Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen fought Xiao Hongchen in a wagered duel at the Soul Fighting Platform and used his lightning abilities to defeat him. Xiao Hongchen was carried away to recover, while Lin Chen was declared the winner and Cai Mei'er praised his talent.

• Xiao Hongchen agreed to fight Lin Chen immediately at the Soul Fighting Platform, and students gathered to watch.
• Lin Chen and Xiao Hongchen revealed their Soul Rings, and Lin Chen activated Thunder Body to evade Xiao Hongchen's soul-guided attacks.
• Lin Chen trapped Xiao Hongchen inside Nine Heavens Thunder Prison, where lightning conducted through Xiao Hongchen's metal equipment and injured him.
• Xiao Hongchen tried to escape with his Fifth Soul Skill, but Lin Chen's lightning shattered the metallic transformation and left him defeated.
• Meng Hongchen carried Xiao Hongchen away after Lin Chen explained that he had restrained his Soul Power, and the referee declared Lin Chen the winner.
• Cai Mei'er watched from a corner and praised Lin Chen's talent.

Lin Chen defeated Xiao Hongchen in the Soul Fighting Tournament and celebrated with Lin Xiaolei and Zhou Mingxing. As the night ended, Zhang Lexuan approached him at his stall.

• Xuan Zi and Cai Mei'er discussed recruiting Lin Chen, while Yan Shaozhe listened.
• Lin Chen reminded Meng Hongchen to have Xiao Hongchen return the Level 7 Soul Tool he had lost, then left the arena to eat.
• Lin Chen told Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong that he had used his Soul Bone skill, Nine Heavens Thunder Prison, against Xiao Hongchen.
• Lin Chen celebrated his victory with Lin Xiaolei and Zhou Mingxing, then encouraged Zhou Mingxing to pursue Soul Tool studies.
• After Lin Xiaolei and Zhou Mingxing returned to their dormitories, Zhang Lexuan approached Lin Chen at his stall.

Zhang Lexuan visited Lin Chen but left without asking him whether he would join Shrek Academy, while Lin Chen later gained a defensive Soul Tool from Xiao Hongchen. Two months later, Zhou Mingxing prepared to study in the Sun Moon Empire, and Lin Chen warned him that an organized Evil Soul Master force had its headquarters there.

• Zhang Lexuan visited Lin Chen, hesitated to bring up Yan Shaozhe's question about joining Shrek Academy, and left after spending time with him.
• Lin Chen refused Xiao Hongchen's offensive Soul Tool and took the Azure Cloud Cover, a defensive Soul Tool capable of blocking attacks from powerful Soul Masters.
• Over the next two months, Lin Chen reached Rank 55 while Zhou Mingxing became a fourth-rank Soul Engineer and a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department.
• Zhou Mingxing told Lin Chen he would leave the next day to study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Lin Chen gave him the Azure Cloud Cover.
• Lin Chen warned Zhou Mingxing that an organized Evil Soul Master force had its headquarters in the Sun Moon Empire.

Zhou Mingxing left Shrek for the Sun Moon Empire to study Soul Tools, parting from Lin Xiaolei after they revealed their feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Lin Chen dealt with two Wang Family men who had followed him and vowed to confront their master.

• Lin Chen warned Zhou Mingxing about the Evil Soul Masters in the Sun Moon Empire, but Zhou Mingxing insisted on going to become stronger.
• At Shrek's eastern gate, Zhou Mingxing and Lin Xiaolei confessed their feelings before he departed with the exchange students.
• Zhou Mingxing arrived in Mingdu and threw himself into studying Soul Tools and cultivation, while Lin Xiaolei repeatedly worried about him.
• Qian Renxue warned Lin Chen that two men were following him, so he lured them into an alley and defeated them.
• One of the men confessed that the Wang Family head had sent them, and Lin Chen killed the other and threatened to visit their master.

Lin Chen dealt with Wang Lei’s failed assassination attempt and continued strengthening himself, while Wang Lei learned that Lin Chen was far more powerful than expected. After an eight-month time skip, Zhang Lexuan left with Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier to seek her ninth Soul Ring, and Lin Chen urged her to pursue a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Lin Chen burned away the assassins’ bodies, cultivated through the night, and later defeated Xiao Hongchen again to claim a Class 6 defensive Soul Tool.
• Wang Lei devoured the surviving Soul King and told a dark shadow that Lin Chen was a remnant of the Lin Family, but the shadow ordered him to handle the matter himself and protect the greater plan.
• Wang Lei learned that Wang Xiaolei had reached Rank 43 through the Holy Cult’s cultivation method and encouraged him to keep progressing.
• Eight months later, Lin Chen had reached Rank 57, and Zhang Lexuan told him she was going to the Star Dou Great Forest with Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier to obtain her ninth Soul Ring.
• Lin Chen advised Zhang Lexuan not to settle for anything less than a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, then said goodbye as she flew away with Yan Shaozhe and Cai Meier.

Lin Chen cultivated in the Angel Space for two months, broke through to Rank 60 by comprehending Sword Intent, and returned to Shrek Academy in time for the opening ceremony. During the grade advancement assessment, he faced a Ten-Thousand-Year Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear and defended against its Seismic Wave.

• Qian Renxue told Lin Chen that the Angel Space could speed up his cultivation, then opened its entrance for him.
• After two months of cultivation, Lin Chen fused his Sword Intent with the Seven Kill Sword's killing aura, broke through the Rank 60 bottleneck, and agreed to return to the academy without obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Lin Chen arrived at Shrek Academy the night before the opening ceremony, and the next day Yan Shaozhe announced the grade advancement assessments.
• Wang Yan led Class One, Grade Five to the Colosseum, where Lin Chen was assigned to fight a Ten-Thousand-Year Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear.
• Lin Chen wounded the bear with the Seven Kill Sword, dodged its Bloodlust-enhanced attacks, and blocked its Seismic Wave with his Sword Shield.

Lin Chen defeated a Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear in his advancement assessment and learned that Wang Dong also passed hers. After reaching Level 60, he left Shrek Academy to seek his Sixth Soul Ring and settle the grudge between the Lin Family and the Wang Family.

• Lin Chen used his speed and strength to defeat the Bloodthirsty Demonic Bear, passing his assessment and astonishing Xiao Hongchen and the teachers.
• Wang Dong revealed her five-ring configuration and began her assessment; by the end of the day, no one in Lin Chen's class had been eliminated.
• Lin Chen told Yan Shaozhe he had reached Level 60 and requested leave to obtain his Sixth Soul Ring; Yan Shaozhe approved and reassured him that Sister Lexuan was well.
• Lin Chen packed his belongings, left Shrek Academy, and headed alone for the Star Dou Great Forest, determined to settle the Lin Family's grudge against the Wang Family.

Lin Chen searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Sixth Soul Ring and discovered a powerful Sabertooth Tiger with an area-of-effect skill. He chose it as his target, but a group of rival tigers attacked it as its strength waned.

• Lin Chen entered the Star Dou Great Forest under the cover of Invisibility Gauze and his Life Domain, marking trees as he cautiously traveled deeper.
• Qian Renxue warned Lin Chen not to venture farther because Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts might be nearby, and he rested while staying alert.
• After searching for several days without finding a suitable Soul Beast, Lin Chen spotted a Sabertooth Tiger fighting a huge pack of younger tigers.
• The Sabertooth Tiger unleashed countless saber teeth across the battlefield, and Lin Chen recognized its area-of-effect skill as the kind he hoped to inherit for his Sixth Soul Ring.
• More tigers with thirty- to forty-thousand-year cultivation surrounded the weakened Sabertooth Tiger and attacked it.

Lin Chen watched a Sabertooth Tiger battle a pack controlled by a Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger, then intervened to kill the Sabertooth Tiger and take its corpse. He fled with the four surviving Soul Beasts in pursuit, but stopped to face them when he realized a fight was unavoidable.

• Lin Chen and Qian Renxue identified the Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger as a hundred-thousand-year Spirit System Soul Beast controlling three powerful tigers.
• The Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger ordered the three tigers to attack, and they badly wounded the Sabertooth Tiger despite its fierce resistance.
• Lin Chen killed the nearly defeated Sabertooth Tiger with his Seven Kill Sword Soul Skill, stored its corpse, and fled.
• The Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger sent the three tigers after Lin Chen, and he used Thunder Body to try to escape.
• Lin Chen stopped and prepared to fight the four pursuing Soul Beasts.

Lin Chen fought the Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger and its three tiger-type Soul Beasts, using his Sword Intent and Sword Array to defeat them. He found a Head Soul Bone glowing in the Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger’s corpse.

• Lin Chen battled the three tiger-type Soul Beasts while the Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger used a spiritual attack to daze him.
• Qian Renxue explained the Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger’s spiritual ability, and Lin Chen injured its spiritual body with Sword Intent.
• Lin Chen trapped the three tiger-type Soul Beasts in his Sword Array and killed them one by one.
• Lin Chen tracked down the fleeing Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger with his Sword Intent and killed it.
• Lin Chen searched the Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger’s corpse and found a Head Soul Bone.

Lin Chen absorbed the Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger Skull and the Sabertooth Tiger's Soul Ring, reaching level 61 and gaining a powerful area Soul Skill. He arrived in Tianwang City, intent on confronting Wang Lei, who remained confident Lin Chen could not defeat him.

• Lin Chen hid in a cave and absorbed the Blue-Eyed Divine Tiger Skull, which greatly increased his Spiritual Power and let him manifest a spiritual body.
• Lin Chen absorbed the Sabertooth Tiger's Soul Ring without difficulty and became a level 61 Attack System Battle Soul Emperor with Spiritual Power rivaling an ordinary Title Douluo.
• Lin Chen gained a Soul Skill that summoned countless Seven Kill Swords to rain down on his enemies.
• Lin Chen used the Invisibility Gauze and Life Domain to prepare for another battle, then set out for Tianwang City to face Wang Lei.
• Wang Lei dismissed concerns that Lin Chen had reached Soul Emperor level and boasted that he would make sure Lin Chen never left if he came.
• Five days later, Lin Chen arrived at Tianwang City.

Lin Chen returned to the former Tianlin City, now called Tianwang City, and discovered the Wang Family had built a pleasure house on the site of his family home. He secretly mapped the city and located Wang Lei, preparing for the battle ahead.

• Lin Chen disguised himself and entered Tianwang City to gather information and plan his next move.
• Lin Chen found Man Chun Lou on the site of Lin Manor and silently vowed to destroy the Wang Family.
• Lin Chen recalled Wang Lei's brutality and surveyed the city's changed streets and layout.
• Lin Chen used his skull bone's ability to control ants, rats, and other creatures, spreading his Spiritual Power through the city to scout without drawing attention.
• After several days, Lin Chen had mapped the city and located Wang Lei, while Qian Renxue cursed Wang Lei for changing women every day.

Lin Chen infiltrated the Wang Mansion, discovered its blood-filled dungeon, and found a captive girl before meeting a Black-Robed Man who offered him a choice between joining the Holy Cult and becoming nourishment. Lin Chen agreed to join if he could kill Wang Lei, and the Black-Robed Man concealed the mansion from the outside world.

• Lin Chen disguised himself as a servant, killed a patrol servant, and bribed the patrol captain while continuing his infiltration.
• After the patrol shift changed, Lin Chen left the squad and searched Wang Lei's room, where he found a hidden passage beneath the bed.
• Lin Chen entered the dungeon, discovered blood-soaked captives, and freed a ragged little girl from her cell.
• A Black-Robed Man confronted Lin Chen and offered him the choice of joining the Holy Cult or becoming nourishment.
• Lin Chen agreed to join the Holy Cult if he could kill Wang Lei, and the Black-Robed Man marked him and concealed the Wang Mansion with Soul Power.

Lin Chen confronted Wang Lei over the massacre of his clan, while a Black-Robed Man watched and offered Wang Lei no help. The fight escalated into a slaughter of the Wang family, leaving Wang Lei enraged and the battle unresolved.

• The Black-Robed Man told Wang Lei that Lin Chen had to face him alone and promised to spare Wang Lei's son.
• Lin Chen challenged Wang Lei over the destruction of his clan, and Wang Lei revealed his Level 79 cultivation as they prepared to fight.
• Lin Chen broke through Wang Lei's defenses and dodged his venom attack with Lingbo Weibu.
• Wang family members joined the fight, but Lin Chen's Myriad Swords Returning to Origin killed those below Soul Emperor and badly wounded the Soul Emperors.
• Lin Chen impaled the leading Elder with nine Seven Kill Swords, and Wang Lei's anger rose as he saw his family members' bodies.

Lin Chen fought Wang Lei, who consumed his own family members to amplify his evil power and reach the late-stage Soul Douluo level. Lin Chen endured Wang Lei’s poison and built up the strength of his Fighting Kill Whirlwind Round Sword before striking his scales.

• Lin Chen evaded Wang Lei’s Lizard Venom Pillar and wounded him with the Seven Kill Sword, while Qian Renxue noted Wang Lei had not fully integrated the evil cultivation method.
• Wang Lei asked Lord Sha for help, but the Black-Robed Man refused; Wang Lei then devoured more than a dozen Wang Family members to strengthen himself.
• Wang Lei’s aura surged and his body transformed as he reached the late-stage Soul Douluo level, but his consciousness deteriorated and he attacked Lin Chen.
• Lin Chen’s Seven Kill Domain weakened Wang Lei, and Lin Chen built up the power of Sword Shadow Overlap despite Wang Lei’s venom pillar.
• Lin Chen charged and slashed Wang Lei’s scales with his amplified sword attack, spraying blood across his robes.

Lin Chen killed Wang Lei and wiped out the Wang Family, completing his long-awaited revenge for the Lin Family. As the vengeful spirits were freed, a Black-Robed Elder appeared and invited Lin Chen to join the Holy Cult.

• Wang Lei summoned the vengeful spirits of his victims, but Qian Renxue urged Lin Chen to fight them so their souls could be freed.
• Lin Chen used his Fifth Soul Skill to defeat Wang Lei, splitting his body in two.
• Lin Chen searched the Wang Mansion with his Spiritual Power and killed everyone remaining there.
• Lin Chen watched the vengeful spirits depart and declared that he had avenged his parents and clansmen.
• The Black-Robed Elder asked about Lin Chen's Fifth Soul Ring and invited him to return to the Holy Cult, but Lin Chen stepped away from his reach.

Lin Chen refused to join the Holy Spirit Cult, and the Black-Robed Man tried to kill him with a planted mark and then a series of attacks. Exhausted from his battle with the Wang Family, Lin Chen was trapped beneath the man's Black Tower Soul Skill, but a sudden surge of energy erupted from him as he struggled to survive.

• Lin Chen rejected the Black-Robed Man's offer and warned that Shrek Academy would pursue him, but the man mocked the threat and revealed that Tang Ya and Ma Xiaotao had become saintesses of the Holy Cult.
• The Black-Robed Man activated the mark he had planted in Lin Chen, but Qian Renxue had already neutralized it, so Lin Chen was unharmed.
• The Black-Robed Man attacked with a gigantic black palm, and Lin Chen burned it away with his Ultimate Power of Bright Fire, revealing his Ultimate Light Martial Soul.
• The Black-Robed Man used his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Lin Chen with the Sixth Soul Skill, Magic Void Seal, while Lin Chen switched back to the Seven Kill Sword.
• Already weakened from his fight with the Wang Family, Lin Chen struggled beneath the Black Tower as the Life Domain failed, then unleashed a tremendous surge of energy while refusing to die.

Lin Chen revealed that his Fourth and Fifth Soul Rings were both Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and drove off the Black-Robed Elder before escaping the imperial troops. He rescued a frightened little girl from the dungeon and brought her to his inn, where he prepared clean clothes for her and asked her name.

• Lin Chen's Fifth Soul Ring transformed into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, revealing that his Fourth Soul Ring was also red.
• Lin Chen used the Seven Kill Domain and Thunder Left Arm Soul Bone Skill to battle the Black-Robed Elder, who fled after being struck by Thunder Force.
• Lin Chen sensed imperial troops approaching and escaped the Wang Mansion, returning to the dungeon to find the awakened little girl.
• Lin Chen carried the little girl out of the encirclement under Invisibility Gauze and brought her to his inn.
• Lin Chen obtained two sets of children's clothes, gave one to the little girl, and asked her name.

After rescuing Tang Xiaoyan, Lin Chen searched for her village and found it destroyed, then took her to Shrek Academy. As he brought her to Zhang Lexuan for help, Wang Dong saw the little girl and angrily accused him of harming children.

• Tang Xiaoyan told Lin Chen how her father had handed her over to an uncle, and Lin Chen let her sleep while he cultivated to Soul Power Level 62.
• Lin Chen took Xiaoyan to search for her home, but they found her village burned down and its residents dead.
• Lin Chen asked Xiaoyan whether she wanted to stay or come with him, and she clung to his clothes, so he carried her toward Shrek Academy.
• After seven days, Lin Chen returned to Shrek Academy with Xiaoyan, reported to Yan Shaozhe, and planned to bring her to Zhang Lexuan for care.
• Wang Dong saw Xiaoyan beside Lin Chen and shouted that he was heartless and did not even spare children.

Lin Chen brought Tang Xiaoyan to Zhang Lexuan after rescuing her from the Wang Family, but Zhang Lexuan angrily rebuked him for attacking the family without warning her and risking trouble for Shrek Academy. She agreed to care for Xiaoyan and keep the incident secret, while Lin Chen returned to the Outer Court.

• Wang Dong attacked Lin Chen, then apologized after Tang Xiaoyan explained that he had rescued her and she had followed him willingly.
• Wang Dong took Tang Xiaoyan to her dormitory for the night and secretly slept in Huo Yuhao's bed.
• Lin Chen returned the next morning, gave Xiaoyan breakfast, and carried her by sword to Sea God Island to find Zhang Lexuan.
• Lin Chen told Zhang Lexuan that he had slaughtered the Wang Family in the Dou Ling Empire, and she angrily warned him that his actions could endanger the academy and get him expelled.
• Zhang Lexuan agreed to care for Xiaoyan and keep Lin Chen's actions secret, and Lin Chen introduced himself to Xiaoyan before hurrying back to the Outer Court.