silkworm were left unconscious in a distant forest, a big-headed man found them and took them away.

• Xu Lanqing explained that he had deliberately let Sky Dream Ice Silkworm escape so Huo Yuhao could become stronger and attract the god’s attention.
• Xu Lanqing revealed his teacher had discovered a way to turn a person into a Soul Spirit for another person to absorb, which could let them steal the god’s plans and godhood.
• Ice Empress teased Xu Lanqing while Snow Empress watched them bicker warmly.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rejoined Huo Yuhao after realizing he could only remain attached to him as his Soul Ring.
• A big-headed man examined Huo Yuhao, judged his eye-type Martial Soul valuable despite his low level, and carried him and the nearby woman away to his sect.

Xu Lanqing brought Tang Ya and the others to a hidden valley where the Blue Silver Emperor lived, hoping Tang Ya could obtain its Soul Ring. When the Blue Silver Emperor resisted and doubted Snow Empress’s identity, Snow Empress and Ice Empress revealed their powers, leaving it stunned.

• Xu Lanqing and the others reached a valley covered in Blue Silver Grass, and Snow Empress sensed an aura from the same lineage as Tang Ya’s.
• Tang Ya realized Xu Lanqing intended to help her obtain a Soul Ring from the legendary Blue Silver Emperor, and he assured her he had a way.
• Snow Empress challenged the hidden Blue Silver Emperor, whose grass rose to attack before her spiritual power suppressed it.
• The Blue Silver Emperor refused to submit and questioned Snow Empress’s claim that she was a former Soul Beast.
• Snow Empress unleashed her Ultimate Ice, and Ice Empress revealed her aura, convincing the Blue Silver Emperor of their identities.

Xu Lanqing asked the Blue Silver Emperor to become Tang Ya’s Soul Ring so she could keep her life-devouring ability without her Dark Blue Silver Grass remaining evil. The Blue Silver Emperor agreed, but after learning Tang Ya belonged to the Tang Sect and Xu Lanqing would oppose Tang San, he reflected on the Blue Silver Grass clan’s determination to survive.

• Ice Empress revealed her aura to the Blue Silver Emperor, then concealed it again with Kong Deming’s Soul Tool and grew more curious about human technology.
• Xu Lanqing explained that Tang Ya’s Blue Silver Grass had become an Evil Martial Soul and asked the Blue Silver Emperor to help restore it by becoming her Soul Ring.
• Xu Lanqing described the Soul Spirit System, and the Blue Silver Emperor agreed to become Tang Ya’s Soul Ring, while Tang Ya was stunned by the possibility of gaining one without killing a Soul Beast.
• Xu Lanqing warned the Blue Silver Emperor that Tang Ya belonged to the Tang Sect and that he would eventually face Tang San, whom the Blue Silver Emperor might consider his master by bloodline.
• The Blue Silver Emperor pointed out the Blue Silver Grass beneath Xu Lanqing’s feet and spoke of his clan’s resilience and willingness to fight for survival.

Xu Lanqing guided Tang Ya through a Soul Bone fusion and a successful contract with the Blue Silver Emperor, creating a Soul Spirit and evolving her Martial Soul. The group returned to Xu Lanqing’s palace in Mingdu, where they gathered for dinner.

• The Blue Silver Emperor gave Tang Ya his 190,000-year right arm Soul Bone and dissolved into the contract ritual as Xu Lanqing began it.
• Tang Ya completed the fusion, gained a Soul Spirit, reached level twenty-five, and evolved her Martial Soul into the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress recognized the Soul Spirit Method’s promise for protecting Soul Beasts, while Tang Ya celebrated losing the Evil aura in her Life-devouring talent.
• Xu Lanqing led the group back to the Sun Moon Empire’s capital after saying he had not visited the palace in six years.
• Xu Lanqing, the spirit beasts, Jiang Nannan, her mother, and Tang Ya gathered for dinner at the palace after Jiang Nannan returned from Deep Meditation.

Xu Lanqing was summoned by the emperor, while Xu Tianran and Long Xiaoyao discussed the risks of opposing the imperial court. When the emperor offered Xu Lanqing a reward for finding the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, Xu Lanqing asked him to arrange his marriage to Snow Empress, leaving him stunned.

• At dinner, a palace guard summoned Xu Lanqing to see the emperor, and Snow Empress accompanied him but waited outside the bedchamber.
• Xu Tianran and Long Xiaoyao discussed Zheng Zhan's return, the emperor's strength, and the danger of attempting to kill Xu Lanqing; Xu Tianran said they might still act if they planned carefully.
• Long Xiaoyao left after learning that the Holy Spirit Cult's saintess had lost control again.
• The emperor thanked Xu Lanqing for finding the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and offered him a reward.
• Xu Lanqing asked the emperor to arrange his marriage to Snow Empress, and the emperor stared at him in shock.

Xu Lanqing told the emperor he loved the Snow Empress and intended to marry her, and the emperor welcomed her as family and set their wedding for three months later. The emperor then privately asked Xu Lanqing what he thought about his third brother’s proposal to make the Holy Spirit Cult the state religion.

• The emperor questioned Xu Lanqing about loving the Snow Empress, and Xu Lanqing insisted that their mutual love needed no reason and that he would marry her.
• The emperor invited the Snow Empress inside, where she formally greeted him as Xu Lanqing’s fiancée and he welcomed her into the family.
• Xu Lanqing asked when they would marry, and the emperor proposed holding the wedding three months later so they could prepare a grand celebration.
• After sending out the guard and activating a soundproof barrier, the emperor told Xu Lanqing that his third brother had proposed making the Holy Spirit Cult the state religion and asked for his opinion.

Xu Lanqing warned the emperor that trying to control both his faction and the Holy Spirit Cult could prove fatal, then realized his father wanted the cult's powerful Soul Masters to help restore the Sun Moon Empire's fortunes. He refused to let the cult become the empire's guardian religion and left with Snow Empress, still considering a risky plan.

• Xu Lanqing told the emperor a parable about a fox that ate two poisoned pieces of cheese, warning him that trying to profit from both sides could be deadly.
• The emperor dismissed Xu Lanqing without accepting or rejecting his request about the Holy Spirit Cult, and Snow Empress followed him from the hall.
• While walking back to their quarters, Xu Lanqing concluded that the emperor wanted the Holy Spirit Cult's powerful Soul Masters to make up for the defeat six years earlier.
• Xu Lanqing told Snow Empress he would not allow the Holy Spirit Cult to become the empire's guardian religion and hinted at a risky plan that could rupture relations with both sides.
• Snow Empress pledged to support Xu Lanqing, and he carried her back to the palace.

Ye Guyi arrived at a burning village and killed three Evil Soul Masters who were attacking its survivors. Ma Xiaotao appeared and challenged her, leaving them poised to fight.

• Ye Guyi found a village in flames and rushed toward the screams of its surviving villagers.
• Ye Guyi ambushed three Evil Soul Masters as they devoured the villagers’ life force.
• The three Five-Ring Soul Kings attacked Ye Guyi, but she unleashed her Holy Sword and erased them.
• Ma Xiaotao applauded Ye Guyi and revealed that she had watched the fight without intervening.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked Ye Guyi as a phoenix cried out and the Holy Angel descended.

Long Xiaoyao investigated the burned village and sent Ma Xiaotao to a secret base in Mingdu after her hypnosis was restored. Xu Lanqing visited Ju Zi at the Royal Research Institute, where she recognized him after six years and clung to him in relief.

• Long Xiaoyao found Ma Xiaotao unconscious in the scorched village and learned that she had attacked the Holy Spirit Cult members after breaking through her hypnosis.
• Long Xiaoyao sensed traces of a rare divine attribute and ordered Ma Xiaotao taken to the secret base in Mingdu.
• Xu Lanqing left the Snow Empress sleeping and went to the Royal Research Institute to visit Kong Deming and Ju Zi.
• Xu Lanqing found Ju Zi asleep at a lab table and draped his coat over her.
• Ju Zi woke, recognized Xu Lanqing, and embraced him after he told her he had returned.