Chapter Summaries

Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu left the lake with Er Ming while the Shrek group found Tang San absorbing a powerful Soul Ring. Tang San survived, gained an External Soul Bone, and reached level thirty-three; Chen Xin returned after finding Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu, but left the group waiting to hear what happened.

• Er Ming carried Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu away from the lake after Xiao Wu said goodbye to Da Ming.
• Gu Rong and the Shrek group found Tang San inside a Blue Silver Grass cocoon absorbing a purple-black Soul Ring from a Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Tang San emerged with three Soul Rings and eight spider legs, and Gu Rong identified the legs as a rare External Soul Bone.
• Tang San told the group he had fought the Man Faced Demon Spider and revealed that his Soul Power had risen to level thirty-three.
• Tang San asked whether anyone had found Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu, and Chen Xin returned, saying he had found them, but...

Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu returned safely after escaping the Titan Giant Ape, and Chen Xin confirmed that the beast had fought the Sky Azure Bull Python. The group reunited and celebrated their safety, while Chen Xin continued to regard Jiang Chen with suspicion.

• Chen Xin reassured Ning Rongrong that Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu were safe and returning.
• Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu emerged from the woods, and Ning Rongrong rushed into Jiang Chen's arms before accepting a roasted fruit from him.
• Jiang Chen and Xiao Wu said they escaped while the Titan Giant Ape fought another powerful soul beast.
• Chen Xin confirmed that the second beast was likely the Sky Azure Bull Python, the true overlord of Star Dou Forest.
• Flender thanked Gu Rong and Chen Xin for coming, while Gu Rong and Zhao Wuji recalled their past acquaintance and guidance.

After Chen Xin and Gu Rong left, Xiao Wu and Jiang Chen revealed that they had obtained their third Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring for Jiang Chen. The group returned to Shrek Academy, where Jiang Chen reminded Flender of his promise and followed him to a hidden treasury.

• Chen Xin and Gu Rong said goodbye to Ning Rongrong and left the Star Dou Forest.
• Xiao Wu revealed her third Soul Ring, a purple thousand-year ring, and said she had absorbed a dying Soul Beast.
• Jiang Chen revealed his purple, purple, and black Soul Rings, shocking Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others with his ten-thousand-year third ring.
• Flender led the group out of the forest and back to Shrek Academy after giving the students time to rest.
• Jiang Chen reminded Flender of his promise, and Flender led him to a hidden treasury, insisting he would give him only three pieces.

Jiang Chen used his Glazed Divine Eyes to select three valuable ores from Flender’s collection, then practiced with his newly obtained Nine Heavens Dragon Wings. He discovered the wings could fly at great speed, cut and poison their targets, and absorb ambient Soul Power before an ancient aura began to awaken within them.

• Jiang Chen used his Glazed Divine Eyes to identify and take Purple Tungsten Iron, Sea Blue Crystal, and Gilded Sand from Flender’s room.
• Jiang Chen unfolded the Nine Heavens Dragon Wings on Shrek Academy’s back mountain and practiced flying until he could maneuver over the treetops.
• Jiang Chen tested the wings’ speed and found their sharpened scales could slice through rock and leave a poisonous, corroded mark.
• Jiang Chen discovered that the wings could draw in vital energy from the surrounding air and replenish some of his spent Soul Power.
• The Wing Blades trembled and revealed dark-gold patterns as a vast, ancient aura began to spread from within them.

Zhu Zhuqing asked Jiang Chen to help her become stronger and agreed to endure three strikes to prove her body could withstand his Soul Skill. After she passed out, Jiang Chen began healing her as Xiao Wu arrived and misunderstood what had happened.

• Jiang Chen tested the Nine Heavens Dragon Wings and nearly struck Zhu Zhuqing when she appeared from the shadows.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Jiang Chen she wanted to become stronger after feeling helpless against the Titan Giant Ape and asked him to use his transformative Soul Skill.
• Jiang Chen warned Zhu Zhuqing that the enhancement could seriously harm her unless her body was strong enough, then required her to take three moves from him.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured Jiang Chen's three attacks, collapsed, and was caught by him.
• Xiao Wu arrived, questioned Jiang Chen about Zhu Zhuqing's condition, and watched as he treated her with the Glazed Green Lotus.

Zhu Zhuqing passed Jiang Chen’s test and began training with him, while Xiao Wu revealed that Dai Mubai was pestering her. Jiang Chen gave Tang San rare ores, triggering his return ability to produce new equipment, and then tested a magnetic needle pouch outside the dormitory.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke after Jiang Chen healed her wrist, barely passed his test, and agreed to meet him for training each evening.
• Xiao Wu said Dai Mubai had been pursuing Zhu Zhuqing again, but Zhu Zhuqing insisted she would handle the problem herself.
• Jiang Chen gave Tang San Purple Tungsten Iron, Sea Blue Crystal, and Gilded Sand, which Tang San identified as valuable materials for hidden weapons and equipment.
• Jiang Chen’s Triple Return ability produced a Purple Magnetic Needle Pouch, a Sea Heart Amulet, and a Gilded Wrist Guard.
• Jiang Chen tested the Purple Magnetic Needle Pouch and watched its needles strike a tree trunk, with one curving through the air to attach beside another.

Jiang Chen tested the Sea Heart Amulet and Gilded Wrist Guard, then fully activated the Glazed Green Lotus’s crimson petal and discovered its intense heat. He left off exploring whether its power could enhance the wrist guard and combine with his second soul skill, Red Lotus Karma Fire.

• Jiang Chen infused the Sea Heart Amulet with Soul Power and discovered it could transform into a belt and back again.
• Jiang Chen tested the Gilded Wrist Guard’s hidden blades and found that Soul Power made it boost his arm strength and protect his arm.
• Jiang Chen fully lit the crimson lotus petal, endured its scorching backlash, and used the Crimson Gold Green Lotus to melt a stone.
• Jiang Chen directed the crimson lotus aura into the Gilded Wrist Guard and struck a tree with a flaming punch, leaving a scorched mark.
• Jiang Chen wondered whether the crimson petal could enhance objects and work together with his Red Lotus Karma Fire soul skill.

Jiang Chen used Red Lotus Karma Fire to temper Zhu Zhuqing’s body, and she endured the painful training with remarkable resolve. The flames finally receded as Zhu Zhuqing, exhausted but conscious, asked whether the session was over.

• Jiang Chen dismissed the idea of testing the Crimson Gold Green Lotus’s combined heat on himself.
• Jiang Chen continued training Ning Rongrong, whose cultivation had grown more diligent since returning from the Star Dou Forest.
• Jiang Chen began tempering Zhu Zhuqing’s body with Red Lotus Karma Fire and instructed her to guide the flames through her muscles and bones.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai heard pained sounds from the forest, mistook them for something intimate, and left the academy together.
• Jiang Chen lowered the flames as Zhu Zhuqing approached her limit, and she asked whether the training was over.

Jiang Chen tempered Zhu Zhuqing with increasingly fierce flames, accidentally combining the Karma Fire with the Crimson Gold Lotus Petal and nearly overwhelming her. She survived with greatly strengthened meridians and a breakthrough to level twenty-nine, then struggled to decide how to repay Jiang Chen while thinking of her engagement to Dai Mubai.

• Jiang Chen warned Zhu Zhuqing that the body tempering would grow more painful, but she insisted on continuing so she could become strong enough to control her fate.
• Jiang Chen used the Glazed Green Lotus to heal Zhu Zhuqing before beginning a hotter round of tempering with crimson Karma Fire.
• Jiang Chen mixed a wisp of crimson-gold aura into the flames, turning them dark gold and causing Zhu Zhuqing intense pain, so he quickly withdrew the fire.
• Jiang Chen healed Zhu Zhuqing, who discovered that her meridians had widened, her Soul Power circulated faster, and she had advanced directly to level twenty-nine.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Jiang Chen and wondered how to repay him, while blushing at the thought of offering herself and worrying that her engagement to Dai Mubai would complicate matters.

Jiang Chen carried the exhausted Zhu Zhuqing back to the academy, where she and Dai Mubai encountered each other, while Tang San showed Jiang Chen a new hidden weapon. The next morning, Flender introduced new instructors, and Jiang Chen recognized that an old acquaintance was about to appear.

• Jiang Chen carried Zhu Zhuqing toward the girls' dormitory and encountered Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun returning drunk; Dai Mubai froze when he saw Zhu Zhuqing on Jiang Chen's back.
• Jiang Chen left Zhu Zhuqing at her dormitory and told her to bring a change of clothes next time she tempered her body.
• Tang San showed Jiang Chen the Shadow-Chasing Shuttle, a hidden weapon made from Purple Tungsten Iron that could curve toward its target.
• Flender summoned the students to the training ground and introduced instructors Li Yusong and Shao Xin before gesturing toward a third middle-aged man.

Yu Xiaogang introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s new theory and cultivation instructor, but the students questioned his low Soul Power and challenged his theories with Jiang Chen’s unusual abilities. Yu Xiaogang asked to examine Jiang Chen’s Martial Soul, and Jiang Chen manifested a newly changed Glazed Green Lotus.

• Flender introduced Yu Xiaogang as the foremost Martial Soul theorist, and Ma Hongjun pressed him to reveal his Soul Power level.
• Flender admitted that Yu Xiaogang was fifty-three years old and only level twenty-nine, embarrassing him in front of the students.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned training plans to Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, while Ning Rongrong refused his plan because she was training with Jiang Chen.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Jiang Chen was a Support-type Soul Master, and Jiang Chen explained that his combat skills came from physical training.
• Yu Xiaogang asked to examine Jiang Chen’s Soul Power and Martial Soul, and Jiang Chen summoned a Glazed Green Lotus whose lotus heart now showed gold, green, and red glimmers.

Yu Xiaogang examined Jiang Chen’s Martial Soul but could not make sense of its immense power and unsettling aura. When Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu chose to train with Jiang Chen instead, Yu Xiaogang assigned the remaining students his own training plans while Jiang Chen prepared to train the three girls.

• Yu Xiaogang examined Jiang Chen’s Green Lotus Martial Soul, exhausted his Soul Power, and failed to explain what he sensed.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Yu Xiaogang’s special training, and Xiao Wu joined her and Ning Rongrong in choosing to train with Jiang Chen.
• Yu Xiaogang warned the three girls that their progress might suffer, then led Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar away to begin his training plans.
• Yu Xiaogang assigned Dai Mubai five thousand controlled punches, Oscar continuous Recovery Sausage production, and Ma Hongjun fifty laps while releasing Phoenix Fire Line.
• Jiang Chen sat beneath a tree as Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu waited expectantly for their training.

Jiang Chen used his third Soul Skill, Demon Eye Instant, to put Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing through mental-strength training based on their deepest fears. As he continued the exercise, Yu Xiaogang dismissed his methods, while Dai Mubai watched Jiang Chen with jealousy.

• Jiang Chen activated Demon Eye Instant and trapped Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing in illusions of their greatest fears.
• The girls fell from the illusions, and Jiang Chen explained that fear and mental pressure could prevent them from using their martial souls and Soul Power.
• Jiang Chen made the girls undergo the illusion again, and they collapsed after lasting only thirty-five seconds.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Jiang Chen's training and predicted the girls would soon realize they were wasting their time.
• Dai Mubai watched Jiang Chen and the girls from afar, while Oscar suggested Jiang Chen's Soul Skill might have merit.

Jiang Chen’s mental-pressure training pushed Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing toward breakthroughs in mental strength, while Yu Xiaogang grew resentful after witnessing their progress. After several days, his training left Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar exhausted and bitter, as Tang San steadily learned to control his new spider legs.

• Yu Xiaogang dismissed Jiang Chen’s mental training, then watched in shock as Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing developed signs of improving mental strength under the pressure.
• Jiang Chen ended the session after the three girls endured a minute of pressure, and they said their minds felt clearer and their vision sharper.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily ordered Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar to do another thousand punches, while Flender tried to calm him.
• Over the following days, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar gained no noticeable progress from Yu Xiaogang’s training and grew resentful.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing continued improving through Jiang Chen’s daily mental-pressure sessions, while Tang San practiced controlling his eight spider legs and became more proficient.

Jiang Chen used the Crimson Gold Lotus Petal to intensify Zhu Zhuqing’s training, then left Shrek Academy for Star Dou Forest to strengthen his Dragon Wings. He reached the forest and launched an attack on three Iron-Armored Rhinos.

• Jiang Chen tempered Zhu Zhuqing with soul-burning crimson-gold flames, then healed her and told her he would leave for a few days.
• Jiang Chen asked Zhu Zhuqing to tell Xiao Wu and Rongrong to train on their own, and Zhu Zhuqing told him to be careful as he departed.
• Jiang Chen slipped out of Shrek Academy before dawn and flew toward Star Dou Forest, arriving after two days of travel.
• Jiang Chen found three Iron-Armored Rhinos by a stream and dove toward them to test his Purple Gold Dragon Wings.

Jiang Chen hunted soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest, discovering that the Nine Heavens Dragon Wings grew stronger by devouring a dragon-blooded beast. Back at Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong missed him and worried about his safety.

• Jiang Chen killed three iron-armored rhinos and let the Nine Heavens Dragon Wings devour their blood Qi and Soul Power, strengthening the wings’ faint consciousness.
• Jiang Chen found an Iron-Spined Dragon Lizard and killed it with the Purple Sky Dragon Spear, which suppressed the beast’s dragon bloodline.
• Jiang Chen let the Nine Heavens Dragon Wings devour the Iron-Spined Dragon Lizard, causing their dark gold patterns and blade edges to grow clearer.
• Jiang Chen burned away the dragon lizard’s remains and flew off to continue hunting soul beasts.
• At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong said they missed Jiang Chen and worried he might be in danger in the Star Dou Forest.

Jiang Chen hunted soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest to advance his Nine Heavens Dragon Wings, then spotted a Three-Eyed Golden Lion rampaging near the Mixed Area. The Imperial Auspicious Beast sensed him as he watched from above.

• At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu worried about Jiang Chen while Zhu Zhuqing quietly listened, and Yu Xiaogang ordered Dai Mubai to keep training.
• Jiang Chen absorbed a Shadow Leopard’s blood qi and soul power, bringing his Nine Heavens Dragon Wings to a bottleneck and his soul power to the peak of Rank 35.
• Jiang Chen hid in a tree and watched a young woman and three Soul Kings search for a Moonlight Spirit Deer, then started back toward Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Chen spotted a giant golden beast rampaging through the forest and recognized it as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Imperial Auspicious Beast.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion turned toward Jiang Chen and fixed its gaze on him.

Jiang Chen escaped the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and spotted the girl in white and Ye Qing fleeing a soul-beast horde. After recognizing the girl’s Nine Star Begonia and sensing it resonate with his Green Lotus, he intervened when a Man Faced Demon Spider attacked her.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pursued Jiang Chen after his Glazed Divine Eyes disrupted her Eyes of Destiny, while a beast horde charged Uncle Wang and Du Ming near the creek valley.
• Ye Qing led the girl in white away as Uncle Wang and Du Ming stayed behind to hold off the soul beasts.
• Jiang Chen flew clear of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and noticed Ye Qing and the girl in white fleeing below him.
• Jiang Chen saw the girl’s Nine Star Begonia resonate with his Green Lotus as a Man Faced Demon Spider lunged at her.
• A Purple Gold arc descended from the sky toward the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Jiang Chen rescued Ye Lingling and Ye Qing from beasts in the Star Dou Forest, then flew them to safety before heading back to Shrek Academy. In the Core Area, the woman in green learned that Little Gold was drawn to Jiang Chen and became interested in the unusual human youth.

• Jiang Chen killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and three Wind Wolves while protecting Ye Lingling and Ye Qing.
• Jiang Chen carried Ye Lingling and Ye Qing into the sky to escape the pursuing Three-Eyed Golden Lion, which stopped chasing them.
• Jiang Chen told Ye Lingling that the Moonlight Spirit Deer was probably gone, then left the girls at the Outer Area and flew toward Shrek Academy.
• The woman in green learned from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that it had pursued Jiang Chen because his Purple Gold radiance stirred something in its bloodline.
• The woman in green sensed Jiang Chen's pure Life Source and unfamiliar higher dragon-clan pressure, and decided to wait and see what would come of his bond with Little Gold.

Jiang Chen returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, who had grown stronger during his absence. Ning Rongrong insisted on trying Jiang Chen’s Red Lotus Karma Fire body tempering, but quickly surrendered in pain and learned how much Zhu Zhuqing had endured.

• Jiang Chen returned to the back mountain and met Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing, who had worried about his absence.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she had reached level thirty, while Ning Rongrong said she was level twenty-nine and Xiao Wu was close to level thirty-three.
• Ning Rongrong demanded that Jiang Chen arrange Red Lotus Karma Fire body tempering for her, despite Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing warning her against it.
• The next evening, Jiang Chen enveloped Ning Rongrong in the Red Lotus Karma Fire, and she screamed and begged him to stop after only a few seconds.
• Jiang Chen withdrew the flames, healed Ning Rongrong, and she admitted defeat, calling herself a puppy and marveling that Zhu Zhuqing had endured the training without screaming.