Chapter Summaries

Lin Qing brought the women into Sea of Mass Graves and had them fight a thirty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear as a test of their year of training. While he watched over them, he gave Liu Erlong the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core, whose fire energy awakened a strong response from her Fire Dragon martial soul.

• Lin Qing explained that Sea of Mass Graves was Sea God Island's forbidden ground, a cage for powerful soul beasts, and identified the approaching bear as a thirty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Lin Qing ordered the women to fight the bear so he could assess their combat skills, and Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Meng Yiran coordinated their attacks and support.
• Liu Erlong worried that the bear could seriously injure the women, but Lin Qing assured her he would intervene if they were in danger.
• Lin Qing took a crimson orb from his Relic Space and tossed it to Liu Erlong.
• Liu Erlong felt the orb's powerful fire energy stir her Fire Dragon martial soul, and Lin Qing identified it as the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core.

Lin Qing gave Liu Erlong a Blazing Sun Snake Inner Core and teased her about meeting that night, while the girls fought a dark gold terrorclaw bear. After Xiao Wu injured the beast’s hind knee with her soul bone skill, the team gained a chance to attack.

• Lin Qing explained that the Blazing Sun Snake Inner Core suited Liu Erlong, gave it to her, and teased her about thanking him that night; Liu Erlong accepted it shyly.
• The dark gold terrorclaw bear wounded Xiao Wu and repelled Zhu Zhuqing’s and Meng Yiran’s attacks, while Ning Rongrong boosted the team and Ye Lingling healed Xiao Wu.
• Dugu Yan told the girls to keep the bear occupied while her poison took effect, and Liu Erlong moved to intervene before Lin Qing stopped her and urged her to trust them.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified the bear’s joints as its weak points, and Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Orca Shatterfang Slash to badly wound its right hind knee.
• Dugu Yan called on everyone to attack as the wounded bear staggered and fell.

The girls defeated a thirty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear through teamwork, but nearly died when it feigned death and attacked Xiao Wu. Lin Qing praised their progress, warned them about the Sea of Mass Graves, and revealed that time passed far faster there than in the outside world as he prepared them for more trials.

• Dugu Yan, Meng Yiran, and Zhu Zhuqing weakened and fatally wounded the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, then celebrated before noticing that it had not produced a Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized the bear was still alive, and Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body to block its surprise attack and survive its final strike.
• The bear died and formed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, after which Lin Qing scolded the girls for dropping their guard and explained that far more dangerous beasts inhabited the Sea of Mass Graves.
• Lin Qing told the girls that two or three years in the Sea of Mass Graves could amount to only a few days outside, encouraging them to continue their combat training.

After the girls found a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s External Soul Bone, Lin Qing gave it to Zhu Zhuqing and sent her to fuse with it in his Undead Semi-Plane. That night, Lin Qing took Liu Erlong through the same passage after she worried the others might hear them.

• Meng Yiran searched the dead Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and Lin Qing told Zhu Zhuqing to cut open its right claw.
• Zhu Zhuqing uncovered the Dark Gold Dreadclaw, and Ning Rongrong identified it as an External Soul Bone.
• Lin Qing gave the Dark Gold Dreadclaw to Zhu Zhuqing, who accepted it after he explained its potential and its match with her Shadow Claw.
• Lin Qing opened a passage to the Undead Semi-Plane and sent Zhu Zhuqing there to fuse with the bone in safety.
• After the other girls fell asleep, Lin Qing entered Liu Erlong’s tent and kissed her; when she worried they would be heard, he secured the camp and carried her through a passage to the Undead Semi-Plane.

After refining her Dark Gold Dreadclaw, Zhu Zhuqing left the secret chamber and followed an Undead Knight through the palace, hoping to find Lin Qing. She entered a private hall and stumbled upon Lin Qing and Liu Erlong together, leaving all three frozen in an awkward confrontation.

• Zhu Zhuqing awakened her Dark Gold Dreadclaw blades and realized their sharpness could pierce even the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's defense.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the secret chamber and asked an Undead Knight where to find Lin Qing or the way out.
• The Undead Knight guided Zhu Zhuqing through the Undead Palace to a towering black gate and stood aside as she entered.
• Zhu Zhuqing heard strange sounds inside the hall, rounded a screen, and found Lin Qing and Liu Erlong on a bed.
• Lin Qing noticed Zhu Zhuqing's presence, and he, Liu Erlong, and Zhu Zhuqing stared at one another in stunned silence.

Zhu Zhuqing arrived while Lin Qing and Liu Erlong were together, and Lin Qing shamelessly invited her to join them; Zhu Zhuqing accepted, and Liu Erlong eventually gave in to the chaotic night. The next morning, Lin Qing returned to camp with an exhausted Zhu Zhuqing, who claimed her weakness came from absorbing a soul bone.

• Zhu Zhuqing walked in on Lin Qing and Liu Erlong, and Lin Qing told her she had arrived at just the right time.
• Lin Qing invited Zhu Zhuqing to join them, and Zhu Zhuqing quietly agreed before Liu Erlong gave up resisting.
• At dawn, Xiao Wu and the others found Undead Knights guarding the camp and wondered where Lin Qing, Liu Erlong, and Zhu Zhuqing were.
• Lin Qing emerged from a spatial rift with Zhu Zhuqing leaning weakly against him, and the girls rushed to check on her.
• Zhu Zhuqing blamed her exhaustion on the difficult fusion of the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Right Palm Bone, while Xiao Wu suspected something was unusual between her and Lin Qing.

As Lin Qing’s group rested, he concealed what had happened between him, Zhu Zhuqing, and Liu Erlong by claiming Liu Erlong was cultivating with a rare treasure. In Lin Qing’s Sea of Consciousness, the Ice Empress scolded him while the Snow Empress struggled with a new curiosity about human intimacy.

• Er Ni noticed Zhu Zhuqing’s disheveled collar and red mark but chose to keep her observations to herself.
• Dugu Yan asked where Teacher Erlong was, making Zhu Zhuqing recall the previous night and blush.
• Lin Qing told Dugu Yan that Liu Erlong was in seclusion absorbing a Fire Element Inner Core, and Dugu Yan accepted his explanation.
• The Ice Empress berated Lin Qing for lying and recalled witnessing his encounter with Liu Erlong and Zhu Zhuqing from the Sea of Consciousness.
• The Ice Empress asked the Snow Empress whether human intimacy felt pleasurable, and the Snow Empress found herself unable to dismiss her curiosity.

Liu Erlong hid in the Undead Semi-Plane, ashamed of what had happened with Lin Qing while clutching the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core. Meanwhile, Flender retired from Shrek Academy, and Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar set out for the Green Throne, determined to reclaim their friends and confront Lin Qing.

• Liu Erlong brooded over her humiliation after her night with Lin Qing and Zhu Zhuqing, while preparing to absorb the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent's Inner Core.
• Flender told Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar that he would remain at Shrek Academy with the weakened Ma Hongjun and retire from traveling.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar bid Flender farewell and headed into Suotuo City after a year of training under Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
• Dai Mubai vowed to bring Zhu Zhuqing back from the Green Throne, while Tang San resolved to reclaim Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, and Rongrong from Lin Qing.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar confidently set out to confront the Green Throne and make a show of force.