Chapter Summaries

Zhou Sichen and the other Shrek exchange students began settling into the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where the students were assigned instructors and introduced to the school’s resources. Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu were assigned to Xuan Ziwen, whom Zhou hoped to win over, but they found him absorbed in an experiment and ignoring their arrival.

• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu left their shared dormitory, and Lin Jiayi watched the footage before taking it to Jing Hongchen.
• Fan Yu urged the exchange students to focus on learning Soul Tools, while Zhou quietly arranged for himself and Xu Jiujiu to visit Zhang Lexuan that night.
• Lin Jiayi introduced the sixth-year instructors and experimental facilities, then explained that Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu had been assigned to Xuan Ziwen.
• Lin Jiayi led Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu to Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory, where they found him engrossed in research and unaware of their arrival.

Lin Jiayi introduced Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu to Xuan Ziwen, who was stunned to learn Zhou Sichen was a fourteen-year-old Seventh-Rank Soul Engineer. When Zhou Sichen revealed that he had transformed the cursed Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife into the Blade of Life, Xuan Ziwen prepared to watch him prove his skill, while Xu Jiujiu regretted selling the weapon for so little.

• Lin Jiayi left Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu with Xuan Ziwen, who warned them they would have to pass his tests to earn his instruction.
• Xu Jiujiu said she was a Sixth-Rank Soul Engineer, and Zhou Sichen revealed he was a Seventh-Rank Soul Engineer despite having only Five Rings and Soul Power Level 58.
• Xuan Ziwen reacted with disbelief at Zhou Sichen's age and rank, then offered rare materials as a gift if Zhou Sichen could craft a Level 7 Soul Tool on the spot.
• Zhou Sichen summoned a jade-bright engraving knife and explained that he had lifted the curse on the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, transforming it into a blade he believed ranked among the top ten.
• Xu Jiujiu recognized the blade she had sold Zhou Sichen for eighty thousand Gold Soul Coins and regretted not demanding more for it.

Zhou Sichen used Extreme Fire to craft a Level 7 transforming armor from Starfall Iron, impressing Xuan Ziwen with its design and capabilities. The unfinished armor left Xuan Ziwen eager to help test and study it as Zhou Sichen planned further improvements.

• Zhou Sichen selected Starfall Iron and used Extreme Fire to cut and shape it while Xuan Ziwen watched in astonishment.
• Xu Jiujiu began crafting a Level 6 Soul Tool using Xuan Ziwen's materials.
• Zhou Sichen fused rare materials into a breastplate and carved an improved Core Array with the Blade of Life.
• The breastplate transformed into a badge, and Zhou Sichen explained that it was the core of his Transforming Robot Armor.
• Xuan Ziwen activated the badge and tested its armor, Thruster Wings, and Micro Cannons as Zhou Sichen described its unfinished modules and potential improvements.
• Zhou Sichen said he hoped to achieve thought-synchronized transformation by integrating Spiritual Power, leaving Xuan Ziwen excited by the design.

Zhou Sichen persuaded Xuan Ziwen to secretly cooperate with Shrek Academy by offering him access to groundbreaking Soul Tool research. As Zhou Sichen shared his designs with Xuan Ziwen, Xu Jiujiu finished her Level 6 Soul Tool, and the other students’ Soul Engineer evaluations were announced.

• Zhou Sichen showed Xuan Ziwen a Level 7 Soul Tool and used its novel design to draw out his interest in its research.
• Zhou Sichen urged Xuan Ziwen to return to the Original Three Great Empires, offering his research in exchange for Xuan Ziwen’s covert cooperation; Xuan Ziwen agreed while asking to keep his status in Mingde Hall.
• Zhou Sichen discussed his concealed abilities and Level 6 Soul Engineer rank with Xuan Ziwen, then projected numerous advanced Soul Tool concepts for him to study.
• Xu Jiujiu completed her Level 6 Soul Tool while Zhou Sichen and Xuan Ziwen spent over two hours discussing designs, and she brought them water.
• He Caitou and Huo Yuhao passed their evaluations at Level 5 and Level 3, respectively, while Moxuan and Shrek Academy’s other students also passed.

Zhou Sichen and the Shrek students settled into their studies at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while he wondered when he would meet Ju Zi. Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi then discussed a mysterious figure’s request to send Zhou Sichen to the Sun Moon Auction House in three days.

• Xuan Ziwen praised Xu Jiujiu’s sixth-rank Invincible Shield and agreed to teach her as a Sixth-Rank Soul Engineer.
• Zhou Sichen encouraged the Shrek students after they passed their assessments, then helped Xuan Ziwen consider improvements to a dual-core energy conversion device.
• Zhou Sichen learned that Teacher Zhu had taken Xuan Ziwen’s former students and asked Huo Yuhao whether Ju Zi was among them; Huo Yuhao said he had not seen her.
• Zhou Sichen decided not to search for Ju Zi yet and went with Xu Jiujiu to cultivate with Zhang Lexuan.
• Jing Hongchen reviewed the Shrek students’ assessment results and discussed Zhou Sichen’s talent with Lin Jiayi.
• Lin Jiayi revealed that a mysterious figure had requested Zhou Sichen’s attendance at the Sun Moon Auction House in three days, and Jing Hongchen insisted the figure’s promise could be trusted.

Zhou Sichen went to the Sun Moon Auction House to buy materials and discovered that Long Xiaoyao had been secretly watching him. After Zhou Sichen recognized him as his father Mu En’s old friend, Long Xiaoyao agreed to sit and talk, leaving Zhou Sichen to question him about why he had never visited Shrek.

• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu received Sixth-Rank Soul Engineer badges, and Lin Jiayi instructed Zhou Sichen to buy materials at the Sun Moon Auction House a week later.
• Zhou Sichen bought ores and materials at the auction while sensing that a powerful person was watching him.
• Long Xiaoyao watched Zhou Sichen, mistook him for Mu En’s son because he carried the Sacred Light Dragon Martial Soul, and decided to meet him.
• Zhou Sichen detected Long Xiaoyao following him, guessed his identity, and greeted him as Uncle Long.
• Long Xiaoyao invited Zhou Sichen to a teahouse, where Zhou Sichen asked why he had not visited Mu En at Shrek.

Long Xiaoyao tested Zhou Sichen’s strength on a deserted mountain and was astonished by how well the young Soul King had mastered Mu En’s signature techniques. Long Xiaoyao acknowledged Zhou Sichen’s talent and promised him a grand gift, while Zhou Sichen hoped it would be a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

• Zhou Sichen questioned Long Xiaoyao about why he had come to see him and whether he knew where Ye Xishui was, and Long Xiaoyao claimed he was searching for her.
• Long Xiaoyao asked Zhou Sichen to demonstrate how much of Mu En’s strength he had inherited and took him to a deserted mountain peak.
• Zhou Sichen released his martial soul and attacked Long Xiaoyao, who initially countered him without using his martial soul.
• Zhou Sichen combined Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Split with Reigning Over the World, then used Dragon Emperor's Domain Shock, astonishing Long Xiaoyao with his mastery of Mu En’s ultimate techniques.
• Long Xiaoyao released his Dark Holy Dragon and easily broke Zhou Sichen’s attacks, then praised his strength and promised him a grand gift.
• Zhou Sichen asked whether Long Xiaoyao’s gift would be a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, making Long Xiaoyao’s mouth twitch.

Long Xiaoyao gave Zhou Sichen a Hundred Thousand Year Divine Light Left Leg Soul Bone and a Dark Dragon Dagger, which could summon him or unleash powerful attacks. Zhou Sichen sent the Soul Bone to Ye Guyi and returned to the academy, keeping his meeting secret as promised.

• Long Xiaoyao gave Zhou Sichen the Soul Bone and explained how the Dark Dragon Dagger could summon him or unleash attacks fueled by his Martial Soul Origin.
• Zhou Sichen revealed Mu En had given him a matching Light Dragon Dagger, and Long Xiaoyao asked him to keep their meeting secret until he returned.
• After Long Xiaoyao left, Zhou Sichen decided to save the Soul Bone for Ye Guyi and sent it to her with Hellfire, along with letters for her and Mu En.
• Zhou Sichen returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where Lin Jiayi told him he would handle the weekly material purchases from then on.
• Zhou Sichen kept the meeting secret and went with Xu Jiujiu to cultivate at Zhang Lexuan's place.

Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen learned about the Soul Spirit Method at Shrek, prompting the Sun Moon Empire to monitor the Original Three Great Empires and the Spirit Pagoda. At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Zhou Sichen encouraged Xu Jiujiu to reveal her Soul Spirit in her match against Jing Ziyan, and he sat beside Jing Hongchen as the match was about to begin.

• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen witnessed Soul Spirits at Shrek Academy and learned that the Soul Spirit Method came from the Spirit Pagoda in Tianyuan City.
• Elder Ma's reports led Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon Emperor to order closer monitoring of Shrek Academy, the Spirit Pagoda, and the Original Three Great Empires, while Yan Shaozhe traveled to Dou Ling Empire to prepare for unification.
• Zhou Sichen refused Lin Jiayi's proposed friendly match but suggested a Soul Tool competition, which Jing Hongchen approved.
• Zhou Sichen reached rank 59, and Xu Jiujiu reached Level 64 before preparing to face Jing Ziyan in her eighth exchange match.
• Zhou Sichen told Xu Jiujiu to use her Soul Spirit, and she resolved to pursue the championship and show the Sun Moon Empire its power.
• Zhou Sichen sat beside Jing Hongchen at the testing grounds, where Jing Hongchen asked what he thought of Xu Jiujiu's match against Jing Ziyan.

Xu Jiujiu defeated Jing Ziyan by combining her Star Crown abilities, Soul Tool Armor, and a surprise Soul Spirit attack. Jing Hongchen recognized the Starlight Unicorn as part of a new cultivation system Zhou Sichen had wanted him to see.

• Jing Hongchen tried to persuade Zhou Sichen to enter the exchange tournament, but Zhou Sichen declined and said the match would show him a surprise.
• Xu Jiujiu opened the match with Star Shimmer, while Jing Ziyan used an Invincible Shield and purple-mist transformation to counter with ninety-nine Soul Tool cannons.
• Jing Ziyan pressed Xu Jiujiu with flight, the Eye of Protection, the Ice Soul Blade, and the Lightning Strike Spear, but Xu Jiujiu used Star Guardian to block elemental attacks.
• Xu Jiujiu charged into close combat and absorbed starlight into her Soul Tool Armor as Jing Ziyan attacked her with the Explosion Spear.
• A Starlight Unicorn emerged from Xu Jiujiu's Spiritual Sea, struck Jing Ziyan down, and allowed Xu Jiujiu to declare victory.
• Jing Hongchen recognized the Starlight Unicorn as a Soul Spirit, and Zhou Sichen told him there would be more chances to learn about the system.

Xu Jiujiu faced Ji Juechen in the final match of the exchange tournament, using her Soul Spirit and Soul Tools to overcome his overwhelming swordsmanship. Ji Juechen admitted defeat, and Xu Jiujiu secured her fiftieth consecutive win.

• Ji Juechen watched Xu Jiujiu's matches and told Jing Ziyan he would challenge Xu Jiujiu if she reached the final match.
• Zhou Sichen noticed Ji Juechen's interest in him, while Xu Jiujiu, He Caitou, and Huo Yuhao continued winning matches over the next two months.
• Xu Jiujiu entered the final match with forty-nine consecutive wins, and Jing Hongchen anticipated seeing her Soul Spirit face Ji Juechen.
• Ji Juechen cut through Xu Jiujiu's starlight attacks as she flew overhead and charged a Super Concentrated Soul Tool Cannon.
• Xu Jiujiu summoned the Starlight Unicorn, which kept Ji Juechen occupied while she fired the cannon; Ji Juechen blocked its death ray with Annihilation—Slash but was then rammed out of the training ground.
• Ji Juechen admitted defeat and left, while Xu Jiujiu claimed her fiftieth consecutive win.

After the exchange tournament, Zhang Lexuan, Zhou Sichen, and Xu Jiujiu tracked a Holy Spirit Cult branch in Mingdu and confronted Sleep Nightmare Douluo. Their Three-Martial Soul Fusion Skill broke his nightmare and left him exposed, setting up their fight against the Titled Douluo.

• Ji Juechen and Jing Hongchen recognized the potential of Soul Spirits, while He Caitou and Huo Yuhao stopped their challenges at thirty-eight and thirty-five consecutive wins.
• Zhang Lexuan told Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu that Evil Soul Masters with ties to Sun Moon Empire officials were operating in Mingdu, and the three agreed to eliminate them.
• With Fan Yu covering for them, Zhang Lexuan led Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu to a hidden Holy Spirit Cult branch beneath a gray-black building.
• Sleep Nightmare Douluo emerged from underground with nine Soul Rings, and he threatened the trio after recognizing the Sun and Moon Martial Souls.
• Sleep Nightmare Douluo trapped the three in his Nightmare Demon World, but Zhou Sichen, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Jiujiu used their Sun-Moon-Star Spirit Holy Light Healing fusion skill to dispel it and clear away his black mist.

Zhou Sichen, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Jiujiu used Sun-Moon-Star to kill Sleep Nightmare Douluo and erase every trace of the battle. They escaped the scene and discussed the fusion skill’s power, while anticipating that the Holy Spirit Cult might come looking for them.

• Sun-Moon-Star restrained Sleep Nightmare Douluo and the Evil Soul Masters with layered control and purification, then burned the church members to ash.
• Zhou Sichen, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Jiujiu unleashed Sunfall, Moon Annihilation, Star Collapse, obliterating Sleep Nightmare Douluo and the branch beneath the courtyard.
• The three escaped as Sun-Moon-Star, leaving a crater but no clues; the guard captain ordered reports sent to Mingde Hall and the City Defense Headquarters.
• Zhou Sichen, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Jiujiu released their fusion skill in a secluded place and celebrated killing a Titled Douluo.
• Zhou Sichen suggested waiting for the Holy Spirit Cult to investigate so they could confront more Evil Soul Masters, while Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu urged caution about the destruction they had caused.
• Zhou Sichen and Zhang Lexuan told Xu Jiujiu that Sun-Moon-Star might challenge Super Douluos but would likely fall short against a Level 99 Peerless Douluo.

After breaking through to Level 60, Zhou Sichen took leave from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and traveled in secret to an isolated island to contract the Snow Empress Embryo. Jing Hongchen ordered an investigation into the previous night’s battle and increased surveillance of Shrek’s teachers, while Zhou Sichen prepared to open the Deity Conferring Platform.

• Zhou Sichen reached Level 60, and Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu celebrated his breakthrough and discussed his plan to contract the Snow Empress Embryo.
• Zhou Sichen obtained half a month of leave from Xuan Ziwen, while Jing Hongchen learned of his departure and hoped he would return to Shrek for a Soul Spirit.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to help investigate the battle in Mingdu and discreetly monitor Shrek Academy’s two teachers.
• Zhou Sichen told Long Xiaoyao he would be away, and Long Xiaoyao escorted him to the Mingdou Mountain Range after warning him about a dangerous valley near Mingdu.
• Zhou Sichen crossed into the Star Luo Empire, traveled to a remote island, and took the Deity Conferring Platform from his Soul Tool as the Snow Empress Embryo struggled inside.

Zhou Sichen freed the Snow Empress from the Deity Conferring Platform and discovered that human Soul Masters had imprisoned her during her interrupted transformation. After learning about Zhou Sichen from the Ice Empress and hearing his proposal, the Snow Empress agreed to contract with him and pursue a future of ascending to the God Realm.

• Zhou Sichen released the Snow Empress Embryo from the Deity Conferring Platform and suppressed her with the Book of Contracts.
• The Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized the Snow Empress, and Zhou Sichen shared how he had met them and formed his contract with the Ice Empress.
• The Snow Empress explained that two Titled Douluo ambushed and imprisoned her during her transformation, and Zhou Sichen promised to investigate the Deity Conferring Platform's origins and help her seek revenge.
• The Snow Empress criticized Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and the Ice Empress sent him back into Zhou Sichen's Spiritual Sea after he called her Bingbing.
• The Ice Empress explained Zhou Sichen's God Creation Plan and Soul Spirit Method, and the Snow Empress agreed to contract with him while insisting that he not force her to act against her wishes.
• Zhou Sichen and the Snow Empress began merging her power into the Book of Contracts.

Zhou Sichen used Snow Empress’s contract and cleansing power to attempt forming his first Soul Core at Level 60. As the Soul Core stabilized, he had Tian Meng lend Snow Empress a Spiritual Origin to help her break through to Seven Hundred Thousand Years, and discovered that his core could absorb the power through their contract as well.

• Zhou Sichen asked Snow Empress to help him condense a Soul Core, and she agreed despite Ice Empress and Tian Meng warning him not to rush.
• After six shichen of cleansing and compression, Zhou Sichen formed a Soul Core Embryo in his dantian and stabilized it while drawing in spiritual energy and Power of Space.
• Zhou Sichen asked Tian Meng to use his Spiritual Origin to help Snow Empress break through to Seven Hundred Thousand Years, hoping to use her breakthrough to form a Second Soul Core Embryo.
• Tian Meng sent his Spiritual Origin through the Book of Contracts, and Snow Empress began absorbing it.
• Zhou Sichen’s Soul Core began absorbing the Spiritual Origin through his contract with Snow Empress, strengthening his confidence in forming a second core.

Zhou Sichen formed his first Soul Core and prepared an embryo for a second as the Snow Empress broke through to seven hundred thousand years and joined his contracts. As Zhou Sichen and his companions gathered on the island, the Sea Princess arrived with her daughters, Lijing and Liya, and greeted the Snow Empress and Ice Empress as old friends.

• The Snow Empress absorbed part of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Spiritual Origin, broke through to seven hundred thousand years, and helped Zhou Sichen stabilize his first Soul Core.
• Zhou Sichen formed a stationary second Soul Core embryo, and the Snow Empress appeared from the sixth page of his Book of Contracts.
• The Ice Empress reunited with the Snow Empress, while Zhou Sichen summoned Ah Da and the Mirror Image Beast to meet their new companion.
• Zhou Sichen sensed his Soul Core as a pillar of blue light rose from the sea, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified the golden-crowned mermaid as the Sea Princess.
• The Sea Princess arrived with her daughters, Lijing and Liya, and exchanged friendly greetings with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.

Sea Princess met Zhou Sichen and the Ice and Snow Emperors, then learned that Ice Empress had sacrificed herself to become his Wisdom Soul Ring. After seeing Zhou Sichen’s extraordinary Soul Rings and cultivation, Sea Princess invited him to visit the Merfolk Tribe, while she wondered whether he was a transformed Soul Beast or a god’s inheritor.

• Sea Princess arrived after sensing Snow Empress’s breakthrough and was shocked by Ice Empress’s weakened condition, Zhou Sichen’s company of Soul Beasts, and Hong Hong’s aura.
• Ice Empress explained that she had sacrificed herself to Zhou Sichen and become his Wisdom Soul Ring, leaving Sea Princess and her daughters bewildered.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress invited Sea Princess to discuss matters at her home, and Sea Princess welcomed Zhou Sichen as a friend and invited him to the Merfolk Tribe.
• Zhou Sichen revealed his golden Book of Contracts and six Soul Rings, astonishing Sea Princess, Lijing, and Liya with his cultivation and Soul Ring configuration.
• Sea Princess tried to explain Zhou Sichen’s abilities, suspecting that he was either a transformed Soul Beast or a god’s inheritor.

After Zhou Sichen revealed the Snow Empress’s image in his Book of Contracts, the Sea Princess mistook him for a Soul Beast who had taken human form to cultivate. She brought Zhou Sichen, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress to the Merfolk Tribe’s undersea palace for a proper conversation.

• Zhou Sichen recalled Hong Hong, Ah Da, and the Mirror Image Beast into his Book of Contracts, and the Sea Princess saw the Snow Empress’s image inside it.
• The Sea Princess asked whether Zhou Sichen was a Soul Beast who had taken human form, and the Snow Empress invited her to talk at her home.
• The Sea Princess carried the group through the deep sea in a protective bubble while the Ice Empress remained beside the Snow Empress as Spiritual Origin.
• The group arrived at the Merfolk Tribe’s glowing undersea settlement, where the merfolk bowed to the Sea Princess and her daughters.
• The Sea Princess led Zhou Sichen and the Snow Empress into the tribe’s vast Coral Palace, while Zhou Sichen noticed its rare materials could be used to craft Soul Tools.

Zhou Sichen persuaded the Sea Princess to join his God Creation Plan, while her daughters Lijing and Liya chose to pursue contracts with his companions. The Sea Princess offered the Merfolk Tribe’s help with developing Soul Spirit inheritance, though the method for preserving and passing on Soul Spirits was still unfinished.

• The Ice Empress explained Zhou Sichen’s history and power to the Sea Princess, who became convinced he could challenge the Divine Realm.
• The Sea Princess agreed to contract with Zhou Sichen once he reached Level 70, provided she could continue protecting the Merfolk Tribe and spending time with Lijing and Liya.
• Zhou Sichen described his companions’ potential, and Lijing and Liya chose to take a chance on becoming Soul Spirits with them.
• The Ice Empress explained the Soul Spirit Method, strengthening the sisters’ resolve, and the Sea Princess supported their choice.
• Zhou Sichen revealed that Soul Spirits might eventually be preserved and passed on; the Sea Princess offered rare materials and the Merfolk Tribe’s assistance to advance that research.