Recaps

Ye Qing and the Ice Empress began her sacrifice so he could use her ice power to balance the Ice and Fire Spring Water and fuse a Yin-Yang Soul Core in his chest. The soul ring finished condensing with four golden markings as Ye Qing and the Ice Empress continued the fusion.

• The Ice Empress tested Ye Qing's strength and recognized him as a remarkable human, while the Snow Empress reacted awkwardly to her praise.
• Ye Qing, Electrolux, Bi Ji, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress spent a week developing a preliminary method to fuse the Yin-Yang Soul Core.
• Electrolux advised Ye Qing to have the Ice Empress sacrifice herself, then enter the Ice and Fire Spring Water to balance his ice and fire attributes before adding his other attributes.
• Ye Qing chose to condense the Ice Empress's soul bone into an external soul bone linked to the Snow Empress's torso bone rather than absorb it normally.
• The Ice Empress began her sacrifice, and Ye Qing jumped into the Ice and Fire Spring Water with her to begin the fusion.
• The Ice Empress's blood-colored soul ring solidified around her as she faded, and four golden markings appeared on the ring.

Ye Qing absorbed the Ice Empress’s sacrifice, transforming the power of extreme ice into Ultimate Fire and balancing ice and fire within himself. After three months, his soul bones had fused and grown stronger, and he was left with a Soul Core Embryo in his chest.

• Ye Qing stopped the Ice Empress from drawing too much power from the Ice Spring and began merging her Soul Ring and External Soul Bone into his body.
• Ye Qing fused the Secret Art Soul Bone with the Ice Empress Scorpion Tail as his Ultimate Ice awakened Ultimate Fire within him.
• Ye Qing used the resonance between his body’s miniature Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the larger well to strengthen Ultimate Fire and balance it against his ice power.
• Over three months, the Ice Empress’s sacrifice ended, and Ye Qing’s Soul Power rose from Level Sixty-Three to level sixty-eight.
• The Ice Empress Scorpion Tail fused with the Snow Empress’s torso bone and the Holy Light Eight Wings, which reached the hundred-thousand-year level and became the Holy Eight Wings.
• Ye Qing’s balanced ice and fire power formed a Soul Core Embryo in his chest, keeping his Soul Power at level sixty-eight.

Ye Qing used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and the Ice and Snow Empresses’ power to nearly complete an Ice-Fire Soul Core Embryo, then began adding Holy-Evil, Light-Dark, and Wind-Thunder powers. After months of careful infusion and repeated failures with Wind-Thunder Power, he found a method that made it merge with the embryo and trigger a qualitative transformation.

• Ye Qing formed a 90%-complete Ice-Fire Soul Core Embryo in his middle dantian by drawing on the Ice and Snow Empresses’ power and resonating with the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Qing infused balanced Holy-Evil Power into the embryo until its red, blue, blood-red, and white powers merged.
• Ye Qing added Light-Dark Power over several months, then nearly destabilized the soul power vortex when he tried to infuse Wind-Thunder Power in the same way.
• Electrolux advised Ye Qing to work with wind and thunder’s different characteristics, and Ye Qing tested methods until he learned to attach thunder to the vortex and use wind to nurture the process.
• Ye Qing’s growing Wind-Thunder infusion unified with the Soul Core Embryo and caused it to undergo a qualitative transformation.

Ye Qing successfully condensed the first Yin-Yang Attribute Soul Core, gaining the power to transform his Soul Power into attributes including life and destruction. He considered the Soul Core’s abilities and planned to use a divine pill made from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s resources to help him break through Level 100.

• Ye Qing condensed a black-and-white Yin-Yang Soul Core, transforming his Soul Power and making the Yin-Yang Attribute unique to him.
• Ye Qing tested the Soul Core by producing Ultimate Metal and Ultimate Earth, then simulated life and destruction.
• Ye Qing reasoned that the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ divine power concealed his new attributes from the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction.
• Ye Qing determined that the Soul Core could transform attributes and decompose and reshape matter, letting him counter other attributes and combine materials.
• Ye Qing planned to collect the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s resources after Huo Yuhao took the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and refine a divine pill to aid his breakthrough beyond Level 99.

After forming his Yin-Yang Soul Core, Ye Qing reached level seventy and returned to Shrek Academy after nearly seven months away. Mu En teleported him to the dormitory and was stunned by how much energy it took to move him.

• Ye Qing realized his Soul Core made him nearly impossible to kill beneath Limit Douluo, and decided to seek a Soul Beast of at least three hundred thousand years for his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Bi Ji told Ye Qing that he had spent almost seven months in seclusion, so he rushed back to Shrek Academy.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders grew increasingly worried and irritated after Ye Qing disappeared for more than half a year without sending word.
• Mu En sensed Ye Qing at the academy gate and teleported him to the dormitory, where he was surprised that moving Ye Qing took more energy than moving Yan Shaozhe.

Ye Qing explained his unexplained absence to Mu En by presenting an eight-petal immortal orchid and arguing that Soul Tools deserved serious study. Mu En was impressed by Ye Qing’s perspective, while Ye Qing prepared to tell him what he had discovered in the Sun Moon Empire.

• Mu En demanded to know why Ye Qing had left without telling anyone, and Ye Qing asked to speak privately in the Sea God Pavilion.
• Ye Qing opened a jade box and showed Mu En an eight-petal immortal orchid, whose fragrance eased Mu En’s pain.
• Ye Qing said he had traveled to the Sun Moon Empire to learn about Soul Tools and prepare for next year’s Soul Fighting Tournament.
• Ye Qing argued that Soul Tools were practical tools for Soul Masters, and Mu En recognized how far his disciple’s thinking reached.
• Ye Qing began to explain that he had accidentally wandered into a certain place in the Sun Moon Empire, and Mu En leaned in to hear more.

Ye Qing told Mu En that he had found an Otherworldly Space called Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where he received two Immortal Herbs, and left the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid with the Sea God Pavilion. Mu En resisted the temptation to give it to Bei Bei, but others at Shrek might argue that the herb should go to someone who could benefit more from it.

• Ye Qing described the strange Otherworldly Space, its lake that showed Zhang Lexuan's face, and the voice that asked whether he had a lover.
• Ye Qing said the voice sent him out and gave him an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which he had already consumed.
• Ye Qing left the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid with Mu En and hurried off to see Zhang Lexuan.
• Mu En considered giving the herb to Bei Bei, but decided that favoring his descendant would violate his principles.
• Mu En hesitated over what should happen to the herb, while others might seek to give it to a Soul Master who could gain more from it.

After returning from seclusion with his Yin-Yang Soul Core condensed, Ye Qing visited the Soul Fighting Zone to find Zhang Lexuan and reunited with her and Ma Xiaotao. Ma Xiaotao reminded him that her worsening Evil Fire needed his treatment, leaving Zhang Lexuan watching her departure with narrowed eyes.

• Ye Qing reflected on his increased strength and decided he could take time to explore his new power and rest.
• Ye Qing went to Zhang Lexuan's residence, found her absent, and headed to the Soul Fighting Zone.
• A guard confirmed Zhang Lexuan was inside, then went to notify her that Ye Qing had arrived.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao came out to meet Ye Qing, who embraced Zhang Lexuan after nearly ten months apart.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Ye Qing about her worsening Evil Fire and left, while Zhang Lexuan watched her suspiciously.

After returning from six months of secluded cultivation, Ye Qing spent the afternoon receiving Zhang Lexuan’s affection before discussing the upcoming Soul Fighting Tournament with her. As they headed back, Ma Xiaotao waited beneath a streetlamp and blocked their way.

• Zhang Lexuan noticed Ma Xiaotao’s interest in Ye Qing and quietly embraced him, telling him she had missed him.
• Ye Qing walked with Zhang Lexuan and enjoyed her comforting attention until sunset.
• Ye Qing told Zhang Lexuan he wanted to relax for a few days before applying to join the tournament’s main team.
• Zhang Lexuan explained the tournament rules while she and Ye Qing ate together, and Ye Qing considered how to conserve his effort while gaining a reputation.
• Ye Qing and Zhang Lexuan set off back together and found Ma Xiaotao waiting beneath a streetlamp.

Ye Qing discovered that Ma Xiaotao’s incomplete transformation into his Chángguǐ had turned her submission into an intense dependence, while her Evil Fire was flaring up again. After purifying it and continuing the transformation overnight, he left her asleep and sat alone on a branch of the Golden Tree.

• Ye Qing explained to Zhang Lexuan that Ma Xiaotao had sought him out because her Evil Fire was becoming uncontrollable, and Zhang Lexuan let him help her.
• Ye Qing reasoned that Ma Xiaotao’s conversion had been interrupted and that her Evil Fire might have changed her obedience into dependence on him.
• Ye Qing ordered Ma Xiaotao to call him Daddy, and she obeyed before blushing and giving him a brooding look.
• Ye Qing brought Ma Xiaotao to his dormitory, gradually purified her Evil Fire, and continued using his Corruption talent on her through the night.
• Ye Qing returned Ma Xiaotao to her dormitory after she fell asleep, then sat alone on a Golden Tree branch and pondered.

Huo Yuhao became a Level 2 Soul Engineer after engraving a Level 2 core array, then reached Level 20 just before the holidays and set off for the Far North. Yan Shaozhe found Ye Qing fishing and pressed him about joining the Main Team, but Ye Qing put it off until school resumed.

• Huo Yuhao successfully engraved and activated a Level 2 core array, earning Fan Yu's praise and recognition as a Level 2 Soul Engineer.
• Huo Yuhao reflected on his slow cultivation and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's secret help, unaware that the Silkworm had been managing how much power he released.
• Huo Yuhao reached Level 20 the day before the holidays, parted with the hero fragment, and left alone for the Far North.
• Yan Shaozhe found Ye Qing fishing in the Inner Court and asked when he would join the Main Team.
• Ye Qing argued that fishing could cultivate the heart and delayed joining the Main Team until school started again.

Ye Qing decided not to follow Huo Yuhao into the Far North, believing he would find no powerful Ice Soul Beast there. Huo Yuhao nevertheless encountered a dying hundred-thousand-year Ice Crystal Ancient-Toothed Tiger, which the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chose as his Second Martial Soul.

• Yan Shaozhe agreed to let Ye Qing skip training because of his overwhelming strength and resolved Evil Fire.
• Ye Qing considered following Huo Yuhao to the Far North but decided the trip was unnecessary.
• Huo Yuhao traveled deep into the Far North with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who failed to lure out the missing Ice Empress.
• As they retreated, Huo Yuhao entered an ice cave and found a dying hundred-thousand-year Ice Crystal Ancient-Toothed Tiger.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao to persuade the tiger to become his Second Martial Soul.

Huo Yuhao gained the Ice Crystal Ancient-Toothed Tiger as his second martial soul after the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm convinced the dying soul beast to sacrifice itself, giving Huo Yuhao a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and torso bone. He returned to Shrek Academy early, while Ye Qing returned to the Inner Court after spending time with Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed his million-year aura and persuaded the Ice Crystal Ancient-Toothed Tiger to become Huo Yuhao's second martial soul.
• The Ice Crystal Ancient-Toothed Tiger sacrificed itself through the bone-before-ring method, granting Huo Yuhao a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and torso bone.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm later killed one of his own kind to provide Huo Yuhao's second soul ring and raise his soul power to level twenty-two.
• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy three days early, leaving Zhou Yi and the others unaware of his deception.
• Ye Qing returned to the Inner Court after spending vacation days with Zhang Lexuan and visiting Xu Jiujiu in Star Luo City.

Yan Shaozhe brought Ye Qing back to Shrek Academy and ordered him to join the Soul Fighting Tournament team so Shrek could display its strength and deter the Sun Moon Empire. Ye Qing welcomed the chance to build his reputation, and Yan Shaozhe gathered the students after the main team lost a training match to veteran Inner Court students.

• Yan Shaozhe assigned Ye Qing to the main team for the Soul Fighting Tournament, explaining that Shrek wanted to make its strength visible and deter the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ye Qing followed Yan Shaozhe to the Soul Fighting Arena, where the main team was sparring against seven veteran Inner Court Soul Emperors.
• Xue Zhenyu, Ming Jing, Yang Jingjun, and Wu Ming fought the main team, while Ma Xiaotao battled Wu Ming to a standstill.
• The veteran students defeated the main team, though Ma Xiaotao remained undefeated in her fight with Wu Ming.
• Yan Shaozhe clapped his hands and called everyone over to hear an announcement.

Ye Qing arrived to join Shrek’s Main Team and stunned its members by revealing his age, strength, and powerful Soul Rings. Rather than challenge one Main Team member, he asked Xue Zhenyu and his six teammates to fight him together, and they accepted.

• Yan Shaozhe introduced Ye Qing as a candidate for the Main Team, leaving the current members uncertain about their roster spots.
• Ye Qing released his five Soul Rings and introduced himself as a fifteen-year-old Level 59 Soul King with the Ultimate Light attribute.
• The Inner Court students were shocked by Ye Qing’s strength, while Chen Zifeng feared he would lose his place on the team.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ye Qing to prove himself by challenging a team member, but Ye Qing chose to face Xue Zhenyu and his six teammates together.
• Xue Zhenyu accepted the challenge, and the seven Inner Court students prepared to fight Ye Qing.

Ye Qing faced Xue Zhenyu’s seven-person team in a Soul Fighting match and overwhelmed them with ease. He left Yang Jingjun and Ming Jing on the platform after Yan Shaozhe intervened to protect the others.

• Yan Shaozhe refereed the match after the Main Team left the arena, and both sides released their Martial Souls.
• Xue Zhenyu attacked Ye Qing with three sword rays, but Ye Qing crushed the one aimed at his vital point with his bare hand.
• Ye Qing trapped Wu Ming’s Golden Crow firebird in a lightning cage and knocked an Agility Attack System fighter off the platform.
• As Xue Zhenyu, Wu Ming, and Yang Jingjun pressed their attacks, Ye Qing unleashed Holy Radiance Thunder Prison across the arena.
• Yan Shaozhe intervened as Ye Qing’s lightning knocked four more fighters off the platform, leaving Yang Jingjun and Ming Jing standing.

Ye Qing defeated the sparring team alone and chose to replace Yao Haoxuan on the Main Team, arguing that the team already had enough support and control. After demonstrating his powerful shielding, healing, and speed, he watched Yao Haoxuan leave, believing he had saved him from the death he suffered in the original story.

• Ming Jing surrendered after Ye Qing defeated the sparring team, and Yan Shaozhe declared Ye Qing the winner.
• Ye Qing chose to replace Yao Haoxuan, surprising the Main Team and explaining that Yao Haoxuan's War Giant abilities overlapped with the team's existing support and control.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that Yao Haoxuan could fill the defense role, so Ye Qing tested his shield against Xixi's attacks.
• Xixi failed to break Ye Qing's Holy Radiance Protection, and Ye Qing healed Yang Jingjun and demonstrated his speed.
• Yao Haoxuan left the team, Chen Zifeng celebrated keeping his place, and Ye Qing privately resolved to save Yao Haoxuan from his original-story death.

Ye Qing joined the reorganized team’s training, with restrictions placed on his Soul Skills unless Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo joined the sparring team. At a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, Mu En revealed that Ye Qing had found an eight-petal immortal orchid, astonishing the Elders.

• Yan Shaozhe told Ye Qing he could not use his fourth and fifth Soul Rings in training matches unless Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo joined the sparring team.
• Ye Qing agreed to train with Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo and began learning about his six teammates’ abilities.
• Yan Shaozhe returned to the Sea God Pavilion for a meeting convened by Mu En about Ye Qing.
• Mu En opened the jade box Ye Qing had given him and revealed an eight-petal immortal orchid, causing the Sea God Pavilion Elders to erupt in excitement.

Mu En presented Ye Qing’s eight-petal immortal orchid at a Sea God Pavilion meeting, stirring greed among the Elders with its promise of healing, greater power, and possible godhood. As the Elders asked where Ye Qing had found it, Mu En regretted revealing the herb and worried their greed would fracture the academy.

• The Sea God Pavilion Elders stared greedily at the eight-petal immortal orchid, and Ye Feng resented Ye Qing for keeping it from him.
• Mu En recognized the danger in the Elders’ reactions and considered how the orchid might heal his injuries and extend his life.
• Mu En tapped the table to bring the Elders back to the meeting, though Xuan Zi continued to eye the herb with desire.
• Elder Song asked how Ye Qing had found an immortal herb that Shrek had searched for over ten thousand years.
• The Elders wondered whether Ye Qing’s discovery could lead them to more immortal herbs, and Mu En regretted displaying the orchid publicly.

Mu En rebuked the Sea God Pavilion Elders for coveting Ye Qing’s immortal herb and explained that he had traced Ye Qing’s mysterious journey to Qiankun Asking Love Valley, one of the Three Great Treasure Troves. He left the Elders suspecting that the eight-petal immortal orchid had been intended for Zhang Lexuan.

• Mu En scolded the Elders for exposing their greed over the immortal herb, though some continued to doubt his motives.
• Elder Zhang recalled Tang San’s records of the Three Great Treasure Troves: the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Sun Moon Radiance Universe Lake, and Boundless Island.
• Mu En revealed that Ye Qing had disappeared for six months and described how his account led Mu En to identify Qiankun Asking Love Valley.
• Mu En explained that Ye Qing had already consumed a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and said the eight-petal immortal orchid was an additional gift from the valley.
• The Elders remembered the valley’s question about whether Ye Qing had a lover and guessed that the orchid was meant for Zhang Lexuan.

Mu En presented the eight-petal immortal orchid at a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, but several Senior Elders argued over who should receive it. Seeing Yan Shaozhe and others waver, Mu En lost faith in the elders, left the orchid for them to discuss, and vanished.

• The Senior Elders learned that Ye Qing had obtained the eight-petal immortal orchid from Qiankun Asking Love Valley and began considering who should use it.
• Elder Zhang argued that the orchid was unsuitable for Zhang Lexuan and suggested Ye Qing had never meant it for her.
• Mu En insisted that Ye Qing had handed the orchid over for the Academy to arrange, while Elder Zhang and Xuan Zi claimed it should repay Shrek for supporting Ye Qing.
• Elder Zhuang backed Mu En, but Gong Changlong argued that Ye Qing belonged to Shrek, leaving the elders divided and Yan Shaozhe wavering.
• Mu En shut the Jade Box, left the eight-petal immortal orchid on the table, and vanished after telling the elders to discuss it themselves.

After Mu En left the Sea God Pavilion, Yan Shaozhe and Cai Mei'er chose to follow his teachings, while the remaining elders fought over the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid. Xuan Zi secured the herb with Song Yunzhi’s cooperation, promising to help them obtain more Immortal Herbs after he broke through to Limit Douluo.

• Elder Zhuang left the Sea God Pavilion after Mu En, and the other elders made no effort to stop him.
• Yan Shaozhe left the pavilion, reflected on Mu En’s hopes, and vowed to follow the right path; Cai Mei'er took his hand, and they walked away together.
• The elders who had supported Mu En departed, while Song Yunzhi stopped Xian Lin'er from leaving and Qian Duoduo stayed beside her.
• Xuan Zi and Song Yunzhi silenced Elder Zhang as the other elders realized they could not claim the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and left.
• Song Yunzhi yielded the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to Xuan Zi after he promised to help her group gather more Immortal Herbs once he reached Limit Douluo.

Ye Qing joined the Main Team for its Soul Fighting match and helped it confront the sparring team, where Han Ruoruo challenged him with her Golden-Hooped Rope. As the battle reached a stalemate, Han Ruoruo’s ropes closed in on Ye Qing, who prepared to counter them.

• Ye Qing’s arrival gave the Main Team a lineup built around his support, aerial strength, and healing abilities.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Fire Line was blocked by Zhang Lexuan’s moon wheel, and Ma Xiaotao then clashed with Wu Ming.
• Dai Yueheng used his enhancement Soul Skills to hold off three opponents alongside Xixi and Chen Zifeng.
• Han Ruoruo asked to test Ye Qing’s strength, and Zhang Lexuan warned her that he was stronger than she was.
• Han Ruoruo activated her Seventh Soul Skill and sent Golden-Hooped Ropes from every direction to bind Ye Qing.

Ye Qing dominated a team practice match, gave Ye Feng a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, and went to watch the Outer Court’s Promotion Assessment. There, he encountered a heartbroken Bei Bei and suspected Tang Ya had left after failing to qualify for the sixth year.

• Ye Qing broke through Han Ruoruo’s Golden-Hooped Rope net, defeated her and Zhang Lexuan, and helped the Main Team win the practice match almost single-handedly.
• Ye Feng visited Ye Qing to complain about the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, and Ye Qing gave him a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma instead.
• After two more days of training, Ye Qing went with Zhang Lexuan to the Outer Court’s Promotion Assessment to see what Huo Yuhao had gained in the Far North.
• Ye Qing spotted a weary Bei Bei and guessed that Tang Ya had left after failing to meet the Four-Ring requirement for sixth-year promotion.
• Ye Qing greeted Bei Bei and asked how he had become so pathetic.

Ye Qing and Zhang Lexuan went to watch the second-year Promotion Assessment, where Huo Yuhao was preparing to face Dai Huabin after making a wager. Bei Bei learned that Tang Ya had returned to Heaven Dou City, while Huo Yuhao's longing for strength and Xiao Xiao's doubts about Wang Dong shaped their reactions to the Inner Court seniors.

• Ye Qing and Zhang Lexuan met Bei Bei, who told them Tang Ya had failed to meet the promotion requirement and had left for Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Qing criticized Bei Bei for letting Tang Ya return alone, then went with Zhang Lexuan to the Beast Arena to watch Huo Yuhao's assessment and wager with Dai Huabin.
• Bei Bei remembered Huo Yuhao was the Tang Sect's only remaining disciple at Shrek and followed the couple to the arena.
• Ye Qing and Zhang Lexuan drew the students' admiration, and Ye Qing encouraged them to work hard for a place in the Inner Court.
• Huo Yuhao admired the Inner Court seniors and wondered whether strength could help him take revenge on the Duke's Mansion, while Wang Dong dismissed them.
• Xiao Xiao decided to keep her distance from Wang Dong, then followed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong into the Beast Arena.