Chapter Summaries

Tang Qingye teased Na Nali by rejecting her confession, while Gu Yuena pointed out the ambiguity in his words. Meanwhile, Zang Xin learned that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had been stolen and arrived to find its valley gone, leaving him to vent his fury on the surrounding mountains.

• Na Nali sent Tang Qingye suggestive messages and then asked whether he liked her, and Tang Qingye told her he did not, prompting her to declare that Little Bell was dead and she would never forgive him.
• Gu Yuena told Tang Qingye that his reply to Na Nali was not necessarily a rejection, then said she was never human to begin with.
• A Tang Sect patrol squad discovered that the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well valley had vanished and reported the loss to Zang Xin.
• Zang Xin left the Federation law-enforcement captain at the ruined Tang Sect base and rushed to the site of the missing secret realm in his battle armor.
• Zang Xin found only a vast crater and poisonous mist, failed to find the thieves, and unleashed sword strikes on the surrounding mountains in his fury.

Tang Qingye endured the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ fiery body refinement, but his cultivation stalled before the flame-demon markings could penetrate his bones. Gu Yuena offered the Fire Dragon King’s Dragon Core and Right Arm Soul Bone to break his bottleneck, and Tang Qingye reached great accomplishment while continuing to cultivate.

• Tang Qingye entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings tempered his body and the Fire Dragon King used his origin flame for further refinement.
• Tang Qingye’s body repeatedly burned and regenerated as the purgatory great flame demon’s markings spread, but they stalled before reaching his sinews and bones.
• Gu Yuena took the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls to the bottom of the well and retrieved the Fire Dragon King’s Dragon Core and Right Arm Soul Bone.
• Gu Yuena poured the treasures’ fire essence into Tang Qingye, breaking his bottleneck and letting the flame-demon markings brand his sinews and bones.
• Tang Qingye reached great accomplishment in body refinement and continued cultivating as Gu Yuena waited beside the flames.

Tang Qingye read a secret Soul Tool document while the Ice Dragon Soul and Fire Dragon Soul discovered the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core in his Sea of Consciousness. Gu Yuena sought Tang Qingye’s blood and teased him, but he turned the tables and pinned her down, leaving them in an intimate embrace.

• Tang Qingye reviewed the Sun Moon Secret Vault document he had obtained by trading the dean a Black Dragon Pill.
• The Ice Dragon Soul and Fire Dragon Soul explored Tang Qingye’s Sea of Consciousness, found the Golden Dragon King's Divine Core, and realized Tang Qingye was their lord.
• Gu Yuena entered after bathing and reminded Tang Qingye that she had helped him break through, then asked to drink his blood.
• Gu Yuena drank Tang Qingye’s blood while teasing him until he warned her that she was playing with fire.
• Tang Qingye flipped Gu Yuena onto the bed and teased her in turn, then reassured her that he liked her as she was.

Tang Qingye received Ya Li late at night, and they agreed to travel together to Heaven Dou City. Ya Li then revealed her search for a baby she had encountered in Aolai City nearly ten years earlier and asked Tang Qingye if he knew where the child was.

• Gu Yuena fell asleep beside Tang Qingye, who carefully moved her feet and left the bedroom after sensing someone approaching.
• Ya Li visited Tang Qingye late at night to explain that she planned to investigate the explosion and suffering in Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Qingye told Ya Li that he was also preparing to go to Heaven Dou City, and she agreed to travel with him.
• Ya Li described finding a blessed newborn in Red Mountain Hospital after a heavenly punishment struck Aolai City, and said she had left a mark on the baby.
• Ya Li told Tang Qingye that she returned six years later but could not find the family or sense the mark, then asked whether he knew the baby's whereabouts.

Tang Qingye helped Ya Li confront how Shrek’s restrictions had separated her from her calling to save ordinary people, and aided her in breaking free of those constraints. Ya Li reached the ultimate and agreed to set out for Heaven Dou City, but Tang Qingye refused her request for a hug.

• Tang Qingye explained that Ya Li sensed the lingering resonance of a mark he had left on a child, then urged her to reconsider her place in Shrek and her distance from ordinary people.
• Ya Li recalled how Long Yeyue and Cai Yue'er had reprimanded her for going to aid disaster victims in Aolai City, while Yun Ming had asked her to notify the Sea God Pavilion before entering Federation territory.
• Ya Li resolved that gratitude to Yun Ming and her position at Shrek would no longer keep her from following her calling to save people.
• Tang Qingye concealed their auras and used the Taiyi Azure Wood Mark to nourish Ya Li’s damaged life origin as her Wishing Angel Martial Soul transformed and she reached the ultimate.
• Ya Li thanked Tang Qingye and agreed to go to Heaven Dou City the next day, then asked to hug him, but he refused.

Tang Qingye had turned the Holy Spirit Cult’s Far North base into the Eternal Peace Church, while Leng Yulai prepared its followers to travel to Heaven Dou City and carry out their master’s plan. Before leaving with Ya Li, Tang Qingye reassured Gu Yuena and shared a kiss with her; the group then headed toward Heaven Dou City as Gu Yuena watched them go.

• Tang Qingye’s forces transformed the Holy Spirit Cult’s Far North base into a replica of Slaughter City and recruited followers through the Eternal Peace Church.
• Leng Yulai announced that the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan would begin in Heaven Dou City and led its followers to board a shuttle.
• Gu Yuena warned Tang Qingye to be careful around Ya Li, and Tang Qingye kissed her before promising to return.
• Tang Qingye and Ya Li flew toward Heaven Dou City, while Gu Yuena watched them depart and told Di Tian he could leave.

Wu Changkong explained the Class Advancement Tournament and announced that Tang Wulin and Xie Xie would receive special training with a third teammate. After catching them slacking during their weighted run, he resolved to train them harder, while Xie Xie learned that Tang Wulin was scouting talented students for the Spirit Pagoda.

• Wu Changkong explained that classes could challenge higher-ranked classes in the tournament and said Tang Wulin and Xie Xie would train to become Class One with a third teammate arriving soon.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin ran weighted laps and speculated about their new teammate, with Xie Xie doubting that a newcomer could match them.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin pretended to be exhausted and went to rest in the shade, but Wu Changkong spotted them and ordered them back to running.
• Wu Changkong reflected on Tang Wulin's and Xie Xie's wasted potential and resolved to make them work harder.
• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie that he was searching for gifted students on his older brother's behalf to recruit them into the Spirit Pagoda, and warned Xie Xie that he would need to pass an assessment to join.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie shared a meal at a stewed beef shop, where Xie Xie opened up about his mother and Tang Wulin offered to help him pursue a place in the Spirit Pagoda. After Guang Long attacked the shop owner, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie joined Chengjishiji to fight back, and Guang Long threatened them with his brother Guang Biao.

• Xie Xie treated Tang Wulin to stewed beef and told him his father had failed to return before his mother died.
• Tang Wulin offered to help Xie Xie seek an opportunity to join the Spirit Pagoda, and Xie Xie promised to train hard.
• Guang Long and his two lackeys beat the shop owner and stole his money, prompting Chengjishiji to stand in their way.
• Guang Long struck Chengjishiji down, but Tang Wulin restrained Guang Long with Blue Silver Grass and wounded him with his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Xie Xie attacked Guang Long's lackeys while Tang Wulin held Guang Long at clawpoint, and Guang Long threatened them with retaliation from his brother Guang Biao.

Tang Wulin killed Guang Long after the gang attacked the merchants, then called the East Sea Spirit Pagoda for help when Guang Biao arrived with the Mecha Brigade. Wu Changkong and the pagoda master protected Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, and Guang Biao was taken into custody as the Spirit Pagoda began investigating his abuses.

• Tang Wulin killed Guang Long, and Xie Xie chose to stand beside him while Boss Li urged them to flee.
• Tang Wulin called the East Sea Spirit Pagoda's master and reported the killing, while one of Guang Long's lackeys called Guang Biao.
• Guang Biao arrived with the Mecha Brigade and tried to attack Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, but Wu Changkong blocked him.
• Guang Biao claimed he had the right to take the boys for questioning, while Wu Changkong insisted they be handled through Federation law.
• The pagoda master arrived, immobilized Guang Biao, and ordered the Spirit Pagoda Guards to detain him and investigate his abuses of authority.
• Wu Changkong thanked the pagoda master for intervening, then left after confirming Tang Wulin and Xie Xie were his students.

Long Yeyue confronted Yun Ming over Ya Li’s absence and Shrek’s worsening public image, then showed him news of Ya Li assisting disaster victims in Heaven Dou City alongside Tang Qingye. Yun Ming decided to go to Heaven Dou City himself and bring Ya Li back.

• Long Yeyue criticized Yun Ming for failing to contain the rumors about Shrek and accused Ya Li of abandoning the academy.
• Cai Yue'er defended Yun Ming while suggesting Ya Li’s prolonged absence had delayed the effort to address the rumors.
• Long Yeyue showed Yun Ming a Federation news report depicting Ya Li and Tang Qingye in Heaven Dou City, where Ya Li was helping survivors.
• Long Yeyue demanded that Yun Ming bring Ya Li back, while Cai Yue'er quietly encouraged his anger with questions about Tang Qingye.
• Yun Ming ordered everyone to be quiet, then agreed to go to Heaven Dou City alone and bring Ya Li back.

Han Tianyi recruited Mu Ye for a planned attack on Shrek, offering an Immortal Herb despite uncertainty over whether Yun Ming would be present. Mu Ye accepted, and he later sent A Ruheng to Eastsea Academy in Eastsea City as a bodyguard.

• Han Tianyi told Mu Ye that four Super Douluos and a Quasi-God would support the attack on Shrek, though Yun Ming's absence was not certain.
• Han Tianyi explained that the battle could not fully erupt without endangering the city and said he had contacted Hu Jie to help prevent matters from spiraling out of control.
• Han Tianyi offered Mu Ye an Immortal Herb as a reward, and Mu Ye agreed to join the operation.
• Mu Ye injected himself with three Mighty Strength Injections to temporarily boost his combat strength.
• Mu Ye instructed A Ruheng to secretly protect a person at Eastsea Academy and keep his Body Sect identity hidden.

Ya Li treated the injured and questioned why the Tang Sect had delayed Federation rescuers after the explosion. As Ling Zichen rushed to find Ya Li for help saving her parents, the Tang Sect hall master arranged to blame the disaster on Evil Soul Masters and conceal the truth.

• Ya Li learned that Tang Sect guards had kept Federation medical teams outside the blast site for nearly an hour and began treating the critically injured.
• A Tang Sect staff member told Ling Zichen that Ya Li was overseeing the wards while Ling Zichen's parents remained in critical condition.
• Remembering how she had once saved the Tang Sect research center, Ling Zichen tore out her IV tubes and monitoring leads and rushed to find Ya Li.
• The Tang Sect hall master ordered his subordinate to publicly blame Evil Soul Masters for the explosion and offer compensation to the victims' families.
• The hall master directed his subordinate to secretly offer the Evil Soul Masters reduced searches and a place to hide in exchange for accepting blame and keeping the truth secret.

Na Nali reunited with Tang Qingye, while Second Baby discovered the Tang Sect’s vast underground mecha factories. At the Hall of Heroes, Han Tianyi trapped Zhao Song in a spiritual world and attacked him with illusions of two hundred-thousand-year soul beasts.

• Na Nali shared wine and kisses with Tang Qingye, then pleaded with him not to leave or get close to anyone else.
• Second Baby descended into the underground factory and saw its massive mecha production lines, learning that the Tang Sect had fifteen more factories.
• Chairman Luo brought Luo Guixing to the Hall of Heroes, where Zhao Song explained the trial before leaving them at its entrance.
• Zhao Song realized the wooded corridor was looping, summoned his battle armor, and prepared to face the attacker.
• Han Tianyi appeared and sent illusions of a Deep Sea Demon Whale and a Thunder Saint Dragon against Zhao Song, then pulled his consciousness into a spiritual world.

The Federation and Mu Ye’s allies launched a powerful attack on Shrek Academy, overwhelming its first defenders. Long Yeyue identified Di Tian as a Federation ally, but the arrival of more formidable enemies left Shrek facing a full assault.

• The Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King’s phantom appeared over Shrek City, and its sonic attack knocked Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu to the ground.
• Mu Ye revealed that the attack was meant to settle the Body Sect’s debt with Shrek, while Xiao Hong fired a mecha cannon shell at Cai Yue’er and wounded her.
• Long Yeyue scolded Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu, then deduced that Ya Li and the Federation had orchestrated Yun Ming’s departure and the invasion.
• Di Tian confirmed that he was with the Federation and warned Long Yeyue that he had not come alone.
• The Ice and Fire Twin Dragons and Xiong Jun appeared, and Xiong Jun launched his Sky-Rending Claw at Long Yeyue.

Long Yeyue blocked Xiong Jun and four other attackers as Shrek waited for delayed Federation support, while Qiangu Dongfeng celebrated the assault. In Heaven Dou City, Luo Guixing returned from a failed Hall of Heroes trial just as fireworks turned into an attack on the Tang Sect.

• Long Yeyue used her Yin-Yang Dragon Emperor Domain to withstand Xiong Jun's Sky-Rending Claw, though the strike drove her back and damaged her Battle Armor.
• Qiangu Dongfeng cheered the assault on Shrek and arranged for online accounts to misrepresent the attack as a Shrek military exercise, while Federation officials stalled requests for support.
• Tang Qingye triggered fireworks across Heaven Dou City after receiving two alerts, and Luo Guixing emerged from the Hall of Heroes after failing its intermediate trial.
• Luo Guixing and Chairman Luo left the Trial Area as the fireworks filled the sky, and a Tang Sect disciple recalled a previous fireworks scandal involving Qiangu Zhangting.
• Soul Cannon Shells struck the Hall of Heroes, destroying statues, and Tang Sect members identified an enemy attack and requested support from the branch.

Yang Wushuang rushed to the Tang Sect after hearing it was under attack, while Xie Yi and Xie Er looted its supply warehouse for rare weapons and materials. Yang Wushuang found an Evil Soul Master refining the dead into corpse puppets, destroyed the corpses, and fought off his explosive escape, but the enemy fled toward the underground factory.

• Yang Wushuang suspected the attack on the Tang Sect was a diversion and hurried back to check on his friend and the factory.
• Xie Yi and Xie Er opened the supply warehouse, where Xie Yi directed Xie Er toward Level 10 shells and gold-water interfusion instead of ordinary Level 9 ammunition.
• An Evil Soul Master used the fallen Tang Sect members and attackers to create corpse puppets in a formation amid the ruined street.
• Yang Wushuang landed among the corpses, searched for his missing friend, and incinerated the bodies with his power.
• The Evil Soul Master exploded his body, sending corpse miasma and corpses at Yang Wushuang, who countered with his Overlord Spear.
• The Evil Soul Master used a Blood-Escape Secret Art to flee toward the underground factory.

Ya Li healed Ling Zichen’s parents while Yun Ming intervened against a Holy Spirit Cult attack and stopped Leng Yulai from fleeing. Leng Yulai broke through to Level 97, and Yun Ming demanded that she reveal what she knew.

• Ya Li treated Ling Zichen’s gravely injured parents and warned that they must abandon their dangerous research.
• The Yongan Envoy fled through the air, but a Heavenly Spear’s Airspace Lockdown brought him down and knocked him unconscious.
• Yun Ming subdued Leng Yulai after she detonated a Level 8 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell and tried to escape.
• Leng Yulai reflected that she no longer felt love for Yun Ming and erupted into laughter and anger over her past and her rivalry with Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yulai broke through from Level 96 to Level 97 as Yun Ming prepared to flee the area and demanded that she tell him everything she knew.

Yun Ming invaded Leng Yulai’s consciousness but was mocked by a planted illusion and forced to choose between pursuing her and saving Ya Li from a threatened attack. After Yun Ming left for the Federation Hospital, Tang Qingye revealed his Divine Pupil of Life and Death and locked onto him from a great distance, leaving Yun Ming braced for a fight.

• Yun Ming probed Leng Yulai’s Sea of Consciousness and saw an illusion of Ya Li with another man, then found a mocking message accusing him of voyeurism.
• A mysterious voice threatened to detonate Level Nine Soul Cannon Shells inside the Federation Hospital, so Yun Ming withdrew and raced to save Ya Li.
• The divine sense reassured Leng Yulai that her mission was complete and told her to let Bi Ji treat her before it departed.
• Tang Qingye gathered his spiritual, soul, and bloodline powers and awakened the Divine Pupil of Life and Death.
• Tang Qingye’s crimson-gold and emerald-green light reached Yun Ming from a thousand meters away, and Yun Ming summoned the Heavenly Spear as he prepared to face him.

Tang Qingye defeated Yun Ming with a devastating divine attack, then collapsed from his injuries as Ya Li caught him. Yun Ming faced the dying divine sense’s final attack, while Yu Guanzhi arrived at Heaven Dou City and sensed the battle ending above it.

• Tang Qingye struck Yun Ming with the Life-and-Death Divine Light, badly damaging his armor and body before flying away.
• Tang Qingye’s strength gave out, and Ya Li caught him and began healing him as his hair turned gold.
• A divine sense mocked the wounded Yun Ming, then revealed two Grade 9 Destruction Storm shells and unleashed its final attack.
• Yun Ming summoned his Heavenly True Body and activated his self-created godhood to meet the divine sense’s assault.
• Yu Guanzhi arrived at Heaven Dou City and recognized Yun Ming’s aura, while he and Mo Wu watched the battle’s aftershocks.
• An urgent report interrupted Yu Guanzhi and Mo Wu as the battle above the city neared its end.

Shrek's students prayed for Elder Jin to awaken while Di Tian and the soul beasts overwhelmed the academy's defenders. The Golden Ancient Tree finally manifested and eased the pressure on Shrek, but Di Tian believed it still had the advantage over the tree.

• Lan Muzi, Tang Yinmeng, and Shrek's Inner Court disciples knelt before the Golden Ancient Tree and begged Elder Jin to protect the academy.
• Di Tian battered Long Yeyue as the other soul beasts kept Shrek's fighters on the defensive.
• A golden light rose from Sea God Island, and Shrek's elders celebrated when the Golden Ancient Tree's phantom appeared.
• The Golden Ancient Tree's aura relieved the pressure on Shrek's students and divided the sky between gold and black.
• Di Tian acknowledged the Golden Ancient Tree's immense strength but questioned what had happened to the souls entrusted to it.