Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• At Shrek City, Nan Shuishui teases and advises her daughter, Nan Qiuqiu, before she joins the Shrek Team. Nan Shuishui has recently become a Titled Douluo, and the Earth Dragon Gate’s prospects are improving.
• Zhang Lexuan gathers the tournament teams and explains that Jiang Yi and Tang Ya have already left. Ning Tian will captain Shrek’s team, with Wu Feng as vice-captain. Gu Qiu’er eagerly anticipates competing.
• Jiang Yi takes Tang Ya and Meng Hongchen to the Sun Moon Continent to find another Blue Silver Emperor. He explains that the one they seek is on a different continent, while the legendary Blue Silver Emperor has already ascended.
• The group reaches a secluded valley near Skysea City, blanketed in Blue Silver Grass. Tang Ya feels an instinctive bond with it.
• The grass turns hostile as they approach, but Jiang Yi summons Ah Yin. Her presence calms the valley’s Blue Silver Grass, which bows to her. She is revealed as Ah Yin II, the Blue Silver Empress.

Character developments and interactions

• Nan Shuishui is now gentler and has reached Titled Douluo status; she shares a tender, teasing farewell with Qiuqiu.
• Zhang Lexuan takes on the team’s travel responsibilities amid a transition to younger leadership at Shrek.
• Tang Ya is hopeful but skeptical about the possibility of another Blue Silver Emperor, and her connection to the grass deepens when they reach the valley.
• Jiang Yi is confident about his discovery and playful with Tang Ya and Meng Hongchen; both women accompany him on the journey.
• Meng Hongchen is delighted by the beauty of the valley and openly enjoys watching Jiang Yi and Tang Ya interact.
• Ah Yin’s arrival reveals her authority over Blue Silver Grass and establishes her as the likely key to Tang Ya’s search.

Significant themes

• Legacy and succession: Shrek’s younger leaders are taking on greater responsibility, while Tang Ya seeks a new source of strength for her future.
• Nature and belonging: Tang Ya’s bloodline bond with Blue Silver Grass foreshadows the importance of the valley’s ruler.
• Discovery and possibility: The journey challenges the assumption that only one Blue Silver Emperor can exist.
• Affection and playful intimacy: Jiang Yi’s teasing relationships contrast with the serious purpose of the expedition.

Plot and events

• Jiang Yi and Ah Yin meet a 190,000-year-old Blue Silver Emperor who recognizes Ah Yin’s rare bloodline. Ah Yin explains that she has come with her master to offer the Emperor a chance.
• The Blue Silver Emperor doubts that the goddess-like Blue Silver Empress could serve a human. Jiang Yi clarifies that Ah Yin is his contract partner and tells the Emperor that her next Heavenly Tribulation is approaching. She admits she does not expect to survive it.
• Jiang Yi explains his Soul Beast Contract, which can help Soul Beasts evade Heavenly Tribulation and grow stronger alongside a human partner. He assures her that the contract is recognized even by Di Tian.
• The Emperor agrees to try the contract. Jiang Yi chooses Tang Ya as her partner: Tang Ya is the Tang Sect’s master, has a mutated Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and carries a related bloodline.
• Tang Ya and the Emperor join their vines, beginning the contract. As Tang Ya enters the process, the Emperor appears behind her as a powerful, blue-haired figure with golden lightning around her vines—a trace of the Thunder Spirit left by surviving three lightning tribulations.
• While the contract takes hold, Ah Yin relaxes in the Blue Silver Valley. Jiang Yi approaches Meng Hongchen, who has been quietly watching, and asks what is on her mind.

Character developments and interactions

• The Blue Silver Emperor moves from disbelief and despair to hope and a determined choice to accept the contract. Her immediate goal is survival, but the bond also connects her to Tang Ya through their shared Blue Silver Grass lineage.
• Ah Yin acts as Jiang Yi’s subordinate, despite carrying the Blue Silver Empress’s bloodline. She has little attachment to her inherited identity and feels at home in the valley.
• Tang Ya is stunned to discover two Blue Silver Emperors and realizes Jiang Yi already has a contract with one. She then steps forward with confidence, promising not to disappoint her new partner.
• Jiang Yi presents the contract as an alternative to hunting Soul Beasts and leaves the final decision to the Emperor. His easy intimacy with Meng Hongchen contrasts with his practical role in arranging the contract.
• Meng Hongchen watches the encounter with curiosity and privately imagines possible romance between Jiang Yi and Ah Yin. The chapter ends with Jiang Yi approaching her.

Significant themes

• Partnership over exploitation: The Soul Beast Contract offers cooperation and shared growth instead of hunting.
• Survival and choice: Facing an apparently fatal tribulation, the Emperor is offered a chance to choose a different future.
• Bloodline and identity: Ah Yin’s inherited status does not define her sense of self, while Tang Ya and the Emperor are drawn together by their related lineage.
• Power and transformation: The Emperor’s lightning-marked appearance reflects the trials she has endured and the power those trials have left within her.

Plot and key events

• Meng Hongchen worries that returning to Bright City might endanger her family because of tensions between Shrek and the Sun Moon Empire. Jiang Yi reassures her that she can go wherever she wants. She decides they will return together and hopes to persuade her grandfather to move the Hongchen Family to Shrek.
• Tang Ya completes her Blue Silver Emperor awakening. Her appearance becomes strikingly beautiful, her Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul is fully awakened, and her Soul Power rises nearly ten levels to level 87—putting her within reach of Title Douluo.
• Jiang Yi and Meng Hongchen witness Tang Ya’s transformation. Tang Ya celebrates her success with Jiang Yi, while Ah Yin secretly senses their activities through a Blue Silver Vine and rationalizes her curiosity as part of her mission.
• At a competition in Bright City, Nan Qiuqiu admires the large Soul Tool screens. Huo Yutong admits Shrek’s technology partly comes from Sun Moon Empire designs, but Qiuqiu encourages her to help Shrek surpass them.

Character developments and interactions

• Meng Hongchen moves from anxious uncertainty to confidence about returning home, encouraged by Jiang Yi’s protective reassurance. Their relationship is affectionate and future-focused.
• Jiang Yi shows how closely he understands Meng Hongchen’s concerns and supports her decisions. He is also impressed by Tang Ya’s new power and appearance.
• Tang Ya emerges from her awakening more powerful and beautiful, but retains her familiar playful, teasing personality. She takes pride in reaching level 87.
• Ah Yin reveals a curious, mischievous side as she secretly observes through the grass, then wonders about companionship of her own.
• Huo Yutong is candid about Shrek borrowing technology, while Nan Qiuqiu responds with confidence in her abilities and in Shrek’s future.

Significant themes

• Love and reassurance: Trust and affection help Meng Hongchen overcome fear about her family’s safety.
• Transformation and power: Tang Ya’s awakening brings both a dramatic physical change and a major increase in strength.
• Ambition and rivalry: Shrek’s technological dependence on the Sun Moon Empire highlights the competition between them—and the hope that Shrek can eventually overtake it.
• Curiosity and desire: Ah Yin’s covert observation adds a comic, self-aware counterpoint to the chapter’s romantic and intimate scenes.

Plot points and events

• The Body Sect resents being placed in an open rest area while the Tang Sect sits under an awning. Vina explains that the Tang Sect’s prestige comes from its previous championship and its ties to Shrek; the Body Sect’s poor treatment reflects its long-running public feud with the Sun Moon Empire’s Virtue Hall.
• The opening match is announced: the Body Sect will face the Tang Sect. A disciple boasts that the Body Sect would have won the previous tournament if its Young Sect Master, Long Aotian, had competed.
• Long Aotian shuts down the boasting. He privately recognizes that Jiang Yi—who recently defeated the Body Sect’s leader, Du Busi—would be a serious threat.
• Emperor Xu Tianran arrives in a grand procession, but his wheelchair disappoints spectators expecting a more imposing figure. He masks his irritation and takes his place on the rostrum beside Ju Zi and Holy Spirit Cult leader Zhongli Wu.
• An empty seat has been reserved for Jiang Yi, Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion Master. Xu Tianran begins the ceremony without him, politely claiming he must be occupied.
• Jiang Yi then makes a dramatic entrance from the sky, arriving on Xiao Lan, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, with two young women in his arms. His arrival stuns the crowd and confirms his formidable reputation.

Character developments and interactions

• Vina shows political insight, recognizing the organizers’ seating arrangements as a way to provoke tension between the Body Sect and Tang Sect. She later pointedly tells a disciple to take Jiang Yi out if he enters the competition.
• Long Aotian is devoted to his fiancée, Vina, and sees himself as her protector. Despite his strength and the disciple’s admiration, he is wary rather than overconfident about facing Jiang Yi.
• Xu Tianran maintains a gracious public face despite feeling insulted by the crowd’s reaction to his disability and by Jiang Yi’s absence. Ju Zi notices his concealed anger.
• Jiang Yi’s powerful entrance draws immediate awe, especially from the Body Sect, which respects strength even while set to oppose his team.

Significant themes

• Status, rivalry, and provocation: Seating and match assignments are used to inflame tensions between competing groups.
• Public image versus private emotion: Xu Tianran’s welcoming performance conceals resentment and ambition.
• Strength and reputation: Jiang Yi’s past victories and dramatic arrival command respect, while Long Aotian’s caution contrasts with his followers’ boastfulness.
• Political maneuvering: The tournament is presented not just as a sporting event, but as a stage for managing alliances and antagonisms.

Key plot points and events

• Jiang Yi arrives at the tournament with Meng Hongchen and is welcomed by Emperor Xu Tianran and Empress Ju Zi. He considers killing Xu Tianran but decides against it, reasoning that one man’s death would not end the Sun Moon Empire’s ambitions—and that the coming war may benefit him.
• Meng reunites awkwardly with her grandfather, Jing Hongchen. Xu Tianran watches their exchange closely, while Jing’s outward displeasure helps disguise his unease about his political position.
• Ju Zi officially opens the Continental Youth Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. The first match pits the Body Sect against the Tang Sect, prompting hostility from Sun Moon spectators because of the Body Sect’s earlier attack on Virtue Hall and nearby homes.
• The individual elimination round begins with Body Sect disciple Hu Jie facing Tang Sect fighter Jiang Nannan. Hu Jie charges confidently, but discovers that Jiang Nannan is a seven-ring Soul Sage, not the opponent his team expected.
• Jiang Nannan overwhelms him with her speed and strength. Hu Jie surrenders, and her final kick cracks the metal arena, leaving him terrified.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Yi shows pragmatism rather than idealism: he avoids intervening in the empire’s politics and chooses to preserve his advantage and pursue personal gains.
• Meng Hongchen reveals that, despite leaving with Jiang Yi, she misses her family. Her return brings a restrained, awkward reconciliation with Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen balances affection for his granddaughter with public caution, performing displeasure partly to protect himself from Xu Tianran’s suspicions.
• Xu Tianran and Ju Zi present a polished, united front at the ceremony. Ju Zi’s brief reaction to Meng holding Jiang Yi’s hand suggests personal interest or unease.
• Jiang Nannan establishes herself as a formidable fighter, calmly controlling the match and stopping short of seriously injuring Hu Jie after he yields.
• Hu Jie goes from boastful confidence to panic when he realizes the Tang Sect’s strength has been underestimated.

Significant themes

• Political pragmatism and self-interest: Jiang Yi believes lasting change would require enormous personal sacrifice, which he refuses to make.
• War and entrenched conflict: The chapter suggests that political violence is rooted in institutions and ambitions, not just individual leaders.
• Public resentment and historical grievances: The crowd’s hostility toward the Body Sect reflects the human cost of its attack.
• Appearances versus reality: Courteous greetings and family gestures conceal political calculations, while the tournament exposes the gap between expectations and actual strength.

Chapter Summary: “Terrified to Tears! A Golden Freight Train! Twelve Seconds of Invincible Golden Body!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• After defeating Hu Jie, Jiang Nannan continues dominating the Body Sect’s fighters in the individual elimination match. She relies almost exclusively on Teleportation and an enhanced Invincible Golden Body, which now lasts twelve seconds instead of the five seconds it lasted five years earlier.
• Vina realizes how dangerous Jiang Nannan has become. Since the skill makes her invulnerable even against beings below godhood, Jiang Nannan can teleport away, wait for it to recover, and potentially remain protected almost continuously.
• Body Sect prodigy Long Aotian volunteers to fight her. He uses Unity of Heaven and Man, sensing Jiang Nannan’s movements and counterattacking every time she teleports. Their opening exchange becomes an even contest.
• On the viewing dais, Zhongli Wu comments on Long Aotian’s abilities and draws Jiang Yi’s attention. Jiang Yi responds dismissively while continuing to flirt with Meng Hongchen, irritating both Zhongli Wu and Jing Hongchen.
• The Abyssal Sage King, speaking through Zhongli Wu, warns him not to provoke Jiang Yi. He senses several powerful presences around Jiang Yi comparable to Zhongli Wu’s mother and fears attracting the Divine Realm’s attention. Zhongli Wu immediately decides to remain cautious.
• Xu Tianran notices the tension and secretly welcomes the possibility of Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult weakening one another.
• During the match, Long Aotian patiently studies Jiang Nannan’s habits and waits until her Invincible Golden Body expires. He then reveals his Silver-grade Second Awakening, grows into a ten-meter giant, and unleashes Mad God Slash, cornering Jiang Nannan at the arena’s edge.
• Just as the Body Sect believes Long Aotian has won, Jiang Nannan reveals an uncalled Soul Beast Contract: a gigantic Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear.
• She mounts the bear and combines its Dark Gold Dreadclaw with her Teleportation, creating an unstoppable golden charge directly toward Long Aotian. The chapter ends as he realizes he has no time to evade the attack.

Character Developments

• Jiang Nannan is shown to have advanced dramatically since the previous tournament. Her Invincible Golden Body is far stronger, and she has gained a powerful Soul Beast partner that gives her a decisive surprise option.
• Long Aotian is established as a highly skilled and disciplined fighter. Rather than attacking recklessly, he studies Jiang Nannan, counters her teleportation through Unity of Heaven and Man, and deliberately waits for her defensive skill to end.
• Vina demonstrates sharp battle awareness by recognizing both the significance of Jiang Nannan’s enhanced Soul Skill and the hidden Soul Beast Contract.
• Jiang Yi remains irreverent and confident, ignoring Zhongli Wu’s attempt at conversation and openly provoking Jing Hongchen by flirting with Meng Hongchen.
• Zhongli Wu shifts from arrogance to caution after the Abyssal Sage King warns him of Jiang Yi’s hidden strength.
• Xu Tianran shows his political cunning, preferring to let rival factions weaken one another instead of intervening directly.

Significant Themes

• Concealed strength and surprise tactics: Jiang Nannan hides her most important advantage until Long Aotian believes he has cornered her.
• Adaptation and strategy: Long Aotian’s success comes from studying his opponent rather than simply overpowering her.
• Power escalation: The extended Invincible Golden Body, advanced martial awakening, and Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear all emphasize how far the combatants have progressed.
• Political manipulation and hidden agendas: The spectators are engaged in their own struggles, with Zhongli Wu fearing Jiang Yi, the Abyssal Sage King seeking survival, and Xu Tianran exploiting the conflict.
• Humor amid danger: Jiang Yi’s shameless teasing and Long Aotian’s comic final thought contrast with the increasingly lethal battle.

Character Interactions

• Jiang Nannan and Long Aotian: Their fight pits teleportation and invulnerability against perception, timing, and overwhelming physical force.
• Zhongli Wu and Jiang Yi: Zhongli Wu attempts to acknowledge Jiang Yi’s judgment, but Jiang Yi’s dismissive response leaves him enraged.
• Jiang Yi and Meng Hongchen/Jing Hongchen: Jiang Yi openly flirts with Meng Hongchen in front of her grandfather, provoking Jing Hongchen’s hostility.
• Zhongli Wu and the Abyssal Sage King: The Sage King warns Zhongli Wu that Jiang Yi is far more dangerous than he appears, causing Zhongli Wu to suppress his anger.
• Xu Tianran and the competing factions: Xu Tianran silently observes the tension and plans to benefit from conflict between Shrek and the Holy Spirit Cult.

Chapter Summary: “Tang Sect Makes Its Name! The Powers Are Shaken!”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Long Aotian is caught off guard when Jiang Nannan’s contracted Ten-Thousand-Year Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear suddenly uses its devastating Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Although Aotian is unable to move and appears certain to be killed, referee Zheng Zhan intervenes. He uses an Invincible Shield to block the attack, though the impact badly damages the arena and leaves him shaken.
• Long Aotian is eliminated, and the Body Sect Team concedes the remaining individual matches. The Tang Sect wins the individual competition after seven consecutive victories.
• Jiang Nannan’s performance astonishes the audience because the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear can use Teleportation and Invincible Golden Body—abilities apparently granted through her Soul Skills rather than ordinary Soul Beast contracts.
• Spectators begin discussing the Tang Sect’s Contract Secret Art, while powerful factions recognize that Shrek Academy has likely concealed or improved important aspects of the technique.
• Vina realizes that Shrek’s advanced contract method could greatly benefit the Heaven Dou Empire and resolves to obtain it.
• In the VIP area, Xu Tianran questions Jiang Yi about the contract method. Jiang Yi reveals improved High-Tier Poké Balls capable of contracting Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and gives several to the Sun Moon Empire as a diplomatic gift.
• Xu Tianran accepts them as evidence of the empire’s growing prestige, but his satisfaction fades when Jiang Yi gives Jing Hongchen even more Poké Balls.

Character Developments

• Long Aotian: Suffers a decisive defeat and recognizes that Jiang Nannan’s combination of Soul Beast abilities and Soul Skills is nearly impossible to counter. His confidence is replaced by resignation.
• Jiang Nannan: Establishes herself as a dominant fighter whose partnership with the Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear is far more advanced than ordinary Soul Beast contracts. Her victory makes her a major attraction to both the public and political powers.
• Zheng Zhan: Demonstrates the danger of the battle by risking himself and using an Invincible Shield to save Aotian. Even as a powerful referee, he is visibly affected by the bear’s attack.
• Vina: Moves from simply witnessing the match to actively planning how to secure Shrek’s enhanced contract technology for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Gu Qiu’er and Gu Yuena: Qiu’er complains that Jiang Nannan’s abilities unfairly counter powerful close-combat fighters like herself. Gu Yuena remains confident in her own elemental abilities and believes she could still defeat Nannan.
• Jiang Yi: Acts as a diplomatic representative of the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, using improved Soul Tools to strengthen relations with the Sun Moon Empire while subtly maintaining the Tang Sect’s superior position.
• Xu Tianran: Displays growing confidence in the Sun Moon Empire’s strength and his own political status, but is reminded that Shrek and the Tang Sect still control valuable advantages.

Significant Themes

• The disruptive power of innovation: The improved Soul Beast contract system changes assumptions about how Soul Masters and Soul Beasts can cooperate.
• Political and military competition: The Tang Sect’s technology immediately attracts the attention of the Heaven Dou Empire, Sun Moon Empire, and other major factions.
• Power beyond individual strength: The chapter emphasizes that advanced techniques and coordinated abilities can overcome even elite fighters such as Long Aotian.
• Public spectacle versus hidden strategy: Ordinary spectators focus on Jiang Nannan’s impressive victory, while experts analyze the deeper implications of her abilities.
• Diplomacy and influence: Jiang Yi’s distribution of High-Tier Poké Balls serves both as a gift and as a reminder that the Tang Sect possesses technology others desperately want.
• Changing balance of power: The Tang Sect’s victory and new technology begin to shake the established hierarchy among Shrek Academy, the empires, and the major sects.

Character Interactions

• Long Aotian and Zheng Zhan: Zheng Zhan saves Aotian from the Dark Gold Dreadclaw and formally declares him eliminated.
• Vina and the Body Sect: After seeing Aotian defeated, Vina concedes the matches on behalf of her team, acknowledging the Tang Sect’s overwhelming advantage.
• Vina and Shrek Academy: Though she does not directly confront them, Vina studies Jiang Nannan’s abilities and decides that Shrek’s improved contract method must be acquired.
• Gu Qiu’er and Gu Yuena: Qiu’er voices frustration over Jiang Nannan’s unfairly effective abilities, while Gu Yuena comforts and reassures her, boasting that she has ways to counter Nannan.
• Xu Tianran and Jiang Yi: Xu questions Jiang Yi about the contract technique, and Jiang Yi presents the improved Poké Balls as a diplomatic offering.
• Xu Tianran, Jiang Yi, and Jing Hongchen: Xu believes the gift reflects his empire’s rising status, but Jiang Yi’s larger gift to Jing Hongchen undercuts his sense of superiority and highlights the Tang Sect’s careful political maneuvering.

Key events

• Jiang Yi gives Jing Hongchen five high-grade Poké Balls in public. Jing accepts them despite Xu Tianran’s watchful gaze; Xu privately resents what he sees as Jing taking Shrek’s favor and vows to deal with him.
• The Body Sect chooses to fight the Tang Sect in the team match, but its team is crushed. Gu Qiu’er and Huo Yutong’s contracted soul beasts draw attention, and the crowd gives the girls admiring nicknames. The Tang Sect’s contract technique quickly becomes a sensation.
• A cloaked girl and her black-robed teacher watch Huo Yutong from the stands. The teacher confirms that she is the girl’s senior sister and notes that the soul-beast contract has been successfully developed, but postpones their reunion.
• That night, Vina visits Xu Jiujiu. Their warm, teasing reunion gives way to Vina’s questions about Shrek’s contract technique; Xu hints that she can help and proposes a plan privately.
• Back at the Tang Sect’s hotel, Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan spar using her unusually intimate Soft Bone Lock. Later, several girls get caught peeking: Tang Wutong and Xiao Xiao flee, while Huo Yutong is less convincing about not watching. The scene ends in broad comedic chaos as Xiao Xiao gathers Huo Yutong and Tang Wutong around Jiang Yi.

Character developments and interactions

• Jing Hongchen accepts valuable gifts for his family’s gifted juniors, while Xu Tianran’s jealousy and suspicion toward him intensify.
• Vina and Xu Jiujiu show genuine affection and an established friendship that also provides a discreet channel between their royal families.
• The Tang Sect girls display strong teamwork in battle, while the chapter’s hotel scenes emphasize their teasing, competitive closeness with Jiang Yi.
• The cloaked girl is revealed to have a personal connection to Huo Yutong, setting up a future reunion.

Significant themes

• Power and rivalry: The Tang Sect’s overwhelming victory establishes its strength and growing influence.
• New techniques and changing relationships: The soul-beast contract draws attention from allies and observers alike.
• Court intrigue: Gifts, suspicion, and private royal diplomacy hint at political maneuvering beyond the tournament.
• Comedic camaraderie: The chapter contrasts public competition and political tension with playful, intimate scenes among the Tang Sect characters.

Plot points and events

• After an exhausting night with Jiang Yi, Xiao Xiao, Tang Wutong, and Huo Yutong wake up sore and embarrassed. Huo Yutong is already accustomed to sharing Jiang Yi’s attention and says the group has the day off while Qiu’er handles the match.
• The Tang Sect and Shrek make spectacular tournament debuts. The Tang Sect’s three-woman team and Shrek’s handsome “Dragon-Tiger-Tortoise” trio become the competition’s main attractions, overshadowing even the Holy Spirit Sect.
• Jiang Yi leaves the tournament’s day-to-day management to his senior sister. Meanwhile, Jiang Nannan’s partnership with a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear attracts attention for dramatically amplifying her fighting ability.
• Jiang Yi meets with Princess Xu Jiujiu and Princess Vina in an underground auction hall. They want to learn more about, and potentially buy, advanced Soul Beast Contract techniques that let a beast companion synergize with a Soul Master.

Character developments

• Huo Yutong shows greater ease with Jiang Yi’s relationships, explaining that her objection was less about his loving multiple people than about his avoiding responsibility.
• Xiao Xiao is overwhelmed by the previous night and becomes more conscious of how she compares physically with her friends.
• Xu Jiujiu openly shows her familiarity and history with Jiang Yi, while Vina remains dignified and focused on the practical value of his contract system.
• Jiang Yi continues to combine confidence and teasing with considerable influence over the tournament and Soul Beast Contract research.

Character interactions

• The opening centers on Jiang Yi’s intimate reunion with Xiao Xiao, Tang Wutong, and Huo Yutong; the next morning, Huo Yutong gently checks on Xiao Xiao.
• The tournament’s two standout groups—Shrek’s male trio and the Tang Sect’s female trio—are framed as rival crowd favorites.
• Xu Jiujiu flirts and jokes with Jiang Yi, while Vina tries to steer their conversation toward business. Jiujiu presses Jiang Yi to name a price, and Vina waits to hear whether he will sell the technique.

Significant themes

• Power through partnership: The Soul Beast Contract can transform a Soul Master’s combat strength when companion and abilities work in harmony.
• Public spectacle and rivalry: The tournament’s attention gravitates toward teams with striking appearances and exceptional skills.
• Affection and responsibility: Huo Yutong’s changing perspective highlights that commitment means more than affection—it also requires accountability.

Key plot points

• Jiang Yi explains that high-grade contract Poké Balls require scarce spirit metal, which lets them merge with martial souls and allow users to borrow some of their contracted soul beasts’ abilities.
• Vina and Xu Jiujiu offer to supply spirit metal and ask the Tang Sect to manufacture the balls. Jiang Yi agrees, then claims he dreamed of the Sea God, who warned him that an Abyss calamity will threaten the continent.
• Jiang Yi uses the supposed prophecy to promote cooperation among the empires and asks the princesses to urge their rulers to spare civilians if war breaks out. They agree, and the Tang Sect’s balls are priced at 150,000 each, despite Jiang Yi’s claim that he would waive the processing fee.
• After Vina leaves, Xu Jiujiu eagerly resumes her intimate relationship with Jiang Yi. Later, while watching the auction, Jiang Yi notices a scale inside someone’s Master Ball react to a golden saber.

Character developments and interactions

• Jiang Yi presents himself as compassionate and farsighted, but privately admits he invented the Sea God dream to unite the continent and benefit from Tang San’s reputation. His persuasive performance earns the princesses’ trust and admiration.
• Xu Jiujiu shifts from teasing Jiang Yi to concern when he feigns sadness, then becomes openly affectionate once Vina departs.
• Vina, initially interested in arranging the Poké Ball deal, leaves impressed by Jiang Yi’s apparent concern for the continent. She also reflects that her side had misjudged him.
• The maids witness the Sea God revelation; Qingya later takes over for Xu Jiujiu during her private encounter with Jiang Yi.

Significant themes

• Political influence through shared danger: Jiang Yi invents a common threat to encourage cooperation between rival powers.
• Persuasion and self-interest: His humanitarian message is sincere in its appeal but also serves his strategic aims—and helps secure a lucrative contract.
• The gap between image and motive: Jiang Yi’s public persona of selfless leadership contrasts with his private cynicism and opportunism.
• Power and scarcity: Spirit metal’s rarity makes high-grade soul-beast contracts valuable and gives the Tang Sect leverage in negotiations.

Key plot points and events

• At an auction, Jiang Yi recognizes a plain golden blade as potentially connected to the Dragon God. Xu Jiujiu explains that it has a history of cutting through anything but cannot be powered by Soul Power, altered, or used normally, so it is usually treated as a curiosity.
• Jiang Yi wins the blade for 2.8 million, then tests it with the Silver Dragon King’s elemental power.
• The blade transports his awareness to a vision of the Divine Realm: the young Dragon God forges the Dragon Clan Execution Blade from his own horn and demonstrates its immense power.
• The Dragon God briefly notices Jiang Yi’s presence and senses an unfamiliar shadow associated with the beast race. He dismisses the possibility of defeat and reaffirms his determination to lead the Dragon Clan.
• Jiang Yi returns to the auction room with the blade unchanged. Though disappointed that Xu Jiujiu experienced nothing, he is excited by the glimpse of the Dragon God’s strength.

Character developments

• Jiang Yi shows curiosity and confidence, spending freely on the blade and experimenting with it. His encounter deepens his interest in the Dragon God, though he decides not to abandon his own path.
• Xu Jiujiu demonstrates her knowledge of auction items and remains affectionate and supportive, while also hoping the blade might recognize Jiang Yi.
• The young Dragon God appears powerful and ambitious. A fleeting vision of a possible future unsettles him, but he quickly restores his confidence and commitment to his wife and clan.

Significant themes

• Power, destiny, and foreboding: The Dragon God’s brief perception of Jiang Yi hints at a future that may challenge his certainty.
• Inheritance and connection: The blade’s response to Silver Dragon King power links Jiang Yi to the Dragon God’s history.
• Ambition and resolve: Both Jiang Yi and the Dragon God remain committed to pursuing their own paths.

Character interactions

• Jiang Yi and Xu Jiujiu share playful affection as she explains the blade and encourages his investigation.
• The Dragon God shares a tender moment with his wife, who notices his distraction and asks what is wrong.
• Jiang Yi and the Dragon God briefly meet across time through the blade’s vision, though neither fully understands the encounter.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Xu Jiujiu comforts Jiang Yi after he becomes disappointed by an auction item. He responds with affection, and the two spend the evening together while Qingya assists them. Before leaving, Xu Jiujiu jokes about marrying him, though both recognize that their political positions make marriage complicated.
• After the auction, Jiang Yi goes to a secluded alley and confronts Keke, who had been following him. Keke gives him a letter from Ju Zi inviting him to meet at East China Gate at noon two days later. Jiang Yi puts the letter away without opening it.
• Jiang Yi senses two approaching figures and activates his nine-ring Ice and Snow Domain, expecting a possible fight. Instead, he discovers that one visitor is Electrolux, an old mentor he has not seen in years.
• Electrolux introduces his new disciple, Ye Guyi, and then abruptly leaves her in Jiang Yi’s care. He had taken her in out of compassion after rescuing her, but his own magic is constrained in this world, so she must rely on her Angel Martial Soul.
• Jiang Yi takes Ye Guyi to the Yuelai Hotel, intending to introduce her to Huo Yutong as her senior sister. Huo Yutong is startled to learn that she has suddenly become one.

Character developments

• Jiang Yi shows affection toward Xu Jiujiu, but is also increasingly powerful: his nine Soul Rings and Ice and Snow Domain impress Electrolux. He is surprised by Electrolux’s return and ends the chapter taking responsibility for Ye Guyi.
• Xu Jiujiu is openly affectionate and playful with Jiang Yi. Her joke about a large dowry hints at her willingness to marry him, while her awareness of their political circumstances tempers the prospect.
• Keke appears more composed and serious than when she was a mischievous student, reflecting her new role as a military officer.
• Electrolux remains compassionate, taking Ye Guyi as his disciple, but is also evasive and leaves Jiang Yi to look after her.
• Ye Guyi is introduced as an orphan with a powerful Angel Martial Soul and a strikingly pure, righteous presence. She is innocent and trusting, and welcomes the chance to have a family.
• Huo Yutong is surprised by her new status as Ye Guyi’s senior sister.

Significant themes

• Found family and mentorship: Ye Guyi gains a teacher, a senior brother, and potentially a senior sister after being orphaned.
• Affection amid duty: Jiang Yi and Xu Jiujiu’s relationship is warm, but their political positions complicate marriage.
• Growth and reunion: Jiang Yi’s increased strength is evident when he meets his old mentor again, while Keke’s changed demeanor shows her own maturation.
• Inherited identity and reputation: Ye Guyi’s Angel Martial Soul carries a respected legacy, despite the controversial history of the Angel God.

Character interactions

• Xu Jiujiu comforts and flirts with Jiang Yi, while Qingya quietly supports them.
• Keke delivers Ju Zi’s invitation but leaves without explaining its purpose.
• Electrolux warmly greets Jiang Yi, introduces Ye Guyi, and entrusts her to him before vanishing.
• Ye Guyi respectfully accepts Jiang Yi as her senior brother, and he brings her to meet Huo Yutong, whose surprise closes the chapter.

Plot points and events

• Huo Yutong welcomes Ye Guyi as her junior sister and explains Shrek Academy’s departments, suggesting the Beast Taming Department may suit her. They quickly bond, and Jiang Yi leaves them to talk.
• At Sun Moon Royal Academy, Xiao Hongchen panics over Meng Hongchen’s attachment to Jiang Yi, while their grandfather, Jing Hongchen, takes a more pragmatic view.
• Meng urges Jing and Xiao to leave the Sun Moon Empire for Shrek, warning that Emperor Xu Tianran will eventually punish the Hongchen family because Jing killed the previous emperor. She reveals that Jiang Yi informed her and gives Jing a Tang Sect token, directing the family to a meeting place in seven days if they decide to flee.
• Jing hesitates, reluctant to abandon the family’s wealth and standing, but recognizes the danger. Xiao, meanwhile, begins warming to the idea of joining Shrek.
• Jiang Yi visits Gu Yuena, who suspects he wants something from her. He says he has a gift for her.

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yutong steps into the role of senior sister, while Ye Guyi’s nervousness gives way to admiration and easy camaraderie.
• Meng Hongchen shows growing resolve and political awareness, prioritizing her family’s survival over loyalty to the empire. She directly challenges Jing’s hope that the family can remain neutral.
• Jing Hongchen is forced to confront how precarious the family’s position has become, while Xiao’s protectiveness and initial resistance soften.
• Jiang Yi’s influence extends beyond Shrek: his relationship with Meng and his information network shape the Hongchens’ choices. His final, unexplained gift to Gu Yuena sets up the next scene.

Significant themes

• Belonging and companionship: The new bond between Huo Yutong and Ye Guyi offers both girls support.
• Family survival and political allegiance: The Hongchens must weigh their home, wealth, and reputation against the danger of staying under Xu Tianran.
• Influence and power: Jiang Yi’s strength and network make him a compelling ally—and a figure whose reach affects both personal and political decisions.

Key plot points

• Jiang Yi returns the Dragon-Slaying Blade to Gu Yuena, who is delighted to reclaim the Dragon Clan relic and immediately imagines using it to discipline Di Tian.
• Claiming they must convincingly pose as partners to hide Gu Yuena’s identity from Tang San, Jiang Yi pulls her into bed and holds her while they sleep. Gu Yuena objects, but eventually rationalizes the arrangement.
• In the morning, Gu Yuena wakes nestled against Jiang Yi and briefly finds herself drawn to him. Jiang Yi exploits their mind-link to tease her, then kisses her. She is overwhelmed by the unexpected pleasure and orders him out; afterward, she vents her embarrassment on a pillow and wonders why the kiss felt so different.
• At the imperial court, Zhongli Wu reports that the net is ready to trap the sects’ Soul Masters. Xu Tianran approves the plan, while ordering that Shrek Academy’s people be spared. He intends to use the captured fighters to keep their sects from interfering with his coming war.
• Ju Zi warns that the Holy Spirit Cult may eventually betray Xu Tianran. He admits he sees the cult as a temporary weapon to discard once his goals are achieved.
• Xu Tianran asks whom Ju Zi has chosen for a separate plan. She names Prince Yu, whose disgraceful reputation should prevent suspicion if he dies. Xu Tianran accepts the choice, but becomes furious after she leaves, revealing his jealousy and resentment that he must arrange for her to be with another man.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Yuena shifts from suspicion and resistance toward reluctant curiosity about Jiang Yi. She tries to preserve her dignity through rationalizations and denial, but the kiss leaves her shaken and conflicted.
• Jiang Yi uses humor, their mind-link, and the pretext of maintaining their cover to draw Gu Yuena closer. He returns the blade selflessly—or at least strategically—and takes advantage of her vulnerability in the morning.
• Xu Tianran shows a calculating, ruthless side beneath his genial public manner. His disability fuels humiliation and possessiveness, especially toward Ju Zi.
• Ju Zi remains outwardly obedient and composed but privately despises Xu Tianran’s weakness. Their exchange exposes the gulf between his possessive claims and her contemptuous independence.
• Zhongli Wu serves Xu Tianran’s plan while pursuing the Holy Spirit Cult’s own interests, making him both an ally and a looming threat.

Significant themes

• Power and manipulation: Jiang Yi maneuvers Gu Yuena through their bond, while Xu Tianran treats the Holy Spirit Cult and captured sects as tools.
• Desire, denial, and control: Gu Yuena struggles to reconcile her attraction with her pride; Xu Tianran’s possessiveness contrasts with Ju Zi’s refusal to be emotionally claimed.
• Hidden intentions: Characters conceal their real motives behind affectionate teasing, obedience, or political cooperation.
• Vulnerability beneath authority: The powerful Silver Dragon King is unsettled by intimacy, while the emperor’s authority cannot shield him from insecurity and jealousy.

Tang Wutong’s group defeated Shrek in the tournament, while Jiang Yi punished Tang Wutong for hiding the halberd’s origins. Elsewhere, Evil Soul Masters ambushed the Body Sect party; Vina’s survivors fled, and she concluded their attackers had another target near Bright City.

• Tang Wutong and the other Tang Sect sisters defeated Dai Huabin, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi, while the Tang Sect won the team match against Shrek.
• Zhang Lexuan scolded Shrek’s dejected team, and Jiang Yi questioned Tang Wutong about her halberd before punishing her at the Yuelai Hotel for lying.
• Evil Soul Masters ambushed the Body Sect party near the Mingdou Mountain Range, forcing Mu Xue and the surviving disciples to flee with Vina as Long Aotian was captured alive.
• The Fourth Elder arrived with the captured Body Sect elder and confirmed that the higher-ups had specifically requested Long Aotian.
• Vina proposed returning to Bright City and reasoned that the ambush near the border was incidental because the Evil Soul Masters had been targeting something else.

Vina decided to return to Bright City with the Body Sect survivors to warn the major sects about the Sun Moon Empire’s possible attack. Jiang Yi learned that Xixi had failed to report Tang Sect deployments, then met Ju Zi in the Empress’s Bedchamber, where she warned him that Xu Tianran was outside.

• Vina concluded that the Sun Moon Empire might be targeting the major sects in Bright City and chose to return there with the Body Sect survivors.
• Jiang Yi visited Xixi’s bookshop, learned she had missed Tang Sect deployments, and ordered her to copy the rules a hundred times.
• Jiang Yi left to relocate every Tang Sect outpost and went to the Imperial City’s East Gate to meet Ju Zi.
• Keke led Jiang Yi through a secret passage into the Empress’s Bedchamber, where Ju Zi had dragged an unconscious prince aside.
• Ju Zi covered Jiang Yi’s mouth and warned him that Xu Tianran was right outside.

Ju Zi persuaded Jiang Yi to help her conceive a child, revealing that Xu Tianran wanted her to bear an heir with another man because of his physical condition. As Xu Tianran waited outside the soundproofed hall, Jiang Yi and Ju Zi began their encounter, and the hall doors shifted.

• Xu Tianran waited outside the hall and ordered Eunuch Tang to bring him memorials while Ju Zi was inside.
• Ju Zi threatened to expose the Tang Sect’s deeds to secure Jiang Yi’s help, then explained Xu Tianran’s plan for her to conceive a child with another man.
• Ju Zi admitted she had loved Jiang Yi since they parted in the Jingyang Mountain Range three years earlier and said she had chosen him because she liked him.
• Ju Zi drank wine laced with Bliss Powder, leaned against Jiang Yi, and pleaded with him not to let another man defile her.
• Jiang Yi warned Ju Zi not to regret her choice, while Xu Tianran continued reviewing memorials outside the soundproofed hall.
• The hall doors shifted almost imperceptibly as Xu Tianran finished another memorial.

Xu Tianran tortured Long Aotian after ordering him castrated, while Vina fled toward Bright City and vowed revenge. After spending the night with Jiang Yi, Ju Zi refused to leave with him and kept a hidden Soul Tool as part of her plan against Xu Tianran.

• Xu Tianran summoned Long Aotian, ordered him castrated, and had him thrown into the Heavenly Prison.
• Vina sensed that something had happened to Long Aotian, then continued toward Bright City and swore to avenge him.
• Jiang Yi offered to take Ju Zi away, but she refused because she still wanted revenge through the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ju Zi revealed that she had secretly obtained a Soul Tool as a backup plan and ordered Keke to remove the dead eighth prince.
• Ju Zi left the bedchamber to report to Xu Tianran.

Vina reached Shrek with Xu Jiujiu and asked Jiang Yi for help after Evil Soul Masters killed her companions. As Bright City remained sealed off, Jiang Yi heard their plan to survive the crisis and confront the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xu Jiujiu and the disguised Vina arrived at Shrek and asked to see Jiang Yi, who was resting in his bedroom.
• Vina waited anxiously until Jiang Yi emerged and led her and Xu Jiujiu to his room to discuss an urgent matter.
• Vina broke down and told Xu Jiujiu and Jiang Yi that Evil Soul Masters had killed her friends and Long Aotian.
• Xu Jiujiu said Bright City was surrounded and proposed striking back against the Sun Moon Empire, but Jiang Yi demanded that she explain her plan.

Jiang Yi proposed a feint against the Sun Moon Imperial Palace while he attacked a Holy Spirit Cult branch in Bright City, and Xu Jiujiu and Vina organized the allied forces. As the coalition approached the palace, Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu revealed they had anticipated the attack and prepared an ambush for Jiang Yi.

• Zhang Lexuan objected to attacking the Sun Moon Imperial Palace first, so Jiang Yi proposed targeting the Holy Spirit Cult instead and showed the others its Bright City branch on a map.
• Jiang Yi assigned Xu Jiujiu and Zhang Lexuan to lead a feint against the palace while he handled the Holy Spirit Cult base, and he reassured Xu Jiujiu that he could face its two Limit Douluos.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina secretly contacted factions across the Three Kingdoms and gathered several hundred Soul Masters, including Shrek Academy members.
• Two days later, Soul Masters from the Three Kingdoms converged on the Sun Moon Imperial Palace under cover of darkness.
• Xu Tianran, Zhongli Wu, Ju Zi, and Long Xiaoyao watched from a palace terrace as Zhongli Wu revealed that they had prepared a trap for the attackers and were waiting to ambush Jiang Yi.