Chapter Summaries

An Zhen introduced Ye Guyi to an undead Semi-Plane where she could purify creatures to grow stronger, then planned her future training and soul rings. After An Zhen brought Soul Engineers into the Virtual World, Ye Guyi lay awake thinking about his touch and tried to quiet her thoughts by cultivating.

• An Zhen told Ye Guyi that her Sacred Angel martial soul could gain strength by purifying Evil creatures and explained that he had an undead Semi-Plane for her to train in.
• An Zhen revealed the aura of Electrolux through his First Soul Skill, startling Ye Guyi, then teased her with a sinister claim before reassuring her that his martial soul was not Evil.
• An Zhen planned to take Ye Guyi and Little Tianzhen to obtain soul rings and send them into the Semi-Plane to purify undead creatures.
• An Zhen guided Ye Guyi through a Self-Created Soul Skill, then brought prepared Soul Engineer consciousnesses into the Virtual World.
• After tending to the dragon girl and auspicious beast and visiting Meng Hongchen, An Zhen left Ye Guyi awake and wondering about his touch as she resolved to cultivate.

Xu Tianzhen kept her promise to sleep beside An Zhen, while Huo Yutong left Shrek Academy with an exchange group bound for the Sun Moon Empire. The chapter ended as the Shrek students met Jing Hongchen and Luan Feng at Mingdou Forest to begin the exchange program.

• An Zhen cared for Xu Tianzhen at breakfast and later persuaded her to share his bed, where they embraced and kissed before falling asleep.
• Wang Dong'er said goodbye to Huo Yutong, who departed with Xian Lin'er’s group to study Soul Tools.
• Xian Lin'er led the Shrek exchange students from Mapleleaf City toward Mingdou Forest.
• Xian Lin'er and Jing Hongchen introduced their groups and confirmed that Shrek had assigned her as the students’ bodyguard.
• Jing Hongchen revealed that he carried a gemstone containing a fifteen-meter-tall semi-finished mech, which surprised Xian Lin'er.

Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire began an exchange program, with Jing Hongchen offering Shrek students instruction from Luan Feng, a Level 9 Soul Engineer. Meanwhile, An Zhen prepared Ye Guyi to meet the incoming students and secretly arranged to stop Xuan Zi outside Mingdu.

• Xian Lin'er presented Shrek Academy's ten exchange students to Jing Hongchen, who brought ten students from the Sun Moon Empire without a chaperone.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, and Jing Hongchen introduced Luan Feng as a Level 9 Soul Engineer who would teach one or possibly two Shrek students; Yan Shaozhe promised Shrek would assign a Title Douluo to teach outstanding Sun Moon students.
• At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Ye Guyi defeated and purified an Abomination, then broke through to level fifty-six.
• An Zhen met with Ye Guyi, Xu Tianzhen, Zi Ji, An Qiu'er, and Meng Hongchen, and told Ye Guyi to broaden her horizons by meeting the Shrek exchange students.
• An Zhen secretly asked Teacher Electrolux to stop Xuan Zi, whom Shrek planned to send along, outside Mingdu.

An Zhen watched the Shrek Academy delegation arrive in Mingdu and arranged for Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na to receive Soul Tool instruction from Luan Feng. The chapter ended with Xian Lin'er accepting the arrangement after Luan Feng and Jing Hongchen swore to protect the two students.

• Xuan Zi sensed a powerful presence near Mingdu, stopped outside its aura domain, and built a cabin nearby to carry out Mu En's secret mission.
• Jing Hongchen brought the Shrek Academy students to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, where Ye Guyi greeted them and revealed her Sacred Angel Martial Soul.
• An Zhen watched Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na through the Virtual World and decided he would tell Huo Yutong about his current identity, while worrying that he had neglected to contact Gu Yue Na.
• During the Soul Tool crafting test, Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na impressed Luan Feng with their work, and she agreed to teach them for the next two and a half years.
• Luan Feng and Jing Hongchen swore upon their Martial Souls to protect Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na, and Xian Lin'er agreed to let the girls study at Mingde Hall.

Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na discovered that Mingde Hall had prepared a room matching Huo Yutong’s old bedroom, then reunited with An Zhen, who soothed Gu Yue Na with Faith Power crystals and affection. After the three spent time together, Gu Yue Na asked whether Huo Yutong knew about their plans, and An Zhen began explaining why he had kept her uninformed.

• Huo Yutong searched their new residence and found that its bedroom had been arranged exactly like her room in Shrek City.
• Gu Yue Na complained that An Zhen had prepared a room for Huo Yutong but had not contacted her while he was away.
• An Zhen appeared before Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na, and Huo Yutong rushed into his arms.
• An Zhen showed Gu Yue Na two Faith Power crystals, and she confirmed that one had been replicated through the Virtual World.
• An Zhen, Huo Yutong, and Gu Yue Na bathed together and later rested on the bed.
• Gu Yue Na asked whether Huo Yutong knew about their plans, and An Zhen said she had not been involved because the outcome had not yet been determined.

An Zhen explained his past and his control of the Sun Moon Empire to Huo Yutong, then revealed how rapidly its Soul Tool technology was advancing. He shared his plan to unite the Empire with the original three Douluo countries peacefully, and the chapter ended with Huo Yutong playfully inviting him to “bully” her.

• An Zhen asked Gu Yue Na and Huo Yutong about learning Soul Tool technology, and Gu Yue Na and Huo Yutong agreed.
• An Zhen told Huo Yutong about his background, his arrival in the Sun Moon Empire, and how he had taken control of its upper ranks.
• An Zhen showed Huo Yutong that Kong Deming was nearing completion of a Level 10 natal Soul Tool and explained the potential power of advanced Soul Tools.
• An Zhen said he hoped to unite the Sun Moon Empire and the original three Douluo countries without war, and Huo Yutong promised to stand with him.
• An Zhen teased Huo Yutong about punishing her if she reported him, and Huo Yutong said she suddenly did not want to forgive him.

Huo Yutong tried to claim time with An Zhen, but he stopped her and said he would not have children before becoming a god. The next morning, Ye Guyi learned that her teacher was the same person as An Zhen of Shrek Academy, while An Zhen later comforted Xu Tianzhen as she worked through imperial memorials.

• Huo Yutong tried to get intimate with An Zhen, but he lifted her away and explained that he did not intend to have children before becoming a god.
• An Zhen postponed his lesson at Mingde Hall, while Ye Guyi brought breakfast for the girls waiting in his room.
• Meng Hongchen showed Ye Guyi newspaper reports and revealed that her teacher was An Zhen, the former Shrek Academy competitor.
• Ye Guyi decided that An Zhen remained her teacher regardless of his identity, then ate with the other girls.
• Xu Tianzhen reviewed imperial memorials, and An Zhen praised her work before teasing her about their relationship.

An Zhen comforted Xu Tianzhen after her losses and reunited with Gu Yue Na, who drew Zi Ji and An Qiu'er into her plans to conceive a Dragon Prince. Elsewhere, Meng Hongchen showed Huo Yutong around Mingde Hall, where Huo met Ye Guyi and agreed to spar.

• An Zhen held Xu Tianzhen and reassured her that he could become someone she relied on and give her a new home.
• Gu Yue Na woke beside An Zhen, agreed to meet An Qiu'er and Zi Ji, and urged An Zhen to work hard toward having a Dragon Prince.
• An Qiu'er and Zi Ji later lay exhausted after intimate time with Gu Yue Na, who said it was for the Dragon Prince's birth.
• Meng Hongchen introduced herself to Huo Yutong as An Zhen's sister and showed her around Mingde Hall while explaining who lived on their floor.
• Meng Hongchen introduced Huo Yutong to Ye Guyi, who asked to spar, and Huo agreed.

Huo Yutong fought Ye Guyi in a spar at Mingde Hall and overwhelmed her with the Ice Dragon King’s Extreme Ice. Ye Guyi accepted her first defeat and was left exhausted as Huo Yutong ended the match.

• Meng Hongchen watched as Huo Yutong and Ye Guyi prepared to spar, and Luan Feng joined her as an observer.
• Huo Yutong released the Ice Dragon King’s power, filling the arena with ice and snow, while Ye Guyi countered with her Sacred Angel martial soul and holy fire.
• Huo Yutong teleported in and struck Ye Guyi’s Holy Sword, cracking it with Extreme Cold Power.
• Ye Guyi detonated her Holy Sword and launched a series of sacred attacks, but Huo Yutong’s Extreme Ice Dragon Domain and ice dragon souls overcame them.
• Huo Yutong dispersed the ice and snow and ended the spar, leaving Ye Guyi exhausted after her first defeat.

Huo Yutong defeated Ye Guyi in a spar, while Meng Hongchen discovered that her poison could not overcome Huo Yutong’s Extreme Ice. An Zhen reassured Ye Guyi about her training and later proposed sharing a bed with the women around him, leaving Xu Tianzhen embarrassed and protesting.

• Meng Hongchen tested her poison against Huo Yutong’s Extreme Ice, found it ineffective, and relied on Soul Tools to last through their spar.
• Huo Yutong studied Soul Tool engineering with Luan Feng, who revealed that she was a Level 9 Soul Engineer and a ninety-fourth-rank Title Douluo.
• An Zhen found Ye Guyi training beyond her assigned limits, stopped her, and reassured her that she did not need to match Huo Yutong to meet his expectations.
• At dinner, An Zhen proposed that everyone except Xu Tianzhen join him, and Gu Yue Na and the others agreed.
• Xu Tianzhen objected after realizing An Zhen meant more than sleeping while being held.

An Zhen and the women in his household grew closer, while Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na studied Soul Tools at Mingde Hall and gained powerful fifth soul rings. Xian Lin'er and Fan Yu accepted Mingde Hall’s generosity and planned to tell Shrek Academy to treat its exchange students well.

• An Zhen divided nights among the women, and Zi Ji persuaded the reluctant Xu Tianzhen to join them.
• As the days passed, Xu Tianzhen became more affectionate with An Zhen, Zi Ji became absorbed in human comics and novels, and Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na advanced quickly in Soul Tool studies.
• Meng Hongchen complained to An Zhen that Huo Yutong and Gu Yue Na were likely to surpass her, and he comforted her.
• An Zhen arranged for Huo Yutong to obtain a forty-thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant soul ring and for Gu Yue Na to obtain a Silver Moon Wolf King soul ring.
• After hearing about the girls’ suitable soul rings and training at Mingde Hall, Xian Lin'er and Fan Yu decided not to challenge An Zhen’s actions.
• Xian Lin'er wrote a letter to Shrek Academy asking it to treat the Sun Moon Empire students well in return for Mingde Hall’s sincerity.

An Zhen ordered the Sun Moon Empire to dramatically expand energy-ore mining to feed the growing Virtual World, then Kong Deming became the continent’s first Tenth-Level Soul Engineer. Kong Deming received a mission to explore sea ore deposits and strengthen his cultivation, while An Zhen anticipated his own next breakthrough.

• An Zhen claimed 1.7 billion tons of Yuhai Ore for the Virtual World and ordered the Empire to increase energy-ore mining by at least eightfold.
• Jing Hongchen agreed that the Empire could reach tenfold mining output with enough manpower, and An Zhen ordered Soul Tool legions and personnel reassigned to the effort.
• Xuan Zi and other Soul Masters sensed spatial power as a silver moon appeared over Mingdu, and Luan Feng announced that a Tenth-Level Soul Engineer had been born.
• Kong Deming emerged in the imperial palace, thanked An Zhen for his breakthrough, and received books on Twin Martial Soul cultivation.
• An Zhen sent Kong Deming to explore energy ore veins at sea and hunt hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts, while he considered the next Soul Skill approaching through his NPC doll’s cultivation.

An Zhen reached Rank Sixty, condensed Snow Empress into his sixth Soul Ring, and unlocked the Sovereignty and Myriad Things abilities. He then fused with Snow Empress and Ice Empress to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors.

• Xu Tianzhen showed Kong Deming her Extreme Fire attribute and said her cultivation had slowed, while Kong Deming reassured her about her future.
• An Zhen reached Rank Sixty and summoned Snow Empress and Ice Empress before beginning to condense his sixth Soul Ring.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress helped An Zhen complete the Soul Ring, and he discovered that its two abilities were Sovereignty and Myriad Things.
• An Zhen absorbed some of the power sealed within him, reached Rank Sixty-Three, and found that Snow Empress's head Soul Bone still needed several months to finish assimilating.
• An Zhen fused with Snow Empress and Ice Empress using Myriad Things and named their Martial Soul Fusion Skill the Pride of the Ice and Snow Emperors.

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• The author found that pirated copies of the book were selling rapidly across multiple sites.
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The God of Destruction banished Tang San for interfering with the Douluo Plane, then noticed An Zhen’s extraordinary power and investigated the strange world within him. While the Goddess of Life believed An Zhen was genuinely a child with God King potential, An Zhen sensed that a god from the Douluo God Realm had been watching him.

• The God of Destruction sentenced Tang San to three years of reflection at the edge of the Divine Forbidden Land, and Xiao Wu promised to handle Wu Tong and the Douluo Continent’s affairs.
• The Goddess of Life showed the God of Destruction a screen of An Zhen displaying his Ice and Snow powers, and the God King discovered that An Zhen contained a mysterious world of extraordinary status.
• The Goddess of Life argued that An Zhen was a child rather than a reincarnated God King, while the God of Destruction considered his potential and ordered her not to inform the other gods.
• The God of Destruction resolved to find out whether An Zhen was an old monster’s reincarnation and considered recruiting him to support his plans for the God Realm.
• At the testing grounds, An Zhen surveyed the ice-covered terrain created by his attack and sensed that a god from the Douluo God Realm had been watching him.

An Zhen experimented with Martial Soul Fusion Skills, combining different Martial Souls to test their compatibility and power. He developed a devastating three-part fusion and considered how stronger Martial Souls could help him reach god-level power, while the Sun Moon Empire expanded its Soul Tool industry under his rule.

• An Zhen fused the Holy Light Dragon and Dark Holy Dragon Martial Souls, blasting a massive metal block with their combined attack.
• An Zhen considered seeking Sea Soul Beasts as opponents, then returned home and left the damaged testing area behind.
• The Sun Moon Empire issued orders to expand mining, Soul Tool production, and civilian industry, boosting the economy and creating jobs.
• In the Virtual World, An Zhen tested incompatible Martial Souls and found that differences in compatibility and quality weakened their fusion.
• An Zhen combined the Sun, Silver Moon, and Star Crown Martial Souls into a trinity fusion with star-powered support, lunar control, and solar offense.
• An Zhen considered using enhanced Martial Souls or the Ice Fire Dragon Kings to achieve god-level power, but decided not to risk exposing Na'er’s Silver Dragon King aura.

An Zhen confided in the Ice Empress and Gu Yue Na about a god watching him, then endured the daily gaze for two months. When General Chang presented him with a strange golden object, it triggered a divine trial and brought him face-to-face with the God of Arrogance.

• An Zhen worried that gods might discover his unusual powers and Teacher Electrolux, then sought comfort from the Ice Empress and told her he felt watched by a god.
• Gu Yue Na warned that gods and their realms could have different rules and morals, and An Zhen promised to help fulfill her wish.
• For two months, An Zhen noticed the watcher appeared during the day and vanished when he kissed Xu Tianzhen or went to bathe, until a stronger gaze returned during a medicinal bath.
• General Chang sent An Zhen a golden, six-sided object that rejected his Spiritual Power, and An Zhen accepted it after Xu Tianzhen identified the general.
• The object announced that a divine trial had begun, transported An Zhen to a dark space, and revealed the God of Arrogance, who attacked him with crimson-gold light.

An Zhen tested whether God of Arrogance had been spying on him, then fought the demon god after God of Arrogance challenged him. An Zhen defeated him while his power was suppressed, but God of Arrogance recovered and recognized his strength, leaving them ready to continue their clash.

• An Zhen identified the demon god as God of Arrogance and tested him with a scroll, concluding that he was not the one who had been spying on him.
• God of Arrogance challenged An Zhen, suppressed his power to Soul Emperor rank, and dragged him into a vast arena.
• An Zhen used Reflection and the Original Martial Soul to punch God of Arrogance, breaking his arms and sending him flying.
• God of Destruction, God of Life, and the other Sin Gods watched the fight and discussed An Zhen's extraordinary strength.
• God of Arrogance unleashed Arrogance Over Nine Heavens, but An Zhen countered with Soul Skills and sealed him with repeated uses of Golden Path.
• An Zhen stabbed the golden statue with a holy sword, after which God of Arrogance restored himself, praised An Zhen, and accepted his recognition in return.

An Zhen tricked God of Arrogance into insulting Goddess of Life, prompting God of Destruction and Goddess of Life to intervene. After Goddess of Life soothed him, God of Destruction asked An Zhen to become his disciple, but An Zhen mistakenly thought he would inherit his godhood.

• God of Arrogance befriended An Zhen, who claimed to admire a deity and described Goddess of Life while letting God of Arrogance mistake her for the Sea God.
• An Zhen revealed the statue of Goddess of Life and defended her, causing God of Arrogance to realize his mistake and kneel toward God of Destruction.
• God of Destruction appeared and sent God of Arrogance away, while Goddess of Life comforted An Zhen and replenished his life force.
• God of Destruction explained who he was and asked An Zhen to become his disciple.
• An Zhen asked whether God of Destruction would pass his godhood to him, and God of Destruction clarified that he only wanted to take him as a disciple.

The God of Destruction accepted An Zhen as his disciple and gave him a sealed world core shaped into a soul ring, along with knowledge about gods and faith. The Goddess of Life considered giving An Zhen crystallized life force, while the God of Destruction prepared to return to the God Realm and plan what came next.

• The God of Destruction offered to take An Zhen as his disciple, but An Zhen asked whether the Goddess of Life could be his master instead because he craved her life aura.
• The Goddess of Life declined to accept An Zhen as her disciple, and An Zhen completed the apprenticeship ceremony with the God of Destruction.
• An Zhen told the God of Destruction about his teachers, including Teacher Electrolux, and the God of Destruction warned him not to exceed the Douluo Continent plane's limits.
• The God of Destruction gave An Zhen a sealed world core shaped into a soul ring and shared knowledge about gods, god positions, and the power of faith.
• An Zhen asked the Goddess of Life for a gift, and she offered crystallized life force from the Forest of Life despite the God of Destruction's reservations.