Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yu faced Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng after their combined presence failed to overpower him, while Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming stepped in to protect him. When Ma Xiaotao demanded an explanation for the compensation he had sought from Shrek Academy, Jiang Yu furiously accused her of evading responsibility for the harm caused by her Evil Fire.

• Jiang Yu met Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng’s combined presence without backing down, astonishing both Soul Emperors.
• Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo intervened and stood between Jiang Yu and the two senior students.
• Dai Yueheng called the confrontation a private matter, but Wu Ming rejected his explanation and grew angry.
• Jiang Yu calmed Wu Ming, then asked Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng what they wanted.
• Ma Xiaotao challenged Jiang Yu over demanding compensation from the academy and suggested he shared the blame for her past accident.
• Jiang Yu insulted Ma Xiaotao and argued that she had knowingly risked harming others, then continued condemning her for refusing to accept responsibility.

Jiang Yu confronted Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng, forcing Ma Xiaotao to flee and declaring that he would crush anyone who challenged him. Dai Yueheng challenged him to a battle at the Inner Court’s Soul Fighting Arena the next day, while Jiang Yu prepared to obtain the Space-Binding Thorn Right Leg Bone before the fight.

• Jiang Yu’s verbal attack brought Ma Xiaotao face-to-face with the damage her past actions had caused, and she fled rather than accept his words.
• Jiang Yu told Dai Yueheng that he still intended to kill Dai Huabin and warned that his brother was fortunate to have left with strong protection.
• Dai Yueheng acknowledged Jiang Yu’s talent and resolve, but warned that the factions he had offended might eventually unite against him.
• Jiang Yu declared that he would become invincible before his enemies could defeat him, leaving Dai Yueheng shaken.
• Dai Yueheng challenged Jiang Yu to a battle at the Inner Court’s Soul Fighting Arena at noon the next day, and Jiang Yu accepted the prospect eagerly.
• Jiang Yu planned to obtain the Space-Binding Thorn Right Leg Bone and fuse with it before the battle.

Jiang Yu completed the fusion of his hundred-thousand-year Space Spirit Right Leg Bone and inherited the Space Thorn Domain before heading to his noon duel with Dai Yueheng. As the Inner Court gathered to watch, the two fighters unleashed their powers and the battle began with Jiang Yu avoiding Dai Yueheng’s opening strike.

• Jiang Yu completed the Space Spirit Right Leg Bone’s fusion with one hundred percent compatibility and inherited the Space Thorn Domain.
• Zhang Lexuan and the others congratulated Jiang Yu and joked with Gu Fan and Hua Yao about their plans to prepare for a baby.
• The Inner Court students filled the Soul Fighting Arena to watch Jiang Yu and Dai Yueheng fight, while Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao watched from the stands.
• At noon, Jiang Yu teleported into the arena and faced Dai Yueheng as their Spirit Rings illuminated the stands.
• Dai Yueheng activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and charged Jiang Yu, who vanished just before the tiger paw struck him.

Jiang Yu nearly killed Dai Yueheng with a Space-Time Blade, then kept him under pressure with ranged attacks. As Jiang Yu trapped Dai Yueheng in a chaining assault, Xuan Zi recognized the skill’s mastery of space and time and questioned his own years of stagnation at level 98.

• Jiang Yu’s first Space-Time Blade nearly broke through Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Protective Barrier, but Dai Yueheng dodged and escaped with his life.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi worried that Jiang Yu’s ruthless fighting style could kill Dai Yueheng before they knew when to intervene.
• Jiang Yu fired three more Space-Time Blades, while Dai Yueheng boosted himself with three Soul Skills and charged in to seize the initiative.
• Jiang Yu surrounded Dai Yueheng with eighteen silver points and launched a chaining attack that left Dai Yueheng covered in wounds.
• Xuan Zi recognized Jiang Yu’s skill as an astonishing use of space and time, then lamented that his own understanding had kept him stuck at level 98.

Jiang Yu overwhelmed Dai Yueheng with his Space-Time Dragon Domain, leaving Ma Xiaotao shaken by his rapid growth and power. Dai Yueheng then burned his life flame and launched his strongest attack, while Jiang Yu remained calm and gathered silver light in his hand.

• Xuan Zi identified Jiang Yu’s ability as a domain that warped space and manipulated time, preventing Dai Yueheng from predicting or dodging his attacks.
• Yan Shaozhe remained stunned, while Ma Xiaotao questioned whether she could defeat Jiang Yu and realized she feared facing him.
• Jiang Yu’s Space-Time Eighteen Slashes battered Dai Yueheng until he was bloodied and nearly unable to breathe.
• Dai Yueheng ignited his life flame, used White Tiger Meteor Shower to disrupt space, and charged Jiang Yu with White Tiger Annihilation Kill.
• As Dai Yueheng’s attack neared, he saw Jiang Yu calmly holding a mass of brilliant silver light.

Jiang Yu learned that he had become the eleven-year-old captain of the Shrek Seven Devils and advised Ning Tian and Wu Feng about Huo Yuhao before Wu Ming took his hand on the way to dinner. The next day, Xuan Zi gathered the Outer Court core disciples for the Grand Melee Selection Tournament, and they split into factions after hearing the rules.

• Dai Yueheng relinquished his vice-captain position, and Ma Xiaotao stepped down as captain in favor of Jiang Yu.
• Jiang Yu told Ning Tian and Wu Feng about Huo Yuhao’s Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul and urged them to watch out for him in the tournament.
• Wu Ming took Jiang Yu’s hand and interlocked their fingers as she led him to dinner with Gu Fan and Sister Yao.
• A cool, aloof figure watched Jiang Yu and Wu Ming enter the restaurant, then silently left.
• Xuan Zi brought the Outer Court core disciples to the Soul Fighting Zone, explained the tournament rules, and watched them divide into factions.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng gathered the students connected to them into a large team for the Grand Melee Selection Tournament, while Huo Yuhao’s group worked to eliminate rival teams. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill but were overwhelmed by Ning Tian’s boosted allies, and the melee ended with only two teams remaining.

• Xie Huanyue joined Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and other students who had been treated by Jiang Yu’s trio gathered around them.
• He Caitou opened the melee with a barrage of Soul Tools, while Huo Yuhao shared Spiritual Detection and Xiao Xiao slowed opponents as Bei Bei’s group attacked the remaining third- and fourth-year students.
• Ning Tian’s group surrounded Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, and Wu Feng taunted them about their injuries and blamed them on Jiang Yu’s poison.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu summoned Hell White Tiger, but Ning Tian’s boosts and the combined attacks of Xie Huanyue, Huang Chutian, Cao Jinxuan, Wu Feng, and the others defeated them.
• Xuan Zi rescued the beaten Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, and Wu Feng’s group eliminated a nearby temporary alliance, leaving Huo Yuhao’s seven-person team and Ning Tian’s eight-person team in the Soul Fighting Zone.

Ning Tian's team used Mirror Space and coordinated attacks to suppress Bei Bei's team, while Wu Feng used Flame Swamp to trap Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan. Wu Feng then feinted at Jiang Nannan and redirected her attack toward the unprepared Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.

• Ning Tian activated Mirror Space, interrupting Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection Sharing and suppressing his spiritual abilities.
• Ning Tian assigned her teammates opponents, and Wu Feng charged into battle against Bei Bei while Xie Huanyue blocked Xu Sanshi.
• The Lan sisters trapped He Caitou with Heavenly Net as Huang Chutian and the others kept Wang Dong occupied.
• Huo Yuhao switched to his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul and tried to help Xiao Xiao free Wang Dong, but he could not use his strongest ice attacks.
• Ning Tian told Wu Feng to use her Soul Bone Skill, and Wu Feng trapped Bei Bei and Jiang Nannan in Flame Swamp before powering up for an attack.
• Wu Feng made Jiang Nannan use Invincible Golden Body, then used Dragon Explosion to redirect herself toward the unprepared Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao.

The selection match turned against Shrek as its direct-line students were eliminated, while Ning Tian’s team gained the advantage through a hidden power and tactical withdrawals. As Xu Sanshi charged at Ning Tian’s group, Zhou Sichen withdrew and Ning Tian asked Elder Xuan to stop the fight, declaring the match over.

• Xuan Zi removed Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, the Blue Family Sisters, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao from the arena as the battle shifted against Shrek.
• Cao Jinxuan used Time Lock to hold He Caitou, allowing Wu Feng to eliminate him with Dragon Explosion.
• Ning Tian unleashed a golden force that Xuan Zi identified as belonging to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, knocking Jiang Nannan unconscious and eliminating her.
• Xu Sanshi awakened his Black Tortoise bloodline after Jiang Nannan’s elimination and charged Ning Tian’s team.
• Wu Feng seized Bei Bei’s distraction to eliminate Huo Yuhao, leaving Bei Bei as Shrek’s last direct-line student in the arena.
• Zhou Sichen withdrew, and Ning Tian told Elder Xuan the match was over and warned she would use her remaining trump cards if he did not stop Xu Sanshi.

After the Grand Melee Selection Tournament ended, the Sea God Pavilion cut three of the five Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect students who had qualified, provoking Jiang Yu's fury. Zhang Lexuan defended the academy's decision while sympathizing with the students, then left to announce the results in Xuan Zi's place.

• Xuan Zi struck bloodline-awakened Xu Sanshi into a granite wall, ended the tournament, and flew to Sea God Island to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• Jiang Yu learned that Cao Jinxuan and Huang Chutian had made the reserve team and warned Ning Tian that the academy might remove some of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's students.
• Ning Tian said she would help Xie Huanyue and the others demand justice if the academy cut them despite their performance.
• The Sea God Pavilion decided to replace three of the five qualifying Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect students, and Zhang Lexuan brought the decision to Jiang Yu.
• Jiang Yu condemned the decision and warned that the three students should be wary if they accepted compensation; Zhang Lexuan said the academy was wrong and refused to report his remarks to the Senior Elders.
• Zhang Lexuan left to announce the selection results in Xuan Zi's place, and Jiang Yu recognized that Xuan Zi had made her his scapegoat.

After Zhang Lexuan left, Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming teased each other about snooping in Jiang Yu’s room and tried to enlist him in their squabble. Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming united against Jiang Yu, restraining him with the Shaking Gold Rope as he vowed to get even with Han Ruoruo.

• After Zhang Lexuan left, Jiang Yu called Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming downstairs.
• Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming exposed each other’s behavior in Jiang Yu’s room and competed to persuade him to take their side.
• Han Ruoruo offered to help Jiang Yu train Wu Ming, while Wu Ming offered to help make Han Ruoruo his woman on the side.
• Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming argued over Han Ruoruo’s offer, then Han Ruoruo accused Jiang Yu of having improper thoughts about them.
• Wu Ming agreed with Han Ruoruo, and the two women approached Jiang Yu while the Shaking Gold Rope bound his ankles.

After the Outer Court protested Shrek Academy’s replacement of tournament winners, Yan Shaozhe proposed a challenge system to restore the disputed places and protect the academy’s reputation. The Sea God Pavilion approved the plan, but Xian Lin’er and Qian Duoduo pointed out that it had overlooked Ca itou, the Soul Tool Department’s reserve-team candidate.

• Ning Tian and the eliminated students demanded an explanation from Shrek Academy, while the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect joined the protest and threatened to intervene.
• As public anger spread inside and outside the academy, Xuan Zi convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting to decide how to handle the crisis.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed returning the three disputed places, then having Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Jiang Nannan challenge the replacements to win them back.
• Xuan Zi praised Yan Shaozhe’s plan, and the elders approved it as their best way to contain the backlash.
• Xian Lin’er and Qian Duoduo objected that the plan had forgotten Ca itou, the Soul Tool Department’s sole reserve-team candidate.

At the Sea God Pavilion, Shrek Academy’s elders debated the preparatory team and agreed to add He Caitou by removing Jiang Nannan. Mu En stayed silent as the decision was finalized.

• Xian Lin'er threatened to resign with Qian Duoduo unless He Caitou joined the preparatory team, and Elder Song supported her demand.
• Xuan Zi argued that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong should remain, revealing that Wang Dong had the Clear Sky Hammer as his Second Martial Soul.
• Xuan Zi proposed that Jiang Nannan complete her challenge and then be eliminated by He Caitou, while Yan Shaozhe argued the academy should not prioritize Xu Sanshi’s feelings.
• The elders voted to replace Jiang Nannan with He Caitou, and Mu En offered only a quiet sigh.

After the Sea God Pavilion’s attempt to replace the reinstated reserve-team members through a supplementary challenge tournament, Xie Huanyue, Cao Jinxuan, and the others rejected the process and turned away from Shrek Academy. The two Shrek teams set out separately for the Star Luo Empire, where Jiang Yu discovered that lightning could strengthen his Thunderclap Hellvine Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone, and resolved to help the Thunderclap Hellvine advance toward Ultimate Lightning.

• Xie Huanyue, Cao Jinxuan, and the other affected students withdrew from the supplementary challenge tournament and joined Ning Tian’s side, leaving the Sea God Pavilion’s effort to settle the teams through the challenge a failure.
• The Sea God Pavilion canceled the friendly match and sent the main team, led by Xuan Zi, and the reserve team, led by the Azure Shadow Divine Eagle Senior Elder, on separate missions to the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Ning Yunxiu sent Thunder Emperor Douluo to protect Jiang Yu and the others as they traveled toward the Star Luo Empire.
• During the flight, Jiang Yu used spatial power to shield himself from the high-speed currents and discovered that storm lightning slightly strengthened his left leg and increased the ages of his fifth Spirit Ring and left leg bone.
• Jiang Yu recalled the Thunderclap Hellvine’s purple-gold seed and decided to help it reach a hundred thousand years, hoping to gain control over Ultimate Lightning and search for the Thunder God Divine Position.
• Elder Song brought Ning Tian and the others to meet Jiang Yu’s group, then departed; Xuan Zi left Wang Yan to handle the remaining matters and went to eat and rest.

The Shrek Inspection Corps reached the Star Luo Empire’s western military camp, where Dai Hao welcomed them and promised intelligence for their mission against the Hand of Death Bandit Gang. In their tent, Ning Tian and Jiang Yu discussed Huo Yuhao’s hatred of the White Tiger Duke’s family and began to suspect his past connection to the mansion.

• Du Leisi questioned the Shrek Inspection Corps and learned from Jiang Yu that Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin had both been eliminated from the competition.
• Du Leisi lent the group Flying Soul Tools and escorted them to the western military camp, where Dai Hao welcomed them and arranged intelligence and maps for their mission.
• The Shrek students split into groups to rest, and Ning Tian told Jiang Yu that Huo Yuhao had reacted strongly to seeing Dai Hao and Dai Huabin.
• Jiang Yu agreed that Huo Yuhao seemed to have a significant connection to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, and Ning Tian recalled that the Duke had more than two legitimate sons.

Jiang Yu scouted the Hand of Death Bandit Gang’s base alone and sent the team to attack it. The sight of the gang’s atrocities united the others against them, but the Death Messenger’s power turned the battlefield dangerous.

• Wu Feng doubted that Huo Yuhao was Dai Hao’s son, while Ning Tian asked Jiang Yu for his opinion and the group rested before continuing into the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Wang Yan asked Huo Yuhao to use Spiritual Detection Sharing, but Jiang Yu went ahead alone to scout the area, prompting Wang Dong to complain and the others to rebuke him.
• Jiang Yu returned with the location of the Hand of Death’s base, reported that he had eliminated its hidden sentries, and told the team to handle the fight themselves.
• Ma Xiaotao led the attack, and the team found the cave filled with corpses, human skins, and an infant’s body impaled on a stone pillar.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi charged into battle, and the others joined them before the Death Messenger appeared and made the corpses swell and explode.

A chain of corpse explosions devastated the cavern, badly injuring Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and several members of Shrek's main team. As Xuan Zi rushed to help, the Death Messenger seized Huo Yuhao, leaving Wang Dong calling for rescue.

• Corpse explosions tore through the cavern, and Ning Tian and Wu Feng survived behind the Eternal Boundary Wall while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi were blasted unconscious and poisoned.
• Wang Yan gave Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi antidote pills, and Xuan Zi hurried deeper into the cavern to check on the main team.
• Xuan Zi found the main team injured but alive, while Xi Xi treated Yao Haoxuan and Jiang Yu tended Ling Luochen.
• Jiang Yu told Xuan Zi to pursue the lightly injured Death Messenger, who had escaped into the cavern passages.
• Wang Dong shouted for Xuan Zi to save Huo Yuhao, and Xuan Zi rushed toward them as Jiang Yu reflected on his improvised bandage for Ling Luochen.

Jiang Yu saved Ling Luochеn and the Shrek team from a Five-Ring Evil Soul Master's corpse explosion, and Ling Luochеn agreed to join the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Xuan Zi rushed the injured team toward Star Luo City, news of the disaster reached the Sea God Pavilion and left its elders alarmed by Mu En's growing anger.

• Jiang Yu told Ling Luochеn she could repay her life debt by working for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she agreed to join it.
• Ling Luochеn collapsed from her injuries, so Jiang Yu carried her out of the corpse-poisoned cavern while the others helped the wounded escape.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng met Jiang Yu outside, and he told them Ling Luochеn would recover and had decided to join their sect.
• Xuan Zi took the injured Shrek team toward Star Luo City to seek help from Medicine Immortal Douluo and contact the Sea God Pavilion.
• Chen Zifeng and the others went to speak with Jiang Yu after he treated Ling Luochеn's wound.
• Yan Shaozhe read Xuan Zi's letter at another Sea God Pavilion Meeting, and the elders left shaken as they sensed Mu En's anger.

After the Medicine Immortal Douluo healed Shrek’s injured students, Jiang Yu secretly followed her and proposed a mutually beneficial deal. The chapter left her considering his offer.

• Jiang Yu ordered four meals after dealing with Chen Zifeng and the others.
• Xuan Zi returned with the Medicine Immortal Douluo, who questioned his failure to protect the students from the Soul King’s Corpse Explosion.
• The Medicine Immortal Douluo criticized Xuan Zi, then used her life-based healing ability to greatly improve the injured students’ condition.
• The Medicine Immortal Douluo left after treating the Shrek delegation, and Xuan Zi vanished with his wine gourd.
• Wang Yan noticed Jiang Yu had disappeared, while Jiang Yu followed the Medicine Immortal Douluo toward the imperial palace.
• The Medicine Immortal Douluo sensed Jiang Yu and warned him about following her, and Jiang Yu emerged from a spatial rift to propose a deal.

Jiang Yu awakened the Thunderclap Hellvine within his Sea of Consciousness and discovered he could wield it like a second martial soul. After the Medicine Immortal Douluo offered to introduce him to someone, he met Xu Jiujiu in the courtyard.

• Jiang Yu found blue-purple Thunderclap Hellvine vines growing in his Sea of Consciousness and touched them.
• A lightning bolt struck Jiang Yu, and he absorbed its power before the Thunderclap Hellvine emerged from his palm and devoured a second bolt.
• Jiang Yu realized he could control the Thunderclap Hellvine and reproduce its three innate soul skills, while the Medicine Immortal Douluo warned him to handle its ability to attract lightning carefully.
• The Medicine Immortal Douluo offered to introduce Jiang Yu to someone and told him to wash up before meeting her guest.
• Jiang Yu met Xu Jiujiu, who introduced herself and offered him her hand.