Chapter Summaries

Mu En appointed Yan Jingzhe as the Sea God Pavilion’s successor and oversaw decisions on Immortal Herbs and Soul Tool training. After the meeting, Yan Jingzhe returned home with Xian Lin'er and Feng Ling.

• Mu En named Yan Jingzhe honorary master of the Sea God Pavilion and his successor as Pavilion Master.
• Yan Jingzhe presented Immortal Herb Essence from the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and Mu En assigned the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma to Zhang Lexuan and the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to Ma Xiaotao.
• Yan Jingzhe proposed that Inner Court students learn to use Soul Tools, and Mu En ordered them to train with Soul Tools and carry absolute-defense Soul Tools.
• Mu En told the elders to prepare for visits from major powers after Shrek gained a second Limit Douluo, then adjourned the meeting.
• Yan Jingzhe returned home with Xian Lin'er and Feng Ling, and the three went to a room together.

After Yan Jingzhe’s breakthrough to Limit Douluo drew reactions from the empires and Body Sect, he took Huo Yuhao to the Far North to obtain his second martial soul. They reached the Ice Empress’s valley, where Skydream Iceworm began revealing the golden spiritual power within Huo Yuhao.

• Xu Tianran ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to investigate Yan Jingzhe’s breakthrough, while Du Bushi worried about Shrek Academy’s growing strength and Xu Jiawei sent Shrek a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone as a gift.
• Yan Jingzhe learned Huo Yuhao had reached Rank 20 and went to fetch him from class, promising to take him to the Far North for his second martial soul.
• Skydream Iceworm agreed to try to persuade the Ice Empress before Yan Jingzhe used force, and Yan Jingzhe carried Huo Yuhao to the Far North.
• Yan Jingzhe protected Huo Yuhao from the cold as Skydream Iceworm led them through the increasingly dangerous Soul Beast territory to an ice valley in the core region.
• Skydream Iceworm drew nine golden clusters from Huo Yuhao, which joined into a golden figure resembling him.

Skydream Iceworm summoned the Ice Empress and tried to persuade her to sacrifice herself to Huo Yuhao, promising a chance at eternal life through his God-Making Plan. The Ice Empress learned that Huo Yuhao might become a god with their help, but she had not yet decided whether to take the risk.

• Yan Jingzhe and Huo Yuhao waited in the Far North as Skydream Iceworm called the Ice Empress to meet him.
• The Ice Empress arrived and threatened Skydream Iceworm, who professed his feelings for her and warned that she would not survive her next heavenly tribulation.
• Skydream Iceworm revealed that he had become Huo Yuhao's Intelligent Soul Ring and was pursuing a plan to help him become a god.
• Yan Jingzhe and Huo Yuhao came out of hiding, and the Ice Empress was surprised that Huo Yuhao could withstand Skydream Iceworm's million-year energy.
• Skydream Iceworm urged the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself to Huo Yuhao, claiming their combined foundations gave him a seventy percent chance of becoming a god.
• The Ice Empress silently weighed the chance of eternal life against the danger of the gamble.

Ice Empress sacrificed herself to become Huo Yuhao’s second Martial Soul, and Yan Jingzhe took the unconscious Huo Yuhao to seek a Soul Ring. At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong waited by Sea God Lake and wondered where Huo Yuhao had gone.

• Ice Empress agreed to become Huo Yuhao’s second Martial Soul, and she and Skydream Iceworm planned the sacrificial fusion with Yan Jingzhe’s help.
• Ice Empress implanted her Soul Bone and soul into Huo Yuhao, whose body endured intense pain as Skydream sealed the excess energy.
• The fusion succeeded, giving Huo Yuhao an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, while Ice Empress fell asleep.
• Yan Jingzhe took Ice Empress’s body and, with Skydream’s agreement, planned to find Huo Yuhao an illusion-type Soul Ring from a Nine-Colored Illusion Butterfly.
• Yan Jingzhe carried Huo Yuhao through a spatial rift toward the Great Star Dou Forest, while Wang Dong waited at Shrek Academy and complained that Huo Yuhao had disappeared.

Yan Jingzhe and Huo Yuhao encountered a group of Evil Soul Masters outside the Great Star Dou Forest, and the group’s leader fled after recognizing Yan Jingzhe. Yan Jingzhe incapacitated the others and pursued the fugitive with Huo Yuhao, intending to find Huo Yuhao’s second Soul Ring as well.

• Yan Jingzhe and Huo Yuhao rested near the Great Star Dou Forest after traveling from the Far North.
• Yan Jingzhe sensed five approaching Evil Soul Masters and went with Huo Yuhao to confront them.
• The Evil Soul Masters’ leader recognized Yan Jingzhe from a Holy Spirit Cult warning and fled toward the forest’s Core Area.
• Yan Jingzhe trapped the remaining Evil Soul Masters with his Light Prison and killed them with golden energy.
• Yan Jingzhe followed the marked fugitive into the Great Star Dou Forest with Huo Yuhao and planned to find him a second Soul Ring.

Yan Jingzhe and Huo Yuhao encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and its guardian, the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff, while pursuing the Evil Soul Master Wan Hun. Yan Jingzhe killed Wan Hun and demanded that Red King help him find a Millennium Nine-Colored Illusion Butterfly, threatening the Golden Lion by implication.

• Wan Hun spotted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and tried to attack it, hoping to steal its power and escape.
• Red King emerged to protect the Golden Lion and defeated Wan Hun with its three fireballs.
• Yan Jingzhe and Huo Yuhao arrived, and Yan Jingzhe killed Wan Hun before he could reveal Holy Spirit Cult intelligence.
• Red King warned Yan Jingzhe and Huo Yuhao to leave, but Yan Jingzhe demanded help finding a Millennium Nine-Colored Illusion Butterfly and gestured toward the Three-Eyed Golden Lion as leverage.

Yan Jingzhe captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Di Qiu'er, and demanded a Millennium Nine-Colored Illusion Butterfly in exchange. After confronting the Beast God Di Tian, Yan Jingzhe left the forest with Huo Yuhao and the butterfly, while Di Qiu'er returned safely to Red King.

• Yan Jingzhe revealed his Limit Douluo strength and persuaded Red King to fetch a Millennium Nine-Colored Illusion Butterfly in exchange for Di Qiu'er.
• Yan Jingzhe explained Di Qiu'er's importance to Huo Yuhao, then challenged her belief that the forest's beasts would protect her even if she died.
• Red King returned with the butterfly as Di Tian appeared and ordered Yan Jingzhe to release Di Qiu'er.
• Yan Jingzhe returned Di Qiu'er unharmed, then left with Huo Yuhao and the butterfly after Di Tian judged that stopping him would devastate the forest.
• Di Tian warned Di Qiu'er not to leave the Core Area again, and she agreed.

Huo Yuhao absorbed a Millennium Nine-Colored Illusion Butterfly Soul Ring and learned about the coming Shrek Seven Monsters Preparatory Team selection. Yan Jingzhe then met Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao at the Inner Court training grounds, where they reported the benefits of their Immortal Herbs, and left determined to protect Shrek Academy from future threats.

• Yan Jingzhe brought Huo Yuhao to Sea God Lake, where Huo Yuhao absorbed the Millennium Nine-Colored Illusion Butterfly Soul Ring and gained an illusion-based second Soul Skill with a range of one hundred meters.
• Yan Jingzhe told Huo Yuhao about the selection for the Shrek Seven Monsters Preparatory Team and urged him to cultivate for the competition.
• Yan Jingzhe arrived at the Inner Court training grounds and saw Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao after Zhang Lexuan defeated Ma Xiaotao in a duel.
• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Jingzhe that her martial soul had evolved into the Fire Phoenix with the Ultimate Fire attribute, while Zhang Lexuan thanked him for the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma that helped her reach rank eighty-five.
• Yan Jingzhe warned Ma Xiaotao to rein in her temper and left, resolving to defend Shrek Academy against any future Evil Soul Master attack.

Yan Jingzhe asked Electrolux to develop an improved Soul Spirit system that would let Soul Beasts and Soul Masters coexist through lasting contracts and inheritance. Electrolux agreed to research it, while Yan Jingzhe planned to use Soul Beast faith to help him become a god.

• Yan Jingzhe explained that Soul Masters hunted Soul Beasts for Soul Rings and described how this system threatened Soul Beasts with extinction.
• Yan Jingzhe told Electrolux that the original Soul Spirit system still endangered Soul Beasts because Soul Spirits died when their masters did.
• Yan Jingzhe proposed an enduring contract system in which Soul Spirits could keep cultivating, gradually provide Soul Rings, and pass to worthy descendants after their masters died.
• Yan Jingzhe admitted he wanted Soul Beast faith to help him become a god, and Electrolux agreed to develop the system if Yan Jingzhe supplied Soul Beasts for testing.
• Yan Jingzhe left the Sea of Spirit, confident in Electrolux's research and planning to strengthen Shrek Academy while waiting for war.

Yan Jingzhe led Shrek Academy's Inspection Corps on a mission to eliminate Evil Soul Masters in the Ming Dou Mountain Range while secretly marking the team to monitor them. Ma Xiaotao's main team stormed an ambush and entered the enemy's cave, where her new Soul Saint strength overwhelmed the Evil Soul Masters.

• Yan Jingzhe volunteered to accompany Shrek Academy's team on its Inspection Corps mission and let Ma Xiaotao lead while he stayed back unless lives were in danger.
• Wang Yan issued the team defensive and flying Soul Guidance Devices and explained that they had to eliminate Evil Soul Masters near the Star Luo and Sun Moon Empire border within three to four days.
• The main team tied the reserve members to them with ropes and flew toward their destination; Yan Jingzhe secretly placed faint soul-power imprints on every team member.
• Huo Yuhao detected about fifteen enemies waiting in ambush near the Ming Dou Mountain Range, and Ma Xiaotao ordered the main team to attack while Wang Yan guarded the reserves.
• Ma Xiaotao and the main team broke through the cave entrance and charged inside, where Ma Xiaotao used her seven Soul Rings, evolved martial soul, and Ultimate Fire to overwhelm the Evil Soul Masters.

Ma Xiaotao led the main team into a cavern, where an Evil Soul Master’s Corpse Explosion Technique nearly overwhelmed both teams. Yan Jingzhe’s golden protection saved them, and after killing the attacker, he reprimanded Ma Xiaotao and ordered the stronghold cleared before they headed to Star Luo City.

• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and Chen Zifeng advanced ahead of the others and entered a cavern where a hooded Evil Soul Master confronted them.
• The Evil Soul Master detonated the corpses in the cavern, but golden flames shielded the main team, the reserve team, and Wang Yan from the explosions and poison.
• Yan Jingzhe arrived and killed the Evil Soul Master with a streak of golden light.
• Yan Jingzhe criticized Ma Xiaotao for failing to check the cavern and Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng for following her without restoring the formation.
• Yan Jingzhe ordered the teams to clear the stronghold that day and leave for Star Luo City the next morning.
• Ma Xiaotao ordered everyone to dispose of the corpses and hunt down any remaining Evil Soul Masters.

Yan Jingzhe brought Shrek Academy to Star Luo City for the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Tournament and urged the team to win the championship. Meanwhile, Elder Ma revealed a plan for Ma Rulong to use the Judgment Sword against Ma Xiaotao, hoping to trigger her evil fire and sabotage Shrek Academy.

• Yan Jingzhe and the Shrek group arrived in crowded Star Luo City and checked into the Star Luo Grand Hotel.
• Yan Jingzhe demanded that Shrek Academy win the tournament and assigned Wang Yan to handle tactics and give reserve members a chance to compete.
• Elder Ma told the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy that Shrek Academy was their main rival and called this their best chance to defeat them.
• Elder Ma instructed Ma Rulong to use the Judgment Sword's darkness attribute to trigger Ma Xiaotao's evil fire and disrupt Shrek Academy, and Ma Rulong agreed.

The All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament opened in Star Luo City, with Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy leading the contestants. After the teams drew lots and spectators filled the square, Emperor Xu Jiawei declared the tournament begun.

• Star Luo City prepared the square with security, a fortified competition platform, and separate areas for spectators and contestants.
• Wang Yan led Shrek Academy into the first position, with Yan Jingzhe following behind, while Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy lined up second.
• The academy leaders drew lots, and Star Luo officials finalized the tournament's match order.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei ordered the gates opened, and citizens entered the square after paying admission fees.
• Xu Jiawei declared the tournament officially begun, and the crowd erupted in cheers.

Shrek Academy defeated Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy in under a minute in the Continental Soul Master Elite Tournament’s opening match. Yan Jingzhe then took the team into Star Luo City while he went to the Treasure-Gathering Pavilion to secure funds for two auction items.

• The host introduced Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy as the first-round competitors, and Yan Jingzhe told Ma Xiaotao to save her strength.
• Dai Yueheng struck Tianling’s team with White Tiger Meteor Shower, Ling Luochan froze their feet with Ice Seal, and the other Shrek members knocked them out of the arena.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner, and Yan Jingzhe praised the team while explaining that Ma Xiaotao would wait until the quarterfinals to compete.
• Huo Yuhao and the others chose to leave the tournament grounds, so Yan Jingzhe asked Wang Yan to observe the other academies’ seeded competitors.
• Yan Jingzhe left the group and headed to the Star Luo City branch of the Treasure-Gathering Pavilion to seek funds for the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Left Arm Soul Bone and Snow Empress Embryo.

Yan Jingzhe collected five hundred million Gold Soul Coins to prepare for an upcoming auction, then watched Shrek Academy begin the round-robin stage with a decisive victory over Everpeace Academy. Shrek advanced after Ling Luochan’s Icebound Thousand Miles, empowered by Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice, froze all seven opponents.

• Yan Jingzhe used his highest-tier Treasure-Gathering Pavilion token to obtain five hundred million Gold Soul Coins for the auction.
• Wang Yan selected three main team members and four reserve members for Shrek’s opening round-robin match against Everpeace Academy.
• Huo Yuhao infused Ling Luochan with Ultimate Ice as she unleashed her fifth soul skill, Icebound Thousand Miles.
• Ling Luochan’s empowered attack froze all seven Everpeace members, and the other Shrek members kicked them off the arena.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner.

Yan Jingzhe brought the Shrek group to the Starlight Auction, where Princess Xu Jiujiu hosted the evening and unveiled its first lot. Dai Yueheng won the Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade for one million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins as the auction continued.

• Yan Jingzhe watched Shrek celebrate its victory before bringing the group to the Starlight Auction.
• A maid led the Shrek group to private room number one and showed them how to use the Soul Guidance Screen.
• Princess Xu Jiujiu opened the auction and presented the eighth-grade Tyrant Tiger Soul-Refining Blade as the first lot.
• Dai Yueheng bid against other guests and won the blade for one million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Jiang Nannan remarked on Dai Yueheng's wealth, while Xu Sanshi offered to buy her something and Bei Bei covered his face.

Yan Jingzhe bought Huo Yuhao the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm Soul Bone for thirty million Gold Soul Coins. Xu Jiujiu then revealed the final auction item: a captured Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast embryo rebuilding itself as a human.

• Yan Jingzhe told Huo Yuhao that the ice-attribute Soul Bone suited him and promised to buy it.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that the Ice Jade Scorpion left arm Soul Bone granted Ice Explosion, which could be triggered after an opponent was Ice Sealed.
• Yan Jingzhe outbid the remaining bidders, including Sun Moon Academy, and bought the Soul Bone for thirty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jiujiu introduced the final auction item as a one-time embryo: a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast caught while rebuilding itself as a human and confined in a Sealing God Platform.

Yan Jingzhe bid two hundred million Gold Soul Coins for the Snow Empress Embryo, hoping to make the Snow Empress his second martial soul and eventual Soul Spirit. His bid stunned the auction, while the Sun Moon Team and Body Sect prepared to claim the embryo for themselves.

• Yan Jingzhe decided to win the Snow Empress Embryo so he could strengthen his foundation before ascending to godhood and later make the Snow Empress his Soul Spirit.
• Xiao Hongchen persuaded the Sun Moon Team to sell Soul Guidance Devices and pool their funds to buy the embryo.
• The bidding for the embryo began at one hundred million Gold Soul Coins and rose to one hundred and fifty million as Xiao Hongchen tried to scare off the competition.
• Two Body Sect members used their power to control a female auctioneer and ordered her to identify whoever won the embryo.
• Xiao Hongchen and Elder Ma planned to take the embryo back to the Illustrious Virtue Hall through secret channels after the auction.
• Yan Jingzhe raised the bid to two hundred million Gold Soul Coins, leaving Huo Yuhao and the others stunned.

Yan Jingzhe won the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Soul Bone at auction for Huo Yuhao and planned to use the purchase to lure greedy factions into attacking. The next morning, Shrek prepared to face Dou Ling Imperial Advanced Soul Master Academy in the round of sixteen.

• Xiao Hongchen and Elder Ma bid against Yan Jingzhe, but Yan Jingzhe won the auction item for 300 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Yan Jingzhe told the Shrek students he intended to draw out hostile factions, and Wang Yan arranged an escort for their return.
• Yan Jingzhe gave Huo Yuhao the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Soul Bone and protected him as he began absorbing it.
• Wang Yan announced Shrek's lineup and described Dou Ling's five Soul Kings, two Soul Ancestors, and Rank 57 captain.
• Shrek and Dou Ling entered the waiting area for their round-of-sixteen match as the crowd roared.

The Holy Spirit Cult and the Body Sect each planned to test Yan Jingzhe and take the Soul Beast embryo he bought at auction. Both factions dispatched powerful members toward the Star Luo Empire, leaving Shrek facing threats from two directions.

• Zhongli Wu told Ye Xishui that Yan Jingzhe had bought the Soul Beast embryo for three hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhongli Wu proposed that Long Xiaoyao secretly test Yan Jingzhe, and Ye Xishui agreed to speak with him.
• Du Bushi told the Body Sect elders that Huo Yuhao had twin Martial Souls and that Yan Jingzhe held the embryo.
• Jin Peng volunteered to approach Yan Jingzhe and was warned by Du Bushi not to act recklessly.
• The Holy Spirit Cult and the Body Sect sent people toward the Star Luo Empire to pursue their separate aims.