Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen took his sixth-year advancement assessment on Sea God Island, where he had to last against Cai Mei'er for the time it took an incense stick to burn. He passed after revealing his First Soul Core and fighting Cai Mei'er to a standstill, while she again urged him to join Shrek.

• Lin Chen left Zhou Mingxing and went to Sea God Island, where Zhang Lexuan told him that Cai Mei'er would test him in a duel.
• Lin Chen and Cai Mei'er fought on the Inner Court's Soul Fighting Platform while Zhang Lexuan refereed, and Cai Mei'er discovered that Lin Chen had condensed his First Soul Core.
• Lin Chen unleashed his Seven Kill Domain and clashed with Cai Mei'er's Evil Dragon Soul Spear skills, keeping pace with the Super Douluo.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped the duel when the incense burned down, and Cai Mei'er declared that Lin Chen had passed his assessment.
• Cai Mei'er asked Lin Chen again whether he would consider joining Shrek.

Lin Chen passed his special assessment and rejected Cai Mei'er’s offer to join Shrek’s Inner Court, then hinted to Zhang Lexuan that he liked her, leaving her flustered and reconsidering their shared memories. He watched Lin Xiaolei’s promotion assessment, where her music-based Soul Skills defeated a ten-thousand-year Gale Wolf.

• Lin Chen refused Cai Mei'er’s recruitment offer and told Zhang Lexuan that the person he liked would never attend the Sea God Matchmaking Conference.
• Zhang Lexuan realized Lin Chen was referring to her and recalled their past encounters before flying back to the Outer Court in a daze.
• Lin Chen returned to the Soul Fighting Platform and sat with Lin Xiaolei while she waited for her promotion assessment.
• Lin Xiaolei faced a ten-thousand-year Gale Wolf and used her qin Soul Skills to slow and disorient it.
• Lin Xiaolei’s sixth Soul Skill, High Mountains Flowing Water Seeks a Kindred Spirit, entranced the Gale Wolf until it collapsed in tears.

Lin Chen agreed to host the upcoming Sea God Matchmaking Conference at Zhang Lexuan’s request, despite not being an Inner Court disciple. As the conference began, he went to Zhang Lexuan’s cabin on Sea God Island to prepare.

• Lin Chen left Lin Xiaolei and Zhou Mingxing to dine together and wondered whether Wang Dong had told Xiao Xiao that she was a girl.
• Xiao Xiao urged Lin Chen to join the matchmaking conference, but he declined while Lin Xiaolei and Zhou Mingxing became Inner Court disciples.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Lin Chen to co-host the conference, and he accepted and took the speech script to memorize.
• Lin Chen suggested Xiao Xiao consider He Caitou, but Xiao Xiao said she preferred handsome guys, leaving Lin Chen to regret disrupting their chance to grow closer.
• When the conference day arrived, Lin Chen went to Zhang Lexuan’s cabin on Sea God Island, where she asked if he was ready.

Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan opened Shrek’s Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Conference and explained the first-stage rules. Xu Sanshi found Jiang Nannan among the veiled Sea God Fairies, and Ye Liu took his turn as the conference continued.

• Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan dressed for the event and flew to Sea God Lake as its hosts.
• Eighteen veiled female students appeared on the lake, and Lin Chen welcomed the participants and observers.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that the male students had to reach the illuminated water-lily positions without falling into the lake, and Lin Chen started the contest.
• Xu Sanshi used Huo Yuhao’s assistance to find Jiang Nannan and lift her hat.
• Zhang Lexuan called Ye Liu forward, and he spread his wings and flew toward the remaining female students.

The Sea God's Matchmaking Conference continued through its first two rounds, with Lin Chen hosting and Huo Yuhao drawing overwhelming interest from the Sea God Fairies. The second round ended and Zhang Lexuan explained the final-choice rules for the third round, which was about to begin.

• Han Ruoruo threw Ye Liu into Sea God Lake after he tried to disrupt the first round, and Zhang Lexuan disqualified him.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao realized Lin Chen had advanced to Soul Saint, while Huo Yuhao's Eye of Destiny faintly reacted to him.
• Huo Yuhao used Snow Girl's help to remove five Sea God Fairies' hats, and Zhou Mingxing revealed Lin Xiaolei's face by taking her hat.
• In the second round, seventeen Sea God Fairies left their lamps on for Huo Yuhao, while Wu Feng turned hers off; ten girls also favored Zhou Mingxing.
• Zhang Lexuan announced that the third round would require each male student to introduce himself and name a favored Sea God Fairy before the girls made their final choices.

Lin Chen helped run the Sea God Fate Matchmaking Conference as the students began choosing partners, while Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan left together after falling into the lake. The fourth segment continued until Wu Ming asked whether Lin Chen had a girlfriend, leaving him stunned and Zhang Lexuan frowning.

• Lin Chen drew lots for the male students, and Zhou Mingxing introduced himself before explaining that he already liked someone.
• Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao introduced themselves, then Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan fell into the water together and withdrew from the conference.
• Zhang Lexuan began the Three Lives Fate segment, and Lin Chen explained that unchosen male students would be eliminated.
• Lin Xiaolei chose Zhou Mingxing, Xiao Xiao chose Huo Yuhao after Wang Donger stopped her, and Wang Donger also moved toward Huo Yuhao.
• Wu Ming asked Zhang Lexuan whether Lin Chen had a girlfriend, shocking Lin Chen and prompting Zhang Lexuan to frown.

Wu Ming chose Lin Chen at the matchmaking event, but he challenged her to a fight instead of agreeing to marry her. After Wu Ming selected Chu Qingtian for the Bride-Snatching Round, Han Ruoruo asked the men to step forward if they were interested in her.

• Wu Ming told Lin Chen she wanted him as her partner, but he refused and said he barely knew her.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lin Chen to handle the situation himself, so he declared that Wu Ming could have him if she defeated him.
• Yan Shaozhe stopped Wu Ming from jumping into Sea God Lake and moved the matter to the Bride-Snatching Round.
• Wu Ming chose Chu Qingtian, who silently hoped she would lose to Lin Chen.
• Han Ruoruo asked any man who liked her to step forward, saying she would end her matchmaking if no one did.

At the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Conference, several students made their choices before Lin Chen was challenged by Wu Ming. The two revealed their Soul Sage levels and prepared to fight, but the match had only just begun.

• Wang Yan confessed to Han Ruoruo, and she agreed to be with him and withdrew from the conference.
• Wu Feng and Zhu Lu chose Dai Huabin, while Ling Luochen chose Huo Yuhao.
• Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan explained the rules for the Hundred Years of Harmony segment and its bride-snatching challenges.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Lin Chen had condensed his First Soul Core, shocking the elders watching the event.
• Wu Ming challenged Lin Chen, who revealed that he was a level seventy-five Soul Sage; Wu Ming announced her level as seventy-eight, and Zhang Lexuan started their match.

Lin Chen fought Wu Ming at the Sea God Fate Matchmaking Conference and defeated her with his superior swordsmanship and soul power. Wu Ming honored their bet by withdrawing from the conference, though the Inner Court students expected her to return for a future one.

• Lin Chen and Wu Ming activated their Martial Soul Avatars, and Lin Chen’s Seven Kill Domain made the Inner Court disciples marvel at his strength.
• Wu Ming unleashed her Golden Crow True Fire, but Lin Chen shattered her attacks and met her Fourth Soul Skill with Long Sword Peaks.
• Lin Chen broke through Wu Ming’s fire defenses and struck her into Sea God Lake, then trapped her beneath Myriad Swords Returning to Origin.
• Wu Ming charged Lin Chen with her Sixth Soul Skill, but Lin Chen destroyed it at the right moment and held a Seven Kill Sword to her neck.
• Wu Ming conceded, promised not to pester Lin Chen again, and jumped into Sea God Lake to withdraw from the conference.

At the Sea God Lake Sea God Fate, Gu Fan and Hua Yao became the first couple to complete the Hundred Years of Harmony segment. Huo Yuhao chose Number Two, revealed as Wang Donger, and the two agreed to face five challengers together, leaving the ceremony poised for a fight on the lake.

• Lin Chen announced the Hundred Years of Harmony segment, and Gu Fan chose Hua Yao, who accepted him.
• Gu Fan and Hua Yao completed the ceremony and drifted away together across Sea God Lake.
• Ling Luochen, Ning Tian, and Wang Donger each expressed their feelings to Huo Yuhao, and he chose Wang Donger as Number Two.
• Dai Huabin challenged for Wang Donger, and she proposed that she and Huo Yuhao fight all five challengers together.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Wang Donger's proposal, and Lin Chen allowed both sides to fight on Sea God Lake.
• Ning Tian, Dai Huabin, Xie Huanyue, and Wu Feng prepared to face Huo Yuhao and Wang Donger as a five-person team.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Donger defeated the challengers at Sea God Lake and completed the Hundred Years of Harmony ceremony. The elders planned to question Huo Yuhao about his Soul Spirit the next day, while Zhou Mingxing and Lin Xiaolei also completed their ceremony.

• Huo Yuhao chose Sea God Lake as the battlefield for the bride-stealing challenge, and Ling Luochen froze the lake while Ning Tian boosted her companions.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Donger used their Martial Soul Fusion Skills to defeat Ling Luochen, Wu Feng, Xie Huanyue, Dai Huabin, and Ning Tian.
• Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan declared Huo Yuhao and Wang Donger’s ceremony complete, and the couple left the lake together.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Elder Xuan about questioning Huo Yuhao’s Soul Spirit, and Elder Xuan scheduled a Sea God Pavilion meeting for the next morning.
• Zhou Mingxing offered his hand to Lin Xiaolei, and Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan declared their ceremony complete after no one challenged them.

After the Sea God Fate Matchmaking Conference, Beibei told Lin Chen about his complicated relationship with Zhang Lexuan and urged him to make her happy. Lin Chen rejected Beibei’s attempt to influence her choices, and their conversation ended when a streak of silver light cut a lock of hair from each of them.

• After the matchmaking conference ended, Lin Chen returned toward his dormitory while Zhang Lexuan stayed behind to clean up.
• Beibei waited beneath a tree and told Lin Chen that he had once been expected to marry Zhang Lexuan, whom he regarded as a sister, but that he loved Tang Ya instead.
• Beibei asked whether Lin Chen liked Zhang Lexuan and urged him to be with her so she would not remain alone.
• Lin Chen objected that Zhang Lexuan had to make her own choice, and Beibei apologized for trying to interfere.
• Beibei wished Lin Chen success in pursuing Zhang Lexuan, but a streak of silver light passed between them and sheared off a lock of hair from each of them.

After Zhang Lexuan heard Lin Chen confess his feelings, he helped her confront the old marriage vow that had kept her from accepting him. She accepted his love, and the two watched the sunrise together before parting to rest.

• Zhang Lexuan sent Beibei away, then told Lin Chen to leave, but he stayed and asked whether she had heard his conversation with Beibei.
• Lin Chen told Zhang Lexuan he liked only her, comforted her as she cried, and insisted he would keep loving her despite the marriage contract and their age difference.
• Zhang Lexuan realized the vow had long been void and that her feelings for Beibei had faded, then thanked Lin Chen and took his hand.
• Lin Chen understood that Zhang Lexuan had accepted him, and the two happily held hands and walked around Sea God Lake.
• Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan watched the sunrise together, then Zhang Lexuan returned home to sleep while Lin Chen joked about staying at her place.

Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan visited Mu En at Sea God Pavilion, where Lin Chen revealed that Mu En might be resurrected if he reached godhood. The chapter ended with Lin Chen resolving to save Mu En and the couple encountering a man and a woman as they left.

• Lin Chen cultivated in Angel Space and broke through to Rank 76 after a day.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned Lin Chen to Sea God Pavilion so he could meet Mu En as her boyfriend.
• Mu En noticed the aura of a Soul Core in Lin Chen and praised his potential to reach a higher realm.
• Lin Chen asked whether Mu En wanted to leave the Golden Tree and said there was a chance of resurrection if Lin Chen reached godhood.
• Mu En returned to the Golden Tree, and Lin Chen resolved to save him if he became a god.
• Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan left together and encountered a man and a woman.

Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan left after meeting Huo Yuhao and Wang Donger, then discussed Shrek Academy’s upcoming soul-beast hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest. Lin Chen chose not to interfere in the coming events and returned to Angel Space to cultivate, intending to pursue his own soul rings without putting Zhang Lexuan at risk.

• Lin Chen explained that he had recognized Wang Donger as a girl from her appearance, walk, and Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Lin Chen for saving his sister, and Zhang Lexuan and Lin Chen departed while Huo Yuhao and Wang Donger attended a Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Zhang Lexuan invited Lin Chen to join the Inner Court’s soul-beast hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest in two months, and Lin Chen learned the expedition might enter its core region.
• Zhang Lexuan offered to help Lin Chen obtain a soul ring, but Lin Chen said he would apply to Dean Yan when he needed one.
• Lin Chen decided not to interfere with the upcoming events and entered Angel Space to cultivate, planning to hunt his own Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings without endangering Zhang Lexuan.

After reaching level 79, Lin Chen stayed behind while Zhang Lexuan led students to hunt Soul Rings, then asked Yan Shaozhe for leave to obtain his Eighth Soul Ring. He revealed that he wanted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Yan Shaozhe explained that Shrek Academy could not help him hunt one in the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region.

• Lin Chen arrived at the Sea God Island square and learned that Zhang Lexuan was leaving with Cai Mei'er and Inner Court students to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Zhang Lexuan left Tang Xiaoyan in Lin Chen's care, and Lin Chen declined to join the expedition because he wanted to stabilize his cultivation before obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Lin Chen took Tang Xiaoyan to his dormitory, then went to Yan Shaozhe's office and asked for leave to obtain his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Yan Shaozhe confirmed that Lin Chen had reached level 79 and asked why he had not joined Cai Meier and Zhang Lexuan's group.
• Lin Chen said he wanted a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Yan Shaozhe explained that the academy could not help because of the agreement barring hunts in the Star Dou Great Forest's core region.

Lin Chen left Shrek Academy for the Star Dou Great Forest to seek battles and a breakthrough, while entrusting Tang Xiaoyan to Zhou Mingxing. After making camp, he began cultivating and sent out his spiritual body to search for Zhang Lexuan and her group.

• Yan Shaozhe approved Lin Chen's leave and gave him a phoenix-shaped item containing a full-strength attack for protection.
• Lin Chen told Zhou Mingxing and Lin Xiaolei that he was leaving, reclaimed the Azure Cloud Cover from Zhou Mingxing, and asked him to look after Tang Xiaoyan.
• Lin Chen left Shrek Academy the next day and traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest, knocking out a charging hundred-year White Tiger.
• Lin Chen found a secluded cave, ate a roasted chicken, and began cultivating for the night.
• Lin Chen sent his spiritual body through the forest to look for Zhang Lexuan and her group while his physical body cultivated.

Lin Chen explored the Star Dou Great Forest, briefly spied on Zhang Lexuan’s group, and began cultivating and hunting soul beasts. Meanwhile, Cai Mei'er confronted the Zhongli Brothers after they challenged Huo Yuhao’s group.

• Lin Chen found a Ten Thousand Year Man Faced Demon Spider, tested its stealth against his Spiritual Power, then left it unharmed.
• Huo Yuhao sensed a powerful spiritual probe near his camp, and Zhang Lexuan suspected Lin Chen was watching them.
• Lin Chen cultivated overnight in the forest’s life energy, then established a cave as his base before heading deeper into the forest.
• Lin Chen fought a Fifty Thousand Year Lightning Leopard using Lingbo Weibu and the Seven Kill Sword.
• The Zhongli Brothers confronted Huo Yuhao’s group, and Cai Mei'er appeared behind Zhang Lexuan and challenged them.

Lin Chen left a wounded Lightning Leopard behind and continued through the Star Dou Great Forest while Zhang Lexuan's group confronted the Zhongli Brothers over a Mother Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and her cubs. He sensed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear rushing toward the fight and moved to intercept it as his Eighth Soul Ring target.

• Lin Chen wounded the Fifty Thousand Year Lightning Leopard, let it flee, and continued deeper into the forest.
• Zhongli Tian summoned the Vengeful Spirit of the Mother Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's dead mate, provoking her to charge from her cave.
• Cai Mei'er ordered an attack, and Zhang Lexuan used her Title Douluo strength to suppress the Zhongli Brothers while Zhongli Ren headed for the cubs.
• Lin Chen sensed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear approaching and decided to make it his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Lin Chen appeared in the bear's path and drove his Seven Kill Sword down before it.

Lin Chen fought the hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, using his sword, soul skills, and soul bones to overcome the beast’s superior strength and defense. The bear unleashed a powerful burst that repelled Lin Chen’s attacks, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear charged at Lin Chen, who met him with the Seven Kill Sword but was knocked back by the bear’s strength.
• Lin Chen activated the Seven Kill Domain and Seven Kill True Body, then wounded the bear’s chest with his sword.
• Lin Chen used the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear External Soul Bone to block the bear’s palm, enraging the beast when it recognized the claw.
• Lin Chen evaded another strike and launched Seven Kill Thunder Rises, One Sword Breaks the Sky, while trapping the bear in Nine Heavens Thunder Prison.
• Lin Chen sent five claw beams at the bear, which erupted with dark-golden radiance and blasted away the sword and lightning prison.