Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi bought Soul Tool carriages for the Xiao Clan’s move and reunited with Jiang Nannan, who spent the night with him after her mother’s illness was cured. The group set out for Sin City with Mother Jiang, while Tang Ya and Tang Wutong worried about meeting Xiao Yi’s grandfather.

• Xiao Yi bought several Soul Tool carriages and horses from a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect business, and the attendant supplied them without charge after seeing his elder’s token.
• Jiang Nannan revealed herself to Xiao Yi, and they spent the night together after he had helped cure her mother’s chronic illness.
• The next morning, Jiang Nannan joined Xiao Yi, Tang Ya, and Tang Wutong, and they boarded the new carriages.
• The group collected Mother Jiang and began traveling toward Sin City.
• Tang Ya asked whether Xiao Yi’s grandfather would like them, and Xiao Yi reassured her before teasing Tang Wutong about having a great-granddaughter.

Xiao Yi returned to the Xiao Clan residence with his companions, where Xiao Zhan welcomed them and celebrated meeting his grandson’s three beloveds. As Xiao Yi considered the clan’s relocation and future plans, he encountered an unfamiliar, sleepy woman in the courtyard.

• Xiao Zhan learned from Yan Shaozhe’s letter that Xiao Yi was returning, and Zhang Lexuan confirmed he would arrive soon.
• Xiao Yi’s convoy reached the Xiao Clan residence, where Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan welcomed him home.
• Xiao Zhan met Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and Tang Wutong, welcomed them as Xiao Yi’s beloveds, and told Xiao Yi to finalize his marriages after the clan settled.
• Xiao Yi left the hall while Xiao Zhan chatted with the three women, then considered relocating the clan and pursuing the Golden Hawksbill Turtle and Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Xiao Yi encountered an unfamiliar purple-haired woman in the courtyard, watched her pass, and went to help the clan members pack.

Zhang Lexuan watched Xiao Yi return to the Xiao Clan and struggled with her feelings about him while deciding to observe him in secret. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena tried to persuade Na'er to escape Xiao Yi, but Na'er ignored her and traveled through space to meet him in Sin City.

• Zhang Lexuan saw the Xiao Clan packing for Xiao Yi's return and was astonished to sense that he had reached level 54 as a Soul King before age thirteen.
• Xiao Yi thanked Zhang Lexuan for guarding his relatives, but she suppressed her complicated feelings and decided to watch him in secret.
• Xiao Yi suspected Zhang Lexuan resented him because of Bei Bei and returned to his room to contact Na'er.
• Gu Yuena tried to persuade Na'er to prioritize Soul Beasts and leave Xiao Yi, but Na'er teased her and remained loyal to her master.
• Na'er stepped through empty space and appeared before Xiao Yi in Sin City.

Xiao Yi brought Na'er through the Jade Snake Three-Flower Pupils' space and learned he could use it to travel between contracted Soul Beasts. Later, Zhang Lexuan confronted him after he caught her secretly following him, but Xiao Yi escaped into the air and continued teasing her.

• Xiao Yi tested the Jade Snake Three-Flower Pupils' passage with Na'er and discovered it could transport him and his contracted Soul Beasts, but not outsiders.
• Xiao Yi sent Na'er back to Shrek Academy, then the Xiao Clan held a banquet to welcome his granddaughters-in-law and celebrate its coming relocation.
• Jiang Nannan asked Tang Ya and Tang Wutong where Xiao Yi had gone, while Zhang Lexuan followed him out of the city after the banquet.
• Xiao Yi revealed that he had noticed Zhang Lexuan spying on him and teased her about keeping it secret.
• Zhang Lexuan tried to subdue Xiao Yi by force, but he evaded her with his wings and threw ice shards at her as she pursued him.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped to demand that Xiao Yi listen to her explanation, while he stayed airborne and mocked her.

Zhang Lexuan challenged Xiao Yi after he refused to promise to keep their encounter secret, and their confrontation escalated into a battle. Xiao Yi revealed his dual possession and powerful domains, leaving Zhang Lexuan facing a Soul Sage-level opponent wielding extraordinary elemental and ice abilities.

• Zhang Lexuan revealed her eight Soul Rings and used her fourth soul skill to imprison Xiao Yi, intending to teach him a lesson.
• Xiao Yi broke free through Na'er’s possession state and struck Zhang Lexuan with a purple-gold dragon claw, forcing her to take him seriously.
• Xiao Yi used spatial teleportation to ambush Zhang Lexuan repeatedly, landing a blow that enraged her and prompted her to unleash her blood-moon domain.
• Xiao Yi activated the first change of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, raising his power to Soul Sage level and revealing an elemental domain and an ultimate frost domain.
• Xiao Yi’s frost spread across the ground and chilled Zhang Lexuan as his power continued to overwhelm the battlefield.

Xiao Yi overwhelmed Zhang Lexuan in their fight by unleashing three Mystic Ice Dragons, then used his replenished Soul Power to subdue her when she tried to seize him. After confronting her about Bei Bei, he asked why she had targeted him, and Zhang Lexuan began confessing the painful history behind her prejudice.

• Xiao Yi created an ice dragon and launched Mystic Ice Dragon Soar at Zhang Lexuan, who countered with her Martial Soul Avatar and hundred-thousand-year soul skill.
• Xiao Yi formed two more ice dragons, but Zhang Lexuan used her stronger Soul Power to destroy all three.
• When Zhang Lexuan tried to capture him, Xiao Yi restored his Soul Power with his violet-gold scales, restrained her, and teased her about her defeat.
• Xiao Yi threatened to tell Bei Bei about Zhang Lexuan's conduct, prompting her to beg him not to reveal it.
• Xiao Yi asked Zhang Lexuan to explain her behavior, and she confessed her anguish over her junior siblings' deaths, Mu En dissolving her engagement, and her reasons for targeting Xiao Yi.

After a fight with Zhang Lexuan, Xiao Yi manipulated her guilt by withdrawing his offer to help Bei Bei evolve his Martial Soul, then left without taking advantage of her. Zhang Lexuan followed him back to the Xiao Clan residence, where seeing him with Tang Ya deepened her heartbreak, and she watched them leave together.

• Xiao Yi told Zhang Lexuan that he and Bei Bei had reconciled and threatened to withdraw his offer to help Bei Bei stabilize his Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline.
• Zhang Lexuan gave up resisting, but Xiao Yi covered her with his robe and walked away without punishing or forgiving her.
• Zhang Lexuan followed Xiao Yi to the Xiao Clan residence and saw Tang Ya rush into his arms.
• Tang Ya sensed another woman's fragrance on Xiao Yi, questioned him about his sparring partner, and whispered a private suggestion to him.
• Xiao Yi carried Tang Ya away to a hut in the forest, while Zhang Lexuan watched from nearby and was devastated.

Xiao Yi returned to Shrek City with the Xiao Clan and continued building the New Tang Sect while planning to obtain Living Gold. As he considered training his companions in Alchemy, Na'er told him that Gu Yuena wanted to meet him.

• Zhang Lexuan watched Xiao Yi show tenderness to Tang Ya and left the woods feeling tormented by her feelings for him.
• Xiao Yi moved his family’s belongings from their old residence and sent Cang Ling to scout the Golden Hawksbill Turtles’ habitat for Living Gold.
• Xiao Yi arrived at the New Tang Sect headquarters in Shrek City and arranged accommodations for the Xiao Clan.
• Tang Wutong told Xiao Xiao and the others that she had gone with Xiao Yi to meet his family, prompting them to plan visits to his elders.
• Xiao Yi considered which companions could study Alchemy, then Na'er emerged from the Jade Snake Three-Flower Pupils and said Gu Yuena wanted to see him.

Gu Yuena negotiated with Xiao Yi for control of Na'er’s body and contact with her subordinates, then proposed that Bi Ji and Zi Ji bear Xiao Yi’s children. Xiao Yi instead persuaded her to bear his children herself, and after their spiritual intimacy, Na’er admitted she had secretly joined in; Xiao Yi then made Gu Yuena take control again.

• Gu Yuena decided that Xiao Yi was barely trustworthy and devised a plan to use his lust to her advantage.
• Xiao Yi entered the spiritual space with Na'er and sent her consciousness away while she secretly maintained their spiritual connection.
• Gu Yuena demanded half the body’s control each day, contact with her subordinates, and Xiao Yi’s seed, offering to send Bi Ji and Zi Ji to bear his children.
• Xiao Yi embraced Gu Yuena and persuaded her to bear his children herself, then became intimate with her in the spiritual space.
• After returning to his body, Xiao Yi found Na'er exhausted and learned she had secretly watched and joined in.
• Xiao Yi made Gu Yuena take control of the body again and continued instructing her in cultivation techniques.

After spending the night with Gu Yuena, Xiao Yi agreed to help heal her true body once he reached Soul Douluo. He later found Huo Yutong practicing Soul Guidance formation engraving and offered to teach her alchemy.

• Gu Yuena complained that Xiao Yi had used up her promised free time, while he insisted that helping revive the Dragon Race took priority.
• Xiao Yi told Gu Yuena he would help heal her true body after reaching Soul Douluo, and she returned to the outer academy dormitory using Na'er's spatial coordinates.
• Xiao Yi found the residence empty except for Huo Yutong, who had just finished engraving a Soul Guidance formation.
• Xiao Yi embraced Huo Yutong and offered to teach her alchemy, exciting her and alarming the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Xiao Yi taught Huo Yutong the basics of alchemy and entered her sea of consciousness, where he forced Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to reveal her god-making plan. After Huo Yutong reassured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that she trusted Xiao Yi, he asked Huo Yutong to speak with him outside.

• Xiao Yi took Huo Yutong to his secret chamber and taught her how to refine herbs in a medicine cauldron.
• Huo Yutong failed her first attempt after burning an herb, then refined the ingredients more smoothly but failed to condense the pill.
• Xiao Yi guided Huo Yutong's Soul Power and spiritual power, then entered her sea of consciousness and threatened Sky Dream Ice Silkworm with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed the entire god-making plan to Xiao Yi, who then withdrew the flames surrounding her.
• Huo Yutong comforted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and said she trusted Xiao Yi before he asked her to talk with him outside.

Xiao Yi comforted Huo Yutong after learning she had planned to travel alone to the Extreme North, and promised to accompany her once her cultivation stabilized. At the Sea God Pavilion, Mu En realized Zhang Lexuan’s growing emotional turmoil centered on Xiao Yi and considered how to free her from it.

• Tian Meng was cut off from the outside after Huo Yutong left the Sea of Spirit, while Xiao Yi embraced her.
• Huo Yutong admitted she intended to go to the Extreme North alone to grow stronger, take revenge, and stay by Xiao Yi’s side.
• Xiao Yi reassured Huo Yutong that she was not a burden and promised to go with her after she stabilized her Level Twenty cultivation.
• Huo Yutong kissed Xiao Yi, and he responded affectionately while keeping their intimacy within proper boundaries.
• Mu En reflected on Shrek’s progress before Zhang Lexuan visited him, exhausted and conflicted over her feelings for Xiao Yi.
• Mu En concluded that ordinary comfort would not resolve Zhang Lexuan’s turmoil and considered a way to release her from her emotional shackles.

Zhang Lexuan accepted Mu En’s appointment to the outer court Alchemy Department, while Xiao Yi traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to reclaim Living Gold stolen by the Golden Hawksbill Turtle. He arranged for Na’er to distract Di Tian as he moved to capture the turtle.

• Zhang Lexuan told Mu En about her entanglements with Xiao Yi, and Mu En assigned her to the outer court Alchemy Department so she could spend time with Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi learned from Cang Ling that she had reached the Golden Hawksbill Turtle’s habitat and set out to retrieve the Living Gold it had stolen from Gu Yuena.
• Xiao Yi scouted the turtle’s location, then returned to Shrek City and brought Gu Yuena into the Star Dou Great Forest before sealing her Soul Power and sending her back.
• Xiao Yi summoned Na’er and instructed her to stall Di Tian by revealing information about Soul Tools while he went after the Golden Hawksbill Turtle.
• Di Tian appeared before Na’er and respectfully addressed her as “My Lord.”

Na'er deceived Di Tian into believing Xiao Yi’s bloodline could revive the Dragon Race, while Xiao Yi captured and killed a hundred-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle to obtain a life-aligned Heavenly Flame Soul Ring. The chapter left Xiao Yi with the turtle’s torso bone and Living Gold after he burned its corpse.

• Na'er told Di Tian that Xiao Yi’s martial soul could turn snakes into pure-blooded dragons and ordered him to have Bi Ji and Zi Ji bear Xiao Yi’s children to revive the Dragon Race.
• Gu Yuena, listening from the spiritual space, became furious when she realized Na'er had used her lines.
• With Electrolux’s help, Xiao Yi found the hidden hundred-thousand-year Golden Hawksbill Turtle and captured it without harming the surrounding turtles.
• Xiao Yi learned that the turtle had absorbed Living Gold, giving it abundant life energy that could produce the Life Flame and possibly carry Elder Shennong’s inheritance.
• The turtle agreed to sacrifice itself but then attacked Xiao Yi, who killed it by compressing the space around it.
• Xiao Yi obtained the turtle’s special Heavenly Flame Soul Ring, then burned its corpse and kept its torso bone and Living Gold.

Xiao Yi absorbed the Life Flame, gained its medicinal inheritance, and accepted Electrolux as his teacher. After Na'er returned from negotiating with Di Tian, Xiao Yi considered how to create a flawless Soul Spirit Symbiosis technique that could benefit humans and Soul Beasts alike.

• Xiao Yi absorbed the Life Flame and received its pill-refining and medicinal cultivation inheritance.
• Electrolux examined Xiao Yi's Living Gold and offered to use it to strengthen Xiao Yi's body and spiritual sea while recovering his own divine consciousness.
• Xiao Yi invited Electrolux to reside in the Life Flame, and Electrolux offered his life's legacy; Xiao Yi accepted him as his teacher.
• Na'er finished presenting her fabricated cooperation plan to Di Tian, then returned to the Tang Sect's underground chamber using the spatial anchor.
• Xiao Yi returned safely, and Na'er eagerly recounted her success, including her promise to bring Bi Ji and Zi Ji to be his wives.
• Xiao Yi resolved to refine the Soul Spirit Symbiosis technique into a flawless method that would let humans and Soul Beasts grow together.

Xiao Yi refined the massive piece of Living Gold with the Life Flame, learning that it could nourish Electrolux more effectively than the material itself. After examining Gu Yuena's avatar and discussing the Life Flame's benefits, Xiao Yi asked Electrolux whether he wanted to be truly resurrected, leaving him focused on the possibility.

• Gu Yuena logged in, confronted Xiao Yi for keeping her from meeting her subordinates, and eventually accepted that Na'er had delivered their message.
• Xiao Yi examined Gu Yuena's body and determined that her avatar's physical strength, rather than cultivation, grew alongside his own.
• Xiao Yi asked Electrolux how to handle the Living Gold, and Electrolux advised refining it with the Life Flame.
• Xiao Yi refined the Living Gold into three portions of life origin, but Electrolux declined his share because the Life Flame nourished his soul more effectively.
• After consulting Elder Shennong's inheritance, Xiao Yi asked Electrolux if he had considered being truly reborn, and Electrolux said he would desire another life.

Xiao Yi and Electrolux completed the Beast Soul Contract, a symbiotic technique that let Soul Beasts retain their bodies and grow alongside Soul Masters. Xiao Yi planned to test it within the Tang Sect before promoting it more widely, then summoned Na'er to speak with Gu Yuena about the contract.

• Xiao Yi told Electrolux that resurrecting him required the complete remains of a powerful being, but Electrolux refused any plan that would take an innocent life and said an ordinary Titled Douluo's remains would suffice.
• Electrolux finished refining the Beast Soul Contract, which let Soul Beasts bind themselves to Soul Masters, keep their bodies and cultivation, and survive their partners' deaths.
• Xiao Yi decided to test the contract within the Tang Sect and consider promoting it after the Pharmacopoeia concluded.
• Xiao Yi summoned Na'er from class, then entered her spiritual space to meet Gu Yuena.
• Xiao Yi stopped Gu Yuena from drawing him into intimacy and said he had come to discuss something else.

Xiao Yi promised Gu Yuena he would begin a pilot batch of Soul Spirit contracts after Tang Ya and the others advanced, then take her to meet Di Tian. At Shrek’s medicinal herb repository, he used the Life Flame to grow immortal herbs from seeds in moments, leaving Elder Yao overwhelmed with delight and disbelief.

• Gu Yuena realized Xiao Yi was delaying the large-scale promotion until he became a Soul Douluo, and Xiao Yi confirmed he would start with a pilot batch after Tang Ya and the others advanced.
• Xiao Yi promised Gu Yuena he would take her to meet Di Tian once the pilot succeeded, then the two spent the night together.
• Xiao Yi visited the herb garden and asked Elder Yao for seeds of its immortal herbs.
• Xiao Yi used the Life Flame to rapidly mature the seeds into immortal-grade herbs, and repeatedly harvested and regrew them until the garden was covered in abundant medicinal treasures.
• Elder Yao recognized the mature herbs and, after Xiao Yi confirmed his guess about the Life Flame, was overcome with joy in the garden.

Xiao Yi demonstrated that he could cultivate immortal herbs in batches, prompting the Sea God Pavilion elders to allocate them first to gifted inner court students. Mu En also assigned Zhang Lexuan to assist with managing the new Alchemy Department, while Xiao Yi visited its opening and watched students register.

• Xiao Yi showed the Sea God Pavilion elders his method for cultivating immortal herbs, leaving them astonished by the plentiful harvest.
• Xiao Yi assured the elders that immortal herbs could be cultivated in batches, and Mu En decided to distribute them to gifted students before considering the elders.
• Mu En told Xiao Yi to focus on cultivation and assigned Zhang Lexuan to become the Alchemy Department's management assistant under him.
• Xiao Yi went to the inner court dormitory to look for two girls but found the room empty.
• Zhang Lexuan worked at the Alchemy Department as Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen visited before heading to the spiritual power testing area.
• Xiao Yi watched students and inner court disciples register for the Alchemy Department, then quietly left as the crowd began discussing him.

Xiao Yi welcomed Zhang Lexuan to the Alchemy Department and agreed to teach her alchemy personally. When she opened the office door, she found eleven girls gathered outside, and Na'er immediately embraced Xiao Yi, forcing him to postpone Zhang Lexuan’s lesson.

• Xiao Yi told Zhang Lexuan to study alchemy basics with Elder Yao, but she asked him to teach her personally.
• Xiao Yi agreed, and Zhang Lexuan opened the office door to find Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Tang Wutong, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yutong, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, and Na'er waiting outside.
• Na'er teleported into Xiao Yi’s arms, and Tang Wutong grew angry at their display of affection.
• Xiao Yi stopped Tang Wutong from confronting Na'er and apologized to Zhang Lexuan, postponing her lesson until another day.