Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao listened to Beibei and Tang Ya's advice about cultivating before choosing a future path, while Gu Yuena emphasized understanding and developing one's Martial Soul. After Huo Yuhao and the others left to cultivate, An Ping and Gu Yuena questioned Tian Meng about Huo Yuhao and whether Soul Beasts could attain Godhood.

• Beibei and Tang Ya advised Huo Yuhao to focus on cultivation and learning before deciding what kind of soul master to become.
• Gu Yuena said that understanding one's Martial Soul was essential, and Beibei explained how Shrek Academy's Outer Court and Inner Court differed in their teachings.
• Huo Yuhao went to cultivate, followed later by Beibei and Tang Ya.
• An Ping asked Tian Meng what he thought of Huo Yuhao and whether he wanted to become Huo Yuhao's soul ring.
• Tian Meng explained that he had hoped to follow a human into the God Realm because he believed Soul Beasts could not attain Godhood.
• Gu Yuena confirmed Tian Meng's belief and asked why Soul Beasts could not become gods, and Tian Meng speculated that the world's rules caused the difference.

Gu Yuena and An Ping explained to Tian Meng how the God Realm restricted Soul Beasts and promised him freedom and a chance to attain Godhood if he cooperated. They revealed their ranks and martial souls, then told him how to access the cultivation information in An Ping’s book.

• Gu Yuena told Tian Meng that the God Realm did not want Soul Beasts to attain Godhood and that becoming a soul ring would not guarantee freedom.
• An Ping promised to free Tian Meng and give him a chance to attain Godhood after they completed their business.
• An Ping said he and Gu Yuena were both rank-ninety-seven Titled Douluo and explained that their unusual soul rings came from their bloodline power.
• Tian Meng doubted their age and strength, and An Ping told him he and Gu Yuena were both eighteen.
• An Ping explained that Tian Meng could access the book’s information by dripping blood onto it or injecting Spiritual Power, then named their martial souls as Sky of Truth and Elementalist.

Tian Meng studied An Ping’s Soul Beast cultivation method and confirmed that it could help him recover his strength without risking a heavenly tribulation. After Gu Yuena revealed that she knew about his feelings for the Ice Empress, An Ping promised they would address the Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s problems, but left the Ice Empress’s feelings uncertain.

• Tian Meng absorbed the book An Ping gave him and learned a Soul Beast cultivation method that could gradually restore his cultivation.
• Tian Meng questioned whether An Ping and Gu Yuena were Soul Beasts who had undergone Soul Beast Incarnation, and Gu Yuena let him believe that while suppressing him with her Dragon God aura.
• Tian Meng asked whether they could help Soul Beasts survive heavenly tribulations, and Gu Yuena said their item would prevent him from attracting one even if he attained Godhood.
• Tian Meng asked An Ping and Gu Yuena to give the Ice Empress a cultivation method and a tribulation-evading item, offering to persuade her to work for them.
• Gu Yuena revealed that she knew Tian Meng loved the Ice Empress, and An Ping said they would resolve the Ice Empress and Snow Empress’s problems but could not decide whether the Ice Empress liked Tian Meng.

An Ping and Gu Yuena explained to Tian Meng that Huo Yuhao carried humanity’s destiny and had the potential to become a god, aided by Tian Meng and a powerful remnant soul. They reassured Tian Meng that disrupting Huo Yuhao’s opportunity would not make the world target them, because destiny only increased possibilities rather than guaranteeing outcomes.

• Tian Meng asked An Ping why he had paid special attention to Huo Yuhao, and An Ping asked him what he believed destiny to be.
• Tian Meng described the Auspicious Beast’s influence on the Star Dou Great Forest, and Gu Yuena explained that destiny was power bestowed by the world.
• Gu Yuena revealed that Huo Yuhao carried much of humanity’s destiny and could attain Godhood in that era.
• An Ping explained that Tian Meng’s spiritual origin and the Ice Empress could have helped Huo Yuhao awaken a Second Martial Soul, and revealed that a God Tier remnant soul had entered Huo Yuhao.
• Tian Meng worried that refusing to become Huo Yuhao’s Wisdom Soul Ring had ruined his chance at Godhood and might make the world punish them.
• Gu Yuena explained that destiny only magnified possibilities and said that a world where everything was predetermined would be diseased.

An Ping explained to Tian Meng how the World Will treated Sons of Destiny and warned him against harming Huo Yuhao. Meanwhile, Beibei, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, An Ping, and Gu Yuena reached Shrek City, where Beibei arranged for them to stay at an inn until enrollment began.

• An Ping told Tian Meng that killing a Son of Destiny would not normally let the killer inherit that destiny, and warned that the Sea God might protect Huo Yuhao.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena returned to their room, while Tian Meng went to cultivate and recover.
• Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao traveled toward Shrek City and joined a merchant caravan after meeting it on the road.
• The group arrived at Shrek City ahead of schedule and parted ways with the caravan after entering through the north gate.
• Beibei offered to take An Ping, Gu Yuena, and Tian Meng to an inn, and told Huo Yuhao that official enrollment would begin in two days.

After arriving in Shrek City, Huo Yuhao returned to cultivating while An Ping, Gu Yuena, and Tian Meng visited a Nine Treasures Auction House. They prepared to have An Ping’s special Sixth-rank Soul Tool appraised, and Tian Meng learned that Gu Yuena’s Spiritual Power had reached God Tier.

• Huo Yuhao, Tian Meng, An Ping, and Gu Yuena reached Shrek City, where Tang Ya and Beibei left to return to Shrek Academy.
• After eating at the hotel, Huo Yuhao went back to his room to cultivate while An Ping, Gu Yuena, and Tian Meng headed to the Nine Treasures Auction House.
• An Ping told the receptionist that he wanted to sell a special-type Soul Tool that counted as Sixth-rank, and the receptionist took them to wait for an appraisal master.
• Tian Meng asked how An Ping and Gu Yuena had navigated Shrek City without a map, and Gu Yuena explained that they had used Spiritual Power.
• Tian Meng asked whether their Spiritual Power had reached God Tier, and Gu Yuena confirmed that hers had.

An Ping presented a spatial Soul Tool with a sixth-rank defensive array to the Nine Treasures Auction House for appraisal and agreed to sell it directly. After the house expanded in the Auction House’s courtyard and An Ping activated its barrier, the appraiser discovered they could pass through it from the inside.

• Tian Meng felt dejected after learning that his Spiritual Power was far weaker than An Ping’s and Gu Yuena’s.
• An Ping showed the appraiser a compact house Soul Tool and explained that its sixth-rank defensive array could block an ordinary Soul Saint’s attack.
• The appraiser confirmed the Soul Tool’s Energy Core was a top-tier sixth-rank core and realized it used spatial technology.
• An Ping chose to sell the Soul Tool directly to the Auction House rather than put it up for Auction.
• An Ping expanded the model house in the courtyard and activated its barrier for testing.
• An Ping led the appraiser through the barrier, and the appraiser realized it allowed passage from the inside.

An Ping sold a spatial Soul Tool to the Nine Treasures Auction House, and the old man brought in Fan Yu to examine it. Fan Yu confirmed its remarkable functions and took it to study, while the Auction House sought to discover where An Ping and his companions were staying.

• The old man tested An Ping’s Energy Barrier Soul Tool and agreed to buy it for four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, giving An Ping a manual and part of the payment in a Storage Soul Tool.
• An Ping left the Auction House with Gu Yuena and Tian Meng, while the old man sent someone to track their whereabouts.
• The old man invited Fan Yu to appraise the Soul Tool and reminded him that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect expected a share of any technology they deciphered.
• Fan Yu studied the manual and tested the Soul Tool, confirming that its functions matched the instructions and that its design exceeded what he could create.
• Fan Yu took the Soul Tool with him and asked to meet its seller, while the old man said he had sent someone to find An Ping’s group.

Fan Yu investigated a mysterious soul tool and learned that Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao had brought it to Shrek City. He went to find Beibei and Tang Ya at the Martial Soul Department’s advancement exam grounds.

• Fan Yu considered whether the soul tool’s advanced sealing technology came from the Sun Moon Empire or a country in the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
• A Nine Treasures Auction House staff member reported that Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao had entered Shrek City with a commercial caravan and were staying at the Shrek Hotel.
• Fan Yu declined the old man’s offer to accompany him to the hotel and returned to Shrek Academy.
• Fan Yu asked He Caitou to find Beibei and Tang Ya, then learned they were at the Martial Soul Department’s advancement exam grounds.
• Fan Yu arrived at the grounds and saw Tang Ya fighting a thousand year soul beast while Wang Yan and Beibei watched.

Fan Yu questioned Beibei and Tang Ya about the three youths they had met in the Star Dou Great Forest after learning that they were from Eastsea City. He showed them a Soul Tool the youths had sold at the Auction House and asked them to arrange a meeting with its makers.

• Tang Ya defeated a Thousand Year Soul Beast in her Advancement Exam, and Beibei passed his assessment soon after.
• Fan Yu told Wang Yan he had come to speak with Beibei and Tang Ya about a matter unrelated to recruiting them into the Soul Engineer Department.
• Fan Yu asked Beibei and Tang Ya about the three youths they had encountered in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Beibei identified An Ping as one of them.
• Fan Yu showed Beibei and Tang Ya the Soul Tool he had obtained at the Auction House, and they recognized it as the one the youths had used.
• Fan Yu explained that the three youths had sold him the Soul Tool and asked Beibei and Tang Ya to take him to meet them.

After Fan Yu arranged to meet Beibei, Tang Ya, and their companions in Shrek City, Beibei reported An Ping’s unusual Martial Soul and its Absolute Validity to Wang Yan. Wang Yan considered whether Shrek Academy could recruit An Ping despite his age and asked Beibei to keep the group in the city while he consulted the academy’s higher-ups.

• Fan Yu agreed to meet Beibei and Tang Ya in Shrek City the next day, and Wang Yan dismissed them after Beibei passed his Advancement Exam.
• Beibei told Wang Yan that An Ping’s Star Wheel Ice Staff had an Astrological Attribute, including Absolute Validity, and described how it had controlled him for about five seconds.
• Wang Yan was skeptical of the ability until Beibei explained his firsthand experience, then acknowledged that the Star Wheel Ice Staff could be exceptionally powerful when it drew on starlight.
• Beibei suggested inviting An Ping to Shrek Academy, but Wang Yan hesitated because An Ping was eighteen and already beyond the academy’s admission age.
• Wang Yan asked Beibei to find out how long the three companions planned to stay in Shrek City and to keep them there if possible while he considered the matter.

Fan Yu visited An Ping and Gu Yuena to ask about the Soul Tool Traveler's Home they had sold. An Ping claimed their teacher, Leng Yaozhu, had made it and promised to pass on Fan Yu's invitation to meet when she returned from seeking a breakthrough at sea.

• Gu Yuena opened the door to Fan Yu, Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao, then let them into the suite to talk.
• Fan Yu explained that he had bought Traveler's Home and asked how the group had obtained it.
• Gu Yuena said their teacher had given them the Soul Tool.
• An Ping told Fan Yu that their teacher was Leng Yaozhu and that she had sailed away to seek a breakthrough.
• Fan Yu invited Leng Yaozhu to Shrek Academy for an exchange about Soul Tools, and An Ping agreed to relay the invitation.

Fan Yu tried to obtain Leng Yaozhu’s Soul Tool designs or devices from An Ping and Gu Yuena, offering Shrek Academy resources and study opportunities. An Ping refused, and Fan Yu appealed to the continent’s struggle against the Sun Moon Empire, leaving Huo Yuhao newly resentful toward that empire.

• Fan Yu offered to trade a Seventh-rank Soul Tool Design Blueprint and time in Shrek Academy’s Soul Engineer Department for Traveler’s Home’s design, but An Ping said they did not have it.
• Fan Yu asked about other designs and similar Soul Tools, but An Ping said their studies used standard materials and that they needed their remaining devices for themselves.
• Fan Yu proposed borrowing the Soul Tools for research in exchange for study at Shrek Academy, but An Ping refused because they would soon leave for their own academy.
• Fan Yu explained that he hoped Leng Yaozhu’s work could help Shrek Academy break through the ninth-rank Soul Tool limit and counter the Sun Moon Empire.
• Huo Yuhao connected the Sun Moon Empire’s conflict with his father’s absence and grew resentful toward the empire.

An Ping and Gu Yuena rejected Fan Yu’s appeal to share their Soul Tools and join Shrek Academy, but An Ping offered to sell him a communication Soul Tool in exchange for a tour of the Outer Court. Fan Yu then invited An Ping to become a Core Disciple, but An Ping refused, saying he planned to travel with Gu Yuena after graduation.

• An Ping challenged Fan Yu’s claim that Shrek Academy sought peace, and Gu Yuena pointed out that the academy had not deciphered the technology in Traveler's Home.
• An Ping offered Fan Yu a functional Soul Tool in exchange for permission to tour Shrek Academy’s Outer Court, and Fan Yu agreed.
• An Ping presented two linked books that could transmit writing across ten li and explained that he had made the Level Four Soul Tool himself.
• Fan Yu offered An Ping Core Disciple status in the Soul Engineer Department, but An Ping declined.
• An Ping explained that he and Gu Yuena planned to travel the continent together after graduation, and he preferred enjoying life to pursuing endless cultivation.

Fan Yu tried to persuade An Ping to join Shrek Academy by offering payment for his communication Soul Tool and explaining its benefits, but An Ping asked for Rare Metals instead. Beibei described the advantages of becoming a Core Disciple, and the chapter ended with An Ping questioning the responsibilities while Huo Yuhao still longed for the status.

• Fan Yu tested An Ping's Books, confirmed that their writing synchronized and disappeared over time, and offered Soul Coins, a Soul Tool, or research notes in exchange.
• An Ping declined Fan Yu's offers and asked for Rare Metals, so Fan Yu arranged for Beibei to take him to the Soul Engineer Department at Shrek Academy.
• Fan Yu left to examine An Ping's Soul Tool, while Beibei tried to persuade An Ping to stay by describing the privileges of Core Disciples.
• An Ping asked what responsibilities Core Disciples had to bear, while Huo Yuhao continued to hope he could obtain the status and its cultivation resources.

Beibei and Tang Ya explained Shrek Academy’s Core Disciple system and Freshman Assessment to An Ping, Gu Yuena, and Huo Yuhao. Huo Yuhao learned that the assessment tested three-person team combat rather than Soul Power level, and resolved to pass it.

• Beibei explained that Core Disciples received academy benefits in exchange for helping the academy and completing assignments.
• Beibei described the talent and strength required for Core Disciple status, and Tang Ya explained that winning the Freshman Assessment guaranteed it for a team.
• Tang Ya told Huo Yuhao that first-year students faced a Freshman Assessment every three months and that passing the first one was necessary to remain at Shrek Academy.
• Tang Ya described how difficult it was to enter the Inner Court and said its graduates became powerful Soul Emperors who received offers from nations.
• Huo Yuhao worried that his low Soul Power would hurt his chances, but Beibei told him the assessment tested three-person team combat, not Soul Power level.
• Huo Yuhao said he would work hard to pass the assessment and surpass his peers.

Beibei and Tang Ya took Huo Yuhao, An Ping, and Gu Yuena to visit Shrek Academy, while Tian Meng stayed behind to cultivate and avoid the academy’s powerful experts. After entering the academy, the group saw the founders’ statues and began touring the Martial Soul Branch.

• Tian Meng declined to visit Shrek Academy because he feared its Titled Douluo might discover his identity, and he stayed at the hotel to cultivate.
• Beibei and Tang Ya led An Ping, Gu Yuena, and Huo Yuhao to breakfast in Shrek City before heading to the academy’s eastern gate.
• A student at the gate let the visitors enter after Beibei showed Fan Yu’s note approving their visit.
• Beibei introduced the statues of Shrek Academy’s founders and the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils, while Tang Ya focused on Tang San’s statue and Huo Yuhao wondered whether he could match Dai Mubai.
• Beibei led the group toward the Martial Soul Branch after Gu Yuena said either part of the academy would be fine.

Beibei and Tang Ya showed Huo Yuhao, An Ping, and Gu Yuena around Shrek Academy, explaining its grounds and student facilities. They met Mu En, who inspected An Ping’s Martial Soul and identified it as a powerful mutation related to the Xu Family’s Star Crown Martial Soul.

• Beibei explained Sea God Lake and the Inner Court to Huo Yuhao, who resolved to work hard and eventually reach Sea God Island.
• Beibei and Tang Ya led the group through Shrek Square and described the Martial Soul Department’s colored Teaching Buildings and the Outer Court dormitory.
• Mu En summoned Beibei and the others, then asked whether Huo Yuhao, An Ping, and Gu Yuena were Shrek students.
• After Beibei explained how he had met them, Mu En asked An Ping to summon his Martial Soul.
• Mu En examined An Ping’s Star Wheel Ice Staff and said it carried traces of the Xu Family’s Star Crown Martial Soul combined with an Ice Attribute approaching Ultimate Ice.

Beibei led Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, An Ping, and Gu Yuena to Shrek Academy’s Soul Fighting Area, where they watched a match and saw the popular Jiang Nannan enter the arena. Tang Ya and Beibei noticed that people reacted to Gu Yuena’s beauty with surprising indifference, leaving the reason unclear.

• Tang Ya explained that the Soul Fighting Area hosted matches and that Soul Fighting Points were required for upper-year advancement.
• Beibei paid the admission fee and brought the group inside, where they watched two third-ring Soul Elders fight until the longsaber user won.
• Jiang Nannan entered the arena to loud cheers, and Huo Yuhao became unable to look away from her.
• Tang Ya teased Huo Yuhao about admiring Jiang Nannan, and Beibei complimented Tang Ya before she shyly pushed him away.
• Tang Ya wondered why Huo Yuhao and others seemed less affected by Gu Yuena’s beauty than by Jiang Nannan’s, and Beibei realized he had not noticed the pattern.

Gu Yuena explained that her Phoenix Soaring Soul Tool set made others overlook her, then disagreed with Tang Ya over whether Soul Tools should focus on strength or convenience. As Jiang Nannan’s match was about to begin, Beibei provoked Xu Sanshi into agreeing to a spar, and went to register.

• Gu Yuena showed Tang Ya, Beibei, and Huo Yuhao her Phoenix Soaring bracelet and explained that the Soul Tool set made people unconsciously overlook her appearance.
• Tang Ya questioned whether Gu Yuena’s unusual, convenience-focused Soul Tools wasted rare materials, and Gu Yuena argued that tools could also make daily life easier.
• Beibei redirected the conversation as Jiang Nannan and her opponent took their places on the fighting platform.
• Xu Sanshi approached Beibei and questioned whether he had obtained permission to bring outsiders into the academy.
• Beibei taunted Xu Sanshi about Jiang Nannan and suggested he was afraid to spar, so Xu Sanshi angrily agreed to register for a match.
• Beibei asked Tang Ya to wait with the others while he went with Xu Sanshi to register.