Chapter Summaries

Lin Yaoyang arrived in time to save Zhang Lexuan and the surviving students from the Howling Moon Wolf King, then helped Zhang Lexuan obtain its Hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. Afterward, he learned that Xuan Zi had abandoned the group and stayed with them while Zhang Lexuan began absorbing the ring.

• Zhang Lexuan used her Martial Soul Avatar to face the Howling Moon Wolf King as Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming withdrew with the other survivor.
• Lin Yaoyang appeared with two Hundred-thousand-year Spirit Rings and struck the Wolf King with Corona Judgment, leaving it mortally wounded.
• Lin Yaoyang asked Zhang Lexuan whether she needed the Wolf King's Soul Ring, and she killed the beast before beginning to absorb it.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lin Yaoyang that Xuan Zi had gone ahead to scout and disappeared, and Lin Yaoyang criticized Shrek's higher-ups for neglecting them.
• Han Ruoruo and the others rested while Wu Ming thanked Lin Yaoyang and teased him about his relationship with Zhang Lexuan.

Xuan Zi arrived after the battle and learned that eight Shrek students had died while he was absent. As Zhang Lexuan absorbed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, Wu Ming challenged Xuan Zi over abandoning the group, and Lin Yaoyang made clear he had acted only for Zhang Lexuan.

• Xuan Zi sensed a clash involving a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and rushed toward Zhang Lexuan and the students.
• Xuan Zi arrived after the battle and saw Zhang Lexuan absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring beside the dead Howling Moon Wolf King.
• Han Ruoruo told Xuan Zi that eight students had died and that Lin Yaoyang had saved the survivors.
• Wu Ming angrily demanded to know where Xuan Zi had gone, but he stayed silent and offered no explanation.
• Xuan Zi thanked Lin Yaoyang, who said he had helped only for Zhang Lexuan's sake, prompting Xuan Zi to rebuke him.

After Lin Yaoyang claimed the Howling Moon Wolf King's Soul Bone and left with Jiang Nannan for Shrek City, Zhang Lexuan finished absorbing the Wolf King's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. She learned of Lin Yaoyang's clash with Xuan Zi and returned toward Shrek with the others, troubled by his absence.

• Lin Yaoyang claimed the Howling Moon Wolf King's Soul Bone, and Han Ruoruo retrieved it from the corpse and handed it to him.
• Lin Yaoyang rejected Xuan Zi's questions, left the group, and returned to Jiang Nannan.
• Lin Yaoyang told Jiang Nannan they would go to Shrek City to blow off steam, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Zhang Lexuan completed absorbing the Wolf King's Soul Ring and learned from Han Ruoruo that Lin Yaoyang had left after clashing with Xuan Zi.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Xuan Zi to return, and he carried her and the others into the air toward Shrek.

After Xuan Zi reported the deaths of eight Inner Court students in Star Dou Forest, Mu En ordered him to kneel until a Sea God Pavilion Meeting began. The next day, Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan visited Treasure Gathering Pavilion and began looking at Soul Tools.

• Xuan Zi told Mu En that he had become separated from Zhang Lexuan's group, which had encountered a hundred-thousand-year Howling Moon Wolf King and lost eight students.
• Mu En rejected Xuan Zi's account, considered Shrek's uncertain future, and ordered him to kneel until the Sea God Pavilion Meeting began.
• The next day, Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan went to Treasure Gathering Pavilion to browse its wares.
• An attendant led Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan to the Soul Tool exhibition hall and explained that it displayed Soul Tools ranked three through eight.

Lin Yaoyang returned to Shrek Academy with Jiang Nannan on the final day of registration, easing Yan Shaozhe’s fears that he had abandoned the academy. He invited Jiang Nannan to move into his suite, where they unexpectedly found Wang Dong’er waiting in a bathrobe, and the chapter ended with her retreating to get dressed after they recognized her identity.

• Lin Yaoyang bought several Class 6 and Class 7 Soul Tools while exploring Shrek City with Jiang Nannan, but found no Milk Bottles.
• Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan arrived at Shrek Academy on the last evening of enrollment, relieving Yan Shaozhe, who had worried Lin Yaoyang would not return.
• Lin Yaoyang invited Jiang Nannan to move into his suite, and she accepted.
• Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan entered the suite and found Wang Dong’er sitting on the sofa in a bathrobe.
• Wang Dong’er asked why Lin Yaoyang had recognized her, and Jiang Nannan explained that the Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul only appeared in women.
• Wang Dong’er ran into her room to get dressed while Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan waited on the sofa, laughing.

Wang Dong'er revealed her identity to Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan, then appeared at the new term's first class in women's clothing and stunned her classmates. She told Xiao Xiao she was Wang Dong, while Lin Yaoyang teased that she was his girlfriend.

• Wang Dong'er changed into a dress and told Lin Yaoyang and Jiang Nannan that her original name was Wang Dong'er, though she did not know why she had disguised herself as a boy.
• Jiang Nannan said she had moved into Lin Yaoyang's suite and described their trip to hunt her fourth Soul Ring, making Wang Dong'er feel jealous and left out.
• The next day, Wang Dong'er entered class with Lin Yaoyang dressed as a girl, and her classmates were shocked to learn that Wang Dong was female.
• Lin Yaoyang introduced Wang Dong'er to Xiao Xiao as his little girlfriend, and Wang Dong'er denied it before revealing that she was Wang Dong.

Lin Yaoyang, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao passed the Upgrade Assessment, and Xiao Xiao revealed her Twin Martial Souls. The next day, the academy began a battle royale selection whose seven survivors would enter the Inner Court, leaving Lin Yaoyang and the other participants poised to fight.

• Lin Yaoyang, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao passed the Upgrade Assessment and ate lunch together by Sea God Lake.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that her second Martial Soul was the Nine Phoenixes Flute, and Lin Yaoyang advised her about developing it.
• Wang Yan announced that second- through fifth-year core disciples would compete for Inner Court places, and Lin Yaoyang suspected the academy was trying to draw him into the Inner Court.
• At the selection competition, Yan Shaozhe announced that the last seven standing in a battle royale would become reserve Shrek Team members, with the top performer earning Golden Tree cultivation.
• Xu Sanshi asked Bei Bei to cover for him and glared toward Lin Yaoyang, while Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao stood by Lin Yaoyang.
• Yan Shaozhe started the battle royale.

Xu Sanshi confronted Lin Yaoyang over Jiang Nannan, then joined Bei Bei in challenging him in the Soul Fighting Arena. Lin Yaoyang defeated Bei Bei with one punch, leaving Yan Shaozhe to assess his injuries.

• Lin Yaoyang refused to prepare for the free-for-all, and Jiang Nannan rejected Xu Sanshi while openly showing her affection for Lin Yaoyang.
• Xu Sanshi challenged Lin Yaoyang and joined forces with Bei Bei as the other students reconsidered attacking him.
• Bei Bei struck Lin Yaoyang with his Thunder Dragon Claw, but Lin Yaoyang countered with one punch and sent him crashing into the stands.
• Yan Shaozhe examined Bei Bei, found that he had two cracked ribs and internal shock, and sent him to rest.

Lin Yaoyang defeated more than twenty core disciples with one use of his first Soul Skill, ending the selection match with only four victors instead of seven. Yan Shaozhe announced the results and postponed choosing the remaining three, while the injured students were left needing treatment.

• Xu Sanshi attacked Lin Yaoyang with Black Tortoise Shock, but Lin Yaoyang dented his shield with one punch and sent him flying.
• Xu Sanshi and Dai Huabin urged the other students to join forces against Lin Yaoyang, and more than twenty core disciples surrounded him.
• Lin Yaoyang sent Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan back, then used True Flame Burst to knock down every opponent in the arena.
• Yan Shaozhe feared Lin Yaoyang's flames would kill the students, so Lin Yaoyang snapped his fingers and extinguished them, leaving the students badly burned.
• A teacher named Lin Yaoyang, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan as the four victors; Yan Shaozhe postponed selecting the remaining three.

After Lin Yaoyang won the selection tournament, Yan Shaozhe brought him to Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En asked him to become his disciple and was refused. Lin Yaoyang entered the Golden Tree’s cultivation room, awakening a figure named Electrolux from the Grey Bead in his Spirit Sea.

• Yan Shaozhe led Lin Yaoyang, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan to Sea God Island and brought Lin Yaoyang to meet Mu En.
• Mu En asked Lin Yaoyang why he had rejected Yan Shaozhe, then offered to take him as a disciple; Lin Yaoyang refused, saying Mu En’s path was not his.
• Mu En let Lin Yaoyang keep his Golden Tree cultivation slot and told him to cultivate before they discussed anything else.
• Yan Shaozhe took Lin Yaoyang to a cultivation room beneath Sea God Pavilion, where the Golden Tree’s energy surrounded him.
• The Grey Bead trembled in Lin Yaoyang’s Spirit Sea, and an illusory figure named Electrolux appeared above it.

Lin Yaoyang awakened Electrolux in his Spirit Sea, resisted a divine sense that tried to influence him, and decided Shrek could not be reformed. After reaching Rank Seventy, he told Mu En he was leaving to establish a force that would protect the continent, and Mu En let him go.

• Electrolux introduced himself as a remnant soul from another world and apologized for entering Lin Yaoyang's Spirit Sea.
• A blue divine sense tried to plant loyalty to Shrek and the Tang Sect in Lin Yaoyang, but golden-red light swallowed it.
• Lin Yaoyang concluded that Shrek selected, invested in, and controlled talented people rather than protecting the continent, and resolved to establish a new order.
• After a month of cultivation beneath the Golden Tree, Lin Yaoyang broke through to Rank Seventy.
• Lin Yaoyang told Mu En he was leaving Shrek to build a force that could protect the continent, and Mu En allowed him to go.

Lin Yaoyang left Shrek with Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan, planning to travel to the Star Luo Empire and build their own force. Zhang Lexuan saw them off at the city gate, choosing to remain at Shrek until Mu En left.

• Lin Yaoyang told Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan he was leaving Shrek for the Star Luo Empire to watch a Soul Master Tournament and later build a force of their own.
• Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er each agreed to go with Lin Yaoyang, and Wang Dong'er resisted a strange voice in her mind as she made her choice.
• Zhang Lexuan tried to persuade Lin Yaoyang to stay, but he said Shrek did not suit him and invited her to join him someday.
• Zhang Lexuan declined to leave Shrek before Mu En departed, then accompanied Lin Yaoyang and the three girls to the academy's eastern gate.
• Zhang Lexuan wished Lin Yaoyang well as he and the three girls disappeared into the crowd.

After leaving Shrek City, Lin Yaoyang went to the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest and allowed the energy within him to form his seventh Soul Ring, which became a red Hundred-thousand-year ring. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King witnessed the breakthrough, sensed an ancient Dragon Clan aura in the ring, and returned deeper into the forest.

• Yan Shaozhe watched Lin Yaoyang leave Shrek and restrained himself from going after him, remembering Mu En's question about whether he could stop him.
• Lin Yaoyang told Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan that they would leave Shrek City's territory and find a secluded place for him to do something important.
• At the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, Lin Yaoyang released the energy inside him and condensed a red seventh Soul Ring without hunting a soul beast.
• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan were shocked to see Lin Yaoyang rise as a seven-ring Soul Sage with three purple, one black, and three red Soul Rings.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King watched from hiding and sensed that Lin Yaoyang's new Soul Ring carried a pure, ancient Dragon Clan aura at least as powerful as Di Tian's.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King decided to return deeper into the forest, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion glanced back at Lin Yaoyang and the pink-blue-haired girl beside him.

Di Tian sensed the aura of the long-dead Fire Dragon King, then heard from Three-Eyed Golden Lion about a human with a self-condensed, hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and a powerful Dragon Clan aura. He suspected the human might be the Fire Dragon King reincarnated, but was left wondering why the man had not come to find him.

• Di Tian sensed a distant trace of the Fire Dragon King's aura while meditating at the Lake of Life, then failed to detect it again.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion arrived with Scarlet King and told Di Tian she had found a human who could condense his own Soul Rings.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion explained that the human's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring carried a powerful Dragon Clan aura.
• Di Tian wondered whether the human was the Fire Dragon King's reincarnation and asked Three-Eyed Golden Lion to describe him.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion described the orange-red-haired human and his three companions, then left with Scarlet King.
• Di Tian remained by the lake, wondering why the Fire Dragon King had not come to find him.

During the journey to Star Luo City, Lin Yaoyang and the three girls shared details about their families, and Lin Yaoyang hinted that Xiao Xiao could help with a future force in the Dou Ling Empire. They reached the city ahead of the tournament, found a two-room inn, and settled in with Wang Dong'er wondering whether Lin Yaoyang had been hinting that she should visit him.

• Lin Yaoyang told Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan that he had two Titled Douluo sisters and lived in the northern region of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang Nannan shared that she lived with her unwell mother in Lingdou City, while Xiao Xiao described her family's borderland territory and Lin Yaoyang said his future force would be based near the Dou Ling Empire's border.
• Wang Dong'er revealed that she came from the Clear Sky Sect, had two Titled Douluo elders, and possessed the Clear Sky Hammer as a second Martial Soul.
• Lin Yaoyang asked whether Xiao Xiao had absorbed her Empty Bright Demon Leopard Left Leg Bone, and Xiao Xiao said she had saved it for a future bottleneck on her parents' advice.
• A month later, the four arrived in Star Luo City, where Lin Yaoyang found two rooms at an inn and gave one key to Jiang Nannan for the girls to share.
• Wang Dong'er blushed after Lin Yaoyang teased her about visiting his room and privately wondered whether she should go to him that night.

Shrek finalized its tournament roster, including Huo Yuhao after he demonstrated his Spirit Detection Sharing, but Xuan Zi’s mission against bandits ended in one death and six severe injuries. At the tournament’s opening match, an injured Shrek lineup faced Tianling Academy while Lin Yaoyang and the three girls watched from the stands.

• Yan Shaozhe finalized Shrek’s main and reserve teams, adding Soul Tool Department disciples He Caitou and Huo Yuhao after Huo Yuhao demonstrated his soul skill.
• Yan Shaozhe named Wang Yan as supervisor and Xuan Zi as team leader, while Mu En expected Xuan Zi to redeem himself through service.
• Xuan Zi led the students on a Supervision Group mission against bandits, where an Evil Soul Master’s bombs killed one main team member, severely injured six, and left Huo Yuhao captured before Xuan Zi rescued him.
• Lin Yaoyang, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan watched the tournament opening ceremony in Star Luo City.
• Wang Yan sent Ling Luochen and the six reserve members, including Huo Yuhao, to face Tianling Academy because most of Shrek’s main team was injured.

Lin Yaoyang attended the Star Luo City matches, then went to Starlight Auction House to buy the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife for its Gold of Life. He won the knife at the starting price, catching Huo Yuhao’s attention.

• Lin Yaoyang told Wang Dong'er to watch the elite matches instead of entering the tournament.
• Lin Yaoyang planned to buy the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone at upcoming auctions.
• A dignified woman passed Lin Yaoyang in the corridor and wondered about his cultivation and background.
• At Starlight Auction House, Lin Yaoyang bought Xiao Xiao a defensive Soul Tool and offered to pay for any items the girls wanted.
• Lin Yaoyang bid one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and won it while Huo Yuhao watched from Shrek Academy’s seats.

Lin Yaoyang bought the cursed Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and Electrolux purified it, revealing the life force within its Gold of Life. As the knife merged into Lin Yaoyang’s forehead, the Eye of Life began to form.

• Lin Yaoyang collected the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and learned from Electrolux that its Gold of Life could benefit them both.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized Lin Yaoyang, granted him an exception to attend the top-tier auction, and ordered Qingya to keep watch on him.
• Lin Yaoyang returned to the hotel, where Electrolux purified the knife and removed its curse and malicious intent.
• Electrolux told Lin Yaoyang to press the purified knife to his forehead, and its life force flooded into Lin Yaoyang’s body.
• The knife sank into Lin Yaoyang’s forehead and melted into him as the Eye of Life began to take shape.

After gaining the Eye of Life, Lin Yaoyang attended a top-tier auction with Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao and won the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone. With the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and Soul Bone secured, he began planning to build his own faction and restore an abandoned place in the Far North.

• Electrolux used the Gold of Life to open the Eye of Life for Lin Yaoyang, enhancing his perception, body, and spiritual power.
• A few days later, Lin Yaoyang and the three girls attended the Starlight Auction House's top-tier auction in Room Twenty-Four.
• Xiao Hongchen and Wang Yan bid on the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone for Meng Hongchen and Ling Luochen, but Lin Yaoyang raised the price to twenty-two million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Lin Yaoyang won the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, paid for it, and stored it in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Lin Yaoyang told his companions not to worry about his money and considered building a faction to raise an abandoned place in the Far North again.

After the auction, Lin Yaoyang met Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, who recognized him as the buyer of the dangerous Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife. He proposed a business deal with Hall Master Jing Hongchen: help forge a Level 9 Soul Tool in exchange for an Immortal Herb that could help Jing Hongchen reach Rank 95.

• Meng Hongchen admired Lin Yaoyang and approached him to make his acquaintance, while Xiao Hongchen recognized him as the buyer of the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
• Meng Hongchen warned Lin Yaoyang that the carving knife was dangerous, and he thanked her for her concern.
• Xiao Hongchen challenged Lin Yaoyang to reveal his Soul Power rank, and Lin Yaoyang claimed he was a Soul Sage.
• Lin Yaoyang told the Hongchen siblings that he could resolve the effects of Meng Hongchen's poison-attributed Martial Soul and asked to discuss business with Jing Hongchen.
• At a teahouse, Lin Yaoyang requested Jing Hongchen's help forging a Level 9 Soul Tool and offered an Immortal Herb that could help him break through to Rank 95.