Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yi helped Xiao Xiao obtain a two-thousand-year-old Metal-Rending Saber-Toothed Tiger Soul Ring, giving her the Metal-Rending Gang Qi skill, then encountered Vina and her companions in the Star Dou Great Forest. The next morning, Vina invited Jiang Yi and his group to search for Soul Beasts together.

• Jiang Yi subdued a Metal-Rending Saber-Toothed Tiger, and Xiao Xiao killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Xiao Xiao gained the Metal-Rending Gang Qi skill, which strengthened the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron’s attacks.
• Jiang Yi’s group camped overnight, and he sensed people approaching their clearing.
• Jiang Yi stopped a slender man from signaling, then allowed Mo Feiyun and his companions, including Vina, to rest by the fire.
• Vina recognized Jiang Yi as Chief Jiang of the Martial Soul Research Institute, and the groups spent the night in the clearing.
• At dawn, Vina invited Jiang Yi and his companions to join her group in searching for Soul Beasts.

Jiang Yi helped Huo Yuhao obtain a ten-thousand-year Purple Spirit Baboon Soul Ring, then learned from Electrolux how to amplify his life resonance to locate Trees of Life for his Fourth Soul Ring. After Huo Yuhao completed his fusion, Xuan Zi agreed to help Jiang Yi, who began testing the method in the clearing.

• Huo Yuhao used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to locate a ten-thousand-year Purple Spirit Baboon, and Jiang Yi subdued it so Huo Yuhao could claim its Soul Ring.
• Xuan Zi appeared while Huo Yuhao absorbed the Soul Ring, and Jiang Yi asked him to intervene if the fusion went wrong.
• Electrolux told Jiang Yi to use the Living Carving Knife to amplify his life frequency and search for Trees of Life.
• Huo Yuhao successfully absorbed the Soul Ring and cooked grilled fish, while Xuan Zi agreed to help Jiang Yi find a Tree of Life.
• Jiang Yi sat cross-legged in the clearing and began amplifying his life resonance to locate the Trees of Life.

Jiang Yi and Xuan Zi traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone and found the secluded valley where the Trees of Life lived. After the Plant Soul Beasts opened a path for Jiang Yi, they passed a fifty-thousand-year Hypnotic Trumpet Flower and entered a valley filled with dense cyan life mist.

• Jiang Yi told Xuan Zi that he had found the Trees of Life near the Great Ferocious Land, and Xuan Zi sent Huo Yuhao and his companions out of the forest before setting off with Jiang Yi.
• Xuan Zi protected Jiang Yi as they crossed the Core Zone, avoiding powerful Soul Beasts and reaching the deep valley Jiang Yi had sensed.
• Jiang Yi and Xuan Zi descended through a second valley, where the surrounding plants revealed themselves as sentient Plant Soul Beasts and moved aside for Jiang Yi.
• A fifty-thousand-year Hypnotic Trumpet Flower invited Jiang Yi and Xuan Zi through the entrance, and they entered a valley filled with rich cyan life mist.

Jiang Yi entered a hidden valley of Trees of Life and persuaded Xiao Ba, a hundred-thousand-year Tree of Life, to sacrifice himself for Jiang Yi’s fourth Soul Ring. After completing the fusion, Jiang Yi left the valley with Xuan Zi, having reached Soul Power level forty-five and promised to keep the valley’s location secret.

• Jiang Yi and Xuan Zi found a secluded valley filled with powerful Trees of Life, where the ancient leader questioned Jiang Yi about his knowledge of their life frequency.
• Jiang Yi explained his cultivation of the path of life and demonstrated his abilities, convincing the ancient Tree of Life to let the clan members decide whether to go with him.
• Xiao Ba volunteered to become Jiang Yi’s fourth Soul Ring, and Jiang Yi received his sacrifice in the valley’s life-filled lake while Electrolux preserved Xiao Ba’s soul.
• After seven days, Jiang Yi completed the fusion and gained a hundred-thousand-year red fourth Soul Ring, while his Soul Power rose to level forty-five.
• Jiang Yi thanked the Trees of Life, promised not to reveal their location, and left the valley with Xuan Zi.

After gaining new life-based abilities from his fourth Soul Ring, Jiang Yi encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and used Attribute Guidance to absorb her Power of Destiny. He escaped the Star Dou Great Forest with Xuan Zi and began meditating after rejoining Huo Yuhao and the others.

• Jiang Yi gained the Life's Hymn and Life's Prayer Soul Skills and the Life Stigma left arm Soul Bone from his fourth Soul Ring.
• Jiang Yi and Xuan Zi hid when a roar sounded in the Star Dou Great Forest's core area and spotted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion hunting a Cyclops.
• Jiang Yi asked Xuan Zi to capture the Three-Eyed Golden Lion so he could perform Attribute Guidance, and Xuan Zi pinned her down.
• Jiang Yi pressed his forehead against the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's vertical eye, causing the Power of Destiny to enter his Sea of Consciousness and form a diamond-shaped crystal.
• Xuan Zi carried Jiang Yi out of the forest at full speed, and they reunited with Huo Yuhao and the other two.
• Jiang Yi asked to meditate, then entered his Sea of Consciousness and asked Elder Yi how he felt.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Jiang Yi discovered that his Blue Silver Grass had transformed and prepared to awaken his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline using a powerful gravity Soul Tool. As he pushed his body to its limit, his Martial Soul erupted with cyan-gold life force, drawing Elder Zhuang and Mu En to the forest.

• Electrolux told Jiang Yi that the Power of Destiny had stabilized in his Sea of Consciousness and advised him to study and control it.
• Xuan Zi brought Jiang Yi, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong back to Shrek Academy, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion concealed her encounter from the Scarlet King.
• Jiang Yi examined his transformed Blue Silver Grass and concluded that fusing with the Tree of Life had partially awakened his Blue Silver Emperor Bloodline.
• Jiang Yi collected the powerful gravity armor Qian Duoduo had made and activated it in a nearby forest to force his bloodline toward awakening.
• As Jiang Yi endured the crushing gravity, his Blue Silver Vines spread across the forest and his cyan-gold life force formed clouds and rain, prompting Elder Zhuang and Mu En to arrive.

Jiang Yi completed his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline awakening, transforming his Martial Soul into the Eternal Blue Silver Emperor and discovering that an achievement had nullified the weakness caused by his device. Three days later, his Eye of Destiny awakened with new abilities, and he considered going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for Immortal Herbs.

• Jiang Yi fused his Spiritual Power with his Martial Soul and completed his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline awakening, spreading life-giving rain over Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Yi told Elder Zhuang and Mu En that his awakened Martial Soul had gained Immortal Vitality and the power to suppress Plant-type Martial Souls, and he named it the Eternal Blue Silver Emperor.
• Jiang Yi discovered that his World Life o Ruler achievement canceled the weakened state caused by removing his device, then returned to his dormitory to study his changes.
• Over the next three days, Jiang Yi assessed his increased strength and recovery, concluding that he could now withstand the Ice Empress and Snow Empress's fusion skill until they ran out of Soul Power.
• Jiang Yi awakened his Eye of Destiny, gaining a fourfold Spiritual Power amplification and the Light of Destiny skill, which could alter others' luck.
• Jiang Yi considered visiting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to obtain Immortal Herbs despite what Tang San had left there.

Jiang Yi returned to the Martial Soul Research Institute, where he reunited with Li Lingyu and explained his successful Bloodline Second Awakening. He introduced Soul-Soul Unity as a method that could guarantee an awakening if a Soul Master met the necessary conditions.

• Jiang Yi considered the requirements for Bloodline Second Awakening and headed to the Martial Soul Research Institute to share his findings.
• Lei Kai told Jiang Yi that he was nearing level twenty after using thunderstorms to cultivate.
• Jiang Yi learned that Li Lingyu had joined the institute and went to meet him in his laboratory.
• Jiang Yi showed Li Lingyu his mutated Eternal Blue Silver Emperor and revealed that he had already awakened his bloodline a second time.
• Jiang Yi explained Soul-Soul Unity and said that the method could ensure success when a Soul Master's physique, Spiritual Power, and bloodline activity were sufficient.
• Jiang Yi estimated that most Soul Masters would need to reach Soul Saint, while Shrek Academy geniuses might attempt the awakening at Soul Emperor.

Jiang Yi visited Wang Yan’s laboratory and helped Zhang Ping, He Xiao, Wang Yan, and Liu Yun resolve the meridian damage caused by their Origin Restoration Skill. Zhang Ping tested Jiang Yi’s revised cultivation route, which proved faster and avoided the obstruction.

• Jiang Yi healed Zhang Ping’s damaged meridians and asked about the researchers’ problem with the Origin Restoration Skill.
• Wang Yan explained that their technique cultivated Soul Power about eighteen percent faster than the basic meditation method but damaged meridians at two points.
• Jiang Yi cultivated using the incomplete technique, identified why Soul Power slowed at the marked acupoints, and devised alternate routes.
• Jiang Yi guided Zhang Ping through the revised route, and Zhang Ping found it flowed smoothly and was about five percent faster than their original route.

Jiang Yi developed the Blue Silver Emperor Domain by fusing his Spiritual Power, Soul Power, and life force with Blue Silver Grass, then received his Inner Court assessment mission. He and his companions prepared to hunt an Evil Soul Master organization near the Heavenly Soul and Dou Ling Empire border, where Jiang Yi planned to bring Aunt Rou to safety afterward.

• Jiang Yi credited the Martial Soul Research Institute researchers for helping develop a cultivation technique faster than the Mysterious Heaven Skill and left them to test it further.
• Jiang Yi fused his Spiritual Power, life force, and Soul Power with the Blue Silver Grass across a field, earning the Blue Silver Emperor Domain achievement and its abilities.
• Jiang Yi returned to Shrek Academy and cultivated for five months, reaching level forty-seven as Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, and Bei Bei also advanced.
• Jiang Yi and his companions met Du Weilun, who gave them an Inner Court assessment mission to destroy an Evil Soul Master organization operating near the border between the Heavenly Soul and Dou Ling Empires.
• Jiang Yi recognized the region as near Spirit Mountain City, resolved to eliminate the organization quickly, and planned to bring Aunt Rou to live in Shrek City.

Jiang Yi investigated Tianfen City’s slums with his Blue Silver Grass and uncovered fifteen suspected Evil Soul Masters while keeping their movements under surveillance. He returned to the hotel and warned Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and the others that the group might extend beyond the slums, including powerful Soul Masters in the eastern district.

• Jiang Yi and his companions reached Tianfen City, where he used his Spiritual Perception Domain to locate the city’s Soul Masters.
• Jiang Yi entered the western slums and spread Blue Silver Grass to gather information while posing as a customer for a local pimp.
• Jiang Yi bound and killed the pimp and fifteen women after they tried to rob him, then concealed the bodies and continued his investigation.
• Jiang Yi identified fifteen Evil Soul Masters in the slums and planted Blue Silver Grass around their residences to monitor them.
• Jiang Yi returned to the hotel and told Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and the other companion that the slum group might not include all the organization’s members.
• Bei Bei noted that Tianfen City’s lord and two Soul Saints in the eastern district could also be Evil Soul Masters, and Jiang Yi said they needed further investigation.

Jiang Yi discovered that Max and his half brother Du Long were Evil Soul Saints planning an operation in Tianfen City, and learned that Max kept a list of their members and targets. With Jiang Nannan’s help, he stole the locked cabinet containing the list, preparing to capture the group without letting anyone escape.

• Jiang Yi planted Blue Silver Grass inside the Black Cant Tavern and discovered that Max and Du Long were Evil Soul Masters hiding there.
• Max told Du Long that the Black Blood Society would make its move the following day, then studied a list of members and planned targets while Jiang Yi watched through the grass.
• Jiang Yi told Jiang Nannan and the others that the two Evil Soul Saints were brothers, assigned the Soul Ancestors to them, and planned to copy Max’s list with Jiang Nannan’s help.
• After Max left the tavern, Jiang Nannan used her Soul Skill to enter his office and steal the locked metal cabinet containing the document pouch.

Jiang Yi began the coordinated assault on Max’s Evil Soul Master network, defeating Du Long beneath the Underworld Tavern. After the tavern collapsed, Jiang Yi confronted Max with his Blue Silver Grass and Life Forbidden Zone Domain, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Jiang Yi sent Jiang Nannan, Bei Bei, and Sanshi to attack the listed Evil Soul Masters while he went after Du Long.
• Jiang Yi found Du Long in the cellar and restrained him with empowered Blue Silver Vines.
• Du Long broke free and unleashed several attacks, but Jiang Yi blocked them and struck him with a counterattack that left him unable to move.
• The Underworld Tavern collapsed after an explosion in the cellar, and Max rushed to the scene.
• Jiang Yi summoned a vast Blue Silver Grass spear and trapped Max in the Life Forbidden Zone Domain, disrupting his Life Force.

Jiang Yi killed Max, joined his companions in clearing Evil Soul Masters from Tianfen City, and remotely eliminated three more in Spirit Mountain City. After Jiang Yi and his group returned to Tianfen City, an achievement appeared, rewarding him with the Holy Mark o Purifying Fire.

• Jiang Yi killed Max with Blue Silver Vines and hurried to join Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, who had cleared the Evil Soul Masters in western Tianfen City.
• Jiang Yi split the group into two pairs and sent them to search six other cities for hidden Evil Soul Masters.
• Jiang Yi used Blue Silver Grass to find and kill three Evil Soul Masters in Spirit Mountain City while resting at home.
• Jiang Yi, Jiang Nannan, and Aunt Rou left Spirit Mountain City and returned to Tianfen City, where residents learned Max had been an Evil Soul Master.
• Jiang Yi received the Demon-Slaying Pioneer achievement and the Holy Mark o Purifying Fire after Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi finished their mission.

Jiang Yi returned to Shrek City after completing the Tianfen City mission, earned an upgraded Holy Mark, and arranged a home for Jiang Nannan and Aunt Rou. As he prepared to move out of the academy, he encountered Huo Yuhao and learned that the Ice and Snow Empresses had joined Shrek; Huo Yuhao left after Jiang Yi warned him not to keep provoking Wang Dong's jealousy.

• Jiang Yi's Holy Mark evolved into the Holy Mark of Purifying Fire, enhancing his attacks and Spiritual Power and allowing him to sense Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei returned to Tianfen City, and the group set off for Shrek Academy after completing their assessment mission.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress joined Shrek's Inner Court, and the Snow Empress looked for Jiang Yi so she could challenge him again.
• Jiang Yi bought a house near Shrek Academy for Aunt Rou, then prepared to move out with Jiang Nannan.
• Jiang Yi met Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and the Ice Empress; after Wang Dong stormed off, he advised Huo Yuhao not to keep pestering the Ice Empress and upsetting people who cared about him.

After defeating the Snow Empress in a one-move spar, Jiang Yi later heard that she and the Ice Empress wanted to join the Martial Soul Research Institute to pursue godhood. He suggested that one of the institute’s upcoming findings might help them, and the chapter ends as Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan arrive at Shrek Academy for the new semester.

• The Snow Empress challenged Jiang Yi to a full-strength spar, but he proposed they settle the contest with one move.
• Jiang Yi and the Snow Empress clashed at Sea God Lake, and the Snow Empress admitted defeat.
• Jiang Yi used his Life Force to dispel the cold from the Snow Empress’s Emperor Palm as he and Jiang Nannan left the lake.
• The Snow Empress and the Ice Empress asked Jiang Yi if they could join the Martial Soul Research Institute, hoping to become gods.
• Jiang Yi told them the institute could strengthen Soul Masters and said an upcoming research result might be useful to them.
• After the vacation ended, Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan arrived at Shrek Academy for the start of the new semester.

Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan joined the Shrek Inner Court, where they watched the Snow Empress defeat Ma Xiaotao and Wu Ming in a sparring match. More than a month later, the Martial Soul Research Institute confirmed that Jiang Yi’s Origin Restoration Skill worked for all Soul Masters and prepared to announce the finding.

• Zhang Lexuan welcomed the new Inner Court students, explained the bloodline theory class, and directed them to the dormitories.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi reunited with Jiang Yi, and Bei Bei told them that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress had asked about him.
• Jiang Yi and Jiang Nannan watched the Snow Empress use her Martial Soul Avatar to defeat Ma Xiaotao and Wu Ming.
• The Martial Soul Research Institute confirmed that the Origin Restoration Skill’s cultivation method was suitable for any Soul Master and planned to publish the result.
• On February 3, the Origin Restoration Skill appeared prominently on the cover of the Martial Soul Journal.

After the Origin Restoration Skill spread across the continent, Jiang Yi discovered that his Power of Destiny could absorb his believers’ Power of Faith. He realized their destinies were linked to his, and his unique achievement let him bear those connections without harm.

• Soul Masters across the continent adopted the Origin Restoration Skill, bringing commoner Soul Masters and smaller factions major benefits while weakening factions that had relied on cultivation methods to attract them.
• Li Lingyu considered testing his theory on himself, and Jiang Yi agreed only on the condition that he be present to treat him if anything went wrong.
• Jiang Yi worried that the growing number of Soul Masters would deplete Soul Beasts and decided to discuss the Soul Spirit System with Elder Yi before pursuing Artificial Soul Spirits.
• When believers in Shrek City wished they could meet Jiang Yi, his Power of Destiny absorbed their Power of Faith and grew stronger.
• Jiang Yi used the Eye of Destiny to see golden threads connecting him to his believers, then realized his Sole Foundation of World Fate achievement let him bear their linked destinies and sever the connections without harm.

Jiang Yi led Jiang Nannan, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya into the Star Dou Great Forest to find Soul Rings, using the Eye of Destiny and Blue Silver Grass to search the Mixed Zone. He found suitable Holy Light Celestial Star Sunflowers for Tang Ya and Bei Bei and traces of a Mystic Moon Deer for Jiang Nannan, then led the group uphill toward the sunflowers, where a Golden-Winged Divine Eagle attacked.

• Jiang Yi arranged for Xuan Zi to guard the group as he, Jiang Nannan, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings.
• Tang Ya chose a Holy Light Celestial Star Sunflower for her Fourth Soul Ring, while Jiang Nannan sought a Mystic Moon Deer and Jiang Yi prepared to search for Soul Beasts.
• Jiang Yi used the Eye of Destiny to boost the group's luck and spread Blue Silver Grass across the Mixed Zone in a wide search.
• Jiang Yi found two Holy Light Celestial Star Sunflowers suitable for Tang Ya and Bei Bei, and told Jiang Nannan he had found traces of a Mystic Moon Deer to follow later.
• Jiang Yi led the group northwest and uphill toward the sunflowers, where a Golden-Winged Divine Eagle swooped down and Bei Bei warned them of its strength.

Jiang Yi helped Tang Ya and Bei Bei obtain Holy Light Celestial Star Sunflower Soul Rings, then guarded Bei Bei as he fused with a ten-thousand-year ring. Tang Ya completed her fusion, while Bei Bei’s Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline began to respond and the group continued searching for the Mystic Moon Deer.

• Jiang Yi killed a Golden-Winged Divine Eagle with a spiritual attack and led the group to the Holy Light Celestial Star Sunflowers.
• Bei Bei weakened a 3,500-year-old Holy Light Celestial Star Sunflower, and Tang Ya killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Jiang Yi led Bei Bei to a 19,000-year-old Holy Light Celestial Star Sunflower and drained its strength with the Eternal Blue Silver Emperor.
• Bei Bei began fusing with the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as Xuan Zi anticipated it might activate Bei Bei’s Radiant Sacred Dragon bloodline.
• Tang Ya completed her Soul Ring fusion by dusk and joined Jiang Yi and Bei Bei.