Chapter Summaries

You Chen left the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce’s expansion in the Star Luo Empire to the Beast Soul Alliance while continuing his cultivation. In Suotuo City, Tang San abandoned his plan to kill Dai Mubai after seeing him get along with Yu Xiaogang, and Ning Rongrong met Oscar and Tang San while investigating the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce before beginning to assess her future Shrek classmates.

• You Chen let the Beast Soul Alliance manage the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce’s push into the Star Luo Empire and resumed cultivating the Dragon Elephant Chapter while grinding Tang Hao.
• Tang San brooded over seeing Dai Mubai leave Yu Xiaogang’s room on friendly terms and crossed Dai Mubai off his list of targets because he did not want Yu Xiaogang to grieve.
• Oscar took Tang San to a Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce store, where he became captivated by Ning Rongrong and began recommending products to her.
• Ning Rongrong apologized for mistaking Oscar for a store promoter, then asked him about the chamber’s products and learned that he and Tang San attended Shrek Academy.
• Oscar proudly told Ning Rongrong that he and Tang San were Soul Grand Masters, while Ning Rongrong silently compared their abilities with her own Soul Elder cultivation.

Oscar brought Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy, where its shabby grounds and tiny student body made her doubt his claims. You Chen appeared to expose holes in Shrek’s recruitment boasts and explain Spirit Hall’s strength, then followed Ning Rongrong into a tense scene at the Martial Arts Arena.

• Oscar praised Shrek’s teachers and invited Ning Rongrong to visit, but she was dismayed by the academy’s rundown appearance and only five students.
• Tang San defended Shrek’s strict standards and claimed its graduates included Spirit Hall’s youngest elder, prompting You Chen to appear and question the boast.
• You Chen explained Spirit Hall’s major institutions and the likely number of Titled Douluo, easing Ning Rongrong’s anger without changing her resolve to follow her father’s decision.
• Ning Rongrong rejoined Tang San and Oscar, and You Chen followed them to the Martial Arts Arena, where a scorpion-braided girl and a blond, double-pupiled youth faced off amid romantic rivalry.

Tang San and Dai Mubai fought after clashing over Xiao Wu, and Tang San nearly defeated Dai Mubai with hidden weapons before Zhao Wuji stopped the match. Tang San described an Agility Attack System Soul Master who had once endured his attacks, but hesitated before revealing You Xing’s name and connection to You Chen.

• Xiao Wu rejected Dai Mubai’s advances, and Tang San arrived to defend her, prompting Dai Mubai to mock him and challenge him to fight.
• Tang San attacked Dai Mubai with hidden weapons and Blue Silver Grass, then used the Godly Zhuge Crossbow while parasitic vines restrained him.
• Zhao Wuji blocked the crossbow bolts and reprimanded Tang San for using hidden weapons, but Flender arrived and urged him to let the rivalry play out.
• Tang San demanded that Dai Mubai apologize to Xiao Wu, then compared him unfavorably to an Agility Attack System Soul Master who had withstood his hidden weapons.
• Dai Mubai demanded to know who the Soul Master was, and Tang San stopped himself just before naming You Xing as You Chen’s disciple.

After Flender ended the dispute between Tang San and Dai Mubai, You Chen explained You Chen’s historic importance as a martial soul theorist to Ning Rongrong. Tang San remained consumed by anger and secretly resolved to punish Dai Mubai, while Ning Rongrong ordered an investigation into Shrek Academy.

• Xiao Wu claimed that You Xing was a disciple of the famous theorist You Chen, and Flender reprimanded Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu for their parts in the conflict.
• You Chen told Ning Rongrong that You Chen had transformed martial soul theory and urged her to distinguish genuine scholars from frauds.
• The students dispersed; Ning Rongrong stayed curious about Shrek Academy and, after You Chen disappeared, asked Uncle Wu to gather all information about it.
• Tang San lay awake, brooding over Dai Mubai and resenting Flender and Yu Xiaogang for urging him to reconcile with him.
• Tang San decided to make Dai Mubai unable to pursue women again, while You Chen watched his sinister laughter from outside the window.

Tang San secretly poisoned one of Dai Mubai’s twin companions with a concoction meant to cause Dai Mubai to become impotent, while Master You Chen watched without interfering. When Dai Mubai suffered the effects, he accused Tang San and sought Flender’s help, and Master You Chen brought Ning Rongrong to watch the confrontation.

• Tang San prepared a substance that would affect men after a woman who had received it became excited, then secretly injected it into one of Dai Mubai’s twin companions.
• Dai Mubai went to meet the twins, suffered the concoction’s effects, and blamed Tang San despite having no evidence.
• Dai Mubai confronted Flender, who doubted his accusation, and pulled down his pants to show what had happened.
• Master You Chen brought Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy, concealed her presence, and explained that Tang San’s poison had left Dai Mubai unable to perform as a man.

You Chen and Ning Rongrong watched Flender and Yu Xiaogang respond to Dai Mubai’s accusation that Tang San had crippled him. Yu Xiaogang decided to protect Tang San by framing someone else and shifting the blame, leaving Flender caught between his friend and Dai Mubai.

• Ning Rongrong asked whether student conflicts at other academies became as extreme, and You Chen explained Shrek accepted monsters.
• Dai Mubai showed Flender his shrunken lower abdomen and accused Tang San, but Flender sent him away after claiming indulgence might explain his condition.
• You Chen told Ning Rongrong that Dai Mubai’s imperial background could not protect him and that Flender would likely favor Tang San, his friend’s disciple.
• Flender secretly concluded Tang San had harmed Dai Mubai and went to Yu Xiaogang to discuss the accusation.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed Tang San was responsible and proposed framing someone else to redirect Dai Mubai’s resentment.

You Chen explained to Ning Rongrong why Yu Xiaogang and Flender planned to frame Dai Mubai, then sent her back to report what she had learned to Ning Fengzhi. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing fled pursuit in the Soul Hunting Forest and was offered protection by You Xing in exchange for helping the Beast Soul Alliance seize the Star Luo Empire.

• You Chen told Ning Rongrong that Yu Xiaogang and Flender acted out of loyalty to Tang San, and urged her to tell Ning Fengzhi about Yu Xiaogang and Tang San's ties to the Upper Three Sects.
• Ning Rongrong returned to her room, while You Chen considered whether Ning Fengzhi would understand his signal and choose the right side.
• You Chen watched Dai Mubai struggle with suspicion and resentment toward Tang San, then turned his attention to Zhu Zhuqing fleeing her sister's pursuers.
• A crossbow bolt killed a pursuer, and You Xing introduced himself and the Beast Soul Alliance to Zhu Zhuqing.
• You Xing offered Zhu Zhuqing protection if she helped the Beast Soul Alliance seize the Star Luo Empire, tempting her with revenge and the prospect of becoming its first empress.

After You Xing gave Zhu Zhuqing Zhu Zhuyun’s severed head, Zhu Zhuqing joined his faction and was assigned to help usurp the Star Luo Empire. Amona became her assistant and cover, while You Xing ordered the two women to build trust and attempt a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• You Xing told Zhu Zhuqing that Zhu Zhuyun and the others who hunted her had been executed, and urged her to help change the Star Luo Empire’s system.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted You Xing’s offer and joined his faction, despite the shock of her sister’s death.
• You Xing introduced Amona as Zhu Zhuqing’s primary assistant and explained that the Soul Arena Beasts would support her.
• Amona revealed that she was a level 58 Soul King with a White Tiger Martial Soul and was posing as Monaldo, a recovered illegitimate son of Marquis Casas.
• You Xing told Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Amona as part of their plan, and Zhu Zhuqing began to feel excited by the challenge.

After reading Ning Rongrong’s letter, Ning Fengzhi concluded that You Chen was pressuring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to choose between joining his faction and resisting him. Ning Fengzhi chose to keep Ning Rongrong as a discreet intermediary, hoping her bond with You Chen could preserve the sect’s future with as little bloodshed as possible.

• You Chen considered studying Martial Soul Fusion Skills between Zhu Zhuqing and Amona to investigate whether fusion could reveal a path to Martial Soul evolution.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Ning Rongrong’s letter, and Ning Fengzhi interpreted You Chen’s actions as goodwill toward Rongrong and a warning against close ties with Shrek and the other Upper Three Sects.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong rejected the ideas of submitting to You Chen, allying with other sects, or seeking refuge with Spirit Hall, while Ning Fengzhi argued that open resistance would likely fail.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to use Ning Rongrong to probe You Chen’s intentions without telling her the sect’s plan, and he instructed Chen Xin and Gu Rong to let her act naturally.
• Ning Fengzhi privately resolved to leave the sect’s future in You Chen’s hands, hoping You Chen would treat Ning Rongrong well and allow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to become a gradual, relatively independent vassal.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Zhu Family after killing Zhu Zhuyun and confronted her mother, Zhu Lanyan, over the family’s brutal succession rules. She declared that she would take her sister’s place as the Zhu Family’s sole successor, and Zhu Lanyan summoned her to the Main Hall.

• Zhu Zhuqing entered the Duke's Mansion alone while You Chen secretly watched over her in disguise.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Lanyan that she had killed Zhu Zhuyun and threw her sister’s severed head onto the floor.
• Zhu Zhuqing rebuked Zhu Lanyan for standing by as the sisters were forced to fight, then declared there would be no Second Miss, only Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Lanyan blasted her husband into the study wall when he tried to defend her, then ordered the head maid to collect Zhu Zhuyun’s remains.
• Zhu Lanyan regained her composure and ordered Zhu Zhuqing to wait for her in the Main Hall.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Zhu Lanyan about the Zhu Family’s bloodline competition, but her mother attacked her until You Xing intervened. Zhu Lanyan then hinted that Zhu Zhuqing’s alliance with the Casas Family was tied to the upheaval over Crown Prince Dai Weisi’s assassination.

• Zhu Zhuqing went to the Main Hall, where Zhu Lanyan challenged her for killing Zhu Zhuyun and relying on outside forces.
• Zhu Zhuqing condemned the Zhu Family’s tradition and taunted Zhu Lanyan, who lost control and launched a deadly Nether Claw at her.
• You Xing emerged from Zhu Zhuqing’s shadow and blocked Zhu Lanyan’s attack, identifying himself as a Casas Family guard assigned to protect Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing insisted that You Xing did not have to answer Zhu Lanyan’s questions, and Zhu Lanyan inferred that Zhu Zhuqing had chosen to support the Casas Family.
• The chapter revealed that You Chen had sent an incarnation to assassinate Crown Prince Dai Weisi, provoking a succession crisis within the Star Luo Royal Family.

Zhu Zhuqing defied Zhu Lanyan’s attempt to control her engagement and declared that she would support the Casas Family in the struggle for the Star Luo throne. You Xing then took up the Beast Soul Alliance’s assignment to guard her, leaving her to accept his strict orders and constant presence.

• Zhu Lanyan deduced that the Casas Family knew of Dai Weisi’s death and warned Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai was still her fiancé and heir to the throne.
• Zhu Lanyan explained that the Star Luo Emperor wanted the Zhu Family’s support, though rival noble families had also offered her benefits and the imperial succession remained uncertain.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Lanyan that Dai Mubai no longer concerned her and threatened to publicly support the Casas Family, undermining her mother’s ability to convince the emperor of her loyalty.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to her bedroom and summoned You Xing, who revealed that he had been assigned to guard her.
• You Xing ordered Zhu Zhuqing to share the room with him and accept the Alliance’s requirements during the mission, and she agreed despite her embarrassment and complicated feelings toward him.

Amona, disguised as Monaldo, was chosen by the Casas Marquis to represent the Casas Family in the Star Luo Empire’s Crown Prince selection after Prince Dai Weisi’s death. The chapter revealed that the Beast Soul Alliance had replaced the Casas Marquis and his family, and had used its control of the estate to strengthen the Marquisate and strike against neighboring nobles.

• Gain and Gaita complained about their father’s favoritism toward Monaldo before entering a family meeting with the Casas Marquis and Amona.
• The Casas Marquis announced that Prince Dai Weisi had died and that the Empire would begin a new Crown Prince selection.
• The Casas Marquis declared that Monaldo would compete, while Gaita objected and Gain urged caution; Gaita ultimately refused to participate.
• After Gain and Gaita left, Amona laughed at how they had failed to notice the deception, and Kui warned her not to jeopardize the Beast Soul Alliance’s plan.
• The chapter revealed that the Beast Soul Alliance had replaced the Casas Marquis, his three wives, and other household members, then crushed raids by neighboring nobles and counterattacked their territory.

The Star Luo brothers weighed how to handle Monaldo’s bid for the Crown Prince position, while Ning Rongrong entered Shrek Academy’s enrollment assessment. Ning Rongrong passed after Dai Mubai defeated her temporary team, leaving her at the academy despite her hope of being sent home.

• Kui warned Amona to stay aloof from the two people she had offended and avoid revealing unnecessary information.
• Gaine explained to Gaita that Monaldo’s victory or defeat would not threaten their marquis title, and warned him not to attack Monaldo or recklessly enter the succession struggle.
• Ning Rongrong joined Shrek Academy’s assessment and observed that Dai Mubai had become gloomy and physically diminished after his clashes with Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong boosted her three teammates as they faced Dai Mubai, but he broke through their defense and defeated all four of them.
• Zhao Wuji failed the three boys but praised Ning Rongrong’s support and passed her, making her the only student to pass that year’s assessment.

Ning Rongrong challenged Flender’s authority over her skipped training, calmly exposing the weakness in his arguments while he tried to turn the other students against her. As Flender pressed her to explain her absence in Suotuo City, Ning Rongrong hinted that she had a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect secret to reveal.

• Ning Rongrong passed Zhao Wuji’s assessment and enrolled at Shrek Academy, becoming Xiao Wu’s roommate.
• Oscar lied to Flender that everyone had completed the twenty-lap run, but Ning Rongrong admitted that she had skipped training and gone to Suotuo City.
• Flender accused Ning Rongrong of disrespecting the academy and demanded that she obey its rules or leave.
• Ning Rongrong questioned the purpose of the running training and cited You Chen’s public research, leaving Flender unable to answer her arguments.
• Flender blamed Ning Rongrong for secretly leaving the academy, and the other students began to look at her with disapproval.
• Ning Rongrong claimed that her absence involved a secret of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and asked Flender whether he really wanted her to reveal it.

Ning Rongrong tried to use a supposed Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect mission to explain her behavior, then prepared to leave Shrek Academy. Before she could go, Ettore Davis arrived to bring Dai Mubai back to Star Luo as a possible Crown Prince, and Flender’s warning made Dai Mubai confront a hidden problem.

• Ning Rongrong claimed she was coordinating with the Beast Soul Chamber of Commerce, but Flender did not believe her, and she decided to leave the academy.
• Flender let Oscar and Xiao Wu try to persuade Ning Rongrong to stay, then sensed a powerful visitor arriving at Shrek Academy.
• Ettore Davis introduced himself as Dai Mubai’s granduncle and revealed that Dai Weisi had been assassinated, making Dai Mubai a likely candidate for the Star Luo Crown Prince.
• Dai Mubai eagerly agreed to return with Ettore, while Flender questioned Ettore’s identity and then urged Dai Mubai to reconsider becoming Crown Prince.
• Dai Mubai understood the implication of Flender’s warning and turned pale.

Dai Mubai left with Ettore to return to Star Luo, while Flender took Tang San away to protect him from Dai Mubai’s revenge. After You Chen reached a Limit-level physical body, he traveled to the Far North to hunt the Titan Snow Demon King for his ninth Soul Ring.

• Dai Mubai insisted on returning to Star Luo, and Flender took Tang San away after warning him that Dai Mubai’s family could seek revenge.
• Dai Mubai asked Ettore to kill Tang San, but Ettore refused to pursue him and took Dai Mubai back to Star Luo instead.
• Ning Fengzhi received intelligence that Bibi Dong had called for a campaign against Sea God Island and invited the empires and sects to discuss it.
• You Chen completed ninety percent of his Dragon Elephant Micro-Particles, reaching a Limit-level physical body, and chose the Titan Snow Demon King for his ninth Soul Ring.
• You Chen found the Titan Snow Demon King in the Far North and struck its back with his Stardust Shattering Fist.

You Chen killed the Titan Snow Demon King, absorbed its soul ring, and broke through to Level 96 while forging a Life Soul Core and a demigod body. After he effortlessly stopped the Snow Empress’s attack, the God Realm convened to discuss his potential to create the Wisdom and Stars god positions.

• You Chen severely wounded the Titan Snow Demon King with the Dragon Fist and killed it with a triple Shooting Sonic strike.
• You Chen absorbed the Titan Snow Demon King's soul ring, rose to Soul Power Level 96, and condensed a Life Soul Core.
• You Chen completed the Dragon Elephant Chapter, forged a demigod body, and gained the Embryonic Breathing gift as the Snow Empress waited for him to finish cultivating.
• The Snow Empress attacked You Chen with Emperor Palm - Great Cold Without Snow, but he caught and dispelled her strike without being harmed.
• The God Kings and first-level gods gathered in a divine assembly after sensing You Chen's aura, and the Kindness God King identified Wisdom and Stars as god positions he might forge.

The gods debated whether You Chen should be guided toward creating his own God Positions, while You Chen spared Snow Empress and cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after his breakthrough. Two weeks later, Spirit Hall gathered representatives in Spirit City to prepare for an expedition against Sea God Island, though some factions refused to attend.

• The gods debated You Chen’s potential and agreed to watch him until he crossed into godhood, while Poseidon grew anxious about passing on his God Position.
• You Chen defeated and spared Snow Empress in the Far North, then traveled to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to cultivate and absorb the Titan Snow Demon King’s left arm bone.
• You Chen assessed his new demigod-level strength, sharpened his spatial perception, and studied ways to combine Essence, Qi, and Spirit through the Heavenly Frost Fist and Three Parts Vigor Restoration.
• After two weeks of cultivation, You Chen perfected the Aura Concealment Art while Spirit Hall summoned factions from across the continent to Spirit City for its planned expedition against Sea God Island.
• Many factions answered Pope Bibi Dong’s call, but the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and other sects declined the invitation.

Bibi Dong convened the factions to organize a public expedition against Sea God Island, but Qian Renxue and both empires refused to provide troops. At the Beast Soul Alliance headquarters, You Chen and Bo Saixi were surprised when Poseidon contacted them directly and said You Chen had not lied.

• Bibi Dong demanded that factions support her Sea-Land Alliance and warned that nonparticipants would lose access to ocean resources and face Spirit Hall’s attacks.
• Qian Renxue rejected the expedition on behalf of Heaven Dou, while Ning Fengzhi offered supplies and the Star Luo Empire’s representative declined to send troops.
• The factions voted to assemble more than ten thousand soul masters, and Bibi Dong set the expedition’s departure for three months later.
• You Chen questioned Bibi Dong’s motives while Bo Saixi doubted the expedition was real and suspected it was another trick.
• Poseidon spoke directly to You Chen and Bo Saixi, telling them that You Chen had not been lying.