Chapter Summaries

Mu Changqing returned to Na'er, then went to the Soul Tool Department to cultivate after the Golden Dragon King bloodline briefly took control of him. He entered deep meditation as the third seal within his body began to loosen.

• Na'er reunited with Mu Changqing and worried that he might stop wanting her if her Martial Soul was not powerful.
• Na'er met the three Darkgold Terrorclaw Bear cubs Mu Changqing had adopted, and the Silver Dragon King’s presence caused the Golden Dragon King bloodline within him to seize control briefly.
• Mu Changqing hurt Na'er with his transformed Golden Dragon claw before regaining his will and comforting her.
• Mu Changqing asked Fan Yu to arrange a high-grade cultivation room and asked Zhang Lexuan to look after Na'er while he cultivated.
• Mu Changqing suppressed the Golden Dragon King's will in the cultivation room, entered deep meditation, and began loosening the third seal within his body.

Mu Changqing emerged from two months of seclusion and reunited with Na'er before joining a Sea God Pavilion meeting after Mu En finished his yearlong seclusion. The academy leaders reviewed Shrek’s affairs and discussed new training soul tools, while Mu En resumed leading the academy as Dragon God Douluo.

• Mu Changqing ended his seclusion, and Na'er told him she had waited outside for him every day for two months.
• Mu Changqing saw a platinum dragon on the Golden Ancient Tree and guessed that Mu En had emerged from seclusion.
• Zhang Lexuan brought Mu Changqing and Na'er to a Sea God Pavilion meeting, where Mu En welcomed Mu Changqing and praised his progress.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo reported that Shrek had faced few problems, while Bei Bei had passed the Class 2 soul engineer assessment.
• Qian Duoduo presented gravity soul tools and environment simulators for student training, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to trade Martial Soul Department resources for two additional gravity soul tools.

Mu En oversaw Na’er's Martial Soul awakening, which revealed her Silver Dragon Martial Soul and awakened Na’er's second personality. The event also triggered Mu Changqing’s Golden Dragon King bloodline, leaving the two dragons facing off above the Golden Ancient Tree as a flying Soul Tool recorded them.

• Mu En ended the Sea God Pavilion meeting and arranged an awakening formation for Na'er.
• Na'er's awakening summoned the Silver Dragon King, whose roar drew the attention of Shrek and the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian and Bi Ji recognized the Silver Dragon King's presence and discussed their hopes and worries about the Lord.
• Na'er's Silver Dragon presence triggered Mu Changqing's Golden Dragon King bloodline, and he transformed into a massive golden dragon.
• Na'er awakened her second personality and transformed into a silver dragon; the two dragons faced each other above the Golden Ancient Tree as a flying Soul Tool recorded them.

Mu Changqing and Gu Yue Na fused into a nine-colored Dragon God's phantom, drawing the attention of the Divine Realm's God of Destruction and Goddess of Life. After the phantom vanished, Mu Changqing and Na'er collapsed, while Shrek and the other powers began responding to the spectacle.

• Gu Yue Na and Mu Changqing clashed above the Golden Ancient Tree, then their powers drew them together and they fused into a nine-colored divine dragon.
• The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life concealed Shrek City from Tang San's divine sense and sent their power toward the dragon.
• Mu Changqing and Na'er passed out as the Dragon God's phantom dissipated, and Mu En caught them and carried them away to recover.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to destroy spying Soul Tools, while Xuan Zi also killed several lurking evil Soul Masters.
• Jing Hongchen watched a recording of the dragon, and the Holy Spirit Church and the other empires began making moves.
• Mu Changqing woke up exhausted and in pain.

After waking from three days unconscious, Mu Changqing saw Na'er had awakened her martial soul and tested her powerful elemental soul skill. They began cultivating together, while Mu En kept Na'er's ability to create soul rings secret and spoke with Xuan Zi about finding a partner.

• Mu Changqing woke and found Na'er lying on top of him, then noticed her eyes had turned purple after her martial soul awakening.
• Na'er summoned her Silver Dragon martial soul and demonstrated the seven elemental powers she could wield, though she could currently control only water.
• Na'er used her first soul skill, Elemental Tide, and forced Mu Changqing to defend himself with his Golden Dragon Body against its five successive waves.
• Mu Changqing and Na'er agreed to fight together and cultivated face-to-face, drawing power from beneath the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Mu En left them to cultivate, kept Na'er's ability to condense soul rings secret from the Sea God Pavilion elders, and told Xuan Zi to find a partner and pass down his Taotie Divine Bull martial soul.

While Mu Changqing and Na'er cultivated, the God of Destruction and Goddess of Life entered their Sea of Spirit and invited them to join their faction against Tang San. The gods stayed to shield them from Tang San’s probing, and Na’er broke through to Soul Power rank 15 before she and Mu Changqing went to eat with Mu En.

• The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life appeared in Mu Changqing’s Sea of Spirit and revealed that they had concealed him and Na'er from Tang San’s probing.
• The God of Destruction invited Mu Changqing to join his faction and promised a way for Soul Beasts to become gods; Mu Changqing agreed, and Gu Yue spoke through Na’er to accept as well.
• The God of Destruction suppressed Tang San’s future divine consciousness and agreed to conceal Mu Changqing when he entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang.
• The God of Destruction warned Mu Changqing and Na’er not to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill unless necessary, then remained in Mu Changqing’s Sea of Spirit while the Goddess of Life entered Na’er’s.
• Na’er broke through to Soul Power rank 15, and Mu Changqing took her to eat with Mu En, who had prepared two meal boxes.

After two years of training, Mu Changqing reached rank 30 and gained a third Soul Skill before returning to Shrek. He reunited with Na'er and Bei Bei, then met Ma Xiaotao's classmates Dai Yaoheng and Ling Luochen, ending in a contest of strength between Mu Changqing and Dai Yaoheng.

• Mu Changqing explained that his third Soul Skill, Golden Soul Power, increased an ally's Soul Power reserves, halved their Soul Skill cooldowns, and doubled their Soul Skill power after cooldown.
• After absorbing the twelve-thousand-year-old Diamond Dragon Elephant, Mu Changqing raced out of the Star Dou Great Forest and headed for Shrek City to meet Ma Xiaotao.
• Na'er greeted Mu Changqing at the city gate, and she, Mu Changqing, and Bei Bei went to the Soul Dueling Arena.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced Mu Changqing, Na'er, and Bei Bei to her classmates Dai Yaoheng and Ling Luochen.
• Dai Yaoheng shook hands with Mu Changqing, and their opposing strength ended with Mu Changqing defeating Dai Yaoheng.

Mu Changqing, Ma Xiaotao, and Na'er faced Dai Yaoheng, Ling Luochen, and Bei Bei in a three-on-three spar. Mu Changqing's team won, and the exhausted Dai Yaoheng learned that Mu Changqing's Soul Skills could enhance his teammates as well as himself.

• Ma Xiaotao divided the six Soul Masters into teams, with Na'er and Mu Changqing on her side and Dai Yaoheng, Ling Luochen, and Bei Bei on the other.
• Dai Yaoheng planned for Bei Bei to hold off Mu Changqing while he attacked Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen controlled the field.
• Xuan Zi appeared as referee and started the spar, and Mu Changqing immediately charged Dai Yaoheng while Ma Xiaotao flew to support him.
• Ling Luochen trapped Mu Changqing with Ice Prison, but he broke free as Na'er countered Dai Yaoheng's attack and Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Skyhowl Strike.
• Na'er lunged at Bei Bei and Ling Luochen with the Silver Dragon Spear, but Xuan Zi stopped the thrust and declared Mu Changqing's team the winner.
• Dai Yaoheng collapsed from exhaustion, and Mu Changqing explained that his three Soul Skills could enhance his teammates before helping him up.

After Mu Changqing defeated Dai Yaoheng, Xuan Zi questioned the students about what they had learned, and Mu Changqing prepared for a journey to the Star Luo Empire. He left with Na'er, Bei Bei, Qian Duoduo, and Fan Yu for Gengxin City, where the Soul Tool Department hoped to recruit blacksmiths and develop its new Forging Department.

• Dai Yaoheng praised Mu Changqing after their battle, then told Xuan Zi that the fight had exposed his shortcomings and inspired him to cultivate harder.
• Xuan Zi asked Ma Xiaotao and the others about their insights, and the group spent the afternoon discussing the battle.
• Dai Yaoheng left Shrek Academy for the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, while Mu Changqing agreed to spar with him again next term.
• Mu Changqing considered the opportunities he hoped to pursue in the Star Luo Empire, including the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, the Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dragon Valley.
• Mu Changqing and Na'er joined Bei Bei, Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and Xuan Zi on a journey to Gengxin City to recruit blacksmiths and seek help producing high-grade materials for Shrek's new Forging Department.

Mu Changqing went to the Starlight Auction House with Na'er and Qian Duoduo and bought the cursed Soul-Devouring Carving Knife for one hundred thousand gold soul coins. As they returned to the inn, Xu Jiujiu watched them leave, having arrived too late to meet the buyer.

• Mu Changqing asked the God King of Destruction to remove the curse from the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife, and the God King agreed.
• Mu Changqing took Na'er and Qian Duoduo to the auction house, where he offered one hundred thousand gold soul coins for the knife.
• Qian Duoduo and Na'er warned Mu Changqing that the knife could corrupt or kill its users, but he insisted he had a plan.
• Mu Changqing paid for the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife and left the auction house with Na'er and Qian Duoduo.
• Xu Jiujiu arrived after the sale and watched the three depart.

Mu Changqing cleansed the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife and, with the help of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, fused it into his forehead to create a vertical eye. He named it the Creation-Eye of Annihilation, which combined life and destruction divine power.

• Mu Changqing reassured Qian Duoduo that he could remove the evil thoughts from the Soul-Devouring Carving Knife.
• Mu Changqing used the God of Destruction's power to purge the knife's curses and black Qi, transforming it into the Blade of Life.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life offered to create a third eye for Mu Changqing, and he accepted despite the pain.
• The two God Kings drove the Blade of Life into Mu Changqing's forehead, opening a spiritual space and awakening a vertical eye containing life and destruction power.
• Na'er embraced Mu Changqing after he recovered, and he named his new eye the Creation-Eye of Annihilation.

Mu Changqing wrote three moral maxims for Na'er to memorize before they traveled to the City of Steel. After realizing they had arrived early, he took Na'er to visit Dai Yaoheng at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, where they settled in to talk and Na'er went off to look around.

• Mu Changqing wrote three maxims about self-improvement, virtue, and integrity, then tucked the paper into Na'er's dress and told her to memorize them.
• Mu Changqing and Na'er woke, ate breakfast, and hurried out, but Qian Duoduo told them their group would not leave until that evening.
• Mu Changqing took Na'er through Star Luo City's inner city to visit Dai Yaoheng at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion.
• Dai Yaoheng welcomed Mu Changqing and Na'er into the mansion, where the White Tiger Duchess greeted them and arranged food and tea.
• Na'er asked to explore the mansion on her own, and Mu Changqing let her go while warning her not to wander far.

Na'er defended Huo Yuhao from Dai Huabin, and Mu Changqing helped the injured boy and gave him gold soul coins and words of encouragement. After leaving the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, Mu Changqing and Na'er traveled with Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and Bei Bei to Gengxin City, the City of Steel.

• Na'er confronted Dai Huabin and his two lackeys as they tried to take Huo Yuhao's money for his mother's treatment.
• Dai Yaoheng stopped Dai Huabin, punished him, and gave Mu Changqing a pouch of gold soul coins before chasing his brother inside.
• Mu Changqing healed Huo Yuhao, gave him the coins, and shared two sayings with him before he and Na'er said goodbye.
• Mu Changqing and Na'er returned to the inn, where they joined Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and Bei Bei for a meal.
• The five travelers left Star Luo City and reached Gengxin City after two days and two nights on the road.

Mu Changqing explored the destructive and life energies in his second Sea of Spirit before joining Qian Duoduo and the others to meet the Blacksmiths' Guild in Gengxin City. Qian Duoduo proposed that Shrek hire the guild's blacksmiths and establish a blacksmithing course, and Lou Li reacted with hope and disbelief.

• Mu Changqing found that the chaotic destruction and life energies in his second Sea of Spirit wounded his Golden Dragon claw, then absorbed some of the power into his dantian.
• Na'er woke Mu Changqing, and the group left the inn to visit the Blacksmiths' Guild after she bought two daggers and gave him the golden one.
• Qian Duoduo presented Shrek's token at the guild and asked to meet its president, Lou Li.
• Qian Duoduo told Lou Li that Shrek wanted to recruit guild members as instructors and workers and create a blacksmithing course in its Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Duoduo proposed having the blacksmiths develop new Soul Tool materials and showed Lou Li a piece of forged metal.

Lou Gao agreed to discuss Qian Duoduo’s proposal to supply materials and forge Soul Tools, while Mu Changqing, Bei Bei, and Na'er toured the Blacksmiths' Guild and began learning to forge. Mu Changqing and Bei Bei struggled to control their strength as Lou Er inspected their first blows.

• Lou Gao recognized the intermediate-grade material Qian Duoduo showed him and agreed to bring the business proposal to the guild elders.
• Qian Duoduo asked Lou Gao to forge two Soul Tools from blueprints, offered rare materials and payment, and requested that he teach them blacksmithing.
• Lou Gao sent his disciple Lou Er to guide Mu Changqing, Bei Bei, and Na'er through the guild, where Mu Changqing questioned the efficiency of sorting ore by hand.
• Lou Er explained the blacksmith ranks and brought the three into the forging area, where Bei Bei chose an eight-hundred-jin hammer and Mu Changqing chose a fifteen-hundred-jin hammer.
• Mu Changqing and Bei Bei struck heated iron, numbed their arms from the recoil, and heard Lou Er criticize their poor control of strength.

After six months of forging, Bei Bei and Mu Changqing became junior blacksmiths, and Bei Bei set out with Qian Duoduo to obtain his third Soul Ring. The group traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest while considering a Lightning Dragon Python as a possible Soul Beast.

• Lou Er learned that Bei Bei was a nine-year-old rank twenty-eight Soul Grandmaster with the Holy Dragon of Light Martial Soul, while Mu Changqing was a rank thirty-three Soul Elder with a Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• Qian Duoduo moved Mu Changqing, Bei Bei, and Na'er into the Blacksmiths' Guild, where Shrek Academy and the guild had agreed the guild would relocate to Shrek City in a year.
• After six months of forging, Mu Changqing and Bei Bei passed their junior blacksmith assessments; Bei Bei had also reached Quasi-Soul Elder, while Mu Changqing's cultivation rose by one rank and Na'er reached rank twenty-six.
• Mu Changqing urged Bei Bei to ask Qian Duoduo to help him obtain his third Soul Ring, and Qian Duoduo agreed to take him.
• Na'er kissed Mu Changqing goodbye and returned to meditate as Mu Changqing, Bei Bei, and Qian Duoduo left by carriage for the area near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bei Bei said he preferred a light-attribute lesser dragon for his third Soul Ring, and Qian Duoduo suggested a Lightning Dragon Python with light-attribute lesser-dragon bloodline.

Mu Changqing and his companions found a 6,500-year-old Lightning Dragon Python for Bei Bei to absorb, while the God King of Destruction guided Mu Changqing away from them into the forest. There, Mu Changqing encountered a Three-Eyed Golden Lion that sensed a familiar presence in his Martial Soul.

• Tang San sent a fragment of his daughter's soul into Mu Changqing's Second Sea of Spirit, but the God King of Destruction secretly altered it before Mu Changqing returned to his body.
• After two days of meditation, Mu Changqing woke near the Star Dou Great Forest, and Qian Duoduo and Bei Bei asked about the vertical eye that had appeared between his brows.
• Qian Duoduo defeated a 6,500-year-old Lightning Dragon Python, and Bei Bei began absorbing its thousand-year Soul Ring.
• The God King of Destruction directed Mu Changqing deeper into the forest, where he found a crystal-covered cave and met a Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched Mu Changqing warily and said his Martial Soul's presence felt familiar.

Mu Changqing met the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and their Eyes of Destiny and creation-eye of annihilation linked their memories and destinies. Tang Wutong’s soul fragment tried to possess the beast, but the God King of Destruction intervened, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion devoured it.

• Mu Changqing revealed his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion recognized him and eagerly approached him.
• The God King of Destruction sealed the area and warned Mu Changqing that Tang San’s divine consciousness was about to act through the soul fragment.
• Tang San’s divine power made Mu Changqing and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion float together, and their third eyes linked their memories and destinies.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion learned about Mu Changqing’s past, while Tang Wutong’s soul fragment began devouring her soul.
• The God King of Destruction trapped Tang San’s divine consciousness, allowing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to devour Tang Wutong’s soul fragment.
• The God King of Destruction erased Tang San’s divine consciousness and left the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Sea of Spirit.

Mu Changqing helped the Three-Eyed Golden Lion gain human emotions and choose the name Mu Qiu'er, then returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with her. Bei Bei completed his third Soul Ring and demonstrated his new Soul Skill before Mu Changqing arrived with the Auspicious Beast.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Mu Changqing she would visit him at Shrek Academy in a few years, and chose the name Mu Qiu'er.
• The God King of Destruction removed Tang San's divine power and returned Mu Changqing's consciousness to his body.
• Mu Changqing rode the Three-Eyed Golden Lion through the Star Dou Great Forest as the Myriad Demon King and Scarlet King followed secretly.
• Bei Bei revealed that his third Soul Skill, Holy Dragon Thunder Howl Break, unleashed light-and-lightning waves that could stun and harm enemies.
• Mu Changqing returned to Qian Duoduo and Bei Bei with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, introduced her as his friend, and sent Mu Qiu'er back into the forest.

Mu Changqing and his companions traveled toward Gengxin City, but the Holy Spirit Church identified him and sent two elders to kill him. The ambush began in a poisoned canyon, where Qian Duoduo shielded Mu Changqing and Bei Bei as the attackers closed in.

• Mu Changqing, Qian Duoduo, and Bei Bei left the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest in a carriage bound for Gengxin City.
• Li Gou recognized Mu Changqing from a portrait and reported his discovery to the Holy Spirit Church's Seventh Elder, Mask Douluo.
• Mask Douluo summoned Nightmare Douluo and gathered twelve evil Soul Masters to pursue Mu Changqing, while Demon Eagle went ahead to poison a canyon.
• Demon Eagle's poison killed the carriage's fire horse, and fifteen black-robed attackers surrounded Mu Changqing, Bei Bei, and Qian Duoduo.
• Qian Duoduo used Absolute Defense to protect Mu Changqing and Bei Bei as Mask Douluo transformed into a Demon Maggot and ordered the others to attack.