Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen revealed his extraordinary Soul Ring configurations to explain why Zhu Mengying should consider attaching Soul Rings to her Food System Second Martial Soul early. Zhu Mengying remained undecided as the reserve team headed to the cafeteria, where Yuan Feng urged her to follow Ye Chen’s advice.

• Ye Chen displayed his four Soul Rings, then changed them to three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking Zhu Mengying, Chen Bing, and the others.
• Ye Chen explained that his own Twin Martial Souls required simultaneous Soul Rings, but Zhu Mengying could benefit from attaching one or two Soul Rings to her Food System Second Martial Soul early.
• Ye Chen told Zhu Mengying to consider his advice and said the academy could arrange for her to obtain Soul Rings in Star Dou when Xiao Xiao reached level thirty.
• As the seven reserve team members walked to the cafeteria, Zhu Mengying continued weighing Ye Chen’s advice.
• Yuan Feng encouraged Zhu Mengying to attach two Thousand-Year Soul Rings early, arguing that the added soul skills would strengthen her long before she could obtain Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er left Shrek Academy, with Ye Chen intending to take her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye for a cultivation opportunity. After reading a letter from Wang Dong'er's family inviting him home and warning him to treat her well, he realized their journey would also take them to meet the Clear Sky Sect's sect masters.

• Ye Chen told Bei Bei and Yu Hao that he and Wang Dong'er would leave for a few weeks and might bring back an opportunity for them.
• Wang Dong'er mistook Ye Chen's plans for a trip to her home, then learned he intended to take her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Wang Dong'er handed Ye Chen the letter from her family and ran off, while Ye Chen read their invitation and threats.
• Ye Chen informed Mu En of his plans and asked him to watch Xu Tianchen and the Liu Family while he was away.
• Two days later, Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er left Shrek Academy and headed toward the Heaven Soul Empire, with Ye Chen expecting a test from her family.

Ye Chen learned that Wang Dong'er’s family expected him to visit and set out with her for the Heaven Soul Empire, while he also planned to take her to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye. The chapter ended with Ye Chen anticipating tests from her family as they began their journey.

• Ye Chen told Bei Bei and the others that he and Wang Dong'er would leave for a while to pursue an opportunity.
• Wang Dong'er mistook Ye Chen’s plans for a trip to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye as a refusal to visit her family, then gave him their threatening letter.
• Ye Chen read the letter, understood that her family wanted to meet him, and resolved to visit them before informing Mu En of his departure.
• Two days later, Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er left Shrek Academy for the Heaven Soul Empire, each feeling anticipation and apprehension about the trip.

Ye Chen introduced Wang Dong'er to Little Snow Girl and explained the soul spirit’s origins, easing Wang Dong'er’s fear that he had a daughter. He then clarified that Yue had been the first girl Little Snow Girl saw, but his denial of any relationship with Yue left room for suspicion.

• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er camped in the woods and shared grilled soul beast meat.
• Ye Chen summoned Little Snow Girl, who called him “Daddy” and asked whether Wang Dong'er was her mommy.
• Ye Chen explained that Little Snow Girl was the soul spirit formed from the hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo and described how she came to be.
• Wang Dong'er accepted Little Snow Girl, embraced her, and gave her the last piece of grilled meat.
• Ye Chen explained that Yue had been the first girl Little Snow Girl saw and insisted he had no other relationship with her.

Ye Chen took Wang Dong'er on a slow journey toward Heaven Dou City and introduced her to Little Snow Girl, explaining that she was the soul spirit born from the hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo. Wang Dong'er welcomed Little Snow Girl, but Ye Chen's attempt to clarify Little Snow Girl's connection to Yue left him looking suspicious.

• Ye Chen prepared the academy for his absence and left the busy Soul Tool Department to travel with Wang Dong'er toward Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er camped in the forest and shared grilled soul beast meat.
• Ye Chen summoned Little Snow Girl, whose call of “Daddy” made Wang Dong'er fear that Ye Chen had a daughter.
• Ye Chen explained that Little Snow Girl was a soul spirit born from the soul beast embryo, and Wang Dong'er accepted her and held her affectionately.
• Ye Chen explained that Yue had been the first girl Little Snow Girl saw, then denied having another relationship with her, making Wang Dong'er suspicious.

Ye Chen offered to help Wang Dong'er obtain a soul spirit for her fifth soul ring, and she agreed to try the contract. The two then headed toward the Clear Sky Sect at Cloud Recesses, with Ye Chen nervous about meeting Wang Dong'er's family.

• Wang Dong'er grew close to Little Snow Girl and playfully tried to make herself the child's only mother.
• Ye Chen asked whether Wang Dong'er wanted to try forming a soul spirit contract for her fifth soul ring and explained the risks and chances of success.
• Wang Dong'er decided to try the contract, and Ye Chen suggested they find a suitable soul beast, possibly at Sunset Forest's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er set off the next morning with Little Snow Girl, disguising themselves as they traveled toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Wang Dong'er confirmed that her home was in Cloud Recesses and teased Ye Chen by telling him to follow her to find it.

Ye Chen offered to help Wang Dong'er obtain a soul spirit for her fifth soul ring, and she agreed to try. The two set out toward the Clear Sky Sect, with Wang Dong'er revealing that her home was in Cloud Recesses.

• Wang Dong'er teased Ye Chen about his relationship with Little Snow Girl, then played with the child until they grew close.
• Ye Chen asked whether Wang Dong'er wanted to try obtaining a soul spirit for her fifth soul ring, and she agreed after hearing the contract was unlikely to harm her.
• Ye Chen said they would search for a suitable soul beast, with Sunset Forest and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye as possible destinations.
• At dawn, Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er set out with Little Snow Girl, disguising themselves to avoid recognition.
• Wang Dong'er said they would visit the Clear Sky Sect before heading to Sun Moon Forest, and confirmed that the sect was in Cloud Recesses.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er arrived in Heaven Dou City, where she showed him around her hometown and explained the secret romance behind Heaven Dou Pavilion. The story ended with the princess and the young man separated by a change of dynasty, while the man finally learned where she was after claiming the throne.

• Ye Chen worried that Wang Dong'er's uncles would punish him for bringing her away, and Wang Dong'er teased him about his arrogance and his failure to confess properly.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er reached Heaven Dou City after five days of uneventful travel and explored its soul-tool-influenced streets.
• Wang Dong'er led Ye Chen to Heaven Dou Pavilion, a grand restaurant connected to the former Heaven Dou imperial family.
• Wang Dong'er told Ye Chen that a princess of the declining Heaven Dou Empire had fallen in love with a gifted young man from a powerful family that later founded the Dou Soul Empire.
• Wang Dong'er recounted how the young man's family confined him, the princess disappeared during the change of dynasty, and she later married a merchant and had two children.
• Wang Dong'er said the young man fought his way to the throne and finally received news of the princess's whereabouts.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er reached Heaven Dou City and explored her hometown before stopping at the historic Heaven Dou Pavilion. Wang Dong'er told Ye Chen the tragic story of a princess and a young man whose romance became entangled with the fall of the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Ye Chen worried that Wang Dong'er's uncles would punish him for running away with her, while she teased him about his pride and his failure to ask her to be his girlfriend.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er arrived in Heaven Dou City after five days of uneventful travel, and Wang Dong'er guided him around her hometown.
• As night fell, Wang Dong'er led Ye Chen to Heaven Dou Pavilion, where he wondered how the ancient establishment had survived the empire's fall.
• Wang Dong'er explained that the pavilion's founder belonged to the former royal family and recounted how a princess and a noble family's gifted young man fell in love.
• Wang Dong'er said the young man's family confined him, the princess vanished during the change of dynasty, and the two later followed separate paths until he finally received news of her.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er visited Heaven Dou Pavilion, where Wang Dong'er used her Clear Sky Sect token to secure a private room. As they arrived, Ye Chen recognized a girl who resembled Mu Yiyi and wondered whether she was Mu Xue, the eldest princess of the Dou Ling Empire.

• Wang Dong'er explained Heaven Dou Pavilion's history and its connection to a surviving branch of the Heaven Dou Empire's imperial family.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er entered the lavish pavilion and chose to dine in a private room.
• Wang Dong'er presented a Clear Sky Sect token, and two maids led them toward Private Room No. 66.
• Ye Chen noticed a group approaching and saw a girl who strongly resembled Mu Yiyi.
• Ye Chen wondered whether the girl was Mu Xue and whether her companion was the princess of the Heaven Dou Empire.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er visited Heaven Dou Pavilion, where its imperial history and extravagant present came into view. After Wang Dong'er used a Clear Sky Sect token to secure a private room, Ye Chen spotted a girl who resembled Mu Yiyi and wondered whether she was Mu Xue, traveling with the Heaven Dou Empire's princess.

• Wang Dong'er explained that Liang Xianxian was the sole woman of Heaven Dou Pavilion's current generation and described the pavilion's exclusive upper floors.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er entered the lavish pavilion and headed toward an inner private room.
• Wang Dong'er presented a Clear Sky Sect token, and two maids led them to Private Room No. 66.
• Ye Chen noticed an approaching soul-beast-hunting team and recognized one girl's resemblance to Mu Yiyi.
• Ye Chen wondered whether the girl was Mu Xue and whether her companion was the Heaven Dou Empire's princess.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er dined at Heaven Dou Pavilion while Ye Chen secretly listened to the princesses in the adjoining room. Mu Xue asked Vina to cooperate with an expedition to Sunset Forest, and Vina realized Mu Xue had another purpose.

• Ye Chen discovered that his Spiritual Power could penetrate Heaven Dou Pavilion's privacy-protecting walls.
• Mu Xue and Vina met privately with trusted attendants to discuss an important matter.
• Mu Xue claimed that her uncle needed a soul ring and that she wanted to search Sunset Forest because Star Dou Forest was too dangerous.
• Vina questioned why Mu Xue had come in person if the request was so minor.
• Mu Xue admitted that Vina had seen through her cover story.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er dined at Heaven Dou Pavilion while Ye Chen used his Spiritual Power to listen in on a meeting between Mu Xue and Vina. Mu Xue sought Vina's cooperation to enter Sunset Forest, and Vina realized that her stated reason was not the whole story.

• Ye Chen followed Wang Dong'er into a private room at Heaven Dou Pavilion and discovered that his Spiritual Power could penetrate its walls.
• Ye Chen identified Mu Xue, princess of the Dou Ling Empire, and Vina, princess of the Heaven Dou Empire, meeting in the adjoining room.
• Vina asked Mu Xue why she had come, promising to help if the matter did not concern Heaven Dou's national interests.
• Mu Xue said her uncle needed a soul ring and that she wanted to search Sunset Forest because Shrek Academy had warned of trouble in Star Dou Forest.
• Vina suspected Mu Xue had another purpose, and Mu Xue admitted that Vina was too clever to deceive.

Mu Xue told Vina that her group had discovered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with an Ultimate Fire Attribute in Sunset Forest and asked for Heaven Dou’s help. Ye Chen suspected it had escaped from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and decided to investigate, while Vina refused Mu Xue’s request to protect her empire’s interests.

• Mu Xue revealed to Vina that her group had found a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in Sunset Forest, surprising Vina and her protector.
• Mu Xue said the beast had an Ultimate Fire Attribute, and Ye Chen suspected it came from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Ye Chen decided to go to Sunset Forest and seek a chance to claim the beast before Mu Xue’s group could capture it.
• Mu Xue offered to fulfill any request from the Dou Ling Empire in exchange for help, but Vina refused because the beast could upset the balance between their nations.

Mu Xue told Vina that her party had found a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with an Ultimate Fire attribute in Sunset Forest and asked for Heaven Dou’s help. Vina refused to support the hunt over national interests, while Ye Chen decided to go to Sunset Forest and try to claim the beast himself.

• Mu Xue revealed that her party had discovered a soul beast in Sunset Forest with cultivation exceeding one hundred thousand years.
• Ye Chen suspected the beast had escaped from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and considered the possibility that Tang San’s restrictions had failed.
• Mu Xue said the beast had an Ultimate Fire attribute, and Ye Chen decided he would not let the Dou Ling party capture it.
• Mu Xue offered to fulfill any request from Vina or accept her looking the other way in exchange for help obtaining the soul ring.
• Vina refused Mu Xue’s request because helping Dou Ling gain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and soul bone could upset the balance between their empires.

Mu Xue and Vina agreed to compete for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in Sunset Forest after Vina sought the Heaven Dou Emperor’s approval. Ye Chen overheard their plan and decided to investigate the beast, while Wang Dong’er urged him to seek help from her family.

• Vina offered to ask the Heaven Dou Emperor to seal Sunset Forest and let both sides pursue the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, with the stronger side claiming it.
• Mu Xue accepted Vina’s proposal, and the two women left Heaven Dou Pavilion to prepare for the operation.
• Ye Chen, who had overheard their conversation, judged that their plan could fail and noted that sealing Sunset Forest would not stop someone of his strength.
• Ye Chen paid for the meal and teased Wang Dong’er about eating nearly a whole table of food.
• Ye Chen told Wang Dong’er that they would not go home first because he planned to investigate the beast, which he believed had come from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and might suit his Ultimate Fire Attribute.
• Wang Dong’er suggested bringing Big Daddy and Second Daddy, but Ye Chen refused and said they had to act before the next day’s operation.

Mu Xue and Vina agreed to let the Heaven Dou Empire and the Duling Empire pursue the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast at the same time. After overhearing their plans, Ye Chen told Wang Dong'er that they would go to Sunset Forest to investigate and seek the beast before the operation began.

• Vina proposed that she ask the emperor to seal off Sunset Forest and let both sides compete for the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Mu Xue agreed.
• Ye Chen overheard Mu Xue and Vina's conversation and considered their plan risky, especially because the forest could not be fully sealed off.
• After dinner, Ye Chen teased Wang Dong'er about eating nearly a whole table of food, and she warned him not to mistreat her.
• Ye Chen told Wang Dong'er that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with Ultimate Fire had likely escaped from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and that he wanted to investigate it.
• Wang Dong'er suggested bringing Big Daddy and Second Daddy for help, but Ye Chen refused and said they needed to act before the two empires began their operation.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er planned to seize a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast before the two empires could act, but a strange pull from a wall in Heaven Dou Pavilion drew Ye Chen's attention to an item in his Storage Soul Tool. He secretly retrieved the item during a staged accident and was left covering for their escape when the manager arrived.

• Ye Chen persuaded Wang Dong'er not to seek help from the Clear Sky Sect and planned to take the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast before the empires could act.
• As Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er left Heaven Dou Pavilion, Ye Chen sensed something inside a wall drawing in an item from his Storage Soul Tool.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er staged a collision with a maid, allowing Ye Chen to touch the wall and make a green flash disappear.
• Wang Dong'er berated the maid while Ye Chen signaled that they should wrap up and leave with the item.
• Manager Jia arrived, slapped and scolded the maid, then offered Ye Chen free expenses and compensation for his ruined clothes.
• Ye Chen ignored Manager Jia, removed his outer garment, and lifted the maid's chin as Wang Dong'er watched with jealousy.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er left Heaven Dou Pavilion, but Ye Chen sensed an item in his Storage Soul Tool reacting to a wall and secretly retrieved something from it. After staging an accident to cover his actions, he drew the manager's attention and pretended to flirt with the maid as Wang Dong'er watched jealously.

• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er agreed to leave Heaven Dou Pavilion and pursue the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast without seeking help from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ye Chen stopped in the corridor after sensing that something in the wall was drawing an item from his Storage Soul Tool.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er staged a collision with a maid so Ye Chen could brush the wall and take a green-glowing item unnoticed.
• Wang Dong'er angrily scolded the maid, and Manager Jia arrived, apologized to Ye Chen, and offered compensation.
• Ye Chen ignored Manager Jia, lifted the maid's chin, and made Wang Dong'er feel jealous.

Ye Chen used a Star Luo Royal Family medal to take Qing Yu from Heaven Dou Pavilion and secretly bring her out of Heaven Dou City. He gave her a pouch of Gold Soul Coins, leaving her confused about what he intended for her.

• Ye Chen showed Manager Jia the medal and asked him to give Qing Yu to him, and Manager Jia agreed.
• Qing Yu feared Ye Chen would exploit her, while Ye Chen privately intended to free her from the consequences of his actions.
• Ye Chen pretended to lust after Qing Yu, then took her and Wang Dong'er away from Heaven Dou Pavilion.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er evaded Heaven Dou Pavilion's followers and used Illusory Decree Void to pass the city guards and leave Heaven Dou City.
• After traveling toward Sunset Forest until the city lights were distant, Ye Chen gave Qing Yu a pouch containing nearly a thousand Gold Soul Coins.