Chapter Summaries

Jun Yi investigated a disturbance at the Lake of Life and found a sealed region beneath it that he believed held the sleeping Silver Dragon King. After the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape confronted him, Jun Yi claimed to have news that Xiao Wu was in great danger.

• Jun Yi sensed a faint spiritual fluctuation in the Lake of Life, dove down, and found a deep hollow beneath the lake and a sealed vortex at its center.
• Jun Yi decided not to disturb the powerful presence inside and swam back to shore, where the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape were waiting.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacked Jun Yi, but Jun Yi used ROOM to lift it into the air and asked the Sky Azure Bull Python whether he had noticed Jun Yi earlier.
• Jun Yi deduced that the Silver Dragon King had hidden him from the Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, though he could not understand why she had revealed him upon his departure.
• When the Sky Azure Bull Python demanded to know how Jun Yi knew his name, Jun Yi refused to tell him but offered news about Xiao Wu and said she was in great danger.

Jun Yi warned the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that Xiao Wu was in danger from a Titled Douluo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then escaped their territory. He left intending to disrupt the sect’s plans and take revenge for Ning Fengzhi handing his Soul Tool blueprints to Spirit Hall.

• Jun Yi told the Sky Azure Bull Python that Xiao Wu was attending a human academy and faced danger from her friend’s Titled Douluo father.
• Jun Yi warned the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had also targeted Xiao Wu and planned to kill her.
• Jun Yi revealed the Ice Dragon King's presence, frightened the two Soul Beasts, and vanished with his ice-blue ROOM space.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python stopped Er Ming from pursuing Jun Yi and said they could bring Xiao Wu back when she next visited the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Jun Yi appeared on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest and reflected that he had failed to meet the Silver Dragon King but had disrupted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s plans.
• Jun Yi recalled that Ning Fengzhi had given his Soul Tool blueprints to Spirit Hall and resolved to treat the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as an enemy.

Jun Yi encountered Zhu Zhuqing in Star Luo City after traveling north and revealed his identity to her. Zhu Zhuqing invited him to her home, and they set off together toward the Hell Family.

• Jun Yi explored Star Luo City and stopped to study the Tiger Leap pillar.
• Jun Yi spotted Zhu Zhuqing walking with guards and blocked her path to greet her.
• Jun Yi identified himself by asking about the medicinal potency of the herbs he had given Zhu Zhuqing, and she recognized him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told her guards that Jun Yi was her friend and asked him to call himself Yi Jun in public.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that her mother had asked her to come home, then invited Jun Yi to visit the Hell Family.
• Jun Yi accepted, and Zhu Zhuqing took his arm as they walked toward her home.

Jun Yi visited Zhu Zhuqing at the Netherworld Zhu Family estate, where she explained how she became Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan’s disciple and thanked Jun Yi for helping her grow stronger. Their reunion was interrupted when Zhu Zhuyun arrived and tried to enter the room, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to confront her.

• Zhu Zhuqing brought Jun Yi into the estate, dismissed the servants, and told him Ning Rongrong had stayed behind after receiving a troubling letter from her family.
• Jun Yi remarked that Zhu Zhuqing had become more cheerful and confident, and she credited the Immortal Herbs he had given her for improving her Soul Power and talent.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she and Ning Rongrong impressed Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan in a Spirit Hall Academy tournament, and she accepted his offer to become her disciple for his training and protection.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked how she should thank Jun Yi, and he instinctively asked to see her legs before quickly claiming he had been joking.
• Zhu Zhuyun appeared at the door and tried to charge into the room, but Zhu Zhuqing pushed her back with Soul Power and challenged her for neglecting her family.

Zhu Zhuqing defended Jun Yi from Zhu Zhuyun, then brought him to her room and revealed that she had chosen her outfit with his preferences in mind. She told him she had also returned to break off her engagement to Dai Mubai.

• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhu Zhuyun after she insulted Jun Yi, overpowering and throwing her against a wall.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Jun Yi to her room, leaving Zhu Zhuyun behind as she watched them with hatred.
• Zhu Zhuqing changed into a black outfit with stockings and explained that she had noticed Jun Yi liked looking at girls wearing them.
• Jun Yi and Zhu Zhuqing sat together on the sofa, and she told him she had returned to break off her engagement to Dai Mubai.

Zhu Zhuqing told Jun Yi that her family was considering ending her engagement to Dai Mubai so she could pursue her own path. After she overpowered Zhu Zhuyun and declared she would not compete for the empress’s position, she returned inside, twisted her ankle, and asked Jun Yi to massage it.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that her family might support her in breaking off her engagement to Dai Mubai and pursuing the life and person she wanted.
• Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing, but Zhu Zhuqing revealed she had reached rank 43 and stopped her sister’s attack with ease.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she intended to end her engagement and would not compete for the position of future empress, while Granny Dai advised Zhu Zhuyun to consider the advantage this gave her.
• Zhu Zhuqing slipped after closing the door, and Jun Yi caught and helped her to the sofa.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she had twisted her ankle and placed her foot on Jun Yi’s lap, asking him to massage it.

Jun Yi massaged Zhu Zhuqing's sprained foot, then stopped her when she tried to provoke him and told her to let their feelings develop naturally. After they ate and cultivated, palace guards arrived to summon Zhu Zhuqing about canceling her engagement, and Jun Yi went with her.

• Jun Yi carefully massaged Zhu Zhuqing's foot until he realized she had been pretending to be more hurt than she was.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted she had let Jun Yi touch her feet because she had noticed him staring, then revealed she had copied the behavior from storybooks.
• When Zhu Zhuqing accidentally touched Jun Yi's little brother, Jun Yi told her to stop and said they should develop their feelings naturally.
• Jun Yi and Zhu Zhuqing ate, then returned to her room to meditate and cultivate; Zhu Zhuqing learned that her parents had gone to the palace about canceling her engagement.
• Zhu Zhuyun arrived with palace guards to summon Zhu Zhuqing, who insisted Jun Yi accompany her.
• A eunuch allowed Jun Yi to go with them and told Zhu Zhuqing she was lucky that day.

Zhu Zhuqing went to the Star Luo Imperial Palace with Jun Yi to dissolve her engagement to Dai Mubai, but the Star Luo Emperor instead arranged for her to marry the eldest prince, Weisi. Zhu Zhuqing refused, and her father ordered her to remain in the palace and accept the marriage.

• Jun Yi accompanied Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Luo Imperial Palace, where he removed his mask to pass the guards.
• The Star Luo Emperor agreed to dissolve Zhu Zhuqing's engagement to Dai Mubai.
• The Star Luo Emperor proposed that Zhu Zhuqing marry Weisi, and Zhu Zhuqing directly refused.
• Zhu Zhuqing's father revealed he had agreed to the marriage and ordered her to stay in the palace instead of returning to Spirit Hall Academy.

Jun Yi intervened to stop Zhu Zhuqing’s forced marriage and helped her sever ties with her family. As they tried to leave the imperial palace, the Star Luo Emperor revealed his power and blocked their way.

• Jun Yi appeared beside Zhu Zhuqing, froze the black-robed elder who attacked him, and declared his objection to the marriage.
• Jun Yi told Zhu Zhuqing’s father that Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan had accepted Zhu Zhuqing as his personal disciple, and Zhu Zhuqing confirmed it.
• Zhu Zhuqing disowned her father, returned the Zhu surname, and left a ring containing three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins before taking Jun Yi’s hand.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered soldiers to surround them, but Jun Yi’s Conqueror’s Haki knocked the soldiers unconscious.
• The Star Luo Emperor revealed nine Soul Rings and summoned his White Tiger, declaring that no one would leave while he was there.

Jun Yi confronted the Star Luo Emperor and revealed four black Soul Rings, stunning everyone in the imperial study. After the Emperor attacked him, Jun Yi countered with ice and a long blade, ending the chapter with the study cut in half while the Emperor narrowly evaded him.

• The Star Luo Emperor offered Jun Yi a chance to survive three moves and pledge allegiance, but Jun Yi revealed his rank-43 Soul Power and four black Soul Rings, shocking everyone.
• The Star Luo Emperor attacked with White Tiger Meteor Shower, and Jun Yi summoned the Ice Dragon King's power to block the assault with cold Qi.
• Zhu Zhuqing's father accused her of associating with a Soul Beast, and Jun Yi retorted that he was a beast for selling his own daughter.
• The Star Luo Emperor used his eighth Soul Skill to summon a golden saber and attacked Jun Yi, who countered with Ice Seal for a Thousand Li and endured the blows.
• Jun Yi drew a long blade and severed the Star Luo Emperor's golden saber, then used ROOM and slashed through the imperial study as the Emperor dodged.

Jun Yi escaped Star Luo City with Zhu Zhuqing after using the Demon Sword Kikoku to break through the Star Luo Emperor’s attack. Resting in a forest, he admitted the battle had nearly exhausted him and promised to explain his strength to Zhu Zhuqing later.

• Jun Yi vanished with Zhu Zhuqing after warning the Star Luo Emperor that they might meet again.
• The Star Luo Emperor apologized to Zhu Lie and took responsibility for the conflict, while Zhu Zhuqing’s mother returned the discarded Soul Tool ring and left in tears.
• In a forest outside Star Luo City, Jun Yi praised the Demon Sword Kikoku and explained that he had used it with the Op-Op Fruit to unleash his powerful slash.
• Jun Yi told Zhu Zhuqing that the Ice Dragon King’s remnant soul and the awakening of the Ice-Ice Fruit had helped him contend with the Star Luo Emperor.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked about Jun Yi’s strength and four black Soul Rings, and Jun Yi asked her to help him up because he had no strength left.

Jun Yi recovered with Zhu Zhuqing after they escaped Star Luo City, then agreed to take her to the Far North. The Star Luo Empire issued a nationwide wanted notice for Jun Yi, and Xue Qinghe recognized his spider mask on it.

• Jun Yi used his spiritual power to put Zhu Zhuqing to sleep while he recovered his Soul Power and stamina.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke and asked to travel with Jun Yi to the Far North, and he agreed to take her there.
• The Star Luo Empire issued a wanted notice accusing Jun Yi of attempting to assassinate the emperor and abducting Zhu Zhuqing, with a 200,000 Gold Soul Coin bounty.
• Xue Qinghe saw the notice and recognized Jun Yi's spider mask, remarking that Jun Yi could not stay out of trouble.

Qian Renxue deduced that Jun Yi had abducted Zhu Zhuqing and ordered her subordinates to keep him alive and recruit him for his Soul Tool technology. Meanwhile, Jun Yi and Zhu Zhuqing traveled into the Far North toward the Heavenly Snow Woman, as Jun Yi planned to make a deal that could strengthen Zhu Zhuqing and later revive the Snow Woman.

• Qian Renxue explained that Jun Yi was likely wanted for rescuing Zhu Zhuqing from the Star Luo palace, and Porcupinefish Douluo agreed that his spatial Martial Soul could have helped him escape.
• Qian Renxue told Douluo She Long and Porcupinefish Douluo to keep Jun Yi alive until Spirit Hall obtained his Soul Tool technology and to try to recruit him.
• Jun Yi carried Zhu Zhuqing deeper into the Far North, channeling Soul Power into her to protect her from the cold.
• Jun Yi told Zhu Zhuqing that he was heading to the Core Circle to meet the Heavenly Snow Woman, a 690,000-year Soul Beast nearing a heavenly tribulation.
• Jun Yi revealed that he intended to persuade the Heavenly Snow Woman to sacrifice herself to Zhu Zhuqing and promised to resurrect her after Zhu Zhuqing became a god.

Jun Yi awakened the Snow Empress and persuaded her to sacrifice herself to Zhu Zhuqing after the Ice Dragon King explained Jun Yi’s purpose. As the Snow Empress began the sacrifice, Jun Yi divided her power into safer portions, while the Ice Dragon King watched.

• Jun Yi led Zhu Zhuqing to the Snow Empress’s sleeping place and awakened her by releasing the Ice Dragon King’s presence.
• The Snow Empress questioned Jun Yi about the Ice God’s presence, and Jun Yi summoned the Ice Dragon King to explain.
• The Ice Dragon King told the Snow Empress that Jun Yi had been chosen to revive the Soul Beast Clan and that Zhu Zhuqing could resurrect her in the future.
• The Snow Empress agreed to sacrifice herself to Zhu Zhuqing, and Jun Yi promised to preserve her consciousness as a Soul Spirit and seal away some of her power.
• Jun Yi created an ice-blue ROOM space and began dividing the Snow Empress’s Soul Power into four portions while the Ice Dragon King watched.

Jun Yi separated the Snow Empress’s consciousness from her sacrifice Soul Ring and began merging it with a Soul Power shell while Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the ring. The Ice Dragon King explained that humans could help restore the Soul Beasts’ path to godhood, and Jun Yi reaffirmed that he would fight the gods.

• Jun Yi extracted the Snow Empress’s consciousness from her Soul Ring, formed a Soul Power shell, and began merging them as Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the ring.
• The Ice Dragon King subdued the Ice Empress, the Titan Snow Demon King, and the Ice Field Bear, then explained that the Snow Empress had sacrificed herself to strengthen Zhu Zhuqing for the future war in the Divine Realm.
• The Ice Dragon King told the three Soul Beasts that Soul Beasts could no longer become gods through cultivation alone and that human deities might resurrect those who sacrificed themselves.
• The Ice Dragon King ordered the three Soul Beasts back to their territories and promised they could become gods if the Soul Beast Clan reclaimed the Divine Realm.
• Jun Yi said he knew the Ice Dragon King’s reasons from his memories and declared that he was not afraid to fight the gods.

Jun Yi explained how Zhu Zhuqing’s new Snow Empress Soul Spirit and divided hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings worked. After the Snow Empress entered Zhu Zhuqing’s body to cultivate, Zhu Zhuqing kissed Jun Yi and apologized when they parted.

• The Ice Dragon King gave Jun Yi divine power before returning to slumber, and Jun Yi began studying the seal holding it.
• Zhu Zhuqing awakened from the ritual at level 54, while the Snow Empress appeared in a young human form.
• Jun Yi explained that he had divided the Snow Empress’s power into four hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and that she could fight and cultivate alongside Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Snow Empress entered Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Ring to cultivate, leaving Jun Yi and Zhu Zhuqing alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Jun Yi passionately, then blushed and apologized.

Dugu Yan waited at Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s mailroom for Jun Yi’s monthly letter while recalling the changes and battles of the past few months. After hearing that Prince Xue Beng had been beaten by a group of rustic newcomers, she suspected they were the Shrek Team, and saw her grandfather arrive with Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng.

• Dugu Yan recalled that Yu Tianheng had withdrawn from the academy after she defeated him in a Soul Fighting match.
• Dugu Yan and the other five members of Qin Ming’s team reached Silver Soul Fighter rank and later defeated Yu Tianheng’s team at Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena.
• Dugu Yan went to the mailroom early to wait for Jun Yi’s letter, and the mailroom teacher told her that newcomers had beaten Prince Xue Beng.
• Dugu Yan suspected the newcomers were the Shrek Team, then saw her grandfather arrive with Prince Xue Xing, Xue Beng, and imperial guards.

Dugu Yan joined Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo as they confronted Shrek Academy over Xue Beng’s beating. At the academy, Xue Xing and Xue Beng belittled the Shrek group, and the confrontation ended with Xue Beng challenging their teachers to match Dugu Bo’s strength.

• Dugu Yan left her teacher and went with Dugu Bo and Xue Xing after learning that Xue Beng had been bullied.
• Xue Xing persuaded Dugu Bo to bring Dugu Yan along, claiming Shrek’s students needed to see a true genius.
• The group entered Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Meng Shenji introduced Flender and Shrek Academy to Prince Xue Xing.
• Xue Xing dismissed Shrek Academy as a third-rate school and praised Dugu Yan’s talent over its students.
• A Shrek teacher defended his students’ future potential, and Xue Beng mocked him before asking which teacher could match Dugu Bo in strength.

Prince Xue Xing used Dai Mubai’s attack on Xue Beng to argue that Shrek Academy’s teachers and students were unfit to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy. He framed the incident as a threat to the academy’s newly reformed system and left the committee considering how commoner students would react to being denied justice.

• Xue Beng mocked the Shrek Academy group, and Prince Xue Xing joined in while reprimanding him only in appearance.
• Dai Mubai charged at Prince Xue Xing, but Dugu Bo’s gaze made him collapse before Committee Member Zhi Lin pulled him back with a vine.
• Meng Shenji objected to Prince Xue Xing’s treatment of the visitors, and Prince Xue Xing cited academy rules to demand that Shrek Academy be held responsible for injuring Xue Beng.
• Flender argued that the group had acted in self-defense, but Prince Xue Xing countered that they had not verified their identities or origins.
• Prince Xue Xing argued that admitting Shrek Academy would undermine the academy’s reforms, then described how an unsupported commoner student might lose faith if the academy protected the people who had beaten him.

Prince Xue Xing made Shrek’s admission to Heaven Dou Royal Academy depend on Tang San surviving ten moves against Dugu Yan. Dugu Yan ended their fight almost immediately, leaving Tang San unconscious and Shrek’s future uncertain.

• Prince Xue Xing offered to let Shrek join the academy if one student lasted ten moves against Dugu Yan, and the commissioners accepted the condition.
• Prince Xue Xing and Meng Shenji agreed that Shrek could stay if Tang San endured the match, while failure would mean the group had to leave.
• At the Soul Fighting Arena, Qin Ming asked Dugu Yan to go easy on Tang San, but Tang San insisted she should fight seriously.
• Tang San displayed his Soul Rings and evaded Dugu Yan’s dragon-claw attack before preparing Blue Silver Entanglement.
• Dugu Yan withdrew her Soul Rings, and Tang San suddenly lost consciousness.