Chapter Summaries

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu met Zhu Zhuqing in Suotuo City, where Yu Yan questioned her about seeking out Dai Mubai. He showed her intelligence suggesting Dai Mubai had no intention of resisting his brother, leaving Zhu Zhuqing to consider whether he could help her challenge her fate.

• Yu Yan received intelligence identifying Zhu Zhuqing and locating Bu Le, Tian Ya, and E Kao in Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu insisted on accompanying Yu Yan to meet Zhu Zhuqing and stake her claim on Yu Yan.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu visited Zhu Zhuqing at her inn, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to speak with them in a private room.
• Yu Yan asked whether Zhu Zhuqing had come to find Dai Mubai so they could oppose Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Yu Yan showed Zhu Zhuqing a file reporting Dai Mubai's abilities and saying he spent his nights with twins and showed no intention of resisting.

Yu Yan showed Zhu Zhuqing evidence of Dai Mubai’s behavior and offered to help her escape the Star Luo royal family’s succession struggle. He revealed that he was a twelve-year-old Rank 66 Soul Emperor, leaving Zhu Zhuqing to decide whether to accept his offer.

• Zhu Zhuqing read a report detailing Dai Mubai’s affairs and low cultivation, and concluded that she could not rely on him to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun.
• Yu Yan summoned six Soul Rings and presented Zhu Zhuqing with his Martial Soul Awakening Certificate, revealing that he was a twelve-year-old Soul Emperor.
• Yu Yan introduced himself as a Rank 66 Soul Emperor with the mutated Ice and Fire Twin Fish Martial Soul and invited Zhu Zhuqing to change her fate.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the Star Luo rules required her and Dai Mubai to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun together, citing their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yu Yan argued that his future strength could free Zhu Zhuqing from the royal rules and urged her to decide whether to accept his help.

Yu Yan offered Zhu Zhuqing two paths to power after she agreed to his help, then left her to decide while he and Xiao Wu went to hunt Bu Le, Tian Ya, and E Kao. After confirming Dai Mubai’s betrayal for herself, Zhu Zhuqing abandoned her last hope in him and began cultivating with Yu Yan’s pills.

• Yu Yan offered Zhu Zhuqing a choice between receiving help to reach Title Douluo and swearing a God's Oath for his full support, then gave her cultivation pills to consider as a deposit.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left Zhu Zhuqing alone and headed to Changle Pavilion to find Bu Le, Tian Ya, and E Kao.
• Zhu Zhuqing investigated the dossier's claims by speaking with one of Dai Mubai's former girlfriends, who confirmed the information was true.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Dai Mubai arrive at the Rose Hotel with a pair of twins and cut off her last hope in him.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to the inn, swallowed one of Yu Yan's pills, and began cultivating.

Yu Yan captured Tian Ya and E Kao outside Changle Pavilion after suppressing their Soul Power, intending to use them in his Soul Power compression experiments. The two refused to reveal Bu Le’s whereabouts, so Yu Yan and Xiao Wu took them away and planned to investigate Bu Le separately.

• Yu Yan waited outside Changle Pavilion, then ambushed Tian Ya and E Kao as they came out and hindered their Soul Power circulation.
• Tian Ya and E Kao activated their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, but Yu Yan bound and overwhelmed them with Mystic Ice Chains.
• Xiao Wu and Wu Xue joined Yu Yan after he defeated the two Soul Kings and sealed their Soul Power.
• E Kao and Tian Ya offered to reveal Bu Le’s whereabouts, but refused when Yu Yan said it would only lessen their suffering.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu dragged Tian Ya and E Kao away for experiments and decided to ask Suotuo City’s local boss about Bu Le.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu tracked Bu Le to a Spring Pavilion, where Yu Yan lured him outside and kicked him before he could summon his Martial Soul. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing broke through to level 28, and Ma Hongjun set off to seek Zhao Wuji’s help against Yu Yan.

• Yu Yan left Wu Xue to guard Tian Ya and E Kao while he and Xiao Wu searched for Bu Le.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the pill’s spiritual energy, broke through from level 27 to level 28, and resumed cultivating.
• Yu Yan questioned a madam about Bu Le and learned he was at another Spring Pavilion; Ma Hongjun watched Yu Yan leave and ran to Shrek Academy to ask Zhao Wuji for revenge.
• Yu Yan found Bu Le’s room, tricked him into coming outside, and threw him from the Spring Pavilion.
• Bu Le saw Xiao Wu and stared at her, but Yu Yan kicked him in the back before he could summon his Martial Soul.

Yu Yan captured Bu Le and used him, Tian Ya, and E Kao in experiments that killed all three. Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun recruited Zhao Wuji and Oscar to pursue Yu Yan in Suotuo City, and the trio sought help from the local underworld boss to track him down.

• Yu Yan bound Bu Le with Mystic Ice Chains, sealed his Soul Power and mouth, and dragged him away after paying for the damaged wall.
• Yu Yan forced Bu Le, Tian Ya, and E Kao to cooperate with his experiments, and all three died.
• Ma Hongjun asked Zhao Wuji to help him take revenge on Yu Yan, and Zhao Wuji agreed to go with him.
• Ma Hongjun fetched Oscar, and the three went to Spring Pavilion to ask the madam where Yu Yan had gone.
• Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar found traces of a battle outside another brothel, then decided to question Suotuo City's local underworld boss.

Zhao Wuji, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar tracked Yu Yan to his inn, but Yu Yan fled with Zhao Wuji in pursuit so they could fight outside Suotuo City. Their battle began with Yu Yan overpowering Zhao Wuji in a contest of strength, and Zhao Wuji’s shockwaves cracked Yu Yan’s Mystic Ice Chains.

• A local thug revealed Yu Yan’s residence to Zhao Wuji, who went there with Ma Hongjun and Oscar to confront him.
• Yu Yan recognized Ma Hongjun and Oscar, guessed that their companion was Zhao Wuji, and ran toward the outskirts to avoid fighting in the crowded city.
• Xiao Wu packed Yu Yan’s belongings and stored the frozen corpses of Bu Le and the other two before leaving Suotuo City with Wu Xue.
• Zhao Wuji chased Yu Yan out of the city, where Yu Yan turned to face him on a desolate stretch of flat land.
• Yu Yan won their first exchange of punches without using Soul Power, driving Zhao Wuji back farther than he was pushed.
• Zhao Wuji activated his spirit skills and used golden shockwaves to batter Yu Yan’s Mystic Ice Chains until cracks appeared.

Yu Yan fought Zhao Wuji after breaking free of his gravity-based Spirit Skills, revealing six Soul Rings and using his Ice and Fire Dragon abilities. The battle left Yu Yan refining his spear technique while Zhao Wuji’s condition steadily deteriorated under the cold and poison.

• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Squeeze and Position Tracking to try to restrain and close in on Yu Yan, but Yu Yan broke free and stopped the incoming Soul Ring with Scorching Breath.
• Yu Yan revealed six Soul Rings and used Moon Eclipse: Thousand Frost Return to Silence and Dome Frost Falling Star Net to weaken Zhao Wuji and seal off the battlefield.
• Yu Yan summoned the Abyssal Extreme Cold Vortex Spear and redirected Zhao Wuji’s charge before thrusting at him.
• Zhao Wuji used the Immovable Wisdom King Body to resist Yu Yan’s spear, and the two clashed repeatedly at close range.
• Yu Yan repeatedly broke free of Zhao Wuji’s gravity skills and continued attacking with his spear as Zhao Wuji’s speed, Soul Power circulation, and overall condition worsened from the cold and Cold Poison.

Xiao Wu intervened when Oscar and Ma Hongjun tried to break through Yu Yan’s ice net, killing Ma Hongjun and injuring Oscar before returning to help Yu Yan. As Zhao Wuji transformed into a Vajra Bear, Yu Yan summoned Mystic Ice Chains to continue their battle.

• Ma Hongjun used Phoenix Fire Line to burn a gap in Yu Yan’s Dome Frost Falling Star Net, but Xiao Wu struck him away with Moonlight Energy.
• Xiao Wu questioned Oscar and Ma Hongjun, then drove Moonlight Energy Spikes into both of them, killing Ma Hongjun and injuring Oscar before entering the ice net with Wu Xue.
• Oscar used his sausages to recover, then discovered that dark-red flames had reignited on Ma Hongjun and that his breathing was returning.
• Zhao Wuji knocked Yu Yan back and activated his Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into a five-meter-tall Vajra Bear.
• Yu Yan hurled an Ice Spear at Zhao Wuji, who deflected it with a golden shockwave, and Yu Yan used the Blue Moon’s gathered Soul Power to form ten Mystic Ice Chains.

Yu Yan used his Fire Dragon spirit skills to defeat Zhao Wuji, who died after his final attack failed to harm Xiao Wu. Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left Zhao Wuji’s remains and planned to wander near Suotuo City until morning.

• Yu Yan restrained Zhao Wuji with Mystic Ice Chains, then used the Earth Vein Flame Heart Banner and Ash Core Fission Array to trap him in successive fiery attacks.
• Xiao Wu joined Yu Yan as the explosions subsided, and Zhao Wuji emerged badly burned but still alive.
• Zhao Wuji used his remaining Soul Power to launch Vajra Roar at Xiao Wu, but her Invincible Golden Body blocked it.
• Yu Yan buried the exhausted Zhao Wuji in geothermal magma, and Zhao Wuji turned to white ash.
• Yu Yan collected Zhao Wuji’s Soul Tool and invited Xiao Wu to wander near Suotuo City until daylight.

Yu Yan brought Zhu Zhuqing back to Exotic Beast Academy and secured her enrollment, while Oscar discovered that Ma Hongjun had revived in a severely weakened state. The chapter ended with Yu Yan obtaining thirty Ice Soul Flower seeds from Jiang Jing.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu left Suotuo City with Zhu Zhuqing, who had accepted Yu Yan’s offer to join Exotic Beast Academy.
• Oscar found that Ma Hongjun had come back to life but was reduced to skin and bones, then carried him to Shrek Academy for help.
• Shao Xin stayed to care for Ma Hongjun, while Lu Qibin and Li Yusong searched unsuccessfully for Zhao Wuji; Flender later examined Ma Hongjun and wrote to Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang.
• After returning to Exotic Beast Academy, Yu Yan introduced Zhu Zhuqing to Jiang Jing and confirmed that she had joined willingly.
• Yu Yan persuaded Jiang Jing to provide Zhu Zhuqing with Ice Soul Flowers and won thirty seeds for himself.

Zhu Zhuqing chose to make God's Oath and began preparing to take two Immortal Herbs under Yu Yan's guidance. The oath caused an unknown god to glance at Yu Yan, while Yu Yan's powerful Spirit Rings convinced Zhu Zhuqing that she had chosen the right path.

• Zhu Zhuqing decided to choose Yu Yan's second option and make God's Oath.
• Zhu Zhuqing swore the oath, and a mysterious ripple circled Yu Yan before disappearing; Yu Yan wondered why the unknown god had noticed him.
• Yu Yan gave Zhu Zhuqing seven packets of herbs to strengthen her body before she took the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Yu Yan told Zhu Zhuqing to wait before absorbing her Third Spirit Ring and said she could eventually absorb one over seven thousand years old.
• Yu Yan revealed his six Spirit Rings, including three black rings, and Zhu Zhuqing realized she could pursue a similar path.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu speculated that an unknown god had approached Yu Yan because Zhu Zhuqing might possess unusual fortune. After completing her medicinal bath, Zhu Zhuqing consumed two Immortal Herbs and endured painful changes that left her stronger and more confident.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu discussed the unknown god's interest in Yu Yan, and Yu Yan suspected Zhu Zhuqing might possess some fortune of her own.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed twenty-one days of medicinal baths, more than doubled her physique, and advanced from Soul Power Level twenty-eight to level thirty.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling arrived to watch as Yu Yan prepared the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Yu Yan, consumed both Immortal Herbs, and circulated her Meditation Method as their medicinal powers transformed her body.
• After enduring more than an hour of severe pain, Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the herbs with greater strength, confidence, and a faint fragrance around her.

After absorbing two Immortal Herbs, Zhu Zhuqing awakened to major physical improvements and an evolved Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul. Yu Yan recorded her gains, arranged to find her Third Spirit Ring in Sunset Forest, and watched as she began a spar with Dugu Yan.

• Dugu Yan and Xiao Wu discussed how Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul had not yet changed, until Ye Lingling pointed out that its transformation had begun.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke after absorbing the herbs, and Yu Yan recorded her benefits as Golden Body Jade Bone, God-Sculpted Body, Double A-Rank Strength and Speed, and Invincible at the Same Rank.
• Yu Yan arranged for Zhu Zhuqing to obtain her Third Spirit Ring in Sunset Forest the next day, with Dugu Yan reassuring her that he could recommend suitable Soul Beasts.
• Dugu Yan challenged Zhu Zhuqing to a spar, and Yu Yan opened a private battle venue at Exotic Beast Academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan announced their Martial Souls and ranks, summoned their Martial Soul Possessions, and began fighting.

Zhu Zhuqing tested her enhanced strength and speed in a spar with Dugu Yan, who countered her with control and close-combat skills. The fight remained undecided, but Yu Yan and Xiao Wu judged that Dugu Yan had the advantage.

• Zhu Zhuqing opened the spar by striking Dugu Yan and confirmed that her attack power had greatly increased.
• Dugu Yan healed the claw marks on her arm, then pursued Zhu Zhuqing with Blood Jade Corrosive Claw to limit her movement.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Hell Stab to attack, but Dugu Yan blocked her and trapped her with Blood Jade Dragon Bind.
• Zhu Zhuqing broke free and tried to leap over the chains, but Dugu Yan struck her in midair and left a bruise.
• Zhu Zhuqing recovered and fought Dugu Yan head-on, while Yu Yan and Xiao Wu recognized Dugu Yan's advantage.

Dugu Yan defeated Zhu Zhuqing in a close match, and Yu Yan and Xiao Wu took Zhu Zhuqing to Sunset Forest to seek a suitable Third Spirit Ring. While Wu Xue searched for a Space-Rending Shadow Leopard, Yu Yan strengthened the poisonous defenses around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well; Wu Xue eventually returned to report its search.

• Dugu Yan defeated Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling healed both fighters before they agreed to battle again after Zhu Zhuqing obtained her Third Spirit Ring.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu received leave from Vice Principal Jiang Jing and traveled with Zhu Zhuqing to Sunset Forest, where Zhu Zhuqing chose a Space-Rending Shadow Leopard for her Third Spirit Ring.
• Yu Yan sent Wu Xue to search for a suitable Space-Rending Shadow Leopard while Zhu Zhuqing cultivated near the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Yu Yan harvested herbs and planted poisons to strengthen the poisonous barrier around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, hoping to keep intruders such as Tang San away.
• After five days away, Wu Xue returned to the upgraded poisonous barrier and announced its arrival by releasing the aura of a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Wu Xue found a Space-Rending Shadow Leopard for Zhu Zhuqing, who absorbed its spirit ring and gained the third skill Hell Rift Flash. The group returned to Exotic Beast Academy after Yu Yan learned about the new skill and considered Zhu Zhuqing’s future spirit skill arrangement.

• Wu Xue led Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to a nearly ten-thousand-year-old Space-Rending Shadow Leopard in Sunset Forest.
• The leopard escaped Yu Yan’s Mystic Ice Chains with Space-Rending Flash, but Xiao Wu tracked it down and brought it back to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing killed the leopard with Hell Stab and smoothly absorbed its spirit ring, reaching Soul Power Level 34.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Hell Rift Flash let her pass through space at high speed and strike a target with a claw attack that ignored part of its defense.
• Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated Hell Rift Flash by cutting a giant boulder in two, then said she could use the skill ten times with her current Soul Power.
• Yu Yan and the others returned to Exotic Beast Academy, with Yu Yan planning to research feline Soul Beasts for Zhu Zhuqing’s future spirit skills.

Jiang Jing formed the Exotic Beast Academy Team and appointed Yu Yan as its captain as the academy prepared for the Elite Advanced Soul Master Competition. The team began intensive training, while Yu Yan and Xiao Wu promised to reach Soul King before the finals.

• Jiang Jing gathered Yu Yan, Xiao Wu, and the academy’s other outstanding students to announce the Exotic Beast Academy Team’s formation, and everyone agreed to join.
• Jiang Jing named level 49 Yu Yan captain, and Zhu Zhuqing concealed her surprise at the announcement after Xiao Wu signaled her to stay quiet.
• Jiang Jing outlined the team’s combat and cultivation training and explained the competition’s regional preliminaries and qualification slots.
• Jiang Jing identified Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan as major championship opponents and urged Yu Yan and Xiao Wu to reach Soul King before the finals.
• The team began high-pressure special training, and Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and the other students made considerable progress.

Ning Rongrong arrived at Exotic Beast Academy after leaving Heaven Dou Royal Academy and Shrek Academy, and told Yu Yan and Xiao Wu about Shrek’s current students and instructors. Yu Yan learned that Tang San had reached level 36 and that Ma Hongjun had returned from the dead, while Ning Rongrong settled in with her friends.

• A junior student told Yu Yan that a pretty girl was waiting for him at the gates, and he went there with Xiao Wu.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu found Ning Rongrong outside Exotic Beast Academy and asked why she had come there instead of staying at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after being pestered by suitors, then fled Shrek Academy because of its teaching style and the boys who stared at her.
• Yu Yan asked Ning Rongrong about Shrek Academy and learned that Flender and Lu Qibin were searching for Zhao Wuji’s killer while Shao Xin and Li Yusong remained as instructors.
• Ning Rongrong reported that Shrek’s students included Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Hai Xingxing, and that Tang San was level 36 while Ma Hongjun had returned from the dead with a devolved Phoenix Martial Soul.

Ning Rongrong enrolled at Exotic Beast Academy, where she began adapting to its demanding training and cultivating more diligently. Yu Yan broke through to level 70 and decided to seek the Nine-Section Fish Dragon Beast for his seventh Soul Ring.

• Yu Yan explained that he had history with Shrek Academy, and Ning Rongrong recounted how she had found and enrolled at the village academy before deciding to join Exotic Beast Academy.
• Yu Yan accepted Ning Rongrong, and Jiang Jing arranged her enrollment and roomed her with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong was cultivating diligently, sent Jiang Jing money and a letter asking her to teach Ning Rongrong, and Jiang Jing intensified her special training.
• The Exotic Beast Academy Team defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Team in Ice Soul City, with Dugu Yan crushing Yu Tianheng in a head-on fight.
• Half a month before the Elite Advanced Soul Master Competition, Yu Yan broke through to level 70 while Xiao Wu remained at level 69.
• Yu Yan declined to involve Da Ming and Er Ming and chose the 130,000-year Nine-Section Fish Dragon Beast west of Vast Sea City as his target for a seventh Soul Ring.