Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping completed a crude-looking rectangular Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon, leaving the judges intrigued by its unfamiliar design. The judges and the Holy Spirit Cult both recognized his value, and the Deputy Cult Master ordered Nangong Wan to recruit him and keep him under surveillance after the competition.

• Ye Yulin argued that Chen Ping's invention mattered more than the competition rules and vowed to protect him, even offering him Sun and Moon God Needles.
• Chen Ping finished assembling his Electromagnetic Soul Guidance Cannon and knew the judges would struggle to understand its principles without the necessary theoretical foundations.
• The judges examined the two-and-a-half-meter rectangular cannon, which had a large muzzle but no sight, switch, or firing support.
• Nangong Wan told the Deputy Cult Master that Cai Xukun and Xie Guangkun appeared to have come from Mingde Hall and that Cai Xukun possessed Holy Spirit Power.
• The Deputy Cult Master rejected brainwashing as a recruitment plan, explaining that it could damage Chen Ping's creativity, and ordered Nangong Wan to keep him in sight after the competition.

Chen Ping’s Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon astonished the judges when he revealed it ran directly on lightning rather than Soul Power. Ye Yulin recognized the significance of Chen Ping’s electromagnetic principles and invited him to join the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s Enshrinement Hall, alarming the Holy Spirit Cult elders.

• Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao finished their Soul Tools, while the Aodu Trading Company’s contestants performed poorly in the assessment.
• Ye Yulin ended the competition, and the judges inspected the completed Soul Tools, eliminating one unfinished entry from the Aodu Trading Company.
• The judges could not find a Soul Power interface on Chen Ping’s cannon, so Chen Ping explained that he powered it with lightning energy.
• Chen Ping described how electricity created a magnetic field that propelled projectiles, and he named his invention the Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon.
• Ye Yulin praised Chen Ping’s electromagnetic research and invited him to become a reserve enshrinee, prompting alarm from Nangong Wan and the Evil Soul Masters.

Ye Yulin tried to recruit Chen Ping into the Sun Moon Enshrinement Hall, while Feng Ling argued that the Holy Spirit Cult should get its chance to approach him. Chen Ping requested the Clarity Necklace as his tournament reward, and Ye Yulin promised him both it and the Sun and Moon God Needle if he won; the next match then began.

• Ye Yulin offered Chen Ping a reserve enshrined position, academic resources, and the Sun and Moon God Needle as an apprenticeship gift.
• Feng Ling reminded Ye Yulin that the competition should continue and that others deserved a chance to recruit Chen Ping.
• Chen Ping asked to exchange the tournament reward for Ye Yulin's Clarity Necklace, explaining that he wanted a defensive device.
• Ye Yulin promised Chen Ping both the Clarity Necklace and the Sun and Moon God Needle if he won the tournament.
• The host called Cai Xukun and Zhao Shouze to the arena, and Chen Ping carried his Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon onto the stage.

Chen Ping faced Aodu Trading Company Soul Engineer Zhao Shouze in a lethal match and revealed his powerful soul-ring configuration before firing his Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon. The tungsten-steel round struck Ye Yulin’s Rank Nine Sighing Shield, nearly overwhelming its defenses.

• Zhao Shouze introduced his battle saber and challenged Chen Ping with contempt for his electromagnetic weapon.
• Chen Ping revealed his concealed Optimal Soul Ring Configuration, embarrassing Zhao Shouze and the Aodu Trading Company.
• Zhao Shouze charged and swung his flaming saber, but Chen Ping dodged the attack.
• Chen Ping loaded a tungsten-steel round into his electromagnetic cannon and fired it at Zhao Shouze.
• Ye Yulin intervened with his Rank Nine Sighing Shield, which warped and fractured under the round’s impact.

Chen Ping tested his experimental Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon, whose Tungsten Steel round nearly pierced Ye Yulin’s physical shield but left the cannon unusable. Ye Yulin declared Cai Xukun the winner, allowed contestants to repair damaged Soul Guidance Devices between matches, and Zhao Shouze left the arena in defeat.

• Chen Ping fired a Tungsten Steel warhead that cratered Ye Yulin’s Sighing Shield, then found that the cannon’s guide rails had warped and it could not fire again.
• A Rank Nine Soul Engineer explained that the warhead’s speed and thermal-plastic shear instability had damaged the physical shield, while Ye Yulin realized energy shields were less vulnerable to the effect.
• Ye Yulin praised the electromagnetic cannon’s potential and announced Cai Xukun as the winner of the first match.
• Zhao Shouze admitted defeat and scrambled off the arena after Ye Yulin asked whether he objected.
• Ye Yulin introduced a rule allowing contestants to repair and replace components on damaged Soul Guidance Devices before their next matches, and the other judges agreed.

Huo Yuhao defeated Lan Ruoruo in one blow, helping the Xishui Alliance secure three of the Top 4 spots. Chen Ping then faced Ye Guyi, who used her light-element Elemental Avatar to rush toward his Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon.

• Huo Yuhao, posing as Xie Guangkun, rejected Lan Ruoruo's attempt to distract him and defeated her with one palm strike.
• The remaining matches ended with the Xishui Alliance taking three Top 4 places and Ye Guyi advancing as the Pingfan Alliance's only contender.
• The drawing matched Huo Yuhao against the Level 5 Soul Engineer from his group and Chen Ping against Ye Guyi.
• When Ye Yulin began the match, Ye Guyi transformed into light and shadow and charged toward Chen Ping to close the distance before he could fire.

Chen Ping fought Ye Guyi in the Soul Tool match and recognized her Sacred Angel Martial Soul, while she exposed herself as a threat to the Holy Spirit Cult. The match ended with Ye Guyi realizing she was trapped among hostile factions as Feng Ling delayed the elders from killing her.

• Ye Guyi summoned her Seven Star Sword, but Chen Ping swept her away with his half-ton Electromagnetic Cannon.
• Ye Guyi used Soul Ascension and Holy Sword to attack Chen Ping with sacred light.
• Chen Ping spoke into Ye Guyi's mind, revealed that he was the Shrek captain, and showed her memories of his disguise.
• Chen Ping warned Ye Guyi that she had exposed her identity before the Holy Spirit Cult's Titled Douluo and that Shrek's powerful fighters could not save her here.
• Ye Guyi's attack missed as she saw Feng Ling and the four great elders rise, and Feng Ling stopped the elders from killing her until after the match.

Chen Ping revealed his undead-summoning abilities against Ye Guyi, whose Angel Martial Soul made him seem like an Evil Soul Master. Feng Ling recognized him as the Holy Spirit Cult’s prophesied Holy Son, while Ye Yulin realized he could not recruit him for the Sun Moon Empire.

• Shangguan Wei'er and Ye Yulin reacted to the danger Ye Guyi faced after revealing her sacred attribute, and Ye Yulin resolved to intervene if Cai Xukun could no longer fight.
• Chen Ping summoned three Liches through purple Hexagram markings and unleashed his undead aura, convincing the Holy Spirit Cult observers that he had an Evil Soul Master’s Second Martial Soul.
• Chen Ping enhanced the Liches’ lightning with Scarlet Thunderstorm, and their crimson bolts paralyzed Ye Guyi while her Holy Sword failed to harm one of them.
• Feng Ling praised Nangong Wan for discovering Cai Xukun and declared that she would report him as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son, a talent capable of rivaling Shrek’s Chen Ping.
• Ye Yulin realized that Cai Xukun’s Second Martial Soul marked him as an Evil Soul Master and regretted that his recruitment offer to the Sun Moon Royal Enshrinement Hall had failed.

Chen Ping defeated Ye Guyi in the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Tournament by summoning a massive Flesh Slime that crushed her, then claimed victory for the Xishui Alliance. Feng Ling and the Holy Spirit Cult elders applauded as the other factions faced defeat.

• Ye Guyi's Sacred Light failed to harm Chen Ping's Light-attribute Liches or replenish her Soul Power.
• Chen Ping began forming a magic array and claimed he could make undead immune to Sacred Light by devouring Sacred Angel Martial Soul owners.
• Ye Guyi unleashed her Sixth Soul Skill, Angel's Dance, and vaporized the Flesh Slimes falling from the array with her Sun Holy Sword.
• A colossal Flesh Slime crushed Ye Guyi and her sword before she could strike again.
• Chen Ping dismissed the summoned creatures, collected his Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon, and left the Soul Arena.
• Feng Ling and the Holy Spirit Cult elders applauded Chen Ping after he secured the tournament's final victory for the Xishui Alliance.

After winning the tournament, Chen Ping collected his prizes and let Feng Ling believe he might join the Holy Spirit Cult. He then opened a portal and brought Xuan Zi into the arena to attack the Evil Soul Masters.

• Ye Yulin declared Cai Xukun the victor, awarded Chen Ping the Sun and Moon God Needles and Clarity Necklace, and confirmed Xishui Alliance's claim to the Rare Metals smuggling rights.
• Chen Ping collected half a ton of Gini Titanium Magnesium Alloy and a Rank 9 Fixed Cannonball from Nangong Wan as payment for their wager.
• Feng Ling revealed her Evil Soul Master power and invited Chen Ping and his junior brother to join the Holy Spirit Cult as its future Holy Son.
• Chen Ping pretended to offer a greeting gift, then opened a portal and sent Xuan Zi's fist into Feng Ling, knocking her away.
• Xuan Zi emerged from the portal and unleashed his Rank Ninety-Eight Super Douluo pressure on the four remaining Evil Soul Master Titled Douluos.

Elder Xuan rescued Chen Ping and the others from Feng Ling’s attack, then detonated his Fire-Controlling Divine Ox to devastate the pursuing Evil Soul Masters. Back in the Undead Demiplane, Chen Ping revealed the immense haul from the operation, leaving Elder Xuan and Huo Yuhao stunned by the resources now in their possession.

• Elder Xuan used his Fire-Controlling Divine Ox to blast Feng Ling and the Evil Soul Masters blocking his way, then brought Chen An through the teleportation gate at Chen Ping’s request.
• As Elder Xuan retreated with Chen Ping and the others, he detonated the divine ox, killing three Evil Soul Masters and badly injuring the Nether Lightning Douluo and Heavenly Centipede Douluo.
• Feng Ling cursed Shrek after the teleportation gate closed and the group escaped to the Undead Demiplane.
• Elder Xuan praised Chen Ping’s audacity and learned how the Undead Demiplane had enabled the rescue and the operation’s success.
• Chen Ping presented the recovered Rank Nine Soul Guidance Devices, Titanium-Magnesium Alloy, and Soul Guidance Underground Armory supplies.
• Snake delivered an inventory list, and Elder Xuan and Huo Yuhao were astonished by the vast amount of resources Chen Ping had secured.

Chen Ping recruited Chen An and Ye Guyi as enforcers in the Undead Demiplane, offering them wealth and future battles against Evil Soul Masters. Meanwhile, Xu Guozhong discovered that the empire’s warehouses had been emptied and learned that the recovered Old Emperor was confronting Xu Tianran.

• Chen Ping revealed his identity to Ye Guyi and Chen An, and Chen An worried that his underworld dealings would get him killed.
• Chen Ping offered Chen An a position, a long life, and two million Gold Soul Coins; Chen An eagerly pledged his loyalty.
• Chen Ping asked Ye Guyi to work as an enforcer, offered her a monthly salary and future chances to kill Evil Soul Masters, and she was tempted by the offer.
• Xu Guozhong found the empire’s warehouses emptied and rushed to seek Xu Tianran’s protection.
• Xu Guozhong learned that the Old Emperor had recovered and was challenging Xu Tianran with several other princes.

Xu Tianran struggled to identify the hidden force behind the Sun Moon Empire’s recent disasters and ordered Ju Zi to find the palace mole. Meanwhile, Chen Ping led his group into West Mountain’s dangerous Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning, where they faced spatial distortions and suppression.

• Xu Tianran raged over the stolen arsenal, Shrek’s palace infiltration, and the loss of his military authority, then ordered Ju Zi to find and kill the palace mole.
• Ju Zi realized that Xu Tianran himself seemed to be the only person who knew every detail of the imperial palace, but she could not understand how that could be possible.
• Ju Zi reported that the Holy Spirit Cult had triggered the mysterious place at West Mountain and was guarding the likely escape route with two Soul Engineer Legions and Rank 9 Fixed Cannonballs.
• Xu Tianran accepted that the trapped factions might not flee toward West Mountain, but hoped the valley and the Holy Spirit Cult could cripple one of them.
• Chen Ping led his group into Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning, where spatial distortions, loss of direction, and suppression made escape dangerous.

Chen Ping explained why Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning could not be escaped by simply walking and led everyone toward the boundary with Douluo Continent. As the space pulled them into its mist, he told them not to resist, and they began to experience the strange force together.

• Huo Yuhao questioned why they needed Spatial Teleportation to leave, and Chen Ping explained how moving space could make them seem stationary relative to the outside world.
• Chen Ping used the example of a rotating tunnel to help Ning Tian and the others understand why running could not take them to the boundary.
• Chen Ping reflected that Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning had stable spatial properties and that he could escape by calculating its coordinates, while Zhong Li had been unable to cross from one space to another.
• After confirming that Old Yi could use Demon Summoning to pull them back into the Undead Demiplane, Chen Ping led the group toward the boundary.
• A gold-and-silver light engulfed everyone, and Chen Ping told them not to resist the spatial pull as it carried them through mist.

Chen Ping and the others reached the core of Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning, where Chen Ping collected some of its divine-power-rich lake water before being teleported onward. He suspected Ning Rongrong controlled the valley as they arrived at its central platform for the trial.

• Chen Ping and the others passed through the fog and saw Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning's golden-and-silver lake.
• Chen Ping teleported to the shore and collected nearly thirty cubic meters of lake water.
• Electrolux told Chen Ping the water contained diluted divine power that could help raise the age limits of God-Bestowed Soul Rings.
• Golden-and-silver shields appeared around the group and carried them through a spatial teleportation into the valley's core.
• Chen Ping regretted losing the chance to collect more water and concluded that Ning Rongrong was likely controlling the valley.

Chen Ping suspected Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning was also the Love God's inheritance site, then watched Wang Dong'er undergo its first trial. Wang Dong'er's truthful answers derailed Tang San's intended questioning, but Ning Rongrong kept her on the platform anyway.

• Chen Ping recognized the valley's platform as resembling those at other inheritance sites and suspected it belonged to the Love God.
• The valley began its True Heart Adventure trial and selected Wang Dong'er as its first subject.
• Wang Dong'er said she had no lover and denied having romantic feelings for anyone, despite the voice's warnings.
• Ning Rongrong realized Wang Dong'er's answers did not fit Tang San's plan and ordered her to stay on the platform.
• Chen Ping recognized that Wang Dong'er was being deliberately prevented from leaving the trial.

Ning Rongrong sent Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er into a dangerous shared trial, while Chen Ping discovered she was secretly overseeing Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning. He also learned that the valley was the Love God's inheritance ground and that Ning Rongrong served as its High Priest.

• Ning Rongrong questioned the trial-takers, and Huo Yuhao passed her first stage by declaring he would sacrifice himself for the one he loved.
• Huo Yuhao spun the roulette and was sent into a deadly adventure requiring him to protect the White Tiger Duke during an enemy attack.
• Wang Dong'er received a matching adventure and had to protect both the White Tiger Duke and Huo Yuhao.
• Ning Rongrong watched from beneath the platform and smugly believed she had helped Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er grow closer.
• Chen Ping realized Ning Rongrong had altered the trials and heard the inheritance ground penalize her for disregarding its assessment process.
• Ning Rongrong complained about the penalty, and Chen Ping confirmed that Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning was the Love God's inheritance ground, with Ning Rongrong as its High Priest.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng faced Ning Rongrong’s Three Rounds of Love Questioning inside Qiankun Valley of Love Questioning. Ning Tian and Wu Feng passed by choosing to sacrifice themselves for Chen Ping, while Ning Rongrong’s unauthorized questions reduced her compatibility with the High Priest position.

• Electrolux told Chen Ping that Ning Rongrong’s power had been suppressed to the level of a Level 99 Limit Douluo and that Huo Yuhao remained safe.
• Chen Ping admitted that Ning Tian and Wu Feng were his lovers, and Ning Rongrong began the assessment by asking Ning Tian whether she would die to save him.
• Ning Tian chose to die rather than let Chen Ping die, and she passed despite Ning Rongrong asking an extra question that reduced her compatibility by 5%.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Wu Feng, who said she would die for Chen Ping so he could revive them and eventually kill the person behind the assessment.
• Wu Feng’s words revealed her suspicion that someone was manipulating the trial, and Killing Intent burst from her as Ning Rongrong’s compatibility dropped by another 5%.

Ning Rongrong punished Chen Ping and posed a dilemma involving Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s relics, which might save the world or offer a chance to revive them. Chen Ping chose to sacrifice the relics and vowed to kill Ning Rongrong if he ever got the chance.

• Ning Rongrong threatened Wu Feng for defying her, but Chen Ping intervened and offered to take her punishment.
• Ning Rongrong lashed Chen Ping, adding ten more lashes when his reaction seemed to mock her.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether Chen Ping would use Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s only relics to avert the Sun Moon Empire’s war, despite the possibility that they could be revived through them.
• Chen Ping condemned Ning Rongrong’s loaded dilemma and said he would give up the relics, then vowed to grow strong enough to kill her.

Chen Ping provoked Ning Rongrong into abusing her authority until the inheritance revoked her position as High Priest and resumed the Three Rounds of Love Questioning. He passed perfectly and triggered the hidden second stage, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng entered an adventure-selection stage.

• Chen Ping endured Ning Rongrong's lashes without crying out and taunted her to provoke an emotional response.
• Ning Rongrong assigned Chen Ping a deadly Deep Adventure to assassinate Xu Tianran, but the inheritance system revoked her High Priest status after her abuses drove her compatibility to zero.
• The inheritance system restarted the Three Rounds of Love Questioning and asked Ning Rongrong whether she had a lover.
• Chen Ping passed the questioning perfectly and entered the second stage, Worldly Ties Unbroken, Golden Sea Undried.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng received adventure wheels, and Chen Ping inferred that he had triggered a hidden stage for a perfect assessment.