Chapter Summaries

Hei Lin stripped Long Yeyue of her life force, devoured the Golden Ancient Tree, and told the Sea God Pavilion elders that Tang Wulin was sleeping. He left Sea God Island and encountered Xie Xie, who realized that the person before him did not seem like the Tang Wulin he knew.

• Hei Lin drained Long Yeyue's life force and forced her to flee, leaving the other Sea God Pavilion elders afraid to intervene.
• Hei Lin devoured the Golden Ancient Tree, collected its remaining seed, and told the elders he was not Tang Wulin.
• Hei Lin left Sea God Island after telling Zhuo Shi that Tang Wulin was sleeping.
• Xie Xie encountered Hei Lin and greeted him excitedly, but his smile faded when he noticed Hei Lin's cold demeanor.

Hei Lin awoke in Tang Wulin's body and told Xie Xie that Tang Wulin was sleeping, then left him determined to become stronger. At Tang Sect headquarters, Zang Xin learned that Tang Wulin might still awaken and asked Hei Lin what he needed.

• Hei Lin told Xie Xie that he was not Tang Wulin and that Tang Wulin was sleeping, though he did not know when he would wake.
• Xie Xie offered to help, but Hei Lin said he was too weak and left, prompting Xie Xie to vow to become stronger.
• Hei Lin entered Tang Sect headquarters and met Zang Xin, who asked who he was.
• Hei Lin told Zang Xin to wait for Tang Wulin to wake and explain for himself, giving Zang Xin hope that Tang Wulin was not truly dead.
• Zang Xin offered Hei Lin tea and asked what he had come to see him about.

Hei Lin told Zang Xin that he planned to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and decided to bring Bai Lin’s companions with him. After the group agreed to go, he was reunited with Lang Yue and Tang Ziran, whose affection left him unsure how to respond; his father then asked where he and his classmates were going.

• Hei Lin told Zang Xin he was going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and agreed to bring his companions.
• Hei Lin returned to Shrek Academy and invited Xie Xie, Yue Zhengyu, Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi to come with him.
• The six companions agreed to go so they could grow stronger and protect the people they cared about.
• Lang Yue and Tang Ziran found Hei Lin, embraced him, and expressed their relief that he had awakened.
• Hei Lin told Lang Yue he was fine, and Tang Ziran asked where he and his classmates were going.

Hei Lin left his parents and traveled with Xie Xie and the others to the Tang Sect’s Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret realm. Zang Xin led them through a dangerous, concealed route and stopped in a vividly colored woodland.

• Hei Lin told Tang Ziran and Lang Yue that he was going to train, then departed with Xie Xie and the others while his parents watched him go.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue revealed through their thoughts that they had long known Bai Lin and Hei Lin shared one body and considered Hei Lin their son.
• Hei Lin refused to visit Na'er, saying she was Bai Lin’s sister and not his, then told Zang Xin that the group would leave immediately.
• Zang Xin arranged two disguised Tang Sect vehicles and transported the group to a remote forest, where he warned them to follow his steps through the dangerous route.
• After hours of travel through distorted terrain and a brightly colored woodland, Zang Xin stopped.

Zang Xin brought Hei Lin, Xie Xie, and the others through the deadly Seven-Colored Poison Miasma to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They discovered a valley of powerful exotic plants and were confronted by six plant-type fearsome beasts.

• Hei Lin used his control over the elements to protect the group as they descended through the Seven-Colored Poison Miasma.
• Zang Xin explained the miasma’s danger and wondered how Hei Lin could wield power seemingly on the level of a Limit Douluo despite being injured.
• The group emerged above the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, whose lake was divided into icy blue and fiery crimson waters.
• Zang Xin dispersed the hostile spiritual senses watching them, and Xie Xie recognized an enormous Infernal Delicate Apricot among the valley’s plants.
• Six powerful beings in human form emerged from the vegetation and approached Zang Xin, Hei Lin, and the others.

Amorous Douluo Zang Xin asked six plant-type Vicious Beasts at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to heal Hei Lin and provide treasures for the six children, citing the Tang Sect’s crisis and its old agreement with them. When Hei Lin challenged their refusal, the beasts summoned two ancient Dragon Lords, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Zang Xin reminded the purple-robed Vicious Beast of the Tang Sect’s agreement and asked the six beasts to help the sect in its time of peril.
• Zang Xin described the Holy Spirit Cult’s attacks, Yun Ming’s death, and Hei Lin’s near-fatal injuries, then asked the beasts to heal Hei Lin and give each of the six children a hundred-thousand-year treasure.
• The purple-robed man refused to provide the treasures, saying that healing Hei Lin would already consume too much of the well’s origin.
• Hei Lin stepped in and released the pressure of a Limit Douluo, challenging the six beasts to reject him.
• The purple-robed man unleashed purple radiance as the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well surged into two dragons, and the six beasts bowed to the appearing Dragon Lords.

Hei Lin revealed his Dragon God power at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King’s souls recognized and welcomed him. After the six plant-type ferocious beasts submitted, they agreed to heal him and help his companions find suitable hundred-thousand-year treasures, then led the group into the valley.

• The man in purple explained that the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King had fallen beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and that their souls guarded the valley.
• Hei Lin released his nine-colored Dragon God aura, forcing the six plant-type ferocious beasts to kneel as the two dragon souls circled him in reverence.
• Hei Lin named himself the Dragon God, shocking Aromatic Silk Beauty, Zang Xin, Xie Xie, and the others.
• The man in purple apologized and promised to heal Hei Lin and help his companions find suitable hundred-thousand-year heavenly treasures.
• Hei Lin warned the six ferocious beasts not to offend him again, then followed the man in purple toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

After seeing Xu Xiaoyan and Xu Lizhi obtain hundred-thousand-year immortal herbs, Aromatic Silk Beauty decided to risk becoming a Soul Spirit with a human to escape his approaching tribulation. Zang Xin offered him to the Shrek Seven Monsters, but Ye Xinglan, Xie Xie, Yuanen Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu all rejected him.

• Xu Xiaoyan obtained the Star Luo Spirit Pearl, evolved her Martial Soul into the Star Staff Martial Soul, and Xu Lizhi gained a hundred-thousand-year Primordial Immortal Herb.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty told Infernal Delicate Apricot and the other savage beasts that his approaching tribulation left him little hope, and that the talented Shrek Seven Monsters might offer a path to eternal life.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty asked Zang Xin to recommend a human Soul Master for him to follow, and Zang Xin proposed the seven children as candidates.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty explained that his nearly two hundred thousand years of cultivation could provide an orange Soul Ring, poison resistance, and improved perception and affinity with the energy of heaven and earth.
• Ye Xinglan, Xie Xie, Yuanen Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu each refused Aromatic Silk Beauty because his abilities did not suit their needs.

Aromatic Silk Beauty offered to become a soul spirit, but Ye Xinglan, Xie Xie, Yuanen Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu rejected him because his abilities did not suit their combat needs. After Zang Xin explained the value of an orange-gold soul ring, Aromatic Silk Beauty turned his attention to Hei Lin and asked whether he still needed soul rings.

• Zang Xin tried to persuade the young soul masters that an orange-gold soul ring and its benefits were valuable, but they explained why Aromatic Silk Beauty did not suit them.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty angrily defended his abilities and cited Tang San's choice of his predecessor, while Infernal Delicate Apricot tried to calm him.
• Yue Zhengyu invited Infernal Delicate Apricot to become his soul spirit, but she refused because she distrusted humans and had thousands of years of life remaining.
• Zang Xin urged the young soul masters to apologize, and they reluctantly bowed to Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty noticed Hei Lin and asked whether he still needed soul rings, hoping to become part of someone who already possessed god-level strength.

Hei Lin agreed to accept one of the ferocious beasts as a soul spirit because he wanted to make Bai Lin's spiritual sea less lonely. The beasts competed for the chance, but Aromatic Silk Beauty eventually withdrew his attempt to claim it alone.

• Hei Lin revealed the Law of Reincarnation and a powerful life force, prompting Mo Mo and the Infernal Delicate Apricot to rush forward and offer to become his soul spirit.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty claimed Hei Lin had chosen him, but Mo Mo and the Infernal Delicate Apricot challenged his claim.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty argued that his lineage was especially compatible with Hei Lin's Blue Silver Emperor martial soul and used a purple aura to suppress the other five ferocious beasts.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass accused Aromatic Silk Beauty of monopolizing the opportunity, and he withdrew his suppressive aura and rejoined the group with a complicated expression.

Bai Lin accepted all six immortal herbs as soul spirits without requiring them to provide soul rings, and their power helped him and Hei Lin break through to the Divine Origin Realm. The herbs discovered Hei Lin in Bai Lin’s sea of spirit, where Bai Lin revealed that they had originally been one.

• Aromatic Silk Beauty proposed letting Bai Lin choose fairly, but Bai Lin said all six immortal herbs could become his soul spirits.
• Bai Lin explained that he valued the herbs as followers and companions on the divine path, and all six agreed to follow him.
• The six herbs swore vows and transferred their origins and spiritual power to Bai Lin, then entered his sea of spirit and saw the Seed of Nature and his other soul spirits.
• Bai Lin and Hei Lin resonated with the herbs’ spiritual power and broke through into the Divine Origin Realm, improving Hei Lin’s injured soul.
• Bai Lin settled Hei Lin beneath the golden sapling and told the six herbs that he and Hei Lin had originally been one.

Hei Lin learned that the Seed of Nature made him the Child of Nature and could determine the survival of Douluo Continent, then allowed the remaining Shrek Seven Monsters to choose suitable immortal herbs. The group left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Hei Lin accepting their use of his name.

• Aromatic Silk Beauty explained that the Seed of Nature chose a Child of Nature to restore a damaged world, and that its failure would bring Douluo Continent to ruin.
• Hei Lin realized he had consumed the Golden Ancient Tree, the previous Child of Nature, but dismissed any possible scheme behind the Seed of Nature.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty selected immortal herbs suited to Ye Xinglan, Yue Zhengyu, Yuanen Yehui, and Xie Xie.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty called Hei Lin Master because he bore the Seed of Nature, and Hei Lin reflected that he held authority over plants as well as soul beasts.
• Hei Lin offered the remaining immortal herbs to the group, and after Xie Xie hesitated over how to address him, Hei Lin told everyone to call him Hei Lin.

Hei Lin discovered Lovesick Heartbreak Red, a legendary immortal herb that could restore Bai Lin’s damaged soul origin. He passed its test of sincere feeling and placed the flower on Bai Lin’s chest to begin nourishing him.

• Hei Lin decided not to consume all the treasures in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well because destroying the secret realm would trouble Bai Lin.
• Hei Lin noticed Lovesick Heartbreak Red growing atop a black stone, and Aromatic Silk Beauty explained its restorative powers and how to pluck it.
• Hei Lin gave the flower his heart’s blood while thinking of Bai Lin, and Lovesick Heartbreak Red acknowledged him and floated into his palm.
• Hei Lin wondered whether his feelings for Bai Lin counted as love, and Aromatic Silk Beauty explained that love took many forms.
• Hei Lin placed Lovesick Heartbreak Red on Bai Lin’s chest, where its glow mingled with the Seed of Nature’s life force and began nourishing Bai Lin’s soul origin.

After Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect began purging the Holy Spirit Cult and its allies across the Federation, Zang Xin told Hei Lin that the Sea God Pavilion elders had appointed him as their next Master. Hei Lin learned that the elders were also counting on Bai Lin’s eventual awakening to bind him to Shrek, leaving Hei Lin resentful of their manipulation.

• Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect launched a purge of the Holy Spirit Cult, exposing hawkish officials’ ties to the cult while the Tang Sect focused on rebuilding its branches.
• Zang Xin told Hei Lin that nearly all of Shrek’s main force had left on missions and that only Cai Yue'er remained at the Academy.
• Zang Xin informed Hei Lin that the Sea God Pavilion elders had unanimously appointed him as the next Master of the Sea God Pavilion.
• Zang Xin explained that Long Yeyue had died after her injuries and dwindling lifespan could no longer be supported by Shrek’s exhausted supply of life-extending treasures.
• Zang Xin revealed that the elders expected Bai Lin to awaken and restore the course they wanted, and Hei Lin resented their attempt to bind Bai Lin to Shrek.

Hei Lin sought a way to recover his strength and take revenge on Spirit Pagoda and the Federation’s hawkish faction, then traveled west to a remote military district in search of energy. After receiving a recommendation letter from Ya Li, he reached the icy Heaven’s End Mountain Range.

• Hei Lin told Zang Xin that powerful experts were hidden across the continent and said he needed vast energy to heal before taking revenge on Spirit Pagoda and Federation officials.
• Zang Xin explained the dangers of drawing life energy from the Star Dou Great Forest, then offered to recommend another place when Hei Lin said he could use any kind of energy.
• The Shrek Seven Monsters split into four groups and went to Federation military districts for training; Hei Lin chose the harsh, isolated frontier district.
• Hei Lin met Ya Li and Na'er in Heaven Dou City and received Ya Li’s handwritten letter of recommendation; Na'er recognized that he was not her brother Tang Wulin.
• Hei Lin traveled to the far west and arrived at the snow-covered Heaven’s End Mountain Range.

Hei Lin reached the Blood God Legion’s remote mountain base and began its enlistment process. After a female major warned him that he had three days to prove he could stay, Lieutenant Jiang Yue took him to choose weapons for an assessment that would suppress his Soul Power.

• Hei Lin climbed the frozen mountain without using Soul Power and announced his arrival at the summit.
• Hei Lin exposed four concealed sentries, and their squad leader accepted the Holy Spirit Douluo’s recommendation letter and escorted him into the barracks.
• A female major warned Hei Lin that his place in the legion would be decided within three days, then assigned Lieutenant Jiang Yue to arrange his survival assessment.
• Lieutenant Jiang Yue explained that the assessment would suppress Hei Lin’s Soul Power and told him to select weapons from the warehouse.

Hei Lin rejected the Soul Tools and entered a simulated battlefield for an assessment overseen by Major Ling Wuyue. He descended into the Abyss, leaving Ling Wuyue stunned because he seemed able to use an ability despite the restriction on Soul Power.

• Hei Lin dismissed the high-level Soul Tools, and Lieutenant Jiang Yue led him to the camp’s central building.
• Major Ling Wuyue arrived and took charge of Hei Lin’s assessment after reviewing surveillance of his journey to the camp.
• Ling Wuyue explained that Hei Lin had to protect her consciousness projection in a simulated battlefield without using Soul Power, and they entered the simulation chambers.
• Hei Lin quickly appeared in the simulated camp beside a massive Abyssal pit, while Ling Wuyue was astonished by how fast he connected.
• Ling Wuyue ordered Hei Lin to jump into the Abyss, and he floated down effortlessly, making her wonder how he could use an ability like Soul Power.

Hei Lin accompanied Long Yuxue into the Abyss for an assessment that required him to protect her while exploring deeper into a cave. His invisible spiritual power destroyed every Abyss creature before it could threaten them, leaving Long Yuxue astonished and unsure how to judge his character and teamwork.

• Long Yuxue explained that Hei Lin’s assessment result depended on how far he could escort her through the cave while protecting her from danger.
• Hei Lin crushed and absorbed the energy of bat-like Abyss creatures before they could approach, while Long Yuxue wondered why the route was so quiet.
• They reached a vast, empty cavern, and Long Yuxue questioned Hei Lin about how he had dealt with the threats.
• A giant blood bat attacked Long Yuxue, but Hei Lin crushed it from a distance without moving.
• Long Yuxue realized Hei Lin’s strength was far beyond the assessment’s demands but worried that the lack of danger gave her no way to evaluate his character or team spirit.

Hei Lin passed the Blood God Legion’s simulated battlefield assessment with an exceptional result, and Lieutenant Jiang Yue registered him while awaiting the final rating. Long Yuxue then took him to his quarters and offered to introduce him to the camp.

• Hei Lin absorbed Abyssal energy as the creatures that approached him died from his natural spiritual pressure, and Long Yuxue declared that he had passed the assessment.
• Long Yuxue and Hei Lin returned to Lieutenant Jiang Yue, who learned that his assessment rating was expected to be very high.
• Long Yuxue arranged for Hei Lin to await orders at the Special Operations Office and told him her name before leaving the reception room.
• Lieutenant Jiang Yue registered Hei Lin as an eighteen-year-old Shrek Academy student with Soul Power at level sixty-nine and a three-word battle armor called Dragon Moon Language.
• Hei Lin released a trace of his aura, startling Lieutenant Jiang Yue, who completed his registration and gave him military uniforms.
• Long Yuxue waited outside and took Hei Lin to his quarters to introduce him to the camp.

Hei Lin settled into his new quarters in the Blood God Legion while its senior officers reviewed his examination footage and assessed his extraordinary physical and spiritual power. The officers also discussed the attack on Shrek City and awaited the legion commander’s return for more information.

• Long Yuxue showed Hei Lin around the camp, explained its restricted areas and facilities, and led him to his room before he began meditating.
• Long Yuxue joined Major General Xu Weitao, Major General Long Tianwu, and other senior officers as they reviewed surveillance footage of Hei Lin’s journey and examination.
• Long Yuxue reported that Hei Lin had crossed the snowy mountains in less than half a day without using Soul Power or releasing a martial soul.
• Long Tianwu and Xu Weitao discussed the attack on Shrek City, suspected that powerful forces and possibly people in military headquarters were involved, and decided to wait for the legion commander’s return.
• The officers watched Hei Lin annihilate every Abyss creature in the simulation without moving, and Xu Weitao suspected that Hei Lin’s spiritual power had reached a terrifying level.