Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang returned to Shrek Academy with Ye Lin, but Xiao Wu was missing. He told Tang San that Xiao Wu had gone home and might not return for years, leaving Tang San furious and suspecting Yu Xiaogang had arranged her departure.

• Yu Xiaogang and Ye Lin arrived at Shrek Academy on Luo Sanpao, and Liu Erlong and Tang San came to greet them.
• Tang San searched for Xiao Wu, while Yu Xiaogang secretly considered entering the Soul Master Tournament to pursue its fifty-thousand-year Spiritual Wisdom Skull for Ye Lin.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang where Xiao Wu was, and Yu Xiaogang claimed she had left to handle a family matter and would be away for at least two or three years.
• Tang San was shocked and privately blamed Yu Xiaogang for making Xiao Wu leave, disrupting his plan to have her sacrifice herself for him.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly mocked Tang San and told him to respect Xiao Wu’s decision to go home.

Xiao Wu returned to the Star Dou Forest, leaving Tang San upset and giving Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing more time with Ye Lin. Dai Mubai later asked Ye Lin for advice about a girl who did not return his feelings, and Ye Lin recognized that he meant Zhu Zhuqing.

• Tang San hid his anger over Xiao Wu leaving and said he was worried about her.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing comforted Ye Lin and each held one of his arms, while Ye Lin said Xiao Wu would return.
• Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuqing grow close to Ye Lin and decided he needed to speak with him.
• That night, Dai Mubai invited Ye Lin on a walk to the lake and asked why a girl he liked was cold toward him.
• Ye Lin told Dai Mubai that neither a person's feelings nor the lack of returned affection could be changed, and Dai Mubai admitted Zhu Zhuqing left him at a loss.

Ye Lin helped Dai Mubai understand why Zhu Zhuqing resented him, and Dai Mubai confronted how he had abandoned her and squandered the time she bought him. His realization triggered his White Tiger Martial Soul’s evolution into the Evil-Eyed Holy King, whose ancient spirit appeared before him.

• Ye Lin told Dai Mubai to consider whether he had hurt Zhu Zhuqing and reminded him that nobody owed him understanding or loyalty.
• Dai Mubai realized he had fled the Star Luo Empire without considering Zhu Zhuqing’s danger, then spent his time at Shrek Academy pursuing pleasure while she struggled alone.
• Dai Mubai admitted he had acted like a beast and was unworthy of Zhu Zhuqing, then resolved to leave his old self behind.
• Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Martial Soul transformed into the Evil-Eyed Holy King, and his Soul Power rose as a fourth, black-and-white Bloodline Spirit Ring appeared.
• An ancient figure emerged in Dai Mubai’s Sea of Consciousness and identified himself as the Evil-Eyed Holy King.

Dai Mubai learned that the Evil-Eyed Holy King might be trying to possess him after awakening his bloodline power and evolving his Martial Soul. He resolved to guard his consciousness, then went to speak with Zhu Zhuqing after realizing their Martial Souls no longer shared their former connection.

• Dai Mubai asked Ye Lin about the Evil-Eyed Holy King, and Ye Lin explained that Dai Mubai had awakened the ancient guardian's bloodline and gained a powerful Bloodline Spirit Ring.
• Ye Lin warned Dai Mubai that the Evil-Eyed Holy King might be seeking a body and could gradually take control of Dai Mubai's mind and body.
• Dai Mubai rejected the Evil-Eyed Holy King's claims and vowed to keep control of himself while thanking Ye Lin for the warning.
• Dai Mubai went to Zhu Zhuqing's room and asked her to talk with him by the lake.
• Dai Mubai realized that his evolved Martial Soul no longer resonated with Zhu Zhuqing's Nether Civet Martial Soul, and he grew more certain that the Evil-Eyed Holy King had told the truth about that change.

Dai Mubai ended his engagement with Zhu Zhuqing and vowed to face the Star Luo Royal Family’s succession struggle alone after revealing his newly awakened Evil-Eyed Holy King Martial Soul. Zhu Zhuqing accepted that their relationship was over, then visited Ye Lin and asked what someone should do when they cannot stop dwelling on something.

• Dai Mubai told Zhu Zhuqing he wanted to end their engagement and apologized for how he had treated her.
• Zhu Zhuqing reminded Dai Mubai that the Star Luo Royal Family’s rules left him no way to escape its succession struggle.
• Dai Mubai revealed his Evil-Eyed Holy King Martial Soul and declared that he would claim the throne and change the royal rules himself.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she had once hoped Dai Mubai would become someone she could rely on, but that his change had come too late.
• Dai Mubai apologized, promised to shoulder the royal disputes alone, and ended his engagement with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Ye Lin and asked what someone should do when they could not stop dwelling on something.