Chapter Summaries

Lin Wan'er subdued the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, took their offerings, and helped Tang Ya and Bai Chenxiang absorb some of the overwhelming life energy. After Tang San's recorded message played, the group found the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Lin Wan'er asked Bi Ji and Fox Consort if they wanted to test their love for Di Tian and Scarlet King.

• Lin Wan'er took fiery gel from Infernal Delicate Apricot and a purple pill bead from YouYou, then ordered the Immortal Herbs to come with the group.
• Lin Wan'er redirected some of her immense life force into Tang Ya and Bai Chenxiang, and used the springs and her Soraka Martial Soul to help them safely absorb it.
• Tang Ya's soul power rose to level fifty-six, while Bai Chenxiang's level remained to be tested by the Emperor Willow.
• Tang San's prearranged phantom appeared and described the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, its herbs, and the Tang Sect's rules.
• Bi Ji explained the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and YouYou led the group to the flower and its Dark Termination Stone.
• Lin Wan'er teased Bi Ji and Fox Consort by asking whether they wanted to test their love for Di Tian and Scarlet King.

Bai Chenxiang claimed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Lin Wan'er persuaded or forced several intelligent Immortal Herbs to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. At Shrek, the reserve Seven Devils introduced themselves, and Huo Yuhao was startled to meet Dai Yueheng.

• Bai Chenxiang awakened the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and claimed it, proving her enduring love for Ma Hongjun.
• Lin Wan'er announced she would take intelligent Immortal Herbs away, then stored an unnamed herb and the Infernal Delicate Apricot; the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass agreed to go with her.
• Lin Wan'er explained the Soul Spirit Plan and Eternal Life Plan, and the intelligent Immortal Herbs began leaving the valley with her group.
• At Shrek's Inner Courtyard, Bei Bei, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao introduced themselves as reserve Seven Devils candidates.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Yueheng among the Inner Courtyard students, and Dai Yueheng looked at him with a faint chill.

Lin Wan'er oversaw Emperor Willow's growth, concealed its extraordinary advance, and sent Di Tian and others to create distractions. As Shrek Academy mobilized against an unnatural darkness advancing from the south, Shi Xing prepared Shrek City for a possible invasion.

• Gu Yuena calmed the Immortal Herbs and led them to accept Emperor Willow's baptism, while eight Hundred Thousand Year Immortal Herbs offered part of their origins to fuel its growth.
• Lin Wan'er concealed Emperor Willow's advancement with star formations across the Soul Beast Forests, then assigned Di Tian, Zi Ji, Wang Qiu'er, and the Holy Spirit Cult to stir up distractions and handle the anomalies.
• Gu Yuena transferred control of the Star Dou Great Forest's soul beasts to Lin Wan'er and entered Emperor Willow to seek the Golden Dragon King's location.
• At Shrek Academy, an unnatural darkness spread toward the city, prompting Xuan Zi to dispatch students and staff while Yan Shaozhe ordered the Inner Courtyard to assemble at the southern wall.
• Shi Xing organized Shrek City's garrison, Soul Masters, and defenses as reinforcements arrived and signs of an approaching enemy emerged to the south.

Star Dou Great Forest’s Ferocious Beasts approached Shrek City, and Mu En confronted their leader, Lin Wan'er, while the city prepared for battle. After negotiations failed over the Sea God Pavilion’s Crystal Core, Ma Xiaotao, and Xu Sanshi, Zi Ji attacked Mu En as Shrek’s defenders readied their Soul Tools.

• Shrek City’s defenders saw a small force of Ferocious Beasts approach beneath dark green clouds instead of the expected Beast Tide.
• Mu En arrived with Xuan Zi, the Sea God Pavilion elders, the deans, and Inner Courtyard students, then rose into the sky to face the enemy.
• Lin Wan'er demanded the Sea God Pavilion’s Crystal Core, Ma Xiaotao, and Xu Sanshi; Mu En refused and declared Shrek would fight.
• Zi Ji attacked Mu En with Abyssal Breath, and their first clash shook the ground below.
• Shi Xing rallied Shrek’s defenders, who positioned the Divine Ballista Cannons and prepared to protect the southern wall.

Lin Wan'er used the Power of Destruction to summon phantom Soul Beasts from Shrek’s Soul Rings, while Bi Ji healed the phantoms and declared that the Star Dou Great Forest had come to reclaim people and things. Shrek’s defenders prepared to face the Ferocious Beasts as Bi Ji’s identity and influence were explained.

• Shi Xing ordered Shrek City’s Ballista Cannons to fire a volley of High-Explosive Shells at the Ferocious Beasts, rallying the defenders.
• Lin Wan'er appeared above the battlefield, spilled her blood, and summoned phantom versions of the Soul Beasts contained in the Soul Masters’ Soul Rings.
• Lin Wan'er ordered the phantom Soul Beasts to attack, but the Ballista Cannons’ second volley wounded many of them.
• Bi Ji rose above the phantoms and healed them with jade-green light, then joined their attack and announced that the Soul Beasts had come to reclaim people and things.
• Song Lao confronted Bi Ji, who confirmed her identity and rejected Song Lao’s appeal to spare Shrek for the sake of human lives.
• Xuan Zi explained Bi Ji’s healing history, rapid cultivation, and standing among the Ten Great Ferocious Beasts.

Lin Wan'er’s forces pressed their assault on Shrek City as Bi Ji shielded and strengthened the soul spirits, while Song Lao and the Ferocious Beasts clashed in the sky. Mu En saved Xuan Zi and joined with him to awaken Taotie, leaving the battle poised for a renewed confrontation.

• Bi Ji blocked Shi Xing’s Ballista Cannons and restored more than ten thousand soul spirits, while Song Lao attacked her in her Azure Shadow Divine Eagle form.
• Lin Wan'er sent a powerful soul spirit to help Bi Ji, and the Fox Consort intervened when Song Lao continued her assault.
• Zi Ji defeated Xuan Zi and pursued his falling body as the Shrek elders watched in alarm.
• Mu En caught Xuan Zi, dispelled the orb affecting him, and drove Zi Ji back with a strike from his golden dragon form.
• Mu En fused his power with Xuan Zi’s Martial Soul, transforming him into Taotie, which made Di Tian and Zi Ji turn their attention toward Lin Wan'er.

Lin Wan'er and Shrek's defenders battled Di Tian's soul beast army as Elder Xuan and Mu En used the Golden Tree's power to confront Di Tian. After the Golden Tree's protection faded, the fighting continued, and Lin Wan'er defeated Song Lao with the Blood Pool.

• Di Tian transformed and attacked Shrek City, but the Golden Tree shielded the city and empowered Elder Xuan and Mu En's Taotie form.
• Taotie swallowed Di Tian's Ten Thousand Dragons Flame and bit his tail, but Lin Wan'er lifted her curse, allowing Di Tian to break free and overpower Taotie in the sky.
• The Golden Tree's light faded, and Shi Xing ordered the Ballista Cannons to fire three volleys at the soul spirit army while Lin Wan'er interfered with the shells.
• Song Lao harassed Bi Ji and Fox Consort until Lin Wan'er sent the Blood Pool to fight her; the Blood Pool overwhelmed Song Lao.
• Shi Xing flew toward Lin Wan'er and shouted, "Die!"

Shrek’s defenders held off the first soul spirit assault, but Lin Wan’er used Shi Xing to weaken him and set her plan in motion. As a second attack approached with flying soul beasts, Ma Xiaotao’s suppressed evil fire erupted above the Sea God Pavilion as a black phoenix.

• Mu En used the Soul Guidance Barrier, Concussion Grenades, and incendiary bombs to keep the soul spirits from taking Shrek City’s southern walls.
• Yan Shaozhe and a Shrek elder discussed holding back their strongest fighters and waiting for reinforcements while the defenders rested in rotation.
• Shi Xing unleashed Time-Space Turbulence to erase soul spirits, but Lin Wan’er trapped him in a Blood Pool formation and marked him with blood before he returned to Shrek’s walls for treatment.
• Bi Ji handed command of the soul beast army to Scarlet King, who advanced with roughly a thousand flying soul beasts above the troops.
• Shi Xing’s power stimulated Ma Xiaotao’s suppressed evil fire, and a black phoenix appeared above the Sea God Pavilion, knocking Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and the other summoned Shrek Seven Devils away.

Ma Xiaotao absorbed the Golden Tree in a ritual aided by Lin Wan'er and Wang Qiu'er, while Huo Yuhao gained immense spiritual power and a new rose-gold soul ring. The upheaval reached across the continent, and Ma Xiaotao emerged transformed as a possible Nine-Colored Divine Phoenix.

• Lin Wan'er took control of Ma Xiaotao's body and used the Golden Tree's power to cleanse and elevate Ma Xiaotao's and Wang Qiu'er's aptitudes.
• Wang Qiu'er joined Lin Wan'er in a sacrifice that also empowered Huo Yuhao, whose Spiritual Realm gained form and substance and who received a rose-gold soul ring.
• The Golden Tree's fusion triggered a continent-wide disturbance, and Long Xiaoyao opened a rift to retrieve Ma Xiaotao's soul from the gold-red sky.
• Bi Ji withdrew the Ferocious Beasts from Shrek City after declaring that Shrek had internal conflict, while the soul spirits repaired the damage they had left behind.
• Seven-colored light surrounded Ma Xiaotao and carried her into the sky, prompting Wang Yan to wonder if her martial soul had become a Nine-Colored Divine Phoenix.

Lin Wan'er used Ma Xiaotao's body to expose Xuan Zi's failures and unleash Ultimate Fire at Shrek, while Du Busi welcomed an infiltrator back to the Body Sect and examined a hidden soul sea. The scorched students then arrived at Sea God Pavilion, where its golden light revived Xu Sanshi and strengthened the group.

• Lin Wan'er made Ma Xiaotao announce her departure from Shrek and revealed Xuan Zi's past failures to the students.
• Lin Wan'er unleashed Ultimate Fire on outsiders and students from other nations, then vanished as Yan Shaozhe ordered Shrek to help the injured and suppress news of the incident.
• Du Busi forgave the Outer Courtyard recruitment teacher for failing to recruit Body Martial Soul disciples and dismissed him after learning he had brought back Shrek's personnel records.
• Du Busi entered a secret chamber beneath the Body Sect and addressed the soul spirits gathered in its hidden soul sea.
• The scorched students, including Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xu Sanshi, arrived at Sea God Pavilion, whose golden radiance restored their strength and awakened Xu Sanshi.

Shrek Academy named its young competitors the Shrek Seven Devils and assigned them mentors, while Elder Mu led Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao into a hidden cultivation hall. The chapter left the three beginning separate meditation sessions and shifted to the Plant Sect, where YouYou admired the sect as Lin Wan'er teased her about her scent.

• Song Lao presented challenge letters from the Sun Moon Empire's Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, the Heaven Soul Sect, the Body Sect, and the Plant Academy, and Yan Shaozhe announced the Shrek Seven Devils title as a reward for winning the tournament.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that the title would remain secret until the tournament ended, and Bei Bei led most of the students in saluting the elders.
• Elder Mu assigned mentors to the students and ordered Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to remain on Sea God Island for cultivation.
• Elder Mu revealed that Sea God Pavilion had been carved from a Golden Tree, then sent Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to separate meditation rooms and directed Huo Yuhao to another room.
• At the Plant Sect, YouYou praised the flourishing natural surroundings, and Lin Wan'er told her to tone down her scent before YouYou tried to sniff it out.

Lin Wan'er and Wang Qiu'er traveled with Bi Ji to a distant valley swamp to recruit a powerful elemental Soul Beast for the Plant Sect. Lin Wan'er battled the Deep Sea Banshee, whose cultivation was far greater than expected, and appeared to defeat her as the swamp fell silent.

• Wang Qiu'er discovered a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in a distant valley swamp, and Lin Wan'er set out with her and Bi Ji.
• Bi Ji used her Life Emerald Domain to locate the Deep Sea Banshee, while Lin Wan'er challenged it from the air with Meteor Fall.
• The Deep Sea Banshee attacked Lin Wan'er, but her divine artifact and destruction power neutralized its swamp-powered strike.
• The Deep Sea Banshee revealed that it was a mutated Soul Beast of around two hundred thousand years and launched a direct attack.
• Lin Wan'er pierced the Deep Sea Banshee with the Star Guardian Staff and overwhelmed it with divine power as it writhed in the swamp.
• The Deep Sea Banshee split its body to escape with a clone, and the swamp returned to calm.

Lin Wan'er subdued Deep Sea Banshee and Tide Calling Giant Shark after defeating their attacks and using the valley mud pit against them. With Wang Qiu'er and Bi Ji holding Deep Sea Banshee, Lin Wan'er offered the pair a place as Plant Sect guardian beasts.

• Lin Wan'er drained Deep Sea Banshee's clones with her black hole and sprites, weakening the soul beast.
• Deep Sea Banshee summoned Tide Calling Giant Shark, but Lin Wan'er shattered their restrictive attack and struck both beasts into the mud.
• Tide Calling Giant Shark attacked Lin Wan'er with poisonous gas and charged alongside Deep Sea Banshee, but Lin Wan'er evaded them and turned the valley mud pit into a gigantic beast.
• Lin Wan'er used the mud giant to suppress Tide Calling Giant Shark, while Wang Qiu'er and Bi Ji restrained Deep Sea Banshee.
• Lin Wan'er told the defeated soul beasts she wanted them to become Plant Sect guardian beasts and provide water-element energy.

Lin Wan'er used her Life Domain to capture spies targeting Plant Sect, learned that Xuan Tian Sect planned to destroy it, and led an assault on Heaven Profound Sect. The Prince covered up Heaven Profound Sect's destruction, while privately coveting Paradise City's power.

• Lin Wan'er expanded Plant Sect's defenses with her Life Domain, trapping spies across the surrounding area and killing them with plant spikes.
• Lin Wan'er learned that Xuan Tian Sect intended to wipe out Plant Sect and asked Bi Ji and Wang Qiu'er to help destroy a sect; Wang Qiu'er agreed.
• Lin Wan'er and Plant Sect's forces arrived at Heaven Profound Sect, where Fox Consort killed two patrolling disciples and the others charged inside.
• The Prince ordered his subordinate to conceal Heaven Profound Sect's destruction and claim Evil Soul Masters had slaughtered the sect.
• The Prince reflected that Paradise City's power could help him secure the throne.

Lin Wan'er explained how the revised Soul Spirit Plan could help the Snow Empress regain her adult form and brought her to an ice cave to accelerate her growth. As the Snow Empress absorbed the cave’s primordial cold, her power surged, and Lin Wan'er summoned Ma Xiaotao to heat the Ice Pot.

• The Snow Empress confronted Lin Wan'er and demanded to know when she would fulfill her promise and restore her original form.
• Lin Wan'er described the revised Soul Spirit Plan and explained that intense stimulation could help the Snow Empress mature.
• Lin Wan'er led the Snow Empress into an ice cave filled with rare Immortal Herbs and introduced her to the Ice Pot and its spring.
• The Snow Empress entered the Ice Pot and absorbed its pure cold energy, strengthening her Martial Soul and causing her Soul Power to surge.
• Lin Wan'er called Ma Xiaotao to use her Nine-Colored Phoenix Divine Fire to heat the Ice Pot, leaving Ma Xiaotao bewildered.

Lin Wan'er led Snow Empress, Tang Ya, and Wang Qiu'er to a valley of Blue Silver Grass and persuaded the Blue Silver Emperor to leave with them for the Star Dou Great Forest. There, the Blue Silver Emperor encountered a legendary silver-haired deity.

• Ma Xiaotao used her Nine-Colored Phoenix True Body to heat the Ice Pot, helping Snow Empress grow into a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old girl, and Lin Wan'er healed Ma Xiaotao afterward.
• Lin Wan'er guided Tang Ya, Wang Qiu'er, and Snow Empress to a southern valley filled with Blue Silver Grass and used her Life Domain to search for its hidden presence.
• Wang Qiu'er used Light of Destiny to calm the Blue Silver Grass, and Lin Wan'er spoke with the hidden Blue Silver Emperor about the revival of soul beasts.
• The Blue Silver Emperor took humanlike form from its vines and agreed to accompany Lin Wan'er to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lin Wan'er carried the Blue Silver Emperor through a portal into the forest, where it saw a legendary silver-haired deity.

Lin Wan'er took Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao to the Gobi Desert to train against the Bloodthirsty Butterfly, but their dangerous fight ended when the beast recognized Lin Wan'er as the Holy Maiden. The Bloodthirsty Butterfly stopped attacking her companions, though he still blamed Huo Yuhao for threatening her.

• Lin Wan'er completed Tang Ya's soul rings, and Tang Ya's martial soul evolved into the Dark Blue Silver King as her Soul Power Level reached the seventies.
• Wei Na brought Huo Yuhao back to Lin Wan'er, who took him and Tang Ya to the Gobi Desert for combat training with the Bloodthirsty Butterfly.
• The Bloodthirsty Butterfly forced Huo Yuhao out of its miasma domain, transformed into a man, and attacked him after sensing the Holy Maiden's and Tian Meng's auras.
• Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya fought back with their soul skills, but the Bloodthirsty Butterfly returned to its true form and drove them into danger.
• Lin Wan'er's green aura appeared, causing the Bloodthirsty Butterfly and the others to kneel; he excitedly recognized her as the Holy Maiden and stopped his attack.
• The Bloodthirsty Butterfly resumed blaming Huo Yuhao for threatening Lin Wan'er, then realized he might have misunderstood when Huo Yuhao said he had not been given a chance to explain.

As the tournament approached, Lin Wan'er briefed the Plant Sect’s team on the rules and strategy, then oversaw their training and selection of preliminary contestants. At the opening ceremony in Heaven Soul City, Tang Ya’s appearance startled Shrek inspectors, while Lin Wan'er wondered what Huo Yuhao was facing at Wang Dong’s home.

• Lin Wan'er recruited YouYou and four Level 47 Paradise City finance Soul Masters as substitutes and explained the tournament rules and formats to the Plant Sect.
• Lin Wan'er warned the finance staff to conceal their full strength in the preliminaries, and the team began coordination drills under Tang Ya’s control and the Bloodthirsty Butterfly’s guidance.
• Tang Ya selected herself and Star Anise among the rotating preliminary contestants, with the team aiming to qualify and take first place.
• The tournament’s opening ceremony drew huge crowds to the renovated Heaven Soul Great Soul Arena, while the Plant Sect and Heaven Soul Sect’s Soul Spirit Academy attracted public and spy attention.
• Lin Wan'er watched Tang Ya enter public view and noticed Shrek inspectors reacting in shock, then wondered how Huo Yuhao was doing at Wang Dong’s home.

Lin Wan'er and Wang Qiu'er infiltrated a heavily fortified underground warehouse in the Sun Moon Empire to steal rare metals for Plant Sect. After defeating the guards and breaking into its second floor, they found even more valuable materials and considered whether to keep robbing the place.

• Lin Wan'er entered the warehouse with Wang Qiu'er and bypassed its hidden defenses using her Life Domain.
• The pair took down two Sixth-Level Soul Guidance Device Masters, opened the thirty-two-digit lock, and looted the first-floor rare metals.
• Lin Wan'er absorbed the metal life force of a thick alloy door until it crumbled, while Wang Qiu'er blocked the Soul Saint's attack.
• Wang Qiu'er and Lin Wan'er defeated the Seventh-Level Soul Guidance Device Master after he tried to use a High-Explosive Shell and an invincible barrier.
• The women found valuable rare metals on the second floor, and Wang Qiu'er asked whether they should leave or keep robbing the warehouse.

Lin Wan'er and Wang Qiu'er looted rare metals and weapons from Shrek's underground warehouse, then escaped through a portal. The chief financial officer discovered the theft when he entered the warehouse and became trapped in the elevator, realizing the alarm system had failed.

• Lin Wan'er guided Wang Qiu'er in packing rare metals from the warehouse's second level, and they cleared nearly a hundred square meters before filling their Storage Soul Guidance Devices.
• Lin Wan'er opened the passage to the third level, where she and Wang Qiu'er found a vast stockpile of soul weapons and shells capable of equipping two elite regiments.
• Lin Wan'er searched for Heaven Dou Empire and Heaven Soul Sect equipment, found none, and spotted a letter outlining plans to hunt Soul Beasts and scheme against the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Lin Wan'er led Wang Qiu'er out through a portal, and the chief financial officer arrived soon afterward to find his subordinate missing.
• The chief financial officer and his guards entered the elevator, which stopped in the shaft without triggering an alarm, and he ordered them to summon Xuan Zi, Qian Duoduo, and Titled Douluo from the palace.