Chapter Summaries

Meng Li used the strength he gained from Qian Yuhan's special training to protect Gu Yuena from people drawn to the Spirit Pagoda's Martial Arts Tournament for Marriage. He declared that he would destroy Mingdu Stadium, and the chapter ended with him and his companions confronting the Federation's Mecha Brigade.

• Meng Li, Gu Yuena, and their companions arrived at Mingdu Gymnasium, where spectators crowded around Gu Yuena and asked about the tournament.
• Meng Li released a golden pressure that forced the onlookers, including several Soul Sages, to the ground, while Gu Yuena explained that she had never intended to hold a marriage tournament.
• Meng Li warned the crowd to leave and announced that he would tear down Mingdu Stadium, prompting many spectators and construction workers to flee.
• The Mecha Brigade arrived and fired Fixed Soul Tool Cannons at Meng Li's group, but one of Meng Li's companions cut the cannons apart with a patterned longsword and pinned the brigade to the ground.
• Meng Li told a grounded officer that they had come to correct the Spirit Pagoda's wrongdoing and said he had already defeated a member of the War God Temple.

Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi discussed the mysterious missing memories surrounding the attack on Shrek City and planned to question Meng Li, while Qiangu Dongfeng and Qiangu Zhangting headed to Mingdu Stadium to stop him. At the stadium, Meng Li prepared to destroy the venue for the Spirit Pagoda’s marriage tournament, but an angry voice challenged him before he could act.

• Zang Xin told Cao Dezhi that investigators had lost memories of the Shrek City attack and recalled an unknown person who might have been Meng Li.
• Cao Dezhi and Zang Xin agreed to seek out Meng Li after the stadium incident and bet on whether he would escape unharmed.
• Qiangu Zhangting reported that Meng Li and his companions had taken control of the Federation Mecha Brigade at Mingdu Stadium, and Qiangu Dongfeng set out to arrest them.
• Qiangu Zhangting grew jealous after learning that Gu Yuena had gone to the stadium hand in hand with Meng Li and blamed Meng Li for standing in his way.
• Meng Li confirmed that Mingdu Stadium was empty and prepared to destroy it, but an angry voice accused him of breaking the law and injuring people.

Ming Li confronted Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qiangu Zhangting after the Spirit Pagoda and Federation condemned him, then fought Qiangu Zhangting when negotiations failed. He overwhelmed his love rival with the Coiling Dragon Staff, leaving Qiangu Zhangting embedded in Mingdu Stadium as Qian Gu Dongfeng charged at him in fury.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qiangu Zhangting demanded that Ming Li surrender, while Leng Yaozhu, Gu Yuena, and Na Nali stood with him.
• Leng Yaozhu said she had chosen a home over her former future, and Na Nali insulted Qian Gu Dongfeng.
• Ming Li attacked Qiangu Zhangting, who answered with the Qiangu Clan's Battle Heaven Fight.
• Ming Li transformed into a colossal three-pair-winged dragon, caught the Coiling Dragon Staff, and dragged Qiangu Zhangting to the ground.
• Ming Li slammed Qiangu Zhangting into the ground more than twenty times, then hurled him into Mingdu Stadium when Qian Gu Dongfeng attacked.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng roared that he would kill Ming Li for hurting his grandson.

Meng Li and his allies overwhelmed Qian Gu Dongfeng and the Federation’s reinforcements as they destroyed Mingdu Stadium. When a level-ten Fixed Soul Tool Cannon threatened civilians, Meng Li charged to intercept it, and Gu Yuena transformed into a silver dragon to join him.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng attacked Meng Li with his Coiling Dragon Staff, but Meng Li struck him into a building and revealed the strength of a Quasi-God ferocious beast.
• Meng Li ignited Mingdu Stadium while Leng Yaozhu, Gu Yuena, and Na Nali defeated the War God Temple reinforcements.
• The Federation fired a level-ten Fixed Soul Tool Cannon toward Mingdu Stadium as spectators fled the blast radius.
• Meng Li used his first soul skill, Ascension, and charged toward the cannon to protect the civilians below.
• Gu Yuena transformed into a silver dragon, joined Meng Li, and merged the power of the Golden-Silver Dragon King with him as Qiangu Zhangting watched.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena fused into the Dragon God and protected Mingdu’s fleeing citizens from the Federation’s cannons. After destroying the Soul-Capturing Token and wrecking Mingdu Stadium, they separated and returned to Leng Yaozhu’s group, exhausted.

• Meng Li and Gu Yuena fused under the God of Life’s power, forming a seven-colored Dragon God whose scales blocked the Level 10 Fixed Soul Tool Cannons.
• Meng Li intercepted two more cannons to cover the evacuation, then flew toward Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qiangu Zhangting.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng used the Soul-Capturing Token, but Gu Yuena took control of the Dragon God’s body and destroyed the token.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng fled with Qiangu Zhangting as Meng Li devastated Mingdu Stadium with elemental attacks and destructive energy.
• Gu Yuena severed her connection with Meng Li, and they returned to Leng Yaozhu’s group, where Ya Li treated their exhaustion.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena escaped Mingdu with their companions after fighting the Spirit Pagoda and Federation, while the Shrek Seven Devils arrived too late and learned what had happened. After resting, Meng Li and Gu Yuena woke together, and she thanked him for helping her.

• Ya Li cared for the weakened Meng Li and Gu Yuena as Leng Yaozhu drove them away from Mingdu Stadium, while Meng Li worried that the Spirit Pagoda, Federation, and Holy Spirit Cult would retaliate.
• Na Nali took over driving and sped away from the pursuing police, leaving their sirens behind.
• Tang Wulin and the Shrek Seven Devils reached the frozen, purple-mist-covered stadium, where Cao Dezhi warned them about its Destruction Power and took them to a hotel.
• Zang Xin told the Shrek Seven Devils that Meng Li had fought the Spirit Pagoda’s tower master and warned them not to get too close to him.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena woke after resting, exchanged affectionate greetings, and Gu Yuena thanked him for what he had done for her.

Meng Li refused invitations to join the Tang Sect and War God Temple, choosing instead to focus on protecting his family. As Cao Dezhi, Zang Xin, and Chen Xinjie asked about the Evil Soul Masters’ attack on Shrek City, Meng Li was left to answer their questions.

• Gu Yuena examined Meng Li after he and the Federation had fallen silent over the Soul Spirit Company.
• Healing-type Soul Masters warned Qian Gu Dongfeng that Qiangu Zhangting might wake with mental impairment, and Qian Gu Dongfeng vowed revenge on Meng Li.
• Meng Li advanced to Soul Spirit Rank 95 and improved his Angel Holy Sword skills during a month of cultivation.
• Cao Dezhi asked Meng Li to join the Tang Sect, but Meng Li refused and said he wanted only to protect his family.
• Chen Xinjie offered Meng Li the chance to succeed him in the War God Temple, but Meng Li declined, prompting Chen Xinjie to reflect on his own life.
• Zang Xin asked Meng Li what he had experienced during the Evil Soul Masters’ attack on Shrek City, and Meng Li expressed surprise at the question.

Zang Xin and Cao Dezhi questioned Meng Li about the attack on Shrek City, but he denied remembering it and refused their offer of forging materials. After Chen Xinjie delivered news that the Federation would not punish him, Meng Li told the women that he had used a god’s power to save the city and believed the price had been his memories.

• Zang Xin showed Meng Li footage of a winged figure with seven Golden Soul Rings and asked him to explain the attack on Shrek City, but Meng Li denied remembering it.
• Cao Dezhi ended Zang Xin’s questioning, and Meng Li rejected Zang Xin’s offer of materials for forging Four-word Battle Armor in exchange for information.
• Chen Xinjie told Meng Li that the Federation would not hold him accountable for destroying Mingdu Stadium and supported his plan to establish a Soul Spirit Company, then invited him to join the War God Temple.
• Meng Li told the women that he had temporarily gained a god’s power to save Shrek City and thought he had paid for it with his memories.
• Gu Yuena questioned the price Meng Li had paid, while Ya Li recognized that he was hiding the truth from the others.

Meng Li, Gu Yuena, Na Nali, Ya Li, and Leng Yaozhu finalized plans for Soul Spirit Company, then cooked and shared dinner together. The chapter ended with everyone clearing the table after finishing all the dishes.

• Na Nali joked that she could not bear to leave Meng Li behind, then clarified that she meant his shredded potatoes, and said Ya Li was the friend she cherished most.
• Meng Li and the women discussed Soul Spirit Company's location and action plans for several hours.
• Meng Li went to cook dinner, and Gu Yuena locked the kitchen door so the others would not get too close to him.
• Leng Yaozhu broke the kitchen doorknob to get inside, and she, Na Nali, and Ya Li joined Meng Li and Gu Yuena in preparing the meal.
• Meng Li and Na Nali raced to eat the braised shrimp, and everyone later finished all the dishes together.
• Leng Yaozhu began clearing the bowls and chopsticks, and Meng Li and the others helped tidy up.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena encountered the Shrek Seven Devils at the train station and learned about Yuanen Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul and family tragedy. After discovering that Meng Li’s Angel Martial Soul could still trigger her fear, he offered to help sever her connection to the Demon Plane and accompany her home.

• Meng Li and Gu Yuena met Tang Wulin, Yuanen Yehui, and Er Ming at Shrek City's train station as they prepared to travel to Yuanen Yehui's hometown.
• Tang Wulin explained that Yuanen Yehui's mother had opened the Demon Gate, causing a devastating attack that killed her and left Yuanen Yehui's father mad.
• Yuanen Yehui told Meng Li that her clan wanted to seal her Fallen Angel Martial Soul, while Er Ming believed severing its connection to the Demon Plane would solve the problem.
• Yuanen Yehui deliberately felt hostility toward Meng Li and became overwhelmed by fear, confirming that his Angel Martial Soul could still affect her.
• Meng Li offered to help Yuanen Yehui and proposed that he and Gu Yuena accompany her home when she neared her breakthrough to Titled Douluo.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena traveled by train to Shangling City, where they admired the quiet mountain city and discussed retiring there. Yuanen Yehui confronted her painful memories of home and decided to visit her mother.

• Meng Li booked train tickets to Shangling City for himself and Gu Yuena, then boarded with her and settled into their compartment.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena shared food and watched dramas during the train ride, and Meng Li informed Leng Yaozhu, Ya Li, and Na Nali that his plans had changed.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena arrived in Shangling City and admired its natural surroundings, with Meng Li suggesting they retire there when they were older.
• Meng Li noticed Yuanen Yehui's distress and encouraged her to face her memories and visit her mother.
• Xie Xie told Yuanen Yehui that he would stay by her side, and Yuanen Yehui thanked him before resolving to see her mother.

Meng Li, Gu Yuena, and Yuanen Yehui traveled to the Yuanen Family ancestral home, where Meng Li reassured Yehui about her strained family ties and promised to help her. As they arrived at the ancestral hall, a woman resembling Yehui watched them from behind a tree, and the chapter ended with the group entering a room filled with spirit tablets.

• Yuanen Yehui’s second uncle picked them up, but Meng Li and Gu Yuena noticed his cold attitude toward her.
• Yuanen Yehui explained that she believed her second uncle’s distance stemmed from what happened with her mother, and Meng Li promised to help her.
• On the drive through Shangling City’s mountain estates, Meng Li encouraged Yehui and told her she owed her relatives nothing beyond her parents, while Yehui said she felt indebted to him.
• Meng Li sensed someone watching the car, but Gu Yuena found nothing; a woman resembling Yuanen Yehui then emerged from behind a cypress tree and wondered if Meng Li had seen her wandering soul.
• Yuanen Zhentian led the group to the Yuanen Family ancestral home, where Yuanen Yehui realized the clan still acknowledged her as a member of the Titan Giant Ape family.
• Meng Li, Gu Yuena, and Yuanen Yehui followed Yuanen Zhentian into a house displaying many spirit tablets.

Yuanen Yehui visited her mother's grave and grieved over her loneliness, while Meng Li saw the spirit of her mother embracing her. After Gu Yuena suggested Meng Li could see her because of a bond between their angelic powers, he approached Yuanen Yehui to test his theory.

• Meng Li entered the Yuanen Family ancestral hall with Yuanen Yehui and noticed a faint purple aura on her mother's Spirit Tablet.
• Yuanen Zhentian allowed Yuanen Yehui to visit her mother's grave, and Meng Li, Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin, and the others accompanied her.
• Yuanen Yehui knelt at the grave, remembered her mother, and questioned what she had left to live for.
• Meng Li saw a woman who appeared to be Yuanen Yehui's mother embrace and comfort her, though Yuanen Yehui and the others did not react to the woman.
• Gu Yuena told Meng Li that his angel blood might let him see the woman because she was a Fallen Angel.
• Meng Li walked up to Yuanen Yehui and called her by her full name, leaving her confused.

Meng Li revealed that he could see Yuanen Yehui’s mother, Yehui, and began a ritual to resurrect her. As Yehui’s body regenerated, Yuanen Yehui watched in awe, realizing Meng Li was bringing her mother back to life.

• Meng Li comforted Yuanen Yehui at her mother’s grave and revealed that he could see Yehui’s spirit.
• Yehui asked Meng Li to tell Yuanen Yehui that her mother had always stayed by her side, and Yuanen Yehui believed him.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Meng Li to let her see her mother, and he said he would try.
• Meng Li used an Angel Clan resurrection method, drawing Yehui’s spirit back into her body.
• Meng Li sent everyone except Yuanen Yehui and his girlfriend away, then began the resurrection incantation as Yehui’s body regenerated.

Meng Li resurrected Yehui, but the ritual left her without Soul Power or her martial soul. Reunited with her mother, Yuanen Yehui told her about the abuse she had suffered and planned to take Yehui away from the Yuanen Family.

• Meng Li completed the resurrection ritual and, exhausted, left the graveyard with Gu Yuena while asking Yuanen Yehui to open the grave.
• Yuanen Yehui opened the coffin, helped Yehui dress, and brought her out after Yehui explained that she had lost her Soul Power.
• Yuanen Yehui embraced Yehui and told her about being bullied by the Yuanen Family and leaving home; Yehui comforted her and mourned what she had endured.
• Yehui veiled her face to conceal her resurrection, and Yuanen Yehui offered to take her away from the family.
• Yehui agreed to leave with her daughter but asked to meet Meng Li and restore the grave so the world would continue to believe she was dead.

After reviving Yuanen Yehui’s mother, Meng Li fell into a nightmare in which he was punished for bringing her back. Gu Yuena helped him wake, and he reunited with Yehui and her mother, who thanked him for the second chance at life.

• Meng Li and Gu Yuena rested together, and Meng Li fell asleep after reflecting on how happy Yuanen Yehui must have been to reunite with her mother.
• In a nightmare, a lava giant accused Meng Li of reviving a sinner and tried to sentence him to Hell, but a Silver Dragon helped him escape.
• Gu Yuena explained that Meng Li’s glowing Inverse Scale and difficult dream had been caused by an Inner Demon, which he overcame with the Ice God Pearl’s help.
• Yuanen Yehui arrived with her revived mother, who removed her veil and tried to kneel in gratitude to Meng Li.
• Meng Li stopped Yuanen Yehui’s mother from bowing and told her that, as an elder and his friend’s mother, she did not need to make such a gesture.

Yuanen Yehui reunited with her revived mother and took Meng Li and Gu Yuena around Shangling City while keeping her mother’s identity secret. They searched for places Yehui remembered from childhood and ended at a restaurant where she recognized the owner from the old noodle shop.

• Yuanen Yehui thanked Meng Li for saving her mother, but Meng Li asked her to treat him as a friend and take him around Shangling City instead.
• Yuanen Yehui introduced Yehui to the Shrek Six Monsters as her aunt and left with her, Meng Li, and Gu Yuena while Tang Wulin stayed at the Yuanen Family to pursue an alliance.
• The group found that the noodle shop and another restaurant Yehui remembered had been replaced, so they chose a well-rated restaurant in an alley.
• Yuanen Yehui recognized the restaurant owner as the man who had run the noodle shop on North Street, and he asked who she was.

Yuanen Yehui reunited with Min Jie, who had fed her when she was a hungry child, and learned that Hou Lei still harassed his business. She and Meng Li beat Hou Lei and drove him from the restaurant after he refused to face the Federation guards.

• Yuanen Yehui reminded Min Jie that he had often given her noodles when she was a hungry child, and he recognized her.
• Yuanen Yehui ordered food for the group and introduced Meng Li and Gu Yuena as her friends.
• Hou Lei arrived at Min Jie's restaurant to demand a meal, then tried to flirt with Yuanen Yehui and Yehui.
• Yuanen Yehui revealed her eight Soul Rings and gave Hou Lei the choice of returning the money he had extorted or reporting himself to the Federation.
• Hou Lei chose to face the Federation, but Yuanen Yehui and Meng Li revealed their Soul Rings and beat him before kicking him out.

After protecting Yuanen Yehui from Hou Lei, Meng Li helped her settle her mother in Heaven Dou City before accompanying her to the Titan Giant Ape Clan to resolve the danger within her. The clan greeted Yehui with hostility, and Meng Li challenged Yuanen Tianshang after he offered to fight.

• Yuanen Yehui reassured Min Jie that Hou Lei would not trouble him again, then left with Meng Li after eating at his restaurant.
• Yuanen Yehui took her mother to Heaven Dou City to avoid the Yuanen Family, and she and Meng Li arranged for her mother to live next door to Meng Li.
• Yuanen Yehui, Meng Li, and Gu Yuena returned to the Yuanen Family village to seek help from ancestor Er Ming.
• Members of the Titan Giant Ape Clan insulted Yuanen Yehui at the village entrance, but Yuanen Tianshang arrived and led her toward the ancestor and clan leader.
• Meng Li rebuked Yuanen Tianshang and the clan members for mistreating Yehui, then accepted Tianshang's challenge and offered to fight him one-handed.

Meng Li defeated Yuanen Tianshang, after which Yuanen Yehui said she wanted to leave with her crippled father rather than seek the clan’s acceptance. Yuanen Zhentian stopped her from leaving until the problem with her martial soul was resolved, and Yuanen Yehui challenged whether he had ever truly acknowledged her.

• Meng Li revealed his nine green-gold soul rings, overpowered Yuanen Tianshang, and forced him to concede defeat.
• A Titan Giant Ape Clan member said the clan would still hate Yuanen Yehui, and she told Yuanen Tianshang she wanted to take her father away.
• Yuanen Tianshang admitted he feared Yuanen Yehui might become like her mother, while Yuanen Yehui said she understood the clan’s hatred and prepared to leave with Meng Li.
• Yuanen Zhentian arrived and declared that Yuanen Yehui could not leave until the problem with her martial soul was resolved.
• Yuanen Yehui asked Yuanen Zhentian whether he had ever truly acknowledged her, and he asked why she thought so.