Recaps

Yue Ling assessed how his new Spirit Bone and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum could shore up his combat weaknesses, then investigated the mysterious abilities of his Lovesick Heartbreak Red. He ended uncertain how to obtain another Soul Ring for his second Martial Soul.

• Yue Ling considered how the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum could develop into a powerful long-range weapon and planned to gain a close-combat Soul Skill from his fourth Soul Ring.
• Yue Ling examined the Earth Shatter skill from his Ten Thousand Year left leg Spirit Bone, which granted gravity suppression and a major movement-speed boost.
• Yue Ling summoned the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and realized its power had likely amplified the grief of people around him during the academy points tournament.
• Yue Ling suspected his second Martial Soul had protected him during the remnant soul's possession, but he could not explain how it had acted independently.
• Yue Ling wondered whether he could obtain another Soul Ring for the Lovesick Heartbreak Red only through special circumstances, and feared the Martial Soul might be useless.

Yue Ling resolved to cultivate after reflecting on the danger posed by the Evil Soul Master's Remnant Soul, while the trapped Remnant Soul plotted to wait for a chance to escape. At Shrek, Mu En persuaded Xuan Zi to let Yue Ling grow through life at the Outer Court and explained that Yue Ling might eventually eradicate the Remnant Soul.

• Yue Ling decided not to risk another confrontation with the Remnant Soul and began cultivating toward rank forty before his second year.
• The Remnant Soul repeatedly failed to break the golden seal in Yue Ling's Spirit Sea, then chose to wait for him to reveal a weakness.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi that Yue Ling needed to attend the Shrek Outer Court and face hardship to strengthen his mind and suppress the Remnant Soul.
• Xuan Zi agreed to send Yue Ling to the Outer Court after he absorbed the Spirit Bone, reached rank forty, and obtained his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Mu En explained that Yue Ling may have absorbed some of the Evil Soul Master's source Soul Power and Spirit Ring foundation, creating a struggle that could end with either one devouring the other.

Yue Ling learned that Mu En wanted him to return to the Shrek Outer Court after reaching Soul Ancestor, where new bonds would help him resist the Remnant Soul. After Xuan Zi left, Yue Ling went to the pavilion he had built with Zhang Lexuan and found her there.

• Xuan Zi interrupted Yue Ling’s cultivation and told him Mu En had ordered him to return to the Shrek Outer Court after breaking through to Soul Ancestor.
• Xuan Zi explained that Yue Ling’s hatred and volatile emotions strengthened the Remnant Soul, while study and friendships could help him build the strength to face it.
• Yue Ling agreed to cultivate for three months, reach Soul Ancestor, and ask Xuan Zi to accompany him to obtain his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Xuan Zi departed without telling Yue Ling about their speculation concerning a second martial soul.
• Yue Ling left the courtyard for a walk and recalled how he and Zhang Lexuan had built and tended the mountainside pavilion.
• Yue Ling arrived at the pavilion and saw Zhang Lexuan sitting inside, sipping tea and admiring the flowers.

Yue Ling met Zhang Lexuan in the pavilion, where she questioned him about his closeness with Ma Xiaotao. He suppressed his feelings for Zhang Lexuan because he believed she was destined to marry Bei Bei, while Zhang Lexuan ended their meeting by withdrawing into cold distance.

• Zhang Lexuan invited Yue Ling to the pavilion and served him chrysanthemum tea, hoping to see his reaction.
• Yue Ling remembered his growing admiration for Zhang Lexuan, then pushed it aside because of his debt to Mu En and Zhang Lexuan's promised marriage to Bei Bei.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Yue Ling who the red-haired girl visiting Xuan Zi's courtyard was, and he explained that Ma Xiaotao was his friend and competition teammate.
• Zhang Lexuan fell silent as jealousy and awkwardness rose between them, while Yue Ling avoided her gaze.
• Zhang Lexuan decided she had no right to question Yue Ling's friendships and turned cold and distant toward him.

After Yue Ling left Zhang Lexuan, both tried to bury their feelings in silence and cultivation. Half a month later, Bei Bei delivered Yue Ling’s unwanted cake to Zhang Lexuan, unaware of the sorrow she had been carrying.

• Yue Ling left the pavilion, and Zhang Lexuan realized her tears had fallen into her tea as she watched him go.
• Yue Ling returned to his courtyard, lamented that he and Zhang Lexuan could no longer be friends, and devoted himself to cultivation for half a month.
• Yue Ling bought two large cakes in Shrek City, then shared one with Bei Bei, who was unable to finish the other.
• Yue Ling told Bei Bei not to give the remaining cake to Zhang Lexuan, but Bei Bei carried it to her pavilion anyway.
• Zhang Lexuan calmly accepted the cake from Bei Bei as she sat alone gazing at the moon.

After stabilizing his cultivation, Yue Ling broke through to level forty and became a Soul Ancestor. Xuan Zi took him to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable fourth Spirit Ring, and they began the journey by the forest’s northwestern entrance.

• Yue Ling spent a month and a half stabilizing his Soul Power and advancing to the peak of level thirty-nine.
• Yue Ling broke through the level-forty bottleneck and celebrated becoming a twelve-year-old Soul Ancestor.
• Xuan Zi agreed to take Yue Ling to the Star Dou Great Forest and flew with him to Shrek City's eastern gate.
• Xuan Zi led Yue Ling through the gate, explained the forest's rules and zones, and told him they would rent a carriage.

Yue Ling traveled with Xuan Zi to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a ten-thousand-year soul beast for his fourth Spirit Ring. Xuan Zi left him to explore the outskirts alone, quietly following from the trees as Yue Ling cautiously practiced survival skills.

• Yue Ling told Xuan Zi he intended to absorb a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and Xuan Zi warned him about the spiritual danger but agreed to interrupt the absorption if it failed.
• Yue Ling and Xuan Zi rode a carriage from Shrek City to the Star Dou Great Forest Outskirts.
• Xuan Zi told Yue Ling he would not accompany or rescue him except in lethal danger, then vanished and left him alone.
• Yue Ling cautiously entered the forest, sensing nearby creatures and studying animal tracks and signs of the terrain.
• Xuan Zi watched Yue Ling from the trees, approved of his careful approach, and followed him while eating a chicken leg.

Yue Ling fought off spirit beasts while making his way through the Star Dou Great Forest Outskirts toward the Mixed Zone. On the third day, he met Ye Wuqing, Yu Mengdi, and Tang Xiaolei, who were seeking Ye Wuqing’s third Spirit Ring.

• Yue Ling sensed a Ghost Leopard’s ambush, blocked its attacks with Heavenly Chrysanthemum Body Protection and Indestructible Diamond, then lured it into range and killed it with a punch.
• Yue Ling continued toward the Mixed Zone, surviving attacks from Netherworld Wolves, a Wind Baboon, and a Mandala Snake, and tested his Spirit Bone skill, Earth Shatter, on the snake.
• As night fell, Yue Ling noticed several people approaching while he gathered wood for a fire.
• Ye Wuqing introduced himself as a level-thirty, two-ring Power Attack Type Tool Spirit Master and said he had come with Yu Mengdi and Tang Xiaolei to obtain his third Spirit Ring.

Yue Ling revealed that he was a twelve-year-old level forty Soul Ancestor, startling the Zhengtian Academy students he met in Star Dou Forest. After refusing Ye Wuqing’s invitation to join the academy, Yue Ling faced a recruitment offer from one of its teachers.

• Yue Ling introduced himself as a level forty Tool Soul Elder who was almost thirteen, shocking Yu Mengdi, Ye Wuqing, and Tang Xiaolei.
• Yue Ling claimed he had entered Star Dou Forest alone, and Ye Wuqing stopped Tang Xiaolei from confronting him.
• Ye Wuqing invited Yue Ling to join Zhengtian Academy, but Yue Ling refused.
• Two Zhengtian Academy teachers returned to camp after failing to find a suitable thousand-year soul beast in the eastern outskirts.
• A teacher learned Yue Ling came from the Star Luo Empire and offered to take him as a disciple and support him at Zhengtian Academy.

When a Zhengtian Academy teacher tried to recruit Yue Ling and then threatened him for refusing, Xuan Zi intervened and drove the group away with his Super Douluo pressure. The chapter left Yue Ling calmly roasting meat as Ye Wuqing and the others fled, realizing he had been protected all along.

• Yue Ling rejected the Zhengtian Academy teacher’s offer, declaring his ambitions and asking what the Soul Saint could teach him.
• The teacher decided to seize Yue Ling, while Ye Wuqing grew suspicious but accepted that his teacher might act.
• As the teacher prepared to attack Yue Ling, Xuan Zi appeared and suppressed the two Zhengtian Academy teachers with his Super Douluo aura.
• Xuan Zi warned the teachers to leave, and they fled with Ye Wuqing, Tang Xiaolei, and Yu Mengdi.
• Ye Wuqing and the others realized Yue Ling had had a powerful protector nearby as Yue Ling continued roasting meat.

After Zhengtian Academy’s group left, Xuan Zi told Yue Ling about the academy and changed plans to accompany him into the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Zone to find his fourth Spirit Ring. They reached the Titan Ant territory and began searching, but the colony’s Ant Emperor was only about five thousand years old.

• Xuan Zi explained that Zhengtian Academy was a top academy hostile to Soul Tools, then ate the ribs Yue Ling had grilled.
• Xuan Zi decided to take Yue Ling into the Mixed Zone the next morning to find his fourth Spirit Ring rather than send him alone.
• Yue Ling named Titan Ants or an Ant Emperor as his preferred choices, with several other metal-attribute soul beasts as alternatives, and Xuan Zi chose to search the mineral-rich Titan Ant territory first.
• Xuan Zi and Yue Ling entered the Mixed Zone and traveled to the Titan Ant colony, where Xuan Zi showed Yue Ling its vast network of nests and explained the colony’s strength.
• Xuan Zi revealed that the colony’s Ant Emperor was roughly five thousand years old, considered it too young, and led Yue Ling farther into the territory.

Yue Ling chose a ten-thousand-year Titan Ant Emperor as his next Spirit Ring, and Xuan Zi subdued it so Yue Ling could kill it safely. Yue Ling began absorbing the ring, but its violent Soul Power and the ant emperor’s lingering resentment immediately tested his ability to endure it.

• Yue Ling and Xuan Zi found Gold-Eating Bamboo that was too powerful for Yue Ling to absorb and continued deeper into the area.
• They discovered a Titan Ant Emperor with more than twelve thousand years of cultivation, and Yue Ling chose it for his Spirit Ring.
• Xuan Zi overwhelmed the Titan Ant colony, pulled the ant emperor from its nest, and carried it away to a secure cave.
• Xuan Zi weakened the ant emperor, and Yue Ling killed it with his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• After Xuan Zi found no Spirit Bone, Yue Ling began absorbing the pitch-black Spirit Ring and struggled against its violent Soul Power and lingering resentment.

Yue Ling endured the dangerous absorption of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, which transformed his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and raised his Soul Power to level forty-three. After successfully completing the process, he prepared to demonstrate his fourth spirit skill to Xuan Zi.

• Yue Ling resisted the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring's violent energy while Xuan Zi stood ready to intervene.
• Yue Ling endured the pain, overcame the Ant Emperor's tyrannical consciousness, and merged the ring's energy with his own Soul Power.
• The absorption transformed Yue Ling's Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum into a steel-bladed iron flower and strengthened his body.
• Yue Ling's Soul Power rose from level forty to level forty-three, and the black ring became his fourth spirit ring.
• Yue Ling released his transformed Martial Soul and prepared to show Xuan Zi his fourth spirit skill.

Yue Ling tested his fourth Soul Skill, which transformed his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum into repairable curved blades and improved his close-combat ability. Exhausted after using it, he flew back to Shrek with Xuan Zi, while Gongyang Mo prepared to go home and took the chrysanthemum from the dormitory.

• Yue Ling activated his fourth Soul Skill, Thousand Chrysanthemums Gather Edge, and transformed his Martial Soul into two curved blades that could change back and repair themselves.
• Xuan Zi praised the Soul Skill for giving Yue Ling a way to defend himself and counterattack in close combat.
• Exhausted and covered in grime, Yue Ling asked to clean up, but Xuan Zi carried him toward Shrek Academy instead; Yue Ling fell asleep during the flight.
• Gongyang Mo packed to leave the academy and stored the little chrysanthemum from the windowsill in his Soul Tool.
• Gongyang Mo left the Dormitory for home, sensing he had forgotten something but deciding to go anyway.

After surviving the dangerous absorption of a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, Yue Ling returned to Xuan Zi’s courtyard determined to grow stronger against the sealed Remnant Soul in his Spirit Sea. While trying to wash off, he was caught naked by Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan, ending the chapter in humiliating embarrassment.

• Yue Ling woke in Xuan Zi’s courtyard after forcibly absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and reflected on how close he had come to dying.
• Yue Ling resolved to strengthen himself to resist the Remnant Soul sealed in his Spirit Sea, then stripped to wash in the hot spring.
• Bei Bei entered the courtyard with Zhang Lexuan and found Yue Ling naked and covered in grime.
• Zhang Lexuan blushed, covered her eyes, and urged Yue Ling to go inside while Bei Bei stared in shock.
• Yue Ling rushed toward the house, slipped and fell, then shut the door as Bei Bei snickered.

After an embarrassing misunderstanding, Yue Ling rejoined Bei Bei and Zhang Lexuan for a meal he cooked. As they ate, Zhang Lexuan reflected on the brevity of human life and the possibility of becoming a god.

• Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei waited in the courtyard while Yue Ling bathed and changed after his breakthrough.
• Yue Ling emerged and asked whether they had seen anything, then rebuked them for entering without knocking.
• Yue Ling cooked steamed fish, rice, seaweed soup, and scrambled eggs with tomatoes for the three of them.
• Bei Bei explained that Xuan Zi had announced Yue Ling's breakthrough and admitted he had brought Zhang Lexuan along.
• Yue Ling, Bei Bei, and Zhang Lexuan ate together, while Zhang Lexuan pondered life's fleeting nature and the pursuit of godhood.

After Yue Ling realizes that the cake he gave Zhang Lexuan caused her awkward visit, he returns to cultivation and begins suffering vivid nightmares from a remnant soul’s memories. Mu En explains that the memories are real, and Yue Ling keeps the ordeal secret as his spiritual power and abilities improve under the strain.

• Zhang Lexuan thanks Yue Ling for the cake and hurriedly leaves, while Bei Bei follows after realizing what happened.
• Yue Ling understands that the cake caused Zhang Lexuan’s visit and decides he will teach Bei Bei a lesson later.
• Yue Ling repeatedly wakes from vivid nightmares of bloodshed and suffering, then tells Mu En about them.
• Mu En concludes that Yue Ling absorbed a remnant soul’s memories and urges him to stay rational and remember useful information.
• Yue Ling hides the nightmares from Zhang Lexuan and others, while the experiences strengthen his spiritual power and improve his soul-skill control.
• After a month of enduring the memories, Yue Ling’s emotions settle and his mind grows tougher, though his appearance becomes pale and exhausted.

Yue Ling endured and deliberately absorbed the Remnant Soul’s horrifying memories, gradually adapting to their effects while his cultivation stalled at Level 44. On the day school resumed, he felt relieved at the thought of seeing Gongyang Mo but irritated by the classes ahead.

• Yue Ling checked that the seal in his Spirit Sea remained stable and decided to use his last days before school to absorb the remaining memories.
• Yue Ling lay on his bed for a day and night, actively fusing with the memories despite visions of slaughter and suffering.
• Yue Ling continued absorbing the fragments, ate a little, and forced himself to rest as the memories’ impact began to weaken.
• Yue Ling gradually adapted to the dark scenes, strengthening his mental resilience and sharpening his sense of malice and danger.
• On the third day, Yue Ling prepared to return to school and thought of Gongyang Mo waiting in their dormitory, then grew irritated at the prospect of classes.

After recovering from the Remnant Soul's memories, Yue Ling left the Inner Court and returned to Shrek's Outer Court for his second year. He collected his new supplies and moved his belongings to the second-year dormitory.

• Yue Ling finished absorbing most of the Remnant Soul's memories and prepared to leave Xuan Zi's courtyard.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Yue Ling healing pills and soul-soothing incense, then escorted him to the lakeshore and offered to help if anyone bullied him.
• Yue Ling crossed Sea God Lake to the Outer Court and ate a large meal after going hungry during his recovery.
• Yue Ling registered at the teaching building and collected his second-year uniform, dormitory key, and academy badge.
• Yue Ling packed his and Gongyang Mo's belongings from their old dormitory and headed for the yellow section.

Gongyang Mo returned to his new dorm room and found Yue Ling had brought over his belongings and made the room ready. As Yue Ling rested and continued assimilating memories, Gongyang Mo noticed that his demeanor had changed, though Yue Ling could not explain why.

• Gongyang Mo found his old room empty and feared the dorm supervisor had thrown away his belongings.
• Gongyang Mo discovered Yue Ling in their clean new room, where Yue Ling had moved and organized his things.
• Yue Ling told Gongyang Mo that the Evil Soul Master inside him had been sealed and that he would study at the Shrek Outer Court.
• Gongyang Mo said Yue Ling seemed much quieter and completely changed, while Yue Ling admitted that people changed over time.
• Yue Ling closed his eyes and continued assimilating the remaining memory fragments.

Yue Ling and Gongyang Mo spent the evening preparing for their second-year upgrade assessment, then rested before heading to class in the morning. Yue Ling woke refreshed, believing he had absorbed the memory fragments, and the two left their dormitory for the assessment.

• Gongyang Mo woke Yue Ling after hearing him whimper in his sleep, and Yue Ling reassured him that he was fine.
• Yue Ling and Gongyang Mo went out for dinner and bought a large pile of snacks while discussing Ma Xiaotao's move to the Shrek Inner Court.
• Yue Ling went to sleep hoping his improved condition would be enough for the upgrade assessment, and he slept peacefully through the night.
• Yue Ling woke refreshed and thought he had fully absorbed the memory fragments, then roused Gongyang Mo for the assessment.
• Yue Ling and Gongyang Mo changed into their yellow school uniforms and left the dormitory together.

Yue Ling returned to Class One and reclaimed his position as class monitor before joining the second-year students for their advancement assessment at Shrek Academy’s Beast Arena. The chapter ended with the students assembled there and Yue Ling’s rank-fourty-four cultivation setting him far above his peers.

• Yue Ling returned to Class One, where Wu Ya announced that he would resume his position as class monitor.
• Wu Ya led the students outside to assemble with the other classes heading to the Beast Zone assessment.
• Yue Ling and the second-year students entered Shrek Academy’s Beast Arena, where they waited for their advancement assessments.
• The chapter noted that Yue Ling had reached Soul Power rank forty-four at age thirteen, making him a Soul Ancestor far ahead of the other second-year students.

Yue Ling began the advancement assessment by choosing to face a thousand-year soul beast. When the Earth King emerged, he revealed that his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had transformed into a steel-like weapon, shocking the students and examiners.

• Dean Du Weilun announced that the Second-Year Class One monitors would take the assessment first, and Wu Ya warned Yue Ling to know his limits.
• Yue Ling entered the arena and chose a thousand-year soul beast for his assessment.
• A fire-attributed Earth King emerged from the gate, and Wang Yan explained its strength and brute-force attacks.
• Yue Ling released his transformed Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Du Weilun realized its source Martial Soul had stayed the same despite its complete change in form.

Yue Ling revealed that he was a thirteen-year-old soul ancestor with a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring, then overwhelmed the Earth King with his spirit skill and physical strength. The Earth King unleashed its Lava Earthsplitter Strike, stunning Yue Ling as lava erupted beneath him.

• Yue Ling summoned his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and displayed four spirit rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, shocking Du Weilun and the audience.
• Yue Ling used Falling Blossom Storm to tear into the Earth King's armor, then dismissed his Martial Soul to test his physical strength.
• Yue Ling punched the Earth King's pincers and body, leaving a clear fist imprint and injuring the soul beast.
• Wang Yan warned that the Earth King was preparing its Lava Earthsplitter Strike, but its shockwave stunned Yue Ling before anyone could intervene.
• The Earth King split the arena floor and sent scorching lava erupting around Yue Ling, leaving the crowd fearing for his survival.

Yue Ling survived the Earth King's Lava Earthsplitter Strike with his Indestructible Diamond physique, then defeated the Thousand-Year Soul Beast using overwhelming physical strength. The Earth King died in the arena, leaving the spectators and Wang Yan stunned by Yue Ling's power.

• Yue Ling stood unharmed inside the magma, his Indestructible Diamond protective shell intact, and Wang Yan recognized the legendary physique.
• The Earth King mistook Yue Ling's stillness for injury and launched a tail strike at the back of his head.
• Yue Ling met the tail with Monarch Descends Upon the World, overwhelming the Earth King and snapping off its tail hook.
• Yue Ling rushed the Earth King, punched through its armor, and broke one of its pincers with his bare hands.
• The badly injured Earth King collapsed and died.