Chapter Summaries

After Cao Xin led the Skysea Alliance to defeat Shrek in an exhibition match, Skysea City celebrated while his classmates wondered how Shrek would react. Dark Phoenix Leng Yulai became intrigued by Cao Xin and broke into his hotel room to meet him.

• Skysea City celebrated the Skysea Alliance's victory over Shrek, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan questioned Cao Xin about his abilities.
• Wu Changkong asked Cao Xin how he had joined the exhibition match, and Cao Xin said the Governor of Skysea had invited him.
• The group discussed Shrek's unprecedented loss, and Cao Xin told his classmates not to worry and to mind their own business.
• Holy Spirit Cult spies reported Cao Xin's victory to Leng Yulai, who ordered a subordinate to find Na Nali and investigate the Federation's destruction of the Cult's strongholds.
• Leng Yulai broke into Cao Xin's room through the window and told him he was more interesting than the report had suggested.

Cao Xin trapped Leng Yulai in his Within an Inch and killed the level ninety-seven Super Douluo with his Heartbreak soul skill. The blank space vanished, leaving Cao Xin back in the room.

• Leng Yulai invited Cao Xin to join the Holy Spirit Cult, but he created a white void with Within an Inch.
• Cao Xin drew the Sentimental Sword and revealed that he was a nine-year-old Six-Ring Soul Emperor.
• Cao Xin used Heartbreak to force Leng Yulai to relive her painful memories of Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu.
• Cao Xin pierced Leng Yulai's chest while she was overwhelmed by sorrow, and she dissipated into dark red light.
• Cao Xin ended Within an Inch, and the room's shattered window and moonlight returned.

Cao Xin’s power erased the evidence of the previous night’s battle while Skysea’s authorities concealed what had happened. Wu Changkong learned that Long Yeyue had signed off on the academy’s actions against Cao Xin, but he remained determined to protect his student; the Skysea Grand Tournament later ended with Cao Xin winning every Soul Master championship.

• Cao Xin used [Set Facts Aside] to erase the fact that Leng Yulai had shattered the glass, while the battle remained unknown to the guests.
• Skysea’s upper ranks suppressed investigations into Cao Xin and treated the incident as though it had never happened.
• Wu Changkong tried to confront Skysea Tower, but Shen Yi stopped him and gave him a letter bearing Long Yeyue’s signature.
• Wu Changkong vowed to protect Cao Xin and turned to face Long Yeyue despite Shen Yi’s warning that he could not change her decision.
• Several days later, the Skysea Grand Tournament ended, and Cao Xin’s name appeared as the champion in every Soul Master event.

Tang Wulin and his friends celebrated Cao Xin’s Skysea Grand Tournament victory, while Long Yeyue vowed to kill him herself. Cao Xin trapped Shrek’s defeated students and Shen Yi in a peach grove and began killing them, leaving Shen Yi confronting him after all but one student had fallen.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie celebrated their championship with their friends on the ride back.
• Long Yeyue learned Cao Xin had won every championship and decided to use her own methods to kill him.
• Shrek’s seven students and Shen Yi returned by train in silence, grieving their defeat.
• Cao Xin drew the Shrek group into a peach grove and declared he preferred to pull weeds out by the roots.
• Cao Xin killed the students one by one as Shen Yi searched for him among the blossoms.
• Shen Yi asked Cao Xin why he was killing students, and Cao Xin replied that they were all the same.

Cao Xin killed the remaining members of Shrek Academy’s team on the train before entering Long Yeyue’s room to kill her. Their fight began inside his self-created soul skill, and Long Yeyue attacked first as Cao Xin vanished into a blizzard.

• Cao Xin killed Xu Lizhi after Xu revealed that Old Long had ordered him to approach Ye Xinglan and had sent Lan Muzi to the Tang Sect.
• The peach grove illusion ended, and the train continued toward Shrek City with the seats where the team had sat empty.
• Cao Xin entered Long Yeyue’s room on Sea God Island using his self-created soul skill, Within an Inch, and told her he had come to kill her.
• Long Yeyue transformed with her Bright Holy Dragon Martial Soul and launched a sudden claw attack at Cao Xin.
• Cao Xin used Winter to disappear into a blizzard, then used Autumn to turn the snow into swirling leaves that Long Yeyue dispelled as she attacked his voice.

Cao Xin killed Long Yeyue after overcoming her light-and-dark powers, then returned to Tang Sect Headquarters and told Zang Xin he planned to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Zang Xin accepted his decision and let him go on his own.

• Cao Xin used the Four Seasons Cycle and twin swords to pierce Long Yeyue, who died thinking of Chen Xinjie.
• Cao Xin left the battlefield and returned to Tang Sect Headquarters late at night.
• Zang Xin confirmed that Long Yeyue was dead and recalled that he had planned to confront her over targeting Cao Xin.
• Cao Xin told Zang Xin he wanted to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Zang Xin agreed to let him go alone.

Cao Xin went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate and advance his comprehension of Destiny Law. Aromatic Silk Beauty tried to keep him away from the core region, but Cao Xin became more determined to stay.

• Cao Xin arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found Aromatic Silk Beauty waiting by the shore.
• Cao Xin explained that his comprehension of Destiny Law had stalled and that he wanted to cultivate in the treasured land.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty realized Cao Xin might discover the Dragon Kings' remains and Dragon Souls beneath the well, and urgently told him not to stay.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty tried to redirect Cao Xin to other Tang Sect cultivation rooms, but Cao Xin said his reaction made him want to stay even more.
• Cao Xin walked toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Aromatic Silk Beauty watched helplessly, afraid to reveal the secret or confront him.

Cao Xin spent over a year cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, awakening the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Dragon Souls and reaching Soul Power Rank 70. The six Kings of Immortal Herbs confronted him over their lost chance at freedom, but his Dragon Souls shattered their attack.

• Cao Xin meditated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for more than a year while the Aromatic Silk Beauty and the other Kings of Immortal Herbs watched him and considered killing him.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ Dragon Souls emerged and circled Cao Xin, who awakened with Soul Power Rank 70 and gained control of them and their understanding of ice and fire.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty accused Cao Xin of taking the Dragon Souls and destroying the herbs’ hopes of escaping the Tang Sect.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot, Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Dark Jade Divine Bamboo, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Earth Dragon Golden Melon joined the Aromatic Silk Beauty in threatening Cao Xin and demanding the Dragon Souls.
• Cao Xin said the Dragon Souls had submitted by their own choice, then rose as they released a ring of ice-and-fire light that shattered the six Kings’ encircling forces.

Cao Xin used the two Dragon Souls to defeat the six Kings of Immortal Herbs after they tried to kill him, then absorbed four of the Soul Bones they left behind. He returned to the Tang Sect and learned that two years had passed while he cultivated, leaving him to consider the timing of Tang Wulin and the others joining Shrek Academy.

• Aromatic Silk Beauty and the other Immortal Herbs attacked Cao Xin, but the two Dragon Souls protected him.
• Cao Xin created the Within an Inch space, restoring the Dragon Souls' Divine Official-level power and forcing the six Kings of Immortal Herbs to kneel.
• Aromatic Silk Beauty begged Cao Xin to spare them, but he refused after they had tried to kill him.
• The six Kings of Immortal Herbs launched a desperate attack, and the Dragon Kings killed them, leaving six Soul Bones.
• Cao Xin fused four Soul Bones and stored the other two before Within an Inch dissipated.
• Cao Xin returned to the Tang Sect, where Zang Xin told him he had cultivated for two years.

Cao Xin learned that Yun Ming wanted him to join Shrek Academy, and Zang Xin encouraged him to go, promising Yun Ming would look after him. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin and his companions arrived in Shrek City, where Tang Wulin continued to miss Cao Xin as they prepared to enter the academy.

• Zang Xin told Cao Xin that Yun Ming hoped he would join Shrek Academy, despite Cao Xin having killed several people connected to it.
• Zang Xin advised Cao Xin to go, saying Yun Ming would watch over him and that Cao Xin could handle himself.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, and Wu Changkong arrived in Shrek City by train.
• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie that he missed Cao Xin, and Xie Xie encouraged him to keep working hard so he would not fall behind.
• Wu Changkong took the group to a modest hotel near the train station, where Tang Wulin looked toward Shrek Academy and renewed his resolve.

Tang Wulin reunited with Cao Xin at Shrek Academy after two years apart, while Cao Xin’s strength astonished Yun Ming in a spar. Yun Ming began asking Cao Xin about the Blood God Legion and whether he wanted to help his eldest father there.

• Tang Wulin reminisced about his journey to Shrek and the person who was missing, then spotted Cao Xin by Sea God Lake and ran to greet him.
• Cao Xin told Tang Wulin he was not in the Outer Court, and Tang Wulin resolved to work hard until he could reach the Inner Court.
• The next day, Cao Xin sparred with Yun Ming and fought the Peak Quasi-God to a draw.
• Yun Ming admitted Cao Xin’s remarkable ability had defeated his hopes of naturally making him a disciple, then asked whether Cao Xin would help ease his eldest father’s burden in the Blood God Legion.

Yun Ming left Shrek Academy to pursue battle and appointed eleven-year-old Cao Xin acting Sea God Pavilion Master. News of Cao Xin’s new position spread across the Federation, while Tang Wulin and his classmates reacted with disbelief and renewed determination.

• Yun Ming appointed Cao Xin acting Sea God Pavilion Master and flew away from Sea God Island to seek a real fight.
• News of Cao Xin’s appointment and Yun Ming’s departure spread across the Federation, and Zang Xin visited Cao Xin at Shrek Academy.
• Tang Wulin found a newspaper announcing Cao Xin’s appointment and showed it to Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Gu Yue reflected on Cao Xin’s rise, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie resolved to work harder.

Ghost Emperor ordered Dark Blood Demon and hundreds of Evil Soul Masters to attack Shrek City, believing the academy was vulnerable without Yun Ming. Cao Xin sensed their infiltration and appeared above the gathered attackers as golden leaves swept across the night.

• Tang Wulin left class with Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan, his resolve strengthened.
• After reviewing reports about the Holy Spirit Cult’s setbacks and Shrek Academy’s upheaval, Ghost Emperor decided to investigate Shrek City and sent Dark Blood Demon with hundreds of Evil Soul Masters.
• The Evil Soul Masters infiltrated Shrek City through multiple routes and gathered outside Shrek Academy, planning to kill civilians before attacking the academy.
• Cao Xin sensed the attackers from Sea God Pavilion and vanished amid a flurry of golden leaves.
• Cao Xin appeared above the Evil Soul Masters on a sea of golden leaves and flicked one leaf across an attacker’s throat.

Cao Xin wiped out hundreds of Evil Soul Masters and defeated the Dark Blood Demon, who revealed that the Ghost Emperor had sent him to attack Shrek City. The Dark Blood Demon fled with Blood Escape, but Cao Xin sent the Ruthless Sword after him as it descended upon him on a distant mountain.

• Cao Xin purified an Evil Soul Master with a golden-red flash, then killed hundreds more with Myriad Swords Return to Clan.
• The Dark Blood Demon survived the sword rain with severe injuries, and Cao Xin asked who had sent him.
• The Dark Blood Demon named the Ghost Emperor and begged Cao Xin to spare his life in exchange for information.
• The Dark Blood Demon activated Blood Escape and fled a thousand li from Shrek City, while Cao Xin sent the Ruthless Sword after him.
• The Dark Blood Demon exhausted his strength on a desolate mountain ridge, and Cao Xin's flying sword descended through the clouds toward him.

Cao Xin silently killed the Dark Blood Demon and hundreds of Evil Soul Masters, leaving the Ghost Emperor fearful and plotting to rebuild his forces. Months later, Cao Xin led Tang Wulin and the others on a federal mission to the Star Luo Empire, and their ship departed from Skysea City.

• Cao Xin killed the Dark Blood Demon from thousands of miles away, and the Ghost Emperor learned that his forces had vanished without harming Shrek City.
• Months later, Cao Xin agreed to join the Federation's return visit to the Star Luo Empire and selected Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue for the mission, with Wu Changkong as their instructor.
• Cao Xin briefed the group at the Sea God Pavilion and said they would depart in a week, while Wu Changkong addressed his former student as Pavilion Master.
• At Skysea City, Pan Wen told Cao Xin that the Star Luo Mission wanted to hold exchanges and sparring sessions with Shrek Academy during the voyage, and Cao Xin agreed.
• Cao Xin and the others boarded the ocean liner, which departed for the distant horizon.

At the ocean liner’s ball, Tang Wulin was attacked and thrown from his balcony by Mu Ye, but Cao Xin caught him and confronted the Body Sect Master. Cao Xin wounded Mu Ye with a sword strike, leaving Mu Ye wary of the young Sea God Pavilion Master.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie sampled food at the ball while Xu Xiaoyan pulled them into a dance, and Gu Yue watched the sea.
• After the ball, Tang Wulin went onto his balcony, where Mu Ye seized his vital point and hurled him toward the sea.
• Cao Xin caught Tang Wulin and confronted Mu Ye for attacking someone from Shrek.
• Cao Xin summoned snow over the sea, startling Mu Ye with the scale of his power.
• Cao Xin struck Mu Ye with his sword and pierced his right hand, making Mu Ye realize why Yun Ming had chosen him as Sea God Pavilion Master.

Cao Xin defeated Mu Ye’s test and let Tang Wulin choose whether to train under him; Tang Wulin accepted and became Mu Ye’s disciple. A week later, a huge sea beast pack attacked the ships, led by the hundred-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark King and Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, leaving the Titled Douluo facing overwhelming odds at sea.

• Cao Xin stopped fighting Mu Ye, and Tang Wulin agreed to Mu Ye’s offer to help him grow stronger.
• Cao Xin tossed Tang Wulin to Mu Ye, who began training him while suppressing his screams so he would not wake the others.
• A week later, a powerful sea beast struck the ship, and Mu Ye warned everyone to stay aboard and identified a massive Demon Soul Great White Shark pack.
• Mu Ye told Tang Wulin that the pack’s arrival was likely connected to the Demon Soul Great White Sharks they had faced the previous day.
• Four Titled Douluo flew out to confront the attackers, but the Demon Soul Great White Shark King and Deep Sea Demonic Whale King surfaced with more than a thousand sea beasts.

A Ferocious Beast joined the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Soul Great White Shark King in attacking the fleet, forcing Mu Ye and the other experts into battle. As the ships struggled to hold off the Sea Soul Beasts, Cao Xin appeared at the bow, drawing the attention of both sides.

• Mu Ye joined the human fighters, but a Ferocious Beast emerged from the sea and transformed into a gigantic purple octopus.
• The Ferocious Beast and the two Sea Soul Beasts launched an assault, and Mu Ye flew to fight the octopus while the fleet fired its Soul Guidance Cannons.
• The other human experts split up to fight the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Soul Great White Shark King as the ships' defenses endured the siege.
• Xie Xie worried that the humans might lose, but Tang Wulin insisted Cao Xin was still there and recalled Cao Xin wounding Mu Ye with one sword strike.
• Cao Xin appeared at the bow, and the humans and Sea Soul Beasts alike turned their attention to him.

Cao Xin froze the sea across a thousand miles, forcing the marine soul beasts to retreat and revealing his overwhelming strength to the ships’ passengers. Afterward, leaders from the Federation and Star Luo missions visited him to express their gratitude and respect.

• Cao Xin used Frozen Thousand Miles to freeze the sea and restrain the giant octopus, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and the Demon Soul Great White Shark King.
• Mu Ye and the others watched in astonishment as Cao Xin’s ice halted the marine soul beasts and lodged the two ships in the frozen sea.
• Cao Xin asked the giant octopus if it still wanted to fight, and the creature ordered the marine soul beasts to retreat.
• Tang Wulin and the Shrek Academy team watched Cao Xin return, while Gu Yue wondered how he could possess such immense power.
• Pan Wen and the person in charge of the Star Luo Mission visited Cao Xin and thanked him for protecting them.

After arriving on Star Luo Continent, Cao Xin declined to take charge of the diplomatic itinerary and found that Sima Lanxiao abandoned plans to invite Shrek Academy to a tournament. The Federal Mission then traveled by Soul Guidance Train toward Star Luo City, where Sima introduced local customs to the passengers.

• Cao Xin turned away visitors who wanted to discuss politics during the voyage.
• The Star Luo Continent mission disbanded after the welcoming ceremony, and Pan Wen presented Cao Xin with the Federal Mission's itinerary.
• Sima Lanxiao visited Cao Xin but chose not to invite the Shrek students to the empire's youth tournament.
• The Federal Mission boarded a special Soul Guidance Train and traveled inland toward Star Luo City.
• Sima Lanxiao described Star Luo Continent's customs and culture to the passengers.