Chapter Summaries

Su Qingfeng arrived before the Shrek students, and Xuan Zi revealed that he was Sea God Pavilion’s Saint Son and Shrek Academy’s future leader. His presence captivated several girls and startled Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian, who realized he was the mysterious Specially Selected Student.

• Su Qingfeng arrived, and Xuan Zi and Zhuang Lao welcomed him with respect.
• Xuan Zi announced that Su Qingfeng was the Saint Son chosen by Sea God Pavilion and the academy’s future leader.
• Ling Luochen clung to Su Qingfeng because her Ice Element martial soul was drawn to his Ultimate Ice and Immortal Dust Qi, until Ma Xiaotao’s fire made her retreat.
• Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Xiao Xiao reacted strongly to Su Qingfeng’s appearance, while Huo Yuhao said he was excited to fight alongside him.
• Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian realized that Su Qingfeng was the same person as the Specially Selected Student.

Su Qingfeng and Xuan Zi led the Shrek group toward the Mingdou Mountain Range, where they were tasked with eliminating a notorious bandit gang. The group learned about the dangers and purpose of Shrek’s Supervision Group as Ma Xiaotao explained the mission and the journey ahead.

• Mu En sent Su Qingfeng off and promised through Xuan Zi and Zhuang Lao that they would protect him, then withdrew to the Golden Chamber to soothe the Dragon Pill’s damage to his body.
• Xuan Zi explained that Inner Court disciples served in the Shrek Supervision Group, a dangerous organization that intervened against evil soul masters and individual wrongdoers across the continent.
• The Outer Court disciples declared their determination to enter the Inner Court, while Xu Sanshi asked Jiang Nannan about her decision and she said she still needed time.
• Dai Yueheng praised the Supervision Group’s work and expressed his support for Su Qingfeng.
• Ma Xiaotao explained that the group’s mission was to find and eliminate the murderous bandits known as the Hand of Death in the Mingdou Mountain Range, which they could reach in about ten days by land or under two days using Flying Soul Tools.

The group reached the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, where Huo Yuhao prepared Mushroom Fish Soup for Su Qingfeng. Xiao Xiao apologized to Su Qingfeng and then played her Nine Phoenix Searching Dragon Tune for him, a tune her mother said could only be played for one person in a lifetime.

• The group set up camp near the empire border, and Zhuang Lao distributed compressed food while Huo Yuhao cooked Mushroom Fish Soup.
• Ma Xiaotao delivered Huo Yuhao’s soup to Su Qingfeng after taking it from him, while Dai Yueheng went to the military camp to gather information and seek support.
• Xiao Xiao asked to speak privately with Su Qingfeng and apologized for her earlier behavior toward him.
• Su Qingfeng accepted Xiao Xiao’s apology, and she revealed her Nine Phoenix Auspice Flute martial soul.
• Xiao Xiao played the Nine Phoenix Searching Dragon Tune for Su Qingfeng, following her mother’s instruction that she play it only for the man she would love for a lifetime.

Xiao Xiao played the Nine Phoenix Searching Dragon Tune for Su Qingfeng, revealing her devotion and stirring romantic feelings among the Shrek group. After she ran off, Xuan Zi explained the tune’s significance and offered to take her as his disciple, leaving Xiao Xiao stunned.

• Xiao Xiao played the Nine Phoenix Searching Dragon Tune, moving soldiers in the Star Luo Army Camp and stirring feelings among Jiang Nannan, Ling Luochen, and Ning Tian.
• Dai Yueheng calmed the Star Luo soldiers, and Xuan Zi apologized for Xiao Xiao’s disruption on her behalf.
• Su Qingfeng recognized Xiao Xiao’s affection, while Xiao Xiao said she would wait until they were both adults and then ran away.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Su Qingfeng about their betrothal and secretly touched him, leaving him uneasy about the attention from the women around him.
• Xuan Zi explained that Xiao Xiao had successfully played a lifelong love song that could transform her martial soul, then offered to take her as his disciple.

After Xuan Zi accepted Xiao Xiao as his second disciple, the Shrek group traveled by Flying Soul Tools toward the Mingdou Mountain Range to hunt the Hand of Death. Xuan Zi decided they would enter the mountains that night and split into three teams, prompting everyone to vie for Su Qingfeng’s team.

• Xuan Zi accepted Xiao Xiao as his disciple, making her Huo Yuhao’s junior sister.
• Dai Yueheng distributed Flying Soul Tools, and the Shrek group learned how to use them before flying toward the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Su Qingfeng mastered his Flying Soul Tool with surprising ease, while many of the others became sick after Xuan Zi accelerated their flight.
• Dai Yueheng asked Xuan Zi whether they would camp, and Xuan Zi instead ordered the group to enter the mountains that night in teams of five.
• The Shrek disciples called out that they wanted to join Su Qingfeng’s team.

Su Qingfeng formed a five-person team with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan for the journey into the Mingdou Mountain Range. After learning Xu Sanshi was using Jiang Nannan’s mother’s illness to pressure her, Su Qingfeng resolved to protect her, and the three squads set out under cover of night.

• Xuan Zi assigned Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Chen Zifeng to lead three five-person teams after many students tried to join Su Qingfeng’s squad.
• Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, and Ning Tian competed for the final place, and Zhuang Lao chose Jiang Nannan to fill the agility-attack role.
• Xu Sanshi reminded Jiang Nannan that he could help her mother with the Black Tortoise Divine Pill, pressuring her to join his team.
• Su Qingfeng welcomed Jiang Nannan onto his team and told the members to support one another through the journey.
• The teams were named the Dragon-Tiger Team and Monster Team alongside Su Qingfeng’s squad, and Xuan Zi and Zhuang Lao led them into the Mingdou Mountain Range at night.

Su Qingfeng and the girls found signs of the Hand of Death bandits and prepared to scout their mountain hideout. While Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen competed over Su Qingfeng as they changed into Shrek Supervision Group gear, two black-clad figures came down the mountain.

• Chen Zifeng's team found freshly dug Wenlan Tree cores, suggesting the Hand of Death camp was nearby.
• Jiang Nannan smelled rotting corpses, and Su Qingfeng's team followed the trail to two bodies beneath a mountain.
• Su Qingfeng judged that the bandits were likely hiding in a cave and agreed to wait while Xiao Xiao went to inform the other teams.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen took out their Supervisor's Ring equipment and argued over who had a better claim to Su Qingfeng.
• Two black-clad figures descended from the mountain and demanded to know what the noise was.

Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen attacked the Hand of Death bandits’ mountain hideout, competing to kill their leader while Jiang Nannan and Su Qingfeng stood watch. Their assault reached the leader, but a powerful enemy emerged from the cave’s depths as the battle continued.

• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen ambushed and killed two Hand of Death patrolmen, then decided to storm the bandit hideout before its members could react.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen fought through the cave entrance and challenged each other to kill the bandit leader first.
• The pair battled their way through the cave, where Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower and killed more than ten bandits.
• Ma Xiaotao struck at the seated leader with Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike while Ling Luochen trapped him in an ice formation, and their attacks combined to burn and freeze him.
• A voice from the depths of the cave threatened the intruders and declared that they would become Corpse Slaves.

Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen were overwhelmed by the Emissary of Death’s corpse explosions, poison, and attacks, prompting Su Qingfeng to enter the cave as allies rushed to their aid. Su Qingfeng arrived just as the Emissary was about to overpower the two women and struck with an ice sword.

• The Emissary of Death triggered explosions from the bandits’ corpses, coating the cave in poisonous, corrosive blood and mist.
• The Emissary attacked Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen with black mist and tried to claim them as Corpse Slave concubines.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Evil Fire and attacked, but the poison and the Emissary’s evasions drained her strength while Ling Luochen was restrained.
• Su Qingfeng fired a green Signal Flare, then entered the cave despite Jiang Nannan’s concern; Jiang Nannan followed him.
• Xiao Xiao found Dai Yueheng and the Dragon-Tiger Team, and their allies rushed toward the cave as Xuan Zi and Chen Zifeng also answered the Signal Flare.
• Su Qingfeng reached the cave’s depths as Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen could no longer resist, and he thrust an ice sword at the Emissary of Death.

Su Qingfeng arrived at the cave in time to save Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, then revealed his extraordinary Soul Ring configuration and fought the Emissary of Death. After trapping the Corpse Slaves and overpowering the cave with Earth Spirit, he merged with the Snow Empress's soul and struck the Emissary of Death with a fatal palm.

• Su Qingfeng severed the Emissary of Death's arm with Snow Empress Sword and carried Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen to safety inside the cave.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen urged Su Qingfeng to escape while they were overcome by Corpse Poison, but he said he had confidence in his Soul Rings.
• Su Qingfeng revealed two black Soul Rings and one red Soul Ring, shocking Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, Jiang Nannan, and the Emissary of Death.
• The Emissary of Death summoned twelve Corpse Slaves, while Jiang Nannan helped protect Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen and then returned to assist Su Qingfeng.
• Su Qingfeng used Earth Guardian and Earth Spirit to control the cave, trap the Corpse Slaves, and attack the Emissary of Death.
• The Snow Empress's soul merged with Su Qingfeng, who struck the Emissary of Death with a palm under Earth Spirit's crushing gravity.

Su Qingfeng defeated the Emissary of Death, but the dying Evil Soul Master infected him with the resentments of thousands of murdered children. As Su Qingfeng succumbed to the evil influence in the cave, Jiang Nannan remained with him and accepted his advances.

• Su Qingfeng survived the Corpse Slaves’ explosions and fatally wounded the Emissary of Death.
• The Emissary of Death released a purplish-black wisp that carried the resentful spirits of thousands of murdered children into Su Qingfeng’s body.
• The spirits formed an Evil Core in Su Qingfeng’s Sea of Consciousness, overwhelmed the Polar Stars’ ability to help, and corrupted his mind and aura.
• Jiang Nannan found Su Qingfeng affected by the evil power and realized he had been driven toward darkness.
• Su Qingfeng pulled Jiang Nannan into his arms, and she accepted his advances.

Xuan Zi and Zhuang Lao found Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen injured outside the cave, while Su Qingfeng and Jiang Nannan remained inside. Shrek’s people waited through the night, and Jiang Nannan finally emerged at dawn supporting an exhausted Su Qingfeng.

• Zhuang Lao healed Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, who warned him that Su Qingfeng was fighting the Emissaries of Death and needed help.
• Xuan Zi emerged from the cave and stopped Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen from going inside, insisting they recover while he kept watch.
• Xuan Zi ordered Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen to explain the battle, then punished them with seven days of reflection for acting recklessly.
• Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and the other Shrek members arrived and waited outside the cave with Xuan Zi and Zhuang Lao.
• At dawn, Jiang Nannan came out supporting a weak and exhausted Su Qingfeng, and everyone rushed to greet them.

After Su Qingfeng and Jiang Nannan were found unconscious, Zhuang Lao discovered that Su Qingfeng’s vitality was depleted and that dangerous Evil Qi threatened to corrupt him. Xuan Zi rushed him back to Shrek Academy and demanded that Mu En be informed, leaving the academy’s elders alarmed about what had happened.

• Zhuang Lao examined Su Qingfeng and Jiang Nannan, treated their weakness and Corpse Poison, and privately warned Xuan Zi that Su Qingfeng’s Evil Qi could make him go mad or become an Evil Soul Master.
• Jiang Nannan awoke and explained that Su Qingfeng had killed the Emissaries of Death, while concealing that he had fallen into madness and been intimate with her.
• Xuan Zi ordered Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng to handle the mission’s aftermath, then carried Su Qingfeng toward Shrek Academy as Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and the others followed.
• Xuan Zi arrived at Sea God Island with Su Qingfeng, startling Yan Shaozhe and Tang Wutong, and insisted that Mu En be told about the crisis despite his seclusion.

Mu En and the soul spirits worked to save Su Qingfeng from the resentful spirits in his Sea of Consciousness. Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s power began forming a contract with Su Qingfeng, while Huo Yuhao arrived with a possible way to deal with the remaining spirits.

• Mu En rushed out of seclusion after learning Su Qingfeng was in danger, and Xuan Zi apologized for failing to protect him.
• Snow Empress, Scarlet King, and the other soul spirits drove the resentful spirits away from Su Qingfeng’s Extreme Stars and awakened him.
• The soul spirits purified Su Qingfeng’s body but warned that removing every resentful spirit from his Sea of Consciousness would take time and risk harming him.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion came to Su Qingfeng and released light and spiritual power that suppressed the resentful spirits and restored his strength.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi saw dazzling radiance around Su Qingfeng and Three-Eyed Golden Lion as they appeared to form a contract.
• Zhuang Lao brought Huo Yuhao into Sea God Pavilion after Huo Yuhao claimed he could help with the resentful spirits.

Huo Yuhao rushed back to Shrek Academy with Zhuang Lao, hoping Electrolux would save Su Qingfeng from the Evil Qi. When Electrolux saw Su Qingfeng, he abandoned Huo Yuhao and chose him as the heir to his undead power, creating another martial soul for him.

• Huo Yuhao learned that Electrolux had awakened in his Sea of Consciousness and begged Zhuang Lao to take him back to help Su Qingfeng.
• Huo Yuhao pleaded with Electrolux to save Su Qingfeng, declaring how much he valued his friend.
• Zhuang Lao brought Huo Yuhao to the room where Three-Eyed Golden Lion was granting Su Qingfeng the Light Attribute for his Fourth Star.
• Electrolux left Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness and tried to seize Su Qingfeng's Fourth Star, but Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King opposed him.
• Su Qingfeng told Electrolux to return to Huo Yuhao, but Electrolux chose him anyway and summoned the undead to create another martial soul for him.

Electrolux formed a Necromancer Saint Magic God Martial Soul in Su Qingfeng, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's elemental power raised Su Qingfeng to level forty and lit his Star of Light. Rather than become his fourth Soul Ring, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion chose to take human form and became Qiu'er, a level-41 Soul Ancestor with the Golden Fire Dragon Martial Soul.

• Electrolux formed the Necromancer Saint Magic God Martial Soul, gathered the resentful spirits in Su Qingfeng's Sea of Consciousness, and recovered some of his consciousness.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion continued transferring elemental power to Su Qingfeng, and Mu En opened a passage to the Golden Tree to supply earth power.
• Su Qingfeng's Soul Power rose to level forty, and the Star of Light became his fourth lit Extreme Star.
• Scarlet King asked whether the Three-Eyed Golden Lion would become Su Qingfeng's fourth Soul Ring, but she refused and chose to become human so she could live among humans and be with him.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion transformed into a girl shaped by Su Qingfeng's preferences, and Su Qingfeng named her Qiu'er.
• Qiu'er retained a Golden Fire Dragon martial soul and became a twelve-to-thirteen-year-old level-41 Soul Ancestor after giving her light-attribute power to Su Qingfeng.

Su Qingfeng recovered after absorbing the Necromancer Saint Magic God Martial Soul and reached Rank 41, while the Sea God Pavilion elders worried about the evil power within him. After Tang Wutong learned that Evil Soul Masters had endangered Su Qingfeng, she asked her fathers to avenge him, prompting Titan and Niu Tian to consider investigating him and sending Haotian Fort disciples to deal with Evil Soul Masters.

• Su Qingfeng awoke safely with his new Martial Soul, and Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared in human form as Qiu'er.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi confirmed Su Qingfeng was unharmed and learned he had reached Rank 41, while the survivors of the Mingdou Mountain Range were safe.
• Su Qingfeng thanked Huo Yuhao for giving up the Necromancer Saint Magic God Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao left determined to enter the Inner Court.
• Tang Wutong questioned Huo Yuhao about Su Qingfeng and learned Evil Soul Masters had endangered him.
• Tang Wutong wrote to Titan and Niu Tian, asking them to purge the Evil Soul Masters who had hurt Su Qingfeng.
• Titan and Niu Tian discussed recalling Tang Wutong or investigating Su Qingfeng, and decided to send Haotian Fort disciples to punish some Evil Soul Masters.

Su Qingfeng rested after awakening as the Holy Necromancer while Old Yi urged him to learn Undead Magic. He woke with Qiu'er in his bed and tried to teach her human boundaries, but Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen arrived just as Qiu'er made an intimate discovery.

• Mu En wondered whether Su Qingfeng could contain opposing powers and create a miracle.
• Old Yi persuaded Su Qingfeng to learn Undead Magic, but Su Qingfeng said he needed time to rest and digest his gains.
• Su Qingfeng fell asleep and woke to find Qiu'er beside him in bed.
• Qiu'er said she loved Su Qingfeng and wanted to have children with him, while Su Qingfeng tried to teach her about human boundaries.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen arrived with breakfast and argued over who could care for Su Qingfeng.
• Su Qingfeng jolted upright after hearing Qiu'er cry out that it had gone in.

Su Qingfeng found Jiang Nannan being pressured by Xu Sanshi to marry him in exchange for a Xuanming Divine Pill to save her mother. He intervened and claimed Jiang Nannan as his woman, leaving Xu Sanshi confronting the Shrek Saint Son.

• Su Qingfeng left the courtyard after Qiu'er pinned him down, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen confronted her on Sea God Island.
• Jiang Nannan brought a physician to examine her sick mother, but he said she might not survive another month without a rare heavenly treasure.
• Xu Sanshi offered Jiang Nannan a Xuanming Divine Pill if she agreed to marry him, and she accepted while warning him she would die with him if he failed to save her mother.
• Su Qingfeng appeared and accused Xu Sanshi of possibly causing Jiang Nannan's mother's illness, then promised Jiang Nannan he would help save her.
• Xu Sanshi recognized Su Qingfeng as the Saint Son and objected to him claiming Jiang Nannan, but Jiang Nannan rejected Xu Sanshi and Su Qingfeng declared she was his woman.

Su Qingfeng exposed Xu Sanshi’s role in poisoning Jiang Nannan’s mother and promised to help her. He examined her mother and called on the Immortal Realm Flowers and Herbs to treat her, leaving the results to come.

• Xu Sanshi pressured Jiang Nannan to marry him in exchange for a Xuanming Divine Pill, and Su Qingfeng suspected he had caused her mother’s illness.
• With Electrolux’s help, Su Qingfeng made Xu Sanshi confess that he had arranged for Jiang Nannan’s mother to be poisoned with Mystic Water Poison.
• Jiang Nannan slapped Xu Sanshi, and Su Qingfeng said the Shrek Supervision Group would judge him and that he faced expulsion and imprisonment.
• Su Qingfeng went with Jiang Nannan to examine her mother and reassured her that he would save her.
• Su Qingfeng called on Youyou and Xiangxiang, whose flowers appeared and filled the room with fresh vitality.