Chapter Summaries

Huang Yan crippled Ma Hongjun and left Shrek Academy, where Flender and Zhao Wuji accepted that they could not retaliate against him. He later visited Qian Renxue at the Crown Prince's Residence, where she revealed that Xue Ye would not live more than two years and asked Huang Yan for a favor.

• Huang Yan told Flender that Shrek Academy was responsible for failing to teach Ma Hongjun self-control, then left with Shui Bing'er after extracting Ma Hongjun's remaining power.
• Flender found Ma Hongjun alive but gravely weakened and admitted to Zhao Wuji that they could not fight Huang Yan and the Spirit Hall.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er met Qian Renxue in a teahouse, where she confirmed that she knew he had crippled Ma Hongjun and invited them to the Crown Prince's Residence.
• Qian Renxue asked Huang Yan about his dealings with Ning Fengzhi, and Huang Yan listed the valuables he received for healing Ning Rongrong's face.
• Qian Renxue told Huang Yan that Xue Ye's health was failing and that he would not last more than two years, then asked him for a favor.

Qian Renxue decided to turn her planned takeover of Heaven Dou into a bid for full control of the empire, and Huang Yan agreed to support her. At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Huang Yan planted the Earth Dragon Golden Melon and refined Blazing Glue, reaching Level 67 before returning to Spirit City with Shui Bing'er.

• Qian Renxue told Huang Yan she wanted to control Heaven Dou as its true ruler and use its power to check Bibi Dong, not merely replace the emperor as Spirit Hall's agent.
• Huang Yan advised Qian Renxue to secure the empire's five legions and its subordinate kingdoms and duchies, and promised that he and his teacher would support her.
• Huang Yan left the Crown Prince's Residence with Shui Bing'er and flew to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where he planted the Earth Dragon Golden Melon beside the Yang Spring.
• Shui Bing'er guarded Huang Yan as he refined the Blazing Glue, using most of its energy to strengthen his meridians.
• Huang Yan reached Level 67, saw that the Earth Dragon Golden Melon had sprouted, and flew with Shui Bing'er toward Spirit City.

After Ling Yuan consumed Blazing Glue and a Phoenix Marrow Spirit Plant, her Blazing Fire Spirit Luan evolved into a Fire Phoenix and her Soul Power rose to peak rank 94. She planned to stabilize her new power and pursue further breakthroughs, bringing her closer to qualifying as a Worship Hall consecrated elder.

• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er heard a phoenix cry and sensed Ling Yuan undergoing a powerful transformation at her residence.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er arrived to find Ling Yuan's courtyard surrounded by crimson light and a strong phoenix aura.
• Ling Yuan emerged and told Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er that her Soul Power had reached the peak of rank 94.
• Ling Yuan explained that the Phoenix Marrow Spirit Plant had evolved her Martial Soul from a Blazing Fire Spirit Luan into a Fire Phoenix.
• Huang Yan advised Ling Yuan to stabilize her foundation, while Shui Bing'er noted that Ling Yuan might eventually fill the Worship Hall's eighth consecrated elder position.
• Ling Yuan said she would seek a place to enter seclusion after collecting the last of the lingering flames.

Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er returned to Spirit Hall Academy, where they learned about a high-tier auction featuring a rare 60,000-year-old Soul Bone. They then visited Azure Luan Douluo, who demonstrated the beginnings of a new Wind Blade technique.

• Ling Yuan thanked Huang Yan for helping her, then closed the courtyard gate before he could reply.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er returned to the academy and found Dugu Yan training Shui Yue'er.
• Huang Yan learned that Dugu Yan had adjusted to Spirit Hall Academy and told her to come to him if she needed anything.
• Hu Liena told Huang Yan that a high-tier auction in two months would feature an exceptionally rare 60,000-year-old Soul Bone.
• Azure Luan Douluo told Huang Yan that Ling Yuan's breakthrough had turned misfortune into good fortune, then demonstrated a Wind Blade that cleanly split a stone pillar.

Huang Yan told Azure Luan Douluo about Qian Renxue’s plan to take control of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Azure Luan Douluo agreed to let her proceed without Worship Hall support. Later, Huang Yan and Shui Bing’er’s Phoenix bloodlines resonated while they bathed, startling Ling Yuan as she sensed the connection from her cultivation chamber.

• Azure Luan Douluo examined Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire Origin and offered to protect Huang Yan when he refined it.
• Huang Yan explained Qian Renxue’s plan, and Azure Luan Douluo said the Worship Hall would allow her to pursue it but would not help her.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing’er returned to their lodging and bathed together, causing their Radiant Phoenix and Ice Phoenix bloodlines to resonate.
• Ling Yuan felt her Fire Phoenix bloodline answer a distant kindred aura and realized it came from Huang Yan and Shui Bing’er’s courtyard.

Huang Yan refined Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Origin and condensed the embryo of a Soul Core, reaching Peak Level 67. The next morning, he and Shui Bing'er headed to see his teacher, while Ling Yuan nervously asked whether he had been refining something the night before.

• Ling Yuan sensed Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er's Phoenix bloodlines and Soul Power resonating, grew embarrassed as she realized what they were doing, and could not focus on cultivating.
• After Shui Bing'er fell asleep, Huang Yan refined the Evil Fire Origin in the Dark Red Jade Bottle, removing its impurities and strengthening the Evil Fire in his dantian.
• Huang Yan compressed his Soul Power with the Radiant Origin and Evil Fire until a tiny solid core formed, creating a Soul Core embryo and reaching Peak Level 67.
• The next morning, Huang Yan told Shui Bing'er about the Soul Core embryo and estimated that he could reach Level 70 after another month or two of cultivation.
• As Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er walked toward the Worship Hall, Ling Yuan avoided them, then returned to ask whether he had been refining something the previous night.

Huang Yan told Azure Luan Douluo that he had formed the rudiments of a Soul Core and continued cultivating toward level 68. Ling Yuan arrived at the back mountain carrying a book about bloodline resonance and found Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er together.

• Huang Yan reported that his Soul Power had reached the peak of level 67 after he refined the Evil Fire Origin and formed a rudimentary Soul Core, and Azure Luan Douluo urged him to perfect the method and aim for Soul Saint.
• Azure Luan Douluo praised Shui Bing'er’s talent and revealed that he had assigned a Shadow Type Soul Douluo to protect Huang Yan’s parents, Huang Ran and Ma Min.
• Azure Luan Douluo told Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er that Ling Yuan had borrowed a book about Bloodline Resonance after experiencing something unusual during cultivation.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er returned to their quarters, then went to the back mountain so Huang Yan could stabilize his Soul Core and try to advance toward level 68.
• Ling Yuan arrived at the cultivation field with Principles of Bloodline Resonance and Homologous Attraction and found Huang Yan cultivating while Shui Bing'er watched.

Huang Yan reached Level 68, while Ning Rongrong decided to return to Shrek Academy to settle old matters. The chapter ended as Xiao Wu and the others gathered around Ning Rongrong after seeing her healed face.

• Huang Yan completed his breakthrough to Level 68, and Shui Bing'er told him that Ling Yuan had visited while he was cultivating.
• Shui Bing'er advised Huang Yan to offer Ling Yuan help without making her feel pitied.
• Ning Rongrong told Chen Xin she wanted to go to Shrek Academy alone to settle things and sever ties.
• Ning Rongrong left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, intending to consider staying somewhere else after her visit.
• Xiao Wu was shocked to see Ning Rongrong's healed face and hurried to fetch Tang San, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Zhu Zhuqing.

Ning Rongrong left Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing, and the two headed south after planning to collect Ning Rongrong’s belongings. In Spirit City, Ling Yuan arrived to speak with Huang Yan about the previous night.

• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing she wanted to leave Shrek and invited her to come along, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing packed their belongings and departed Shrek Academy despite Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Oscar trying to speak with them; Dai Mubai watched in silence.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhu Zhuqing they would pick up her things and then head south, where she had heard Spirit City was lively.
• Ling Yuan waited for Huang Yan with Principles of Bloodline Resonance and Homologous Attraction, then asked him whether he knew about the previous night.

Ling Yuan asked Huang Yan to seal the resonance between their phoenix bloodlines, and he agreed; afterward, Shui Bing'er drew him into an intimate night and woke at level 55. At Spirit Hall Academy, Sea Turtle Douluo began guiding the students in defensive training.

• Ling Yuan explained that a Soul Power barrier could weaken the resonance between her Fire Phoenix bloodline and Huang Yan’s Radiant Phoenix bloodline, and Huang Yan sealed it with his Light Fire.
• Ling Yuan thanked Huang Yan, said he and Shui Bing'er seemed good together, and left the courtyard.
• Shui Bing'er kissed Huang Yan, and they spent the night together in the courtyard.
• Shui Bing'er woke to find her Soul Power had risen from level 54 to level 55, then left with Huang Yan for the academy.
• Hu Liena introduced Sea Turtle Douluo, whom the Pope had sent to teach defensive training, and he began explaining Soul Power Solidification, dispersing force, and protecting vital points.

Ling Yuan asked Huang Yan to seal her Fire Phoenix bloodline so its resonance with his would no longer awaken automatically, then left after telling him and Shui Bing'er that they seemed good together. Shui Bing'er and Huang Yan spent the night together, and she woke having advanced to level 55; the chapter ended as Sea Turtle Douluo began teaching the academy students defensive fundamentals.

• Ling Yuan asked Huang Yan to surround her Fire Phoenix bloodline with Light Fire, and he sealed it to weaken its resonance and prevent it from awakening automatically.
• Ling Yuan thanked Huang Yan, said he and Shui Bing'er seemed good together, and left; Huang Yan told Shui Bing'er about the seal.
• Shui Bing'er kissed Huang Yan, and they spent the night together in the courtyard after he shut the gate.
• Shui Bing'er woke at level 55, and Huang Yan said she could consolidate her cultivation at the academy.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er arrived at Spirit Hall Academy, where Sea Turtle Douluo introduced himself as their defense instructor and began explaining basic defensive principles.

Huang Yan impressed Sea Turtle Douluo with a strike and learned more about Soul Power Solidification, including how his embryonic Soul Core helped stabilize it. Back in his quarters with Shui Bing'er, Huang Yan revealed a strange purplish-black object that she recognized as the Eight Spider Lances.

• Huang Yan asked Sea Turtle Douluo to explain Soul Power Solidification if he could make him move, then struck the barrier hard enough to rock Sea Turtle Douluo's shoulders.
• Sea Turtle Douluo explained how solidified Soul Power could be hard yet fluid, and told Huang Yan that his embryonic Soul Core stabilized the defensive layer.
• Sea Turtle Douluo revealed that Third Offering had sent him to provide special training and had asked him to approach the Pope, prompting Huang Yan to suspect he was a spy beside Bibi Dong.
• Sea Turtle Douluo gave Huang Yan further advice on solidifying Soul Power and warned that his faster Soul Core flow could drain his reserves more quickly against opponents who wore him down.
• Huang Yan left the training ground with Shui Bing'er and said his Soul Power recovery currently outweighed the increased consumption.
• Huang Yan took a purplish-black object from his Storage Soul Tool, and Shui Bing'er recognized it as the Eight Spider Lances.

Huang Yan kept the Eight Spider Lances as a future bargaining chip and, two months later, he and Shui Bing'er broke through while completing his Holy Evil Soul Core. Back at Spirit Hall Academy, Huang Yan found Hu Liena and Xie Yue nearing Level 50 and offered them rare medicinal herbs.

• Huang Yan told Shui Bing'er that he planned to hold on to the Eight Spider Lances and might later trade them with Bibi Dong for resources.
• Two months later, Shui Bing'er broke through to Level 56 while Huang Yan reached Level 69 and completed his Holy Evil Soul Core.
• Huang Yan said his Soul Power now gathered and recovered nearly twice as quickly and planned to tell his teacher about the Soul Core Method.
• At Spirit Hall Academy, Hu Liena announced that she had reached Level 49, and Xie Yue and Yan said they were close to the same level.
• Huang Yan gave Xie Yue and Hu Liena a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma and a Ten-Thousand Year Ginseng King.

Huang Yan gave herbs to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Dugu Yan, Shui Yue'er, Zhang Ping, and Xu Yu, then attended a Spirit Bone auction with Shui Bing'er. The auction opened with a fire-attribute Spirit Bone that sold for six million Gold Soul Coins.

• Huang Yan gave Hu Liena a Ten-Thousand Year Ginseng King, Xie Yue a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, and Yan an ordinary herb.
• Huang Yan gave Dugu Yan an Ink Jade Orchid suited to her poison-attribute cultivation.
• Huang Yan gave Shui Yue'er an Ice Crystal Jade Marrow Grass and gave Zhang Ping and Xu Yu ordinary herbs.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er went to the auction venue, where they watched the bidding begin.
• The first lot, a thousand-year-old fire-attribute right arm bone, sold for six million Gold Soul Coins.

Huang Yan passed on bidding for the Red Gold Tiger Right Leg Bone, but Hu Liena bought it for 35 million Gold Soul Coins and gave it to him. He accepted the Spirit Bone while privately planning to claim the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.

• The auction introduced a 63,000-year-old fire-attribute Red Gold Tiger Right Leg Bone, which Shui Bing'er said suited Huang Yan, but he declined because its movement skill offered little benefit to him.
• Huang Yan privately thought about claiming the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and raising Ah Yin at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Hu Liena worried Huang Yan lacked the money to bid, so she offered 35 million Gold Soul Coins and won the Spirit Bone.
• Hu Liena brought the Spirit Bone to Huang Yan and gave it to him, and he accepted it.

Huang Yan gave Azure Luan Douluo a Crimson Gold Tiger Right Leg Bone and revealed that he had fully condensed a Soul Core. He agreed to write down the method for his teacher, then finished the instructions that night and prepared to deliver them the next morning.

• Shui Bing'er observed that Huang Yan had received a valuable bargain on the Spirit Bone and agreed it would suit Azure Luan Douluo's close-range burst movement.
• Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er visited Azure Luan Douluo, who accepted the Crimson Gold Tiger Right Leg Bone because it filled his right-leg slot and addressed a weakness of his Martial Soul.
• Huang Yan told Azure Luan Douluo that his Soul Core was fully formed and described how it automatically recovered and increased his Soul Power.
• Azure Luan Douluo asked Huang Yan to document the Soul Core Method, and Huang Yan promised to bring him the details the next morning.
• Huang Yan wrote out the Soul Core Method at home while Shui Bing'er waited, then rolled up the completed scroll and prepared for bed.

Huang Yan gave Azure Luan Douluo the completed Soul Core Method, then learned that Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan had all reached level 50 and invited him and Shui Bing'er to join their Soul hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest. Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er agreed to leave the next morning.

• Shui Bing'er discussed Huang Yan's Spirit Bone gift to her teacher and advised him on how to handle Hu Liena and his other admirers.
• Huang Yan told Shui Bing'er that he planned to prepare for soul hunting as his Soul Power grew toward level 70.
• Huang Yan delivered the Soul Core Method to Azure Luan Douluo, who said he would try condensing a Soul Core himself.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan told Huang Yan they had all reached level 50 after refining the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma.
• Hu Liena invited Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er to join them in the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning to hunt Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and they accepted.

Huang Yan accompanied Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Shui Bing'er into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts for their fifth Soul Rings. After helping Xie Yue subdue a Blood Blade Leopard, Huang Yan learned that Blazing Fire Academy members were being chased by a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear but chose not to intervene.

• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan met Huang Yan and Shui Bing'er, and the five set out for the Star Dou Great Forest with Ghost Leopard Douluo secretly following them.
• Huang Yan discussed suitable Soul Beasts and Soul Ring ages for Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena based on their desired skills.
• The group entered the forest and found a roughly seventeen-thousand-year-old Blood Blade Leopard; Huang Yan knocked it down, and Xie Yue began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo told Huang Yan that a thirty-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear was pursuing Blazing Fire Academy Soul Masters, but Huang Yan ordered him to remain hidden.
• As the group guarded Xie Yue, sounds of the distant attack grew closer, but Huang Yan told Hu Liena and Yan to ignore it unless the danger came their way.

Huo Wu and a group of students fled a thirty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear into Huang Yan’s group, where Xie Yue was still absorbing a Soul Ring. Shui Bing’er stepped in and struck the bear with her fifth Soul Skill, leaving it rigid with its pupils unfocused.

• Huo Wu and the injured middle-aged man led the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear to Huang Yan’s group and asked them for help.
• Huang Yan refused to leave while Xie Yue absorbed his Soul Ring, then coordinated Hu Liena, Yan, and Shui Bing’er to hold the bear back.
• Shui Bing’er stopped Huang Yan from fighting and faced the bear alone, revealing that she had reached Soul King.
• Shui Bing’er used Ice Seal to bind the bear’s legs, then pierced its forehead with Ice Jade Emperor Drill.
• The drill exploded inside the bear’s head, leaving it motionless and unfocused.

Shui Bing'er killed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear to protect Blazing Fire Academy, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena each absorbed a fifth Soul Ring and reached level 51. The group continued deeper into the forest to find a Soul Beast for Yan.

• Shui Bing'er killed the 30,000-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear with one strike, and Huo Wu learned that Shui Bing'er had reached level 56.
• Xie Yue finished absorbing his Soul Ring, stabilized at level 51, and gained a stronger defense-piercing effect for his Moon Blade.
• Zheng Ming led the shaken Blazing Fire Academy students out of the forest, while Huo Wu left without looking back.
• Huang Yan crippled a 16,000-year-old Rock Armor Python, and Hu Liena killed it to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Hu Liena reached level 51 with improved binding resilience, and the group continued searching for a Soul Beast for Yan.