Vol. 1Xu Yuan’s Shrek Years

Xu Yuan developed his Martial Souls and cultivation at Shrek while forging alliances and pursuing his father’s research. The volume ended with Yun Ming sending Xu Yuan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan to the Outer Courtyard to gain experience and establish Xu Yuan as a future leader of the Shrek Seven Devils.

  • Xu Yuan absorbed the Five Elements Spear Spirit, evolved it into the Heaven Origin Spear, and raised its Soul Ring to the Thousand Year level.
  • Xu Yuan traveled with Xu Shengqun to Shrek City to take the entrance examination.
  • Xu Yuan passed Shrek’s Special Recruitment Exam and entered the Inner Courtyard with Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan.
  • Xu Yuan formed a Qi and Blood Contract with Zhen Hua, merging the Five Elements Spear Spirit into his Vital Energy.
  • Xu Yuan defeated Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan, then refused to trade away the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art.
  • Xu Yuan entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, raised his Soul Rings, and drew a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear toward him.
  • Xu Yuan killed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and fused its Dark Gold Terror Claw into his spear with Tang Wulin’s help.
  • Yun Ming sent Xu Yuan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan to gain experience in the Outer Courtyard.
Chapters 1–101 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Five Elements Spear

Xu Yuan uncovered the potential of his Brain Martial Soul, trained under Mu Ye, and absorbed the Five Elements Spear Spirit, completing his first Soul Ring. After raising it to the Thousand Year level in the Spirit Ascension Platform, he traveled with Xu Shengqun to Shrek City to take the entrance examination.

  • After Xu Zhi was declared executed and the family villa was reclaimed, Xu Shengqun took Xu Yuan to Skysea City, where Xu Yuan awakened his mother's Heaven Origin Brush and revealed his second Martial Soul, a brain.
  • Xu Shengqun arranged for Xu Yuan to study under Mu Ye, who recognized his exceptional potential and strengthened his foundation while Xu Yuan trained in forging and explored his Martial Soul.
  • Zhen Hua revealed that Xu Zhi's research into the Soul Spirit Cultivation Method had threatened the Qian Gu Family's interests, and Xu Yuan vowed to complete his father's work.
  • Xu Shengqun secured a Five Elements Spear Spirit for Xu Yuan, who absorbed it, evolved his Martial Soul into the Heaven Origin Spear, and became a Soul Master with elemental control and a Five Elements spear technique.
  • After Xu Shengqun proposed a three-year plan to prepare Xu Yuan for Shrek, Xu Yuan argued that Mu Ye already supported him, and Xu Shengqun agreed to help him apply immediately.
  • Xu Yuan entered the Spirit Ascension Platform and fought Soul Beasts, raising his Five Elements Spear Spirit's cultivation until his yellow Soul Ring evolved into a Thousand Year purple ring.
  • Xu Yuan demonstrated that the evolved Soul Skill had improved his Five Elements control and granted him rudimentary Spear Will, then traveled with Xu Shengqun to Shrek City for the entrance examination.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2The Vital Energy Contract

Xu Yuan entered Shrek’s Inner Courtyard, studied how to separate his Martial Soul’s forms, and developed Bloodline Power and a Qi and Blood Contract with the Five Elements Spear Spirit. After gaining a Dream Demon Soul Spirit and strengthening the fusion, he prepared to ascend it at the Spirit Pagoda.

  • Xu Yuan passed Shrek’s Special Recruitment Exam with full marks in most assessments and entered the Inner Courtyard alongside Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan.
  • Xu Yuan joined several Sub-Profession associations and studied devouring-type Meditation Methods and Ji Juechen’s records while planning to separate his Heaven Origin Brush and Heaven Origin Spear.
  • Xu Yuan sought guidance from Mu Ye, Xu Shengqun, and Zhen Hua, then began cultivating Bloodline Power with Mu Ye’s medicinal bath and broke through to Level 20.
  • Xu Yuan trained his Spiritual Power until it reached the Spirit Sea Realm, then fused with a five-hundred-year Dream Demon and gained the Soul Skills Mental Link and Dream Realm Space.
  • Xu Yuan and Zhen Hua formed a Qi and Blood Contract that merged the Five Elements Spear Spirit into Xu Yuan’s Vital Energy.
  • Xu Yuan cultivated for a week with his Soul Power sealed, and Mu Ye considered how the contract might allow the Body Sect to accept more kinds of disciples.
  • Xu Yuan told Mu Ye he was ready to ascend his Soul Spirit, and Zhen Hua arranged for Zhao Long to help raise the Dream Demon’s age at the Spirit Pagoda.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3The Skysea Challenge

Xu Yuan advanced his cultivation and faced Tang Wulin in a match that revealed the gap between them, then refused to trade away his Body Sect art and offered a different technique. The arc ended with Xu Yuan hunting in the Spirit Ascension Platform as a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear attacked Wu Zhangkong and the Zero Class students.

  • Xu Yuan raised his Dream Demon Soul Spirit to around fifteen hundred years in the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, then Mu Ye taught him the Body Sect’s Qi and Blood Furnace Method.
  • Xu Yuan passed Shen Yi’s individual and team assessments, advanced three mecha-related Sub-Professions to third grade, and completed his first Thousand Refinement.
  • Shen Yi brought Xu Yuan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan to the Skysea Alliance tournament, where Xu Yuan’s team defeated Tianhai Academy’s previous Youth Group champions in one minute.
  • Xu Yuan met Tang Wulin and accepted his challenge, then defeated Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan with his Dream Realm Space and substitute shell.
  • Xu Yuan refused Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin’s request to trade for the Heaven Devouring Earth Eating Great Art, but offered Tang Wulin a Fusion Secret Technique in exchange for help with research and forging.
  • Xu Yuan entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and raised each of his three Soul Rings by five hundred years, then provoked a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear into appearing.
  • Wu Zhangkong used his Soul Power to shield himself and the Zero Class students from the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s claw lights.
Chapters 51–75 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Phantom Star Trial

Xu Yuan forged a new spear, advanced his cultivation, and contracted a rare Phantom Shadow Beast as a Soul Spirit while continuing to study Star Power. The arc ended with Tang Wulin and Zero Class facing the consequences of their missed assessment as Yun Ming sent Xu Yuan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan to gain experience in the Outer Courtyard.

  • Xu Yuan killed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, absorbed its right palm bone, and fused the Dark Gold Terror Claw into his Heaven Origin Five Elements Spear with Tang Wulin’s help.
  • Xu Yuan earned Fourth Grade Forging Master certification, learned clues about his parents’ fate, and began work on a custom Mecha designed by Yu Yang.
  • After a year of training, Xu Yuan demonstrated his spear techniques to Yun Ming, who agreed to teach him the Later Three Absolutes.
  • Xu Yuan and Na Er passed the Soul Spirit Pagoda’s trials, where Na Er contracted a Ten Thousand Year Thorns Dragon and Xu Yuan persuaded two Phantom Shadow Beasts to become his Soul Spirits.
  • Xu Yuan’s Phantom Shadow Beast Soul Spirit enhanced his Brain Martial Soul and gave him a Star Attribute, which Yun Ming urged him to develop.
  • Xu Yuan named the beast Phantom Star and focused on Star Power cultivation while preparing his own Mecha and learning about the exceptional candidates invited to Shrek.
  • Tang Wulin awakened after fusing with the Golden Dragon King’s second seal, while Zero Class received a make-up assessment that qualified its students only for the Outer Courtyard.
  • Yun Ming sent Xu Yuan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan to gain Outer Courtyard experience and establish Xu Yuan’s prestige as the future leader of the Shrek Seven Devils.
Chapters 76–101 Summaries Read
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