Chapter Summaries

The group fought a thirty-thousand-year Flamefire Sparrow, and Zhang Lexuan’s Eclipse crippled it so Ma Xiaotao could claim it as her sixth spirit ring. After three days of hunting, everyone but Zhang Lexuan and Lin Yan had obtained their rings, while the two continued searching for suitable soul beasts.

• Zhang Lexuan identified the Flamefire Sparrow as a thirty-thousand-year soul beast and ordered the group to attack it for Ma Xiaotao.
• Lei Ze, Wu Ming, and Ma Xiaotao attacked the bird in the air, but it broke Zhang Lexuan’s binding and countered their strikes.
• Zhang Lexuan used Eclipse to erase part of the Flamefire Sparrow’s body and send it crashing down.
• Ma Xiaotao absorbed the Flamefire Sparrow as her sixth spirit ring, a thirty-thousand-year ring beyond the usual limit for her rank.
• After three days of hunting, everyone except Zhang Lexuan and Lin Yan had found a spirit ring; Zhang Lexuan still sought a seventy-thousand-year beast, and Lin Yan rejected ordinary ten-thousand-year candidates.

Lin Yan and the Shrek Inner Court group ventured into the depths of Star Dou Great Forest to find Zhang Lexuan a spirit ring, where they discovered a hundred-thousand-year Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor facing a fifty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The group realized Xuan Zi had not appeared to protect them, leaving their confrontation with the two powerful soul beasts uncertain.

• Xuan Zi told the group to enter the depths of the central zone and promised to act if they encountered a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, then vanished.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group deeper into the forest, where they searched for a suitable light-attribute soul beast without entering the core zone.
• After several days of searching, the group followed a powerful light-attribute energy fluctuation and found two soul beasts fighting among ruins.
• The group recognized the black beast as a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the white beast as a hundred-thousand-year Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor.
• Lin Yan noticed Xuan Zi had not appeared despite the danger and warned Zhang Lexuan that their protector might not be nearby.

The Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor attacked the Shrek group after the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fled, while Xuan Zi remained missing. Zhang Lexuan and the others fought to hold the beast off, and Lin Yan stayed back to preserve his strength for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhang Lexuan.

• Zhang Lexuan realized Xuan Zi had not arrived and could not be sensed.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger fled, and the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor chose to attack the Shrek group.
• The Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor’s opening strike scattered the group, but Liu Mang shielded Qu Lin and Wei Ping rescued him from a follow-up beam.
• Zhang Lexuan urged the group to hold out until Xuan Zi arrived, and Lian Fang attacked the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor.
• Gongyang Mo boosted Zhang Lexuan and the Soul Sages as the students joined the assault, while Lin Yan held back to preserve his strength for a fusion skill with Zhang Lexuan.

The Inner Court talents fought the hundred-thousand-year Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor while waiting for Xuan Zi, but its defenses and Moon-Howling Skill overwhelmed most of them. After Wu Ming became its target, Zhang Lexuan urged Lin Yan to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the battle at a critical moment.

• Zhang Lexuan and the other students unleashed their strongest attacks, but the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor blocked them with a white barrier.
• Ma Xiaotao and Wu Ming caught the beast off guard with Phoenix Earthsplitter Strike and Golden Crow True Flame Rend, then Wu Ming detonated her Golden Crow True Flame and the others attacked again.
• The Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor broke free, roared with its Moon-Howling Skill, and left the students below soul sage level stunned, though Lin Yan recovered with help from his Spiritual Sea.
• Liu Mang protected Wu Ming from the charging beast and held it back long enough for a golden rope to pull her away, but the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor struck Liu Mang aside and kept pursuing her.
• Zhang Lexuan reached Lin Yan and urged him to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill; Lin Yan agreed.

Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan used their martial soul fusion skill to severely injure the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor, but the enraged beast killed an Inner Court disciple and charged at them. As the others sacrificed their strength to hold it back, the Great Buddha’s second attack struck the wolf emperor.

• Zhang Lexuan had Han Ruoruo bind the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor with the Flashing Gold Rope while Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan prepared their martial soul fusion skill.
• Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan summoned the Great Buddha and brought down the dual-colored full moon, severely injuring the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor.
• Xuan Zi heard the distant explosion and hurried toward the battlefield.
• The Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor unleashed its full strength, killed an Inner Court disciple, and charged toward Zhang Lexuan and Lin Yan.
• Han Ruoruo, Lei Ze, Lian Fang, Wei Ping, and Liu Mang used the Burning Blood Secret Technique to stall the wolf emperor as Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan launched their second attack.

Zhang Lexuan, Lin Yan, and the Inner Court students defeated the hundred-thousand-year Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor, but Song Hui died and the survivors were left gravely exhausted. After Xuan Zi arrived and accepted responsibility for his late arrival, Zhang Lexuan volunteered to absorb the beast's hundred-thousand-year spirit ring.

• Xuan Zi sensed Zhang Lexuan and Lin Yan's martial soul fusion skill and hurried toward the battlefield, fearing they faced a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• The Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor died, leaving a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring as the fighters struggled with exhaustion and injuries.
• The students mourned Song Hui, who had been killed during the battle, as Xuan Zi arrived too late to help.
• Xuan Zi apologized for his negligence, gathered Song Hui's remains, and promised to accept the academy's punishment.
• Xuan Zi and the others worried about who could safely absorb the hundred-thousand-year spirit ring, and Zhang Lexuan volunteered to try.

Zhang Lexuan absorbed the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Bone and Spirit Ring, reaching level eighty-three. After she led the injured students back to the academy, Lin Yan accompanied Xuan Zi into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his Spirit Ring.

• Zhang Lexuan insisted on absorbing the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and Xuan Zi agreed to take the group out of the dangerous central region.
• Xuan Zi carried everyone beyond the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhang Lexuan and Lin Yan recovered their Soul Power and Zhang Lexuan absorbed the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor’s Spirit Bone.
• Zhang Lexuan spent a day absorbing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and succeeded, raising her Soul Power to level eighty-three.
• Xuan Zi asked Zhang Lexuan to return the seriously injured students to the academy while he took Lin Yan to obtain a Spirit Ring.
• Zhang Lexuan led the students back to the academy, while Lin Yan followed Xuan Zi into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Lin Yan found and absorbed a fifteen-thousand-year atavistic Sky Azure Bull Python’s spirit ring, whose powerful Azure Dragon bloodline made it an unusually valuable fourth ring. He gained two and a half ranks of spirit power and turned to inspect the beast’s corpse for a spirit bone.

• After searching the central area of Star Dou Great Forest for two days, Lin Yan and Xuan Zi found a fifteen-thousand-year Sky Azure Bull Python in a lake.
• Xuan Zi discovered four bumps beneath the python’s abdomen and realized it had undergone atavism, giving it the potential to become an Azure Dragon.
• Lin Yan killed the python, formed its spirit ring, and began absorbing it while Xuan Zi warned him about its powerful bloodline and soul shock.
• The Great Buddha Martial Soul calmed the python’s resentful remnant soul, and Lin Yan successfully absorbed the spirit ring in under an hour.
• Lin Yan said his spirit power had risen by two and a half grades to rank forty-two and a half, then approached the corpse expecting a spirit bone.

Lin Yan absorbed the Azure Dragon Crown, an unusual External Soul Bone from the Sky Azure Bull Python, and suffered a violent, bloody reaction. As Xuan Zi confronted Scarlet King over the dead python, Lin Yan’s screams gave way to a dragon’s roar and the start of a transformation.

• Xuan Zi revealed that the Sky Azure Bull Python had produced an External Soul Bone shaped like an azure dragon crown and handed it to Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan placed the Azure Dragon Crown on his head and began absorbing it, then convulsed in agony as wounds opened across his body.
• Xuan Zi worried that the strange horn-type Soul Bone might harm Lin Yan but could not safely interrupt its absorption.
• Scarlet King arrived with a small golden lion, saw the dead Sky Azure Bull Python, and accused Xuan Zi of killing a valuable member of its clan.
• Xuan Zi and Scarlet King threatened each other over Lin Yan, with Xuan Zi warning that he was the disciple of Shrek’s Dragon God.
• Lin Yan cried out, a dragon roared, and his body began to change as Xuan Zi, Scarlet King, and the golden lion watched.

Lin Yan transformed after absorbing the Azure Dragon Crown External Soul Bone and struck Scarlet King with a powerful attack before Xuan Zi intervened. Xuan Zi took Lin Yan away, while Lin Yan recognized Scarlet King and caught his first glimpse of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Lin Yan transformed into a half-dragon form as the Azure Dragon Crown healed his wounds and filled him with energy.
• Lin Yan unleashed Wild Dragon Bagua with his Spiked Club and knocked Scarlet King back a step.
• Scarlet King lunged at Lin Yan, but Xuan Zi forced him back and checked on Lin Yan.
• Lin Yan regained his clarity, recognized his transformation, and suspected that the three-headed beast was Scarlet King.
• Lin Yan noticed the golden lion and wondered whether she was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Xuan Zi grabbed Lin Yan and flew away, leaving Scarlet King furious.

After gaining the Azure Dragon Transformation and a powerful new attack in the Star Dou Great Forest, Lin Yan returned to Shrek Academy with Xuan Zi. He reunited with three familiar people at a stall on the academy’s commercial street.

• Lin Yan explained that the Azure Dragon Crown granted him an Azure Dragon Physique with peer-level strength and defense, as well as powerful lightning abilities.
• Lin Yan told Xuan Zi that he had created the Wild Dragon Bagua by combining stored Azure Dragon Power with the Thunderous Bagua.
• Lin Yan ended his transformation, discovered an Azure Dragon tattoo across his body, and reflected on how the spirit ring and external spirit bone had raised his soul power to rank forty-three.
• Xuan Zi brought Lin Yan back to Shrek City, then left him at the academy gates to face the consequences of the expedition’s casualties.
• Lin Yan walked to the Outer Court’s commercial street and greeted three familiar people at their stall.

Lin Yan reunited with Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya, telling them about his fifteen-thousand-year fourth spirit ring and Zhang Lexuan's successful absorption of a hundred-thousand-year ring. At the Sea God Pavilion, Elder Mu questioned Xuan Zi over where he had been when Zhang Lexuan and the others faced the hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

• Lin Yan met Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya in Shrek City, and the four went to a restaurant together.
• Lin Yan revealed that he had become a Soul Ancestor and obtained a fourth spirit ring from a fifteen-thousand-year soul beast.
• Lin Yan told them Zhang Lexuan had absorbed a hundred-thousand-year spirit ring after the group killed the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor at great cost.
• Bei Bei criticized Xuan Zi for becoming separated from the group, and Lin Yan said Xuan Zi would likely face severe punishment.
• At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Elder Mu sternly asked Xuan Zi where he had been when Zhang Lexuan and the others encountered the hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

Mu En reprimanded Xuan Zi for abandoning the students during the operation, and Xuan Zi accepted punishment by cutting off a finger. Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan discussed the punishment, their new soul powers, and Lin Yan’s Azure Dragon Crown, then cultivated together through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Mu En condemned Xuan Zi for leaving the Inner Court students in danger, and Xuan Zi said he would accept punishment.
• Lin Yan met Zhang Lexuan after a meal and learned that Xuan Zi had cut off one of his fingers.
• Lin Yan defended the punishment, while Zhang Lexuan explained that Xuan Zi’s need to keep eating stemmed from a flaw in his Martial Soul.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lin Yan that she had successfully absorbed the Howling Moon Sky Wolf Emperor’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and Lin Yan described his ancestral Sky Azure Bull Python Spirit Ring and Azure Dragon Crown External Soul Bone.
• Lin Yan demonstrated Azure Dragon Transformation for Zhang Lexuan, who praised its strength and its combination with his Black Demon Mace Martial Soul.
• Lin Yan and Zhang Lexuan cultivated together through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, pursuing their respective goals for Soul Power growth.

Mu En taught Lin Yan the principles of merging Soul Power and spiritual power after Lin Yan failed to repeat Wild Dragon Bagua. After a month of instruction, Lin Yan achieved the entry-level foundation of the Heavenly Human Realm, but Mu En told him to master that fusion before attempting to add Azure Dragon Power.

• Lin Yan visited Mu En, who praised his and Lexuan’s work during the Soul-Hunting Operation and confirmed he had obtained an ancestral Sky Azure Bull Python’s External Soul Bone.
• Mu En used his power to complete the Azure Dragon Crown’s fusion with Lin Yan, making it impossible for anyone to remove it.
• Lin Yan tried to merge Azure Dragon Power into Thunderous Bagua but failed, and Mu En explained that his earlier Wild Dragon Bagua had been a coincidence.
• Mu En began teaching Lin Yan the mysteries of merging Soul Power and spiritual power, and Lin Yan attended lessons at Sea God Pavilion for a month.
• Lin Yan successfully merged Soul Power and spiritual power, reaching the entry-level foundation of the Heavenly Human Realm, and Mu En instructed him to master the technique before adding Azure Dragon Power.

Lin Yan sought Zhang Lexuan’s guidance on creating a Self-Created Battle Technique and drew inspiration from Chidori to develop a lightning technique of his own. After a month of practice and advice from Zhang Lexuan and Mu En, he successfully changed the form of his Soul Power, leaving him ready to test his new technique.

• Lin Yan struggled to fuse his Soul Power and spiritual power, and Zhang Lexuan encouraged him to create a battle technique to deepen his understanding.
• Zhang Lexuan demonstrated Moon Slash, a Self-Created Battle Technique powerful enough to rival a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill, and explained how she developed it.
• Inspired by Chidori and its variations, Lin Yan began experimenting with concentrated lightning-attribute Soul Power in his Spirit Bone-protected right hand.
• Lin Yan consulted Zhang Lexuan and his teacher, Mu En, while spending a month studying how to transform Soul Power’s form.
• In a quiet corner of Sea God Island, Lin Yan successfully formed an intense mass of purple-black lightning around his right hand as sharp, birdlike sounds rang out.

Lin Yan tested Chidori and developed four derivative techniques, creating five self-made battle techniques in three months. He brought Zhang Lexuan to the Soul Fighting Arena to demonstrate them and challenged Dai Yueheng to be his opponent.

• Lin Yan shattered a diamond rock with Chidori and judged the technique's power to be comparable to a ten-thousand-year soul skill.
• Over the next two months, Lin Yan created Chidori Blade, Chidori Stream, Chidori Senbon, and Chidori Sharp Spear.
• Zhang Lexuan was astonished to learn Lin Yan had created five techniques and agreed to watch him demonstrate them at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• At the arena, Lin Yan noticed Ma Xiaotao ranked ninth on the Earth Ranking after becoming a Soul Emperor.
• Dai Yueheng introduced himself to Lin Yan, who learned that he was a level fifty-four Soul King.
• Lin Yan asked Dai Yueheng to spar, and Dai Yueheng realized Lin Yan was challenging him.

Lin Yan challenged Dai Yueheng and used Chidori techniques to injure the stronger Soul King without releasing his Martial Soul. The match left Dai Yueheng and the watching Inner Court students shocked by Lin Yan’s strength.

• Lin Yan insisted on challenging Dai Yueheng, and Zhang Lexuan persuaded Dai Yueheng to accept the spar.
• Dai Yueheng revealed his level-fifty-four White Tiger Martial Soul while Lin Yan introduced himself as a level-forty-five Soul Ancestor with a Black Demon Mace Martial Soul.
• Lin Yan rushed at Dai Yueheng with Chidori and sliced through his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Lin Yan spread Chidori across his body with Chidori Stream, paralyzed Dai Yueheng, and tore open his White Tiger Body Barrier, cutting his left arm.
• Dai Yueheng activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and broke free, while the spectators and Zhang Lexuan reacted with shock at Lin Yan’s self-created techniques.

Lin Yan used his Chidori-based techniques to break through Dai Yueheng’s defenses and counter his attacks in the Soul Fighting Arena. He brought down Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Meteor Shower, leaving their fight ongoing.

• Lin Yan judged that Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Vajra Transformation would make a direct clash difficult, and revealed his ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring as Dai Yueheng charged.
• Lin Yan activated Thunder Awakening and Titan’s Fury, shattered Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and clashed with his tiger paw, but was driven back.
• Lin Yan coated the Black Demon Mace with Chidori Blade, tore through Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Body Barrier, and injured his right hand, leaving him affected by paralysis.
• Dai Yueheng released his White Tiger Meteor Shower as Lin Yan rushed to attack, but Lin Yan used Chidori Senbon to pierce and detonate the falling light spheres before they could hit him.
• An awe-inspiring tiger roar rang out as the light from Dai Yueheng’s attack subsided.

Lin Yan used his Azure Dragon Transformation to overpower Dai Yueheng and defeat his final attack with Sky Azure Dragon Break. Xuan Zi intervened to protect Dai Yueheng, declared Lin Yan the winner, and revealed that he had changed since Lin Yan last saw him.

• Dai Yueheng used White Tiger Demon God Transformation, but Lin Yan answered with his Azure Dragon Transformation.
• Lin Yan enhanced himself with his first and second Soul Skills and drove Dai Yueheng back with the Spiked Club.
• Dai Yueheng struck Lin Yan with a golden tiger claw, but Lin Yan resisted and knocked Dai Yueheng away.
• Dai Yueheng unleashed White Tiger Golden Light Fist, and Lin Yan countered with Sky Azure Dragon Break, which destroyed the golden tiger.
• Xuan Zi appeared, dispersed the attack before it hit Dai Yueheng, and declared Lin Yan the winner.
• Lin Yan noticed Xuan Zi's neater clothing and missing left little finger.

After defeating Dai Yueheng, Lin Yan revealed that he had created five Self-Created Battle Techniques and impressed Mu En with his talent. A month later, Lin Yan mastered a new fusion technique, and Mu En began teaching him his signature technique, Sovereign Over All.

• Lin Yan defeated Dai Yueheng, took third place on the Human Ranking, and explained to Xuan Zi that he had created five Self-Created Battle Techniques in three months.
• Zhang Lexuan congratulated Lin Yan and urged him to put his clothes back on as the Inner Court senior sisters watched him.
• Mu En summoned Lin Yan, watched him demonstrate Chidori, Chidori Stream, Chidori Blade, Chidori Senbon, and Chidori Sharp Spear, then told him to incorporate his Azure Dragon Power into Thunderous Bagua.
• One month later, Lin Yan used Wild Dragon Bagua, fusing Azure Dragon Power, Soul Power, and spiritual power into an Azure Dragon that Mu En dispelled.
• Mu En declared that Lin Yan had reached the minor success stage of the Heavenly Human Realm and introduced his signature technique, Sovereign Over All.