Recaps

Ling Bai, aided by Ning Tian and Wu Feng, fought a two-thousand-year King Kong Baboon in the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest. He killed it with Evil-warding Slash, leaving the three poised to claim its soul ring.

• Ling Bai pursued the fleeing King Kong Baboon and wounded it with Radiant Spirit Array and the Angel Holy Sword.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng arrived as the injured baboon prepared to fight back with its remaining strength.
• The King Kong Baboon activated its innate Berserk skill and charged at Ling Bai.
• Ning Tian used her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda to boost Ling Bai's strength and speed.
• Ling Bai struck the berserk King Kong Baboon with Evil-warding Slash, killing it.

Ning Tian absorbed a thousand-year King Kong Baboon soul ring and gained an attack-boosting third soul skill while Ling Bai tended to Wu Feng’s injuries. Ling Bai tracked Huo Yun’er with his Demon Spider and, after Ning Tian urged them to leave for Shrek Academy, revealed that he had reached Rank 40 and wanted to remain in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ning Tian killed the weakened King Kong Baboon and absorbed its thousand-year soul ring while Ling Bai and Wu Feng kept watch.
• Ling Bai gave Wu Feng a Mystic Pill for her injuries, and she swallowed it after he teased her about protecting Ning Tian.
• Ling Bai sent his Demon Spider to track Huo Yun’er using a mark he had placed on her White Tiger Dagger.
• Ning Tian awoke and revealed that her third soul skill boosted attack, prompting the group to prepare to report to Shrek Academy.
• Ling Bai refused to leave the Star Dou Great Forest and told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that he had broken through Rank 40.

Ling Bai, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng followed the White Tiger Dagger’s trail through the Star Dou Great Forest and found Huo Yuhao fighting a ten-year Wind Baboon. After Huo Yuhao accidentally killed it, a golden light appeared in a fissure in the ground, revealing the approach of the great bug.

• Ling Bai led Ning Tian and Wu Feng deeper into the forest while tracking the White Tiger Dagger’s owner.
• Wu Feng easily defeated a nine-hundred-year Flame Lion King and kept its pelt for Ning Tian.
• The trio found Huo Yuhao struggling against a ten-year Wind Baboon, but Ling Bai refused to help him.
• Huo Yuhao used the White Tiger Dagger to counterkill the Wind Baboon after its attack gave the dagger a blade aura.
• A voice in Huo Yuhao’s mind reacted to his spiritual attribute, and a fissure opened nearby with golden light as Ling Bai recognized the approaching great bug.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fused with Huo Yuhao, but Electrolux descended and chose Ling Bai as his host instead. After the spiritual domain faded, Huo Yuhao learned that someone had taken the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s shed shell.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began fusing with Huo Yuhao and spread a spiritual domain that left nearby lifeforms unconscious.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed Ling Bai’s Divine Might but continued the fusion after Ling Bai showed no interest in interfering.
• Electrolux descended from the sky and approached Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Ling Bai revealed his Death Attribute Demon Spider and opened his Sea of Consciousness, allowing Electrolux to enter.
• Huo Yuhao completed his fusion with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then revealed that someone had taken its shed shell.

Ling Bai, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng met Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya in the Star Dou Great Forest after Huo Yuhao obtained a ten-year Soul Ring. The Shrek Academy students introduced themselves and agreed to team up to hunt for Soul Rings.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized Ling Bai had taken its shed skin but decided not to provoke someone who seemed connected to a god.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya arrived and found Huo Yuhao injured beside the Wind Baboon’s corpse; Huo Yuhao told them he had obtained his first Soul Ring.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei noticed Ling Bai, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, and the group exchanged introductions as Shrek Academy students from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bei Bei proposed that the students form a temporary team to hunt soul beasts, since Ling Bai and Tang Ya both needed Soul Rings.

Ling Bai, Ning Tian, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao formed a team and headed into the Star Dou Great Forest, with Huo Yuhao joining the Tang Sect to receive its Shrek Academy admission slot. After the group fought Wind Baboons, Ling Bai spotted a Man Faced Demon Spider ahead.

• Wu Feng questioned whether Huo Yuhao met Shrek Academy's admission requirements, but Tang Ya offered him the Tang Sect's special admission slot if he joined the sect.
• Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya and Bei Bei gave him a Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlight Night Storage Soul Tool.
• The six travelers arranged themselves in a formation and searched the forest for soul beasts.
• Tang Ya and Wu Feng quickly killed Wind Baboons, leaving Huo Yuhao feeling inferior before Sky Dream Ice Silkworm encouraged him.
• Ling Bai noticed movement ahead, and the group encountered a giant Man Faced Demon Spider.

Tang Ya and Bei Bei killed a Man Faced Demon Spider after a fierce battle, but Ling Bai noticed signs that the beast had been fleeing from a stronger predator. As Bei Bei realized a bird-type soul beast was above them, a white phantom attacked Ning Tian and the others.

• Tang Ya chose the roughly fifteen-hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider as her next soul ring, and Bei Bei prepared to fight it while Ling Bai guarded the others.
• Bei Bei used his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon skills against the spider, while Tang Ya supported him with Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons.
• Tang Ya struck the Man Faced Demon Spider's eyes with a Godly Zhuge Crossbow, killing it, then began absorbing its soul ring as Bei Bei searched for a soul bone.
• Ling Bai pointed out fresh claw wounds on the spider's armor and noted that it had used only one of its three daily webs, suggesting it had been fleeing another predator.
• Bei Bei realized a bird-type soul beast had hunted the Man Faced Demon Spider, and a white phantom lunged toward Ning Tian and the others.

Ling Bai, Ning Tian, Bei Bei, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao faced a ten-thousand-year Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture after it attacked their group. Ling Bai awakened the Six-Winged Angel’s power and killed the beast, leaving its black soul ring before them.

• Ling Bai blocked the Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture from attacking Ning Tian, and Bei Bei recognized it as a ten-thousand-year soul beast.
• Ling Bai revealed his Six-Winged Angel martial soul, while Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and Huo Yuhao shared his Spiritual Detection with the group.
• Ning Tian boosted the group, and Bei Bei assigned Wu Feng to protect Ning Tian, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya while he and Ling Bai fought.
• The Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture unleashed Bone-Corroding Mist and nearly devoured Bei Bei, but Ling Bai entered his Sacred Heart state and wounded it with Radiant Spirit Array.
• The Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture attacked with Myriad Bladed Bone Feathers, and Ning Tian boosted Ling Bai as he struck it down with four sword slashes.

After defeating the Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture, Ling Bai decided to absorb its ten-thousand-year soul ring as his fourth ring despite his companions’ warnings. As the beast’s resentment attacked his Sea of Consciousness, Electrolux appeared beside him.

• Bei Bei thanked Ling Bai for saving the group, while Huo Yuhao watched Ling Bai with envy and renewed hopes of growing strong enough to avenge his mother.
• Ling Bai approached the Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture’s ten-thousand-year soul ring, and Wu Feng and Bei Bei warned him that absorbing it could cause fatal spiritual shock.
• Ling Bai explained his unusual soul-ring history and said he wanted the beast’s soul skill, then asked Ning Tian and Wu Feng to guard him as he began absorbing the ring.
• The soul ring’s resentment took the form of the Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture and rampaged through Ling Bai’s desolate Sea of Consciousness, where Ling Bai remained calm.
• Electrolux appeared beside Ling Bai and remarked that he had acted rather underhandedly.

Ling Bai revealed that his Twin Martial Souls included the dangerous Death Prison Spider Emperor, which threatened to corrupt him with divine power. After the spider emperor devoured the Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture, Electrolux agreed to help Ling Bai and recover within his Sea of Consciousness, only to realize he would be left alone with the monstrous soul.

• The Death Prison Spider Emperor emerged from a fissure and devoured the Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture, then vanished after demanding that Ling Bai bring it more prey.
• Ling Bai explained to Electrolux that he had awakened the Six-Winged Angel and the Death Prison Spider Emperor, an Evil Spirit that he suspected carried the Rakshasa God's power.
• Electrolux recognized that Ling Bai's sacred Six-Winged Angel could not suppress the spider emperor and listened as Ling Bai described his understanding of death.
• Electrolux introduced himself as the Holy Necromancer and agreed to help Ling Bai, though he warned that his remnant soul needed time to recover.
• Ling Bai left the Sea of Consciousness, and Electrolux realized that he had been left alone with the Death Prison Spider Emperor.

Ling Bai absorbed a Ten Thousand Year soul ring and soul bone from the Blazing Bone Dragon Vulture, strengthening his Six-Winged Angel. After the group escaped the Star Dou Great Forest, they stopped at the stream where Huo Yuhao and Bei Bei had first shared grilled fish, and Bei Bei prepared to catch fish for dinner.

• Ling Bai completed his Ten Thousand Year soul ring and soul bone absorption, gaining a fourth soul skill and a platinum right arm bone.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao, and Bei Bei reacted to Ling Bai's gains, while Ling Bai suppressed the Death Prison Spider Emperor's influence.
• Tang Ya woke after absorbing her soul ring and learned about her companions' powerful martial souls and backgrounds.
• The six left the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled to a stream, where Huo Yuhao recognized the place where he had first eaten Bei Bei's grilled fish.
• Tang Ya asked Bei Bei to catch fish and Huo Yuhao to prepare grilled fish, and Bei Bei waded into the stream with lightning flickering at his fingertips.

Huo Yuhao grilled fish for the group, and Bei Bei taught him the Tang Sect’s secret arts. After declining Bei Bei’s recruitment offer, Ling Bai took the first watch and reflected that Shrek Academy’s outer court did not interest him.

• Huo Yuhao grilled fish over Wu Feng’s Red Dragon flames and shared the first batch with Tang Ya, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng.
• Wu Feng tried grilling fish for Ning Tian, but Ling Bai pointed out that she had cooked it poorly and without seasoning.
• Bei Bei taught Huo Yuhao the Mysterious Heaven Skill and other Tang Sect secret arts, then invited Wu Feng, Ling Bai, and Ning Tian to join the Tang Sect.
• Ning Tian politely declined Bei Bei’s offer, and Ling Bai also showed no interest in joining the Tang Sect.
• Ling Bai told Bei Bei that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect Master had found him as an infant, then volunteered for the first watch while Bei Bei slept.
• As he kept watch, Ling Bai murmured that Shrek Academy’s outer court was not very interesting.

Huo Yuhao and his companions reached Shrek Academy, where Ling Bai and Ning Tian drew attention before the group entered the academy and saw its founders’ statues. They arrived at the Spirit Soul Department’s registration office, where Outer Court Dean of Instruction Du Weilun was waiting.

• Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao cultivated the Purple Demon Eyes at dawn while Ling Bai explained the secret art to Ning Tian.
• After traveling for three days, Bei Bei and the others reached Shrek City and entered through the crowded East Gate.
• Tang Ya realized that students were staring at Ling Bai and Ning Tian because of their striking appearances.
• The group entered Shrek Academy and viewed statues of the Golden Iron Triangle and the first-generation Shrek Seven Monsters.
• Huo Yuhao concealed his distress as he looked at the statues of Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Tang Ya led the group to the Spirit Soul Department’s freshman registration office, where they encountered Du Weilun.

Ling Bai, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao completed Shrek Academy’s Outer Court registration, though Huo Yuhao needed Tang Ya’s Tang Sect exemption to enroll. Ling Bai then revealed his four Soul Rings and asked Du Weilun to let him take the Inner Academy assessment.

• Du Weilun tested the new students’ ages and Soul Power, discovering that Ling Bai and Ning Tian each had at least Rank 30 Soul Power while Wu Feng had Rank 25 or 26.
• Du Weilun nearly rejected Huo Yuhao for having Rank 11 Soul Power, but Tang Ya used the Tang Sect’s exemption slot to secure his enrollment.
• Ning Tian presented recommendation letters bearing the Nine-Colored Seal, and Du Weilun awkwardly asked after her mother, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect Master.
• Du Weilun confirmed that the new students had passed the entrance test and directed them to collect their uniforms and school badges.
• Ling Bai revealed yellow, purple, purple, and black Soul Rings, then asked Du Weilun whether he qualified for the Inner Academy assessment.

Ling Bai rejected Du Weilun’s offer to join the outer academy as a transfer student and insisted on taking the inner academy assessment. Du Weilun agreed to lead him there and allowed Bei Bei and Tang Ya to observe, while Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao were sent back to their dormitories.

• Du Weilun was astonished by Ling Bai’s four-ring Soul Ancestor cultivation and warned him that entering the inner academy directly would be difficult.
• Ling Bai said he would rather leave than waste time in the outer academy, so Du Weilun offered him a third-year transfer place with Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
• Ling Bai declined the offer because he had already received extensive training at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and wanted to reach the treasure at Shrek’s center.
• Ling Bai insisted on taking the inner academy assessment, and Du Weilun agreed to take him there, telling him to return as a transfer student if he failed.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei asked to observe the assessment, and Du Weilun granted their request while sending Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao back to their dormitories.

Ling Bai received an opportunity to challenge one of Shrek’s new Inner Court students for a place in the Inner Court. He chose Chu Qingtian, and the chapter ended as both Soul Ancestors revealed their martial souls and soul rings.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng left with confidence that Ling Bai would pass, while Huo Yuhao remembered Ling Bai’s past strength.
• Du Weilun brought Ling Bai, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya to the assessment grounds, where Zhang Lexuan had just finished escorting five new Inner Court students through their assessment.
• Du Weilun recommended Ling Bai as an outsider, and Zhang Lexuan offered him a test: defeat one of the five new students to join the Inner Court.
• Ling Bai studied the five students and chose Chu Qingtian, the agile Soul Ancestor with the Lightning Maniac Panther martial soul.
• Chu Qingtian and Ling Bai introduced themselves and released their martial souls and soul rings, beginning their battle.

Ling Bai overwhelmed Chu Qingtian with the Six-Winged Angel and Evil-warding Slash, but Chu survived by transforming into lightning. The battle continued as Chu summoned four Lightning Shadow clones to fight alongside him.

• Chu Qingtian recognized Ling Bai's Six-Winged Angel and charged at him with Rapid Lightning.
• Ling Bai struck with Evil-warding Slash, terrifying Chu and astonishing the observers with its power.
• Chu Qingtian used Lightning Transformation to survive Ling Bai's slash, then reflected on the gap between their abilities.
• Chu Qingtian summoned four Lightning Shadow clones, turning the fight into five against one.

Ling Bai used Spider Emperor Sense to see through Chu Qingtian’s Lightning Shadows and dominated their assessment battle. After Ling Bai defeated him with a controlled final attack, Chu Qingtian was left unharmed and accepted Ling Bai’s offered hand.

• Ling Bai used the Radiant Spirit Array to turn Chu Qingtian’s lightning arrows against him and destroyed several Lightning Shadows by targeting Chu Qingtian’s true body.
• Du Weilun and Zhang Lexuan discussed Ling Bai’s exceptional perception, while the narration revealed that his second martial soul, the Death Prison Spider Emperor, granted him Spider Emperor Sense.
• Ling Bai baited Chu Qingtian into attacking, then split his Evil-warding Slash to destroy the remaining Lightning Shadow and wound Chu Qingtian.
• Ling Bai sent a sacred tornado at the exhausted Chu Qingtian, but moonlight dispersed it and returned him unharmed to the ground.
• Ling Bai offered Chu Qingtian a hand and told him, “You let me win, Brother Chu.”

Ling Bai defeated Chu Qingtian in the inner academy assessment and received praise for developing his Soul Skills creatively. Zhang Lexuan led him and the other new students toward Sea God Island, while hidden watchers withdrew from Shrek Academy.

• Ling Bai defeated Chu Qingtian without leaving his starting position, and Chu Qingtian accepted the loss and thanked him for showing mercy.
• Zhang Lexuan welcomed Ling Bai as the youngest student in Shrek Inner Academy and encouraged Chu Qingtian to keep cultivating.
• Du Weilun praised Ling Bai's creative variations of the Radiant Spirit Array and urged Bei Bei and Tang Ya to develop their own Soul Skills.
• Chu Qingtian had his shoulder wound bandaged, and Zhang Lexuan called the group to leave for Sea God Island.
• Ling Bai and Chu Qingtian followed Zhang Lexuan with the other new inner academy students, while hidden figures withdrew from Shrek Academy.

Zhang Lexuan led Ling Bai and the other new inner courtyard students to Sea God Lake and challenged them to cross it without help. As the students raced across, Ling Bai learned about Tai Xing’s Great Strength Gorilla heritage and Du Gu Lin’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent, then flew past Chu Qingtian on angel wings.

• Zhang Lexuan left the six new students at Sea God Lake and challenged them to cross on their own.
• The food-system girl flew over the lake with a Soul Guidance Thruster, while Du Gu Lin crossed in her Jade Phosphorous Serpent form and the plant-system boy swung across with his Ghost Vine.
• Chu Qingtian declined Tai Xing’s offer of help, and Tai Xing introduced himself to Ling Bai as a descendant of the Single-Attribute Four Clans.
• Tai Xing explained why his clan had separated from the Tang Sect, and Ling Bai said old grudges did not concern him.
• Tai Xing told Ling Bai that Du Gu Lin was a formidable poison specialist who had defeated both him and Chu Qingtian.
• Chu Qingtian raced ahead across the lake, but Ling Bai caught up by flying above him with angel wings.

Ling Bai arrived at Shrek Academy’s inner court, chose a secluded house, and rejected Du Gu Lin’s advances. After a neighboring resident’s screams kept him awake, he went to complain and found a burly young man clutching a shield beneath a red-haired beauty.

• Ling Bai reached Sea God Island first with the Six-Winged Angel’s speed, and Zhang Lexuan told him the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s shadow guards could not enter the academy.
• Zhang Lexuan arranged houses for the new students, and Ling Bai asked for a quiet residence while Du Gu Lin invited him to live beside her.
• Ling Bai rejected Du Gu Lin and suspected she was interested in the Six-Winged Angel’s abilities rather than him.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Ling Bai a house opposite another residence, and Ling Bai settled in for the night.
• A neighboring man’s loud cries kept Ling Bai awake, so he went to ask for quiet and found a burly young man holding a black shield with a red-haired beauty standing on it.

Ling Bai fought Ma Xiaotao after interrupting her treatment for evil fire, using Angel Domain and his Six-Winged Angel skills to withstand her increasingly powerful attacks. As Ma Xiaotao launched Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike, Ling Bai summoned countless sacred blades and revealed his fourth soul skill, Myriad Bladed Radiance.

• Ling Bai fled after discovering Ma Xiaotao and Xu Sanshi, but Ma Xiaotao stopped him with a Phoenix Fire Line and Xu Sanshi escaped into Sea God Lake.
• Ling Bai activated Angel Domain and broke Ma Xiaotao’s flame barrier with Evil-warding Slash before binding her with Radiant Spirit Array.
• Ma Xiaotao broke free with Phoenix Nirvana and Phoenix Wings Soaring, then traded attacks with Ling Bai in the air while the Dean and Old Li watched.
• Ma Xiaotao used an advanced Phoenix Howling Sky Strike, but Ling Bai blocked it with Radiant Spirit Array · Storm and Radiant Spirit Array · Defense.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike, and Ling Bai gathered countless sacred blades before calling out Myriad Bladed Radiance.

Ling Bai defeated Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike with Myriad Bladed Radiance, then used holy sword energy to suppress her out-of-control evil fire. Ma Xiaotao’s fire subsided, and she thanked Ling Bai before fainting.

• Ling Bai unleashed Myriad Bladed Radiance and shattered Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike, sending her into Sea God Lake.
• Ling Bai pulled Ma Xiaotao from the lake as her evil fire surged and left her too exhausted to swim back.
• Ma Xiaotao began tearing at her clothes in agony, and Ling Bai restrained her to keep her from hurting herself.
• Ling Bai sent holy sword energy through Ma Xiaotao’s meridians and cut away the evil fire despite its resistance.
• Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire subsided, and she thanked Ling Bai before fainting.

Ling Bai subdued Ma Xiaotao during her Phoenix Evil Fire outbreak, then confronted Yan Shaozhe when the dean finally arrived. After playfully exaggerating his injuries to secure compensation, Ling Bai identified himself as a member of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Yan Shaozhe left with Ma Xiaotao while promising to consider further rewards.

• Ling Bai carried the unconscious Ma Xiaotao to Sea God Lake after using nearly all his techniques to subdue her.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived and introduced himself as the Spirit Soul Department dean and Ma Xiaotao's personal disciple's teacher.
• Ling Bai pretended to be gravely injured and implied the academy should compensate him for protecting Ma Xiaotao.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Ling Bai three Soul Nurturing Pills, and Ling Bai revealed he came from the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yan Shaozhe asked after Jian Mu, then took Ma Xiaotao away and told Ling Bai to rest while he considered further compensation.

After Ling Bai suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Evil Fire, Yan Shaozhe realized the Six-Winged Angel could keep it at bay for about a year and considered recruiting Ling Bai as Shrek Academy’s future leader. The next morning, Ling Bai met Han Ruoruo, who teased him for calling Zhang Lexuan Eldest Senior Sister but addressing her only as Senior Sister.

• Yan Shaozhe scolded Ma Xiaotao for hiding that her evil fire was getting out of control and explained that Ling Bai’s intervention had eased it.
• Yan Shaozhe confirmed that Ling Bai’s ultimate holiness had removed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and could protect her for about a year.
• Yan Shaozhe regretted that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had claimed Ling Bai and imagined him becoming master of Sea God Pavilion and marrying Ma Xiaotao, but she rejected the idea.
• Ma Xiaotao returned to her residence and noticed that the room opposite hers was dark.
• Ling Bai spent the night sleeping in a tree beside Sea God Lake, then returned to his house at dawn.
• Han Ruoruo introduced herself as Ling Bai’s inner academy guide and teased him for using a different title for her than for Zhang Lexuan.