Chapter Summaries

Mu En prepared Shrek Academy for the threat posed by the Sun Moon Empire and decided to visit his old friends there. Half a year later, in the Jingyang Mountain Range, Ju Zi tasted food cooked by Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong and said it reminded her of her parents’ cooking.

• Mu En ordered surprise exams at both Shrek academies, with Soul Bones as prizes, and decided to continue the exchange with Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Mu En announced that he would visit the Sun Moon Empire and instructed Yan Shaozhe to take Xiaotao and Lexuan to choose Soul Bones.
• Du Busi learned that the Heaven Soul Imperial Family would support the Body Sect in exchange for a marriage alliance with Long Aotian.
• A Body Sect messenger reported that the Sun Moon Empire blamed Du Busi and Long Aotian for crimes they had not committed, including stealing Bright City's armory and stripping the crown prince.
• Over the next six months, the Body Sect allied with the Heaven Dou Empire, while the Tang Sect gained attention by publishing rankings of heroes and young geniuses.
• In the Jingyang Mountain Range, Ju Zi tasted fish soup and roasted meat from Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong and said they tasted like her parents’ cooking.

Ju Zi shared her painful history with Huo Yutong, who comforted her and later worried that Ju Zi might blame her for being Dai Hao’s daughter. As Jiang Yi comforted Huo Yutong in her tent, a woman outside spotted a sneaky blonde girl trying to steal roasted meat from the camp.

• Ju Zi recalled how Duke White Tiger’s invasion killed her father and massacred her hometown, and Huo Yutong embraced her and became her little sister.
• Keke asked Jiang Yi if he needed a little sister, and he sent her away with a bonk on the head.
• Huo Yutong reflected that Dai Hao was no hero and told Jiang Yi she feared Ju Zi might hate her because she was his daughter.
• Jiang Yi reassured Huo Yutong, then a woman outside the camp called his attention to a blonde girl sneaking toward the roasted meat.

Jiang Yi caught the Star Dou Great Lin’s auspicious beast, Gu Qiu’er, stealing food near his camp in the Jingyang Mountain Range and learned she had wandered in the wrong direction while trying to reach Shrek. Gu Qiu’er begged to stay with him, and Jiang Yi left her hopes of reaching Shrek dependent on her performance.

• Jiang Yi stopped preparing to sleep with Huo Yutong and went outside after the Demon Empress warned him that someone was stealing food.
• Gu Qiu’er stole roasted meat from the camp, then accepted more food from Jiang Yi before realizing he was behind her and trying to flee.
• The Demon Empress brought Gu Qiu’er back, and she recognized Jiang Yi as the Star Dou Great Lin’s Lady Mistress.
• Jiang Yi told Gu Qiu’er she had traveled in the wrong direction and said he would arrange to send her back toward Shrek in a couple of days.
• Gu Qiu’er clung to Jiang Yi and begged to stay at Shrek, and he told her it would depend on her performance.

Jiang Yi introduced Gu Qiu'er to Ju Zi at the camp, while Huo Yutong sleepwalked and unknowingly received a White Tiger mark that vanished when she ignored its call. The next morning, the group began testing Soul Tool data, and Gu Qiu'er casually demonstrated her immense strength with a Metal Spider.

• Jiang Yi brought Gu Qiu'er back to camp, where she met Ju Zi and went to sleep in her tent.
• Ju Zi invited Jiang Yi to share her tent, but he refused, leaving her to question herself.
• Huo Yutong sleepwalked out of her tent, returned to bed, and briefly heard a mysterious voice before a White Tiger mark appeared on her forehead and disappeared.
• The group began its Soul Tool data-testing mission the next morning, and Ju Zi released a Metal Spider on a steep slope.
• Gu Qiu'er lifted the Metal Spider by one leg and threw it away, startling Keke with her strength.

Jiang Yi and the others tested the Sun Moon Royal Academy’s all-terrain exploration Soul Tool, with Gu Qiu’er’s reckless driving turning the trial into chaos. Later, during a camp watch, Ju Zi asked Jiang Yi about his dream, and he answered that he wanted a happy family.

• Ju Zi introduced the all-terrain exploration Soul Tool to Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong, and the group climbed inside for a test run.
• Jiang Yi drove the vehicle across rough terrain while its poor shock absorption tossed the passengers around.
• Gu Qiu’er persuaded Jiang Yi to let her drive, then raced wildly through Lin and nearly shook the others from their seats.
• After the trial, Jiang Yi supported the sick passengers and took Gu Qiu’er into Lin, where Huo Yutong watched them with her eye Martial Soul.
• Jiang Yi barred Gu Qiu’er from driving during the following days, and the group grew closer as testing continued.
• While keeping watch by the campfire, Ju Zi asked Jiang Yi about his dream, and he said he wanted a happy life with wives and children.

Jiang Yi discussed peace and war with Ju Zi, gave her a Shrek token, and earned her trust. Their conversation was interrupted when Huo Yutong began a second awakening as Soul Beasts gathered around the camp.

• Ju Zi told Jiang Yi that unrest and the Sun Moon Empire’s bottleneck made war unavoidable, and Jiang Yi argued that war might end the continent’s conflicts.
• Jiang Yi gave Ju Zi a Shrek token and told her she could seek him out if she grew tired, as long as she did not sacrifice innocent people.
• Ju Zi accepted the token and playfully pressed Jiang Yi’s hand against her chest before he pulled away.
• A fierce aura erupted from Huo Yutong’s tent, and she floated asleep in white light with a white tiger mark between her brows.
• Jiang Yi recognized that Huo Yutong’s bloodline was awakening as howling Soul Beasts gathered around the camp, and he summoned the Heaven Ice Sword.

Jiang Yi and the others fought off a Golden Wolf pack in the Jingyang Mountain Range before Huo Yutong’s Martial Soul evolution revealed a winged White Tiger tied to the legend of the Tiger God. As Huo Yutong reached for Jiang Yi, a white light enveloped him and another figure, and the three vanished together.

• Wang Qiu'er fought through the Golden Wolf pack while Ju Zi and Keke supported her with their Soul Tools.
• Jiang Yi killed the wolf king with the Heaven Ice Sword, causing the pack to scatter.
• Jiang Yi discovered that the Golden Wolves were rich in metal, and Ju Zi explained that metal-attribute soul beasts were common in the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• Huo Yutong’s evolution formed a huge winged White Tiger, which Keke identified as the legendary Tiger God.
• Huo Yutong reached for Jiang Yi, and a white light engulfed him and another figure before all three disappeared.

After Jiang Yi and the others vanished, Ju Zi and Keke decided to keep the incident secret while they waited near the mountain range. In a misty valley, Huo Yutong explained that the White Tiger had sent her there, and she summoned her teacher Electrolux for help.

• Ju Zi warned Keke not to tell anyone that Jiang Yi and the others had disappeared, and they agreed to wait near the mountain range.
• Jiang Yi, Huo Yutong, and Gu Qiu'er tumbled out of a spatial rift into a misty valley.
• Huo Yutong told Jiang Yi and Gu Qiu'er that the White Tiger had spoken to her in a dream and mentioned revitalizing the beast race.
• Huo Yutong summoned Electrolux from the Undead Demi-Plane and introduced him to Jiang Yi and Gu Qiu'er.

Huo Yutong awakened a powerful connection to a fallen White Tiger god, while Electrolux and Jiang Yi exchanged knowledge about summoning and magic. After several days without news, Ju Zi and Keke left the Jingyang Mountain Range for the academy, with Ju Zi hoping Jiang Yi would return safely.

• Huo Yutong told Electrolux about her dream and mutated Martial Soul, and he detected a divine beast bloodline awakening within her.
• Electrolux brought Jiang Yi, Gu Qiu'er, and Huo Yutong to an underground cavern where Huo Yutong discovered the enormous remains of a White Tiger.
• Huo Yutong experienced a vision of a war between gods as golden blood energy flowed into her, and the White Tiger's remains surrounded her with a powerful glow.
• Electrolux assured Jiang Yi that Huo Yutong was safe, then examined Jiang Yi's Master Ball and offered to teach him a summoning spell.
• Jiang Yi and Electrolux spent several days exchanging knowledge while Gu Qiu'er struggled to listen to their explanations.
• Keke and Ju Zi left for the academy after waiting several days, and Ju Zi kept Jiang Yi's token close as she worried about his return.

Ju Zi and Keke left the academy to join the army, while Xian Lin'er learned that Jiang Yi was safe and sent word for him to return. A year later, Jiang Yi lived in the Jingyang Mountain Range with the others, and Tian Meng emerged from her cabin celebrating a breakthrough.

• Ju Zi and Keke left Sun Moon Royal Academy together to serve in the army.
• Xian Lin'er read Jiang Yi's letter and asked Nana to tell him to return before the exchange ended.
• Jiang Yi and the others spent a year living in cabins in the Jingyang Mountain Range, where Gu Qiu'er and Lan Fozhi argued while the Demon Empress watched them fondly.
• Jiang Yi beat Electrolux at chess and received a magic manual adapted for the Douluo world.
• Tian Meng ran out of her cabin and announced that she had succeeded, holding up a red-and-white metal sphere.

Tian Meng tested an imitation capture ball that could only hold Soul Beasts that did not resist, and Gu Qiu'er briefly got trapped before emerging. Lan Fozhi longed for a father after watching Jiang Yi with Qiu'er, while a roar and gathering clouds signaled that Yutong had awakened near the White Tiger's remains.

• Tian Meng threw the imitation capture ball at Gu Qiu'er, who was briefly sucked inside before breaking free.
• Electrolux and Tian Meng explained that the imitation ball could capture only a Soul Beast that had submitted or been knocked unconscious.
• Jiang Yi promised Qiu'er she could have a ball when she grew up, and she happily made him seal the promise with a hooked finger.
• Lan Fozhi told the Demon Empress she wanted Uncle Jiang to become her father, but the Demon Empress dismissed the suggestion and held her as she grew disappointed.
• A tiger's roar sounded in the valley as clouds formed a funnel, and Electrolux hurried toward Yutong, whose cocoon had shattered near the White Tiger's remains.

Huo Yutong awakened from the White Tiger’s inheritance as a level-sixty-three Soul Emperor and reunited with Jiang Yi and their companions. After honoring the White Tiger and spending a few days alone with Jiang Yi, she stayed in the valley while Electrolux received a new puppet body and left to explore the world.

• Huo Yutong emerged from her cocoon with six soul rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings, and revealed that the White Tiger had granted her an inheritance.
• Jiang Yi, Electrolux, Qiu'er, and Tian Meng arrived, and Huo Yutong reunited with them and said she wanted to protect Jiang Yi.
• Huo Yutong paid her respects to the White Tiger, and Jiang Yi sealed the cavern by collapsing it over the corpse.
• Huo Yutong asked Jiang Yi to stay in the valley, and the Demon Empress and Tian Meng reacted to the private time the two spent together.
• Electrolux merged with a puppet made from Gold of Life and Golden Tree wood, left a letter, and departed the valley to travel.

Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong left the valley with Gu Qiu'er after spending a year there, while the Demon Empress resolved to take her daughter to find her father. In the God Realm, Xiao Wu offered to help Zhu Zhuqing return to the Douluo Continent once the spatial turbulence cleared.

• Gu Qiu'er waited outside the room while the Demon Empress secretly watched Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong, then returned to her Master Ball and promised her sleeping daughter she would take her to find her father.
• Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong emerged, and Jiang Yi told Gu Qiu'er they would return to Bright City before sending her to Shrek.
• Jiang Yi, Huo Yutong, and Gu Qiu'er packed their things and left the valley, with Huo Yutong taking Electrolux's letter.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing discussed Zhu Zhuqing's estrangement from Dai Mubai and the whereabouts of Ning Rongrong and Xiao Qi.
• Xiao Wu promised to arrange for Zhu Zhuqing to return to the Douluo Continent after the God Realm's spatial turbulence cleared.

Jiang Yi reunited with Xixi, who arrived to take Gu Qiu'er back to Shrek, while Tang Wutong and Ning Tian waited near Sun Moon Royal Academy with Ning Rongrong's soul fragment. A letter from the Tang Sect revealed that Jiang Yi had returned, and Tang Wutong prepared to see him.

• Xiao Wu told Zhu Zhuqing that Tang San had arranged for them to visit the lower realm, then teased Zhu Zhuqing about her figure.
• Jiang Yi brought Huo Yutong and Gu Qiu'er to a restaurant courtyard, where they reunited with Xixi.
• Jiang Yi asked Xixi to take Gu Qiu'er back to Shrek, and Gu Qiu'er reluctantly agreed because Gu Yuena was worried about her.
• Xixi reunited with Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong, then arranged for a note to be delivered to two girls staying near Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Tang Wutong and Ning Tian waited near the academy while planning to rescue Ning Rongrong from the Valley of Love Inquiry.
• Tang Wutong received a letter from the Tang Sect and realized Jiang Yi had returned.

Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong returned to Sun Moon Royal Academy, where Jing Hongchen kept Meng Hongchen from visiting Jiang Yi because of the unstable political situation. Later, Tang Wutong walked in on Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong and angrily confronted him.

• Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong greeted Jing Hongchen, who was relieved to see them alive and arranged for their rest.
• Meng Hongchen arrived too late to see Jiang Yi, and Jing Hongchen gave her pills while asking her to focus on cultivation instead of pursuing him.
• Meng Hongchen accepted Jing Hongchen's request to wait, while privately recalling her secret promise with Jiang Yi.
• Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong reunited with Xian Lin'er at the dormitory, then settled down together to sleep.
• Tang Wutong entered Huo Yutong's room, saw Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong on the bed, and shouted angrily at Jiang Yi.

Tang Wutong and Ning Tian found Jiang Yi with Huo Yutong, then Ning Tian arranged to speak with him privately about their business in the Sun Moon Empire. Their meeting was interrupted when Er Ming tested Jiang Yi’s spiritual power, and Tang Wutong immediately defended him.

• Xian Lin'er fled through a bathroom window after Tang Wutong and Ning Tian arrived and risked discovering her with Jiang Yi.
• Jiang Yi and Tang Wutong bickered as he dressed, while Ning Tian noticed an extra set of clothes and silently inspected the room.
• Ning Tian told Jiang Yi that she and Tang Wutong had come for other business and asked him to speak with her elsewhere.
• At an inn, Er Ming attacked Jiang Yi with overwhelming spiritual pressure, but Jiang Yi broke free with the power of his black ring.
• Tang Wutong stood between Jiang Yi and Er Ming, who praised Jiang Yi’s spiritual power and identified him by name.

Ning Tian revealed that the Nine-Colored Goddess, Ning Rongrong, was trapped in the Valley of Love Inquiry and needed help escaping. Er Ming invited Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong to join the rescue, leaving Jiang Yi reluctant as Tang Wutong waited for his answer.

• Er Ming visited Tang Wutong, Huo Yutong, Ning Tian, and Jiang Yi, then followed them inside and kept a watchful eye on Jiang Yi.
• Er Ming sealed the room with his spiritual power, and Tian Meng recognized that he possessed Divine Sense.
• Ning Tian explained that her ancestor Ning Rongrong had bestowed a Nine Treasures Glazed Tower on her after Jiang Yi gave her an Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Ning Tian and Tang Wutong revealed that Ning Rongrong was trapped in the Valley of Love Inquiry and needed Ning Tian's help to escape.
• Er Ming invited Jiang Yi and Huo Yutong to accompany them, while Tang Wutong looked to Jiang Yi for an answer and Jiang Yi silently wished to avoid the trip.

Jiang Yi, Ning Tian, and Tang Wutong reached the Valley of Love Inquiry, where Jiang Yi encouraged Ning Tian to set aside her family’s restraints and enjoy herself. As they played by the lake, Ning Rongrong secretly activated the valley’s trial to test whether Jiang Yi could truly love the many girls around him.

• Er Ming explained that the ordinary-looking valley connected to a separate dimension and that a special method was needed to activate the Valley of Love Inquiry.
• Jiang Yi used Xiao Lan to electrify fish in the lake, and Tang Wutong eagerly jumped in to catch them by hand.
• Jiang Yi pulled Ning Tian into the water and told her she could simply be herself; she relaxed and joined Tang Wutong in playing.
• Jiang Yi, Ning Tian, Tang Wutong, and Xiao Lan began a playful water fight, while Er Ming quietly entered the otherworldly valley.
• Ning Rongrong watched their reflections with Er Ming, questioned whether Jiang Yi could sincerely love many girls, and activated the trial with a touch of the lake.

Jiang Yi, Tang Wutong, and Ning Tian were trapped in the Valley of Love Inquiry, where Ning Rongrong used its trials to test their feelings. After Tang Wutong passed her first challenge through an apparent penalty that raised her Soul Power, Ning Tian faced memories of her calculating courtship of Jiang Yi and declared that she loved him and all that came with him.

• Jiang Yi, Tang Wutong, and Ning Tian were drawn into golden bubbles and carried to the Valley of Love Inquiry's central platform.
• Tang Wutong failed to tell the truth about having a lover, but the trial's penalty increased her Soul Power by one level.
• Ning Rongrong sent Er Ming to cultivate in a golden world, then arranged for the pointer to select Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian admitted she loved Jiang Yi, and Ning Rongrong made the trial expose how Ning Tian's family and sect interests had shaped their relationship.
• Ning Tian looked toward Jiang Yi and declared that she loved them all.

Ning Tian challenged Ning Rongrong’s shallow view of love and passed the first True Heart checkpoint, while Jiang Yi confessed to loving many women and faced Ning Rongrong’s trial. He passed the checkpoint too, but was forced to endure golden lightning tempering as Tang Wutong insisted she would be his principal wife.

• Ning Tian argued that she loved Jiang Yi as a whole person and passed the first True Heart checkpoint, increasing the age of her soul rings by five thousand years.
• Tang Wutong laughed at Ning Rongrong’s defeat, so Ning Rongrong struck her with lightning and gave her an afro.
• Ning Rongrong asked Jiang Yi whether he had a lover, and he recited a long list of women before defending his feelings for them.
• Ning Rongrong tested Jiang Yi’s reasons for loving the women, judged him amorous but not heartless, and declared that he passed the first True Heart checkpoint.
• Ning Rongrong forced Jiang Yi to undergo golden lightning tempering, while Tang Wutong resolved that she would be his principal wife.