Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen fought a Hundred Thousand Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear in the Star Dou Great Forest, unleashing his domains and exploding four Soul Rings to counter its innate attack. After their attacks detonated and sent them flying, the bear lunged at Lin Chen before he could steady himself.

• Lin Chen wounded the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with his soul bone skill, enraging the bear.
• Lin Chen revealed his true Soul Ring colors as the bear launched ten Dark Golden Claw Marks at him.
• Lin Chen exploded his first four Soul Rings and channeled their energy into the Seven Kill Sword to clash with the bear’s attack.
• Lin Chen activated the Life Domain to its limit and drained life energy from the area, while Qian Renxue watched from his Sea of Consciousness.
• The two attacks detonated, destroying the surroundings and sending Lin Chen and the bear backward; the distant fighters stopped to look toward the explosion.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear charged Lin Chen while he was still steadying himself and swung its glowing palm at him.

Lin Chen used his Spirit Sword and the power of his Soul Rings to sever the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s arms, then killed it and escaped while badly injured. A Silver Hero Beast arrived after he left but could not find his trail.

• Lin Chen struck the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with a spiritual attack and poured the power of his Soul Rings into the Seven Kill Sword.
• Lin Chen clashed with the bear and severed both its arms, then collapsed from his injuries as Qian Renxue helped stabilize him.
• Qian Renxue warned Lin Chen that a spiritual-type soul beast was approaching, and Lin Chen killed the wounded bear before leaving under concealment.
• The Silver Hero Beast arrived five minutes later and searched for Lin Chen, but his concealment prevented it from tracking him.

Lin Chen recovered from his battle with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, absorbed its right-arm soul bone, and prepared to absorb its Soul Ring. Elsewhere, Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er were trapped by the Wolf Ape Three Brothers' Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Lin Chen remained occupied.

• Lin Chen returned to his hiding place, found the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's dark gold right-arm soul bone, and stabilized his injuries as his Soul Power settled at level 80.
• After two and a half days of recovery, Lin Chen absorbed the soul bone, which strengthened his right arm and raised his Soul Power further.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er fought the Wolf Ape Three Brothers, but the three soul beasts coordinated their attacks and began to suppress them.
• The Wolf Ape Three Brothers unleashed a Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill that overwhelmed Huo Yuhao and left him unable to use his Eye of Destiny.
• Wang Qiu'er threw her Golden Dragon Spear to protect Huo Yuhao, while Lin Chen was still absorbing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's Soul Ring.

Lin Chen continued absorbing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's soul ring while Qian Renxue destroyed its resentful soul. The others recovered from their battles, found three soul bones, and set out to help Huo Yuhao obtain a Fifth Soul Ring, discovering two weakened soul beasts fighting.

• Lin Chen called Qian Renxue into his Sea of Consciousness, and she destroyed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's resentful soul before leaving him to absorb its ring.
• Wang Donger reunited with Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er, and Cai Mei'er gave them medicine after assessing their condition.
• Mo Xuan and Li Yongyue found soul bones in all three Wolf Ape corpses after Huo Yuhao pointed out their Trinity Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Zhang Lexuan's group set out the next day to find Huo Yuhao a Fifth Soul Ring and discovered a Shocking Sky Roar fighting the Silver Hero Beast.
• Zhang Lexuan's group took advantage of the two soul beasts injuring each other and quickly dealt with them both.

Lin Chen absorbed a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s soul ring and soul bone, reached Rank 82, and briefly revealed an aura that alarmed the group. Zhang Lexuan and Xiao Xiao recognized the aura as Lin Chen’s, but when they reached his cave and found the bear’s corpse, he had already left, so they turned to finding Xiao Xiao a soul ring.

• Lin Chen completed his absorption and reached the mid-stage of Rank 82, with his Seven Kill Sword’s attack power rising to the level of a Super Douluo.
• Zhang Lexuan and Xiao Xiao recognized the powerful aura as Lin Chen’s, and the group decided to seek him out before finding Xiao Xiao a soul ring.
• Lin Chen collected valuable parts from the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, left the cave, and headed toward the forest’s outskirts under concealment.
• Zhang Lexuan and the others reached the cave and found the bear’s incomplete corpse, which Cai Mei'er identified as belonging to a hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
• Zhang Lexuan decided Lin Chen was likely safe and proposed that the group find Xiao Xiao a soul ring, but Huo Yuhao suddenly told them to wait.

Huo Yuhao and the others followed Lin Chen’s Spiritual Marks through the Star Dou Great Forest before the trail disappeared. Lin Chen then encountered a fleeing Soul Hunting Squad and intervened when a rare Space Soul Beast attacked, but his strike vanished into the creature’s spatial power.

• Huo Yuhao discovered Lin Chen’s Spiritual Marks, and Zhang Lexuan recognized them as Lin Chen’s; Lin Chen sensed the search and erased the marks beyond the fifth.
• Zhang Lexuan concluded that the surviving marks showed Lin Chen was alive, and the group left to find a Soul Ring for Xiao Xiao.
• Lin Chen detected a Soul Hunting Squad fleeing toward him and heard its Soul Saint captain call for help.
• A silver, lion-faced Space Soul Beast appeared and pursued the squad, while Qian Renxue said she had never seen its kind.
• Lin Chen revealed himself and sent a Seven Kill Sword at the Space Soul Beast, but the creature’s silver spatial light swallowed the attack without harming it.

Lin Chen protected a Soul Emperor squad from a soul beast that wielded Space Power, then stayed behind to fight it. He unleashed his Three Skills Combined technique, and his attack struck the beast’s formidable spatial barrier.

• The soul beast evaded Lin Chen’s Seven Kill Sword with Space Power and nearly killed the squad’s support-type Soul Emperor.
• Lin Chen rescued the Soul Emperor, revealed his eight soul rings, and sent the squad away while he faced the beast alone.
• Qian Renxue explained that only overwhelming attack power or the ability to tear through the void could break the soul beast’s Space Power defense.
• Lin Chen combined three skills, infused his Seven Kill Sword with Thunder Force, and charged the soul beast with Three Skills Combined, Thunder Slash Sky.
• The chapter revealed that the beast gained control of Space Power after fusing with a Space Core, and that Lin Chen’s combined attack reached Limit Douluo-level power.

Lin Chen fought a Space Soul Beast and chased it to Zhang Lexuan’s group, where he reunited with her and warned everyone of the danger. Xiao Xiao sensed the beast would suit her as a Soul Ring, so Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan pursued it while Cai Mei'er revealed that Lin Chen had reached an extraordinary level of Soul Douluo strength.

• Lin Chen damaged the Space Soul Beast’s silver barrier and fought it, blocking its teleporting attack with Sword Shield.
• The Space Soul Beast sensed Zhang Lexuan’s group nearby and fled toward them, with Lin Chen in pursuit.
• Lin Chen caught up with Zhang Lexuan’s group and warned them about the powerful Space Soul Beast; Zhang Lexuan agreed to face it with him.
• When the beast appeared near Xiao Xiao, it fled again, and Xiao Xiao insisted that it would make a suitable Soul Ring for her.
• Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan flew off to search for the beast, while Cai Mei'er told the others that Lin Chen had likely reached Soul Douluo rank and impressed even her.

Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan captured a Space Soul Beast for Xiao Xiao, who gained her sixth Soul Ring after killing it. Lin Chen claimed the beast’s Space Core, and the group prepared to return to the academy after learning he had killed a hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

• Lin Chen and Zhang Lexuan pursued and subdued the Space Soul Beast, then brought it to the group for Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao killed the Space Soul Beast, and Lin Chen used a golden Soul Power cord to retrieve its escaping Space Core.
• Lin Chen kept the Space Core after Zhang Lexuan and Cai Mei'er agreed, then explained Space Power and the Seven Elements to Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Xiao absorbed the Soul Ring and gained the sixth Soul Skill Cauldron of Space, which could attack and defend with powerful Space Power.
• Cai Mei'er invited Lin Chen to return to the academy with the group, and he agreed after completing his goal of obtaining his Eighth Soul Ring.
• Cai Mei'er asked whether Lin Chen had killed the hundred-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and Lin Chen realized they had found its corpse.

Lin Chen explained why he hid his strongest Soul Rings and showed a weaker configuration after admitting he had killed Zhongli Wu by luck. The Shrek Academy expedition returned safely from the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving Lin Chen reflecting on survival as he stood outside the academy with Zhang Lexuan and Wang Qiu'er.

• Lin Chen explained that revealing his numerous Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings while he was still weak would invite powerful soul masters to covet his Soul Bones.
• Pressed by Zhang Lexuan and the others, Lin Chen said he had killed Zhongli Wu by luck and displayed a Soul Ring configuration ending in one red ring.
• Zhang Lexuan checked Lin Chen for hidden injuries, and she confirmed that he had no lingering aftereffects.
• After resting, the expedition left the core region and reached the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest in less than two days, with everyone having obtained the Soul Rings they needed.
• Cai Mei'er led the group back to Shrek Academy, where Li Yongyue celebrated his new Soul Skill and the students hurried through the gates.
• Lin Chen reflected on life and death outside the academy, and Zhang Lexuan comforted him before he joked that she was treating him as fragile.

Lin Chen returned to the academy with Zhang Lexuan and reunited Tang Xiaoyan with her. Zhang Lexuan invited Lin Chen to dinner, where his attentions toward her drew Tang Xiaoyan’s complaint.

• Zhang Lexuan teased Lin Chen for going alone to the Star Dou Great Forest, and he promised to report to her before taking risks again.
• Lin Chen went to his dormitory, reunited with Tang Xiaoyan, and brought her belongings back to Sea God Island.
• Zhang Lexuan welcomed Tang Xiaoyan and showed Lin Chen where to put her things.
• Lin Chen helped Zhang Lexuan prepare dinner, and she invited him to eat with them.
• Lin Chen served Zhang Lexuan rice and extra meat, prompting Tang Xiaoyan to ask why he was not giving her any.

After dinner with Zhang Lexuan and Tang Xiaoyan, Lin Chen walked Zhang Lexuan around Sea God Lake and engineered their first kiss. They parted on affectionate terms, with Zhang Lexuan privately admitting the kiss had felt rather nice.

• Lin Chen served Tang Xiaoyan meat at dinner and told her Zhang Lexuan was his girlfriend, prompting Zhang Lexuan to warn him not to corrupt the child.
• After dinner, Zhang Lexuan walked Lin Chen back to the Outer Court, and they strolled hand in hand along Sea God Lake for an hour.
• Lin Chen pointed out a supposed star to distract Zhang Lexuan, then kissed her and called it an accident.
• Zhang Lexuan scolded Lin Chen, but played along when he asked for more kisses as an antidote and later hugged him from behind before sending him away.
• After Lin Chen sent her a teasing voice transmission, Zhang Lexuan touched her lips and wondered if the kiss had felt good.

Lin Chen prepared to cultivate toward godhood while considering Tang San’s possible interference, then joined Shrek’s tournament candidates as the academy and Tang Sect teams confirmed their participation. The chapter ended with Xuan Zi beginning to explain the tournament format.

• Lin Chen entered Angel Space to cultivate after Qian Renxue warned that Tang San might obstruct his path to godhood.
• Three days later, Xuan Zi gathered the tournament candidates on Sea God Island, where Lin Chen joined Wang Qiu'er and saw the twelve Shrek students selected to compete.
• Xuan Zi told the Shrek Seven Monsters that sect teams could enter the tournament, and Beibei confirmed that they would represent the Tang Sect.
• Xuan Zi reminded the Tang Sect team that the academy would provide no personnel support and that their substitutes had to come from the sect.
• Xuan Zi expressed confidence in Lin Chen's strength and began explaining the tournament format.

Xuan Zi explained the new tournament format and announced Shrek Academy’s team, with Lin Chen and Wang Qiu'er set to decide who would lead it. Dai Huabin challenged the selection, questioning whether Lin Chen could really be a Soul Douluo.

• Xuan Zi described the tournament’s elimination, group, individual, and team match formats and urged the students to plan their tactics.
• Xuan Zi revealed that the former Shrek Seven Monsters would not represent the academy and asked Lin Chen and Wang Qiu'er who should win if they met in the final.
• Lin Chen and Wang Qiu'er agreed that the stronger competitor should take the championship.
• Yan Shaozhe named the main and substitute team members and left the captaincy for Lin Chen and Wang Qiu'er to decide.
• Dai Huabin objected to the captain selection and questioned Yan Shaozhe about Lin Chen’s rapid rise to Soul Douluo rank.

Lin Chen established himself as captain by revealing his eight soul rings, then the teams headed to the Battle Soul Zone for an individual elimination match. On the ferry, Wang Donger revealed to Class One that she was a woman, leaving Cao Jinxuan stunned.

• Lin Chen suppressed Dai Huabin with his eight soul rings and declared Wang Qiu'er vice-captain; Yan Shaozhe and the dean of the Martial Soul Department ordered Dai Huabin to challenge Wang Qiu'er for the position.
• Yan Shaozhe announced an individual elimination match between the new and old teams, with ten participants from the new team and Lin Chen barred from competing.
• The teams boarded a ferry to the Battle Soul Zone while Lin Chen walked across the lake and found that his Lingbo Weibu let him glide over the water.
• Dai Huabin resolved to defeat Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er, while Wang Donger teased Huo Yuhao and Cao Jinxuan asked her to introduce herself.
• Wang Donger revealed that she was the former classmate Wang Dong, and Cao Jinxuan reacted with shock at discovering she was a woman.

Lin Chen left Wang Qiu'er to command the team as the training match began. Zhou Sichen and Wang Donger entered the arena for the first bout, which was still underway when the chapter ended.

• Zhou Sichen teased Wang Donger about having once shared a dormitory with Huo Yuhao, and she challenged him to fight first.
• The teams reached the Battle Soul Zone, where Lin Chen handed command to Wang Qiu'er and sat in the stands to watch.
• Wang Qiu'er selected Zhou Sichen to face Wang Donger first, overruling his objections and dismissing Dai Huabin's criticism.
• Yan Shaozhe started the match, and Zhou Sichen summoned his creatures and created a thorn forest as Wang Donger charged at him without first releasing her Martial Soul.

Wang Donger overwhelmed Zhou Sichen, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo in individual matches, while He Caitou defeated Ning Tian with his soul tools. Wang Qiu'er's reserve team had lost five rounds, leaving only her, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Wu Feng, and Cao Jinxuan to face the Shrek Seven Monsters.

• Wang Donger defeated Zhou Sichen after destroying his summoned soul beasts and beating him into submission.
• Lin Chen comforted Zhou Sichen, then bluntly told him that cultivation mattered most.
• Wang Donger defeated Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo in quick succession.
• Wang Qiu'er sent Xie Huanyue to fight Wang Donger, recalling their earlier Freshman Competition battle in which he had forced Wang Donger to use her sixth soul skill.
• Beibei sent He Caitou to face Ning Tian, but He Caitou defeated her flying soul tool and won in only a few moves.
• Wang Qiu'er's team was left with only Wang Qiu'er, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Wu Feng, and Cao Jinxuan.

Lin Chen fought Beibei and Xu Sanshi together in a spar, overwhelming their combined attacks and domains with his superior power. He countered their strongest coordinated assault with a Thunder Force qilin, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Wang Qiu'er offered to fight next to boost the Shrek Academy team's morale, but Lin Chen challenged Beibei and Xu Sanshi at once.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi teamed up against Lin Chen, who blocked Beibei's punch with one hand and knocked both Soul Emperors back with Sword Qi.
• Xu Sanshi activated his Xuanwu Domain, and Beibei unleashed his Overlord Thunder Domain as they prepared their strongest combined attack.
• Xu Sanshi charged Lin Chen with Turtle God's Charge while Beibei followed with Dragon Emperor Evil Breaking Slash.
• Lin Chen released dense Thunder Force in the shape of a qilin, colliding with their soul skills and causing nearby Soul Tools to malfunction.

Lin Chen defeated Beibei and Xu Sanshi in a sparring match, calmly withstanding their strongest combined attacks. After leaving the field, he handed the team over to Qiu'er as the next match between the Shrek Team and Tang Sect Team was about to begin.

• Lin Chen broke through Beibei and Xu Sanshi's opening attacks, then struck Beibei with a Sword Qi blade when Xu Sanshi swapped their positions.
• Xu Sanshi helped the injured Beibei up, and Beibei asked Lin Chen to face their full-power attack.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi unleashed their strongest combined techniques, but Lin Chen blocked them with a dark golden shield and remained unharmed.
• Xu Sanshi called the defeat complete domination, while Xuan Zi reminded the two that Lin Chen's cultivation gave him the advantage.
• Zhou Sichen and Cao Jinxuan praised Lin Chen after he returned to the team, and Lin Chen told everyone to follow Qiu'er's arrangements before leaving.
• The announcer called for contestants from the Shrek Team and Tang Sect Team to enter the field for the next match.

Wang Qiu'er decisively defeated He Caitou in the next training match, then faced Huo Yuhao. Their duel began with a forceful collision, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Wang Qiu'er charged He Caitou at astonishing speed and overwhelmed his Soul Tool attacks with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Wang Qiu'er defeated He Caitou, who thanked her and was helped up by Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao stepped forward to face Wang Qiu'er, while Wang Donger urged him to be careful.
• Wang Qiu'er refused to go easy on Huo Yuhao and launched at him when Yan Shaozhe started the match.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er collided in the Soul Fighting Arena.