Chapter Summaries

Mu En decided he could not teach Dai Huabin much and resolved to keep him connected to Shrek Academy by other means. Dai Huabin returned to the Outer Academy after Ma Xiaotao escorted him, then told Zhu Lu that his new battle skill had accompanied a breakthrough to level forty-seven.

• Mu En abandoned the idea of taking Dai Huabin as his disciple and considered Ma Xiaotao's connection to Dai Huabin as another way to keep him within Shrek's system.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Dai Huabin about the presence she sensed outside the Sea God Pavilion, and he told her he had created a battle skill after Mu En's guidance.
• Ma Xiaotao offered to look out for Dai Huabin, escorted him to the Outer Academy dormitory, and said she would tell Cai Mei'er about his epiphany.
• Dai Huabin told Zhu Lu about Mu En's explanation of Reign Over the World and named his own battle skill Defy Heaven and Slay Gods, Only I Am Supreme.
• Dai Huabin revealed that his Soul Power had risen from the peak of level forty-five to level forty-seven during his epiphany, surprising Zhu Lu.

Dai Huabin learned from Electrolux that cultivating near Shrek Academy’s Golden Tree could accelerate the Eye of Life and might help his White Tiger Martial Soul evolve toward Ultimate Light. Snow Empress and Ice Empress sensed that he had reached level forty-seven, leaving them astonished by his rapid growth.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu cultivated together through their Martial Soul Fusion until Electrolux called him into his Spiritual Sea.
• Electrolux explained that the Golden Tree’s life force could nourish Life Gold, accelerate the Eye of Life, aid his White Tiger Martial Soul’s evolution, and help restore Electrolux’s divine consciousness.
• Electrolux warned Dai Huabin that his conviction-based combat technique would consume enormous spiritual power if used at full strength.
• Dai Huabin told Zhu Lu he would consolidate his cultivation before returning to the Sea God Pavilion to meditate near the Golden Tree, and they resumed training.
• Snow Empress sensed through her Blood Pact with Zhu Lu that Dai Huabin had reached level forty-seven, stunning Ice Empress.

After the Reserve Team’s match, Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, Cui Yajie, and Ning Tian reflected on Dai Huabin’s strength and the value of supporting him. The team settled into the Inner Academy routine, and Bing Hanyue joined them there as an observer, pleased to watch Dai Huabin win.

• Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, and Cui Yajie discussed Ning Tian’s boosts and Dai Huabin’s overwhelming Martial Soul Fusion Skill after the match.
• Ning Tian decided to prove her value as a support for Dai Huabin and planned to attend a meeting with her sect during the break.
• Mu Jin escorted the seven Reserve Team members to the Inner Academy each morning, where they trained, fought matches, cultivated, and ate together.
• Dai Huabin asked Yan Shaozhe to let Bing Hanyue observe at the Inner Academy, and Yan Shaozhe agreed.
• Bing Hanyue watched Dai Huabin win another match while the Snow Empress told her not to rush his progress toward Soul Emperor rank.

Dai Huabin agreed to help Ma Xiaotao suppress the Evil Fire that had begun surging through her. As her condition worsened, they entered her soundproof cultivation room so he could begin treatment.

• Over half a month, the Main Team and Reserve Team grew more familiar, while Ling Luochеn kept her distance and observed Dai Huabin and the others.
• Ma Xiaotao told Dai Huabin that her Evil Fire was surging after intense training, and he agreed to help her that evening.
• Dai Huabin told Zhu Lu he would be occupied suppressing Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire, and Zhu Lu said she would wait for him at home.
• On the way to Ma Xiaotao's courtyard, Dai Huabin planned to use his Ice Jade Scorpion Tail to absorb the Evil Fire and channel Ultimate Ice into her meridians.
• Ma Xiaotao's condition worsened before Dai Huabin arrived, so he took her to her soundproof cultivation room and closed the door.

Dai Huabin used his Ultimate Ice Soul Power to calm Ma Xiaotao when her evil fire made her lose control, and she clung to him for relief. He then used his Ice Jade Scorpion Tail to draw the evil fire from her meridians, leaving her overwhelmed by the sensation as the treatment began.

• Ma Xiaotao's evil fire intensified in the cultivation room, and Dai Huabin tried to steady her with his Ultimate Ice Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao threw herself into Dai Huabin's arms and held on as his icy aura cooled her and restored her clarity.
• Ma Xiaotao continued clinging to Dai Huabin while he explained that the evil fire's source still needed to be treated.
• Dai Huabin extended his Ice Jade Scorpion Tail and pierced the spot below Ma Xiaotao's neck.
• The Ultimate Ice Soul Power spread through Ma Xiaotao's meridians as the tail absorbed her evil fire, and she reacted intensely to the relief.

Dai Huabin suppressed Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire until she fell asleep, then left to refine the energy he had absorbed. On the way, he met Ling Luochеn, who asked him to walk with her, and he considered her desire to approach Ultimate Ice as they walked in silence.

• Dai Huabin steadily drew Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire into himself with his Ice Jade Scorpion Tail until her Soul Power was depleted and she fell asleep.
• Dai Huabin carried Ma Xiaotao to her bedroom, covered her with a blanket, and left; Ma Xiaotao woke soon afterward and blushed as she remembered his Ultimate Ice.
• Dai Huabin walked toward the Outer Academy while trying to refine the Evil Fire energy he had absorbed.
• Ling Luochеn met Dai Huabin beneath a streetlamp and asked whether he had suppressed Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire.
• Ling Luochеn asked Dai Huabin to walk with her, and he agreed; they walked side by side in silence as he considered her interest in Ultimate Ice.

Ling Luochеn asked Dai Huabin why he kept his distance and admitted she wanted both his Ultimate Ice and to know him better. Dai Huabin did not reject her, but their conversation ended without him answering her proposal.

• Ling Luochеn asked Dai Huabin if he kept his distance because she was not pretty enough and said she wanted to become closer to him.
• Dai Huabin admitted Ling Luochеn was beautiful but explained that he was cautious around people he did not know well.
• Ling Luochеn asked what would happen if she wanted him to get to know her.
• Dai Huabin asked whether Ling Luochеn had approached him for Ultimate Ice or for another reason.
• Ling Luochеn said she wanted both Ultimate Ice and to get closer to Dai Huabin, and he praised her frankness.

Dai Huabin declined to promise Ling Luochеn Ultimate Ice but left open the possibility, and she accepted his answer. The next day, Ling Luochеn coordinated closely with him during mixed-team training, prompting Ma Xiaotao to suspect something had changed between them.

• Ling Luochеn told Dai Huabin she would prove herself over time after he refused to promise her Ultimate Ice.
• Dai Huabin told Zhu Lu about Ling Luochеn's feelings, and Zhu Lu said he could decide for himself as long as he still cared for her.
• At joint training, Du Weilun mixed the Main Team and Reserve Team into new sparring groups, placing Ling Luochеn alongside Dai Huabin.
• Ling Luochеn helped Dai Huabin's team by trapping Ma Xiaotao, covering the battlefield in ice mist, and restraining Dai Yueheng.
• Ma Xiaotao noticed Ling Luochеn's seamless teamwork with Dai Huabin and wondered whether there was a story behind it.

After training, Ma Xiaotao questioned Dai Huabin and Ling Luochеn about their closeness, and Ling Luochеn pointed out Ma Xiaotao’s own feelings for him. The group left the Inner Academy’s Soul Fighting Arena together, with Wang Dong'er quietly watching Dai Huabin on the way back.

• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Cui Yajie, and Ning Tian noticed how closely Ling Luochеn and Dai Huabin had coordinated during training.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Dai Huabin what was happening between him and Ling Luochеn, and he described Ling Luochеn as a friend like Ma Xiaotao.
• Ling Luochеn asked Ma Xiaotao whether she felt the same way about Dai Huabin, leaving Ma Xiaotao unable to deny it and prompting her to explain their partnership.
• Ma Xiaotao mentioned that her Evil Fire was becoming restless and left after asking Dai Huabin to fight with her again in a few days.
• Ling Luochеn asked whether Dai Huabin suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire himself, and he confirmed that Xue'er preferred not to handle it.
• Dai Huabin praised Ling Luochеn’s teamwork, then led the group back toward the Outer Academy as Wang Dong'er stole glances at him.

Dai Huabin encountered Tang Ya and Bei Bei as they prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City, then continued training with the Shrek teams as the tournament approached. Mu En learned that Bei Bei had left with Tang Ya and accepted that his hope of pairing Bei Bei with Zhang Lexuan would not come true.

• Dai Huabin met Tang Ya and Bei Bei, who said they planned to travel to Heaven Dou City for Tang Sect business, and Bei Bei praised Dai Huabin's strength.
• Dai Huabin continued helping Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire and grew closer to both Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn during intensified joint training.
• Dai Yueheng repeatedly challenged Dai Huabin in training but remained unable to overcome his Ultimate Ice and Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Bei Bei and Tang Ya had left for Heaven Dou City and requested two months' leave.
• Mu En recalled that he had hoped Bei Bei would become Zhang Lexuan's partner, then accepted that Bei Bei's heart belonged to Tang Ya.

Mu En arranged for Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Han Ruoruo to lead Shrek Academy’s team at the Soul Fighting Tournament, hoping Zhang Lexuan might form a genuine bond with Dai Huabin. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian learned that the Auspicious Beast had taken human form because she wanted to find Dai Huabin, and he weighed whether to let her go.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to have Zhang Lexuan lead the Soul Fighting Tournament team so she could spend time with Dai Huabin, and he asked that Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo accompany her as assistants.
• Yan Shaozhe agreed to speak with Zhang Lexuan, while Mu En privately worried that Dai Huabin’s rapid growth could make him a dangerous variable if Shrek Academy failed to win his loyalty.
• Di Tian confronted the Scarlet King after discovering that the Auspicious Beast had taken human form while he was in seclusion.
• The Scarlet King explained that the Auspicious Beast’s Fate Connection with Dai Huabin had made her determined to find him.
• Bi Ji urged Di Tian to let the Auspicious Beast go, noting that Dai Huabin had earned the trust of the Ice Empress and Snow Empress and had shown no hostility toward Soul Beasts.
• Di Tian considered allowing the Auspicious Beast to leave, reassured by the Ice Empress’s presence, but recognized that they still needed a safety net.

Di Tian gave the Auspicious Beast his Black Dragon Reverse Scale and entrusted Bi Ji with preparing her for the human world. The next morning, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu joined Ma Xiaotao at Sea God Pavilion to begin cultivating in a room beside the Golden Tree, where Dai Huabin planned to aid Electrolux’s recovery and study Light Magic and Martial Soul Evolution.

• Di Tian gave the Auspicious Beast his reverse scale to conceal her Soul Beast aura and let him sense her condition, then asked Bi Ji to arrange her human-world identity.
• Bi Ji took the Auspicious Beast deeper into the forest to teach her human customs, while Scarlet King wondered at Dai Huabin’s luck in attracting powerful Soul Beasts.
• Dai Huabin woke Zhu Lu and told her they would cultivate beneath the Golden Tree because its life force could benefit her Ice Shadow Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu met Ma Xiaotao by Sea God Lake, and she led them to Sea God Pavilion after Mu En directed them to the third Meditation Room.
• Dai Huabin inspected the room beside a Golden Tree root and considered its concentrated life force useful for Electrolux’s recovery, Light Magic, and possible Martial Soul Evolution.

Ma Xiaotao told Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu that a surprise awaited them after seclusion, then learned Zhang Lexuan would lead Shrek Academy’s tournament team. Zhang Lexuan went to meet the Reserve Team but, finding its captain in seclusion, visited Mu En, who brought up Bei Bei and the old betrothal again.

• Ma Xiaotao told Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to look forward to a surprise and left them to cultivate in the Golden Tree.
• Ma Xiaotao met Zhang Lexuan, who said Elder Mu had appointed her to lead the tournament team and that she had come to meet the Reserve Team.
• Ma Xiaotao told Zhang Lexuan that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu were in seclusion, so Zhang Lexuan decided to visit Elder Mu instead.
• Zhang Lexuan told Mu En she could not meet the Reserve Team captain, and Mu En said Dai Huabin needed time to consolidate his breakthrough.
• Mu En told Zhang Lexuan that Bei Bei had gone to Heaven Dou City with Tang Ya, then recalled making Zhang Lexuan Bei Bei’s child bride and began to speak gravely to her.

Mu En canceled Zhang Lexuan’s engagement to Bei Bei, freeing her from a promise she had carried for thirteen years. Meanwhile, Dai Huabin cultivated with Zhu Lu as Electrolux recovered and discovered a hidden light element in Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Bloodline.

• Mu En told Zhang Lexuan that her engagement to Bei Bei was canceled and that she was free of the promise.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted Mu En’s decision and focused on preparing to lead the tournament team, curious to meet Dai Huabin.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu practiced Martial Soul Fusion cultivation together in the Golden Tree Meditation Room.
• Electrolux explained that the Golden Tree’s vitality was restoring his divine consciousness and said he could teach Dai Huabin magic in about half a month.
• Electrolux revealed that Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Bloodline held a hidden light element.

After Electrolux recovered enough to guide Dai Huabin, he helped Dai awaken the light attribute hidden in his White Tiger bloodline. Dai and Zhu Lu resolved to preserve their Martial Soul Fusion Skill by evolving together with complementary Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dai began merging the newly awakened light with his Ice Soul White Tiger.

• Electrolux told Dai Huabin that he could teach him magic and begin awakening his light bloodline after recovering for half a month.
• Dai Huabin asked whether evolving his Martial Soul would end his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhu Lu, and Electrolux warned that the fusion might fail if its foundation changed.
• Dai Huabin insisted that he and Zhu Lu would evolve together, and Electrolux proposed that complementary Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could transform their fusion skill instead of destroying it.
• Electrolux used life essence drawn from the Golden Tree and the Eye of Life to dissolve a barrier in Dai Huabin's bloodline and awaken its pure light attribute.
• Dai Huabin accepted the light attribute with his will and began fusing it into his Ice Soul White Tiger Martial Soul.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu emerged from a month of cultivation, having reached levels forty-eight and late level forty-three as the tournament approached. At the Sea God Pavilion, they met Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Han Ruoruo, who had come to see the team.

• Electrolux guided Dai Huabin's light bloodline, and he and Zhu Lu cultivated together beneath the Golden Tree.
• Dai Huabin broke through to level forty-eight after a month in seclusion, while Zhu Lu reached the late stages of level forty-three.
• At the Inner Academy Soul Fighting Arena, Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Han Ruoruo watched the Reserve Team spar and asked after Dai Huabin.
• Ma Xiaotao led the group to the Sea God Pavilion, where Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu emerged from the Golden Tree's Meditation Room.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Han Ruoruo.

Dai Huabin reunited with Shrek’s senior team leaders, and Wu Ming challenged him to a spar. He accepted but demanded stakes, while Zhu Lu objected that the match was unfair because Wu Ming was a Soul Sage and Dai Huabin was only a Soul Ancestor.

• Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, and Han Ruoruo sized up Dai Huabin and discussed Mu En’s high opinion of him.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Dai Huabin, while Wu Ming challenged him to test his abilities.
• Han Ruoruo predicted Dai Huabin would accept Wu Ming’s challenge, and Zhang Lexuan wondered whether he would.
• Dai Huabin accepted Wu Ming’s challenge but said the spar needed stakes.
• Wu Ming agreed to stakes, and Zhu Lu argued that the match was unfair because Wu Ming was a seven-ringed Soul Sage while Dai Huabin was a four-ringed Soul Ancestor.

Dai Huabin raised the stakes with Wu Ming, wagering that he could endure ten minutes against her or even defeat her, with Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo volunteering as additional rewards. In the Inner Academy arena, Dai Huabin revealed his Domain of Eternal Freeze and charged at Wu Ming.

• Zhu Lu challenged Wu Ming to consider whether a fight with Dai Huabin would be fair, and Dai Huabin reassured her before proposing the wager.
• Dai Huabin offered to serve as Wu Ming's sparring partner's opponent if he lost, then asked what she would do if he defeated her; Wu Ming promised to grant his request.
• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo each offered to become the Reserve Team's sparring partner if Dai Huabin beat Wu Ming.
• Wu Ming and Dai Huabin entered the Inner Academy Soul Fighting Arena, where they revealed their cultivation levels: seventy-second rank and forty-eighth rank, respectively.
• Dai Huabin unleashed the Domain of Eternal Freeze, suppressing Wu Ming's Golden Crow True Fire and slowing her Soul Power.
• Dai Huabin activated White Tiger Protection Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation, then charged straight at the stunned Wu Ming.

Dai Huabin fought Wu Ming in a close-quarters battle, using his Ultimate Ice against her Golden Crow flames. After Wu Ming overwhelmed his defenses with a barrage of attacks, Dai Huabin unveiled his fusion technique, Extreme Ice Sky-Dome Breaker, and forced her to counter with a powerful soul skill, but his Soul Power was rapidly running low.

• Dai Huabin charged Wu Ming head-on, and she activated three Golden Crow enhancement skills to meet his assault.
• Han Ruoruo and Zhang Lexuan discussed the disparity in their strength, while Ma Xiaotao revealed Dai Huabin's self-created technique, Defy Heaven and Slay Gods, Only I Am Supreme.
• Wu Ming intensified the fight with Golden Crow Fire Claw and a volley of homing fireballs, which Dai Huabin endured with Ice Emperor Body Protection.
• Dai Huabin used Extreme Ice Sky-Dome Breaker against Wu Ming, and she countered with Golden Crow Blazing Sun Charge, causing both attacks to shatter.
• Dai Huabin landed and realized his Soul Power was draining too quickly to keep matching Wu Ming in a contest of strength.

Dai Huabin fought Wu Ming in a wagered duel and revealed a dangerous new fusion attack, defeating her despite being only level forty-eight. Wu Ming admitted defeat, while Dai Huabin collapsed from exhaustion and drew the attention—and jealousy—of several women around him.

• Dai Huabin warned Wu Ming that he was about to use a move he could not fully control, and Wu Ming activated her Golden Crow True Body.
• Dai Huabin fused his self-created combat technique with Extreme Ice Sky-Dome Breaker and unleashed the dark-gold attack called “Break.”
• Dai Huabin’s slash pierced Wu Ming’s Golden Crow Blazing Sun Charge, dispelled her Martial Soul Avatar, and left her mentally stunned.
• Ma Xiaotao caught the exhausted Dai Huabin before Zhu Lu could reach him, and Wu Ming admitted defeat.
• Zhang Lexuan predicted the Inner Academy would become lively as Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Cui Yajie, and Ning Tian glared at Dai Huabin, while Zhu Lu approached with a smile.