Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin reunited with the Tang Sect members at a banquet, where they asked about Di Yun’er and learned he still had no answers. The gathering ended with Wang Dong, Beibei, and Xu Sanshi trapping him so they could dress him as a girl.

• Tang Ya welcomed Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong to the Tang Sect base, then kept Huo Yutong behind for girl talk while Tang Wulin joined the others.
• Xu Sanshi and Beibei revealed they had bet on whether Tang Wulin would dodge a party popper, and Xu Sanshi insisted on paying for the banquet.
• Huo Yutong reminded Tang Wulin that Xu Sanshi needed to vent after failing to confess to Jiang Nannan again.
• Tang Wulin told Beibei and Wang Dong that he had not discovered anything about Di Yun’er yet, and Wang Dong began teasing him about dressing as a girl.
• Wang Dong, Beibei, and Xu Sanshi cornered Tang Wulin, and Xu Sanshi used Mysterious Underworld Exchange to stop him escaping as he called for Huo Yutong to save him.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong encountered Ji Juechen, who challenged Huo Yutong to a fight. Tang Wulin defeated him in one punch using the Light Dragon King Skull soul skill Unity of Heaven and Man, but Ji Juechen promised to return for another bout next week.

• Tang Wulin left the Tang Sect with Huo Yutong after an embarrassing encounter, while she teased him about the others' intentions.
• Huo Yutong tried to avoid Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, but Ji Juechen confronted her and demanded a spar.
• Tang Wulin offered to fight Ji Juechen and promised to defeat him within three seconds to keep him away from Huo Yutong for a week.
• Ji Juechen's Sword Fanatic Domain: Silence failed to affect Tang Wulin, who knocked him down with a single punch.
• Ji Juechen recognized Tang Wulin's Unity of Heaven and Man and left, saying he would come back next week.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong joined a heavily guarded Soul Beast Hunt operation, where the participants introduced themselves and their abilities. The introductions ended with Di Yun'er still to speak, as Tang Wulin continued wondering how she knew Huo Yutong.

• Cai Mei'er's application approval allowed Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong to join the hunt alongside Zhang Lexuan, Han Ruoruo, and Cai Mei'er.
• At the gathering point, Tang Wulin noticed Di Yun'er soften her expression when she saw Huo Yutong and suspected the two had met before.
• Cai Mei'er announced that the group would hunt near the border between the Mixed Zone and Core Zone of the Star Dou Great Forest, with Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo commanding.
• Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo introduced themselves as powerful instructors and students who needed no Soul Rings.
• Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong introduced their Martial Souls and cultivation ranks, saying they did not need Soul Rings on the operation.
• Li Yongyue and Moxuan stated that they needed their sixth Soul Rings, and the group turned its attention to Di Yun'er for the final introduction.

Zhang Lexuan led Tang Wulin, Huo Yutong, and the others toward the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a soul ring for Di Yun'er. While they rested outside the forest, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong shared a tender moment, and Moxuan quietly put his past feelings for her to rest.

• Di Yun'er introduced herself as a rank-60 Assault System Soul Emperor with a Golden Dragon Martial Soul, and Zhang Lexuan assigned everyone their positions for the journey.
• The group traveled from Shrek City to the Star Dou Great Forest and stopped near its outer region to rest before entering.
• Huo Yutong reminisced with Tang Wulin about first arriving at the forest, and Tang Wulin promised to make her happier.
• Zhang Lexuan interrupted Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong just before they kissed, drawing amused reactions from the group.
• Li Yongyue questioned Moxuan about Huo Yutong, and Moxuan recalled his failed confession and accepted that he had no chance with her.

Huo Yutong grilled fish for the group by a stream, and Tang Wulin discovered that her ears were sensitive when he teased her. Her fish brought him unusual comfort when she had meant it for him, leaving him to wonder whether her intentions had affected its taste.

• Huo Yutong suggested making grilled fish for the group, and Zhang Lexuan led everyone to a nearby stream.
• Li Yongyue and Moxuan caught fish and gathered firewood while Huo Yutong grilled the fish from Tang Wulin's arms.
• Cai Mei'er praised Huo Yutong's cooking, and Tang Wulin felt warm, comforting energy after eating the fish she had intended for him.
• Tang Wulin blew on Huo Yutong's ear, making her flinch and claim she had used the wrong seasoning.
• Huo Yutong gave Tang Wulin the fish she had meant for Zhang Lexuan, and he noticed it lacked the same comforting effect.

Zhang Lexuan led the group into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong teased each other about a playful scoring system and her desire for his attention. The group reached the Mixed Zone, where Zhang Lexuan called for everyone to prepare for possible encounters with powerful soul beasts.

• After finishing their meal, Zhang Lexuan warned the group to stay alert as they entered the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group through the forest, driving away most soul beasts as they hurried toward the depths.
• Tang Wulin watched Di Yun'er, and Huo Yutong squeezed his hand and told him she wanted him to look at her more.
• Huo Yutong invented a scoring system for Tang Wulin, listing ways he could earn points and teasing him about their relationship.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped the group at the Mixed Zone and told everyone to rest and prepare for powerful soul beasts.

Huo Yutong used Spiritual Detection to guide the group through the Mixed Zone, where they encountered a Ten Thousand Year Azure Sea Spirit Ape. Di Yun'er charged to fight it while Tang Wulin supported her, and the ape tried to flee into the trees as Bluesilver Emperor vines erupted from the ground.

• Huo Yutong spread Spiritual Detection across a thousand-meter radius, and Zhang Lexuan gave her the main control position.
• Huo Yutong detected a Ten Thousand Year Azure Sea Spirit Ape, and Zhang Lexuan assigned Moxuan to claim its soul ring while ordering Tang Wulin, Huo Yutong, and Di Yun'er to capture it alive.
• Tang Wulin told Di Yun'er to lead the assault, and she rushed toward the Azure Sea Spirit Ape.
• The Azure Sea Spirit Ape released Azure Spirit Poison Mist, but Huo Yutong froze the poison before it could harm the group.
• Di Yun'er charged the Azure Sea Spirit Ape as it fired an Azure Poison Arrow and leaped toward the trees, but Bluesilver Emperor vines burst from the ground.

Tang Wulin and Di Yun'er defeated an Azure Sea Spirit Ape, revealing the water and fire attributes of Tang Wulin’s mutated Bluesilver Emperor. As Moxuan absorbed the ape’s soul ring, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong wondered whether Di Yun'er shared his bloodline.

• Tang Wulin restrained the Azure Sea Spirit Ape with water-infused Bluesilver Emperor while Di Yun'er struck it with Golden Dragon Body.
• The ape broke free and tried to flee, but Tang Wulin used Flame Burst to engulf it in a powerful explosion.
• Tang Wulin warned Moxuan that the ape was still alive, and Moxuan delivered the finishing blow.
• Tang Wulin explained how the Water Dragon King Left Arm Bone and Fire Dragon King Right Arm Bone had mutated his Bluesilver Emperor and empowered its skills.
• Moxuan began absorbing the ape’s soul ring as Huo Yutong asked Tang Wulin whether he had noticed Di Yun'er's Golden Dragon Body skill.
• Tang Wulin said Di Yun'er's matching soul skill did not prove they shared a bloodline.

After Moxuan absorbed the Azure Sea Spirit Ape, the team rested in the Star Dou Great Forest and Tang Wulin tried to learn why Di Yun'er resembled him. Their watch was interrupted when a huge group of soul beasts surrounded them, forcing Zhang Lexuan to order everyone into battle.

• Moxuan absorbed the Azure Sea Spirit Ape and gained a soul skill that delighted him.
• Zhang Lexuan led the team deeper into the forest, then arranged their watches for the night as Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong cultivated together.
• During the second watch, Di Yun'er accused Tang Wulin of arranging the mission to investigate her resemblance to him and insisted their likeness was coincidence.
• Huo Yutong detected more than a hundred soul beasts nearby and alerted the sleeping team, who silently formed a defensive formation.
• The soul beasts suddenly encircled the team, and Zhang Lexuan ordered everyone to fight while Moxuan activated his support skills.

Zhang Lexuan led the Shrek group in a battle against a Blood Red Baboon troop led by a fifty-thousand-year Baboon King. Tang Wulin weakened the baboons with Water King's Deep Sea Domain, then spotted Di Yun'er holding a golden spear that felt familiar to him.

• Zhang Lexuan identified the Blood Red Baboons and warned the group about their strength and weak point, then released her eight soul rings.
• The Baboon King used Group Enrage to strengthen its troop and led an assault on Zhang Lexuan, who held off the attackers with beams of moonlight.
• Han Ruoruo linked her companions with the Shaking Gold Rope as the baboons surrounded the Shrek group.
• Tang Wulin released Water King's Deep Sea Domain, slowing and weakening the baboons and easing the pressure on his companions.
• Tang Wulin saw Di Yun'er produce a golden spear and recognized it as familiar through Huo Yutong's Spiritual Detection.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong annihilated the ape troop with their Frozen Thorn Frost Forest Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Afterward, Tang Wulin questioned Di Yun'er about her Golden Dragon Spear and learned it had been passed down through her family.

• Di Yun'er killed a ten-thousand-year ape with her Golden Dragon Spear, while Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong separately attacked the troop’s leader.
• Huo Yutong revealed her Spiritual Clone and teleported to Tang Wulin as they unleashed Frozen Thorn Frost Forest, destroying every ape on the battlefield.
• Tang Wulin asked whether anyone wanted the scattered soul rings, and everyone declined.
• Tang Wulin asked Di Yun'er about her spear, and she said the Golden Dragon Spear had been made from the first Golden Dragon’s forty-ninth rib and passed down through her family.
• Di Yun'er challenged Tang Wulin about whether he wanted to steal the spear, and he denied it.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong considered what Di Yun’er’s Golden Dragon Spear revealed about her origins. They suspected she might be Tang Wulin’s ancestor, but her true identity remained unconfirmed as the group kept watch in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Wulin realized Di Yun’er’s spear could not belong to someone from his own future timeline because later Golden Dragons had only forty-eight ribs.
• Di Yun’er teased Tang Wulin for staring at her, prompting him to reassure the jealous Huo Yutong and thank Di Yun’er for reminding him to pay attention to her.
• Huo Yutong proposed three explanations for Di Yun’er’s spear: she was Tang Wulin’s sister from the future, came from another timeline, or belonged to this era and was his ancestor.
• Tang Wulin accepted that Di Yun’er might be his ancestor, and Huo Yutong comforted him by saying they could still be friends.
• Huo Yutong stopped Tang Wulin from kissing her in front of Di Yun’er, then promised to let him kiss her after they returned, while cautioning him to show restraint.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The group continues soul beast hunting, led by Huo Yutong's Spiritual Detection.
• They encounter a Silver Moon White Fox, a rare and powerful soul beast with a ten-thousand-year cultivation.
• Tang Wulin, Di Yun'er, and Huo Yutong engage the Silver Moon White Fox. Di Yun'er's punch cracks the fox's moon shield, but she's then sealed by the fox's Innate Ability.
• Huo Yutong uses Frozen Thorns to shatter the moon shield and freezes the fox with her Emerald Dragon's Domain. Li Yongyue absorbs the soul ring.

Character Developments

• Li Yongyue absorbs a powerful soul ring, showing growth and determination.
• Huo Yutong demonstrates her cold and efficient demeanor while using her Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul.

Significant Themes

• Teamwork and coordination, shown by Tang Wulin, Di Yun'er, and Huo Yutong's combined efforts against the Silver Moon White Fox.
• The power of rare and powerful soul beasts, and the importance of absorbing their soul rings.

Character Interactions

• Li Yongyue expresses gratitude to Huo Yutong for her help, and they exchange a promise for future assistance.
• Tang Wulin, Di Yun'er, and Huo Yutong work together to defeat the Silver Moon White Fox, showcasing their trust and cooperation.

Li Yongyue’s group encountered three powerful triplet Soul Douluo, who forced Cai Mei’er and the Shrek students to help with a nearby operation. After the brothers swore to let them leave afterward, Cai Mei’er agreed to follow them.

• Li Yongyue detected three approaching figures, and Han Ruoruo buried the Silver Moon White Fox’s corpse to conceal the group’s strength.
• Zhang Lexuan claimed the group came from the Moonflower Sect, but Cai Mei’er stepped forward when the three elderly triplets demanded to see their Martial Souls and soul rings.
• Cai Mei’er and the old man on the right exchanged a palm strike, revealing that both had Soul Douluo-level strength.
• The triplets released their Martial Souls and Level 8 Soul Tools, while Huo Yutong warned Tang Wulin of the danger.
• The brothers identified themselves as Zhongli Tian, Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren, swore to let the group leave after the operation, and Cai Mei’er agreed to go with them.

The Shrek group followed the Zhongli Brothers to a burrow, where Huo Yutong recognized them as Evil Soul Masters after Zhongli Ren released a blood-red creature. The brothers provoked a ten-thousand-year Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear and prepared to fight it alongside Shrek, while Cai Mei'er kept the students cautious; the bear then roared in pain.

• Cai Mei'er led the Shrek group at a controlled pace as they followed the Zhongli Brothers to a Soul Beast's burrow.
• Zhongli Ren released a blood-red mouse-like creature, and Huo Yutong identified the Zhongli Brothers as Evil Soul Masters and warned the Shrek group through Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• Zhongli Ren provoked a ten-thousand-year Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, which unleashed a devastating attack but did not pursue him.
• Cai Mei'er agreed to proceed cautiously while weighing how to protect the Shrek students from the three Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhongli Tian proposed that the group surround and block the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, and the bear roared in pain nearby.

Huo Yutong discovered that a weakened Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear had just given birth, and that the Zhongli Brothers planned to lure it away and steal its Cubs. As two bears and three Evil Soul Masters threatened the Shrek group, Tang Wulin revealed his Water-Fire Raging Dragon Feast Domain and turned the tide of strength.

• Huo Yutong used Spiritual Detection to discover the newborn Cubs in the cave and realize the Female Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear was protecting them.
• Zhongli Tian summoned the Resentful Soul of the Female Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear's mate, while Zhongli Di slipped away to steal the Cubs.
• The Female Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear charged out of the cave after hearing its mate's anguished roar, and Cai Mei'er attacked Zhongli Tian.
• Zhongli Tian vanished as the male bear's Resentful Soul struck at the Shrek group, leaving them facing two powerful bears and three Soul Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters.
• Tang Wulin unleashed Water-Fire Raging Dragon Feast, weakening Zhongli Tian and empowering the Shrek group as he revealed his five Golden Soul Rings and dragon wings.

Tang Wulin used his fused domains and powerful abilities to hold off Zhongli Tian’s two Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear beast souls while Huo Yutong and the others engaged the other Evil Soul Masters. After Tang Wulin reached Zhongli Tian, the besieged enemy summoned his Innate Beast Soul, the Crimson Gold Lion.

• Tang Wulin’s three-domain fusion alarmed Zhongli Tian, who sent his Male Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear to test him, but Tang Wulin beat the bear in a contest of strength.
• Tang Wulin directed Cai Mei'er, Zhang Lexuan, and Han Ruoruo to stop Zhongli Di and Zhongli Ren, while Huo Yutong kept Zhongli Tian occupied and the Fire Dragon King Soul Spirit fought the Male Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear.
• Tang Wulin blocked the Female Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear with his Golden Dragon Spear, bound it with the Water Dragon King’s Water Emperor’s Bind, and pinned it to a tree without killing it.
• Tang Wulin rushed to help Huo Yutong attack Zhongli Tian, who forced her back and summoned his Innate Beast Soul, the Crimson Gold Lion.

Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong defeated Zhongli Tian, and Huo Yutong purified the vengeful beast souls. She then began a Soul Spirit Ritual to save the wounded Female Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear by bonding it with Di Yun'er, and the fusion proceeded remarkably smoothly.

• Huo Yutong froze Zhongli Tian with Great Cold Without Snow, and Tang Wulin killed him with a dragon attack.
• After Zhongli Tian died, Huo Yutong purified the freed beast souls, including the Male Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, which reunited with the Female Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear before dispersing.
• Huo Yutong offered to preserve the wounded Female Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear as a Soul Spirit, and Di Yun'er agreed to the ritual.
• The Female Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear willingly accepted Di Yun'er, and Huo Yutong began their Soul Spirit Ritual.
• The bear's spirit merged with Di Yun'er as a black Soul Ring began to appear, while Huo Yutong wondered why the fusion was proceeding so easily.

Tang Wulin joined Cai Mei'er’s battle and helped kill Zhongli Di and Zhongli Ren, ending the fight against the Zhongli brothers. He rescued the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear Cubs, and the group learned that Di Yun'er had finished absorbing her Sixth Soul Ring.

• Tang Wulin stunned Zhongli Di, blasted him with his fire skills, and killed him through the heart with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• Zhongli Ren tried to flee, but Han Ruoruo restrained him and Zhang Lexuan killed him with her Eighth Soul Skill.
• Cai Mei'er sent Tang Wulin to check the cave, where he found both Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear Cubs alive and carried them out.
• Huo Yutong’s Spiritual Detection reconnected with the group and showed that Di Yun'er had finished absorbing her Sixth Soul Ring.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Tang Wulin and Huo Yutong ran into Xuan Ziwen, who ordered Huo Yutong back to Soul Tool research. Tang Wulin asked to join them and offered to demonstrate his forging ability, leaving Xuan Ziwen curious about whether it could improve metal quality.

• Tang Wulin returned to Shrek Academy with Huo Yutong after Di Yun'er finished absorbing the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, still unable to solve the mysteries surrounding her.
• Xuan Ziwen confronted Huo Yutong about her overdue assignment and ordered her to work on Soul Tools at the Tang Sect's Soul Tool Hall.
• Xuan Ziwen warned Tang Wulin not to let their relationship interfere with Huo Yutong's future, and Tang Wulin agreed.
• Tang Wulin asked to visit the Soul Tool Hall and said he had talent in forging.
• Tang Wulin offered to demonstrate his forging technique, and Xuan Ziwen agreed to judge whether it could improve metal quality.