Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang agreed to let Ning Fengzhi take the Soft Bone Rabbit’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then learned of a possible Golden Crow sighting in the South Sea. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu realized she was being targeted, while Tang San discovered that the man in the village was his father, Tang Hao.

• Xu Yang rejected the Titan Giant Ape as his preferred Seventh Soul Ring and agreed that Ning Fengzhi could take the Soft Bone Rabbit’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xu Yang that a fragmentary Sea Travelogue mentioned a Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Crow on an island in the South Sea, and that he had sent people to search for it.
• Xu Yang accompanied Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin to Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu hid behind Tang San in fear.
• Chen Xin and Tang Hao answered each other’s battle intent, and Ning Fengzhi said he would not attack before reaching an agreement with Tang Hao.
• Ning Rongrong greeted Ning Fengzhi, while Xiao Wu feared the Titled Douluos had come for her and Tang San comforted her.
• Tang San realized that Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin had come to negotiate with his father, Tang Hao, and that they appeared to be targeting Xiao Wu.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin confronted Tang Hao while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect moved to capture Xiao Wu, whom she revealed to be a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. After Xu Yang stopped Tang San from attacking Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu unleashed a blood-red power that began transferring her energy to Tang San.

• Ning Fengzhi refused Ning Rongrong's plea for Xiao Wu and left with Chen Xin to confront Tang Hao, while the sect's Soul Douluo and Soul Saints surrounded Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Xu Yang revealed that Xiao Wu was being targeted because she carried a treasure, and Xiao Wu disclosed that she was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang San vowed to protect Xiao Wu, while Ning Rongrong sought comfort from Dugu Yan.
• A distant clash between Tang Hao and Chen Xin signaled that negotiations had failed, and Xu Yang ordered the sect's fighters to seize Xiao Wu.
• Tang San launched hidden weapons toward Ning Rongrong to divert the attackers, but Xu Yang shot his storage belt away and deflected the weapons.
• Xiao Wu released a red field that froze the attackers and formed an array, pouring her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast energy into Tang San and rapidly raising his Soul Power.

Xu Yang forced Xiao Wu to stop her sacrifice by threatening Tang San, then tried to take her away. Tang Hao attacked Xu Yang with his Great Sumeru Hammer, but Chen Xin shielded him and counterattacked as Tang Hao fled with Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Xu Yang used his Sun Domain to resist Xiao Wu's sacrificial formation and threatened to kill Tang San unless she stopped.
• Xiao Wu interrupted her sacrifice, suffered backlash, put on Xu Yang's clothes, and agreed to leave with him.
• Tang Hao detonated his soul rings and sent his enormous Clear Sky Hammer toward Xu Yang.
• Chen Xin blocked the hammer with his Seven Kill Sword, while Ning Fengzhi boosted him with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Xin launched a powerful sword strike at Tang Hao, who bound Tang San and Xiao Wu to his back with Blue Silver Grass and fled.

After Chen Xin drove Tang Hao away, Ning Fengzhi treated the injured and offered compensation for Shrek Academy. Xu Yang searched Tang San’s storage belt and found a written copy of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, while a fallen piece of Tang Hao’s leg containing a sixty-thousand-year Soul Bone was discovered.

• Tang Hao struck Chen Xin with the Great Sumeru Hammer, then fled with Tang San and Xiao Wu after warning Ning Fengzhi and thanking Grandmaster.
• Chen Xin checked Xu Yang, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Yan, while Ning Fengzhi healed their injuries and discussed the sects’ interests with Chen Xin.
• Ning Fengzhi promised Flender tenfold compensation for the ruined academy, and Ning Rongrong invited Zhu Qing to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xu Yang severed the mental connection to Twenty-Four Bridges on a Moonlit Night and found Tang San’s written Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record among its contents.
• A sect member brought Ning Fengzhi the black object that had fallen from the sky, identifying it as Tang Hao’s left leg with a sixty-thousand-year Soul Bone inside.

Tang Hao explained why he had fought Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Xu Yang, then ordered Xiao Wu to leave and Tang San to train under him. In Suotuo City, Xu Yang finished copying the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and began studying its techniques, planning to adapt the Mysterious Heaven Skill to his Sun Soul Power.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu woke to find Tang Hao gravely wounded, and Tang Hao told Xiao Wu to return home because Tang San could not protect her.
• Tang Hao explained that Ning Fengzhi had offered a deal for Xiao Wu, but his memories of Tang San's mother had driven him to refuse and fight Chen Xin.
• Tang Hao refused to reveal the truth about Tang San's mother until Tang San met his requirements, then ordered Xiao Wu to leave and Tang San to cultivate with him.
• Xu Yang copied the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record after giving its mechanical hidden-weapon blueprints to Ning Fengzhi.
• Xu Yang studied the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eyes, and Mysterious Jade Hand, and decided to adapt the Mysterious Heaven Skill using his Sun Soul Power as its foundation.

Xu Yang studied the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and refined his cultivation before experimenting with forming a Soul Core using a Soul Power storage Soul Tool. He began compressing and rotating his solid Soul Power into a vortex, leaving it growing under his control.

• Xu Yang integrated the Mysterious Heaven Skill into his Sun Soul Power, advanced his Purple Demon Eyes, and used excess Sun Power to cultivate the Mysterious Jade Hand.
• Xu Yang waited with Dugu Yan for the Royal Fighting Team to arrive in Suotuo City, where he and Yu Tianheng watched the team defeat the Mad War Team and other opponents.
• Xu Yang returned to Heaven Dou City and made a durable Level Five Soul Tool from Deep Sea Sinking Silver Silver Mother to study Soul Core formation.
• Xu Yang fed Sun Soul Power into the Soul Tool, compressed it into solid form, and spun it into a growing vortex that drew in Sun Power and distorted the surrounding space.
• Xu Yang concluded that he could skip the step of attributing his Soul Power because his cultivation had already given it the Sun Martial Soul's Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light attributes.

Xu Yang attempted to condense a Soul Core inside a Soul Tool, drawing immense spiritual energy to Heaven Dou Royal Academy and prompting its leaders to evacuate the students. He contained the unstable Semi-Soul Core with Spiritual Power, threw the Soul Tool into the sky, and caught it after it exploded, leaving him with a damaged but largely intact vessel.

• Xu Yang compressed soul power in the Soul Tool until spatial cracks appeared as he tried to absorb Space Power and develop a method for Core Formation.
• Dugu Bo rushed to the academy, found Dugu Yan and the others drained of soul power, and carried them away from Xu Yang.
• Dugu Bo warned the Board of Education members that Xu Yang's experiment could explode, and they evacuated the students.
• Qian Renxue and She Mao recognized Xu Yang's experiment as an attempt to condense a core ahead of time, while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived to witness it.
• Xu Yang used his Spiritual Power to bind the expanding Semi-Soul Core, threw the Soul Tool high into the sky, and let it explode above the academy.
• Xu Yang used his Sun Golden Eyes to track the falling Soul Tool and caught it, finding only a few cracks in the Deep Sea Sinking Silver Silver Mother.

Xu Yang’s Soul Core experiments helped Ning Fengzhi break through to rank ninety, while Xu Yang deepened his understanding of space. With Ning Fengzhi ready to obtain a Soul Ring, they prepared to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Hawksbill in the South Sea.

• Bai Baoshan banned Xu Yang from the academy until the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, and Ning Fengzhi took him back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xu Yang explained the Soul Core method to Ning Fengzhi, who began experimenting under Gu Rong’s protection as Xu Yang continued detonating his own attempts to study space.
• Over half a year, Ning Fengzhi successfully condensed a Soul Core and reached rank ninety, while the sect found several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and confirmed Xiao Wu was guarded by the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Ning Fengzhi chose a Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Hawksbill near an island in the South Sea as his Soul Ring target, and Xu Yang agreed to join the hunt to study the beast and search for signs of the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Crow.

Ning Fengzhi led a powerful Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect expedition to Falling Moon Island to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Hawksbill. After spotting it asleep on the beach, the group flew in to attack before it could escape into the sea.

• Amos told Ning Fengzhi that the Golden Hawksbill lived on Falling Moon Island, where it often basked in moonlight.
• Xu Yang speculated that the island’s visible moonlight came from abundant, ancient Fallen Moon Flowers, and Ning Fengzhi set out with the group aboard the Ironclad Ship.
• After a month at sea, Amos spotted Falling Moon Island and identified the Golden Hawksbill’s location among the western coral reefs.
• Xu Yang observed the enormous Golden Hawksbill sleeping carelessly on the beach, and Ning Fengzhi ordered Amos’s crew to wait nearby while the others flew in.
• Chen Xin carried the group toward the island on a concealed flying sword, and Dugu Bo promised to test his Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison on the Golden Hawksbill.

Chen Xin and Madam Ning attacked the Hundred-Thousand-Year Golden Hawksbill after Ning Fengzhi boosted their strength, but its defense proved far greater than they expected. The Golden Hawksbill pushed through Chen Xin’s Sword Qi toward the sea, leaving the group struggling to stop it.

• Ning Fengzhi used his Nine Treasures True Body to strengthen everyone, and Chen Xin unleashed his Seven Kill True Body to block the Golden Hawksbill’s path to the sea.
• Madam Ning stomped the Golden Hawksbill’s mouth shut, then stabbed its brow with her Drizzle Sword, but the attack failed to seriously injure it.
• The Golden Hawksbill released Soul Power and formed a powerful golden defensive barrier, then pressed forward through Chen Xin’s Sword Qi toward the seaside.
• Xu Yang recognized that the Golden Hawksbill had devoted its abilities to defense, relying on its near-impenetrable protection to survive on land.

Chen Xin and Dugu Bo crippled a Golden Hawksbill so Ning Fengzhi could absorb its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. After Ning Fengzhi completed the week-long process, Xu Yang sensed a powerful disturbance in the Sun Power to the southwest and believed he had found the Golden Crow.

• Chen Xin broke through the Golden Hawksbill's defenses and severely wounded it, holding back so Ning Fengzhi could claim its Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo poisoned the Golden Hawksbill, preventing it from healing or escaping into the sea.
• Xu Yang searched Falling Moon Island and its surroundings for unusual concentrations of Sun Power while Ning Fengzhi absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi completed the difficult absorption after nearly a week, and the group prepared to leave Falling Moon Island.
• Xu Yang sensed a continuous disturbance in the Sun Power to the southwest and asked Madam Ning to tell Ning Fengzhi so they could sail toward it and confirm the Golden Crow's location.

Xu Yang and Chen Xin found an island dominated by a Fusang Tree and its Golden Crows, including a powerful Golden Crow with over two hundred thousand years of cultivation. Chen Xin warned Xu Yang about absorbing its soul ring, but after sensing Xu Yang’s physique, he accepted that Xu Yang could endure it and learned that Xu Yang would share his body-tempering method.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered Amos to change course toward the source of the Golden Crow’s Sun Power, and the group sailed for two more months across dangerous seas.
• Xu Yang and Chen Xin flew above a barren volcanic island and spotted a Fusang Tree bearing a dozen Golden Crows, including a massive one at its crown.
• Xu Yang recognized the tree as the legendary Fusang Tree, while Chen Xin judged the largest Golden Crow to have at least two hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Xu Yang said his training would let him withstand the Golden Crow’s soul ring once he reached level seventy, and Chen Xin discovered Xu Yang’s physique was more than twice as strong as his own.
• Xu Yang promised to teach Chen Xin the Great Sun Golden Body method when they returned.

After returning from the sea voyage, Xu Yang considered pursuing godhood by traveling to Sun Moon Continent and cultivating faith power. He made peace with Ning Rongrong after their long absence, then took her shopping in Heaven Dou City, where they encountered Zhu Qing.

• Xu Yang decided that Sun Moon Continent might offer him a path to create his own godhood, while he focused first on increasing his strength.
• During the three-month voyage home, Xu Yang taught Ning Fengzhi, Madam Ning, Dugu Bo, and Chen Xin the Great Sun Golden Body cultivation method.
• Xu Yang and the others returned to Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Rongrong angrily confronted them over their half-year absence.
• Xu Yang spent several days appeasing Ning Rongrong and agreed to accompany her shopping in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Rongrong spotted Zhu Qing wandering the street and called out to her.

Zhu Zhuqing met Ning Rongrong and Xu Yang in Heaven Dou City and accepted their offer to train at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for a chance to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun. After arguing with Yu Xiaogang and leaving Shrek Academy, she asked Dai Mubai to come with her, and he agreed.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Rongrong and Xu Yang that she feared she and Dai Mubai could not defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the upcoming tournament.
• Xu Yang offered to train Zhu Zhuqing at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she accepted his token and decided to ask Shrek Academy for leave.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek Academy and argued with Yu Xiaogang, who threatened to remove her from the Shrek Seven Devils if she left.
• Dai Mubai stopped Zhu Zhuqing as she left, and she explained that Xu Yang would guide her cultivation at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Mubai agreed to leave Shrek Academy and go with Zhu Zhuqing.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where they reunited with Ning Rongrong and asked Xu Yang how they should train. Xu Yang told them to fight Ge Tao so he could assess their abilities.

• Oscar and Ma Hongjun argued about whether to leave Shrek, while Yu Xiaogang smashed things and blamed Tang San, Tang Hao, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for his failures.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing traveled through Seven Treasure City on a rail vehicle and were astonished by the sect's powerful disciples and extensive territory.
• Zhu Zhuqing presented her token at the sect entrance, and a disciple escorted her and Dai Mubai to the Back Mountain Training Field.
• Zhu Zhuqing reunited excitedly with Ning Rongrong, while Dai Mubai met Xu Yang and the muscular young Ge Erdan, whom Dai later learned was called Ge Tao.
• Xu Yang asked Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai to fight Ge Tao so he could judge their cultivation, and Ge Tao introduced himself as a Level 37 Power Attack System Battle Soul Elder.

Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing challenged Ge Erdan, but his Body Spirit and Great Sun Golden Body gave him overwhelming physical strength and defense despite his lower rank. After Ge Erdan told Zhu Zhuqing to join the fight, she took her place beside Dai Mubai, preparing for the battle to continue.

• Dai Mubai revealed his Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul and attacked Ge Erdan, who dodged him with ease.
• Dai Mubai used his White Tiger Vajra Transformation and Protective Barrier, but Ge Erdan activated Vajra Transformation and overpowered him in a clash of fists.
• Ge Erdan used Dark Gold Power to drive Dai Mubai back and explained that his second Soul Skill came from a Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear.
• Dai Mubai fired White Tiger Light Wave, but Ge Erdan deflected it with his dark-golden hand.
• Ning Rongrong urged Zhu Zhuqing to fight alongside Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing joined him and introduced herself to Ge Erdan.

Xu Yang halted Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s spar with Ge Erdan and told them to abandon their old training assumptions and follow his instructions. Ten months later, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing had grown far stronger through meticulous carving practice, while Xu Yang continued training his control of Space Power.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Ge Erdan, but his Third Soul Skill overwhelmed them before they could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Yang stopped the spar and explained that their Soul Power and physical abilities needed much greater refinement, then ordered them to follow his training instructions.
• Over the next ten months, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing practiced carving tiny shapes from different materials as part of their cultivation.
• Dai Mubai finished carving and reflected that his Soul Power had risen three levels to level forty-six and that his combat strength had greatly improved.
• Xu Yang continued cultivating by sensing Space Power through a metal sphere, while Dai Mubai teased Ge Erdan by calling him Erdan as the group headed to eat.

Xu Yang returned from ten months of cultivation to prepare with Heaven Dou Academy’s Royal Fighting Team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing headed back to Shrek Academy, while Xu Yang prepared to cultivate further after helping his team pursue the championship.

• Xu Yang asked Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing whether they would return to Shrek Academy or remain at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Dai Mubai chose to return for the tournament.
• Xu Yang gave Dai Mubai two bracelets and reminded him of their agreement, which tied Xu Yang’s support to Dai Mubai’s possible claim to the Star Luo Empire’s throne.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing left for Shrek Academy, and Xu Yang returned to Heaven Dou Academy’s Royal Fighting Team.
• Xu Yang reunited with Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng, learned how strong the rival tournament teams had become, and said he would help the Royal Fighting Team win the championship.
• Qin Ming kept Xu Yang out of team battle training and treated him as a trump card, while Xu Yang continued cultivating his nearly perfected Inner Core Technique.

Xu Yang completed Three Flowers Gather on Crown and Five Energies Merge at Origin while cultivating at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, preparing to pursue the Continental Advanced Soul Master Competition before breaking through further. After three days in seclusion, he woke to find it was time to leave for the finals.

• Xu Yang watched the Preliminary Tournament and Promotion Tournament, noting Shrek Academy's weaker performance and the strengths of other teams.
• Xu Yang observed Skywater Academy's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which created a snowstorm and an ice-crystal phoenix.
• Xu Yang absorbed the Yang Eye's power and completed Three Flowers Gather on Crown and Five Energies Merge at Origin.
• Dugu Yan told Xu Yang he had cultivated for three days and that Dugu Bo had gone to pack their luggage.
• Xu Yang hurried with Dugu Yan to join Tian Heng and the others before the finals.

Xu Yang arrived in Spirit City with the Heaven Dou Team and rejected a summons from Pope Bibi Dong, threatening the Red Cardinal who delivered it. As Spirit Hall’s Spirit Masters surrounded him, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin headed out from the team’s rest area.

• Xu Yang told Yu Tianheng that he could not explain why the finals were being held at Pope's Hall, and the Heaven Dou Team arrived safely in Spirit City.
• Xu Yang wandered around the city instead of watching the first-round matches, which the three seeded teams had received byes from.
• A Red Cardinal told Xu Yang that Pope Bibi Dong wanted to see him, but Xu Yang ordered him to leave and walked on.
• Ning Haiyan reported the summons to Ning Fengzhi, who immediately left the Heaven Dou Empire's rest area with Chen Xin.
• Xu Yang pressed a blade of red-gold Blade Qi to the Red Cardinal's throat and refused to meet the Pope, saying he was a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Spirit Masters gathered around Xu Yang and summoned their martial souls.