Chapter Summaries

Jiang Nannan welcomed Jiang Yi to Shrek Academy, scolded him for selling his house, and helped him register as a Soul Master. After she gave him her savings and left, Jiang Yi reflected on his own resources and resolved to focus on growing stronger.

• Jiang Nannan reproached Jiang Yi for selling his house, then accepted his explanation and warned him not to do it again.
• Jiang Nannan offered to help Jiang Yi register as a Soul Master and promised that no one would bully someone from the Jiang family.
• Bei Bei kept Xu Sanshi tangled up on a rooftop as Jiang Nannan and Jiang Yi left, thinking he had done everything he could for Xiao Ya.
• Jiang Nannan took Jiang Yi to register at Shrek Academy and handed him her saved Soul Coins to help him settle in.
• After Jiang Nannan left, Jiang Yi admitted to himself that he had plenty of money and headed off to buy snacks for Xiao Lan.

Jiang Yi bought wind- and thunder-attribute beast blood at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and used it to strengthen Xiao Lan, gaining cultivation feedback through his Master Ball Martial Soul. Mu En noticed Jiang Yi’s unusual connection with his Soul Beast and reflected on Bei Bei’s tangled romantic affairs.

• Jiang Yi bought one bottle each of thousand-year wind- and thunder-attribute beast blood at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Back in his dormitory, Jiang Yi summoned Xiao Lan and fed it the two bottles to purify its bloodline.
• As Xiao Lan absorbed the beast blood, Jiang Yi cultivated using the Bloodline Power its growth fed back to him.
• Mu En sensed Jiang Yi’s aura growing in sync with Xiao Lan and recognized the boy’s unusual Martial Soul and thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Mu En worried that Bei Bei had become entangled in romantic affairs with another student, then decided to let the younger generation make its own choices.

Jiang Yi’s Storm Thunder Eagle evolved, and Tang Ya brought him breakfast, feeding him in an unexpectedly intimate way. Mu En watched Bei Bei struggle to decide whether to confront them, while Tang Ya left Jiang Yi satisfied and flustered.

• Tian Meng warned Jiang Yi that a powerful old man had been watching them, and Xiao Lan’s evolution raised Jiang Yi’s Soul Power to level twenty-nine.
• Jiang Yi decided to enter competitions to earn money and considered finding Tian Meng another skill to learn.
• Tang Ya arrived with breakfast, entered Jiang Yi’s dormitory, and fed him lotus-seed and red-date porridge.
• Mu En refused to help Bei Bei and urged him to face his feelings, while Bei Bei watched the dormitory without acting.
• Tang Ya finished breakfast and left cheerfully, while Jiang Yi savored the lingering taste.

Jiang Yi joined Class Nine’s combat training and was matched against Ning Tian and Wu Feng. He revealed his thousand-year Storm Thunder Eagle, which bypassed Wu Feng and seized Ning Tian, leaving Wu Feng furious as the match continued.

• Jiang Yi arrived late, and Mu Jin sent him with Class Nine to the Soul Fighting Zone for combat training.
• Mu Jin assigned Jiang Yi to fight Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and the students cheered for the two sides.
• Wu Feng charged Jiang Yi while Ning Tian used her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to boost Wu Feng’s speed and strength.
• Jiang Yi summoned the Storm Thunder Eagle, revealing two thousand-year soul rings and shocking the students and Mu Jin.
• The Storm Thunder Eagle flew past Wu Feng and grabbed Ning Tian, shocking her with electricity as Wu Feng demanded that Jiang Yi attack her instead.

Jiang Yi defeated Ning Tian and Wu Feng in a class battle by merging with the Storm Thunder Eagle and overwhelming them with speed and lightning. Afterward, Ning Tian approached him with an offer to hire him as Wu Feng’s combat instructor, leaving Jiang Yi suspicious of her intentions.

• Jiang Yi merged with the Storm Thunder Eagle, transformed, and paralyzed Wu Feng with a lightning strike.
• Ning Tian surrendered, and Mu Jin declared Jiang Yi the winner as the students cheered.
• Ning Tian wondered whether Jiang Yi’s Soul Beast and Soul Ring could continue to improve, then asked Wu Feng to contact the sect for funds.
• Ning Tian approached Jiang Yi and offered him a VIP card with thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins to become Wu Feng’s combat instructor.

Jiang Yi agreed to train Feng Mei for Ning Tian in exchange for sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins and reported his unusual Martial Soul to Mu Jin. After buying Mystic Water Pills and Millennium Whale Rubber, he gave Jiang Nannan a pill, then she spotted the Whale Rubber in his bathwater and blushed at what she thought his intentions were.

• Jiang Yi accepted Ning Tian's offer to train Feng Mei once a month for sixty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Jiang Yi told Mu Jin about his Martial Soul, and she promised to report it and try to get him a core disciple position.
• Jiang Yi bought three Mystic Water Pills and Millennium Whale Rubber at the Treasure Gathering Pavilion after an elderly woman approved the purchase.
• Jiang Yi gave Jiang Nannan a Mystic Water Pill, but she kept only one and urged him to save the rest.
• Jiang Nannan saw Jiang Yi put Whale Rubber into the tub and blushed, mistakenly thinking she understood why he had asked her to come over.

Jiang Yi tried to refine the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue in a bath, and Jiang Nannan stayed to watch over him as the potent medicine overwhelmed his body. Their close moment was interrupted by Tang Ya, whom Jiang Nannan kicked into the room before demanding to know why she had come.

• Jiang Yi used Tian Meng to dissolve the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue in the bath so his body could absorb its medicinal power.
• The Whale Glue’s energy made Jiang Yi’s body flush and grow dangerously hot, and Jiang Nannan came over to check on him.
• Jiang Nannan remained beside Jiang Yi and nearly kissed him as she struggled with her feelings.
• Tang Ya appeared at the window, interrupting them and apologizing for arriving at the wrong time.
• Jiang Nannan caught Tang Ya as she tried to flee, kicked her into the room, and asked what she was doing there.

Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan tried to help Jiang Yi survive the dangerous effects of refining Whale Glue, and Jiang Yi woke the next morning strengthened and at Soul Power level thirty. Jiang Nannan fled with the still-sleeping Tang Ya when Jiang Yi questioned her, leaving him to ask Tian Meng what happened.

• Tang Ya claimed she was Jiang Yi's girlfriend, while Jiang Nannan questioned how they had met and guarded her brother beneath a makeshift curtain.
• Jiang Yi suffered from the heat building inside him after refining Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, and Tang Ya tried to help him expel it as Jiang Nannan watched.
• Tang Ya's attempt to use a trick from a romance story was interrupted when an unyielding hand shoved her aside.
• The next morning, Jiang Yi woke refreshed after opening three extraordinary meridians and reaching Soul Power level thirty.
• Jiang Yi explained how he had met Tang Ya in Star Dou Great Forest, and Jiang Nannan scolded him before carrying Tang Ya away when he asked about the night before.
• Jiang Yi summoned Tian Meng from the Master Ball and asked what had happened.

Jiang Yi left Shrek Academy to seek his third Soul Ring in the Far North, while Tang Wutong persuaded Yan Shaozhe to punish Zhou Yi after their dispute. Guided by Tian Meng, Jiang Yi entered the region and continued toward its core, where the Snow Empress remained too powerful to challenge.

• Jiang Yi declined Mu Jin's help with hunting a Soul Beast and left Shrek Academy with a leave slip.
• Tang Wutong threatened to drop out after Zhou Yi struck the podium, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to transfer Zhou Yi to another teaching post.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Jiang Yi's rapid cultivation seemed unusual, but Mu En advised him not to interfere with the boy's opportunities.
• Three days later, Jiang Yi set out for the Far North with Tian Meng, who offered to help him find a Soul Beast.
• Jiang Yi and Tian Meng avoided seeking the Snow Empress and traveled deeper into the Far North, relying on Tian Meng's protection and Spirit Detection.

Jiang Yi and Tian Meng infiltrated Ice Empress’s cave, where Tian Meng challenged her and was initially overpowered. Tian Meng stunned Ice Empress with Purple Demon Eye, allowing Jiang Yi to capture her in a Master Ball.

• Tian Meng led Jiang Yi through the Frozen Forest disguised as a tiny Ice Silkworm.
• Tian Meng brought Jiang Yi into Ice Empress’s cave, where Ice Empress awakened and attacked them.
• Tian Meng revealed that she had broken through to a million years and fought Ice Empress, but Ice Empress defeated her.
• Ice Empress transformed into a girl and prepared to consume Tian Meng, who had feigned weakness.
• Tian Meng stunned Ice Empress with Purple Demon Eye, and Jiang Yi captured her in a Master Ball.

The Ice Empress woke in Jiang Yi’s Master Ball Space and learned that he could shield her from the Heavenly Tribulation. After Jiang Yi swore to free her if he failed to become a god, she agreed to serve as his guardian, and he began forming their contract.

• The Ice Empress woke and kicked Tian Meng away when she tried to kiss her.
• Tian Meng explained that Jiang Yi had saved her and urged the Ice Empress to join him to avoid her coming Heavenly Tribulation.
• Jiang Yi promised to dissolve the contract and return the Ice Empress’s freedom if he did not become a god.
• The Ice Empress agreed to protect Jiang Yi while insisting on calling herself his guardian.
• Jiang Yi sent the Master Ball into the Ice Empress, whose body dissolved into jade-green light and formed an Ice Jade Empress Scorpion phantom around him.

Jiang Yi gained Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice and left the Frozen Forest with her and Tian Meng. In Dragon City, he spotted a young Earth Dragon Gate disciple and followed her, seeking the gate’s Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave.

• Jiang Yi formed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, raised his Soul Power to rank thirty-seven, and gained Ice Empress’s Ultimate Ice.
• Ice Empress left a message for the Ice Jade Scorpions in the Frozen Forest, then departed with Jiang Yi and Tian Meng.
• Several days later, Jiang Yi and the two beasts arrived in Dragon City and listened to a storyteller describe its dragon sects.
• A young girl from Earth Dragon Gate confronted the storyteller for praising Sky Dragon Gate, then fled when her maid announced the Sect Master’s arrival.
• Jiang Yi followed the girl, intending to find Earth Dragon Gate’s Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Cave.

Nan Qiuqiu and Nan Shuishui mourned Nan Qiuqiu’s father in the ancestral hall before Jiang Yi, disguised in a black robe, subdued them and demanded access to a frigid treasure site beneath a well. After knocking them unconscious, Jiang Yi searched Nan Shuishui and found money and bank certificates in her Storage Soul Tool.

• Nan Shuishui scolded Nan Qiuqiu for causing trouble while Earth Dragon Gate struggled to stabilize after her father’s death, then comforted her as they cried together.
• Nan Qiuqiu saw her father’s portrait smile and wink, and Nan Shuishui turned to investigate.
• Jiang Yi appeared in a black robe, froze Nan Shuishui’s Soul Power, and knocked Nan Qiuqiu unconscious when she tried to attack him.
• Jiang Yi threatened Nan Shuishui through Nan Qiuqiu and made her explain how to open the treasure site beneath the back-courtyard well.
• Jiang Yi used a purple light to render Nan Shuishui unconscious, laid her beside Nan Qiuqiu, and revealed himself to be Jiang Yi.
• Jiang Yi searched Nan Shuishui and found a Storage Soul Tool containing clothes, thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Earth Dragon Gate bank certificates.

Jiang Yi found the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow hidden beneath the well and brought Ice Empress to it. He offered her nearly all of the priceless treasure, leaving their partnership and their bond stronger as they stood in the cavern.

• Jiang Yi took thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins from Nan Shuishui, left her Soul Tool, and left her and her daughter safely in bed.
• Jiang Yi found the well, and Ice Empress sensed the powerful chill hidden below it.
• Ice Empress released her seal, parted the spring water, and led Jiang Yi into a cavern beneath the well.
• Jiang Yi used Tian Meng's light to reveal ice pillars made of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, and Ice Empress excitedly recognized their value.
• Jiang Yi told Ice Empress to keep all but one pillar, and she felt their connection deepen as he ruffled her hair.

Jiang Yi and Ice Empress harvested the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, then Jiang Yi and Tian Meng found a cavern of Ice Pole Divine Crystals. Jiang Yi recognized the crystals as Spirit-Forged Metal and asked Tian Meng to consider how she would develop beyond relying on her Purple Demon Eye.

• Ice Empress collected all forty-five stalks of Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, kept more than half for herself, and gave the rest to Tian Meng.
• Ice Empress instinctively rubbed her head against Jiang Yi's hand before panicking and retreating into the Master Ball.
• Jiang Yi reassured a jealous Tian Meng that he had something else for her, then escaped the rising spring water with her.
• Jiang Yi found the hidden mechanism beneath the well and opened a dry cavern filled with Ice Pole Divine Crystals.
• Jiang Yi broke off a crystal and identified it as living, Spirit-Forged Metal, then asked Tian Meng to think about her future and her dependence on the Purple Demon Eye.

Jiang Yi returned to Shrek City after encouraging Tian Meng to study Soul Tools and mining the Ice Pole Divine Crystals. He reunited with Jiang Nannan, but Xu Sanshi reacted furiously to their embrace.

• Jiang Yi persuaded Tian Meng to learn Soul Tools so she could grow stronger and remain by his side, then they mined the cave’s Ice Pole Divine Crystals.
• Nan Shuishui woke to find Nan Qiuqiu safe and discovered that the black-robed attacker had taken nearly everything from her Soul Tool necklace.
• Jiang Yi returned to Shrek City after deciding to postpone a visit to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Xu Sanshi followed Jiang Nannan with grilled fish while Tang Ya asked Bei Bei to distract him.
• Jiang Yi embraced Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi angrily ordered him to take his hands off her.

Jiang Yi challenged Xu Sanshi after Xu tried to attack him for being close to Jiang Nannan. He wagered thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins and ended by demanding that Bei Bei join Xu, declaring he would fight two at once.

• Xu Sanshi tried to grab Jiang Yi, but Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan stepped in to protect him, and Tang Ya's Dragon Whisker Needle forced Xu to dodge.
• Xu Sanshi summoned his Black Tortoise Shield and challenged Jiang Yi to a fight, while Bei Bei protected Tang Ya and the crowd mocked Xu.
• Jiang Yi accepted the challenge for a thirty-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin wager, and Xu offered three Mystic Water Pills while demanding Jiang Yi stay away from Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya if he lost.
• Jiang Yi refused to wager the women, produced thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and then challenged both Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei to fight him together.

Jiang Yi challenged Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi to a fight, drawing a huge crowd at Shrek Academy. As students placed bets on the match, Ning Tian wagered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on Jiang Yi.

• Jiang Yi kissed Tang Ya in front of Bei Bei and declared that she was already with him, prompting Bei Bei to accept Xu Sanshi's call for a challenge.
• News of the three-way challenge spread through the Outer Academy, and Tang Wutong learned that Jiang Yi was involved and closed her grilled fish stall to watch.
• Jiang Yi, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan arrived at the Soul Fighting Zone, where their coming match drew a large audience and filled much of the arena.
• Students opened a betting table, and most backed Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi while the bookie struggled to attract bets on Jiang Yi.
• Ning Tian arrived and bet ten thousand Gold Soul Coins on Jiang Yi.

As Jiang Yi prepared to face Xu Sanshi, the spectators and Shrek seniors discussed the match and their own concerns. Jiang Yi revealed a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring, leaving Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya stunned, while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi devised a plan to win.

• Tang Wutong bet one thousand on Jiang Yi, saying she would profit if he won and be happy if he lost.
• Ma Xiaotao told Zhang Lexuan her Evil Fire was about to flare and lamented that Xu Sanshi was too weak to help her.
• Bei Bei warned Xu Sanshi that Jiang Yi likely had two thousand-year Soul Beasts, and they vowed to win together before Bei Bei's hand sparked during their fist bump.
• Xu Sanshi announced he had come up with a plan to guarantee their victory.
• Jiang Yi revealed two purple Soul Rings and one black ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, astonishing Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya celebrated Jiang Yi's Soul Ring and kissed the back of his hand, while Jiang Nannan watched with growing melancholy.

Jiang Yi challenged Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi and overwhelmed them with Xiao Lan’s support and his own wind-and-thunder power. After the battered pair refused to concede, they combined their martial souls into the Azure Underworld Holy Turtle, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Jiang Yi entered the arena to face Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi in an uneven challenge, summoning Xiao Lan and Tian Meng as the battle began.
• Xiao Lan’s speed kept Xu Sanshi on the defensive while Jiang Yi used Tang Sect techniques and Tian Meng’s Spirit Detection to evade and deflect Bei Bei’s attacks.
• Bei Bei used Mysterious Underworld Displacement to switch places with Xu Sanshi, who revealed his fourth soul ring, while Bei Bei knocked Xiao Lan from the sky.
• Jiang Yi recalled the injured Xiao Lan, channeled wind and thunder power, and defeated both Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi with a rapid barrage of attacks.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi rose and activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, transforming into the Azure Underworld Holy Turtle.