Recaps

Ye Qing and Ye Feng climbed Heavenly Dawn Peak to find a suitable light spirit for Ye Qing’s second soul ring. After Ye Qing defended against their first encounter, he recognized the spirit’s striking resemblance to Puni and eagerly asked to fight it.

• Ye Qing considered whether dark spirits might also exist and could be a soul ring option for him.
• Ye Qing and Ye Feng climbed Heavenly Dawn Peak, searching its slopes for light spirits.
• A hot-tempered male light spirit attacked, and Ye Qing quickly protected himself and Ye Feng with Holy Radiance Protection.
• Ye Feng judged the light spirit to be no more than five hundred years old and unsuitable for Ye Qing’s soul ring.
• Ye Qing recognized that the light spirit resembled Puni and asked Ye Feng to let him fight it.

Ye Qing tested his strength against a Light Spirit, but it escaped before he could defeat it. When Ye Feng found a Light Spirit with about 6,800 years of cultivation and judged it too risky for Ye Qing’s second soul ring, Ye Qing said he wanted to try anyway.

• Ye Feng agreed to let Ye Qing spar with a Light Spirit while he watched over him.
• Ye Qing’s shield withstood the Light Spirit’s attacks, and his soul-power-infused punches left it dizzy until it fled.
• Ye Feng explained that Light Spirits were difficult to kill and that he could help Ye Qing wear one down for its soul ring.
• Ye Feng and Ye Qing avoided weaker Light Spirits until they found one with about 6,800 years of cultivation.
• Ye Feng decided the Light Spirit was too old for Ye Qing’s second soul ring, but Ye Qing said he could try absorbing it.

Ye Qing convinced Ye Feng to let him absorb a 6,800-year-old Light Spirit Soul Ring, relying on his Wings of Light to handle the excess energy. After Ye Feng helped weaken and kill the spirit, Ye Qing began absorbing its Soul Ring and endured its initial surge of power.

• Ye Qing cited his Wings of Light and Tang San’s example to persuade Ye Feng to let him absorb the Soul Ring, and Ye Feng agreed to interrupt him if he could not withstand it.
• Ye Feng used his soul power to erode the Light Spirit’s power until it was nearly extinguished.
• Ye Qing struck the weakened Light Spirit, which died and formed a purple Soul Ring and a left-leg Soul Bone.
• Ye Qing gave the Soul Bone to Ye Feng, then sat down and drew the Soul Ring around himself.
• The Soul Ring’s power surged into Ye Qing and made him spit blood, but he remained confident that he could absorb it.

Ye Qing absorbed a six-thousand-eight-hundred-year Light Spirit soul ring, evolving his light attribute into ultimate light and gaining the Light of the Holy Hall talent. The ring raised him to soul power level twenty-five, and he told Ye Feng about his breakthrough.

• Ye Qing endured the soul ring's violent power and refined it with help from his Light-Breaking Right Arm Bone.
• As he absorbed the ring, Ye Qing's light attribute broke through to the ultimate realm and granted him the Light of the Holy Hall talent.
• Ye Qing recognized that Abyssal Darkness, gained earlier through his transformation, was the dark counterpart to his new light talent.
• Ye Qing completed absorption, broke through the level-twenty bottleneck, and rose to level twenty-five.
• Ye Qing opened his eyes and told Ye Feng that his light attribute had become ultimate light and his soul power had reached level twenty-five.

Ye Qing’s light attribute evolved into ultimate light, and a female Light Spirit became attached to him and took up residence in his Light-Breaking Soul Bone. Ye Qing discovered she could strengthen the Soul Bone, while Ye Feng identified her as roughly six or seven hundred years old.

• Ye Qing demonstrated his ultimate light soul power, which overwhelmed Ye Feng’s darkness attribute despite their vast difference in strength.
• A female Light Spirit emerged from a rock crevice and was drawn to Ye Qing by his pure light aura and Light of the Holy Hall.
• The Light Spirit entered Ye Qing’s right arm and settled inside his Light-Breaking Soul Bone, forming a mental connection with him.
• Ye Qing called the Light Spirit out and discovered that her presence strengthened his Soul Bone by absorbing some of his soul power.
• Ye Feng returned and told Ye Qing that the Light Spirit was probably between six hundred and seven hundred years old.

Ye Feng warned Ye Qing that a Soul Beast might eventually turn against Soul Masters, but Ye Qing trusted his bond with the Little Light Spirit. On the journey back to Shrek, Ye Qing revealed Holy Light Shuttle, a lightning-fast escape ability that reassured Ye Feng and inspired Ye Qing to consider using it offensively.

• Ye Feng warned Ye Qing that a tamed Soul Beast might awaken its hatred of Soul Masters and turn against him.
• Ye Qing reassured Ye Feng that he understood the danger, and Ye Feng suggested they return to the academy to tell Mu En about Ye Qing's ultimate light.
• Ye Qing described his second Soul Skill, Holy Light Shuttle, which turned him into light elements and let him move at incredible speed for little Soul Power.
• Ye Qing tested Holy Light Shuttle and left Ye Feng far behind, convincing Ye Feng that his grandson could escape many threats.
• Ye Qing wondered whether he could use Holy Light Shuttle's speed to crash into opponents as an attack.

Ye Qing returned to Shrek Academy with an ultimate light attribute, astonishing the Sea God Pavilion Elders and prompting Mu En and Yan Shaozhe to assess his power. After a brief rest, Ye Qing asked Mu En to begin his next training plan, which would prepare him to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his third ring.

• Ye Qing returned to Shrek Academy with two Soul Rings and rank-twenty-five Soul Power, leaving Bei Bei convinced he could never catch up.
• The Sea God Pavilion Elders celebrated Ye Qing's ultimate attribute and began thinking of ways to strengthen their ties with him.
• Ye Qing displayed his ultimate light for Mu En and Yan Shaozhe, and its aura prompted Yan Shaozhe to reflect on himself.
• Mu En told Ye Qing his next training would focus on spiritual power to prepare him for a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his third ring.
• After three days of controlling his increased Soul Power, Ye Qing went to Mu En and said he was ready to begin training.

Mu En put Ye Qing through increasingly punishing training to improve his spiritual power, physical strength, and control over Soul Power, while Ye Qing's cultivation continued to advance. The chapter left Ye Qing at rank twenty-six and Bei Bei at rank twenty, having absorbed a thousand-year Second Soul Ring in his effort to catch up.

• Mu En had Ye Feng pressure Ye Qing with Soul Power, then whip him with darkness-attribute Soul Power while Ye Qing healed his own wounds with the Wings of Light.
• Mu En supplemented Ye Qing's training with medicinal baths and spiritual-power-enhancing treasures, while Ye Qing's spiritual power, physical strength, and meridians grew stronger despite less time for meditation.
• Ye Feng repeatedly dropped Ye Qing from high altitudes until Ye Qing overcame his fear of heights, then Ye Qing trained for a day at a time on the bottom of Sea God Lake.
• After half a year of training, Ye Qing's spiritual power had at least doubled, and he had recently reached rank twenty-six.
• Bei Bei, determined to catch Ye Qing, devoted himself to cultivation, reached rank twenty, and absorbed a thousand-year soul ring as his Second Soul Ring.

Bei Bei challenged Ye Qing to a fight after reaching level twenty-two and obtaining a thousand-year second soul ring, but Ye Qing knocked him unconscious with one elbow. Ye Qing returned to cultivation while remaining wary of Shrek Academy and resolving to reshape it once he was strong enough.

• Bei Bei sought out Ye Qing and demanded a fight, boasting that they were both Soul Grandmasters with thousand-year second soul rings.
• Ye Qing accepted, vanished behind Bei Bei, and knocked him out with a single elbow strike.
• Ye Qing carried the unconscious Bei Bei into the Sea God Pavilion and asked Mu En where to put him.
• Mu En told Ye Qing to leave Bei Bei there and return to cultivating, and Ye Qing went back to his branch on the Golden Tree.
• Ye Qing considered Shrek Academy and resolved to turn it into the Shrek he wanted once he grew strong enough.

After Bei Bei recovered from his defeat, he trained relentlessly while Ye Qing's cultivation slowed as his spiritual power and strength continued to grow. Two years later, both boys reached the Soul Elder stage, and Ye Qing proved capable of absorbing a twenty-thousand-year third soul ring; Mu En settled on a Soul Beast for it.

• Bei Bei awoke in the Sea God Pavilion, vowed to surpass Ye Qing, and accepted Mu En's encouragement to keep striving.
• Bei Bei devoted himself to cultivation, narrowing the gap in soul power while Ye Qing's progress slowed under the demands of his abilities and soul bones.
• Two years later, Bei Bei and Ye Qing reached rank thirty and became Soul Elders at nearly the same time.
• Ye Qing trained in the Fear Demon Dragon Training Room until his spiritual power reached the level of an ordinary Soul Emperor, and tests showed he could absorb a twenty-thousand-year third soul ring.
• Ye Feng asked Mu En to choose Ye Qing's third soul ring, and Mu En selected a Soul Beast for it.

Mu En took Ye Qing into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear for his third Soul Ring, deciding that close-combat strength mattered more than another light-attribute ring. After sparing several unsuitable bears, Mu En found a suitable one just over twenty thousand years old and brought it back to Shrek for Ye Qing to absorb.

• Mu En chose a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear for Ye Qing's third Soul Ring and said he would hunt it himself.
• Mu En used spatial power to take Ye Qing through the Star Dou Great Forest, where he searched for bears and taught Ye Qing not to kill Soul Beasts indiscriminately.
• Mu En found a pregnant female Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and spared her, despite her being close to twenty thousand years old.
• Mu En found a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear just over twenty thousand years old, knocked it unconscious, and took it and Ye Qing back toward Shrek.

Ye Qing absorbed the twenty-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s Soul Ring, relying on his Wings of Light, Light-Breaking Soul Bone, and Light Spirit to withstand its power. The Soul Ring’s remnant soul attacked him in his Sea of Consciousness, where Ye Qing fought back as Mu En watched over his body.

• Mu En brought Ye Qing a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and directed him to kill it by attacking its eyes and brain.
• Ye Qing killed the bear with Light-Breaking Demon and drew its black Soul Ring onto himself.
• The Wings of Light, Light-Breaking Soul Bone, and Light Spirit helped Ye Qing refine the Soul Ring’s violent Soul Power.
• The Soul Ring’s Soul Shock opened Ye Qing’s Sea of Consciousness, where the bear’s remnant soul attacked him.
• Ye Qing formed a body from his spiritual power and charged at the remnant soul while Mu En guarded him and examined the bear’s corpse for its Soul Bone.

Mu En extracted a right arm soul bone from the dark gold terrorclaw bear and saved it for Bei Bei, while Ye Qing devoured the beast’s remnant soul during Soul Shock and completed his Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring absorption. The chapter ended with Ye Qing breaking through to Soul Elder.

• Mu En removed the dark gold terrorclaw bear’s right arm bone, found it was not an external soul bone, and decided to give it to Bei Bei because Ye Qing already had a right arm bone.
• After confirming Ye Qing was safely absorbing the soul ring, Mu En stopped Bei Bei before his soul hunt and handed him the soul bone.
• In the Sea of Consciousness, Ye Qing beat the dark gold terrorclaw bear’s remnant soul and absorbed its soul energy, expanding his Sea of Consciousness by at least half.
• Ye Qing refined the remaining soul power, completed the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring absorption, and advanced to Soul Elder with yellow, purple, and black soul rings.

After absorbing the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's soul ring, Ye Qing reached level thirty-three but gained only two levels, prompting him to consider the risks of relying on his devouring talent. Mu En returned with the bear's right arm soul bone intended for Bei Bei, while Ye Qing took the rest of the corpse and asked Mu En to teach him a cultivation method for ultimate attributes.

• Ye Qing broke through his bottleneck and reached level thirty-three, while the bear's soul ring advanced his Wings of Light and Light Spirit.
• Ye Qing reflected on his powerful devouring talent and decided not to use it at Shrek for fear of being branded an Evil Soul Master.
• Ye Qing found the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's corpse and accepted that Mu En had taken its right arm soul bone for Bei Bei.
• Ye Qing began storing the bear's corpse in his soul tool, and Mu En asked him to leave one paw for a meal.
• Ye Qing told Mu En that the twenty-thousand-year soul ring had raised his soul power by only two levels and asked to learn Shrek's cultivation method for ultimate attributes.

Mu En taught Ye Qing how to cultivate an ultimate attribute by actively compressing his soul power, and Ye Qing found that the method increased his cultivation efficiency. After Mu En left, Ye Qing was left to cultivate on his own until he entered Shrek’s Inner Court.

• Mu En explained that ultimate attribute Soul Masters cultivated slowly because their soul power had to be compressed, but faced no further bottlenecks after reaching Soul Saint.
• Mu En taught Ye Qing a technique for consciously compressing soul power during cultivation.
• Ye Qing tested the technique and found it improved his cultivation efficiency by roughly thirteen to fifteen percent.
• Ye Qing estimated that the method could help him reach Soul Saint at around twenty-two or twenty-three through cultivation alone, or before twenty with additional resources.
• Mu En quietly left after giving Ye Qing the method, and Shrek left Ye Qing’s future training plans to him until he entered the Inner Court.

Ye Qing decided to develop his own cultivation art, spending his days studying and training instead of waiting for Electrolux or relying on others. Meanwhile, Bei Bei absorbed a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm soul bone and a Thunder Tyrant Dragon soul ring, reaching level thirty-five and catching up to Ye Qing.

• Ye Qing judged the soul-power compression method’s modest improvement insufficient and resolved to refine his own cultivation art.
• Ye Qing considered waiting for Electrolux’s help but chose to study meditation methods and cultivation approaches for himself.
• Ye Qing trained daily, studied in the Inner Court’s Library Pavilion, and committed to relying on his own efforts.
• Bei Bei absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm soul bone, gaining the Dark Gold Dreadclaw ability enhanced by his lightning attribute.
• Bei Bei absorbed a 5,500-year-old Thunder Tyrant Dragon soul ring, gained Thunderous Wrath, and reached level thirty-five.
• Bei Bei celebrated that he had finally caught up to Ye Qing.

Ye Qing studied Shrek’s Meditation Methods and used their meridian routes to open and nourish hidden meridians, despite repeated injuries and little progress toward creating new Soul Power circuits. He accepted that rebuilding the gutted Mysterious Heaven Skill would take time and decided to focus on developing his unused meridians first.

• Ye Qing found that lower-level Meditation Methods covered some meridians the Shrek method did not, giving him routes to study and adapt.
• Ye Qing used those methods to open and nourish unused meridians, enduring intense pain and repeatedly rupturing them with Soul Power.
• Ye Qing healed a burst meridian in his forearm with the Wings of Light and reflected on how his pain tolerance had improved.
• Ye Qing realized he had not established any additional Soul Power circuits after a month of study and practice.
• Ye Qing calmed his frustration and decided to focus on developing his hidden meridians before trying to expand the Shrek Meditation Method.

Ye Qing planned to develop his meridians, but Bei Bei returned to Shrek Academy and challenged him to a fight. Despite Bei Bei's higher soul power, Ye Qing used his powerful physique and close-combat skill to seize the advantage, then charged in to press his attack.

• Ye Qing decided that opening and nourishing his meridians would strengthen his body, expand his soul power capacity, and improve his control.
• Bei Bei returned from a month of soul hunting, found Ye Qing at the Golden Tree, and challenged him after reaching level thirty-five.
• Ye Qing revealed his level-thirty-three soul power and his yellow, purple, and black soul rings, surprising Bei Bei with his ten-thousand-year ring.
• Bei Bei activated Thunderous Wrath and attacked with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Ye Qing shattered the attack with a close-combat soul skill and dodged his lightning.
• Ye Qing blocked Bei Bei's advance with an elbow strike and a punch, driving him back and leaving his arms numb.
• Ye Qing told Bei Bei that his body had to be strong enough to absorb a twenty-thousand-year soul ring, then charged at him.

Ye Qing and Bei Bei compared the Dark Gold Nebula Rift soul skill against Bei Bei’s Thunder Terrorclaw during a spar near the Sea God Pavilion. Mu En stopped their attacks and warned them to fight in the Soul Fighting Arena next time.

• Ye Qing overwhelmed Bei Bei in hand-to-hand combat despite having two fewer soul power levels.
• Bei Bei revealed his Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm bone and used Thunder Terrorclaw, while Ye Qing prepared his third soul skill.
• Ye Qing unleashed Dark Gold Nebula Rift, and the two attacks clashed with enough force to gouge the surrounding grass.
• Mu En intervened and made both attacks disappear before either could hit.
• Ye Qing and Bei Bei withdrew their martial souls, greeted Mu En, and heard his warning to follow school rules.

Ye Qing accepted that he would join Shrek Academy’s Outer Court, where he could develop more freely than under the scrutiny of Sea God Island’s elders. After opening every hidden meridian in his right arm over four months, he discovered that the process also accelerated his cultivation, bringing him to level thirty-five.

• Mu En ended Ye Qing and Bei Bei’s sparring match as a draw and said they could rematch at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Ye Qing decided to attend the Outer Court in June rather than request direct entry into the Inner Court, since its distance from Sea God Island would let him open his meridians more discreetly.
• Ye Qing spent four months opening the hidden meridians in his right arm with help from his Light-Breaking Soul Bone.
• Ye Qing reached level thirty-five while opening his meridians, advancing faster than Bei Bei and realizing that the process increased both his Soul Power capacity and cultivation speed.
• Ye Qing estimated that opening all his meridians could raise his strength and potentially bring his Soul Power to the Soul King or Soul Emperor level.

Ye Qing failed to add his newly opened right-arm meridians to his soul power circuit and prepared for his banishment to the Outer Court. He then learned that the Tang Sect had been destroyed a year early, and suspected Tang Ya was using a mysterious allure to ensnare Bei Bei as part of Tang San’s scheme to rebuild the sect.

• Ye Qing’s attempts to expand his soul power circuit caused a backlash, so he decided to develop his remaining hidden meridians instead.
• The Iron Blood Sect slaughtered the Tang Sect after striking a deal with the Heaven Dou City Lord, who wanted to end the sect’s tax exemptions and collect taxes from its successor.
• Tang Ya escaped the massacre and headed for Shrek Academy, determined to rebuild the Tang Sect.
• Ye Qing saw Tang Ya following Bei Bei and sensed an unnatural allure around her that weakened when he looked away.
• Ye Qing suspected Tang San had arranged Tang Ya’s influence over Bei Bei to recruit pawns for rebuilding the Tang Sect.

Ye Qing reconsidered how much Tang San could interfere in the mortal world, then registered at Shrek Academy’s Outer Court. He recognized the academy as a place to build connections and prestige, and resolved to begin his rise there.

• Ye Qing recalled Tang San’s many schemes during the Peerless Tang Sect era and concluded that Tang San could still alter his plans whenever he noticed something amiss.
• Ye Qing left Bei Bei with Tang Ya and presented his Inner Court recommendation letter at the registration desk.
• Li Zhiyi verified Ye Qing’s letter, gave him a dormitory key numbered 234, and offered to help him in the Outer Court.
• Ye Qing realized that Shrek’s Outer Court mainly served wealthy students as a place to polish their credentials and make connections.
• Ye Qing understood that Mu En and Ye Feng expected him to build a team, advance to the Inner Court, and earn prestige, following Zhang Lexuan’s example.

Ye Qing settled into Room 234 and used Holy Light Shuttle to clean it, showcasing his improved control over the speed-based Soul Skill. The effort exhausted his mental power, so he cultivated until Bei Bei arrived at the dorm room.

• Ye Qing inspected Room 234, judged its conditions rough but suitable for cultivation, and cleaned it with Holy Light Shuttle.
• Ye Qing reflected on how his control of Holy Light Shuttle had improved, while noting that moving at extreme speed consumed his mental power.
• Ye Qing considered trying Train Collision at reduced speed but decided to wait because it might kill someone or injure him.
• Ye Qing made his bed and cultivated until the sound of the door opening woke him.
• Ye Qing asked who had entered, and Bei Bei opened the door and recognized him.

Ye Qing and Bei Bei arrived at Shrek Academy and were assigned the same dorm room, where Bei Bei revealed his infatuation with Tang Ya. After introducing them in the cafeteria, Tang Ya asked Ye Qing to join the Tang Sect.

• Ye Qing and Bei Bei discovered they had both been assigned to room 234.
• Bei Bei admitted he believed Tang Ya was his destined love, while Ye Qing left him to unpack.
• Bei Bei had spent the day helping Tang Ya, who had enrolled at Shrek Academy with the Tang Sect's admission quota but had run out of money.
• Ye Qing saw Bei Bei and Tang Ya continuing their awkward argument in the cafeteria.
• Bei Bei introduced Tang Ya to Ye Qing, and Tang Ya asked Ye Qing to join the Tang Sect.

Ye Qing rejected Tang Ya’s invitation to join the Tang Sect, revealing that he and Bei Bei belonged to Sea God Island’s inner circle. Tang Ya left in embarrassment, while Ye Qing secretly helped Bei Bei pursue her.

• Tang Ya invited Ye Qing to join the Tang Sect and help restore it, but Ye Qing recognized her attempt to recruit him as an errand boy.
• Ye Qing told Tang Ya that he and Bei Bei were legitimate members of Sea God Island’s inner circle.
• Tang Ya realized Ye Qing would not join and apologized before leaving with tears in her eyes.
• Bei Bei chased after Tang Ya, upset that Ye Qing had hurt her feelings.
• Ye Qing winked and transmitted a message to Bei Bei, who gratefully nodded before following Tang Ya.