Chapter Summaries

Zang Xin offered Ye Xinglan a place in the Tang Sect as Cao Xin’s sword attendant, and she accepted despite Cao Xin’s objections. As they prepared to leave, Cai Yue'er confronted them over a Shrek teacher’s death and demanded that Zang Xin apologize.

• Zang Xin offered Ye Xinglan inner-disciple treatment in the Tang Sect if she served as Cao Xin’s sword attendant, and Ye Xinglan accepted.
• Cao Xin objected to the arrangement, but Ye Xinglan followed him and Zang Xin as they set out.
• Cai Yue'er blocked their path after Xu Lizhi arrived and accused Cao Xin and Zang Xin of killing Teacher Wang.
• Cai Yue'er invoked Zang Xin’s responsibility for a Shrek teacher’s death and demanded an apology, offering leniency because of Cao Dezhi.

Cai Yue'er demanded that Zang Xin apologize, but he slapped her with spiritual power after she refused to move. Yun Ming arrived and ordered Cai Yue'er back to the outer court, leaving him to settle the matter with Zang Xin.

• Cai Yue'er refused Zang Xin's order to move and demanded an apology, so Zang Xin struck her with a slap formed from spiritual power.
• Cai Yue'er screamed that Zang Xin had insulted Shrek and threatened him.
• Yun Ming arrived from Sea God Island and recognized that Cai Yue'er had made a grave mistake by provoking Zang Xin.
• Zang Xin watched Yun Ming expectantly, while Yun Ming told Cai Yue'er to return to the outer court.

Yun Ming punished Cai Yue'er for her arrogant behavior and negotiated compensation with Zang Xin. Zang Xin accepted a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone plus resources to increase its age, and left with Cao Xin and Ye Xinglan.

• Zang Xin mocked Cai Yue'er, and Yun Ming confined her for ten years and reassigned the Outer Court's affairs.
• Yun Ming offered the Tang Sect three Golden Ancient Tree slots, but Zang Xin refused the offer as insufficient.
• Yun Ming offered a fifty-thousand-year right arm Soul Bone, which Zang Xin also rejected as too low.
• Yun Ming agreed to provide the Soul Bone and cover the resources needed to increase its age, and Zang Xin accepted.
• Zang Xin left with Cao Xin and Ye Xinglan after Yun Ming thanked him.

Cao Xin learned about the risks of Soul Bone Age-Enhancement Technology, while Zang Xin vowed to kill Cai Yue'er to protect him. Cai Yue'er secretly left Shrek Academy and recruited a Shrek Inspection Corps squad to target Cao Xin, setting her plan in motion.

• Zang Xin explained that the Spirit Pagoda's experimental Soul Bone Age-Enhancement Technology had a failure rate and consumed considerable resources.
• Cao Xin asked about Cai Yue'er, and Zang Xin said she would have to die because she might target Cao Xin in retaliation.
• Zang Xin reassured Cao Xin that he and Cao Dezhi would protect him, and Cao Xin felt moved by his Second Dad's care.
• Cai Yue'er secretly left Shrek Academy, resolved to make Zang Xin suffer by killing Cao Xin, and avoided acting personally to hide her involvement.
• Cai Yue'er went to one of Shrek's outer bases and approached a seven-member Shrek Inspection Corps squad led by a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.

Cai Yue'er ordered the Shrek Inspection Corps to kill Cao Xin under a false pretext, while Cao Xin decided to leave Tang Sect headquarters to seek insight for his Sword Intent. Zang Xin approved the trip and gave him a special communicator so his Eldest Dad could come to his aid.

• Cai Yue'er gave the Inspection Corps a photograph of Cao Xin and ordered them to claim he was linked to Evil Soul Masters before killing him.
• The Inspection Corps accepted the order without protest, treating the planned killing as routine.
• Cao Xin told Zang Xin he wanted to travel because his Sword Intent had stalled and he needed new experiences.
• Zang Xin approved Cao Xin's plan, relying on his Three-Ring Soul Elder cultivation and combat strength.
• Zang Xin gave Cao Xin a special soul-guidance communicator to contact his Eldest Dad in an emergency.

Cao Xin left Shrek City to cultivate his Sword Intent in a forest, where the Shrek Inspection Corps found him and planned to kill him for a reward. As a Five-Ring Soul King approached, Cao Xin sensed her killing intent and vanished amid a storm of leaves.

• Zang Xin left Tang Sect headquarters to discuss raising the age limit of a Fifty-Thousand-Year Right Arm Soul Bone with Qian Gu Dongfeng.
• Cao Xin traveled to a forest, where the rhythms of nature helped his summer, autumn, and winter Sword Intents grow.
• The seven members of the Shrek Inspection Corps located Cao Xin with Cai Yue'er's help and agreed to carry out her assignment for the promised rewards.
• A Five-Ring Soul King volunteered to approach Cao Xin while the other six members watched from a distance.
• Cao Xin sensed the woman's greed and killing intent, then disappeared as wind swept leaves into the air around him.

Cao Xin used the forest, steeped in his will, to ambush and kill a squad of Soul Masters. The captain and vice-captain were left alone in the darkness, unable to find their attacker.

• Cao Xin killed Changqing with a single strike from his Deep Winter Sword Intent.
• After Changqing failed to return, the six squad members set out to investigate and realized they had heard no sign of a fight.
• Cao Xin unleashed darkness and snow across the forest, cutting off the squad’s vision and swallowing their Soul Power light.
• Cao Xin silently killed four more squad members, leaving only the captain and vice-captain alive.
• The captain and vice-captain unleashed their martial souls and area attacks, but they could not locate Cao Xin or stop their teammates from dying.

Cao Xin killed the Shrek Inspection Corps members who had come after him, then pursued the captain as he fled into the wilderness. The captain barely escaped Cao Xin’s first attack, only to see him descend through the air on the wind.

• Cao Xin questioned the vice-captain about the attempted assassination and struck him with his Deep Winter Sword Intent, leaving him near death.
• The captain transformed into a Wind Demon Bird and fled, while Cao Xin used [Alchemy Furnace] to turn the fallen attackers into five Upgrade Pills.
• Cao Xin chose not to consume the pills and rode the wind after the captain.
• After flying through the wilderness, the captain landed in a barren mountain range and prepared to contact Cai Yue'er.
• Cao Xin attacked from the breeze, and the captain narrowly dodged his sword before watching him descend on invisible steps of wind.

After learning that Cai Yue'er had sent assassins after him, Cao Xin summoned Zang Xin, and Cao Dezhi arrived to take control of the situation. They brought the captured captain to Sea God Island, where Cao Dezhi demanded that Cai Yue'er come out.

• The kneeling captain told Cao Xin that Elder Cai had sent the attackers.
• Cao Xin called Zang Xin and reported that someone had tried to kill him; the world briefly warped as Zang Xin responded.
• Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin arrived, and Cao Dezhi subdued the captain with his Peak Quasi-God aura before identifying him as part of the Shrek Inspection Corps.
• Cao Dezhi took the captain through a rift, and Zang Xin brought Cao Xin to Sea God Island.
• Cao Dezhi's arrival suppressed the island's Titled Douluos and Super Douluos, and he demanded that Cai Yue'er come out.
• Yun Ming emerged from the Sea God Pavilion, and Cao Dezhi repeated his demand for Cai Yue'er.

Cao Dezhi confronted Yun Ming after learning Cai Yue'er had sent the Shrek Inspection Corps to kill Cao Xin, and Yun Ming realized Long Yeyue had likely helped Cai Yue'er escape confinement. Cao Dezhi refused to back down, and Long Yeyue arrived as Cai Yue'er invoked her status as a Shrek elder.

• Cao Dezhi told Yun Ming that Cai Yue'er had sent members of the Shrek Inspection Corps to kill Cao Xin, and that his hidden safeguard had protected the child.
• Yun Ming realized Long Yeyue was the only person who could have secretly released Cai Yue'er and erased the traces, leaving him torn between his captain and his teacher's widow.
• Cao Dezhi warned Yun Ming not to interfere and said that he and Zang Xin would not let the matter end easily; Yun Ming stepped aside, knowing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could reach the Divine Realm.
• Cao Dezhi called Cai Yue'er out of the Sea God Pavilion, and she emerged and argued that killing her would betray Shrek and its teachings.
• Cao Dezhi mocked Cai Yue'er's appeal to her elder status, and Long Yeyue arrived and asked whether her own word carried weight.

Cao Dezhi revealed that Cai Yue'er had tried to kill his biological son, Cao Xin, prompting Long Yeyue to withdraw rather than oppose Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin. Cao Xin then challenged Cai Yue'er to endure three sword strikes, leaving Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin worried as he asked them to trust him.

• Cao Dezhi declared that he would not let anyone stop him after Cai Yue'er tried to kill his son, and Yun Ming confirmed that Cao Xin was his biological child.
• Cai Yue'er panicked when she realized she had targeted Cao Dezhi's only heir, while Long Yeyue decided not to interfere.
• Cai Yue'er urged the elders to defend Shrek's ten thousand years of glory, stirring their loyalty to Shrek Academy.
• Cao Xin stepped forward and challenged Cai Yue'er to take one sword strike, then agreed when she offered to withstand three.
• Cao Xin told Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin to trust him as they expressed concern about his challenge.

Cao Xin used his Four Seasons Cycle Sword Intent to unleash three strikes against Cai Yue'er, revealing that he had touched the Time Law and overwhelming her defenses. His final Mental Shockwave struck her spirit directly, leaving her badly injured and motionless.

• Cao Dezhi, Zang Xin, and Yun Ming agreed to let Cao Xin make his three strikes, while planning to deal with Cai Yue'er afterward.
• Cao Xin used the power of summer, autumn, and winter to create spring, forming a Four Seasons Cycle that revealed his grasp of the Time Law.
• Cao Xin's first sword strike drew power from the Golden Ancient Tree and forced Cai Yue'er to summon her martial soul and unleash her full strength.
• Cao Xin's Sentimental Sword shattered Cai Yue'er's crescent-moon defense with his second strike.
• Cao Xin used Mental Shockwave and Set Facts Aside to bypass Cai Yue'er's spiritual defenses, blasting into her sea of spirit and leaving her bleeding and motionless.

Cao Xin killed Sea God Pavilion Elder Cai Yue'er with his swords, leaving the Elders stunned and Yun Ming unable to explain how the boy had overcome such a vast cultivation gap. Cao Dezhi declared the matter wiped clean, while the Elders began to suspect Cao Xin had inherited both Cao Dezhi's and Zang Xin's mutated martial souls.

• Cao Xin's Ruthless Sword and Sentimental Sword pierced Cai Yue'er, killing her before she could summon her Battle Armor.
• The Elders realized the Golden Ancient Tree had blessed Cao Xin's Sword Intent, and one Elder noted that Cao Xin's abilities showed he had forged his own path.
• The Elders recognized Cao Xin possessed both the Ruthless Sword and Sentimental Sword, then speculated that he was the biological son of Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin.
• Cao Dezhi praised Cao Xin, and Zang Xin patted his shoulder before Cao Dezhi told Yun Ming to wipe the matter clean.
• Yun Ming reviewed the fight and wondered how Cai Yue'er had died, unaware that Cao Xin's abilities had let him suppress her beyond the limits of ordinary cultivation.

After Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin left, Yun Ming explained to the Shrek Academy elders that Cao Xin was their child, conceived through the power of Qiankun Wenqing Valley. The elders left eager to share the revelation, while Long Yeyue hurried away after they speculated about her romantic history.

• Cao Dezhi teleported away with Zang Xin and Cao Xin, leaving the Shrek Inspection Corps captain to await judgment.
• The elders surrounded Yun Ming and asked why Cao Xin possessed both the Ruthless Sword and Sentimental Sword Martial Souls.
• Yun Ming revealed that Cao Xin was the child of Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin, and said his birth involved Qiankun Wenqing Valley.
• The elders discussed whether Qiankun Wenqing Valley could grant them cultivation benefits and learned that rewards required youth and romantic entanglements.
• The elders turned their attention to Long Yeyue, who denied having romantic entanglements and hurried toward the Sea God Pavilion.
• The elders departed excitedly, carrying the secret of Cao Xin's parentage with them.

After killing Cai Yue'er, Cao Xin reached level forty-nine, gained fourth soul rings, and comprehended two paths toward immortality along with a Self-Created Soul Skill. While traveling by train to cultivate through worldly experience, he confronted a disguised Evil Soul Master and isolated them both in a blank white space.

• Yun Ming worried that the captain would punish him for revealing Cao Xin's background.
• Half a month later, Cao Xin reflected aboard a soul guidance train on the Ruthless Path and the Path of Seven Emotions that he had comprehended after killing Cai Yue'er.
• Cao Xin used an Upgrade Pill to reach level forty-nine, then obtained fourth soul rings for both martial souls.
• Cao Xin boarded the train to pursue worldly cultivation, knowing the Holy Spirit Cult would target it.
• An Evil Soul Master shed his disguise and prepared to unleash resentful spirits on the passengers.
• Cao Xin stood and used a Self-Created Soul Skill to separate himself and the Evil Soul Master from the train in an endless white space.

Cao Xin trapped the Evil Soul Master in his spiritual domain, where his peach blossoms purified the Wraiths and destroyed their master. The domain faded, the passengers remained unaware of what had happened, and the train arrived at the station an hour later.

• Cao Xin isolated himself and the Evil Soul Master within his spiritual domain, cutting them off from the train and its passengers.
• The Evil Soul Master attacked Cao Xin with Wraiths, but Cao Xin's spiritual power resisted their shrieks.
• Cao Xin summoned a peach tree and sent its blossoms pouring toward the Evil Soul Master.
• The peach blossoms purified hundreds of Wraiths, whose souls returned to heaven and earth.
• The peach blossoms overwhelmed the weakened Evil Soul Master, and he vanished as Cao Xin's domain dispersed.
• The train passengers continued unaware of the battle, and the train arrived at the station an hour later.

Cao Xin escaped notice when the Federation Public Security Bureau searched the train for an Evil Soul Master, then spent half a month eliminating Holy Spirit Cult members. He chose a Heaven Dou City stronghold guarded by a Super Douluo as his next target, hoping to break through his comprehension bottleneck.

• The Federation Public Security Bureau team searched the train for an Evil Soul Master, but found the carriage empty after Cao Xin had already slipped away.
• Na Nali grew furious as Holy Spirit Cult members blamed her for the deaths of more than half the Evil Soul Masters sent on missions.
• Cao Xin arrived outside Na Nali’s stronghold after eliminating numerous Evil Soul Masters and learning the locations of several Holy Spirit Cult bases.
• Cao Xin chose to challenge the stronghold’s Super Douluo guard to force a breakthrough in his comprehension, trusting that his old man could save him if he faced mortal danger.
• Cao Xin considered how Upgrade Pills could rapidly raise cultivation, but noted that using them to force godhood would require mass slaughter and produce weak gods.

Cao Xin entered an Evil Soul Master stronghold, where Jia Seven and Jia Eight tried to claim him as prey. He killed them and then slew nearly a hundred Evil Soul Masters gathered underground with a single sword strike.

• Jia Seven and Jia Eight argued over whether to take Cao Xin’s soul or body after spotting him outside the general store.
• Cao Xin killed Jia Seven and Jia Eight with the Ruthless Sword and turned their corpses into Upgrade Pills using [Alchemy Furnace].
• Cao Xin entered the underground hall and found dozens of Evil Soul Masters drinking and playing cards.
• The Evil Soul Masters rushed at Cao Xin, believing he was easy prey.
• Cao Xin used Sword Flash Across Nineteen Continents to kill nearly a hundred Evil Soul Masters with one strike.

Cao Xin defeated Na Nali’s mental and alluring attacks, then wounded her with his sword. Na Nali recognized his extraordinary emotional power as she retreated, while Cao Xin reflected on the limits of his still-incomplete Life-and-Death Power.

• Cao Xin recalled the Ruthless Sword and used [Alchemy Furnace] to consume the corpses and produce enough Upgrade Pills to bring his total above a thousand.
• Na Nali arrived, suspected a hidden expert was behind the deaths, and attacked Cao Xin with the mental power of her silver bells.
• Cao Xin resisted Na Nali’s mental assault and countered her allurement with the sorrowful Power of the Seven Emotions.
• Cao Xin struck Na Nali with the Ruthless Sword, unleashing the Four Seasons Cycle and his initial Life-and-Death Power.
• Na Nali broke free of her sorrow, retreated in pain and disbelief, and admitted that Cao Xin had made her see him in a new light.

Cao Xin saw through Na Nali’s crude charm, then wounded her twice with the Ruthless Sword as she attacked. Na Nali fled, but Cao Xin pursued her using his newly created Windwalking skill, and he resolved to develop a control-type Self-Created Soul Skill after catching her.

• Cao Xin reflected that powerful soul masters often relied on Self-Created Soul Skills, while most people still pursued powerful soul rings.
• Na Nali gave up trying to question Cao Xin and attacked him with a surge of Soul Power.
• Cao Xin pierced Na Nali’s waist with the Ruthless Sword, and she used the strike’s force to escape.
• Cao Xin pursued Na Nali by riding the wind with his newly created Windwalking skill, while she repeatedly failed to shake him or harm him.
• Cao Xin realized he lacked control and restraint skills and planned to create one after dealing with Na Nali; his Upgrade Pills helped him restore Soul Power during the chase.