Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi refined a Transformation Pill for the Emperor Auspicious Beast and destroyed the tribulation lightning it summoned with a three-colored fire lotus. He explained the pill’s benefits and drawbacks, then sensed that the old Dragon God might be watching from the void.

• Xiao Yi used the Spirit Ascension Method to finish refining the pill as tribulation clouds gathered overhead.
• Xiao Yi stopped Di Tian from intervening, raised his strength with the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, and blasted the descending lightning with a three-colored fire lotus.
• The ferocious beasts recoiled from Xiao Yi, and he gave the Transformation Pill to the Emperor Auspicious Beast to complete her transformation.
• Xiao Yi explained that the pill let Soul Beasts transform without losing their cultivation, but made breakthroughs harder and limited their ability to return to their true forms.
• Di Tian asked about the pill’s flaws, and Xiao Yi sensed an obscure gaze that he suspected belonged to the old Dragon God.

Xiao Yi introduced the Transformation Pill as a new path for Soul Beasts to escape their limits and challenge godhood, while the Auspicious Beast delayed taking it until she had a name. After the others left, Xiao Yi reconsidered his plans for the Soul Beasts and his own ascent, then suddenly remembered that Gu Yuena might be jealous.

• Xiong Jun asked whether using a human Soul Master contract to evade tribulations was better than taking the Transformation Pill, and Xiao Yi explained that the pill could let Soul Beasts challenge the godly realm.
• The ferocious beasts recognized that the pill offered Soul Beasts a choice between surviving safely and pursuing a higher realm, but none asked Xiao Yi for one.
• The Auspicious Beast asked to postpone taking the pill until she had a name, and Xiao Yi agreed before the other ferocious beasts departed.
• Xiao Yi, Bi Ji, and Zi Ji went into the small house together, where Xiao Yi reflected on the Dragon God's remnant, the Soul Beasts' future, and his own route to godhood.
• Xiao Yi considered visiting Dragon Valley after reaching Soul Douluo to investigate the Dragon God's remnant, then realized he had forgotten Gu Yuena and suspected her jealousy had erupted.

Xiao Yi healed Gu Yuena and received her approval to use the Transformation Pill, then tested the transformed Auspicious Beast's strength. He decided to take her with him, and she accepted the name Xiao Qiuyao.

• Gu Yuena agreed to Xiao Yi's request concerning the Transformation Pill as he continued healing her injuries.
• Bi Ji brought the Auspicious Beast to Xiao Yi's courtyard the next morning, where the ferocious beasts gathered to see the pill's effects.
• The Auspicious Beast attacked Xiao Yi, but he blocked her blows and proved stronger in their test of physical strength.
• Xiao Yi told Di Tian that he would take the Auspicious Beast with him, and Di Tian reluctantly agreed.
• Xiao Yi named the Auspicious Beast Xiao Qiuyao, and she happily accepted the name.

Xiao Yi and the elders welcomed the Snow Empress and Xiao Qiuyao as Shrek students, while the academy considered how to choose its reserve team from an unusually powerful group of young Soul Kings. The chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe and the elders struggling to decide which girls close to Xiao Yi should make the team.

• The Snow Empress and Xiao Qiuyao joined Shrek Academy, where Mu En found no flaws in their human forms.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Xiao Yi the Alchemy Department’s Core Disciple list and discussed the reserve team selection with him.
• Xiao Yi reviewed the many talented students, including Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao, and left the selection decision to Yan Shaozhe.
• Yan Shaozhe and the Sea God Pavilion elders wrestled with choosing a reserve team from Shrek’s many powerful young women.

Shrek held the preparatory team selection competition while Xiao Yi’s companions gathered around him, turning the square into a family gathering. Nan Qiuqiu encouraged Zhu Lu to compete and hinted that Xiao Yi had kept her in the Alchemy Department for personal reasons, leaving Xiao Yi to overhear and bristle.

• Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe agreed that the selection competition should proceed while Xiao Yi handled the personal entanglements himself.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei discussed their evolved Martial Souls and reflected on how Xiao Yi had changed their lives.
• Xiao Yi broke up Tang Wutong and Xiao Qiuyao’s bickering with playful smacks as their companions watched.
• Nan Qiuqiu reassured anxious Zhu Lu that she should join the selection and suggested Xiao Yi had kept her in the Alchemy Department because he liked her.
• Xiao Yi overheard Nan Qiuqiu calling him a scumbag and protested that he had only taken pity on Zhu Lu.

Xuan Zi began the Outer Court selection, unleashing a shifting maze where the girls effortlessly defeated the participants. Xiao Yi waited with Tang Wutong and was joined by Gu Yuena, while Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan subdued Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi.

• Xuan Zi started the selection, and the plaza transformed into a maze of shifting stone walls and passages.
• Tang Wutong tried to fly through the Soul Power barrier to reach Huo Yutong, hit the barrier, and fell back into Xiao Yi's arms.
• Tang Ya used her Blue Silver Emperor vines to trap an approaching Core Disciple while students across the maze were quickly defeated by the girls.
• Gu Yuena located Xiao Yi through their mental connection, shifted Tang Wutong aside, and settled into Xiao Yi's embrace.
• Jiang Nannan sent Xu Sanshi flying with Space Stitching and kicked him higher, while Tang Ya bound Bei Bei to a wall and sealed his Soul Power.

Xiao Yi watched as the surviving girls were divided into two teams to fight for the title of this generation’s Shrek Seven Monsters. The match began with Tang Ya’s side gaining the advantage, while Tang Wutong and Xiao Qiuyao remained locked in a stalemate.

• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan left the assessment plaza, while Qiu’er rushed to cling to Xiao Yi and Nan Qiuqiu surrendered with Zhu Lu before Yan Shaozhe sent them to the spectator area.
• The remaining girls formed two five-person teams, and Xiao Yi took Gu Yuena, Snow Empress, and Ice Empress to watch the match.
• Tang Wutong and Xiao Qiuyao challenged each other from the air and ground but could not land effective attacks.
• Huo Yutong used Mental Disturbance to break Ning Tian’s group enhancement, allowing Xiao Xiao to trap Nanmen Yun’er beneath a cauldron.
• Tang Ya used her Immortal Rakshasa Godbinding Vine to bind Nan Qiuqiu and Wu Feng, whose flames could not burn through Tang Ya’s fire-immune Blue Silver Emperor.

After the battle, Yan Shaozhe finalized the Seven Monsters selections. Xiao Yi comforted the self-doubting Zhu Lu and drew her close, while Nan Qiuqiu called him out for pursuing her looks, leaving Zhu Lu's insecurities unresolved.

• Yan Shaozhe named the Seven Monsters of this generation and told everyone to gather at the inner courtyard the next day.
• As Zhu Lu tried to slip away, Xiao Yi stopped her and reassured her that he valued more than her talent.
• Zhu Lu blushed and leaned into Xiao Yi, finding comfort in his warmth despite doubting her worth.
• Nan Qiuqiu jumped onto Xiao Yi's back and accused him of being interested in Zhu Lu's looks.
• Zhu Lu feared she had little to offer beyond her appearance, and her mood sank again as Xiao Yi recognized that her insecurity would take time to change.

Xiao Yi led the Outer Court team to Sea God Lake on Soul Beasts, stealing the Inner Court team’s planned entrance and drawing the whole academy’s attention. The teams prepared to spar, but the Inner Court members were intimidated by the Outer Court’s strength and Xiao Yi’s presence.

• Xiao Yi returned to the Tang Sect after taking Nan Qiuqiu and Zhu Lu back to their dormitory, and he gave Zhu Lu Immortal Herb pills.
• Xiao Yi and the others arrived early at Sea God Lake, where Xiao Xiao and the group summoned their Soul Beasts for an impressive display.
• The spectacle startled the Inner Court team and attracted Mu En, teachers, students, and Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Xuan Zi led both teams to the Inner Court training grounds and reminded them to keep the spar controlled.
• Both sides released their martial souls, and the Inner Court team felt pressured by the Outer Court’s powerful Soul Rings and Xiao Yi’s reputation.

Xiao Yi fought Ling Luochеn and Ma Xiaotao inside an ice enclosure, countering their coordinated attacks while testing their combat instincts. He caught Ma Xiaotao as she ran out of Soul Power and ended the battle.

• Gu Yuena charged Dai Yueheng with the Silver Dragon Spear as Xiao Yi raised ice walls to separate his fight from the others.
• Ling Luochеn attacked Xiao Yi with Ultimate Ice, but he seized control of her ice ring and sent it toward Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao countered Xiao Yi’s ice attack with Phoenix Howling Sky Strike, then used Phoenix Meteor Shower while Ling Luochеn trapped him in an Ice Prison.
• Xiao Yi broke free with Mystic Ice Dragon Soar, forcing Ma Xiaotao to use Martial Soul Avatar while Ling Luochеn froze in place.
• Xiao Yi dissolved the ice dragon threatening Ling Luochеn, gave her an ice rose, and warned her to stay alert.
• Xiao Yi caught Ma Xiaotao as she ran out of Soul Power, ending their battle.

Gu Yuena and the other girls swiftly defeated Shrek’s team, with Gu Yuena knocking Dai Yueheng unconscious after he finally activated his enhancements. Later, Xiao Yi helped Zhu Lu refine an immortal-grade pill, raising her Soul Power to the level-forty bottleneck and giving her a hundred-thousand-year Phantom Leopard Soul Ring.

• Gu Yuena used her spear to stop Dai Yueheng from fighting or surrendering while the other girls eliminated Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan, and Xixi.
• Dai Yueheng broke free and activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and White Tiger Demon God Transformation, but Gu Yuena struck him unconscious with three spear blows.
• Gongyang Mo surrendered, ending the battle, and Dai Yueheng was taken to the inner court’s healing soul masters.
• The teams later switched to cross-training, with Xiao Yi and Gu Yuena kept out so the main team could practice against the other girls.
• Xiao Yi helped Zhu Lu refine an immortal-grade pill, raising her Soul Power from level thirty-two to the level-forty bottleneck and supplying her with a hundred-thousand-year Phantom Leopard Soul Ring.
• Intelligent Soul Beasts spread word of Xiao Yi’s Beast Soul Contracts and bloodline-evolution abilities, prompting many high-quality candidates to seek recruitment.

Xuan Zi gathered the Shrek group before their journey and assigned the Inner Court a covert mission against the Reaper's Messengers, while the reserve team stayed out of the operation. The group set off using Soul Tools, and Xiao Yi carried Xiao Qiuyao as the others prepared to fly.

• Nan Qiuqiu envied Zhu Lu's red Soul Ring, while Xiao Yi indulged Xiao Qiuyao and kept her and Tang Wutong from bickering.
• Xuan Zi explained the Shrek Inspection Corps and revealed that the Inner Court would target the bandits known as the Reaper's Messengers near the Sun Moon Empire and Star Luo Empire border.
• Xuan Zi told the Outer Court reserve team to stay out of the covert operation because their numbers would make the group conspicuous.
• Xixi asked Ling Luochen how she had grown stronger, and Ling Luochen answered, "Mugwort."
• The group prepared Soul Tools made by Gu Yuena and Huo Yutong, and Xiao Qiuyao gave hers to Xixi.
• Xiao Yi handed Soul Tools to the remaining Inner Court members, picked up Xiao Qiuyao, and set off with the group.

Shrek’s group arrived at the Star Luo Border Fortress, where Dai Hao greeted them and tried to win Xiao Yi’s favor. Huo Yutong faced her estranged father with deep hatred and ended the chapter alone with painful memories of her mother’s suffering.

• Xuan Zi encouraged the envious inner court students by saying they might still be chosen for Beast Soul Contracts.
• The group reached the Star Luo Border Fortress, and Huo Yutong recognized Dai Hao as the father who had abandoned her and her mother.
• Dai Hao concealed his anger toward Xiao Yi and warmly welcomed Shrek’s delegation, hoping to secure ties with Xiao Yi and improve his relationship with Huo Yutong.
• Xiao Yi sent the outer court students to camp nearby while the inner court students entered the fortress for intelligence on the Reaper’s Messengers.
• Dai Yueheng led the inner court students toward the bandit group, while only Xixi took an Invincible Barrier.
• Huo Yutong held the White Tiger Dagger in her room and relived her mother’s neglect and suffering, struggling to contain her hatred for Dai Hao.

Huo Yutong broke down in Xiao Yi’s arms over her painful past, and Xiao Yi stood between her and Dai Hao when the White Tiger Duke came to seek a reunion. Xiao Yi drove Dai Hao away with overwhelming force and warned him never to trouble Yu Tong again.

• Huo Yutong sobbed in Xiao Yi’s arms as he resolved to support her revenge rather than offer empty comfort.
• Dai Hao went to Shrek’s camp intending to manipulate Huo Yutong into accepting him as her father.
• Xiao Yi blocked Dai Hao at the entrance, and Huo Yutong came out to tell her father to leave.
• When Dai Hao tried to approach Huo Yutong, Xiao Yi attacked him and overwhelmed him with an Ice Dragon.
• Xiao Yi threatened to remove Dai Hao as White Tiger Duke if he returned to trouble Yu Tong, while displaying a two-colored Fire Lotus.

Xiao Yi learned that Xuan Zi’s intervention had worsened the damage from the cave explosion, while an evil soul master captured Dai Yueheng. Days later, Shrek’s team arrived in Star Luo City, where the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy received intelligence suggesting Shrek had only three likely main-team members.

• Shrek’s Inner Court members charged into the cave after finding the remains of victims, but an explosion broke out and Xuan Zi rushed inside.
• Xiao Yi healed three injured disciples with Life Flame, then learned that Xuan Zi’s Soul Power had shattered the Ice Jade Scorpion’s protective ice and exposed the wounded to corpse poison and extreme cold.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that Dai Yueheng had advanced too far and was taken by an evil soul master, and Xiao Yi rebuked Xuan Zi for injuring the disciples while failing to catch the Soul King.
• Several days later, Shrek’s team moved into Xinghuang Grand Hotel in Star Luo City, where spies reported the team’s apparent lineup to their factions.
• Xiao Hongchen excitedly asked Elder Ma whether reports that Shrek had only three likely main-team members were true.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament began, with Shrek Academy facing Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in the opening elimination match. Xiao Yi’s reserve team revealed powerful Soul Rings, and he froze every opponent, ending the match almost as soon as it started.

• Tang Wutong found Tang Ya and Xiao Yi wearing clothes associated with her ancestors and collapsed in shock.
• Xiao Yi and the others arrived at Star Luo Square for the tournament, where Emperor Xu Jiawei considered the sects’ proposal to cooperate on pill-based cultivation.
• Shrek’s team received a loud welcome, while spectators greeted the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy with boos.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei gave the opening speech, and the first match was announced between Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy and reigning champions Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Yi led Shrek’s reserve team onto the stage, where the players revealed five Soul Rings each, including nearly universal hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Xiao Yi froze the entire Tianling team into ice sculptures, ending the match immediately.

Xiao Yi effortlessly led Shrek Academy to victory with a self-created skill, stunning the other academies and earning the Star Luo Empire’s attention. After receiving an invitation to the palace, he met with Emperor Xu Jiawei and discussed his plans for the Pill Tower, leaving Xu Jiawei eager to learn about its rare pills.

• Xiao Yi froze the opposing team without using a Soul Skill, and the referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.
• Xiao Hongchen and the other academies were shaken by the Shrek students’ strength and Xiao Yi’s effortless victory.
• Xiao Yi received an invitation and traveled to the Star Luo Imperial Palace with Strength Douluo Cheng Gang.
• Xiao Yi joined Xu Jiawei, Ning Liuyuan, and Wu Qing for a banquet, where Xu Jiawei asked about the planned Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yi explained that the Pill Tower would auction exclusive pills and train alchemists, prompting Xu Jiawei to ask whether it would offer pills rarer than those already known.

After securing a partnership with the Star Luo Empire, Xiao Yi crossed paths with Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen without approaching them, then returned to Huo Yutong for comfort. The chapter left them embracing and kissing in her room.

• Xu Jiawei learned that Xiao Yi's pills could improve martial souls and innate aptitude, and the banquet ended with a partnership between Shrek and the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Jiawei teased Xu Jiujiu about Xiao Yi, and she admitted she found him appealing before leaving the banquet hall in embarrassment.
• Xiao Yi encountered Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen at his hotel, but both groups passed without speaking.
• Xiao Yi entered Huo Yutong's room and embraced her as she sought comfort and security.
• Huo Yutong raised her head and kissed Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi brought Huo Yutong to the White Tiger Duke Mansion, where she confronted and killed the White Tiger Duchess to avenge her mother and past suffering. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy faced growing suspicion and trouble as the tournament began, but intruders targeting its secrets disappeared after encountering a dragon girl.

• Huo Yutong visited her mother's grave and told her about her growth over the past year before seeking comfort in Xiao Yi's embrace.
• Xiao Yi took Huo Yutong to the White Tiger Duke Mansion, where Zi Ling had abducted the sleeping White Tiger Duchess.
• Xiao Yi gave Huo Yutong techniques for the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the first change of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, then encouraged her to settle her own score.
• The White Tiger Duchess attacked Huo Yutong after recognizing her, but Huo Yutong defeated her and reduced her to ashes.
• As the tournament eliminations began, Shrek Academy's publicized pills drew covetous intruders, who vanished after encountering a dragon girl.

Xiao Yi met with Shrek’s team to discuss the tournament schedule, then discovered that Jing Hongchen had been spying nearby. The Illustrious Virtue Hall master sought a partnership over Shrek’s new pills, and Xiao Yi heard him out.

• Na'er grew closer to Xiao Yi as her control over her bloodline and strength improved, while she bonded with the Ice Empress.
• Wang Yan explained the remaining tournament format, and Xiao Yi told the team to rotate participants rather than use elaborate tactics.
• After the others left the meeting hall, Zi Ling emerged from the void with Jing Hongchen, whom she had caught spying on Shrek.
• Xiao Yi questioned Jing Hongchen for approaching in secret, and Jing Hongchen apologized and praised him.
• Jing Hongchen explained that he wanted to discuss cooperation with Shrek over its new pills before other factions gathered.