Chapter Summaries

During his third year at Shrek, Lin Ciyan reached rank fifty-seven while deepening his ties with Zhang Lexuan and other senior sisters. Before leaving for the Far North to complete the Water of the Five Elements, he kissed Zhang Lexuan and promised to return stronger, and she told him she would wait.

• Lin Ciyan advanced through his third year, improving his Soul Skill control while reaching rank fifty-seven.
• Lin Ciyan grew closer to Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochеn, Han Ruoruo, and Wu Ming through cultivation, missions, and time together.
• Lin Ciyan told Zhang Lexuan he planned to travel to the Far North to complete the water element of his Five Elements Rotation.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Lin Ciyan about the Far North's dangers, then accepted his decision and offered the academy's information and support.
• Lin Ciyan kissed Zhang Lexuan and promised to return stronger, and Zhang Lexuan said she would wait for him.
• Lin Ciyan left Zhang Lexuan's courtyard as his journey to the Far North began.

Lin Ciyan reunited with Xu Jiujiu in Star Luo City, asked about the God Sealing Platform, and received supplies for his journey north. He left the next morning to find the Snow Empress and change her fate.

• Xu Jiujiu embraced Lin Ciyan when he arrived in Star Luo City and invited him to her private residence.
• Lin Ciyan asked whether the Star Luo Auction House had heard of the God Sealing Platform, and Xu Jiujiu said no.
• Xu Jiujiu gave Lin Ciyan cold-weather gear, food, and medicine, then kissed his cheek and asked him to return soon.
• After Lin Ciyan left, Xu Jiujiu ordered a search for information about the God Sealing Platform.
• Lin Ciyan left Star Luo City the next morning and headed toward the Far North with Xiyao in his inner world.

Lin Ciyan reached Frost Ridge Town and entered the Far North, using his Five Elements Rotation to withstand the cold and deepen his understanding of water. When a pack of Snowfield Wolves confronted him, he drove them away by creating a colorful aurora-like display and continued north.

• Lin Ciyan arrived at Frost Ridge Town dressed lightly, unaffected by the freezing temperatures, and bought a night's stay and provisions.
• Lin Ciyan spent the night with Xiyao, who asked whether his new companion would be a boy or a girl and insisted she remain the closest to him.
• Lin Ciyan left town the next morning and traveled deep into the Far North, letting the cold temper his body and Soul Power.
• Lin Ciyan encountered a pack of Snowfield Wolves and created an aurora-like display with the Light of the Five Elements.
• The Snowfield Wolves retreated without attacking, and Lin Ciyan earned 200 Slacking Value.

Lin Ciyan traveled deeper into the Far North, collecting an ice herb and a Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion’s blood essence while avoiding unnecessary fights. After refining the essence and advancing toward level 58, he earned a Cold Ice Core from a Titan Snow Demon clan and continued north, nearing the Snow Empress.

• Lin Ciyan found and harvested a three-hundred-year-old Cold Marrow Orchid after driving away several groups of Soul Beasts.
• At dusk, Lin Ciyan evaded a Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion’s attacks, took its blood essence, and escaped without fighting it.
• Lin Ciyan refined the blood essence, sharpening his water-element insight and loosening his level 57 bottleneck as he advanced toward level 58.
• Lin Ciyan encountered a clan of Titan Snow Demons and used the Holy Radiance Qilin’s peaceful aura to draw the golden-furred leader’s attention.
• The Titan Snow Demon leader gave Lin Ciyan a Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Core, and Lin Ciyan continued north toward the Snow Empress.

After reaching Rank 58, Lin Ciyan found the Snow Empress struggling through her transformation and withstood her furious attack long enough to offer help. He revealed his Five Elements Divine Light Inner World and Xiyao, leaving the Snow Empress startled by the three-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast in human company.

• Lin Ciyan refined the Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion blood essence, broke through to Rank 58, and sensed the Snow Empress transforming far to the north.
• Lin Ciyan reached the hidden ice valley and urged the Snow Empress to pause her dangerous transformation so he could help.
• The Snow Empress attacked Lin Ciyan with an ice storm and imperial pressure, but he held his ground behind his five-element shield.
• Lin Ciyan warned that the Snow Empress risked failure and capture, then offered to help her preserve her strength and gain longevity.
• Lin Ciyan opened the Five Elements Divine Light Inner World to prove his sincerity and summoned Xiyao, whose Soul Beast aura astonished the Snow Empress.

Lin Ciyan tried to persuade Snow Empress to abandon her dangerous transformation and shelter in his hidden Five Elements Divine Light World, warning her that the Sun Moon Empire would capture her if she failed. Snow Empress grew less hostile after seeing Xiyao’s genuine affection and the world’s power, and cautiously reached toward the gate to investigate it.

• Snow Empress reacted with disbelief to Xiyao’s status as a three-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and Lin Ciyan’s equal, intimate Soul Spirit partner.
• Lin Ciyan warned Snow Empress that Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineers would use a Level 9 God Sealing Platform to capture her after her transformation failed.
• Lin Ciyan revealed his hidden Five Elements Divine Light World and opened its gate, offering Snow Empress a safe place to stabilize her origin.
• Snow Empress sensed that the pocket world was real and tied to Lin Ciyan’s origin, while Xiyao’s closeness and contentment reassured her.
• Snow Empress said she needed to experience the world for herself and sent her spiritual sense toward the gate.

Lin Ciyan used a Five Elements cycle to guide Snow Empress through the backlash of her interrupted human transformation, saving her source and helping her emerge in human form. Snow Empress agreed to an initial symbiotic contract with him, while Xiyao showed a hint of jealousy.

• Snow Empress explored Lin Ciyan's Inner World and agreed to let him stop her transformation.
• As Snow Empress suffered a violent backlash, Lin Ciyan used the Five Elements cycle to tame and transform the chaotic energy, earning 3000 Slacking Value.
• Snow Empress emerged safely in human form after the light cocoon shattered.
• Lin Ciyan explained the Soul Spirit path and promised that it could lead to the divine realm, and Snow Empress agreed to trust him and form a contract.
• Xiyao embraced Lin Ciyan from behind and remarked that Snow Empress was taller than her, showing a hint of jealousy.

Lin Ciyan cultivated in the Ten-Thousand Year Ice Marrow Spirit Spring and reached the peak of Level 59 while Snow Empress guarded him. They then approached the Ice Empress, and Lin Ciyan revealed that he knew her Heaven’s Tribulation was near.

• Snow Empress led Lin Ciyan to a secluded spirit spring and tempered its chill so he could cultivate safely.
• Lin Ciyan absorbed the spring’s energy, completed most of his Water element, and broke through to the peak of Level 59.
• Snow Empress took Lin Ciyan toward the Ice Jade Scorpion Empress’s territory to speak with her.
• The Ice Empress confronted them, demanding to know why Snow Empress’s transformation had been interrupted and what Lin Ciyan had done.
• Lin Ciyan explained their symbiotic contract and told the Ice Empress that her Heaven’s Tribulation was approaching.

Lin Ciyan left the Far North with the Snow Empress and waited near the Star Dou Great Forest for Huo Yuhao, intending to guide his fate without disrupting it completely. After Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect, a Wind Baboon attacked him, and a tremendous spiritual force suddenly erupted.

• The Ice Empress remained wary of Lin Ciyan's Soul Spirit proposal, while the Snow Empress returned with him to his Inner World to recover.
• Lin Ciyan traveled to Maple Leaf Town, where he waited for Huo Yuhao and secretly tracked his approach to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yuhao entered the forest and encountered Bei Bei and Tang Ya, who recruited him into the Tang Sect and taught him its techniques.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya took Huo Yuhao deeper into the forest to find a Soul Beast, where a Wind Baboon suddenly attacked him.
• Huo Yuhao dodged the Wind Baboon and stabbed its eye, but a vast spiritual force erupted, knocking Bei Bei and Tang Ya unconscious as a golden silkworm-shaped phantom flashed overhead.

Lin Ciyan used Snow Empress to capture the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual form before it could enter Huo Yuhao, then invited Electrolux’s remnant soul into his Five Elements Inner World. Electrolux agreed to stay and guide him, leaving Lin Ciyan with a divine-level mentor.

• Lin Ciyan slowed the area with his Light Domain and summoned Snow Empress as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm approached Huo Yuhao.
• Snow Empress froze the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual form into an ice crystal and handed it to Lin Ciyan.
• Lin Ciyan put Huo Yuhao to sleep and noticed a profound, decaying spiritual presence approaching.
• Lin Ciyan welcomed Electrolux and offered him a refuge in the Five Elements Inner World, explaining his hope for coexistence among humans, Soul Beasts, and spirits.
• Electrolux accepted Lin Ciyan’s invitation and entered the Inner World to recover and guide him.

In the Five Elements Divine Light Inner World, Electrolux strengthened Lin Ciyan’s space and helped him develop a fair Soul Spirit contract that could let Soul Beasts bond with Soul Masters without being killed. Snow Empress agreed to become Lin Ciyan’s first Soul Spirit, and their conversion began as Zhang Lexuan sensed a distant bond forming.

• Electrolux reinforced Lin Ciyan’s Five Elements space, making it stable enough to withstand Soul Douluo-level power.
• Lin Ciyan explained his idea for Soul Spirits, and Electrolux refined it into the Equal Symbiosis Soul Spirit Contract: First Edition.
• Snow Empress reviewed the contract, accepted its terms, and agreed to become Lin Ciyan’s Soul Spirit.
• Electrolux began overseeing the ritual as Lin Ciyan and Snow Empress exchanged soul marks and started merging their souls and powers.
• On Sea God Island, Zhang Lexuan felt warmth in her chest and sensed a profound bond forming in the distance.

Lin Ciyan completed his fusion with the Snow Empress, breaking through to level 64 and gaining a hundred-thousand-year sixth Soul Ring, an Ultimate Ice Torso Bone, and the Snow Empress as his first Soul Spirit. After learning his new abilities and discovering that his first four Soul Rings had grown stronger, he prepared to deal with the “fat silkworm” outside before returning to Shrek.

• With Electrolux guiding the fusion, Lin Ciyan used Five Elements Rotation to absorb the Snow Empress's extreme ice source energy and form an Ultimate Ice Torso Bone.
• Lin Ciyan broke through to level 60 and rose to level 64 as his sixth Soul Ring formed and a celestial ice-and-snow phenomenon appeared above the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Snow Empress emerged as Lin Ciyan's Soul Spirit and explained the seven-layer seal on her power, his sixth Soul Skill Aurora Qilin Dance, and his torso bone skill Snow Domain Qilin Armor.
• Lin Ciyan discovered that the fusion had greatly increased the ages of his first, second, and fourth Soul Rings, and the system rewarded him with 8000 Slacking Value and a 60% Slacking Cultivation Accelerator effect.
• After the Snow Empress returned to her child form and sat on Lin Ciyan's shoulder, Lin Ciyan planned to deal with the “fat silkworm” and then return to Shrek.

Lin Ciyan rescued Huo Yuhao, then persuaded the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to become the core of his Second Martial Soul, the Light of the Five Elements, unlocking Twin Martial Souls. He left the Star Dou Great Forest stronger than before and headed back to Shrek Academy, eager to reunite with Lexuan.

• Lin Ciyan checked on the unconscious Bei Bei and Tang Ya, then gave Huo Yuhao Spiritual Origin and protective support while he fused with a Soul Ring.
• Lin Ciyan confronted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and offered it a Soul Spirit Contract, showing it Snow Empress and explaining the Way of the Soul Spirit.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm agreed to become the core of Lin Ciyan's Second Martial Soul and grant it three Mental Soul Skills.
• Lin Ciyan completed the contract, formed the Light of the Five Elements, and unlocked Twin Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao woke with unfamiliar mental memories and a white Soul Ring, then continued his journey with Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
• Lin Ciyan returned toward Shrek Academy, reflecting on his gains and looking forward to seeing Lexuan.

Lin Ciyan returned to Sea God Island and reunited with Zhang Lexuan, who confessed her feelings and became his lover. After revealing that he had reached level sixty-four and gained an extraordinary Sixth Soul Ring, he reassured her about his journey and prepared to enter the Shrek Inner Court as a Soul Emperor.

• Lin Ciyan arrived at Zhang Lexuan’s residence, and she threw herself into his arms before kissing him.
• Zhang Lexuan sensed Lin Ciyan’s immense Soul Power, and he told her he had become a level-sixty-four Soul Emperor.
• Lin Ciyan described his gains in the Far North and Star Dou Forest, including his Sixth Soul Ring and trunk bone.
• Zhang Lexuan urged Lin Ciyan not to worry her again, then asked him to call her Lexuan instead of Sister Lexuan.
• Lin Ciyan called her Lexuan, and they kissed as he prepared to take his place on the Shrek Inner Court stage.

Lin Ciyan returned to Shrek Academy, and Lin Qingmo brought him before the Sea God Pavilion elders to verify his astonishing cultivation. After Lin Ciyan revealed his level 64 Soul Emperor power and six Soul Rings, including two Hundred Thousand Year rings, the assembly was left stunned.

• Lin Qingmo woke Lin Ciyan and took him to meet Mu En, while Zhang Lexuan watched them leave.
• Lin Qingmo told the Sea God Pavilion elders that Lin Ciyan had advanced from level 57 to level 64 in little over a month.
• Mu En asked Lin Ciyan to release his Soul Power so the elders could confirm his cultivation.
• Lin Ciyan revealed six Soul Rings: four black rings and two red Hundred Thousand Year rings, with the sixth showing unusual colors and energy.
• The elders marveled at Lin Ciyan’s Soul Ring configuration, while Mu En sensed the Five Elements origin and something hidden in his spirit.

Lin Ciyan explained his unusual Soul Rings and Soul Beast agreement to the Sea God Pavilion elders, who admitted him directly to Shrek Academy’s Inner Court and named him a Sea God Pavilion Reserve Member. After teasing Bei Bei with the news, he reunited with Zhang Lexuan, who offered to show him around.

• Lin Ciyan told the elders that his secret art let him form agreements with Soul Beasts and transfer excess Soul Power between Soul Rings, and Mu En confirmed his cultivation was genuine.
• The elders unanimously approved Lin Ciyan’s direct admission to the Inner Court, and Mu En granted him Sea God Pavilion Reserve Member status.
• Mu En privately praised Lin Ciyan’s progress, then asked Lin Qingmo to keep the details of the meeting private.
• Bei Bei confronted Lin Ciyan over his level 64 cultivation, then stormed away after Lin Ciyan teased him.
• Zhang Lexuan greeted Lin Ciyan outside the Sea God Pavilion and offered to show him around the Inner Court as his senior sister and girlfriend.

Lin Ciyan settled into the Inner Court and toured its facilities with Ling Luochеn, who sensed his Ultimate Ice and asked to experience it. Their contact resonated with her Martial Soul, elevating its quality and giving her a new path to pursue.

• Zhang Lexuan showed Lin Ciyan his residence, explained Inner Court life, and told him he had received 1,000 contribution points.
• Zhang Lexuan left for an urgent Inspection Group matter and asked Ling Luochеn to show Lin Ciyan around.
• Ling Luochеn guided Lin Ciyan through the Inner Court and asked whether his unusually pure ice aura was Ultimate Ice.
• Lin Ciyan let Ling Luochеn touch the ice at his fingertip, and the resonance purified and elevated her ice-element Martial Soul.
• Ling Luochеn thanked Lin Ciyan and decided he was the direction she would follow.

Ling Luochеn visited Lin Ciyan to explore Shrek City and asked to experience his Ultimate Ice aura for cultivation. Their close cultivation session deepened into an embrace, and Ling Luochеn kissed him, leaving their relationship newly changed.

• Ling Luochеn thanked Lin Ciyan for improving her Martial Soul and invited him to tour Shrek City with her.
• Ling Luochеn took Lin Ciyan to shops featuring Far North materials and Soul Tools, then asked how he had gained such powerful Ice abilities.
• Ling Luochеn asked to visit Lin Ciyan that night to sense his cultivation state, and he agreed.
• Lin Ciyan guided Ling Luochеn in the Cultivation Room and released a wisp of Ultimate Ice aura, which helped her Martial Soul improve as she comprehended it.
• Ling Luochеn asked for more direct Soul Power contact, moved beside Lin Ciyan, and he drew her into his arms.
• Ling Luochеn told Lin Ciyan she was not misunderstanding their closeness and kissed him.

After spending the night with Ling Luochеn, Lin Ciyan arranged for evidence of Zhou Yi’s abusive teaching to reach Shrek’s leadership, leading to her expulsion. Han Ruoruo became Freshman Class One’s new homeroom teacher, with Lin Ciyan assigned as teaching assistant.

• Ling Luochеn woke beside Lin Ciyan, shared a tender morning with him, and returned to training after kissing him goodbye.
• Former students accused Zhou Yi of abusive teaching, while Vice Dean Cai Mei'er reported that seven Freshman Class One students had suffered serious overtraining injuries.
• Yan Shaozhe suspended Zhou Yi and ordered an investigation; after the evidence and testimony were reviewed, Shrek expelled her and barred her from teaching there again.
• Freshman Class One students worried about their replacement teacher until Lin Ciyan entered with Han Ruoruo, who introduced herself as their acting homeroom teacher.
• Han Ruoruo announced that Lin Ciyan would serve as teaching assistant, and Huo Yuhao felt hopeful about the new term.

Lin Ciyan settled into his new role as Freshman Class One’s teaching assistant, earning the students’ trust while noticing Huo Yuhao’s punishing cultivation habits. After several days of lessons, he visited Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall and praised his cooking, just as a cocky customer demanded the entire stock.

• Han Ruoruo introduced Lin Ciyan as the class’s teaching assistant, and his joking invitation to seek help with “scientific planning” eased the students’ tension.
• Lin Ciyan observed Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and the other students during class, deciding that Huo Yuhao needed to learn the Relaxation Cultivation Method.
• Han Ruoruo’s gentle, fundamentals-focused teaching and Lin Ciyan’s useful pointers won the students’ respect over the following days.
• Lin Ciyan found Huo Yuhao selling grilled fish near the Outer Court dormitories and bought two portions.
• Lin Ciyan praised Huo Yuhao’s cooking, then an overconfident voice demanded two fish—or the entire lot.