Chapter Summaries

Meng Li took Gu Yuena shopping in Heaven Dou City and bought her the one-of-a-kind Heart of Eternity sapphire necklace. After a full day together, they walked home beneath the moonlight, where Meng Li asked what they would be like when they grew old.

• Meng Li and Gu Yuena left a milk tea stall and headed to Heaven Dou's largest shopping mall.
• Meng Li took Gu Yuena to a jewelry store and used his gold card to show that he could afford its most expensive pieces.
• A saleswoman presented the Heart of Eternity, a unique sapphire necklace priced at 3.9 billion Federal Coins, and Meng Li bought it for Gu Yuena.
• Meng Li fastened the necklace around Gu Yuena's neck, and she admired it in the mirror.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena spent six hours visiting clothing boutiques and snack stalls before watching a movie and heading home.
• As they walked through a park beneath the moonlight, Meng Li asked Gu Yuena what they would be like when they grew old, and she remained confused and silent.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena shared a tender moment before she left, and he woke to find only her letter behind. Two days later, Ya Li comforted him with noodles, while Meng Li realized he had eaten her share.

• Meng Li removed a leaf from Gu Yuena’s hair as they wondered whether they might never grow old.
• The Dragon Egg briefly glowed in the Divine Feather Realm, where Bi Ji prepared to return to the Douluo Continent and the Lord of the Plane sensed an indistinct connection.
• Gu Yuena left Meng Li a letter and food before departing, after hearing him plead in his sleep for her not to leave.
• Meng Li woke alone, read Gu Yuena’s promise to return, and spent two days feeling desolate.
• Ya Li brought Meng Li noodles, and he ate the whole pot before realizing he had eaten her portion and offering to cook for her.

Ya Li praised Meng Li’s cooking, bargained to wash dishes for two months in exchange for noodle lessons, and comforted him about his hopes of reviving someone. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin became the Tang Sect’s sect master and called Meng Li to ask for help preventing war, but Meng Li was caught between the Spirit Pagoda and the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Ya Li enjoyed Meng Li’s Yangchun noodles and negotiated to wash his dishes for two months in return for learning the recipe.
• Meng Li said he planned to cultivate until he became a Titled Douluo, and Ya Li told him that becoming a god might let him revive the person he had lost.
• Tang Wulin left the Tang Sect as its new sect master and prepared to travel to the Dou Ling Empire and Star Luo Empire to stop a war.
• Tang Wulin called Meng Li to check that he was safe and ask him to help, citing Meng Li’s influence in New Soul Company.
• Meng Li told Tang Wulin that he was in Heaven Dou City and had little time because the Spirit Pagoda and the Holy Spirit Cult both wanted to keep him.

Tang Wulin asked Meng Li to help stop the war and expose the danger posed by Qian Gu Dongfeng and the Holy Spirit Cult, but Meng Li hesitated and declined. After their call, Meng Li and Ya Li shared an awkward, affectionate cooking lesson that ended with them enjoying a meal together.

• Tang Wulin warned Meng Li that Qian Gu Dongfeng was pursuing war and resources while the Holy Spirit Cult grew stronger, and asked him to help stop the conflict.
• Meng Li refused to get involved because he wanted his family to live safely, and Tang Wulin asked him to keep their conversation secret.
• Ya Li served Meng Li her first bowl of noodles, which she had made far too salty, and Meng Li tried to reassure her with a flattering explanation.
• Meng Li offered to cook something else, and he and Ya Li prepared vinegar-fried shredded potatoes, steamed sea bass, and tomato egg-drop soup.
• Ya Li praised Meng Li's cooking, then noticed that his shredded potatoes contained more shredded ginger than potato.

Meng Li and Ya Li went to an auction, where they unexpectedly encountered Gu Yuena with Qiangu Zhangting and Qian Gu Dongfeng. Gu Yuena denied knowing Meng Li and struck him to drive him away, while privately agonizing that revealing her feelings would put his life in danger.

• Meng Li and Ya Li dressed in disguises and walked to an auction after dinner.
• At the auction entrance, Meng Li spotted Gu Yuena beside Qiangu Zhangting, with Qian Gu Dongfeng nearby.
• Ya Li warned Meng Li not to approach, but he pulled free and went to confront Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena said she did not know Meng Li and repeatedly ordered him to leave.
• Gu Yuena slapped Meng Li when he stayed, and Ya Li stopped her next strike and tried to lead Meng Li away.

Meng Li attended an auction with Ya Li and found Gu Yuena there with Qiangu Zhangting and Qian Gu Dongfeng, who treated him as a stranger. When Qian Gu Dongfeng bid on the Heart of the Ice God, Meng Li drove the price up to twenty billion, and Gu Yuena said she no longer wanted it.

• Meng Li followed Ya Li into the auction house and struggled with the pain of seeing Gu Yuena beside Qiangu Zhangting.
• The auctioneer unveiled the Heart of the Ice God, a dangerously cold artifact with immense energy that had reportedly killed nine Titled Douluo.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng opened the bidding at seven billion Federal Coins, and Meng Li immediately countered with seven point two billion.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng and Meng Li kept raising their bids until Meng Li offered ten billion, driving the other bidders away.
• After Qian Gu Dongfeng bid ten point one billion, Meng Li taunted him and raised the price to twenty billion.
• Gu Yuena sighed and told Qian Gu Dongfeng to take the item if he wanted it, saying she no longer wanted it.

Meng Li won the Heart of the Ice God at auction, provoking the Spirit Pagoda and prompting Gu Yuena to help keep him safe. As Meng Li and Ya Li fled toward Shrek City, Dark Phoenix ambushed them and revealed she knew both of them.

• Meng Li outbid Qiangu Zhangting with thirty billion for the Heart of the Ice God, and Qian Gu Dongfeng stopped Qiangu Zhangting from bidding again.
• Meng Li collected the Heart of the Ice God and left with Ya Li, while Gu Yuena tried to keep Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qiangu Zhangting from pursuing them.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng sent a photo of Meng Li and Ya Li to someone whose avatar burned with black flames and ordered them to handle the pair outside the Heaven Dou Auction House.
• Meng Li and Ya Li set out for Shrek City, where Meng Li planned to help Tang Wulin fight the Spirit Pagoda.
• A black-armored attacker destroyed their vehicle, and Dark Phoenix emerged from the darkness, identifying Ya Li as Holy Spirit Douluo and Meng Li as her sister's disciple.

Meng Li and Ya Li escaped Leng Yulai and reached Shrek City, where they met Tang Wulin to discuss stopping the war. Meng Li and Ya Li agreed to join Tang Wulin’s effort after learning he could command the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, while the Spirit Pagoda continued searching for Meng Li.

• Leng Yulai called off her attack on Meng Li and Ya Li, then warned them before retreating.
• Ya Li and Meng Li discussed the Spirit Pagoda’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult and its role in provoking a war.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng received a message that the mission to find Meng Li and Ya Li had failed, then arranged to investigate them.
• Meng Li and Ya Li arrived in Shrek City and met Tang Wulin at their agreed meeting place.
• Meng Li agreed to help Tang Wulin prevent the war if Tang Wulin revealed his resources, and Tang Wulin said he controlled the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy.
• Ya Li also agreed to join Tang Wulin, on the same conditions as Meng Li.

Tang Wulin welcomed Meng Li and Ya Li into the Tang Sect’s plans, then received Yun Ming’s Sky Pillar Divine Spear from Ya Li. Meng Li reunited with the Shrek Seven Devils and their friends, but remained troubled by Gu Yuena’s silence and Na’er’s fate.

• Tang Wulin explained the Tang Sect’s influence and invited Meng Li to help seek allies in the Dou Ling Empire and Star Luo Empire.
• Ya Li gave Tang Wulin Yun Ming’s Sky Pillar Divine Spear and asked him to inherit Yun Ming’s legacy and restore Shrek.
• Tang Wulin arranged lodging for Ya Li and Meng Li, and Meng Li messaged Gu Yuena but received no reply.
• Xie Xie, the Shrek Seven Devils, Long Yuxue, A Ruheng, and Sima Jinchi visited Meng Li, and Tang Wulin suggested a welcome dinner.
• At the barbecue, Meng Li asked for five cases of beer and refused to explain what had happened to Gu Yue, Na’er, and himself.

Meng Li drank himself unconscious while grieving for Na'er and waiting for Gu Yuena to reply, as the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear tried and failed to ambush him. Gu Yuena took Meng Li away, and the chapter ended with him waking beside her and wondering if he was dreaming.

• Meng Li drank alone with Xie Xie and dwelled on Na'er and Gu Yuena, while the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear waited nearby for him to pass out.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear tried to reach Meng Li but was stopped by the ramen shop owner over an unpaid bill; after paying, he was confronted by Gu Yuena and ordered to stay away from Meng Li.
• Gu Yuena sat beside the sleeping Meng Li, who woke briefly, called her his wife, and clung to her while saying he could not lose her after losing Na'er.
• Gu Yuena carried Meng Li away, and the Shrek Seven Devils speculated about whether Na'er was Gu Yue and questioned Holy Spirit Douluo's connection to Meng Li.
• In a room Tang Wulin had arranged, Gu Yuena sat beside the sleeping Meng Li and stroked his cheek; when he woke, he asked if he was dreaming.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena reconciled after he asked why she had gone to the auction with Qiangu Zhangting, and they spent the night together. The next morning, Gu Yuena said she wanted a child with him someday but had urgent matters to settle, leaving their future uncertain.

• Gu Yuena told Meng Li she had used Qiangu Zhangting to buy things for her grandfather and herself and had no feelings for him, so Meng Li gave her his savings and the Heart of the Ice God.
• Gu Yuena explained that her communicator had run out of power, then made Meng Li porridge after he said he was hungry.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena spent the night together, and he dried her hair before they went to sleep.
• The next morning, Meng Li asked Gu Yuena whether she wanted children, and she said she hoped to have one with him after finishing her current responsibilities.
• Gu Yuena warned Meng Li that her identity might change and that he could stop loving her, while refusing his offer to help and saying he would understand in the future.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena cooked breakfast together, but the Shrek Seven Devils arrived hoping to eat with them. The group devoured the food, and Xie Xie discovered Meng Li and Gu Yuena still had buns in the kitchen.

• Tang Wulin interrupted Meng Li and Gu Yuena, then quickly left after realizing he had barged in on their private time.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena bought groceries and prepared lean meat porridge and buns together.
• The Shrek Seven Devils arrived with bowls and chopsticks, and Meng Li invited them in to eat.
• Xie Xie praised Meng Li's buns, while Ye Xinglan warned him after he insulted Xu Lizhi's cooking.
• Meng Li brought food out for Gu Yuena and the guests, and the Shrek Seven Devils quickly finished their share.
• Xie Xie entered the kitchen, spotted more buns, and eagerly accepted Meng Li's offer of another serving.

Meng Li parted from Gu Yuena, then spent three months cultivating before traveling with Tang Wulin’s group toward the Dou Ling Empire. At Heaven Dou Sea City, he recognized a suspicious girl, and increased security checks forced the group to reconsider their next move.

• Gu Yuena left Meng Li after they spent their final day together, and they embraced before she departed.
• Meng Li cultivated for three months, nearing the Titled Douluo level, then set out on the agreed date with Tang Wulin.
• At Heaven Dou Sea City, a girl from Tianhai Academy approached Tang Wulin’s group, but Meng Li refused her offer and implied he knew who she was.
• The girl recognized Ya Li and Meng Li and noted their connection to people she knew from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Long Yuxue warned Tang Wulin that security checks had intensified, while Meng Li and Ya Li passed the Soul Power detector without triggering it.
• Tang Wulin saw the girl turn back and decided the group needed to find her.

Tang Wulin and his companions gathered in Skysea City to prepare for their trip to the Dou Ling Empire, but an attack on the harbor threatened their plans. After investigating who might benefit from the assault, they decided to turn their attention to the Federation while waiting for the sea routes to reopen.

• Tang Wulin met with Zang Xin, who explained the preparations for their departure and warned him about trusting Meng Li, but Tang Wulin defended Meng Li.
• After explosions at the harbor jolted Meng Li from cultivation, he and Ya Li saw signs of a major attack and suspected the Holy Spirit Cult and Spirit Pagoda were involved.
• Tang Wulin and Long Yuxue narrowly escaped the attack, which sank a Black-class battleship with a Level 9 Fixed Soul Tool Cannonball.
• Zang Xin reported that the military investigation blamed a secret Star Luo Empire unit, and Tang Wulin and Meng Li questioned why the empire would provoke the Federation.
• Meng Li reasoned that the Holy Spirit Cult, Spirit Pagoda, and possibly the Abyss Plane wanted to provoke war, leading Tang Wulin to agree that they should investigate the Federation.
• Zang Xin said the sealed sea routes would delay their voyage to the Dou Ling Empire, and Tang Wulin proposed using the delay to start with the Federation.

Tang Wulin and Meng Li sought permission to investigate the attack on the Eastsea Legion fleet by claiming to be inspectors from Federation Headquarters. Chen Xinjie tested Meng Li’s extraordinary Spiritual Power and agreed to consider their request, then recognized him as Spirit Pagoda’s disciple and questioned him about rumors surrounding his relationships.

• Meng Li and Ya Li walked through a tense Skysea City under martial law and were stopped twice for inspection.
• Tang Wulin and Meng Li claimed to be Federation Headquarters inspectors and were brought before Chen Xinjie after waiting four hours.
• Chen Xinjie used spiritual pressure on the pair, but Meng Li remained unaffected and offered to prove his Spiritual Power exceeded the limits of testing instruments.
• Meng Li broke the Eastsea Legion’s best Spiritual Power tester, then said he was a Rank 89 Soul Douluo and refused Chen Xinjie’s offer to join the War God Temple.
• Chen Xinjie recognized Meng Li as the disciple of Spirit Pagoda’s Vice Tower Master, mentioned rumors about his relationships, and asked whether he had come as Spirit Pagoda’s representative.

Tang Wulin and Meng Li persuaded Chen Xinjie to delay war while they investigated the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack, warning him of the Abyss Plane’s threat. They then ambushed a convoy of Fixed Soul Tool Cannons to lure out the Evil Soul Masters, and the sky suddenly darkened as the ambush began.

• Meng Li told Chen Xinjie that he represented peace-minded people, while Chen explained that resource shortages and plans for colonization drove the Hawk Faction to support war.
• Tang Wulin revealed that the Abyssal Sage King and more than ten Abyss Kings had attacked, and that a Silver Dragon with god-level strength had stopped them.
• Tang Wulin described the Holy Spirit Cult’s attack and warned that war would leave the continent vulnerable to both the cult and the Abyss Plane; Chen gave them ten days to prove the cult was responsible.
• Meng Li urged Chen to consider the innocent lives and families destroyed by war, then left with Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin, Meng Li, and the Shrek Seven Devils lay in wait for Evil Soul Masters near a convoy carrying Fixed Soul Tool Cannons, and the sky suddenly darkened.

Leng Yulai attacked a convoy carrying Fixed Soul Tool Cannons, using a silver vortex to swallow its vehicles, but Meng Li intervened to save the colonel and confront her. As they fought, Meng Li warned Leng Yulai that the operation was a trap and said he had come because of his master, Leng Yaozhu.

• Leng Yulai appeared in black battle armor and used a silver vortex to absorb the military transport vehicles and their Fixed Soul Tool Cannons.
• Meng Li recognized Leng Yulai as his Martial Aunt and secretly told Leng Yaozhu that she was among the Tang Sect's targets.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Meng Li to prevent the Tang Sect from capturing Leng Yulai if possible and to tell her that her sister had something to say.
• Leng Yulai's black-armored hand stopped the colonel as he charged toward the silver vortex, while the first three vehicles were swallowed.
• Meng Li entered the fight in his Three-word Battle Armor, struck at Leng Yulai, and warned her that the attack was a trap.

Meng Li confronted Leng Yulai about her obsession with Yun Ming and helped calm her, but Affectionate Douluo Zang Xin intercepted her as she tried to leave. Zang Xin trapped Leng Yulai in his Battle Armor domain, forcing her to fight.

• Leng Yulai attacked Meng Li and claimed she had taken Yun Ming's soul to keep it pure and with her forever.
• Meng Li condemned Leng Yulai's possessiveness and betrayal, and she faltered before agreeing to find her sister.
• Meng Li's God-level Spiritual Power cleansed Leng Yulai's soul, though he did not realize it.
• Zang Xin challenged Leng Yulai over the Shuttle of Time and Space and her place in the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Leng Yulai tried to flee, but Zang Xin activated his Battle Armor domain and slowed her attacks, trapping her in the fight.

Meng Li’s memories resurfaced under Affectionate Douluo’s soul skill, transforming his appearance and unleashing a spiritual domain over Heaven Dou City. As the rain calmed Leng Yulai, Affectionate Douluo used the opening to strike at her.

• Leng Yulai countered Affectionate Douluo’s domain with a beam from her Dark Phoenix Feather while she and Meng Li fought near the domain’s edge.
• Zang Xin tried to use his first soul skill on Meng Li, but Meng Li slapped him away and disrupted his attack.
• Zang Xin unleashed his third soul skill, magnifying the Evil Soul Masters’ regrets until their heads exploded.
• Meng Li experienced memories of a lonely, immortal life, then his hair turned white, dragon horns appeared, and his Angel Mark flickered.
• Meng Li’s spiritual domain spread over Heaven Dou City, bringing rain, calming Leng Yulai, and suppressing Soul Power by thirty percent.
• Leng Yulai tried to flee, but Affectionate Douluo seized the opening and slashed at her with his longsword.

Meng Li completed the fusion of his Ninth Soul Ring, became a Titled Douluo, and transformed all nine of his rings into unprecedented green-gold. Dark Bell arrived, revealed her interest in him, and asked Affectionate Douluo to let her take Leng Yulai away, but he rejected her appeal to friendship.

• The Angel awakened within Meng Li, and his eight Soul Rings turned green-gold as he broke through.
• Meng Li successfully fused his Ninth Soul Ring while Affectionate Douluo and Ruthless Douluo avoided disrupting him.
• After stabilizing his cultivation, Meng Li saw that all nine Soul Rings were green-gold and vowed to protect what he cherished.
• Dark Bell appeared and introduced herself to Meng Li, who recognized her as the Evil Soul Master from the security checkpoint.
• Dark Bell asked to become Meng Li's friend, then requested that Affectionate Douluo let her take Leng Yulai away.
• Affectionate Douluo refused, saying the Tang Sect would not befriend the Holy Spirit Cult.