Chapter Summaries

Mu En convened the Sea God Pavilion Elders to address Xuan Zi’s negligence and name his successor. He officially appointed his great-grandson Mu Tianyi, whose extraordinary age, rank, and twin martial souls silenced the assembly.

• Mu En asked Xuan Zi to account for abandoning his post during a student trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xuan Zi admitted his failure and accepted responsibility.
• Mu En announced that he was naming a successor to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En named his great-grandson Mu Tianyi as the successor, surprising most of the Elders, who barely knew of him.
• Mu En revealed that nine-year-old Mu Tianyi was over Rank 30, possessed the Bright Sacred Dragon and Dark Sacred Dragon, and had two thousand-year soul rings and a ten-thousand-year third ring.
• Mu En declared that Mu Tianyi would surpass him and entrusted Shrek’s future to him, leaving the Elders unable to object.

Mu En appointed nine-year-old Mu Tianyi as Sea God Pavilion's successor across generations, and the elders unanimously supported his decision. He later informed Mu Tianyi, who accepted the responsibility after Zhang Lexuan congratulated him.

• Song Yunzhi questioned Mu En's claim that Mu Tianyi was nine years old and rank thirty, but Mu En declared him Sea God Pavilion's successor across generations.
• Song Yunzhi, Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and the other elders unanimously backed Mu En's appointment.
• After the meeting, Mu En reflected that Mu Tianyi would have to walk the rest of his path alone.
• Mu En visited Mu Tianyi and told him he had been appointed successor; Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei heard the news.
• Mu En assured Mu Tianyi that he deserved the position, then left as Zhang Lexuan congratulated him and Mu Tianyi accepted the responsibility.

Three years later, Mu Tianyi achieved the beginner stage of fusing Reign Over the World with the Yin-Yang Divine Dragon Transformation. He rested with Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan, leaving their close, unspoken relationship unchanged.

• Mu Tianyi used his fused technique to split a Trial Stone in two, marking his successful breakthrough.
• Seven-year-old Bei Bei, now level fifteen with a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, asked Mu Tianyi to teach him the punch, and Mu Tianyi told him to reach level forty first.
• Zhang Lexuan brought tea and snacks for Mu Tianyi and Bei Bei, then congratulated Mu Tianyi on his training progress.
• Mu Tianyi reflected on how close he and Zhang Lexuan had grown and admitted to himself that he would not refuse her, though he felt the time was not right.
• Mu Tianyi told Zhang Lexuan he had wanted to look at her, making her blush as Bei Bei watched in confusion.

Mu Tianyi officially enrolled in Shrek Academy’s Outer Court, prompting Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er to compete over his future. Yan Shaozhe brought him to the enrollment site, where the crowd’s attention turned to a strikingly handsome youth as Mu Tianyi prepared to join the line.

• Mu En approved Mu Tianyi’s move to the Outer Court, and Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er came to Sea God Pavilion to claim him for their respective departments.
• Yan Shaozhe left Sea God Pavilion with Mu Tianyi and flew him to the Outer Court’s crowded enrollment site.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu Tianyi to register in line and returned to the Martial Soul Department, pleased that Mu Tianyi had joined his side.
• As Mu Tianyi prepared to join the line, the other applicants noticed a remarkably handsome youth and reacted with admiration and jealousy.
• Mu Tianyi ignored the crowd’s comments and calmly looked toward the line ahead.

Mu Tianyi impressed Shrek Academy’s entrance assessors with his level forty-five Soul Ancestor cultivation and extraordinary soul rings, then met Gongyang Mo, who offered to be his friend. Mu Tianyi accepted, and the two began a connection at the academy.

• Mu Tianyi passed Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment by revealing four soul rings, including two ten-thousand-year rings, and his level forty-five Soul Ancestor cultivation.
• The square-faced assessor recorded Mu Tianyi’s details and directed him to the freshman teaching building to register.
• Mu Tianyi entered the academy and passed the statues of its founding heroes on his way toward registration.
• Gongyang Mo approached Mu Tianyi, introduced himself, and praised his talent.
• Gongyang Mo offered his support as a team-focused Soul Master and asked to be friends, and Mu Tianyi accepted.

Mu Tianyi registered at Shrek Academy with Gongyang Mo and discovered Zhou Yi would be their homeroom teacher, prompting him to condemn her teaching methods and resolve to oppose her. After they encountered Mu En at the dormitory entrance, a red-haired young woman suddenly attacked Mu Tianyi.

• Mu Tianyi and Gongyang Mo registered at Shrek Academy and learned they had been assigned to the same dormitory room and First-Year Class One.
• Mu Tianyi saw that Zhou Yi would be their homeroom teacher and considered her harsh training and expulsions harmful to students and Shrek Academy.
• Mu Tianyi and Gongyang Mo greeted Mu En at the dormitory entrance and continued into the courtyard.
• A red-haired young woman launched herself at Mu Tianyi and punched toward his face.

Mu Tianyi defended Gongyang Mo from Ma Xiaotao’s uncontrolled Evil Fire and recognized her as the dangerous Shrek student. He prepared to defeat her and force her to leave Shrek or have her Martial Soul crippled, while Gongyang Mo’s support greatly amplified his power.

• Ma Xiaotao attacked Gongyang Mo, but Mu Tianyi pulled him aside and blocked her punch with Radiant Dragon Body.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Evil Fire and struck again, but Mu Tianyi stopped her with a golden shield.
• Mu Tianyi recognized Ma Xiaotao and decided to make her leave Shrek or cripple her Martial Soul after defeating her.
• Mu Tianyi summoned his ten-thousand-year Light Wing Judgment Array, and Ma Xiaotao sensed she could not withstand it.
• Gongyang Mo supported Mu Tianyi with Crimson Strength and Orange Soul, and Mu Tianyi felt the amplification exceed its stated thirty percent.

Mu Tianyi stopped Ma Xiaotao’s rampage, suppressed her Evil Fire, and defeated her before Yan Shaozhe arrived. He gave the helpless Ma Xiaotao a choice: leave Shrek or be crippled and remain there.

• Gongyang Mo enhanced Mu Tianyi, who seized Ma Xiaotao’s fist and stopped her attack.
• Ma Xiaotao broke free and fled into the sky, but Mu Tianyi revealed his black-and-white wings and chased her down.
• Mu Tianyi used Dawn Dragon Roar to knock Ma Xiaotao into a crater and suppress her Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, saw Ma Xiaotao defeated, and quietly stood by as Mu Tianyi took charge.
• Mu Tianyi offered Ma Xiaotao the choice of withdrawing from Shrek or being crippled.

Mu Tianyi denounced Ma Xiaotao as a potential Evil Soul Master, and Yan Shaozhe expelled her from Shrek Academy. After flying until she collapsed in a forest, Ma Xiaotao vowed revenge and heard a sinister woman offer to help her make Shrek pay.

• Mu Tianyi called Ma Xiaotao a potential Evil Soul Master after she lost control of her Evil Fire, and the gathered students demanded that Shrek punish her.
• Yan Shaozhe abandoned his plan to take Ma Xiaotao as a disciple after Mu En reminded him of Feng Ling, then told Ma Xiaotao that Shrek would not accept her as a student.
• Ma Xiaotao cursed Yan Shaozhe and Shrek, then flew away from the academy.
• Ma Xiaotao exhausted her Soul Power and collapsed in a forest, where she vowed to make Shrek pay.
• A sinister woman's voice asked Ma Xiaotao if she wanted to make Shrek pay.

After Ma Xiaotao left, Mu Tianyi and Gongyang Mo cleaned their dorm, where Zhang Lexuan soon arrived to check that Mu Tianyi was unharmed and take them to dinner. Meanwhile, Zhou Yi studied Mu Tianyi’s file and decided to crush his arrogance in class.

• Mu Tianyi and Gongyang Mo finished cleaning room 307 and prepared to go out for dinner.
• Zhang Lexuan came to see Mu Tianyi, checked him for injuries, and said she would make anyone who hurt him pay.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Mu Tianyi and Gongyang Mo to dinner and told Mu Tianyi to come to her if trouble happened again.
• Zhou Yi read Mu Tianyi’s file, noted his extraordinary age, level, and soul rings, and resolved to discipline him by crushing his arrogance.

Mu Tianyi began his first day in Freshman Class One, suspecting that Yan Shaozhe had assigned him to Zhou Yi’s class to provoke a conflict. When Zhou Yi tried to establish control over the students with her Soul Power, Mu Tianyi remained unaffected, drawing her attention.

• Mu Tianyi suspected Yan Shaozhe had placed him in Zhou Yi’s class so she could test him and cause trouble.
• Mu Tianyi and Gongyang Mo entered Freshman Class One, where Mu Tianyi sat by the window and recognized Ling Luochen.
• Ling Luochen noticed Mu Tianyi looking at her, and they met each other’s gaze.
• Zhou Yi arrived and swept the classroom with Soul Power, making most of the students lower their heads.
• Mu Tianyi resisted Zhou Yi’s pressure, and Zhou Yi recognized him as a likely genius student and prepared to increase her attack.

Mu Tianyi resisted Zhou Yi’s attempt to intimidate and expel him, then revealed his strength and threw her out of the classroom. The students recognized him as the powerful Soul Ancestor who had made a name for himself on his first day at Shrek Academy.

• Zhou Yi focused her aura on Mu Tianyi, but his counterpressure forced her to stagger backward.
• Mu Tianyi challenged Zhou Yi’s standards for calling students useless and questioned whether she had authority to expel him.
• Mu Tianyi revealed four soul rings and his Bright Sacred Dragon martial soul, suppressing Zhou Yi’s Red Dragon.
• Mu Tianyi grabbed Zhou Yi and threw her through the classroom window into the bushes below.
• The students recognized Mu Tianyi as the Soul Ancestor with two ten-thousand-year soul rings, while Zhou Yi vowed to fight him.

Mu Tianyi defeated Zhou Yi after she attacked him, and Yan Shaozhe arrived to settle the dispute. Yan Shaozhe blamed both sides but removed Zhou Yi from her homeroom teacher position, assigning the role to Wang Yan.

• Zhou Yi confronted Mu Tianyi outside the teaching building and launched her Crimson Dragon Heaven-Burning Strike at him.
• Mu Tianyi dodged Zhou Yi's attack and struck her with his golden dragon claw, sending her crashing across the lawn.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived and asked the witnesses what had happened as Zhou Yi accused Mu Tianyi of attacking her.
• Mu Tianyi explained that Zhou Yi had insulted the students, threatened to expel him, and attacked first.
• Yan Shaozhe ruled that both Zhou Yi and Mu Tianyi were at fault, declined to punish Mu Tianyi, and temporarily replaced Zhou Yi with Wang Yan as Class One's homeroom teacher.

After Yan Shaozhe dismissed Zhou Yi, he gave Mu Tianyi several valuable items and discussed building a faction of allies. Mu Tianyi asked Yan Shaozhe to investigate potential recruits and deal with Zhou Yi and Fan Yu, while Zhou Yi later sensed she was being watched.

• Yan Shaozhe sent Zhou Yi away and took Mu Tianyi to his Outer Court office.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Mu Tianyi a ten-thousand-year soul bone, a Soul Ascension Pill, and Silver Light Grass, suggesting he recruit Gongyang Mo.
• Mu Tianyi decided to build his own faction and asked Yan Shaozhe for information on Gongyang Mo, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, and Yao Haoxuan.
• Mu Tianyi told Yan Shaozhe he did not want to see Zhou Yi again and asked him to deal with Fan Yu if necessary.
• Late at night, Zhou Yi tossed in bed and felt that someone was watching her from the shadows.

Mu Tianyi shared his first kiss with Zhang Lexuan, then discussed which classmates he could recruit. He chose Gongyang Mo as his first target and left the others’ recruitment plans unsettled, while Zhang Lexuan grew jealous of the girls around him.

• Yan Shaozhe’s arrangements caused the dispute between Mu Tianyi and Zhou Yi to be quietly dropped, and Fan Yu accepted Qian Duoduo’s warning not to pursue it.
• Mu Tianyi became known among the Outer Court freshmen as the Freshman King because of his strength and his victory over Zhou Yi.
• At their Inner Court residence, Mu Tianyi kissed Zhang Lexuan, and she responded before they returned to discussing his recruitment plans.
• Mu Tianyi identified Gongyang Mo as his first target and said Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, and Xixi should also be recruitable, while he would not consider Yao Haoxuan for now.
• Zhang Lexuan grew jealous as she considered the women around Mu Tianyi and gave him a pointed look while he studied the files.

Mu Tianyi cultivated beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, drawing the attention of the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life as they considered him as a possible successor to both their divine positions. Afterward, a mysterious guidance from his Dragon Core pointed him toward an opportunity in the Star Luo Empire.

• Zhang Lexuan teased Mu Tianyi about the girls around him, and he reassured her that she was the one he would marry.
• Mu Tianyi cultivated beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, where the pure light elements boosted his cultivation speed.
• The Goddess of Life watched Mu Tianyi cultivate, and the God of Destruction joined her, noting Mu Tianyi's talent and devotion to Zhang Lexuan.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life discussed passing both their divine positions to Mu Tianyi so they could leave the God Realm together.
• After leaving the Golden Ancient Tree, Mu Tianyi felt his Dragon Core guide him toward something waiting in the Star Luo Empire.

Three months after arriving at Shrek Academy, Mu Tianyi led a team with Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen to win the freshman assessment undefeated. After receiving the thirty-thousand-year ice-element left arm bone as their reward, Mu Tianyi gave it to Ling Luochen.

• Wang Yan announced that the freshman assessment would use self-formed three-person teams, with rewards and possible core disciple status for top performers.
• Mu Tianyi formed a team with Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen, having recruited Gongyang Mo with the promise of resources and chosen Ling Luochen for her control and coordination.
• Mu Tianyi's team swept through the assessment, defeating prominent freshmen including Xixi, Chen Zifeng, Yao Haoxuan, and Dai Yueheng.
• Mu Tianyi's team finished first with an undefeated record, and the academy awarded them a thirty-thousand-year ice-element left arm bone.
• Mu Tianyi handed the soul bone to Ling Luochen, who accepted it in surprise.

Mu Tianyi recruited Ling Luochen into his team by giving her an ice-compatible Soul Bone, then reported her and Gongyang Mo’s agreement to Yan Shaozhe. After the school year ended, Mu Tianyi planned to travel to the Star Luo Empire to seek the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, specifically its second form, Gold of Life’s Watch.

• Mu Tianyi offered Ling Luochen a Soul Bone and invited her to join his team, explaining that Gongyang Mo had also accepted.
• Ling Luochen accepted Mu Tianyi’s invitation after Gongyang Mo reassured her, and the three celebrated at a restaurant in Shrek City.
• Mu Tianyi told Yan Shaozhe that Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen had agreed to join, and Yan Shaozhe teased him about Ling Luochen before learning Mu Tianyi already had a fiancée.
• After the school year ended, Mu Tianyi planned a vacation trip to the Star Luo Empire to obtain the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife’s Gold of Life’s Watch form.

Mu Tianyi brought Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen to Shrek Academy’s Inner Court, where Yan Shaozhe welcomed them and discussed their place in the academy. Yan gave each of them a red Shrek badge, leaving its significance unexplained.

• Mu Tianyi showed Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen around Sea God Island and arranged for them to use the Inner Court for afternoon cultivation during the break.
• Mu Tianyi told them that Yan Shaozhe wanted to meet them, then led them to the dean’s office beside Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe welcomed Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen, praised their decision to join Shrek, and spoke about the academy’s future and their cultivation plans.
• Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen promised to give their all for themselves and Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe opened a wooden box and gave Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen one red Shrek badge each.

Yan Shaozhe gave Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen badges naming them preselected Shrek Seven Devils, with service in the Shrek Supervisory Corps as their condition. Mu Tianyi began preparing for vacation, planning to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul ring in the Sun Moon Empire and search the Star Luo Empire for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and its Life Gold.

• Yan Shaozhe explained that Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen would receive Inner Court-level treatment and must serve five years in the Shrek Supervisory Corps after graduating from the Inner Court.
• Gongyang Mo and Ling Luochen accepted their badges and promised not to disappoint Yan Shaozhe and Mu Tianyi.
• Mu Tianyi planned to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, relying on his Bright Dragon Core, changes in his Sea of Spirit, and enhanced physique.
• Mu En objected to Mu Tianyi's plan but eventually agreed to take him to the Sun Moon Empire because Shrek's agreement barred hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Mu Tianyi sent Zhang Lexuan to the Star Dou Great Forest with Yan Shaozhe so he could leave before she returned and learned of his plan.
• Mu Tianyi planned to search the Star Luo Empire for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and use Shrek's influence to find its Life Gold if necessary.