Chapter Summaries

After He Caitou reached rank 50, Zhou Sichen led him, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Jiujiu to the sea to obtain Soul Rings. He Caitou gained a powerful Fifth Soul Skill, Invincible Shield Golden Cigar, and the group prepared to capture a Sun Clam for his Sun Martial Soul.

• Zhou Sichen decided He Caitou should obtain a Soul Ring rather than a Soul Spirit, then led the group on an expedition after He Caitou broke through Level 50.
• He Caitou and Xu Jiujiu defeated a Fifteen Thousand Year Money Turtle, and He Caitou absorbed its Soul Ring while Zhang Lexuan guarded him.
• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu discovered a Sun Clam tribe, including a member with cultivation above Fifty Thousand Years, and planned to capture a Twenty Thousand Year Sun Clam for He Caitou.
• He Caitou completed his absorption, became a Five-Ring Soul King at peak rank 51, and revealed his Fifth Soul Skill, Invincible Shield Golden Cigar.
• Zhang Lexuan tested the Golden Cigar and recognized its battlefield value as He Caitou explained that he could make ten at once and that its effect could be used up to three times daily.

Zhang Lexuan captured a Sun Clam for He Caitou, who began absorbing its Soul Ring while Zhou Sichen, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Jiujiu waited. While exploring a nearby island, Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu found and captured a Spiritual Attribute Dream Dolphin for Huo Yuhao.

• He Caitou demonstrated his Golden Cigar soul skill, and the group set out to find a Sun Clam for his Sun Martial Soul.
• Zhang Lexuan used her Blood Moon Eclipse to suppress the Sun Clam Tribe's attack, captured a twenty-three-thousand-year Sun Clam, and sealed it in the Deity Conferring Platform.
• Zhou Sichen freed and subdued the Sun Clam with his Extreme Ice, and He Caitou killed it before beginning to absorb its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• While He Caitou absorbed the ring, Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu explored the island and spotted a fifteen-hundred-year Spiritual Attribute Dream Dolphin suited to Huo Yuhao.
• Zhou Sichen froze and stored the Dream Dolphin, and he and Xu Jiujiu returned with it to the others.

He Caitou successfully absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and reached Level 55, but the Demon Empress arrived and threatened Zhou Sichen and the others. Lan Fuzi tried to stop her mother from slaughtering innocents, while the Demon Empress vowed to avenge her husband by sacrificing all life on Douluo Continent.

• The nearly seven-hundred-meter Demon Empress swam south, drawn by the rich life energy she sensed ahead, and Lan Fuzi pursued her to stop her.
• He Caitou completed his Soul Ring absorption, reached Level 55, and received Zhou Sichen's warning to let his body and Martial Soul adapt before absorbing another ring.
• Zhou Sichen and Zhang Lexuan sensed the approaching Demon Empress, who transformed into human form and overwhelmed the group with her pressure.
• Zhou Sichen prepared to summon the Snow Empress as the Demon Empress declared she would consume the humans and collect revenge for Tang San's killing of her husband.
• Lan Fuzi confronted her mother and pleaded with her to spare innocents, but the Demon Empress rejected her pleas and vowed to sacrifice every living being on Douluo Continent.

Zhou Sichen tried to turn the Demon Empress’s hatred of Tang San into an alliance, while Zhang Lexuan and the others struggled with her accusations against their revered Sea God. The Demon Empress heard Zhou Sichen’s proposal but left the group questioning what they had been taught about history.

• The Demon Empress attacked her daughter Lan Fuzi, but Zhou Sichen used Spiritual Sharing to tell her that Tang San was his enemy too.
• Zhou Sichen summoned the Snow Empress, who shielded him and agreed that Tang San’s actions deserved investigation.
• Zhou Sichen proposed a deal and sent the Demon Empress information, prompting her to learn that he was from Shrek Academy.
• The Demon Empress accused Tang San of hypocrisy and questioned the history of Slaughter City, the Holy Spirit Cult, and Spirit Hall.
• Zhang Lexuan challenged the Demon Empress’s claims, but Zhou Sichen feigned agreement and left Zhang Lexuan, He Caitou, and Xu Jiujiu confused.

Zhou Sichen publicly questioned the Seven Shrek Deity Ancestors after the Demon Empress’s claims prompted him to compare them with information he had kept secret. His revelation left the others stunned and poised to investigate the ancestors’ true history.

• The Demon Empress’s accusation unsettled the group, and Zhou Sichen said her words matched clues he had been unable to verify before.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Zhou Sichen what he knew, and he said the Seven Shrek Deity Ancestors might not be as admirable as people believed.
• Zhang Lexuan, He Caitou, Xu Jiujiu, Snow Empress, and Lan Fuzi reacted with shock and uncertainty to Zhou Sichen’s claim.
• Zhou Sichen’s standing as Shrek Academy’s heir made the others unable to dismiss him, even as his words challenged their longstanding reverence for the ancestors.
• The chapter framed the Demon Empress’s appearance as an opportunity for Zhou Sichen to prompt a serious investigation into the Seven Shrek Deity Ancestors.

Zhou Sichen and the Demon Empress challenged the academy’s heroic accounts of Tang San, arguing that his destruction of Spirit Hall and Slaughter City had been driven by selfish motives and left the continent in disorder. Zhang Lexuan was shaken by their claims as the discussion ended in silence.

• Zhou Sichen argued that Tang San destroyed Spirit Hall over a personal grudge and left its duties of providing Soul Master awakenings and maintaining order unfulfilled.
• Zhou Sichen said the Tiandou and Star Luo empires had enabled Spirit Hall’s destruction for short-term gains, with lasting consequences for the continent.
• The Demon Empress claimed Ah Yin’s sacrifice might have been part of a scheme by Tang Hao to obtain her Soul Ring and Soul Bone and blame Spirit Hall.
• Zhang Lexuan struggled to refute the speculation as her faith in the academy’s heroic legends faltered.
• Zhou Sichen condemned Tang San’s destruction of Slaughter City and Spirit Hall, linking those choices to the current chaos and hardships faced by ordinary people.

Zhou Sichen persuaded Demon Empress to cooperate by revealing prepared memories about his power and plans, while presenting himself as an ally against the existing order. Demon Empress accepted, though she still doubted whether his revelations were entirely truthful.

• Zhou Sichen denounced Tang San's legacy as false and vowed to reform Shrek Academy, winning Zhang Lexuan's support and Demon Empress's approval.
• Zhou Sichen offered Demon Empress a shared opportunity and asked her to open her Spiritual Sea so he could reveal his prepared memories.
• Lan Fuzi arrived to guard Demon Empress and introduced herself to Zhou Sichen after sensing an unusual quality in his aura.
• Snow Empress confronted Lan Fuzi, who defended her hunting of dangerous Soul Beasts, before Demon Empress stopped their dispute.
• Demon Empress reviewed Zhou Sichen's memories and agreed to cooperate, but privately remained wary that he might have deceived her.

The Demon Empress agreed to inspect Zhou Sichen’s influence across Douluo Continent before deciding whether she and Lan Fuzi would join his path. After returning to the academy, Zhou Sichen helped Huo Yuhao obtain a third Soul Ring and planned to develop his Body Martial Soul, even considering how Huo Yuhao might turn against Tang San.

• The Demon Empress accepted Zhou Sichen’s token and departed with Lan Fuzi and Snow Empress to investigate his work across Douluo Continent.
• Zhang Lexuan resolved to follow Zhou Sichen and help conquer the Sun Moon Empire and unify Douluo Continent.
• Zhou Sichen returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Zhang Lexuan, Xu Jiujiu, and He Caitou, then found that Huo Yuhao had reached level 30.
• Zhou Sichen gave Huo Yuhao a fifteen-hundred-year Dream Dolphin, and Huo Yuhao began absorbing it as his third Soul Ring.
• Zhou Sichen planned to have Huo Yuhao train under Yun Yi and cultivate his Body Martial Soul, while considering using him to oppose Tang San.

Huo Yuhao became a Three-Ring Soul Elder with Zhou Sichen’s help, while Zhou Sichen later received an urgent summons to demonstrate his Sacred Light Dragon Martial Soul to Crown Prince Xu Tianran. Zhou Sichen accepted and prepared to meet him at the Imperial Palace Training Pavilion three days later, wary of Xu Tianran’s motives.

• Huo Yuhao absorbed a soul ring, reached the peak of level 31, and thanked Zhou Sichen for helping him break through.
• Huo Yuhao offered to repay Zhou Sichen by grilling fish, and Zhou Sichen accepted.
• Zhou Sichen shared Huo's Grilled Fish with Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu before the three cultivated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill through the night.
• Zhou Sichen wrote a letter about Sea God Tang San’s misdeeds and planned to test the attitudes of Shrek Academy’s leaders.
• Jing Hongchen told Zhou Sichen that Crown Prince Xu Tianran wanted to see his Sacred Light Dragon Martial Soul and gave him Soul Tool materials in advance.
• Zhou Sichen agreed to meet Xu Tianran at the Imperial Palace Training Pavilion in three days and resolved to reveal the Martial Soul’s power without exposing too much of his strength.

Xu Tianran summoned Zhou Sichen to test his strength in a staged battle, then privately decided that Zhou was too dangerous to leave alive. Ju Zi proposed arranging his assassination by the Holy Spirit Cult after he left the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Xu Tianran approved the plan.

• Jing Hongchen brought Zhou Sichen to meet Xu Tianran, who gave him a Level 7 Amplification Soul Tool and asked him to battle Xu Chengye.
• Zhou Sichen and Xu Chengye fought on the training platform, and Zhou concealed his overwhelming advantage before defeating Xu Chengye with Dragon Emperor's Evil-Breaking Split.
• Xu Tianran praised Zhou Sichen's talent but privately resolved to eliminate him, while Ju Zi agreed that he would become a grave threat.
• Ju Zi advised waiting until Zhou Sichen left the academy and using the Holy Spirit Cult to kill him, and Xu Tianran approved her plan.

Zhou Sichen suspected Xu Tianran intended to kill him, but continued his covert efforts to hinder the Sun Moon Empire while building alliances and monitoring its research. Three months later, Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen returned from Three Elements Island with powerful Soul Spirits and new strength, and Zhou Sichen prepared to ask for their help.

• Zhou Sichen told Jing Hongchen he believed Xu Tianran was plotting to kill him, and Jing Hongchen promised to protect him within the academy.
• Jing Hongchen decided to placate Zhou Sichen until Xiao and Meng reached Six-Ring and could receive Soul Spirits through Shrek Academy.
• Zhou Sichen continued secretly undermining the Sun Moon Empire, cultivating Ji Juechen, and working with Zhang Lexuan and the Xishui Alliance.
• After three months, Zhou Sichen received a signal from Ye Guyi and met her, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen at a tavern.
• Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen told Zhou Sichen they had each gained a powerful Soul Spirit on Three Elements Island and had advanced in strength.
• Zhou Sichen welcomed their offer to help and said he had a task for them.

Zhou Sichen assigned Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen to destroy Holy Spirit Cult branches in the Sun Moon Empire, then planned for them to command armies in three empires after returning. A letter from Shrek Academy revealed that Mu En and the elders had found evidence casting doubt on Sea God Tang San and decided to support Zhou Sichen’s path to godhood as a way to verify the truth.

• Zhou Sichen asked Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen to destroy as many Evil Soul Master strongholds as possible within one month, using an atlas of their locations and defenses.
• Zhou Sichen proposed that the three women take command of the Heaven Soul, Star Luo, and Fighting Spirit armies after returning to Douluo Continent, and they agreed to prepare for the roles.
• Zhou Sichen and the three women discussed plans for attacking the Holy Spirit Cult, uniting the continent, and preparing for war; they planned to disguise themselves as members of the Sun Moon Imperial Family.
• Zhou Sichen returned to the academy and found a letter from Mu En reporting that the Golden Ancient Tree was being eroded by energy with a Bluesilver Grass aura.
• Mu En and Shrek Academy’s upper ranks reviewed evidence about Tang San’s past, including Dugu Bo’s account of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and agreed to help Zhou Sichen attain godhood so he could verify their suspicions.

Zhou Sichen reached level 69 while the Holy Spirit Cult’s strongholds across the Sun Moon Empire were devastated in a coordinated campaign, provoking Zhongli Wu to plan a retaliation. Zhou Sichen remained focused on cultivation, viewing the growing conflict as a way to weaken the Sun Moon Empire and buy Douluo Continent time.

• Zhou Sichen reached level 69, while Zhang Lexuan advanced to level 89 and Xu Jiujiu reached level 68 and improved her Soul Tool skills.
• Ye Guyi, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen used Zhou Sichen’s intelligence to destroy Holy Spirit Cult strongholds before returning to Douluo Continent on the twenty-third day.
• Zhou Sichen and Nangong Wan staged a purge that crippled the Xishui Alliance as rival groups seized its resources and territory.
• Zhongli Wu ordered Feng Ling to take over Nangong Wan’s position in Mingdu and authorized a counterattack, choosing not to disturb the Grand Supreme Pontiff during her seclusion.
• Zhou Sichen continued his cultivation and judged that conflict between the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire could weaken the empire and give Douluo Continent time to prepare.

The Holy Spirit Cult launched reprisals across the Sun Moon Empire as Feng Ling took control of the Xishui Alliance and ordered Nangong Wan to rebuild its power in Mingdu. Xu Tianran restrained the Alliance’s retaliation while secretly deciding to have Zhou Sichen ambushed when he returned to Shrek Academy.

• Feng Ling demoted Nangong Wan and gave him three months to strike back at the Aodu Chamber of Commerce, the Ordinary Alliance, and the forces behind the Xishui Alliance’s losses.
• Nangong Wan reorganized the surviving Alliance forces while Feng Ling pressed him for progress and rival factions strengthened their defenses.
• Xu Tianran ordered Elder Xue to tell Nangong Wan not to overreach and promised to investigate the cause of the attacks.
• Xu Tianran sent Ju Zi to prepare for military training and considered Zhou Sichen a likely suspect behind the Holy Spirit Cult’s disaster.
• Xu Tianran planned to arrange a deadly ambush for Zhou Sichen when he returned to Shrek Academy, even if he had to pay Shrek with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

Zhou Sichen monitored the Holy Spirit Cult while focusing on cultivation as Long Xiaoyao watched over him and concealed his ties to the cult. After the Xishui Alliance subdued Mingdu’s rival factions, Ju Zi began rising through the Sun Moon Empire’s military ranks, setting the stage for a future clash with Zhou Sichen’s plans.

• Zhou Sichen learned of Feng Ling’s arrival in Mingdu and kept his cultivation and intentions hidden from Long Xiaoyao, who warned him to avoid danger and secretly guarded him.
• Zhou Sichen asked Long Xiaoyao when he would meet his father, prompting Long Xiaoyao to delay the matter until he found Ye Xishui.
• Zhou Sichen devoted himself to cultivation and Soul Tool materials while He Caitou and Huo Yuhao searched unsuccessfully for a Soul Beast suited to He Caitou’s second Sun Martial Soul ring.
• Zhang Lexuan secluded herself to attempt the breakthrough from level 89 to Level 90 and condense a Soul Core.
• Feng Ling and Nangong Wan led the Xishui Alliance to defeat the Ordinary Alliance and the Aodu Chamber of Commerce, then made both factions vassals that paid tribute.
• Ju Zi advanced rapidly through the Sun Moon Empire’s military ranks, though Zhou Sichen remained unaware of her growing influence and ambition.

Zhou Sichen reached Level 70 while waiting for Zhang Lexuan to finish condensing her Soul Core, and Zhang Lexuan broke through to Level 90. Meanwhile, Zhou Sichen, Fan Yu, and Xuan Ziwen made major progress analyzing a Level 9 Soul Tool, leaving Fan Yu hopeful that he could create one of his own.

• Zhou Sichen concealed his early breakthrough to Level 70 and waited for Zhang Lexuan to finish her Soul Core so they could travel together for Soul Rings.
• Zhang Lexuan successfully condensed her Soul Core and broke through to Level 90, then agreed to spend a week adapting before they sought their Soul Rings.
• Zhou Sichen and Zhang Lexuan planned to visit the Sea Princess, where he would contract with her and Zhang Lexuan would seek a Hundred-Thousand-Year Moon Tide Phantom Whale Soul Ring and Soul Spirit.
• Fan Yu brought Zhou Sichen research documents showing that he, Xuan Ziwen, and Zhou Sichen had made a major breakthrough analyzing the Heart of the Toad.
• Fan Yu said the research had inspired him to believe he could create a Level 9 Soul Tool of his own within three years, and Zhou Sichen agreed to take the documents to Xuan Ziwen for review.

Zhou Sichen and Zhang Lexuan traveled to the Merfolk Palace to fulfill their contract plans, where the Moon Tide Phantom Whale demanded that Zhang Lexuan prove herself in a trial. Zhang Lexuan faced the 180,000-year Soul Beast over the sea as their confrontation began.

• Zhou Sichen and Xuan Ziwen completed their analysis of the Heart of the Toad, and Zhou Sichen entrusted the research materials to Fan Yu before leaving the academy with Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhou Sichen asked the Sea Princess to honor her promise after he broke through Level 70 and gained an available place in the Book of Contracts.
• Lijing and Liya explained that Moon Tide would only cooperate if Zhang Lexuan proved her worth, and Zhang Lexuan confidently accepted the trial.
• The group traveled to the Moon Tide Phantom Whale’s territory, where the Sea Princess witnessed the meeting and Moon Tide challenged Zhang Lexuan to show her true strength.
• Zhang Lexuan released her eight Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year ring, and faced Moon Tide as their clashing auras stirred the sea.

Zhang Lexuan fought the Moon Tide Phantom Whale to prove her strength and endured the beast's ultimate move, Sea Moon Judgment. Though Zhang Lexuan lost, the whale recognized her and promised to become her Soul Spirit after she recovered.

• Zhang Lexuan used her True Moon Body to battle the Moon Tide Phantom Whale, but the whale gained an advantage by commanding the ocean.
• The Moon Tide Phantom Whale offered to become Zhang Lexuan's Soul Spirit if Zhang Lexuan survived her final move.
• The whale unleashed Sea Moon Judgment, and Zhang Lexuan countered with her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill, Blood Moon Eclipse.
• The Moon Tide Phantom Whale overcame Zhang Lexuan's attack, leaving Zhang Lexuan injured but standing on her back as Zhou Sichen and the Sea Princess watched.
• The Moon Tide Phantom Whale praised Zhang Lexuan's strength, recognized her as the strongest human she had seen, and promised to become her Soul Spirit after she recovered.

Zhang Lexuan bonded with the Moon Tide Phantom Whale, and Zhou Sichen contracted the Sea Princess before returning to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. After helping He Caitou gain a powerful second soul ring, Zhou Sichen gave Xu Jiujiu a Lovesick Heartbreak Red Sub-Body, which helped her reach Level 70, though she still needed a seventh soul ring.

• Zhang Lexuan fused with the Moon Tide Phantom Whale, reached level 93, and gained enough strength with her Soul Spirit to challenge a level 95 Super Douluo.
• Zhou Sichen completed his contract with the Sea Princess, while his contracted Soul Beasts grew stronger and Hellfire and Big Bear broke through to the Hundred Thousand Year level.
• Zhou Sichen and Zhang Lexuan returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with a thirty-five-thousand-year Sun Jellyfish for He Caitou.
• He Caitou absorbed the Sun Jellyfish's soul ring and rose from level 56 to level 59.
• Zhou Sichen gave Xu Jiujiu a Lovesick Heartbreak Red Sub-Body, and she broke through to Level 70, leaving her in need of a seventh soul ring.

Zhou Sichen took Xu Jiujiu to Jingyang Mountain Range to test an All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool and help her find a Seventh Soul Ring. At Star Gazing Valley, he revealed seven Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and sent Ah Da, Hong Hong, and Little Mirror against the Star Wolf Clan, whose Starry Sky Wolf Emperor prepared to fight.

• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu traveled to Jingyang Mountain Range, where Xu explained its terrain and warned him about the Star Wolf Clan and its Hundred Thousand Year Starry Sky Wolf Emperor.
• Zhou Sichen reassured Xu Jiujiu that his Hundred Thousand Year Contracted Soul Beasts could handle the Star Wolves, and they followed Xuan Ziwen's map to Star Gazing Valley.
• Using Jing Hongchen's Starry Sky Silver Plate to conceal them, Zhou Sichen revealed seven blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings above the valley.
• Zhou Sichen summoned Ah Da, Hong Hong, and Little Mirror and sent the three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beasts toward Star Gazing Valley.
• The Starry Sky Wolf Emperor and several powerful Wolf Kings sensed the attackers, gathered starlight, and prepared to defend their territory.