Chapter Summaries

Su Wen stopped Tian Meng from forcing the Ice Empress to become his Soul Ring and introduced himself as a friend to the Ice Empress and Snow Empress. He explained the Ice Sovereign’s evolution and offered the Ice Empress two alternatives, leaving her to consider how to face her future.

• Tian Meng trapped the Ice Empress in a cocoon and demanded she either pursue godhood with him or die with him, but Su Wen and his companions arrived and broke the cocoon.
• Tian Meng used his life origin to flee with Huo Yuhao as the Ice Empress escaped and confronted Su Wen.
• Su Wen offered to be friends with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, and Mu Qiu'er and Gu Yuena confirmed he had helped the Ice Empress.
• Su Wen explained that the Ice Sovereign was his Martial Soul and had evolved from a member of the Ice Jade Scorpion clan.
• Su Wen told the Ice Empress he could help her become a Soul Spirit or help her overcome her Fourth Great Tribulation so she could keep cultivating in the Land of Extreme North.

Su Wen offered to help the Ice Empress survive her fourth tribulation, and she accepted his friendship while considering her choice. An Extreme North Storm then brought a lost grandfather and granddaughter to Su Wen’s group in the Land of Extreme North.

• Su Wen offered the Ice Empress help surviving her fourth tribulation, and she agreed that they were friends.
• The Titan Snow Devil King tried to get Su Wen’s attention, but Su Wen ignored it while eating roasted Snow Spirit Pig.
• An Extreme North Storm arose, and an old man and Lengye were caught in the blizzard while traveling through the Land of Extreme North.
• Su Wen pondered how to obtain the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Marrow from the Earth Dragon Gate.
• The storm-driven old man and Lengye found Su Wen’s group, whose protected clearing left them astonished.

An Lie and An Lengye took shelter from a blizzard with Su Wen and the powerful soul beasts of the Land of Extreme North. After the Snow Empress and Ice Empress agreed to accompany Su Wen on a trip, A'Tai escorted the stunned grandfather and granddaughter back toward An Yang City, where An Lie realized they had met the region’s true rulers.

• An Lie and An Lengye asked Su Wen’s group for shelter from the blizzard, and the Snow Empress allowed them to stay.
• Su Wen offered roasted Snow Spirit Pig meat in exchange for An Lie’s Snow Ganoderma, astonishing An Lie with its rarity and quality.
• Su Wen told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to accompany him to settle a matter, while Mu Qiu'er asked to come and was refused.
• The Snow Empress summoned A'Tai and ordered him to escort An Lie and An Lengye out of the Land of Extreme North.
• After A'Tai carried them toward An Yang City, An Lie told An Lengye they had met the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Titan Snow Devil King.

Su Wen brought the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to Earth Dragon Gate in Dragon City and offered Sect Master Nan Shui Shui a Ten Thousand Year Blood Lotus in exchange for the ores beneath the sect’s Cold Spring. Nan Shui Shui asked for time to consider, but Su Wen and the two fierce beasts pressured her to accept.

• An Lie and An Lengye hid their encounter with Su Wen and the fierce beasts from the An Yang City guards.
• Su Wen, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress arrived in Dragon City and went to Earth Dragon Gate to meet its sect master.
• Nan Shui Shui received them nervously, sensing the ancient, powerful auras of the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Su Wen offered Nan Shui Shui a Ten Thousand Year Blood Lotus in exchange for access to the cold ores beneath Earth Dragon Gate’s Cold Spring.
• Nan Shui Shui asked to consider the trade until the next day, and Su Wen warned her that she had no real choice as the two fierce beasts released their auras.

Su Wen learned the Snow Empress’s Emperor Sword and Emperor Palm in the Land of Extreme North. After explaining that she had exhausted her potential and faced the Seventh Heavenly Tribulation, the Snow Empress prepared to Shapeshift.

• Nan Shui Shui led Su Wen, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress to a well where they found Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Marrow for the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress ate the marrow and fell asleep, so A'Tai carried her back to her cave; the Snow Empress thanked Su Wen and invited him to visit the Land of Extreme North.
• Su Wen asked the Snow Empress to teach him her Three Absolute Skills, and she explained the Emperor Sword, Emperor Palm, and Emperor's Frozen Sky before beginning his lessons.
• After a month of training, Su Wen used the Emperor Sword to freeze the snowfield and told the Snow Empress that he planned to have Xiao Bai and A'Tai guard her if she Shapeshifted.
• The Snow Empress said she had exhausted her potential after breaking through the sixth Heavenly Tribulation and would begin the preparations she had made for ten thousand years.

Huo Yuhao endured the dangerous creation of a Second Martial Soul, then impressed during the second-year Assessment. Su Wen became Sea God Pavilion's generational successor and went shopping with Zhang Lexuan, where they ran into Bei Bei and Tang Ya.

• Huo Yuhao killed a Titan Snow Demon and endured severe pain while absorbing its Spirit Bone and transforming it into a Second Martial Soul.
• Su Wen returned to the academy, where Wang Dong, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Mu Qiu'er, and Gu Yuena discussed the coming Assessment.
• Huo Yuhao defeated a Thousand Year Spirit Beast in the second-year Assessment, earned 132 points, and forced Dai Huabin to kneel after winning their bet.
• Mu En announced that Su Wen would succeed as Sea God Pavilion's generational successor, with Zhang Lexuan as the reserve.
• Zhang Lexuan teased Su Wen for neglecting her, kissed him, and took him shopping in Shrek City.
• Su Wen and Zhang Lexuan ran into Bei Bei and Tang Ya while shopping.

After spending the night with Zhang Lexuan, Su Wen attended the Treasure Appreciation Meeting with Wang Dong'er and obtained valuable soul-bone materials. On the way back to Shrek Academy, he sensed danger in the wilderness, where Huo Yuhao had once been ambushed.

• Bei Bei asked Su Wen whether he and Zhang Lexuan were together, and Su Wen confirmed it; meanwhile, Tang Ya and Zhang Lexuan spoke privately.
• Su Wen and Zhang Lexuan spent the night together, and Su Wen returned to the dormitory in the early morning.
• Wang Dong'er invited Su Wen to the Treasure Appreciation Meeting, and the two later encountered Dai Huabin fighting Huo Yuhao; Fan Yu's protection spared Huo Yuhao punishment.
• At the Treasure Appreciation Meeting, Su Wen helped Wang Dong'er obtain the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone and acquired ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber; Bei Bei teased him about the previous night, and Tang Ya dragged Bei Bei away.
• On the road back to Shrek Academy, Wang Dong'er spoke about taking Su Wen to the Clear Sky Sect, while Su Wen grew increasingly wary of the dark wilderness around them.

Su Wen and Wang Dong were ambushed by the Holy Spirit Cult’s Zhongli Brothers, while a separate group from the Duke’s Mansion targeted Huo Yuhao. Su Wen raised a signal flare and urged Wang Dong to take shelter, but she insisted they try their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• The Zhongli Brothers identified Su Wen and prepared to attack him, while the Duke’s Mansion’s men waited for Huo Yuhao.
• Electrolux warned Su Wen that two groups were hiding ahead, and Su Wen recognized the Holy Spirit Cult among them.
• Su Wen grabbed Wang Dong and fled through the forest, drawing the Zhongli Brothers into pursuit.
• The Duke’s Mansion’s leader saw the Zhongli Brothers reveal their power and ordered his men to chase Huo Yuhao instead.
• Su Wen fired a signal flare and told Wang Dong to enter the Pokeball, but Wang Dong insisted they try their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Su Wen and Wang Dong attempted a Martial Soul Fusion Skill while the Zhongli brothers pursued them with captured Beast Spirit souls. When Han Ruoruo told Zhang Lexuan that Su Wen and Wang Dong had sent a distress signal near Shrek City, Zhang Lexuan immediately flew to help.

• Su Wen and Wang Dong began trying to fuse their martial souls as the Zhongli brothers sent Beast Spirits after them.
• Hurricane intercepted the pursuing spirits while Su Wen condemned the brothers for imprisoning the souls of the dead.
• The Nether Ghost Tiger caught up to Su Wen, but Little Gold struck it away before the fusion was complete.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Dai Huabin among the pursuers and asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for help.
• Han Ruoruo told Zhang Lexuan that Su Wen and Wang Dong had sent a distress signal outside Shrek City, and Zhang Lexuan flew out to respond.

Su Wen and Wang Dong'er unleashed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to fight off the Zhongli Brothers, killing Zhongli Ren and freezing Zhongli Di before Shrek's reinforcements arrived. At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En warned Yan Shaozhe that the Holy Spirit Cult's revealed strength was only the tip of the iceberg and ordered the academy to prepare for further threats and the tournament.

• Zhongli Di attacked Su Wen and Wang Dong'er, but they combined into a goddess who used Emperor Sword to freeze him and his eighth soul skill.
• Zhongli Ren charged at Su Wen, who struck him with Emperor Palm and killed him with Ice Spikes.
• Zhongli Tian threatened Su Wen, but Shrek's reinforcements arrived and Moonlight healed Su Wen while a blood moon attacked Zhongli Tian.
• At the city wall, Xian Lin'er and the others assessed the fight, noting that Su Wen and Wang Dong'er had exhausted their Soul Power while one pursuer was dead and another was injured.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that the Holy Spirit Cult had targeted Su Wen and that its exposed strength was only the tip of the iceberg.
• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to strengthen academy defenses, pull back expansion efforts, and prepare for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.

Gu Yuena rebuked Mu En and Shrek’s elders for leaving Su Wen in danger, while Mu En acknowledged the academy’s decay and his inability to change it before Su Wen was ready. Su Wen recovered in his dormitory as Ma Xiaotao anxiously checked on him and gave him medicine.

• Gu Yuena condemned Mu En and Shrek’s elders for treating Su Wen’s life-threatening trial carelessly, and Mu En admitted her criticism was true.
• Mu En reflected on Shrek Academy’s stagnant leadership, the Inner Courtyard’s sacrifices, and his own choice to preserve stability until Su Wen could take over.
• Mu Qiu’er checked Su Wen’s injuries in his dormitory, and Gu Yuena asked if he was all right before they left.
• Ma Xiaotao rushed in, examined Su Wen, and hugged him in relief after confirming he had no serious injuries.
• Ma Xiaotao gave Su Wen Whale Rubber and a Mystic Water Pill while he explained that his body was exhausted from testing a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Su Wen and Wang Dong'er identified their Martial Soul Fusion Skill as the manifestation of the Ancient Ice God, while Tang San watched from the God Realm and planned to draw Su Wen into his control. Tang San hid the image when Destruction nearly noticed that Wang Dong'er was not quite Xiao Qi, then waited for a safer chance to interfere.

• Ma Xiaotao left Su Wen to recover and prepare for the upcoming practical training match for the All-Continent Academy Tournament.
• Wang Dong'er joined Su Wen in bed, and they discussed the divine figure their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had condensed and recognized it as the Ancient Ice God.
• Tang San watched the scene in the God Realm, concluded Su Wen's Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion had revealed the Ancient Ice God, and decided to have Daming and Erming try to recruit him.
• Tang San planned to use Wang Dong'er and Qiankun Wenqing Valley to bring Su Wen under his influence, but noted that Destruction was watching him and a Silver Dragon protected Su Wen.
• Destruction questioned whether the image showed Xiao Qi, so Tang San dispersed it and insisted Wang Dong'er was his biological daughter.
• After Destruction left, Tang San complained about his interference and resolved to wait before making further plans.

The Snow Woman decided to shapeshift, while Dai Huabin’s attempted attack on Huo Yuhao drew the Shrek Surveillance Group’s attention. During interrogation, Dai Huabin falsely blamed Dai Yueheng, who revealed himself and took over the questioning.

• The Snow Woman resolved to begin shapeshifting the next day and asked A'Tai to summon Xiao Bai to protect her.
• Dai Yueheng struck Dai Huabin and warned him that the Duke's Mansion had been implicated after Evil Spirit Masters were caught, while Huo Yuhao remained missing.
• Wang Dong told Su Wen that Huo Yuhao had disappeared amid the pursuit, then excitedly recounted how she and Su Wen had defeated three Evil Spirit Masters.
• In Mu Jin’s class, Gu Yuena questioned why humans had expanded into Soul Beast territory, and Mu Jin explained how humans depended on Soul Beasts and were better organized.
• The Shrek Surveillance Group took Dai Huabin from class and interrogated him about targeting Su Wen and Huo Yuhao.
• Under interrogation, Dai Huabin claimed Dai Yueheng had ordered Huo Yuhao’s killing, and the masked leader revealed himself as Dai Yueheng before dismissing the others.

Su Wen arranged for Old Du to forge a specialized staff for Hurricane before the upcoming competition, while Dai Hao failed to prevent Dai Huabin’s expulsion. Huo Yuhao was drawn further into the Holy Spirit Cult as Zhongli Wu promised to help him take revenge, and the academy’s young Core Disciples prepared for a Soul Duel.

• Su Wen named the Bi Ling Swan Azure Luan and considered how his Soul Beasts could strengthen his team before the tournament.
• Su Wen agreed with Yan Shaozhe to let Dai Huabin be expelled, and Dai Hao and his wife left the academy.
• Su Wen asked Old Du to forge a staff for Hurricane, and Old Du promised to finish it in half a month.
• Zhongli Wu persuaded Huo Yuhao that the Holy Spirit Cult would help him avenge his mother by killing the White Tiger Duke and his wife.
• Rumors about Dai Hao’s visit were suppressed, Huo Yuhao disappeared with little notice, and Mu Jin called the under-fifteen Core Disciples to the Soul Duel Zone.

Su Wen watched Mu Qiu'er dominate the mixed-court free-for-all and saw Wang Dong among the final seven. In the God Realm, Tang San decided to focus on a more dazzling Child of Destiny, while Su Wen and his allies faced a coordinated attack from Dai Yueheng’s group.

• Xuan Zi announced a free-for-all with the last seven disciples remaining, and Xie Huanyue’s charge began the battle.
• Mu Qiu'er swept through the arena with her Golden Dragon Spear, eliminating He Caitou, Xue Ling, Xie Huanyue, Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, and Xu Sanshi before the seven survivors were set.
• Wang Dong survived through luck, and her plea to Su Wen prompted gossip about a love triangle; Su Wen threatened Yao Haoxuan after catching his teasing reaction.
• Tang San told Dai Mubai, Oscar and Ma Hongjun that they would set aside Dai Mubai’s junior and focus on another Child of Destiny, planning to make the junior a subordinate after his ascension.
• Su Wen trained against Yao Haoxuan and Chen Zifeng, then faced Dai Yueheng’s coordinated assault; Ling Luochen and Ning Tian boosted him as he summoned the Ice Sovereign and unleashed its freezing domain.

Su Wen and his teammates faced the Shrek Main Team in a trial match, where Gu Yuena’s elemental control and Mu Qiu’er’s Golden Dragon strength helped turn the fight. After the match ended, Su Wen used his improved recovery to overpower Ma Xiaotao while helping suppress her evil fire.

• Gongyang Mo stalled after Ma Xiaotao kicked him off the field, while Su Wen faced six opponents and Jiang Nannan’s attack failed to move him.
• Gu Yuena used Elemental Tide, Elemental Control, and Elemental Fusion to dispel Ling Luochen’s cold mist and weaken the field’s elemental effects.
• Mu Qiu’er struck Su Wen repeatedly with her Golden Dragon Fist, but he endured her blows while protecting Ling Luochen.
• Chen Zifeng unleashed his strongest sword attack, and Little Gold used its Golden Left Arm to shield Su Wen and Ling Luochen.
• Su Wen and Ma Xiaotao’s teammates counterattacked, forced the opposing main team to surrender, and ended the trial match.
• In the villa bathroom, Su Wen revealed that his recovery had improved and teased Ma Xiaotao as he took control while suppressing her evil fire.

Su Wen and Gu Yuena discovered that Wang Dong’er’s aversion to attack Soul Tools came from a restriction created by Tang San’s Divine Sense. Gu Yuena swallowed and sealed the wisp, while Su Wen left Tang San’s exposed fragment in her custody for his own purposes.

• Ling Luochen arrived at Ma Xiaotao’s dormitory, and she and Ma Xiaotao competed for Su Wen’s attention before he endured their icy and fiery advances.
• Wang Dong’er told Su Wen that attack and defense Soul Tools made her sick, and Electrolux identified a Divine Sense restriction in her Sea of Consciousness.
• Gu Yuena examined Wang Dong’er, repelled the Sea God’s phantom, and devoured Tang San’s Divine Sense after Destruction disrupted his connection.
• Su Wen told Wang Dong’er that Tang San might have killed her parents and used her as bait to influence Huo Yuhao and Su Wen, leaving her distraught.
• Tang San’s sealed fragment broke its act and insisted that he cared for Wang Dong’er, so Gu Yuena cut off its connection to the God Realm and kept it for Su Wen.

Su Wen prepared for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament, helped Hurricane claim the Flowing Cloud Staff, and joined the team as they set out for the Mingdou Mountain Range. When Xuan Zi explained the Surveillance Group’s missions, Su Wen challenged the academy’s treatment of Inner Courtyard disciples and defended Ning Tian’s choice to join.

• Wang Dong'er accidentally revealed her female identity to Xiao Xiao, then explained that she had disguised herself as a boy to protect a Clear Sky Sect secret.
• Old Du tested Hurricane with the Flowing Cloud Staff, which bonded to the Wind Baboon after Hurricane offered his blood.
• Xuan Zi led the tournament team out of Shrek Academy, and Su Wen carried the exhausted Ning Tian during their march.
• Xuan Zi told the Outer Court disciples that joining the Inner Courtyard meant joining the Surveillance Group and taking missions to exterminate Evil Spirit Masters.
• Su Wen took Ning Tian’s hand and criticized Xuan Zi and the academy for risking Inner Courtyard disciples’ lives while presenting the missions as an honor.

Su Wen confronted Xuan Zi over Shrek Academy’s treatment of its students, then used his Pokeball and a high-grade Flying Soul Tool to bring the team to the Mingdou Mountain Range in time. After meeting Dai Hao and hearing about the cautious Soul King Evil Spirit Master leading the bandits, Su Wen watched the team drink at a banquet and left disappointed in their complacency.

• Su Wen rebuked Xuan Zi, citing his escape from a Titled Douluo and his battle against the Zhongli Brothers, and declared that he would change Shrek Academy if he inherited it.
• Ma Xiaotao organized the Surveillance Group’s mission to eliminate bandits led by a Soul King Evil Spirit Master in the Mingdou Mountain Range before the tournament.
• Su Wen stored the team in his Pokeball and flew ahead with a Grade 8 Flying Soul Tool, then released them upon reaching the mountain range.
• Dai Yueheng introduced the team to the White Tiger Duke’s guards, and Dai Hao welcomed them and shared information about the bandit leader’s corpse manipulation and underground escapes.
• Dai Hao hosted the team at a drinking banquet, where several disciples drank and Ma Xiaotao clung to Su Wen.
• Su Wen watched the team’s carefree attitude and, disappointed in their complacency, led them out into the night.

Su Wen led Shrek’s team into the Mingdou Mountain Range, where they found the bandits and were caught in the Death Messenger’s corpse-explosion trap. Su Wen and Electrolux defeated the Death Messenger, but the team was left badly injured, and Wang Yan warned Xuan Zi that the tournament was now in jeopardy.

• Dai Hao read reports of Su Wen’s battle against the Zhongli Three Ghosts and predicted that Shrek would win the academy tournament.
• Su Wen used knowledge of Wenlan trees to locate the bandits’ cave and led the Main Team inside while Wang Yan brought the Reserve Team after them.
• Ma Xiaotao and the others attacked the bandits, but the Death Messenger triggered successive corpse explosions that severely injured the team.
• Xuan Zi entered the cave and pursued the Death Messenger, who fled toward twelve Corpse Slaves and then attacked Su Wen.
• Su Wen and Hurricane stopped the Death Messenger, and Electrolux took control of Su Wen’s body, freed the Corpse Slaves’ souls, and killed the Death Messenger.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi that only one Main Team member could still fight and asked how they could compete in the upcoming tournament.