Chapter Summaries

Ling Bai reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng on the way to the Outer Court Soul Arena, while Huo Yuhao learned that a Mystic Water Pill could improve his weak talent. Bei Bei arranged a wager with Xu Sanshi to obtain a pill for Huo Yuhao, but as their duel began, Ling Bai caught Huo Yuhao secretly using Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Bei Bei and confronted him.

• Han Ruoruo refused Ling Bai's Mystic Water Pill, and Tang Ya explained to Huo Yuhao how the pill could cleanse his tendons and marrow and improve his cultivation talent.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng joined Ling Bai, and Han Ruoruo left after noticing Ning Tian's possessive concern for him.
• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi agreed to wager a Mystic Water Pill on their duel, with Xu Sanshi asking Bei Bei to help arrange a meeting with Jiang Nannan if Xu Sanshi won.
• Ling Bai, Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Tang Ya watched Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi enter the arena and release their martial souls.
• Ling Bai sensed Huo Yuhao secretly using Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Bei Bei, disrupted the skill, and accused Huo Yuhao of cheating.

Ling Bai confronted Huo Yuhao for secretly interfering in Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi’s fair spar, then left with Ning Tian and Wu Feng. He helped Ning Tian plan her recruitment of talented Shrek students for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and warned her to stay away from Wang Dong.

• Huo Yuhao admitted that he had used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Bei Bei win and claimed he was also helping Ling Bai avenge the stolen grilled fish.
• Ling Bai told Huo Yuhao that the grudge with Xu Sanshi was settled and condemned him for breaking the rules, then left the Soul Arena with Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Ling Bai told Ning Tian to treat Huo Yuhao as a stranger, and Ning Tian agreed that she no longer needed to show him consideration for the Tang Sect.
• Ning Tian reported that she had recruited Nanmen Yun'er and planned to approach Xie Huanyue, while Ling Bai named several other talented students as recruitment targets.
• Ling Bai warned Ning Tian that Wang Dong was a descendant of the Clear Sky Sect and gave her Mystic Water Pills to use in recruiting students, including Xie Huanyue.

Ling Bai and Ma Xiaotao were summoned to the Inner Courtyard Soul Arena, where Xuan Zi announced a tournament to decide Shrek Academy’s true Seven Monsters. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi explaining the challenge format and rules.

• Ning Tian asked whether the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect could recruit Inner Courtyard disciples, and Ling Bai promised to pursue any promising candidates.
• Ling Bai returned to his cabin and meditated, refusing to let concern about Huo Yuhao affect his choices.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ling Bai that Xuan Zi had summoned them to the Soul Arena, where they met the Inner Courtyard freshmen and the seven provisional Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Xuan Zi announced that the Seven Monsters Challenge Tournament would begin in six months and determine who represented Shrek Academy in the next Soul Master Competition.
• Xuan Zi ruled out team battles and explained that the tournament would use one-versus-one challenges and support-only two-versus-two matches, with challengers matched by Soul Master type.

Xuan Zi explained the Seven Monsters Challenge Tournament and had the official members introduce themselves to the challengers. After setting the tournament for six months later, Dai Yueheng proposed an impromptu team battle.

• Ma Xiaotao dismissed the importance of Soul Engineers, while Ling Bai reflected that Shrek Academy needed to experience the power of Soul Tools.
• Xuan Zi announced that challengers could choose their opponents and that the tournament would take place in six months.
• Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xi Xi, Ling Luochen, Yao Haoxuan, Gongyang Mo, and Qian Fufu introduced their abilities and roles as official Seven Monsters.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ling Bai that Qian Fufu was the adopted son of Qian Duoduo and Xian Liner and was infatuated with Ling Luochen.
• After Xuan Zi left the Soul Arena, Dai Yueheng proposed that the official members and challengers hold a friendly team battle.

The Seven Monsters challenge became a team battle, with the challengers and official members splitting into individual and paired fights across the Soul Arena. Ling Bai was left facing Soul Engineer Qian Fufu, and the chapter ended as Qian Fufu began creating distance for their match.

• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng charged at each other to settle the captaincy, while Chu Qingtian and Xi Xi began their speed duel and the support pairs Zhou Sen and Pan Tao, and Yao Haoxuan and Gongyang Mo, clashed.
• Ling Bai and Tai Xing attacked Chen Zifeng together, prompting Chen Zifeng to call for help and Ling Luochen to intervene with her ice powers.
• Ling Bai shattered Ling Luochen’s ice attack, but Qian Fufu fired two Soul Tools beams to stop him before Ling Bai split his sword aura to intercept them.
• Ling Luochen angrily rebuked Qian Fufu for interfering, then fought Du Gu Lin, while the other combatants continued their matchups.
• Ling Bai chose to fight Qian Fufu, who retreated to establish the distance needed to use his Soul Tools.

Ling Bai fought Qian Fufu, countering his Soul Tools with the Radiant Spirit Array and Angel Holy Sword. Qian Fufu then used his Wild Bull Martial Soul to launch a close-range aerial attack, and Ling Bai welcomed the challenge.

• Qian Fufu fired a Level 5 Oscillation Cannon and a Level 5 Directional High-Explosive Shell at Ling Bai, but Ling Bai ignored the shockwaves and cut the shell apart without detonating it.
• Ling Bai charged within ten meters of Qian Fufu, who covered himself in metal barrels and unleashed a volley of soul rays.
• Ling Bai used Radiant Spirit Array · Storm to sweep away Qian Fufu’s soul rays and pressed him with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Qian Fufu merged his metal barrels into a battle blade and clashed with Ling Bai’s sword, then revealed his Wild Bull Martial Soul and activated Brute Force and Power of Resistance.
• Qian Fufu knocked Ling Bai into the air and charged at him with his battle blade and Soul Guidance Thruster, while Ling Bai welcomed the aerial fight.

Ling Bai defeated Qian Fufu and impressed the challengers and Shrek Seven Monsters, then learned that he could move into Sea God Pavilion. Yan Shaozhe sent Ling Bai there and revealed to Ma Xiaotao a plan to stabilize her Phoenix Evil Fire permanently.

• Ling Bai broke Qian Fufu's warblade and knocked him into the Soul Arena wall, ending their battle.
• The challengers defeated several official Monsters, leading everyone to expect Ling Bai and Ma Xiaotao to join the Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Dai Yueheng vowed to reclaim the captain's position in six months, while Chen Zifeng and the other Monsters hurried off to train.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ling Bai that the Pavilion Master had approved his move into Sea God Pavilion, and Ling Bai flew to the Golden Tree.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Ma Xiaotao about her Phoenix Evil Fire and described a plan to make it stable forever, leaving her stunned.

Ling Bai entered Sea God Pavilion, where the Golden Tree strengthened him and helped suppress the Death Prison Spider Emperor’s evil power. Electrolux anchored his soul in one of Ling Bai’s soul ring slots, granting him Necromancy, and revealed that Ling Bai must awaken the Six-Winged Angel’s Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire to overcome the evil force before reaching Soul Sage.

• Ling Bai entered Sea God Pavilion, and Mu En used the Golden Tree’s power to raise Ling Bai’s Soul Power from Rank 41 to Rank 42.
• Ling Bai met Electrolux in his Sea of Consciousness and learned that Electrolux had paid a heavy price to seal the Death Prison Spider Emperor.
• Electrolux asked Ling Bai to give up a soul ring slot as an anchor, and Ling Bai offered more slots so Electrolux could stabilize his soul.
• Electrolux revealed that his soul ring would grant Ling Bai the Necromancy he had created, while his soul and the Golden Tree would temporarily suppress the Death Prison Spider Emperor’s evil power.
• Electrolux warned Ling Bai to eliminate the evil divine power before reaching Soul Sage and said the Six-Winged Angel needed to attain Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire alongside Ultimate Sacredness.

Ling Bai learned that he could give his Six-Winged Angel three ultimate attributes by adding seeds of Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light, though obtaining enough Ultimate Light could endanger the Golden Tree. Ma Xiaotao visited him after Yan Shaozhe told her to seduce him, but her awkward attempt collapsed into an honest conversation.

• Electrolux explained that Ling Bai needed heavenly treasures with Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light to plant the two attributes in his martial soul, and Ling Bai considered the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Golden Tree as sources.
• Ling Bai decided not to risk harming the Golden Tree and planned to seek a source of Ultimate Light later, possibly through the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived at Ling Bai's room dressed seductively, and Ling Bai grew suspicious of her sudden change in behavior.
• Ma Xiaotao recalled Yan Shaozhe urging her to seduce Ling Bai so she could rely on him to suppress her Phoenix Evil Fire in the future.
• Ma Xiaotao awkwardly tried to seduce Ling Bai, but he criticized her performance until she admitted Yan Shaozhe had told her to do it and chose to speak honestly instead.

Ma Xiaotao explained that Yan Shaozhe wanted her to date Ling Bai so his Six-Winged Angel could suppress her Phoenix Evil Fire, but she doubted their match and worried about the fire returning. After the two hid from Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei, Ma Xiaotao asked Ling Bai whether he could cure her evil fire permanently.

• Ling Bai admitted that he had helped Ma Xiaotao suppress her Phoenix Evil Fire, and Ma Xiaotao revealed Yan Shaozhe's suggestion that they date and use Ling Bai's martial soul to treat it.
• Ma Xiaotao gave up on trying to make Ling Bai her boyfriend and prepared to leave, but she spotted Zhang Lexuan approaching with Bei Bei and hurried back inside.
• Ling Bai and Ma Xiaotao secretly watched Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei together through the door, then agreed to keep what they saw private.
• Ma Xiaotao stayed in Ling Bai's room until Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei parted, then explained that she feared the evil fire would return after Ling Bai left Shrek Academy.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Ling Bai whether he had a way to completely resolve her evil fire.

Ling Bai told Ma Xiaotao that he could purify her Phoenix Evil Fire, but warned that doing so would cost her the chance to reach Ultimate Fire; she left to discuss the choice with Dean Yan. Three months later, Ling Bai had grown stronger through cultivation and constant combat, and he went to the Assessment Hall for the freshman assessment.

• Ling Bai offered Ma Xiaotao two possible cures for her Phoenix Evil Fire: the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower or purification with his Six-Winged Angel power.
• Ling Bai explained that purification would weaken Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Flame and permanently prevent her from reaching Ultimate Fire, so she left to consult Dean Yan.
• Over the next three months, Ling Bai cultivated and trained while Ma Xiaotao stayed silent about the cure and Du Gu Lin visited him often.
• Ling Luochen and Qian Fufu repeatedly challenged Ling Bai, and their defeats drew more inner courtyard students into training against him.
• Ling Bai advanced his Soul Arena badge from white to purple and raised his Soul Power from level forty-one to level forty-four.
• After breakfast with Han Ruoruo, Ling Bai headed to the Assessment Hall for the freshman assessment.

Ling Bai and the other freshmen drew their Inner Academy assessment tasks, with Ling Bai receiving the rare red-level mission to capture a ten-thousand-year Medusa alive. As they prepared to leave, he worried that the dangerous journey would keep him from watching Ning Tian and Wu Feng compete in the Outer Academy tournament.

• Old Li explained the assessment task grades, the risks of red-level missions, and the exceptional rewards for completing one.
• Du Gu Lin drew a purple-level task to exterminate Wolf Bandits, while Pan Tao drew a white-level task to kill a Yellow Fur Rat.
• Zhou Sen and Tai Xing drew manageable yellow- and purple-level tasks, but Chu Qingtian received a black-level mission to hunt the Evil Soul Master Blood Face Killer.
• Ling Bai drew a red-level task to capture a ten-thousand-year Snake Empress Medusa alive in Youyao Forest within fifteen days.
• Du Gu Lin teased Ling Bai about his task, and he worried the trip would prevent him from cheering for Ning Tian and Wu Feng at the freshman tournament.

Ling Bai reached Ping An Town and disguised himself before staying at Ping An Inn. After he intimidated Luo Mei, a royal-looking young woman named Xu arrived with her guard, and Zhang Wu tried to seize her.

• Ling Bai arrived in Ping An Town, used an Ice Silkworm Mask to change his appearance, and checked into Ping An Inn.
• Luo Mei and Zhang Wu noticed Ling Bai and plotted to take him, but Ling Bai struck Luo Mei with a mental attack and frightened her into backing down.
• Xu and her guard She Chong entered the inn, and Xu sat at the only empty table beside Ling Bai.
• Zhang Wu reached for Xu's waist, while She Chong shouted, "Your Highness, watch out!"

At Ping An Inn, Ling Bai helped Xu Jiujiu after Zhang Wu tried to grope her, and her guard She Chong crushed the gang responsible. Xu Jiujiu left for her room, while She Chong paid Ling Bai and warned him not to use the encounter to pursue her.

• Zhang Wu tried to grope Xu Jiujiu, and Ling Bai steadied her when she was knocked off balance.
• She Chong attacked Zhang Wu and revealed himself as a Soul Douluo when Luo Mei and her gang intervened.
• She Chong beat Luo Mei and the other thugs, while Xu Jiujiu compensated the innkeeper for the damage.
• Xu Jiujiu gave Ling Bai the false name Xu Jiu'er, and Ling Bai recognized her as Princess Xu Jiujiu of the Star Luo Empire.
• She Chong gave Ling Bai a gold card worth one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and warned him not to pursue Xu Jiujiu.

Ling Bai searched the Youyao Forest for Snake Empress Medusa, using demon spiders and Spider Emperor Sense to track her while avoiding danger. After defeating an Underground Demon Spider, he learned that petrified soul beasts—and Xu Jiujiu and She Chong—were near the same area.

• Ling Bai entered the Youyao Forest and sent demon spiders to search for Medusa and petrified soul beasts.
• He traveled along the Chaos Line, relying on Spider Emperor Sense to avoid dangerous soul beasts.
• An Underground Demon Spider ambushed Ling Bai, but the Death Prison Spider Emperor's aura subdued it, and Ling Bai killed it.
• A demon spider found petrified soul beasts about eight thousand meters away, suggesting Medusa's nest was nearby.
• Another demon spider spotted Xu Jiujiu and She Chong pursuing a ten-thousand-year light-type soul beast toward the petrified soul beasts.

Xu Jiujiu and She Chong pursued a wounded Radiant Silver Wolf into the Eternal Night Zone, where it led them to Snake Empress Medusa’s lair. Ling Bai watched as a fifty-thousand-year Underworld Emperor Yao Luo appeared beside Medusa, leaving Xu Jiujiu and She Chong facing a far greater threat than they expected.

• She Chong wounded the Radiant Silver Wolf with his Snake Lance as Xu Jiujiu chased it through the Eternal Day Zone.
• Ling Bai realized the wolf was trying to lure Xu Jiujiu and She Chong to Medusa’s nest, where an unknown monster might be waiting.
• The Radiant Silver Wolf led Xu Jiujiu and She Chong into the Eternal Night Zone, where they found petrified soul beasts and Medusa’s territory.
• She Chong killed the wolf after it deliberately offered its throat, and its final howl summoned a swarm of snake-type soul beasts.
• Snake Empress Medusa appeared, then yielded the lead to a fifty-thousand-year Underworld Emperor Yao Luo, which Xu Jiujiu recognized as an extinct Death God Bloodline soul beast.

Ling Bai watched She Chong sacrifice himself to help Xu Jiujiu escape the Underworld Emperor Yao Luo and Medusa, then fled while observing the battle through his Demon Spider. After She Chong’s self-destruction badly wounded both monsters, Medusa sent the surviving snakes to hunt Xu Jiujiu, whose alarmed cry reached Ling Bai.

• Electrolux urged Ling Bai to absorb the Underworld Emperor Yao Luo’s soul ring, but Ling Bai judged that he could not save She Chong and Xu Jiujiu.
• She Chong transformed into a blue-black two-headed giant snake and fought the Underworld Emperor Yao Luo and Medusa while Xu Jiujiu escaped.
• Medusa used her gaze to petrify She Chong, who held the two monsters in place and self-destructed.
• The blast devastated the snake swarm and wounded the Underworld Emperor Yao Luo and Medusa, who ordered the surviving snakes to find and kill Xu Jiujiu.
• Ling Bai heard a woman cry out near Medusa’s nest and recognized the voice as Xu Jiujiu’s.

Ling Bai saved Xu Jiujiu from a Silver Threaded Sky Python and revealed his Death Prison Spider Emperor martial soul. After she asked him to take her out of Youyao Forest, he proposed they kill Snake Empress Medusa and the Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo instead.

• Ling Bai found Xu Jiujiu facing a six-thousand-year-old Silver Threaded Sky Python and waited until it had nearly crushed her before intervening.
• Ling Bai used his Death Prison Spider Emperor martial soul to kill the Silver Threaded Sky Python and save Xu Jiujiu.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized Ling Bai and, after he assured her he would not kill her, thanked him and learned that he called himself Ning Bai.
• Xu Jiujiu explained that her protector had sacrificed himself to hold back Medusa and the Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo, then asked Ling Bai to help her escape Youyao Forest.
• Ling Bai urged Xu Jiujiu to aim higher and proposed that they kill Medusa and the Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo before leaving.

Ling Bai and Xu Jiujiu entered the Snake Swarm Nest to confront the wounded Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo and Medusa, and Ling Bai used the Death Prison Spider Emperor’s powers to battle them. Xu Jiujiu restrained Medusa while Ling Bai fought through the snake swarm, ending the chapter as he devoured their Soul Rings to replenish his strength.

• Ling Bai persuaded Xu Jiujiu to join him in seeking vengeance on the wounded Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo and Medusa.
• At the Snake Swarm Nest, Ling Bai revealed the Death Prison Magic Scythe and Death Prison Spider Emperor Martial Soul, then used Death Realm to overwhelm the Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo’s Land of the Undead.
• The Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo struck Ling Bai with Execution, but his Undying Body let him endure the attack and counter with a blow to its vulnerable chest eye.
• Xu Jiujiu used Star Crown’s Star’s Protection to block Medusa’s Gaze and hold Medusa back from the fight.
• As the snake swarm attacked and Ling Bai neared his limits, he activated Soul Devouring and absorbed the swarm’s Soul Rings to restore his strength.

Ling Bai killed the Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo, captured the wounded Snake Empress Medusa, and absorbed the demon’s soul ring before preparing to leave Youyao Forest with Xu Jiujiu. They then discovered a rare Radiant Star Silver Wolf, and Xu Jiujiu begged Ling Bai to help her hunt it while he demanded she ask him in a particular way.

• Ling Bai killed the Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo and gained its fifty-thousand-year soul ring, while he captured Snake Empress Medusa and left her poisoned and dying.
• Xu Jiujiu treated Ling Bai’s wounds, and he absorbed the Netherworld Emperor Demon Luo’s soul ring, advancing from rank forty-four to rank forty-six but finding no soul bone.
• Ling Bai and Xu Jiujiu prepared to leave Youyao Forest after Xu Jiujiu built a grave for She Chong.
• They heard a wolf howl and identified a rare Radiant Star Silver Wolf, which Xu Jiujiu said could greatly improve her Star Crown Martial Soul.
• Xu Jiujiu offered Ling Bai a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to help her hunt the wolf, but he instead demanded that she call him “young master” and ask politely.