Chapter Summaries

Ye Xixuan woke in the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range after his family was annihilated and memories of his previous life returned. He met Tang Ya, who had rescued him, and learned that she was from the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City.

• Ye Xixuan remembered that the Night Family had been wiped out and that his elders had sent him to seek refuge at Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xixuan awoke beside a campfire and revealed his powerful mind demon shadow martial soul and its demonic markings.
• Tang Ya reacted to Ye Xixuan's aura by summoning her Blue Silver Grass martial soul, then withdrew it and approached him.
• Ye Xixuan told Tang Ya that he had no family left, and Tang Ya said she had no home anymore either.
• Tang Ya introduced herself as a member of the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City, and Ye Xixuan froze at her name.

Tang Ya and Ye Xixuan shared their pasts beside a campfire and agreed to travel to Shrek Academy together. In the Divine Realm, Tang San and his wife discussed a rising star on the Douluo Continent and decided to send Xiao Qi to guide him.

• Tang San noticed the Douluo Continent's fortune shifting from the Star Luo Empire to the Heaven Dou Empire and claimed the new rising star should be tied to his family.
• Tang San suggested that Xiao Qi descend to the lower realm to guide the rising star, and his wife agreed.
• Tang Ya told Ye Xixuan that the Iron Blood Sect had seized the Tang Sect's estate and that she was heading to Shrek Academy for help.
• Ye Xixuan realized he was the same age as Huo Yuhao and wondered why he had met Tang Ya first, while suspecting a scheme by the God King.
• Ye Xixuan told Tang Ya about his family's destruction and his innate full soul power, and they agreed to travel to Shrek Academy together.
• Tang Ya chatted about Shrek Academy through the night as Ye Xixuan relaxed, and dawn broke over the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range.

Ye Xixuan and Tang Ya crossed the Heavenly Spirit Mountain Range on their way to Shrek Academy, then stopped by a stream to wash and prepare food. Tang Ya’s playful remarks revealed her caring nature and the grief beneath it, while the two shared a moment of warmth.

• Tang Ya led Ye Xixuan through the valley toward Shrek City and spoke excitedly about Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xixuan remembered that Shrek Academy had refused Tang Ya’s plea for help in his previous life, but decided it remained his best choice for now.
• After crossing the mountain range, Tang Ya suggested they wash, eat, rest, and seek a ride with a passing caravan.
• Tang Ya teased Ye Xixuan about having shared a blanket with her, then took his dirty clothes to wash.
• Tang Ya prepared a campfire and warmed their food while Ye Xixuan washed in the stream, and she quietly mourned the carefree childhood she had lost.

Ye Xixuan and Tang Ya reached Shrek Academy, where Ye Xixuan revealed his innate full soul power and drew the attention of Zhou Yi and a powerful voice from Sea God Island. Zhou Yi took him to Sea God Lake, while Tang Ya waited at the eastern gate, hopeful that her Tang Sect could also benefit from his admission.

• A member of the Heaven Dou imperial family sent a confidential letter to the emperor and considered seeking closer cooperation with the Body Sect after the Night Family was wiped out.
• Ye Xixuan and Tang Ya arrived at Shrek Academy's eastern gate and were told that outsiders could not enter outside the admissions period.
• Tang Ya announced that Ye Xixuan had innate full soul power, and Ye Xixuan confirmed it to the students on duty.
• Zhou Yi appeared to test Ye Xixuan, but the Mind Demon Mark manifested and shocked her.
• A voice urged Zhou Yi to bring Ye Xixuan to Sea God Island, so she carried him toward Sea God Lake while Tang Ya waited at the gate.

Zhou Yi brought Ye Xixuan to Xuan Zi, who recognized his shadow Martial Soul as an ultimate Martial Soul with the ultimate darkness attribute. At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En revealed that Ye Xixuan was descended from Dragon Emperor Douluo Long Xiaoyao, and Ye Xixuan presented a Dragon Crystal of the Dark Holy Dragon.

• Zhou Yi sped with Ye Xixuan to Sea God Lake, where Xuan Zi identified Ye Xixuan's shadow Martial Soul as an ultimate Martial Soul with the ultimate darkness attribute.
• Xuan Zi sent Zhou Yi away and took Ye Xixuan to Sea God Pavilion, saying the academy suspected Evil Soul Masters were behind the Night Family's destruction.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi and Ye Xixuan that Ye Xixuan was descended from Long Xiaoyao, Dragon Emperor Douluo.
• Ye Xixuan produced an ink-black scale, and Mu En recognized it as a Dragon Crystal of the Dark Holy Dragon.

Ye Xixuan rejected the Dark Holy Dragon Crystal because he wanted no favors from Long Xiaoyao, whom he blamed for his family’s suffering. Mu En accepted the crystal and agreed to nurture Ye Xixuan at Shrek Academy, leaving him on Sea God Island and promising him a gift.

• Ye Xixuan asked Mu En whether Long Xiaoyao was alive and whether he was connected to the Evil Soul Masters’ slaughter of the Night Family, and Mu En admitted Long Xiaoyao had his own difficulties.
• Ye Xixuan refused to accept the Dark Holy Dragon Crystal from Long Xiaoyao and declared he would one day demand justice for his family.
• Mu En accepted the crystal and explained that Shrek Academy could train Ye Xixuan or negotiate with the Body Sect to help develop his Body Martial Soul.
• Ye Xixuan agreed to follow his family elders’ instructions and remain at the academy.
• Mu En told Ye Xixuan to cultivate on Sea God Island, promised to find him an instructor and give him a gift, then asked Xuan Zi to bring Lexuan.

Mu En guided Ye Xixuan into the Golden Tree’s underground chamber, where Ye absorbed a Dark Elemental Soul Beast that resonated with his ultimate-darkness Martial Soul. The process gave Ye a purple Soul Ring and a translucent Child of Light physique, leaving Mu En and Xuan Zi astonished.

• Mu En explained the nature of elemental Soul Beasts and revealed that he had sealed a Dark Elemental Soul Beast beneath the Golden Tree.
• Ye Xixuan meditated and absorbed the Dark Elemental Soul Beast into his Martial Soul Origin.
• The Golden Tree’s energy surged, and its giant golden phantom appeared above Sea God Island, drawing the attention of its teachers and students.
• Xuan Zi went to see Mu En while Zhang Lexuan stayed behind with Bei Bei.
• A purple Soul Ring emerged beneath Ye Xixuan, whose body had become crystalline and radiant with an affinity for light.
• Mu En recognized Ye Xixuan’s Child of Light physique, and Xuan Zi questioned how it could coexist with his ultimate-darkness Martial Soul.

Mu En explained that Ye Xixuan’s opposing light constitution and darkness Martial Soul created a rare balance that could let him pursue yin-yang complementary dual soul cores. At Sea God Island, Bei Bei met Ye Xixuan and was prompted to fight him, leaving the two about to clash.

• Mu En told Xuan Zi that Ye Xixuan’s balanced light constitution and darkness Martial Soul made yin-yang complementary dual soul cores his only path to the Limit Douluo realm.
• Zhou Yi relayed Yan Shaozhe’s refusal to intervene in the Tang Sect’s plight, though Shrek Academy offered one annual admission slot; Tang Ya was overcome by resentment.
• Bei Bei asked Zhang Lexuan why Mu En had summoned her and learned he planned to let Bei Bei enter the outer court in two years.
• Mu En introduced Ye Xixuan to Bei Bei as a new Sea God Island cultivator, and Bei Bei instinctively sensed him as a threat.
• Xuan Zi proposed a Soul Fighting match between Bei Bei and Ye Xixuan, and Ye Xixuan accepted and asked Bei Bei for guidance.

Ye Xixuan fought Bei Bei to demonstrate his newly acquired first soul skill, Condensed Shadow. After his shadow weapons and shield countered Bei Bei’s attacks, Ye Xixuan prepared a shadow spear, leaving the match poised to continue.

• Bei Bei and Ye Xixuan introduced themselves before Mu En and Xuan Zi began their sparring match.
• Bei Bei summoned his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon martial soul and was startled by Ye Xixuan’s thousand-year first soul ring.
• Ye Xixuan used Condensed Shadow to create twin short broadswords, narrowly dodged Bei Bei’s Thunder Dragon Claw, and blocked it with a darkness shield.
• Bei Bei attacked with Thunderous Might, but Ye Xixuan’s shield absorbed most of the lightning and left him with little injury.
• Ye Xixuan raised a Shadow Long Spear as Xuan Zi predicted that Bei Bei would suffer a setback.

Ye Xixuan fought Bei Bei, exhausted his Soul Power, and conceded after their powerful clash. Mu En introduced Zhang Lexuan as Ye Xixuan’s cultivation guide, and Ye Xixuan asked to visit the outer court’s east gate.

• Bei Bei countered Ye Xixuan’s spear attack with his Thunder Dragon Claw, and Ye Xixuan formed a dark dragon claw using Condensed Shadow.
• Ye Xixuan and Bei Bei’s dragon claws collided, but Ye Xixuan ran out of Soul Power and admitted defeat.
• Bei Bei praised Ye Xixuan’s strength and joked about arranging a match between him and Xu Sanshi.
• Mu En introduced Zhang Lexuan as the inner court’s eldest senior sister and Ye Xixuan’s cultivation guide.
• Ye Xixuan asked Mu En to let him visit the outer court’s east gate, and Mu En told Bei Bei to take him there.

Mu En tried to release Zhang Lexuan from her childhood oath to Bei Bei, but she instead pledged to protect Ye Xixuan and become his child bride. Later, Ye Xixuan found Tang Ya outside Shrek’s east gate and sensed a hidden power stirring within her Martial Soul Origin.

• Mu En told Zhang Lexuan she no longer had to keep her oath to Bei Bei, but she insisted on repaying Mu En’s kindness and remaining bound by her promise.
• Mu En asked Zhang Lexuan to revise her oath and protect Ye Xixuan until he could inherit the Sea God Pavilion Master position, and she agreed.
• Bei Bei explained Shrek Academy’s outer court buildings as he guided Ye Xixuan toward the east gate, where Ye Xixuan hoped to find Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya embraced Ye Xixuan and sobbed after he found her curled up outside the gate.
• Ye Xixuan sensed Tang Ya’s distress stirring power within her Martial Soul Origin, and his Mind Demon Mark appeared in response.

Tang Ya broke down after Shrek Academy refused to help the Tang Sect, but Ye Xixuan comforted her and brought her into Shrek City. She regained her resolve to rebuild the Tang Sect, while Ye Xixuan considered helping her and Ma Xiaotao with dangers tied to their martial souls.

• Tang Ya clung to Ye Xixuan and sobbed before falling asleep on his shoulder, and he promised to help her.
• Ye Xixuan asked Bei Bei to tell Mu En he would take Tang Ya into Shrek City, and Bei Bei reminded him that Zhang Lexuan expected to guide his cultivation the next day.
• As he carried Tang Ya through the city, Ye Xixuan suspected her Dark Blue Silver Grass ability had stirred his Mind Demon Mark and considered testing it on Ma Xiaotao.
• Tang Ya woke in Shrek City and feared she had no place in the world, but Ye Xixuan encouraged her to rebuild the Tang Sect and join the outer court.
• Tang Ya resolved to restore the Tang Sect, then carried Ye Xixuan in her arms as they comforted each other.

Tang Ya spent the night with Ye Xixuan in Shrek City before he returned to Sea God Island, where Zhang Lexuan began guiding him and asked him to call her Sister Lexuan in private. Zhang Lexuan had decided to stay by Ye Xixuan’s side and protect him.

• Tang Ya bargained for a clean hotel room and shared the bed with Ye Xixuan for the night.
• Ye Xixuan left the hotel the next morning while Tang Ya planned to find a place to live in Shrek City.
• Bei Bei hurried Ye Xixuan back to Sea God Island, hoping Zhang Lexuan would focus less on keeping tabs on him.
• Zhang Lexuan told Ye Xixuan to focus on cultivating his martial soul foundation and said she had arranged for him to visit the Soul Tool Department.
• Zhang Lexuan stroked Ye Xixuan’s cheek and asked him to call her Sister Lexuan in private.

Ye Xixuan trained with Zhang Lexuan at the Sea God Pavilion and asked her for a Mystic Water Pill to give a girl from the Tang Sect. Elsewhere, Princess Vina traveled toward the Body Sect to live there for five years, while Huo Yuhao awakened a martial soul with only rank-one innate soul power and faced ridicule.

• Ye Xixuan meditated under Zhang Lexuan's guidance and discovered that his mind demon mark strengthened his spiritual power.
• Ye Xixuan asked Zhang Lexuan for a Mystic Water Pill for a female friend, and Zhang Lexuan agreed to bring one the next morning.
• Princess Vina told Mo Feiyun that she accepted her five-year stay with the Body Sect as a way to strengthen ties between it and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Huo Yuhao awakened his eyes as his martial soul with rank-one innate soul power, then remembered the people who mocked him and resolved to change his fate.

Two years after beginning his cultivation at Shrek Academy, Ye Xixuan reached level twenty and prepared to obtain his second soul ring. Mu En arranged for Bei Bei and Ye Xixuan to hunt in separate forests, leaving Ye Xixuan set to travel with Zhang Lexuan to the Ming Dou Great Forest.

• Ye Xixuan studied close-combat darkness-attribute soul tools under Fan Yu and used Condensed Shadow to inscribe a Level Three Core Array, but his soul power ran short.
• Ye Xixuan reached level twenty and waited for Bei Bei, who had entered seclusion to break through level thirty.
• He Caitou told Ye Xixuan that Zhang Lexuan had come to take him to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Mu En planned to help Bei Bei hunt a millennium subdragon soul beast in the Star Dou Great Forest so his martial soul could evolve into the Radiant Sacred Dragon.
• Mu En proposed sending Bei Bei to the Star Dou Great Forest with Xuan Zi and Ye Xixuan to the Ming Dou Great Forest with Zhang Lexuan.
• Ye Xixuan asked to travel with Zhang Lexuan rather than Xuan Zi, and Zhang Lexuan agreed, prompting Bei Bei to wonder how close the two had become.

Ye Xixuan and Zhang Lexuan traveled from Shrek Academy toward the Ming Dou Great Forest to seek Soul Rings for Ye Xixuan and Bei Bei. They reached the forest at dusk, with its dark canopy ahead of them.

• Bei Bei and Xuan Zi set off ahead to search for Bei Bei’s Soul Ring, while Zhang Lexuan prepared to take Ye Xixuan south.
• Ye Xixuan used his Shadow Chain to secure himself to Zhang Lexuan as she carried him with a Seventh-Level Flying Soul Tool.
• Zhang Lexuan flew around the Star Dou Great Forest and south through the Star Luo Empire to avoid the guarded Ming Dou Mountains.
• Ye Xixuan and Zhang Lexuan traveled in stages, resting to recover their Soul Power along the way.
• Before nightfall, Zhang Lexuan and Ye Xixuan arrived at the edge of the Ming Dou Great Forest.

Ye Xixuan and Zhang Lexuan entered the Ming Dou Great Forest at night, where their complementary Martial Souls strengthened each other as they searched for a Soul Beast. After Zhang Lexuan immobilized a thousand-year Scale Armor Beast, she unleashed her seven Soul Rings and revealed countless silver threads surrounding them.

• Ye Xixuan and Zhang Lexuan prepared for their first nighttime trip into the Ming Dou Great Forest, and Zhang Lexuan warned him to stay close.
• Zhang Lexuan released her Silver Moon Martial Soul, while Ye Xixuan manifested Mind Demon Shadow; their auras amplified each other as they traveled deeper into the forest.
• The pair encountered a thousand-year Scale Armor Beast, which Zhang Lexuan identified as powerful and heavily armored.
• Zhang Lexuan pulled Ye Xixuan into her arms as the Scale Armor Beast was immobilized and dragged into the darkness.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed her seven Soul Rings and raised her power, while Ye Xixuan noticed countless silver threads crisscrossing the area.

Zhang Lexuan and Ye Xixuan found a rare Shadow Sky Demon Spider in the Ming Dou Great Forest, and Zhang Lexuan decided it would be suitable for Ye Xixuan’s Second Soul Ring. She defeated it with her powerful moon-based Soul Skills, leaving Ye Xixuan staring at her in awe.

• Zhang Lexuan used a secret art to reveal the Shadow Sky Demon Spider hidden among its silver webs.
• Zhang Lexuan identified the spider as a roughly three-thousand-year-old mutant and chose it as Ye Xixuan’s Second Soul Ring.
• The Shadow Sky Demon Spider darkened its silk and legs, then contracted its web to cut down the surrounding trees and trap Zhang Lexuan and Ye Xixuan.
• Zhang Lexuan used Silver Moon Avatar to erase the web and clear the area, but the spider tried to escape by sinking into a shadow.
• Zhang Lexuan weakened the spider with her first and third Soul Skills, then severed all ten of its legs with Moonfall.
• After landing with Zhang Lexuan, Ye Xixuan stared at her in a daze instead of inspecting the defeated Soul Beast.

Ye Xixuan absorbed the mutated Shadow Sky Demon Spider’s soul ring and reached rank twenty-two. The spider’s corpse then revealed a pair of external soul bones, which Zhang Lexuan urged him to absorb immediately.

• Zhang Lexuan suppressed the Shadow Sky Demon Spider and told Ye Xixuan to absorb its soul ring.
• Ye Xixuan killed the helpless spider, and its lingering resentment stirred his martial soul and flowed into his mind demon mark during absorption.
• Ye Xixuan meditated through the night as Zhang Lexuan guarded him, then completed his second soul-ring absorption and reached rank twenty-two.
• The Shadow Sky Demon Spider’s remains shattered and revealed a pair of gauntlet-shaped external soul bones.
• Zhang Lexuan urged Ye Xixuan to absorb the external soul bones before anything could go wrong.

Ye Xixuan successfully fused the Shadow Sky Demon Spider’s Heavenly Spider Claws, gaining immense strength and a soul skill that could bind and control targets with hidden spatial silk. He then revealed that the claws and silk could switch to a dark attribute, demonstrating their cutting power by shredding a Scale Armor Beast’s corpse.

• Ye Xixuan fused the Heavenly Spider Claws into his hands without complications, and silver gauntlets formed around them.
• Ye Xixuan thanked Zhang Lexuan and tested the soul bones by binding her with invisible spider silk and forcing her arms into an awkward pose.
• Ye Xixuan released Zhang Lexuan and explained that the silk concealed itself in space and could be difficult to detect.
• Ye Xixuan changed the Heavenly Spider Claws to their dark attribute and slashed the Scale Armor Beast’s corpse into pieces with five strands of silk.