Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er accused the Players of destroying the Clear Sky School, while Tang Ya rejected their attempt to turn her against the New Tang Sect. At the Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Conference, the Players watched the masked female students and learned that Zhang Lexuan was hosting.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’er accused the Players of causing the avalanche that buried the Clear Sky School, but Tang Ya defended their efforts to revive the New Tang Sect.
• Bei Bei took Tang Ya and the Players on a tour of Shrek Academy before leading them to the Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Conference.
• Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, Xu Sanshi, and Dai Huabin took their places on lotus platforms as the female students arrived in white outfits and bamboo hats.
• The Players mocked the female students’ dancing and discussed Bei Bei’s relationships with Zhang Lexuan and Tang Ya.
• Zhang Lexuan hosted the conference, and the female students began removing their bamboo hats.

During Shrek Academy’s Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Conference, the players watched Xu Sanshi get eliminated and received an Alliance Token, then discussed allying with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. As the match-stealing round began, Qian Xunji kicked Dai Huabin into Sea God Lake and challenged Huo Yuhao for Wang Dong’er, while Xian Lin’er waited to see how Huo Yuhao would respond.

• Xu Sanshi found Jiang Nannan with Huo Yuhao’s hint, but Jiang Nannan kicked him into Sea God Lake and eliminated him.
• The players completed the conference check-in quest and received an Alliance Token that could form an alliance with a story faction.
• Gu Yuanhao proposed allying with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan through Ning Tian, whose Martial Soul was still the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• During the match-stealing round, Qian Xunji kicked Dai Huabin into Sea God Lake before he could finish challenging Huo Yuhao for Wang Dong’er.
• Qian Xunji challenged Huo Yuhao for Wang Dong’er, while Xian Lin’er started to intervene and Qian Duoduo held her back to watch Huo Yuhao’s strength.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er joined forces as Raiment of Light to fight Qian Xunji's Chaos Angel, but he defeated them and drew out Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er. Meanwhile, Gu Yuanhao abducted Ning Tian and questioned her about the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's lost method of evolving its Martial Soul.

• Huo Yuhao attacked Qian Xunji, but Darkness Curtain blinded and weakened him until Wang Dong'er entered to help.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er unleashed Raiment of Light, while Qian Xunji countered with his Chaos Angel.
• Gu Yuanhao abducted Ning Tian into the Kamui Dimension and asked why her clan had no records of Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul evolution.
• Gu Yuanhao told Ning Tian that Shrek Academy had sidelined her because her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could only reach level 79.
• Qian Xunji's Chaos Judgment shattered Raiment of Light, sending Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er crashing onto the ice.
• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er appeared after the defeat, and Qian Xunji mocked Shrek Academy's teachers.

Qian Xunji provoked Xian Lin'er at Shrek Academy, while Tang Ya rejected Bei Bei and left with Dong'er. As the Players faced Shrek’s guards, Gu Yuanhao negotiated with Ning Tian over evolving her Martial Soul, and Qian Xunji fought Xian Lin'er in Battle Armor.

• Xian Lin'er confronted Qian Xunji after he mocked Xuan Zi, and Qian Xunji welcomed the fight.
• Tang Ya rejected Bei Bei, told him to cherish Zhang Lexuan, and teleported back to the Sect Base with Dong'er.
• Shrek Academy's guards surrounded the Players, who recognized them as elite mobs, while Gu Yuanhao told them to hold out.
• Gu Yuanhao offered to evolve Ning Tian's Martial Soul in exchange for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan's absolute loyalty and asked her to bring its clan master to the New Tang Sect's base.
• Wu Feng searched frantically for the missing Ning Tian as Qian Xunji fought Xian Lin'er evenly while wearing Battle Armor.

Qian Xixi and the Players lured Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo into a trap at Sea God Lake, where they detonated a massive cache of explosives. The blast engulfed the lake and shook Shrek Academy, leaving the fates of those caught in it unknown.

• Gu Yuanhao rescued Ning Tian from Sea God Lake, warned her away from the area, and sent her back beside Wu Feng; Ning Tian immediately took Wu Feng away.
• Gu Yuanhao restrained Xian Lin'er with Susanoo while Qian Xunji struck her with his strongest Battle Armor attack, but Xian Lin'er shattered Susanoo and sent Gu Yuanhao to the Respawn Point.
• Nine-Tailed Male Fox taunted Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo about their unconsummated marriage, prompting Xian Lin'er to charge at the Players.
• Qian Xixi used Taotie Swallows the Heavens to drain Soul Power from Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, and nearby security guards, and Qian Duoduo caught Xian Lin'er as she nearly fell.
• The Players detonated the overstuffed Taotie phantom and their explosives, creating a gigantic mushroom cloud that engulfed Sea God Lake and shook Shrek Academy.

A massive explosion at Sea God Lake devastated Shrek Academy, leaving Qian Duoduo crippled and pushing Mu En close to death after he used the Golden Tree’s power to protect Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er. The revived players discussed the damage and their next plans, including the coming soul hunt and search for Evil Soul Masters.

• The Golden Tree’s Light of the Sea God shielded Sea God Lake and protected Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, while the explosion destroyed nearby guards and left Qian Duoduo without his limbs and Soul Core.
• Mu En’s use of the Golden Tree’s power brought his remaining lifespan down to at most a month, and Elder Zhuang confirmed that Qian Duoduo was permanently crippled.
• Xian Lin'er collapsed in despair, while Bei Bei blamed himself for helping the players enter Shrek Academy and Zhang Lexuan struggled to comfort him.
• The revived players assessed Shrek Academy’s losses and speculated that Mu En might have died or be near death.
• Gu Yuanhao and the other players discussed a possible alliance with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, future plot events, and setting out to find Evil Soul Masters for experience.

The Players traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest and defeated three Evil Soul Masters who were refining a Terrorclaw Bear Beast Soul. At Shrek Academy, Mu En told Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Bei Bei, and Zhang Lexuan that he had only a month left to live, and the chapter ended with the Players finishing their quest.

• Mu En told the Sea God Pavilion elders and Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Bei Bei, and Zhang Lexuan that he had at most a month left, then urged the four younger Soul Masters to grow stronger for Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei blamed himself for Mu En's condition, but Zhang Lexuan and Mu En reassured him; Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao vowed to settle the score someday.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng left Shrek Academy and hurried back to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
• The Players arrived in the Star Dou Great Forest and received a quest to eliminate three Evil Soul Masters refining a Terrorclaw Bear Beast Soul.
• Qian Xunji and I Am an Angel drove the Evil Soul Masters to flee, then joined the Players in killing them with powerful attacks.
• The Players completed the quest, and Qian Xunji promised that the others could go first next time.

The players received the complete Soul Spirit Method and debated soul spirits before encountering Di Tian and Wang Qiuer in the Star Dou Great Forest. A hidden quest asked them to persuade Di Tian to become a Guest Elder of the New Tang Sect, but it left off as Di Tian questioned who they were.

• The players received the complete Soul Spirit Method, experience, and Gold Soul Coins, then debated the nature of soul spirits and Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuanhao spotted Di Tian approaching with Wang Qiuer, and the players realized they would be unable to survive his arrival.
• Di Tian unleashed his oppressive might, but the players examined him and joked among themselves instead of showing fear.
• A hidden quest tasked the players with persuading Di Tian to join the New Tang Sect as a Guest Elder.
• Di Tian asked the players who they were, and Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior was surprised that he did not recognize them.

The Players offered Di Tian the Soul Spirit Method and proposed that he become a guest elder of the New Tang Sect, arguing that cooperation could help the Soul Beast race survive. Wang Qiuer urged Di Tian to accept, and the chapter ended with him agreeing to work with the Players.

• Di Tian took Wang Qiuer to towns near the Star Dou Great Forest so she could continue cultivating, and the Players encountered them.
• Gu Yuanhao gave Di Tian the Soul Spirit Method and proposed cooperation with the New Tang Sect to address the Soul Beasts' decline.
• Di Tian seized Gu Yuanhao by the throat, but released him after sensing that the Players might eventually pose a threat.
• Di Tian asked what the Players offered him, and Gu Yuanhao said he would receive the Soul Spirit Method and a chance to invest in their future.
• Wang Qiuer told Di Tian to accept based on her intuition, and Di Tian agreed to become a guest elder.
• Tang Yi reflected that the unexpected agreement had changed the plot and severed Di Tian's connection with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er.

After Di Tian joined the New Tang Sect as a Guest Elder, the Players brought him and Wang Qiuer to their base. Mu En died at Shrek Academy, and Huo Yuhao secretly left for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after opening a Brocade Pouch.

• The Game System rewarded the Players with Di Tian's Reverse Scale and gave Di Tian a Guest Elder Token with concealment and teleportation functions.
• Di Tian accepted the Players' invitation to visit their sect, and the Players discussed how his presence could help defend their base.
• Mu En gave his final order for Shrek Academy to develop Soul Tools, then died and merged his remaining soul power into the Golden Tree.
• After Mu En's death, Wang Dong'er fainted, and Huo Yuhao opened a Brocade Pouch containing a letter and map that directed him to find the Love-Severing Heartbroken Red.
• Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy alone for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while the Players brought Di Tian and Wang Qiuer to their Sect Base.

Di Tian and Wang Qiuer settled into the Tang Sect while the Players set out for Sunset Forest to reclaim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They planned to intercept Huo Yuhao by tracking him to its poisonous miasma, while Huo Yuhao hurried toward the well to find a flower that could save Wang Dong'er.

• Tang Ya welcomed Di Tian and Wang Qiuer, showed them around the sect, and offered to take Wang Qiuer out to explore.
• The Players disappeared from the sect, and Tang Ya explained that they often left to level up or complete quests.
• The Players accepted a quest to keep Huo Yuhao away from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and subdue the immortal herbs within it.
• The Players debated how to locate the well and decided to wait for Huo Yuhao, then follow him to its poisonous miasma.
• Huo Yuhao rushed through Sunset Forest toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping to retrieve the Love-Severing Heartbroken Red for Wang Dong'er.

Gu Yuanhao followed Huo Yuhao to Tang San’s Poison Barrier and watched as Huo Yuhao pushed through it to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. When Huo Yuhao’s shield began to fail, the Ice Empress burned her soul origin to protect him, leaving Gu Yuanhao to witness the frozen shield press onward.

• Gu Yuanhao used his Super Long-Distance Vision to spot Huo Yuhao and followed him to the Poison Barrier.
• Gu Yuanhao shared a picture of the enormous barrier, prompting the Players to discuss its danger and the origins of the immortal herbs.
• Gu Yuanhao entered the Poison Barrier behind Huo Yuhao, saying he could endure it with Susanoo, while the Players discussed activating a Teleportation Anchor.
• Huo Yuhao’s soul tool shield began to corrode as he forced his way through, but he refused to turn back because he needed the Love-Severing Heartbroken Red to save Dong’er.
• The Skydream Iceworm persuaded the Ice Empress to help Huo Yuhao, and she burned her soul origin to encase his failing shield in ice.

Huo Yuhao entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the Ice Empress burning her soul origin, then faced Blazing Sunspring’s fire spirit. Gu Yuanhao brought the other players into the well, where they prepared to attack Blazing Sunspring’s true body after Huo Yuhao was knocked unconscious.

• The Ice Empress used up more of her soul origin to get Huo Yuhao through the poisonous barrier and into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Blazing Sunspring’s fire spirit attacked Huo Yuhao, who froze and shattered it with the Ice Empress’s power.
• Gu Yuanhao arrived, activated an anchor point, and let the other players teleport into the well.
• The fire spirit revived, broke Huo Yuhao’s ice shield, and knocked him unconscious with one-fifth of his HP remaining.
• The players formed up to fight the fire spirit, and Gu Yuanhao identified Blazing Sunspring’s true body beside the fire spring.

The Players fought the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s hundred-thousand-year Immortal Herbs and discovered that disrupting the balance between its Ice Spring and fire spring could trigger an eruption. After Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product refused to yield the well, Qian Xixi began absorbing its Soul Power to set off their plan.

• Wang Zhongwang led the Players in firing Soul Guidance Cannons, but Blazing Sunspring and Star Anise Ice Grass blocked most of the barrage and attacked in return.
• The cannon fire disturbed the Ice Spring and fire spring, revealing the Immortal Herbs’ true bodies and prompting Gu Yuanhao to suggest breaking the well’s balance.
• The Players agreed to attempt an environmental kill, despite knowing they might have to revive before completing the quest.
• Agile Dog in the Mountains and Qian Xunji tried to persuade Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product to surrender the well, but she refused and threatened them.
• Qian Xixi used Twin Martial Soul Fusion Skill: Taotie Swallows the Heavens, and the Taotie phantom began devouring the well’s Soul Power.

The players detonated explosives at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, triggering a second blast as its ice and fire energies went out of control. Skydream Iceworm and Ice Empress saved Huo Yuhao at great cost, while Tang Yi captured the fading Ice Empress and woke Snow Empress; the players respawned and debated who had survived.

• Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product sensed danger, but Gu Yuanhao used Kamui to divert the spirits’ attacks while the players set off their explosives and the Taotie Phantom’s self-detonation.
• The overlapping blasts disrupted the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s balance and triggered a second explosion.
• Skydream Iceworm burned through his essence to shield Huo Yuhao from the first blast, and Ice Empress sacrificed her essence to send Huo Yuhao out through the Poison Barrier.
• Tang Yi captured the fading Ice Empress in a bottle, then woke Snow Empress and told her to call him Father before sharing what had happened to Bing'er.
• The players respawned at the Sect Base and discussed whether the 100,000-Year Immortal Herbs had died and whether Huo Yuhao had survived.

The players secured an alliance with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan by beating Clan Leader Ning, giving Ning Tian the clan leader's token and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao woke in Sunset Forest and learned that Bingbing had sacrificed herself, but he first asked whether the Love-Severing Heartbroken Red had survived.

• Wang Qiuer brought the players to meet Clan Leader Ning and Ning Tian, who were visiting the group.
• Clan Leader Ning tried to negotiate for a leading role in an alliance, but the players rejected his demands and asked whether the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul would secure Ning Tian's leadership.
• The players beat Clan Leader Ning, took his storage soul tool and clan leader's token, and used the token to form an alliance with the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
• Qian Xunji used a Martial Soul Upgrade Card to give Ning Tian the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, and the players gained access to its support in future battles.
• Huo Yuhao woke in Sunset Forest, learned from Skydream Iceworm that Bingbing had sacrificed herself, and asked whether the Love-Severing Heartbroken Red had been destroyed.

After the Ice Empress sacrificed herself, Huo Yuhao lost the Skydream Iceworm’s support and set out for the Clear Sky School to seek help. Meanwhile, the Players received an invitation to the Soul Master Tournament and devised a plan to reclaim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by bombarding its immortal herb guardians.

• The Skydream Iceworm entered hibernation after warning Huo Yuhao not to take risks alone and to seek help from Shrek Academy or the Clear Sky School.
• Huo Yuhao chose to head to the Clear Sky School, hoping to save Wang Dong'er without burdening Shrek Academy further.
• Ning Tian returned to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, where her father agreed to pass the sect master position to her after the Players beat him.
• Tang Ya delivered the Players an invitation from the Sun Moon Empire to compete in the Soul Master Tournament, which now also allowed sects to enter.
• The Players discussed their quest to reclaim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Gu Yuanhao proposed bombing the immortal herb Soul Beasts until they surrendered.

Gu Yuanhao tried to negotiate with the hundred-thousand-year Immortal Herbs for control of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but they refused and attacked him. The Players began bombing the site, where the herbs retaliated by spawn camping them, and Gu Yuanhao revealed that the logout option had disappeared.

• Gu Yuanhao scouted the ruined Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and livestreamed it while the Players discussed why the hundred-thousand-year Immortal Herbs were hiding.
• Gu Yuanhao called out the herbs and threatened to blow up the site, prompting Blazing Sunspring and Star Anise Ice Grass to appear and Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product to demand his intentions.
• Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product refused to give up the treasure land, and Star Anise Ice Grass attacked Gu Yuanhao, who threw a C4 before being killed.
• Gu Yuanhao respawned at the Sect Base in Heaven Dou City and told the Players that negotiations had failed and they could begin bombing the site.
• Nine-Tailed Male Fox teleported to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, was ambushed by a fireball, and used his bombs before being sent back to the Respawn Point.
• Gu Yuanhao proposed sending Players at irregular intervals, then told I Am an Angel that the logout option was gone.

After the Players’ bombing destabilized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Huo Yuhao reached the Clear Sky School and told Da Ming and Er Ming that Wang Dong’er needed the Love-Severing Heartbroken Red. The Players then negotiated control of the well, completed their mission, and used their Martial Soul Upgrade Cards.

• Huo Yuhao collapsed after reaching the Clear Sky School, and Er Ming caught him before he hit the ground.
• Huo Yuhao told Da Ming and Er Ming that Players had bombed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and that Wang Dong’er’s Love-Severing Heartbroken Red might have been destroyed.
• Da Ming went to Shrek Academy while Er Ming took Huo Yuhao back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to search for the herb.
• Youxiang Qiluo Immortal Product agreed that the Players could claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, as long as they did not drive out or enslave the Immortal Herbs.
• The Game System declared the Players’ reclamation mission complete and rewarded each Player with a Martial Soul Upgrade Card.
• The Players upgraded their Martial Souls, including Invincible Tyrannosaurus Warrior’s Blue Silver Grass, Qian Xixi’s Taotie Divine Bull, and the angels’ Angel and Fallen Angel Martial Souls.

Huo Yuhao brought Er Ming to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to find the Love-Severing Heartbroken Red, but the Players mistook Er Ming’s call for a discovery and ambushed them with artillery. Er Ming and Huo Yuhao survived behind a barrier, and the Players began taunting Er Ming as the confrontation continued.

• The Players discussed their evolved Martial Souls and wondered whether the Love-Severing Heartbroken Red was still at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gu Yuanhao learned that Huo Yuhao had returned with Er Ming, so he and the Players prepared a welcoming ambush.
• Er Ming and Huo Yuhao entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and began searching for the Love-Severing Heartbroken Red.
• Er Ming called out to the immortal herbs, and the Players mistakenly believed he had spotted them.
• Ten-Year Veteran ordered the Players to fire, but Er Ming protected himself and Huo Yuhao with a pale yellow barrier.
• Qian Xunji challenged Er Ming, while Nine-Tailed Male Fox taunted him about his ties to Tang San and Xiao Wu.