Chapter Summaries

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 gave up searching for a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and chose a light elemental spirit for his second soul ring after studying Mu En’s past hunts.
• Ye Qing told Ye Feng his choice, and Ye Feng handed him the Light-Breaking Soul Bone, explaining that it could increase the age of soul ring he could withstand.
• Mu En’s calculations suggested that absorbing the soul bone could let Ye Qing take a five-thousand-year light elemental spirit soul ring, with further growth potentially raising his limits.
• Mu En viewed Ye Qing as Shrek Academy’s future and hoped to develop him into a prodigy with a ten-thousand-year third soul ring, even considering giving him the Dragon Core intended for Bei Bei.

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.

• Ye Qing reflected on Mu En's past treatment of Huo Yuhao and doubted he would become as devoted to Shrek Academy.
• Ye Qing absorbed the Light-Breaking Demon soul bone, which strengthened his body and light attribute but failed to push the attribute to the ultimate level.
• Ye Qing sought out Mu En to test how old a Second Soul Ring he could absorb.
• Mu En determined that Ye Qing could safely absorb a Light Elemental Spirit's soul ring of around six thousand years.
• Mu En and Ye Feng celebrated Ye Qing's potential, including the prospect of a ten-thousand-year Third 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 gave Ye Qing a map of light elemental spirits’ habitat and tea leaves before Ye Qing left with Ye Feng to hunt for a soul ring.
• Mu En considered ways to strengthen Ye Qing’s mental power, deciding that medicinal assistance and cultivation facilities were preferable to an unsuitable Head Soul Bone.
• Mu En convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting to inform the elders about Ye Qing and secure Shrek’s support for his development.
• Yan Shaozhe asked why Mu En had called the meeting, and Mu En announced that he had taken Ye Feng’s grandson, Ye Qing, as his disciple.

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 told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that Ye Qing's incomplete soul had healed under the Golden Tree's influence and his Shadow Tiger had mutated into a Radiant Sacred Tiger nearing ultimate light.
• The Elders were astonished by Ye Qing's potential, and Xuan Zi hoped he could eventually avoid succeeding Mu En as Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Mu En explained that Ye Qing's first soul ring came from a seven-hundred-year Light Unicorn and that a soul bone now allowed him to absorb a nearly six-thousand-year second ring.
• Mu En asked the Elders how to use their resources to give Ye Qing enough spiritual power to absorb a ten-thousand-year third ring.
• Elder Zhuang, Elder Lin, and other Elders offered treasures that could increase spiritual power without side effects.

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.

• Mu En gathered the Sea God Pavilion Elders' treasures for Ye Qing and thanked them for contributing to the academy's future.
• Mu En proposed letting Ye Qing cultivate in the Fear Demon Dragon's secret chamber ahead of schedule, and the elders approved unanimously.
• The meeting positioned Ye Qing as a key candidate for future leadership of the Sea God Pavilion.
• Ye Feng brought Ye Qing to Heavenly Dawn Peak and explained that its unobstructed exposure to sunlight and moonlight made it an ideal habitat for light elemental spirits.

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.