Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan forced Xuan Zi to retreat, and the Sun Moon Team received the tournament championship awards and celebrated their victory. As the others dispersed, Lu Yuan asked Xiao Hongchen to make something for him, and Xiao Hongchen demanded ten million Gold Soul Coins.

• Xuan Zi withdrew after his Soul Power drained, warning Lu Yuan before leaving Star Luo City.
• Huang Jinxu announced Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Academy as the tournament champion and awarded Ma Rulong three Soul Bones.
• Old Ma gave Lu Yuan, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao a Soul Bone, ten million Gold Soul Coins, and honorary guest status at the academy and Mingde Hall.
• Old Ma arranged a celebration banquet, while Meng Hongchen took Gu Qiu'er and Xiao Xiao shopping in Star Luo City.
• Lu Yuan asked Xiao Hongchen to make something for him, and Xiao Hongchen demanded ten million Gold Soul Coins.

After the tournament, Lu Yuan hired Xiao Hongchen to craft a jade-setting nourishing necklace while Xu Jiawei weighed Star Luo’s ties to Shrek against the chance to recruit Lu Yuan. Xu Jiujiu went to meet Lu Yuan at the hotel and finally received him after a long wait.

• Lu Yuan negotiated with Xiao Hongchen to craft a nourishing necklace with a recessed jade setting, and Xiao Hongchen agreed to finish it that night.
• Xu Jiawei worried that Shrek would blame Star Luo for the arena incident, sent Shrek a conciliatory letter, and ordered Xu Jiujiu to approach Lu Yuan.
• Xu Jiujiu agreed to recruit Lu Yuan on Star Luo’s behalf, offering the empire’s future resources if he joined.
• Xu Jiujiu waited an hour and a half in a hotel tea room while Lu Yuan and Xiao Hongchen ate and returned to the hotel.
• Lu Yuan followed an attendant to the tea room, recognized Princess Jiujiu, and greeted her casually.

Xu Jiujiu tried to recruit Lu Yuan, but he insisted that Star Luo join his self-founded Abyss Cult instead. After returning to Shrek with Ma Xiaotao’s corpse, Xuan Zi nervously wondered how to face Sea God’s Pavilion.

• Xu Jiujiu met Lu Yuan privately and tried to persuade him to join Star Luo, but he proposed that Star Luo join the Abyss Cult he had founded.
• Xu Jiujiu left their conversation exhausted, while Lu Yuan dismissed the idea of his organization joining the empire.
• Lu Yuan collected a finished Soul Tool necklace from Xiao Hongchen and embedded it with Life Gold for Snow Empress.
• Xuan Zi returned to Shrek Academy with Ma Xiaotao’s corpse and hesitated outside Sea God’s Pavilion, considering whether he should kneel and apologize.

Xuan Zi returned to Sea God's Pavilion with Ma Xiaotao's corpse and admitted that Shrek Academy had lost the tournament. Yan Shaozhe and the others learned that Xiaotao had died, and Yan Shaozhe accused Xuan Zi of inventing an implausible story to excuse his failure.

• Mu En sensed Xuan Zi outside Sea God's Pavilion and discovered through his spiritual power that Ma Xiaotao was dead.
• Xuan Zi left Ma Xiaotao's corpse at the entrance and knelt there until Qian Duoduo found them at dawn.
• Qian Duoduo realized Xiaotao had died, and Yan Shaozhe and the other academy leaders arrived and gathered around them.
• Xuan Zi recounted the previous day's events, while Song Lao found strange black markings on Xiaotao's skin.
• Yan Shaozhe confronted Xuan Zi, dismissed his account of a Soul Emperor with six Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and shouted in disbelief when Xuan Zi said someone had secretly replenished the opponent's Soul Power.

Mu En accepted Shrek's plan to blame Lu Yuan for Ma Xiaotao's fall and punished Xuan Zi, while Lu Yuan parted from the Sun Moon Team and gave Meng Hongchen a life-gold necklace. Xiao Hongchen realized his rushed necklace-making had helped his sister fall for Lu Yuan.

• Yan Shaozhe and the elders brought Ma Xiaotao before Mu En, who confirmed she had become an Evil Soul Master.
• Xuan Zi accused Lu Yuan of arranging Ma Xiaotao's transformation, and the elders agreed to blame Lu Yuan publicly to protect Shrek's reputation.
• Cai Mei'er was ordered to announce that Lu Yuan had harmed Ma Xiaotao, while Yan Shaozhe called for Lu Yuan to be put on a wanted list and captured alive.
• Xuan Zi resigned and begged for punishment, and Mu En confined him for ten years, stripped him of his Inspection Corps position, and ordered him to guard the academy.
• Lu Yuan, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao parted from the Sun Moon Team outside Star Luo City, and Lu Yuan gave Meng Hongchen a necklace containing Life Gold to nourish her body and dispel cold poison.
• Xiao Hongchen recognized the necklace he had made and realized he had helped Meng Hongchen fall for Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan, Gu Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao returned to the Star Dou Forest after saying goodbye to the Sun Moon Team. At Lake of Life, Gu Qiu'er reunited with Di Tian, while Lu Yuan learned Gu Yuena was asleep and prepared to cook for her.

• Lu Yuan and his companions waved goodbye to the Sun Moon Team, and Xiao Hongchen resolved to train hard enough to defeat Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan teased Gu Qiu'er about being jealous, then flew her and Xiao Xiao toward the Star Dou Forest.
• Bi Ji joined them and hurried them along, while Lu Yuan spoke of challenging Shrek Academy to secure more living space for Soul Beasts.
• The four returned to Lake of Life, where Gu Qiu'er reunited with Di Tian and told him about their travels and tournament victory.
• Lu Yuan asked about Gu Yuena, learned she was asleep, and prepared to make food for her after Xiao Xiao guessed his plan.

Lu Yuan and Gu Qiu'er told Di Tian about Snow Empress, whose tiny form embarrassed her when Di Tian recognized her. Gu Yuena returned to the Lake of Life, reunited with Lu Yuan, and asked about his unusual encounters, including Snow Empress.

• Gu Qiu'er told Di Tian that Snow Empress had helped Lu Yuan defeat a Super Douluo.
• Lu Yuan summoned Little Snow Empress, and Di Tian recognized her despite her tiny form.
• Little Snow Empress realized Di Tian had seen her acting cute toward Lu Yuan, blushed, and returned to Lu Yuan's Martial Soul Space.
• Gu Yuena emerged from the Lake of Life and reunited with Lu Yuan beside the bonfire.
• Gu Yuena asked Lu Yuan about his time away, and he explained what had happened with Snow Empress.

After Shrek Academy’s tournament defeat and Ma Xiaotao’s death, Mu En named Huo Yuhao’s generation the academy’s only hope and granted them major rewards. Huo Yuhao then challenged the blame placed on Xuan Zi, arguing that Lu Yuan had killed Ma Xiaotao.

• Yan Shaozhe brought Huo Yuhao and the others to Sea God Island, where they saw Xuan Zi kneeling; Yan Shaozhe refused to explain his punishment.
• Mu En reassured the seven youths that their defeat was not their fault and said the academy would devote everything to supporting them.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that the seven would enter the Inner Court without an examination, become the new Shrek Seven Monsters, and each receive a Soul Bone.
• Mu En granted Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Bei Bei permission to cultivate in the Golden Tree for three months, then sent the other four youths away with their rewards.
• After Bei Bei connected Xuan Zi’s punishment to Ma Xiaotao’s death, Huo Yuhao insisted that Lu Yuan—not Xuan Zi—had killed her.

Yan Shaozhe remained consumed by grief and hatred over Ma Xiaotao’s death, even as Mu En urged him to set aside his resentment and help protect Shrek Academy. While he outwardly yielded, a dark power began to grow inside him, leaving the story with the Light Phoenix secretly corrupted by the Abyss.

• Yan Shaozhe rebuked Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Bei Bei for questioning Xuan Zi’s punishment, insisting Xuan Zi had failed in his duty to protect the competing disciples.
• Mu En led Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Bei Bei to the Golden Tree cultivation chambers and instructed them to enter seclusion for three months.
• Mu En urged Yan Shaozhe to forgive Xuan Zi and focus on uniting Shrek Academy, but Yan Shaozhe stayed silent without truly letting go of his hatred.
• Yan Shaozhe continued to blame Xuan Zi and Lu Yuan for Ma Xiaotao’s death and Shrek’s lost futures, while deciding to suppress his anger to avoid further internal conflict.
• The Abyss began to grow inside Yan Shaozhe, and several feathers of his Light Phoenix turned blackish-purple without Mu En noticing.

Lu Yuan and Gu Qiu'er relaxed by the Lake of Life before discussing his seventh Soul Ring and his plans to visit the Extreme North. Di Tian agreed to take Lu Yuan to the Evil Demon Forest the next day, while Lu Yuan asked Bi Ji to accompany him later to find Snow Empress’s friend Ice Empress.

• Lu Yuan and Gu Qiu'er lounged by the Lake of Life, teased each other, and received fruit from Bi Ji, who reminded them to keep cultivating.
• Bi Ji asked Lu Yuan about his seventh Soul Ring, and he proposed searching the Evil Demon Forest for a suitable Soul Beast with darkness and fire attributes.
• Di Tian arrived, agreed that Star Dou had no suitable Soul Beast, and offered to take Lu Yuan to the Evil Demon Forest the next day.
• Gu Qiu'er decided to begin closed-door cultivation the following day, while Lu Yuan currried favor with Bi Ji by massaging her shoulders and legs.
• Lu Yuan asked Bi Ji to accompany him to the Extreme North after he obtained his Soul Ring so he could find Ice Empress, Snow Empress’s close friend.

Di Tian killed an Evil Eye Tyrant in the Evil Demon Forest and brought its Soul Ring back for Lu Yuan to absorb. Lu Yuan endured the ring’s spiritual assault with help from Gu Yuena’s Reverse Scale, and the absorption settled into silence.

• Bi Ji warned Lu Yuan to prepare for absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring the next day.
• Di Tian took Lu Yuan to the Evil Demon Forest, where he killed the Evil Eye Tyrant despite its threats of revenge from the Evil Emperor.
• Lu Yuan seized the Tyrant’s silver crystal, and Di Tian brought him back to the Lake of Life to avoid being seen by the Evil Emperor.
• Lu Yuan used the Abyss-Eroding Profound Blade to break the crystal and reveal a blood-red Soul Ring and a silver skull bone, which he declined to take.
• Lu Yuan began absorbing the Soul Ring, and Gu Yuena’s Reverse Scale shielded his mind from the Evil Eye Tyrant’s spiritual attack until the ring’s power settled.

After absorbing the Evil Eye Tyrant’s Soul Ring, Lu Yuan discovered that his Abyssal Power let him enter the Earth Veins, read their memories, and manifest the dead. He sent a manifested Ma Xiaotao to attack Soul Masters near Star Dou Forest while framing Shrek Academy and the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Lu Yuan absorbed the seventh Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and reached level seventy-six.
• Lu Yuan discovered he could infiltrate the Earth Veins and access the memories and lingering wills sealed inside them.
• Lu Yuan used Abyssal Power to manifest Ma Xiaotao from the traces left in the arena where she died.
• Lu Yuan explained that the manifestation was not resurrection and that Abyssal Power twisted Ma Xiaotao’s memories and placed her under his control.
• Lu Yuan ordered Ma Xiaotao to kill Soul Masters near Star Dou Forest, blame Shrek Academy, and name the Holy Spirit Cult if she encountered its members.
• Di Tian realized Lu Yuan’s new ability made him exceptionally dangerous, while Lu Yuan said Ma Xiaotao was only for practice.

Lu Yuan persuaded Gu Yuena to let him travel to the Extreme North with Bi Ji and Snow Empress to find Ice Empress. After arriving, Snow Empress released her aura, and Ice Empress sensed it from the Ice Palace, mistaking her arrival for another attempt to toy with her.

• Lu Yuan told Gu Yuena about his earth-vein infiltration and replication ability, then asked permission to go to the Extreme North with Snow Empress.
• Gu Yuena approved the trip and told Lu Yuan to bring Bi Ji, after which Lu Yuan kissed her hand and fled before she could catch him.
• Lu Yuan persuaded Bi Ji to accompany him, and Di Tian opened a spatial passage to the Extreme North.
• Lu Yuan and Bi Ji arrived on the frozen plain, where Bi Ji used her healing Soul Power to protect them from the cold.
• Lu Yuan summoned Little Snow Empress, who released her aura to locate Ice Empress.
• Ice Empress sensed Snow Empress's aura in the Ice Palace and angrily accused her of coming to toy with her again.

The Ice Empress rushed to the snowy plains after sensing the Snow Empress's aura and was overjoyed to find her alive. After learning what had happened to her, the Ice Empress realized the Snow Empress had chosen to stay with Lu Yuan, leaving her bitter and jealous.

• The Ice Empress recalled how Tian Meng had deceived her months earlier and escaped with Huo Yuhao.
• The Ice Empress followed the Snow Empress's aura to the snowy plains and embraced the returned Snow Empress.
• The Snow Empress asked about the Extreme North, and the Ice Empress admitted she had missed her.
• The Snow Empress explained how humans had captured and changed her, and the Ice Empress cursed them for it.
• The Snow Empress told the Ice Empress that she willingly chose to cultivate alongside Lu Yuan and trust him.
• The Ice Empress accepted that the Snow Empress would remain with Lu Yuan and bitterly blamed him for taking the life she had hoped to share with her.

Lu Yuan asked Ice Empress to become a Soul Ring for Snow Empress, and Ice Empress agreed after securing conditions that would let her retain her consciousness and stay with Snow Empress. Lu Yuan then revealed that he had found at least forty pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year-Profound Ice Marrow, and the group prepared to go see them.

• Ice Empress brought Snow Empress, Lu Yuan, and Bi Ji back to the Ice Palace and eagerly embraced Snow Empress.
• Lu Yuan asked Ice Empress to sacrifice herself as a Soul Ring for Snow Empress, leaving Bi Ji stunned when Ice Empress considered the request instead of getting angry.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress not to force herself, but Ice Empress became tempted by the prospect of remaining beside her and agreed after Lu Yuan promised to support the Extreme North.
• Ice Empress demanded that she retain her complete consciousness, be able to leave Lu Yuan's body, and live with Snow Empress after the sacrifice; Lu Yuan accepted all three conditions.
• Lu Yuan revealed that he had found at least forty pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year-Profound Ice Marrow, and Ice Empress urged him to take them there.

Lu Yuan, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress entered Earth Dragon Gate to find the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Cave beneath its cold pool. They broke through a stone wall at the bottom of the pool, revealing an opening.

• Lu Yuan told Ice Empress to reserve the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow for her clan before sharing the rest with other Soul Beasts of the Extreme North.
• Lu Yuan led Bi Ji, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress to Earth Dragon Gate in Dragon City, where Nan Shuishui agreed to show them the cold pool.
• Bi Ji stayed behind to guard the entrance while Lu Yuan, Ice Empress, and Snow Empress jumped into the cold pool.
• Snow Empress found a likely entrance behind a stone wall, and Ice Empress shattered the wall with a punch.

The Ice Empress, Snow Empress, and Lu Yuan found and collected Ten-Thousand-Year-Profound Ice Marrow and Ice Extreme Divine Crystals in the Cold Pool Secret Realm. After returning to the Extreme North, Snow Empress distributed the marrow to strengthen its guardians, while Lu Yuan got Xiao Bai to call him Dad for a share.

• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress discovered an ice cave containing more than forty pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year-Profound Ice Marrow, and Lu Yuan asked the Ice Empress to collect the surrounding Ice Extreme Divine Crystals too.
• Nan Qiuqiu recognized Lu Yuan and showed him a wanted poster issued by Shrek Academy, but Nan Shuishui denied any intention of handing him over.
• Lu Yuan explained that he had killed an Evil Soul Master from Shrek Academy, and the group flew back to the Ice Palace in the Extreme North.
• Snow Empress allocated fifteen pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year-Profound Ice Marrow to the Ice Empress and eight for her clan, then gave six pieces to Ah Tai to cultivate.
• Lu Yuan teased Xiao Bai with a piece of marrow until Xiao Bai called him Dad, leaving Snow Empress stunned.

Snow Empress punished Xiao Bai for calling Lu Yuan Dad, then sent Xiao Bai back with eight Ten-Thousand-Year-Profound Ice Marrows and revealed she would leave the Extreme North to pursue godhood. Lu Yuan discussed his plans with Bi Ji and considered using earth veins to find Dragon Valley and interfere with Huo Yuhao’s future encounter in Star Dou.

• Snow Empress slapped Xiao Bai for blaming Lu Yuan, then declared that Xiao Bai and Lu Yuan were brothers and tried to make Lu Yuan call her Mom.
• Snow Empress told Xiao Bai she might leave the Extreme North to gamble on becoming a god, gave him eight Ten-Thousand-Year-Profound Ice Marrows, and sent him back to his den.
• Snow Empress carried the remaining eight Profound Ice Marrows into the Ice Palace to absorb them and strengthen herself and Lu Yuan.
• Lu Yuan found Bi Ji above the Ice Palace and explained that he had helped Ice Empress grow stronger for his own benefit and to earn their trust.
• Lu Yuan decided to search for ruins and treasures through the earth veins and wondered whether he could find Dragon Valley and surprise Huo Yuhao in Star Dou.

Lu Yuan confessed his feelings to Bi Ji beneath the aurora, and Snow Empress teased them before thanking him for helping the Extreme North. Ice Empress’s breakthrough triggered her Heavenly Tribulation, and she flew away from the Ice Palace to face it on an open ice plain.

• Lu Yuan held Bi Ji’s hand and told her his feelings were not diminished by their age difference, while Bi Ji struggled to respond.
• Bi Ji admitted she had always treated Lu Yuan as her younger brother, and Lu Yuan asked her to look at him differently.
• Snow Empress joined them and reported that Ice Empress was nearing a breakthrough after absorbing four Ten-Thousand-Year-Profound Ice Marrows.
• After two and a half hours, Ice Empress’s Heavenly Tribulation arrived, and Snow Empress asked Bi Ji to help if Ice Empress could not endure it.
• Ice Empress flew away from the Ice Palace to draw the Tribulation Clouds away, transformed into an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and prepared to face the tribulation.

The Ice Empress endured her four-hundred-thousand-year Heavenly Tribulation and recovered with Bi Ji's healing. After learning Lu Yuan had seven genuine blood-red Soul Rings and abundant treasures, she and the Snow Empress were stunned when he proposed raising her cultivation toward five hundred thousand years.

• The Ice Empress withstood the final bolt of her Heavenly Tribulation, surviving with a cracked shell and depleted Soul Power.
• Bi Ji healed the Ice Empress while Lu Yuan and the Snow Empress joined them, and the Ice Empress said her cultivation had passed four hundred thousand years.
• Lu Yuan showed the Ice Empress his seven blood-red Soul Rings, and Bi Ji confirmed they were real and that Lu Yuan had raised their ages himself.
• The Snow Empress reassured the Ice Empress that she still ranked second among Lu Yuan's Soul Rings, while the Ice Empress said nine pieces of Profound Ice Marrow remained and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass could help her.
• Lu Yuan proposed using the Snow Empress's four remaining pieces of Profound Ice Marrow and his Life Gold to push the Ice Empress toward five hundred thousand years, leaving both Empresses stunned.