Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuan returned to Skysea City after Xu Shengqun revealed that a Paper Titled Douluo had found his father’s research in files seized from Evil Soul Masters on Heaven Dou Continent. Xu Shengqun suspected a connection between Qian Gu Dongfeng and Xu Zhi’s death, then prepared to investigate while Xu Yuan focused on cultivation.

• Zhen Hua and Mu Chen argued over Xu Yuan’s forging education, and Mu Chen boasted that Tang Wulin had reached Thousand Refined First Grade at ten.
• Xu Shengqun called Xu Yuan back to Skysea City and said he had found a clue about what happened to Xu Yuan’s parents.
• Xu Shengqun explained that the Paper Titled Douluo had seized Evil Soul Master files containing Xu Zhi’s research results on Heaven Dou Continent.
• Xu Yuan and Xu Shengqun suspected that Qian Gu Dongfeng might have colluded with the Evil Soul Masters and silenced Xu Zhi, but agreed they were not strong enough to act yet.
• Xu Shengqun said he would go to Heaven Dou Continent to assist the Paper Titled Douluo and gave Xu Yuan authorization to challenge the Soul Spirit Pagoda after reaching Level 40.

Xu Yuan left the Soul Spirit Pagoda after discussing its powerful Soul Spirits and his cultivation plans with Xu Shengqun. Back at Shrek Academy, he met Yu Yang, who had graduated and took him to the Mech Master Association.

• Xu Yuan learned that the Soul Spirit Pagoda might contain Hundred Thousand Year Soul Spirits and considered how such Soul Spirits could be recycled.
• Xu Shengqun urged Xu Yuan to remain at Level 40 until his Spiritual Power reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, but Xu Yuan resolved not to hold back his cultivation.
• Xu Yuan reviewed the Soul Rings on his three Martial Souls and planned to pursue a Ten Thousand Year Soul Spirit when he reached Level 40.
• Xu Yuan returned to Shrek Academy and inferred that Xu Shengqun expected him to stay there for the next few years.
• Xu Yuan met Yu Yang, who said he had graduated after finishing his final Hand Armor two months earlier, then led Xu Yuan toward the Mech Master Association.

Xu Yuan received a custom Yellow-Rank Mecha blueprint from Yu Yang, designed to meet his requirements and later integrate with his Battle Armor. He offered Yu Yang two years of forging work and priority access to his Thousand Refined First Grade metals in return.

• Yu Yang led Xu Yuan to his private workshop at the Mech Master Association and showed him a mailbox full of documents.
• Xu Yuan discovered that Yu Yang had designed him a highly complex, custom Yellow-Rank Mecha that could later be upgraded and integrated with his Battle Armor.
• Yu Yang explained that the mecha’s internal arrangements could be modified to fit Xu Yuan’s future Battle Armor.
• Xu Yuan thanked Yu Yang and offered to forge for him over the next two years, prioritizing any Thousand Refined First Grade metals he produced.
• Yu Yang was shocked and delighted to learn that Xu Yuan could already produce Thousand Refined First Grade metal at ten years old.

Xu Yuan decided to manufacture Yu Yang's Yellow-Rank Mecha to improve his Sub-Professions, then proposed a way to help Mu Ye overcome his cultivation bottleneck. Mu Ye dismissed the idea for now, leaving Xu Yuan to return to the Mecha blueprint.

• Yu Yang explained his Mecha design to Xu Yuan, who decided to manufacture it as training in his Mecha-related Sub-Professions.
• Xu Yuan realized Mu Ye's Soul Spirit might be fused with his Mecha and suggested using a method like the Fusion Secret Technique.
• Mu Ye said he had already considered the approach, but believed a compatible Mecha would need to be made entirely from Heaven Forged Metal.
• Xu Yuan suggested fusing the Mecha with a Soul Master's skeleton to create artificial soul bones, but Mu Ye ended the call and told him to focus on cultivating.
• Xu Yuan looked back at Yu Yang's Mecha design blueprint.

After a year of cultivation and research, Xu Yuan returned to Sea God Island for his next assessment, where Yun Ming asked to see his progress in the Forbidden Arts Seven Absolutes. The chapter ended with Xu Yuan preparing to demonstrate the first three absolutes.

• Xu Yuan studied the Mecha Design blueprint in the Dream Realm Space and planned how to fit its construction and research into his cultivation schedule.
• Xu Yuan urged Xu Lizhi to train and asked Mu Ye about equipment for studying Bloodline Power; Mu Ye explained that instruments could detect energy fluctuations but could not condense Bloodline Power.
• Xu Yuan remained at the academy for a year and completed two assessments, choosing a thousand-year-old Ink Jade Divine Bamboo in the first.
• After earning full marks in his latest assessment, Xu Yuan followed a guiding aura to the rear of Sea God Island and met Yun Ming.
• Yun Ming asked Xu Yuan to demonstrate his progress in the first three absolutes of the Forbidden Arts Seven Absolutes.

Xu Yuan demonstrated his mastery of the first three absolutes of the Forbidden Arts Seven Absolutes, and Yun Ming accepted him as a disciple in spear techniques. Yun Ming began teaching him the next three absolutes, which used one's own Essence, Qi, and Spirit to command heaven and earth.

• Xu Yuan used his Spear Intent to take control of the surrounding heaven and earth and demonstrated how he had integrated the first three absolutes into his Five Elements Spear Tactic.
• Yun Ming praised Xu Yuan's progress and agreed to teach him the next three absolutes after asking him to call him Teacher.
• Xu Yuan told Yun Ming that Mu Ye already guided his Body Martial Soul cultivation, and Yun Ming allowed him to follow different teachers for different disciplines.
• Xu Yuan said the first three absolutes could fail against opponents who seized control of heaven and earth and suppressed his Spear Intent, prompting Yun Ming to offer to temper his Spear Intent.
• Yun Ming explained that the next three absolutes sealed and commanded heaven and earth by integrating one's own Essence, Qi, and Spirit into them, then described the Seventh Absolute as true prohibition of laws.

Yun Ming taught Xu Yuan the Later Three Absolutes and recognized the strength of his will, then accepted him as a close disciple alongside Na Er. The chapter ended with Yun Ming discussing Xu Yuan’s potential and considering asking Zang Xin for an Immortal Herb to help him.

• Yun Ming let Xu Yuan sense his Spear Intent as he explained how the Later Three Absolutes cultivated the merging of Essence, Qi, and Spirit with heaven and earth.
• Yun Ming praised Xu Yuan’s strong will, and the two practiced the techniques throughout the afternoon.
• Na Er arrived with Ya Li and argued with Xu Yuan over whether she was his Senior Sister or he was her Senior Brother; they ended up calling each other Junior Sister and Junior Brother.
• Ya Li noted that Yun Ming had accepted Xu Yuan despite naming Na Er his Close Disciple, and Yun Ming explained that Xu Yuan’s talent suited his path.
• Yun Ming discussed the continent’s Quasi-Gods and his ambition to condense a God Position, then considered seeking an Immortal Herb from Zang Xin to support Xu Yuan’s cultivation.

Xu Yuan merged Essence, Qi, and Spirit into Dream Realm Space, gaining greater control of it and sharply increasing his Soul Power and Spiritual Power. A year later, at age twelve, he complained to Na Er after she broke through, as they prepared to challenge the Soul Spirit Pagoda together.

• Xu Yuan merged his Spiritual Power, Soul Power, and Bloodline Power into Dream Realm Space and gained an initial degree of control over it.
• Xu Yuan's Soul Power broke through to Level 37, and his Spiritual Power rose to 4005 points.
• Xu Yuan developed Dream Realm Space further, increasing its time-flow ratio and speeding up his cultivation and research.
• Another year passed, and Xu Yuan turned twelve while continuing to cultivate under Yun Ming's guidance.
• After Na Er reported her breakthrough to Yun Ming, Xu Yuan complained that he had waited a month for her before their attempt to pass the eighteenth floor of the Soul Spirit Pagoda.

Xu Yuan and Na Er entered the Soul Spirit Pagoda to challenge its floors, where Xu Yuan cleared the first stage and discovered that the next stage’s Flame Demon Lions were simulated from a single Soul Spirit. The chapter left Na Er preparing to fight the lions.

• Xu Yuan and Na Er traveled to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and entered the Soul Spirit Pagoda through its golden gate.
• Xu Yuan and Na Er agreed to alternate taking the lead on each floor, beginning with Xu Yuan.
• Xu Yuan used the Heaven Origin Brush and Five Elements Power to defeat the first floor’s Wind Wolves and declined the offered Thousand Year Wind Wolf Soul Spirit.
• Xu Yuan identified the second floor’s eight Flame Demon Lions as copies generated from one Soul Spirit and yielded the fight to Na Er.
• Na Er raised her silver spear and prepared to battle the Flame Demon Lions.

Xu Yuan and Na Er fought their way through the Soul Spirit Pagoda, overcoming increasingly powerful Soul Beasts while managing their Soul Power. On the seventeenth floor, they faced four nine-thousand-year Titan Snow Demons and prepared to attack together.

• Na Er cleared the second floor by swiftly killing eight Flame Demon Lions with her Silver Dragon Spear.
• Xu Yuan and Na Er advanced through the floors, taking turns fighting and recovering as the Soul Beasts grew stronger.
• Xu Yuan used his Brain Martial Soul and Dream Realm Space to defeat a nine-thousand-year Three-Eyed Demon Ape on the fifteenth floor.
• Na Er spent heavily fighting two nine-thousand-year Flame Lords on the sixteenth floor.
• On the seventeenth floor, Xu Yuan and Na Er found four nine-thousand-year Titan Snow Demons and agreed to kill three while keeping the last occupied.

Xu Yuan and Na Er faced four juvenile Titan Snow Demons on the Soul Spirit Pagoda’s eighteenth level, where they only had to survive for ten minutes. After their attempt to kill the demons quickly failed, Xu Yuan decided to trap them again while they fought to defeat three and recover before the next level.

• Xu Yuan recognized the four gatekeepers as juvenile Titan Snow Demons and learned that they only needed to endure their siege for ten minutes.
• Xu Yuan told Na Er to help kill two demons quickly, then preserve their strength while fighting the others.
• Xu Yuan used Soul Control and Dream Realm Space to restrain the Titan Snow Demons while he and Na Er attacked their chests.
• Their spear strikes and Na Er’s Devouring Power failed to kill the demons before Xu Yuan’s Dream Realm Space collapsed after thirty seconds.
• Xu Yuan asked Na Er to hold on as he prepared to trap the demons again for ten seconds and resume their plan to kill three and recover.

Xu Yuan and Na Er cleared the eighteenth stage by killing four Titan Snow Demons, then faced the Illusion Spirit Fox in the nineteenth stage. Their Mental Link let Na Er exploit the fox’s recovery interval and defeat it, earning a Ten Thousand Year Soul Spirit reward.

• Na Er drained the Titan Snow Demons’ Vital Energy while Xu Yuan recovered, and she killed the final demon before the stage timer ended.
• Xu Yuan and Na Er declined the Nine Thousand Year Titan Snow Demon Soul Spirit and entered the next stage together.
• Xu Yuan explained that his Mental Link with Na Er could counter the Illusion Spirit Fox’s Illusion Arts while he recovered his Spiritual Power.
• The Illusion Spirit Fox eventually affected Xu Yuan with its full-power Illusion Arts, but Na Er sensed his condition through the Mental Link and attacked during the fox’s recovery interval.
• Na Er defeated the Illusion Spirit Fox, and the Soul Spirit Pagoda offered a Ten Thousand Year Illusion Spirit Fox Soul Spirit.

Xu Yuan and Na Er climbed the Soul Spirit Pagoda, where Na Er won a Ten Thousand Year Thorns Dragon as her Soul Spirit. On the twenty-first floor, they encountered Phantom Shadow Beasts, and Xu Yuan considered whether one would suit his Brain Martial Soul.

• Xu Yuan rejected the Illusion Spirit Fox as a Soul Spirit because it would duplicate Yaoyao's role.
• Na Er fought the Ten Thousand Year Thorns Dragon, subdued it through her Silver Dragon Spear's bloodline suppression, and contracted it as her Soul Spirit.
• Xu Yuan reflected on his research into Bloodline Power and cautioned himself against fusing Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King bloodline before it was fully removed.
• Xu Yuan and Na Er entered the twenty-first floor and found six apparent Phantom Shadow Beasts emerging from two gates.
• Xu Yuan recognized that the Phantom Shadow Beasts were rare variants suited to his needs, but chose to observe them before deciding.

Xu Yuan decided to choose the Phantom Shadow Beast as his Brain Martial Soul’s next Soul Spirit because of its strong compatibility and potential to grant the Star Attribute. As Xu Yuan and Na Er battled the six Phantom Shadow Beasts, Xu Yuan unleashed his Spirit Abyss Realm Spiritual Power to force them into submission.

• Xu Yuan estimated that the Phantom Shadow Beast Soul Spirit was around twenty thousand years old and considered the limits his existing Soul Rings placed on him.
• Xu Yuan recognized the Phantom Shadow Beast’s Star Attribute and decided to choose it as a Soul Spirit, believing it could help his Brain Martial Soul mutate.
• Xu Yuan discovered that the six Phantom Shadow Beasts included four clones and two original bodies controlled by one consciousness, then tried to persuade them to choose him.
• The Phantom Shadow Beasts attacked Xu Yuan and Na Er, using coordinated assaults and optical illusions to press them into a difficult battle.
• Xu Yuan released his Spirit Abyss Realm Spiritual Power, shocking the six Phantom Shadow Beasts, while Yaoyao urged them to surrender.

Yaoyao persuaded the Phantom Shadow Beasts to hear Xu Yuan out, and he convinced them to become his Soul Spirits. Xu Yuan fused with the Phantom Shadow Beast, broke through to Level 40, and later told Yun Ming about his rare Soul Spirit.

• Yaoyao stopped the Phantom Shadow Beasts from attacking and persuaded them to listen to Xu Yuan.
• Xu Yuan defended himself against the Phantom Shadow Beasts’ Mental Shocks and argued that becoming Soul Spirits would let them continue cultivating.
• The two Phantom Shadow Beasts accepted Xu Yuan’s offer, and he completed the Soul Spirit contract.
• Xu Yuan and Na Er fused with their Soul Spirits; Xu Yuan broke through to Level 40 before he and Na Er returned to the academy.
• Xu Yuan told Yun Ming that he had obtained a Phantom Shadow Beast close to twenty thousand years old, surprising Yun Ming.

Yun Ming explained that Xu Yuan’s Phantom Shadow Beast Soul Spirit had mutated a rare Star Attribute that could help Soul Masters pursue power beyond Ultimate Douluo. Xu Yuan realized the beast’s appearance in the Soul Spirit Pagoda was probably no random match, but proof that someone had manipulated his trial.

• Xu Yuan told Yun Ming that he had encountered a Phantom Shadow Beast Soul Spirit in the Soul Spirit Pagoda’s Twenty-First Trial.
• Yun Ming explained that Phantom Shadow Beasts were extinct and their genes remained largely undecoded, making the species highly sought after.
• Xu Yuan described how the Soul Spirit enhanced his Brain Martial Soul, and Yun Ming revealed that it had also caused him to mutate a Star Attribute.
• Yun Ming explained that Star Power might help Soul Masters overcome Douluo Star’s restrictions and advance beyond Ultimate Douluo, and urged Xu Yuan to develop his Star Attribute.
• Xu Yuan concluded that the Phantom Shadow Beast’s appearance in his trial was evidence that someone had manipulated the supposedly random matching system.

Xu Yuan realized his father may have arranged for him to obtain the Phantom Shadow Beast Soul Spirit, then discussed cultivating Star Power with Yun Ming. The chapter ended with Yaoyao claiming authority over the other Soul Spirits because she was the only one with a name.

• Xu Yuan suspected his father, Xu Zhi, had arranged the Phantom Shadow Beast opportunity and felt grateful to him.
• Yun Ming said Xu Yuan could study Shrek's preserved Star Power records instead of taking Yu Guanzhi as another master.
• Xu Yuan resolved to treat Star Power as an aid while following his own cultivation path, and Yun Ming reassured Na Er about her talent.
• Yaoyao met the Phantom Shadow Beast in the Dream Realm Space, learned it could speak human language, and declared herself boss because Xu Yuan had named her.

Xu Yuan named his new Soul Spirits Phantom Star and Jue, then planned their cultivation and continued training while worrying about his missing uncle. A year later, Shrek Academy prepared for a notably talented incoming class led by several thirteen-year-olds on the Young Talent List.

• Xu Yuan named the Phantom Shadow Beast Phantom Star and the Five Elements Spear Spirit Jue, reserving a fuller name for Jue until it perfected its power.
• Xu Yuan assigned Yaoyao and Phantom Star to keep the Dream Realm Space active for Star Power cultivation and told Phantom Star to help him master Distraction Control.
• Xu Yuan returned to his cultivation routine and received daily spear-technique guidance from Yun Ming, but grew increasingly worried because his uncle still had not contacted him.
• A year later, Xu Yuan learned that Shrek's upcoming admissions season was drawing exceptional attention because of the Young Talent List.
• Jade Serpent Zheng Yiran, Dark Bear Yang Nianxia, Undying Xu Yucheng, Imprisonment Luo Guixing, and Netherworld Wu Siduo had all made the list at thirteen and received invitations to Shrek.

Xu Yuan declined Mecha manufacturing commissions so he could build his own transformational Yellow-Rank Mecha, using a year’s worth of Thousand Refined First Grade metal. A week later, he found Wu Zhangkong kneeling before the Sea God Pavilion and learned Shen Yi wanted him to ask her teacher for help with Wu Zhangkong and the Zero Class students.

• Xu Yuan visited the Mech Master Association, where a receptionist offered him orders for White Mechas and Yellow-Rank Mechas.
• Xu Yuan declined the Central Army Corps’ Yellow-Rank Mecha order because he wanted to focus on making his own Mecha.
• Xu Yuan spent a day manufacturing his transformational Yellow-Rank Mecha with Thousand Refined First Grade metal.
• A week later, Xu Yuan saw Wu Zhangkong kneeling before the Sea God Pavilion.
• Shen Yi asked Xu Yuan to put in a good word with her teacher for Wu Zhangkong and the Zero Class students.

Tang Wulin’s seclusion caused Zero Class to miss its assessment, while Gu Yue deduced that Tang Wulin contained the Golden Dragon King’s Bloodline Essence and that Tang San’s Divine Sense protected him. Yun Ming sent Xu Yuan and two others to the Outer Courtyard to build experience and prepare him to lead the next generation of the Shrek Seven Devils.

• Xu Yuan left Shen Yi and returned to his dorm while Wu Zhangkong continued kneeling outside the Inner Courtyard.
• Tang Wulin woke after fusing with the Golden Dragon King’s second seal, and Gu Yue concluded that Tang San had sealed the Golden Dragon King’s Bloodline Essence inside him and left a Divine Sense to protect the seal.
• Xie Xie told Tang Wulin that Zero Class had missed the assessment during his seclusion, and Tang Wulin blamed himself for letting his classmates down.
• Wu Zhangkong secured a make-up assessment for Zero Class, but the four students could only qualify for the Outer Courtyard; Gu Yue also declined Cai Yue'er’s offer to become her disciple.
• Yun Ming summoned Xu Yuan and ordered him, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan to gain experience in the Outer Courtyard, intending to establish Xu Yuan’s prestige as the future leader of the Shrek Seven Devils.