Chapter Summaries

Flender and Zhao Wuji tried to restrain Yang Wudi and seize Yang Jian so Shrek Academy could escape, but Yang Wudi recognized the plan and unleashed five Soul Skills in fury. His overwhelming aura left Zhao Wuji struggling to move as the confrontation continued.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji coordinated an attack, with Zhao Wuji using gravity to hold Yang Wudi while Flender flew toward Yang Jian.
• Flender intended to take Yang Jian hostage and use him to negotiate Shrek Academy's withdrawal.
• Yang Wudi realized Flender's target was his grandson and erupted with killing intent.
• Yang Wudi lit five Soul Rings and combined their powers into his Soul-Breaker Spear.
• Yang Wudi's aura overwhelmed the street and made Zhao Wuji's Soul Power sluggish and breathing difficult.

Yang Wudi crippled Zhao Wuji with a single strike and pursued Flender as he tried to seize Yang Jian as a hostage. Yang Jian activated his fourth soul skill, No-Fly, just as Flender closed in.

• Zhao Wuji used Immovable Bright King Body, but Yang Wudi’s Soul-Breaker Spear pierced the barrier and his shoulder, then hurled him into a wall.
• Yang Wudi left Zhao Wuji buried in rubble and pursued Flender.
• Flender raced toward Yang Jian, hoping to take him hostage before Yang Wudi caught up.
• Yang Jian revealed his black Soul Ring as Flender approached, then activated his fourth soul skill, No-Fly.

Yang Jian and the Yang family defeated Shrek, leaving Flender at Yang Wudi’s spearpoint. Yang Wudi prepared to kill Flender, but Yang Jian weighed the risk of disrupting Shrek and Tang San’s development before deciding what to do.

• Yang Jian’s domain stripped Flender of flight, and Flender crashed to the street as Yang Wudi held a spear to his throat.
• Zhao Wuji emerged from the rubble and saw that Flender had been defeated.
• Flender admitted Shrek’s defeat and told Yang Wudi to kill or maim them as he pleased.
• Yang Wudi asked Yang Jian how to deal with Flender, then said he wanted to kill him because Flender had attacked his grandson.
• Zhao Wuji pleaded for mercy, while Yang Jian considered that Flender’s death could disband Shrek and cause Tang San to grow too quickly.

Yang Jian spared Flender after Flender and Zhao Wuji surrendered, but demanded they bow and pay for the hotel damage. As the Shrek group returned, Ning Rongrong sarcastically pointed out that Zhu Zhuqing was the only one who had escaped the fight uninjured.

• Yang Jian told Flender and Zhao Wuji that he would spare their lives but still demanded they bow and cover the hotel's damages.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji knelt before Yang Jian, and Flender paid the hotel manager in Gold Soul Coins after Yang Jian urged the manager to accept them.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji led the battered Shrek group back toward the hotel while Zhu Zhuqing remained completely unscathed.
• Ning Rongrong sarcastically remarked that Zhu Zhuqing seemed to be the strongest among them because she alone had not been injured.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Ning Rongrong over blaming her for the failed attempt to buy Yang Jian’s dog, but Dai Mu Bai accused her of having an affair with Yang Jian. Zhu Zhuqing rejected both the accusation and her arranged engagement, then walked away from the Shrek group.

• Ning Rongrong mocked Zhu Zhuqing for returning unharmed and defended her attempt to buy Yang Jian’s dog.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to accept blame for the group’s failure, and Ning Rongrong insisted the dog’s strength was responsible.
• Dai Mu Bai accused Zhu Zhuqing of having an affair with Yang Jian, while Ning Rongrong added that she might have betrayed the group’s information.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she had already made clear that she had no connection with Dai Mu Bai and rejected their engagement.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to bear Ning Rongrong’s blame and left, saying her conscience was clear.

Yang Jian and Yang Wudi traveled on Xiaotian to Sunset Forest and reached a valley between two extraordinary mountains. One was covered in ice and the other flowed with lava, and their opposing auras met in the valley.

• Yang Jian left Heaven Dou City with Yang Wudi and Xiaotian, then rode with his grandfather on Xiaotian’s back.
• Xiaotian enlarged itself and raced through the sky toward Sunset Forest, leaving deep cracks in the road as it departed.
• Xiaotian charged through Sunset Forest, where Soul Beasts fell silent and fled from its passage.
• Yang Jian spotted two neighboring mountain peaks and traveled with Xiaotian for two hours to reach the valley before them.
• Yang Jian and Yang Wudi arrived at a blue ice-covered mountain beside a mountain spewing lava, where the cold and heat met.

Yang Jian and Yang Wudi found Dugu Bo’s valley entrance, where a vast patch of Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers blocked the way. Yang Wudi brought out Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow to suppress the poisonous plants, leaving them poised to enter.

• Yang Wudi gave Yang Jian antidote pills, and Yang Jian fed one to Xiaotian as they searched the valley.
• Yang Wudi detected poison and led Yang Jian and Xiaotian to a vast growth of Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers.
• Yang Wudi realized Dugu Bo had likely cultivated the flowers and confirmed they had found the right place.
• Yang Jian examined the icy rock at the edge of the flowers and asked how they could get through.
• Yang Wudi explained the flowers feared extreme cold and produced Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow, making the plants shrink and their poisonous smoke weaken.

Yang Wudi and Yang Jian crossed the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flower patch by using the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow to force the poisonous flowers aside. They emerged into a mist-veiled valley, where Yang Wudi saw something that filled him with wild joy.

• Yang Wudi used the Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Ice Marrow to make a passage through the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers.
• Yang Wudi protected Yang Jian from the cold with Soul Power as they continued through the flower sea, while Yang Jian kept quiet about the nearby Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Yang Wudi and Yang Jian crossed the full ten-li stretch of flowers and passed through a narrow crack in the rocks.
• Yang Wudi swept aside the rainbow-shimmering mist in the valley and reacted with shock and joy to what he saw within.

Yang Wudi and Yang Jian explored the immortal herbs around the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and Yang Wudi vowed to bring the treasure land under the Yang Clan's control. Yang Wudi chose the Aromatic Silk Beauty, while Yang Jian selected an herb suited to his second Martial Soul.

• Yang Wudi marveled at the valley's immortal herbs and swore to bring the treasure land under the Yang Clan's control.
• Yang Jian planted the Nine-Leaf Origin-Returning Grass, which quickly took root and produced a new sprout.
• Yang Wudi chose the Aromatic Silk Beauty so he could study poisonous medicines more freely.
• Yang Jian walked to a modest-looking herb by the rocks, and Yang Wudi identified it as Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, suited to Yang Jian's second Martial Soul.

Yang Jian absorbed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which greatly enhanced his perception and gave him the ability to see through matter and observe Soul Power. He revealed a hidden injury in Yang Wudi’s body, leaving his grandfather stunned and wondering how Yang Jian knew.

• Yang Jian drank the spiritual liquid from Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and the plant withered into dust as its power entered him.
• Yang Wudi summoned his spear and guarded Yang Jian while he absorbed the herb’s medicinal power.
• Yang Jian opened his eyes with golden light and discovered his perception had doubled, allowing him to see buried ore, ambient energy, and Soul Power flowing through bodies.
• Yang Jian noticed a blockage in Yang Wudi’s Soul Power three cun below his lower abdomen and asked his grandfather about it.
• Yang Wudi realized Yang Jian had identified the hidden injury he had kept secret and began to ask how he had done so.

Yang Jian discovered that absorbing the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew had given him Insight into All Things, allowing him to improve Yang Wudi’s Soul Power circulation. He then consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to strengthen his body, and began absorbing its power beneath a golden light.

• Yang Jian instructed Yang Wudi to alter his Soul Power route, increasing its circulation speed by fifty percent.
• Yang Wudi asked whether Yang Jian could see his Soul Power, and Yang Jian confirmed that the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew had granted him Insight into All Things.
• Yang Jian asked Yang Wudi to stand guard while he approached the immortal herbs beside the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Yang Jian harvested the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and ate its stamen and petals.
• Yang Jian guided the chrysanthemum’s scorching energy through his body as golden light formed shapes resembling an ancient bell and a Vajra of Wrath.

After absorbing the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Yang Jian discovered that his body had become strong enough to withstand a refined steel dagger. He planned to use the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to safely absorb the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, but Yang Wudi remained alarmed by the danger.

• Yang Jian's golden light faded, and his body showed signs of greatly increased strength and toughness.
• Yang Jian tested his defense with a dagger forged by Tai Tan, but the blade left only a faint mark on his wrist.
• Yang Jian approached the Infernal Delicate Apricot and told Yang Wudi he did not intend to consume it alone.
• Yang Jian revealed that he planned to consume the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass together, using their opposing poisons to balance each other.
• Yang Wudi warned that Yang Jian had at most a ten percent chance of surviving the herbs, but Yang Jian claimed the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well would make success certain.

Yang Jian explained his plan to absorb the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass by balancing their poisons with the energy of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. After Yang Wudi reluctantly let him proceed, Yang Jian consumed both herbs and suffered their opposing energies tearing through his body.

• Yang Jian told Yang Wudi that the well’s energy could balance the herbs’ ice and fire poisons and let him absorb their medicinal power.
• Yang Jian insisted that becoming stronger was his duty as the Breaking Clan’s young clan leader, and Yang Wudi reluctantly let him continue.
• Yang Wudi watched Yang Jian approach the Infernal Delicate Apricot and felt pride as his grandson reminded him of his late son.
• Yang Jian plucked the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with a special method and swallowed them both.
• The herbs’ opposing energies surged through Yang Jian, burning one side of his body and freezing the other as they fought within him.

Yang Jian endured a day and night in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, absorbing its opposing forces and emerging unharmed. He reunited with Yang Wudi and Xiaotian, who had kept watch over him.

• Yang Jian leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well despite the pain wracking his body.
• Yang Wudi guarded the silent spring for a day and night, then moved to enter it when Yang Jian did not emerge.
• The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well erupted, and Yang Jian burst from the water and landed on shore without a wound.
• Yang Jian told Yang Wudi he had not failed his trust, revealing that he had absorbed the forces of ice and fire.
• Yang Wudi nearly collapsed from exhaustion, and Yang Jian turned to Xiaotian as its worry gave way to joy.

Yang Jian gathered several immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and gave the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo to Yang Wudi. Yang Wudi absorbed it, strengthening his connection with the Soul-Breaker Spear as Yang Jian kept watch.

• Xiaotian lay down so Yang Jian could help Yang Wudi rest against its belly.
• Yang Jian collected the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid, and Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, sealing them in jade boxes.
• Yang Jian gave Yang Wudi the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and explained that it could strengthen his offense and Soul-Breaker Spear.
• Yang Wudi swallowed the herb, and the Soul-Breaker Spear appeared before him as black light enveloped it in rhythm with his breathing.
• Yang Wudi felt the spear become as easy to wield as an extension of his body, while Yang Jian sat down and watched the surrounding area with his Heavenly Eye.

Yang Wudi absorbed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo, evolved his Soul-Breaker Spear, and rose three levels to an eighty-fifth-level Soul Douluo. He thanked Yang Jian for making the breakthroughs possible, then asked how much Yang Jian’s Soul Power had increased after absorbing four immortal herbs.

• Yang Wudi finished absorbing the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo as its medicinal power transformed the Soul-Breaker Spear.
• Yang Wudi’s Soul Power broke through from level eighty-two to level eighty-five.
• Yang Jian congratulated Yang Wudi, who credited his grandson for the spear’s evolution and his breakthroughs.
• Yang Wudi asked Yang Jian how much his Soul Power had grown after absorbing four immortal herbs.

Yang Jian reached the level-fifty bottleneck, and he and Yang Wudi agreed to prioritize protecting the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well by joining forces with the other three clans. Yang Jian prepared to hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with Xiaotian while Yang Wudi left to recruit the clans and returned with the Aromatic Silk Beauty.

• Yang Jian revealed that his Soul Power had reached level fifty and said he expected to grow stronger after absorbing his fifth Soul Ring.
• Yang Wudi proposed taking Yang Jian to the Star Dou Great Forest, but Yang Jian urged him to contact the other three clans to protect the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well from Dugu Bo.
• Yang Jian reassured Yang Wudi that he could hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with Xiaotian, and Yang Wudi agreed while warning him to retreat if the beast was too powerful.
• Yang Wudi transplanted the Aromatic Silk Beauty into a jade box and used it to pass safely through the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers.

Yang Jian and Xiaotian set out as Yang Wudi headed toward the Star Luo Empire. At an inn, Zhao Wuji brooded over Shrek Academy’s recent humiliation until Tang Hao appeared and remarked on its poor reputation.

• Yang Wudi told Yang Jian to stay safe, then departed toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Yang Jian mounted Xiaotian, and they raced away through Sunset Forest in the opposite direction.
• Zhao Wuji drank alone at an inn, lamenting the rumors about Shrek Academy and the failed arrangement with Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• A gust blew open the inn window, and Zhao Wuji sensed someone behind him after he shut it.
• Zhao Wuji recognized Tang Hao, greeted him respectfully, and Tang Hao sat down and commented on Shrek Academy’s reputation.

Zhao Wuji told Tang Hao that Yang Wudi’s twelve-year-old grandson had defeated him and Flender and already possessed a domain. Tang Hao reacted with overwhelming killing intent, then demanded to know what kind of domain the boy had.

• Tang Hao questioned Zhao Wuji about how he and Flender had been defeated, and Zhao Wuji admitted that Yang Wudi’s grandson had played a decisive role.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that the twelve-year-old was a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor who had mastered a domain.
• Tang Hao’s killing intent flooded the room, causing Zhao Wuji to collapse in terror before Tang Hao suppressed it.
• Tang Hao asked what the boy’s domain was, and Zhao Wuji guessed that it involved gravity because Flender had been forced down from the sky.
• Tang Hao repeated “Gravity?” and considered Zhao Wuji’s explanation with faint disdain.

Tang Hao spared Zhao Wuji after learning Yang Jian had a domain, then Yang Jian and Xiaotian returned to the Star Dou Great Forest. They reached a valley tied to their first meeting, and Xiaotian recognized it with sorrow as Yang Jian gently led it inside.

• Tang Hao warned Zhao Wuji not to let Xiao San suffer grievances again and vanished, leaving Zhao Wuji shaken.
• Yang Jian and Xiaotian reached the Star Dou Great Forest after seven days of travel, with Xiaotian racing freely through the woods.
• Yang Jian recognized the area as the campsite where he had first entered the forest with his grandfather and met Xiaotian six years earlier.
• Yang Jian rode Xiaotian southeast to a familiar valley, where Xiaotian stopped and its excitement gave way to sorrow.
• Yang Jian gently comforted Xiaotian and invited it to enter the valley.