Chapter Summaries

Zhou Huan took Wang Qiuer’s soul from Huo Gua’s Sixth Soul Ring and promised to consider how to save her, while making Huo Gua promise not to abandon either her or Wang Dong’er. Huo Gua agreed to keep Qiuer’s whereabouts secret, then asked Zhou Huan about the Snow Empress on the Ice Empress’s behalf.

• Zhou Huan demanded that Huo Gua leave Wang Dong’er for Qiu’er if he ever revived her, but Huo Gua refused to give up either woman and said he wanted them both.
• Zhou Huan accepted Huo Gua’s answer, warned him not to abandon Qiu’er, and said they would discuss his other condition later.
• Zhou Huan had Huo Gua release his Sixth Soul Ring, then used a small white pagoda to draw Wang Qiuer’s severely injured soul into it.
• Zhou Huan told Huo Gua that Qiu’er had no body and remained unconscious, promised to seek a way to save her, and ordered Huo Gua not to reveal that she was with him.
• Huo Gua asked whether the white-haired woman at the Beast God battle had been the Snow Empress and explained that he was asking on behalf of the Ice Empress.

Huo Gua revealed Ice Empress to Zhou Huan, hoping to meet Snow Empress and receive her guidance. Snow Empress reunited with Ice Empress and offered to take her away, but Ice Empress chose to stay with Huo Gua, and Huo Gua left without securing Snow Empress's help.

• Huo Gua revealed Ice Empress and asked Zhou Huan about Snow Empress, who promptly appeared before them.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress joyfully reunited, and Snow Empress offered to take Ice Empress with her.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged to object, but Snow Empress's icy pressure forced him back.
• Ice Empress stopped Snow Empress from attacking Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and said she could not leave Huo Gua because he was her companion.
• Snow Empress accepted Ice Empress's decision and returned to the Floating Pagoda, while Ice Empress returned to Huo Gua's Sea of Consciousness.
• Huo Gua introduced Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to Zhou Huan and then left without receiving Snow Empress's guidance.

Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan answered Di Tian’s summons at the Lake of Life, where Zhou Huan revealed a surprise that shocked the Beast God. The chapter ended with Di Tian demanding to know what Zhou Huan had done to the Auspicious Beast.

• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan traveled through the unusually empty Star Dou Great Forest, joking about their visit while Zhang Lexuan worried that Di Tian might kill Zhou Huan.
• Scarlet King met them and led them to the Lake of Life, where Di Tian and Bi Ji awaited them in a pavilion.
• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan sat with Di Tian and Bi Ji, and Zhou Huan denied that Shrek possessed the Level Nine Soul Tool Shells Di Tian had seen.
• Di Tian asked whether Zhou Huan feared being killed, and Zhou Huan said he had brought a surprise that would keep Di Tian from attacking him.
• Zhou Huan revealed a girl with long, wavy blue hair, and Di Tian recognized her as the Auspicious Beast and demanded to know what had happened to her.

Zhou Huan sought permission from Gu Yuena to take Qiu'er to Dragon Valley, where he hoped to revive her and restore the fortune of the Soul Beasts. Gu Yuena granted him the coordinates, and Zhou Huan discovered the entrance was far beyond the Douluo Continent.

• Zhou Huan explained to Di Tian that Qiu'er’s damaged soul might be saved in Dragon Valley, prompting Gu Yuena to appear before them.
• Zhou Huan identified Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King, surprising her, Di Tian, and Bi Ji.
• Gu Yuena questioned why she should allow Zhou Huan to enter Dragon Valley, and Zhou Huan argued that Qiu'er might gain the Dragon Clan’s fortune there.
• Zhou Huan revealed that a Deity, not a mortal, had taken the Star Dou Great Forest’s fortune, but said confronting that Deity was not feasible.
• Gu Yuena gave Zhou Huan a silver dragon scale containing Dragon Valley’s coordinates, and Di Tian told him to keep his promise to save Qiu'er.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Zhou Huan explained Douluo Star’s shape and the location of Dragon Valley to Zhang Lexuan, concluding that they would need a ship to reach it. He revealed that he already knew who could build one, leaving their voyage dependent on Xuan Ziwen.

• Gu Yuena told Di Tian that Zhou Huan could enter Dragon Valley and ordered him to avoid major conflict with humans while she recovered.
• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek Academy, where Zhang Lexuan worried about the silver dragon scale on his arm and Zhou Huan reassured her.
• Zhang Lexuan described what people knew about the world, and Zhou Huan explained that Douluo Star was a sphere with moving continental plates and undiscovered continents.
• Zhou Huan told Zhang Lexuan that Dragon Valley lay beyond the Douluo Continent plate, so they would need to sail across the ocean.
• Zhou Huan said Xuan Ziwen could build their ship.

Zhou Huan planned to have Xuan Ziwen build an ocean-going ship and brought Extreme Ice Divine Crystal to persuade him. He visited the Tang Sect to discuss the deal with Beibei, who learned Zhou Huan had helped connect the Tang Sect with the Earth Dragon Gate’s supply of the rare material.

• Zhou Huan offered Zhang Lexuan Extreme Ice Divine Crystal to help persuade Xuan Ziwen to build a ship, and she asked for two Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrows to support her plan to condense a Second Soul Core and reach Super Douluo.
• Zhou Huan went to the Tang Sect the next morning and met Beibei, trading teasing remarks before turning to business.
• Zhou Huan showed Beibei an Extreme Ice Divine Crystal, shocking him because the Tang Sect relied on the Earth Dragon Gate for the scarce material.
• Zhou Huan explained that his crystal came from the same source and that he had suggested the Earth Dragon Gate trade with the Tang Sect.
• Zhou Huan told Beibei he intended to use the crystal to tempt Xuan Ziwen into building an ocean-going ship.

Zhou Huan visited Xuan Ziwen at the Tang Sect to commission an Ocean Soul Guidance Ship, using Extreme Ice Divine Crystals to persuade the reluctant Soul Engineer. Xuan Ziwen agreed to build it in about four months, and Zhou Huan left with Beibei.

• Beibei led Zhou Huan to Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory and explained that Xuan Ziwen chose his own work.
• Xuan Ziwen initially tried to dismiss Zhou Huan, but he eagerly welcomed him after finding more than five hundred Extreme Ice Divine Crystals in a Storage Soul Tool.
• Zhou Huan asked Xuan Ziwen to build an Ocean Soul Guidance Ship, and Xuan Ziwen hesitated because he was busy with battle armor research.
• Zhou Huan offered a total of two thousand Extreme Ice Divine Crystals, and Xuan Ziwen agreed to build the ship.
• Xuan Ziwen estimated the work would take around four months, and Zhou Huan promptly left with Beibei.

After leaving the Tang Sect, Zhou Huan reflected on Huo Gua and his own life before running into Ye Guyi in Shrek City. He invited her to join his planned voyage to Dragon Valley, adding her to his seafaring squad.

• Zhou Huan offered Beibei an All-Terrain Self-Propelled Soul Tool Cannon Platform in exchange for fifty Extreme Ice Divine Crystals, but Beibei refused.
• Beibei told Zhou Huan that Huo Gua had left to gain experience, and Zhou Huan considered the Spirit Pagoda and Huo Gua’s path.
• Zhou Huan encountered Ye Guyi after she helped a little girl who was then falsely accused of being bullied.
• Ye Guyi said she was bored at the Earth Dragon Gate and asked Zhou Huan to take her along to fight Evil Soul Masters.
• Zhou Huan invited Ye Guyi to join his voyage to Dragon Valley, and she eagerly agreed.

After Zhang Lexuan remained in seclusion and Zhou Huan’s cultivation slowed, he focused on the nearly finished Ocean Soul Guidance Ship and invited Xiao Xiao, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai to join an expedition to Dragon Valley. The group agreed to travel once Zhang Lexuan finished her seclusion, with Zhou Huan framing the mission as a voyage to become Sea Kings and Sea Queens.

• Zhou Huan missed Zhang Lexuan during her three-and-a-half-month seclusion and struggled with his slow progress at level ninety-five after using up the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Zhou Huan repeatedly visited Xuan Ziwen to suggest changes to the Ocean Soul Guidance Ship until Xuan Ziwen barred him from the laboratory.
• With the ship nearly complete, Zhou Huan invited Xiao Xiao, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai to Keman Tower and proposed a Dragon Valley expedition.
• Xiao Xiao, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai said they had Supervision Team missions, but Zhou Huan reassigned them and explained the voyage and Dragon Valley.
• Wen Xiaoshuai and Wang Qingya embraced the idea of becoming a Sea King and Sea Queen, and Zhou Huan said Zhang Lexuan and Ye Guyi would join after Zhang Lexuan left seclusion.

Zhou Huan and his friends encountered Tang Wutong, who looked exactly like Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiuer but insisted she was neither. After Zhou Huan gave her directions to the Inner Court, she flew toward Sea God Lake, while Wen Xiaoshuai noticed that Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya instinctively kept their distance from her.

• Zhou Huan, Xiao Xiao, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai ran into a pink-blue-haired girl asking how to reach the Inner Court.
• Xiao Xiao mistook the girl for Wang Dong'er, but the girl broke free and introduced herself as Tang Wutong.
• Wang Qingya and Zhou Huan confirmed that Tang Wutong was neither Wang Dong'er nor Wang Qiuer, and Zhou Huan pointed her toward Sea God Lake.
• Tang Wutong unfurled her Dragon God Butterfly wings and flew toward the Inner Court.
• Wen Xiaoshuai noticed that Zhou Huan and Wang Qingya had instinctively resisted and distanced themselves from Tang Wutong.

Zhou Huan and Xuanzi discussed Tang Wutong’s identity and the danger posed by the mysterious power behind her, while Zhou Huan resolved to avoid trouble by taking his companions to Dragon Valley. Five days later, Zhang Lexuan emerged from seclusion, but Ma Xiaotao interrupted their reunion to summon them to a Sea God Pavilion meeting.

• Xuanzi asked Zhou Huan what he thought of Tang Wutong, and they agreed she seemed to carry traits of both Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiuer.
• Zhou Huan argued that Tang Wutong was her own person and warned Xuanzi to consider the mysterious figure from Qiankun Love-Seeking Valley.
• Xuanzi and Zhou Huan decided to let Tang Wutong stay and leave Huo Gua to make his own choices, while Zhou Huan planned to go to Dragon Valley to avoid God King Tang.
• Five days later, Zhang Lexuan emerged from seclusion, and Zhou Huan greeted her with an enthusiastic embrace and kiss.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived and told Zhou Huan that a Sea God Pavilion meeting would begin in half an hour.

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Huo Gua briefed the elders on the Sun Moon Empire’s war and was assigned to return to the front lines. Zhou Huan secured approval for his voyage to Dragon Valley, while Huo Gua proposed taking Tang Wutong with him.

• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan joined the Sea God Pavilion meeting, where Beibei and Huo Gua arrived late.
• Huo Gua described the fighting on the Mingdou front, warned of the Death God Tower’s power, and suspected the Sun Moon Empire planned to attack the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xuan Zi asked Zhou Huan to consider going to the front, but Zhou Huan explained that he was leading a team to explore Dragon Valley and received Xuan Zi’s approval.
• Xuan Zi ordered Huo Gua to return to the front lines and let him choose companions, excluding Xiao Xiao, Wen Xiaoshuai, and Wang Qingya from his options.
• Huo Gua asked to bring the Shrek Seven Devils except Beibei, and also requested permission to take Tang Wutong along.

Huo Gua brought Zhou Huan into the Undead Demiplane to speak privately, first asking about Wang Qiuer and then asking what Zhou Huan thought of Tang Wutong. Zhou Huan said Wang Qiuer might awaken after the voyage and answered that Tang Wutong was simply Tang Wutong.

• Xuan Zi agreed that Tang Wutong could be taken to the Mingdou Mountain Range frontline and dismissed the Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Huo Gua asked Zhou Huan to speak privately, then invited him to Keman Tower for a meal.
• After sealing the private room, Huo Gua asked whether Zhou Huan planned to go to sea, and Zhou Huan confirmed he would take Xiao Xiao and the others on a trip.
• Huo Gua opened a portal to the Undead Demiplane, and Zhou Huan entered without hesitation.
• Huo Gua asked about Wang Qiuer, and Zhou Huan said the voyage might let her wake up, though she was still far from being revived.
• Huo Gua asked who Tang Wutong was, and Zhou Huan replied that she was simply Tang Wutong.

Zhou Huan met Electrolux, who revealed himself to Huo Gua and taught Zhou Huan the basics of demiplanes. Their discussion turned to Tang Wutong’s identity, leaving Huo Gua determined to reclaim Dong’er and alarmed by the possibility that Qiu’er had also been affected by a hidden mastermind.

• Electrolux emerged from the Undead Demiplane and introduced himself to Zhou Huan as Elder Yi.
• Electrolux taught Zhou Huan about demiplanes for more than four hours while Huo Gua listened.
• Electrolux asked who Tang Wutong was, and Zhou Huan used a parable about two rabbits merging to describe her origins.
• Huo Gua declared that he wanted Tang Wutong to become his Dong’er, while Zhou Huan warned that a powerful figure had altered her.
• Zhou Huan suggested that the mastermind might have affected Qiu’er too, then asked for the door to be opened so he could return home for dinner.

Zhou Huan collected the ocean-going Soul Guidance Ship and set out with his companions for Dragon Valley, stopping first in Falling Shore City, Wang Qingya’s hometown. The group explored the prosperous coastal city, where Wang Qingya’s family wealth made shopping feel unsatisfying to her friends.

• Zhou Huan collected the completed ship from Xuan Ziwen and named it “This Is a Ship,” irritating its maker before storing it in the Floating Pagoda.
• Zhou Huan, Zhang Lexuan, Xiao Xiao, Wang Qingya, and Wen Xiaoshuai gathered to depart, and Ye Guyi arrived with Nan Qiuqiu, whom Zhou Huan agreed to bring along.
• The seven traveled by carriage for five days to Falling Shore City, their first stop on the route toward Dragon Valley.
• Xiao Xiao, Nan Qiuqiu, and Ye Guyi browsed the city’s shops while Wang Qingya guided them and Wen Xiaoshuai followed as their bodyguard.
• Wang Qingya revealed that her family owned or rented out more than half the shops on the street, and Xiao Xiao and the others decided to stop shopping and visit her home.

Wang Qingya brought Zhou Huan and the others to her family’s mansion, where they met her parents before preparing to sail the next day. That night, Wang Tizhou and Ling Suzhen discussed the voyage and Zhou Huan, then turned to the God Realm’s leadership before Wang Tizhou suggested they make another child.

• Wang Qingya led Zhou Huan and the others into the Wang Family estate and arranged guest rooms while she went to inform her parents.
• Wang Qingya returned with Wang Tizhou and Ling Suzhen, and Zhou Huan assured them he would prioritize the group’s safety on the voyage.
• Wang Tizhou and Ling Suzhen welcomed the group at a lavish dinner before everyone prepared to rest for the next day’s departure.
• Ling Suzhen asked Wang Tizhou about letting Wang Qingya sail and whether he could see through Zhou Huan; Wang Tizhou said Zhou Huan was not the Son of Destiny and identified Huo Yuhao as the likely one.
• Wang Tizhou and Ling Suzhen discussed Tang’s control over the God Realm and Destruction’s leadership before Wang Tizhou suggested they make another child.

Zhou Huan and the others set sail from Falling Shore City on his Soul Guiding Ship, and he shared a romantic moment with Zhang Lexuan. Their voyage took an ominous turn when more than a thousand shark fins appeared ahead of the ship.

• Zhou Huan summoned a Soul Guiding Ship and led the group east from Falling Shore City's seaport.
• Xiao Xiao became seasick, and Zhou Huan gave her medicine while Wang Qingya cared for her.
• Nan Qiuqiu asked how the ship could travel without anyone steering, and Zhou Huan explained its automatic navigation and energy supply.
• Zhou Huan and Zhang Lexuan shared a kiss at the bow and agreed they could have their own kind of romance.
• Zhou Huan began telling Zhang Lexuan about an iconic scene from his previous life, but over a thousand shark fins appeared two kilometers ahead.

After a month of uneventful sailing, Zhou Huan detected a great white shark being pursued by hundreds of Evil Spirit Orcas near the Soul Guiding Ship. Zhang Lexuan realized Zhou Huan was interested in saving the shark, and Wang Qingya announced that the pursuers had arrived.

• Zhou Huan recorded the crew’s quiet month at sea, including Xiao Xiao’s lingering seasickness and the others’ routines aboard the ship.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned Zhou Huan to the deck after sensing something unusual in the still sea.
• Zhou Huan scanned the surroundings and detected a great white shark being chased by several hundred Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Xiao Xiao worried about the Sea Soul Beast overlords, while Zhou Huan reassured her that the group could handle them.
• Zhang Lexuan inferred from Zhou Huan’s expression that he wanted to save the great white shark.
• Wang Qingya warned the group that the Evil Spirit Orcas had arrived.

Zhang Lexuan rescued Bai Paopao from a swarm of Evil Spirit Orcas and drove the creatures away with her soul skills. After the frightened little white shark mistook the group’s teasing for a threat to eat her, Zhang Lexuan comforted her and learned her name.

• Bai Paopao fled hundreds of pursuing Evil Spirit Orcas and transformed into a little girl to call for help from Zhou Huan and the others.
• Zhang Lexuan caught Bai Paopao and used her moon-based soul skills to immobilize the sea and kill or injure most of the Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Zhang Lexuan returned to the ship with Bai Paopao, who stared in terror at the humans after witnessing Zhang Lexuan’s strength.
• Xiao Xiao teased Bai Paopao, while Nan Qiuqiu and Ye Guyi joked about eating sharks, causing Bai Paopao to burst into tears.
• Zhang Lexuan reassured Bai Paopao that nobody would harm her and asked her name; Bai Paopao said she was Bai Paopao.

Zhou Huan and his companions learned that the rescued little white shark, Bai Paopao, had fled home to investigate the Evil Spirit Orcas’ unusually large-scale slaughter of Sea Soul Beasts. They agreed to escort her home after she appealed to their kindness and promised her mother would reward them.

• Bai Paopao told Zhang Lexuan that she had run away to investigate the Evil Spirit Orcas’ increased killing of Sea Soul Beasts, but they had discovered and pursued her.
• Bai Paopao asked Zhang Lexuan to take her home because she feared leaving their protection in Evil Spirit Orca territory.
• Zhang Lexuan consulted the group, and Xiao Xiao, Wang Qingya, Ye Guyi, and the others agreed they did not mind escorting Bai Paopao.
• Zhou Huan asked what they would gain from helping, but Bai Paopao replied that her mother had taught her good people should help others.
• Nan Hanhan urged the group to escort Bai Paopao, and Zhang Lexuan agreed; Bai Paopao hugged her and promised her mother would offer them whatever they wanted.