Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen and Ling Luochen shared a romantic evening in Shrek City, then he spent the next few months cultivating. Mu En told Ye Chen that the Tang Sect had been destroyed and assigned him to bring its sole surviving girl to Shrek Academy.

• Ye Chen took Ling Luochen to dinner and showed her Shrek City's food and nighttime attractions, and she kissed him goodbye at the academy entrance.
• Ye Chen spent the following months cultivating and sometimes used Soul Power Resonance with Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen.
• Mu En told Ye Chen that the Tang Sect had been destroyed and that only one young girl had survived.
• Ye Chen asked why Mu En would not send Beibei, and Mu En chose Ye Chen because he trusted him to comfort the orphan and hoped to build ties between him and the Tang Sect.

Ye Chen accepted Mu En's request to help Tang Ya and punish the Iron Blood Sect, which had destroyed the Tang Sect. He found Tang Ya in Heaven Dou City and revealed his strength, but she remained doubtful that he could defeat the sect's Soul Emperor.

• Mu En asked Ye Chen to help Beibei handle Tang Ya's feelings and destroy the Iron Blood Sect, and Ye Chen agreed.
• Ye Chen traveled from Shrek Academy to Heaven Dou City and met Tang Ya, the Tang Sect's sole survivor.
• Tang Ya doubted Ye Chen could help her avenge her parents and the fallen Tang Sect, and prepared to go to Shrek Academy.
• Ye Chen summoned the Emperor Aurora Sword and showed Tang Ya his three golden Soul Rings, revealing that he was a Soul Elder.
• Ye Chen offered to avenge Tang Ya immediately, but her gaze dimmed as she remembered the strength of the Iron Blood Sect.

Ye Chen went to the Iron Blood Sect with Tang Ya to avenge the destruction of her family and sect, insisting that his Emperor Aurora Sword could defeat its Soul Emperor Master. The Master emerged with his followers and activated his sixth Soul Skill as Ye Chen prepared to face him.

• Ye Chen reassured Tang Ya that he could defeat the Iron Blood Sect Master and used Emperor's Supremacy to prove his power before heading to the sect.
• Ye Chen knocked down the two disciples guarding the Iron Blood Sect and ordered them to summon their Sect Master.
• Tang Ya arrived at the rebuilt site of the Tang Sect, mourned her parents, and saw her Blue Silver Grass begin to glow black with a devouring aura.
• The Iron Blood Sect Master came out with more than a dozen Soul Masters who had taken part in destroying the Tang Sect, and Ye Chen comforted Tang Ya.
• Ye Chen summoned the Emperor Aurora Sword and launched Emperor Aurora Slash as the Iron Blood Sect Master activated his sixth Soul Skill, Iron Bear Great Arm.

Ye Chen defeated the Iron Blood Sect and let Tang Ya take revenge on the men who had destroyed the Tang Sect and killed her parents. After they became friends, a black-robed man appeared and called Ye Chen a pure light Soul Master and Tang Ya a promising Evil Soul Master.

• Ye Chen defeated the Iron Blood Sect Master and drove off the ordinary disciples, then asked Tang Ya if she wanted to take revenge herself.
• Ye Chen used his Third Soul Skill to kill the elite disciples and cripple the Iron Blood Sect Master and two Soul King elders, leaving the three for Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya tortured Tie Li and the two elders with Dragon Whisker Needles until they died, then wept as she declared that she had avenged her parents.
• Ye Chen comforted Tang Ya, and they introduced themselves and agreed to be friends.
• A black-robed man appeared and praised Ye Chen as a pure light Soul Master and Tang Ya as a promising Evil Soul Master.

Ye Chen confronted a black-robed Evil Soul Sage who wanted to kill him and take Tang Ya, then used his light-powered sword to counter the Soul Sage’s attacks. The Soul Sage summoned his Martial Soul Avatar as Ye Chen’s Emperor Aurora Slash struck, leaving their battle underway.

• The black-robed Evil Soul Sage revealed his seven soul rings and threatened Ye Chen while eyeing Tang Ya as a potential Holy Maiden.
• Ye Chen protected Tang Ya and provoked the Soul Sage, who attacked with his sixth soul skill, Ghost Hand Claims Life.
• Ye Chen gathered the Power of Light through his Emperor Aurora Sword and dispersed the Soul Sage’s black smoke.
• Ye Chen used his first soul skill, Emperor Aurora Slash, whose light aura suppressed the Evil Soul Sage.
• The Evil Soul Sage summoned his Martial Soul Avatar and brought down a massive hand as Ye Chen swept his sword forward.

Ye Chen killed the Evil Soul Sage with the Emperor Aurora Sword and left with Tang Ya before the Sage’s Titled Douluo master could arrive. The master tracked the traces of Ye Chen’s Power of Light, but Mu En appeared to confront him.

• Ye Chen shattered the Evil Soul Sage’s Martial Soul Avatar and struck him with a Light-powered blade that left him badly wounded.
• The Evil Soul Sage threatened Ye Chen with his master’s power, but Ye Chen ignored the threat and killed him with a strike through the heart.
• Ye Chen explained to Tang Ya that the Emperor Aurora Sword’s advantage against Evil Soul Masters had made the fight unusually easy, then hurried with her toward Shrek Academy.
• The Evil Soul Sage’s Titled Douluo master found his disciple’s corpse and decided to hunt Ye Chen after detecting his pure Power of Light.
• As the Titled Douluo prepared to search for Ye Chen and Tang Ya, Mu En surrounded him with Power of Light and confronted him about threatening his disciple.

Mu En killed the Titled Evil Soul Master who had threatened Ye Chen, then met Ye Chen and Tang Ya in Shrek City. He placed Tang Ya in Ye Chen’s care, and Ye Chen brought her to stay near his room in the Shrek Inner Court.

• Mu En ambushed the Titled Evil Soul Master at the Iron Blood Sect and killed him with King's Descent after identifying himself as Dragon God Douluo.
• Ye Chen and Tang Ya returned to Shrek City after fleeing Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Chen introduced Tang Ya to Mu En, who expressed sorrow over the Tang Sect’s destruction and promised Shrek Academy would make it up to her.
• Mu En asked Ye Chen to take care of Tang Ya, and Ye Chen reluctantly agreed.
• Ye Chen showed Tang Ya an empty room near his own and told her she could stay there.

Ye Chen took Tang Ya to secretly borrow soul beasts and cook barbecue beside Sea God Lake, where she asked whether she could revive the Tang Sect. He refused her invitation to join, leaving Tang Ya worried about rebuilding the sect alone.

• Tang Ya finished arranging her room, woke Ye Chen, and asked him to take her to dinner.
• Ye Chen led Tang Ya into Shrek Academy's Soul Beast Breeding Area and told her to borrow two Soft Bone Rabbits while he borrowed two Kun.
• Ye Chen and Tang Ya grilled the soul beasts beside Sea God Lake and shared a meal.
• Tang Ya asked Ye Chen whether she could revive the Tang Sect, and he said it would be difficult but possible.
• Tang Ya invited Ye Chen to join the Tang Sect, but he firmly refused, leaving her discouraged about reviving it on her own.

Ye Chen challenged Tang Ya’s belief that Blue Silver Grass soul masters should follow Tang San’s path, explaining that Tang San had possessed the Blue Silver Emperor rather than ordinary Blue Silver Grass. He proposed the Way of Life for Tang Ya, whose Blue Silver Grass could devour life force, but she feared Ye Chen would judge her for that trait.

• Tang Ya told Ye Chen that the Tang Sect had followed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass path of strengthening toughness and poison for ten thousand years.
• Ye Chen argued that Tang San’s Martial Souls had been the Blue Silver Emperor and the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Ya began to doubt the Tang Sect’s tradition.
• Ye Chen told Tang Ya that Blue Silver Grass should use Soul Rings that enhance vitality and named this approach the Way of Life.
• Ye Chen said Tang Ya was especially suited to the Way of Life and could become a Titled Douluo, giving her hope of reviving the Tang Sect.
• Ye Chen revealed that Tang Ya’s Martial Soul had Devouring Power, and Tang Ya feared he would see her as an Evil Soul Master and abandon her.

Ye Chen reassured Tang Ya that her devouring-capable Blue Silver Grass did not make her evil and offered to use his Light Soul Power to purify any evil aura from her cultivation. After bringing Tang Ya back to his room, Ye Chen introduced her to Ma Xiaotao, who welcomed her as a younger sister, while Tang Ya realized Ma Xiaotao and Ye Chen were close.

• Ye Chen explained to Tang Ya that the way someone used their power determined whether they were an Evil Soul Master, and that she could cultivate by absorbing plant Soul Beasts' life force in moderation.
• Ye Chen demonstrated that his Light Soul Power could purify evil aura and told Tang Ya to come to him for cleansing after absorbing life force.
• When Tang Ya asked why he helped her so much, Ye Chen told her that being his friend was enough, and they finished eating by Sea God Lake.
• Ye Chen returned to his room with Tang Ya, where Ma Xiaotao greeted him jealously and questioned why he had brought a girl back.
• After Ye Chen explained Tang Ya's tragic past, Ma Xiaotao took her hand and welcomed her as a younger sister.
• Tang Ya stayed in another room and, hearing Ye Chen and Ma Xiaotao playing next door, realized why Ye Chen's room had two beds.

Over a year and a half, Ye Chen advanced his cultivation and Soul Tool skills under Mu En and Xian Lin'er, reaching Level 36 and earning a fifth-level Soul Engineer badge. The chapter ended with Tang Ya announcing that she and her friend Jiang Nannan had become Soul Elders and asking Ye Chen to help them obtain their third Soul Rings.

• Ye Chen followed a daily routine of cultivation, Soul Tool study, and training with Mu En, while occasionally using Soul Power Resonance to purify his Light Soul Power.
• Over a year and a half, Ye Chen rose to Level 36 and independently crafted a fifth-level Soul Tool, earning an official fifth-level Soul Engineer badge from Xian Lin'er.
• Ye Chen developed a fourth-level Soul Tool Machine Gun capable of unleashing repeated attacks powerful enough to threaten an ordinary Soul King.
• While Ye Chen was fishing beside Sea God Lake, Tang Ya arrived and announced that she had become a Soul Elder and needed help obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Tang Ya introduced her best friend Jiang Nannan, who had also advanced to Soul Elder and needed her third Soul Ring, and asked Ye Chen to help them both.

Ye Chen took Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to the Star Dou Great Forest to help them obtain their Third Soul Rings. After they found Jiang Nannan’s chosen Instant Shadow Rabbit, Ye Chen knocked it unconscious and told her to absorb its Soul Ring.

• Ye Chen agreed to help Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan obtain their Third Soul Rings, and Jiang Nannan said she had researched her chosen Soul Beasts.
• Ye Chen set off with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan for the Star Dou Great Forest, reaching its outskirts after two days of travel.
• Ye Chen told Tang Ya that a Devouring Demon Vine would suit her Martial Soul, but the group did not find one during their search.
• Jiang Nannan spotted a roughly twelve-hundred-year-old Instant Shadow Rabbit and asked Ye Chen to help her obtain its Soul Ring.
• Ye Chen used a punch infused with the Power of Light and Emperor's Supremacy to knock out the Instant Shadow Rabbit, then told Jiang Nannan to absorb its Soul Ring.

Jiang Nannan absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring and gained Instant Movement, then Ye Chen and the others continued searching the Star Dou Great Forest for Tang Ya’s third Soul Ring. They found a thousand-year Devouring Demon Vine in a hidden valley, where it attacked them and faced Ye Chen’s Emperor Aurora Sword.

• Jiang Nannan absorbed the Instant Shadow Rabbit’s Soul Ring and gained the Third Soul Skill Instant Movement.
• Jiang Nannan demonstrated her new skill, and Ye Chen roasted the Instant Shadow Rabbit for the group to eat.
• Ye Chen, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan searched the Star Dou Great Forest for several days without finding a suitable Soul Beast.
• The group followed a strong life aura to a hidden valley and found a thousand-year Devouring Demon Vine.
• The Devouring Demon Vine attacked the group, but Ye Chen’s Light Soul Power shield rebounded its vines.
• Ye Chen summoned the Emperor Aurora Sword, and the Devouring Demon Vine thrashed under the Power of Light.

Tang Ya absorbed the Devouring Demon Vine’s Soul Ring and gained the life-draining skill Bone Gnawing Strangler, then worried it made her seem like an Evil Soul Master. Ye Chen reassured and purified her, and the group returned to Shrek, where Ye Chen was summoned upon reaching his room.

• Ye Chen weakened the Devouring Demon Vine and let Tang Ya kill it with her Blue Silver Grass, then Tang Ya absorbed its thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tang Ya discovered her Third Soul Skill, Bone Gnawing Strangler, could drain a Soul Master’s life force and feared others would mistake her for an Evil Soul Master.
• Ye Chen told Tang Ya that her actions, not her Soul Skill, determined whether she was evil, and used his Light Soul Power to purify the black aura on her Martial Soul.
• Tang Ya explained her ability to Jiang Nannan, who understood and was glad Ye Chen could help her use her talent safely.
• Ye Chen, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan left the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Shrek, with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan having reached level thirty-two.
• Two days later, Ye Chen returned to his room in the Shrek Inner Court and heard someone call for him.

Ye Chen reunited with Mu En beside Sea God Lake, where Mu En challenged him to demonstrate his combat ability. After Ye Chen used two attacks, he unleashed his self-created Gold and Wood fusion skill as his final move.

• Ye Chen met Mu En beside Sea God Lake, and Mu En revealed that he had worried when Ye Chen left for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Mu En offered to match Ye Chen’s Soul Power level or let him have three moves, and Ye Chen chose the three moves.
• Ye Chen attacked with Emperor Thunder Shocking Slice, but Mu En caught the Aurora Sword and sent him flying.
• Ye Chen used Emperor's Supremacy, and Mu En shattered the punch with one finger.
• Ye Chen launched Life and Death Gold Radiance, his self-created soul skill combining the Gold Attribute and Wood Attribute.

Ye Chen demonstrated his self-created fusion soul skill to Mu En, who praised his talent and spared him punishment. Two years later, Ye Chen had become a Soul Ancestor with four Extreme Attributes, and he discovered that long-term Soul Power Resonance improved his cultivation talent.

• Ye Chen attacked Mu En with golden and green sword radiance, and Mu En praised his self-created skill before deciding not to punish him.
• Ye Chen blamed Tang Ya for his near-punishment, slapped her, and offered to perform Soul Power Resonance with her that night.
• Two years later, Ye Chen stood by Sea God Lake as a Soul Ancestor, having gained Extreme Water from the Heavenly Ox Rhinoceros and reached a fifty-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Ye Chen discovered that repeated Soul Power Resonance with his elder sisters had improved his cultivation talent and increased his cultivation speed.

After gaining the Emperor’s Protection skill, Ye Chen resolved to make people believe in the Emperor and the light. He then used his Light Soul Power to cure Jiang Nannan’s critically ill mother, leaving Jiang Nannan overwhelmed with gratitude.

• Ye Chen learned that Emperor’s Protection grew stronger through people’s faith and set himself the goal of replacing Shrek’s worship of the Sea God with belief in the Emperor and the light.
• Tang Ya brought a distraught Jiang Nannan to Ye Chen, who promised to help her mother without needing the Mystic Turtle Divine Pill.
• Ye Chen examined Mother Jiang and discovered blocked meridians and a hidden frigid force draining her life.
• Ye Chen used his Light Soul Power to clear Mother Jiang’s meridians and melt the frigid force, restoring her health.
• Jiang Nannan hugged Ye Chen and thanked him, and Mother Jiang woke to see them embracing.

After Ye Chen cured Jiang Nannan's mother, the family shared dinner with him and Tang Ya. Her mother helped Jiang Nannan admit that she loved Ye Chen and encouraged her to pursue him, leaving Jiang Nannan asking how to begin.

• Jiang Nannan introduced Ye Chen to her recovered mother and praised him for saving her life and treating her well.
• Jiang Nannan introduced Tang Ya as her best friend, and Mother Jiang invited Ye Chen and Tang Ya to stay for dinner.
• Mother Jiang cooked a meal, and Tang Ya and Ye Chen praised her food.
• While cleaning up, Mother Jiang asked Jiang Nannan whether she liked Ye Chen and warned her that Tang Ya might have feelings for him too.
• Jiang Nannan admitted that she loved Ye Chen and decided to pursue him, then asked her mother for advice on how to do it.

After her mother advised her to take the initiative and learn Ye Chen’s preferences, Jiang Nannan arranged a private evening with him. She brought him to a hotel and revealed a bold bunny girl outfit, leaving their encounter poised to continue.

• Mother Jiang advised Jiang Nannan to win Ye Chen over by cooking for him, taking the initiative, and catering to his preferences.
• Jiang Nannan invited Ye Chen to celebrate her mother’s recovery, insisted on going alone with him, and asked Tang Ya what he liked.
• Tang Ya told Jiang Nannan that Ye Chen liked unusual outfits, and Jiang Nannan decided to dress boldly for their evening.
• Jiang Nannan met Ye Chen at Shrek Academy, took him around Shrek City, and then brought him to a hotel.
• Jiang Nannan removed her coat and revealed a bunny girl outfit with white silk stockings.

Jiang Nannan surprised Ye Chen with a bunny outfit and massage, while Tang San plotted to control the Child of Destiny and became enraged when Douluo Continent’s plane consciousness blocked his view. Later, Ye Chen and Tang Ya entered Star Dou Great Forest to find Tang Ya’s fourth soul ring and came upon a frail boy grilling fish.

• Jiang Nannan wore a bunny outfit for Ye Chen and massaged his shoulders, pleasing him.
• Tang San planned to control Wu Tong, exploit the Child of Destiny, and let his parents take over Douluo Continent.
• Tang San noticed Ye Chen’s unusual talent, then lost his ability to observe the continent and blamed its plane consciousness.
• Tang Ya and Ye Chen traveled to Star Dou Great Forest so Tang Ya could obtain her fourth soul ring.
• Ye Chen and Tang Ya followed the smell of grilled fish and found a thin, frail boy cooking it.