Chapter Summaries

Da Bao and Little Fatty discussed leaving the virtual world and the futures they faced with Zhu Zhuyun and Bai Chenxiang. After Da Bao left, Little Fatty resolved to seek a way to reunite with Bai Chenxiang and began writing.

• Da Bao asked Little Fatty whether he could accept leaving the Douluo Continent, and Little Fatty admitted he feared he could never return to a normal life without Bai Chenxiang.
• Little Fatty explained that he hoped to become a god and reunite with Bai Chenxiang, while Da Bao warned that the third game might offer no God Realm.
• Da Bao said he had chosen not to bring Zhu Zhuyun to the God Realm because she would be better off living among her family on the Douluo Continent.
• Little Fatty insisted he would find a way to stay with Bai Chenxiang forever, even if he had to create a miracle or transfer their data before Chaos shut down the machines.
• Da Bao left after wishing Little Fatty well, and Little Fatty gathered his thoughts and began writing on a sheet of paper.

The Shrek Seven Devils and their companions said farewell as the Ten Sages and Little Fatty vanished from the God Realm, then the simulation participants returned to reality and learned that Chaos had changed the game’s rules. Chaos set a one-year break before the next round while considering Douluo Continent as a candidate for ultimate evolution, and Da Bao ended the chapter by asking Uncle Li to investigate the antique shop.

• Little Fatty and Bai Chenxiang kissed and exchanged letters before the Ten Sages and Little Fatty vanished, leaving their divine artifacts behind; Hu Liena disappeared elsewhere in the God Realm.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and the others emerged from their Simulation Pods, and Chaos said only six had passed because Lin Bo had not lived to a hundred and five others had not become First-level Gods.
• Chaos granted the participants a one-year break before the second round, then spoke with a woman in white, God Slayer, and Phantom about recruiting the youngsters and possibly using Douluo Continent for ultimate evolution.
• The twelve participants left the antique shop and agreed to meet in the park the next morning to discuss what had happened.
• Da Bao rode home with Uncle Li and asked him to investigate the newly opened antique shop.

After returning from their century-long lives in Douluo Continent, the group met to discuss Chaos’s year-long buffer period and prepare for possible future games. Lin Bo refused to explain his motives but said he would kill Huo Yuhao if another game began, while Liu Xiaoxiao left the meeting to return Zhang Shiwen’s missed calls.

• Lin Bo worried that telling the others his suspicions about Chaos could put them at risk, while He Qiang searched online and found inconsistencies in Xiu Pu Ruo Si’s divine authority.
• Liu Xiaoxiao slept through the day, grieved the loss of his century of cultivation, and hurried to the group’s meeting the next morning.
• At the park pavilion, the group realized they could no longer communicate through their minds, and He Qiang urged them to study for as many as six possible games.
• Lin Bo refused to explain why he had tried to kill Tang San and said he would kill Huo Yuhao in another game, asking the others not to stop him.
• The group found their conversations repeatedly returning to Douluo Continent, then left the pavilion and went their separate ways.
• Liu Xiaoxiao saw seven missed calls from Zhang Shiwen and hurried to call her back without stopping for lunch.

Liu Xiaoxiao told Zhang Shiwen about his experiences, but she said the shop he described was an ordinary antique store. As Liu Xiaoxiao and the others wrestled with their pasts and uncertainties, they all began having dreams connected to their lives on Douluo Continent.

• Liu Xiaoxiao apologized to Zhang Shiwen for missing her calls and told her about his experiences, but she said she had visited the shop and found nothing unusual.
• Uncle Li told Da Bao that an investigation had found the shop was an ordinary antique store with only an owner and an assistant.
• Zhang Shiwen said she believed Liu Xiaoxiao, then took him to get food while he wondered whether the strange space had been movable or reached through a spatial passage.
• Liu Xiaoxiao found He Qiang's files in the group chat, while Lin Bo studied the materials and wondered how to turn his information advantage into victory.
• Da Bao questioned whether he could return to normal life and sever his bonds, while Little Fatty wondered whether he could keep dreaming of his wife and friends.
• Little Fatty dreamed of his brothers and Bai Chenxiang, while Liu Xiaoxiao dreamed of a woman, a black tiger, and a seven-colored dragon.

Chen Long learned three martial arts from God Slayer before returning from the mountain, while Phantom and God Slayer were summoned to deal with new test subjects. Months later, Little Fatty resolved to endure the remaining half year before returning to Douluo Continent and reuniting with Bai Chenxiang, and Liu Xiaoxiao promised to help him.

• Chen Long mastered Fleeting Light and Shadow under God Slayer's instruction and learned that his master planned to leave the mountain.
• Phantom met God Slayer, who revealed that he had adapted martial arts from wuxia novels, before Chaos summoned them back.
• He Qiang told Zheng Bei that he was studying atomic physics to prepare for the Age of Firearms game ten thousand years in the future.
• Little Fatty drank with Liu Xiaoxiao and confessed that he missed Bai Chenxiang and wanted Liu Xiaoxiao's help finding a way to remain in Douluo Continent.
• The next morning, Little Fatty regained his resolve to endure half a year and return to Bai Chenxiang, while Liu Xiaoxiao promised to help him.

A year after returning to reality, the twelve survivors and newcomer Zhang Shiwen were drawn back into the Azure Space for another game, where Chaos altered the rules and set a new challenge. Meanwhile, Tang San and Xiao Wu noticed that thirteen people’s destinies on Douluo Continent had become unpredictable, including an unexpected extra person.

• The group of twelve reunited with Zhang Shiwen, then were transported from a hotel into the Azure Space.
• Chaos announced the game’s rules, changed telepathy, and said Liu Xiaoxiao would die in Zhang Shiwen’s place if she failed both attempts.
• Chaos, God Slayer, and Phantom discussed the group’s past members, bet on who would become a god first, and planned a trial of love.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu discussed the group’s expected return and the fate of their daughter, while anticipating Ma Hongjun’s return to the God Realm.
• Tang San sensed that thirteen people’s destinies on Douluo Continent had become unpredictable and wondered who the extra person was.

Liu Xiaoxiao and his companions awakened in new identities in the world of Douluo and began planning how to survive and grow stronger. He Qiang outlined their goals and Liu Xiaoxiao’s training path, while Lin Bo secretly recruited an ally to target Tang San and Huo Yuhao.

• Liu Xiaoxiao and the others used telepathy to identify their new lives, including He Qiang as Beibei and Liu Xiaoxiao as Cao Jinxuan.
• He Qiang set their goal of becoming First-level Gods and surviving the hundred-year term, then began making individual arrangements for the group.
• He Qiang advised Liu Xiaoxiao to focus on his Time Fleeting Bell while taking Soul Engineer courses, and promised to secure funds for the group.
• He Qiang planned to verify his identity with a Divine Decree, tell Tang Ya the truth, and help her evolve her Martial Soul when the Ten Virtues Secret Realm opened.
• Liu Xiaoxiao began meditating, while Lin Bo decided to recruit someone and named Tang San and Huo Yuhao as his targets.

Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty cultivated the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eyes while He Qiang supplied them with hidden weapons, money, and a cultivation array. He Qiang then taught the group soul incantations to strengthen their abilities, and after a month of training they still could not discover the incantation for Liu Xiaoxiao’s Time Enhancement.

• Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty cultivated Purple Demon Eyes at dawn and both reached the Broad View stage.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty bought nourishing spirit-beast dishes, then returned to cultivate before class.
• He Qiang gave Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty hidden-weapon storage belts, Gold Soul Coins, and an Origin Power Condensing Array, and told them they had joined the Tang Sect.
• He Qiang gathered Da Bao, Chen Fang, Liu Xiaoxiao, and Little Fatty to teach them soul incantations, and Liu Xiaoxiao’s Time Lock restrained Little Fatty for ten seconds when amplified by an incantation.
• The group discovered incantations for their Soul Abilities, but Liu Xiaoxiao and He Qiang could not identify the incantation for Time Enhancement, and a month passed.

Liu Xiaoxiao's team faced three two-ringed opponents from Freshman Class Six in their first freshman assessment match. They won through coordinated attacks and Liu Xiaoxiao's time-control abilities, then left to celebrate.

• At Section Sixteen, Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, and Long Xiangyue were matched against Xu Yunmeng, Yu Yatong, and Nangong Fenfei from Freshman Class Six.
• The Class Six girls revealed that all three had two Spirit Rings, while the opposing team summoned spirit beasts, wielded a boomerang, and released the Time Fleeting Bell.
• Nangong Fenfei repeatedly froze the summoned beasts and Long Xiangyue's boomerang, while Yu Yatong and Xu Yunmeng created an Ice Phoenix and defensive barriers.
• Liu Xiaoxiao immobilized the Ice Phoenix and Nangong Fenfei with his Time Fleeting Bell, allowing the summoned beasts and boomerang to break through the girls' defenses.
• The teacher stopped the fight and declared Zhou Sichen's team the winner; Liu Xiaoxiao then invited his teammates to celebrate over a meal.

Liu Xiaoxiao’s team won both elimination matches and advanced into the top sixteen. That night, He Qiang explained World Balance, the world’s tendency to preserve major events, and Liu Xiaoxiao ended the chapter meditating.

• Liu Xiaoxiao’s team defeated Freshman Class Three after Long Xiangyue and Little Fatty helped eliminate Yu Zhenghao and Tai Ding, then overcame Niu Shan.
• Liu Xiaoxiao’s group beat Freshman Class One in the afternoon and advanced into the top sixteen.
• Liu Xiaoxiao asked the Ten Sages whether they should go easy on Huo Yuhao, and He Qiang said they should fight without holding back because World Balance would preserve major events.
• He Qiang explained that the Spirit Pagoda’s importance meant attempts to prevent Huo Yuhao from establishing it would likely fail.
• Liu Xiaoxiao spoke privately with Zhang Shiwen, then sat down to meditate.

Liu Xiaoxiao’s team defeated Yang Fengyu, Ying Jingshan, and Ying Zhishan in the freshman assessment’s round of sixteen, using his Tang Sect hidden weapons and control skills to eliminate Yang Fengyu. Afterward, Liu Xiaoxiao reached Level 24 Soul Power and considered how to face Huo Yuhao’s team the next day.

• Liu Xiaoxiao’s team faced Yang Fengyu, Ying Jingshan, and Ying Zhishan, whose Soul Breaking Spear and Light and Dark Elemental Martial Souls could immobilize opponents with Halos.
• Liu Xiaoxiao used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to redirect Ying Zhishan’s black Halo onto Yang Fengyu, then his team’s hidden weapons left Yang Fengyu injured and eliminated.
• Liu Xiaoxiao told Long Xiangyue that he had joined the Tang Sect, which had only six members including himself.
• Chen Fang revealed that he had conceded his match, setting up a possible meeting between Liu Xiaoxiao’s team and Huo Yuhao’s full team the next day.
• Liu Xiaoxiao broke through to Level 24 Soul Power and began considering tactics for the next day’s match.

Liu Xiaoxiao’s team defeated Mo Luo, Mo Wuhen, and Yue Xin in the quarterfinals, but Long Xiangyue was seriously injured and could not fight the next day. Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty planned for their upcoming match against Huo Yuhao’s group, then began the next morning with renewed fighting spirit.

• Liu Xiaoxiao’s team faced Mo Luo, Mo Wuhen, and Yue Xin, whose combined attacks injured Long Xiangyue and forced the proctor to carry him from the arena.
• Liu Xiaoxiao used Time Lock on Mo Wuhen while Little Fatty advanced, and Little Fatty’s Tang Sect's Eighth, Phoenix Leads Nine Chicks ended the match when the proctor intercepted his throwing knives.
• Little Fatty told Liu Xiaoxiao that Mo Luo’s Dark Demonic Flame had seriously damaged Long Xiangyue’s martial soul, leaving him unable to compete the next day.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty debated whether to face Huo Yuhao’s group and agreed they needed a precise plan, though Liu Xiaoxiao first led them to the cafeteria for a meal.
• The next morning, Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty practiced absorbing purple qi and opened their eyes with fighting spirit.

Yan Shaozhe watched the semifinals as Huo Yuhao's team defeated Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty, advancing to the finals. Da Bao, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie also overwhelmed their opponents in Area One.

• Yan Shaozhe introduced himself as Shrek Academy's dean and watched the freshman semifinals.
• Liu Xiaoxiao's team drew Huo Yuhao's team as their semifinal opponents.
• Liu Xiaoxiao used Time Lock and his Spirit Power Suppression Domain, but Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong landed a Soul Impact that knocked him unconscious.
• Little Fatty surrendered, and Huo Yuhao's team advanced to the finals.
• Da Bao overpowered Huang Chutian, while Zhu Lu escaped the Hair Net and reached Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
• Da Bao's trio defeated Huang Chutian's team, with Da Bao knocking Huang Chutian down and Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie restraining the sisters.

Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty defeated Huang Chutian’s team in the third-place match, then broke the Lan sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill with King Yama’s Post. Liu Xiaoxiao’s attack injured the proctor, and the pair secured third place in the freshmen assessment before leaving for class.

• Liu Xiaoxiao locked Lan Susu while Little Fatty summoned the Earth Bear and Flame Demon Tiger to attack Huang Chutian’s team.
• Lan Luoluo used her Hair Net to stop Liu Xiaoxiao’s hidden weapons, while Huang Chutian was overwhelmed by the two summoned beasts and thrown out of the arena.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo activated Heavenly Net and Earth Net, trapping Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, and their summoned beasts.
• Liu Xiaoxiao used a Mysterious Heaven Skill secret technique to unleash King Yama’s Post, breaking the fusion skill and injuring the proctor who intercepted it.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty won third place in the freshmen assessment and headed to class instead of watching the finals.

Da Bao’s team and Huo Yuhao’s team began their final match, with Da Bao trying to split the battle into separate duels and target Huo Yuhao or Wang Dong. The fight left Cui Yajie and Xiao Xiao unconscious, while Zhu Lu charged toward Da Bao and the outcome remained undecided.

• The referee explained the final’s rules and started the match between Da Bao’s team and Huo Yuhao’s team.
• Da Bao’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave forced back Xiao Xiao’s cauldron, while Cui Yajie’s Charm halted Xiao Xiao and Zhu Lu charged at Huo Yuhao.
• Da Bao shielded Cui Yajie from Huo Yuhao’s Soul Impact, dispelling her Charm, and the teams’ attacks left Wang Dong injured.
• Da Bao used White Tiger Vajra Transformation to knock away Xiao Xiao’s cauldron as Xiao Xiao slowed his team with her flute.
• Cui Yajie disrupted Xiao Xiao’s flute with Charm, while Da Bao and Zhu Lu closed in on Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Da Bao dodged Wang Dong’s orange-edged Wing Scythe, then saw Cui Yajie and Xiao Xiao unconscious as Zhu Lu raced toward him.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao defeated Da Bao and Zhu Lu in the freshman assessment final after both pairs unleashed Martial Soul Fusion Skills. Their team won the championship, and Da Bao later approached Huo Yuhao but walked away when Wang Dong refused to let them speak.

• Zhu Lu darted toward Xiao Xiao while Da Bao attacked Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao.
• Da Bao and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger to try to defeat their opponents before they could combine their powers.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used Mental Interference to misdirect the Hell White Tiger and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, striking it with a tricolored beam.
• The Hell White Tiger shattered, leaving Da Bao and Zhu Lu unconscious, and the referee declared Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao the champions.
• Da Bao followed Huo Yuhao's group afterward and asked to speak with Huo Yuhao alone, but he left when Wang Dong refused.

He Qiang gathered the Tang Sect members and revealed the Ten Sages’ past-life game and the roles of several new members. He promised Tang Ya he would help her evolve her Martial Soul and destroy the Iron Blood Sect, while Tang Ya asked him never to leave her.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, He Qiang, and Tang Ya gathered in the wilderness, where He Qiang introduced Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, and Chen Fang as new Tang Sect members.
• He Qiang told the group that he had awakened The Strategist’s memories and explained the Ten Sages’ rules and return to the Douluo Continent.
• He Qiang identified Little Fatty as The Lurker, Liu Xiaoxiao as The Enforcer, and Chen Fang as The Guardian, then described the cultivation treasures hidden in the Ten Virtues Secret Realm.
• He Qiang told Tang Ya that a prophecy showed she would become an Evil Soul Master and asked her to avoid using her life-devouring talent.
• He Qiang promised to take Tang Ya to the Ten Virtues Secret Realm to help evolve her Martial Soul and vowed to eliminate the Iron Blood Sect.
• Tang Ya promised to avoid her life-devouring talent and asked He Qiang to promise never to leave her; he agreed.

After the new students received their class assignments, Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty chose Soul Tool Department electives and attended their first lesson on Soul Tools and Soul Engineers. They planned to use their previous forging experience to advance quickly, while recognizing that learning to inscribe Core Formations would be their main challenge.

• Du Weilun announced the assessment rewards, and Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, Da Bao, Chen Fang, and Zheng Bei became core disciples alongside several other students.
• Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, and Da Bao joined First-Year Class One, where Zhou Yi and Wang Yan were the homeroom teachers.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty chose Soul Tool Department electives, then returned to class after Huo Yuhao defeated Wu Feng and collapsed.
• Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, and Zheng Bei attended the Soul Tool Department's first lesson on Soul Tool categories, Core Formations, and the basics of forging.
• Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty discussed their past forging experience and expected to become Rank 2 Soul Engineers within eight months, though they would need to learn Core Formations.

Da Bao visited Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, revealed that he was the awakened Ten Sages Conqueror who had subsumed Dai Huabin, and tried to explain his connection to Huo Yuhao. He left after warning Huo Yuhao to grow stronger, and Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong resumed cultivating while questioning what Da Bao could not tell them.

• Da Bao forced his way into Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's dormitory after threatening to reveal Wang Dong's gender.
• Da Bao identified himself as The Conqueror, one of the Tang Sect's Ten Sages, and said his awakened memories had erased Dai Huabin.
• Da Bao told Huo Yuhao that he wanted to settle their conflict, but would stand in his way if Huo Yuhao sought revenge on the White Tiger Duke and the Duchess.
• Da Bao claimed the Ten Sages could know the course of their futures and urged Huo Yuhao to cultivate until he reached two rings.
• After Da Bao left, Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that he seemed truthful but was unable to reveal something, then the two began cultivating.

He Qiang gave Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, Da Bao, Chen Fang, and Zheng Bei cultivation pills and assigned tasks to recruit the Lan sisters and curb Wu Feng’s provocations. Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, and Zheng Bei became Rank 2 Soul Engineers and Qian Duoduo’s personal disciples, then prepared to enter the Ten Virtues Secret Realm during the holiday.

• He Qiang distributed Soul-Boosting Pills and Body-Forging Pills to the five students, asked Liu Xiaoxiao and Little Fatty to recruit Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, and told Zheng Bei to stop Wu Feng from needlessly challenging Huo Yuhao.
• Half a month later, Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, and Zheng Bei completed the basic forging processes in Laboratory Seventeen, surprising the students and their teacher.
• Qian Duoduo told the three to learn to engrave Core Formations and seek him out if they became Rank 2 Soul Engineers before the school year ended.
• Liu Xiaoxiao, Little Fatty, and Zheng Bei reached Rank 2 Soul Engineer three months before the end of the year and became Qian Duoduo’s Personal Disciples.
• As the holiday began, He Qiang told Liu Xiaoxiao that he had received permission from Mu En to bring them into the Ten Virtues Secret Realm, where Little Fatty could seek a Soul Ring and they could absorb Immortal Grade Herbs.