Chapter Summaries

After recalling his rise to power and his plan to escape Tang God-King’s control, Yan Jingzhe set out to find Electrolux in the Great Star Dou Forest. He hoped to use Life Gold to bargain for a breakthrough and eventually become a god.

• Yan Jingzhe recalled awakening his Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul alongside Yan Shaozhe, becoming Mu En’s disciple, and rising to lead Shrek Academy.
• Yan Jingzhe reflected on his level-98 bottleneck and his ambition to achieve godhood beyond Tang God-King’s reach.
• Yan Jingzhe examined the Life Gold carving knife and planned to use it to attract Electrolux and negotiate for help breaking through to a Limit Douluo.
• Yan Jingzhe outlined a future plan to unite the empires against the Sun Moon Empire, gather faith, and create his own godhood.
• Yan Jingzhe activated his Radiant Phoenix Avatar and flew toward the Great Star Dou Forest to find Electrolux.

Yan Jingzhe intercepted Electrolux when Skydream Iceworm’s sacrifice drew him to Huo Yuhao, then invited the injured youth to join Shrek Academy’s Soul Guidance Department. Huo Yuhao accepted, and Yan Jingzhe asked him to demonstrate his soul skill.

• Yan Jingzhe concealed himself in the Great Star Dou Forest and watched Bei Bei and Tang Ya search for a Mandala Snake while he waited for Skydream Iceworm’s sacrifice.
• When Skydream Iceworm’s spiritual power swept through the forest, Yan Jingzhe sensed the injured Huo Yuhao and waited for the gray soul fragment to appear.
• Yan Jingzhe used his Radiant Phoenix Martial Soul and Life Gold to draw Electrolux away from Huo Yuhao and into his Sea of Spirit.
• After Huo Yuhao woke, Yan Jingzhe introduced himself as dean of Shrek Academy’s Soul Guidance Department and offered him a place there.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to join, and Yan Jingzhe asked him to show his soul skill.

Yan Jingzhe tested Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection and Mental Sharing, then chose to take him as his disciple. Huo Yuhao accepted, and Yan Jingzhe healed some of his injuries.

• Yan Jingzhe asked Huo Yuhao to demonstrate his first soul skill and learned that Spiritual Detection and Mental Sharing reached thirty meters and could penetrate obstacles.
• Huo Yuhao told Yan Jingzhe that his mother was gone, and Yan Jingzhe changed his offer to joining the Shrek Soul Guidance Department into an offer of discipleship.
• Yan Jingzhe revealed his nine Soul Rings and identified himself as a Rank-98 Titled Douluo and Rank-9 Soul Engineer.
• Yan Jingzhe praised Huo Yuhao’s character and talent, and Huo Yuhao knelt to accept him as his Master.
• Yan Jingzhe helped Huo Yuhao up and used soul power to improve his injuries and exhaustion.

Yan Jingzhe introduced Huo Yuhao to Bei Bei and Tang Ya, then accompanied them as they hunted a millennium Mandala Snake for Tang Ya’s third Soul Ring. Tang Ya absorbed the ring successfully, and Yan Jingzhe carried the group back toward Shrek City.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya greeted Yan Jingzhe, who introduced Huo Yuhao as his new disciple.
• Tang Ya tried to recruit Huo Yuhao into the Tang Sect, but Yan Jingzhe stopped her and reminded her that Huo Yuhao would join Shrek.
• Bei Bei explained that they had come to hunt a Mandala Snake for Tang Ya, and Yan Jingzhe agreed to accompany them.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei fought the millennium Mandala Snake while Yan Jingzhe watched from behind.
• Tang Ya absorbed the Mandala Snake’s Soul Ring and gained her third ring, after which Yan Jingzhe flew the group toward Shrek City.

Tang San discovered that Huo Yuhao’s fate had diverged from his plan, but the Destruction God seized control of the God Realm Core and ordered him to the God Realm Committee. In Shrek City, Huo Yuhao began enrollment with Bei Bei and Tang Ya, carrying supplies and instructions from Yan Jingzhe.

• Tang San noticed that Huo Yuhao’s fate had shifted and tried to investigate the lower realm.
• The Destruction God confronted Tang San, accused him of manipulating events on Douluo Star, and took temporary control of the God Realm Core.
• Yan Jingzhe gave Huo Yuhao a storage ring containing Gold Soul Coins, a teacher’s token, and pills, then left him with Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya explained Shrek Academy’s departments, classes, and rules as they escorted Huo Yuhao toward enrollment.
• Bei Bei described the pills’ benefits, and Huo Yuhao entered Shrek Academy with Bei Bei and Tang Ya.

Yan Jingzhe returned to Shrek Academy and fused Life Gold with Electrolux’s help, strengthening his life essence and stabilizing the remnant soul. He planned to seek the Icefire Yin Yang Well next and use Immortal Herbs to reach level ninety-nine.

• Yan Jingzhe met Ma Xiaotao by Sea God Lake and learned that her cultivation remained constrained by the Evil Fire Phoenix’s evil fire.
• Yan Jingzhe returned to his residence and spoke with Electrolux about godhood and the God King controlling Douluo Continent.
• Yan Jingzhe agreed to let Electrolux absorb life energy while helping him fuse Life Gold.
• Life Gold released a violent surge of energy, and Electrolux controlled its flow while Yan Jingzhe circulated his cultivation method to absorb it.
• Yan Jingzhe fully fused Life Gold, and Electrolux’s remnant soul became clearer before withdrawing to sleep and stabilize itself.

After fusing with the Life Gold, Yan Jingzhe emerged from cultivation with renewed vitality and a stabilized remnant soul, then shared breakfast with Xian Lin'er and Feng Ling. He planned to leave the academy again and seek another piece of Life Gold in the Star Dou Forest so he would not be alone in the future.

• Yan Jingzhe left the cultivation room and noticed the Life Gold had greatly increased his vitality while Electrolux's remnant soul had settled firmly in his Sea of Spirit.
• Xian Lin'er served Yan Jingzhe breakfast, asked about his new disciple Huo Yuhao, and agreed to teach him the basics of Soul Tools.
• Yan Jingzhe told Xian Lin'er he would leave the academy to handle other matters and asked her to help Huo Yuhao.
• Feng Ling returned from the Soul Guidance Testing Grounds and joined Yan Jingzhe and Xian Lin'er for breakfast.
• Yan Jingzhe thanked Feng Ling for loving him, and she said she had chosen to do so willingly.
• Yan Jingzhe decided to seek the Life Gold inside the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Golden Tortoiseshell in the Star Dou Forest so he would not be alone in the future.

Yan Jingzhe used a piece of Life Gold to heal Mu En’s years-old injuries, restoring the Limit Douluo’s strength and vitality. As Shrek Academy’s elders gathered to celebrate Mu En’s recovery, Yan Jingzhe decided to head to the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

• Yan Jingzhe returned to Sea God Pavilion and discussed his rank ninety-eight bottleneck with Mu En.
• Yan Jingzhe offered Mu En a piece of Life Gold he had saved from the Great Star Dou Forest.
• Yan Jingzhe carefully guided the Life Gold’s energy into Mu En, repairing his hidden injuries and restoring his strength.
• Mu En released the aura of a Limit Douluo, drawing Yan Shaozhe, Elder Xuan, Elder Gong, Elder Lin, Xian Lin'er, and Feng Ling to Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Jingzhe watched Shrek Academy’s elders gather around the recovered Mu En, then decided to visit the Icefire Yin Yang Well.

Yan Jingzhe traveled to Sunset Forest to investigate its vanished Soul Beasts and discovered that Tang San had turned the forest into a poisonous graveyard to protect the Icefire Yin Yang Well. He reached the well and vowed to settle accounts with Tang San if he ever became a god.

• Yan Jingzhe flew to Sunset Forest, recalling that Tang San had secretly exterminated its Soul Beasts to secure the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
• Yan Jingzhe entered the poisoned forest and found a vast field of Jade-Phosphor Seven-Extinction Flowers creating a deadly poison system.
• Yan Jingzhe discovered the flowers’ roots spread toxins throughout the forest and found the bones of poisoned humans and Soul Beasts.
• Yan Jingzhe reached the Icefire Yin Yang Well and threatened to settle every debt with Tang San if he became a god.

Yan Jingzhe reached Tang San’s hidden Icefire Yin Yang Well and found its Medicine Garden full of Immortal Herbs. He tried to persuade Youyou, the garden’s caretaker, to let him take some of their essence, but Youyou refused and he prepared to force the issue.

• Yan Jingzhe entered the Icefire Yin Yang Well and saw that Tang San had sealed it behind a poison formation.
• Yan Jingzhe inspected the Purple Spirit Soil and the many Immortal Herbs growing in the garden, including the Radiant Primordial Chaos Grass he wanted for his advancement toward Limit Douluo.
• Youyou spoke through the Beautiful Silk Tulip, identified herself as the garden’s caretaker, and warned Yan Jingzhe to leave.
• Yan Jingzhe questioned whether Youyou’s master would return from the God Realm and offered to take only a portion of the herbs’ essence without harming their foundations.
• Youyou refused to let him touch anything in the garden, and Yan Jingzhe said there was no helping it.

Yan Jingzhe overwhelmed the Immortal Herbs with his power and demanded their essence. After they surrendered it, he left them nutrient solution to help them recover and departed the valley.

• Yan Jingzhe unleashed his Peak Douluo pressure, Light Phoenix, life energy, and death aura, terrifying the Immortal Herbs into submission.
• Yan Jingzhe demanded the Aromatic Silk Beauty's essence, and Youyou gave him a drop of her purest essence.
• The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, Infernal Delicate Apricot, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and other Immortal Herbs each surrendered their essence to Yan Jingzhe.
• Yan Jingzhe stored the essences in jade bottles and poured life-element nutrient solution around the weakened Immortal Herbs.
• Yan Jingzhe left the valley, while Youyou watched him go and called him a terrifying human.

Yan Jingzhe returned to Shrek Academy and found Zhou Yi expelling three young students from the Outer Court. He challenged her decision and summoned the Martial Soul Department dean, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Yan Jingzhe returned from Sunset Forest, decided to check on Huo Yuhao, and planned to give him the essence of the Eight-Petal Orchid Immortal Herb.
• Yan Jingzhe arrived at the Outer Court training ground and saw Zhou Yi expel three students for failing to meet cultivation standards and other stated reasons.
• Yan Jingzhe questioned Zhou Yi’s decision, arguing that expulsion could ruin the children’s futures and that she could not decide the matter alone.
• Zhou Yi defended her authority as the class’s homeroom teacher and said the Martial Soul Department had granted it to her.
• Yan Jingzhe sent a golden Phoenix communication signal to summon the Martial Soul Department dean.

Yan Jingzhe confronted Zhou Yi for expelling three students without proper evaluation and insisted that a teacher should teach rather than give up on students. He took the three children to enroll in the Soul Guidance Department, while Huo Yuhao followed him and trusted him even more.

• Yan Shaozhe arrived after Yan Jingzhe challenged Zhou Yi’s authority to expel students and examined the notice she had written.
• Yan Jingzhe questioned Zhou Yi’s judgment and told the gathered students that teachers should help students improve instead of abandoning them.
• Yan Jingzhe declared Zhou Yi unworthy of being a teacher and said the three children could transfer to his Soul Guidance Department.
• Huo Yuhao arrived and followed Yan Jingzhe, who invited him and the three children to come with him.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered Zhou Yi to submit a detailed report and required future student expulsions to go through his office first.
• As Yan Jingzhe led them toward the Soul Guidance Department, Huo Yuhao felt that his master was an adult who truly stood up for him.

Yan Jingzhe arranged for three expelled first-years to transfer into the Soul Guidance Department, then shared Immortal Herb Essence with Feng Ling, Lin'er, and Huo Yuhao. He left with Huo Yuhao and Feng Ling to find Lin'er.

• Yan Jingzhe brought three expelled first-years to Feng Ling, who arranged a one-month probationary transfer for them to the Soul Guidance Department.
• Feng Ling praised Huo Yuhao's quick progress and his useful Spiritual Detection soul skill.
• Yan Jingzhe gave Feng Ling Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone essence, which he said would aid her cultivation, and set aside Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum essence for Lin'er.
• Yan Jingzhe gave Huo Yuhao Eight-Petal Orchid essence, telling him it could raise his cultivation above Rank 20 and strengthen his foundation.
• Huo Yuhao tearfully accepted the Immortal Herb essence from Yan Jingzhe, who then left with him and Feng Ling to find Lin'er.

Yan Jingzhe gave Xian Lin'er a Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and arranged for Feng Ling and Xian Lin'er to teach Huo Yuhao while he entered seclusion to break through Rank 98. Before leaving, he contacted the Skydream Iceworm in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit and revealed that he knew its plan to take Huo Yuhao to the Far North to seek the Ice Empress.

• Yan Jingzhe gave Xian Lin'er the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum and confirmed that Huo Yuhao had received an Eight-Petal Orchid.
• Yan Jingzhe told Feng Ling and Xian Lin'er he would enter seclusion inside the Golden Ancient Tree in three days, and asked them to teach Huo Yuhao while he was away.
• Yan Jingzhe examined Huo Yuhao's Sea of Spirit and woke the Skydream Iceworm, revealing that he had witnessed its sacrifice and knew its plan involving the Ice Empress.
• Yan Jingzhe told the Skydream Iceworm he would protect Huo Yuhao and take him to the Far North after he reached Rank 20, while asking it to keep their conversation secret.
• Yan Jingzhe left to prepare for seclusion, and Huo Yuhao watched him go while holding the Eight-Petal Orchid vial.

Yan Jingzhe prepared to enter seclusion at the Golden Ancient Tree to break through to Limit Douluo, with Mu En’s blessing and Electrolux agreeing to guard his spiritual state. After using the Autumn Dew of Insight, Yan Jingzhe’s spiritual power expanded dramatically, and he suspected he had reached the Spiritual Domain Realm.

• Yan Jingzhe reviewed Shrek Academy’s plans with Xian Lin'er and Feng Ling, then told Mu En he would not leave seclusion until he broke through.
• Mu En praised Yan Jingzhe as the achievement he was most proud of, and Yan Jingzhe respectfully bowed before leaving Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Jingzhe entered the Golden Ancient Tree and asked Electrolux to guard against spiritual dangers during his breakthrough, and Electrolux agreed.
• Yan Jingzhe used the Autumn Dew of Insight to strengthen his spirit and expand his Sea of Spirit nearly threefold.
• Yan Jingzhe sensed that his spiritual power might have reached the Spiritual Domain Realm.

Yan Jingzhe strengthened his Light Phoenix Martial Soul with Radiant Primordial Chaos Grass, transforming it into an Ultimate Light Phoenix, then began condensing Yin-Yang Complementary Twin Soul Cores. He successfully formed a golden Ultimate Light Soul Core and a pale cyan Ultimate Life Soul Core, though their full development remained underway.

• Yan Jingzhe absorbed Radiant Primordial Chaos Grass, which strengthened his Light Phoenix Martial Soul and transformed its Light Power into Ultimate Light.
• Yan Jingzhe began condensing Yin-Yang Complementary Twin Soul Cores, assigning Ultimate Light to one and Ultimate Life to the other.
• Yan Jingzhe compressed his Soul Power until a golden Ultimate Light Soul Core formed in his dantian.
• Yan Jingzhe drew on the Ultimate Life energy from Life Gold and guided it into a second Soul Core alongside the first.
• Yan Jingzhe used his spiritual power to stabilize the pale cyan Ultimate Life Soul Core, which took shape beside the golden core.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu in the Shrek Freshman Assessment Tournament finals by overpowering their Netherworld White Tiger with Golden Road. As the crowd celebrated their victory, a terrifying aura erupted from the Sea God Pavilion, and Xian Lin'er identified it as Brother Jing Zhe emerging from seclusion.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong faced Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu in the tournament finals while Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er debated which team would win.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu repeatedly attacked, but Huo Yuhao used Spirit Eyes and Spiritual Detection to anticipate their moves as Xiao Xiao fought Cui Yajie.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu combined their powers to summon the Netherworld White Tiger.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong joined hands and unleashed Golden Road against the Netherworld White Tiger, defeating it and leaving Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unconscious.
• The crowd celebrated Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's victory, and Xian Lin'er teased Yan Shaozhe about his failed prediction.
• A powerful aura erupted from the Sea God Pavilion, and Feng Ling asked what had happened before Xian Lin'er said Brother Jing Zhe had emerged from seclusion.

After three months of closed-door cultivation, Yan Jingzhe emerged from the Golden Ancient Tree and unleashed the aura of his Yin-Yang Complementary Twin Soul Cores across Shrek City. He challenged his master Mu En, who answered with his signature technique, Sovereign Over All, as their confrontation began above Sea God Lake.

• Yan Jingzhe left the Golden Ancient Tree and released his suppressed aura, sending a pillar of golden light into the sky.
• The people of Shrek City and the Sea God Pavilion elders felt Yan Jingzhe's power and gathered to watch.
• Yan Jingzhe rose above Sea God Lake, and Mu En joined him in the air.
• Yan Jingzhe asked Mu En to test his strength, and Mu En agreed to face him.
• Mu En summoned his Radiant Holy Dragon and unleashed Sovereign Over All toward Yan Jingzhe.

Yan Jingzhe used his Level-Nine Radiant Tower and Radiant Sword to withstand Mu En’s Sovereign Over All without using a soul skill, and Mu En conceded defeat. Yan Jingzhe entered Sea God Pavilion as Shrek City recognized that the balance of power at Shrek Academy had changed.

• Yan Jingzhe brought out the Radiant Tower and Radiant Sword to face Mu En’s fully powered attack.
• Mu En hurled his Sovereign Over All at Yan Jingzhe, who met the giant fist with the Radiant Sword using only Martial Soul fusion and his twin soul cores.
• The collision shook Shrek City, but Yan Jingzhe’s Radiant Tower barrier remained unscathed and he retreated only a few steady steps.
• Mu En acknowledged his defeat and praised Yan Jingzhe’s sword, Soul Guidance Devices, and twin soul cores.
• Yan Jingzhe watched Mu En enter Sea God Pavilion, then put away the Radiant Tower and followed him inside.