Chapter Summaries

Long Yaochen’s unstable Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon Martial Soul nearly consumed his humanity, forcing Long Xiaoyao to suppress its Divinity and insist that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix was his only chance to survive. Long Xiaoyao brought Yaochen to Shrek Academy and demanded that Mu En meet him.

• Long Yaochen broke through Rank 39 as his Martial Soul’s Divinity stripped away his memories and emotions.
• Long Xiaoyao shattered the secret chamber’s steel door and used his Silent Darkness Domain to suppress the blazing Divinity threatening his disciple.
• Long Xiaoyao told Long Yaochen that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire was his only path to completing his Martial Soul and surviving, and insisted that he marry her.
• Long Yaochen accepted that he needed to survive and agreed to go with his teacher.
• Long Xiaoyao carried Long Yaochen to Sea God Island, where the Golden Tree reacted to his arrival, and called for Mu En to come out.

Long Xiaoyao arrived at Sea God Island and demanded that Mu En hand over Ma Xiaotao. After overpowering Yan Shaozhe and briefly clashing with Mu En, he forced Shrek’s master to yield, but Ma Xiaotao appeared before anyone could fetch her, stirring a reaction from Long Yaochen’s Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon.

• Long Xiaoyao’s pressure struck Sea God Island, and Yan Shaozhe tried to stop him before Long Xiaoyao shattered his barrier and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Long Yaochen urged Long Xiaoyao to restrain himself, and Mu En emerged from the Golden Tree to confront his old rival.
• Long Xiaoyao demanded that Mu En hand over Ma Xiaotao, while Yan Shaozhe protested and collapsed from his injuries.
• Long Xiaoyao and Mu En clashed with their domains, but Mu En’s frail condition forced him to stop.
• Long Xiaoyao threatened to destroy Sea God Island unless Mu En surrendered Ma Xiaotao, and Mu En agreed to bring her forward.
• Ma Xiaotao appeared, and Long Yaochen’s Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon reacted to her aura.

Long Xiaoyao revealed that his disciple Long Yaochen needed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire to repair his God-tier Martial Soul and demanded they become engaged. Long Yaochen demonstrated his power by absorbing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, leaving her freed from its torment and instinctively drawn to him.

• Mu En silenced the protesting elders and asked Long Xiaoyao why he had come to take Ma Xiaotao.
• Long Xiaoyao revealed that Long Yaochen had a God-tier Martial Soul with a fatal flaw and proposed an engagement with Ma Xiaotao in exchange for his help controlling her Evil Fire.
• Mu En recognized Long Yaochen’s extraordinary potential and considered bringing him into Shrek’s service.
• Long Yaochen unleashed his divine Martial Soul, causing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire to surge toward him.
• Long Yaochen absorbed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, partially stabilizing his Martial Soul Core and leaving Ma Xiaotao relieved and instinctively eager to approach him.

Long Xiaoyao agreed to leave Long Yaochen at Shrek as an exchange student so he could resolve his Martial Soul problem, with Ma Xiaotao helping him. Long Yaochen accepted under pressure, then shocked the elders by demanding that Mu En arrange a room for him and Ma Xiaotao.

• Ma Xiaotao agreed to marry Long Yaochen after recognizing her Martial Soul's response to him.
• Mu En proposed that Long Yaochen stay at Shrek as an exchange student and work with Ma Xiaotao to resolve their Martial Soul problems.
• Long Xiaoyao decided Shrek was a better place for Long Yaochen than Sun Moon Imperial Academy and ordered him to stay.
• Long Yaochen reluctantly agreed, and Long Xiaoyao left him in Shrek's care with a threat to the elders.
• Long Yaochen demanded that Mu En get him and Ma Xiaotao a room, prompting Yan Shaozhe to faint.

Long Yaochen invited Ma Xiaotao to the Star Dou Great Forest, claiming an enormous opportunity awaited him, and his search summoned an ancient presence. The voice noticed Long Yaochen’s pure Light and left both of them facing an unexpected encounter.

• Long Yaochen told Ma Xiaotao he planned to enter Shrek’s Outer Court, and she reluctantly accepted his decision.
• Long Yaochen invited Ma Xiaotao to the Star Dou Great Forest, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Long Yaochen searched the forest for the opportunity he had sensed while Ma Xiaotao grew frustrated with their wandering.
• An ancient aura descended, and Ma Xiaotao activated her Martial Soul and shielded Long Yaochen.
• Long Yaochen unleashed the full power of his Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon, and an aged voice recognized him as a pure Child of Light.

Long Yaochen nearly lost himself to the overwhelming divinity in his martial soul when the gray light entered his body, but Electrolux used his deathly energy to restore balance to the Tower of Heaven. After waking, Long Yaochen realized his gamble had succeeded and teased a worried Ma Xiaotao.

• Long Yaochen poured his Soul Power into the gray light as it flew toward him, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm hid the unconscious young man it had found by a stream.
• The gray light entered Long Yaochen, and its radiance intensified the imbalance in his Sea of Spirit until the Tower of Heaven began to topple and his humanity was nearly overwhelmed.
• Electrolux appeared as a black-robed deity and used deathly energy to hold the tower upright, suppress the golden divine light, and leave a gray support beside the fire support before his strength gave out.
• Long Yaochen awakened and understood that Electrolux’s power had stabilized his martial soul, completing the gamble he had planned.
• Ma Xiaotao offered Long Yaochen a handkerchief, but he grabbed her wrist and teased her about becoming a widow before their marriage.

Tang San was confined after attempting to investigate a sacred power from the lower realm, while Mu En arranged for Long Yaochen to join Zhou Yi’s class at Shrek Academy. The chapter ended when Elder Song announced that Elder Xuan’s team had met with disaster in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang San sensed an unfamiliar sacred aura from Douluo Planet, but Destruction interrupted his investigation and placed him in confinement for three days.
• Destruction concealed Douluo Planet from Tang San’s divine sense, provoking Tang San’s furious accusation from the confinement chamber.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned Mu En about the marriage agreement with Long Xiaoyao, and Mu En insisted that Xiaotao’s agreement with Long Yaochen was fortunate for Shrek.
• Mu En directed Yan Shaozhe to place Long Yaochen in Zhou Yi’s class in the Outer Court.
• Elder Song arrived at the Sea God Pavilion and reported that Elder Xuan’s team had encountered disaster while hunting soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

After a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast killed eight Inner Court disciples and left Zhang Lexuan near death, Xuan Zi resigned from his Shrek duties and tried to leave Sea God Pavilion. Zhang Lexuan entered the hall and knelt before him, leaving the reason for her plea unresolved.

• Elder Song told Yan Shaozhe and Mu En that eight Inner Court disciples had died and Zhang Lexuan had forcibly absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, leaving her unconscious and gravely injured.
• Mu En spat blood in grief, and after recovering with Song Yunzhi’s help, ordered Xuan Zi to come to Sea God Pavilion.
• Ma Xiaotao and Long Yaochen returned to Shrek Academy, joked by Sea God Lake, and headed toward Sea God Pavilion after spotting people arriving.
• Xuan Zi resigned from his position as deputy leader of the Shrek Inspection Team and all Sea God Pavilion duties, taking responsibility for the disciples’ deaths.
• Zhang Lexuan entered the hall with Elder Zhuang, pushed him away, and knelt before Xuan Zi as he prepared to leave.

Zhang Lexuan persuaded Xuan Zi to remain at Shrek despite the deaths of eight Inner Court students, but Long Yaochen arrived and mocked the academy’s response. After Xuan Zi attacked him and was subdued, Mu En stripped Xuan Zi of his duties and ordered Long Yaochen to stay behind.

• Zhang Lexuan begged Xuan Zi to stay at Shrek, and he agreed to remain and atone for his mistakes.
• Long Yaochen entered Sea God Pavilion with Ma Xiaotao and ridiculed Xuan Zi and the others for asking the victims to keep him at the academy.
• Xuan Zi unleashed his rank-ninety-eight Soul Power against Long Yaochen, but Long Yaochen’s golden dragon claw slammed him to the floor.
• Zhang Lexuan fainted when her old injuries flared up, and Elder Zhuang carried her away to rest.
• Mu En stripped Xuan Zi of his duties, appointed Elder Song to act in his place, and ordered Xuan Zi into seclusion.
• Mu En dismissed everyone except Long Yaochen, whom he asked to stay.

Long Yaochen spoke with Mu En about Shrek’s failures and was assigned to Zhou Yi’s class in the Outer Court. After moving into Dormitory 108, he unexpectedly met his roommate Wang Dong, who was stunned by his appearance.

• Mu En told Long Yaochen that Shrek could no longer stop changing and assigned him to Zhou Yi’s class, hoping he would stir up the academy.
• Long Yaochen woke in Ma Xiaotao’s dorm, took the school uniform and key she had brought him, and left for the Outer Court.
• Long Yaochen found Dormitory 108 filthy and opened its window to air it out.
• Wang Dong arrived as Long Yaochen’s roommate, complained about the dorm, and forgot her rules when she realized he was more handsome than her.

Long Yaochen used his Divinity-tainted power to make Wang Dong obediently clean their dorm. Afterward, Mu En remarked on Long Yaochen’s unusual light attribute, while Long Yaochen left to get food.

• Wang Dong arrived at the dorm and challenged Long Yaochen after he told her to clean it.
• Long Yaochen used his Divinity to overwhelm Wang Dong with a vision of the Eternal Blazing Sun and commanded her to praise it.
• A sea-blue trident mark briefly appeared on Wang Dong’s forehead, but Long Yaochen used his Prayer Light skill to suppress it and complete his Mark of Sun Chasing.
• Wang Dong became devoted to Long Yaochen and began sweeping the dorm at his command.
• Long Yaochen went downstairs to get food, and Mu En commented that his light attribute was extraordinary.

Tang San sensed that the Sea God Mark inside Wang Dong was being overwhelmed by an unknown Holy Light, but his confinement prevented him from intervening. Wang Dong woke from a blissful, dreamlike state to find she had cleaned Dormitory 108 and gained a level of Soul Power, then clashed with Long Yaochen before accepting his food.

• Tang San detected the Sea God Mark activating and tried to reach Xiao Qi, but Holy Light drove his divine sense back and weakened the mark.
• Unable to use divine power in confinement, Tang San desperately called for Xiao Qi to wake up, then blamed Destruction for what had happened in the lower realm.
• Wang Dong awoke from her dreamlike state after cleaning Dormitory 108 and angrily demanded to know what she had done.
• Long Yaochen entered, praised the spotless room, and pinned Wang Dong down when she charged at him.
• Wang Dong discovered her Soul Power had risen from level twenty-four to level twenty-five and stopped struggling.
• Long Yaochen offered Wang Dong a packed meal, and she accepted it after her stomach growled.

Long Yaochen learned from the awakened Electrolux that Divinity in his light and sacredness was causing a deeper imbalance in his martial soul. Electrolux urged him to find a Source of Life before his condition worsened, and Long Yaochen thought of the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

• Wang Dong took the meal from Long Yaochen, ate, and complained about his Light Art even as her Soul Power breakthrough made her consider its benefits.
• Long Yaochen noticed Huo Yuhao entering Room 109 and sensed the dormant gray light in his Sea of Spirit respond to Huo Yuhao’s aura.
• Electrolux awakened within Long Yaochen’s Sea of Spirit and told him that Divinity in his sacredness and light caused his martial soul’s imbalance.
• Electrolux warned that Long Yaochen’s overly pure martial soul rejected emotions, desires, memories, and even his attachment to humanity.
• Electrolux advised Long Yaochen to find a Source of Life to nourish the divine soul, and Long Yaochen thought of the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.

On the first day of classes, Long Yaochen challenged Zhou Yi after she used her Soul Emperor pressure to intimidate the freshmen. He stood his ground as Zhou Yi’s Soul Power surged, ending the chapter in a tense confrontation.

• Long Yaochen cultivated in his dormitory while Divinity threatened to emerge again, and he set his sights on getting an explanation from Shrek Academy.
• Long Yaochen and Wang Dong headed to class, where Long Yaochen noticed Huo Yuhao and sensed an unusual hollowness of fate around him.
• Zhou Yi introduced herself as the homeroom teacher of Freshman Class One and declared that only monsters would remain at Shrek.
• Zhou Yi demanded that students who had fought since enrolling stand up, then released her six Soul Rings to intimidate the class.
• Long Yaochen mocked Zhou Yi for bullying freshmen and challenged her to respond after she had urged them to cause trouble.

Long Yaochen stood up to Zhou Yi’s oppressive discipline and rallied Freshman Class One against her attempt to expel him. Zhou Yi lost control and attacked him, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Zhou Yi ordered Long Yaochen expelled, but Long Yaochen challenged her authority and shielded the class from her Soul Power with his golden dragon radiance.
• Long Yaochen told the freshmen they deserved an education rather than oppression, and urged them to reject Zhou Yi’s rules.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao stood up against Zhou Yi, and the rest of Freshman Class One joined them in declaring that they did not agree.
• Zhou Yi angrily threatened to expel the entire class and prevent them from becoming Soul Masters, then struck toward Long Yaochen.

Long Yaochen let Zhou Yi appear to strike him, then watched as Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo turned the dispute against her. Zhou Yi was left furious and humiliated in Sea God Pavilion, while Long Yaochen’s grievance was accepted.

• Long Yaochen used golden light to make it look as though Zhou Yi had struck him, and Yan Shaozhe stopped her and took him to Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe found Zhang Lexuan waiting alone and explained that Long Yaochen had clashed with an Outer Court teacher.
• Qian Duoduo arrived with Zhou Yi and Fan Yu, but recognized Long Yaochen and slapped Zhou Yi instead of backing her.
• Long Yaochen described Zhou Yi’s supposed attack, and Yan Shaozhe confirmed his account, leaving Zhou Yi with no support.
• Zhou Yi spat blood and lamented her misfortune as Long Yaochen watched with amusement.

After Zhou Yi injured Long Yaochen, Yan Shaozhe expelled her from Shrek, and Long Yaochen secured help obtaining the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife. Mu En arrived and assigned Zhang Lexuan to teach the new students’ Class One.

• Fan Yu caught Zhou Yi as she nearly collapsed, while Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe discussed how to handle the dispute.
• Long Yaochen said he might leave Shrek with Senior Xiaotao, prompting Yan Shaozhe to condemn Zhou Yi and expel her from Shrek.
• Long Yaochen asked for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and Qian Duoduo promised to arrange access to it at an upcoming Soul Master Treasure Appraisal Fair.
• Mu En arrived, praised the deans’ handling of the matter, and reassured Long Yaochen.
• Mu En appointed Zhang Lexuan to teach Class One of the new students, and she asked, “Me?”

Mu En assigned Zhang Lexuan to teach Freshman Class One and ordered Long Yaochen to assist her, but her first lesson was interrupted when Ma Xiaotao arrived, accusing the homeroom teacher of bullying her fiancé. Zhang Lexuan immediately regretted leaving Sea God Pavilion.

• Mu En sent Zhang Lexuan to the Outer Court and told Long Yaochen to help her with class duties.
• Ma Xiaotao, worried that Long Yaochen had forgotten her, dressed in red and headed to the Outer Court.
• Long Yaochen brought the injured Zhang Lexuan to Freshman Class One, where she introduced herself as the new homeroom teacher and advised the freshmen against acting recklessly.
• Long Yaochen explained that Zhang Lexuan had faced a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to protect them, and the freshmen welcomed her with applause.
• Wang Dong pinched Long Yaochen for teasing her, and Zhang Lexuan reprimanded him when he cried out during class.
• Ma Xiaotao kicked open the classroom door and demanded to know which teacher had bullied her fiancé.

Ma Xiaotao stormed into Freshman Class One to defend her fiancé Long Yaochen, but she backed down when she recognized Zhang Lexuan and sat through class beside him. After class, the freshmen watched the tense scene until Ma Xiaotao threatened them with her Soul Emperor pressure.

• Ma Xiaotao burst into class and called Long Yaochen her fiancé, shocking the freshmen and angering Wang Dong.
• Ma Xiaotao challenged the homeroom teacher, then recognized Zhang Lexuan and obediently sat down when Zhang Lexuan ordered her to attend class.
• Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong glared at Long Yaochen from either side while Zhang Lexuan taught, leaving him confused by their hostility.
• After the dismissal bell, Zhang Lexuan told Long Yaochen to organize the freshman roster and left the classroom.
• The freshmen lingered to watch Long Yaochen and Ma Xiaotao, and Ma Xiaotao threatened to burn the class if they kept staring.

Ma Xiaotao offered to buy Long Yaochen the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife at a Shrek City auction, but Wang Dong and Zhang Lexuan insisted on joining them. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya and Bei Bei that Zhou Yi had been expelled, and the group spotted Long Yaochen at the city gate.

• Ma Xiaotao confronted Long Yaochen about worrying her, then offered to pay for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife at the Treasure Appreciation Fair.
• Wang Dong objected to Ma Xiaotao taking Long Yaochen alone and insisted on accompanying them.
• Zhang Lexuan joined the outing, and Long Yaochen announced that they would all go together.
• At the Shrek City gate, Huo Yuhao told Tang Ya and Bei Bei that Zhou Yi had been expelled after attacking students.
• Huo Yuhao pointed out Long Yaochen, and Bei Bei's smile froze when he saw him.