Chapter Summaries

Ning An refused the allied sects’ demand for a larger share of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s profits, but their leaders challenged the sect’s younger generation to a wager that threatened its foundation. As the hall sank into despair, Ning An’s Nine Treasure Glory System activated and gave him the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear martial soul, leaving him with a mission to face the rival sects’ geniuses.

• The allied sect leaders demanded sixty percent of future cooperative profits while Ning An’s father was away.
• Ning An rejected their demand, insisting that the existing agreement was binding and fair.
• The Jade Water Sect Master proposed a younger-generation competition, with the old agreement or a sixty-percent profit share at stake.
• The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s elders feared their auxiliary soul masters could not win, while Ning An despaired over his inability to save the sect.
• Ning An’s Nine Treasure Glory System activated, granting him the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear martial soul and a hundred-year first soul ring and thousand-year second soul ring.
• The system tasked Ning An with accepting the sects’ challenges and promised to evolve his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Ning Tian confronted the vassal sects for exploiting the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s decline, and Ning An silenced their leaders by slapping the Jade Water Sect Master twice. He challenged the gathered disciples to the match they had demanded, leaving the vassal sects cowed.

• The vassal sect leaders mocked the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and demanded a contest between their young disciples.
• Ning Tian rushed into the hall and rebuked the sect leaders for repaying the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s protection with betrayal.
• The Longwind Sect Master and Jade Water Sect Master dismissed Ning Tian’s accusations and openly admitted they were taking advantage of the sect’s decline.
• Ning An shielded Ning Tian, slapped the Jade Water Sect Master, warned that the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could still destroy a vassal sect, and slapped him again.
• Ning An challenged the vassal sects to the match, and their leaders and disciples fell silent.

Ning An accepted a wager against the affiliated sects, risking the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s profits, and ignored his elders’ warnings to fight personally. At the arena, he challenged all the enemy prodigies to attack him together.

• Ning An agreed to wager sixty percent of the profits against the affiliated sects in a match.
• The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s elders and Ning Tian urged Ning An to reconsider, warning that their opponents’ battle Soul Masters would defeat them.
• Ning An reassured them and declared that he would personally defend the sect’s dignity in the match.
• The Longwind Sect genius mocked Ning An and claimed he could not force him to take even one step back.
• Ning An walked to the arena and challenged all the opposing prodigies to fight him together.

Ning An faced five assault-type Great Soul Masters after challenging them to attack together, then revealed his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear martial soul and defeated them with two soul skills. The visiting sects’ confidence collapsed as Ning An challenged anyone else to fight.

• Ning An challenged five affiliated-sect prodigies to attack him at once, alarming the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Ning Tian.
• The Longwind Sect prodigy ordered the five assault-type Great Soul Masters to release their martial souls and unleash their second soul skills.
• Ning An revealed his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear martial soul, twin martial souls, and hundred-year and thousand-year soul rings.
• Ning An used Furious Bear Roar to shatter the five attackers’ soul skills and stun them.
• Ning An struck with Dark Gold Bear Stomp, knocking all five unconscious, then asked whether anyone else wanted to challenge him.

Ning An’s display of strength forced the rival vassal sects to abandon their demands and compensate the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but the strain of using his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear martial soul left him badly injured. After waking, he claimed the reward for completing his first mission.

• The Longwind Sect Master and other vassal sect leaders apologized, surrendered their demands for sixty percent of the profits, and offered resources and reduced shares to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning An ordered the rival sects to leave, then collapsed from the pain and exhaustion of using his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear martial soul.
• Ning Tian and the elders rushed to help Ning An and summoned the sect physician.
• Ning An woke in bed with severe injuries, and Ning Tian left to fetch the physician.
• Ning An received notice that his novice mission was complete and told the system to claim its reward.

Ning An’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the legendary Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, healing his injuries and thrilling the sect’s elders. As the sect celebrated, the main city’s mayor arrived and presented Ning An with a recommendation letter from Shrek Academy.

• Ning An’s martial soul evolved as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda gained an eighth and then a ninth tier.
• Ning Tian and the elders entered the bedroom, and the eldest elder recognized the transformation as the return of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning An awoke healed, while Ning Tian and the elders celebrated his newly evolved martial soul.
• A sect disciple announced the arrival of the main city’s mayor, who entered and presented Ning An with a recommendation letter from Shrek Academy.

Ning An accepted the City Lord’s gifts and Shrek recommendation, then decided to take Ning Tian with him to study at Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao nearly died alone in the Star Dou Great Forest, but a calm voice reached him as three Wind Baboons attacked.

• Ning An received a mission to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and steal Electrolux, along with a reward of complete Tang Sect Secret Arts.
• Ning An accepted the City Lord’s recommendation letter and gifts, then reassured Ning Tian that they would travel to Shrek together.
• Ning An asked the elders to manage the sect while he and Ning Tian left for Shrek under an elder’s escort.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Star Dou Great Forest alone and killed a Ten-Year Wind Baboon to obtain his first soul ring.
• Three more Wind Baboons surrounded the exhausted Huo Yuhao, and just as they lunged at him, a young voice told him not to be afraid.

Ning An rescued Huo Yuhao from three Wind Baboons and invited him to join the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Huo Yuhao, moved by the offer but doubting his own worth, asked whether someone as weak as him could truly join.

• Ning Tian and Ning An emerged from the forest as three Wind Baboons cornered Huo Yuhao.
• Ning An ordered the beasts to scram, and his bloodline pressure frightened them into fleeing.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to become strong enough to protect himself and make the man who harmed his mother repent.
• Ning An recognized Huo Yuhao and invited him to join the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Huo Yuhao admitted his martial soul was an eye, his innate soul power was rank one, and asked if he could still join.

Ning An encouraged Huo Yuhao to join the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Huo Yuhao accepted before Tianmeng Iceworm offered to become his first intelligent soul ring. As their fusion began, an ancient remnant soul appeared and spoke.

• Ning An assured Huo Yuhao that he was not useless and invited him to join the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Huo Yuhao took Ning An's hand and swore to join the sect and restore the glory of the Nine Treasures.
• Tianmeng Iceworm introduced itself and offered to become Huo Yuhao's first intelligent soul ring, while Huo Yuhao looked to Ning An for guidance.
• Ning An told Huo Yuhao that Tianmeng meant no harm, then unleashed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's pressure and made Tianmeng back down.
• Tianmeng transformed into a ball of light and began fusing with Huo Yuhao, but an ancient remnant soul appeared and spoke.

Ning An intercepted Electrolux’s remnant soul by recounting the Holy Necromancer God’s former glory, securing his legacy and unlocking the complete Tang Sect Secret Arts. He emerged with Electrolux residing in his spiritual sea and offered to teach Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian his Nine Treasure Arts.

• Ning An addressed Electrolux by his title and described his glorious deeds, winning the remnant soul’s attention away from Huo Yuhao.
• Electrolux chose Ning An as his destined heir and entered Ning An’s sea of consciousness.
• Tianmeng Iceworm withdrew to sleep while Huo Yuhao wondered what opportunity he had missed and felt happy for Ning An.
• Ning An’s system declared the mission complete, unlocked the complete Tang Sect Secret Arts, and flooded him with their cultivation knowledge.
• Ning An regained his composure and invited Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian to learn his Nine Treasure Arts.

Ning An claimed the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect possessed secret arts and taught Ghost Shadow Track, Jade Hand, and Controlling Crane, Capturing Dragon to Ning Tian, Huo Yuhao, and the Third Elder. After mastering them with astonishing speed, he drew Tang Ya and Bei Bei’s attention, and Tang Ya challenged him over his use of the Tang Sect’s secret technique.

• Ning Tian and Huo Yuhao questioned Ning An about the Nine Treasure Arts, while the hidden Third Elder was stunned that he had never heard of them.
• Ning An spotted the Third Elder and invited him to join Ning Tian and Huo Yuhao in learning three secret arts.
• Ning An taught Ghost Shadow Track, Jade Hand, and Controlling Crane, Capturing Dragon, and the three struggled to practice them.
• Ning An quickly mastered all three arts, astonishing the Third Elder, Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei arrived, recognized Ning An’s Ghost Shadow Track as a Tang Sect secret technique, and Tang Ya demanded to know who he was.

Ning An rejected Tang Ya and Bei Bei’s accusation that he had stolen the Tang Sect’s Ghost Shadow Track, claiming instead that the Tang Sect had copied incomplete techniques from the Nine Treasure Arts. Tang Ya challenged him to a duel to prove which sect’s inheritance was authentic.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei confronted Ning An after recognizing his movement technique as the Tang Sect’s Ghost Shadow Track.
• Ning An said his Nine Treasure Arts included the original, superior Ghost Shadow Track and other techniques, while the Tang Sect had inherited only incomplete versions.
• Ning An claimed the Tang Sect had learned and renamed part of the Nine Treasure Arts ten thousand years earlier, shocking Tang Ya and Bei Bei.
• Tang Ya rejected Ning An’s claim and demanded proof, while Bei Bei proposed that strength settle the dispute.
• Tang Ya challenged Ning An to use Ghost Shadow Track against her, wagering that he would apologize and admit to stealing if he lost.
• Ning An accepted Tang Ya’s challenge.

Ning An defeated Tang Ya in a movement-technique contest, then revealed an object that left her stunned. Tang Ya’s certainty in the Tang Sect’s secret arts collapsed, while Bei Bei and the others accepted the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s claim to the orthodox lineage.

• Tang Ya challenged Ning An to race to a Ghost Orchid, confident that her years of training in Ghost Shadow Track would secure victory.
• Ning An outpaced Tang Ya with Ghost Shadow Track, and she activated her martial soul and soul rings to catch up.
• Ning An used the Nine Treasures’ Speed ability and reached the Ghost Orchid first.
• Ning An told Tang Ya she was inferior to him in movement techniques even with her martial soul activated, leaving her shaken and questioning the Tang Sect’s secret arts.
• Bei Bei recognized Ning An’s movement technique as superior, while the Third Elder, Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao reacted with pride and admiration.
• Tang Ya still tried to deny that the Tang Sect’s arts were counterfeit, but Ning An appeared before her and showed her an exquisite object that made her exclaim in disbelief.

Ning An defeated Tang Ya and offered to spare the Tang Sect if it became an affiliate of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and surrendered most of its resources. After Tang Ya and Bei Bei swore allegiance, Ning An noticed Huo Yuhao’s despair at the prospect of being left behind and asked whether he wanted to attend Shrek Academy.

• Tang Ya realized Ning An had removed her hair tie during their match without her noticing and admitted her complete defeat.
• Tang Ya apologized for the Tang Sect’s ancestors stealing the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s inheritance and offered herself to Ning An’s judgment.
• Ning An spared the Tang Sect and offered it affiliated status in exchange for eighty percent of its future resources, with a possible chance to learn the authentic ultimate arts.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei gratefully swore that the Tang Sect would serve the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and never betray it.
• Bei Bei asked whether Ning An was going to enroll at Shrek Academy, and Ning An confirmed that he was.
• Huo Yuhao grew despondent at the thought of being separated from Ning An, who gently asked him whether he wanted to attend Shrek Academy.

Ning An reassured Huo Yuhao that he would help him enroll at Shrek, and Bei Bei promised to arrange it through the Tang Sect’s exemption quota or other means. As Huo Yuhao celebrated the chance to stay beside Ning An, poisonous mist emerged from the forest and the Third Elder warned that a snake had targeted them.

• Huo Yuhao admitted that he wanted to follow Ning An to Shrek but believed his low talent made him unqualified.
• Ning An asked Huo Yuhao only whether he wanted to go, and Huo Yuhao broke down crying as he affirmed that he did.
• Tang Ya explained that the Tang Sect’s Shrek exemption quota was restricted to its disciples, but Ning An argued that the two sects were effectively one.
• Bei Bei promised to ensure Huo Yuhao’s enrollment, and Huo Yuhao cried with relief as Ning Tian gave him a handkerchief.
• Dark-green poisonous mist drifted from the forest, and the Third Elder stepped forward to shield the group and warned Ning An that a snake had targeted them.

A thousand-year Mandragora Snake emerged in the forest, and Ning An refused Third Elder’s offer to kill it, saying he would use it for practice. As Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao prepared to protect him, Ning An revealed his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Martial Soul and stood ready to face the beast himself.

• Third Elder identified the approaching poisonous mist as a thousand-year Mandragora Snake and offered to kill it.
• Ning An declined Third Elder’s help and said he would fight the snake for practice.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei shielded Ning An and Ning Tian while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Ning An stepped past Tang Ya and Bei Bei and told them that he meant to practice himself.
• Ning An possessed his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Martial Soul, revealing its scales, claws, and towering phantom.

Ning An revealed his twin Martial Souls and overwhelmed Tang Ya and Bei Bei with his strength. He left the thousand-year Mandala Snake nearly destroyed with two soul skills.

• Ning An revealed his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Martial Soul and its yellow and purple soul rings, suppressing Tang Ya and Bei Bei’s Martial Souls.
• The thousand-year Mandala Snake erupted from the poisonous mist and lunged at Ning An as Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao tried to help.
• Ning An used Furious Bear Roar to halt and weaken the charging snake.
• Ning An used Dark Gold Bear Stomp to crush the Mandala Snake’s body and disperse the poisonous mist.
• The Third Elder asked Ning An if he was all right as the snake lay shattered.

Ning An defeated a thousand-year Mandala Snake without suffering side effects and let Tang Ya kill it to obtain her third soul ring. After Tang Ya advanced to rank thirty-one, the group prepared to travel to Shrek Academy, where Ning An asked Bei Bei about the entrance assessment.

• Ning An assured the Third Elder that using his soul skills had caused him no discomfort, astonishing everyone with his strength and resilience.
• Ning An offered Tang Ya the injured Mandala Snake for her third soul ring, and Tang Ya and Bei Bei thanked him.
• Tang Ya killed the snake, absorbed its thousand-year soul ring, and broke through to rank thirty-one.
• Ning An announced that the group would head to Shrek Academy and asked Bei Bei which inner courtyard student would oversee the assessment’s final round.

Ning An learned that Dai Yueheng would oversee the Shrek entrance assessment and resolved to challenge him after the system assigned a mission to provoke him. As Ning An joined the assessment line in Shrek City, an arrogant youth cut in front of him and picked a fight.

• Bei Bei identified Dai Yueheng as the Rank 59 Soul King in charge of the final assessment, stirring Huo Yuhao's hatred of the White Tiger Duke's Estate.
• Ning An quietly promised Huo Yuhao a chance to settle his grievances, restoring Huo Yuhao's resolve and loyalty to him.
• Ning An considered how he could defeat Dai Yueheng, then received a system mission to publicly provoke him in exchange for a breakthrough and new abilities.
• Ning An entered Shrek City while the Third Elder followed the group in secret, and Tang Ya and Bei Bei took Ning Tian and Huo Yuhao to handle admission procedures.
• Ning An joined the assessment queue, but a brocade-robed youth cut in line and threatened him for looking dissatisfied.

At Shrek City's assessment plaza, Ning An punished a brocade-robed youth from the Jade Water Sect for cutting in line and provoking him. After the youth's elder arrived, the kneeling young sect master begged him to attack Ning An.

• The brocade-robed youth tried to strike Ning An for objecting to his place in line, but Ning An slapped him onto the pavement.
• The youth revealed his Jade Water Snake Martial Soul and claimed he was a level nineteen soul master, then demanded that Ning An kneel and apologize.
• Ning An slapped the youth again, leaving him on his knees and unable to fight back.
• A powerful Jade Water Sect elder pushed through the crowd, and the youth shouted for him to save him and take down Ning An.