Chapter Summaries

Fang Yuan subdued the Ten-Thousand-Year Sword Lotus and gave Tang San an External Soul Bone to strengthen him before he absorbed a ten-thousand-year soul ring. Tang San began absorbing it, while Ning Rongrong questioned Fang Yuan about the rare treasure.

• Tang San dodged the Ten-Thousand-Year Sword Lotus's attacks with the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, while Fang Yuan protected the others from the ripples.
• Fang Yuan overwhelmed the Ten-Thousand-Year Sword Lotus with his Soul Power and pulled it from the pool.
• Fang Yuan revealed an External Soul Bone and explained its rarity and ability to grow with its owner.
• Fang Yuan gave the External Soul Bone to Tang San to improve his body and help him absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring.
• Tang San thanked Fang Yuan and began absorbing the External Soul Bone.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Fang Yuan had more External Soul Bones, and Fang Yuan joked that he was treating Tang San like a son.

Fang Yuan’s generosity impressed Ning Rongrong, while Flender’s group continued searching the Star Dou Great Forest for Oscar’s soul ring. The group discovered that Yu Xiaogang had transformed into a beautiful woman, leaving him panicked and Flender strangely affected.

• Ning Rongrong admired Fang Yuan’s character and considered recruiting him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Flender complained about Fang Yuan and vowed to make him pay after reuniting with Liu Erlong, prompting Yu Xiaogang to tell him not to mention her.
• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others continued deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Oscar a suitable soul ring.
• As the group considered making camp, Flender noticed that Yu Xiaogang’s appearance had changed.
• Dai Mubai showed Yu Xiaogang his reflection, and Yu Xiaogang screamed upon seeing his feminine face.
• Flender covered Yu Xiaogang’s mouth to quiet him, then felt his heart stir at the touch of Yu Xiaogang’s lips and his weak struggle.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that she had become a woman, and the group suspected the change began after meeting Fang Yuan but could not determine its cause. As the Shrek group prepared to camp in the Star Dou Great Forest, Ma Hongjun offered to share a tent with her so he could ask for cultivation advice.

• Yu Xiaogang calmed down and saw her female reflection in Dai Mubai's mirror, leaving everyone shocked by her transformation.
• Flender and the others recalled that Yu Xiaogang had changed after meeting Fang Yuan, but they dismissed the possibility that he was responsible and tested whether her martial soul had mutated.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned her unchanged pig-like martial soul, and Flender concluded that the transformation had no obvious explanation.
• Flender promised to seek a healing Soul Master in Shrek Academy or Heaven Dou City after Oscar obtained his soul ring.
• Flender considered sharing a tent with Yu Xiaogang, but Ma Hongjun offered to share with her so he could ask for cultivation guidance.

Ma Hongjun persuaded Yu Xiaogang to share her tent, while Flender worried about his intentions and resolved to take Yu Xiaogang to Heaven Dou City for an examination. Meanwhile, Tang San endured the final stage of absorbing a Ten-Thousand-Year Sword Lotus soul ring as his third ring, and Fang Yuan watched the effects of his transformation skill on Yu Xiaogang.

• Ma Hongjun flattered Yu Xiaogang and convinced her to share a tent with him, while Flender suspected his motives but stayed silent.
• Yu Xiaogang entered the tent first, and Ma Hongjun followed; Flender decided to take her to Heaven Dou City so Liu Erlong could arrange an examination.
• Tang San completed absorbing the Eight Spider Lances, whose vivid blue-green appearance reflected his life-focused cultivation path.
• Tang San groaned in pain while absorbing the twenty-to-thirty-thousand-year Ten-Thousand-Year Sword Lotus as his third soul ring, drawing the attention of Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Fang Yuan.
• Fang Yuan observed Yu Xiaogang through Star Eyes, felt satisfied that she had gained followers, and walked over to Tang San.

Fang Yuan helped Tang San absorb a ten-thousand-year Sword Lotus soul ring, converting its excess energy into life energy that healed and strengthened him. Tang San emerged with a third ring and level thirty-six Soul Power, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing grew eager to train under Fang Yuan.

• Fang Yuan used Adaptation Gu to stabilize Tang San and transform the Sword Lotus's excess energy into life energy that repaired Tang San's body.
• Tang San completed the absorption and revealed his yellow, purple, and black soul rings.
• Tang San told Fang Yuan that his accumulated Soul Power had surged to level thirty-six.
• Tang San credited Fang Yuan's teaching for his strength, impressing Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong asked about the academy's body-tempering hidden realm, and Fang Yuan promised future opportunities to his personal disciples.

Fang Yuan encouraged Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to join the academy, while Tang San challenged Xiao Wu to a spar after gaining his third soul ring. The fight ended with Xiao Wu trapped and wounded by Tang San’s new soul skill.

• Fang Yuan’s promise to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing gave them new reasons to pursue joining the academy.
• Tang San taunted Xiao Wu into sparring, and Fang Yuan barred him from using his External Soul Bone.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu began their match, with Tang San using Blue Silver Surge and Life Amplification to defend against her attacks.
• Xiao Wu used Charm and Teleportation to catch Tang San in the setup for her Waist Bow.
• Tang San activated his ten-thousand-year third soul ring, turning his Blue Silver Grass into cutting vines that wounded and trapped Xiao Wu.

Tang San's new soul skill injured Xiao Wu during their spar, and Fang Yuan healed her before the group prepared to camp in the Star Dou Great Forest. The Titan Giant Ape Erming arrived after detecting Xiao Wu's blood and fixed its attention on Fang Yuan.

• Tang San used Blue Silver Sharpening to bind and cut Xiao Wu, and Fang Yuan healed her with As Before.
• Fang Yuan reviewed the spar and reminded Xiao Wu to probe unfamiliar Soul Masters' abilities.
• As Fang Yuan prepared to set up camp, Xiao Wu sensed something in the forest and a powerful roar shook the group.
• Tang San recognized the approaching beast as the Titan Giant Ape, and Fang Yuan identified it as Erming.
• Erming smelled Xiao Wu's blood, followed the scent to the camp, and focused on Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan fought Erming after the Titan Giant Ape mistook Xiao Wu’s blood scent for evidence that Fang Yuan had harmed her. Xiao Wu stopped the battle and revealed that Fang Yuan was her teacher, leaving Erming surprised.

• Erming attacked Fang Yuan after finding Xiao Wu’s blood scent near him and suspecting that Fang Yuan had harmed her.
• Fang Yuan met Erming’s punch head-on and drove the Titan Giant Ape backward, then exchanged several blows with it in a contest of strength.
• Xiao Wu removed her necklace and rushed forward to stop Fang Yuan and Erming from fighting.
• Erming recognized Xiao Wu and explained that it had attacked because it smelled her blood and feared for her safety.
• Xiao Wu told Erming that the blood was no cause for concern and ordered it to apologize to Fang Yuan, whom she identified as her teacher.

Fang Yuan and Erming fought before Xiao Wu identified Fang Yuan as her teacher, and the group later returned to camp. The chapter left Xiao Wu asking to share Fang Yuan’s tent so he could guide her cultivation.

• Erming welcomed Fang Yuan as Xiao Wu’s teacher after their strength-filled fight, then left when Xiao Wu urged him to go.
• Xiao Wu checked Fang Yuan for injuries, and Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing arrived and marveled at the battle’s aftermath.
• Ning Rongrong asked how Xiao Wu knew the Titan Giant Ape, so Fang Yuan explained that soul beasts were fond of Xiao Wu because of her unusual constitution.
• The group resumed setting up camp, but debated how to divide their three tents among five people.
• Xiao Wu asked Fang Yuan to share his tent and guide her cultivation after Tang San said they should cultivate at night.

Fang Yuan told Tang San that the academy needed its own faction to avoid serving the interests of the Heaven Dou Empire or Spirit Hall, and asked Tang San to found and manage it. Tang San named the faction the Tang Sect and persuaded Fang Yuan to join as its Supreme Elder, leaving Fang Yuan with the highest authority.

• Fang Yuan assigned himself and Tang San to share a tent, then asked Tang San what he thought of establishing an academy.
• Tang San argued that the academy would cost Fang Yuan time and resources while attracting the Empire's and Spirit Hall's interference.
• Fang Yuan proposed founding a faction alongside the academy and asked Tang San to establish and run it.
• Tang San, recalling his wish to restore the Tang Sect, named the new faction the Tang Sect.
• Tang San asked Fang Yuan to join as Supreme Elder, and Fang Yuan accepted after Tang San appealed to their father-and-son bond.

After joining the Tang Sect, Fang Yuan persuaded Tang San to combine hidden weapons with Soul Tools, positioning himself to control the sect through its core technology. Fang Yuan then asked Tang San to judge the sides in a story that mirrored his parents’ past.

• Tang San welcomed Fang Yuan into the Tang Sect as Supreme Elder and presented him with the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Fang Yuan proposed combining the manual’s hidden weapons with Soul Tools, and Tang San accepted the idea after briefly weighing his reverence for the Tang Sect’s traditions.
• Fang Yuan planned to keep control of the Tang Sect by monopolizing the core Soul Tool technology while Tang San managed the sect.
• Fang Yuan reminded Tang San of a story about a human Soul Master and a transformed soul beast persecuted by a powerful faction, then asked which side had been right or wrong.

Fang Yuan told Tang San the truth about his parents and discussed recruiting the Clear Sky Sect’s affiliated clans into Tang Sect. After Tang San accepted the plan, Fang Yuan left the tent and used his sixth soul skill to replenish and advance his cultivation.

• Tang San judged the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao irresponsible for their actions after Tang Hao and Ah Yin were pursued by Spirit Hall.
• Fang Yuan revealed that the story concerned Tang San’s parents, the Clear Sky Sect, and Spirit Hall.
• Tang San said Spirit Hall was now his enemy, condemned the Clear Sky Sect, and declined to criticize his father.
• Fang Yuan proposed recruiting the Clear Sky Sect’s affiliated clans into an independent Tang Sect, and Tang San agreed the plan was feasible.
• Tang San began cultivating inside the tent while Fang Yuan went outside, where he summoned the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus to restore and slowly advance his Soul Power.

Fang Yuan left a Myriad Self phantom guarding his camp with the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, then traveled to an isolated sea island to set down the Supreme Immortal Aperture and enter it. Inside, he arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well he had recreated amid a vast field of Blue Silver Grass.

• Fang Yuan gave a Myriad Self phantom the Heavenly Essence Treasure Lotus, allowing it to maintain itself and guard his camp while he was away.
• Fang Yuan used Fixed Immortal Travel to reach an uninhabited island and set down the Supreme Immortal Aperture, creating intense spatial fluctuations as he opened its entrance.
• Fang Yuan entered the Immortal Aperture and was greeted by its Soul Masters, who had developed widespread flying Soul Tools during the three hundred years that had passed inside.
• Fang Yuan used Fixed Immortal Travel to reach a grassland of Blue Silver Grass, where the artificial Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well stood.

Fang Yuan visited Ah Yin in the Supreme Immortal Aperture and told her how Tang San was progressing under his tutelage. He left after confirming Ah Yin’s recovery and promising to arrange a reunion with her son when the time was right.

• Fang Yuan checked on Ah Yin, whose cultivation had recovered to roughly sixty thousand years in the Blue Silver Grass Plain.
• Ah Yin asked about Tang San, and Fang Yuan told her that the twelve-year-old had become a Soul Elder with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone.
• Ah Yin worried that Tang San was growing too quickly, but Fang Yuan assured her that he would guide his disciple appropriately.
• Fang Yuan said Tang San already knew about Ah Yin’s past, but their reunion would wait until Tang San’s training and Ah Yin’s bodily recovery were sufficient.
• Fang Yuan left Ah Yin and used his visit to inspect research projects and handle other matters in the Supreme Immortal Aperture.

Fang Yuan returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, then led Tang San and the others to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to stay while their own academy was built. Their arrival was challenged by Xue Beng and other students, and Fang Yuan revealed his Martial Soul and seven Soul Rings.

• Fang Yuan returned from the Immortal Aperture, collected several troublesome Soul Beasts, and found Tang San still cultivating at camp.
• After daybreak, Fang Yuan led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest toward Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Rongrong showed the group Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s mountain, forest, and lake grounds, and Fang Yuan decided they would stay there temporarily.
• Xue Beng and several academy students blocked the group’s path and demanded to know who they were.
• Tang San prepared a hidden weapon, but Fang Yuan calmed him and revealed his Martial Soul with seven Soul Rings.

Fang Yuan went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to request temporary use of its teaching equipment while he established his own academy, and he revealed his strength and Tang San’s exceptional abilities to the Education Committee. Xue Beng and Xue Xing planned to drive Fang Yuan away before Xue Qinghe could recruit him, but the chapter left Fang Yuan being warmly welcomed by Meng Shenji.

• Fang Yuan revealed his seven Soul Rings to the students at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Xue Beng secretly watched him go uphill.
• Xue Beng suspected Fang Yuan might join the academy and attract Xue Qinghe’s attention, so he went to the imperial palace to seek Xue Xing’s help.
• Xue Beng persuaded Xue Xing to reject Fang Yuan and bring Dugu Bo to intimidate him and the Education Committee.
• Meng Shenji urged Fang Yuan to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Fang Yuan explained that he planned to establish his own academy and only wanted to borrow its teaching equipment.
• Fang Yuan revealed his eight-ring cultivation and hundred-thousand-year eighth Soul Ring, then introduced Tang San and described the boy’s level thirty-six Soul Power and rare Soul Rings and External Soul Bone.

Fang Yuan declined Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s offer to join its Education Committee but agreed to borrow its facilities and share his cultivation insights. Prince Xue Xing barged into the committee office and insulted Fang Yuan, while Meng Shenji warned him that he risked making a powerful enemy.

• Meng Shenji and the other Education Committee members invited Fang Yuan to join the academy, but Fang Yuan refused and agreed to teach its students and staff while using its facilities.
• Prince Xue Xing entered the Education Committee office with Xue Beng and Dugu Bo, interrupting Fang Yuan’s meeting with the committee members.
• Meng Shenji introduced Fang Yuan and explained the cooperation agreement to Prince Xue Xing.
• Prince Xue Xing dismissed Fang Yuan as a beggar freeloading on the academy, but Fang Yuan stayed calm.
• Meng Shenji vouched for Fang Yuan and warned Prince Xue Xing not to turn him into an enemy.

Xue Xing challenged Fang Yuan to prove his strength before allowing him to stay at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, assigning Dugu Bo to test him. Fang Yuan accepted the spar, while those present reacted with shock or concern.

• Xue Xing refused to accept Meng Shenji's recommendation without proof and demanded that Fang Yuan demonstrate his abilities.
• Xue Xing asked Dugu Bo to spar with Fang Yuan, setting a five-minute survival test as the condition for staying at the academy.
• Dugu Bo introduced himself as a level ninety-five power-attack Titled Douluo and asked Fang Yuan if he could last five minutes.
• Fang Yuan recognized Dugu Bo's teasing and accepted the challenge, confident in how much he had grown.
• Meng Shenji urged Fang Yuan to reconsider, while Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing remained less worried about his chances.

Fang Yuan accepted Dugu Bo’s challenge, and the two began sparring while Xue Xing and Xue Beng hoped Dugu Bo would kill him. Dugu Bo opened with a probing strike, then worried when Fang Yuan seemed ready to face it with a ten-thousand-year soul skill.

• Xue Xing and Xue Beng were excited when Fang Yuan agreed to fight Dugu Bo, hoping the Titled Douluo would kill him.
• Fang Yuan and Dugu Bo stared at each other until Dugu Bo attacked first with a jade-green stream of Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo recalled Fang Yuan’s strength from their fight five years earlier and expected him to use his fusion soul skill to counter the strike.
• Fang Yuan activated a single pitch-black ten-thousand-year soul ring, making Dugu Bo worry that he might be underestimating the strength of the attack.

Fang Yuan matched Dugu Bo’s Soul Power attack with an overwhelming, seemingly endless flow of his own, leaving the onlookers astonished. Dugu Bo then took the exchange seriously and prepared a stronger attack using his martial soul.

• Fang Yuan casually sent a ribbon of Soul Power against Dugu Bo’s attack, alarming the onlookers who expected him to strike with full strength.
• Dugu Bo’s emerald-green Soul Power initially pushed Fang Yuan’s black Soul Power back, delighting Xue Xing and Xue Beng.
• Fang Yuan’s Soul Power outlasted Dugu Bo’s attack, swallowed it, and left Fang Yuan unharmed.
• Meng Shenji, Tang San, and the others realized Fang Yuan had matched a Titled Douluo, while Xue Xing and Xue Beng were shocked.
• Dugu Bo launched a second, more serious attack, drawing fully on his martial soul as azure diamond-shaped scales appeared on his cheeks and hands.