Chapter Summaries

Xu Jingyao visited Shrek Academy as the Carefree Pavilion’s Pavilion Master and met its leaders and Treasure Pavilion representatives. After Qian Duoduo praised their profitable partnership, he asked Xu to reconsider the supply discount.

• Yan Shaozhe welcomed Xu Jingyao to Shrek Academy, and Xuan Zi asked for a VIP Card for the Carefree Pavilion’s Honey-Glazed Barbecue.
• Xu Jingyao toured the academy with Yan Shaozhe while wondering whether Huo Yuhao could still awaken his spiritual Martial Soul without the Million-Year Soul Ring.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Xu Jingyao and Shadow Douluo to a reception room beside Sea God Lake, where Xu met Qian Duoduo and Madam Zhou.
• Qian Duoduo said the Carefree Pavilion’s goods sold well through the Treasure Pavilion and asked Xu Jingyao to discuss a better supply discount.

Xu Jingyao negotiated discounts and cooperation between Carefree Pavilion, Treasure Pavilion, and Shrek Academy, including a scholarship for talented outer court students. After the meeting, Tang Ya confronted him about the Tang Sect's exclusion, and he questioned why it should have been involved.

• Xu Jingyao offered Treasure Pavilion another five percent discount if its purchases met a minimum amount, and Qian Duoduo agreed.
• Xu Jingyao promised Shrek Academy custom teaching Soul Tools at cost plus ten percent and funding for an outer court scholarship jointly reviewed by Carefree Pavilion and the academy.
• Xu Jingyao explained to Zhang Lexuan that cooperation with Shrek Academy would help Carefree Pavilion build ties with Soul Masters across the continent.
• After the meeting, Xuan Zi declined the welcoming banquet and asked Xu Jingyao to send braised food to his residence.
• Tang Ya stopped Xu Jingyao and demanded to know why the Tang Sect had been excluded from the cooperation talks.
• Xu Jingyao replied that the Tang Sect's hidden weapon business did not overlap with Carefree Pavilion's Soul Tool business or Treasure Pavilion's consignment channels.

Xu Jingyao declined Tang Ya’s proposed cooperation unless the Tang Sect could offer Hidden Weapons suited to mass production, then stayed at Shrek Academy. The Golden Tree contacted him, recognized the God Kings’ Remnant Souls in his Sea of Consciousness, and became his servant, bringing him close to level 50.

• Xu Jingyao told Tang Ya to send mass-production Hidden Weapon prototypes to a Carefree Pavilion branch if she wanted to pursue cooperation, and Tang Ya accepted that the Tang Sect had little leverage.
• Xu Jingyao asked Yan Shaozhe to stay at Shrek Academy, and Yan Shaozhe arranged for him to live in a guesthouse beside Sea God Lake.
• That night, the Golden Tree reached out to Xu Jingyao and entered his Sea of Consciousness, where it sensed the Goddess of Life's and God of Destruction's Remnant Souls.
• The Golden Tree offered to accept Xu Jingyao as its master and explained that it wanted to break free of the Sea God.
• Xu Jingyao and the Golden Tree forged a master-servant contract, and the Golden Tree's essence merged into his Soul Ring, bringing him one step from level 50.

Mu En learned that the Golden Tree considered Xu Jingyao trustworthy and warned him not to force the Carefree Pavilion’s Pavilion Master. While touring Shrek Academy, Xu Jingyao spotted Wang Dong and then drew Zhou Yi’s ire when she mistook him for a student.

• Mu En asked the Golden Tree about the unusual aura over Sea God Lake, and it identified Xu Jingyao as its source.
• The Golden Tree told Mu En that Xu Jingyao was tied to Douluo’s life and should be treated well.
• Xu Jingyao toured Shrek Academy’s Outer Court and recognized Wang Dong as Tang Wutong, but chose not to approach her.
• Zhou Yi ordered Xu Jingyao to run laps or leave, assuming he was a student watching the training ground.

Xu Jingyao canceled the Carefree Pavilion’s cooperation with Shrek Academy after Zhou Yi insulted him and he struck her down. Yan Shaozhe tried to stop him with a Soul Power attack, but a mysterious purple force reflected it back and left the dean badly injured.

• Zhou Yi berated Xu Jingyao and ordered him to leave Shrek Academy, so Xu Jingyao slapped her across the field.
• Xu Jingyao walked to Yan Shaozhe’s office and canceled the supply agreement, scholarships, custom Soul Tool orders, and preferential pricing between the Carefree Pavilion and Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe rushed after Xu Jingyao and fired a Soul Power beam to stop him.
• Xu Jingyao’s purple ring reflected Yan Shaozhe’s attack back at twice its strength, blasting him through his office and breaking his ribs.
• Xu Jingyao continued down the corridor without looking back, while Yan Shaozhe lay injured and wondered at the purple power.

Yan Shaozhe reported his clash with Ziqing to Mu En, who ordered an investigation and warned the academy not to harm Ziqing or act against Zhou Yi yet. Meanwhile, Xu Jingyao learned that Yan Shaozhe had attacked him.

• Yan Shaozhe realized Ziqing’s aura surpassed Mu En’s and ordered an investigation into Ziqing and his contacts at Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe learned that Zhou Yi had been injured by a young man in a moon-white robe and hurried to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Ziqing had canceled his cooperation and that his own attack had rebounded, leaving him gravely injured.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to investigate Ziqing through Qian Duoduo and the Treasure Pavilion, and to take no action against Zhou Yi until they knew more.
• Mu En revealed that Elder Jin had warned him not to touch Ziqing, and Yan Shaozhe accepted the warning.
• Shadow Douluo told Xu Jingyao that Yan Shaozhe had attacked him, and Xu Jingyao reacted with surprise.

After Shrek Academy’s failed attempt to restore its partnership with the Carefree Pavilion, Xu Jingyao arranged a separate, discreet purchase of special pills through the Treasure Pavilion. The academy’s response to the broken partnership remained firm, while Xu Jingyao secured a year’s supply of pills for the Carefree Pavilion.

• Shadow Douluo told Xu Jingyao that his ring had rebounded Yan Shaozhe’s soul power and seriously injured him, and Xu Jingyao dismissed the incident as Yan Shaozhe’s own fault.
• Qian Duoduo visited Xu Jingyao the next morning and reported Zhou Yi’s suspension, salary deduction, and transfer to the Outer Court’s logistics office.
• Xu Jingyao refused Shrek Academy’s offer to revive the partnership, canceling the scholarships and supply arrangements as well.
• Xu Jingyao proposed that the Treasure Pavilion source Mystic Water Pills, Soul-Nourishing Pills, and Body-Tempering Pills at market prices plus a ten-percent errand fee.
• Qian Duoduo agreed to provide the requested pills for a year and keep the Carefree Pavilion’s purchases secret.
• Shadow Douluo asked why Xu Jingyao wanted the pills, and Xu Jingyao explained that Shrek Academy’s exclusive formulas made them more effective than pills available elsewhere.

Xu Jingyao secured a pill trade between the Carefree Pavilion and Shrek Academy while Mu En warned Yan Shaozhe not to antagonize him. After arranging the Shrek City branch, Xu Jingyao left with Shadow Douluo for Sunset Forest to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xu Jingyao reflected that the pill deal would preserve Shrek Academy’s business ties with the Carefree Pavilion, while Zhou Yi’s treatment of students could fuel resentment against Shrek.
• The Treasure Pavilion’s first pill shipment arrived at the Carefree Pavilion’s Shrek City branch, where Shopkeeper Qian inspected it, paid for it, and arranged its transport to Mingdu.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En why Shrek could not confront Ziqing, and Mu En explained that Elder Jin had forbidden it and that Shrek should preserve its profitable relationship with the Carefree Pavilion.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to handle Zhou Yi’s case by the rules and maintain the status quo with Ziqing.
• Xu Jingyao finished arranging the branch’s operations and left Shrek City with Shadow Douluo for Sunset Forest in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• As Shrek City disappeared behind them, Xu Jingyao decided that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was the last thing he needed to obtain from Shrek.

Xu Jingyao and Shadow Douluo traveled northeast from Shrek toward Sunset Forest, while Xu Jingyao considered his plans for the Body Sect and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They reached the forest’s edge, where a strange sweet-smelling mist shrouded the trees.

• Xu Jingyao left Shrek with Shadow Douluo and reflected on his recent gains, including the Golden Tree, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Electrolux’s remnant soul.
• Xu Jingyao planned to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and look for the Body Sect while considering how Soul Tools could reshape the Original Three Kingdoms.
• Xu Jingyao camped overnight and sensed Electrolux’s weak remnant soul dormant in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xu Jingyao and Shadow Douluo traveled northeast through forests and across ridges for nearly a day and a half.
• Xu Jingyao and Shadow Douluo reached Sunset Forest, where Shadow Douluo identified their destination and Xu Jingyao observed its ominous mist.

Xu Jingyao and Shadow Douluo crossed the poisonous fog surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Xu Jingyao identified the valley’s inhabitants as demigod-level spiritual beings. They reached the spring itself, where Xu Jingyao surveyed its opposing pools of ice and fire.

• Xu Jingyao examined the soil at the forest’s edge and recognized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Shadow Douluo warned that its fog was poisonous and corrosive.
• Xu Jingyao released a purple halo that drove back and dissolved the poison miasma, then led Shadow Douluo through it.
• At the valley entrance, Xu Jingyao touched the frost-covered soil and sensed a vital power connected to the Dragon King Remnant Souls and the Golden Tree’s origin power.
• Xu Jingyao explained to Shadow Douluo that the valley’s spiritual beings had been nurtured by the spring and carried traces of divinity, placing them above Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Xu Jingyao and Shadow Douluo reached a clearing containing the frigid blue Cold Spring, the boiling scarlet Hot Spring, and the narrow ridge between them.

Xu Jingyao entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring and awakened the immortal herbs, who recognized him as the Great Life Overlord. He refused their offers to sacrifice themselves and instead proposed exchanging some of his life force for a portion of their essence, leaving them excited by his offer.

• Xu Jingyao told Shadow Douluo to wait at the valley entrance and walked alone to the ridge between the Cold Spring and the Hot Spring.
• Xu Jingyao touched the dividing line, causing the springs and mist to freeze briefly as the immortal herbs awakened and bowed to him.
• The herbs' consciousnesses recognized Xu Jingyao as the Great Life Overlord and offered to sacrifice their essence for him.
• Xu Jingyao refused their sacrifices and explained that he did not want them to lose everything they had cultivated.
• Xu Jingyao poured life force into the ridge and offered to purify the herbs' origins in exchange for only a portion of their essence, which left them trembling with excitement.

Xu Jingyao traded life force with the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring, gaining several origins while helping them recover. He left the clearing with the herbs restored and told Shadow Douluo that he had exchanged a few things with them.

• Xu Jingyao reassured the immortal herbs that he would let them keep growing and only take their essence in exchange for life force.
• The Infernal Delicate Apricot gave Xu Jingyao its fire origin, and he replenished its life force.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass gave Xu Jingyao its ice origin, and he replenished its life force.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty gave Xu Jingyao its immortal herb origin, which could help him communicate with immortal herbs across the Douluo Continent.
• Xu Jingyao restored the weakened Aromatic Silk Beauty's origin and asked it to condense its immunity to all poisons into a seed once it recovered.
• Xu Jingyao ended the trading session, left the clearing, and told Shadow Douluo that he had exchanged a few things with the immortal herbs.

Xu Jingyao sealed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the God of Destruction’s power, making himself the only one able to open its entrance. He then traveled with Shadow Douluo toward the Sun Moon Empire and stopped in Qingya City, where Shadow Douluo asked how long it had been since Xu Jingyao last enjoyed a carefree outing.

• Xu Jingyao used his ring’s destruction power to spread a formation through the land and seal the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well behind poisonous fog.
• Xu Jingyao told Shadow Douluo that only his aura could open the passage and said he intended to make the area Sun Moon territory.
• Xu Jingyao and Shadow Douluo traveled toward the Heaven Dou Empire’s northern border, stopping at towns and roadside stalls along the way.
• The two entered Qingya City, where Xu Jingyao sampled street food and Shadow Douluo carried his parcels.
• Shadow Douluo sat beside Xu Jingyao as he ate wontons and asked how long it had been since he last wandered around like this.

Xu Jingyao and Shadow Douluo encountered a wounded Body Sect disciple being hunted by a Soul Emperor-level Evil Soul Master. Xu Jingyao intervened and destroyed the Evil Soul Master with the Power of Destruction.

• Xu Jingyao spent the evening eating along Qingya City's main street and bought candied sour plums to take back for Tang Wulin.
• Xu Jingyao and Shadow Douluo traveled southeast and sensed a fight on a mountain path.
• Xu Jingyao found a wounded young Body Sect disciple facing a Soul Emperor-level Evil Soul Master.
• Xu Jingyao's aura stopped the Evil Soul Master's attack and pinned down his Soul Power.
• Xu Jingyao manifested the Life Ash Body and disintegrated the Evil Soul Master with the Power of Destruction.

Xu Jingyao healed Tie Hu after defeating an Evil Soul Master, then followed him to the Body Sect while concealing his intentions. The chapter left Xu Jingyao waiting in a stone house as Tie Hu went to report his arrival to his teacher.

• Xu Jingyao destroyed the Evil Soul Master and healed the injured Tie Hu.
• Tie Hu mistook Xu Jingyao's Divine Aspect for a powerful Body Martial Soul and invited him to the Body Sect.
• Xu Jingyao gave Tie Hu the name Ziqing and followed him with Shadow Douluo to the sect's hidden valley.
• Tie Hu showed Xu Jingyao the Body Sect's training grounds and took him to a stone house.
• Tie Hu told Xu Jingyao to rest while he went to inform his teacher about their guest and his Martial Soul.

Xu Jingyao waited in the Body Sect for its sect master, Du Busi, to inspect his Life Ash Body Martial Soul. After seeing its powers of life and destruction, Du Busi questioned Xu Jingyao about his identity and age.

• Tie Hu told Xu Jingyao that the Body Sect's sect master would come meet him in person.
• Xu Jingyao waited at the stone house while Tie Hu described the Body Sect's blunt and straightforward nature.
• Du Busi arrived and asked Xu Jingyao about his Martial Soul's powers of life and destruction.
• Xu Jingyao released the Life Ash Body, and Du Busi confirmed that it contained both powers.
• Du Busi recognized the Carefree Pavilion and asked Xu Jingyao who he was and how old he was.