Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lan visited the Lake of Life with Di Yue and Doro, then tried to use a water pump to take a barrel of its healing water. Di Yue blocked him, and Jiang Lan drew out a pill to distract it.

• Jiang Lan accepted Di Yue’s invitation to visit its home and rode with Doro into the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Yue brought Jiang Lan and Doro to the Lake of Life and explained its importance and healing properties.
• Jiang Lan tested the water, then took out a pump and barrel, intending to collect a barrel for treating injuries.
• Di Yue shoved Jiang Lan away from the lake and warned that pumping out a barrel would alarm the Soul Beasts and endanger the forest.
• Jiang Lan argued that Di Yue’s own sip should count as a barrel, then pulled out a pill as Di Yue watched it closely.

Jiang Lan and Di Yue secretly pumped water from the Lake of Life, but their theft disturbed Gu Yuena, who rose from the depths and caught them beside the barrel. Gu Yuena stared at the stolen water, pump, and soot-covered Jiang Lan as the pair faced discovery.

• Jiang Lan persuaded Di Yue to let him pump water from the Lake of Life in exchange for another pill.
• Di Yue stopped the pump when she sensed movement beneath the lake, but Jiang Lan joked about taking more water.
• Jiang Lan sealed the barrel and Di Yue drank from the lake, making herself an accomplice.
• Gu Yuena noticed the lake level had fallen and rose from the depths to investigate.
• Gu Yuena found Di Yue, Jiang Lan, the sealed barrel, and the pump on the lakeshore.

Jiang Lan tried to take water from the Lake of Life, explaining that he wanted it to heal his injured master. Gu Yuena gave Doro her power to stabilize her foundation, then allowed Jiang Lan to pump out another half-barrel before banning him from returning.

• Jiang Lan apologized to Gu Yuena for pumping water from the Lake of Life and explained that he wanted it to treat injuries.
• Gu Yuena discovered the powers within Doro and summoned her to receive a gift.
• Gu Yuena gave Doro some of her power, encasing her in a silver shell so she could absorb it and stabilize her foundation.
• Jiang Lan asked to pump more water, and Gu Yuena permitted him to fill the barrel by another half before forbidding him to return.
• Jiang Lan thanked Gu Yuena and restarted the pump.

Jiang Lan received a gift of energy from Gu Yuena that raised his Soul Power to level seventy-one, and his Seventh Soul Skill transformed him from a child into a handsome young man. He and Doro returned from the Lake of Life, leaving Xiao Wu stunned by Jiang Lan’s new appearance.

• Jiang Lan sealed a barrel of lake water, checked on Doro, and prepared to leave Gu Yuena’s territory.
• Gu Yuena gave Jiang Lan a mass of energy that made him fall asleep on a lotus leaf at the Lake of Life.
• Jiang Lan woke beside Doro and discovered that his Soul Power had risen six levels to level seventy-one.
• Jiang Lan used his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and transformed into a young man while Doro was beside him.
• Xiao Wu worried about Jiang Lan and Doro’s absence until they emerged from the Lake of Life in their new forms.
• Jiang Lan told Xiao Wu that his Martial Soul Avatar had changed his appearance, and Xiao Wu struggled to believe he was really Jiang Lan.

Jiang Lan used his Martial Soul Avatar and appeared as a handsome young man, flustering Xiao Wu and prompting her to warn him not to show this form to Rongrong and the others. He learned the form steadily consumed Soul Power, then teased Xiao Wu by refusing to change back immediately.

• Xiao Wu blushed at Jiang Lan's handsome new appearance and recognized Doro beside him.
• Jiang Lan assessed his transformed body and learned his physical strength had weakened while his intelligence had improved.
• Jiang Lan flicked Xiao Wu's forehead, and she recognized his familiar manner before hugging him.
• Xiao Wu warned Jiang Lan not to use his transformed appearance around Rongrong and the others because they would crowd around him.
• Jiang Lan explained that the form steadily drained his Soul Power, then joked that changing back would waste it.

Jiang Lan returned to his chubby child form after visiting the Lake of Life and promised Gu Yuena that he would seek a way to reconcile humans and Soul Beasts. Back at the Wooden House, he settled in with Xiao Wu, Doro, and Di Yue, then offered Di Yue three pills to guide him around the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.

• Jiang Lan changed back into his child form, and Xiao Wu picked him up while Doro and Di Yue watched.
• Jiang Lan thanked Gu Yuena for the Lake of Life and promised to find a way to resolve the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena accepted that she would remember his promise, and Xiao Wu said she would help him.
• Di Yue led Jiang Lan and the others back to the Wooden House, where Xiao Wu cooked soup and Jiang Lan gave Di Yue the pills he owed her.
• Jiang Lan asked Di Yue to show him around the Star Dou Great Forest the next day and offered her three more pills in exchange.

Jiang Lan agreed to let Xiao Wu accompany him into the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang San asked Tang Chen to let him enter the All-Continent Genius Soul Master Tournament so he could gain experience and seek Xiao Wu. After learning Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form, Tang Chen challenged Tang San to explain how he would protect her.

• Di Yue negotiated with Jiang Lan over their next meeting, and Xiao Wu insisted on joining him in the forest to keep him safe and carry anything he found.
• Tang San told Tang Chen he wanted to enter the All-Continent Genius Soul Master Tournament for combat experience and a chance to see Xiao Wu in Spirit City.
• Tang Hao revealed that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soft bone rabbit who had taken human form, like Ah Yin.
• Tang Chen warned Tang San that Xiao Wu would become a target for her soul ring and soul bone, and asked how he planned to protect her.
• Tang San said he would enter the tournament, earn renown, and become strong enough to keep Xiao Wu from being hunted, while Tang Chen criticized him and Tang Hao for their stubbornness.

Tang San received Tang Chen’s permission and a Clear Sky Sect passage token to enter the competition, while Tang Chen warned Tang Hao not to blame all of Spirit Hall for Ah Yin’s death. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang revealed his new Holy Dragon Divine Art and planned to promote it, though Zhao Wuji asked whether it had side effects.

• Tang Chen agreed to let Tang San enter the competition if he avoided trouble, returned to the Clear Sky Sect afterward, and brought Xiao Wu back for him to see.
• Tang Chen gave Tang San a Clear Sky Sect passage token and told Tang Hao that Qian Daoliu was not responsible for what happened to Ah Yin.
• Yu Xiaogang celebrated mastering the first layer of the Holy Dragon Divine Art, which he had developed from the Sunflower Manual without its requirement of castration.
• Yu Xiaogang demonstrated his denser Soul Power to Zhao Wuji and said the new art could help him break through rank bottlenecks.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed compiling the art into teaching materials for Shrek Academy, and Zhao Wuji asked whether cultivating it involved side effects.

Flender told Yu Xiaogang and Zhao Wuji that Shrek Academy had been invited to the All-Continent Genius Soul Master Tournament, and Yu Xiaogang claimed his Holy Dragon Divine Art could raise the students to level fifty within half a year. When Yu Xiaogang tested the art’s painful second level on Ma Hongjun, Ma Hongjun began convulsing, leaving Yu Xiaogang urging him to endure.

• Flender shared the tournament invitation, and Zhao Wuji noted that Shrek Academy had only three likely team members and still needed four more.
• Yu Xiaogang promised that the Holy Dragon Divine Art could bring Dai Mubai and the others to level fifty in half a year, prompting Flender to consider a special training class.
• Yu Xiaogang realized he had never tested the second level’s circulation route and decided to have Ma Hongjun try it.
• Yu Xiaogang explained the second-level route to Ma Hongjun, who agreed after hearing he could reach level fifty and become a main fighter.
• Ma Hongjun circulated Soul Power through the route, then convulsed in pain when it reached the Huiyin point, while Yu Xiaogang told him to endure it.

Ma Hongjun practiced the Holy Dragon Divine Art and discovered that it increased his Soul Power while rapidly changing his body. When he woke the next morning with breasts, he concealed them and joined the others for breakfast.

• Ma Hongjun endured the second layer of the Holy Dragon Divine Art, and Yu Xiaogang confirmed that his Soul Power had grown denser.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to train harder and considered approaching Jiang Lan at the Genius Soul Master Tournament to obtain pill formulas.
• Ma Hongjun practiced the art repeatedly and found that he was losing weight and becoming more defined and attractive.
• Ma Hongjun woke to discover two mounds on his chest, then wrapped himself in a quilt and checked that his clothes concealed them.
• Ma Hongjun joined Flender, Zhao Wuji, Yu Xiaogang, Dai Mubai, and Oscar for breakfast and said he had stayed up cultivating.

Ma Hongjun's overnight practice of the Holy Dragon Divine Art visibly slimmed him down and increased his Soul Power, prompting Dai Mubai and Oscar to learn it from Yu Xiaogang. After they endured the painful second-level circulation, Ma Hongjun left them to recover and returned to his room, satisfied that he had shared the hardships.

• Ma Hongjun told Yu Xiaogang that practicing the second level four times had made him thinner, and Yu Xiaogang said his Soul Power had risen by at least twenty percent.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Dai Mubai and Oscar to learn the art, and both agreed in hopes of improving their cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang taught Dai Mubai and Oscar the first- and second-level circulation routes while Ma Hongjun practiced nearby.
• Oscar and Dai Mubai each endured severe pain at the Huiyin acupoint before their Soul Power passed through Mingmen and the discomfort faded.
• Ma Hongjun joked that he had shared the hardships with his brothers, and Dai Mubai and Oscar continued practicing despite their exhaustion.
• Ma Hongjun left Yu Xiaogang's room and returned to his own, muttering his motto as he passed Dai Mubai's and Oscar's doors.

Dai Mubai and Oscar discovered that Yu Xiaogang’s body-tempering exercises were making them look increasingly feminine, while Ma Hongjun had already undergone the same changes. A week later, the three had transformed dramatically, and Yu Xiaogang praised the results.

• Dai Mubai and Oscar noticed their softened features, fairer skin, and altered voices after practicing the body-tempering exercises.
• Dai Mubai seized Ma Hongjun and demanded an explanation, but Ma Hongjun admitted he had only learned the first two levels.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the third level would bring more pronounced changes, including softer voices, clearer skin, and possible fat redistribution.
• Oscar persuaded Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to practice the third level together.
• A week later, Flender and Zhao Wuji gaped at the transformed trio in the courtyard as Yu Xiaogang admired their improved appearance.

Dai Mubai and Oscar struggled with the changes to their appearance and voices from Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation method, while Ma Hongjun embraced them. After learning that Ma Hongjun had secretly practiced the fourth layer, the three agreed to use new names, though Dai Mubai and Oscar remained wary of the method.

• Yu Xiaogang explained that the cultivation method changed fat distribution and skin condition as it tempered the body, and Dai Mubai acknowledged that his Soul Power had increased.
• Dai Mubai and Oscar questioned Ma Hongjun about adapting to his changed appearance, and Ma Hongjun revealed that the fourth layer enlarged the breasts, slimmed the waist, and reduced things below.
• Ma Hongjun proposed changing their names, and the three chose Ma Xiaohong, Ao Xiaoya, and Dai Xiaomu.
• Dai Mubai pressed Ma Hongjun about practicing the fourth layer, and Ma Hongjun admitted he had practiced it five times.
• Ma Hongjun claimed the fourth layer rapidly increased his Soul Power and encouraged Dai Mubai and Oscar to try it, leaving them hesitant.

Dai Mubai decided to wait for the Grandmaster before practicing, while Ma Hongjun chose to start. Later, Ma Xiaohong, Ao Xiaoya, and Dai Xiaomu went shopping in disguise, where Jiang Lan recognized them as familiar despite their denials.

• Dai Mubai declined to practice for now, and Ma Hongjun said he would begin without him.
• Ma Xiaohong, Ao Xiaoya, and Dai Xiaomu bought women's clothes in Heaven Dou City.
• Jiang Lan, accompanied by Doro and Xiao Wu, encountered the three disguised men and questioned whether they had met before.
• Ma Xiaohong, Ao Xiaoya, and Dai Xiaomu gave Jiang Lan fake names, but he noticed their surnames matched those of people he used to know.
• Jiang Lan let them leave without revealing whether he believed their story.

Jiang Lan recognized Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai disguised as women, then sent Zhu Zhuqing to meet Dai Mubai without warning her about his appearance. Ning Rongrong realized Jiang Lan had arranged the meeting to see Zhuqing’s reaction and joined him in waiting to hear what happened.

• Jiang Lan recognized Ma Xiaohong, Ao Xiaoya, and Dai Xiaomu as Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai, but let them leave without exposing their disguises.
• Jiang Lan told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai wanted to see her at Shrek Academy, and Zhuqing went to meet him.
• Jiang Lan told Ning Rongrong about the three men’s disguises and their changed appearances, making her laugh.
• Ning Rongrong realized Jiang Lan had sent Zhuqing without telling her what Dai Mubai looked like, and she looked forward to hearing how Zhuqing reacted.

Zhu Zhuqing visited Dai Mubai at Shrek Academy and discovered that he had turned into a girl. Back at Honey Snow Ice City, Jiang Lan joked about the transformed Shrek students and discussed how he would handle them in the Genius Soul Master Tournament.

• Zhu Zhuqing went to Dai Mubai's dormitory after Jiang Lan told her Dai Mubai wanted to see her.
• Dai Mubai revealed his changed appearance, and Zhu Zhuqing learned he had bought women's clothes and had grown stronger in Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai declined Jiang Lan's invitation to Honey Snow Ice City for milk tea because he did not want to go out looking like that.
• Before leaving, Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai he was easier on the eyes in his current form.
• Zhu Zhuqing described her visit to Jiang Lan and Ning Rongrong, who joked about Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar competing in the tournament as girls.
• Jiang Lan said he would avoid his strongest abilities if he faced the Shrek team, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing warned that even his fists would be too much for them.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Yu Xiaogang underwent dramatic feminine transformations after practicing the fourth level of Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation method, while gaining Soul Power. Flender learned that their appearances were essentially permanent and found himself unexpectedly affected by Yu Xiaogang’s new bearing.

• Jiang Lan split his days between the construction site and Honey Snow Ice City while Guga One and the robots worked on the site.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji found Dai Mubai transformed into a girl after practicing the fourth level, and learned he had reached level forty-three.
• Ma Hongjun appeared as Ma Xiaohong and Oscar as Ao Xiaoya, both transformed after practicing the method.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that practicing the fourth level had raised his Soul Power to level thirty and changed his appearance.
• Yu Xiaogang said the transformations were controllable side effects and that the three students’ current appearances were essentially permanent; Flender left visibly unsettled by his feelings toward Yu Xiaogang.

Dai Weisi visited Shrek Academy to see Dai Mubai, only to discover that Mubai had become a girl and that he had just felt attracted to his own younger brother. Dai Weisi followed Mubai toward the dormitory, where two more transformed classmates appeared.

• Flender and Zhao Wuji agreed to keep Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun’s transformations quiet while allowing them to compete in the Genius Soul Master Tournament.
• Flender learned that Dai Weisi had come from the Star Luo Empire to see Dai Mubai and sent Zhao Wuji to fetch him.
• Dai Weisi noticed Dai Mubai in a pale cyan dress, mistook him for a beautiful girl, and felt his heart skip a beat.
• Dai Mubai greeted Dai Weisi as his brother, and Dai Weisi learned that the girl he had admired was Mubai himself.
• Dai Weisi followed Dai Mubai toward the dormitory, where two more girls approached and one greeted him as Boss Dai.

Dai Mubai convinced Dai Weisi to learn the Holy Dragon Divine Art by emphasizing its rapid cultivation benefits while concealing its gender-changing side effect. After Dai Weisi agreed, Dai Mubai admitted to Ma Hongjun and Oscar that he intended to turn his brother into a girl too.

• Dai Weisi was shocked to discover that Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Dai Mubai had become girls, and Dai Mubai explained that their cultivation technique caused the change.
• Dai Mubai told Dai Weisi that the Holy Dragon Divine Art had helped her reach level forty-three and offered to arrange for him to learn it.
• Dai Weisi examined the technique's manual and agreed to learn it after Dai Mubai described its meridian routes and Soul Power benefits.
• Dai Mubai left the dormitory and told Ma Hongjun and Oscar that she had hidden the side effect because she wanted Dai Weisi to become a girl too.

Dai Weisi received Yu Xiaogang’s cultivation method from Dai Mubai and realized its body-tempering side effect was turning into a woman. He chose not to return for an explanation and instead planned to give the method to his younger brothers so he could prevent future rivals.

• Dai Mubai gave Dai Weisi the cultivation booklet and notes after Dai Weisi promised not to pass on the method.
• Dai Weisi left Shrek Academy, then studied the method in his carriage and noticed the clues Dai Mubai and the others had given him.
• Dai Weisi figured out the side effect was turning into a woman but decided not to return and confront Dai Mubai.
• Dai Weisi planned to give the cultivation method to his younger brothers so they would not become competitors.
• Dai Mubai watched Dai Weisi’s carriage disappear, and Ma Xiaohong and Ao Xiaoya asked whether Dai Weisi would still practice the method.