Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan crossed the poisonous miasma and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he sought the Infernal Delicate Apricot as his Soul Ring. After the Heart of Life revealed him as a Son of Nature, the Infernal Delicate Apricot eagerly offered to sacrifice herself, while the Aromatic Silk Beauty insisted that he first take the trial.

• Chen Yuan blasted apart the attacking vines and descended through the poisonous clouds into the valley containing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chen Yuan approached the Infernal Delicate Apricot and told her he wanted her Soul Ring and Soul Bone, prompting her to attack him with the Fire Maiden.
• Chen Yuan's Heart of Life revealed him as a Son of Nature, and the Infernal Delicate Apricot immediately asked to become his Soul Ring.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty objected that Chen Yuan had not yet taken the trial, then insisted that he complete it to earn the right to take seven immortal herbs.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot argued that she was the best match for Chen Yuan and declared that she would sacrifice herself despite his Quasi-Soul Emperor cultivation.

Chen Yuan examined the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Electrolux studied Infernal Delicate Apricot’s Soul Core and proposed a new cultivation method. After choosing herbs to improve his physique and Spiritual Power, Chen Yuan prepared to select more and consider taking the intelligent plants with him.

• Infernal Delicate Apricot examined Chen Yuan and chose the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum as a suitable herb for his strong physique.
• Electrolux studied Infernal Delicate Apricot’s Soul Core and proposed combining Soul Cores with Spirit Apertures to help Chen Yuan develop three Soul Core rudiments before reaching the Titled Douluo realm.
• Chen Yuan ate the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which opened his minor meridians and Eight Extraordinary Meridians and further strengthened his body.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty offered Chen Yuan a booklet about immortal and poisonous herbs, including the Tang Sect’s Poison Chapter, and pleaded to go with him.
• Chen Yuan chose a Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his Spiritual Power, and the herb’s dew left his vision clearer.

Chen Yuan chose three Immortal Grade Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Infernal Delicate Apricot sacrificed herself to grant him a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. He reached rank sixty-seven, while Electrolux preserved Infernal Delicate Apricot’s consciousness in Chen Yuan’s Sea of Consciousness.

• Chen Yuan chose the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, leaving the other herbs behind for a future visit.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty agreed to help evolve Chen Yuan’s friend’s Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda and asked him to keep and plant its seeds.
• Chen Yuan asked Infernal Delicate Apricot to provide a left leg Soul Bone and boosting Soul Ring skills as she began her sacrifice.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot’s Soul Bone entered Chen Yuan’s left leg, and her blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring fused with him.
• Electrolux pulled Infernal Delicate Apricot’s illusory soul from the Soul Ring into Chen Yuan’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Yuan’s Soul Power rose to the peak of rank sixty-six during the fusion, then he broke through to rank sixty-seven.

Chen Yuan cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after reaching level sixty-seven, collected Dragon Mushroom Leaves, and left with Infernal Delicate Apricot’s consciousness preserved in her Soul Ring. As he flew through the poison formation, he discovered that Tang San’s planted poisonous flowers had turned the surrounding Soul Beasts’ habitat into a wasteland, and questioned whether Tang San’s Soul Beast allies had abandoned their own kind.

• Chen Yuan discussed his new strength and cultivation plans with Infernal Delicate Apricot, who had retained her consciousness after the sacrifice.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty let Chen Yuan collect Dragon Mushroom Leaves without using one of his seven herb slots, and Chen Yuan cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for several days.
• Chen Yuan said farewell to Aromatic Silk Beauty, collected about a hundred Dragon Mushroom Leaves, and used his life force to help the plants regrow.
• Chen Yuan flew through the poison formation and spotted ten-thousand-year Jade Scale Nine Absolute Flowers growing among the Jade Scale Seven Absolute Flowers.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot confirmed that Tang San had planted the flowers, and Chen Yuan blamed Tang San’s actions for the destruction of the Soul Beast habitat and wondered why Ah Yin, Xiao Wu, Tai Tan, and Niu Tian had allowed it.

Chen Yuan revealed his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Golden Lion Mastiff External Soul Bone to Gong Changlong, then gave him a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower that raised his cultivation to peak level ninety-four. Gong Changlong took Chen Yuan to the Heaven Soul Imperial Family's Palace Banquet, where Chen Yuan's level was revealed to be sixty-seven.

• Chen Yuan returned to Gong Changlong after hunting Soul Beasts, and Gong Changlong discovered Chen Yuan had reached the Soul Emperor level.
• Chen Yuan revealed his Hundred-Thousand-Year Sixth Soul Ring, shocking Gong Changlong, who worked out an explanation for how Chen Yuan had obtained it.
• Chen Yuan showed Gong Changlong the Golden Lion Mastiff External Soul Bone, allowing Gong Changlong to claim responsibility for Chen Yuan's Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan gave Gong Changlong a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, which Gong Changlong absorbed and which raised his cultivation to peak level ninety-four.
• Gong Changlong invited Chen Yuan to the Heaven Soul Imperial Family's Palace Banquet, and Chen Yuan said he had reached level sixty-seven.

At a Heaven Dou Empire banquet, Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong discussed the empire’s defensive weakness and the Tang Sect’s decline before Chen Yuan sensed an Evil Soul Master nearby. Gong Changlong confronted the eight-ring attacker and ordered Chen Yuan to search for possible accomplices.

• Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong discussed why the Heaven Dou Empire sought support from sects and why the Tang Sect had lost its former strength.
• Gong Changlong explained that the Tang Sect’s failed resistance to Soul Tools and its conflict with the Four Great Clans had left it nearly powerless.
• Chen Yuan questioned Ma Xiaotao’s connection to Ma Hongjun, and Gong Changlong warned him to keep his speculation secret.
• Chen Yuan sensed an Evil Soul Master, who appeared carrying a corpse nailed to a black cross and revealed eight Soul Rings.
• Gong Changlong told Chen Yuan to search for accomplices, then charged at the Evil Soul Master with his flames blazing.

Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong killed two Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters who had attacked Heaven Dou City, but neither learned what operation the cult was planning. After the city’s soldiers arrived, they confirmed one of the dead attackers had been a seven-ring Soul Saint.

• Gong Changlong used his Flame Tiger powers to kill a Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Master, who had evaded his first attack by dispersing into bloody mist.
• Chen Yuan rescued an infant from a Holy Spirit Cult Soul Saint holding a woman hostage, then killed him with the Pegasus Twin-Barrel Cannon.
• Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong discussed the attacks and realized they had killed both Evil Soul Masters without learning why they had come to Heaven Dou City.
• An elite unit arrived late, and its captain learned that the headless corpse belonged to a seven-ring Soul Saint.

Vina and the Heaven Soul Emperor considered how to exploit Chen Yuan’s talent while Shrek faced a powerful Holy Spirit Cult attack that left Ma Xiaotao transformed into the Dark Phoenix. When Chen Yuan returned to Shrek, Yan Shaozhe brought him to help save her, and Chen Yuan suspected an inside informant or Tang San’s interference.

• Vina ordered the wall breach and witnesses sealed off, then learned Chen Yuan was nearing Soul Emperor at about sixteen.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor promised Chen Yuan an earldom if he returned after graduating from Shrek, while privately considering Small Lake Village a means to control him.
• Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong returned to Shrek and found the academy damaged, where Yan Shaozhe urgently asked Chen Yuan to come to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that the Holy Spirit Cult had attacked Shrek with ten Title Douluo, including Feng Ling, and targeted Ma Xiaotao.
• The attack awakened Ma Xiaotao’s Dark Phoenix power and Ultimate Fire, and Mu En believed someone with an Ultimate Fire Martial Soul might help remove her dark attribute.
• Chen Yuan questioned how the Holy Spirit Cult had learned about Ma Xiaotao and suspected a Shrek spy or Tang San’s intervention.

Chen Yuan returned to Shrek with a hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring and was asked to help save Ma Xiaotao, whose Evil Fire Phoenix had been awakened by an Evil Soul Master. His sacred flames suppressed her fire, but Mu En warned that saving her would cripple her or permanently stunt her cultivation.

• Gong Changlong told Mu En and the Sea God Pavilion elders that Chen Yuan had obtained a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and Soul Bone, using their agreed explanation for how they found the beast.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Chen Yuan to help Ma Xiaotao, but Chen Yuan refused to risk his future cultivation; Mu En defended his choice and invited him to examine her condition.
• Gong Changlong reported that he and Chen Yuan had encountered a Soul Douluo and a Soul Saint among the Evil Soul Masters in Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Yuhao begged Chen Yuan to save Ma Xiaotao, who lay on a ten-thousand-year Mystic Ice Bed with black flames trapped inside a golden barrier.
• Chen Yuan's sacred flames made Ma Xiaotao's black flames retreat, and Mu En concluded she could be saved only at the cost of crippling her or causing her Martial Soul to regress.

Chen Yuan and Mu En purged the evil nature from Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul, leaving it badly diminished but giving her a chance to recover. Yan Shaozhe sacrificed part of his Bright Phoenix origin to nurture her, while Mu En reflected on Shrek’s unexplained security breach and Chen Yuan prepared to leave the academy.

• Mu En rejected Yan Shaozhe’s plea to save Ma Xiaotao’s talent and ordered everyone but Chen Yuan out of the quiet room.
• Mu En drew out Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, and Chen Yuan burned away its evil nature after Mu En stopped it from devouring her.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Martial Soul regressed into a small, ordinary-looking bird, and Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to use his Bright Phoenix origin to help restore it.
• Yan Shaozhe gave up part of his Martial Soul origin to nurture Ma Xiaotao, visibly aging as Cai Mei'er supported him.
• Mu En questioned how the Evil Soul Masters had learned Shrek’s secrets, then discussed Bei Bei’s prospects and thanked Chen Yuan for saving Ma Xiaotao.
• Chen Yuan told Mu En he planned to travel the continent, then returned to the dormitory and found Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi absent.

Chen Yuan showed Xiao Xiao his hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and gave her an External Soul Bone, while withholding the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo. The next day, Huo Yuhao sought information about Lovesick Heartbreak Red to help Ma Xiaotao, and Chen Yuan sent him to consult the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect.

• Xiao Xiao proudly showed Chen Yuan her near-rank-forty-two cultivation, and he revealed that he had reached rank sixty-seven and possessed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan gave Xiao Xiao a Darkgold Terrorclaw External Soul Bone, and she kissed his cheek before hurrying off to cultivate.
• Huo Yuhao told Chen Yuan and the others that he, Yan Shaozhe, and Wang Yan had found references to Lovesick Heartbreak Red as a possible cure for Ma Xiaotao's damaged Martial Soul.
• Chen Yuan advised Huo Yuhao to seek records from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect, and Huo Yuhao immediately went to find Ning Tian.
• Chen Yuan told the others that finding the herb was unlikely and that knowing its effects would not help without locating the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Chen Yuan asked Ning Tian to arrange the relocation of Small Lake Village and agreed to search the Sun Moon Empire for gemstone-type Soul Beasts to support her theory that they could evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda. He then visited Gong Changlong to learn how to condense a Soul Core, while Electrolux considered how to adapt the method safely.

• Chen Yuan asked Ning Tian to have the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect move the villagers of Small Lake Village to Nine Treasures City and make the village appear undisturbed.
• Ning Tian explained her theory that gemstone-type Soul Rings could evolve the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda and asked Chen Yuan to investigate gemstone-type Soul Beasts in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Chen Yuan suggested that gemstone-type Soul Bones might also help the martial soul evolve, prompting Ning Tian to rush off to test the idea.
• Chen Yuan visited Gong Changlong, who reported that the Golden Tiger chosen to bear Golden Lion Mastiff cubs had died after becoming drained.
• Gong Changlong examined Chen Yuan, confirmed his Soul Power had become liquid, and began teaching him how to condense a Soul Core.
• Electrolux listened to the lesson and considered combining the cultivation methods of both worlds to help Chen Yuan form Soul Cores safely.

Chen Yuan followed Electrolux’s guidance to create a Soul Aperture between his brows, gaining faster Soul Power recovery and cultivation. After the Snow Empress rejected his offer to form a new body for her, Chen Yuan planned to seek Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow at the Earth Dragon Sect and try again.

• Chen Yuan left Gong Changlong with instructions for condensing a Soul Core and asked Electrolux about forming three Soul Core embryos before reaching Title Douluo.
• Electrolux guided Chen Yuan in forming a Soul Aperture in his Sea of Consciousness, and the Pillar of Courage protected him when the process shook his spiritual space.
• Chen Yuan merged the Soul Aperture between his brows and found it could absorb and convert energy, restoring his Soul Power and improving his cultivation and skill use.
• Chen Yuan briefly formed wings of Soul Power, then decided he would consider his seventh soul ring as he neared Soul Saint.
• Chen Yuan offered the Snow Empress a new body in exchange for her seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, but she rejected him again.
• Chen Yuan planned to visit the Earth Dragon Sect for Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and reconsidered approaching the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well if the Snow Empress refused again.

Chen Yuan left Shrek to travel the continent, bringing Dali Gu with him and setting out to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult and Tang San’s possible involvement. At Jialing Pass, he encountered two suspicious men who appeared to be Evil Soul Masters and tried to lure him with a blood-red pill.

• Xiao Xiao packed for Chen Yuan and promised to grow stronger while he was away, and Chen Yuan promised to bring her a gift.
• Chen Yuan said goodbye to Mu En and Gong Changlong, then left Shrek and began his journey with Dali Gu.
• Chen Yuan decided to visit Jialing Pass first and postpone visiting the Sun Moon Empire until he had reached seven rings.
• At the ruined Jialing Pass, Chen Yuan noticed two cloaked men whose presence stirred his Martial Soul, indicating they were likely Evil Soul Masters.
• The two men approached Chen Yuan and offered to help him change his fate with a blood-red pill, and Chen Yuan asked them to explain further.

Chen Yuan infiltrated a Holy Spirit Cult branch in Jialing Pass after learning that its recruiters used addictive pills made from human blood essence. He revealed himself inside the branch and crushed the Holy Spirit and a Holy Servant, leaving the rest of the cult’s fate unresolved.

• Zhao Shan offered Chen Yuan a Blood Spirit Pill and invited him to join the Holy Church, and Chen Yuan decided to investigate the group.
• Electrolux identified the pill’s human blood essence and addictive poisonous herbs, warning that long-term use would damage the mind.
• Chen Yuan confirmed that the courtyard was a Holy Spirit Cult branch and returned the following night with Zhao Shan and three other recruits.
• The cult’s servants led the recruits underground, where the Holy Spirit inspected them as potential blood food.
• Chen Yuan attacked, pinned the six-ringed Holy Spirit beneath shattered stones, and killed a Holy Servant with a blow that shattered every bone in his body.

Chen Yuan killed the Holy Spirit Cult leaders, questioned Holy Spirit’s memories, and sent Dali Gu to destroy the cultists and free the souls trapped in the hall. After Electrolux purified the souls and sent them to rebirth, Chen Yuan gained a small amount of Power of Faith and ordered Dali Gu to search the area before they destroyed it.

• Chen Yuan burned the Holy Servant and stripped Holy Spirit of his Martial Soul before Electrolux extracted and destroyed Holy Spirit’s soul.
• Chen Yuan examined Holy Spirit’s memories and learned that the Jialing Pass branch was searching for something on orders from its superiors.
• When more Evil Soul Masters entered the hall, Chen Yuan sent Dali Gu to kill them with the Pegasus Twin-Barrel Cannon and Lion Fire Axe.
• Chen Yuan ordered Dali Gu to crack the Crystal Ball, releasing the souls trapped inside it.
• Electrolux purified the souls and sent them to rebirth, and Chen Yuan received a small amount of Power of Faith.
• Chen Yuan told Dali Gu to search the hall for anything useful before they destroyed the place.

Chen Yuan searched Jialing Pass for clues about Slaughter City, then traveled to Dragon City and infiltrated the Earth Dragon Sect’s Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Cave. After finding the Mysterious Ice Marrow, he confronted the Snow Empress with an offer to restore her body in exchange for her origin power, but she demanded proof first.

• Chen Yuan found no clues to divine inheritances or Slaughter City in Jialing Pass and bought an ancient map before leaving.
• Chen Yuan used the map to plan visits to Vast Sea City and Dragon City, then reached Dragon City after flying for more than two days.
• Chen Yuan entered the Earth Dragon Sect’s rear courtyard at night and found its hidden well and cave filled with Ice Extreme Divine Crystal and Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.
• Chen Yuan brought out the God Sealing Platform and offered the Snow Empress a chance to cooperate and regain her body in exchange for her origin power.
• The Snow Empress questioned Chen Yuan’s motives and demanded that he demonstrate how he could restore her body, threatening to self-destruct if he could not.

Electrolux began creating a new human body for Snow Empress using Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, Aromatic Silk Heart, and Chen Yuan’s blood. Snow Empress entered the cocoon and would need about a month to awaken, while Electrolux hinted that her remaining origin could help Chen Yuan raise his Soul Ring ages.

• Electrolux appeared and told Snow Empress that he could create a body for her, and she reluctantly agreed to trust him.
• Chen Yuan gave Electrolux a piece of Aromatic Silk Heart, and Electrolux gathered Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and Ice Extreme Divine Crystal to form Snow Empress’s new body.
• Electrolux separated Snow Empress’s soul and part of her origin, bound them to the forming body, and placed her unconscious soul inside it.
• Electrolux asked Chen Yuan to add several drops of blood to the cocoon, which helped an ice-blue heart and the body’s organs begin to form.
• Electrolux told Chen Yuan to watch over the cocoon for about a month and warned him that Snow Empress’s remaining origin might help raise his Soul Ring ages.

Chen Yuan absorbed Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow beneath Earth Dragon Sect, advancing his cultivation while Snow Empress reconstructed her body. Snow Empress emerged at level forty-five and struggled to adapt to human life as Chen Yuan’s Soul Aperture began drawing in energy with overwhelming force.

• Chen Yuan stored most of the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and absorbed the rest, breaking through to level sixty-eight while strengthening his Golden Lion Mastiff External Soul Bone.
• Nan Qiuqiu noticed the well’s temperature had risen, and Nan Shuishui later found its spiritual energy rapidly dissipating but hesitated to investigate its freezing depths.
• Snow Empress’s cocoon shattered, and she emerged with a reconstructed human body, four Soul Rings, and level-forty-five cultivation.
• Snow Empress covered herself with Chen Yuan’s robe and meditated nearby, but she struggled to cultivate and began feeling hungry.
• Chen Yuan’s Soul Aperture released a powerful suction force that drew in the surrounding Origin Power and energy from the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow.

Chen Yuan absorbed a second Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, raising the Golden Lion Mastiff Right Palm Bone to sixty thousand years and alarming the Earth Dragon Sect and Heavenly Dragon Sect with its roar. After awakening, he helped the newly embodied Snow Empress cross the Cold Spring and had her mine the cave’s Ice Extreme Divine Crystals before they headed for the well.

• Chen Yuan’s Golden Lion Mastiff Right Palm Bone absorbed the second Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Marrow and advanced to sixty thousand years, while its roar terrified the Earth Dragon Sect.
• Nan Shuishui and Heavenly Dragon Douluo investigated the disturbance, but found only a trembling well and earth.
• Chen Yuan awoke, explained the Golden Lion Mastiff to the Snow Empress, and gave her dry rations when she admitted she was hungry.
• The Snow Empress asked Chen Yuan to help her cross the Cold Spring because her new body had too little Soul Power to withstand the cold current.
• Chen Yuan guided the Snow Empress to the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal cave, where she mined every valuable crystal for his Soul Tool.
• Chen Yuan led the Snow Empress toward the well opening after they had emptied the cave.