Chapter Summaries

After absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone without ill effects, Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena were taken to the Golden Tree’s underground chambers for enlightenment. As they entered separate cultivation rooms, the Golden Ancient Tree sensed an unfamiliar sapling growing within Bai Yuan and became curious about its power.

• Yun Ming checked Bai Yuan after he absorbed the Soul Bone and found him unharmed, while Gu Yuena remained at his side as his Junior Sister.
• Ya Li offered Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena a chance at Golden Tree Enlightenment, and Yun Ming agreed despite hoping the opportunity would draw them closer to Shrek Academy.
• Yun Ming explained that the Golden Tree’s underground space contained 108 cultivation rooms, and Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena chose separate passageways.
• Bai Yuan entered the golden-black-lit room while Gu Yuena entered the seven-colored-lit room, leaving Yun Ming and Ya Li to wait in the hall.
• The consciousness within the Golden Ancient Tree sensed an unfamiliar sapling within Bai Yuan and wondered what power it possessed.

Bai Yuan entered the Golden Tree Origin, where the Golden Tree's life energy nourished his sapling and Core Flame as the Plane Spirit watched and tested his limits. Meanwhile, Gu Yuena studied the elemental insights left by human experts in another room, and Yun Ming wondered whether the Golden Tree had chosen them both.

• Bai Yuan entered the Golden Tree Origin and absorbed its dense life energy as the sapling within him rapidly grew.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li that Bai Yuan had entered the Golden Tree Origin, and they wondered whether the tree had chosen him and Gu Yuena.
• Bai Yuan summoned his Core Flame, which began greedily devouring the Golden Tree's life energy.
• The Plane Spirit amplified the energy and watched as Bai Yuan's Core Flame and sapling continued absorbing it without showing signs of breaking.
• Gu Yuena sensed the human experts' elemental insights in her room and began drawing them into her spiritual power to understand them.

Bai Yuan absorbed the Golden Tree’s immense life energy until the Plane Spirit appeared in his consciousness and demanded to know who he was. As Yun Ming, Ya Li, and Gu Yuena waited outside the sealed room, another figure emerged behind Bai Yuan and answered the Plane Spirit’s scrutiny.

• The Plane Spirit repeatedly increased the life energy flowing into Bai Yuan, and his Core Flame absorbed the excess without making his aura unstable.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li sensed the surging energy outside Bai Yuan’s room, and Yun Ming said the Golden Tree seemed to have chosen him.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li discussed recruiting Bai Yuan as a disciple of the Sea God Pavilion despite his ties to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Gu Yuena emerged from her meeting, learned Bai Yuan was still inside, and joined Yun Ming and Ya Li in waiting by the sealed door.
• The Plane Spirit gathered the life energy into a humanoid figure in Bai Yuan’s consciousness and demanded to know who he was.
• A handsome, white-robed figure condensed from golden and black light behind Bai Yuan and asked the Plane Spirit if it was looking for him.

Bai Yuan confronted the Golden Tree’s Life Core and revealed that Tang San had placed Ah Yin within the tree to take control of its life essence. After learning that Ah Yin was eroding it and that Tang San’s countermeasure left it unable to resist, the Life Core cautiously accepted Bai Yuan’s offer of help.

• The Life Core sensed Xiao Bai’s unfamiliar power and questioned who he was, while Xiao Bai promised that Bai Yuan would leave something beneficial for the sapling.
• Bai Yuan told the Life Core that Tang San had placed Ah Yin within the Golden Tree to ascend her life essence, prompting the Life Core to react with alarm.
• Xiao Bai checked the Life Core’s threatening pressure with his God Calamity aura, and the Life Core backed down.
• Bai Yuan asked whether Tang San had attacked the Life Core, and it warned him that Ah Yin had begun Plant Assimilation Erosion using Tang San’s countermeasure.
• Bai Yuan offered to help the Life Core, which surrounded him with golden radiance and began to consider trusting him.

Bai Yuan agreed to help the Life Core resist the Blue Silver Empress and used Xiao Bai’s power to prepare a countermeasure against Tang San’s lingering influence. The Life Core gave Bai Yuan life energy, and he left it to face the struggle ahead.

• Bai Yuan agreed to help the Life Core deal with the Blue Silver Empress, whose vines were suppressing it through Tang San’s backup plan.
• Bai Yuan revealed his Core Flame, and the Life Core recognized Tang San’s lingering divine sense within it.
• Bai Yuan showed the Life Core an emerald sapling whose higher-tier life essence could counter Ah Yin’s plant suppression.
• Bai Yuan offered to leave an aura inside the Life Core so it could create an opening to counterattack, and the Life Core accepted.
• Xiao Bai placed a green leaf’s aura within the Life Core, which then gave Bai Yuan a cluster of life energy that nourished the sapling.
• Bai Yuan left through the golden wooden door, telling the Life Core to depend on itself for the rest.

After Bai Yuan left the Golden Tree, Yun Ming tried to recruit him as his disciple, but Bai Yuan deferred his decision until after his study tour. Yun Ming later confirmed with Elder Jin that Bai Yuan was fated to the Golden Ancient Tree, leaving Shrek’s future uncertain.

• Bai Yuan told Yun Ming that he had gained life energy and improved his cultivation, while Yun Ming urged him to consider becoming the next Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Bai Yuan declined to commit to Yun Ming’s offer, saying he would decide after completing his study tour, then left with Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena questioned Bai Yuan about his time inside the Golden Tree, but he kept the Plane Spirit, Ah Yin, and Tang San’s backup plan secret.
• Ya Li cautioned Yun Ming not to pressure Bai Yuan, while Yun Ming worried that Shrek might miss an entire era if he did not join them.
• Yun Ming entered the Golden Tree’s room and asked Elder Jin whether Bai Yuan had been chosen; Elder Jin said the boy was fated with him and that no one could know what the future held.

Yun Ming learned that Elder Jin had chosen Bai Yuan and warned him to befriend the young man rather than constrain him. As Bai Yuan explored the growing power of his Core Flame, he sensed that it might be awakening an ability connected to space.

• Elder Jin confirmed that the Golden Ancient Tree had chosen Bai Yuan, gave him a strand of power, and warned Yun Ming not to make things difficult for him.
• Ya Li urged Yun Ming to draw Bai Yuan close without binding him, and Yun Ming told Long Yeyue what had happened.
• Long Yeyue agreed not to bind Bai Yuan but insisted that he should remain in Shrek, while Yun Ming later resolved to let him choose his own path.
• Bai Yuan entered the space within his Core Flame and sensed that the golden bead on the sapling was awakening a power that might be connected to space.

Bai Yuan used a trace of life energy from the Golden Ancient Tree to influence Gu Yuena, then accepted Shrek students who wanted to join the Spirit Pagoda. The chapter left him quietly building a network of allies while Gu Yuena began considering how to form her own faction.

• Bai Yuan sensed that Tribbie’s spatial power was slowly taking shape and decided to secure Gu Yuena’s support before the Life Core finished dealing with the Blue Silver Empress.
• Bai Yuan sent a faint trace of Golden Ancient Tree life energy toward Gu Yuena, who sensed its ancient divinity and fell asleep contemplating it.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena entered class together, where their classmates greeted Bai Yuan with admiration after his rise to first place on the Youth Genius Ranking.
• The teacher congratulated Bai Yuan and urged the class to learn from him, while privately considering Yun Ming’s interest in taking him as a disciple.
• Ling Yuan and several other students asked Bai Yuan to introduce them to the Spirit Pagoda, and he agreed, recognizing that they could become allies within its ranks.
• Gu Yuena remarked that Bai Yuan accepted people readily, while he viewed their requests as useful favors and she considered building a faction of her own.

Qiangu Dongfeng weighed Leng Yaozhu’s demand for the Qiangu Family to support the Leng Family at the next council meeting, then granted Bai Yuan the Spirit Pagoda’s highest authorization. After two months of cultivation, Bai Yuan returned to find Tang Wulin seeking Gu Yuena’s attention, and Gu Yuena urged him to resume classes.

• Leng Yaozhu asked Qiangu Dongfeng to support the Leng Family’s proposal at the next council meeting, warning him that the times were changing.
• Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Shrek Academy students, including Youth Genius Ranking members, wanted to join the Spirit Pagoda and ordered that Bai Yuan receive its highest level of authorization.
• After two months of intense cultivation, Bai Yuan left his dormitory and found Tang Wulin talking to Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena asked Bai Yuan to rescue her from Tang Wulin, who said he had joined Shrek and wanted to see and learn from Bai Yuan.
• Bai Yuan sent Tang Wulin away and told Gu Yuena that Tang Wulin had really come to see her, but she denied it and changed the subject to Bai Yuan’s cultivation.
• Gu Yuena told Bai Yuan to return to class the next day and make up his missed exams.

Bai Yuan attended class at Shrek, where Ye Xinglan congratulated him on taking first place and Xu Lizhi watched her feelings for him grow. Shen Yi then brought Bai Yuan to the Life and Death Arena for an assessment, where he faced a giant black tiger that reminded him of his own.

• Tang Wulin left after seeing Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena together, while Gu Yuena complained that she had been stuck attending class.
• Xu Lizhi offered Ye Xinglan breakfast again, but she refused and continued watching Bai Yuan's battle recordings.
• Ye Xinglan congratulated Bai Yuan on taking first place, leaving Xu Lizhi feeling helpless as he watched them speak.
• Shen Yi told Bai Yuan to stay behind for an exam and led him to the Life and Death Arena, where she said he had to walk out alive.
• Bai Yuan entered the arena, where a mechanical voice matched him with an opponent and a giant black tiger emerged from the darkness.

Bai Yuan’s Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fought a Dark Tiger in the Life and Death Arena and defeated it after overcoming its Dark Demon Domain. Shen Yi confirmed that Bai Yuan had passed the exam, and he left the arena.

• Bai Yuan summoned his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which recognized the opposing tiger as a counterfeit and challenged it.
• The two tigers clashed across the arena, trading bites and claw strikes until Bai Yuan’s tiger impaled Dark Tiger with its Evil God Hook.
• Dark Tiger rose from the crater and unleashed its Dark Demon Domain, but Bai Yuan’s tiger overwhelmed the domain with its Evil God Bloodline.
• Bai Yuan’s tiger used Evil God Spike to shatter Dark Tiger’s defenses and pierced its forehead, causing it to disintegrate.
• Bai Yuan’s tiger returned to his Core Flame, and Shen Yi told Bai Yuan that he had passed the exam.

Bai Yuan completed the Life and Death Arena assessment and returned to Shrek, while Gu Yuena planned to seize the Golden Dragon King Divine Core, learn about Aeon, and advance her revenge through the Spirit Pagoda. At the Spirit Pagoda, Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu about the hidden Yuanen Family, seeing them as an opportunity for the Leng Family to challenge the Qiangu Family.

• Bai Yuan left the Life and Death Arena after quickly defeating its simulated opponent, surprising Shen Yi.
• Bai Yuan returned to the dormitory and checked the Core Flame, which had made no progress, while Gu Yuena remained outside planning her next moves.
• Gu Yuena resolved to pursue the Golden Dragon King Divine Core, trick Bai Yuan into revealing information about Aeon, and rise within the Spirit Pagoda to build the Ten Thousand Beast Platform.
• The next day, Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena visited Leng Yaozhu at the Spirit Pagoda, where Leng Yaozhu invited Bai Yuan to dinner and urged Gu Yuena to rank near the top.
• Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu that the Yuanen Family possessed the Titan Giant Ape bloodline and had remained hidden near the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu questioned how the Yuanen Family had escaped notice, while Bai Yuan considered their discovery an opportunity for the Leng Family to stand equal with the Qiangu Family.

Bai Yuan warned Leng Yaozhu that the Yuanen Family was positioning itself around Shrek Academy and urged her to approach them before they chose sides. After dinner and a private conversation, Bai Yuan promised to help Leng Yaozhu secure the position she wanted, while she urged him to be careful at Shrek.

• Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu about the Yuanen Family's strength and its members' growing ties to Shrek Academy, and suggested she extend an olive branch.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Bai Yuan to share any new information, then invited him and Gu Yuena to dinner.
• Gu Yuena eagerly ate several plates of food, and Leng Yaozhu toasted her and Bai Yuan to celebrate their studies going smoothly.
• Leng Yaozhu reflected on how Bai Yuan had grown from a child she took in for his talent, and Bai Yuan acknowledged her help without letting it bind him completely.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Bai Yuan to be careful at Shrek, and he promised to help her attain the position she wanted.

Bai Yuan used Yun Ming’s offer to prompt Leng Yaozhu to promise him support and more attention, then encountered Yuanen Yehui at the Spirit Pagoda’s reception desk. The chapter ended as Yuanen introduced herself and asked whether they were recruiting.

• Bai Yuan showed Leng Yaozhu that he had comprehended sword intent and revealed Yun Ming had personally offered to take him as a disciple.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Bai Yuan that Yun Ming was trying to poach him, then promised to communicate with him more regularly.
• Bai Yuan secured Leng Yaozhu’s approval to charge his cultivation resources to her account and register his own team under the Leng Family.
• Bai Yuan went to the lobby and caught Gu Yuena dozing at the reception desk.
• Yuanen Yehui arrived at the Spirit Pagoda and asked whether they were recruiting.

Bai Yuan met Yuanen Yehui when she applied for a job at the Spirit Pagoda and planned how to recruit her. After securing Leng Yaozhu’s approval for flexible personnel authority, he set out to win Yuanen Yehui over in the coming days.

• Gu Yuena told Bai Yuan she sensed Yuanen Yehui was a woman, and Bai Yuan welcomed Yuanen Yehui when she came to apply for work.
• Bai Yuan introduced the job’s benefits, listened to Yuanen Yehui explain her experience and need for work, and asked her to leave her contact information instead of hiring her immediately.
• Bai Yuan explained to Gu Yuena that making Yuanen Yehui wait would make her value the job more, then went upstairs to report the application to Leng Yaozhu.
• Bai Yuan asked Leng Yaozhu for authority to arrange temporary personnel transfers and coordinate directly, and she granted his request.
• Leng Yaozhu told Bai Yuan to offer Yuanen Yehui sufficient benefits and sincerity because of her twin top-tier Martial Souls, and he agreed to handle the recruitment.

Bai Yuan welcomed Yuanen Yehui into the Spirit Pagoda, where she signed a contract and began familiarizing herself with her new workplace. Yue Zhengyu then confronted her and called her an Evil Soul Master, but fled when Bai Yuan challenged him, leaving Yuanen Yehui wondering why Yue Zhengyu feared him.

• Bai Yuan told Gu Yuena that Yuanen Yehui would join the Spirit Pagoda, and Yuanen arrived at the lobby soon afterward.
• Bai Yuan offered Yuanen a job, and she accepted and signed the contract.
• Bai Yuan showed Yuanen the work areas and gave her a badge for her reception-desk duties.
• Yue Zhengyu spotted Yuanen and insulted her as an Evil Soul Master in front of the lobby crowd.
• Bai Yuan confronted Yue Zhengyu about accusing the Spirit Pagoda of collusion, and Yue Zhengyu made an excuse and left quickly.
• Yuanen asked Bai Yuan why Yue Zhengyu seemed so afraid of him.

Bai Yuan stopped Yue Zhengyu from slandering Yuanen Yehui and reassured her that she belonged under his protection. After reporting that Yuanen would stay with the Spirit Pagoda, Bai Yuan learned the Star Luo Delegation had arrived early and considered whether the visit could lead him to Dragon Valley.

• Bai Yuan used his pressure to force Yue Zhengyu to apologize and promise to leave Yuanen Yehui alone, then made him pay for the damaged floor.
• Yuanen Yehui thanked Bai Yuan for defending her, and Gu Yuena teased him before he confessed he had ulterior motives toward her.
• Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu that Yuanen Yehui was willing to stay with the Spirit Pagoda, and Leng Yaozhu instructed him to keep watch over her.
• Leng Yaozhu informed Bai Yuan that the Star Luo Delegation had arrived early, prompting him to think the visit might lead to Dragon Valley and resources for the Core Flame.

Yuanen Yehui joined Bai Yuan’s class, where Yue Zhengyu accused her of being an Evil Soul Master because of her Fallen Angel Martial Soul. Bai Yuan defended her and warned Yue Zhengyu not to cross the line, while privately planning to exploit Yuanen Yehui’s connection to Demon Hell for its energy.

• Bai Yuan found Yuanen Yehui in his classroom and learned she had transferred there to learn from him.
• Yue Zhengyu accused Yuanen Yehui of being an Evil Soul Master, but Li Qiankun identified her as a new transfer student and challenged Yue Zhengyu’s accusations.
• Bai Yuan asked Yue Zhengyu for proof and told Yuanen Yehui that her Martial Soul did not determine what kind of person she became.
• Bai Yuan warned Yue Zhengyu to stop calling Yuanen Yehui an Evil Soul Master, and Yue Zhengyu agreed to keep watch over her without crossing the line.
• Bai Yuan privately planned to gain Yuanen Yehui’s favor and eventually absorb energy from Demon Hell.

Bai Yuan overwhelmed Gu Yuena in training and revealed that he could use spatial rifts to redirect her elemental attacks. Fascinated by his technique, Gu Yuena began trying to replicate it while Yun Ming and Ya Li watched, and Yun Ming became even more eager to recruit Bai Yuan.

• Bai Yuan repeatedly dodged Gu Yuena’s elemental attacks and forced her back during their training match.
• Gu Yuena used spatial power to teleport behind Bai Yuan and attack him, but he appeared at her former position unharmed.
• Bai Yuan demonstrated spatial mirrors that absorbed Gu Yuena’s attacks and sent them elsewhere, then told her his spatial methods surpassed hers.
• Gu Yuena tried to create her own spatial rifts and gradually produced one that briefly approached the effect she wanted.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li watched Gu Yuena practice, and Yun Ming said he had never seen spatial attributes used that way and wanted Bai Yuan even more.

Bai Yuan sparred with Gu Yuena and showed her a new spatial attack that severed incoming elements. After a message announced the Star Luo Delegation had arrived and might hold a competition, Gu Yuena agreed to go and use the visitors for practice.

• Gu Yuena persuaded Bai Yuan to spar again by agreeing to do his classwork if she lost.
• Gu Yuena used spatial transfer to switch places with Bai Yuan and send elemental attacks toward him.
• Bai Yuan dodged and used Space Severing to break apart Gu Yuena's attacks, prompting her to investigate the unfamiliar spatial power.
• Bai Yuan demonstrated a thin Space Rift that cleanly split a stone brick, and Gu Yuena recognized the move's potential.
• Bai Yuan received word that the Star Luo Delegation had arrived and invited Gu Yuena to go meet them; she agreed, eager for a chance to fight.