Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping tried to survive while Zhongli Ren used Flesh Refining to repair his injuries in the Nameless Cave. After his plan to attack Zhongli Ren with the Soul Devouring Evil Blade was noticed, Chen Ping offered the blade and pledged himself as Zhongli Ren’s godson, but he still feared being used as patching material.

• Zhongli Ren made Chen Ping hand over ingredients and used Flesh Refining to repair his severed intestines and other injuries while his Money Tiger guarded the cave entrance.
• Chen Ping realized that his supplies would not be enough to heal Zhongli Ren and feared Zhongli Ren would refine him into material.
• When Zhongli Ren noticed Chen Ping fumbling with his storage ring, Chen Ping knelt and offered a Rank Nine Soul Engineer’s treasure in exchange for becoming his disciple.
• Zhongli Ren opened the Flame Sun Fine Iron Box, recognized the Soul Devouring Evil Blade, and asked Chen Ping where he had found it.
• Chen Ping said he had bought the blade at the Starlight Auction, and Zhongli Ren accepted him as a godson after taking the weapon.
• Chen Ping doubted Zhongli Ren would spare him and wondered how he could kill Zhongli Ren without the blade.

Chen Ping used a Golden Crystal Stone to kill Zhongli Ren, escaping the cave with severe injuries. He recovered Zhongli Ren’s Soul Devouring Evil Blade and storage ring before bandaging his broken arm.

• Zhongli Ren finished forming crude organs and accepted pigskin from Chen Ping, while secretly planning to use Chen Ping to repair his injuries and then kill him.
• Chen Ping shoved a Soul Power-infused Golden Crystal Stone into Zhongli Ren’s stomach, then mocked him as Zhongli Ren kicked him away.
• The Golden Crystal Stone expanded into an Invincible Shield inside Zhongli Ren and tore his body apart, killing him and making his Natal Beast Soul disappear.
• Chen Ping, battered and exhausted, searched the bloodied ground and recovered the Soul Devouring Evil Blade and Zhongli Ren’s storage ring.
• Chen Ping used splints and cloth from his Storage Soul Tool to bandage his broken left arm.

After Zhongli Ren left Chen Ping injured in a cave, the Emperor Auspicious Beast Three-Eyed Golden Lion tracked him down, drawn by the scent of his cooking. Chen Ping used food to negotiate a promise that she and her protectors would never harm him, but she pounced on him before agreeing.

• Chen Ping recognized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion when she entered the cave and lowered his weapon after realizing she had come for the scent of his food.
• The Scarlet King followed Chen Ping’s scent and blood trail to the cave, while Du Weilun and Shi Xing lagged behind as they waited for the Event Rewind Soul Skill to cool down.
• Chen Ping offered the Auspicious Beast a Golden Crispy Handgun Drumstick, and she devoured it and demanded more food.
• Chen Ping offered Roasted Chicken Wings and Roasted Whole Rabbit only if the Auspicious Beast promised that she and her protectors would never harm him.
• The Auspicious Beast pounced on Chen Ping, who hid the skewers and kept demanding her agreement with her fangs near his neck.

Chen Ping used food to keep the Three-Eyed Golden Lion from killing him, but he remained trapped with her and the powerful Scarlet King. After she finished eating, she confronted him as the cook from the Human World and caught him thinking about petting her.

• Chen Ping offered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion skewers and soup, persuading her to spare him for the moment.
• While she ate, Chen Ping realized the Scarlet King's presence made rescue by Du Weilun and Shi Xing unlikely to help.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion finished the food and asked Chen Ping whether he was the cook from the Human World.
• Chen Ping admitted that he was and secretly admired her appearance, thinking about petting her.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion read his intentions and jumped away, warning him not to use their agreement as an excuse to approach her.

Chen Ping persuaded the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that he was a renowned chef and promised to make her a variety of brain dishes. He offered to cook for her regularly in exchange for being sent out of the Star Dou Forest, but she remained wary and considered his proposal.

• Chen Ping claimed to be the Number One Chef and convinced the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after revealing that he prepared Medicinal Cuisine for a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
• Chen Ping listed numerous dishes, especially preparations of pork, lamb, and beef brains, making the Three-Eyed Golden Lion eager to eat them.
• Chen Ping explained that his injuries and lack of ingredients prevented him from cooking immediately, then proposed that she send him back so they could arrange the ingredients and seasonings.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion hesitated because Chen Ping's connection to a Limit Douluo might make it dangerous to keep him, but she worried he might flee if she released him.
• Chen Ping showed her his two Shrek Core Disciple Badges and offered to prepare up to three dishes for her every half month in return for her preparing the ingredients.

Chen Ping left Star Dou Forest after arranging a regular ingredient exchange with the Auspicious Beast, then returned to Shrek Academy for treatment. He woke in the Medical Office with his broken bones repaired.

• The Auspicious Beast carried Chen Ping out of its cave and agreed to meet him in seven days to exchange ingredients and meals.
• Scarlet King confronted Shi Xing and Du Weilun, but Chen Ping explained they were Shrek teachers and persuaded Scarlet King to let them pass.
• Chen Ping gave the Auspicious Beast a Soul Guidance Communicator, set the seven-day meeting, and left with Du Weilun and Shi Xing.
• Du Weilun treated Chen Ping with emergency pills, and Chen Ping handed him the Image Retaining Pearl before falling asleep.
• Chen Ping woke in the Shrek Medical Office, where Teacher Li explained that she had used her Martial Soul Avatar to repair his broken bones.

Chen Ping recovered in the Medical Office as Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo praised his record for killing an Evil Soul Master across a sixty-five-level gap and discussed his connection with the Emperor Auspicious Beast. Yan Shaozhe then began explaining that another matter from the Image Retaining Pearl concerned Shrek Academy’s inner and outer courts.

• Chen Ping discovered that his storage ring had shattered, while Teacher Li explained that the Soul Devouring Evil Blade had been secured with Dean Yan.
• Qian Duoduo and Yan Shaozhe visited Chen Ping, and Qian Duoduo promised to personally take him Soul Hunting in the future.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Chen Ping for killing a level eighty-five Evil Soul Douluo and breaking Mu En’s record for defeating an Evil Soul Master across the greatest level gap.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Mu En and Xuan Zi had reviewed Chen Ping’s Image Retaining Pearl and agreed that he should continue preparing food for the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
• Yan Shaozhe said Chen Ping’s relationship with the Emperor Auspicious Beast could open a channel between the Soul Beast and Soul Master worlds, then raised an issue concerning Shrek Academy’s inner and outer courts.

Yan Shaozhe asked to use Chen Ping's recording as teaching material, and Chen Ping suggested Inner Courtyard students carry soul guidance devices for protection. After Qian Duoduo urged Chen Ping to prove the Soul Guidance Department's worth, Chen Ping inspected Zhongli Ren's spoils and prepared to use the system's prize drawing.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Chen Ping's permission to show his recording to Inner Courtyard students, and Chen Ping agreed while suggesting they carry soul guidance devices.
• Yan Shaozhe cut Chen Ping short and promised to remove the Evil Energy from the Soul Devouring Evil Blade and return it that afternoon.
• Qian Duoduo explained Shrek's resistance to soul guidance devices and urged Chen Ping to establish the Soul Guidance Department's reputation.
• Qian Duoduo told Chen Ping he would take him Soul Hunting after he recovered, then left the Medical Office.
• Chen Ping examined Zhongli Ren's Purple Pearl Gem Ring and prepared to draw a prize from the system.

After finding a fortune in restricted and classified Rare Metals in Zhongli Ren's storage ring, Chen Ping wondered whether he could make steady money by smuggling more out of the Sun Moon Empire. He tried on Zhongli Ren's Evil Soul Master clothes and proposed selling disguises to border smugglers, leaving Teacher Li startled by the idea.

• Chen Ping found restricted-grade and classified-grade Rare Metals in Zhongli Ren's ring, worth at least 800,000 Gold Soul Coins in the Three Douluo Empires.
• Chen Ping considered impersonating an Evil Soul Master to obtain and resell Rare Metals, but doubted he could fool real Evil Soul Masters without their methods.
• Chen Ping put on Zhongli Ren's black robes, hung a metal token at his waist, and startled Teacher Li by pretending to be an Evil Soul Master.
• Teacher Li warned that clothes and a beard would not fool real Evil Soul Masters without their jargon and techniques.
• Chen Ping proposed making hundreds of Evil Soul Master disguises to sell to border smugglers, and Teacher Li widened his eyes at the plan.

After earning his second Soul Ring and advancing to Soul Power Level Twenty-Three, Chen Ping spent his holiday pursuing Soul Engineering and forging. He struggled to reach Thousand Forging as he tried to make durable turbine blades for a Soul Guidance Device.

• Chen Ping obtained a thousand-year Second Soul Ring from the Demon Eye Magic Tree and rose from Soul Power Level Twenty to Level Twenty-Three.
• Chen Ping decided to spend the holiday aiming for Rank Two Soul Engineer and exploring the realm of a Forging Master.
• Chen Ping continued forging Rare Metal by hand at Qian Duoduo's private crafting table, but had yet to reach Thousand Forging.
• Chen Ping focused on forging turbine blades that could withstand high-temperature jets, determined to try again.

Chen Ping planned to make a Rank Two Flying Soul Guidance Device by adapting a turbojet design with a turbofan and Outer Bypass Duct, and he forged Hundred Refined Steel into a Thousand Refined Steel blade blank. After more than ten hours of hammering, he began to grasp the feeling of Thousand Refinement.

• Chen Ping explained that a turbofan and Outer Bypass Duct could provide extra thrust, making his planned Level Two Flying Soul Guidance Device possible for a Soul Grandmaster.
• Chen Ping decided to forge by instinct rather than try to understand the seemingly unscientific principles of Thousand Refinement.
• Chen Ping heated Hundred Refined Steel and began testing and hammering it with a simple one-handed technique.
• Chen Ping continued hammering for more than ten hours, shrinking the steel to palm size and refining its patterns.
• Chen Ping felt he had begun to grasp the feeling of Thousand Refinement.

Chen Ping used the Life Carving Knife to recover while forging Hundred Refined Steel, then unexpectedly completed Thousand Forging. He suspected the knife’s life force had awakened the metal, potentially offering a way to mass-produce Thousand Refined Metal.

• Chen Ping continued forging Hundred Refined Steel, hoping to make it develop a trait that resisted heat and metal fatigue.
• Chen Ping used the purified Life Carving Knife to restore his stamina and recover from the strain of forging.
• Chen Ping struck the metal again, and a bright gray light revealed that it had become Thousand Refined Steel.
• Chen Ping realized the Life Carving Knife might be able to grant life force to Rare Metal and bypass the hardest part of Thousand Forging.

Chen Ping discovered that his Thousand Forged Steel had gained high-temperature resistance and began preparing to build a Soul Power Turbofan Engine Module. After a night of work in Qian Duoduo's Laboratory, he emerged exhausted as Shrek Academy's new school year and entrance examinations began.

• Chen Ping found that his Thousand Forged Steel resisted heat and realized it could serve as turbine blades and material for a forging hammer.
• Chen Ping tested his level-two Flame-Projection Core Arrays and planned to build the remaining components of a Soul Power Turbofan Engine Module.
• Shrek Academy began its new-school-year entrance examinations while returning students prepared for their Promotion Exams.
• Chen Ping emerged from Qian Duoduo's Laboratory with dark circles and a frail appearance, alarming students and making some new students reconsider joining the Soul Guidance Department.

After days of work, Chen Ping finished his upgraded Flying Soul Guidance Device and rushed to class, where he learned the Promotion Exam was taking place that afternoon. As he wondered why Huo Yuhao had not arrived, Chen Ping recognized that his growing influence had already altered events from the original timeline.

• Chen Ping completed the turbofan-structured Flying Soul Guidance Device after using the Simulated Wind Tunnel to refine its design.
• Realizing the Promotion Exam was underway, Chen Ping rushed from the Soul Guidance Department to his classroom.
• Mu Jin welcomed Chen Ping and explained that Qian Duoduo had arranged leave for him and a separate exam, but Chen Ping chose to attend the regular exam briefing.
• Wang Dong passed Chen Ping a note asking whether Huo Yuhao was secluded in the Soul Guidance Department, and Chen Ping told her he did not know where Huo Yuhao was.
• Chen Ping considered whether the Secret Method Soul Bone he sold to Ning Tian had affected Huo Yuhao's return and recalled that his actions had already led Shrek to destroy several Evil Soul Master strongholds.

Chen Ping slept through Mu Jin’s explanation of the Promotion Exam after exhausting himself with Soul Tool research, while Dai Huabin handled the Class Monitor’s duties and hoped to advance his cultivation. Dai Huabin’s plans to train at noon were derailed when Zhu Lu told him he had to attend a Student Union meeting.

• Chen Ping’s physique and Wu Feng’s strength had improved rapidly after they shared the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Soul Beast meals, leaving Dai Huabin unable to rank above third during the latter half of the school year.
• Chen Ping fell asleep in class while Mu Jin explained the Promotion Exam, and Mu Jin told Dai Huabin to wake him if he was still asleep at afternoon roll call.
• Dai Huabin resented being left with the Class Monitor’s workload because Huo Yuhao had not returned as deputy class monitor.
• Dai Huabin collected school documents with Zhu Lu and thought about how eating Whale Rubber for a month had strengthened him and might help him reach Level Thirty-Seven.
• Zhu Lu told Dai Huabin he had to attend a Student Union meeting at noon, spoiling his plan to cultivate.

Chen Ping and the other second-year students arrived at Shrek Academy’s Grand Beast Fighting Arena for their Promotion Exam. Dai Huabin challenged Chen Ping to face a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, raising doubts about whether Chen Ping could keep his top place after spending a month in the Laboratory.

• Chen Ping marveled at the Grand Beast Fighting Arena and compared it to the Ancient Roman Colosseum, while Wu Feng explained how rare and costly such facilities were.
• Chen Ping reflected on how the Three Great Empires had allowed the Soul Hunting Forests to disappear, leaving ordinary Soul Masters with more dangerous hunts.
• Mu Jin arrived as Dai Huabin distributed exam forms, and the teachers led more than a hundred students from Class One and Class Two to the Soul Beast Zone.
• Dai Huabin told Chen Ping that he would claim first place and challenge a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then dared Chen Ping to do the same.

During the Promotion Exam, Xie Huan Yue chose to challenge a Thousand Year Level soul beast and revealed an advanced Force Dissipation technique when the Wind Nether Wolf struck him. He then used Martial Soul Possession and seized the wolf by the neck.

• Du Weilun scolded Dai Huabin for arriving late, then sent Xie Huan Yue of Class Two to begin the exam.
• Xie Huan Yue chose to challenge a Thousand Year Level soul beast, surprising the teachers and students.
• A Wind Nether Wolf charged from the arena tunnel and struck Xie Huan Yue before he could use Martial Soul Possession.
• Chen Ping realized Xie Huan Yue had dissipated the wolf's force through his body and into the arena floor without being pushed back.
• Xie Huan Yue called out "Rubber Elephant, possess!" and grabbed the Wind Nether Wolf by the neck as his fat transformed into muscle.

Xie Huanyue defeated a Thousand-Year Wind Nether Wolf and earned a perfect score, prompting Dai Huabin to request stronger Soul Beasts for the assessment. Du Weilun agreed to bring in higher-level Soul Beasts while warning the students that greater challenges offered only modest additional points.

• Xie Huanyue crushed the Wind Nether Wolf with his Thousand Year Soul Skill, and Teacher Li was called to treat the injured beast.
• Du Weilun awarded Xie Huanyue a perfect score of 150, astonishing the teachers and students.
• Dai Huabin requested that students be allowed to challenge Soul Beasts above the Thousand-Year Level.
• Du Weilun sent Wang Yan to bring Soul Beasts used in upper-year trials and invited other students to attempt higher-level challenges.
• Du Weilun warned that stronger Soul Beasts offered only limited extra base points and could cost students Technique Score.

Students challenged increasingly powerful Soul Beasts for points, and Wu Feng took the lead with a score of 170. Dai Huabin then demanded to fight a Three Thousand Year Soul Beast, drawing praise that quickly turned into teasing comparisons with stronger students.

• Xiao Xiao challenged a Thousand Year Soul Beast and earned 120 points despite failing to defeat it.
• Wang Dong defeated a Two Thousand Year Soul Beast with Butterfly God Slash, but Du Weilun deducted twenty points, leaving her with 150.
• Wu Feng repeatedly knocked down a Two Thousand Year Soul Beast until it retreated, earning 170 points and taking the lead.
• Dai Huabin, troubled by Wu Feng's score, demanded to challenge a Three Thousand Year Soul Beast.
• Inner Courtyard teachers praised Dai Huabin before joking that he might be surpassed, and his pleased expression fell.

Dai Huabin faced a three-thousand-year Golden-Eyed Hanging-Eye Tiger in the Beast Fighting Arena and attempted to defeat it with a direct attack. His slide tackle failed against the beast’s protective barrier, leaving him vulnerable as it counterattacked.

• Dai Huabin entered the arena and faced a Golden-Eyed Hanging-Eye Tiger in its prime, while Yan Shaozhe used the demonstration to show the students the danger of powerful Soul Beasts.
• The tiger roared, and Dai Huabin took a fighting stance before charging without initially releasing his White Tiger Martial Soul.
• The Golden-Eyed Hanging-Eye Tiger lunged at Dai Huabin with its Fierce Tiger Climbing Mountain attack.
• Dai Huabin activated his first and Third Soul Skills, slid beneath the tiger, and struck its abdomen, but his claw failed to break its protective barrier.
• The tiger kicked Dai Huabin, shattered his protective barrier, and swung a claw down toward his face.