Recaps

Xu Xingyu spent several quiet months studying and cultivating at Shrek Academy while opposing Zhou Yi’s attempts to trouble him. He visited the Spirit Contract Pagoda branch in Shrek City and reunited with Gu Yuena, who had taken charge of it.

• Xu Xingyu led his classmates in resisting Zhou Yi’s attempt to expel students, forcing her to withdraw the expulsions.
• Xu Xingyu visited the newly established Spirit Contract Pagoda branch in Shrek City after Gu Yuena was chosen to lead it.
• Xu Xingyu entered the branch and was pulled inside by Gu Yuena’s Soul Power.
• Gu Yuena embraced Xu Xingyu, and the two lovers greeted each other after a long separation.

Gu Yuena reunited with Xu Xingyu and reassured him about his relationship with other women before revealing that she had broken through Tang San’s formation and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The two prepared to visit the treasure land and recover the remains of the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings.

• Gu Yuena took Xu Xingyu to her branch tower office and held him close until she finally let him go.
• Gu Yuena said she knew Xu Xingyu had started a relationship with Sister Nannan, and she asked him to keep her as the most important person in his heart.
• Xu Xingyu reassured Gu Yuena that she would always be the most important person in his life.
• Gu Yuena told Xu Xingyu that she had broken through the restriction around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena had used Da Ming and Er Ming’s information and the Star Soul Pearl to identify and dismantle Tang San’s formation without damaging the treasure land.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena planned to retrieve the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ corpses while preserving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and winning over its Plant-type Soul Beasts. Their discussion was interrupted when Gu Qiuxi, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Xu Xingyu’s adopted little sister, recognized him at the Spirit Contract Pagoda and reunited with him.

• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena decided to wait until the end of Xu Xingyu’s year before taking the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ corpses, so they could find a way to preserve the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and recruit its Plant-type Soul Beasts.
• Gu Qiuxi brought a document to Gu Yuena’s office and discussed a promise Gu Yuena had made to her.
• Gu Qiuxi sensed Xu Xingyu and embraced him, calling him Brother Xingyu, while Gu Yuena lamented that their time alone was over.
• Gu Qiuxi identified herself as Xu Xingyu’s little sister, and he recognized her as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion he had named Gu Qiuxi.
• Gu Qiuxi had taken human form and joined the Spirit Contract Pagoda to help Xu Xingyu’s plans for the Soul Beast Clan and change the future she had learned about from his memories.

Xu Xingyu discovered that Gu Qiuxi had gained the Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and realized the Divine Core had passed from him to her during their Destiny Connection. Because the Core was already fusing with Gu Qiuxi and removing it would endanger her life, he accepted that he would have to pursue inheriting the Dragon God Divinity himself.

• Xu Xingyu saw Gu Qiuxi's Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and was shocked that she possessed its Bloodline.
• Gu Yuena and Gu Qiuxi told Xu Xingyu that Qiu'er believed he had given her the Golden Dragon King Divine Core during their Destiny Connection.
• Xu Xingyu remembered seeing a golden light leave his Star Soul Pearl and enter Gu Qiuxi's Eye of Destiny, and suspected it was the Divine Core.
• Xu Xingyu, Gu Yuena, and Gu Qiuxi could not determine what contract Xu Xingyu's past self had made with the Five Great God Kings, so they resolved to wait for his memories or a God King to reveal the answer.
• Xu Xingyu realized the Divine Core was already fusing with Gu Qiuxi and could not be removed safely, so he accepted that he would have to continue toward inheriting the Dragon God Divinity.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena reunited before he resumed his routine for the rest of the year, while Huo Yuhao set out for the Far North to obtain a second Martial Soul. As the first year ended, Xu Xingyu’s group traveled to Sunset Forest to reclaim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and dismantle the protections Tang San had left behind.

• Gu Yuena let Xu Xingyu leave her office, and after he spent time with her, Wang Dong'er scolded him for the mark Gu Yuena had left on him.
• Xu Xingyu spent the rest of the uneventful year attending classes, cultivating, and spending time with Gu Yuena, Wang Dong'er, and the others.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tian Meng whether the Far North could give him a Second Martial Soul stronger than Xu Xingyu’s, and Tian Meng reassured him before guiding him there.
• Xu Xingyu and his companions met at the gates of Shrek City, then Gu Yuena opened a portal and took them to Sunset Forest.
• Xu Xingyu’s group found that Sunset Forest had been depleted by Tang San’s formation and other measures, but Gu Yuena had already dismantled the formation protecting the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Xu Xingyu and his companions crossed the miasma and deadly Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers guarding the Sunset Forest’s core. Gu Yuena froze the flowers without killing them, and the group reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had fallen.

• Xu Xingyu identified the multicolored mist as lethal miasma, and Gu Yuena cleared a path through it with Ultimate Fire before protecting the group with Ultimate Ice-attributed Soul Power.
• Xu Xingyu and his companions reached a valley ringed by Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers, including many ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
• The Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers sent their poison cloud against the group, and Gu Yuena used Ice and Snow Storm to freeze the flowers and disperse the cloud.
• Gu Yuena spared the flowers and decided to turn them into Soul Spirits bound to the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• Xu Xingyu and his companions arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings had fallen.

Xu Xingyu’s group entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Gu Yuena’s overwhelming strength frightened the Plant-type Soul Beasts. The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remnant souls awakened to confront the intruders.

• Youyou warned Xu Xingyu’s group not to trespass, then threatened them after they froze the Jade Phosphorus Seven-Absolute Flowers.
• Gu Yuena released her pressure and pinned the Soul Beasts of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the ground.
• Youyou asked why Gu Yuena was helping humans invade their home, and Gu Yuena said Xu Xingyu was her lover.
• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ dragon souls rose from the spring as the Immortal Herbs called on them to drive away the intruders.

Xu Xingyu revealed his Dragon God bloodline and subdued the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ souls, stunning the Immortal Herbs. After the Dragon Kings left behind their natal pearls, Aromatic Silk apologized and asked why Xu Xingyu’s group had come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Xu Xingyu prepared to talk.

• The Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ souls charged toward Xu Xingyu’s group, but Old Luo and Youyou realized they had awakened without anyone directing them.
• Xu Xingyu released his Dragon God Martial Soul, causing the two dragon souls to circle him in excitement and leading Aromatic Silk to recognize the Dragon God bloodline.
• Aromatic Silk apologized for the Immortal Herbs’ earlier rudeness and asked Xu Xingyu why his group had come to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xu Xingyu grieved over the Dragon Kings’ lost intelligence, and the two souls comforted him before dissipating into their natal dragon pearls.
• Xu Xingyu took the pearls and told Aromatic Silk they could begin a friendly conversation.

Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena moved the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well from the Sunset Forest into the Soul Spirit Realm. After explaining the Spirit Contract Pagoda, Xu Xingyu offered the Immortal Herbs a way to become Soul Spirits and explore the outside world.

• Aromatic Silk Beauty agreed to hear Xu Xingyu out, but was shocked when he said he intended to move the entire Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Gu Yuena and Xu Xingyu used spatial power and the Star Soul Pearl to relocate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the Soul Spirit Realm.
• The Immortal Herbs feared their new owners would exploit them, until Xu Xingyu released his Soul Spirits and explained the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• Xu Xingyu offered the Immortal Herbs the choice to become Soul Spirits, travel beyond the well, and be reborn as Soul Beasts if they later changed their minds.
• The Immortal Herbs welcomed the Soul Spirit Realm’s rich Immortal Spirit Qi and planned to honor Tang San’s contract by giving the current Tang Sect leader a trial and the sect’s secret manuals.

Xu Xingyu distributed suitable Immortal Herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to his companions, who prepared to refine them. Their choices supported their individual cultivation needs, while Xu Yanxue and Dugu Yanran each had the prospect of a powerful future transformation.

• Xu Xingyu told Wang Dong'er and the others to select Immortal Herbs with Aromatic Silk's guidance, and they set aside their questions about his power.
• Wang Dong'er chose a ten-thousand-year aromatic silk beauty, while Xu Yanxue chose a golden sun flower instead of the hundred-thousand-year octagonal mysterious ice grass.
• Jiang Nannan chose narcissus jade muscle bone, and Gu Qiuxi chose the Life Life Fruit to help her refine the Golden Dragon King Divine Core and resist its lingering destructive intent.
• Xu Xingyu selected Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and singular velvet sky chrysanthemum to stabilize his cultivation and prepare to form a true Chaos Core.
• Xu Sanshi chose Mystic Water Lingzhi to strengthen his water attribute and purify his Black Tortoise bloodline.
• Dugu Yanran revealed her descent from Dugu Bo and chose Dragon Heart Grass, which could activate her dragon bloodline; then everyone sat down to refine their herbs.

After absorbing their Immortal Herbs, Xu Xingyu and his companions grew stronger, and he arranged for most of them to leave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Dugu Yanran accepted a letter asking her family to oversee the well, while Wang Dong'er and Gu Qiuxi stayed behind as Xu Xingyu plunged into its deadly spring.

• Xu Sanshi advanced his Martial Soul into an Ultimate Water Martial Soul, while Dugu Yanran's Jade Phosphorus Thunder Python became the Jade Poison Lightning Dragon, and the others gained Soul Power and other benefits.
• Xu Xingyu opened a portal to the Heavenly Soul Empire and gave Dugu Yanran a letter asking her father whether the Dugu Family would serve as chief ranger of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Yanran accepted the request, recognizing that it would return the well to her family's care, and left through the portal with Xu Sanshi.
• Jiang Nannan and Xu Yanxue also departed to visit their families and friends, while Gu Qiuxi chose to stay with Gu Yuena and Wang Dong'er stayed because of her strained relationship with Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Xu Xingyu told Wang Dong'er and Gu Qiuxi to cultivate while he handled other matters, then plunged into the spring of ice and fire.

Xu Xingyu descended into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ remains and Soul Bones. As he endured their painful fusion, his pseudo-chaos core began to fluctuate unstably.

• Xu Xingyu used Ultimate Wind to protect himself from the spring’s Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire and swam to its bottom.
• Xu Xingyu found the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings’ enormous skeletons and reflected on their fading power and the Dragon God’s succession rule.
• Xu Xingyu located the Fire Dragon King’s right arm bone and the Ice Dragon King’s left leg bone, which rushed toward him and began fusing with him.
• Xu Xingyu used Chaos Qi to restrain the conflicting ice and fire energies while enduring their violent passage through his body and meridians.
• As the Soul Bone fusion neared completion, Xu Xingyu’s pseudo-chaos core began to emit an unstable fluctuation.

Xu Xingyu entered the Ice and Fire Spring while Gu Yuena stayed above to watch over him and discovered the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which recognized her love for him and chose her as its master. When Xu Xingyu’s presence at the bottom of the spring turned erratic, Gu Yuena jumped in to find him, unaware that someone had witnessed her picking the flower.

• Xu Xingyu jumped into the Ice and Fire Spring, and Gu Yuena reassured Wang Dong'er and Gu Qiuxi that his Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire would protect him.
• Wang Dong'er and Gu Qiuxi began meditating while Gu Yuena monitored Xu Xingyu and sensed a friendly fluctuation nearby.
• Gu Yuena found the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and, after recalling her love and commitment to Xu Xingyu, successfully picked it.
• Gu Yuena reflected on how Xu Yanxue had helped her become a capable leader and recognize the sincerity of her feelings for Xu Xingyu.
• When Xu Xingyu’s presence at the bottom of the spring grew erratic, Gu Yuena put away the flower and plunged into the spring to find him.

Xu Xingyu risked condensing his chaos core while the ice and fire energies ravaged his body, but a wisp of Evil Fire disrupted the process and knocked him unconscious. He woke after successfully fusing with both Dragon King Soul Bones and completing the chaos core, in Gu Yuena’s arms, and realized what had happened between them.

• Xu Xingyu forced himself to condense the chaos core despite the violent ice and fire energies erupting inside him.
• As the chaos core neared completion, the Evil Fire he had absorbed while treating Ma Xiaotao destroyed his Soul Power shield and destabilized the core.
• Xu Xingyu heard Gu Yuena call his name, lost consciousness, and dreamed of a long life as a farmer and miner between two mountains.
• Xu Xingyu woke to find that he had fused with both Dragon King Soul Bones and successfully condensed the chaos core.
• Xu Xingyu saw that he was in Gu Yuena’s arms and, noticing their disheveled state, understood that they had been intimate.

After Gu Yuena picked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Wang Dong'er questioned whether she could still claim the most important place in Xu Xingyu's heart. Encouraged by the Aromatic Silk Beauty's revelation that another flower remained, Wang Dong'er decided to try picking it herself.

• Wang Dong'er watched Gu Yuena pick the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and reconsidered whether Gu Yuena's feelings for Xu Xingyu were genuine.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty told Wang Dong'er that the flower had last recognized Xiao Wu, Tang San's wife, ten thousand years earlier.
• Wang Dong'er asked whether another Lovesick Heartbreak Red remained in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty warned Wang Dong'er that the flower's severe test had shattered the hopes of many couples.
• Wang Dong'er refused to be outdone by Gu Yuena and resolved to try picking the flower herself.

Wang Dong'er tried to claim the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but Tang San's hidden divine consciousness took control of her body. He planned to exploit her and Gu Qiuxi to undermine Xu Xingyu, until the Sea-Calming Pearl at Wang Dong'er's neck began to glow.

• Wang Dong'er offered her heart's blood to the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, but memories of Xu Xingyu with other women made her resolve falter.
• A blue-gold consciousness invaded Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness, overwhelmed her resistance, and took control of her body.
• Tang San revealed that he had planted the consciousness as a backup plan to manipulate Huo Yuhao and had previously amplified Wang Qiu'er's feelings for him.
• Tang San planned to split Wang Dong'er's soul and merge half of it with Gu Qiuxi so he could seize the Soul Beast Clan's destiny and retaliate against Xu Xingyu.
• A blue-gold light appeared at Wang Dong'er's neck, and Tang San recognized the glowing necklace as the Sea-Calming Pearl.

Tang San’s divine sense tried to escape Wang Dong’er but was devoured by the Sea-Calming Pearl Xu Xingyu had given her. After Wang Dong’er collapsed, Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena emerged from the spring, and Xu Xingyu checked that she was unharmed before asking the aromatic silk beauty a question.

• Tang San recognized the Sea-Calming Pearl around Wang Dong’er’s neck and tried to leave her body, but the pearl trapped and devoured his divine sense.
• Wang Dong’er collapsed while holding the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, leaving the aromatic silk beauty confused about what had happened.
• Xu Xingyu and Gu Yuena emerged from the Ice and Fire Spring, and the aromatic silk beauty told them that Wang Dong’er had tried to pick the flower before the pearl flashed and she fainted.
• Xu Xingyu examined Wang Dong’er and confirmed she had suffered no lingering effects, then settled her beneath a tree.
• Xu Xingyu thanked the aromatic silk beauty and asked if he could ask it a question.

Xu Xingyu asked the Aromatic Silk Beauty whether a Thundering Hell Vine lived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping to make one his Soul Spirit so he could prepare for the threat of heavenly punishment. The Aromatic Silk Beauty supported taking the dangerous vine away, and the chapter left Xu Xingyu’s plan poised to proceed.

• Xu Xingyu asked the Aromatic Silk Beauty if a Thundering Hell Vine lived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty recalled that the unruly Thundering Hell Vine cultivated by drawing lightning and often destroyed nearby plants.
• The chapter explained that Xu Xingyu’s Dragon God Bloodline was gradually fusing into him and might eventually transform him into a dragon who would face heavenly punishment.
• Xu Xingyu wanted a Thundering Hell Vine as his Soul Spirit so he could adapt to lightning before facing any heavenly tribulation.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty supported Xu Xingyu taking the vine away because the plant-type Soul Beasts no longer needed it to divert tribulations and feared its destructive cultivation.

Xu Xingyu found the Thundering Hell Vine in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and persuaded it to become his Soul Spirit by promising to help it reach a hundred thousand years of cultivation. After the contract awakened its Thunder God Bloodline, Xu Xingyu discovered that a conspicuous tuft of hair had appeared on his head.

• Xu Xingyu left Wang Dong'er in Gu Yuena's care and went to find the Thundering Hell Vine.
• Xu Xingyu crossed the lightning pool using stepping stones made with his ultimate earth element and reached the Thundering Hell Vine.
• Xu Xingyu offered to help the Thundering Hell Vine become a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, and it agreed to become his Soul Spirit.
• Xu Xingyu completed the Soul Spirit contract, awakening the Thundering Hell Vine's Thunder God Bloodline as it merged with him.
• Xu Xingyu noticed a new tuft of hair on his head and used a mirror to inspect it.

Xu Xingyu discovered that his new purple horn was a Soul Bone that let him absorb lightning, then used it to strengthen his cultivation and his Soul Spirit. When he returned to camp, he found Gu Yuena and Wang Dong'er acting like close friends despite their rivalry.

• Xu Xingyu learned from the Thundering Hell Vine that his horn was a Soul Bone that let him control lightning and absorb its power.
• Xu Xingyu cultivated in the lightning pool, refining his energy and body while absorbing the pool’s lightning plasma.
• Xu Xingyu absorbed the entire lightning pool, while the Thundering Hell Vine used some of its power to raise its cultivation from forty thousand to seventy thousand years.
• Xu Xingyu released more of Xing Xuan’s sealed power, and four black Soul Rings appeared as she recovered.
• Xu Xingyu returned to camp and was shocked to find Gu Yuena and Wang Dong'er behaving like close friends.

Wang Dong'er woke after failing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red's test and learned that Xu Xingyu's protective charm had destroyed the invading consciousness. Gu Yuena challenged her to examine why she loved Xu Xingyu, leaving Wang Dong'er to reflect on how her feelings had grown and why she resented Gu Yuena.

• Wang Dong'er woke and discovered that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red had not recognized her love for Xu Xingyu.
• Gu Yuena told Wang Dong'er that Xu Xingyu's protective charm had dealt with the invading consciousness.
• Wang Dong'er argued with Gu Yuena over her claim that Wang Dong'er had not understood her feelings, then asked for her advice.
• Gu Yuena asked Wang Dong'er why she had fallen in love with Xu Xingyu.
• Wang Dong'er recalled how Xu Xingyu freed her from her father's control, impressed her with his work, and inspired her to help ease his burden.

Gu Yuena confronted Wang Dong'er with the pressure Xu Xingyu had taken on to protect her and challenged her to stand beside him instead of relying on him. Wang Dong'er accepted that she had to grow, and she and Gu Yuena became sisters determined to help Xu Xingyu, though the sincerity of their new bond remained uncertain.

• Gu Yuena told Wang Dong'er that Xu Xingyu had given her the Sea-Calming Pearl to protect her from her powerful father and had borne great pressure for her sake.
• Gu Yuena explained that Wang Dong'er's father had sent her to the Spirit Contract Pagoda to manipulate Xu Xingyu, but Xu Xingyu had seen through the scheme and helped her anyway.
• Gu Yuena challenged Wang Dong'er to become someone who could walk beside Xu Xingyu, and Wang Dong'er realized she had relied on him without understanding his burdens.
• Wang Dong'er took back the necklace and said she was willing to learn about Xu Xingyu's enemies and become strong enough to share his burdens.
• Wang Dong'er accepted Gu Yuena as Xu Xingyu's rightful wife for now, while joking that she might one day take her place, and the two clasped hands as sisters.

Huo Yuhao traveled through the Far North with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to find an ice-attribute Soul Beast for his Second Martial Soul, despite their plan to reach the dangerous Core Circle. After the Titan Snow Demon King nearly stomped him, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified the giant and wondered why he was carrying human-made Soul Tools.

• Huo Yuhao worried that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was leading him toward the Core Circle to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm claimed it could seal one for him.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao to get down and concealed him beneath ice and snow as an enormous Soul Beast approached.
• The Titan Snow Demon King nearly stepped on Huo Yuhao, checked a detector, and left for the Core Circle while mentioning the Spirit Contract Pagoda.
• Huo Yuhao crawled out of the snow, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified the giant as the Titan Snow Demon King, third of the Far North's Three Great Heavenly Kings.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm noticed the Titan Snow Demon King's Level 9 Soul Tool armor and metal device, and wondered what had changed in the Far North and whether Bingbing was safe.

Huo Yuhao learned that Tian Meng intended to target the 390,000-year-old Ice Empress to awaken his Second Martial Soul, and he overcame his fear after Tian Meng urged him to pursue strength. The chapter ended with Tian Meng telling him to take off his clothes as the first step of their plan.

• Huo Yuhao panicked after learning the Far North’s Ice Empress had 390,000 years of cultivation and was their target.
• Tian Meng urged Huo Yuhao to risk facing the Ice Empress for a chance to awaken a powerful Second Martial Soul, invoking his desire to surpass Xu Xingyu.
• Huo Yuhao regained his resolve and asked how they would lure out the Ice Empress.
• Tian Meng privately speculated that Xu Xingyu was a transformed descendant of the Nine Great Dragon Kings with a bloodline stronger than Di Tian’s.
• Tian Meng told Huo Yuhao to take off his clothes, leaving him shocked.

Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reached the Far North's Core Circle, where Tian Meng began his plan to capture the Ice Empress. After discovering the region had changed dramatically, Tian Meng called her out and left the confrontation about to begin.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wrapped Huo Yuhao in his nine-hundred-thousand-year-old shed skin and explained that the Ice Empress was essential to his God-Making Plan.
• Tian Meng guided Huo Yuhao to a concealed spot near the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan's territory and prepared him as bait.
• Tian Meng used Huo Yuhao's Million-Year Soul Ring to extend Spiritual Detection across the Far North's Core Circle.
• Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng discovered an impenetrable ice castle and iron fortresses guarded by Soul Beasts, making Tian Meng question his plan.
• Tian Meng took on the appearance of an adult Huo Yuhao and challenged the Ice Empress to show herself.