Chapter Summaries

Jiang Mingyuan passed three Hall of Heroes tests against legendary Tang Sect members, while his friends learned who they had faced. Wu Changkong revealed the Tang Sect’s training methods and invited the group to join, and Tang Wulin quietly urged Jiang Mingyuan to join with him.

• Jiang Mingyuan defeated Wang Dong, his third Hall of Heroes opponent, and was teleported back to Tang Wulin, Wu Changkong, and the others.
• Jiang Mingyuan told the group he had passed three tests, while the others shared how many tests they had passed.
• Wu Changkong explained that the Hall of Heroes recreated Tang Sect members from history and identified the opponents the students had faced.
• Jiang Mingyuan said his opponents were Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Tang Wutong, surprising Wu Changkong and the others.
• Wu Changkong invited the students to join the Tang Sect and learn its secret cultivation techniques, and Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi agreed.
• Tang Wulin secretly asked Jiang Mingyuan to join the Tang Sect with him.

Jiang Mingyuan refused to join the Tang Sect and advised his friends to consider the consequences before joining an organization. The next morning, he woke in his female Phoenix Form and could not change back, just as Tang Wulin arrived and noticed something was wrong.

• Jiang Mingyuan declined Wu Changkong's invitation, and Wu Changkong urged the others to think carefully before joining the Tang Sect.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi stayed set on joining, Xie Xie decided to ask his family, and Tang Wulin worried that he might be separated from Jiang Mingyuan.
• Jiang Mingyuan advised his friends to take responsibility for their choices and not surrender their freedom by joining an organization too young.
• Jiang Mingyuan woke in his female form, accidentally knocked Xie Xie and Wang Jinxi unconscious, and discovered he could not change back.
• Tang Wulin arrived and recognized that Jiang Mingyuan looked different, then asked what was wrong.

Jiang Mingyuan discovered a strange presence growing in his abdomen and tried to conceal his changed appearance before the students’ final assessment at the Spirit Ascension Platform. Wu Changkong explained the dangers of the platform’s rampage period, and the team prepared to enter.

• Jiang Mingyuan noticed a warm presence expanding inside his lower abdomen after Tang Wulin carried him back to his room.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked Tang Wulin to cut his hair, then tied it up and changed clothes to make his altered appearance less noticeable.
• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi woke with aches and missing memories, while Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin concealed what had happened.
• Wu Changkong explained that the Spirit Ascension Platform’s rampage period made Soul Beasts more aggressive and warned the team that other Soul Masters might attack them for energy.
• Wu Changkong ordered the team to survive for at least an hour and kill as many Soul Beasts as possible, while Jiang Mingyuan said he would save his first Soul Spirit’s age and absorb a second Soul Spirit at rank thirty.

Jiang Mingyuan led his team through the unusually dangerous Spirit Ascension Platform and identified a Mossback Turtle as an easy target. After the group killed it and absorbed its energy, Jiang Mingyuan kept watch and tended to Tang Wulin.

• Jiang Mingyuan assigned the team positions and led them through the forest as they watched for aggressive Soul Beasts.
• Zhang Yangzi spotted a Mossback Turtle, and Jiang Mingyuan identified it as a nearly five-hundred-year-old target worth attacking.
• The team surrounded the turtle, but Wang Jinxi's blow dented its shell while Xie Xie's daggers barely scratched it.
• Tang Wulin pierced the dent in the shell, and Wang Jinxi seized the opening to snap the turtle's neck with his Bone Dragon Claw.
• Jiang Mingyuan checked the area while the others absorbed the turtle's energy, then wiped blood from Tang Wulin's face and let Zhang Yangzi's little black eagle perch on his hand.

Tang Wulin and the Class Zero team tracked a group of wind baboons, but a young man with an Ice Crystal Staff attacked them first. When the baboon leader broke free of its frozen shell and ambushed him, Xie Xie killed it with a quick strike.

• Jiang Mingyuan gathered information about a wind baboon group and led the team toward it, while Xie Xie mistakenly charged west before Tang Wulin corrected him.
• Jiang Mingyuan planned an attack with Zhang Yangzi, Tang Wulin, and Wang Jinxi, but a young man with an Ice Crystal Staff and a little girl appeared and attacked the baboons.
• The young man froze the wind baboons with Ice Laser, then shattered one ice sculpture as he reassured the timid girl.
• The wind baboon leader broke free from its ice shell and attacked the young man from behind with a bone dagger.
• Xie Xie rushed in and slit the wind baboon leader's throat before it could strike.

Jiang Mingyuan’s team confronted a sibling pair in the Life Platform after the young man attacked Tang Wulin, then captured them when they fled. Knowing their final exam depended on survival, the team killed both siblings, with Jiang Mingyuan guiding Tang Wulin through his first human kill.

• The Ice Staff wielder attacked Tang Wulin, but Jiang Mingyuan’s Phoenix Protective Shield blocked the ice skills and the siblings fled.
• Jiang Mingyuan ordered the team to pursue the siblings, and Tang Wulin and Zhang Yangzi caught and restrained them.
• Jiang Mingyuan explained that the siblings were competitors and that the team could not risk letting them escape and attack again.
• Jiang Mingyuan guided Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw into the young man’s heart, killing him.
• Xie Xie borrowed Zhang Yangzi’s dagger and killed the terrified girl.

Jiang Mingyuan and his companions fled a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which killed Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi before pursuing the survivors. Jiang Mingyuan sent Xie Xie into a group of Flame Demon Lions to draw the bear into a clash, and Xie Xie escaped with his help.

• Jiang Mingyuan led the group away from the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but a Wind Baboon drew the beast's attention to them.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear hurled a tree and slashed Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi into dissolving specks of light.
• Jiang Mingyuan flew from the pursuing bear while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie helped him evade its attacks.
• Jiang Mingyuan threw Xie Xie into a clearing occupied by Flame Demon Lions to set the two groups against each other.
• Jiang Mingyuan dropped explosive fruits and Golden Feathers to help Xie Xie escape the lions and recover from his injuries.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin defeated the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and the students finished their first semester at Eastsea Academy. Jiang Mingyuan left for Shrek City with a card from Wu Changkong, while Tang Wulin and the others stayed to train.

• The poisoned Flame Demon Lion leader fell before the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, which killed it, while the pride's next-ranking lion fled with the leader's mates.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin used the Phoenix King Annihilation Sword to kill the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, though Jiang Mingyuan suffered deep claw wounds.
• The students completed their first-semester exams, and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and the others joined the Tang Sect.
• Jiang Mingyuan said goodbye to his friends, and Wu Changkong gave him a card with Shrek Academy contribution points for his visit to Shrek City.
• Jiang Mingyuan left by taxi for the train station, keeping Na'er's invitation to meet him in Shrek City to himself.

Jiang Mingyuan arrived in Shrek City and joined the line at Little Huo Grilled Fish, where Yun Ming and Ya Li noticed his unusual Soul Power and life force. Ya Li mistook him for a little girl and asked where his parents were, while Jiang Mingyuan said his family was near the Spirit Pagoda.

• Jiang Mingyuan entered Shrek City by train and took in the station's architecture and the city's blend of modern and classical styles.
• Jiang Mingyuan followed the aroma of grilled meat to Little Huo Grilled Fish and joined the crowded line.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li noticed Jiang Mingyuan, and Yun Ming sensed his exceptional Soul Power while Ya Li sensed his pure life force.
• Ya Li asked Jiang Mingyuan where his parents were, and he pointed toward the Spirit Pagoda and said his family was there.

Jiang Mingyuan shared grilled fish with Ya Li and Yun Ming, then explored Shrek City and headed for Shrek Academy’s visitor entrance. He found hundreds of hopeful visitors waiting outside after failing to pass the academy’s strict screening.

• Ya Li and Yun Ming shared grilled fish with Jiang Mingyuan, who told them his name and said he planned to attend Shrek Academy someday.
• Jiang Mingyuan said goodbye to Ya Li and Yun Ming and continued exploring Shrek City on foot.
• Jiang Mingyuan read a visitor’s guide and learned that the academy opened parts of its outer court to the public on Sundays.
• Jiang Mingyuan reached Shrek Academy’s visitor entrance and learned from a middle-aged man that visitors had to pass a strict screening.
• Jiang Mingyuan saw the crowd of visitors waiting outside and doubted he could get in even after waiting until the next day.

Jiang Mingyuan used Wu Changkong’s Shrek student card to enter the academy as a visitor, while Shen Yi and Zhuo Shi learned that their missing senior brother’s identification had been used. The chapter ended with Zhuo Shi recognizing Jiang Mingyuan as the little girl they had been searching for.

• Jiang Mingyuan presented Wu Changkong’s student card at the gates and was admitted as a visitor after the volunteers verified it.
• Shen Yi received a photograph showing that Jiang Mingyuan’s teacher’s identification card had been used and rushed to tell his teacher that there was news of their senior brother.
• Jiang Mingyuan spent three hours wandering Shrek Academy, then sat by Sea God Lake before heading toward the cafeteria.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li encountered Jiang Mingyuan and sat with him, while Ya Li decided to look into enrolling him at Shrek early.
• Zhuo Shi and Shen Yi arrived while searching for the visitor who had used their disciple’s identification, recognized Jiang Mingyuan from the photograph, and Zhuo Shi pointed at him in astonishment.

Zhuo Shi and Shen Yi questioned Jiang Mingyuan about Wu Changkong, and Jiang Mingyuan reluctantly confirmed he knew him without revealing his school. After Na'er learned he had gone to Shrek City, Ya Li and Yun Ming decided to take him home and meet his family.

• Zhuo Shi pressed Jiang Mingyuan to reveal whether Wu Changkong was his teacher, but Jiang Mingyuan stayed silent until Shen Yi and Ya Li calmed him with a cookie.
• Jiang Mingyuan demanded proof of Zhuo Shi's connection to Wu Changkong, then recognized Wu Changkong in an old photograph despite noting that his teacher no longer smiled.
• Yun Ming pulled Zhuo Shi aside while Ya Li encouraged Jiang Mingyuan to study at Shrek Academy.
• Na'er messaged Jiang Mingyuan after discovering he had secretly traveled to Shrek City, while the Scarlet King searched for him after losing track of him.
• Jiang Mingyuan told Ya Li his family was calling him home, and Yun Ming agreed to take him there and visit his parents.

Jiang Mingyuan revealed his golden-winged phoenix martial soul while flying with Yun Ming and Ya Li, drawing Leng Yaozhu and Na'er out to meet him. The reunion left Leng Yaozhu and Ya Li facing off in midair as Jiang Mingyuan and Na'er watched from behind Leng Yaozhu.

• Ya Li carried Jiang Mingyuan high over Shrek City and asked him to show Yun Ming and her his martial soul.
• Jiang Mingyuan removed his jacket, activated Martial Soul Possession, and revealed golden feathered wings as he fell and flew back up.
• Leng Yaozhu and Na'er spotted Jiang Mingyuan from the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, and Na'er flew out to join him.
• Na'er recognized Jiang Mingyuan, threw herself into his arms, and reunited with him after nearly half a year apart.
• Leng Yaozhu recognized Jiang Mingyuan's phoenix martial soul and confronted Ya Li with her gaze while Jiang Mingyuan and Na'er hid behind her.

Na'er teased Jiang Mingyuan and planned to take him to her room, while Ya Li pleaded with Leng Yaozhu not to keep her apart from him. After returning to the Spirit Pagoda, Na'er told Jiang Mingyuan there was no spare room and lifted him into her arms to carry him away.

• Na'er whispered to Jiang Mingyuan that he should spend the night comforting her, then restrained her urge to act in public.
• Leng Yaozhu pulled Jiang Mingyuan away from Ya Li, who tearfully begged not to be separated from him.
• Leng Yaozhu left with Na'er and Jiang Mingyuan, while Yun Ming soothed Ya Li and said they would see each other again.
• At the Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu told the children to rest and said she would speak with them the next day.
• Na'er said there was no room prepared for Jiang Mingyuan and carried him in a bridal carry.

Na'er put Jiang Mingyuan to bed, read him a familiar story until he fell asleep, and cared for him the next morning. Jiang Mingyuan woke alone at nine and called for Na'er.

• Na'er carried Jiang Mingyuan to bed, and Gu Yuena used a little of her power to increase her stats.
• Na'er showed Jiang Mingyuan her childhood storybook, Once Upon a Mountain, and fell asleep as he read it aloud.
• Jiang Mingyuan tucked Na'er in, turned off the light, and closed the curtains.
• Na'er woke at six, turned off the alarm, and quietly combed Jiang Mingyuan's hair while he slept.
• Na'er noticed a firmness beneath Jiang Mingyuan's clothing and rubbed his abdomen.
• Jiang Mingyuan woke at nine, found himself alone, and called for Na'er.

Na'er and Bi Ji discovered that Jiang Mingyuan’s abdominal lump was a normal physiological occurrence, though they wondered whether he had undergone soul beast transformation. Afterward, Na'er brought him to meet Leng Yaozhu, who had prepared gifts for her two disciples, and Jiang Mingyuan arrived in a pink dress and a cartoon hair clip.

• Gu Yue Linglan examined Jiang Mingyuan’s abdomen and, after consulting Bi Ji and Zi JI, concluded that his condition was probably a normal physiological occurrence.
• Na'er blushed as she realized she had misunderstood Jiang Mingyuan’s condition, then resolved to focus on saving the remaining soul beasts before thinking about having a child.
• Na'er and Jiang Mingyuan arrived late at Leng Yaozhu’s office, where she had prepared a soul spirit orb, an External Soul Bone, and a Purple-Grade Mecha for them.
• Na'er pulled Jiang Mingyuan into the office wearing a pink dress and a cartoon hair clip, leaving Leng Yaozhu delighted and Jiang Mingyuan mortified.

Leng Yaozhu gave Jiang Mingyuan three gifts: a rare evil fire phoenix soul spirit, a dark gold terrorclaw bear right palm bone, and a key. The key led him and Na'er to a motorcycle-sized Purple-Grade Mecha that Leng Yaozhu had designed and built at Shrek Academy.

• Leng Yaozhu presented Jiang Mingyuan with three gift boxes and explained that he should be Na'er's junior disciple.
• Jiang Mingyuan opened the first box and received an evil fire phoenix soul spirit that the Leng Family had treasured for centuries because of its exceptional quality.
• Jiang Mingyuan opened the second box and found a dark gold terrorclaw bear right palm bone, though he did not want to absorb it.
• Jiang Mingyuan opened the third box and found a key, then followed Leng Yaozhu and Na'er to a storeroom in the Spirit Pagoda's second basement level.
• Leng Yaozhu unlocked the storeroom and revealed a motorcycle-sized Purple-Grade Mecha she had designed and built during her third year at Shrek Academy.

Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena spent the day riding through Shrek City and stopped at a busy drink shop, where Ya Li unexpectedly joined them. The chapter left Ya Li asking Gu Yuena whether she was Jiang Mingyuan’s older sister.

• Jiang Mingyuan rode a motorcycle with Gu Yuena through Shrek City, narrowly avoiding a Soul-Guided Van.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena visited a crowded drink shop, where Gu Yuena ordered orange juice and strawberry ice cream and paid for their treats.
• A chestnut-haired waitress served them, and Jiang Mingyuan sensed that she gave off an ominous aura.
• Ya Li arrived at the shop, sat beside Jiang Mingyuan, and asked Gu Yuena if she was his older sister.

Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena accepted Ya Li’s invitation to visit the Sea God Pavilion, and Ya Li guided them across Sea God Lake to Sea God Island. Gu Yuena hoped to study the Golden Tree as part of her plans to restore habitats for soul beasts.

• A waitress served Jiang Mingyuan, Gu Yuena, and Ya Li, and Ya Li recognized her as Yuanen Yehui, a new Shrek Academy student.
• Ya Li invited Jiang Mingyuan to her home near the Sea God Pavilion, and Gu Yuena persuaded him to accept.
• Ya Li recognized Jiang Mingyuan’s motorcycle from a training camp decades earlier and directed him through a side gate into Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Mingyuan drove Gu Yuena and Ya Li to Sea God Lake, where Gu Yuena stored the motorcycle in her Storage Soul Tool.
• Ya Li rowed Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena across Sea God Lake toward Sea God Island, while Gu Yuena considered how the Golden Tree might help her restore the environment for soul beasts.

Gu Yuena and Jiang Mingyuan visited Shrek’s Sea God Island, while the Golden Tree’s hidden history revealed that Ah Yin had devoured the souls of former Sea God Pavilion Masters and was waiting to help Tang Wulin. As they approached, the Golden Tree’s puppet awakened and unleashed its accumulated power, leaving Yun Ming bewildered.

• Ya Li guided Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena around Sea God Island and explained how Inner Court students lived and studied.
• The chapter revealed that Ah Yin had secretly consumed the souls of past Sea God Pavilion Masters, while a mental-attribute powerhouse had organized resistance against her.
• Tang San had told Ah Yin that his grandson would carry the Goddess of Life’s Blessing, and she left a puppet to help him before entering a deep slumber.
• As Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena approached the Golden Tree, its hidden puppet opened its eyes and acknowledged their arrival.
• Yun Ming returned home to tell Ya Li what he had learned about Jiang Mingyuan, but the Golden Tree erupted with energy and an aged figure urged everyone to accept its power.