Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianqing, posing as Yang Yongxin, toured Star Luo City with Xu Jiujiu and impressed her with his Soul Tool knowledge. He persuaded her to take him to view the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and they flew northwest from the city.

• Xu Jiujiu showed Yu Tianqing around Star Luo City and shared fish cakes with him.
• Xu Jiujiu asked about Yu Tianqing's Soul Tool knowledge, and he claimed he had taught himself by studying books and dismantling Soul Tools.
• Xu Jiujiu considered recruiting Yu Tianqing after judging his knowledge and strength to be impressive.
• Yu Tianqing told Xu Jiujiu he wanted to visit the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, and she agreed to guide him there.
• Yu Tianqing and Xu Jiujiu took his Flying Soul Tool and flew northwest toward the mansion, about fifty li away.

Yu Tianqing visited the White Tiger Duke's Mansion with Xu Jiujiu and used the trip to gauge the Star Luo Imperial Family's attitude toward Soul Engineers. He returned to the Star Emperor Hotel, where Xu Jiujiu discussed recruiting him with her hidden guard, Manyi.

• Yu Tianqing and Xu Jiujiu flew to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, where Xu Jiujiu explained that the guards were Dai Hao's elite White Tiger Guards.
• Yu Tianqing questioned whether a Soul Engineer could rise in the Star Luo Empire, and Xu Jiujiu praised the emperor's support for the Imperial Soul Guidance Research Institute.
• Yu Tianqing concluded that the empire's entrenched Soul Master factions made advancement difficult, then returned to the Star Emperor Hotel with Xu Jiujiu.
• Manyi suggested tying Yu Tianqing up to recruit him, but Xu Jiujiu refused because of his ties to Shrek.
• Manyi teased Xu Jiujiu about making Yu Tianqing a prince consort, and Xu Jiujiu blushed and protested.

Yu Tianqing used his Yang Lightning to purge the curse from the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and discovered that destroying evil Qi strengthened his Martial Soul Origin. After purifying the knife overnight, he broke through to level seventy and became a Quasi-Soul Saint.

• Yu Tianqing examined the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and used Yang Lightning to weaken the curse attached to it.
• As he purified the curse, Yu Tianqing absorbed the released energy and realized his Yang Lightning could destroy evil Qi and nourish his Martial Soul Origin.
• Yu Tianqing decided that hunting Evil Soul Masters could strengthen his Yang-attribute origin, while dual cultivation could support his Yin-attribute origin.
• Yu Tianqing continued purifying the carving knife through the night, disturbing Xu Jiujiu with the strange sounds from his room.
• By dawn, Yu Tianqing had restored the knife to its jade-green original appearance and broken through to level seventy.

Xue'er settled into the Earth Dragon Sect and asked Nan Shuishui to become her mother, while Nan Qiuqiu worried about sharing her mother's affection. Afterward, Xue'er revealed her true identity and sent the Ice Empress away with a rare cultivation treasure.

• Nan Shuishui told Xue'er that no one had come looking for her, and welcomed her into the family after Xue'er asked to call her Mom.
• Nan Shuishui gave Xue'er a Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and gave Nan Qiuqiu a golden bead sent by Yu Tianqing.
• Nan Shuishui read Yu Tianqing's letter and tried on the pink garment he had sent from Star Luo City.
• Xue'er revealed herself as the Snow Empress and told the Ice Empress to absorb the Profound Ice Marrow and break through to four hundred thousand years.
• The Ice Empress left the Earth Dragon Sect, while the Snow Empress watched her go.

Yu Tianqing rescued Electrolux and let the remnant soul stay in his spiritual sea. At Shrek Academy, Ling Luochеn reunited with Yu Tianqing and kissed him in public, drawing the attention of the new students and Ma Xiaotao.

• Yu Tianqing struck aside Electrolux’s gray current with golden lightning and agreed to carry the carving knife while Electrolux recovered in his spiritual sea.
• Ling Luochеn waited at Shrek Academy’s gates for Yu Tianqing as new students arrived.
• Ma Xiaotao teased Ling Luochеn about waiting for Yu and asked her to suppress her Evil Fire with Ultimate Ice.
• Ling Luochеn spotted Yu Tianqing, ran to him, and kissed him in front of the crowd.
• Yu Tianqing let the kiss continue and thought the public display would help him make a name for himself at Shrek Academy.

Yu Tianqing brought Ling Luochеn and Ma Xiaotao to meet Cai Mei'er, who welcomed him warmly and gave gifts to him and Ling Luochеn. Ma Xiaotao asked for a gift too, but Cai Mei'er told her to ask her own master, leaving Ma Xiaotao too late to claim the same closeness.

• Yu Tianqing walked through Shrek with Ling Luochеn and Ma Xiaotao, drawing attention as Ling Luochеn leaned affectionately against him.
• Ling Luochеn led the group to Cai Mei'er's office, where Cai Mei'er greeted Yu Tianqing and asked him to call her Sister Mei'er.
• Cai Mei'er gave Yu Tianqing a Dragon Scale Fruit and offered Ling Luochеn a thirty-thousand-year Ice Dragon left arm bone.
• Yu Tianqing told Ling Luochеn to address Cai Mei'er as Sister Mei'er, and Ling Luochеn accepted the bone and thanked her.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Cai Mei'er for a gift, but Cai Mei'er told her to ask her own master, saying it was too late after Ma Xiaotao had called her Shiniang.

Yu Tianqing reunited with Mu En at Shrek Academy, impressed him with his flattery, and was recognized for his extraordinary but perilous cultivation. Mu En accepted him as his final disciple, and Cai Mei'er led Yu Tianqing and the others toward Sea God Island.

• Cai Mei'er brought Yu Tianqing and the others to Mu En, and Yu Tianqing loudly greeted his grandmaster.
• Yu Tianqing praised Mu En’s past deeds until the old man warmed to him and asked to examine his cultivation.
• Mu En discovered Yu Tianqing’s exceptional talent and warned that his Yin Yang Thunder Dragon required careful cultivation.
• Mu En made Yu Tianqing his final disciple, and Yu Tianqing bowed to him as his master.
• Mu En sent Yu Tianqing away with Cai Mei'er, then reflected that the continent belonged to the young.

Ma Xiaotao challenged Yu Tianqing to assess him in a Soul Fight, partly because Ling Luochен had refused to help suppress her Evil Fire. Yu Tianqing accepted and arrived at the arena, where a crowd gathered to watch.

• Cai Mei'er agreed that Ling Luochен and Yu Tianqing could exchange moves for his inner-court assessment, but Ma Xiaotao offered to test him instead.
• Ling Luochен accused Ma Xiaotao of plotting against Yu Tianqing, and Ma Xiaotao teased her before Yu Tianqing accepted the challenge.
• Ma Xiaotao called Yu Tianqing her martial uncle, then flew to the Soul Fighting Arena and invited him to face her there.
• Ling Luochен apologized for involving Yu Tianqing, while Cai Mei'er said she wanted to see his abilities and let the match proceed.
• Gongyang Mo and Yao Haoxuan gossiped about Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochен fighting over Yu Tianqing as he stepped onto the platform.

Yu Tianqing used electrically fired bullets and lightning movement to overcome Ma Xiaotao in their Soul Fight. He kicked her out of bounds and was declared the winner, passing Shrek Academy's inner court new student assessment.

• Cai Mei'er began the Soul Fight between Yu Tianqing and Ma Xiaotao.
• Yu Tianqing fired a Gold Soul Coin at Ma Xiaotao, whose flame barrier melted it before it could hit her.
• Yu Tianqing shot a barrage of bullets, and an Ice Extreme Divine Crystal bullet grazed Ma Xiaotao and cut her cheek.
• Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Meteor Shower, forcing Yu Tianqing to reveal his Soul Rings and escape with Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Yu Tianqing's bullets pierced Ma Xiaotao's wing and weakened her with extreme cold, allowing him to close in and knock her out of bounds with Nine Heavens Thunder Double Kick.
• Cai Mei'er declared Yu Tianqing the winner and confirmed that he had passed the Shrek Academy inner court assessment.

Yu Tianqing reunited with Ling Luochеn on Sea God Island, where she claimed him as her partner and spent the night with him. By morning, their dual cultivation had balanced his yin and yang origins, and the Living Gold Carving Knife began releasing life essence Qi as a voice sounded in his Sea of Consciousness.

• Ling Luochеn kissed Yu Tianqing and led him to Ma Xiaotao, teasing her as her martial niece and promising to handle her Evil Fire in a few days.
• Ma Xiaotao noticed that her nearly overflowing Evil Fire had diminished by five percent and suspected Yu Tianqing had caused it.
• Ling Luochеn invited Yu Tianqing to share her room, and the two spent the night together.
• Yu Tianqing woke to find his Soul Power circulating faster and realized that dual cultivation with Ling Luochеn had brought his yin and yang origins closer to balance.
• The Living Gold Carving Knife sent life essence Qi into Yu Tianqing, and a voice sounded in his Sea of Consciousness.

Yu Tianqing revived Electrolux and asked him to develop Soul Spirit technology, helping him stabilize his soul by absorbing the Living Gold Carving Knife into his spiritual sea. Afterward, Ling Luochеn discovered she had advanced two levels overnight, and Yu Tianqing told her to rest before they tried again.

• Yu Tianqing told the awakened Electrolux about his past and how he had rescued him from his destined death.
• Electrolux agreed to develop the Soul Spirit Method, and Yu Tianqing let him use his body to merge the Living Gold Carving Knife into his spiritual sea.
• The knife entered Yu Tianqing’s vertical eye easily, and Electrolux began recuperating and studying the Soul Spirit Method.
• Ling Luochеn found Yu Tianqing and discovered her Soul Power had risen from level fifty-six to level fifty-eight.
• Yu Tianqing told Ling Luochеn that the first time had the strongest effect and asked her to rest for a couple of days.

Ma Xiaotao came to Yu Tianqing after noticing his lightning had reduced the Evil Fire in her body, and asked him to help purify it. After a dispute with Ling Luochеn over whether he could help, Ma Xiaotao acknowledged her as martial aunt, and Yu Tianqing prepared to test the treatment.

• Ma Xiaotao visited Yu Tianqing and Ling Luochеn, explaining that his lightning had reduced her Evil Fire by five percent after their Soul Fighting match.
• Yu Tianqing considered the benefits of helping Ma Xiaotao purify her Evil Fire, then asked why she had come to him.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Yu Tianqing to shock her again, but Ling Luochеn firmly refused to let him try.
• Yu Tianqing told Ma Xiaotao she had to call Ling Luochеn martial aunt before he would help, and Ma Xiaotao reluctantly agreed.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Yu Tianqing to place a hand on her lower abdomen and use his lightning, saying that was where her Evil Fire gathered.

Yu Tianqing purified Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire with Yang Lightning while Ling Luochen watched, and Ma Xiaotao left feeling far better. He realized the fire would eventually return because it was rooted in her bloodline.

• Ma Xiaotao asked Yu Tianqing to purify the Evil Fire in her lower abdomen, prompting Ling Luochen to accuse her of seducing him.
• Yu Tianqing reassured Ling Luochen, then had Ma Xiaotao lift her shirt and began purifying her Evil Fire with Yang Lightning.
• The Evil Fire fought back, but Yu Tianqing trapped it in a cage of lightning and gradually destroyed it while Ling Luochen kept Ma Xiaotao from falling.
• Ma Xiaotao collapsed into Ling Luochen’s arms after the purification, and Yu Tianqing sensed that the treatment had also boosted his cultivation.
• Yu Tianqing concluded that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire would return because it was inherent in her bloodline, while Ma Xiaotao praised his method and said she would return.

Yu Tianqing went to the Inner Court library to look for Soul Tool references, where he met Han Ruoruo after she fell and dropped a romance book. He teased her about the book, leaving her backed against a bookshelf and embarrassed.

• Yu Tianqing returned to his room, then went to the Inner Court library to browse Soul Tool books.
• Yu Tianqing got distracted by a cookbook about Far North Soul Beasts until Han Ruoruo bumped into him and fell.
• Yu Tianqing helped Han Ruoruo up and learned she was his senior; he picked up her copy of "One Hundred Years of Lone Bamboo."
• Yu Tianqing asked Han Ruoruo to show him where the Level 6 Soul Engineer books were, and she agreed.
• Yu Tianqing teased Han Ruoruo about her romance book, pressing her against a bookshelf as she denied having it.

Yu Tianqing asked Mu En about cultivating Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores and received access to the Sea God Pavilion’s confidential library. He then interrupted Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s fight, exposed Wang Dong as a girl, and warned Huo Yuhao to keep his distance from her.

• Yu Tianqing massaged Mu En with electric shocks before asking how to condense Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores simultaneously.
• Mu En admitted he did not know how, explained the requirements for Soul Cores, and advised Yu Tianqing to wait until he reached Soul Douluo.
• Mu En gave Yu Tianqing a Sea God Pavilion Token that allowed him to read past elders’ Soul Core research notes.
• Yu Tianqing saw Huo Yuhao pin Wang Dong during a fight and confronted them about fighting at Shrek Academy.
• Yu Tianqing identified Wang Dong’s Light Goddess Butterfly as a female-only Martial Soul and told Huo Yuhao to protect himself by staying away from her.