Chapter Summaries

Li Changsheng went with Jiang Nannan to awaken his Martial Soul, fearing that he would receive a useless one in Douluo Continent’s class-bound world. He awakened the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, and another terrifying power began erupting from him as the awakening ended.

• Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan discussed the cost of Martial Soul awakening and the consequences of criticizing Tang San.
• Li Changsheng reflected on how family background and powerful Martial Souls determined a Soul Master's prospects.
• During the awakening, Golden Light radiated from Li Changsheng and revealed the nine-level Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
• The Awakening Master recognized the pagoda as a powerful Martial Soul capable of suppressing Evil Soul Masters.
• As the Awakening Master prepared to conclude the process, an even more terrifying power erupted from Li Changsheng.

Li Changsheng awakened the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and the Taiji Diagram, but both crystal balls showed that he had no Innate Soul Power. Back home, he released his Martial Souls and met an elderly Daoist who called himself the Morality Heavenly Venerate.

• The Awakening Master saw a second Martial Soul emerge after the pagoda and recognized the Taiji Diagram as an unknown Martial Soul.
• Li Changsheng identified his Martial Souls as the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda and the Taiji Diagram, while Jiang Nannan and the Awakening Master were baffled by them.
• Li Changsheng tested a crystal ball twice, but neither one reacted, leading the Awakening Master to conclude that he had no Soul Power.
• Li Changsheng returned home with Jiang Nannan, then released both Martial Souls after wondering what had gone wrong.
• An elderly Daoist appeared before Li Changsheng and introduced himself as the Morality Heavenly Venerate, but Li Changsheng refused to believe him.

Li Changsheng learned that the Morality Heavenly Venerate had come to the Douluo world after accidentally losing himself during Monkey’s tribulations, and that he had purified Li Changsheng’s Soul Power by mistake. The chapter left Li Changsheng cultivating the next morning while Jiang Nannan and her mother remained puzzled about his Twin Martial Souls and apparent lack of Soul Power.

• Li Changsheng recognized the Morality Heavenly Venerate and explained that he had transmigrated from the same world as the Daoist Sect.
• The Morality Heavenly Venerate showed Li Changsheng how he had left Tushita Palace after Monkey pointed out that the palace’s attendants, ox, and his belt had gone missing.
• The Morality Heavenly Venerate revealed that he had mistaken Li Changsheng’s Soul Power for a bit of energy and casually purified it.
• Jiang Nannan told Mother Jiang that Li Changsheng had awakened Twin Martial Souls but had no Soul Power, and Mother Jiang suggested waiting to see if it recovered.
• Li Changsheng woke the next morning and began cultivating.

Li Changsheng confirmed that he could cultivate despite his level-zero Soul Power test and learned that Mother Jiang was gravely ill. After the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable gave him a pill that could cure her, Li Changsheng decided to wait a few days before delivering it.

• Li Changsheng cultivated successfully and told Jiang Nannan and Mother Jiang that his special martial souls required Soul Power to activate.
• Mother Jiang proposed that Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan marry soon, but Li Changsheng said he had found a way to save her.
• Li Changsheng returned home and asked the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable to help Mother Jiang.
• The Grand Pure Daoist Venerable gave Li Changsheng a pill that could cure Mother Jiang's illness and injuries.
• Li Changsheng decided to wait a few days before bringing Mother Jiang the pill.

Li Changsheng’s pill cured Jiang Nannan’s mother and raised her Soul Power Level, allowing the family to celebrate together. At dinner, Mother Jiang asked when Jiang Nannan and Li Changsheng planned to attend Shrek Academy, and Li Changsheng questioned how he could qualify.

• Li Changsheng gave Jiang Nannan the pill he had prepared, and Mother Jiang agreed to take it despite the family’s fears.
• The pill healed Mother Jiang, who also discovered her Soul Power Level had risen from fifty-three to fifty-nine.
• Mother Jiang invited Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan to dinner and sent them into town to buy ingredients for a feast.
• During dinner, Jiang Nannan said she would wait before going to Shrek Academy, since applicants only had to be under twelve.
• Mother Jiang asked Li Changsheng about attending Shrek Academy, and he protested that he lacked a recommendation and did not meet its cultivation requirements.

Li Changsheng agreed to attend Shrek Academy, and he, Jiang Nannan, and Mother Jiang moved to Shrek City to prepare for its entrance examination. In the God Realm, Tang San sensed that the fate of Douluo Continent had changed and worried about Xiao Qi.

• Mother Jiang said she could obtain a recommendation for Li Changsheng and suggested that he enroll at Shrek Academy after Jiang Nannan.
• Li Changsheng agreed to attend Shrek Academy and suggested that the family move to Shrek City; Jiang Nannan and Mother Jiang agreed.
• Three days later, Li Changsheng, Jiang Nannan, and Mother Jiang set out for Shrek City.
• Tang San sensed a change in Douluo Continent's fate and wondered whether something had happened to the Son of Destiny.
• Xiao Wu reassured Tang San that Da Ming and Er Ming would protect Xiao Qi.
• One month later, the three arrived in Shrek City, rented a house, and began preparing for the entrance examination.

Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan reached Shrek Academy, where Jiang Nannan passed the entrance examination. Five years later, Li Changsheng had reached level thirty and traveled with Jiang Nannan and Mother Jiang to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek his third soul ring, with ten thousand years proposed as its age.

• Mother Jiang brought Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan to Shrek Academy's admission area, where Jiang Nannan passed the entrance examination and entered the academy.
• Over the next five years, Li Changsheng cultivated to level thirty with occasional resources Jiang Nannan sent home.
• Jiang Nannan returned from the academy and accompanied Li Changsheng and Mother Jiang toward the Star Dou Great Forest so he could obtain his third soul ring.
• Mother Jiang said Li Changsheng should choose a defensive soul beast to strengthen his Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda martial soul.
• Li Changsheng proposed trying to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring, after Grand Pure Daoist Venerable had warned him that an earlier attempt at one would overwhelm his body.

Li Changsheng chose a Ten Thousand Year Golden Armored Sacred Rhinoceros as his Third Soul Ring, and he, Jiang Nannan, and Mother Jiang defeated it together. As he began absorbing the ring, the fleeing Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed powerful sacred energy and headed toward it.

• Li Changsheng insisted that he could withstand a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Mother Jiang and Jiang Nannan agreed to help him find a suitable Soul Beast.
• The group encountered a Ten Thousand Year Golden Armored Sacred Rhinoceros, and Mother Jiang attacked while Jiang Nannan used Gravity Control to help.
• When the Rhinoceros counterattacked, Li Changsheng protected Jiang Nannan with the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.
• Li Changsheng, Jiang Nannan, and Mother Jiang joined forces to kill the Golden Armored Sacred Rhinoceros.
• Li Changsheng began absorbing its Soul Ring as his Third Soul Ring while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed powerful sacred energy and went to investigate.

Li Changsheng survived absorbing a Ten Thousand Year spirit ring, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began its sacrifice and encountered the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable in Li Changsheng’s Sea of Consciousness. Seven days later, Li Changsheng awakened with new power and learned that the sacrifice had given the Taiji Diagram a spirit ring.

• Jiang Nannan and Mother Jiang worried about Li Changsheng as he absorbed his Third Spirit Ring, then camped nearby for the night.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began its sacrifice ritual and confronted the Golden Armored Sacred Rhinoceros in Li Changsheng’s Sea of Consciousness.
• The Grand Pure Daoist Venerable introduced himself as Tai Shang, dismissed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s claims, and told it to remain in Li Changsheng’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sealed its power and realized Li Changsheng had Twin Martial Souls, believing his path to godhood was promising.
• Seven days later, Li Changsheng awoke at level thirty-six with three spirit rings and discovered that the Taiji Diagram had gained a spirit ring.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained what had happened, and Li Changsheng realized he had received the Million-Year Spirit Ring that originally belonged to Huo Yuhao.

Li Changsheng warned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm not to disturb the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable, then traveled with Jiang Nannan to Shrek Academy to register. He entered Zhou Yi’s class despite disliking her teaching methods.

• Li Changsheng learned that the Grand Pure Daoist Venerable had shown no displeasure toward Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and warned Tian Meng not to provoke or disturb him.
• Mother Jiang took Li Changsheng and Jiang Nannan out of the Star Dou Great Forest and brought them to Shrek City.
• Mother Jiang left Jiang Nannan to guide Li Changsheng around and register at Shrek Academy, hoping the two would grow closer.
• Jiang Nannan told Li Changsheng that her beauty could attract trouble from her admirers, so he gave up on relying on her reputation.
• Jiang Nannan helped Li Changsheng enroll, and he discovered he had been assigned to Zhou Yi’s class and criticized her habit of expelling students.

Li Changsheng challenged Jiang Nannan’s belief in Yu Xiao Gang’s reputation and his saying that there were no useless martial souls, arguing that martial souls and innate soul power limited a person’s potential. Jiang Nannan began questioning what she had been taught, while Li Changsheng explained that mutations could change someone’s fate but also bring serious side effects.

• Li Changsheng told Jiang Nannan that Yu Xiao Gang was not a true master of theory and warned her not to take the claim that he taught Tang San to godhood at face value.
• Jiang Nannan pulled Li Changsheng aside and warned him that criticizing Yu Xiao Gang at Shrek Academy could get him expelled and banned.
• Li Changsheng argued that people with weak martial souls and low innate soul power faced severe limits, and that Yu Xiao Gang’s famous saying offered misleading encouragement.
• Jiang Nannan questioned whether people with weak martial souls could overcome their limitations, and Li Changsheng cited mutated martial souls as a rare possibility.
• Li Changsheng explained that Ma Hong Jun’s Evil Fire Phoenix mutation came with side effects, and Jiang Nannan realized that releasing its evil fire meant having sex with a woman.

Li Changsheng met Mu En and discovered that Wang Dong was his roommate, then challenged him to a bet over their dormitory rules. Wang Dong accepted and attacked Li Changsheng, who blocked his strike with one finger.

• Jiang Nannan warned Li Changsheng to keep what she had told him secret, then showed him around Shrek Academy.
• Li Changsheng spoke with Mu En outside the dormitories, and Mu En found him interesting.
• Li Changsheng returned to his dormitory and found Wang Dong living there; they argued over Wang Dong's rules.
• Li Changsheng proposed that whoever lost a fight would call the winner Dad, and Wang Dong accepted.
• Wang Dong charged at Li Changsheng beneath the moonlight, and Li Changsheng blocked his attack with one finger.

Li Changsheng defeated Wang Dong in a duel and forced her to call him Dad before releasing her. After Wang Dong left, Mu En questioned Li Changsheng about his talent, Martial Soul, and background, ending by asking to see his Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda.

• Wang Dong revealed her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and challenged Li Changsheng, but he quickly defeated her.
• Li Changsheng pinned Wang Dong down and insisted she honor their bet by calling him Dad.
• Wang Dong repeatedly called Li Changsheng Dad, and he released her; she left vowing to get revenge.
• Mu En called Li Changsheng over and asked about his Innate Full Soul Power, Martial Soul, and family background.
• Li Changsheng said he was a commoner with the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, and Mu En asked to see it.

Li Changsheng showed Mu En his Exquisite Pagoda, impressed the Shrek expert, and then went to class with Wang Dong. When Zhou Yi demanded that students who had fought stand up, Li Changsheng and Wang Dong both admitted they had fought.

• Li Changsheng revealed his Exquisite Pagoda to Mu En, who praised his talent and advised him to show his abilities at Shrek Academy.
• Li Changsheng guessed that Mu En was a Shrek Academy higher-up, and Mu En admitted it and considered him a future Sea God Pavilion member.
• On the third morning, Li Changsheng woke Wang Dong and teased him before they headed to Zhou Yi's class.
• Zhou Yi called the students trash and idiots, then ordered those who had fought during the past three days to stand.
• Li Changsheng stood and admitted he had fought, and Wang Dong followed by admitting the same.

Zhou Yi ordered the freshmen who had not fought to run one hundred laps, then questioned Li Changsheng and Wang Dong about their fight. After Li Changsheng challenged the fairness of punishing both fighters and nonfighters, Zhou Yi sent them to the field, where they watched Huo Yuhao struggle to keep up.

• Zhou Yi revealed her six Soul Rings and ordered the students who had not fought to complete one hundred laps or face expulsion.
• Zhou Yi asked Li Changsheng and Wang Dong why they had fought, and explained that Shrek Academy permitted fights as long as nobody died.
• Li Changsheng argued that punishing the fighters and nonfighters alike gave students no reason to follow Zhou Yi's expectations, and Zhou Yi was impressed by his challenge.
• Li Changsheng teased Wang Dong by calling him his son as they followed Zhou Yi to the field.
• As students finished the laps, Li Changsheng and Wang Dong noticed Huo Yuhao struggling and asked how he had been admitted to Shrek Academy.

Li Changsheng persuaded Zhou Yi to let Wang Dong help Huo Yuhao pass the hundred-lap trial, then learned that Huo Yuhao belonged to the Tang Sect. That night, Li Changsheng used information about Wang Dong to make him pay for dinner, beginning a hold over him that would last for years.

• Wang Dong asked Zhou Yi about Huo Yuhao's Waiver Quota, and Li Changsheng explained that Zhou Yi could let someone help him complete the trial.
• Zhou Yi ordered Wang Dong to use his Light Goddess Butterfly to help Huo Yuhao finish the hundred laps.
• Li Changsheng introduced himself to Zhou Yi, while Wang Dong returned and learned that Huo Yuhao was from the Tang Sect.
• Wang Dong thanked Huo Yuhao for helping him, and Li Changsheng stopped Wang Dong from revealing that Zhou Yi had ordered him to assist.
• That night, Li Changsheng threatened to trade information for food, so Wang Dong reluctantly paid for his dinner.

Li Changsheng brought Wang Dong to Shrek City's night market and said he would take him to meet Sister Nannan. They met Jiang Nannan while buying Huo Yuhao's grilled fish, and Li Changsheng led her over to eat and talk.

• Li Changsheng teased Wang Dong about wanting to meet Sister Nannan, and Wang Dong insisted he had no romantic interest in her.
• Li Changsheng and Wang Dong found Huo Yuhao selling grilled fish, and Li Changsheng ordered all ten remaining fish while making Wang Dong pay.
• Jiang Nannan tried to buy grilled fish from Huo Yuhao, but he refused to discount them and said they were sold out.
• Li Changsheng returned with bottles of alcohol, called Jiang Nannan over, and took her hand to lead her to the table.

Jiang Nannan joined Li Changsheng and Wang Dong for grilled fish, clarified that she and Li Changsheng were not biological siblings, and insisted on repaying Wang Dong when she learned he had paid. After Tang Ya and Beibei arrived, Tang Ya invited Li Changsheng and Wang Dong to join the Tang Sect.

• Li Changsheng introduced Jiang Nannan to Wang Dong, who praised her beauty and asked about her martial soul and innate soul power.
• Jiang Nannan confirmed that her martial soul was the Soft Bone Rabbit and said she had thought Li Changsheng had forgotten her after entering Shrek Academy.
• When Jiang Nannan learned Wang Dong had paid for the grilled fish, she gave him Copper Soul Coins despite his protests.
• Jiang Nannan declined Wang Dong's offer to treat her another time, saying that Li Changsheng's friends were her friends too.
• Tang Ya and Beibei arrived, and Jiang Nannan explained that Li Changsheng, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao were first-years in the same class.
• Tang Ya introduced herself as the current sect master of the Tang Sect and invited Li Changsheng and Wang Dong to join; Li Changsheng was stunned.

Li Changsheng explained to Tang Ya and Beibei that the Tang Sect’s decline came from its inability to keep pace with Soul Tools and from flaws in its leadership and inheritance. He left them without a plan to revive it, while telling Jiang Nannan that changing the sect might also change what made it the Tang Sect.

• Tang Ya invited Li Changsheng to join the Tang Sect, and he asked what it could offer and why its Sect Master was recruiting personally.
• Li Changsheng argued that Soul Tools had outclassed the Tang Sect’s Hidden Weapons and that the sect could not rely on its past glory to attract disciples.
• Beibei asked Li Changsheng how the Tang Sect should change, but Li Changsheng declined to advise them, and Jiang Nannan defended his choice.
• After dinner, Jiang Nannan asked Li Changsheng whether he could help the Tang Sect, and he said its inheritance system and conduct needed to change.
• Li Changsheng told Jiang Nannan that the Tang Sect’s decline also stemmed from its leaders’ strength and talent, and questioned whether people would join under a weak Soul Master with a poor Martial Soul.

Li Changsheng warned Jiang Nannan away from the Tang Sect and declined Wang Dong’s invitation to join it. At Sea God Lake, he confronted Ma Xiaotao during an evil-fire rampage and prepared to reveal the Taiji Diagram as others approached.

• Li Changsheng told Jiang Nannan the Tang Sect was destined to decline and advised her not to join, then agreed to share a late-night snack with her.
• Back at the dormitory, Li Changsheng rejected Wang Dong’s invitation to join the Tang Sect while Wang Dong admitted he wanted to join.
• Li Changsheng went to Sea God Lake the next morning and recognized the approaching, rampaging Ma Xiaotao as the Shrek Seven Devils’ leader with Soul Power Level sixty-seven.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Li Changsheng to hand over control, but Li Changsheng used the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda to block Ma Xiaotao’s flames.
• Li Changsheng identified Ma Xiaotao’s flames as the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul’s power and withdrew the pagoda to bring out the Taiji Diagram as others neared.