Vol. 1The Crimson Moon Mission

Long Yaochen struggled to preserve his humanity while awakening a second Martial Soul, then faced the Clear Sky Sect and led Shrek’s mission against the Holy Spirit Cult. The volume ended with Shrek winning its first tournament match as Long Yaochen displayed his overwhelming strength.

  • Long Xiaoyao brought Long Yaochen to Shrek, where Long Yaochen absorbed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire to stabilize his Martial Soul.
  • After the forest disaster, Long Yaochen confronted Xuan Zi, and Mu En removed Xuan Zi from his duties.
  • Long Yaochen defeated Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao in the Freshman Assessment championship and won the Light Demon-Breaking Right Arm Bone.
  • Long Yaochen reached Rank 40 after eight months of training, then found Wang Dong had left for home.
  • Long Yaochen entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, overcame the divinity threatening his humanity, and awakened the Eternal Night Crimson Dragon as his second Martial Soul.
  • Long Yaochen confronted Niu Tian and Titan with Mu En and Long Xiaoyao, secured Wang Dong’s return to school, and took the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Marrow stone bed.
  • Long Yaochen led Shrek’s Inspection Corps mission to Death’s Hand’s cave and severed the evil spell that was causing the captives to explode.
  • Long Yaochen led Shrek’s reserve team into the tournament and defeated Heavenly Soul Academy with his powerful Martial Soul.
Chapters 1–101 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Sun and the Moon

Long Yaochen arrived at Shrek Academy to control his unstable divine Martial Soul and became engaged to Ma Xiaotao, whose Evil Fire helped stabilize him. After confronting the academy’s leadership and settling into the Outer Court, he obtained the Life Gold and began planning a second Martial Soul to preserve his humanity.

  • Long Xiaoyao brought Long Yaochen to Shrek and demanded Ma Xiaotao’s hand, and Long Yaochen absorbed her Evil Fire to stabilize his Martial Soul.
  • Long Yaochen entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Electrolux used his power to steady Long Yaochen’s Sea of Spirit and keep his humanity from being overwhelmed.
  • After a disaster in the forest left Zhang Lexuan gravely injured and eight disciples dead, Long Yaochen confronted Xuan Zi, and Mu En stripped Xuan Zi of his duties.
  • Long Yaochen moved into Dormitory 108 with Wang Dong, used his Light Art on her, and learned from Electrolux that his pure Martial Soul rejected his humanity and needed a Source of Life.
  • Long Yaochen challenged Zhou Yi’s treatment of the freshmen, and she was expelled after the dispute, and Mu En appointed Zhang Lexuan to teach Class One.
  • Ma Xiaotao, Wang Dong, and Zhang Lexuan accompanied Long Yaochen to the Treasure Appreciation Fair, where he recognized and bought the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
  • Electrolux drew the Life Gold from the carving knife, regained a more solid form, and warned Long Yaochen that restoring his Martial Soul would destroy his humanity.
  • Long Yaochen and Electrolux planned to create a second Martial Soul based on a moon, using Zhang Lexuan’s Moon Martial Soul and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Freshman Championship and Ice Empress

Long Yaochen won the Freshman Assessment, then traveled with Long Xiaoyao to the Far North and brought the Ice Empress into his Sea of Spirit. After eight months of training, he reached Rank 40 and found Wang Dong had left for home, while Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao prepared to accompany him on another trip.

  • Long Yaochen learned he would face the Freshman Assessment winners alone, while Huo Yuhao resented his special treatment and grew more hostile toward him.
  • Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao won the team final, but Long Yaochen defeated them in the championship match and received the Light Demon-Breaking Right Arm Bone.
  • Huo Yuhao was denied a Martial Soul Department core disciple position and accepted an observation slot in the Soul Tool Department, while Long Yaochen decided to leave Shrek for a week.
  • Long Yaochen and Long Xiaoyao traveled to the Far North, where Long Yaochen persuaded the Ice Empress to trust his plan for a symbiotic path to godhood.
  • Long Yaochen used the Demigod’s method to preserve the Ice Empress’s soul in a Soul Bone origin imprint and sealed it in his Sea of Spirit.
  • Long Xiaoyao brought Long Yaochen back to Shrek, where Ma Xiaotao embraced him and Wang Dong scolded him for leaving without telling her.
  • Over the next eight months, Long Yaochen trained toward Rank 40, helped stabilize Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and grew closer to Zhang Lexuan as Wang Dong became jealous.
  • After reaching Rank 40, Long Yaochen found Wang Dong had left for home, then agreed with Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao to visit the Sea God Pavilion before their next trip.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Crimson Moon and Clear Sky

Long Yaochen entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to overcome the divinity within him, awakening a second Martial Soul and creating the Crimson Moon Spirit Realm. After returning to Shrek, he joined Mu En and Long Xiaoyao in confronting the Clear Sky Sect over Wang Dong and began investigating its secrets.

  • Long Yaochen traveled with Long Xiaoyao, Ma Xiaotao, and Zhang Lexuan to Sunset Forest, where he absorbed the Earth King's Soul Ring and entered the poisonous miasma.
  • At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Long Yaochen demanded herbs from the Immortal Herbs, then gave Ma Xiaotao the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and Zhang Lexuan Aromatic Silk Beauty.
  • Long Yaochen entered the well, where divinity threatened to erase his memories, while Ma Xiaotao awakened Ultimate Fire and helped complete his Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon Martial Soul.
  • Electrolux and the Ice Empress helped Long Yaochen preserve his humanity, bind his divinity, and absorb the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion Torso Bone as Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan transformed their Martial Souls.
  • Long Yaochen emerged with the Eternal Night Crimson Dragon as his second Martial Soul and created the Crimson Moon Spirit Realm, then moved the Immortal Herbs there.
  • Huo Yuhao absorbed an Ice Jade Scorpion in the Far North, vowed to use Soul Tools against Long Yaochen, and encountered a shadow that said he was fated to join the Holy Church.
  • Back at Shrek, Long Yaochen learned that Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao were absent, then asked Mu En to help investigate the Clear Sky Sect and traveled there with Mu En and Long Xiaoyao.
  • Long Yaochen confronted Niu Tian and Titan, secured permission for Wang Dong to return to school with an escort, took the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Marrow stone bed, and asked about the Ascension Pavilion.
Chapters 51–76 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Star Luo Mission

Long Yaochen joined Shrek’s tournament team, led an Inspection Corps mission that uncovered the Holy Spirit Cult’s brutal attack, and helped Wang Dong’er approach the mark within her. The arc ended with Shrek winning its opening tournament match as Long Yaochen’s strength stunned the audience.

  • Long Yaochen entered Shrek’s main team by defeating Dai Yueheng, then conceded to Ma Xiaotao and was publicly declared her fiancé.
  • Mu En tasked Long Yaochen with leading an Inspection Corps mission against Death’s Hand in the Star Luo Empire, while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to send Huo Yuhao to the Sun Moon Empire.
  • Long Yaochen led the Shrek team into the Mingdou Mountain Range and found Death’s Hand’s cave, where they discovered numerous captives and faced a Soul Sage empowered by Death Messenger.
  • The captives began exploding through a linked evil spell, so Long Yaochen protected the wounded and severed the spell’s hidden connection while Xuan Zi contained the blasts.
  • Xuan Zi brought the injured students back to Shrek, and Mu En ordered stronger defensive preparations and sent Xuan Zi and Qian Duoduo to Star Luo City.
  • At Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao’s arrival made Wang Dong’er’s Sea God Mark flare, and Long Yaochen gave her Light’s Demonbreak to help him reach the mark within her.
  • Wang Dong’er fused the soul bone and reached level thirty-three, then Long Yaochen led Shrek’s reserve team into the tournament and defeated Heavenly Soul Academy with his powerful Martial Soul.
Chapters 77–101 Summaries Read
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