Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xiao returned to Shrek Academy upset after her clan seized her family’s money, so Qian Chen invited her and her parents to join Watch Valley and arranged to have them brought there. At the new student registration, Qian Chen discovered a golden-haired girl with a Golden Dragon Martial Soul who recognized him, and he took her to his office to talk.

• Xiao Xiao returned to her lodgings and cried in Qian Chen’s arms after her clan demanded her money and ostracized her parents.
• Qian Chen invited Xiao Xiao and her parents to join Watch Valley, and Xiao Xiao agreed while giving him her home address and a letter for her parents.
• Qian Chen wrote to Watch Valley and arranged for the sect to fetch Xiao Xiao’s parents and settle them safely.
• Zhang Lexuan finished the opening-day duties with her Three-Headed Exquisiteness skill, then left to cultivate with her Head Soul Bone.
• A teacher reported that an over-age new student had Soul Ancestor cultivation and a Golden Dragon Martial Soul, and Qian Chen rushed to the registration office.
• The golden-haired, golden-eyed girl recognized Qian Chen, and he took her to his office to speak privately.

Qian Chen recognized the blonde girl as the Emperor Auspicious Beast and agreed to protect her in the human world for ten years in exchange for Immortal Herbs and Soul Bones. After enrolling Wang Qiu'er at Shrek Academy, he took her toward Sea God Island when she refused to stay apart from him.

• The blonde girl revealed that she was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Qian Chen warned her that the human world was dangerous for Soul Beasts.
• Wang Qiu'er offered two Immortal Herbs in exchange for Qian Chen's protection, and they agreed that he would protect her for ten years in return for the herbs and three Soul Bones.
• Qian Chen took Wang Qiu'er to Shrek Academy, where she enrolled in the second-year Class One as a level-forty-five Soul Ancestor with a Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• Qian Chen paid Wang Qiu'er's tuition and arranged a dormitory room, but she insisted on staying with him because he had promised to protect her.
• Qian Chen agreed to take Wang Qiu'er to stay on Sea God Island, and his Seven Kill Sword flew beneath her feet.

Qian Chen brought Wang Qiu'er back to the Star Dou Great Forest after Zhang Lexuan insisted Di Tian should decide whether she could stay in the human world. Di Tian welcomed her return but grew furious when she asked to leave again for a few years.

• Qian Chen took Wang Qiu'er to his home, where Zhang Lexuan recognized her as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and urged Qian Chen to return her to Di Tian.
• Wang Qiu'er said she wanted to remain in the human world and offered immortal herbs and Soul Bones, but Zhang Lexuan sent Qian Chen with a Soul Tool to collect the herbs and bring her back.
• Qian Chen flew Wang Qiu'er to the Star Dou Great Forest as its Soul Beasts ran rampant while searching for her.
• The Myriad Demon King told Di Tian that Wang Qiu'er was heading toward the forest's core, and Di Tian went to meet her.
• Qian Chen explained that he had brought Wang Qiu'er back for Di Tian to decide her fate; Wang Qiu'er then asked Di Tian to let her explore the human world for a few years.

Qian Chen brought Wang Qiu'er to Shrek Academy after Di Tian let her live in the human world and gave her a protective reverse scale. As Wang Qiu'er began her new life and met Huo Yuhao, Tang San revealed that he had engineered her arrival to influence Huo Yuhao's future.

• Di Tian gave Wang Qiu'er his reverse scale and entrusted her everyday safety to Qian Chen before allowing her to live in the human world for ten years.
• Qian Chen persuaded Wang Qiu'er to pay for her living expenses with another Soul Bone and promised better meals for a better-quality payment.
• Qian Chen returned to Sea God Island with Wang Qiu'er, where she met Huo Yuhao and felt a conflict between the consciousness within her soul and her Auspicious Beast instincts.
• Qian Chen introduced Wang Qiu'er to Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao and gave her a Flying Soul Tool so they could show her around Shrek Academy.
• Tang San revealed that he had caused Wang Qiu'er's transformation and Wang Dong'er's return to female form to bring either girl closer to Huo Yuhao.
• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan that Di Tian's reverse scale would protect Wang Qiu'er, and she asked whether he had brought back the Immortal Herbs.

Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan decided to save two immortal herbs for Ma Xiaotao and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Meanwhile, Niu Tian forced his way into the Holy Spirit Cult to find Ye Xishui, then offered her and Long Xiaoyao a vast opportunity on behalf of his master.

• Qian Chen identified the cockscomb phoenix sunflower and aromatic silk beauty, deciding to give the first to Ma Xiaotao after Shrek Academy was taken and use the second to recruit the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Niu Tian entered the Evil Demon Forest, where two Evil Soul Masters who revealed information about the Holy Spirit Cult's location died from their forbidden control art.
• Niu Tian found the Holy Spirit Cult's headquarters, brushed aside its defenders, and knocked Netherworld Douluo down with one punch.
• Zhongli Wu confronted Niu Tian and was slapped unconscious, prompting Ye Xishui to go meet the intruder with Long Xiaoyao.
• Niu Tian told Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao that he had come to ask them to do something and that his master could grant them an opportunity as vast as the heavens.

Niu Tian pressured Ye Xishui into attacking the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and killing Ning Tian by offering her a false promise of Rakshasa Godhood. Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao agreed to prepare the massacre, while Tang San watched from the Divine Realm, pleased that his scheme was underway.

• Niu Tian ordered Ye Xishui to destroy the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City and arrange Ning Tian's death.
• Niu Tian tempted Ye Xishui with the promise of Rakshasa Godhood and the sect's wealth, and she agreed to his demands.
• Ye Xishui told Long Xiaoyao about the supposed godhood opportunity and persuaded him that the attack was worth the risk.
• Long Xiaoyao agreed to support Ye Xishui, and they decided to begin preparations while keeping the godhood secret.
• Tang San watched from the Divine Realm and celebrated his plan to eliminate the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and take the son of destiny for himself.

Qian Chen decided to absorb the ancient Demonic Eye Devil Tree head soul bone Wang Qiu'er had given him, despite its drained Soul Power. The fusion succeeded but cost him a Soul Power rank, and he discovered the bone's first skill, Spiritual Web.

• Wang Qiu'er explained that the soul bone came from the Myriad Demon King, a four-hundred-thousand-year Demonic Eye Devil Tree capable of controlling plants and processing their information.
• Qian Chen chose to absorb the soul bone, and Zhang Lexuan agreed to stand guard while he fused with it.
• The soul bone consumed Qian Chen's Soul Power until his rank fell from ninety-four to the early stage of ninety-three.
• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan that the soul bone increased his spiritual power and granted him two skills, then demonstrated Spiritual Web by sending her a Soul Tool construction blueprint.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Qian Chen what the soul bone's second skill was.

Qian Chen explained the perfect-recall Soul Bone Skill Infinite Memory to Zhang Lexuan while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared to destroy the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City. The sect and city were overrun, and Zhongli Wu sought permission to capture Yan Feng, a gifted young fighter with a Bone Dragon Martial Soul.

• Qian Chen explained that Infinite Memory gave him perfect recall, and he told Zhang Lexuan he could rebuild the Soul Power he had lost.
• Ye Xishui revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult would attack the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City to seize their wealth and kill their residents.
• Ye Xishui sent Feng Ling to deliver a letter to Xuan Zi and ordered the cult to attack that night.
• Led by Dark Cloud Douluo, the Holy Spirit Cult seized Nine Treasures City's walls, killed its guards, and stormed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Xishui killed Ning Yuan and Red Dragon Douluo with Death God's Light, and the cult continued slaughtering the sect's disciples.
• Zhongli Wu asked Ye Xishui for permission to capture Yan Feng, whose Bone Dragon Martial Soul and combat ability had impressed him, and Ye Xishui agreed.

Zhongli Wu captured Yan Feng while Tang Ya and the Holy Spirit Cult destroyed Nine Treasures City and slaughtered its people. At Shrek, Xuan Zi led Inner Court students into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings, where Feng Ling approached their camp on a black phoenix.

• Zhongli Wu overwhelmed Yan Feng, sealed his Soul Power, and declared him his direct disciple, while Tang Ya bound him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Ya devoured Soul Masters and killed ordinary people as the Holy Spirit Cult slaughtered everyone in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and looted and burned its grounds.
• Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to turn Nine Treasures City into cultivation nourishment, and Long Xiaoyao stopped objecting when she invoked the order from her superior.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao brought breakfast to Ning Tian, while Xuan Zi told Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan he would take Inner Court students to hunt Soul Rings.
• Xuan Zi led a dozen Inner Court students to the Star Dou Great Forest and camped there for the night as Feng Ling spotted them from atop a black phoenix and swooped toward the camp.

Feng Ling reminded Xuan Zi that the Holy Spirit Cult had coerced him for generations and delivered Ye Xishui’s order to assassinate Ning Tian. Xuan Zi accepted the assignment, completed the students’ soul hunt, and returned to Shrek just as news arrived that Ning Tian’s family had been destroyed.

• Feng Ling confronted Xuan Zi with Ye Xishui’s letter and reminded him that the Holy Spirit Cult had discovered his devouring ability and forced him to kill Shrek students.
• Xuan Zi read Ye Xishui’s order to kill Ning Tian with minimal cost and impact, then reluctantly accepted the task.
• Xuan Zi took over the soul hunt, found and crippled the Soul Beasts the students needed, and returned to Shrek Academy with them four days later.
• News reached Shrek City that Evil Soul Masters had annihilated the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• A teacher told Bing Ling that Ning Tian’s family was waiting for her at the academy gates, and Bing Ling sent her to meet them.

Huo Yuhao learned that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City had been destroyed, and Ning Tian collapsed after hearing the news. Qian Chen investigated reports of Evil Soul Masters around Heaven Dou City, and Teacher Liang returned with fresh intelligence announcing another grave discovery.

• Huo Yuhao accompanied Ning Tian to Shrek Academy's gate, where a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect disciple said the sect and Nine Treasures City had been massacred.
• Ning Tian collapsed after struggling to rise, and Huo Yuhao carried her to Zhang Lexuan's office to seek help.
• Qian Chen returned from the library, heard Huo Yuhao's account, and went to the Shrek Academy Inspection Corps to verify the report.
• Teacher Liang found reports of a sharp rise in Evil Soul Master attacks near Heaven Dou City but no information yet about the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Chen urged Teacher Liang to fetch the latest intelligence, and Teacher Liang returned from the relay station shouting that something terrible had happened.

After learning that Evil Soul Masters had annihilated the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City, Ning Tian struggled with grief and the loss of her future. Huo Yuhao promised to stay with her and help her rebuild and seek revenge, but an unseen attacker struck just as she began to reveal the sect still had something left.

• Qian Chen learned from Teacher Liang that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and Nine Treasures City had been wiped out, then told Ning Tian the news.
• Ning Tian broke down, and Zhang Lexuan knocked her unconscious to make her rest; Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan then discussed the threat posed by the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan attended an urgent Sea God Pavilion meeting, where Shrek Academy concluded it could not confront the Holy Spirit Cult and could only condemn the massacre and handle its aftermath.
• Huo Yuhao took Ning Tian to the shore of Sea God Lake, where she said she had no future and urged him to leave her for Wang Dong'er.
• Huo Yuhao promised not to abandon Ning Tian and vowed to avenge the sect; as Ning Tian began to say the sect still had something left, a powerful gust sent Huo Yuhao flying.

Xuan Zi assassinated Ning Tian at Shrek Academy, leaving Huo Yuhao devastated. Qian Chen preserved her body and soul, then brought her soul into his Sea of Consciousness, where she begged him for help.

• Xuan Zi knocked Huo Yuhao aside, stabbed Ning Tian through the heart, and killed her with a blow to the head before fleeing.
• Huo Yuhao activated the distress signal Soul Tool, and Qian Chen rushed to the scene, found Ning Tian's soul, and placed it in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Chen ordered Huo Yuhao to use his Ultimate Ice to freeze Ning Tian's body, then took Huo Yuhao away as the academy crowd gathered.
• Huo Yuhao told Qian Chen that Ning Tian had been like family to him and that he loved the ease and support she brought to his life.
• At Qian Chen's residence, he visited Ning Tian's soul in his Sea of Consciousness, and she embraced him and begged him to help her.

Qian Chen revealed to Ning Tian that Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect had orchestrated the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s destruction to seize Huo Yuhao, then rescued Ning Tian’s soul and brought her to Huo Yuhao. He began explaining to Huo Yuhao that the Evil Soul Masters were only the attackers, leaving the mastermind’s identity to be revealed.

• Qian Chen comforted Ning Tian and told her he was both a Seven Kill Sword successor and an Angel Clan successor tasked with protecting Huo Yuhao, the Son of Destiny.
• Qian Chen accused Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect of arranging the sect’s destruction, and Ning Tian swore revenge before warning him that Xuan Zi had killed her.
• Qian Chen returned to Huo Yuhao, brought him into his Sea of Consciousness, and introduced him to Huo Yun'er.
• Qian Chen brought Ning Tian’s soul to Huo Yuhao, who embraced her and thanked his teacher for saving her.
• Qian Chen told Huo Yuhao that the Evil Soul Masters were merely the perpetrators and asked him to recall his protection by Douluo’s fortune.

Qian Chen told Huo Yuhao that Tang San had orchestrated his mother's death and Ning Tian's family's destruction, and explained how Ning Tian could be revived. Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian pledged themselves to marriage, while Qian Chen advised Huo Yuhao to keep up appearances with Wang Dong'er; the chapter ended as Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qiu'er encountered them.

• Qian Chen told Huo Yuhao that Tang San had caused his mother's death and targeted Ning Tian to control him, and Huo Yuhao vowed revenge.
• Qian Chen said he could revive Ning Tian but could not safely revive Huo Yun'er, and warned that Ning Tian could not stay at Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao defended Wang Dong'er as an innocent victim of Tang San's control, but Huo Yun'er urged him to reject her; Qian Chen advised him to act as though Wang Dong'er still had influence over him.
• Huo Yun'er proposed that Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian become engaged, and Ning Tian agreed, saying the pledge gave her something to live for.
• Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian solemnly pledged themselves to marriage, and Qian Chen brought Ning Tian and Huo Yun'er into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qiu'er returned and encountered Qian Chen and Huo Yuhao leaving the room.

Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan that Xuan Zi had attacked Ning Tian and revealed that Ning Tian’s soul had survived, then offered to resurrect her. Zhang Lexuan agreed to help Ning Tian join Watch Valley, while her suspicions about Mu En and the destruction of her family remained unresolved.

• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Qiu'er comforted Huo Yuhao and encouraged him to grow stronger and avenge Ning Tian.
• Qian Chen revealed Ning Tian’s soul to Zhang Lexuan and explained that Ning Tian had identified Xuan Zi as her attacker, leading Zhang Lexuan to suspect that Shrek’s higher-ups had ties to the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhang Lexuan connected Mu En to the Holy Spirit Cult and feared he had orchestrated her family’s destruction, while Qian Chen promised to uncover the truth and urged her to keep Xuan Zi’s crime secret.
• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan he could resurrect Ning Tian by returning her soul to her body and using Divine Light of Life, and said he would take her to Watch Valley that night.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Ning Tian to join Watch Valley, and Ning Tian accepted after Qian Chen promised they would seek revenge on Tang San.

Qian Chen rescued Wu Feng after she attempted suicide, then carried her toward Watch Valley while Ning Tian worried over her from his Sea of Consciousness. He reached the valley with Wu Feng unconscious and was escorted inside by a Wind Chime Bird Soul King.

• Ning Tian asked Qian Chen to bring Wu Feng to Watch Valley with her, and he agreed before setting out to fetch them.
• When Wu Feng did not answer his calls, Qian Chen used the Eye of the Mind to find her bleeding from a slit wrist and carried her away after sealing the wound.
• Qian Chen used his Divine Light of Life to heal Wu Feng, who woke believing she was in hell before learning she was alive.
• After a night of flying, Qian Chen reached Watch Valley, where a Wind Chime Bird Soul King came to escort him inside.
• Qian Chen noticed the Soul King looking strangely at Wu Feng in his arms and warned him not to make assumptions or spread rumors.

Qian Chen resurrected Ning Tian with his Divine Light of Life and warned her to conceal the truth about her return and Huo Yuhao’s destiny. He then asked whether she would join Watch Valley, leaving her conflicted over the fallen Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

• Qian Chen brought Wu Feng to Watch Mountain Manor and arranged for a secluded chamber.
• Qian Chen removed Ning Tian from the Ultimate Ice coffin, purified her body, and called her soul back from his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Chen used Divine Light of Life to repair Ning Tian’s injuries and restore her to life.
• Qian Chen told Ning Tian to claim she had only been badly injured, and she repeated that explanation to Wu Feng.
• Qian Chen asked Ning Tian to officially join Watch Valley, and he sensed her hesitation and grief over the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng joined Watch Valley, and Qian Chen promised Ning Tian she could eventually rebuild the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect under its protection. Ning Tian began refining Aromatic Silk Beauty while Qian Chen learned about Watch Valley’s growth and watched Pan Long demonstrate his improved technique.

• Ning Tian agreed to join Watch Valley and give up rebuilding the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect for now, and Qian Chen promised she could restore it as a protected affiliate once Watch Valley grew strong enough.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng knelt before Qian Chen, who welcomed Wu Feng as a member and told Ning Tian to keep calling him Uncle Jian.
• Qian Chen gave Ning Tian Aromatic Silk Beauty, which Wang Qiu'er's family had provided as payment for protecting her, and Ning Tian began refining it in the secret chamber.
• Qian Chen asked Wu Feng to guard Ning Tian, then went to Watch Hall with Pan Long and heard that Watch Valley had opened permanent branch halls and gained over two hundred Soul Masters.
• Pan Long demonstrated the improved Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with his Coiling Dragon Staff, combining its accumulating power with his own mobile, flexible staff technique.

Ning Tian showed Qian Chen that Aromatic Silk Beauty had evolved her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and raised her Soul Power to rank forty. She offered Watch Valley the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s secret ten-thousand-year reserve, and Qian Chen appointed her its financial steward.

• Pan Long demonstrated how he had adapted Chaotic Cloak to his Coiling Dragon Staff, and Qian Chen advised him to prioritize raising his Soul Power.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng arrived at Watch Hall, where Ning Tian showed Qian Chen her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and reported reaching rank forty.
• Qian Chen told Pan Long to care for Ning Tian and Wu Feng as family before preparing to return to Shrek Academy.
• Ning Tian offered Watch Valley the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s secret reserve, accumulated at one million Gold Soul Coins per year for ten thousand years to seek Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Qian Chen accepted the ten billion Gold Soul Coins and appointed Ning Tian Watch Valley’s financial steward, instructing Pan Long to help her retrieve the funds.