Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen accepted Xu Sanshi’s challenge to a Soul Duel after refusing to wager Jiang Nannan and setting a penalty of three kowtows for the loser. Xu Sanshi headed to the arena, convinced he would win, while Ye Chen and the two women registered and began waiting for their match.

• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya angrily rebuked Xu Sanshi for insulting Ye Chen and pursuing Jiang Nannan.
• Xu Sanshi challenged Ye Chen, and Ye Chen agreed on the condition that the loser kneel and kowtow three times.
• Xu Sanshi accepted the stakes, believing Ye Chen was a freshman he could easily defeat, while Tang Ya expressed confidence in Ye Chen.
• Xu Sanshi went to the Soul Duel Area, and Ye Chen followed with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.
• Ye Chen and Xu Sanshi registered at the Great Soul Arena, paid the entry fee, and waited several hours for their Soul Duel.

Ye Chen and Xu Sanshi’s Soul Duel drew a packed crowd after spreading through Shrek Academy, and several students bet on Ye Chen or went to watch. The match began with Xu Sanshi summoning his Xuanming Turtle while Ye Chen calmly promised to defeat him in three moves; Xu Sanshi launched his first Soul Skill, Xuanming Shock.

• News of the Soul Duel spread through Shrek Academy, and Tang Ya bet her fortune on Ye Chen before helping Jiang Nannan place a bet too.
• Beibei learned that Ye Chen was Xu Sanshi’s opponent and decided to watch, confident Ye Chen would win.
• Wang Dong heard where Ye Chen had gone and headed to the Soul Duel Area, believing his strength made defeat impossible.
• Ye Chen and Xu Sanshi entered a nearly full arena as the referee announced the start of their match.
• Xu Sanshi summoned his Xuanming Turtle, but Ye Chen did not summon his Martial Soul and declared that he would teach Xu Sanshi a lesson in three moves.
• Xu Sanshi activated his first Soul Skill, Xuanming Shock, spreading a black halo from his shield.

Ye Chen defeated Xu Sanshi in their Soul Duel, shattering his Mysterious Underworld Shield and overpowering his Black Tortoise skill without using his Martial Soul. After the referee declared Ye Chen the winner, Xu Sanshi tried to deny the wager that required him to kowtow three times.

• Xu Sanshi taunted Ye Chen and challenged him to break his Mysterious Underworld Shield.
• Ye Chen gathered Power of Light, struck Xu Sanshi’s shield, and sent him flying with one punch.
• Xu Sanshi unleashed his Third Soul Skill, Power of the Black Tortoise, but Ye Chen’s Emperor’s Supremacy overwhelmed it and left Xu Sanshi unable to resist.
• The referee declared Ye Chen the victor, and a Healing System Soul Master treated Xu Sanshi.
• Ye Chen reminded Xu Sanshi of their wager, but Xu Sanshi denied making any agreement.

After Xu Sanshi refused to honor his wager, Ye Chen forced him to kowtow three times and was taken away for violating the Soul Duel arena’s rules. The chief referee recognized Ye Chen and respectfully greeted him as the Holy Son.

• Xu Sanshi denied the wager and refused to kowtow, so Ye Chen used his momentum to daze him and forced him to kneel and bow three times.
• Judge Hou accused Ye Chen of breaking the arena rules and escorted him to a lounge for questioning.
• Ye Chen asked Judge Hou to summon the highest-ranking referee, calling him “Hou Plant” and saying he was not qualified to interrogate him.
• Judge Gao arrived after Judge Hou sought his help, then recognized Ye Chen and respectfully greeted him as the Holy Son.

Judge Hou learned that Ye Chen was Shrek Academy’s Holy Son, and Judge Gao promised to punish Xu Sanshi for breaking his wager. Wang Dong hurried to check on Ye Chen, then grew jealous when Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan arrived.

• Judge Hou was shocked to learn from Judge Gao that Ye Chen was Shrek Academy’s Holy Son.
• Ye Chen explained that Xu Sanshi had refused to honor their wager, and Judge Gao promised to publicly expose and punish Xu Sanshi.
• Judge Gao and Judge Hou left to attend to the Soul Duel Area and arrange Xu Sanshi’s punishment.
• Wang Dong rushed into the lounge to check on Ye Chen, who calmly reassured her that he was fine.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan arrived celebrating their winnings, and Wang Dong felt jealous and insecure as she saw them with Ye Chen.

Ye Chen introduced Wang Dong to Tang Ya, the Tang Sect’s current sect master, and Wang Dong eagerly joined the sect. Jiang Nannan realized Wang Dong was a girl disguised as a boy, while Tang Ya gave her new recruit a copy of the Tang Sect’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

• Tang Ya greeted Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan, then invited Ye Chen to celebrate her newfound wealth in Shrek City.
• Ye Chen reminded Wang Dong that Tang Ya was the Tang Sect’s sect master, and Wang Dong eagerly declared her admiration for the sect and joined it.
• Tang Ya welcomed Wang Dong and asked about her Martial Soul and cultivation level; Wang Dong said she was a level twenty-four Soul Grandmaster with a Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul.
• Jiang Nannan recognized that the Light Goddess Butterfly could only belong to a female soul master and realized Wang Dong was disguised as a boy.
• Tang Ya gave Wang Dong a copy of the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and described the Tang Sect’s techniques.

Wang Dong joined the Tang Sect and went with Ye Chen, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan to explore Shrek City. Meanwhile, Xu Sanshi persuaded the black-robed Xu Sandao to kill Ye Chen, setting an ambush in motion.

• Tang Ya told Wang Dong that the Tang Sect had only two members, and Wang Dong joined despite learning Ye Chen had not joined.
• Ye Chen invited Wang Dong to go out with him, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan, frustrating Tang Ya’s plans for a day as a trio.
• The four left Shrek Academy through the north gate and headed for Shrek City’s busiest district.
• Xu Sanshi asked the black-robed Xu Sandao to kill Ye Chen and argued that Shrek Academy would not retaliate over the death of a new student.
• Xu Sandao agreed to kill Ye Chen and decided to bear responsibility himself, believing his Mad Blade Martial Soul would make it hard to link him to the Xuanming Sect.

Xu Sandao set out to assassinate Ye Chen and Wang Dong while Xu Sanshi ordered him to spare one of the women. After breaking through to Soul Sage, Ma Xiaotao returned to Shrek Inner Court looking for Ye Chen and learned that Mu En had arranged for him to attend the Outer Court.

• Xu Sanshi told Xu Sandao to kill Ye Chen and Wang Dong but leave either Jiang Nannan or Tang Ya alive for his plans.
• Xu Sandao vanished into the night, while Xu Sanshi waited for news and anticipated taking advantage of the women.
• Ma Xiaotao celebrated obtaining her seventh Soul Ring and becoming an Ultimate Fire Soul Sage, crediting Ye Chen for her breakthrough.
• Ma Xiaotao went to Ye Chen's empty house and then hurried to Yan Shaozhe's office to ask where he had gone.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Mu En had arranged for Ye Chen to enroll in the Outer Court, though he did not know the reason.

Ma Xiaotao searched for Ye Chen after learning he had enrolled in the Outer Court, but Mu En told her that Ye Chen had gone out. Meanwhile, Ye Chen sensed an assassin’s killing intent in Shrek City and launched a preemptive attack while Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan fled with Wang Dong.

• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Mu En’s decision carried absolute authority in Shrek, and Ma Xiaotao chose to trust her martial grandmaster.
• Ma Xiaotao went to the Outer Court dormitories to find Ye Chen, but Mu En said Ye Chen had been away all afternoon.
• Ma Xiaotao flew toward Shrek City, guessing that Ye Chen had gone there for fun.
• While Ye Chen explored Shrek City with Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong, he sensed a powerful assassin’s killing intent and suspected Xu Sanshi had sent the attacker.
• Ye Chen warned Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to escape with Wang Dong, then drew the Emperor Aurora Sword and struck toward the hidden threat with Emperor Thunder Shocking Slice.
• Tang Ya used a flying Soul Tool to carry Wang Dong toward Shrek North Gate as Ye Chen faced the attacker.

Ye Chen fought Xu Sandao, a Soul Douluo who planned to eliminate him and abduct Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan, and unleashed his strongest technique against Xu Sandao’s Eighth Soul Skill. Ma Xiaotao spotted the clash’s golden light and flew toward Ye Chen to help him.

• Xu Sandao dismissed Ye Chen’s attack until it cut through his defense and wounded him.
• Xu Sandao revealed his eight Soul Rings and resolved to kill Ye Chen to remove the threat to the Xuanming Sect.
• Xu Sandao unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Raging Sea's Fury, while Ye Chen prepared his strongest move.
• Ye Chen merged the four golden Soul Rings on his Emperor Aurora Sword and sent a massive golden blade against Xu Sandao’s Blood Saber.
• Ma Xiaotao saw Ye Chen’s golden light, realized he was fighting an enemy, and flew toward the battle.

Ye Chen fought Xu Sandao to a standstill, but Xu Sandao changed targets and pursued Tang Ya and the others. Wang Dong used Ye Chen’s level six Soul Tool Machine Gun to badly wound Xu Sandao, and Ye Chen appeared as the enraged Soul Douluo closed in.

• Ye Chen’s attack clashed with Xu Sandao’s Eighth Soul Skill, and both were thrown back, though Ye Chen suffered minor wounds.
• Xu Sandao decided to target Tang Ya and the others, and Ye Chen rushed after him as they fled.
• Jiang Nannan handed Wang Dong Ye Chen’s level six Soul Tool Machine Gun and explained how to use it.
• Wang Dong fired at Xu Sandao, whose body was pierced by the bullets before their explosive function severely injured him.
• Xu Sandao charged toward Tang Ya and the others in a rage, and Ye Chen appeared with the four Soul Rings on his Aurora Sword beginning to fuse.

Ye Chen and Xu Sandao clashed in a desperate fight until Ma Xiaotao arrived and defeated the assassin with her Phoenix True Fire. Ye Chen stopped her from killing Xu Sandao so they could uncover who ordered the attack, and Yan Shaozhe arrived after Ma Xiaotao sent a Shrek rescue flare.

• Xu Sandao burned his Soul Power and used his enhanced Eighth Soul Skill, Raging Sea's Fury, against Ye Chen and the others.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived, transformed into her Phoenix True Body, and shattered Xu Sandao's Blood Saber avatar with her Phoenix True Fire.
• Ye Chen stopped Ma Xiaotao from killing Xu Sandao, arguing that they needed him alive to find the person behind the assassination.
• Xu Sandao tried to commit suicide, but Ye Chen restrained and knocked him unconscious with Emperor's Supremacy.
• Ma Xiaotao launched Shrek's highest-level rescue flare, and Yan Shaozhe arrived and learned that Xu Sandao had attacked Ye Chen.

After a Soul Douluo tried to assassinate Ye Chen in Shrek City, Yan Shaozhe ordered the attacker interrogated and pursued Ye Chen’s suspicion that the Xuanming Sect was involved. Once Yan Shaozhe left to investigate, Ma Xiaotao reunited with Ye Chen affectionately while Wang Dong, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan watched.

• Yan Shaozhe checked Ye Chen’s injuries, ordered the Soul Douluo assassin taken back to Shrek Academy alive, and promised to investigate the attack.
• Ye Chen told Yan Shaozhe about his Soul Duel and humiliating bet with Xu Sanshi, leading Yan Shaozhe to suspect the Xuanming Sect.
• Yan Shaozhe promised to give Ye Chen an explanation within one day and hurried back to Shrek Academy to uncover the mastermind.
• Ma Xiaotao embraced Ye Chen and acted affectionately until she noticed Wang Dong, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan watching.
• Wang Dong blushed and silently complained about Ye Chen’s many close relationships with older sisters.

After Ma Xiaotao helped Ye Chen and his companions, Wang Dong grew jealous of Ye Chen’s many female confidantes and learned that Ma Xiaotao was his childhood sweetheart. When Wang Dong revealed he could cultivate with Ye Chen through Soul Power Resonance, Tang Ya realized that Wang Dong was a girl.

• Ma Xiaotao asked Ye Chen to meet her at the Seven Treasure Hotel that night, then greeted Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan before leaving.
• Wang Dong asked about Ma Xiaotao, and Tang Ya told him she was Ye Chen’s childhood sweetheart.
• Ye Chen checked that Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong were unharmed, then teased Wang Dong by flicking his forehead.
• Wang Dong demanded half an hour of Soul Power Resonance with Ye Chen as compensation, surprising Tang Ya.
• Jiang Nannan said she had already guessed Wang Dong was a girl from his Martial Soul, and Tang Ya began to understand the truth.

Ye Chen left Wang Dong and the others to meet Ma Xiaotao at the Seven Treasure Hotel, where she welcomed him dressed seductively. Ma Xiaotao asked Ye Chen to help her cultivate, and he carried her in his arms as he felt her scorching body.

• Ye Chen told Wang Dong that he had plans for the night and left her at the academy to meet Ma Xiaotao.
• Ye Chen checked in at the Seven Treasure Hotel and went to room 9119.
• Ma Xiaotao greeted Ye Chen in a black silk dress and asked whether he liked her outfit.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Ye Chen to help her cultivate, and he lifted her in a princess carry.
• Ye Chen noticed Ma Xiaotao's extreme body heat and wondered what it might mean.

Ye Chen and Ma Xiaotao cultivated together through the night, and Ma Xiaotao left pleased with the results and ordered him to help her again in the future. At Shrek Inner Court, Yan Shaozhe convened a Sea God Pavilion meeting to discuss Xu Sanshi and the Xuanming Sect's responsibility for the assassination attempt on Ye Chen.

• Ye Chen helped Ma Xiaotao cultivate through the night until she was exhausted and felt her cultivation was about to break through.
• The next morning, Ma Xiaotao praised the cultivation and ordered Ye Chen to help her whenever she asked.
• Ye Chen helped Ma Xiaotao dress, and she left the hotel room to return to the Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe confirmed that Xu Sanshi of the Xuanming Sect was responsible for the assassination attempt on Ye Chen in Shrek City.
• Yan Shaozhe convened another Sea God Pavilion meeting to explain the incident and discuss how to deal with Xu Sanshi and the Xuanming Sect.

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Mu En decided to personally confront the Xuanming Sect over the attempt on Ye Chen’s life and hand Xu Sanshi over to Ye Chen. He later criticized Yan Shaozhe for focusing too narrowly on calculating Shrek Academy’s gains.

• Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that Xu Sanshi had hired Xuanming Sect elder Xu Sandao to assassinate Ye Chen in Shrek City.
• Yan Shaozhe proposed demanding resources from the Xuanming Sect and expelling Xu Sanshi, while Xuan Zi urged a more forceful response.
• Mu En decided to demand an explanation from the Xuanming Sect in person and hand Xu Sanshi over to Ye Chen to decide his fate.
• The Elders agreed with Mu En, and he asked Yan Shaozhe to speak with him after the meeting.
• By Sea God Lake, Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that his narrow perspective and habit of weighing gains and losses disappointed him.

Mu En rebuked Yan Shaozhe over his narrow-minded approach to leading Shrek, while Ma Xiaotao and Ye Chen returned to their dorms after spending the night together. After discussing the assassination attempt with Ye Chen, Mu En entrusted Xian Lin'er with protecting him until he became a Soul Sage.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to reconsider his methods and change if he wanted to advance as a Soul Master.
• Ma Xiaotao returned to her dormitory, remembered her night with Ye Chen, and fell asleep.
• Ye Chen returned to his dorm, where Wang Dong complained that she had worried about him all night and demanded their promised Soul Power Resonance cultivation.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong cultivated together until evening.
• Mu En met Ye Chen at Sea God Lake and regretted underestimating the Xuanming Sect after its Soul Douluo had attempted to assassinate Ye Chen.
• Xian Lin'er joined them, and Mu En asked her to protect Ye Chen until he became a Soul Sage; she promised to do so.

After surviving Xu Sanshi’s assassination attempt, Ye Chen learned that Shrek Academy had assigned Xian Lin'er to protect him and left Xu Sanshi’s fate in his hands. He confronted Xu Sanshi in the dungeon and killed him, while Mu En prepared to demand a heavy price from the Xuanming Sect.

• Xian Lin'er agreed to guard Ye Chen until he reached the Soul Sage realm.
• Mu En told Ye Chen that Xu Sandao had attempted the assassination on Xu Sanshi’s orders, and that the Sea God Pavilion had left Xu Sanshi for Ye Chen to deal with.
• Mu En said he would personally visit the Xuanming Sect to demand an explanation and make them pay for the attack.
• Ye Chen went to the dungeon, where Xu Sanshi panicked upon seeing him alive and learned that Shrek Academy intended to hold him accountable.
• Ye Chen told Xu Sanshi that the Xuanming Sect would pay for the assassination, then used Emperor’s Momentum to shatter Xu Sanshi’s mind and soul.

After killing Xu Sanshi, Ye Chen left the Xuanming Sect to Mu En, who went to demand an explanation for Xu Sanshi’s attempted assassination of Shrek’s Holy Son. Mu En confronted the sect’s leaders and insisted that Xu Sanshi must die and the Xuanming Sect must answer for his actions.

• Ye Chen felt calm after killing Xu Sanshi and left the matter of the Xuanming Sect to Mu En.
• Mu En arrived above the Xuanming Sect and used his overwhelming pressure to summon its Titled Douluo.
• Xu Yi and several Titled Douluo came out to meet Mu En, followed by the sect’s Rank 96 ancestor, Xu Yin.
• Mu En said Xu Sanshi had attempted to assassinate a Shrek member in Shrek City and demanded an explanation.
• Xu Yi offered to give up everything to protect Xu Sanshi and the Xuanming Sect, but Mu En refused and threatened the sect with a Limit Douluo’s wrath.