Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping used the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device to unleash his Artifact Soul True Body and defeat Dai Huabin, then treated the damage the device caused. He left the battle drained but expected to recover within days and planned to use the device again in the next Soul Fighting match.

• The Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device forced Chen Ping’s cultivation up to Level Forty-Nine and helped him awaken his Artifact Soul True Body.
• Chen Ping surrounded Dai Huabin with seven enormous Star Tumor Staff strikes, defeating him and sending Ling Luo Chen flying aside.
• Qian Duoduo stopped Chen Ping from attacking Ji Juechen, and Chen Ping ended his Martial Soul Avatar state before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Chen Ping used the Life Carving Knife to repair his damaged meridians and estimated that he would recover in three to five days.
• Chen Ping decided that the Rare Metals he had won from Long Xiaoyao could fund a higher-level Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device.

Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiao Tao unleashed their Ice Fire Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Su Tong and Ji Juechen, but Ji Juechen destroyed its formation with a self-sacrificing strike. The explosion left all three unconscious or incapacitated while Old Song caught Ji Juechen.

• Chen Ping recovered his Soul Power as Ma Xiao Tao struggled against Su Tong and Ji Juechen.
• Huo Yuhao flew to Ma Xiao Tao, and their Evil Fire Phoenix and Ice Jade Scorpion powers merged into the Ice Fire Taiji Disc.
• The fusion skill transformed the area around Sea God Lake with extreme heat and cold, melting the lake’s ice and turning the sky blue.
• Ji Juechen charged the forming disc with his Meteorite Greatsword, which shattered as his strike interrupted the fusion skill.
• The explosion sent Huo Yuhao, Ma Xiao Tao, and Ji Juechen flying, and Old Song caught the unconscious Ji Juechen.

After Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiao Tao’s fusion attack was interrupted, Su Tong seemed poised to win the Bride Snatching Contest. Chen Ping revealed a hidden power that overwhelmed her Ultimate Ice and left her frozen unconscious.

• Huo Yuhao and Ma Xiao Tao collapsed after exhausting their soul power, while Ji Juechen’s intervention prevented their fusion skill from fully erupting.
• Su Tong approached the incapacitated pair as the apparent victor, and Chen Ping stepped onto the ice, declaring that he would turn the match around.
• Su Tong identified Chen Ping’s damaged meridians and unleashed her Frost Palm, while Yan Shaozhe rushed forward to intervene.
• An elegant, white-haired figure appeared before Chen Ping as an orange-gold Soul Ring sent soul power into her.
• The figure used Emperor Palm, Great Cold Without Snow, suppressing Su Tong’s Snow Woman Martial Soul and turning Su Tong into an ice sculpture.

Chen Ping defeated Su Tong with the Snow Empress Soul Spirit’s overwhelming bloodline suppression, ending the bride-snatching contest and impressing the Shrek Academy elders and students. After the ceremony, Chen Ping joked with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, while Yan Shaozhe’s eagerness to discuss the Thousand Refinements Battle Armor left Mu En exasperated.

• Chen Ping defeated Su Tong in one move, and Mu En recognized the Snow Empress Soul Spirit’s suppression of her Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul.
• Zhang Lexuan declared the bride-snatching contest over and congratulated the newlyweds as the students cheered.
• Ma Xiao Tao thanked Chen Ping for turning the tide and carried the unconscious Huo Yuhao away.
• Chen Ping teased Ning Tian and Wu Feng, promised to cook them dinner, and was refused permission to spend the night in their dorm room.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting so Chen Ping could explain the Thousand Refinements Battle Armor, and Mu En silently lamented his disciple’s poor timing.

After spending the night in Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s dormitory, Chen Ping found his body recovering quickly from using the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device. While checking his cultivation, he discovered that one of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians had opened, increasing his soul power circulation speed by ten percent.

• Chen Ping woke near noon, tucked the blankets around Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and went to get breakfast while they slept.
• Chen Ping checked his body and found his meridians had nearly recovered after a night’s rest, suggesting he could use the Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Device again after about three days.
• Chen Ping realized he did not feel the severe weakness normally caused by a Martial Soul Avatar and wondered whether his Artifact Soul True Body worked differently.
• Chen Ping noticed his cultivation speed had increased, sat beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, and used his Spiritual Power to examine his soul power circulation.
• Chen Ping discovered that one of his Eight Extraordinary Meridians had opened, boosting his cultivation speed by ten percent.

After opening another of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, Chen Ping enjoyed a burst of improved vitality before Qian Duoduo summoned him to explain his Thousand Refinements Battle Armor and Dai Huabin’s Martial Soul Avatar at a Sea God Pavilion Meeting. The Elders welcomed him with jokes about his late-night barbecue, and he took his seat as the meeting began.

• Chen Ping circulated his Soul Power, felt rejuvenated, and leapt more than ten meters with ease.
• Chen Ping collected a meal from the cafeteria and encountered Qian Duoduo, who told him Elder Xuan had called a Sea God Pavilion Meeting about his armor and Dai Huabin’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Ping returned to his room, reminded Ning Tian and Wu Feng to eat, and hurried downstairs after washing up.
• Chen Ping arrived at the meeting, where Elder Xuan and the Sea God Pavilion Elders teased him about keeping them awake with his barbecue.
• Qian Duoduo invited Chen Ping to sit beside him and gave Yan Shaozhe a provocative glance.

Chen Ping negotiated the settlement of his Bathing Center’s Rare Metal debt by offering the academy fixed ammunition at a discount, conditional on building modern Outer Courtyard dormitories. He left the elders unable to answer his arguments against keeping students in poor living conditions.

• Yan Shaozhe outlined the meeting’s agenda and guided the elders through academy matters before turning to Chen Ping’s concerns.
• Chen Ping offered the academy roughly fifty thousand rounds of fixed ammunition, proposing two settlement options and an eighty-percent market-price discount.
• Chen Ping required Shrek Outer Courtyard to begin building dormitories with private washrooms, cafeteria windows, and basic Level 0 Soul Tools within a month.
• Gong Lao argued that harsh living conditions taught students endurance, and several elders agreed with him.
• Chen Ping challenged the elders to live in dormitories as austere as the academy’s first wooden village houses if they expected students to endure hardship.
• Chen Ping pointed out that foreign students had learned about the Outer Courtyard’s poor dormitories, leaving Gong Lao and the opposing elders speechless.

Chen Ping won approval for a luxurious Shrek dormitory and offered the academy his Spirit Refinement and Molten Forging techniques, earning the Elders’ support. Mu En then asked whether anyone objected to something he had discussed the previous night, leaving Chen Ping wondering what it was.

• Chen Ping’s case persuaded the Elders to approve a three-million-Gold-Soul-Coin dormitory with extensive facilities for Shrek students.
• Chen Ping explained Battle Armor and offered to give the academy his Spirit Refinement and Molten Forging techniques so it could develop new metal formulas.
• Xuan Zi warned Chen Ping that the techniques were priceless, but Chen Ping said he trusted the academy to keep them from the Sun Moon Empire.
• The Elders’ doubts about Chen Ping disappeared as they recognized his concern for students and his contributions to the academy.
• Mu En asked whether anyone objected to what he had discussed with the Elders the previous night, and Chen Ping wondered what they had agreed on.

At the Sea God Pavilion Meeting, Mu En accepted Chen Ping’s research on behalf of Shrek Academy and appointed him Queue-Jumping Sea God Pavilion Master, with the position to pass to him when he reached Rank Ninety. The Elders approved the appointment unanimously, placing Chen Ping ahead of several generations of successors.

• Mu En told the Elders Chen Ping’s contributions had far exceeded the academy’s support and argued they could not accept his research without recognizing its value.
• Mu En accepted Chen Ping’s gifted techniques for Shrek Academy while ensuring the Sea God Pavilion Library would credit Chen Ping as their author.
• Mu En named Chen Ping Queue-Jumping Sea God Pavilion Master, making him the automatic successor once he reached Rank Ninety.
• Xuan Zi explained that Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao would be trained as reserve successors while Chen Ping took precedence over them and other potential heirs.
• The Sea God Pavilion members raised their hands unanimously in favor, elevating Chen Ping’s standing within Shrek Academy.

Chen Ping handed over his forging research to Xuan Zi, who sealed it in the Sea God Pavilion Library, and Mu En recognized Chen Ping as Shrek’s future successor. Exhausted, Chen Ping fell asleep and was cared for by Ning Tian, who persuaded him to rest and keep her company.

• Xuan Zi ordered Chen Ping’s research sealed as a Red Classified Document in the Sea God Pavilion Library, and the Elders agreed.
• Mu En reflected on Shrek’s many talented Soul Masters and decided Chen Ping was the best candidate to succeed him as Pavilion Master.
• Chen Ping copied and handed his forging methods and recordings to Xuan Zi, who sealed the manuscript in the library.
• Chen Ping returned to his room exhausted and fell asleep on the sofa; Ning Tian and Wu Feng moved him to the bed.
• Ning Tian supported Chen Ping as he woke, then pulled him back to rest and massaged his shoulders.
• Ning Tian reminded Chen Ping that she and Wu Feng would share his burdens, and Chen Ping relaxed as he rested on her thighs.

Chen Ping kissed Ning Tian, triggering her breakthrough to level 60 and surprising both of them. Wu Feng arrived, misunderstood what she saw, and then asked Chen Ping to help her level up too.

• Ning Tian teased Chen Ping for thanking her and making their relationship seem distant, so he apologized and pulled her into his arms.
• Chen Ping kissed Ning Tian, and the emotional surge helped her break through from level 59 to level 60.
• Wu Feng entered with lunch, saw Ning Tian in Chen Ping's arms, and mistakenly thought they had gone further than kissing.
• Ning Tian chased Wu Feng with a pillow after realizing the misunderstanding, while Chen Ping explained that Ning Tian had reached level 60.
• Wu Feng sensed Ning Tian's Soul Power Fluctuation and asked Chen Ping to help her level up, but he warned that his method did not guarantee success.

Chen Ping agreed to join Cai Meier’s Soul Hunting Operation in the Star Dou Great Forest, where he planned to inspect the academy’s mining areas and use the Auspicious Beast’s memories to guide the group. The academy added Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo to protect the students, and Chen Ping spent several days resting before the expedition.

• Chen Ping kissed Wu Feng several times after she demanded an upgrade, and Wu Feng realized that kissing had been his method of upgrading Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian told Chen Ping that Cai Meier was organizing a Soul Hunting Operation for students who had reached a cultivation bottleneck, and Chen Ping recalled the operation’s dangers and potential gains.
• Chen Ping volunteered to join the expedition, citing his plan to inspect the academy’s mining areas and his knowledge of Soul Beast habitats from the Auspicious Beast’s memories.
• Cai Meier hesitated over Chen Ping’s safety, so the academy strengthened the team by adding Zhang Lexuan and Han Ruoruo alongside Cai Meier.
• After his application was submitted, Chen Ping spent several days resting at the academy and could not fish in Sea God Lake because its fish had recently been replaced.

Chen Ping asked the Elf how Faith Power worked and learned that it could extend lifespan and help create divine cores, but could not restore Mu En’s decaying body without the Goddess of Life Blessing. The Elf explained that divine cores were Dragon Power, leaving Chen Ping to reflect on the Dragon God’s role in Douluo’s origins.

• Chen Ping summoned the Elf, which explained it had spent the past two years blocking Tang San from spying on the continent.
• The Elf said Faith Power could be refined to alter destiny, extend heaven-ordained lifespan, and condense or strengthen divine cores.
• The Elf explained that Faith Power could not revive a body near decay, though the Goddess of Life Blessing could create a new body for a soul that had not reincarnated.
• Chen Ping realized Mu En could not wait the ten thousand years until Tang Wulin appeared and asked about Faith Power’s other uses.
• The Elf revealed that divine cores were Dragon Power and that Douluo’s Soul Masters and Soul Beasts had originated through exposure to it.

Chen Ping discussed the origins of Soul Beasts, Soul Masters, and Faith Power with the Elf, then joined Cai Meier and the Inner Courtyard students on a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Soul Rings. The group entered the forest in Zhang Lexuan’s formation, with Chen Ping serving as a guide to Soul Beast habitats.

• Chen Ping and the Elf discussed how divine blood and Dragon God's aura had shaped Douluo Star, and Chen Ping decided to resume making Dragon Blood Potions.
• Chen Ping trained with the Inner Courtyard students before receiving a summons to join the Star Dou Great Forest expedition with Ning Tian.
• Cai Meier introduced the group, and Chen Ping met Mo Xuan, whose Auxiliary Halo could support huge numbers of Soul Masters over a vast range.
• Zhang Lexuan assigned the group’s formation, placing Chen Ping on the right flank and Ning Tian and Mo Xuan in the center to provide support.
• The group entered the Star Dou Great Forest at full speed, with Zhang Lexuan clearing their path and keeping low-level Soul Beasts away.

Chen Ping guided Zhang Lexuan’s group through the Star Dou Great Forest using a route that led them to a suitable Soul Beast for Mo Xuan. After Mo Xuan began absorbing its Soul Ring, Chen Ping sensed an unfamiliar aura and found a vast pink halo beneath his feet.

• Zhang Lexuan asked Chen Ping to cook, and the group gathered firewood while she and Li Yongyue caught fish.
• Chen Ping prepared spicy boiled fish, and the group ate all five fish before entering the forest.
• Chen Ping drew a route through the Star Dou Great Forest that Zhang Lexuan found more efficient than traveling straight ahead.
• The group found and killed a Blood Red Baboon over twenty thousand years old, and Mo Xuan began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Li Yongyue asked Chen Ping to help him find a powerful Soul Beast for his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping sensed an invigorating change in the air and discovered a large pink halo, which he identified as the Bloodthirsty Berserk Aura.

Chen Ping proposed using Ning Tian’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to locate valuable Rare Metals and considered deploying undead from Electrolux’s Undead Demiplane to mine Shrek’s ore veins. As Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Zhang Lexuan traveled to inspect a mining area, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared injured before them.

• Chen Ping examined Mo Xuan’s Bloodthirsty Aura and wondered whether it could resonate with divine power and draw Soul Power toward a chosen location.
• Chen Ping asked Zhang Lexuan to take him and Ning Tian to inspect Shrek’s mining area, and Zhang Lexuan agreed after consulting Dean Cai.
• Ning Tian guessed that Chen Ping intended to use the undead in Electrolux’s Undead Demiplane for mining, and Chen Ping considered how their tireless labor could boost Rare Metal production.
• Zhang Lexuan left Ruo Ruo to organize the others at camp and led Chen Ping and Ning Tian toward the mining area.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared injured after a tremendous roar and shockwave, and Ning Tian summoned her Battle Armor.

Chen Ping and Zhang Lexuan faced a ferocious beast disguised as a Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whose strength overwhelmed their attacks. After the disguise vanished, Chen Ping recognized it as a supposedly extinct Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, and warned Zhang Lexuan to be careful.

• Chen Ping detected an identical Three-Eyed Golden Lion several kilometers behind them and warned Zhang Lexuan that something was wrong.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned her eight Soul Rings and attacked the charging beast with moonlight, but it endured her strikes and knocked her away.
• Chen Ping used his Cold Seal Imprint to delay the beast briefly, giving Zhang Lexuan a chance to blast it backward with Silver Moon Piercing Kill Light.
• The beast shed its Three-Eyed Golden Lion disguise and revealed itself as a Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.
• Chen Ping recognized the supposedly extinct soul beast and warned Zhang Lexuan to be careful.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Zhang Lexuan fought a Ten Thousand Year Level Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff whose roar, strength, and domain overwhelmed their defenses. Chen Ping was sent flying as the beast pressed its attack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff unleashed its Lion Mastiff Roar, nearly shattering Chen Ping’s Invincible Shield.
• The beast pounced, and Chen Ping was knocked back while giving Ning Tian time to take flight and enhance Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhang Lexuan struck the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff with her enhanced Golden Moonfall, wounding it without stopping its charge.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff activated its Domination Domain and smashed the ground, sending Chen Ping flying.
• The beast followed up by swinging a claw at Chen Ping in midair.

Han Ruoruo’s group was attacked by a horde of Blood Red Baboons enraged by Mo Xuan’s aura, while Cai Meier faced their powerful king. The fighting drew attention from Chen Ping’s battle, where the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff sent him airborne and prepared to strike him down.

• Over a hundred Blood Red Baboons surrounded Han Ruoruo’s group after Mo Xuan’s aura amplified their berserk instincts.
• Han Ruoruo ordered everyone to hold formation and fight, while Cai Meier charged the fifty-thousand-year Blood Red Baboon King and Han Ruoruo took responsibility for the other powerful baboons.
• Cai Meier sensed a rumble from the direction Chen Ping had gone and realized the baboon attack had triggered a chain reaction.
• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff knocked Chen Ping into the air and brought a crushing claw down toward him as paralysis kept him from moving.

Chen Ping and his companions fought a powerful Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff, and Zhang Lexuan unleashed her Blood Moon Eclipse while the Auspicious Beast joined the battle. Ning Tian’s speed boost helped the Auspicious Beast evade the Mastiff’s bite, but the beast remained dangerously aggressive.

• The Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff struck Chen Ping through a line of trees, but Mortal World's Blessing shielded him from serious injury.
• Zhang Lexuan used her Silver Moon True Body and moonlight attack to stagger the Mastiff.
• A Three-Eyed Golden Lion charged into the fight, and Chen Ping told Zhang Lexuan it was an ally.
• Zhang Lexuan released her Eighth Soul Skill, turning her silver moon into a blood moon and bathing the Mastiff in damaging light.
• The Auspicious Beast breathed golden flames at the Mastiff, but it ignored the pain and lunged for her neck.
• Ning Tian boosted the Auspicious Beast’s speed, allowing her to dodge the bite as the Mastiff tore away only some golden fur.