Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen reunited with Mu En and learned that Zhang Lexuan had returned early after Mu En summoned her. He revealed his new Extreme Gold attribute, chose a wood-attribute soul ring for his next one, and was reunited with Zhang Lexuan at home.

• Mu En explained that he had called Zhang Lexuan back because he believed his remaining days were numbered and wanted to speak with her.
• Ye Chen showed Mu En his Emperor Aurora Sword, and Mu En recognized its new Extreme Gold attribute.
• Ye Chen told Mu En he had gained the attribute from the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's soul ring and chose a wood-attribute soul ring for his Third Soul Ring.
• Ye Chen returned home and found Zhang Lexuan waiting for him; she greeted him affectionately and pinched his cheeks.
• Zhang Lexuan told Ye Chen about her past year's travels and battles until he fell asleep.

Zhang Lexuan discovered that resonating Soul Power with Ye Chen greatly increased her cultivation speed, though their martial souls failed to fuse. The chapter ended with her eager to reward Ye Chen for the benefit.

• Zhang Lexuan and Ye Chen visited Mu En, who explained that Ye Chen had restored his body and become his Final Disciple.
• Ye Chen revealed his Extreme Attribute Martial Soul, the Emperor Aurora Sword, and demonstrated its control over light.
• Zhang Lexuan sensed her Moon Martial Soul responding to Ye Chen's Light Soul Power and initiated a Soul Power Resonance with him.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ye Chen's Soul Powers resonated for hours, and their martial souls appeared above them.
• A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon circled Zhang Lexuan's Moon Martial Soul but left without fusing, ending the resonance.
• Zhang Lexuan said that cultivating with Ye Chen had increased her cultivation speed roughly tenfold and eagerly praised him.

Ye Chen failed to understand why his soul power resonated with Zhang Lexuan's but not Mu En's, then slipped out at night to avoid being exhausted by Zhang Lexuan. By Sea God Lake, he ran into Ma Xiaotao and her best friend Ling Luochen, whose competing attempts to dote on him nearly started a fight.

• Mu En tried to resonate his Light Soul Power with Ye Chen's, failed, and told Ye Chen to investigate his martial soul himself.
• Ye Chen decided to leave for the night while Zhang Lexuan was bathing because he feared she would drain him with repeated soul power resonance.
• Ye Chen met Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen by Sea God Lake, and Ma Xiaotao scooped him up and hugged him enthusiastically.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced Ling Luochen as her best friend, and Ling Luochen reached to pat Ye Chen's head.
• Ma Xiaotao stopped Ling Luochen from touching Ye Chen, and Ye Chen intervened to calm the two women down.

By the Sea God Lake, Ye Chen’s Light Soul Power resonated with Ma Xiaotao’s and Ling Luochen’s, accelerating their cultivation while draining him through the night. He realized his power could aid female Soul Masters, but the cost left him utterly exhausted.

• Ye Chen told Ma Xiaotao that Zhang Lexuan had kept him under close watch, and Ma Xiaotao comforted him and invited him to her room.
• Ye Chen declined Ma Xiaotao’s invitation and meditated in a pavilion, where Ma Xiaotao sensed her Soul Power resonating with his Light Soul Power.
• Ma Xiaotao continued the resonance despite Ye Chen’s protests, and Ling Luochen joined them, linking her Soul Power with theirs.
• The three continued resonating until dawn, leaving Ye Chen depleted while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen felt energized.
• Ye Chen concluded that his Light Soul Power could accelerate female Soul Masters’ cultivation but consumed his Soul Power and mental energy.

Ye Chen returned to Zhang Lexuan after spending the night with Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, then tried to hide what had happened. Zhang Lexuan confronted him about the women’s scent, but her anger turned to worry when she learned his Soul Power Resonance could help female Soul Masters cultivate, and she let him off with a massage.

• Ye Chen quietly slipped back into his room and slept until noon while Zhang Lexuan prepared food for him.
• Zhang Lexuan questioned Ye Chen about where he had gone, and he claimed he had cultivated beside Sea God Lake.
• Ye Chen praised Zhang Lexuan during their meal, softening her mood before she questioned him further.
• Zhang Lexuan challenged Ye Chen about the scent of other women, and he admitted he had met Ma Xiaotao and her friend and experienced Soul Power Resonance with them.
• Zhang Lexuan worried that Ye Chen’s Light Soul Power would attract female Soul Masters, then made him massage her as punishment and told him not to run off again.

After discovering that Soul Power Resonance improved his control over the Power of Light, Ye Chen tested the effect with Zhang Lexuan while continuing his Soul Tool studies. He passed the assessment and became a Rank 1 Soul Engineer.

• After meditating, Ye Chen noticed sharper perception of Light Aura, faster absorption of Light Element, denser Light Soul Power, and better control of the Power of Light.
• Ye Chen told Zhang Lexuan he wanted to test whether resonating their Soul Power improved his abilities, and they began cultivating together.
• After more than a month of nightly resonance, Ye Chen confirmed that it improved his use of the Power of Light, though it did not greatly accelerate his cultivation.
• Ye Chen studied Soul Tools in the afternoons and, at the Soul Tool Experiment Zone, carefully engraved a Rank 1 Soul Tool Core.
• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er watched Ye Chen activate the finished core, then congratulated him on becoming a Rank 1 Soul Engineer.

After becoming a Fourth-level Soul Tool Master in half a year, Ye Chen remained focused on his ambition to create a Soul Tool Handgun that could be fired without the user supplying Soul Power. Unable to find a way forward, he decided to research old theories in the academy library.

• Ye Chen proposed a Soul Tool that stored a soul master's Soul Power and could fire an energy wave without requiring the user to activate it, but Qian Duoduo warned that earlier Soul Tool Masters had failed to make such a device.
• Ye Chen committed himself to studying Soul Tools every afternoon and advanced from Rank 1 to Rank 4 Soul Tool Core Arrays, becoming a Fourth-level Soul Tool Master in half a year.
• Ye Chen struggled to make progress on the Soul Tool Handgun, and Xian Lin'er reassured him that his talent could make him a Ninth- or even Tenth-level Soul Tool Master.
• Ye Chen asked Xian Lin'er about old theories on self-firing Soul Tools, learned that the academy library might hold them, and told her and Qian Duoduo he would study there instead of attending the laboratory.

Ye Chen balanced cultivation and Soul Tool studies while Ma Xiaotao kept him company at night. In the library, Ling Luochen approached him and persuaded him to have Soul Power Resonance in exchange for a massage, so they went to a hotel room together.

• Qian Duoduo agreed to Ye Chen's request but warned him not to obsess over an idea he could not achieve.
• Ye Chen divided his days between cultivation, studying Soul Tool theories, and spending nights with Ma Xiaotao while Zhang Lexuan was away on a mission.
• Ling Luochen found Ye Chen in the library, sat beside him, and distracted him while pretending to read an upside-down book.
• Ling Luochen asked Ye Chen for Soul Power Resonance and offered him massages, and Ye Chen agreed to a full-body massage.
• Ye Chen took Ling Luochen to a hotel in Shrek City, ordered foot-soaking supplies, and put his feet in the basin for her to massage.

Ye Chen and Ling Luochen began meeting for Soul Power Resonance, but Ling Luochen used revealing photographs to turn their dynamic around and make him massage her. She kept the photos as leverage and teased him about taking more, leaving Ye Chen trapped in her blackmail.

• Ling Luochen massaged Ye Chen's feet, then shared Soul Power Resonance with him and eagerly agreed to continue their meetings.
• Ye Chen arranged to meet Ling Luochen every afternoon, and on the fourth day she dressed playfully and declared that she would take charge.
• Ling Luochen showed Ye Chen photographs taken with a Sun Moon Empire Soul Tool Camera and threatened to show them to Sister Xiaotao and Sister Lexuan.
• Ye Chen submitted to Ling Luochen's demand for a massage, while she promised to return the photos only if he continued satisfying her.
• Ling Luochen offered to take more photographs together, leaving Ye Chen convinced she would keep the leverage over him.

Inspired by the Soul Tool Camera’s automatic core formation, Ye Chen created a Soul Tool Handgun that could be used without Soul Power. He demonstrated it to Xian Lin'er, who recognized the significance of his invention.

• Ye Chen examined the Soul Tool Camera’s core formation, thanked Ling Luochen with a kiss on the forehead, and hurried back to Shrek Academy.
• Ye Chen spent the night engraving and testing more than a dozen cores before completing a Soul Tool Handgun that fired without Soul Power.
• Ye Chen tested the handgun, which blasted discarded Soul Tool parts with force comparable to a Soul Master's First Soul Skill.
• Ye Chen rushed to Xian Lin'er's office and told her he had completed his vision.
• Xian Lin'er tested the handgun by firing at a wall, then stared at the weapon in amazement.

Xian Lin'er learned how Ye Chen's Soul Tool Handgun worked and urged Mu En to steer him toward Soul Tool research, but Mu En insisted Ye Chen focus on his even greater Martial Soul potential. Ye Chen returned home exhausted and faced Ma Xiaotao, who confronted him for forgetting to spend the night with her.

• Ye Chen explained the Soul Tool Handgun's Three-Layer Energy-Gathering Array and manufacturing principles to Xian Lin'er.
• Xian Lin'er told Mu En that Ye Chen could become a Tenth-level Soul Tool Master and asked him to make Soul Tools Ye Chen's main focus.
• Mu En refused, saying Ye Chen's Martial Soul talent surpassed their expectations and might let him reach a realm Mu En could not attain.
• Ye Chen went home, remembered he had forgotten to keep Ma Xiaotao company the previous night, and found her meditating.
• Ma Xiaotao grabbed Ye Chen's ear and demanded to know what he had done the night before, while Ye Chen protested that she was too fierce.

After Ma Xiaotao teased Ye Chen about marrying her, the story moved ahead more than half a year to Ye Chen reaching Soul Power level thirty. Mu En agreed to personally help him obtain a pure Wood Attribute Soul Ring from a ten-thousand-year Azure Tree King.

• Ma Xiaotao pouted that her many admirers stretched from Shrek to the Sun Moon Empire, and Ye Chen soothed her by promising not to disappear again.
• More than half a year later, Ye Chen emerged from meditation in the Golden Tree and told Mu En he had reached Soul Power level thirty.
• Mu En praised Ye Chen's mastery of the Light Origin and decided to personally oversee his Soul Ring hunts after Xuan Zi's previous mishap.
• Ye Chen insisted that he needed to gather Soul Rings from all five elements before becoming a Soul Sage.
• Mu En proposed hunting a ten-thousand-year Azure Tree King, a rare plant Soul Beast with exceptionally pure Wood Attribute abilities.

Ye Chen obtained a ten-thousand-year Azure Tree King as his third Soul Ring under Mu En’s protection. After absorbing it, the ring transformed into gold, and Ye Chen prepared to test whether his Martial Soul had gained a third Extreme Attribute.

• Mu En took Ye Chen to the southern Star Dou Great Forest and explained how to locate Azure Trees by their Wood Attribute fields.
• Mu En found a roughly twelve-thousand-year-old Azure Tree King, restrained it, and weakened it for Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen used his First Soul Skill, Emperor Aurora Slash, to kill the Azure Tree King and absorbed its Soul Ring while Mu En guarded him.
• Ye Chen endured the spiritual tremors of the ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and completed its absorption.
• Ye Chen’s Soul Ring changed from pale black to bright gold, leaving Mu En astonished by the transformation.
• Mu En asked whether Ye Chen’s Martial Soul had gained a third Extreme Attribute, and Ye Chen began activating his Soul Power to check.

After gaining a third Extreme Attribute, Ye Chen discovered that his Martial Soul could purify negative effects, potentially including Sister Xiaotao’s Martial Soul defect. He left the chapter with Mu En stunned by the ability’s immense healing and support potential.

• Ye Chen tested his Third Soul Skill, Emperor Piercing Wind Stab, and blasted the forest with countless powerful light spikes.
• Mu En praised Ye Chen’s Soul Skill and brought him back to Shrek Academy.
• Ye Chen entered the Golden Ancient Tree to investigate changes in his Light Soul Power after gaining the Wood Attribute.
• Ye Chen realized his Martial Soul could purify negative effects, including curses, Martial Soul defects, evil power, excessive Soul Power consumption, and injuries.
• Mu En recognized that Ye Chen’s new ability could make him an extraordinary auxiliary-system Soul Master.

After gaining the Purification ability from his Third Soul Ring, Ye Chen went to tell Ma Xiaotao that he could cure her Evil Fire. He brought her back to his room and began the treatment as her Evil Fire Phoenix filled the room with dark red flames.

• Ye Chen left the Sea God Pavilion and headed to the Outer Court to find Ma Xiaotao, stopping briefly to evade the senior sisters who tried to touch him.
• Ye Chen found Ma Xiaotao in class and told her that his new Purification ability could completely cure her Evil Fire.
• Ye Chen released his Light Soul Power, and Ma Xiaotao sensed that it might truly purify her Evil Fire.
• Ye Chen took Ma Xiaotao back to his room in the Shrek Inner Court and asked her to summon her Martial Soul and hold him tightly.
• Ma Xiaotao summoned the Evil Fire Phoenix, filling the room with scorching dark red flames, and Ye Chen began pouring out his Light Soul Power.

Ye Chen purified Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, causing her Phoenix Martial Soul to evolve into Ultimate Fire. Later, Ma Xiaotao appeared in a familiar black lace nightdress and revealed that she had taken it from Eldest Senior Sister’s wardrobe.

• Ye Chen used his Light Soul Power to purify the Evil Fire inside Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Martial Soul transformed into Ultimate Fire, and Mu En and Yan Shaozhe sensed the change.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Ye Chen and regained her confident, domineering manner after he teased her.
• That evening, Ye Chen found Ma Xiaotao waiting in a black lace nightdress and asked why it looked familiar.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ye Chen she had taken the nightdress from Eldest Senior Sister’s wardrobe.

Mu En began teaching Ye Chen his ultimate technique, King's Descent, and guided him through combining Spiritual Power with Soul Power. Ye Chen mastered that foundation, but still needed to learn how to fuse the power with physical attacks.

• Ye Chen woke and found Ma Xiaotao asleep in a black nightgown, then threw away her fallen stockings and went to Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En summoned Ye Chen and announced that he would pass down King's Descent, a technique combining Spiritual Power and physical attacks.
• Mu En taught Ye Chen to contain his Spiritual Power within a defined boundary, and Ye Chen gradually stabilized it around himself.
• Ye Chen struggled to combine his Spiritual Power and Soul Power, then succeeded after Mu En calmed his fluctuations.
• Mu En demonstrated King's Descent's imposing aura and told Ye Chen to use actual combat to learn how to combine the technique with physical attacks.

Ye Chen trained in the Fear Demon Dragon skull chamber and mastered Mu En’s King's Descent, then began exploring whether he could strengthen it with the Emperor's Momentum in his Emperor Aurora Sword. The Emperor's Momentum awakened as a golden dragon appeared on the blade.

• Mu En sent Ye Chen to temper himself in the Sea God Pavilion chamber for three days and master King's Descent.
• Ye Chen endured the spiritual pressure of one thousand and one Fear Demon Dragon skulls, refining his Spiritual Power and understanding his abilities.
• Ye Chen fused Spiritual Power, Soul Power, and Bloodline Power, mastering King's Descent in less than half a day.
• Ye Chen continued refining the technique and considered integrating the Emperor's Momentum in his Martial Soul into King's Descent.
• Ye Chen summoned the Emperor Aurora Sword, and a golden dragon appeared as the sword's dormant Emperor's Momentum awakened.

Ye Chen fused Emperor's Momentum with King's Descent to create Emperor's Supremacy, shocking Mu En with his talent and power. After days of refining the technique under Mu En's guidance, Ye Chen encountered Ling Luochen on his way back to his room.

• Ye Chen spent three days combining Emperor's Momentum with King's Descent and created the technique Emperor's Supremacy.
• Ye Chen demonstrated the new technique to Mu En, who praised it and was shocked by its power.
• Mu En continued teaching Ye Chen his understanding of King's Descent, helping Ye Chen refine Emperor's Supremacy over the following days.
• Ling Luochen appeared in Ye Chen's path and confronted him with a resentful expression.

Ye Chen made amends to Ling Luochen for repeatedly standing her up by taking her shopping in Shrek City. After buying her a large haul of stockings and clothes, he took her to a restaurant for dinner.

• Ye Chen apologized to Ling Luochen and soothed her anger with affection, promising to spend the day making her happy.
• Ye Chen brought Ling Luochen to the Douluo Family clothing store and bought a basket full of stockings.
• Ling Luochen spent an hour choosing dozens of outfits while Ye Chen carried them, then continued shopping for another half hour.
• Ye Chen stored their purchases in his Storage Soul Tool and took Ling Luochen to a fish restaurant as evening fell.
• Ye Chen ordered two servings of Deep Sea Abalone for their dinner.