Chapter Summaries

Meng Li overwhelmed Qian Gu Qingfeng in the arena, defeating the demigod Limit Douluo despite his complaints about Meng Li’s divine artifact. Qian Gu Dongfeng planned to activate another scheme against Meng Li, while Meng Li demanded that the Pagoda Master honor the match’s outcome.

• Qian Gu Qingfeng blinded Meng Li with Night Ambush Stab and attacked with Netherworld Slash, but Golden Eyes restored Meng Li’s vision and Meng Li sent Qian Gu Qingfeng flying with the Spear of Myth.
• Meng Li threw the Spear of Myth, and Qian Gu Qingfeng managed to knock it aside before Meng Li drew the Angel Holy Sword and struck with its hundred-meter blade.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng and Qiangu Zhangting watched Qian Gu Qingfeng being suppressed, and Qian Gu Dongfeng said they would activate their other plan against Meng Li.
• Meng Li defeated Qian Gu Qingfeng by pointing the Angel Holy Sword at his throat, but Qian Gu Qingfeng blamed his loss on Meng Li’s divine artifact and proposed a rematch.
• Meng Li rejected Qian Gu Qingfeng’s excuse and asked Qian Gu Dongfeng whether he would honor the match’s outcome.

After the Spirit Pagoda withdrew from Shrek Academy, Tang Wulin and his companions discussed settling old scores with it. Ya Li met Yun Ming, who accepted her feelings for someone else, and Yun Ming then asked Tang Wulin to arrange a meeting with Meng Li.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng admitted defeat and left Shrek Academy with the Spirit Pagoda members after Meng Li taunted him.
• Meng Li, Ya Li, Na Nali, and the Shrek Seven Devils discussed the Spirit Pagoda and the possibility of avenging its attacks on Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• Tang Wulin led Ya Li to Sea God Island, where she spoke with Yun Ming, whose projection resided in the Sky-Piercing Spear.
• Ya Li told Yun Ming she loved someone else, and Yun Ming accepted her choice while warning her that Meng Li already had a girlfriend.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li not to risk herself seeking revenge and then asked Tang Wulin to arrange a meeting with Meng Li.

Ya Li ended her relationship with Yun Ming and chose to follow her feelings for Meng Li. As Meng Li learned that Na Nali was once known as Dark Bell, Shen Yi warned him that she might be connected to the woman who killed Long Bing, but he trusted Na Nali and returned home to dinner with her and Ya Li.

• Tang Wulin agreed to meet Yun Ming when Yun Ming next awakened, but Yun Ming then stopped responding.
• Ya Li told Na Nali that she had chosen someone she liked and had said goodbye to Yun Ming, despite expecting others might criticize her choice.
• Meng Li asked Shen Yi about Wu Changkong and Long Bing, and Shen Yi explained that Long Bing had been an Evil Soul Master.
• Shen Yi recognized Na Nali as Dark Bell and warned Meng Li that she might share Dark Hummingbird's goals; Meng Li insisted Na Nali had changed and was now a Light Element Soul Master.
• Meng Li returned home to find Ya Li cooking and Na Nali eating, and he set Shen Yi's warning aside.

Meng Li felt an ominous premonition about Ya Li, then struggled with his feelings for her while remembering Na'er. After drinking alone, he mistook Gu Yuena for Na'er, and she offered to bring Na'er back briefly before he pretended to fall asleep.

• Meng Li and Ya Li gazed at each other in the kitchen until Na Nali interrupted them and teased Meng Li about finding Ya Li beautiful.
• Ya Li heard Meng Li's thoughts about her and Gu Yuena, then left to serve dinner before the conversation could continue.
• After watching television with Ya Li and Na Nali, Meng Li returned to his room and mourned Na'er while wondering whether reaching the God Realm could help revive her.
• Meng Li drank several bottles of beer and saw Na'er, then embraced Gu Yuena, who had come after sensing his intense mental fluctuations.
• Gu Yuena offered to bring Na'er back for three minutes, but Meng Li avoided answering by pretending to be drunk and then falling asleep.

Meng Li reunited with Gu Yuena, then rushed to teach his Shrek Academy class after oversleeping. As Gu Yuena prepared to return to her work, Meng Li promised to help her even if her plans were bad, while Qian Gu Dongfeng learned the Federation was selling cheaper soul spirits.

• Gu Yuena put the pretending-to-sleep Meng Li to bed, and they woke the next morning sharing a quiet moment together.
• Na Nali reminded Meng Li that he had a class to teach, and Xia Yun explained that Teacher Shen had sent her to find him.
• Meng Li arrived at Class One, apologized for being late, and taught the students practical combat for Soul Masters.
• After class, Meng Li met Gu Yuena and learned she planned to stay in Shrek City one day at a time while the Soul Spirit Company’s research continued.
• Meng Li told Gu Yuena he would help her even if what she was doing was bad.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng learned that the Federation was behind cheaper soul spirits on the market and that Federation Titled Douluo guarded the sellers.

Qian Gu Dongfeng and Ghost Emperor plotted against Meng Li and Na Nali, while Meng Li and Gu Yuena discovered they were being watched by an Evil Soul Master. After the watcher self-destructed, Meng Li proposed taking the initiative to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng ordered an investigation into who controlled Soul Spirit Company and suspected Gu Yuena, then pressed Ghost Emperor to assassinate Meng Li.
• Ghost Emperor told Qian Gu Dongfeng that the Holy Spirit Cult would act soon, then decided to capture Na Nali as leverage against Meng Li.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena left Shrek Academy together, but Meng Li sensed they were being watched and flew toward the observer with Gu Yuena.
• The Soul Sage watcher revealed himself as an Evil Soul Master and self-destructed, but Meng Li shielded Gu Yuena and survived the blast.
• Meng Li concluded that the Holy Spirit Cult was hiding something and suggested they hunt Evil Soul Masters to learn more.

Meng Li and Gu Yuena spent an evening together, sharing hot pot and watching a movie before returning to Shrek Academy. After Meng Li brought back late-night food for Na Nali and Ya Li, he asked Na Nali what she knew about the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Meng Li and Gu Yuena visited a hot pot restaurant, where they declined an offer to become its image ambassadors.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena shared dinner, discussed their money, and went to watch a movie before returning home late.
• Na Nali teased Meng Li for going out without her and Ya Li, then listed more than twenty dishes she wanted him to buy.
• Meng Li returned with late-night food and asked Na Nali how much she knew about the Holy Spirit Cult.

Meng Li worried about the Holy Spirit Cult’s Demon Empress and entered seclusion to strengthen himself, but he could not settle after Gu Yuena left. Gu Yuena returned to her Soul Spirit Company, where she and Bi Ji discussed its growth and how to respond to the Spirit Pagoda’s interference.

• Meng Li asked Na Nali about the Holy Spirit Cult’s hideout, and she said its bases were never fixed.
• Na Nali encouraged Meng Li to face the Demon Empress with the Angel Holy Sword, and Meng Li announced he would cultivate until he reached Limit Douluo.
• Gu Yuena left for Heaven Dou City despite Ya Li asking her to stay, while Meng Li came out of his room and admitted he had let her go because he could not ask her to abandon her work.
• Meng Li joined Na Nali and Ya Li for food, explaining that Gu Yuena’s departure had made it difficult for him to cultivate.
• Aboard the helicopter, Bi Ji told Gu Yuena that their Soul Spirit Company had recruited many soul masters but faced sabotage from the Spirit Pagoda.
• Gu Yuena said Di Tian would teach the interfering Spirit Masters a lesson, but told Bi Ji they should only kill those who first showed murderous intent.

After three months of routine teaching and cultivation, Na Nali broke through to Limit Douluo at Shrek Academy, with Meng Li and Ya Li guarding her. Na Nali thanked Meng Li and teased him with an offer to give him herself, while Shrek Academy teachers and students gathered outside to cultivate from the breakthrough’s energy.

• During Na Nali’s breakthrough, a distant figure sensed her unexpected progress but chose not to interfere.
• Meng Li guarded the area while Ya Li protected Na Nali, and Na Nali clarified her cultivation path during the breakthrough.
• Na Nali completed her transformation and reached Limit Douluo, then thanked Meng Li for helping make the breakthrough possible.
• Na Nali teased Meng Li by suggesting that she herself was his treasure, and he hurriedly left the room to avoid the conversation.
• Meng Li found Tang Wulin and other Shrek Academy teachers and students cultivating outside his house, and decided to let them stay.

After Na Nali consolidated her cultivation, Meng Li slept for two days and asked Xie Xie to cover his teaching duties so he could visit Gu Yuena. As Meng Li headed for the Soul Spirit Company, Ya Li and Na Nali decided to follow him, though Na Nali feared encountering the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Xie Xie woke Meng Li and reminded him that he was still a mentor at Shrek Academy.
• Meng Li persuaded Xie Xie to teach in his place for another month so he could visit Gu Yuena, and assured Xie Xie that he saw Yuanen Yehui only as a friend.
• Meng Li handed his duties to Xie Xie, bought Shrek City specialties, and boarded a Soul Tool Train bound for the Soul Spirit Company.
• Meng Li messaged Ya Li and Na Nali that he would be away for about a month, without telling them he was going to see Gu Yuena.
• Ya Li decided to go after Meng Li with Na Nali, while Na Nali worried that leaving Shrek Academy could expose her to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Meng Li encountered Leng Yulai on the Soul Tool Train and learned that she blamed Leng Yaozhu for trying to take Yun Ming from her. After Meng Li reported the encounter to Leng Yaozhu, she decided to meet them, while Gu Yuena sensed Leng Yulai was beside Meng Li.

• Meng Li recognized Leng Yulai on the train and greeted her, but she responded coldly and refused to visit Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yulai said she could not turn back and accused Leng Yaozhu of trying to take Yun Ming from her.
• Leng Yulai threatened to attack the passengers if Meng Li kept questioning her, so Meng Li stopped and messaged Leng Yaozhu about their conversation.
• Leng Yaozhu read Meng Li's message, regretted what had happened in the past, and asked Gu Yuena to accompany her to pick up two people.
• Gu Yuena connected her mind with Meng Li's, realized Leng Yulai was sitting beside him, and briefly lost control of her expression.

Meng Li, Leng Yaozhu, and Gu Yuena captured Leng Yulai after she attacked them, then Meng Li reconciled with Gu Yuena over his accidental proximity to Leng Yulai on the train. They prepared to eat Yu Hao Grilled Fish together, but a passerby interrupted them by asking to buy some.

• Meng Li followed Leng Yulai from the train station until Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yuena blocked her path inside a Soul Power barrier.
• Leng Yulai attacked Gu Yuena, but Meng Li stopped her sword and Leng Yaozhu, Meng Li, and Gu Yuena fought her together.
• Gu Yuena froze Leng Yulai solid, and Leng Yaozhu took charge of carrying the ice block.
• Meng Li embraced Gu Yuena and explained that sitting beside Leng Yulai on the train had been a coincidence, easing Gu Yuena's jealousy.
• Meng Li offered Gu Yuena three portions of Yu Hao Grilled Fish, but a passerby interrupted to ask to buy one, and both Meng Li and Gu Yuena refused.

Meng Li reunited with Gu Yuena, gave her his remaining savings, and toured the enormous company she had built using improved Spirit Pagoda technology. After Gu Yuena returned to programming the Spirit Ascension Platform, Meng Li fell asleep beside her, and she quietly watched him when she finished.

• Meng Li and Gu Yuena shared grilled fish, then walked together and traded stories about Shrek Academy.
• When Gu Yuena mentioned that the company was short on money, Meng Li gave her his remaining savings, and she gave him a supplementary Federal card.
• Gu Yuena took Meng Li to the sixty-floor company building and explained its improved Spirit Ascension Platform and spirit soul cultivation pods.
• Meng Li toured the facilities and learned that Gu Yuena had designed the company's equipment and corrected flaws in the Spirit Pagoda's technology.
• Gu Yuena returned to work on the Spirit Ascension Platform's operating code, while Meng Li grew sleepy and fell asleep beside her desk.
• Gu Yuena finished programming the platform and quietly watched Meng Li sleeping.

Meng Li moved Leng Yulai to the Divine Feather Realm so Bi Ji could watch over her, keeping her beyond the Demon Empress’s reach. He then returned with Gu Yuena to Leng Yaozhu, who chose to leave her sister imprisoned for now and asked Meng Li to cook.

• Meng Li told Leng Yulai that she would remain bound unless she renounced evil, but she refused and boasted that the recovered Demon Empress would soon free her.
• Meng Li used his feather to take Leng Yulai and Gu Yuena to the Divine Feather Realm, where he told Leng Yulai the Demon Empress could not reach her.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena handed Leng Yulai to Bi Ji, who took her to an isolated, cleared-out hut to keep watch over her.
• After returning to Douluo Continent, Meng Li and Gu Yuena waited for Leng Yaozhu to finish work, and she decided not to visit Leng Yulai yet.
• Leng Yaozhu persuaded Meng Li to cook, and she drove him and Gu Yuena toward the residence deep in the mountains.

Leng Yaozhu, Meng Li, and Gu Yuena returned to their residence in Heaven Dou City, where Na Nali and Ya Li had arrived ahead of them. After a lively dinner, Meng Li and Gu Yuena took a moonlit walk and reflected on how closely in sync they had become.

• Leng Yaozhu sensed that Na Nali and Ya Li were inside the residence, and Na Nali greeted the group at the gate.
• Na Nali explained that she and Ya Li had come to Heaven Dou City after Ya Li taught Shrek students who had wanted Meng Li to instruct them.
• Na Nali teased Meng Li about leaving without telling them and threatened to make him wear women's clothes, but Meng Li destroyed her wig with his soul ring.
• Ya Li served dinner, and she asked Meng Li to tell her in advance before leaving again; Leng Yaozhu said Meng Li could handle the dishes next time.
• After washing the dishes, Meng Li took Gu Yuena for a long walk, and they spoke in unison about returning before Meng Li joked that they were like a husband and wife.

Meng Li spent the night gaming with Gu Yuena before helping her complete several days of Soul Spirit experiments. After Gu Yuena joked about assigning him a year-long project, Meng Li asked to handle Yue Zhengyu's mission first, and Gu Yuena offered to accompany him.

• Xie Xie, Xu Lizhi, and Yue Zhengyu called Meng Li to check that he and Gu Yuena were safe, and Yue Zhengyu recruited him for a mission planned for next month.
• Meng Li took Gu Yuena to a Soul Competition Hotel, where they played Soul Master Continent together all night and reached Diamond rank.
• After breakfast, Meng Li helped Gu Yuena with her Soul Spirit experiments, greatly speeding up her work over five days.
• Gu Yuena said the Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit experiment would need another half a year to show results, then joked that she had a one-year project for Meng Li.
• Meng Li asked to finish Yue Zhengyu and Shrek Academy's matter first, and Gu Yuena said she would go with him when the time came.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Meng Li learned that the Tang Sect planned to seize a God-Slayer-grade Fixed Soul Tool Cannon to prevent its use in a war against the Star Luo Empire. The group set out to infiltrate the Federation facility, while Gu Yuena hesitated to disguise Meng Li with makeup.

• Yue Zhengyu told Meng Li that the operation had been moved up and that he needed to return to Shrek Academy within a day.
• Meng Li and Gu Yuena arrived at Sea God Island, where Tang Wulin explained the Federation's plan to use a God-Slayer-grade Fixed Soul Tool Cannon against the Star Luo Empire.
• Tang Wulin revealed that the Tang Sect intended to infiltrate the cannon's location and take it, and Meng Li agreed to join the mission.
• Tang Wulin drove Meng Li and Gu Yuena toward the operation and told them to disguise themselves as Federation military personnel.
• Gu Yuena changed her face and offered to do Meng Li's makeup, but then handed him the tools and asked him to do it himself.