Chapter Summaries

Ah Da, Hong Hong, and the Mirror Image Beast overwhelmed the Star Wolf Clan and captured a seventy-thousand-year Star Wolf King for Xu Jiujiu. She absorbed its Soul Ring and Left Leg Soul Bone, reaching the peak of level 73, while she and Zhou Sichen celebrated their growing strength and future together.

• Ah Da held off the Starry Sky Wolf Emperor while Hong Hong restrained the Star Wolves and the Mirror Image Beast defeated and carried away a Seventy Thousand Year Star Wolf King.
• Xu Jiujiu and Zhou Sichen hid in a cave, where Xu Jiujiu killed the captured Star Wolf King and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Zhou Sichen found a Seventy Thousand Year Star Wolf King Left Leg Soul Bone while preparing the beast's meat.
• Xu Jiujiu completed her Soul Ring absorption and reached level 72, then accepted and absorbed the Soul Bone.
• Xu Jiujiu's Soul Power rose to the peak of level 73, and she thanked Zhou Sichen as they shared roasted Star Wolf meat and spoke of her future breakthrough.

Di Xi, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in human form, arrived at Shrek Academy and impressed Mu En and Xuan Zi with her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and exceptional cultivation. Meanwhile, Zhou Sichen tested a detection Soul Tool with Xu Jiujiu before Long Xiaoyao summoned him for a meeting.

• Di Xi presented her credentials at Shrek Academy, revealing that she was a fifteen-year-old Level 61 Soul Emperor with three purple and three black Soul Rings.
• Di Xi released her Golden Dragon Martial Soul, drawing Xuan Zi’s attention, and Xuan Zi took her to Sea God Pavilion for Mu En to examine.
• Di Xi reflected on leaving the Star Dou Great Forest and hoped to strengthen herself at Shrek Academy before Zhou Sichen returned from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Zhou Sichen and Xu Jiujiu tested the All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool, and Zhou Sichen proposed simulating electromagnetic interference while adjusting the data for Mingde Hall.
• Long Xiaoyao summoned Zhou Sichen, who went to meet him without fear of his identity being discovered.

Zhou Sichen told Long Xiaoyao that he had reached Level 71 and had condensed a Soul Core, prompting Long Xiaoyao to challenge him to a spar. After testing Zhou Sichen’s strength in the sky, Long Xiaoyao was impressed and hoped that Zhou Sichen would one day destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Long Xiaoyao met Zhou Sichen in a teahouse and warned him that the Holy Spirit Cult had been active in Mingdu.
• Zhou Sichen revealed that he had become a Level 71 Seven-Ring Soul Saint, and Long Xiaoyao insisted on testing his progress.
• Long Xiaoyao brought Zhou Sichen high above Mingdu, where Zhou Sichen revealed his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Core before transforming into his Sacred Light Dragon.
• Zhou Sichen and Long Xiaoyao fought as Sacred Light Dragon and Dark Holy Dragon, exchanging attacks for dozens of rounds.
• Long Xiaoyao subdued Zhou Sichen and praised his strength, then privately hoped he would eventually destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.

Zhou Sichen and Electrolux performed a new Soul Spirit Transformation that rebirthed the Ice Empress through the Ice Emperor Armor. The Ice Empress emerged with greatly increased power and the freedom to travel independently, setting out to find the Snow Empress.

• Zhou Sichen sealed his room and entered the Undead Demiplane to begin the transformation with Tian Meng and the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress chose to go first so she could leave Tian Meng behind and reunite with the Snow Empress.
• Electrolux and Zhou Sichen used their Holy Necromancer powers and incantations to reshape the Ice Empress's Spiritual Origin into a jade-green orb.
• Zhou Sichen joined the orb with the Ice Emperor Armor, and the armor transformed into a new body for the reborn Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress demonstrated her stronger power, learned that she could travel independently and return to Zhou Sichen through their bond, and prepared to seek out the Snow Empress.

After successfully turning Ice Empress into a special Soul Spirit, Zhou Sichen helped Sky Dream Ice Silkworm transform into one as well, strengthening him with a new armored body. Sky Dream left to pursue Ice Empress, while Zhou Sichen’s Spiritual Sea settled back into peace.

• Ice Empress’s successful reincarnation excited Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while Zhou Sichen rested after the costly transformation.
• The next day, Ice Empress secretly left the academy to find Snow Empress before Sky Dream could be resurrected.
• Sky Dream urged Zhou Sichen to revive him, and Zhou Sichen planned to strengthen his weak body by refining the Ever-Changing Core with his remaining Exuviae and a drop of Gold of Life.
• With Electrolux’s help, Zhou Sichen refined Sky Dream’s new body, and Sky Dream completed his Soul Spirit Transformation into a silver-white dragon with a humanoid form called Heavenly Dream Armor.
• Sky Dream used his new armor’s concealment ability to leave the Sun Moon Empire and pursue Ice Empress, leaving Zhou Sichen’s Spiritual Sea quiet again.

Zhou Sichen and his companions made major gains in cultivation and Soul Tool engineering during the academy exchange’s final year, while he planned to finish his first Level 9 Soul Tool before returning to Shrek Academy. He also prepared to send Huo Yuhao to the Spirit Pagoda and have him train with Yun Yi, leaving the group one month away from their return.

• Zhou Sichen devoted himself to cultivation and Soul Tools, reaching Level 75 and designing his first Level 9 Soul Tool as the exchange approached its final month.
• Xuan Ziwen and Fan Yu advanced to Peak Level 8 Soul Engineers, while Xu Jiujiu became a Peak Level 7 Soul Engineer and Zhang Lexuan prepared to challenge Level 95.
• He Caitou became a Level 67 Soul Emperor and a Peak Level 6 Soul Engineer after gaining a Sixth Soul Ring, a Fifty Thousand Year third ring for his Sun Martial Soul, and a Fifty Thousand Year left-leg Soul Bone.
• Huo Yuhao reached Level 35 and passed the Level 4 Soul Engineer assessment, and Zhou Sichen planned to send him to the Spirit Pagoda to train his Body Martial Soul with Yun Yi.
• Zhou Sichen suggested that Huo Yuhao bring Wang Dong along so they could cultivate together after returning to Shrek Academy.

Zhou Sichen trained Ghost Nana in Necromancy as his return to Shrek approached. Nana successfully possessed a Slaughter Puppet and learned to use it as a powerful second body, while Zhou Sichen prepared a major gift for her before leaving the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Zhou Sichen recalled that Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan had joined the Spirit Pagoda to obtain Soul Spirits, while Ghost Nana had also chosen to serve it after he freed her parents' souls and removed her control.
• Nana practiced controlling undead in the Undead Demiplane under Elder Yi's guidance and used Ghost Possession to enter a Slaughter Puppet.
• Nana activated Vengeful Spirit Control and seized the Slaughter Puppet, gaining control of a body as powerful as a Soul Emperor's.
• Nana explained that she could control unintelligent undead indefinitely but had limited chances against Soul Masters, especially those with light or fire attributes.
• Zhou Sichen told Nana to prepare for a great gift before he left the academy, and Electrolux understood that Zhou Sichen planned to help her break through to Five Rings.

Zhou Sichen prepared Nana to infiltrate the Holy Spirit Cult by fusing two Nether Wolf Soul Bones into a Fifty Thousand Year Soul Bone and planning for her to possess Wu Yun. Nana accepted the mission and the Soul Bone, determined to avenge her family and act as Zhou Sichen’s undercover agent.

• Zhou Sichen contacted Nangong Wan and learned that Wu Yun had reached the Eight Rings bottleneck and was waiting in the Jingyang Mountain Range for help obtaining her next Soul Ring.
• Zhou Sichen fused two compatible thirty-thousand-year Left Arm Soul Bones into a Fifty Thousand Year Nether Wolf Soul Bone for Nana.
• Zhou Sichen planned for Nana to use the Soul Bone to reach Soul King, then have Elder Yi help her possess Wu Yun and infiltrate the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhou Sichen brought Nana into the Undead Demiplane and explained the undercover plan, while Electrolux promised to assist with the possession.
• Nana accepted the Soul Bone and pledged to carry out the mission, eager to take revenge on the Evil Soul Masters who had harmed her family.

Nana reached Soul Power Level 50, absorbed a Shadow Fox’s Soul Ring, and possessed Wu Yun by devouring her soul with Elder Yi’s help. She took Wu Yun’s identity and began preparing to infiltrate the Holy Church while Zhou Sichen returned to the academy.

• Nana’s Soul Power broke through to Level 50 after she absorbed the Nether Wolf left-leg Soul Bone.
• Nangong Wan delivered the drugged, unconscious Wu Yun to Zhou Sichen and agreed to support the plan.
• Zhou Sichen captured a Ten Thousand Year Shadow Fox, and Nana killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring as her fifth.
• With Elder Yi’s assistance, Nana devoured Wu Yun’s soul, inherited her memories, and took over her body and Soul Douluo-level power.
• Zhou Sichen told Nana to live as Wu Yun, then returned to the academy while Nana began moving through the Jingyang Mountain Range in her new identity.

Zhou Sichen spent twenty-three days forging the top-tier Level 9 Soul Tool Godslayer Armament, which combined close-range, long-range, and spiritual attacks. He completed it as a Ninth-Rank Soul Engineer, but the materials had drained his fortune.

• Zhou Sichen worked day and night in Xuan Ziwen's laboratory while Xu Jiujiu and Zhang Lexuan brought him food, and Xuan Ziwen and Fan Yu watched and learned from his work.
• Zhou Sichen finished the Godslayer Armament one week before the exchange study ended and named the weapon he had created.
• Zhou Sichen demonstrated the Godslayer Armament's three assault forms: the Godslayer Spear, Godslayer Cannon, and Godslayer Soul Annihilation.
• Zhou Sichen realized that gathering materials had emptied his Soul Tool and depleted his family fortune, but resolved to rely on the weapon's power to rival a Super Douluo.

Zhou Sichen celebrated creating his first Level 9 Soul Tool as a Ninth-Rank Soul Engineer, while the Hongchen Siblings reached Level 60 and earned a chance to obtain Soul Spirits. Their final assessment was assigned to Dugu Xianmeng, whose strength had surged after gaining the Nine Nether Underworld Python as her Soul Spirit.

• Zhou Sichen completed his first Level 9 Soul Tool, and Xuan Ziwen, Fan Yu, and Xu Jiujiu congratulated him and discussed what they had learned.
• The Hongchen Siblings broke through to Level 60 after three years at Shrek Academy and received approval to pursue Soul Spirits.
• Xiao Hongchen mastered the power gained from devouring Rare Metals, while Meng Hongchen resolved the poison affecting her martial soul.
• Dugu Xianmeng earned the Nine Nether Underworld Python's approval, and it sacrificed itself to become her Soul Spirit, granting her a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Dugu Xianmeng accepted the assignment to test the Hongchen Siblings and prepared to see how they had developed.

Dugu Xianmeng tested the Hongchen Siblings for a chance to earn top-tier Soul Spirits promised by Zhou Sichen. After revealing her evolved Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, she overwhelmed the siblings as they fought to endure the trial.

• Dugu Xianmeng told Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen that they could earn top-tier Soul Spirits by passing her test.
• The Hongchen Siblings revealed their Five-Ring Martial Souls and prepared to use their improved Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Mortal World's Attachment.
• Dugu Xianmeng transformed into the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor and revealed seven Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Xianmeng attacked with poisonous mist, and the siblings defended themselves with metal control and Meng Hongchen's ice-fire poison.
• The siblings fused into a giant golden-and-blue toad, but Dugu Xianmeng countered with her Serpent Emperor form and a powerful poison dragon.

The Shrek exchange group completed its return from the Sun Moon Empire as Xu Tianran prepared an assassination for Zhou Sichen and Long Xiaoyao secretly resolved to protect him. Zhou Sichen reunited with the Hongchen Siblings at Qingfeng City and then returned to Shrek with Xuan Zi.

• Dugu Xianmeng defeated Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen in a staged battle, then promised to take them to the Spirit Pagoda for Soul Spirits.
• Xu Tianran sent a secret letter to Ju Zi and planned to have Long Xiaoyao assassinate Zhou Sichen, unaware that Long Xiaoyao intended to protect him.
• Zhou Sichen returned the Heart of the Toad to Jing Hongchen before the exchange group departed for Qingfeng City.
• At Zhuyun Square, Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen reunited with Zhou Sichen and thanked him for helping them obtain Soul Spirits.
• Jing Hongchen left Qingfeng City with the Hongchen Siblings, and Xuan Zi led Zhou Sichen and the Shrek group back to Shrek.

Zhou Sichen’s planned abduction by Long Xiaoyao let Shrek stage a convincing confrontation while Xu Tianran’s agents watched from hiding. The act ended with Mu En appearing as the Sacred Light Dragon to fight Long Xiaoyao, leaving Xue Chen and Wang Yiheng fleeing with news of the clash.

• Zhou Sichen asked Xuan Zi to play along with a major scene, and Xuan Zi confronted Long Xiaoyao when the Dragon Emperor appeared outside Qingfeng City.
• Long Xiaoyao announced that he would take Zhou Sichen, then sent Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan flying before seizing Zhou Sichen and carrying him into the clouds.
• Xuan Zi told the Shrek group to return for help, then secretly reassured them that Elder Mu was already there; Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu recognized the abduction as a planned performance.
• Xue Chen and Wang Yiheng, who had been monitoring the battle for Xu Tianran, decided not to intervene after witnessing Long Xiaoyao’s strength and began to withdraw with the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps.
• Mu En appeared in Sacred Light Dragon form and clashed with Long Xiaoyao, prompting Xue Chen and Wang Yiheng to flee and report that the two Limit Douluo were fighting.

Mu En unexpectedly joined Zhou Sichen and Long Xiaoyao’s staged battle, then revealed that the Golden Ancient Tree might be awakening Ah Yin. Mu En and Zhou Sichen rushed toward Shrek Academy to investigate and prepare for Tang San’s schemes.

• Mu En arrived during Zhou Sichen and Long Xiaoyao’s planned performance, and the two Limit Douluo fought convincingly while protecting Zhou Sichen.
• Mu En took Zhou Sichen away, while Long Xiaoyao captured Xue Chen and Wang Yiheng, forced them to their knees, and then ordered them to leave.
• On the way to Shrek Academy, Mu En told Zhou Sichen that he had sensed Ah Yin awakening within the Golden Ancient Tree three days earlier.
• Zhou Sichen and Mu En suspected Tang San had forcibly awakened Ah Yin and that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape might also have sensed the change.
• Mu En and Zhou Sichen accelerated toward Shrek Academy, determined to investigate the Golden Ancient Tree and oppose Tang San’s plans.

Zhou Sichen and Mu En examined Ah Yin’s condition with Hong Hong, who confirmed that Ah Yin was trapped in a stalemate with the Golden Ancient Tree and would need at least ten thousand years to replace it. Mu En abandoned his remaining faith in Tang San’s plan, while Hong Hong agreed to stay at Shrek Academy as a teacher and guard; Zhou Sichen then revealed Electrolux and the secrets behind his new cultivation paths.

• Zhou Sichen summoned Hong Hong, who examined Ah Yin inside the Golden Ancient Tree and found her bound in a struggle with its Origin Power.
• Ah Yin threatened Zhou Sichen, Mu En, and Hong Hong while claiming that her actions served the Sea God’s plan, but Hong Hong confirmed that Ah Yin would need at least ten thousand years to replace the tree.
• Mu En concluded that they had been pieces in Tang San’s ten-thousand-year plan and resolved to stand firmly with Zhou Sichen.
• Hong Hong agreed to remain at the Sea God Pavilion as a precaution and to become a Special Grade Teacher at Shrek Academy.
• Zhou Sichen revealed Electrolux as his Third Martial Soul and explained that Electrolux’s Necromancy had helped make the Soul Spirit Method possible.

Zhou Sichen considered the threat posed by Clear Sky Castle while Tang Ya expelled Tang San from the Tang Sect and earned Zhou's support for her future cultivation. Back at Shrek Academy, Zhou reunited with Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue, while Di Xi sensed his return and hoped to meet him.

• Zhou Sichen returned to Ye Guyi's villa while Elder Yi left a Little Skeleton at Sea God Pavilion to speak with Mu En.
• Wang Dong welcomed Huo Yuhao back to Shrek, while Xiao Xiao and He Caitou chatted; Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue learned Zhou Sichen had stayed behind.
• Mu En told Tang Ya about Tang San's concealed Blue Silver Emperor identity and the incomplete Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, and Tang Ya expelled Tang San from the Tang Sect.
• Zhou Sichen returned to Shrek Academy and felt drawn toward something there, unaware that Di Xi had entered the academy as the Golden Dragon Girl and was also sensing him.
• Zhou Sichen visited Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue, interrupting their sparring when Cao Jinxuan used a time-stopping combination skill to halt Long Xiangyue.

Zhou Sichen reunited with Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue at Shrek, assessed their progress, and gave them custom Soul Tools. The three brothers renewed their bond and looked ahead to Shrek’s Elite Competition in two years.

• Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue demonstrated their improved skills before Zhou Sichen, whose quick movements exposed the gap between their strength and his.
• Zhou Sichen praised Long Xiangyue’s level 57 cultivation and learned that Cao Jinxuan had reached level 58.
• Zhou Sichen gave Cao Jinxuan a Level 8 Soul-Setting Disc and Long Xiangyue a custom lightning-powered short blade.
• Over a meal and a walk by Sea God Lake, Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue learned Zhou Sichen had reached level 76 and heard about his hard work at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue vowed to grow stronger for the Elite Competition, and Zhou Sichen offered them cultivation advice before they returned to the dormitories.

Zhou Sichen recognized Di Xi as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, whom he had met at the Lake of Life three years earlier, and learned she had secretly left the Star Dou Great Forest to study at Shrek. He gave her a Communication Soul Tool and promised to protect her, while Di Xi watched him leave with the talisman in her hand.

• Zhou Sichen recognized the Golden Dragon Girl, Di Xi, as the Emperor Auspicious Beast he had met at the Lake of Life three years earlier.
• Zhou Sichen asked why Di Xi had come to Shrek, and she admitted that she had snuck out of the Star Dou Great Forest to become stronger and protect those she cared about.
• Zhou Sichen promised to keep Di Xi's transformation secret and gave her a Communication Soul Tool so she could contact him if she needed help.
• Di Xi accepted the talisman shyly and watched Zhou Sichen leave, while Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue later asked him how he knew her.
• Zhou Sichen told Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue to look after Di Xi at the academy, noting that her Soul Power was at least at the Soul Emperor level.

Zhou Sichen attended a Sea God Pavilion meeting where the Academy decided to keep its name, while Xu Jiujiu agreed to return to the Star Luo military and He Caitou prepared to serve Shrek against Sun Moon. The meeting ended with Mu En asking Zhou Sichen to travel to the Dou Ling Empire with him in three days.

• Zhou Sichen joined Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu for breakfast, where they told him how Shrek's students admired him for defeating the Hongchen Siblings.
• Zhou Sichen, Zhang Lexuan, and Xu Jiujiu arrived at Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En praised their growth and asked Zhou Sichen whether its name should change.
• Zhou Sichen argued that the title Sea God might one day belong to someone else, and Mu En decided to keep the names Sea God Island and Sea God Pavilion.
• Xu Jiujiu agreed to return to the Star Luo Empire to support Gu Yi and reassure the White Tiger Duke.
• Mu En told He Caitou to remain at the Academy and prepare for a future conflict with Sun Moon, and Zhou Sichen reassured He Caitou that Shrek would remain his home.
• Mu En asked Zhou Sichen to accompany him to the Dou Ling Empire in three days to meet the royal family and handle Academy business.