Arc 1Chapters 1–25
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After winning a revival match against God King Tang, Ye Qing was reborn in the Peerless Tang Sect era with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as his chosen martial soul. His soul healed beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, and two and a half years later he spent his days fishing with his great-grandfather Ye Feng and Sea God Pavilion master Mu En.
Ye Qing spent another evening fishing with Mu En, who invited him to meet his grandson Bei Bei. As Ye Qing headed home with tea and a fish, Mu En reflected on the Golden Tree’s apparent role in stabilizing the boy’s soul.
Ye Qing continued drinking tea made from the Golden Tree’s leaves, unaware that its light attribute was changing his body and soul and would cause his martial soul to mutate. Mu En introduced him to his grandson Bei Bei, and Ye Qing resolved to befriend the withdrawn boy.
Ye Qing befriended the lonely Bei Bei and helped him rediscover the carefree joys of childhood on Sea God Island. As Bei Bei grew happier, Mu En turned his attention to the reported whereabouts of an Evil Soul Master in the Heaven Dou Empire.
Mu En arrived in Tianyue City after Demon Wolf devastated the Zhang Family and battled its old patriarch, only to find the family nearly wiped out. As Mu En immobilized the wounded Demon Wolf, he sensed that some members of the Zhang Family had survived.
Mu En defeated Demon Wolf and rescued Zhang Lexuan from the Zhang Family ruins. After Zhang Lexuan asked him to avenge her family, Mu En killed Demon Wolf and invited her to live at Shrek Academy, where she resolved to become strong enough to protect what she cherished.
Mu En discovered Zhang Lexuan’s exceptional cultivation talent and brought her to Shrek Academy, where she would begin a new life with a family. There, Ye Qing and Bei Bei struggled to grill fish, and Bei Bei won Ye Qing’s gratitude by eating the edible portion of his failed attempt.
Mu En introduced Zhang Lexuan to Ye Qing and Bei Bei, asking her to look after Bei Bei, and Ye Qing gradually kept his distance as she devoted herself to the boy. Three months later, Bei Bei awakened a powerful dragon Martial Soul with innate full soul power, leaving Ye Qing to marvel at his friend’s prospects.
Ye Qing underwent his martial soul awakening, expecting to summon the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger but instead awakening a holy white tiger that Ye Feng identified as the Radiant Sacred Tiger. Mu En questioned the identification, sensing that its holiness differed from his own radiant sacred dragon, but could not explain why.
Ye Qing learned that his martial soul had the ultimate sacred attribute and could switch between its sacred white tiger form and Dark Demon Evil God Tiger form, though transforming left him vulnerable. After Ye Qing tested his soul power, the orb shone with golden light, revealing innate full soul power.
Ye Qing awakened the Radiant Sacred Tiger with innate full soul power, prompting Mu En to offer to take him as a disciple. With Ye Feng urging him to accept, Ye Qing formally acknowledged Mu En as his teacher.
After Ye Qing completed his apprenticeship ceremony, Mu En gave him a rare seventy-thousand-year Light-Breaking Demon Right Arm Soul Bone, though Ye Qing could not absorb it yet. Once the ceremony ended, Ye Feng began teaching Ye Qing the basics of Martial Souls.
Ye Feng taught Ye Qing Shrek’s advanced meditation method and monitored his first cultivation session to assess his aptitude and plan his training. As Ye Qing practiced, he suspected the method had been adapted from the Mysterious Heaven Skill and considered how he might improve it.
Ye Qing began cultivating and impressed Ye Feng with his talent, prompting his grandfather to put him through three months of intensive training and lavish meals. After transforming his physique, Ye Qing was judged strong enough to absorb a seven- or eight-hundred-year first soul ring.
After months of physical training, Ye Qing went with Ye Feng to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable first soul ring. They searched for weeks without success until Ye Qing spotted a Light Unicorn by a stream.
Ye Qing killed a seven-hundred-year Light Unicorn and began absorbing its soul ring as his first. While Ye Feng processed the beast’s corpse, he noticed a strange soul-power fluctuation in its back, and Ye Qing endured the ring’s immense pressure.
Ye Qing completed his first soul-ring absorption, becoming a Soul Master and gaining the Holy Radiance Protection skill from the Light Unicorn. He concealed the skill’s stronger self-protective effect, and Ye Feng then offered him another item to absorb.
Ye Qing absorbed the rare external soul bone Wings of Light from the Light Unicorn and learned how its wings could evolve as it grew. After his first soul hunting trip, he left the Star Dou Great Forest with Ye Feng and headed for Shrek Academy, having advanced to level fourteen.
After a week of rest, Ye Qing resumed training and showed Bei Bei how powerful his defensive soul skill was, then continued to outpace him in cultivation. More than a year later, Ye Qing reached level twenty while Bei Bei was only level seventeen, leaving Bei Bei furious and determined to catch up.
Ye Qing considered how to overcome the slow cultivation caused by his ultimate attribute and decided to seek the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife before experimenting with a new technique. He spent the next three days researching light-attribute soul beasts in Shrek's library as he prepared to choose his second soul ring.
Ye Qing chose a light elemental spirit for his second soul ring, and Ye Feng gave him a Light-Breaking Soul Bone to strengthen his body before he hunted one. Mu En planned to raise Ye Qing into Shrek Academy’s future pillar, though the chapter left the soul bone unabsorbed and the hunt still ahead.
Ye Qing absorbed the seventy-thousand-year Light-Breaking Demon soul bone, strengthening his body and light attribute without quite reaching the ultimate level. Mu En tested his new soul-ring limit, leaving Ye Feng and Mu En confident that Ye Qing could absorb a six-thousand-year Second Soul Ring.
Mu En arranged for Ye Qing to obtain his second soul ring and considered how to prepare him to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his third. He convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting to reveal Ye Qing as his disciple and introduce his potential to Shrek’s senior leadership.
Mu En revealed to the Sea God Pavilion Elders that Ye Qing was his disciple and could develop an ultimate light attribute, then asked them to help prepare him for a ten-thousand-year third soul ring. The Elders offered their spiritual-power treasures, while Xuan Zi realized he might still be forced to lead Shrek until Ye Qing grew powerful enough to take over.
Mu En secured Shrek Academy's support for Ye Qing's growth, including early access to the Fear Demon Dragon's secret chamber. Ye Feng then brought Ye Qing to Heavenly Dawn Peak, where the light elemental spirits lived.