Chapter Summaries

After Meng Li and the Blood God Legion struggled to contain the expanding Abyss Passage, Cao Dezhi and the Blood God Camp used the Blood God Great Array to halt its collapse. The Abyss Kings then forced the passage open again and emerged, targeting Meng Li as the source of the threat.

• The Abyss Kings learned that two layers had collapsed and, under the Saint Monarch's command, ten kings volunteered to sacrifice themselves to open the passage fully.
• Meng Li destroyed Abyssal Creatures, but the passage expanded and the creatures continued pouring through in overwhelming numbers.
• Xue Yi ordered the Blood God Camp to form the Blood God Great Array, while Cao Dezhi struck the passage with his Ruthless Sword and Zhang Huanyun activated the nine array positions.
• The nine Blood Gods chanted their incantations, and the array halted the passage's expansion and began to close the rift.
• The rift exploded open again, and eight Abyss Kings emerged and fixed their attention on Meng Li.

Meng Li fought the Abyss Kings while Zhang Huanyun was held back by Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters. When the Black Empress swallowed Meng Li in darkness, Na'er unleashed her full power and transformed into a Silver Dragon, saying goodbye to her brother.

• Meng Li planted the Angel Sword and weakened the eight Abyss Kings with a magic formation, then fought off the Centipede Emperor's attacks.
• The Black Empress appeared, and Zhang Huanyun recognized her as a demigod-level threat and urged Meng Li to retreat.
• Zhang Huanyun tried to reach Meng Li but was intercepted by three nine-ringed Evil Soul Masters from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• The Black Empress used her Black Devouring Demonic Mist to swallow Meng Li and the light around him.
• Na'er summoned her Silver Three-word Battle Armor and Silver Dragon Spear, raised her power to the level of a god, and transformed into a Silver Dragon.

The Silver Dragon forced the Saint Monarch and the Abyss Kings to retreat, saving Meng Li and the Blood God Camp. Na'er then revealed that she was born from Gu Yue's longing and was about to disappear, before merging with Gu Yue to become Gu Yuena, while Meng Li vowed to bring Na'er back.

• The Silver Dragon entered the Black Empress's black hole, rescued Meng Li and Na'er, and drove the Abyss forces to retreat under the Saint Monarch's command.
• Meng Li and Na'er went to a snowy mountaintop, where Na'er told him she had only one minute left and was born from Gu Yue's longing.
• Meng Li exhausted his Soul Power trying to save Na'er and called on the Angel God for help, but Na'er vanished and left behind a Dragon Egg.
• Na'er and Gu Yue merged, and Gu Yue took the name Gu Yuena.
• Zhang Huanyun and Long Yuxue found Meng Li kneeling silently in the snow.

After mourning Na'er, Meng Li left the Blood God Legion to search for a way to revive her, while the Abyss Saint Monarch vowed to resume the invasion. Meng Li reached Shrek City and sensed someone following him near the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.

• Meng Li mourned Na'er alone on a snowy mountain for ten days, then decided to seek Gu Yue for help reviving her.
• Meng Li told Zhang Huanyun and the Blood Gods that he wanted to leave the military and search for a way to bring Na'er back.
• Zhang Huanyun supported Meng Li's decision, kept his army position open, and sent him off with the Blood God Camp's salute.
• The Abyss Saint Monarch discussed the failed invasion with the Abyss Kings and ordered them to contact their human allies while preparing another attack.
• Meng Li traveled by high-speed train to Shrek City and sensed that someone was following him near the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.

Meng Li was ambushed by a nine-ringed Evil Soul Master at Shrek City Station and fought to protect the fleeing civilians and Mecha Brigade. The Life Goddess intervened when Meng Li was trapped, and he collapsed after the attacker escaped, just as he saw a silver-haired girl who looked like someone he knew.

• A masked nine-ringed Evil Soul Master attacked Meng Li with a scarlet sword as alarms sounded and the station erupted into chaos.
• The Evil Soul Master unleashed a sweeping sword aura at the Mecha Brigade, but Meng Li blocked it with his Ascension soul skill and was wounded.
• The Mecha Brigade attacked the Evil Soul Master, who revealed Three-word Battle Armor and trapped Meng Li in a web of sword light.
• The Life Goddess's power awakened within Meng Li, transforming him and devouring the sword aura around him.
• The Evil Soul Master fled when Meng Li's transformed aura surpassed his own, and Meng Li thanked the Life Goddess before collapsing.
• Meng Li saw a hooded, silver-haired girl whose face resembled someone he recognized, but her purple eyes made him hesitate.

Meng Li recovered under Gu Yuena’s care and learned that she was Na’er’s true form. They reconciled and spent time together, but Gu Yuena sensed danger from the Spirit Pagoda’s master and decided to take Meng Li to Aolai City rather than let him return to the Spirit Pagoda.

• After rescuing Meng Li, Gu Yuena carried him away from Shrek City Station while a man watched them with murderous intent.
• Meng Li woke and learned from Gu Yuena that she was Na’er’s true form and that Na’er could not return.
• Meng Li embraced Gu Yuena and promised to love her and never let her disappear again.
• Gu Yuena cared for Meng Li as he recovered, and the two spent the day and night together before going for a walk in Shrek City.
• Gu Yuena spotted a middle-aged man approaching and hurried Meng Li away from the plaza.
• After sensing that the Spirit Pagoda’s master wanted Meng Li dead, Gu Yuena refused his request to see Master and said they would return to Aolai City.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena left Shrek City to avoid Qian Gu Dongfeng, then returned to Aolai City together. Over breakfast, Gu Yuena asked what Meng Li would do if she became his enemy, and he promised to stand by her even if it meant opposing the world, while privately resolving to grow strong enough to bring Na'er back to life.

• Gu Yuena hurried Meng Li away from Qian Gu Dongfeng, and explained that the Spirit Pagoda leader might harm him because his grandson Qiangu Zhangting wanted her.
• At Shrek City Station, Meng Li kissed Gu Yuena in public while noticing one of Qiangu Zhangting's lackeys watching them.
• The next morning in Aolai City, Meng Li made Gu Yuena egg noodles and noticed she seemed troubled.
• Gu Yuena asked what Meng Li would do if she were a bad person whose position opposed his, and Meng Li said he would stand with her even if he became an enemy of the world.
• Meng Li told Gu Yuena the story of Viego and Isolde, then promised to bring her back to life if that day came.
• After Gu Yuena accepted his promise, Meng Li resolved to cultivate toward godhood so he could learn how to revive Na'er.

Unable to sleep after Na'er’s departure, Meng Li went to the beach and confided his grief to his former teacher, Lin Ximeng. He later visited a familiar grilled fish stall with her and pretended that Na'er was still at home, leaving his loss unresolved.

• Meng Li went to the shore and made a brief silver projection of Na'er, promising to bring her back someday.
• Lin Ximeng found Meng Li, and he told her that someone he loved had left and might never return.
• A drunken man approached Lin Ximeng, and Meng Li sent him flying into a tree with a snap of his fingers.
• Lin Ximeng treated Meng Li to grilled fish, and they talked about his former school days and her work.
• The stall owner recognized Meng Li and asked about the silver-haired girl; Meng Li said Na'er was sleeping at home and changed the subject.

Meng Li took Gu Yuena to meet his former academy teacher, Lin Ximeng, and spent the day guiding students at Aolai Junior Soul Master Academy. After teaching until the next morning, Lin Ximeng invited Meng Li and Gu Yuena to meet again somewhere quiet.

• Meng Li agreed to take Gu Yuena to meet Lin Ximeng, and Gu Yuena recalled their childhood memories despite feeling that the memories were being forced on her.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena arrived at Aolai Junior Soul Master Academy, where the principal and students welcomed him and asked him to guide them.
• Meng Li taught and trained the academy's students from morning until five the next morning.
• Lin Ximeng thanked Meng Li and gave him milk, which he offered to Gu Yuena, easing her brief jealousy.
• Lin Ximeng suggested that they meet again the following day in a quiet place.

Qian Gu Dongfeng reviewed a long recording of Meng Li and decided the young man could become a threat or a weapon against the Abyss. After Meng Li recovered from a flood of strange memories and shared a kiss with Gu Yuena, an explosion outside revealed that Xiong Jun was fighting nearby.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng watched footage of Meng Li’s history and suspected that Meng Li’s power and connection to Leng Yaozhu posed a danger to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Xiong Jun watched Meng Li’s home while looking for a chance to kill him, ate ramen without paying, and tore down a wanted poster offering a reward for his capture.
• Meng Li suffered a headache as unfamiliar memories and a mysterious wooden door filled his consciousness, then awakened in Gu Yuena’s arms.
• Meng Li joked that a kiss could save him, and Gu Yuena kissed him before realizing he had tricked her and pushing him away.
• An explosion erupted outside, and Gu Yuena recognized Xiong Jun’s Soul Power while Meng Li sensed a powerful opponent with an aura like a Limit Douluo.

Xiong Jun escaped the Federation Mecha Brigade and met Gu Yuena, hiding his plan to kill Meng Li. Meanwhile, Shrek City came under a devastating cannon attack, and Meng Li woke from a nightmare in which Shrek Academy and the city were destroyed.

• Xiong Jun broke through the Aolai Mecha Brigade's encirclement and escaped without revealing his full strength.
• Xiong Jun met Gu Yuena in a dark alley and claimed he had come to warn her about the Spirit Pagoda.
• Gu Yuena warned Xiong Jun not to interfere with her plans, while he secretly resolved to kill Meng Li.
• A barrage of ninth- and tenth-grade Fixed Soul Tool Cannons targeted Shrek Academy, and Ya Li, Zhu Shi, and Wu Changkong charged to defend it.
• Shen Yi watched the instructors attack the cannons as Shrek City's residents fled for shelter.
• Meng Li woke from a nightmare in which Shrek Academy was attacked and most of the city's people died.

After a premonition warned Meng Li that Shrek City would be attacked, he urged Ya Li to evacuate Shrek Academy’s students and rushed there with Gu Yuena. They arrived to find the city under lockdown, and Meng Li left a harassing mecha master injured as they continued onward.

• Unable to reach Wu Changkong, Meng Li called Ya Li and warned her that Shrek City could be struck by Fixed Soul Tool Cannons, urging her to evacuate the students.
• Ya Li shared Meng Li’s concern and agreed to make preparations, while he decided to travel to Shrek City with Gu Yuena.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena flew to Shrek City and passed an identity check by Federation Security Personnel, who said the city was under full lockdown.
• Long Fei harassed Gu Yuena, and Meng Li struck him hard enough to send him crashing through a wall.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena left the checkpoint without being detained as the nearby people made way for them.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena returned to Shrek Academy, where they encountered Ya Li after Meng Li could not find his student ID. Ya Li welcomed them, but Gu Yuena’s appearance and changed eyes left her with an unfamiliar feeling.

• Meng Li bought candied hawthorns for himself and Gu Yuena during their slow ride through the city, and the two reminisced about Na'er’s childhood as rain began to fall.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena reached Shrek Academy, but Zhao Yuanchao stopped them at the gate because Meng Li could not find his student ID.
• Meng Li called Wu Changkong without getting an answer, then called Ya Li and asked her to pick them up.
• Ya Li arrived and greeted Gu Yuena as Na'er, then asked why her irises had changed; Gu Yuena said it was because her Soul Power Level had advanced.

Ya Li brought Meng Li and Gu Yuena to a Sea God Pavilion meeting, where Shrek's leaders eyed Meng Li warily because of his Spirit Pagoda ties. Old Tang suspected Meng Li was connected to the Golden Dragon King, while Ya Li defended him as the meeting began.

• Ya Li asked Meng Li why he had left the Blood God Legion, and he said he had something important to do.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena arrived at Sea God Pavilion, where Zhu Shi greeted them and the gathered members watched Meng Li with suspicion.
• Long Yeyue accepted Ya Li's assurance that Meng Li was one of them, while Old Tang warned Tang Wulin that Meng Li might be the Golden Dragon King's true body or vessel.
• Tang Wulin defended Meng Li, saying he had helped the world and that he had accepted what he could not force.
• When Long Yeyue told everyone to quiet down, Ya Li urged her to speak more politely to Meng Li because he had helped them sense the attack on Shrek City.

Light-Dark Douluo accused the Spirit Pagoda of colluding with Evil Soul Masters and planning attacks on Shrek City, while Meng Li, Gu Yuena, and Ya Li left the Sea God Pavilion after being excluded from the discussion. The chapter ended with Light-Dark Douluo removing Ya Li as dean of Shrek Academy's Inner Court and appointing Zhu Shi in her place.

• Light-Dark Douluo described the discovery of Evil Soul Master hideouts and powerful Fixed Soul Tool Cannons in Shrek City, then ordered Meng Li and Gu Yuena to leave before sharing further information.
• Meng Li took Gu Yuena out of the Sea God Pavilion, and Ya Li followed despite Light-Dark Douluo warning that she would be betraying Shrek Academy.
• Light-Dark Douluo showed a recording of a Spirit Pagoda man discussing Fixed Soul Tool Cannons with a doctor and said the evidence implicated the Spirit Pagoda in terrorist attacks.
• Light-Dark Douluo explained that the Spirit Pagoda's influence made an immediate confrontation too dangerous and reviewed plans to protect Shrek City from another attack.
• Light-Dark Douluo removed Ya Li as dean of Shrek Academy's Inner Court and appointed Zhu Shi to take over temporarily.

Long Yeyue took temporary charge of Shrek Academy’s Inner Court and ordered Shrek City evacuated under martial law as Meng Li warned Leng Yaozhu of the danger and prepared to leave. The Spirit Pagoda continued its planned operation, while Meng Li departed the city troubled by a vision of its destruction.

• Long Yeyue accepted the temporary position of Inner Court Dean and ordered Xiao Cai to warn residents and evacuate them to safety.
• Meng Li surprised Leng Yaozhu, warned her Shrek City was in danger, and invited her to leave with him.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng learned that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had discovered the operation, but ordered it to proceed sooner and demanded an investigation into how it was exposed.
• Meng Li, Gu Yuena, Leng Yaozhu, and another woman boarded a private Soul Tool Aircraft to leave Shrek City.
• Meng Li saw a vision of the city burning and, holding Gu Yuena’s hand, watched the aircraft carry them away.

As Shrek City was devastated by a terrorist attack, Meng Li piloted an aircraft through cannon fire while escorting Gu Yuena, Leng Yaozhu, and Ya Li to safety. Qian Gu Dongfeng redirected most of the cannons toward Meng Li, but the group escaped beyond the city and found refuge in a quiet alley.

• Fixed Soul Tool Cannons struck Shrek City, killing residents who had not evacuated and reducing the newly rebuilt city to ruins.
• Zhu Shi covered the surviving civilians as they retreated, while Meng Li skillfully maneuvered the aircraft through incoming fire.
• When a Level Eight Fixed Soul Tool Cannon destroyed the aircraft, Meng Li transformed, shielded Gu Yuena, Leng Yaozhu, and Ya Li with his wings, and carried them out of the attack.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng ordered ninety percent of the cannons redirected toward Meng Li, then told the Evil Soul Masters to resume firing at densely populated areas when Meng Li evaded them.
• Meng Li flew beyond Shrek City and continued for twenty minutes before landing with the three women in a quiet alley, where he said they were safe.

After escaping the attack on Shrek City, Meng Li and the three women found a hotel and used fake identities while they waited out the danger. The chapter ended with Meng Li waking refreshed to a city skyline and smoke in the distance.

• Gu Yuena scanned the area, and Leng Yaozhu praised Meng Li for guiding them through the Fixed Soul Tool Cannon barrage.
• Leng Yaozhu warned that the Evil Soul Masters might still be targeting them, so Meng Li handed out Federation identity cards for them to use.
• Meng Li, Gu Yuena, Ya Li, and Leng Yaozhu found a luxury suite at the crowded Family Hotel and tried to check the news, but the television signal was down.
• After the women bathed, Meng Li flirted with Gu Yuena, while Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu withdrew to their rooms with troubled feelings.
• Meng Li went to sleep from exhaustion and woke refreshed to a view of high-rise buildings and smoke in the distance.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena shared a playful morning before Shrek Academy’s survivors emerged from the ruins and Tang Wulin was summoned by the Tang Sect. Gu Yuena agreed to leave in three days, and she, Meng Li, and Leng Yaozhu prepared to go out in disguise.

• Gu Yuena woke Meng Li and served breakfast, and the two teased each other about marriage before Meng Li promised to love her in every life.
• Tang Wulin and the other Shrek Academy survivors emerged from shelters to find Shrek City in ruins, and Long Yeyue told him the academy had survived and that the Inner Court dean position was his.
• Long Yeyue gave Tang Wulin an address and told him the Tang Sect Master wanted to see him.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Gu Yuena to return soon, and Gu Yuena requested three days before leaving.
• Meng Li joined Gu Yuena and Leng Yaozhu for an outing, then applied makeup and put on a mask so they could hide their identities.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena went shopping with Leng Yaozhu, whose jealousy over their relationship deepened until she returned to Spirit Pagoda. At the milk tea shop, Gu Yuena and Meng Li openly kissed to prove they were a couple, leaving the onlookers envious.

• Meng Li, Gu Yuena, and Leng Yaozhu sampled food along the street, with Meng Li eating the snacks Gu Yuena did not like.
• Leng Yaozhu received a message from Qian Gu Dongfeng about urgent Spirit Pagoda business, ignored it at first, then told Meng Li she was returning to the pagoda.
• Gu Yuena comforted Meng Li when he learned Leng Yaozhu had left, and the two waited in line for strawberry milk tea.
• The milk tea clerk asked Meng Li and Gu Yuena to kiss for ten seconds to qualify for the couple-exclusive drink, and Meng Li revealed their faces.
• Miao Qianqian asked to add Meng Li on SuperSignal, so Gu Yuena claimed him as her boyfriend and kissed him in front of the crowd.
• Meng Li lifted Gu Yuena in a princess carry and kissed her again while the onlookers complained about their public display of affection.