Chapter Summaries

Leng Yulai pinned Lu Jun down in the hospital room and began teasing him after accidentally touching him, claiming she was checking whether he was human. Their struggle turned into an awkward massage, and Leng Yulai challenged Lu Jun to stop acting tough and let her continue.

• Leng Yulai noticed Lu Jun’s arousal while restraining him and accidentally grabbed him, startling them both.
• Leng Yulai laughed at Lu Jun’s embarrassment and insisted she had to personally check what made him different from a real human.
• Lu Jun struggled and protested as Leng Yulai pinned his hands and began massaging him.
• Leng Yulai taunted Lu Jun for being all talk, while Lu Jun warned her to stop before he lost control.
• Leng Yulai threatened to give Lu Jun’s back a hard massage, and he begged her to spare him.

Leng Yulai panicked after an intimate encounter with Lu Jun and tried to wash away the evidence. Leng Yaozhu arrived to visit her injured disciple, leaving Leng Yulai scrambling to hide what had happened.

• Leng Yulai reacted to a strange chill from Lu Jun, while Lu Jun closed his eyes and accepted her wish.
• Leng Yulai frantically scrubbed her hands and brushed her teeth as Lu Jun lay on the hospital bed trying to clear his mind.
• Leng Yaozhu entered the room to check on her injured disciple, and Lu Jun quickly pulled the blanket over himself.
• Leng Yulai rushed out of the bathroom and nervously asked why Leng Yaozhu had come.
• Leng Yaozhu noticed an unusual smell, and Leng Yulai used dark purple flames to disperse it before asking Lu Jun to back her up.
• Leng Yaozhu noticed Leng Yulai's flushed face, disheveled clothes, and exposed shoulder.

Leng Yaozhu nearly discovered Lu Jun and Leng Yulai’s secret when she found his trousers on the floor, but Lu Jun used Divine Power to put them back on before she lifted the blanket. After she left, Lu Jun and Leng Yulai recovered from the scare and agreed they could no longer talk recklessly.

• Leng Yaozhu straightened Leng Yulai’s clothes and checked on Lu Jun, then noticed hospital trousers on the floor beside his bed.
• Leng Yaozhu reached to lift Lu Jun’s blanket while Leng Yulai panicked, but Lu Jun used Divine Power to retrieve his trousers and put them on.
• Leng Yaozhu found Lu Jun dressed and the trousers gone, and Lu Jun convinced her that exhaustion had made her imagine them.
• Leng Yaozhu told Leng Yulai to care for Lu Jun and left for an important meeting, after which Leng Yulai collapsed in relief.
• Lu Jun and Leng Yulai discussed their embarrassing incident, blamed their reckless talk, and agreed to stop speaking carelessly.

Zang Xin convinced Yun Ming that Lu Jun was the Divine Artifact, citing Tang Hao as the source, and the two plotted to infiltrate the Spirit Pagoda and target Lu Jun’s teammates. The next morning, an imposing visitor arrived at Lu Jun’s hospital ward, and Leng Yulai greeted her as “Miss.”

• Zang Xin told Yun Ming that Tang Hao had confirmed Lu Jun was the Divine Artifact, and Yun Ming accepted the claim while insisting Tang Hao’s existence remain secret.
• Zang Xin and Yun Ming planned to send a stealth expert into Spirit Pagoda Headquarters to assess Lu Jun’s condition and the ward’s defenses.
• Zang Xin and Yun Ming decided to pressure Yuanen Yehui into withdrawing from the Challenge Tournament if they could not seize Lu Jun.
• The next morning, Lu Jun pretended to recover while Leng Yulai peeled him a Spirit Fruit in his hospital ward.
• A powerful visitor silently entered the ward, and Leng Yulai rose and respectfully addressed her as “Miss.”

Di Yue and Scarlet King visited Lu Jun in the hospital, where Di Yue asked about his injuries and gave him purified water from the core of Life Lake to aid his recovery. Lu Jun and Leng Yulai were startled by the gift’s value as Di Yue’s intentions remained unclear.

• Di Yue and Scarlet King arrived at Lu Jun’s hospital room, and Lu Jun recognized their immense strength and Four-Word Dou Armor.
• Leng Yulai respectfully greeted Di Yue, whose status and Fortune Force made her a cornerstone of the Spirit Pagoda.
• Di Yue asked Lu Jun about his injuries, and he said his Spiritual Power had been shaken but that he only needed a few days to recover.
• Scarlet King handed Lu Jun a jade bottle of purified Life Lake water that Di Yue said would help heal his injuries and nourish his spirit.
• Lu Jun and Leng Yulai were surprised by the precious gift and considered what Di Yue’s generosity might mean.

Di Yue discovered that Lu Jun had an astonishing amount of Fortune Force and enthusiastically tried to recruit him to social media. Lu Jun resisted at first but finally agreed to let her create an account for him.

• Lu Jun accepted the jade vial from Scarlet King, and Di Yue sensed the immense Fortune Force surrounding him.
• Di Yue excitedly praised Lu Jun’s fortune and asked to exchange Soul Net contact information.
• Lu Jun told Di Yue that he had never registered an online account, stunning her.
• Di Yue proposed creating and managing a popular account for Lu Jun, suggesting several names.
• After Di Yue’s persistent urging and Leng Yulai’s meaningful look, Lu Jun agreed to let her make an account for him.

Di Yue registered Lu Jun a Soul Net account, but he refused to post because he wanted no part in the online backlash or the burdens of building a public persona. After she showed him a malicious comment attacking his use of Ice Poison, Di Yue defended his right to use his abilities, leaving Lu Jun somewhat reassured.

• Di Yue registered a Soul Net account for Lu Jun and suggested posting a welcome message, but he refused to publish anything.
• Lu Jun explained that he did not want to cultivate Faith Power or build an online persona, since he disliked being constrained by public opinion.
• Di Yue complained about the Soul Net’s hostile comments, then showed Lu Jun a post by User2024 condemning poison users and calling him a petty man.
• Lu Jun acknowledged that his Ultimate Ice included Ice Poison and energy-devouring abilities, and joked that people might call him an Evil Soul Master.
• Di Yue argued that Lu Jun should use whatever abilities helped him win and accused User2024 of hiding behind moral criticism, easing Lu Jun’s resentment.

Lu Jun bonded with Di Yue over online culture, movies, and hobbies before she left the hospital, and Leng Yulai was astonished by how easily he had befriended the Emperor Beast. Leng Yulai admitted she secretly read novels and watched videos while slacking off at work, leaving the two of them on more relaxed terms.

• Lu Jun and Di Yue chatted and laughed together about Soul Net, movies, and niche hobbies.
• Scarlet King reminded Di Yue that it was time to leave, and she exchanged contact information with Lu Jun before departing.
• Leng Yulai expressed disbelief that Lu Jun had befriended Di Yue so easily and called him an omnipotent expert male lead.
• Lu Jun asked Leng Yulai if she read web novels, prompting her to admit she secretly read novels and watched videos at work.
• Lu Jun laughed at Leng Yulai's guilty confession, and the atmosphere between them relaxed.

Ha Luosa pressured Gu Chenyu to consume his treasured Soul Forging delicacies so he could break through and help Lu Jun at Shrek City. Seven days later, Lu Jun returned to class looking frail and watched his classmates train, leaving his recovery and preparations for Shrek City still ahead.

• Ha Luosa told Gu Chenyu that he needed to break through before Lu Jun faced danger at Shrek City, and urged him to eat his stored Soul Forging delicacies.
• Gu Chenyu protested that the delicacies embodied his own craftsmanship, but Ha Luosa escorted him to the meditation room to consume them.
• Seven days later, Lu Jun returned to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy with a deliberately sickly appearance and told Xie Xie that he was recovering from a Spiritual Power concussion.
• Wu Zhangkong let Lu Jun audit class instead of doing strenuous activities, and Lu Jun watched Xie Xie, Yuanen Yehui, Gu Yue Na, Yue Zhengyu, Long Chen, and Xu Xiaoyan practice team coordination.

Lu Jun left training alone while pretending to be weak, drawing the attention of a Tang Sect Titled Douluo preparing to attack or abduct him. As Lu Jun approached the assassin’s hiding place, a faint spatial ripple passed over the rooftop, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Lu Jun exchanged a meaningful glance with Gu Yue Na, then left the Training Ground and academy alone after signaling Wu Zhangkong.
• Lu Jun wandered through Mingdu’s streets, appearing pale and unsteady as he turned onto a quiet, tree-lined side street.
• A Tang Sect Titled Douluo concealed himself on a rooftop and received confirmation that Lu Jun was isolated and apparently vulnerable.
• The Titled Douluo considered using a poisoned blade to attack Lu Jun or capture him, but hesitated as Lu Jun approached.
• Lu Jun looked directly toward the assassin’s hiding place, then continued walking as if he had noticed nothing.
• When Lu Jun reached the sidewalk below the store, a subtle spatial fluctuation passed over the Titled Douluo as Lu Jun briefly blurred.

Lu Jun tricked a Titled Douluo into carrying an ancient Token, then sensed an urgent prayer from the Yuanen Family and used a mall restroom to project his Divine Sense to them. He appeared before Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang in the Worship Hall, where the family’s situation remained unknown.

• The Titled Douluo felt threatened by Lu Jun, abandoned his plan to investigate him, and unknowingly left with an ancient Token in his armor.
• Lu Jun revealed that he had deliberately delivered the Token as a gift to the Tang Sect and planned to wait for the resulting commotion.
• Lu Jun sensed an urgent, uneasy prayer from Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang and rushed into a mall restroom to avoid being seen teleporting.
• Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang knelt in the Yuanen Family’s Worship Hall as its defensive arrays fluctuated around the Token.
• Lu Jun’s figure materialized before Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang.

Lu Jun learned that the island containing the God Kings’ destruction and life power could not be found, then instructed the Yuanen Family to reject Shrek Academy’s demand for Yehui’s return and openly support Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. He warned that the Federation and Spirit Pagoda might move against Shrek, leaving the Yuanen family to realize it could be caught in the fallout.

• Yuanen Zhentian reported that his clan had searched the waters near the Northern Sea Legion but found no island with destruction and life aura.
• Lu Jun considered that the island’s location or the God Kings’ fate might have changed, then dismissed the failed search without blaming the Yuanen Family.
• Yuanen Zhentian told Lu Jun that Shrek Academy had demanded Yehui leave Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and return to Shrek.
• Lu Jun ordered the Yuanen Family to ignore Shrek and publicly stand with Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
• Lu Jun warned Yuanen Zhentian and Yuanen Tiandang that the Federation and Spirit Pagoda might erase Shrek, and that Shrek’s allies could be held accountable.

Lu Jun learned from Yuanen Zhentian that Spirit Beasts controlled the recording and review of official history, but he found no answer for why the Federation had sealed other records. Back at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, he learned Yue Zhengyu was leaving for a month to receive his family inheritance.

• Yuanen Zhentian told Lu Jun that Spirit Beasts recorded history and selected the humans who reviewed it, while even the Federation's highest officials might not know the sealed versions.
• Lu Jun returned to Mingdu and dismissed his questions about history for lack of clues.
• Lu Jun went to the academy training ground and saw Yue Zhengyu preparing to leave.
• Yue Zhengyu told Lu Jun he would spend a month receiving his family's inheritance so he could grow stronger before joining his companions in Shrek City.
• Lu Jun wished Yue Zhengyu success, and Yue Zhengyu hoped Lu Jun would recover so they could fight side by side again.

Lu Jun prepared to retaliate against the Tang Sect after the Token reached its headquarters, summoning the Ice Empress and forming a destructive ice rune. The chapter ended with his Divine Sense locked onto the underground Tang Sect Headquarters as he began his attack.

• Lu Jun considered Yue Zhengyu's potential help on the coming trip to Shrek City and decided to focus on cultivating toward level forty-eight Soul Power.
• Lu Jun spent the day cultivating in his dormitory while the Ice Abyss Sword rested in his dantian.
• Late at night, Lu Jun sensed that the Token had reached Tang Sect Headquarters in Shrek City.
• Lu Jun agreed to let the Ice Empress command the Ice Golem Legion in the coming assault, and she teased him about Leng Yulai before urging him to act.
• Lu Jun gathered an ultimate chill into an ice-blue rune and locked his Divine Sense onto Tang Sect Headquarters.

Lu Jun used the Token he had given a Tang Sect Titled Douluo to project himself into Tang Sect Headquarters, where he killed the guard and turned him into an Ice Golem. He then unleashed an enormous force of undead figures throughout the corridor.

• A Titled Douluo felt an unnatural chill inside Tang Sect Headquarters and saw the Token in his armor flare with ice-blue light.
• Lu Jun’s projection appeared before the Titled Douluo, who tried to reach the emergency alarm and shout a warning.
• Lu Jun pierced the Titled Douluo’s heart with the Ice Abyss Sword, killing him before he could sound the alarm.
• Lu Jun froze the corpse and converted it into a Titled Douluo-level Ice Golem.
• Lu Jun’s projection filled the corridor with ice-blue radiance, summoning a vast legion of cold, deathly figures.

Lu Jun unleashed the Ice Golem Legion against Tang Sect Headquarters and sent the Ice Empress to attack its energy core and main control room. As the legion slaughtered defenders and destroyed the base’s defenses, Lu Jun advanced through the corridors, freezing and disabling everything in his path.

• Lu Jun ordered Demon Lord Alba, the greater demon Ice Golems, and the rest of the legion to kill everyone and cause as much destruction as possible.
• Demon Lord Alba smashed through a blast door while the greater Ice Golems and ordinary Ice Demons tore through the corridors, killing Tang Sect Soul Masters and flooding the headquarters.
• The Ice Empress joined Lu Jun, received his warning to return if she faced danger, and charged toward the energy core and main control room.
• The Ice Empress froze enemies and defensive installations as she led the attack into the heart of Tang Sect Headquarters.
• Lu Jun spread frost through the corridors, disabling surveillance cameras, energy conduits, blast doors, turrets, and information-processing centers.

Lu Jun froze and devastated the Tang Sect Headquarters while trying to keep the attack from provoking an early war. Zang Xin awoke to the invasion, discovered the headquarters had been cut off, and ordered the surviving disciples to gather and hold out for reinforcements.

• Lu Jun’s frost domain froze Tang Sect Soul Sages and spread destruction through the headquarters as Ice Demons attacked its defenders.
• Zang Xin sensed the invasion, left his meditation chamber, and found the corridors filled with ice, rampaging Ice Demons, and frozen Titled Douluo elders.
• Zang Xin tried to activate the emergency alarms and contact the other higher-ups, but the alarms, communications, and network had all failed.
• Zang Xin destroyed several attacking Ice Demons with his Sword Intent and ordered the surviving Tang Sect Disciples to gather, defend themselves, and wait for reinforcements.

Amorous Douluo Zang Xin rallied the surviving Tang Sect Disciples against the endless Ice Golem Legion and unleashed his Four-Word Dou Armor to attack the icy core domain. His immense sword strike cut through the Ice Snow Storms and opened a passage toward the source of the frozen disaster.

• Zang Xin led the Tang Sect Disciples in resisting the Ice Golem Legion and urged them to hold out for help from Shrek Academy.
• Zang Xin located the expanding icy core domain and decided to enter it to find the source of the disaster.
• Zang Xin summoned his Four-Word Dou Armor and gathered tens of thousands of silver swords around a giant sword of Sword Intent.
• Zang Xin brought down a thousand-zhang sword of energy, splitting the Ice Snow Storms and carving a passage through the icy domain.

Zang Xin confronted Lu Jun in the core of the Ice and Snow World, where Lu Jun unleashed the Ice Abyss Sword’s true power. Lu Jun struck Zang Xin’s Amorous Sword, which shattered on impact.

• Zang Xin broke into the core of the Ice and Snow World and found Lu Jun waiting there.
• Zang Xin sensed Lu Jun’s overwhelming strength and demanded to know who he was.
• Lu Jun revealed the Ice Abyss Sword’s true form and engulfed the core in its freezing power.
• Lu Jun vanished and struck at Zang Xin, who raised the Amorous Sword to block the attack.
• The Ice Abyss Sword hit the Amorous Sword, and Zang Xin’s weapon shattered.

Lu Jun crippled Zang Xin and devastated Tang Sect Headquarters while avoiding a full-scale war, but he sensed a hidden Deity and then faced a furious god-level voice accusing him of ruining a great undertaking.

• Lu Jun shattered Zang Xin’s Amorous Sword and Four-Word Dou Armor, leaving him unconscious and embedded in a frozen wall.
• Lu Jun confirmed that Tang Sect Headquarters had been severely damaged and chose to spare Zang Xin to avoid triggering an all-out war.
• Lu Jun sensed a concealed Deity aura within Tang Sect Headquarters and suspected Tang Hao was hiding there.
• A powerful god-level aura erupted from the frozen headquarters, and a furious voice called Lu Jun an insignificant Weapon Spirit and accused him of ruining its undertaking.