Chapter Summaries

Zhou Chen summoned the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Spirit to wield the Xuanyuan Sword and unleash a devastating attack on the Star Luo Empire’s Royal Secret Guards. After the guards were wiped out and the surrounding land was shattered, Hu Liena stared at Zhou Chen in terror.

• The black-clad guards charged Zhou Chen and Hu Liena while their leader unleashed five soul skills against the golden barrier.
• Zhou Chen learned from the System that only the Yellow Emperor could wield the Xuanyuan Sword, so he summoned his Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Spirit.
• The Xuanyuan Sword flew into Zhou Chen’s hand, and he used the technique Xuanyuan Sword Smashes Mountains and Rivers, engulfing the area in blazing light and heat.
• The black-clad guards and two Soul Kings were burned away, while their leader used White Tiger Vajra Transformation before also turning to ash.
• The attack left the ground shattered and the nearby river evaporated, and Hu Liena repeated Zhou Chen’s sword technique in terror.

Zhou Chen parted from Hu Liena after defeating the assassins, and Chrysanthemum Douluo arrived too late to catch him. Zhou Chen reunited with Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Marx in Holy Soul Village, where he concealed the severity of his injuries.

• Zhou Chen teased Hu Liena before saying farewell and promising they would meet again, then left without looking back.
• Hu Liena waited until dawn, and Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan, arrived to find the battle site devastated.
• Hu Liena told Yue Guan that Zhou Chen had killed the black-clad assassins but refused to reveal which way he had gone.
• Yue Guan spared Hu Liena but took her to face the Pope for punishment.
• In Holy Soul Village, Zhou Chen treated his injuries while Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Marx stayed with him.
• Zhou Chen spat out congealed blood, told Yu Xiaogang he felt much better, and hid how badly the sword strike had injured him.

While hiding on Notting Academy’s rear mountain, Zhou Chen used his followers’ Gold Soul Coins to draw two pills and gave them to Marx and Xiao Chenyu. Both were grateful and pledged themselves more firmly to Purple Micro Palace.

• Zhou Chen converted thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins from Marx and Xiao Chenyu into points and drew a Three-Pattern Spirit Clearing Pill and a Weather Pill.
• Zhou Chen decided the pills would benefit Marx, a level 42 Soul Ancestor, and Xiao Chenyu, a level 11 Soul Master.
• After breakfast with Old Jack and Tang San, Zhou Chen asked them to bring Marx and Xiao Chenyu to the rear mountain.
• Zhou Chen gave Marx the Three-Pattern Spirit Clearing Pill, which could raise his Soul Power by around three levels.
• Zhou Chen gave Xiao Chenyu the Weather Pill, which could increase his Soul Power and improve his cultivation talent.
• Xiao Chenyu knelt and vowed to brave fire and water for Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen recruited Tang Hao as a guest elder of Purple Micro Palace by offering him a Blood Limb Elixir that could heal his old injuries. Tang Hao accepted, giving Zhou Chen a powerful protector as he prepared to expand his faction.

• Zhou Chen sent Xiao Chenyu and his companion away with medicine, then considered recruiting more soul master students to expand Purple Micro Palace.
• Zhou Chen spent ten thousand Gold Yuan Points on a draw and obtained a Blood Limb Elixir capable of healing severe injuries and regenerating limbs.
• Zhou Chen visited Tang Hao at his blacksmith shop and identified him as the Clear Sky Douluo.
• Zhou Chen offered Tang Hao the Blood Limb Elixir and invited him to join Purple Micro Palace as a guest elder.
• Tang Hao believed the pill might cure his old injuries and agreed to join, while Zhou Chen gained a powerful protector for his plans.

Six years later, Zhou Chen remained stuck at level 40 because he could not afford a fourth God-level Soul Ring, and he continued to build his influence through Purple Micro Palace. When Xiao Chenyu reported Star Luo Royal Secret Guards near the Balak Kingdom, Zhou Chen ordered their deaths and went to inspect the palace base.

• At twelve, Zhou Chen lamented that his Soul Power had reached its limit at level 40 because he lacked ten million Gold Soul Coins for a fourth God-level Soul Ring.
• Using the Heavenly Vision Earthly Hearing Technique, Zhou Chen spotted Xiao Chenyu approaching the rear mountain and learned that Star Luo Royal Secret Guards had been discovered heading toward the Balak Kingdom.
• Zhou Chen ordered Xiao Chenyu to kill the Star Luo Royal Secret Guards and decided to accompany him to inspect Purple Micro Palace.
• At Holy Soul Village, now the palace's prosperous base, Xiao Chenyu corrected the guards for calling him Boss Xiao and presented his half of the Big Dipper Token.
• Xiao Chenyu gave the guards the day's passphrase: Chicken stewed with mushrooms.

Zhou Chen inspected Purple Micro Palace after more than a year away and learned about its members, forces, and intelligence network. The Big Dipper Seven Guards remained incomplete, and the Tian Ji Guard’s reach was still limited by a lack of funds and strength.

• Xiao Chenyu brought Zhou Chen through the Nine Palaces Illusory Array to Purple Micro Hall, where Wang Sheng greeted him as the Palace Master.
• Zhou Chen asked Wang Sheng and Xiao Chenyu to report on Purple Micro Palace’s status, and Xiao Chenyu listed its Soul Masters and reported that Marx had reached Level 70.
• Xiao Chenyu said no one knew where Tang Hao had gone, and Zhou Chen told him that Tang Hao’s whereabouts were not their concern.
• Wang Sheng reported that the Tian Shu Guard had fifty Soul Elders and that only it and the Tian Ji Guard had been established so far.
• Xiao Chenyu described the Tian Ji Guard’s combat, analysis, and intelligence-gathering sections, then explained that its network reached only several nearby provinces and kingdoms.

Zhou Chen awarded Xiao Chenyu and Wang Sheng cultivation arts, then ordered them to join him in eliminating the Star Luo Royal Secret Guard near Notting City. Meanwhile, the wounded Zhu Zhuqing fled through a forest until her pursuer caught up with her.

• Zhou Chen gave Xiao Chenyu the Blood Demon Art, which raised his Soul Power by two levels and left his body cold.
• Zhou Chen gave Wang Sheng the Wind Scroll Art, then ordered both men to gather the Tian Shu Guard and follow him against the Star Luo Royal Secret Guard.
• Zhu Zhuqing, wounded and pursued, raced through a forest thirty li from Notting City.
• A female voice addressed Zhu Zhuqing as its little sister and challenged her escape.

Zhu Zhuqing was cornered by her older sister Zhu Zhuyun and a force of Star Luo Soul Masters, then overwhelmed while trying to escape. Zhou Chen rushed to intervene and caught Zhu Zhuqing in his arms just as the attackers struck.

• Zhu Zhuyun surrounded Zhu Zhuqing with more than a dozen black-clad Soul Masters and ordered them to kill her.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her Netherworld Spirit Cat Martial Soul and soul skills to wound several attackers and break a gap in their encirclement.
• Zhou Chen spotted the fight from five li away and used Ground Shrinking Golden Light to race toward Zhu Zhuqing.
• A black-clad Soul Master blasted Zhu Zhuqing into the air, leaving her unable to evade the enemies' attacks.
• Zhou Chen caught Zhu Zhuqing in a warm embrace and told her to hold him tight.

Zhou Chen rescued Zhu Zhuqing from Zhu Zhuyun and the Star Luo Royal Secret Guard, then learned the sisters’ identities and their family conflict. He rejected Zhu Zhuyun’s warning and declared that he would take both women.

• Zhou Chen swept Zhu Zhuqing into his arms and evaded the Secret Guard’s attacks.
• Zhu Zhuyun called Zhu Zhuqing a family traitor and asked Zhou Chen to hand her over.
• Zhou Chen flirted with Zhu Zhuqing, challenged Zhu Zhuyun, and learned she was Zhu Zhuqing’s older sister.
• Zhou Chen recognized the sisters’ roles in the Star Luo succession conflict and decided to oppose the Secret Guard.
• Zhu Zhuyun warned Zhou Chen not to offend the Zhu Family, but he declared that he would take both sisters.

Zhou Chen fought Zhu Zhuyun and the Star Luo Royal Secret Guards after declaring he would save Zhu Zhuqing. He slaughtered the guards, leaving Zhu Zhuyun frozen in terror.

• Zhou Chen set Zhu Zhuqing down and told her to stay back while he dealt with Zhu Zhuyun and the guards.
• Zhu Zhuyun ordered the Star Luo Royal Secret Guards to attack Zhou Chen.
• Zhou Chen shattered a guard’s Bronze Yue Axe with his Imperial Sky Shocking Fist and killed him with a single punch.
• Zhou Chen used Ground Shrinking Golden Light to kill the remaining guards as Zhu Zhuqing watched.
• Zhu Zhuyun trembled in terror as the forest fell silent around the fallen guards.

Zhou Chen captured Zhu Zhuyun after she fled the forest and revealed that his attack was retaliation for the Star Luo Royal Family’s repeated assassination attempts. He spared her life but kept her prisoner, leaving his conflict with the royal family unresolved.

• Zhu Zhuyun tried to flee, but Xiao Chenyu captured her after the Tian Shu Guards surrounded the forest.
• Zhou Chen identified himself to Zhu Zhuyun and explained that the attack was his response to the Star Luo Royal Family’s attempts on his life.
• Zhu Zhuyun begged Zhou Chen to spare her and offered herself in exchange for her life.
• Zhou Chen agreed not to kill Zhu Zhuyun but refused to release her, ordering two Tian Shu Guards to take her to the rear palace of Purple Micro Hall.

Zhou Chen invited Zhu Zhuqing to Purple Micro Palace and persuaded her to travel to Shrek Academy with him. He intended to pursue her and use her broken engagement with Dai Mubai to strike at the Star Luo Royal Family.

• Zhou Chen strolled through Purple Micro Palace's garden with Zhu Zhuqing and invited her to stay longer.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she planned to leave for Shrek Academy, and Zhou Chen pretended to be surprised that she knew of it.
• Zhou Chen claimed Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang could recommend Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek and said Tang San and Xiao Wu could accompany her there.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the offer, unaware that Tang San and Xiao Wu had already left, so Zhou Chen would travel with her alone.
• Zhou Chen planned to court Zhu Zhuqing, partly to humiliate the Star Luo Royal Family by taking Dai Mubai's fiancée, and considered killing Dai Mubai only as a last resort.

Zhou Chen took Zhu Zhuqing to visit her imprisoned sister, Zhu Zhuyun, and revealed that her lost Soul Power would recover after three months. After Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai had been sleeping with many women, Zhu Zhuqing decided to go to Shrek Academy with Zhou Chen the next day.

• Zhou Chen persuaded Zhu Zhuqing that they would travel to Shrek Academy together and offered to take her to see Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhou Chen brought Zhu Zhuqing to the rear palace, where Zhu Zhuyun was eating hot pot under guard.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that Zhou Chen had taken away her Soul Power, and Zhou Chen explained that the effect of the Soul Dissipation Pill would wear off after three months.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Zhu Zhuqing that Dai Mubai had slept with at least eighty women, leaving Zhu Zhuqing shaken.
• Zhu Zhuqing pulled Zhou Chen out of the chamber and told him to go with her to Shrek Academy the next day.

Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing traveled toward Shrek Academy and camped for the night, growing closer as they shared a meal. Their quiet moment was interrupted by Ning Rongrong, who introduced herself after asking to buy some skewers.

• Zhou Chen chose to walk with Zhu Zhuqing toward Shrek Academy so they could spend more time together.
• After three days on the road, Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing set up camp and prepared skewers for dinner.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Zhou Chen grill and felt that she wanted to stay by his side forever.
• Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing ate and drank together, drawing close until a girl's voice interrupted them.
• Zhou Chen refused to sell the girl any skewers, and Ning Rongrong introduced herself and asked to be friends.

Zhou Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong bonded over grilled skewers before three masked men approached their camp at night. After Zhou Chen’s golden spirit rings appeared and Ning Rongrong’s support failed to affect him, he struck the newcomers before they could introduce themselves.

• Zhou Chen introduced himself and Zhu Zhuqing to Ning Rongrong, then offered her the grilled skewers she had wanted.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing quickly grew friendly as they ate and drank while Zhou Chen grilled more food.
• Zhou Chen sensed three people approaching from the forest and alerted the others, who released their martial souls and spirit rings.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she was Ning Fengzhi’s daughter and used her first two support abilities on Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing, but the effect bounced back from Zhou Chen.
• Three masked men in white arrived, and Zhou Chen used Ground Shrinking Golden Light to rush at their leader and began an attack with Imperial Sky Shocking Fist.

Zhou Chen fought off Ning Rongrong’s hidden guards from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then arranged for them to keep their distance while he protected her on the way to Shrek Academy. After the guards left, Ning Rongrong kissed Zhou Chen in excitement, and the three resumed their meal.

• Zhou Chen knocked Lin Mu, a Soul King, flying with one punch, prompting Lin Mu and the two other guards to release their martial souls.
• Lin Mu explained that he and the other men were Ning Rongrong’s guards, sent by her father to follow and protect her; Ning Rongrong angrily told them to leave her alone.
• Zhou Chen proposed that the guards stay twenty li away and said he would protect Ning Rongrong as they traveled to Shrek Academy in Soto City.
• Lin Mu agreed, introduced himself, and led the other guards into the forest after Zhou Chen gave only his surname.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Zhou Chen and praised him, while Zhu Zhuqing’s jealousy faded after Ning Rongrong explained herself.
• Zhu Zhuqing handed Zhou Chen a skewer of roasted meat and told him to get the wine as they continued eating.

Zhou Chen brought Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to Suotuo City’s Rose Hotel, hoping to expose Dai Mubai’s infidelity to Zhu Zhuqing. After the hotel attendant described Dai Mubai’s frequent visits with different women, Zhu Zhuqing was devastated and furious.

• Zhou Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong arrived in Suotuo City and checked into the Rose Hotel under Zhou Chen’s false name, Mu Chen.
• When Zhou Chen asked whether Dai Mubai stayed at the hotel, the attendant said Dai Mubai was a regular VIP guest.
• Zhu Zhuqing demanded to know who Dai Mubai brought, and Zhou Chen bribed the attendant to reveal what he knew.
• The attendant said Dai Mubai visited at least five times a month, changed girlfriends every month or two, and had recently brought twins and previously a woman in her thirties.
• Zhu Zhuqing slammed her fist into the counter, furious and tearful after hearing that Dai Mubai had betrayed her.

Zhou Chen and his companions stayed at the Rose Hotel while he waited for Tang San and Xiao Wu to arrive. The next day, they went downstairs to find Tang San fighting Dai Mubai, who froze when he saw Zhu Zhuqing with Zhou Chen.

• Zhou Chen asked the hotel attendant whether Tang San had checked in, learned he had not, and went upstairs.
• The next day, Zhou Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong woke to a fight in the hotel lobby and went downstairs to watch.
• Dai Mubai broke free of Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with his White Tiger Vajra Transformation and declared his strength as a three-ring Soul Elder.
• Xiao Wu complained that Dai Mubai was trying to take the room she and Tang San had reserved, and she called for Zhou Chen’s help.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu greeted Zhou Chen, and Dai Mubai froze when he recognized Zhu Zhuqing beside him.

Zhu Zhuqing found Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel with two twins and ended their engagement, openly aligning herself with Zhou Chen. Dai Mubai challenged Zhou Chen to a fight to the death, but Zhou Chen defeated him with one punch and continued toward him despite his plea of defeat.

• Dai Mubai was shocked to find Zhu Zhuqing at the Rose Hotel, where she confronted him about his other women.
• Zhu Zhuqing canceled her engagement to Dai Mubai and hooked her arm around Zhou Chen's, making Dai Mubai furious.
• Dai Mubai attacked Zhou Chen with White Tiger Light Wave, but Zhou Chen emerged unharmed and challenged him to fight to the death.
• Dai Mubai accepted the challenge and charged Zhou Chen after activating White Tiger Vajra Transformation.
• Zhou Chen struck Dai Mubai with Imperial Sky Shocking Fist, breaking his arms and claws and caving in his chest.
• Dai Mubai admitted defeat, but Zhou Chen said the fight was not over and walked toward him.

Zhou Chen let Dai Mubai escape the hotel, ostensibly to spare Zhu Zhuqing distress, while arranging for Purple Micro Palace to ambush him. Dai Mubai was cornered by Xiao Chenyu, who prepared to kill him and absorb his bloodline.

• Zhou Chen confronted Dai Mubai and revealed that the Star Luo Royal Family had tried to assassinate him since he was six.
• Zhu Zhuqing called out to Zhou Chen, giving Dai Mubai an opening to flee; Zhou Chen let him escape because Purple Micro Palace members were waiting outside.
• Zhou Chen told Zhu Zhuqing he had spared Dai Mubai for her, and she accepted his feelings as Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and the hotel guests celebrated.
• Dai Mubai fled through back streets toward Flander's pawnshop, but sensed an ambush when he entered a deserted alley.
• Xiao Chenyu and the Tian Ji Guard surrounded Dai Mubai, and Xiao Chenyu revealed himself as a level 51 Soul King.
• Xiao Chenyu condemned the Star Luo Royal Family's assassinations and attacked Dai Mubai with the Blood Demon Art, intending to drink his blood and absorb his bloodline.