Chapter Summaries

Jiang Mingyuan absorbed the Golden Tree’s life force, briefly grew into an adult form, and nearly attacked Gu Yuena before regaining control. After the group settled at Yun Ming and Ya Li’s home, Yun Ming confirmed Jiang Mingyuan was a boy and asked to speak with her alone when she woke.

• Jiang Mingyuan absorbed the Golden Tree’s life force as a phoenix phantom appeared around her, while Yun Ming stopped Long Yeyue from interrupting the process.
• The Golden Tree Spirit struck Long Yeyue down and later told Yun Ming that Jiang Mingyuan could protect Shrek’s stability for ten thousand years.
• Jiang Mingyuan grew into an adult form and raised destructive flames toward Gu Yuena, but a giant skeleton restrained her and allowed her consciousness to return.
• Gu Yuena carried the dazed Jiang Mingyuan to Ya Li and Yun Ming’s home and stayed beside her as she rested.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li that Jiang Mingyuan was a boy, and Gu Yuena confirmed it before Yun Ming asked to speak with Jiang Mingyuan alone.
• Long Yeyue confronted Yun Ming outside and demanded an explanation for what had happened.

The Golden Tree revealed that Jiang Mingyuan could let Shrek flourish for ten thousand years, prompting the elders to recognize his potential to become a god. As outside powers arrived to investigate the Golden Tree’s surge, Yun Ming went to meet them while Jiang Mingyuan awoke and apologized to Gu Yuena for attacking her.

• The Golden Tree told Yun Ming that Jiang Mingyuan could let Shrek flourish for another ten thousand years, and Long Yeyue urged the elders to keep him at Shrek.
• Yun Ming warned the elders not to reveal what had happened, as the Spirit Pagoda, Tang Sect, Federation, and War God Temple began investigating the surge of life energy.
• Yun Ming sent Ya Li to care for Jiang Mingyuan, then led Long Yeyue and other Shrek powerhouses to meet the visitors outside the academy.
• Zang Xin joined Yun Ming on the way to the gates, and Yun Ming said he would explain the incident after dealing with the outsiders.
• Jiang Mingyuan woke in the cottage, apologized to Gu Yuena for attacking her while out of control, and learned Ya Li was leaving them alone together.
• Qiangu Dongfeng accused Shrek Academy of developing weapons of mass destruction, while Yun Ming and Long Yeyue refused to disclose the academy’s internal affairs.

Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena escaped Shrek Academy and sought refuge with Leng Yaozhu, while Yun Ming stopped Long Yeyue from taking them back. On the way home, Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Jiang Mingyuan was Leng Yaozhu’s young disciple and began considering him as a possible match for his grandson.

• Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena flew from Shrek Academy and hid beside Leng Yaozhu as Yun Ming and Qiangu Dongfeng watched.
• Long Yeyue tried to seize Jiang Mingyuan, but Yun Ming forced her back and warned her not to cause trouble.
• Zang Xin put away the Passionate Sword and maintained the Tang Sect’s outward neutrality as Leng Yaozhu and Qiangu Dongfeng left with the children.
• Jiang Mingyuan told Leng Yaozhu that the Golden Tree had sent energy into him, astonishing her.
• Qiangu Dongfeng learned that Jiang Mingyuan was Leng Yaozhu’s young disciple and considered steering Qiangu Zhangting toward him.

Jiang Mingyuan absorbed the evil fire phoenix soul spirit to break through to rank 30, but the breakthrough transformed his soul rings and body in unexpected ways. Gu Yuena burst into his room after hearing his cry and discovered the alarming changes.

• Leng Yaozhu told Jiang Mingyuan to absorb the evil fire phoenix soul spirit and promised to arrange for him to enter the Life Platform afterward.
• Jiang Mingyuan confronted Gu Yuena about his room and shut himself inside after she teased him about the previous night.
• Jiang Mingyuan noticed he still had only two soul rings, then saw a red halo behind his head and felt the egg inside him pressing painfully against his body.
• Jiang Mingyuan absorbed the evil fire phoenix soul spirit and broke through, then cried out when he saw his changed soul rings.
• Gu Yuena blasted through Jiang Mingyuan's door and saw three scarlet soul rings, crimson hands with sharp nails, and multicolored patterns spreading across his arms.

After absorbing the Evil Fire Phoenix soul spirit, Jiang Mingyuan awakened a powerful phoenix bloodline that changed his body and strengthened him. Leng Yaozhu examined the changes and told him to monitor them, while Jiang Mingyuan planned to take the Rank Three Designer exam the next day with Gu Yuena.

• Gu Yuena suspected the Evil Fire Phoenix soul spirit had triggered a powerful phoenix bloodline hidden within Jiang Mingyuan, and he said he felt better than ever.
• Jiang Mingyuan's phoenix wings remained on his back as detailed tattoos after he dismissed his martial soul, and he excitedly told Gu Yuena he thought he had grown taller.
• Leng Yaozhu examined Jiang Mingyuan's red soul rings and judged that his martial soul had undergone a beneficial mutation, though the rings had not become hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
• Jiang Mingyuan's physical strength measured 1,436 kilograms with his right fist and 1,299 kilograms with his left, nearly doubling his earlier right-fist reading.
• Leng Yaozhu told Jiang Mingyuan to return for daily tests, record any changes, and take the Rank Three Designer exam; Jiang Mingyuan agreed to go the next day, and Gu Yuena said she would accompany him.

Wu Changkong reunited with Zhuo Shi and Shen Yi at Eastsea Academy, where Zhuo Shi learned about his students and Jiang Mingyuan’s transformation. Zhuo Shi challenged the boys to a race and easily beat them, leaving Xie Xie eager to know who he was.

• Wu Changkong met Zhuo Shi and Shen Yi outside the dormitory and greeted his former teacher and junior martial sister.
• Wu Changkong explained that he taught at Eastsea Academy and planned to take his gifted students to apply to Shrek Academy.
• Shen Yi told Wu Changkong that Jiang Mingyuan had somehow turned into a girl and had impressed the Pavilion Master’s Wife.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi went out to run, and Zhuo Shi challenged them to race him around the school.
• Zhuo Shi finished ahead of the boys, and Xie Xie returned panting before asking who the old man was.

Zhuo Shi offered to bring Wu Changkong and Class Zero to Shrek Academy for midterm admission, but Wu Changkong refused, insisting his students should earn their places through their own efforts. Zhuo Shi argued with him, then secretly smiled at how much his former student had matured.

• Wu Changkong introduced Zhuo Shi and Shen Yi to Class Zero, and the students eagerly confirmed they wanted to study at Shrek Academy.
• Tang Wulin mentioned their companion Jiang Mingyuan, and Zhuo Shi praised Jiang Mingyuan’s talent and said Shrek Academy was the only place that could teach him.
• Zhuo Shi offered to arrange midterm admission for Wu Changkong and the students, prompting Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi to grow excited.
• Wu Changkong declined the offer and said he would take the students to apply during the next enrollment period so they could earn admission fairly.
• Zhuo Shi angrily challenged Wu Changkong, who defended Eastsea Academy’s support for Class Zero and argued that the students needed to learn to overcome difficulties themselves.
• Zhuo Shi turned away from the argument, but secretly smiled at his student’s newfound maturity.

Zhuo Shi arranged monthly cultivation resources for Wu Changkong’s students and invited them to visit Shrek Academy, while Tang Wulin decided to surprise Jiang Mingyuan with the news. In Shrek City, Jiang Mingyuan encountered Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi before beginning a Designer Association examination to improve a Soul Guidance Ray Gun blueprint.

• Zhuo Shi promised to send cultivation resources to Wu Changkong’s students and invited them to visit Shrek Academy.
• Tang Wulin drafted a message to Jiang Mingyuan about the trip, then deleted it so he could surprise him in person.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena stopped for breakfast, where he spotted Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi.
• Jiang Mingyuan began the Designer Association examination and studied a Soul Guidance Ray Gun blueprint for errors and possible improvements.

Jiang Mingyuan passed the Level Three Designer examination but felt disappointed by its easy question, while Tang Wulin and his companions began a Soul Guidance Train journey. The chapter leaves Tang Wulin facing a suspicious group of black-clad passengers who entered the next carriage after melting a door lock.

• Jiang Mingyuan told Gu Yuena that he had passed the examination with ninety-nine points, and she cheered him up with a lollipop.
• Ye Xinglan scolded Xu Lizhi for eating and left him hurrying after her.
• Wu Changkong split the group between two carriages, leaving Tang Wulin and Xie Xie with Zhuo Shi on the Soul Guidance Train.
• Tang Wulin noticed hooded black-clad passengers and warned Zhuo Shi that they seemed suspicious.
• A black-clad figure spotted people carrying outdated Soul Tool Guns in the next carriage, and the group melted the connecting door's lock and went through.

Zhuo Shi and Wu Changkong watched as a concealed group claiming to be the Federation Security Bureau killed the train hijackers, but the train’s sudden emergency stop revealed a more dangerous attack ahead. The group found passengers and train police poisoned by black mist, while their leader sent a phoenix-like fireball toward the driver’s compartment.

• Zhuo Shi reassured Tang Wulin that Wu Changkong could handle the criminals, while Wu Changkong weighed how to stop the armed hijackers without harming passengers.
• Black-clad figures burst into the carriage and killed the five criminals with synchronized gunfire, then identified themselves as the Federation Security Bureau.
• The black-clad leader mentally subdued a complaining passenger, and the group noticed that the train police had not arrived as the train began braking sharply.
• Wu Changkong reunited with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Zhuo Shi, while the black-clad group found passengers, train police, and an attendant unconscious and poisoned by black mist.
• The black-clad leader, a Titled Douluo who resembled Jiang Mingyuan, sent a phoenix-like fireball toward the driver’s compartment, where two men stood over the unconscious conductor.

Li Daniu and Li Erniu, evil soul master brothers, attacked a train with mental and dream-based powers, prompting Ye Lingxing’s squad and Wu Changkong to confront them. The fight reached Li Erniu as Ye Lingxing ordered No. 2 to strike.

• Li Daniu spread black vapor through the train to put the passengers into a dream so Li Erniu could feast on them.
• Ye Lingxing had No. 7 use his Remnant Dream martial soul to hold back the vapor, then led most of the squad forward.
• Wu Changkong approached the black mist but was shoved back by No. 4 and No. 6.
• Li Daniu sent Li Erniu toward the rear carriages while preparing to escape through a train window.
• Ye Lingxing’s fireball set Li Erniu ablaze, and she directed No. 2 to smash him.

Ye Lingxing and the Ghost Department killed the remaining attackers, but found the train stranded at a junction with passengers still in danger and no one able to drive. As the operatives searched for help, Ye Lingxing reflected on her power and the secret history of the Ghost Department.

• No. 2 killed Li Erniu with a hammer, then stabbed his body until it stopped moving.
• Ye Lingxing pursued Li Daniu and killed him instantly with her Death God Demon Puppet martial soul.
• Wu Changkong reunited with Tang Wulin and the others, but warned that passengers overcome by black qi remained unconscious and could die.
• Ye Lingxing spotted another train approaching the junction and asked who could drive their train.
• No. 2 searched the carriages for a driver, but the passengers could not help, while Ye Lingxing returned to her seat.
• Ye Lingxing recalled that her Ye family’s Evil Soul Master lineage had become the Federation’s secret Ghost Department.

Ye Lingxing and Zhuo Shi saved the train from crashing, and Tang Wulin and his companions finally reached Shrek City and entered Shrek Academy. Tang Wulin hoped to reunite with Jiang Mingyuan, while Old Tang awoke with a nagging sense that he had forgotten something important.

• A masked thug stopped the conductor from pressing the Emergency Stop Button, and Ye Lingxing and Zhuo Shi tore the train apart just before it collided with another train.
• No. 2 found a maintenance worker to operate the damaged train, and the passengers were taken to the next stop; the conductor had been killed, but the other passengers survived.
• Tang Wulin and his companions arrived in Shrek City, and Zhuo Shi promised to introduce Tang Wulin to a blacksmith friend.
• Xie Xie thought he spotted Jiang Mingyuan, but Zhuo Shi said Jiang Mingyuan lived inside the Spirit Pagoda and suggested they look for him the next day.
• Tang Wulin and the others reached Shrek Academy, where Tang Wulin gazed at the Golden Tree and Old Tang awoke in his spiritual space.

Jiang Mingyuan reunited with Tang Wulin in Shrek City and promised to show him around the next day. He took Tang Wulin back to Shrek Academy, leaving Gu Yuena behind with an ominous warning.

• Jiang Mingyuan waited outside a shop while Gu Yuena bought items, and Tang Wulin found him after searching Shrek City alone.
• Jiang Mingyuan hid behind Tang Wulin when he worried Xie Xie and the others might see him, then learned Tang Wulin had come alone and would stay for a week.
• Jiang Mingyuan told Tang Wulin he had reconnected with Gu Yuena but did not explain that he was waiting for her, and he offered to show Tang Wulin around Shrek City the next day.
• Jiang Mingyuan messaged Gu Yuena that he had an urgent errand and rode off with Tang Wulin on the motorcycle.
• Gu Yuena left the shop, saw Jiang Mingyuan was gone, and released a terrifying aura as she warned him to have a real reason for leaving.
• Jiang Mingyuan rode Tang Wulin to Shrek Academy and told him to get off.

At the start of the new semester, Tang Wulin apologized to Jiang Mingyuan for the tonic incident and confessed that he had feelings for him. Jiang Mingyuan asked him to wait until they were older, and they reaffirmed their friendship before realizing they were nearly late for class.

• Jiang Mingyuan recalled the tonic mishap with Tang Wulin and the difficult events that followed during vacation.
• Tang Wulin apologized to Jiang Mingyuan for bringing him the potent tonic and explained that he had not known its effects.
• Tang Wulin told Jiang Mingyuan that he felt drawn to him, but Jiang Mingyuan stopped him and asked him not to discuss those feelings until they were older.
• Tang Wulin accepted Jiang Mingyuan's response and proposed that they begin by being the best of friends; Jiang Mingyuan reminded him they already were.
• Xie knocked on Jiang Mingyuan's door and warned them they would be late, and they saw that only five minutes remained before class.

Class Zero welcomed Xu Xiaoyan as its newest member, and Wu Changkong began the semester by arranging a team battle to train everyone’s coordination. The chapter ended as Tang Wulin’s squad faced Jiang Mingyuan, whose imposing Martial Soul Possession startled Xu Xiaoyan.

• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi announced that they had reached rank 30 and that their Martial Soul Fusion Skill had changed.
• Wu Changkong introduced Xu Xiaoyan as Class Zero’s newest member, and she gave her name, age, Martial Soul, and rank 17 Soul Power.
• Wu Changkong tested the students’ physical fitness and assigned Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xu Xiaoyan to fight Jiang Mingyuan.
• The squads took their positions, and Tang Wulin’s team activated their Martial Souls as the match began.
• Xu Xiaoyan saw Jiang Mingyuan’s Martial Soul Possession and was shocked by its dramatic appearance.

Jiang Mingyuan revealed his fiery phoenix form and unusual red soul rings as Tang Wulin’s squad tried to bring him down. After their coordinated attack pulled Jiang Mingyuan to the ground, his mental assault subdued Tang Wulin, leaving the match in his favor.

• Jiang Mingyuan rose into the air in a blaze of phoenix fire, displaying three rows of blood-red soul rings that shocked Tang Wulin and the others.
• Wu Changkong recognized that Jiang Mingyuan’s rings did not have the aura of true 100,000-year soul rings and silently watched the children respond.
• Tang Wulin ordered Xu Xiaoyan to restrain Jiang Mingyuan and Zhang Yangzi to pull him down, while Xie Xie and the others prepared a slingshot using Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi maneuvered around Jiang Mingyuan as Tang Wulin and Wang Jinxi pulled the grass taut, yanking Jiang Mingyuan into the sports field.
• Jiang Mingyuan’s strength sent Tang Wulin flying toward him, where a mental fluctuation weakened Tang Wulin’s fighting spirit and drew him into Jiang Mingyuan’s embrace.
• After the dust cleared, Zhang Yangzi saw Tang Wulin sprawled on the ground and cried out in dismay.

Jiang Mingyuan defeated Tang Wulin’s group in a training match, then spent the following month helping them improve their teamwork. Wu Changkong announced that the students would travel to Skysea City to compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.

• Jiang Mingyuan defeated Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi’s bone dragon fusion skill, and Wu Changkong ended the match with Jiang Mingyuan as the winner.
• Wu Changkong carried the injured Xie Xie to the infirmary while Jiang Mingyuan settled Tang Wulin beneath a tree to rest.
• Tang Wulin and the others gradually improved their teamwork over the next month, lasting longer against Jiang Mingyuan.
• Wu Changkong announced that the class would leave for Skysea City to enter the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.
• Wu Changkong assigned Jiang Mingyuan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to one three-person team, and Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Xu Xiaoyan to another; Xu Xiaoyan would sit out the five-person competition.

Eastsea City mayor Li Moguang and Eastsea Academy dean Yu Zhen pressed Wu Changkong to enter Class Zero in the prestigious 7v7 event at the Tianhai Grand Competition. Wu Changkong agreed to consider adding a seventh member, and one name on Yu Zhen’s shortlist caught his attention.

• Li Moguang sent vehicles to escort Eastsea Academy’s students to the competition and urged Yu Zhen to lead them.
• Yu Zhen asked Wu Changkong to expand Class Zero’s entries beyond the 3v3 and 5v5 events to include 7v7.
• Wu Changkong warned that Class Zero lacked the teamwork needed for a seven-person team but agreed to discuss the proposal with the students and review a shortlist.
• Yu Zhen gave Wu Changkong a list of promising Eastsea Academy students, and Wu Changkong noticed a name that stood out.

Jiang Mingyuan returned to the hotel to sleep, but his damaged Divine Core began merging with him and transforming his body. Tang Wulin sensed the dangerous surge of soul power, rushed into Jiang Mingyuan’s room, and found him unclothed amid the transformation.

• Gu Yuena wondered how Jiang Mingyuan had gained his ability to manipulate space.
• Jiang Mingyuan went back to the hotel with Tang Wulin and quickly fell asleep in his room.
• Tang Wulin found and read Xie Xie's picture book, then noticed his body reacting to it.
• Jiang Mingyuan's Divine Core began fusing with his spirit and changing his body as the system tried to stabilize the process.
• Tang Wulin sensed Jiang Mingyuan's surging soul power, kicked open his door, and turned away in embarrassment at the sight of him.