Chapter Summaries

Zhou Yi accepted Mu Jin's wager that the losing teacher would leave Shrek Academy, while Huo Yuhao's team faced Ning Tian's team in the Round of 32. Ning Tian disrupted Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing and ordered Wu Feng to attack, leaving the match poised to turn against Huo Yuhao's team.

• Mu Jin challenged Zhou Yi to wager their positions at Shrek Academy on the match, and Zhou Yi accepted with Fan Yu as witness.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong recognized Ning Tian and Wu Feng as their opponents and worried that their past conflict could fuel the match.
• Ning Tian announced her level thirty-four support abilities, Wu Feng revealed her level thirty-two combat strength, and Nanmen Yun'er announced her level twenty-four soul power.
• Ning Tian disrupted Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing, and his attempt to restore it failed.
• Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, boosted Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er, and sent them to attack.
• Wu Feng activated Dragon's Fire and Dragon's Wrath, dramatically increasing her power as the match began.

Huo Yuhao’s team faced a crushing defeat when Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun’er gravely injured Wang Dong, but Huo Yuhao surrendered before Wu Feng could kill him. The team still advanced to the top sixteen, while Mu Jin demanded that Zhou Yi resign after her seeded team lost.

• Wu Feng wounded Wang Dong’s thigh, and Nanmen Yun’er severed Wang Dong’s wings, leaving her unconscious and unable to fight.
• Wu Feng charged at Huo Yuhao, who realized his team had no chance and surrendered to the referee.
• Xiao Xiao surrendered as well, and the referee stopped the fight and announced that Huo Yuhao’s team had advanced to the top sixteen.
• A healing Soul Master treated Wang Dong, while Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun’er, and Ning Tian left the arena.
• Mu Jin taunted Zhou Yi over the loss and demanded that she resign from Shrek Academy before the freshman assessment ended.

After advancing to the semifinals, Jiang Yu and his friends celebrated together in the cafeteria, where a clash with their upcoming opponents turned violent. The chapter ended with Jiang Yu striking Zhu Lu and sending her crashing into a pile of clutter.

• Ning Tian's team won two more matches after defeating Huo Yuhao's team and advanced to the semifinals.
• Jiang Yu defeated Xie Huanyue's team in the round of sixteen, then invited him to eat with their friends.
• At the cafeteria, Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er argued with Zhu Lu after she insulted their team and claimed the championship for herself and Huabin.
• Zhu Lu insulted Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er, and Jiang Yu struck her before she could finish, hurling her into a pile of clutter.

Jiang Yu knocked Zhu Lu unconscious and intimidated Dai Huabin into leaving the dining hall, claiming the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stood behind him. Afterward, Wu Feng offered to serve as Jiang Yu’s maid for five days if he killed or crippled Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu in the semifinals, and Jiang Yu agreed.

• Jiang Yu slapped Zhu Lu across the dining hall, leaving her motionless on the floor.
• Dai Huabin challenged Jiang Yu, who insulted him, splashed juice on him, and warned him against provoking the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Huabin left with Cui Yajie and the injured Zhu Lu after Jiang Yu threatened him.
• Wu Feng asked Jiang Yu to punish Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu if they met in the semifinals, offering to wear a maid outfit for five days.
• Jiang Yu accepted Wu Feng’s offer.

Jiang Yu’s team faced Dai Huabin’s team in the freshman semifinal, and Jiang Yu overwhelmed his opponents even while outnumbered. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu finally unleashed their inherited Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the teachers stunned as the battle reached a turning point.

• Yan Shaozhe oversaw the semifinal draw, which paired Jiang Yu’s team against Dai Huabin’s team while Ning Tian’s trio drew Zhou Sichen’s team.
• Qian Duoduo predicted Jiang Yu would win, citing his exceptional talent, Sea God Pavilion visit, and premium Soul Bone; Du Weilun worried about having punished him before.
• Tang Xingxing and Tang Yueyue boosted Jiang Yu, then left the arena so he could fight freely.
• Jiang Yu wounded Zhu Lu and outmatched Cui Yajie, while Dai Huabin struggled to keep pace with Jiang Yu’s speed, strength, and attacks.
• Dai Huabin called for a Martial Soul Fusion, and Zhu Lu joined him to form the Hell White Tiger as the teachers watched in alarm.

Jiang Yu tested his newly awakened Space-Time Dragon power against Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger, defeating them with overwhelming force. Before the academy officials could stop him, he severed three of Zhu Lu’s fingers and left Dai Huabin with a severe facial wound.

• Jiang Yu fought off the Hell White Tiger’s attacks, prompting Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe to realize he could fuse his Twin Martial Souls.
• Jiang Yu awakened his Space-Time Dragon power and used Spatial Traversal to freeze the Hell White Tiger and tear through its body.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu broke free of the frozen space-time and charged Jiang Yu, but he shattered their Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Time-Space Pierce.
• Jiang Yu slipped through Du Weilun’s attempt to stop him and cut off three of Zhu Lu’s right-hand fingers.
• Jiang Yu slashed Dai Huabin from the forehead to the chest, leaving him unconscious with a grievous wound and space-time power and poison in his body.

Jiang Yu’s team won the freshman assessment finals, and Du Weilun gave Jiang Yu two Soul Bones to cultivate a connection with him. When Jiang Yu reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, they revealed they had obtained another Soul Bone and produced a mysterious dark green pouch.

• Wu Feng told Jiang Yu that her concoction mixed stolen poisons, Soul Beast dung, and an aphrodisiac, and Ning Tian took her away to discipline her.
• Ning Tian’s team defeated Zhou Sichen’s team, setting up a final between the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s young geniuses.
• Jiang Yu’s team won the finals after Jiang Yu demonstrated the Space-Time Dragon’s power against Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Du Weilun awarded Jiang Yu a Voidlight Demon Leopard left leg Soul Bone, then privately gave him another Soul Bone as a personal gift.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng showed Jiang Yu a Secret Art Soul Bone and then produced a dark green leather pouch, surprising him.

Jiang Yu, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng discussed the four soul bones they had earned and decided how to distribute or keep them. They also learned Zhou Yi had become director of the freshman cafeteria, where she would reunite with Huo Yuhao, while Jiang Yu revealed he was close to breaking through to Soul Ancestor.

• Jiang Yu identified his two left leg soul bones, while Ning Tian explained the secret art soul bone and the Azure-Eyed Demon Ape right arm bone she and Wu Feng had obtained.
• Ning Tian said Fan Yu offered the Azure-Eyed Demon Ape soul bone in exchange for letting Zhou Yi remain at Shrek in a non-teaching role, and Wu Feng revealed Zhou Yi had become director of the freshman cafeteria where Huo Yuhao worked.
• Ning Tian proposed giving the Voidlight Demon Leopard soul bone to Nanmen Yun'er and considered recruiting Xie Huanyue and his family because of their Diamond Mammoth ancestry.
• Jiang Yu offered to keep the secret art soul bone and let Ning Tian or Wu Feng claim it if they found a compatible soul bone first.
• Jiang Yu told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that his soul power vortex would complete its tide transformation within a month, allowing him to break through to Soul Ancestor.

Jiang Yu completed the tide-transformation method, broke through to Soul Ancestor, and finished his first year at Shrek Academy with plans to enter the Inner Court. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao learned why Zhou Yi had lost her teaching post and resolved to restore her to the lectern after his journey north.

• Jiang Yu asked Mu Jin for extended leave, cultivated beneath the Heart of Space at the Nine Treasure Pavilion, and completed the tide-transformation method.
• Ghost Blade Douluo guarded Jiang Yu through his seclusion, then took him to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain the spirit rings he needed after he reached Soul Ancestor.
• Jiang Yu returned to Shrek Academy with rank forty-five soul power and a greatly improved physique, while Wu Feng resented how quickly he had surpassed his peers.
• Jiang Yu, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng completed their first year and planned their next steps: Jiang Yu aimed to enter the Inner Court, while the girls planned to advance directly to fourth year.
• Huo Yuhao reached two spirit rings and learned from Zhou Yi that her resignation followed a wager involving Mu Jin and the others, with Fan Yu offering a precious soul bone to help her remain at the academy.
• Huo Yuhao blamed Jiang Yu and the others for Zhou Yi's circumstances and resolved to help return her to teaching after his journey to the Far North.

Jiang Yu and Ning Tian returned to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Yunxiu reunited with them and later teased Ning Tian about her growing feelings for Jiang Yu. Ning Yunxiu reassured her daughter that Jiang Yu shared those feelings and urged her to pursue him.

• Ning Yunxiu embraced Jiang Yu and Ning Tian upon their return, overcome with how much she had missed them during their year away.
• Wu Feng left the hall to visit her family while Jiang Yu and Ning Tian felt awkward in Ning Yunxiu's tight embrace and grew more conscious of their attraction to each other.
• Ning Yunxiu asked Jiang Yu and Ning Tian about their year and their cultivation after welcoming them back.
• Ning Yunxiu visited Ning Tian in her bedroom and teased her about enjoying the closeness with Jiang Yu.
• Ning Tian worried that Jiang Yu saw her only as an older sister, but Ning Yunxiu insisted he desired her and said she had noticed his greed when Ning Tian leaned toward him.

Ning Tian told Ning Yunxiu that Wu Feng loved her, then asked how she could keep both Wu Feng and Jiang Yu in her life. Ning Yunxiu proposed that Ning Tian accept Wu Feng on the condition that Wu Feng bear Jiang Yu a child, leaving Ning Tian to consider the cost of that arrangement.

• Ning Yunxiu warned Ning Tian that Jiang Yu could be ruthless toward enemies, then advised her to avoid losing her virginity or having a child before twenty-five.
• Ning Tian revealed that Wu Feng loved her romantically and asked Ning Yunxiu for a way to avoid hurting either Wu Feng or Jiang Yu.
• Ning Yunxiu suggested that Ning Tian tell Wu Feng she would accept her only if Wu Feng bore Jiang Yu a child.

Ning Tian considered Ning Yunxiu’s proposal that she accept Wu Feng’s love and have Wu Feng bear Jiang Yu’s child, while Jiang Yu weighed his next plans. The chapter left Jiang Yu deciding not to pursue Huo Yuhao in the Far North and planning to seek treasures closer to home.

• Ning Tian saw how accepting Wu Feng’s feelings and sharing Jiang Yu might preserve their relationships, though she remained uneasy about polygamy.
• Ning Yunxiu comforted Ning Tian by suggesting Wu Feng might outgrow her feelings, but Ning Tian prepared for the worst.
• Wu Feng treated Ning Tian and Jiang Yu to rabbit meat, and her efforts eased Ning Tian’s troubled mood.
• Jiang Yu decided against following Huo Yuhao to the Far North because the risks were too great and he had no suitable excuse to leave the sect.
• Jiang Yu considered the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and planned to test whether his Space-Time Dragon’s spatial traversal could get him into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Jiang Yu had Wu Lie purify the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, revealing the gold of life inside, then absorbed its power in seclusion. He awoke with a greatly strengthened body and Sea of Consciousness, and improved control over the Space-Time Dragon’s abilities.

• Jiang Yu received the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife from the Sharp-Tailed Swift Soul Sage Jiang Yu and sensed the evil power concealing the gold of life within it.
• Wu Lie used his utmost-yang soul power to purify the knife, which Jiang Yu renamed the Blade of Life.
• Jiang Yu returned to his Cliffside Palace, sealed himself in seclusion, and carefully pressed the Blade of Life against his forehead to absorb its power.
• A surge of life force overwhelmed Jiang Yu and made him lose consciousness for several hours.
• Jiang Yu awoke with greatly enhanced physical strength, a Sea of Consciousness three times larger and able to recover rapidly, and stronger control over the Space-Time Dragon’s power.

After mastering Spatial Traversal, Jiang Yu traveled alone to the Sunset Forest and bypassed its deadly poisonous miasma. He reached the Ice and Fire Mandarin Duck Pot, where a mysterious voice questioned how he had entered.

• Jiang Yu stabilized the gold of life and assessed the strength he could draw from the Space-Time Dragon.
• Jiang Yu left the sect alone and flew into the Sunset Forest using his spatial affinity.
• Jiang Yu used Spatial Traversal to pass through the poisonous miasma and evade the Jade Phosphor Seven/Nine Absolutes Flowers.
• Jiang Yu descended into the valley and approached the Ice and Fire Mandarin Duck Pot.
• A mysterious voice recognized Jiang Yu as a human and asked how he had crossed the poisonous miasma.

Jiang Yu deceived Youyou into believing he was a descendant of the Dugu Family entitled to Tang San’s promise, and she agreed to let him take seven immortal herbs and other treasures. The chapter left Jiang Yu with access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s treasures.

• Jiang Yu feigned fear and spoke with Youyou, the aromatic silk beauty, after she revealed her powerful abilities.
• Jiang Yu claimed he was the last descendant of the Dugu Family and had entered through spatial abilities from a martial soul mutation.
• Youyou questioned Jiang Yu’s identity, so he cited Tang San’s saying and the secret book he had left for his descendants.
• Youyou believed Jiang Yu had proven his identity and offered him seven immortal herbs, plus other heavenly treasures as repayment for Dugu Bo’s kindness.

Jiang Yu’s attempt to claim seven immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was challenged by Jiaojiao, who threatened him and offered only one herb. He revealed the Heart of Space to prove he was a god’s heir, and Jiaojiao conceded that he could take three herbs and other treasures.

• Youyou agreed to give Jiang Yu seven immortal herbs and treasures of heaven and earth in recognition of Dugu Bo’s care.
• Jiaojiao challenged Youyou’s decision and refused to let Jiang Yu take seven herbs, offering one herb and treasures instead.
• Jiaojiao threatened Jiang Yu and demanded that he swear to keep the location secret and never return.
• Jiang Yu declared himself a god’s heir and displayed the Heart of Space, whose divine aura awed the immortal herbs.
• Jiaojiao admitted defeat and offered Jiang Yu any three immortal herbs and whatever other treasures he wanted.

Jiang Yu negotiated with the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, trading help with a dangerous Thunderclap Hellvine for five immortal herbs and a hundred natural treasures. He left with his gains through Space Transfer, while Youyou quietly secured herself a possible escape route.

• Jiang Yu bargained the infernal delicate apricot down from seven immortal herbs to five kinds and a hundred top-grade natural treasures.
• Jiaojiao asked Jiang Yu to remove a nearly sixty-thousand-year Thunderclap Hellvine that risked self-destructing, and Jiang Yu agreed.
• Jiaojiao sent Jiang Yu the Thunderclap Hellvine, and he prepared to choose his promised treasures with Youyou's help.
• Jiang Yu selected five immortal herbs and a hundred natural treasures, while Youyou secretly added a Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew at his request.
• Jiang Yu escaped through Space Transfer, and Youyou worried as the infernal delicate apricot planned to stop him from leaving next time.

Jiang Yu returned to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with the Aromatic Silk Beauty, a treasure the sect had sought for ten thousand years, and presented it to Ning Tian and Ning Yunxiu. Illusion Douluo then revealed that the plant was rapidly developing higher intelligence and might soon become a true hundred-thousand-year soul beast.

• Jiang Yu returned to Nine Treasure Mountain after raiding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and met Wu Feng and Ning Tian.
• Jiang Yu told them he had found an earthly treasure trove and revealed that he had obtained the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Ning Yunxiu and Ning Tian recognized the herb in Nine Treasure Hall, and Ning Yunxiu embraced Jiang Yu in excitement.
• Jiang Yu said he could not disclose the treasure trove's location because he had sworn a Martial Soul Oath.
• Illusion Douluo examined the Aromatic Silk Beauty and said it had hundred-thousand-year soul beast energy and was rapidly developing higher intelligence.