Chapter Summaries

Xue Mingqing chose to enter the Star Dou Forest and face his fated tribulation rather than let Lexuan suffer it in his place. As he and Ning Yurong ventured inside, Zhang Lexuan and Shrek's soul-hunting team lay defeated before a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast elsewhere in the forest.

• Feng Qingyang told Xue Mingqing that avoiding his tribulation would make Lexuan suffer it in his place.
• Xue Mingqing resolved to face the danger himself and warned Ning Yurong to stay close to him.
• Xue Mingqing and Ning Yurong entered the Star Dou Forest together.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast defeated Shrek's seven-person soul-hunting team in the forest's Mixed Zone.
• Zhang Lexuan stood battered and nearly powerless before the beast, shielding the fallen students.

Zhang Lexuan led five companions through the Star Dou Forest, believing a protective crystal had kept them safe, until a hundred-thousand-year soul beast ambushed the squad. The beast emerged after killing Lin Chen, leaving the remaining students facing overwhelming danger.

• Zhang Lexuan guided the cautious squad deeper into the forest, where they noticed no soul beasts had appeared.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Dean Yan Shaozhe had given her a crystal that concealed their presence from most low-level soul beasts.
• Lin Chen warned the squad about a hundred-thousand-year soul beast before it killed him with a single strike.
• Zhang Lexuan ordered the five surviving students into a defensive formation as the enormous black feline emerged from the forest.

Zhang Lexuan and the remaining Shrek students fought Night Madcat, a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, while waiting for Xuan Zi to rescue them, but he never came. After Night Madcat killed their support student, the survivors launched a desperate final charge as Xuan Zi was shown elsewhere, blood splashing onto his face.

• Zhang Lexuan led the five remaining students into a defensive formation against Night Madcat.
• The students endured Night Madcat's attacks as their injuries mounted and their hope for Xuan Zi's arrival faded.
• Night Madcat pinned and killed the auxiliary-type girl despite Zhang Lexuan's attempt to save her.
• Zhang Lexuan and the four surviving students charged Night Madcat in a desperate counterattack.
• A thousand meters outside the Star Dou Forest, blood splashed onto Xuan Zi's face.

Xuan Zi ignored his duty to protect Zhang Lexuan’s group and stayed behind to roast a rabbit, convinced they could handle the Star Dou Forest alone. After the Night Madcat’s attack left the group helpless, a stubborn figure slowly rose as the beast prepared to strike again.

• Xuan Zi washed the rabbit’s blood from his face and began roasting it, unconcerned about Zhang Lexuan and the others.
• Xuan Zi reasoned that Zhang Lexuan’s elite team did not need his protection and settled in to eat and drink.
• The Night Madcat launched a dark Soul Power attack that struck Zhang Lexuan’s five-person group.
• The blast left all five unable to move, with several suffering grievous injuries, while the Night Madcat prepared another attack.
• A sound from the nearby grass made the Night Madcat turn, and a resolute figure among the fallen slowly stood up.

Zhang Lexuan survived Night Madcat’s devastating attack because Xue Mingqing’s protective Soul Tool shielded her, then stood between the beast and her fallen teammates. Just as Night Madcat moved to kill her, Xue Mingqing arrived with six divine wings and unleashed a powerful beam at the beast, leaving Zhang Lexuan stunned and overwhelmed.

• Snowstorm Shelter shattered while protecting Zhang Lexuan from Night Madcat’s attack, leaving her alive amid her dead and wounded teammates.
• Zhang Lexuan faced Night Madcat and vowed it would have to step over her corpse to reach her teammates.
• Night Madcat raised its claw to kill Zhang Lexuan as she closed her eyes and thought of Xue Mingqing.
• Xue Mingqing roared from the forest, unfurled six divine wings, and fired a devastating beam at Night Madcat.
• Zhang Lexuan recognized Xue Mingqing and stared in disbelief as the light of his wings filled her view.

Xue Mingqing rescued Zhang Lexuan from the Night Madcat’s attack and teleported away with her and Ning Yurong, but the beast caught up with them as they tried to flee. The chapter ended with its fatal claw bearing down on Xue Mingqing.

• Xue Mingqing’s Tricolor Annihilation Death Ray forced the Night Madcat to dodge, interrupting its attack on Zhang Lexuan.
• Xue Mingqing caught Zhang Lexuan, carried her out of the battlefield, and brought Ning Yurong into his protection.
• Xue Mingqing used the Silver Flash Ring to teleport himself and the two women five hundred meters away from the Night Madcat.
• Xue Mingqing resolved to protect Zhang Lexuan and Ning Yurong and prepared to escape with them, leaving the unconscious students behind.
• The Night Madcat crossed the distance in an instant and appeared behind them, trapping the three as its claw struck toward Xue Mingqing.

Guang Yan arrived just in time to save Xue Mingqing, Zhang Lexuan, and Ning Yurong from the Night Madcat’s killing blow. Xue Mingqing’s view of Guang Yan changed completely, and he began comparing him favorably to Xuan Zi.

• The Night Madcat attacked Xue Mingqing, Zhang Lexuan, and Ning Yurong with a deadly beast claw.
• A golden Chess Rook struck the Night Madcat and sent it crashing into the ground.
• Xue Mingqing and Zhang Lexuan recognized the rook’s rescuer as Guang Yan, while Ning Yurong realized he had come.
• Guang Yan praised Xue Mingqing for protecting the women and said he was a real man, though still a little worse than Guang Yan.
• Xue Mingqing reconsidered Guang Yan’s reputation and decided he was far more dependable than Xuan Zi.

Guang Yan arrived in time to protect Xue Mingqing and Zhang Lexuan, revealing a shocking six-hundred-thousand-year soul ring and persuading the Night Madcat to leave. Song Yunzhi then attacked the beast and reignited the fight, prompting Guang Yan to angrily blame her.

• Xue Mingqing stabilized Zhang Lexuan's injuries while thanking Guang Yan for arriving in time.
• Guang Yan revealed his nine soul rings, including a six-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast soul ring.
• Guang Yan offered the Night Madcat a chance to leave, and the beast decided to retreat rather than risk fighting him.
• Song Yunzhi arrived and riddled the Night Madcat with azure feathers, demanding that Guang Yan help kill it.
• Guang Yan cursed Song Yunzhi for enraging the Night Madcat after he had already resolved the confrontation.

Guang Yan warned Song Yunzhi that attacking the female Night Madcat had summoned its stronger mate, and the two prepared to face the arriving two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast. Xue Mingqing, Zhang Lexuan, and Ning Yurong fled while Guang Yan and Song Yunzhi remained to confront the pair.

• Song Yunzhi questioned Guang Yan's anger, but he gave Zhang Lexuan a camouflage Soul Tool and ordered her, Xue Mingqing, and Ning Yurong to flee.
• Xue Mingqing carried Zhang Lexuan and Ning Yurong away, and Ning Yurong explained that the suit concealed Zhang Lexuan's aura.
• Guang Yan summoned his Star Luo Chessboard and warned Song Yunzhi that the wounded female Night Madcat belonged to a pack.
• Guang Yan explained that the female's mate was likely a two-hundred-thousand-year ferocious beast, and Song Yunzhi accepted his orders.
• The female Night Madcat howled for aid, and Guang Yan and Song Yunzhi prepared for the approaching enemy.
• The male Night Madcat arrived, found its wounded mate, and joined it in facing Guang Yan and Song Yunzhi.

Guang Yan sealed the two-hundred-thousand-year-old male Night Madcat in his All-Heavens Chess Game and left Song Yunzhi to fight the wounded female, openly admitting he did not trust her. Meanwhile, Xue Mingqing fled the Star Dou Forest with Zhang Lexuan and Ning Yurong, but an ambush shattered one of his wings and left them trapped between two powerful Night Madcats and the pursuing pack.

• Guang Yan used his ninth soul skill to seal the male Night Madcat and told Song Yunzhi to fight the wounded female one.
• Guang Yan said he did not trust Song Yunzhi, and she charged the female Night Madcat to prove herself.
• Xue Mingqing carried Zhang Lexuan and Ning Yurong toward the forest's outskirts using flight and repeated spatial teleports.
• Two concealed Night Madcats ambushed Xue Mingqing, shattered one of his wings, and sent all three crashing into the forest.
• Two sixty-thousand-year-old Night Madcats emerged as the pursuing pack closed in, trapping Xue Mingqing and the women between enemies.

Xue Mingqing stayed behind to hold off two sixty-thousand-year-old Night Madcats while Ning Yurong carried the injured Zhang Lexuan away and strengthened him with her support skills. He realized too late that one beast had been distracting him while the other slipped behind him, leaving him facing a sudden attack from his blind spot.

• Xue Mingqing stood between the Night Madcats and Zhang Lexuan and Ning Yurong, urging them to flee despite his injuries.
• Zhang Lexuan refused to leave, but Xue Mingqing told her that helping him meant escaping with Ning Yurong.
• Ning Yurong carried Zhang Lexuan away with her flying Soul Tool and used four skills from her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda to enhance Xue Mingqing.
• Xue Mingqing drove back the charging Night Madcat and fought it while the other beast remained strangely inactive.
• Xue Mingqing realized the second Night Madcat had used the fight as cover to slip behind him, and he turned to see it in his blind spot.

Xue Mingqing realized the two Night Madcats had been distracting him so they could hunt Ning Yurong and Zhang Lexuan. He used Body Outside Body to send a clone after the women while he stayed behind to hold off the beasts.

• One Night Madcat ignored Xue Mingqing and charged after Ning Yurong and Zhang Lexuan, while the other attacked him and then kept him from pursuing.
• Xue Mingqing realized the Night Madcats had targeted the wounded women all along and were deliberately restraining him.
• Xue Mingqing remembered his Body Outside Body secret art and created an identical clone.
• The clone raced ahead to help Ning Yurong and Zhang Lexuan as Xue Mingqing blocked the Night Madcats from following.

Ning Yurong and Zhang Lexuan were left near death after the Night Madcat ambushed them, and it prepared to finish them off. A black-clad youth resembling Xue Mingqing arrived and unleashed a powerful Hurricane Sword strike, leaving the women stunned by his different appearance and aura.

• Ning Yurong and Zhang Lexuan collapsed in the forest, grievously wounded and unable to resist the Night Madcat.
• The Night Madcat gathered dark Soul Power for a killing blow despite hearing a faint command to stop.
• Ning Yurong and Zhang Lexuan mistook the approaching voice for Xue Mingqing, then were shocked by the black-clad youth’s green eyes, dark wings, and Hurricane Sword.
• The youth gathered wind around his sword and slashed a massive green attack at the Night Madcat, shouting for it to stop.

Feng Xuan rescued Ning Yurong and Zhang Lexuan from the sixty-thousand-year Night Madcat, then discovered the blood-red crystal that had drawn the beasts to them. After sending the women away with the crystal, Feng Xuan faced the enraged Night Madcat alone, beginning a deadly one-on-one battle.

• Feng Xuan wounded the Night Madcat by severing its ear and kicking it into an ancient tree, sharply weakening it.
• Feng Xuan healed Ning Yurong and Zhang Lexuan, then sensed a strange aura coming from Zhang Lexuan.
• Feng Xuan took a blood-red crystal from Zhang Lexuan, and the Night Madcat reacted with renewed greed and killing intent.
• Feng Xuan told Ning Yurong and Zhang Lexuan to flee, and the two women escaped into the forest.
• Feng Xuan revealed his name and provoked the Night Madcat, which charged him as their one-on-one battle began.

After defeating two Night Madcats, Xue Mingqing and Feng Xuan discovered that a blood-red crystal had attracted the Soul Beasts. As they prepared to leave the Star Dou Forest, a ninety-thousand-year Flame Wolf appeared, and the crystal’s lingering aura had already marked them as prey.

• Feng Xuan and Xue Mingqing recovered after killing two Night Madcats in a coordinated fight.
• Feng Xuan tossed Xue Mingqing the blood-red crystal he had taken from Zhang Lexuan.
• Xue Mingqing used his Wind-Snow Divine Eye to discover that the crystal contained sinister mist that attracted ferocious Soul Beasts.
• Xue Mingqing decided they should leave the Star Dou Forest and meet the others at its outskirts.
• A ninety-thousand-year Flame Wolf emerged from the woods, and Xue Mingqing realized the crystal’s aura had already clung to him, making escape impossible.

Xue Mingqing and Feng Xuan worked together to trap the ninety-thousand-year Flame Wolf, using ice to restrain it and wind to divert its attack. The Flame Wolf was left bound in place, struggling against Xue Mingqing’s regenerating ice thorns.

• The Flame Wolf charged at Xue Mingqing, who retreated while Feng Xuan split off to draw its attention.
• Xue Mingqing struck the Flame Wolf with a snowthorn whip, slowing its charge and provoking it to launch a fireball.
• Feng Xuan used a wind arrow to redirect the fireball into the forest, then drew the Flame Wolf’s attention with a taunt.
• The Flame Wolf abandoned its pursuit of Xue Mingqing and pounced toward Feng Xuan, but Xue Mingqing seized the opening and used Ice Mystic Kill, Entangling Thorns.
• Ice thorns sprang from the ground and bound the Flame Wolf, suppressing its fire power as Xue Mingqing’s ice continued to replenish itself.

Xue Mingqing and Feng Xuan nearly trapped a ninety-thousand-year Flame Wolf, but the beast had only pretended to weaken and broke free. After it shattered Feng Xuan’s Hurricane Arrow with its jaws, it unleashed a massive fireball at him, reversing the battle.

• Xue Mingqing crushed the Flame Wolf with Ice Mystic Twisting Thorns while Feng Xuan prepared to finish it from a distance.
• Xue Mingqing and Feng Xuan discovered that the Flame Wolf had feigned weakness, and it burst free by unleashing its fire Soul Power.
• Feng Xuan fired a powerful Hurricane Arrow at the Flame Wolf’s head, but the beast caught and shattered it with its jaws.
• The Flame Wolf roared and launched a gigantic fireball at the caught-off-guard Feng Xuan, turning the battle against the two men.

Xue Mingqing’s battle against the ninety-thousand-year Flame Wolf turned sharply against him after Feng Xuan’s avatar was destroyed. The Flame Wolf’s all-out charge overwhelmed Xue Mingqing’s ice shield and left him badly injured on the ground.

• The explosion destroyed Feng Xuan’s avatar, and its return to Xue Mingqing triggered a backlash that injured him.
• The Flame Wolf charged at Xue Mingqing, who barely dodged but suffered deep claw wounds across his left shoulder.
• Xue Mingqing struggled to evade the Flame Wolf while weakened by his injuries and the Soul Power backlash.
• The Flame Wolf gathered its Soul Power into a blazing charge meant to kill Xue Mingqing in one blow.
• Xue Mingqing formed an ice-and-snow shield, but the Flame Wolf’s attack shattered it and sent him crashing to the ground, where he vomited blood.

Xue Mingqing was left gravely wounded after the Flame Wolf shattered his defenses, and the beast refused to accept his offer to stop fighting. As the Flame Wolf prepared to kill him, Bi Ji tried to intervene, but Feng Qingyang stopped her, saying Xue Mingqing had to face this destined tribulation.

• Xue Mingqing examined his shattered body and realized the Flame Wolf’s overwhelming attack had broken through his Snow Shield and left him near death.
• Xue Mingqing asked the Flame Wolf to end the fight, but it advanced without hesitation, intent on killing him.
• Xue Mingqing struggled to his feet and warned that he could still defeat the Flame Wolf, but the beast continued to close in and block his escape.
• Bi Ji watched Xue Mingqing’s danger through the Reverse Scale barrier and tried to leave the secret realm to save him.
• Feng Qingyang restrained Bi Ji and told her not to intervene because Xue Mingqing had to face his destined tribulation.

Bi Ji questioned Feng Qingyang about his refusal to save the gravely wounded Xue Mingqing, and he claimed the crisis was Xue Mingqing’s third divine trial, which no outsider could interfere with. As the Flame Wolf launched its killing strike, Xue Mingqing unleashed the life-burning secret technique Feng Qingyang had taught him.

• Bi Ji recalled how Feng Qingyang had entered the Silver Dragon Reverse Scale secret realm and revealed the supreme power of the Wind God.
• Bi Ji demanded to know why Feng Qingyang would not rescue Xue Mingqing, and Feng Qingyang said Xue Mingqing had to face his life-and-death divine trial alone.
• Bi Ji worried that Xue Mingqing’s death would sever the Star Dou Forest faction’s connection to the Wind God, but Feng Qingyang assured her that he would cover the trial and Xue Mingqing would be fine.
• The Flame Wolf ignored Xue Mingqing’s demand to stop and charged at him with a lethal attack.
• Xue Mingqing remembered Feng Qingyang’s life-burning secret technique, detonated his remaining strength, and roared, “Shatter—! Ring!”