Chapter Summaries

Zhou Chen learned that Xiao Chenyu had killed Dai Mubai and warned him to keep to Purple Micro Palace’s creed. Zhou Chen then joined Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing on the journey to register at Shrek Academy, where they found a shabby village school.

• Xiao Chenyu reported that Dai Mubai had been dealt with, and Zhou Chen noticed Xiao Chenyu’s strength had risen after drinking Dai Mubai’s blood.
• Zhou Chen told Xiao Chenyu that drinking the blood of enemies was acceptable but harming innocents was forbidden, then sent him away.
• Tang San invited Zhou Chen and the others to register at Shrek Academy, and Zhu Zhuqing got dressed before the group departed.
• Zhou Chen, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong rode south from Suotuo City in a hotel carriage.
• The group arrived at a dilapidated village and saw the tattered sign identifying it as Shrek Academy.

Zhou Chen and his companions arrived at Shrek Academy and passed the entrance checks, but Zhou Chen refused to reveal his soul rings or test his Soul Power. He worried that either test would expose his strength and leave everyone nearby unconscious.

• Zhou Chen, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy and were shocked by its rundown appearance.
• Li Yusong intimidated angry parents with his Soul Emperor strength and explained that Shrek accepted only young geniuses with Soul Power of at least level 21.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong passed the bone-age check and revealed eight hundred-year soul rings, impressing Li Yusong.
• Li Yusong asked Zhou Chen to show his soul rings, but Zhou Chen said it was inconvenient and declined.
• Li Yusong offered Zhou Chen a Soul Power Crystal test, which Zhou Chen also refused because he feared the test would knock out nearby soul masters.

When Li Yusong tried to assess Zhou Chen's Soul Power by touch, the Central Earth Apricot Yellow Qi in Zhou Chen's body erupted and overwhelmed Shrek Academy. Li Yusong struggled to resist and demanded that Zhou Chen withdraw his power.

• Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing vouched for Zhou Chen and urged Li Yusong not to use the Soul Power Crystal.
• Li Yusong grabbed Zhou Chen's hand and sent Soul Power into his body to estimate his level.
• The Central Earth Apricot Yellow Qi counterattacked, causing golden lightning and thunder to shake the academy.
• A middle-aged man sensed the awakening energy and raced toward the academy entrance.
• Golden waves of Soul Power Pressure cracked the ground and forced everyone nearby down, while Li Yusong fought to resist the power surging through their joined hands.
• Li Yusong called on Zhou Chen to withdraw his power, but hesitated to use a soul skill in case he injured him.

Zhao Wuji stopped Zhou Chen and Li Yusong’s clash, learned Zhou Chen had reached Soul Power level 40, and suspected he came from a dangerous reclusive family. He ended admissions early and led the recruits to the final test, where he announced that he would be their opponent.

• Zhao Wuji separated Zhou Chen and Li Yusong, then challenged Zhou Chen for letting his Soul Power Pressure get out of control.
• Zhou Chen revealed that he was level 40, and Zhao Wuji asked about his family before privately imagining its power and secrecy.
• Li Yusong reported that five recruits had qualified, including girls from the Netherworld Spirit Cat and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile families.
• Zhao Wuji waived the second and third tests for the qualified recruits, ended admissions early, and led the group deeper into the academy.
• Zhao Wuji, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin gathered at the fourth test site, where Zhao Wuji announced that he would test the recruits’ combat skills himself.

Zhou Chen faced Zhao Wuji in a practical combat test, trading blows with the powerful Soul Sage as his friends watched anxiously. With the incense still burning, Zhou Chen unveiled a giant golden manifestation and prepared to unleash his self-created Five Emperors Fist.

• Zhao Wuji declared that the students had to withstand his attacks until an incense stick burned down, and Li Yusong warned them about Zhao Wuji's strength and reputation.
• Zhou Chen told Zhu Zhuqing to stand aside and faced Zhao Wuji alone as the Soul Sage activated his Vajra Bear martial soul and seven soul rings.
• Zhou Chen dodged Zhao Wuji's Vajra Palm and struck him with Imperial Sky Shocking Fist, but Zhao Wuji's Immovable Bright King Body stopped the blow.
• Zhao Wuji used Positioning Tracking and Gravity Squeeze to catch and slow Zhou Chen, then blasted him back in a clash that injured Zhou Chen's hand.
• As Zhao Wuji leaped toward him and the incense continued to burn, Zhou Chen summoned a towering golden giant and announced his self-created soul skill, Five Emperors Fist - Fist Tilting the World.

Zhou Chen defeated Zhao Wuji with his Overwhelming Fist, then recovered his Soul Power at Shrek Academy and used the Gold Soul Coins he had taken from Zhu Zhuyun for a lottery draw. The draw awarded him the Dark Shadow God King Bloodline.

• Zhou Chen struck Zhao Wuji with his Overwhelming Fist, leaving the Soul Sage severely injured and defeated.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing caught Zhou Chen when he nearly collapsed, and Oscar offered him sausages.
• Zhou Chen explained Oscar's soul incantation, then paid Li Yusong for a private dormitory near the girls' room.
• After recovering his Soul Power, Zhou Chen converted 37,024 Gold Soul Coins from his Space Bracelet into Gold Yuan Points.
• Zhou Chen spent 10,000 Gold Yuan Points on a lottery draw and received the Dark Shadow God King Bloodline.

Zhou Chen rejected the Shadow God King bloodline as incompatible with his Xuanyuan bloodline and decided to give it to Zhu Zhuqing. After two lottery draws, he received a poison cultivation manual and a report about God of Slaughter Hypnos’s prisons on Douluo Star, leaving him to inspect the report’s map.

• Zhou Chen decided that Zhu Zhuqing was the only person he could trust with the Shadow God King bloodline.
• Zhou Chen used a lottery draw and obtained the Heavenly Nether Poison Classic, but judged it too weak for his cultivation.
• Zhou Chen complained about the System’s rewards and spent another ten thousand Gold Yuan Points on a draw.
• Zhou Chen received God of Slaughter Hypnos’s duty report detailing God Realm Prisons established across Douluo Star.
• Zhou Chen asked the System to display the report, and it revealed a virtual map of Douluo Star.

Zhou Chen discovered that Sunset Forest’s God Realm Prison had been abandoned, with all its prisoners dead and fifty tons of God Crystals left behind. He decided to retrieve them for Purple Micro Palace, but Zhu Zhuqing interrupted his plans by knocking at his door.

• Zhou Chen examined a map of Douluo Continent and learned that Spirit City, Sunset Forest, and several other locations were God Realm Prisons.
• He noticed the mark for the Sunset Forest prison flashing and paid the System one thousand Gold Yuan Points to analyze it.
• The System reported that the prison had no signs of life, all its prisoners had been executed, and about fifty tons of God Crystals remained.
• Zhou Chen learned that God Crystals could power devices, strengthen Soul Masters, and turn ordinary people into Soul Masters.
• Zhou Chen planned to travel to Sunset Forest and claim the crystals for Purple Micro Palace, but Zhu Zhuqing knocked on his door.

Zhou Chen shared a late-night meal Zhu Zhuqing had made, then offered her a gemstone containing the Shadow God King's bloodline and a chance to become a god. Zhu Zhuqing refused it, choosing to grow old with Zhou Chen rather than live forever without him.

• Zhu Zhuqing brought Zhou Chen sweet and sour ribs and soup dumplings because she worried he had not eaten enough.
• Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing shared the meal, and he fed her a rib.
• After they cleaned up, Zhou Chen asked Zhu Zhuqing to stay and showed her a purple-black gemstone containing the Shadow God King's bloodline.
• Zhou Chen explained that the gemstone could give Zhu Zhuqing a chance to cultivate toward godhood and inherit the family's divine position.
• Zhu Zhuqing cried and refused the gemstone, saying she would rather grow old beside Zhou Chen than become immortal without him.

Zhou Chen forced Zhu Zhuqing to accept the Dark Shadow God King inheritance, and its bloodline transformed her into a powerful Soul Saint. The chapter ended with Zhu Zhuqing promising to protect Zhou Chen.

• Zhu Zhuqing refused the inheritance and urged Zhou Chen to become a god instead, but Zhou Chen forced the God King Gem into her mouth.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Shadow God King's bloodline as black-and-white flames distorted the space around her.
• Zhu Zhuqing's bloodline generated Soul Rings and raised her Soul Power to level 79, making her a Soul Saint.
• Zhu Zhuqing embraced Zhou Chen and promised to protect him from anyone who might hurt him.

Zhou Chen joined the other Shrek students for breakfast, where he met Ma Hongjun and heard that Dai Mubai was still missing. He claimed Dai Mubai had returned to the Star Luo Empire after Zhu Zhuqing ended their engagement, while Ning Rongrong secretly knew Zhou Chen had killed him and decided she wanted to pursue Zhou Chen.

• Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the cafeteria and joined Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun for breakfast.
• Oscar introduced Ma Hongjun, who apologized for his earlier behavior toward Cui Hua and explained that his phoenix martial soul caused his evil fire to flare up.
• When the group discussed Dai Mubai's absence, Zhou Chen claimed Dai Mubai had returned to the Star Luo Empire after Zhu Zhuqing caught him with twin girls and called off their engagement.
• Ning Rongrong kept quiet because she knew Zhou Chen had killed Dai Mubai, and she resolved to pursue Zhou Chen despite his relationship with Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhou Chen asked Flander for leave to travel to Heaven Dou City, and Zhu Zhuqing joined him. When Flander tested Zhu Zhuqing’s strength, she matched his palm strike and revealed herself to be a Soul Sage.

• Flander welcomed the new students and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps around the village without food.
• Zhou Chen asked Flander for leave to visit Heaven Dou City, and Flander agreed, hoping to use Zhou Chen’s future fame to promote Shrek Academy.
• Zhou Chen said Zhu Zhuqing would take leave with him, but Flander refused because he believed she was only level twenty-seven.
• Flander sensed no Soul Power from Zhu Zhuqing and struck at her with half his Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing met Flander’s palm strike and forced him to stagger backward, shocking the students.
• Flander realized Zhu Zhuqing was a teenage Soul Sage and exclaimed in disbelief.

Flander revealed that Zhu Zhuqing had reached Soul Sage, shocking the students, and agreed to let her leave with Zhou Chen for Heaven Dou City. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong rejected Oscar’s advances as the pair continued running laps.

• Flander announced that Zhu Zhuqing was a Soul Sage, and Zhu Zhuqing confirmed it when Xiao Wu asked.
• Zhou Chen asked Flander to let Zhu Zhuqing take leave with him, and Flander agreed before taking Tang San aside to discuss Xiao Gang.
• Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing set out together toward Heaven Dou City, with Zhou Chen promising to show her the sights along the way.
• Ning Rongrong dismissed Oscar’s offer of a sausage, insulted him, and used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to speed ahead.
• Oscar chased after Ning Rongrong, still trying to win her over, unaware that she already had her sights set on Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing left Shrek Academy for Heaven Dou City after Ning Rongrong asked him to deliver a letter to her father. Five days later, they arrived in Silves City, where Zhou Chen unexpectedly saw Hu Liena at the Silves Royal Hotel.

• Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City and ran into Ning Rongrong and Oscar at the academy gates.
• Ning Rongrong told Zhou Chen she had argued with Flander, then asked him to deliver a letter to her father in Heaven Dou City.
• Zhou Chen agreed to carry Ning Rongrong’s letter and quickly left with Zhu Zhuqing.
• After five days of travel, Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Silves City and checked out the luxurious Silves Royal Hotel.
• Zhou Chen noticed Hu Liena descending the hotel staircase and reacted in shock.

Zhou Chen and Hu Liena reunited after six years and confessed that they had continued thinking of each other. Their reunion left Zhu Zhuqing wary of Hu Liena and uncertain about her place beside Zhou Chen.

• Zhou Chen recognized Hu Liena as she descended the hotel staircase and remembered how she had saved him six years earlier.
• Zhu Zhuqing noticed Zhou Chen staring at Hu Liena and demanded to know who she was.
• Hu Liena heard Zhou Chen's name, recognized him, and wept as they looked at each other.
• Zhou Chen told Zhu Zhuqing that Hu Liena had saved his life and was someone he had promised to protect.
• Hu Liena asked Zhou Chen to finish the words they had shared six years before, and he completed them.
• Hu Liena asked whether Zhou Chen had thought of her, and he sincerely said that he had.

Hu Liena reunited with Zhou Chen after six years and met Zhu Zhuqing, who refused to give him up. In Hu Liena’s suite, she revealed she was Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and proposed that she and Zhu Zhuqing share Zhou Chen’s love.

• Hu Liena wept as she embraced Zhou Chen and told him she had missed and worried about him for six years.
• Zhu Zhuqing introduced herself to Hu Liena and dismissed the childhood promise Hu Liena and Zhou Chen had made as children playing house.
• Hu Liena led Zhou Chen and Zhu Zhuqing to her suite while the hotel guests watched them leave together.
• Hu Liena dismissed her Soul Sage guard, then told Zhu Zhuqing she was Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and next Pope.
• Zhu Zhuqing declared that she belonged to Zhou Chen and would not leave him, but Hu Liena said she did not want to drive her away and proposed sharing Zhou Chen’s love.

Hu Liena persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to accept Zhou Chen’s other romantic interests, then learned that Blood Soul Masters were preparing a dangerous ritual beneath Silves City. She planned to attack their lair with reinforcements from the Pope’s Palace before the altar was completed.

• Hu Liena convinced Zhu Zhuqing to become her sister and accept Zhou Chen’s other girlfriends.
• Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Zhou Chen about Ning Rongrong, whom he could not deny having feelings for.
• Hu Liena’s guardian reported that Blood Soul Masters had built an altar underground in southwest Silves City, and it would be finished within three days.
• Hu Liena said her brother and experts from the Pope’s Palace would arrive the next night so they could attack the Blood Soul Masters.
• Hu Liena explained that Blood Soul Masters cultivated by devouring other people’s powers, bodies, souls, and martial souls.

Zhou Chen stayed with Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing after Hu Liena promised to conceal his identity from Spirit Hall. That night, he exchanged the Gold Soul Coins Hu Liena had given him and drew the Emperor Seal Technique.

• Zhou Chen explained that his family called Blood Soul Masters Evil Soul Masters, then teased Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing by calling them part of his family.
• Hu Liena said Spirit Hall’s experts would arrive the next day to hunt Evil Soul Masters, but assured Zhou Chen that no one would recognize him from his old portrait.
• Hu Liena asked Zhou Chen to stay with her for a few days, and he agreed.
• After Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep, Zhou Chen exchanged the 10,000 Gold Soul Coins Hu Liena had given him for Gold Yuan Points.
• Zhou Chen used 10,000 Gold Yuan Points for a draw and received the Emperor Seal Technique.

Zhou Chen received the Emperor Seal Technique from the System and learned that the Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic would let him cultivate it despite his low level. In a virtual space, he watched the Gold Emperor demonstrate the Mountain Splitting Seal and Sea Overturning Seal.

• Zhou Chen summoned the Emperor Seal Technique scroll and asked the System to keep its empowerment quiet so Spirit Hall would not notice.
• The System transmitted the technique, explaining that it had five forms and that each normally required a higher cultivation realm.
• Zhou Chen learned that his Yellow Emperor's Internal Classic could protect him from the technique's usual cultivation risks, though using its strongest forms could still bring backlash.
• The System brought Zhou Chen into a virtual space, where the Gold Emperor demonstrated the Mountain Splitting Seal by crushing a vast mountain range into a basin.
• The Gold Emperor demonstrated the Sea Overturning Seal, launching the waters of a vast ocean into the sky, and Zhou Chen recognized the immense power of the technique.

After Zhou Chen learned the Emperor Seal Technique, he mistook Ka Miao, Hu Liena’s protector, for an attacker and injured her in a brief fight. When Hu Liena learned that Xie Yue and Spirit Hall’s forces had arrived early, she invented a cover identity for Zhou Chen, just as the group reached their floor.

• Zhou Chen completed the Emperor Seal Technique’s cultivation recording and gained the techniques through the System.
• Ka Miao appeared unexpectedly, and Zhou Chen struck her with the Mountain Splitting Seal before realizing she was Hu Liena’s protector.
• Hu Liena and Zhu Zhuqing emerged from the bedroom, and Ka Miao reported that Xie Yue, Yan, and Spirit Hall’s experts had arrived in Silves City.
• Hu Liena told Zhou Chen to pose as Ji Chen, a sixteen-year-old soul master and her personal guard, and suggested he use his Xuanyuan Sword rather than reveal his golden humanoid martial soul.
• Zhou Chen sensed more than twenty Spirit Hall members approaching and told Hu Liena that her brother and the others had arrived.