Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling went to Blue Tyrant Academy to enter the selection trials, while Jiang Chen stayed away and the Shrek students remained divided over their training. The chapter ended as Flender spotted Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling heading to register.

• Dugu Yan asked Ye Lingling what Jiang Chen would think if he saw them at the selection, and Ye Lingling teased her until her unease faded.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling left a letter at Dugu Manor and traveled to Blue Tyrant Academy for the trials.
• Flender and Liu Erlong learned Jiang Chen had skipped the selection, supposedly after being captured by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar complained about the Master's punishing training, while Tang San and the others appeared energetic and aligned with Jiang Chen.
• Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San reacted to Jiang Chen's absence as Flender lamented the split between the students.
• Flender began the selection and spotted Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling heading to register.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling registered for Blue Tyrant Academy’s selection, where Dugu Yan challenged Tang San to a rematch. The chapter ended as Tang San revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, stunning the crowd and Dugu Yan before their fight began.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling registered as substitutes for the selection, drawing attention from the Shrek group and the crowd.
• Flender announced that applicants had to withstand five minutes against an official team member, and many candidates withdrew.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar defeated the first applicant pair, while the Shrek students quickly overwhelmed the following challengers.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling entered the arena and revealed that they were Level 40 and Level 39 Soul Elders.
• Dugu Yan challenged Tang San to a rematch, and Tang San revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring, shocking everyone.

Tang San fought Dugu Yan, who revealed a new dragon-transformation ability and pushed him into a fierce exchange. He ended the match when time ran out, telling her she had passed and could spar with them again after joining.

• Dugu Yan attacked Tang San with her serpent skills, but he evaded and countered with his Blue Silver Grass and Eight Spider Lances.
• Dugu Yan restrained Tang San with her altered third Soul Skill, but Tang San used Endless Life to absorb her attacks and overwhelm the arena with grass.
• Dugu Yan summoned a Flood Dragon phantom and unleashed a powerful beam, which Tang San blocked with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Dugu Yan merged with the Flood Dragon phantom and transformed, breaking Tang San's restraints and forcing him to defend against her attacks.
• Tang San and Dugu Yan traded blows until he withdrew his Soul Power and declared that time was up and she had passed the match.
• Dugu Yan said she still wanted to fight, and Tang San told her they would have more chances to spar after she joined them.

After Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling joined Shrek Academy as reserve team members, Tang Hao secretly ordered Yu Xiaogang to turn Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun against Jiang Chen and strengthen Tang San’s influence. Jiang Chen spotted Yu Xiaogang leaving the forest and discovered signs that a powerful figure had met him there.

• Liu Erlong named Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reserve members of the team, and Flender agreed to handle the Imperial Fighting Team’s response.
• Yu Xiaogang reported to Tang Hao that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun were easier to sway than Oscar and that Dai Mubai resented Jiang Chen.
• Tang Hao told Yu Xiaogang to drive a wedge between the team members and make Tang San its final authority, adding that he should inflame Dai Mubai’s anger if needed.
• Yu Xiaogang left the forest, and Jiang Chen watched him from above before investigating the meeting place.
• Jiang Chen used his Glazed Divine Eyes to find two sets of footprints and powerful Soul Power traces beneath the trees.

Jiang Chen suspected Tang Hao had been watching him, so he searched the mountains near Holy Soul Village for Ah Yin. He found the Blue Silver Emperor hidden in a cave and began nurturing her with spring water and his Glazed Green Lotus.

• Jiang Chen recognized the lingering Soul Power as possibly Tang Hao's and decided to use Ah Yin to distract him.
• Jiang Chen flew to the mountains near Holy Soul Village and searched for a waterfall valley.
• Jiang Chen spotted Tang Hao's barrier at the cave entrance and used Green Lotus: Void Traverse to bypass it.
• Jiang Chen found the neglected Blue Silver Emperor in the cave and gave her drops of spring water.
• Jiang Chen summoned his Glazed Green Lotus, and Ah Yin's leaves brightened and leaned toward it.

Jiang Chen took the Blue Silver Emperor and its Right Leg Bone from Tang Hao’s hidden cave, then destroyed the cave to conceal his actions. Tang Hao returned to find the cave in ruins and vowed to hunt down whoever had taken Ah Yin, while Jiang Chen cared for the grass in Suotuo City.

• Jiang Chen transferred the Blue Silver Emperor into a jade basin filled with spiritual soil and stored it in the Green Lotus Pendant.
• Jiang Chen collapsed the cave and half the mountainside, then flew away.
• Tang Hao sensed the Soul Power mark connected to the cave break and rushed back to find it buried beneath rubble.
• Tang Hao searched the ruins, concluded a powerful expert had taken Ah Yin, and vowed to find the culprit.
• In Suotuo City, Jiang Chen examined the Blue Silver Emperor and revealed that he had also taken the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

Jiang Chen brought the Blue Silver Emperor to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and used the Glazed Green Lotus to restore her. Ah Yin awakened in a translucent soul body but had only hazy memories, and the chapter ended with her asking who Tang Hao and her son were.

• Jiang Chen decided to revive Ah Yin and raise his Soul Power before confronting Tang Hao, and flew to Sunset Forest.
• Jiang Chen planted the Blue Silver Emperor beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where it rapidly grew as he told her how Tang Hao had treated her.
• Jiang Chen used the Glazed Green Lotus to pour life energy into the Blue Silver Emperor, causing a golden flower to bloom and Ah Yin to awaken.
• Ah Yin called Jiang Chen her master because she sensed his life aura, but Jiang Chen told her to stabilize her soul body before discussing it.
• Ah Yin asked Jiang Chen who Tang Hao and her son were, revealing that she still could not remember them clearly.

Ah Yin discovered a hidden crystal in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and its power strengthened her soul body while restoring some of her memories. She agreed to conceal the Ice and Fire Dragon King's legacy until it was safe, then pledged herself to Jiang Chen as he prepared to leave her to recover.

• Ah Yin sensed something in the spring, and Jiang Chen used his Glazed Divine Eyes to spot a red-and-blue crystal containing a dragon-shaped wisp.
• Jiang Chen retrieved the crystal with Green Lotus: Void Traverse and handed it to Ah Yin, whose soul body grew more solid as the wisp merged into her.
• Ah Yin remembered Tang Hao, Tang San, and a dark cave, then explained that the crystal held residual power from the Ice and Fire Dragon King and that she would conceal it from someone in the God Realm searching for dragon legacies.
• Ah Yin told Jiang Chen that the Dragon Kings warned him not to disturb their graves and that she had grown much stronger.
• Ah Yin said she had seen Tang Hao's true nature and would belong only to Jiang Chen, who accepted her but asked her to call him Young Master.
• Jiang Chen told Ah Yin to recover her body before seeking him out, and she anxiously asked whether he was leaving.

Jiang Chen returned to Blue Tyrant Academy after leaving Ah Yin to recover at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he reunited with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Meanwhile, Qin Ming told the Imperial Fighting Team that both girls had left to become Shrek Team substitutes.

• Jiang Chen left Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and she resolved to visit him once she could walk again.
• After flying for a day and night, Jiang Chen reached Blue Tyrant Academy and overheard Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling wondering where he had gone.
• Jiang Chen surprised Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, learned they had joined Blue Tyrant Academy as substitutes, and teased them about being his junior sisters.
• Qin Ming announced that Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling had formally left the Imperial Fighting Team to join the Shrek Team as substitutes.
• Qin Ming explained that Dugu Yan's grandfather, Poison Douluo, approved her decision, while Ye Lingling's family had no objections.

Yu Tianheng’s team resolved to challenge Shrek Academy after Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling left, while Jiang Chen gave Tang San a soul bone to absorb. When Tang San finished absorbing it, Jiang Chen’s Triple Return granted him a 110,000-year Eight-Armed Demon Dragon King right arm soul bone.

• Yu Tianheng calmed down and vowed that his team would prove itself against Shrek Academy in the arena.
• Jiang Chen returned to Blue Tyrant Academy and took Tang San into the woods to give him a forty-thousand-year Hundred-Eyed Earth Dragon Centipede right arm soul bone.
• Jiang Chen stood guard while Tang San absorbed the soul bone in a hidden cave.
• Tang San gained increased strength and a defensive soul bone skill from the absorption.
• Jiang Chen’s Triple Return activated and granted him a perfectly adaptable 110,000-year Eight-Armed Demon Dragon King right arm soul bone.

Jiang Chen absorbed an 110,000-year Eight-Armed Demon Dragon King right arm bone and tested its eight phantom arms before avoiding Dugu Yan. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai and overpowered his defenses, leaving their fight underway.

• Jiang Chen absorbed the Eight-Armed Demon Dragon King Right Arm Bone, gaining the Demon Dragon Armguard: Eight-Armed Mountain Shatter skill.
• Jiang Chen demonstrated the eight arm phantoms to himself and discovered he could control them smoothly and crush stone with them.
• Dugu Yan asked Jiang Chen to show her and Lingling around Blue Tyrant Academy, but he refused and vanished.
• Zhu Zhuqing challenged Dai Mubai at the training ground and broke through his White Tiger Protective Barrier with her attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing kicked Dai Mubai backward several meters and taunted him as their fight continued.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai and ended their engagement, then thanked Jiang Chen for helping her find her own path. She left the training ground with Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu to plan a celebratory meal.

• Zhu Zhuqing dodged Dai Mubai's attacks and defeated him, forcing him to admit defeat.
• Zhu Zhuqing ended her engagement with Dai Mubai and warned him not to bother her again.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu celebrated Zhu Zhuqing's decision, while Jiang Chen arrived and congratulated her.
• Dai Mubai cracked a stone pedestal with his fist and left with Ma Hongjun and Oscar.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Jiang Chen for his advice, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu pressed them about their private conversation.
• Ning Rongrong listed desserts for the group to eat, while Xiao Wu asked for grilled carrots.

Jiang Chen agreed to treat the group to dinner, while Yu Xiaogang forced Ma Hongjun and Oscar to make up their missed training. Dai Mubai concluded that Jiang Chen’s faction had displaced him and his friends, and considered leaving Shrek Academy.

• Ning Rongrong invited the newcomers to dinner, and Jiang Chen agreed to pay while Zhu Zhuqing offered to help.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Ma Hongjun and Oscar to run twenty weighted laps, threatening extra laps if they fell short.
• After training, Dai Mubai blamed Jiang Chen for his losses and told Ma Hongjun and Oscar that the team had split into rival factions.
• Dai Mubai predicted that Jiang Chen and his allies would become the main team while he, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar would be sidelined or expelled.
• Dai Mubai said he would not accept the humiliation and suggested the three of them leave for another academy in Heaven Dou City.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun left the academy after choosing to walk away, while Oscar stayed behind. Flender announced that the team would move forward with a seven-person main lineup.

• Dai Mubai urged Oscar and Ma Hongjun to leave the academy, but Oscar decided to stay because he admired Jiang Chen and felt leaving would be cowardly and disloyal.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun packed their belongings and tried to slip out through the back gate without telling Flender.
• Flender met them on the path, accepted their decision, and let them leave without trying to stop them.
• Oscar watched Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun disappear into the morning fog and silently wished them well.
• Flender announced their departure at training and named Jiang Chen, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling as the main lineup.

Flender promoted Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to regular team members, assigned Oscar as a substitute, and made Jiang Chen captain. Jiang Chen began punishing team training, then used his Emerald Green Lotus to heal everyone, while the team braced for more grueling sessions.

• Flender promoted Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to regular positions, made Oscar a substitute, and appointed Jiang Chen captain.
• Jiang Chen threatened special training, then ordered the team to gather at the training grounds and began an intense session.
• By nightfall, the exhausted team lay sprawled across the field as they complained about Jiang Chen's training.
• Jiang Chen used his Emerald Green Lotus to restore the team, impressing Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling with its healing power.
• Jiang Chen told everyone training would continue the next day, and the team endured increasingly difficult sessions in the following days.

Jiang Chen lit the Glazed Green Lotus’s fourth petal and discovered it could enhance perception, restore mental fatigue, control water, and create ice. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun weighed enrollment options at an inn before a sudden icy gust interrupted them.

• Jiang Chen endured the fourth petal’s freezing power until its watery-blue light fully ignited.
• Jiang Chen used the petal to sharpen his senses, ease mental fatigue, and raise water from a nearby pond.
• Jiang Chen froze the pond, formed ice spikes, and embedded icy power in his Gilded Wrist Guard.
• Dai Mubai rejected Thunder Academy and the Elephant Armored Sect while Ma Hongjun suggested other schools.
• Dai Mubai began proposing that he and Ma Hongjun head north, but an icy gust swept into the inn and interrupted him.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun accepted a mysterious black-robed figure’s offer to make them stronger after Shrek Academy cast them out. Two months later, Ning Rongrong brought Jiang Chen to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Chen Xin and Gu Rong greeted him and escorted him to meet Ning Fengzhi.

• A black-robed figure immobilized Dai Mubai with gray energy and offered to help him reclaim his lost face.
• Dai Mubai followed the figure into the night, and Ma Hongjun chased after them.
• Ning Rongrong presented Jiang Chen with Ning Fengzhi’s invitation, then persuaded him to accompany her to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At the sect’s mountain gate, Chen Xin and Gu Rong greeted Jiang Chen and led him inside to meet Ning Fengzhi.
• Jiang Chen admired the sect’s extravagant grounds while Ning Rongrong proudly showed him around.

Jiang Chen met Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders, who learned that he had helped Ning Rongrong evolve her Martial Soul into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The chapter ended as Rongrong noticed a faint outline of a possible tenth tier above the pagoda.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Jiang Chen and asked about his plans, while Jiang Chen declined to commit to joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong, shocking them with her Martial Soul's evolution.
• Ning Rongrong credited Jiang Chen, and Ning Fengzhi thanked him on behalf of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong noticed a hazy outline resembling another tier above the pagoda's ninth tier.

Ning Rongrong’s pagoda began forming a tenth level after Jiang Chen gave her a miraculous pill, prompting Ning Fengzhi to invite Jiang Chen to stay at the sect. After two days of studying and training, Jiang Chen faced Chen Xin in a swordsmanship spar and was overwhelmed by the elder’s first strike.

• Ning Rongrong’s Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda showed the embryonic form of a tenth level, astonishing Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.
• Jiang Chen told Ning Fengzhi that more miraculous pills might become available, and Ning Fengzhi invited him to stay and browse the sect’s Library Pavilion.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Ning Rongrong to show Jiang Chen the Library Pavilion, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong discussed testing Jiang Chen’s abilities.
• Jiang Chen spent two days reading in the Library Pavilion, enduring Chen Xin’s Soul Power pressure, and sharing meals with Ning Rongrong.
• Chen Xin challenged Jiang Chen to a swordsmanship spar without Soul Power or Martial Souls, and his first blow sent Jiang Chen staggering back.

Jiang Chen sparred with Chen Xin, learning from his swordsmanship and refining his spearwork until Chen Xin agreed to continue training him the next day. Meanwhile, Tang San swallowed the pill Chen Xin had given him to transform his Martial Soul, and its effects began coursing painfully through his body.

• Chen Xin repeatedly defeated Jiang Chen in a sword spar, teaching him that swordsmanship depended on intent and precise control.
• Jiang Chen switched to a spear, and Chen Xin helped him make his attacks more fluid and understand the weapon as an extension of his arm.
• Jiang Chen endured more than ten spear exchanges before time ran out, and Chen Xin told him to return the next day.
• Ning Rongrong offered Jiang Chen a handkerchief, while Jiang Chen reflected that Chen Xin's guidance had brought him close to condensing spear intent.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, Tang San swallowed the golden pill Brother Chen had given him and used the Mysterious Heaven Skill to guide its painful medicinal power through his body.