Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen impressed Snake Dowager and Meng Yiran by defeating Canghui Academy’s leader and discussing staff techniques with Snake Dowager. Meng Yiran challenged Xiao Chen to a future duel and kissed him, but he quickly took control of their flirtation, leaving her blushing and determined to defeat him.

• Snake Dowager judged Xiao Chen’s power extraordinary after he broke a Soul King’s skill, then invited him to discuss staff techniques.
• Xiao Chen struck Canghui Academy’s leader with a broom, ended his Martial Soul Possession, and knocked him unconscious.
• Snake Dowager praised Xiao Chen’s staff techniques, while Meng Yiran gave him her Soul Breaking Saber and declared him her cultivation goal.
• Meng Yiran promised to grant Xiao Chen one request if she could not defeat him after reaching the Three-ring Soul Master realm.
• Meng Yiran kissed Xiao Chen, and he pulled her close and returned the kiss before she pushed him away, blushing.

The Snake Dowager arranged for Xiao Chen to take Meng Yiran to hunt a soul beast while she stayed behind with Xiao Wu and the other girls. In the hunting grounds, Xiao Chen used his Golden Dragon King aura to summon and subdue the Thousand Year Phoenix Tail Chicken Crown Snake, leaving Meng Yiran overwhelmed by his Dragon Might.

• The Snake Dowager sent Xiao Chen and Meng Yiran to hunt a soul beast, hoping her granddaughter would grow closer to him while she spoke with Xiao Wu and the other girls.
• Xiao Chen and Meng Yiran reached the area where the Thousand Year Phoenix Tail Chicken Crown Snake lived, and Xiao Chen used his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul to call the beast over.
• The Thousand Year Phoenix Tail Chicken Crown Snake attacked Xiao Chen after realizing he was human, but Xiao Chen slapped it and subdued it with Dragon King Shattering Shock.
• The Thousand Year Phoenix Tail Chicken Crown Snake mistook Xiao Chen for the Dragon King and kowtowed before him.
• Meng Yiran collapsed under Xiao Chen's Dragon Clan aura and asked him to help her up.

Xiao Chen took Meng Yiran to find a powerful third Soul Ring and helped her absorb a 3,500-year Netherworld Death Snake ring. Afterward, Meng Yiran rewarded him for an old defeat, then said she would challenge him again when she became a Four-ring Soul Ancestor.

• Xiao Chen carried Meng Yiran to the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and ordered it to find a strong snake-type soul beast around 3,500 years old.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent led them to a Netherworld Death Snake, which Xiao Chen killed with a single blow.
• Meng Yiran delivered the finishing blow and began absorbing the Netherworld Death Snake's purple Soul Ring.
• When Meng Yiran was overwhelmed by the ring's power, Xiao Chen used the Soul Ring Sealing Technique to weaken it, and she successfully absorbed it.
• Meng Yiran gained Xiao Chen's trust, then rewarded him before declaring she would challenge him again as a Four-ring Soul Ancestor.
• Xiao Chen agreed, and the two prepared to return.

Meng Yiran reassured Snake Dowager that her 3,500-year third Soul Ring had not harmed her, and Xiao Chen promised Ning Rongrong he could help her obtain one too. The chapter ended with Meng Yiran arriving at Xiao Chen’s room that night.

• Snake Dowager examined Meng Yiran for harm from her unusually old Soul Ring, found nothing wrong, and apologized to Xiao Chen.
• Meng Yiran privately teased Xiao Chen and helped ease the tension between him and her grandmother.
• Ning Rongrong arrived and asked Xiao Chen to help her when she reached level 30; he promised to help her obtain a 3,500-year third Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran’s favorability toward Xiao Chen increased, and each resolved to comfort him that night.
• Xiao Chen waited in his room under the pretense of cultivating, and Meng Yiran arrived dressed in black-and-white attire.

Meng Yiran and Ning Rongrong approached Xiao Chen while he was cultivating, and both helped him relieve his pent-up heat. The next morning, Xiao Chen made breakfast while Ning Rongrong slept in, and he brushed off questions about the previous night with a joke.

• Meng Yiran sneaked into Xiao Chen's room after midnight and surprised him while he was cultivating.
• Ning Rongrong woke up, realized what Xiao Chen and Meng Yiran were doing, and offered to help him before joining in.
• Xiao Chen faced both girls' attacks and declared he would leave them defeated by morning.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong talked in her sleep while Xiao Wu wondered why she was still asleep.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Wu that Ning Rongrong had a nightmare and said a snake had bitten him; Meng Yiran arrived and glared at him resentfully.

Xiao Chen said goodbye to Meng Yiran after she visited him and arranged to see her again at Shrek Academy. Later, he met Tang San, Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Zhao Wuji near the inn, then revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had reached level 30 and planned to take her into the Star Dou Great Forest for a Soul Ring.

• Xiao Wu welcomed Meng Yiran and offered her breakfast, while Meng Yiran was impressed by Xiao Chen’s restorative snacks and milk tea.
• Xiao Chen gave Meng Yiran a Soul Tool money pouch and invited her to visit him at Shrek Academy; she promised to bring local specialties.
• After leaving the inn, Meng Yiran kissed Xiao Chen and suggested she would bring different stockings when they met again.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar arrived at the inn, and Ma Hongjun blamed Xiao Chen for Dai Mubai’s absence and stared at Zhu Zhuqing’s legs.
• Xiao Chen ignored Ma Hongjun and resolved to have Soul Beasts beat up him and the others in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhao Wuji noticed Zhu Zhuqing had reached level 30, and Xiao Chen said he planned to find her a suitable Soul Ring.

Xiao Chen helped Zhu Zhuqing obtain a four-thousand-year Soul Ring, and she gained a powerful Third Soul Skill that raised her Soul Power to level 33. When they returned to the inn, Zhu Zhuqing revealed the Soul Ring’s age, leaving Tang San and the others stunned and jealous.

• Xiao Chen defeated a four-thousand-year Dark Night Hunter Cat, and Zhu Zhuqing killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached level 33 and gained Netherworld Slash, which gave her stealth, untargetability, increased speed, and a powerful guaranteed first hit.
• Xiao Chen encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to test her new soul skill through combat, and she repeatedly used it against him.
• Xiao Chen and Zhu Zhuqing returned to the inn, where Zhao Wuji and the others assumed they had failed to find a suitable Soul Beast.
• Zhu Zhuqing announced that she had reached level 33 and obtained a four-thousand-year Netherworld Hunter Cat Soul Ring, shocking Tang San and the others.

Xiao Chen refused Zhao Wuji and the others’ requests to help them obtain powerful Soul Rings, then took Xiao Wu into the Star Dou Great Forest to visit her old friends. Along the way, Xiao Wu attacked the Ten Thousand Year Dark Poison Spider King after it recognized her.

• Zhao Wuji asked Xiao Chen to help Oscar and Tang San obtain suitable Thousand-Year Soul Rings, but Xiao Chen left without agreeing.
• Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar complained about Xiao Chen before setting off into the Star Dou Great Forest with Zhao Wuji.
• Xiao Chen stayed at the inn with Zhu Zhuqing, then learned that Xiao Wu wanted to visit her two hundred-thousand-year-old friends in the forest.
• Xiao Chen took Xiao Wu into the forest and intercepted the Ten Thousand Year Dark Poison Spider King.
• The Ten Thousand Year Dark Poison Spider King recognized Xiao Wu and tried to pass off its challenge as a joke, but Xiao Wu attacked it with Eight Section Fall.

Xiao Chen ordered the Dark Poison Spider King to hide the forest’s spider-type Soul Beasts and help stage a trap while he and Xiao Wu flirted. Meanwhile, Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Zhao Wuji searched for a Soul Beast and were ambushed by a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast.

• Xiao Wu introduced Xiao Chen as the big brother of the Star Dou Great Forest, and the Dark Poison Spider King bowed to him.
• Xiao Chen told the Dark Poison Spider King to hide the spider-type Soul Beasts and find several Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to help him stage a show.
• After the Dark Poison Spider King left, Xiao Wu teased Xiao Chen, and they began playfully fighting.
• Tang San, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Zhao Wuji searched the forest for suitable Soul Beasts, following Zhao Wuji’s unreliable information.
• Ma Hongjun spotted what they thought was a Phoenix Tail Chicken Crown Snake, but it revealed itself as a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast and swept its tail at them.

A disguised ten-thousand-year soul beast ambushed Tang San’s group, leaving Ma Hongjun badly injured and prompting Zhao Wuji to attack. Zhao Wuji discovered the group faced several powerful soul beasts, while Tang San was left severely hurt by the battle’s aftermath.

• The disguised Snake Vine Flower struck the group, mangling Ma Hongjun and leaving him cursing Tang San before he fainted.
• Tang San blamed Ma Hongjun for mistaking the beast, and Oscar and Zhao Wuji accepted his explanation.
• Zhao Wuji charged the Snake Vine Flower, but two Azure Eyed Ghost Beasts and a fifty-thousand-year tiger-type soul beast appeared and knocked him away.
• Zhao Wuji accused Tang San of misidentifying the beasts, while flying stones and Ma Hongjun’s fall left Tang San battered and unable to speak.

Zhao Wuji escaped the Star Dou Great Forest with Tang San, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun after confronting four Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts. Tang San woke with Ma Hongjun’s foot still in his mouth, considered killing him, and then had to endure while Zhao Wuji pretended to be injured.

• Tang San begged for help while Ma Hongjun’s foot was lodged in his mouth, and Zhao Wuji erupted with his full Soul Power.
• Zhao Wuji fled with Oscar and Ma Hongjun in his hands and Tang San dragged behind him, while the four Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts let them go.
• Zhao Wuji reached a remote patch of grass near the forest’s edge and rested with the others.
• Tang San woke and tried to remove Ma Hongjun’s foot, then secretly prepared a hidden weapon to kill him.
• Tang San noticed Zhao Wuji watching and pretended to be delirious, while Zhao Wuji sensed his killing intent and feigned an injury.
• Tang San chose to endure Zhao Wuji’s refusal to help, despite continuing to suffer from Ma Hongjun’s foul-smelling foot.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Wu spent time together in the Star Dou Great Forest before setting off to visit Xiao Wu’s home. The chapter ended with Xiao Chen approaching the forest’s core region and the Lake of Life.

• Xiao Chen ordered Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to attack Tang San and the others if they entered snake- or spider-type territories again, while sparing their lives.
• After the beasts left, Xiao Wu asked Xiao Chen for more Super Delicious Carrots, and he indulged her until she was full.
• Xiao Chen suggested they return to Xiao Wu’s home and continue there, and Xiao Wu proposed feeding her around the world.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Wu headed toward the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Lake of Life, the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape awaited.

Xiao Chen arranged for the Titan Giant Ape to charge toward Tang San’s group, forcing Zhao Wuji and the others to flee. Xiao Chen’s stones badly wounded Tang San, and Zhao Wuji used Flender’s restorative jerky to keep him alive as they escaped.

• The Titan Giant Ape charged toward Xiao Chen and Xiao Wu, and its approach sent Zhao Wuji, Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar fleeing.
• Tang San insisted the beast might not be the Titan Giant Ape, but Zhao Wuji ignored him and hurried onward.
• Zhao Wuji threw Ma Hongjun and Oscar to Tang San, then repeatedly kicked Tang San forward to speed their escape.
• Xiao Chen’s stones slipped past Zhao Wuji and struck Tang San in the back, breaking his ribs and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Zhao Wuji fed Tang San Flender’s restorative Small Fish Jerky, saving him from immediate danger, then refused to give him more.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Wu were brought to the core of the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Sky Azure Bull Python tested Xiao Chen’s intentions toward her. Xiao Chen revealed his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and vowed to protect Xiao Wu, while seeking the recognition of both forest kings.

• Er Ming confronted Xiao Chen for holding Xiao Wu, but she scolded Er Ming and told him to stop.
• Xiao Chen triggered a Hidden Quest to gain the recognition of the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape in exchange for ten draws with an increased chance of a Gold Card.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python summoned Er Ming, who carried Xiao Chen and Xiao Wu to the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu reunited happily with Da Ming, who examined Xiao Chen and asked whether he would protect her and never harm her.
• Xiao Chen released his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul and three black Soul Rings, then vowed to protect Xiao Wu no matter what.

Xiao Chen convinced Da Ming that he could protect Xiao Wu, but Er Ming remained unconvinced and challenged him to a spar. With Da Ming restraining Er Ming’s movements, the fight began, and Da Ming was soon shocked by what he saw.

• Da Ming recognized Xiao Chen as a Dragon Clan soul beast and questioned whether he could hide his identity from Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Chen revealed tokens bearing the auras of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Da Ming accepted his explanation and approved of him.
• Er Ming remained unconvinced that Xiao Chen could protect Xiao Wu, so Xiao Chen proposed a fight.
• Da Ming agreed to restrain Er Ming’s movements and intervene if his strength became dangerous.
• Da Ming called for the spar to begin, Er Ming charged at Xiao Chen, and Da Ming was soon shocked by the fight.

Xiao Chen earned Er Ming and Da Ming’s recognition by withstanding Er Ming’s attack and defeating Da Ming’s water-arrow assault. As Xiao Wu began condensing her third Soul Ring by the Lake of Life, Xiao Chen secretly used his reward for ten draws and received a strange “Happy Set.”

• Er Ming charged at Xiao Chen, but the Golden Dragon King phantom’s Dragon Might briefly froze Da Ming and Er Ming before Xiao Chen withstood Er Ming’s attack.
• Er Ming conceded, and the system confirmed that Xiao Chen had gained the Titan Giant Ape’s recognition.
• Da Ming agreed to spar with Xiao Chen and attacked with water arrows, which Xiao Chen shattered using his God-Slaying Sword Martial Soul.
• Da Ming warned Xiao Chen about the human Soul Master who had deceived the Blue Silver Emperor, then offered to guard Xiao Chen and Xiao Wu while they condensed their Soul Rings.
• After Da Ming acknowledged Xiao Chen and the system awarded him ten draws, Xiao Wu began condensing her third Soul Ring while Xiao Chen secretly drew a Blue Intermediate Card: Happy Set.

Xiao Chen drew several system cards, including a Golden Dragon King Soul Ring pack and cards suited to restoring and influencing Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena. After absorbing the Fourth Soul Ring and gaining the Dragon King Battle Armor skill, he prepared to approach Gu Yuena in the Lake of Life.

• Xiao Chen drew recovery items, storage equipment, and favorability-boosting cards, planning to give some supplies to Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Xiao Chen obtained the Soul Blood Link Card and considered using it to restore Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena and erase her negative feelings toward him.
• Xiao Chen drew the Silver Dragon of the Dragon God's Legacy card, which could strengthen Gu Yuena or hasten her recovery without detection.
• Xiao Chen used the Golden Dragon King Random Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Gift Pack, raising his Soul Power to level 49 and improving his physical constitution.
• Xiao Chen gained the Fourth Soul Skill, Dragon King Battle Armor, which increased his combat and recovery abilities and granted control immunity.
• Xiao Chen decided to head for Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena after absorbing the Soul Ring.

Xiao Chen entered Life Lake to find the hidden Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena and used a Soul Blood Link to leave marks on her, but the link began draining his Soul Power and Blood Qi. He used his Golden Dragon King abilities and cards to endure and redirect the absorption, while Gu Yuena began returning traces of her aura.

• Xiao Chen asked Da Ming and Er Ming to guard Xiao Wu, then entered Life Lake with his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul.
• Xiao Chen used a Night Pearl and a Soul Blood Link Card to reveal the concealed Gu Yuena and establish a link with her.
• Xiao Chen scattered Night Pearls across the lakebed and used the link to leave marks on the sleeping Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena's link began draining Xiao Chen's Soul Power and Blood Qi, so he activated Dragon King Battle Armor and consumed Blood Qi Cakes and roasted meat to recover.
• When Gu Yuena's absorption overwhelmed him, Xiao Chen used the Silver Dragon of the Dragon God's Legacy card to redirect the drain, then continued sending her his energy.
• Gu Yuena wavered between resistance and acceptance and began returning traces of her aura to Xiao Chen through spatial power.

Xiao Chen helped Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena recover, gaining 50% resistance to all elemental attacks before the Soul Blood Link Card cut off their connection to save his life. He returned to Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, and gave the two soul beasts Blood Qi food that could restore their strength.

• Xiao Chen gained 50% resistance to all elemental attacks as unknown light entered his body while he helped Silver Dragon King Gu Yuena recover.
• When Gu Yuena’s suction nearly exhausted Xiao Chen, the Soul Blood Link Card forcibly interrupted their connection, and he recovered with Blood Qi Cake and Blood Qi Roasted Meat.
• Xiao Chen noticed a ripple suggesting Gu Yuena had awakened sooner, but left Life Lake without turning back.
• Xiao Chen emerged from Life Lake and reunited with Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, who had been waiting for him.
• Xiao Chen gave Da Ming and Er Ming a box of Blood Qi Roasted Meat and cakes, explaining that the food restored Blood Qi and could help them recover from injuries.

Xiao Chen fed Xiao Wu and prepared to raise the age of her third Soul Ring. The breakthrough succeeded, bringing the ring to 4,000 years.

• Da Ming collected the Blood Qi Roasted Meat and Blood Qi Cake to manage them as supplies, leaving Er Ming with only the piece he had already taken.
• Xiao Chen gave Xiao Wu her share of the roasted meat, and she praised its taste.
• Xiao Chen asked Da Ming and Er Ming to guard while he raised Xiao Wu’s third Soul Ring; Da Ming agreed after Xiao Wu said Xiao Chen had already raised her first two rings to 999 years.
• Da Ming and Er Ming left the area, and Xiao Chen used a Transformed Beast Soul Ring Limit Breakthrough Card on Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu’s third Soul Ring breakthrough succeeded and reached 4,000 years.