Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yi absorbed a pair of Soul Bones and gained two stacked Domination Domains, then accidentally pierced Zhang Lexuan’s bathtub while testing his new power. After settling the dormitory dispute, he asked Zhang Lexuan to spar with him, and she agreed.

• Jiang Yi absorbed both Golden-Maned Lion Mastiff palm bones, transforming his mental power and gaining two Domination Domains that greatly enhanced his strength and could shape his will into weapons.
• Jiang Yi’s test shot pierced Zhang Lexuan’s bathtub and skirt while she was bathing, prompting her to summon him and confront him.
• Zhang Lexuan tried to fine Jiang Yi for using a soul skill in the dormitory, but he explained that he was still an Outer Academy student, so she let him off with a warning.
• Jiang Yi called Zhang Lexuan “Sister Lexuan” and asked her to test his new soul skill; she agreed to spar with him at a lakeside training area.

Jiang Yi tested his domains and Ultimate Ice against Zhang Lexuan in a sparring match, unveiling a new ice-dragon technique. After their attacks clashed and filled the field with fog, Jiang Yi appeared behind Zhang Lexuan as two identical figures.

• Jiang Yi activated his Domination Domain, and Zhang Lexuan countered with her Moon Domain, leaving the two domains deadlocked.
• Jiang Yi exchanged punches with Zhang Lexuan, whose moonlight barrier withstood his attacks.
• Jiang Yi unleashed his Ultimate Ice, formed twin ice spears, and charged Zhang Lexuan with wind-and-lightning wings.
• Jiang Yi concealed an ice dragon underground and sprang it at Zhang Lexuan with his move Dragon Raises Its Head.
• Zhang Lexuan used Moonfall to clash with the ice dragon, and both attacks exploded, filling the field with dense ice mist.
• Jiang Yi silently appeared behind Zhang Lexuan, then split into two identical figures.

Jiang Yi defeated Zhang Lexuan in a spar with an illusion and a powerful spear strike, then accidentally crashed into her when he pulled the attack short. When Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi arrived, Zhang Lexuan hid in Jiang Yi’s arms so Bei Bei would not see her in their compromising position.

• Zhang Lexuan realized Jiang Yi’s two attackers were illusions and searched for the real Jiang Yi in the sky.
• Jiang Yi struck with Reign Over the World, but diverted his spear at the last moment to avoid injuring Zhang Lexuan.
• Jiang Yi crashed into Zhang Lexuan, and they tumbled across the training ground before stopping at its barrier.
• Zhang Lexuan pounced into Jiang Yi’s arms and asked him to conceal her when Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi approached.
• Xu Sanshi recognized Jiang Yi and suspected the woman in his arms was someone familiar, while Bei Bei wondered whether she was Xiao Ya.

Jiang Yi carried Zhang Lexuan away after meeting Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei, then used his knowledge of her feelings for Bei Bei to tease her privately. The chapter ended with Jiang Yi inviting Zhang Lexuan to learn how she differed from Tang Ya.

• Xu Sanshi told Jiang Yi that the Black Tortoise Sect wanted to discuss the trouble in Zhenxin Town, and Jiang Yi agreed to meet him the next afternoon.
• Bei Bei urged Jiang Yi to cherish Tang Ya, while Zhang Lexuan, hidden in Jiang Yi's arms, heard how devoted Bei Bei remained to Tang Ya.
• Jiang Yi flew Zhang Lexuan back to the dormitory, where she thanked him for protecting her identity.
• Jiang Yi pulled Zhang Lexuan close and revealed that he knew she liked Bei Bei, teasing her about the age difference and her nervousness.
• Zhang Lexuan closed her eyes, but Jiang Yi did not force a kiss; he instead asked whether she wanted to know how she differed from Tang Ya.

Zhang Lexuan reunited with her recovering friends, while Jiang Yi accepted the Black Tortoise Sect’s apology and compensation. As Ning Tian refined an immortal herb and began awakening the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower, Ning Rongrong sensed the change from the valley where Tang San had sealed her in.

• Jiang Yi teased Zhang Lexuan instead of explaining her defeat, and she returned to her dormitory to find Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming spying on him.
• Zhang Lexuan told Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming that Jiang Yi was their martial uncle, then comforted them as they reassured her about the Star Dou Great Forest tragedy.
• Xu Sanshi apologized to Jiang Yi for the Black Tortoise Sect disciple’s crimes, offered compensation, and promised not to pursue Jiang Nannan; Jiang Yi accepted and let the matter go.
• Jiang Yi left for Shrek Academy and sneaked toward the girls’ dormitory to visit Xiao Ya.
• Ning Tian refined the Aromatic Silk Beauty, causing two illusory tiers to appear above her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong sensed a descendant awakening the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower and hoped the bloodline resonance would help her escape Tang San’s seal.

Ning Tian obtained the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower and met Ning Rongrong, who gave her a God's Trial and hid within her to escape the seal on the Valley of Love Inquiry. At Shrek, Jiang Yi offered Tang Ya land to rebuild the Tang Sect, and she urged him to lead it.

• Ning Tian reached level thirty-eight and awakened the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower after using the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Ning Rongrong appeared before Ning Tian, recognized her as a descendant with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower, and granted her a God's Trial.
• Ning Rongrong transformed into a Nine Treasures Glazed Tower and entered Ning Tian so she could use their bloodline connection to evade Tang San's seal.
• Tang Ya told Jiang Yi that she had become an Outer Academy core disciple after the academy recognized her Dark Blue Silver Grass.
• Jiang Yi gave Tang Ya property deeds for land near Shrek City as a possible headquarters for rebuilding the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya said she was no longer suited to lead the sect and asked Jiang Yi to take charge.

Jiang Yi rejected Tang Ya’s offer to make him Tang Sect master and explained his plan to claim Tang San’s faith by taking control of Shrek and pacifying the continent. Later, he visited Xian Lin’er’s laboratory and discovered Huo Yutong learning Soul Tool crafting with the help of skeletons.

• Jiang Yi refused to become Tang Sect master and told Tang Ya he wanted her to lead the sect while he pursued godhood by claiming Tang San’s faith.
• Tang Ya agreed to rebuild the Tang Sect as its sect master, and she and Jiang Yi spent the night together.
• Jiang Yi asked Tian Meng to learn Soul Tool crafting and visited the Soul Tool Department’s experimental building to meet Xian Lin’er.
• Jiang Yi found Huo Yutong crafting Soul Tools with skeletons in Xian Lin’er’s laboratory and learned that Xian Lin’er had taken her as a disciple.
• Jiang Yi praised Huo Yutong’s aptitude, then gently scolded her for sleeping in class and reminded her to balance study with rest.

Jiang Yi began learning about Soul Tools from Xian Lin'er, then returned to his dormitory to forge a dagger with Tian Meng. Tian Meng engraved it with a Soul Tool array using her spiritual power and named the finished first-tier weapon the Butterfly Dagger.

• Jiang Yi playfully teased Huo Yutong before Xian Lin'er led him aside and gave him her Soul Tool notes.
• Xian Lin'er cautioned Jiang Yi not to neglect cultivating Soul Power, and she explained the basics of Soul Tools.
• Jiang Yi bought rare metals, returned to his dormitory, and forged a dagger blank while Tian Meng studied Xian Lin'er's notes.
• Tian Meng transformed into her adult form and engraved a Soul Tool array onto the dagger without using an engraving knife.
• Tian Meng named the completed first-tier Soul Tool the Butterfly Dagger.

Tian Meng demonstrated that she could inscribe Soul Tool arrays with spiritual power, and Jiang Yi encouraged her to use accelerated illusions to study. At Shrek Academy, the Outer Academy selection began as the core disciples were trapped in a maze, while Jiang Yi watched from above with Xuan Zi.

• Tian Meng used spiritual power to inscribe a Butterfly Dagger that produced dazzling afterimages and hallucinations, then explained that she could copy array patterns with light.
• Jiang Yi suggested that Tian Meng use an illusion with accelerated time to study Soul Tools and Tang Sect Hidden Weapons, and she decided to give herself tenfold speed.
• Tang Wutong confronted Dai Huabin over his past bullying of Huo Yutong, but Ning Tian and Wu Feng stopped the confrontation and summoned the core disciples to the Soul Fighting Zone.
• The Outer Academy core disciples gathered at the Soul Fighting Zone, where Xuan Zi began a selection and stone walls rose to form a maze with a mysterious prize for the final six victors.
• Xuan Zi kept Jiang Yi beside him at the center of the maze, and Jiang Yi accepted that he would not participate while the students competed.

Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan defeated fourth-year students in the maze while Ning Tian revealed her Nine Treasures Glazed Tower and Tang Wutong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yutong beat Dai Huabin. Xuan Zi gathered the remaining students at the maze’s center, where Bei Bei unexpectedly attacked He Caitou.

• Tang Ya exposed Xie Bule’s sneak attack and eliminated him, while Jiang Nannan used her Golden Body and throwing technique to defeat another fourth-year student.
• Xuan Zi noticed Ning Tian wielding the Nine Treasures Glazed Tower as she and Wu Feng fought through another section of the maze.
• Tang Wutong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yutong cornered and beat Dai Huabin until Xuan Zi reshaped the maze and summoned everyone to its center.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya joined Huo Yutong’s group, while Ning Tian refused to leave Wu Feng behind despite Wu Feng’s weakness.
• Bei Bei suddenly launched an attack on He Caitou, drawing the other students’ attention.

Jiang Nannan’s team defeated Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei after Ning Tian used her twin Nine Treasures Glazed Towers to dispel their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wu Feng withdrew so the seven reserve members could be chosen. Xuan Zi announced that the team would join Shrek’s Inner Academy squad in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, with Jiang Yi as captain.

• He Caitou was eliminated by Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei, while Jiang Nannan’s group defeated another team with Huo Yutong’s Soul Tool-armed undead.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei combined their martial souls into an emerald lightning turtle, but Ning Tian dispelled the fusion skill with her second Nine Treasures Glazed Tower.
• Jiang Nannan caught Xu Sanshi with her Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Throw, and Tang Ya’s Blue Silver vines overcame Bei Bei’s lightning and sent him crashing into Xu Sanshi.
• Wu Feng withdrew to give Ning Tian a place, leaving Jiang Yi, Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, Ning Tian, Tang Wutong, Huo Yutong, and Xiao Xiao as the selected reserve team.
• Xuan Zi announced that the seven would accompany Shrek’s Inner Academy team to the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament and named Jiang Yi their captain.

Jiang Yi welcomed the new reserve team members and Xuan Zi explained the stakes of the coming tournament. As Jiang Yi and Ning Tian grew closer, Ning Rongrong struggled with her divine trial’s demand that Ning Tian keep her distance from him, and the chapter ended with the two kissing under the moonlight.

• Jiang Yi welcomed the six girls to the reserve team, and Xuan Zi warned them that the Sun Moon Empire might use the tournament to test Shrek Academy.
• Xuan Zi announced he would personally train the group for the competition in one month, then left to report Ning Tian’s twin Nine Treasures Glazed Towers.
• Tang Ya invited everyone to dinner, and Jiang Yi held Ning Tian’s hand as they followed the group while Ning Rongrong urged Ning Tian to avoid excessive intimacy with him.
• At the restaurant, Ning Tian went alone to the balcony, where Jiang Yi found her and asked what was troubling her.
• Ning Tian struggled to choose between her ancestor’s divine trial and Jiang Yi, but Jiang Yi kissed her, and she returned the kiss as Ning Rongrong protested from afar.

Ning Tian chose Jiang Yi over the chance to become a god, while Ma Xiaotao returned to Shrek’s main team and reluctantly agreed to marry Jiang Yi if he could defeat her. Jiang Yi enjoyed a quiet morning with the Ice Empress as Tian Meng’s soul-tool research continued next door, where an excited shout announced a success.

• Ning Tian confided her resolve to Ning Rongrong, who revealed that her test had been a result of her own stirred-up feelings and advised Ning Tian to block her martial soul during intimate moments.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated a Soul Engineer in a challenge and reclaimed her place as captain of Shrek’s main team.
• Ling Luochеn suspected Ma Xiaotao had solved her evil fire problem and decided she had to win Jiang Yi back for herself.
• Yan Shaozhe pressured Ma Xiaotao to marry Jiang Yi to resolve her evil fire, and she agreed on the condition that he could beat her.
• Jiang Yi slept beside the Ice Empress while Tian Meng researched soul tools, until an excited voice next door announced that something had worked.

Tian Meng used her new Life-Bound Soul Tool to trap the Ice Empress, but Jiang Yi stopped their confrontation and made Tian Meng behave. Afterward, Tian Meng gave Jiang Yi the Soul Tools he had requested, while the Ice Empress was left bewildered and covered in body wash.

• Tian Meng revealed that she had fused the Butterfly Dagger with her spirit and could summon it as a Life-Bound Soul Tool.
• Tian Meng trapped the Ice Empress in a Class 6 Soul Tool Formation, and Jiang Yi refused to release her.
• Tian Meng teased the immobilized Ice Empress until Jiang Yi grabbed her and punished her at the forging table.
• Tian Meng told Jiang Yi that the requested Soul Tools were ready, pointing out a black box and a pair of eye-shaped cannons.
• Jiang Yi carried Tian Meng and the limp Ice Empress to wash up, leaving the Ice Empress confused as foam covered her.

Jiang Yi passed the Class 5 Soul Engineer assessment after less than two months of study, astonishing Xian Lin'er. He negotiated a wager for the Soul Tool Department to lend resources to the reserve team, leaving Xian Lin'er plotting to secure his allegiance.

• Jiang Yi completed a Class 5 Soul Tool core with Tian Meng's help, and Xian Lin'er confirmed he had passed the assessment and gave him a badge.
• Xian Lin'er urged Jiang Yi to join the Soul Tool Department, but he said Yan Shaozhe had already approached him about the Martial Soul Department.
• Jiang Yi proposed that the Soul Tool Department sponsor the reserve team so it could compete in the tournament under the department's banner.
• Xian Lin'er wagered that the department would lend resources, which Jiang Yi could keep if he won a finals match using its Soul Tools; if he failed, he had to join the department.
• After Jiang Yi left, Xian Lin'er decided to send Xiao Yutong to defeat Xiaotao as another way to secure her plans.

During intensive training, Jiang Yi fought the six girls without using his Ultimate Ice or Ice Jade Scorpion, relying instead on his self-made Soul Tool. The battle ended when Tang Wutong’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill unexpectedly merged with Jiang Yi and greatly strengthened him.

• Xuan Zi forbade Jiang Yi from using his Ultimate Ice and third soul beast, so the six girls teamed up against him.
• Jiang Yi dodged Jiang Nannan’s attack, then used his level-five Heavenly Secret Floating Cannon to bombard the group.
• Tang Ya and the others defended themselves with Blue Silver Grass while Tang Wutong absorbed Huo Yutong and Xiao Xiao’s Soul Power through their Three-in-One Fusion Technique.
• Ning Tian enhanced Tang Wutong as she flew up to strike Jiang Yi, but Tang Wutong merged into him through a Martial Soul Fusion Skill instead.
• Jiang Yi’s aura surged, and he emerged with long golden hair and a transformed appearance that left the girls staring in amazement.

Jiang Yi defeated Tang Ya and the others in training, then helped them begin incorporating Soul Tools into their combat practice. After a week of preparation, he met Zhang Lexuan for another teasing exchange before joining his teammates and Xuan Zi at Sea God Lake, where the official team members arrived.

• Jiang Yi used his Soul Tools to defeat Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and the others, then caught the bewildered Tang Wutong after she emerged from his pet possession.
• Jiang Yi suggested that the group use Soul Tools in combat, and Huo Yutong confirmed the Soul Tool Department could provide equipment for the tournament.
• Xian Lin'er welcomed Jiang Yi and the others to the Soul Tool Department, where they chose Soul Tools and began incorporating them into training over the following week.
• Jiang Yi greeted Zhang Lexuan repeatedly until she finally answered him, then left as she vowed not to speak to him again.
• Jiang Yi joined Jiang Nannan and the others at a training ground beside Sea God Lake, where Xuan Zi announced that the official team members had arrived and seven figures rode across the water.

Xuan Zi gathered Shrek Academy’s main and reserve teams to introduce themselves before a friendly match, while Jiang Yi and Ma Xiaotao welcomed the chance to test their teams against each other. As both sides prepared, Xian Lin'er challenged Yan Shaozhe to a bet about the supposedly unfair matchup.

• Xuan Zi had the reserve team and the Inner Academy main team introduce themselves, revealing the reserve students’ high levels and the main team’s two Soul Emperors.
• Ling Luochen secretly exchanged a flirtatious signal with Jiang Yi, while Xixi noticed and recorded it in her gossip notebook.
• Xuan Zi announced a head-on friendly match, with the losing team required to shout, “I’m a pig!”
• Yan Shaozhe argued that the match was unfair to the reserve team, and Xian Lin'er challenged him to make a bet.

Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe wagered on Jiang Yi’s team against Ma Xiaotao’s, while Mu En became convinced Jiang Yi’s arrival fulfilled the Sea God’s will. The match began with Jiang Yi’s side revealing powerful counters and fusion techniques, and both teams were still fighting when the chapter ended.

• Xian Lin'er bet Yan Shaozhe that Jiang Yi’s team would win, wagering half the next year’s incoming student slots for the Soul Tool Department against extra resources for the Martial Soul Department.
• Mu En admired Jiang Yi’s Class 5 flying wheelchair and decided Jiang Yi had been sent by the Sea God to advance soul tools.
• Ling Luochеn’s ice attack was overwhelmed by the Ice Empress, which froze her in place, while Ning Tian used her Nine Treasures Glazed Tower to dispel the opposing team’s buffs.
• Jiang Yi struck Ma Xiaotao with his Domination Domain, then clashed with her phoenix flames using ultimate ice as their battle moved into the sky.
• Xiao Xiao, Tang Wutong, and Huo Yutong used a Three-in-One Fusion Technique to blast Xixi away, then Tang Wutong attacked Yao Haoxuan with her Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong replenished their soul power with Milk Bottles as Jiang Nannan and the others began counterattacking.

Tang Wutong’s team eliminated Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, Dai Yueheng, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Gongyang Mo, but Xixi eliminated Tang Wutong before the match ended. Jiang Yi’s team won the match.

• Tang Wutong used Ning Tian’s enhancements to defeat Yao Haoxuan, while Gongyang Mo could not match Ning Tian’s multiple buffs.
• Tang Ya attacked Chen Zifeng with poisoned needles and restrained him, allowing Jiang Nannan to defeat him with her Soul Tool-assisted kicks.
• Jiang Yi froze Dai Yueheng with an ice spear and revealed that he had also defeated Ma Xiaotao; Gongyang Mo surrendered, and Ling Luochen was eliminated.
• Ma Xiaotao surrendered, admiring Jiang Yi’s strength, while Tang Wutong challenged Xuan Zi for not announcing the result.
• Xixi revealed she had stayed in the arena and eliminated Tang Wutong, then surrendered to Jiang Yi’s team.