Chapter Summaries

Su Wen revealed his powerful summoned Soul Beasts and led Shrek Academy to defeat the Dou Spirit Battle Team, leaving the other teams shaken by his strength. Back at the hotel, he cultivated alongside Wang Dong'er and judged that he was two days from a breakthrough.

• The Dou Spirit Battle Team assembled a seventh-grade Thunderbolt Giant Cannon, but Su Wen survived its attack and revealed a nearly ten-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear named Little Gold.
• Su Wen summoned the Ice Jade Scorpion, whose Domain of Eternal Freeze encased the Dou Spirit Battle Team in ice before Little Gold charged at them.
• Huang Jinxu intervened to stop Little Gold, but the bear shattered his starry barrier, and Su Wen argued that the elimination match allowed deaths.
• A voice from the imperial city prompted Huang Jinxu to declare Shrek Academy the winner, and Xuan Zi warned him before Su Wen and the Shrek team left.
• Xu Jiujiu and the Star Luo Royal Battle Team watched Su Wen depart and feared that his strength would define the coming era.
• Su Wen cultivated the Golden Core Technique with Wang Dong'er, while she resolved to keep pace with him, and he calculated that he needed two more days to advance.

After breaking through to level fifty, Su Wen captured the Snow Empress as a Pet Beast, triggering her evolution into a Mystic Heaven Snow Woman and raising her level to fifty-four. He then discovered a small piece of Gold of Life in the Azure Luan’s territory and gave it to her to help her level up.

• Su Wen broke through to level fifty after cultivating in seclusion for three days, though he remained a Quasi-Soul King without a fifth Soul Beast.
• Su Wen used a Pokeball to capture the Snow Empress, who told him through their Sea of Consciousness that she had evolved.
• Su Wen’s panel showed the Snow Empress had advanced to Mystic Heaven Snow Woman, and her three signature skills had reached Heaven Tier Blue.
• The Snow Empress taught Su Wen to practice Emperor's Frozen Sky, leaving him reluctant but accepting that their hearts were now connected.
• Su Wen found a small piece of Gold of Life in the Azure Luan’s expanded Lake of Life and gave it to her to swallow.

Su Wen examined his evolved Pet Beasts and arrived at Star Luo Square by riding clouds on Hurricane’s Ultimate Wind, astonishing the tournament crowd. As Shrek prepared for the top-four semifinals, Tang San plotted against Su Wen and the Silver Dragon King, while Xu Jiawei began considering how to win Su Wen over.

• Su Wen inspected Azure Luan’s upgraded healing and purification skills, Little Gold’s immense strength, Ice Sovereign’s abilities, and Hurricane’s Ultimate Wind and new tornado skill.
• Su Wen told Little Gold to stay out of the tournament to avoid exposing its Behemoth bloodline, and appointed Hurricane as a main fighter for later matches.
• Shrek Academy advanced to the top four, and Wang Yan and Ma Xiaotao wondered whether Su Wen would appear for the semifinals.
• Tang San watched Shrek’s rest area, suspected Su Wen had encountered trouble, and planned to turn the Silver Dragon King against him while dismissing Su Wen’s strength.
• Su Wen flew into Star Luo Square atop clouds, revealing Hurricane’s wind-powered flight and stunning Shrek, the spectators, and the imperial officials.
• Xu Jiawei recognized Su Wen’s growing value and quietly instructed a minister after discussing his abilities with Xu Jiujiu.

Su Wen and Tang San drew their semifinal opponents, setting Shrek Academy against the Sun Moon Royal Battle Team. After Ma Xiaotao fought through the enemy formation, Su Wen unleashed Wind Disk: Tornado and forced Ma Rulong to surrender.

• Su Wen, Tang San, Ma Rulong, and Jiang Peng drew lots, and Ma Rulong drew Shrek Academy as Sun Moon Empire's opponent.
• Wang Yan discussed the semifinal threats with Shrek Academy and added Ma Xiaotao to the team battle lineup.
• Ma Xiaotao charged into the Sun Moon Royal Battle Team's formation and attacked the Xiao Hongchen Siblings, but Xiao Hongchen blocked her strike with a golden defense.
• After Ma Xiaotao told Su Wen to finish the battle, he unleashed a massive tornado that shattered the team's defensive Soul Tools and swept up its members.
• Ma Rulong surrendered as Su Wen's tornado engulfed the arena.

Su Wen defeated the Sun Moon Empire team in the semifinals, while Meng Hongchen accidentally nearly pulled down his pants in front of the crowd. After Tang San poisoned and threatened Jiang Peng, Gu Yuena rejected Tang San’s offer to join him and free the Golden Dragon King.

• Su Wen overwhelmed the Sun Moon Empire team with Ultimate Wind, and Ma Rulong accepted the loss while Xiao Hongchen thanked him.
• Meng Hongchen shook Su Wen’s hand, stumbled, and accidentally yanked his trouser leg before the crowd; her teammates pulled her away.
• Tang San and Tang Ju defeated Teo Academy, crippled its members, and poisoned Jiang Peng, who provoked Tang San by calling him a hypocrite.
• The Star Luo Empire’s Wang Xian'er healed the poisoned students, and Gu Yuena reflected on Su Wen’s help to Soul Beasts.
• Tang San and Erming approached Gu Yuena and asked her to join them and return Tang San’s Divine Sense, offering to free the Golden Dragon King.
• Gu Yuena rejected Tang San’s offer with a hostile glare and ordered him to leave.

Tang San questioned why Gu Yuena had rejected his offer, while Su Wen proposed that she contract with him instead of devouring the Golden Dragon King, leaving her conflicted about accepting him as her master. The next day, the tournament finals began before a packed crowd, and Su Wen and Tang San faced each other across the arena.

• Tang San asked Erming why Gu Yuena had refused his recruitment, but Erming could not answer.
• Su Wen told Gu Yuena she might become the Dragon God by contracting with him, and Gu Yuena struggled with the idea of calling a human her master.
• Snow Empress called Su Wen her master and insisted he come cultivate with her despite his protests.
• Di Tian worried that his sneeze might signal danger to Gu Yuena, but reassured himself with the Silver Dragon Scale she had left behind.
• The tournament finals began before a huge crowd, and Su Wen and Tang San locked eyes across the arena.

Shrek Academy and the Clear Sky Sect began their tournament final while Su Wen confronted Tang San, who tried to bargain with him. Su Wen overwhelmed Tang San and prepared to finish the fight with Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow.

• Wang Yan agreed to send Shrek Academy's seven members into the final, while Wang Dong'er asked Su Wen to beat up the masked man and he agreed.
• Tang San ordered Erming to bring Wang Dong'er back after the match and considered using the Memory Erasure Technique on her.
• Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, Gu Yuena, Mu Qiu'er, Bei Bei, and Jiang Nannan engaged the Clear Sky Sect team as Su Wen and Tang San faced each other.
• Tang San offered Su Wen his blessing and Asura's Divine Position, but Su Wen rejected the offer and challenged him to bet on whether he would die there.
• Su Wen struck Tang San repeatedly, shattered his Eight Spider Lances, and purified the poison Tang San had used against him.
• Su Wen and the Snow Woman invoked Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow against Tang San.

Su Wen killed Tang San during the tournament, sparking a confrontation between Shrek Academy and the Clear Sky Sect before the tournament ended with Shrek as champion. Afterward, Erming met Gu Yuena, who forgave him and told him to deliver a message to Daming about her plan to restore the Spirit Beast Race’s standing.

• Su Wen killed Tang San with the Snow Empress’s Emperor Palm, and Erming arrived too late to save him.
• Erming attacked Su Wen, but Xuan Zi intercepted him; Ye Yu and Xu Jiawei helped end the standoff, and Erming left with the Clear Sky Sect disciples.
• Shrek Academy won the tournament, while two black-robed observers discussed Su Wen’s strength and lamented that their auction intelligence had been wrong.
• Gu Yuena forgave Erming for what had happened and asked him to tell Daming that she would return with the Spirit Beast Race to reclaim its rightful status.

Gu Yuena considered recovering the Dragon God’s power to kill Tang San, while Erming secretly planned to remain loyal to Tang San and use Gu Yuena’s trust for protection. Su Wen saw through Erming’s deception and warned Gu Yuena not to provoke Tang San yet, leaving her flustered by Su Wen’s touch.

• Gu Yuena asked Erming whether she could kill Tang San if she recovered to the Dragon God’s level, and Erming said she could while concealing his doubts about her chances.
• After Gu Yuena left, Erming revealed that he intended to stay loyal to Tang San, had used Gu Yuena to remove Tang San’s Divine Sense fragment, and planned to take Wang Dong'er to the Back Altar to erase her rebellious memories.
• Gu Yuena told Su Wen that Erming had exposed his ties to Tang San, but Su Wen pointed out that Erming had only offered empty assurances and that Gu Yuena had revealed her possible path to becoming the Dragon God.
• Gu Yuena prepared to confront Erming, but Su Wen stopped her and warned that attacking Tang San too soon might prompt him to contact Douluo Planet.
• As Su Wen held Gu Yuena’s wrist, she grew flustered and wondered whether their contract would make her call him master.

Su Wen returned to Shrek Academy with the tournament team after declining Xu Jiujiu’s offer to stay in Star Luo City. At Sea God Pavilion, he revealed his new strength and said he had another way to treat Mu En’s injuries.

• Xu Jiujiu asked Su Wen to stay longer, but he declined because he needed to return to help Mu En; they embraced before saying goodbye.
• Su Wen and the team collected three ten-thousand-year Spirit Bones and traveled back to Shrek without encountering the Holy Spirit Cult or the Body Sect.
• The four deans welcomed the champions outside Shrek Academy and brought them by boat to Sea God Island.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Su Wen disclosed that he had reached Soul King and that Little Gold had evolved into a Behemoth, while the Snow Woman was his fifth Soul Beast.
• Su Wen said his Azure Luan could not heal Mu En, then revealed that he had another method to treat Mu En’s injuries.

Su Wen and Electrolux examined Mu En and devised a way to remove the baleful energy and restore his life force, with Mu En agreeing to use the Dragon Pill in the treatment. In the Sun Moon Empire, Jing Hongchen learned the God-Sealing Platform had gone to Shrek Academy and planned to use the Body Sect to probe it, while taking an interest in Su Wen.

• Mu En agreed to discuss his injuries with Su Wen after the Sea God Pavilion Meeting, and the academy awarded the tournament team for winning the championship.
• After the others left, Su Wen asked Mu En if he would accept being bound to Shrek Academy and introduced Electrolux, who examined Mu En and explained how the Golden Tree and Gold of Life could repair him.
• Su Wen proposed upgrading Mu En's Dragon Pill into a heart, and Mu En agreed to let Electrolux begin treating him.
• Electrolux used his Gray Staff and the Golden Tree's power to suppress the White Dragon's baleful energy within Mu En.
• Jing Hongchen confronted Jiang An about a God-Sealing Platform sold to the Star Luo Auction House, and Jiang An revealed that Shrek Academy had possessed it.
• Jing Hongchen ordered his subordinate to inform the Body Sect first and then use the ensuing chaos to infiltrate Shrek Academy, while expressing interest in meeting Su Wen.

Su Wen visited Wang Dong'er in the Golden Tree and advised her not to return to the Clear Sky Sect, then accepted an Inner Courtyard Assessment and traveled to the Land of Extreme North. There he reunited with Ice Empress and Snow Empress, learning that Snow Empress had recently disappeared and been at risk of capture by humans.

• Su Wen told Wang Dong'er not to return to the Clear Sky Sect and reassured her that Shrek Academy could handle her fathers.
• Su Wen and Wang Dong'er cultivated together in the Golden Tree room.
• Su Wen accepted Yan Shaozhe's offer of an Inner Courtyard Assessment scheduled for the following month and set out for the Land of Extreme North.
• Su Wen used the Ice Sovereign's emperor aura to draw out Ice Empress, who said A'Tai and Xiao Bai were sleeping and she had reached four hundred thousand years.
• Ice Empress teased Su Wen about Snow Empress liking him, then Snow Empress appeared and scolded her for revealing secrets.
• Ice Empress thanked Su Wen for helping Snow Empress and offered him her half-finished Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Marrow.

Su Wen persuaded the Sea God Pavilion Elders to fund research into Battle Armor as Shrek’s way to catch up with the Sun Moon Empire’s Humanoid Soul Tools. The chapter ended with Yan Shaozhe arranging a test match in which two Inner Courtyard students would face Su Wen.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er argued over the Soul Guidance Department’s funding until Old Song asked Su Wen to give his opinion.
• Su Wen proposed skipping current Soul Tool research and developing Battle Armor, which he said could let Soul Masters fight two ranks above their own.
• Su Wen claimed the Sun Moon Empire was nearing mass production of powerful Humanoid Soul Tools, and the Elders agreed to support his Battle Armor research.
• Su Wen explained that the project would combine forging and Soul Tool technology, and said he would need to learn both before developing it.
• Yan Shaozhe told two Inner Courtyard students to fight Su Wen together, insisting that Su Wen was stronger than they expected.

Su Wen faced Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming in his Inner Courtyard assessment and overwhelmed them with the Snow Empress and Behemoth. Yan Shaozhe accepted that Su Wen had passed, then vowed to personally assess him when he graduated from the Inner Court.

• Wu Ming and Han Ruoruo attacked Su Wen after Yan Shaozhe sent them onto the arena for his assessment.
• Zhang Lexuan predicted that the two women would be thrown out within ten minutes, while Yan Shaozhe initially thought Su Wen would be the one struggling to last.
• Su Wen summoned the Snow Empress and Behemoth, who froze Wu Ming, shattered Han Ruoruo's Golden Binding Rope, and forced Yan Shaozhe to intervene.
• Su Wen revealed that he had not even used any skills, and Yan Shaozhe grudgingly acknowledged that he had passed the assessment.
• Yan Shaozhe promised to assess Su Wen personally when he graduated from the Inner Courtyard, shocking Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming.

Su Wen began learning forging from Divine Craftsman Old Du, whose hammer Su Wen lifted and swung so forcefully that he destroyed the courtyard and the spiritually forged Mithril. Old Du recognized Su Wen’s potential and agreed to establish a Forging Department at Shrek Academy, leaving Su Wen as its Vice Dean and the story with them exploring their new workshop.

• Yan Shaozhe took Su Wen to meet Old Du, who agreed to teach him forging but rejected combining it with Soul Tools.
• Su Wen lifted Old Du’s eighty-thousand-jin hammer and smashed the courtyard, destroying Old Du’s freshly forged Mithril.
• Old Du explained the stages of forging and demonstrated Thousand-Refinement, while recognizing Su Wen’s strength and potential.
• Su Wen persuaded Old Du to establish a Forging Department, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to provide space, student access, and academy funding.
• Old Du became Dean and named Su Wen Vice Dean; they inspected the department’s new building and entered a metal-lined room.

Su Wen recruited three students into Shrek Academy’s Forging Department and rapidly surpassed them while developing his forging skills. As the Body Sect’s challenge rang across the academy, Su Wen wondered what they had come to claim without Huo Gua.

• Old Du gave Su Wen a Grey Forging Hammer, and Su Wen learned to Thousand-Refine Mithril after watching Old Du forge once; Old Du asked him to become his disciple.
• Su Wen and Old Du recruited Huang Chutian, Song Lei, and Lou Yingying, and Su Wen promised to help them combine forging with Soul Tools and advance their strength.
• Su Wen learned that Lou Yingying had secretly forged a powerful Soul Tool Dagger from Thousand-Refined metal, and he outlined a path for the students to study Soul Tools and join the Inner Courtyard.
• Over the next month, Su Wen surpassed the three students, reached Fusion Forging, and began attempting Soul-Refinement.
• A voice from the Body Sect called for Xuan Zi, and Su Wen wondered what its members had come to seize without Huo Gua.

Shrek Academy drove off the Body Sect after Mu En revealed his power, then negotiated an exchange-student arrangement with Jing Hongchen while Su Wen received the Red Dust Shroud. Su Wen planned to travel with Gu Yuena to Sunset Forest for Immortal Herbs and the Dragon King skeletons, as Jing Hongchen secretly urged a black-clad figure to attack Shrek.

• Du Busi demanded the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo, but Su Wen explained its connection to Snow Empress and the Land of Extreme North.
• Mu En used the Golden Tree’s power to injure Du Busi and force the Body Sect to retreat, then had Su Wen bring Jing Hongchen to Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En and Jing Hongchen agreed to an exchange-student arrangement, and Jing Hongchen paid Su Wen the Red Dust Shroud as an admission fee.
• Su Wen told Mu En he wanted to study Soul Tools and obtain a Humanoid Soul Guidance Mecha to develop Battle Armor, and Mu En promised to clear the way for him.
• Jing Hongchen told a black-robed figure that Mu En was gravely injured and explained how to approach Shrek, while the figure considered attacking for the embryo.
• Su Wen prepared to take Gu Yuena to Sunset Forest for Immortal Herbs and the Water and Fire Dragon King skeletons.

Su Wen, Gu Yuena, and Snow Empress uncovered the Icefire Yin-Yang Well’s role in draining Sunset Forest and took control of the valley, while Gu Yuena retrieved two Dragon Pills. The chapter ended with the Holy Spirit Cult preparing another sneak attack on Shrek Academy, targeting Su Wen.

• Snow Empress cleared a path through Sunset Forest’s poisonous miasma, and the group found the starving Forest Spirit beneath a withered tree.
• Snow Empress dispersed the miasma over a wide area and led Su Wen and Gu Yuena to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
• Su Wen confronted Youyou and the Immortal Herbs over their complicity in draining Sunset Forest, then arranged for Electrolux to hide the valley in a Secret Realm and set trials for future visitors.
• Gu Yuena raised the remains of two Dragon Kings from the pool and compressed them into blue and red Dragon Pills, which Su Wen put away.
• The Holy Spirit Cult gathered outside Shrek Academy, and its leader ordered Wu Yun to target Su Wen during a sneak attack.

Su Wen distributed immortal herbs to Shrek Academy allies, and Zhang Lexuan successfully plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red. The Holy Spirit Cult then attacked Shrek City, where Su Wen revealed the Snow Empress’s power and summoned Little Gold to fight Wu Yun.

• Su Wen offered Ma Xiaotao the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower or Infernal Delicate Apricot, and she chose the latter to strengthen her Evil Fire; Jiao Jiao agreed to sacrifice herself to her.
• Ling Luochen, Jiang Nannan, Mu Qiu'er, Wang Dong'er, and Ning Tian each received an immortal herb, while Zhang Lexuan plucked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red with her heart’s blood.
• Su Wen and Yan Shaozhe noticed the Holy Spirit Cult approaching Shrek City, and Su Wen flew to confront its forces before Yan Shaozhe could summon help.
• Zhongli Wu attacked Su Wen with a Bone Dragon, but Su Wen and the Snow Empress severed its claw with the Emperor Sword, shocking the attackers and Shrek’s Elders.
• Xuan Zi and the Sea God Pavilion Elders engaged the Holy Spirit Cult while Shi Xing used Time Lock to protect the city; Wu Yun then challenged Su Wen.
• Su Wen summoned Little Gold, which used Bloodlust to overwhelm Wu Yun, who emerged from Darkness Transformation and launched his ninth Soul Skill as Su Wen called for the Snow Empress.

Mu En returned to Shrek Academy in his restored prime, rescued Xuan Zi, and slaughtered the Holy Spirit Cult attackers. He spared Zhang Peng and later thanked Su Wen for helping him recover.

• Little Gold struck Wu Yun with a claw, leaving him mortally wounded as the Holy Spirit Cult expert watched.
• Zhongli Wu defeated Xuan Zi and taunted Shrek Academy, but a golden pillar of light erupted from the Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En emerged restored to his prime, reassured Xuan Zi, and confronted Zhongli Wu.
• Mu En slaughtered the attackers, leaving only the maimed Zhongli Wu and Zhang Peng alive, and let Zhang Peng carry the Church Master away.
• Mu En thanked the Sea God Pavilion Elders and credited Su Wen for helping him recover.