Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• At Shrek Academy’s Sutra Repository, Long Yeyue and the Sea God Pavilion Elders discover that the Body Sect’s Secret Method has vanished. The Elders fear its absence will disrupt students’ cultivation and damage the academy’s efforts to train new powerhouses.
• Long Yeyue suspects the manuals have returned to the Body Sect because Lin Fan’s changes to history prevented the sect’s destruction. She declares that Shrek should take them back, insisting that the manuals belong to the academy because they were kept there.
• The Elders warn that raiding the Body Sect could trigger a major conflict and harm Shrek’s reputation. Long Yeyue ignores them and flies off alone. The others decide to inform Pavilion Master Bei Shou’en and leave him to deal with his wife’s actions.
• At the Body Sect, Mu Ye discovers the complete Secret Method in an old box in the Library Pavilion. Delighted, he summons the sect’s leaders. The Elders celebrate the recovery of an inheritance they have sought for generations, crediting Lin Fan’s alterations to history.
• At the Leng Family residence, the family head finds an unexpected scroll in the Storage Room and recognizes it as the Body Sect’s Secret Method, raising the question of why it has appeared there too.

Character developments and interactions

• Long Yeyue is forceful and impulsive: she treats Shrek’s possession of the manuals as proof of ownership and is willing to risk confrontation to reclaim them. The Elders’ concerns cannot restrain her.
• The Sea God Pavilion Elders share her anger at first but become anxious about the political and reputational consequences. They avoid following her and plan to alert Bei Shou’en instead.
• Mu Ye shifts from his Mecha research to the discovery of the inheritance. His excitement reflects how important the Secret Method is to the Body Sect.
• The Body Sect Elders react with relief and deep emotion, seeing the manuals’ return as a chance to preserve lives and restore their tradition.
• The Leng Family head encounters the same unexpected inheritance, complicating the apparent return of the manuals to the Body Sect.

Significant themes

• History and its consequences: Lin Fan’s changes to the past appear to have altered where the Secret Method is found in the present.
• Ownership and entitlement: Long Yeyue’s claim that the manuals belong to Shrek clashes with the Body Sect’s view of them as its lost inheritance.
• Tradition and survival: The Body Sect’s leaders believe the complete method will strengthen the sect and reduce future deaths.
• Political risk: Long Yeyue’s unilateral approach threatens to turn a dispute over the manuals into an inter-sect conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Fan reviews the Hidden Azure Pavilion’s roster and is pleased with its loyal, capable members, though he recognizes the young organization still lacks the deep resources of the continent’s greatest powers.
• He gathers the pavilion’s Soul King–level and stronger fighters to announce custom One-Word Battle Armor, which can raise a Soul King’s combat ability to roughly that of a Soul Sage.
• Ling Luochen demonstrates the armor’s effect: her Ultimate Ice attack becomes dramatically more powerful while she wears it. The gathered fighters are convinced and pledge their loyalty to Lin Fan and the pavilion.
• Leng Yaozhu discovers that schematics for Two-Word Battle Armor, along with several Soul Tools, have mysteriously appeared in her Storage Soul Tool. The plans belonged to her father and could help the pavilion grow much stronger.
• When Yaozhu blurts out, “I have it,” Ling Luochen misunderstands her to mean she is carrying Lin Fan’s child. Lin Fan prompts Yaozhu to clarify, and she explains the schematics’ sudden appearance.

Character developments

• Lin Fan shows himself as a practical, attentive leader: he rewards loyalty, plans individualized armor, and understands how easily Yaozhu’s words could be misconstrued.
• The pavilion’s fighters grow more confident and enthusiastic about serving the organization after seeing the armor’s power.
• Leng Yaozhu moves from excitement over a technological breakthrough to embarrassment at the misunderstanding; privately, she admits she would not mind having Lin Fan’s child.
• Ling Luochen reveals her romantic feelings for Lin Fan and her insecurity about Yaozhu’s closeness to him, though her distress comes from a comic misunderstanding.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and leadership: Lin Fan values dependable service over innate talent and earns the fighters’ wholehearted commitment.
• Technology empowering strength: Battle Armor lets Soul Masters bridge major gaps in combat power.
• Advancement and inheritance: The newly discovered Two-Word Battle Armor schematics offer the pavilion a chance to progress beyond its current limits.
• Romantic jealousy and misunderstanding: A brief, ambiguous remark sparks Ling Luochen’s mistaken belief that Yaozhu is pregnant.

Character interactions

• Lin Fan demonstrates the armor through Ling Luochen, then personally gathers information to tailor armor to each fighter.
• The fighters respond to Lin Fan’s investment in them with a collective oath of loyalty.
• Leng Yaozhu and Ling Luochen share excitement at first, but Yaozhu’s ambiguous announcement makes Luochen jealous and heartbroken. Lin Fan recognizes the confusion and asks Yaozhu to explain, restoring clarity—though Yaozhu’s private romantic hopes remain.

Plot and events

• Lin Fan reviews Leng Yaozhu’s Two-Word Battle Armor designs and thanks her, saying they will speed up his research. He plans to finish everyone’s One-Word Battle Armor before turning to the new designs.
• Leng Yaozhu confirms the armor should suit her, though it will need adjustments to fit her. She says she can already use Two-Word Battle Armor and that it could raise her strength to Soul Douluo level.
• Ling Luochen is impressed but notices Lin Fan and Leng Yaozhu seem to share information she does not know. She chooses not to question them. Xiao Xiao also feels envious, but Lin Fan reassures her that her Twin Martial Souls give her plenty of potential.
• Lin Fan returns to forging armor tailored to each person’s Martial Soul and fighting style. Leng Yaozhu continues trying to understand how the design drawings appeared inside her Storage Soul Tool.
• Ten thousand years later, Long Yeyue wonders where the drawings came from, but assumes Leng Yaozhu may simply have overlooked them.
• Long Yeyue reaches the Body Sect and demands that its members hand over a “Body Sect Secret Method,” insisting it belongs to Shrek Academy. The sect’s leaders are confused and angered by her accusation.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Fan acts as a supportive, hands-on leader, encouraging Xiao Xiao while advancing his Battle Armor work.
• Leng Yaozhu is excited about using the Two-Word Battle Armor but remains puzzled by the mysterious drawings.
• Ling Luochen feels both admiration and curiosity about Leng Yaozhu and Lin Fan’s apparent secrets, yet respects their privacy.
• Xiao Xiao compares the supportive Hidden Azure Pavilion favorably with her tense experience under Zhou Yi at Shrek Academy, where she feared harsh punishment or expulsion.
• Long Yeyue shifts from suspicion about Leng Yaozhu’s drawings to an aggressive confrontation with the Body Sect. Mu Ye challenges her demand, while the sect elders react with disbelief.

Significant themes

• Belonging and leadership: Xiao Xiao feels safer and better supported at the Hidden Azure Pavilion than she did at Shrek Academy.
• Progress through mentorship: Lin Fan balances ambitious technological work with patience toward less advanced students.
• Secrets and uncertainty: The unexplained appearance of the armor designs raises questions that remain unresolved.
• Conflict over ownership: Long Yeyue’s claim that a secret method belongs to Shrek sets up a dispute with the Body Sect.

Plot and events

• Long Yeyue confronts the Body Sect, demanding that it hand over its Secret Method. Sect Master Mu Feng refuses, insisting the method belongs to his sect and ordering her to leave.
• Long Yeyue escalates the confrontation, boasting that she recently slapped Spirit Pagoda Master Qiangu Dieting and threatening to do the same to Mu Feng. Body Sect elders react angrily.
• Mu Feng suspects Shrek Academy had hidden the Body Sect’s lost Secret Method in its Sutra Repository. He connects the discovery to a vision of events from ten thousand years earlier and accuses Shrek of theft.
• Long Yeyue gives Mu Feng an ultimatum: return the method or face war with Shrek Academy. She claims she has the authority to make that threat.
• Mu Feng accepts the prospect of conflict and attacks. Both he and Long Yeyue summon their Four-Word Battle Armor. As Mu Feng strikes, Long Yeyue invokes her Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and counters. The excerpt ends mid-fight.

Character developments and interactions

• Long Yeyue is shown as domineering, fearless, and confident in her strength. She confronts the entire Body Sect alone and openly provokes Mu Feng.
• Mu Feng shifts from defensive refusal to furious certainty that Shrek stole the Body Sect’s legacy. He commits to fighting Long Yeyue.
• The Body Sect elders back Mu Feng and are increasingly enraged, though they initially do not understand why Long Yeyue has come.
• The conflict between Long Yeyue and Mu Feng turns a demand for the Secret Method into an imminent battle and a possible war between their institutions.

Significant themes

• Ownership and historical injustice: The dispute centers on whether Shrek Academy secretly kept a method that belonged to the Body Sect.
• Pride and escalation: Both leaders’ confidence and hostility prevent negotiation, quickly transforming suspicion into violence.
• Power as intimidation: Long Yeyue’s threat and Mu Feng’s forceful response show how strength shapes their political confrontation.

Key plot points and events

• Long Yeyue attacks Mu Feng at the Body Sect, expecting him to submit to her status as Shrek Academy’s deputy Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Mu Feng initially loses their clash, but the Body Sect elders surround her. He condemns her for trying to seize the sect’s Secret Method and, when she attempts to attack again, slaps her.
• Mu Feng orders the elders to subdue her. They overpower, bind, and capture Long Yeyue, then demand that Shrek Academy explain her actions and compensate the Body Sect, threatening to kill her if it refuses.
• At Shrek, Pavilion Master Bei Shou’en learns what Long Yeyue intended and calls her a fool. A message from the Body Sect arrives, confirming that she has already been captured.
• Bei Shou’en and the other elders recognize that Shrek has been publicly disgraced. They hope to settle the matter privately with resources before news of the incident spreads.

Character developments and interactions

• Long Yeyue is shown as arrogant and entitled: she assumes her rank will protect her, calls the Body Sect’s response unfair, and ignores her own role in provoking the conflict. Her neglected cultivation leaves her at a disadvantage, and her confidence ends in capture.
• Mu Feng responds with anger to Long Yeyue’s attempt to take the Secret Method and her double standards. He uses force to defend the sect’s authority and orders her detention.
• Bei Shou’en appears more measured and pragmatic. He is distressed by Long Yeyue’s recklessness and looks for a quiet settlement to prevent further damage to Shrek.
• The Body Sect elders act together to restrain Long Yeyue and support Mu Feng’s demand for an explanation. Mu Ye privately compares her arrogance to Xuan Zi’s, recalling how his own conduct led to punishment.
• Long Yeyue’s confrontation with Mu Feng escalates into a wider dispute between the Body Sect and Shrek Academy, while Bei Shou’en’s concern is to contain it.

Significant themes

• Arrogance and consequences: Long Yeyue’s status does not shield her from the results of her actions.
• Hypocrisy and double standards: She condemns the Body Sect for ganging up on her despite having come to seize its property and having attacked first.
• Institutional reputation and responsibility: Shrek’s leaders must manage the fallout from one elder’s misconduct to protect the academy’s long-standing standing.
• Power and restraint: The Body Sect demonstrates its strength, while Bei Shou’en considers negotiation rather than further escalation.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Fan wonders whether his growing mastery over time is a response to the major changes he has caused, but cannot determine the reason.
• The Snow Empress arrives seeking the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus. Lin Fan gives it to her so the Ice Empress can cultivate a human form, and reminds her to help Ling Luochen learn to control ice.
• With all the Hidden Azure Pavilion members’ One-Word Battle Armor completed, Lin Fan turns to studying Two-Word Battle Armor and considers how to plan for higher levels.
• Leng Yaozhu brings Lin Fan tea and urges him not to overwork himself. He reassures her and affectionately pats her head, leaving her thrilled and bashful.
• In the present, the Leng Family Head watches their interaction through a Light Screen. Seeing Yaozhu’s feelings for Lin Fan, he arranges for plans for Three-Word and Four-Word Battle Armor to be sent back through time, hoping the Leng family can benefit from the upheaval.

Character developments

• Lin Fan continues using his skills and resources to change others’ fates, while devoting himself to advancing Battle Armor technology. His casual affection toward Yaozhu marks a new level of intimacy between them.
• The Snow Empress has moved beyond her former disdain for humans. Grateful to Lin Fan, she accepts her debt and commits to helping Luochen.
• Leng Yaozhu reveals both her growing love for Lin Fan and her concern for his well-being.
• The Leng Family Head shifts from observing events to taking action, seeking to use the time-crossing changes to protect his family and secure an advantage.

Significant themes

• Changing fate and the consequences of intervention: Lin Fan’s actions may be affecting both the past and present, though the reason for his increased time control remains unclear.
• Reciprocity and trust: The Snow Empress’s gratitude turns into a promise of service and support.
• Affection expressed through care: Yaozhu’s tea and concern, and Lin Fan’s gentle gesture, deepen their bond.
• Opportunity amid upheaval: The Leng Family Head sees historical change as both a danger and a chance for his family.

Character interactions

• Lin Fan and the Snow Empress exchange the Snow Lotus for her promised help with Luochen; their relationship is now based on mutual obligation and trust.
• Yaozhu looks after Lin Fan and worries about his workload; he reassures her with warmth, and her feelings intensify.
• The Leng Family Head watches Yaozhu and Lin Fan’s closeness, then responds by sending advanced Battle Armor plans into the past.

Plot points and events

• After several months of training, Huo Yuhao reaches Soul Power level 20 and prepares to obtain his Second Soul Ring. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm insists that a promised gift awaits him in the Far Northern Land, but keeps its nature secret.
• Wang Dong offers to accompany Huo Yuhao, but he refuses, hiding where he is really going because he does not want her to worry. He leaves a reassuring letter for Tang Ya and Bei Bei before setting off.
• During the long journey, Huo Yuhao reflects on his improved stamina and relies on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s promise to guide and protect him.
• Huo Yuhao considers asking Teacher Lin Fan to join them. The silkworm firmly objects, warning that the prize they seek could tempt even a powerful person to betray him. Huo Yuhao defends Lin Fan’s character but ultimately accepts the need for caution.
• After reaching the Far Northern Land, Huo Yuhao struggles through its brutal cold and snowstorms, guided by the silkworm’s spiritual power. He then spots a house in the frozen wilderness, leaving both of them stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yuhao shows growing physical endurance and determination, while remaining trusting and loyal. He is also willing to conceal his plans to protect Wang Dong.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is eager to carry out its plan but becomes unusually serious and suspicious when discussing Lin Fan. Its priority is safeguarding the mysterious prize and Huo Yuhao’s future.
• Wang Dong shows concern by volunteering to help, then accepts Huo Yuhao’s refusal. She privately worries about returning home and the possibility that her family will learn she was expelled.
• Huo Yuhao and the silkworm disagree about Lin Fan’s trustworthiness, but Huo Yuhao ultimately follows the silkworm’s cautious advice.
• Lin Fan, though absent, remains a source of trust for Huo Yuhao and suspicion for the silkworm.

Significant themes

• Trust versus caution: Huo Yuhao’s faith in people contrasts with the silkworm’s warning that danger can arise even from powerful allies.
• Determination and growth: Huo Yuhao’s improved endurance and persistence carry him into a place considered unlivable for humans.
• Secrecy and protection: He hides the expedition from Wang Dong and reassures his friends, believing that keeping them uninvolved will protect them.
• Mystery and foreshadowing: The silkworm’s undisclosed gift and the unexplained house introduce new questions as the journey begins.

Key plot points and events

• Huo Yuhao discovers a human house deep in the Far Northern Land, a place where extreme cold and powerful soul beasts make human survival extraordinarily difficult.
• At the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s urging, Yuhao approaches to investigate. The Silkworm’s Spiritual Detection reveals that Ling Luochеn is inside.
• Yuhao guesses that Teacher Lin may have brought Ling there to train, using his spatial abilities to make the region accessible to Hidden Azure Pavilion.
• After confirming Ling is not in Deep Meditation, Yuhao knocks. Ling opens the door, surprised to find him there, and questions why a Spirit Eyes soul master would seek a soul ring in an icy region.
• Following the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s advice, Yuhao explains that the Far Northern Land has suitable mental-attribute soul beasts, including the Ice Silkworm Clan.
• Before Ling can respond, a Space Gate opens and a petite, emerald-haired girl appears. The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognizes her as “Bingbing,” but the chapter ends before her identity or arrival is explained.

Character developments

• Huo Yuhao moves from caution to curiosity, then relaxes once he realizes the occupant is someone he knows. He still relies on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for guidance and an explanation when Ling questions his plans.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is initially baffled by the house and eager to investigate. He demonstrates caution through Spiritual Detection, but is quickly astonished again by the sudden appearance of Bingbing.
• Ling Luochеn is shown cultivating in the Far Northern Land, apparently in a warm shelter. Her practical questioning puts Yuhao on the spot.
• Bingbing appears unexpectedly, setting up a new mystery.

Significant themes

• The contrast between the Far Northern Land’s deadly environment and the possibility of using it as a cultivation resource.
• Curiosity and risk-taking, balanced by caution and preparation.
• The value of rare environments and soul beasts to different kinds of soul masters.
• Lin Fan’s spatial abilities suggest that technology or power can transform an otherwise inaccessible wilderness into a training ground.

Character interactions

• Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm debate whether approaching the house is safe; the Silkworm’s detection and reassurance persuade Yuhao to go.
• Yuhao and Ling reunite, with Ling’s direct questions forcing him to justify his presence.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm coaches Yuhao through his explanation, then reacts with shock when Bingbing appears.

Key plot points and events

• Huo Yuhao learns that the Ice Empress, once one of the Far North’s Three Heavenly Kings, has taken human form and joined the Hidden Azure Pavilion.
• The revelation devastates the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm: he had hoped to persuade the Ice Empress to sacrifice herself for Yuhao, a plan he can no longer pursue with Lin Fan and the Pavilion standing behind her.
• Sky Dream considers other powerful Far North beasts, but rejects the Titan Snow Demon King as too dangerous and the Snow Empress as nearly impossible to approach.
• Ling Luochen offers to help Yuhao obtain a Soul Ring. He declines, wanting to face the challenge himself, and continues deeper into the Far North with Sky Dream.
• Sky Dream apologizes for the loss of the top-tier Martial Soul he had planned for Yuhao, then encourages him to trust his luck. Yuhao accepts the setback and presses on.
• Ling Luochen alerts Lin Fan, who arrives through a Space Gate and finds Yuhao. He offers to teach him, partly out of gratitude for Yuhao’s past help.

Character developments and interactions

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm shifts from confidence in his long-laid plan to panic and improvisation, but ultimately tries to comfort Yuhao and find another path.
• Huo Yuhao responds to disappointment with resilience. He declines help from Ling Luochen so he can gain experience, while remaining hopeful after Sky Dream’s encouragement.
• Ling Luochen shows concern for Yuhao’s safety and offers practical help, then respects his choice. She also keeps Lin Fan informed.
• Lin Fan acts on Ling Luochen’s message and offers Yuhao guidance, showing goodwill despite his own ambitions and advantages.

Significant themes

• Plans versus changing circumstances: Sky Dream’s elaborate scheme collapses when the Ice Empress’s life takes an unexpected turn.
• Resilience and hope: Yuhao keeps moving forward despite losing a hoped-for advantage.
• Power and risk: Seeking strength in the Far North requires weighing the potential rewards against dangerous, unpredictable Soul Beasts.
• Friendship and reciprocity: Ling Luochen and Lin Fan help Yuhao because they care about him and remember what he has done for them.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Fan arrives instantly in the Far Northern Land to help Huo Yuhao.
• He transforms the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm into a Soul Spirit, allowing it to leave Huo Yuhao’s body, move freely, and fight alongside him. The Silkworm’s combat ability remains limited for now, but it can use Soul Shock.
• Lin Fan explains Soul Spirit Technology: unlike the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s existing bond as a Soul Ring, a Soul Spirit can provide multiple Soul Rings—up to five from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit.
• Lin Fan teaches Huo Yuhao the technology, explaining that Electrolux helped develop it and that Huo Yuhao’s connection to him makes the knowledge appropriate to share.
• Lin Fan gives Huo Yuhao a pill that may strengthen his ice abilities and potentially help him attain Ultimate Ice.
• Lin Fan invites Huo Yuhao to join the Hidden Azure Pavilion. Huo Yuhao declines because he belongs to the Tang Sect, but agrees to help Lin Fan make Soul Tools when asked.

Character developments

• Huo Yuhao shows caution and loyalty: he seeks the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s consent before accepting the transformation, and worries that he has not earned such valuable knowledge. Though he refuses to leave the Tang Sect, he accepts Lin Fan’s help and promises to repay it through his work.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm embraces the transformation after trusting Lin Fan. His new freedom excites him, and he strongly urges Huo Yuhao to accept the technology.
• Lin Fan acts as a generous mentor, sharing powerful resources and knowledge while also hoping to recruit Huo Yuhao’s exceptional talent to support the Pavilion’s projects.

Significant themes

• Trust and partnership: Huo Yuhao consults his closest companion, and both ultimately trust Lin Fan.
• Mentorship and generosity: Lin Fan gives Huo Yuhao major advantages without demanding immediate repayment.
• Loyalty and obligation: Huo Yuhao’s commitment to the Tang Sect shapes his decision not to join the Pavilion, even as he offers practical support.
• Innovation and change: Soul Spirit Technology could transform how Soul Masters obtain Soul Rings and reshape the continent.

Character interactions

• Lin Fan explains the Soul Spirit transformation and its benefits to Huo Yuhao, who checks with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm before agreeing.
• After the transformation, Huo Yuhao thanks Lin Fan, then accepts the technology lesson at the Silkworm’s urging.
• Lin Fan offers Huo Yuhao the pill and a place in the Pavilion; Huo Yuhao respectfully declines membership but promises to assist with Soul Tool creation.

Key plot points and events

• Lin Fan returns to the Hidden Azure Pavilion, where Electrolux tells him that his divine consciousness has stabilized and thanks him for his help.
• Electrolux praises Lin Fan for independently creating an early-stage Soul Spirit from only a few hints.
• Keeping his promise, Electrolux teaches Lin Fan Soul Purification, an ancient necromantic art that channels sacred energy through the Eye of Life and lets him perceive undead beings and Wraiths.
• Electrolux then teaches him Soul Control, which can manipulate exposed souls, suppress or bind enemies, and command Corpse Slaves and Remnant Souls.
• Lin Fan masters both abilities in a single day. Electrolux, impressed by his rapid progress, teaches him further techniques over the following days.
• Having shared nearly all he can for now, Electrolux returns to sleep to conserve his remaining soul power. Lin Fan promises to find a way to revive him.

Character development and interactions

• Lin Fan demonstrates exceptional insight and discipline, while remaining modest when praised. He judges Soul Control by how it is used, not by its reputation, and sees it as a way to protect and strengthen the Hidden Azure Pavilion.
• Electrolux grows more appreciative of Lin Fan, repeatedly marveling at his talent. Their relationship is warm and trusting: Electrolux mentors him generously, while Lin Fan expresses gratitude and vows to restore him to life.

Significant themes

• Power and morality: Necromancy may appear wicked, but Lin Fan argues that the wielder’s intentions determine its use.
• Mentorship and reciprocity: Lin Fan’s earlier help enables Electrolux to remain stable, and Electrolux repays him by sharing his knowledge.
• Talent and perseverance: Lin Fan’s rapid mastery reflects natural genius reinforced by focused practice.
• Hope and loyalty: Lin Fan’s promise to revive Electrolux gives their bond a hopeful future.

Plot points and events

• Ling Luochеn reaches level sixty and travels with Lin Fan and Leng Yaozhu to the Far Northern Land to obtain her Sixth Soul Ring. She chooses a Soul Beast of about seventy thousand years.
• They encounter an Extreme Cold Ice-Armored Bear. Ling Luochеn insists on fighting it herself, using her One-Word Battle Armor and Ultimate Ice to defeat it.
• Lin Fan offers the intelligent bear a choice: become Ling Luochеn’s Soul Spirit and retain its mind, or die. It submits, and the bond is made. A Soul Bone is also left behind; Lin Fan plans to strengthen it before Ling absorbs it.
• Ten thousand years later, Long Yeyue, recently ransomed from the Body Sect at great cost, demands that Shrek Academy attack the sect to avenge her capture and humiliation. Bei Shou’en refuses, warning that Shrek cannot act out of personal spite. Long Yeyue threatens him, but he asserts his authority as Sea God Pavilion Master.

Character developments and interactions

• Ling Luochеn shows confidence and independence by asking Lin Fan to let her handle the bear. Her training and armor allow her to overcome a powerful opponent, and she is pleased with her new Soul Spirit.
• Lin Fan supports Ling’s growth while remaining ready to protect her. He secures the bear’s surrender and takes charge of the Soul Bone.
• Leng Yaozhu accompanies them but is not yet close to needing her own Soul Ring; her Battle Armor has already greatly improved her combat strength.
• Long Yeyue’s wounded pride and anger drive her toward a reckless attack. Bei Shou’en challenges her publicly, choosing restraint and institutional responsibility over indulging her grudge. Their confrontation exposes a sharp divide between her impulsiveness and his leadership.

Significant themes

• Growth through preparation: Ling’s physical training, resources, and Battle Armor make a high-level Soul Beast manageable.
• Mercy and choice: The Soul Spirit bond preserves the bear’s awareness, unlike killing it for an ordinary Soul Ring.
• Power and responsibility: Bei Shou’en argues that Shrek’s status requires discipline and respect for human life, not retaliation on a leader’s whim.
• Pride and restraint: Long Yeyue seeks to erase her humiliation through revenge, while Bei Shou’en insists that personal anger cannot dictate the academy’s actions.

Plot points and events

• While researching his Three-Word Battle Armor, Lin Fan hears from Du Busi that Earth Dragon Gate’s sect master, Nan Shuishui, wants to meet him about a possible ice-attribute treasure.
• Lin Fan sets out for Earth Dragon Gate. Leng Yaozhu asks to join, and Ling Luochеn quickly insists on coming too.
• Du Busi greets them at the gate, explains that he arranged the meeting as repayment for benefits Lin Fan previously gave him and the Body Sect, and leaves the negotiations to them.
• Lin Fan meets Nan Shuishui in Earth Dragon Gate’s reception hall. After introductions, he asks directly how she intends to trade the treasure. Nan Shuishui first orders tea served, leaving the deal’s terms unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Lin Fan acts decisively, openly shares his plans, and approaches the negotiation directly. He agrees to bring both women along.
• Leng Yaozhu is eager for a change from secluded cultivation, but feels frustrated that ice treasures are plentiful while the fire-attribute treasures she needs—especially the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and Infernal Delicate Apricot—are difficult to obtain.
• Ling Luochеn joins partly out of jealousy and concern that Leng Yaozhu’s time with Lin Fan might bring them closer.
• Du Busi reinforces his alliance with Lin Fan, describing his help as a fair return for Lin Fan’s past generosity.
• Nan Shuishui welcomes Lin Fan warmly and professionally, though she is surprised by his youth and appearance.

Significant themes

• Reciprocity and alliance: Du Busi treats cooperation as a matter of repaying favors and honoring ties.
• Scarcity and unequal opportunity: Ice treasures seem abundant, while Leng Yaozhu’s needed fire treasures remain exceptionally rare.
• Romantic rivalry: Ling Luochеn’s jealousy contrasts with the group’s practical mission.
• Caution around future dangers: Leng Yaozhu wonders whether a hidden threat awaits at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, possibly a legacy safeguard left by Tang San.

Plot points and events

• Earth Dragon Gate Master Nan Shuishui proposes trading access to a mysterious cavern beneath the sect’s secret realm. Its unknown ice-rich ore may be valuable, but its extreme cold has defeated even powerful ancestors.
• Nan explains that the sect needs high-grade Soul Tools after falling behind in their development. Rather than set a price for the cavern’s contents, she asks Lin Fan to assess them. He agrees and promises to compensate the sect if mining harms its spiritually nourishing Cold Spring.
• Nan leads Lin Fan, Leng Yaozhu, and Ling Luochеn to the spring. Ling senses a powerful attraction to something below and asks to investigate. Lin chooses to accompany her; Leng Yaozhu, whose Martial Soul is fire-aligned, can only watch.
• Lin and Ling descend through increasingly cold water, protected by Lin’s Soul Power and spatial abilities. They find an icy underground cavern, then pass through a narrow stone doorway into a vast chamber, where the cold and concentration of ice energy are even greater.
• The walls are covered in unknown ores. Ling’s Ultimate Ice Martial Soul responds strongly to the energy. Lin leaves briefly and returns with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, who recognize the place as the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave.

Character developments and interactions

• Nan Shuishui is candid about both the cavern’s uncertain value and her sect’s need for Soul Tools. Her willingness to trade reflects a practical effort to protect Earth Dragon Gate’s future.
• Lin Fan remains calm and businesslike, but acts responsibly: he checks Nan’s consent, reassures her about potential damage, warns Ling of the danger, and goes down with her rather than letting her explore alone.
• Ling Luochеn shows confidence in her Ultimate Ice abilities and excitement at the chance to strengthen them. Lin’s protective warning and his taking her hand create a moment of closeness between them.
• Leng Yaozhu feels envious because her fire-based Martial Soul prevents her from joining the expedition.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrive at the discovery and immediately recognize its significance, setting up further exploration.

Significant themes

• Adaptation and survival: Earth Dragon Gate must modernize by embracing Soul Tools or risk decline.
• Trust and fair exchange: Nan and Lin negotiate around an uncertain treasure, with Lin offering compensation for possible harm to the spring.
• Power, cooperation, and protection: Lin’s abilities make the dangerous descent possible, while his concern for Ling shapes their partnership.
• The value of discovery: The cave’s unknown ores and extraordinary ice energy may benefit both the sect and ice-aligned cultivators.

Lin Fan led Ling Luochеn, the Ice Empress, and Snow Empress into the depths of the Cold Spring, where they found and collected the legendary ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow. He returned them safely to the surface, leaving Nan Shuishui bewildered by the two girls who had appeared with him.

• The Ice Empress identified the ores around them as ice extreme divine crystals that likely marked the way to a true Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Cave.
• Lin Fan used his spatial ability to collect all the ice extreme divine crystals without damaging them.
• Lin Fan protected the three women as they descended through the Cold Spring, restoring his Soul Power with a pill when the cold rapidly drained it.
• The Ice Empress recognized several dozen icy pillars in a cramped cave as ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow.
• Lin Fan uprooted the pillars with his spatial power and teleported himself and the three women back to the well's surface.
• Nan Shuishui saw the Ice Empress and Snow Empress beside Lin Fan and wondered how they had survived the depths and whether the group had found anything.

Lin Fan told Nan Shuishui that he had taken all the ice extreme divine crystal and ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow from the Cold Spring, explaining that the spring would eventually lose its spiritual energy. Nan Shuishui accepted his offer of Soul Tools in exchange, and Lin Fan left with a new trading partner and plans to craft a Soul Tool from the ice treasures.

• Lin Fan told Nan Shuishui he had collected every piece of ice extreme divine crystal and forty-four rods of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow from the hidden realm.
• Lin Fan warned Nan Shuishui that the Cold Spring would lose its spiritual energy and offered to return some crystal, but Nan Shuishui declined and asked him to honor their trade.
• Nan Shuishui confirmed the treasures were useful only to ice-attribute Soul Masters and asked Lin Fan about his body-tempering pills.
• Lin Fan presented Nan Shuishui with more than a dozen bottles of body-tempering pills and offered two level-nine Defensive Soul Tools, one level-nine offensive Soul Tool, and ten Level-Eight Soul Tools for the treasures.
• Nan Shuishui accepted the offer and promised the Earth Dragon Gate would contact the Hidden Azure Pavilion about future resources.
• Lin Fan considered the deal worthwhile and planned to make a Soul Tool using the ice extreme divine crystal.

Lin Fan returned from the Earth Dragon Gate with ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow, which he shared with the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Ling Luochеn before beginning seclusion at the Hidden Azure Pavilion. One month later, a beam of light struck Leng Yaozhu and caused her to vanish.

• Lin Fan brought Ling Luochеn, Leng Yaozhu, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress to the Far Northern Land and divided forty-four rods of ten-thousand-year mysterious ice marrow among them and himself.
• The Snow Empress agreed to guide Ling Luochеn as she absorbed the marrow, while Lin Fan warned Ling Luochеn not to rush.
• Lin Fan returned to the Hidden Azure Pavilion with Leng Yaozhu and told her he would take her to claim her opportunity after his seclusion.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to look after the Hidden Azure Pavilion, Xiao Xiao, and the others while Lin Fan entered a secluded chamber.
• One month later, a beam of light descended on Leng Yaozhu, and she disappeared.

Leng Yaozhu returned from the past to her own era and reunited with her father and Leng Yulai. Seeing Lin Fan’s One-Word Battle Armor blueprint made her realize how much she missed him, while her father hoped she would remain with her family.

• The Light Screen expanded across the continent, and people in the past gained the ability to choose what they viewed.
• The Head of the Leng Family found Leng Yaozhu in the Storage Room and reunited with her alongside Leng Yulai.
• Leng Yulai told Leng Yaozhu about the Light Screen, and her father explained that people had watched her in the past.
• The Head of the Leng Family showed Leng Yaozhu Lin Fan’s One-Word Battle Armor blueprint, and she broke down in tears as she thought of him.
• The Head of the Leng Family wondered whether Leng Yaozhu could return to the past and hoped she would stay in her own era.

After Leng Yaozhu disappeared, Shrek Academy debated whether she had returned or traveled to the past, while the Ghost Emperor and other factions plotted to capture her and exploit her power to alter history. The chapter ended with the Sun Moon Federation preparing its own plans to seize the opportunity.

• Long Yeyue demanded that Shrek Academy send people to the Leng Family to bring Leng Yaozhu back, and Bei Shou'en rebuked her for repeatedly provoking the Spirit Pagoda.
• Sea God Pavilion Elders argued that Leng Yaozhu might have traveled twenty thousand years into the past, but Long Yeyue questioned why the Light Screen still showed events from ten thousand years ago.
• The Ghost Emperor ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to target the Leng Family and control Leng Yaozhu so they could influence Lin Fan and reshape the future.
• The Spirit Pagoda, War God Temple, Sun Moon Federation, and Star Luo Empire turned their attention toward the Leng Family and Leng Yaozhu.
• A high-ranking Sun Moon Federation council member urged the Federation to plan ahead and prevent Shrek Academy or the Spirit Pagoda from gaining the advantage.

As Xuan Zi led Shrek Academy's team through the Star Dou Great Forest toward the tournament, he assigned the reserve members a mission to fight the Death Messenger Evil Soul Masters. Ten thousand years later, Shrek's Sea God Pavilion elders watched the journey on the Light Screen and expected the team to face little danger.

• The Sea God Pavilion elders discussed how Lin Fan's control of the Mingdou Mountain Range had removed the Evil Soul Master threat there, and Long Yeyue predicted Shrek's team would stay safe and win the tournament.
• Xuan Zi led the team into the Star Dou Great Forest and told the reserve members they would face a group of Evil Soul Masters calling themselves the Death Messenger.
• Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng condemned the Evil Soul Masters and vowed that the Shrek Inspection Corps would bring them to justice.
• Xuan Zi said the strongest enemy was only a Soul King and promised to watch over the students as they fought.
• A reserve member asked whether they should bring high-grade defensive soul tools, but Xuan Zi scolded him and ordered everyone to move on.
• Long Yeyue laughed at the Death Messenger's strength and dismissed the Evil Soul Masters as no match for Shrek's Inner Court disciples.