Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping purified the souls of the Saint Servants’ relatives at the Holy Spirit Cult’s Branch Altar, while Mo Fang witnessed the power and began to believe Chen Ping was not an Evil Soul Master. Chen Ping revealed that he had obtained the God Conferring Platform amid the clash between the Body Sect and Mingde Hall, and Mo Fang admitted he had made it.

• Chen Ping brought Mo Fang and the Saint Servants back to the Branch Altar, promising they could decide whether to sign Soul Contracts after he freed their relatives’ souls.
• Chen Ping used the Light of Purification to cleanse the souls bound in the secret chamber, allowing them to reunite with the Saint Servants.
• Chen Ping left the chamber exhausted, and Mo Fang praised his ability and said he was increasingly convinced Chen Ping was not an Evil Soul Master.
• Chen Ping asked Mo Fang whether he had made the God Conferring Platform, and Mo Fang confirmed that he had also sold the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo to the Star Luo Empire.
• Chen Ping explained that he had dug near Jing Hongchen’s office during the battle between Du Busi and Jing Hongchen, where he found the God Conferring Platform and the embryo.

Mo Fang explained how Jing Hongchen had obstructed his research and how he captured the Snow Empress while searching for Ice Spirits in the Far North. The Snow Empress learned why Mo Fang had abducted her and angrily demanded that Chen Ping let her out to kill him.

• Mo Fang denied selling Mingde Hall intelligence and explained that Jing Hongchen had beaten him in the contest to become Master of Mingde Hall.
• Mo Fang said Jing Hongchen had blocked funding for his research, forcing him to sell Soul Guidance Devices and finance his projects himself.
• Mo Fang described spending ten years developing a Linked Defense Soul Guidance Device, only for the Royal Enshrinement Hall to dismiss it and Jing Hongchen to install it in the academy.
• Mo Fang revealed that he had made the God Conferring Platform to capture Ice Spirits in the Far North, but instead caught a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast transforming into a human.
• The Snow Empress learned that Mo Fang had captured her while searching for Ice Spirits and urged Chen Ping to let her out so she could kill Mo Fang.

Chen Ping calmed Snow Empress and heard Professor Mo Fang explain why he sold the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo and God Conferring Platform to fund his research. Impressed by Mo Fang’s dedication, Chen Ping decided to welcome him onto their side and provide the funding and quiet environment his work needed.

• Chen Ping persuaded Snow Empress not to chop up Mo Fang by promising to take her to see Ice Empress.
• Mo Fang admitted he had considered keeping the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast Embryo to pursue a 100,000-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, but chose to sell it and the God Conferring Platform to fund Linked Defense Soul Guidance Device research.
• Mo Fang explained that Jing Hongchen had undermined his work and later used Evil Soul Masters to eliminate him while distancing the Holy Spirit Cult from the theft.
• Chen Ping reflected on Mo Fang’s commitment to research and concluded that Soul Engineers needed more than technology to advance their field.
• Chen Ping resolved to accept Mo Fang without reservation and provide the funding and quiet research environment he needed.

After Nana’s family and the other victims’ relatives passed on through reincarnation, Nana and eight former Saint Servants pledged themselves to Chen Ping, while Mo Fang agreed to work for him. News of the Holy Spirit Cult’s influence reached Shrek Academy, where Mu En called a Sea God Pavilion meeting, and the chapter ended with a humorous account of how his romantic instincts had kept him wary of Ye Xishui.

• Chen Ping used the Elf to arrange reincarnation for Nana’s parents and the other souls according to their wishes.
• Nana and eight former Saint Servants asked to join Chen Ping, and they signed formal Soul Contracts with him.
• Mo Fang signed Chen Ping’s contract and agreed to devote himself to Soul Tools in exchange for funding and a workplace.
• Chen Ping returned to his dormitory, wrote a report about the Holy Spirit Cult, and gave it to Qian Duoduo, who sent the news to Shrek Academy.
• Mu En convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting and sealed the information about the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu En’s past romantic judgment of Ye Xishui was contrasted with Long Xiaoyao’s lifelong susceptibility to her.

Chen Ping learned that Ji Juechen had challenged him because Nana had disappeared, and the two began a private spar in the Soul Guidance Training Ground. Chen Ping’s overwhelming strength left Ji Juechen questioning whether he was truly only a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.

• A week after returning to the academy, Chen Ping asked Jing Hongchen where Mo Fang had gone, and Jing Hongchen told him to wait for news.
• Ji Juechen blocked Chen Ping and explained that he wanted to fight because Nana had disappeared after meeting Chen Ping and Jing Ziyan needed a new sparring partner.
• Chen Ping agreed to fight Ji Juechen, but insisted they turn off the recording equipment and activate private sparring mode.
• Ji Juechen unleashed his sword aura and charged as Chen Ping revealed four soul rings, including an orange-gold one.
• Chen Ping deflected Ji Juechen’s strike and smashed down with his staff, forcing Ji Juechen back and slightly warping the Outer-Heaven Meteorite Sword.

Chen Ping fought Ji Juechen in the Soul Arena, using his Cold Seal Imprint and varied staff techniques to overcome Ji Juechen’s powerful swordsmanship. Ji Juechen admitted defeat and thanked Chen Ping for the fight.

• Ji Juechen rushed Chen Ping with a Dragging Saber Slash, but Chen Ping froze him with the Cold Seal Imprint and struck him with his lengthening Jade Scorpion Staff.
• Ji Juechen’s sword aura pushed Chen Ping back across the arena, but Chen Ping endured it with Mortal World's Blessing.
• Ji Juechen pressed his attack, and Chen Ping countered with practiced staff techniques that drove him toward the edge of the arena.
• Ji Juechen put away his damaged meteorite sword, conceded defeat, and thanked Chen Ping for fighting him.

Chen Ping offered Ji Juechen free sword lessons in exchange for keeping the Soul Spirit System secret and participating in sparring matches. The Snow Empress then appeared and attacked Ji Juechen, giving Chen Ping a chance to assess her Soul Spirit form and combat strength.

• Ji Juechen admitted he had held back in his previous match with Chen Ping and explained that he had learned the Dragging Saber Slash from the academy’s recording of the Overlord Blade Douluo.
• Chen Ping offered Ji Juechen free lessons in a variety of sword techniques if he kept the Soul Spirit System secret and helped with sparring matches.
• Ji Juechen eagerly accepted the offer and promised to keep quiet about what he had seen.
• The Snow Empress appeared beside Chen Ping and unleashed Emperor Sword, Great Cold Without Snow against Ji Juechen.
• Chen Ping watched from the side, intending to let the Snow Empress vent her anger and gauge her Soul Spirit form’s Soul Power consumption and combat strength.

Chen Ping watched Ji Juechen’s swordsmanship and weapon improve rapidly under the Snow Empress’s instruction while he forged Ji Juechen’s meteorite sword toward Spirit Refinement. After hearing how the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School safely smuggled Mo Fang’s group out of the Sun Moon Empire, Chen Ping recognized the reach of its century-old connections.

• Ji Juechen repeatedly entered Deep Meditation and advanced his Sword Arts under the Snow Empress’s instruction, while Chen Ping increasingly felt unable to defeat him.
• Chen Ping upgraded Ji Juechen’s Outer-Heaven Meteorite Sword into a Thousand Forging greatsword and began melting it down for further forging.
• Mo Fang brought Nana and the others to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School’s branch in Mingdu after a month in the Undead Demiplane.
• The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School dispatched Soul Douluo and Soul Saint escorts and reopened a Smuggling Route to take Mo Fang’s group safely into Heaven Dou Empire territory.
• Chen Ping learned of the journey and considered how the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School’s long-standing relationships gave it hidden influence across the continent.

Chen Ping began forging Ji Juechen’s Meteorite Sword blank with a rare stacked forging technique, combining meteorite iron and Star Silver Sand. After ten rounds of folding and forging, the metal released six feet of spiritual light, reaching Saint Grade Thousand Refinements.

• The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School welcomed Mo Fang with an exact replica of his laboratory and generous, unrestricted research funding, leaving him and his companions delighted with their new home.
• Chen Ping heated the Meteorite Ingot and explained his stacked forging method to Ji Juechen, who watched as Chen began reshaping the sword blank.
• Chen Ping folded and cut the metal repeatedly with his Recoil-less Hammer while Ji Juechen supplied blood for each forging stage.
• After Chen Ping’s final strike, the tenfold-forged Meteorite Ingot released six feet of spiritual light, showing that it had reached Saint Grade Thousand Refinements.

Chen Ping completed the first Spirit Forged Metal in Douluo Continent by forging Ji Juechen’s Meteorite Sword, while Jing Hongchen secretly watched and mistook the blood offering for the secret of Thousand Refinement. Jing Hongchen left convinced he had discovered the technique, unaware of what he had actually witnessed.

• Chen Ping used his Recoil-less Hammer to forge the Saint-grade Thousand Refined Meteorite Ingot as Lin Jiayi and Jing Hongchen approached his Laboratory.
• Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi cut open the Laboratory door, hoping to observe Chen Ping’s work, and Ji Juechen noticed them.
• Chen Ping asked Ji Juechen to offer blood to the glowing metal, then struck it with his final hammer blow and created the first Spirit Forged Metal in Douluo Continent.
• Chen Ping’s hammer vanished into his body, and Ji Juechen stored the Spirit Forged Meteorite Sword in his body as well.
• Jing Hongchen concluded that bloodletting was the secret to Shrek Academy’s Thousand Refined Metal and left with Lin Jiayi, pleased with his mistaken discovery.

Chen Ping concealed the real process behind Ji Juechen’s Spirit Refinement while Jing Hongchen mistook the final blood sacrifice for the secret of making Thousand Refined Metal. Jing Hongchen left convinced he could reverse-engineer the method and summoned Mingde Hall’s Rank Nine Soul Engineers.

• Jing Hongchen interrupted Chen Ping and Ji Juechen during the final stage of refining Ji Juechen’s Meteorite Sword, and Chen Ping hid the blood stains while pretending to be annoyed.
• Chen Ping explained that he had been helping Ji Juechen remove impurities from his Meteorite and asked Jing Hongchen to improve the Laboratory’s soundproofing.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to arrange the soundproofing renovation before the following morning.
• Back in his office, Jing Hongchen concluded that Chen Ping had accidentally revealed Shrek Academy’s method for refining Thousand Refined Metal.
• Jing Hongchen told Lin Jiayi to summon Mingde Hall’s other three Rank Nine Soul Engineers, claiming he had figured out the method and they were one step from completing it.

During his vacation, Chen Ping looked forward to visiting with Ning Tian and Wu Feng and accepting an invitation to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School, while reflecting on his slower cultivation and Shrek’s Soul Guidance Department. At the academy gates, he encountered Ji Juechen, who said he had come for something other than a fight and appeared strangely helpless.

• Chen Ping compared his level 43 cultivation with his Shrek friends’ rapid progress and worried he might not reach level fifty before the next tournament.
• After receiving letters from Ning Tian and Wu Feng, Chen Ping headed to the academy gates to welcome them and planned to visit the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School at their invitation.
• Chen Ping reflected that Huo Yuhao’s blueprints, rare-metal mining, and his Thousand Refined Metal technique were helping Shrek’s Soul Guidance Department advance, while Tang Sect remained small.
• Chen Ping met Ji Juechen at the academy gates and warned him to postpone any sparring until next month.
• Ji Juechen said he had come for another reason, and Chen Ping was shocked to see what seemed to be helplessness on his face.

Chen Ping learned that Jing Hongchen and the other Rank Nine Soul Engineers had been draining their blood in a failed attempt to reproduce his Spirit Forging, so he took Ji Juechen away before they could interrogate him again. Chen Ping offered Ji Juechen a contract to fight in the Undead Demiplane, and Ji Juechen eagerly agreed without hearing the full terms.

• Ji Juechen explained that Jing Hongchen had detained him and tried to learn Chen Ping's forging method after the Soul Engineers failed to reproduce its effects.
• Ji Juechen revealed that he had told Jing Hongchen Chen Ping repeatedly used his blood during Spirit Forging, prompting the Soul Engineers to bleed themselves until two collapsed.
• Chen Ping realized Jing Hongchen would likely seize Ji Juechen again once he woke up, so he left the academy with Ji Juechen.
• Chen Ping offered Ji Juechen a chance to fight opponents in the Undead Demiplane and warned that a contract would let him command Ji Juechen as a servant.
• Ji Juechen agreed to sign the contract after confirming he would be able to fight every day.

Chen Ping encountered Ning Tian and Wu Feng on the road in Sun Moon City and reunited with them after a year apart. He planned to show them the academy and city, host a gathering, and discuss something with Ning Tian and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.

• Chen Ping sent Ji Juechen to the Undead Demiplane and learned from Old Yi that Tang Wutong's Soul Fragment had been restored close to full health.
• Chen Ping stopped a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School carriage and tried to rob Ning Tian, but Wu Feng escaped his makeshift restraint and put him in a chokehold.
• Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng settled their reunion and went to eat before strolling through Sun Moon City.
• Chen Ping planned to take Ning Tian and Wu Feng to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, cook for a gathering, and discuss a matter with Ning Tian and the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.

Chen Ping toured the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then helped Lin Jiayi search for Ji Juechen, who had left to fight in the Undead Demiplane. Over dinner, he learned that Shrek’s Martial Soul Department was shifting toward the Practical Control Department, a change that could support his future plans for the academy.

• Chen Ping showed Ning Tian and Wu Feng around the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy without staff challenging him.
• Lin Jiayi asked Chen Ping for help finding Ji Juechen, and Chen Ping said Ji Juechen had left to perfect his swordsmanship and challenge powerful opponents.
• Chen Ping explained that Ji Juechen was fighting Undead Creatures in the Undead Demiplane, though Lin Jiayi believed he had gone elsewhere in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Chen Ping invited He Caitou and Huo Yuhao to dinner, where Ning Tian and Wu Feng described how Shrek’s Martial Soul Department was adopting Soul Tool training.
• Wu Feng explained that Shrek teachers were encouraging students to learn Soul Tools early to improve their Inner Court advancement rates.
• Chen Ping saw Shrek’s shift toward Practical Control Department Soul Engineers as beneficial to his plans to take control of the academy in the future.

Chen Ping and Electrolux examined Tang Wutong's restored Soul Fragment to uncover its memories of the God Realm. The memories revealed Tang San's plan to erase Wutong's memories, send her to the lower realm, and have her subdue an Emperor Auspicious Beast before awakening her again.

• Chen Ping found Ji Juechen exhausted and blissful after fighting thirty Soul Fighting matches in the Undead Demiplane.
• Chen Ping visited Electrolux, who said Tang Wutong's Soul Fragment had been nourished enough to read safely.
• Electrolux projected Tang Wutong's memories, which showed her wandering freely through the God Realm before a blue-robed man took her to meet two men.
• The blue-robed man told Wutong to descend to Douluo Continent and subdue the Emperor Auspicious Beast, which he described as vicious.
• The blue-robed man ordered the two men to care for Wutong's mortal shell without treating her as Wutong, and said he would later have gods awaken her.

Chen Ping and Electrolux pieced together how Tang San manipulated Wang Dong'er, Wang Qiu'er, and Tang Wutong through death and resurrection to create an obedient vessel. Tang Wutong’s memories then showed Tang San sending her to the lower realm, where she reluctantly went with Da Ming after he pressured her with promises of future rewards.

• Electrolux explained that the Nine-Colored Revival Divine Light could restore bodies but not souls, and Chen Ping inferred that Tang San used resurrection to manipulate which souls returned.
• Chen Ping concluded that Tang San intended to combine Wang Dong'er’s and Wang Qiu'er's memories and fortune into Tang Wutong, creating a daughter who would obey him.
• Chen Ping and Electrolux questioned whether Tang San could truly be considered a righteous god after learning how he had treated his daughters.
• Tang San stroked Tang Wutong’s head and handed her to Da Ming and Er Ming to take to the lower realm.
• Tang Wutong said she wanted to stay with her mother, but Tang San scolded her until she went with Da Ming.
• Tang San promised that after Tang Wutong returned and ascended through her own efforts, he would seek a Beast God Position for her.

Tang Wutong’s memories revealed that Da Ming and Er Ming had brought her to the mortal realm under Tang San’s plan, concealing their trip from Xiao Wu. After Tang Wutong fainted upon seeing a bloodied couple at a golden-and-silver lake, Chen Ping and Electrolux considered what her memories revealed about the God Realm.

• Da Ming reassured Tang Wutong that Xiao Wu would be proud of her, then explained that the brothers could never become true Deities while Tang Wutong might one day protect them.
• Da Ming and Er Ming discussed keeping their journey to the God Realm secret from Xiao Wu and making Tang Wutong awaken as Wang Dong'er before she eventually returned as herself.
• Da Ming explained Tang San’s plan to let Evil Soul Masters and Shrek oppose each other, passing on Ring Detonation to whichever side became useful.
• Golden and silver radiance engulfed Da Ming, Er Ming, and Tang Wutong, stripping the brothers of their divine power and drawing them into a lake-filled valley.
• Tang Wutong saw the bodies of a man and a woman beside the golden-and-silver lake, fainted, and later awoke as Wang Dong'er.
• Chen Ping and Electrolux reviewed the memory, and Chen Ping wondered whether Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning connected the mortal world to the God Realm.

Chen Ping identified the valley as Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning and connected its cruel opening ritual to the Holy Spirit Cult’s rise and Tang San’s schemes to harvest faith. Electrolux steadied Chen Ping when his fury over Tang San’s treatment of the Douluo Continent threatened to shake his Sea of Consciousness.

• Chen Ping recognized Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning from its description and the corpses of a betrayed man and woman, and explained that their deaths had opened it.
• Chen Ping condemned the Love God’s sacrificial rule and criticized the so-called righteous gods for their selfish and immoral actions.
• Chen Ping reasoned that Da Ming and Er Ming had helped the Holy Spirit Cult, allowing it to grow while Shrek Academy failed to eradicate it.
• Chen Ping concluded that Tang San had fostered Evil Soul Masters and Shrek’s heroic image to harvest faith and strengthen his own authority.
• Electrolux warned Chen Ping to calm his mind and focus, helping him suppress his anger.

After learning the truth about Tang San’s actions, Chen Ping regained his composure through Electrolux’s guidance and reached Level 44. He reviewed what he had learned about the God Realm, Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning, and Tang San’s deception of Ma Hongjun.

• Electrolux challenged Chen Ping’s assumptions about good and evil, helping him understand that power itself was neutral and that people determined how it was used.
• Chen Ping thanked Electrolux, realized he had gained genuine understanding through experience, and advanced to Level 44.
• Chen Ping concluded that Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning linked the God Realm and Douluo Continent and could provide a route between them.
• Chen Ping recalled that Da Ming and Er Ming had lowered their strength to Level 99 Limit Douluo before entering the valley.
• Chen Ping considered how Tang San had exploited Douluo Continent’s suffering for Faith Power, supported Evil Soul Masters, and passed down Ring Detonation.
• Chen Ping suspected Tang San had lied about being able to bring only two people to the God Realm, trapping Ma Hongjun in guilt over Bai Chenxiang.