Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao agreed to search the Sunset Forest for immortal herbs rather than rely on Tang San, while Tang San chose a stored hundred-thousand-year soul bone at Shrek Academy. Yan Shaozhe secretly withheld the academy’s most valuable soul bones, judging Tang San’s current usefulness to Shrek as negligible.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Huo Yuhao to seek the immortal herbs before Tang San could claim them, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm advised preparing supplies for a journey to the Sunset Forest.
• Huo Yuhao accepted their plan and agreed to leave after informing the teacher leading the team and gathering provisions.
• Yan Shaozhe presented Tang San with a catalog of Shrek’s stored soul bones and explained why only three hundred-thousand-year soul bones remained available.
• Tang San rejected the fire-attribute and Evil Soul Master soul bones, then selected the hundred-thousand-year Rock Armor Giant Ape Right Arm Bone.
• After leaving the council chamber, Yan Shaozhe revealed that he had concealed the academy’s supreme soul bones with Mu En’s approval and considered Tang San less useful than the hundred-year lone bamboo on Sea God Island.

Tang San obtained his second soul ring and prepared to travel to Sunset Forest to retrieve immortal herbs that might help Mu En. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao followed Yu Xiaogang into the forest, where the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized Yu Xiaogang had lost his way.

• Tang San fused the Hundred Thousand Year Rock Armor Giant Ape right arm bone, reached the rank-twenty bottleneck, and chose an Iron-Scaled Sea Python as his second soul-ring target.
• Cai Mei'er helped Tang San defeat the sea python, and Tang San gained the second soul skill Sea Dragon Bind.
• Tang San told Mu En he wanted to visit his medicinal garden in Sunset Forest, and Mu En sent Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi to accompany him.
• Tang San gave Yan Shaozhe a list of containers and storage tools to prepare for gathering the garden's herbs.
• Huo Yuhao received leave from Shen Heng and traveled toward Sunset Forest with Yu Xiaogang guiding him.
• After Huo Yuhao repeatedly followed changing directions and returned to the same stream, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm accused Yu Xiaogang of being lost.

Gu Mingyuan reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Snow Empress and persuaded Youyou that he was a descendant of the man who left a book there ten thousand years earlier. After examining his martial art and the Tang Sect Master Token, Youyou began to accept his claim, though he had borrowed the token from Tang Ya without her consent.

• Gu Mingyuan traveled into Sunset Forest, and Snow Empress used White Demon’s ultimate cold to clear a path through the poison formation into the valley.
• Gu Mingyuan found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and approached Youyou, asking to collect herbs and see the book left there.
• Youyou told Gu Mingyuan that he had to prove he was the book’s owner’s descendant and pass the trials before reading it.
• Gu Mingyuan showed Youyou his jade-colored Golden Jade Body and claimed its changes were refinements developed by later generations.
• Gu Mingyuan presented Tang Ya’s Tang Sect Master Token, which he had taken to borrow, and Youyou inspected it as her suspicion began to fade.

Gu Mingyuan passed Youyou’s first trial by consuming Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Youyou called A Jiao to test his strength next. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao cautiously entered the Poison Miasma while Tang San’s growing unease drove him to order an immediate trip to Sunset Forest.

• Youyou gave Gu Mingyuan Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which he consumed and absorbed to sharpen his perception; she declared that he had passed the first trial and summoned A Jiao for the next one.
• Huo Yuhao used his Ultimate Ice to move carefully through the Poison Miasma, following the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s directions while Yu Xiaogang suggested a dangerous route to the left.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao away from the dead-end valley, and Huo Yuhao continued through the safer gaps in the mist.
• Tang San’s unease made him suspect Huo Yuhao had reached Sunset Forest, so he ordered Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe to leave for the forest immediately despite the delayed herb containers.

Xu Jiawei discovered that Shrek’s unusual purchases and movements pointed toward a legendary Herb Garden near Sunset Forest, drawing the attention of the Sun Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Cult. As rival powers began investigating, an infernal delicate apricot formed a flame woman beside the Scorching Yang Spring.

• Xu Jiawei compared Shrek’s supply orders with the Dai Family Old Records and ordered agents to investigate Sunset Forest without revealing themselves.
• Star Luo agents recruited hunters and guides near Heaven Dou City, alerting Jing Hongchen and Feng Ling, who each dispatched personnel to watch Shrek’s activity.
• Lang Ya told Du Busi that Mingde Hall had delayed settling disputed accounts and sent Soul Engineers to Heaven Dou City, prompting Du Busi to order them followed.
• The infernal delicate apricot drew scalding water from the Scorching Yang Spring and shaped it into a tall flame woman wielding Flame Twin Blades.

Gu Mingyuan fought A Jiao’s Flame Woman and used the Extreme Cold Ice Spring to learn Snow Empress’s Emperor Sword technique. He destroyed the Flame Woman with a single sword strike, leaving A Jiao’s trial unresolved.

• Gu Mingyuan endured the Flame Woman’s saber attacks and crushed her shoulder with a Serious Punch, but she recovered in the Scorching Yang Spring.
• Gu Mingyuan crossed the herb garden and entered the Extreme Cold Ice Spring, resisting its cold with White Demon’s possession and his elemental damage reduction.
• Snow Empress guided Gu Mingyuan in drawing the spring’s extreme-cold essence into a sword and taught him her innate supreme art, Emperor Sword.
• A Jiao sent the Flame Woman to attack Gu Mingyuan at the ice spring, but he used Emperor Sword-Ice Extreme Unparalleled to shatter her and her twin sabers.

Gu Mingyuan used the Extreme Cold Ice Spring’s Origin Source to destroy the Flame Woman with a single sword strike, alarming the spirit plants and Huo Yuhao. As Huo Yuhao cautiously approached the valley, rival groups searched Sunset Forest and Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe flew toward its depths with a young boy.

• Gu Mingyuan froze the Flame Woman and the surrounding ground by drawing on the Extreme Cold Ice Spring’s Origin Source.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the powerful Ultimate Ice from above the valley, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned him to hide his presence and avoid using Spiritual Detection.
• Huo Yuhao suppressed his Soul Power and stealthily crept down toward the springs.
• Star Luo Imperial Family operatives, Sun Moon Empire Soul Engineers, and Xishui Alliance agents searched Sunset Forest for the herb garden.
• A disguised Star Luo operative recognized Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe as they flew overhead with a blue-haired boy, but they continued toward the forest’s depths.

Shrek's Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe escorted Gu Mingyuan into Sunset Forest, drawing the attention of several powers who suspected a hunt for immortal herbs. After passing the trials at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Gu Mingyuan received permission to read the herb record and began asking Youyou to guide him through the garden.

• A forest watcher spotted Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe escorting an unfamiliar blue-haired boy toward the depths of Sunset Forest and reported it to his manager.
• Xu Jiawei, Jing Hongchen, Feng Ling, and Du Busi each received reports of powerful groups converging on Sunset Forest and ordered further surveillance or investigation.
• Gu Mingyuan emerged from the Extreme Cold Ice Spring after drawing its cold power into his sword, astonishing A Jiao and the watching spirit plants.
• Youyou confirmed that Gu Mingyuan had passed both trials and gave him the herb record, explaining that he could choose up to seven origin source medicines.
• Gu Mingyuan verified the record matched his Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record legacy, then asked Youyou to show him around the garden as A Jiao nervously guarded her Ten-Thousand-Year Blazing Gel.

Gu Mingyuan chose four medicinal treasures at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then met Huo Yuhao, who arrived hoping to claim the garden’s immortal herbs. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao asking Youyou what trial he must pass to obtain them.

• Gu Mingyuan took a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and received Ice-Cold Rain Dew from the octagonal mysterious ice grass.
• Gu Mingyuan selected a netherworld night-blooming cereus and a silver-veined purple lingzhi, which Electrolux said would suit him.
• Gu Mingyuan considered whether the ancient plant Soul Beasts could become Soul Spirits and leave the valley with him.
• Huo Yuhao descended into the garden, recognized Gu Mingyuan, and was angered when he saw that Gu Mingyuan had already collected medicinal treasures.
• Gu Mingyuan asked Youyou whether her Aromatic Immortal Pill counted as one of the seven portions, and Huo Yuhao bowed to her and asked how to pass the trial for the immortal herbs.

Huo Yuhao tried to prove his Tang Sect identity to Youyou, but Gu Mingyuan denied his claim and struck Yu Xiaogang’s soul body with an ice ball. Gu Mingyuan collected another immortal pill while Huo Yuhao held back, and Yan Shaozhe, Xuan Zi, and Tang San continued through the valley’s poisonous miasma.

• Yu Xiaogang urged Huo Yuhao to demonstrate Tang Sect techniques, and Huo Yuhao showed Youyou his jade hands and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Youyou doubted Huo Yuhao’s identity after Gu Mingyuan denied that he belonged to the Tang Sect, and she concealed the inheritance book again.
• Yu Xiaogang manifested a soul body and claimed authority as Tang San’s teacher, but Gu Mingyuan hit him in the forehead with an ice ball.
• Huo Yuhao shielded Yu Xiaogang and urged him to retreat into the Sea of Spirit, while Youyou handed Gu Mingyuan a purple immortal pill.
• Gu Mingyuan stored his fifth immortal treasure and postponed his remaining selections, while Huo Yuhao suppressed his request for medicine.
• Yan Shaozhe cleared a path through the seven-colored poison miasma as Xuan Zi protected Tang San with a soul power barrier.

Tang San arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe, where he confronted Gu Mingyuan and rebuked Yu Xiaogang. He then revealed his identity to Youyou and confirmed that he had left the book at the valley ten thousand years earlier.

• Tang San guided Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi through the poison formation to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they found Gu Mingyuan and Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi demanded that Gu Mingyuan return to Shrek, but Gu Mingyuan refused and said he was in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Gu Mingyuan of attacking him, but Tang San scolded Yu Xiaogang and told him to go back.
• Huo Yuhao urged Yu Xiaogang to stop, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm withdrew its support, forcing Yu Xiaogang's Soul Body back into Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
• Tang San recited passages and trials from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record to Youyou, then revealed that he had discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and left the book there ten thousand years earlier.
• Tang San's Sea God Divine Sense made Youyou recognize him, and he surveyed the medicinal gardens.

Tang San tried to seal the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s treasures and demand back two herbs Gu Mingyuan had taken, but Gu Mingyuan proposed publicizing Tang San’s return and founding a Sea God Church. Tang San refused, fearing that news and faith would alert his other self in the Divine Realm, and he began to suspect Gu Mingyuan knew his secret.

• Tang San ordered Shrek Academy to guard the Herb Garden and seal its treasures, then learned Gu Mingyuan had selected five medicinal items.
• After hearing Gu Mingyuan had taken the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Silver-Veined Purple Lingzhi, Tang San demanded that he hand them over.
• Gu Mingyuan recognized Tang San as the Sea God and offered to return the herbs if he could announce Tang San’s return and establish a Sea God Church.
• Tang San rejected the proposal and realized that public attention and faith could alert his counterpart in the Divine Realm.
• Tang San feared Gu Mingyuan was deliberately trying to expose him and wondered what the boy knew.

Gu Mingyuan confronted Tang San, Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe in Sunset Forest, then summoned White Demon to protect himself when Tang San ordered the two Shrek elders to seize him. White Demon’s ice sword drove Yan Shaozhe back, and Xuan Zi attacked her as she turned to block him.

• Gu Mingyuan accused Tang San of trying to silence him and reminded Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe that Shrek had abandoned him.
• Gu Mingyuan summoned White Demon, who drew an Ice Sword from the Extreme Cold Ice Spring as Tang San recognized the threat and ordered Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe to seize him.
• Yan Shaozhe attacked White Demon with Bright Phoenix flames while Xuan Zi moved around her to grab Gu Mingyuan.
• White Demon’s Ice Sword cut through Yan Shaozhe’s flames and forced him to retreat with a tear in his sleeve and frost on his arm.
• Xuan Zi reached for Gu Mingyuan, but White Demon turned to intervene and covered her arms in ice armor as Xuan Zi struck at her with Taotie Soul Power.

Snow Empress’s White Demon body forced Xuan Zi back with a close-range strike, while Tang San challenged Gu Mingyuan to a Spiritual Power wager. Gu Mingyuan accepted, leaving the contest about to begin.

• Snow Empress used White Demon’s demonic power and Ultimate Cold to clash with Xuan Zi’s palm and drive him back.
• White Demon rebuilt her ice armor from the Extreme Cold Ice Spring as Yan Shaozhe hesitated and Xuan Zi questioned what she was.
• Tang San judged that forcing his way past White Demon to reach Gu Mingyuan would be difficult and challenged him to a one-on-one Spiritual Power contest.
• Gu Mingyuan pointed out that the wager favored Tang San, but then accepted his challenge.
• Tang San prepared to test Gu Mingyuan’s Spiritual Power.

Gu Mingyuan struck Tang San’s Sea God Phantom, badly injuring Tang San and forcing him to accept limits on harvesting the immortal herbs. Gu Mingyuan escaped Sunset Forest, but a Star Luo Empire scout spotted him, and Gu Mingyuan began spreading word that Tang San was the reincarnated Sea God.

• Tang San projected a Sea God Phantom to intimidate Gu Mingyuan and Huo Yuhao, but Gu Mingyuan’s gauntleted punch struck the phantom and wounded Tang San’s Divine Soul.
• Gu Mingyuan warned Tang San not to harvest the garden’s immortal herbs to extinction and threatened to expose his rebirth and herb plundering; Youyou agreed to preserve a parent plant of each kind.
• White Demon held Xuan Zi back while Gu Mingyuan escaped into the Poison Miasma, then vanished after Gu Mingyuan disappeared.
• Xuan Zi failed to find Gu Mingyuan in the poison formation and returned after Yan Shaozhe warned that something was wrong with Tang San.
• Gu Mingyuan left Sunset Forest using [No Such Person], while a Star Luo Empire scout recognized his profile and searched through wanted and missing-person portraits.
• After Elder Yi warned him about the scout, Gu Mingyuan began loudly claiming that Tang San was the reincarnated Sea God and that Shrek intended to unite the continent.

After Gu Mingyuan left the valley, Huo Yuhao failed to defeat the flame figure guarding the Yang Spring, while Tang San recovered from his injured Divine Soul. Yan Shaozhe obtained a smaller portion of Ice-Cold Rain Dew for Huo Yuhao, who prepared to absorb it as Yu Xiaogang urged him to trade it for medicine to heal his Soul Body.

• A spy watched Gu Mingyuan depart, then fled after wondering whether he truly intended to unify the continent.
• Tang San took soul-nourishing herbs from Youyou and ordered Huo Yuhao to attempt the trial at the Yang Spring.
• Huo Yuhao repeatedly damaged the flame figure but could not keep it down, and Yan Shaozhe pulled him from the fight before he was overwhelmed.
• Yan Shaozhe asked the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass for Ice-Cold Rain Dew, and it gave him a smaller portion for Huo Yuhao.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Huo Yuhao the jade vial, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm advised him to absorb it slowly.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Huo Yuhao to trade the Ice-Cold Rain Dew for medicine that could heal his damaged Soul Body.

Huo Yuhao began cultivating with the Ice-Cold Rain Dew while Gu Mingyuan secretly investigated Shrek’s search for an immortal herb garden and consumed a rare herb himself. After Feng Ling learned that Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi might use the herbs to cure Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, she and Zhongli Wu planned to intercept Ma Xiaotao.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm ordered Yu Xiaogang to prioritize Huo Yuhao’s cultivation, and Huo Yuhao swallowed the Ice-Cold Rain Dew.
• Gu Mingyuan told Feng Ling that Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe had entered Sunset Forest after a blue-haired child called himself their ancestor, and he speculated that they sought an immortal herb garden.
• Feng Ling ordered Gu Mingyuan to stay in Heaven Dou City, where he consumed the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and activated his golden jade body martial soul.
• Feng Ling informed Zhongli Wu that the immortal herbs might cure Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and deprive the Holy Spirit Cult of its prospective Holy Maiden.
• Zhongli Wu and Feng Ling decided to watch Shrek Academy’s gates and personally intercept Ma Xiaotao if she left, bringing Zhang Peng with them.

Yan Shaozhe arranged for Ma Xiaotao to be brought to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well so Tang San could examine her corrupted Phoenix Martial Soul and treat her safely. Days later, Emperor Xu Jiawei arrived in Heaven Dou City seeking the immortal herbs, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to take him and his companions into the valley to speak with Elder Xuan.

• Tang San told Yan Shaozhe to bring Ma Xiaotao to the valley for an examination and warned him not to use the potent immortal herbs without guidance.
• Xuan Zi advised Yan Shaozhe to have Mei'er escort Ma Xiaotao and stabilize her evil fire with an ice-attribute treasure before the journey.
• Yan Shaozhe sent word to Shrek Academy to bring Ma Xiaotao into the mountains, then returned to Heaven Dou City several days later.
• Yan Shaozhe found Xu Jiawei, Dai Hao, and a Titled Douluo retainer waiting at Shrek's liaison post, where Xu Jiawei asked about the immortal herbs.
• Xu Jiawei offered resources in exchange for medicines for the Star Luo Empire, but Yan Shaozhe said the academy had none to spare and invited him to negotiate with Elder Xuan.
• Xu Jiawei arranged for his companions to accompany him into the mountains, and Yan Shaozhe led the group toward the valley.

Feng Ling persuaded Jing Hongchen to help the Holy Spirit Cult capture Ma Xiaotao by offering him a share of the Immortal Herbs rumored to be in Sunset Forest. Jing Hongchen agreed to coordinate three Level 9 Soul Engineers and travel toward the Herb Garden, while demanding first choice of suitable medicines for Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

• Feng Ling told Jing Hongchen that Shrek planned to send Ma Xiaotao to Sunset Forest with Cai Mei'er, and warned that Ma Xiaotao could become a major threat if she overcame her Evil Fire.
• Feng Ling offered Jing Hongchen a share of the Immortal Herbs, which could improve Meng Hongchen's Martial Soul and address the risks surrounding both grandchildren.
• Feng Ling proposed that she and Zhang Peng seize Ma Xiaotao while three Level 9 Soul Engineers blocked escape routes and prevented reinforcements.
• Feng Ling explained that Zhongli Wu would accompany Jing Hongchen to the Herb Garden, where Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe were staying, and said her group would reinforce him after capturing Ma Xiaotao.
• After Feng Ling threatened that Meng Hongchen might someday need to beg Shrek for medicine, Jing Hongchen agreed to provide the Soul Engineers and coordinate the expedition.
• Jing Hongchen demanded first choice of suitable medicines for Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and Feng Ling agreed while confirming that the Soul Engineers would handle the blockade.

Jing Hongchen, Du Busi, and Gu Mingyuan each made preparations connected to the immortal herbs, while Xu Jiawei reached the Herb Garden with Yan Shaozhe and Dai Hao. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi greeting Xu Jiawei warily as the visitors faced Shrek over the garden’s resources.

• Jing Hongchen ordered a western deployment roster and a secret report after learning that Shrek and the Star Luo Empire had arrived at Sunset Forest for immortal herbs.
• Du Busi learned that Xu Jiawei and the White Tiger Duke had entered the mountains with Yan Shaozhe, then decided to go to the Herb Garden with Lang Ya and Yu Tao.
• Gu Mingyuan absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum’s potency, reached rank fifty, and was told by Feng Ling to wait in Heaven Dou City and not seek a fifth Soul Ring alone.
• Yan Shaozhe led Xu Jiawei, Dai Hao, and a court expert through the Poison Miasma into the Herb Garden.
• Xuan Zi met Xu Jiawei, exchanged a look with Yan Shaozhe, and greeted the Star Luo Emperor with suspicion.