Chapter Summaries

Gu Chen, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue finished a series of bounties and prepared to head to Shrek City for Tang Wulin’s assessment. Gu Chen encouraged Tang Wulin to pass and become strong, while privately reaffirming that survival and his own plans came first.

• Gu Chen asked Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue about their fight after the three bounty targets died from the backlash of Gu Chen’s power.
• Gu Chen scolded Tang Wulin for taking on so many bounties, and the group celebrated finishing them and earning contribution points.
• While packing for Shrek City, Tang Wulin asked whether he might die from the Golden Dragon King’s bloodline, and Gu Chen reassured him that the Butian Sect would not abandon him.
• Tang Wulin reflected on the Butian Sect as his home, while Gu Chen warned him to pass the Shrek Academy assessment and defeat his peers.

Gu Chen and Tang Wulin traveled with their friends to Shrek City, where Gu Chen gave Gu Yue a mysterious gift and showed her affection on the train. After arriving, the group rested ahead of the next day's enrollment.

• Tang Wulin promised to repay the Butian Sect for its kindness, and Gu Chen and the others prepared to travel to Shrek City by Soul Guidance Train.
• On the train, Gu Chen pulled Gu Yue into his arms and told her she smelled nice.
• Gu Chen gave Gu Yue a box from his Storage Soul Tool and said it would help her, though she should not open it yet.
• Gu Chen and Gu Yue continued to embrace until the train reached Shrek City.
• Wu Changkong told the students to rest because enrollment would begin the next day.

Gu Chen and the others arrived at Shrek Academy for admissions, where a mural painted with Di Tian’s essence blood tested their strength. Gu Chen’s Purple Nether Dragon dispelled its pressure, and the group earned Elder Li’s approval, leaving Gu Yue relieved that Gu Chen did not recognize Di Tian.

• The group found a hotel with only three rooms and paired off for the night before heading to Shrek Academy the next day.
• Wu Changkong led Gu Chen and the others through Shrek’s impressive Outer Court to a circular admissions hall.
• The mural of the Golden Eye Black Dragon King’s blood pressured Xu Xiaoyan, while Gu Chen summoned five purple-gold Spirit Rings and his Purple Nether Dragon to erase the Dragon Might.
• Elder Li praised the group’s performance, gave most of them full marks, and wondered about Gu Chen’s unusual Spirit Rings.
• Gu Chen guessed the mural depicted a powerful soul beast but did not identify Di Tian, whose true cultivation was 890,000 years.

Gu Chen’s group entered a primeval forest through a glowing array and faced two soul beasts during their assessment. After Gu Chen instantly killed an Ironclad Rhinoceros, a thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear appeared, but it fled when Gu Chen prepared to unleash his full power.

• The group stepped onto a glowing array and arrived in a primeval forest, where they encountered an Ironclad Rhinoceros.
• Gu Chen called the thousand-year Ironclad Rhinoceros a low-tier soul beast and killed it with one gunshot to the head.
• The group heard a powerful bear’s roar, and a thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear emerged from the trees.
• Gu Chen pulled Gu Yue behind him and transformed his body, drawing on his bloodline and Soul Power to prepare an attack.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear sensed danger from Gu Chen’s glowing dragon claw, turned around, and left.

Gu Chen and his team passed the trials testing endurance and adaptability, then demonstrated their specialties before Silver Moon Douluo Cai Yue'er. The examination ended with Cai Yue'er storming off after Gu Yue rejected her as a teacher.

• The observers gave Gu Chen full marks and the rest of his team eight points after the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear fled, confirming they had passed the trial.
• At the guillotine course, Tang Wulin caught a falling blade with his Golden Dragon Claw while Gu Chen raced through the gates; the team earned full marks.
• The group entered a trial testing individual specialties, and Xu Xiaoyan worried that she could not display her martial soul's ability during the day.
• Cai Yue'er arrived, assessed the team, and awarded Gu Chen full marks for his Destruction Power while praising the others' abilities.
• Cai Yue'er offered to take Gu Yue as her disciple, but Gu Yue said her talent was inferior and she could not be her teacher; Cai Yue'er left in anger.

Cai Yue'er deliberately failed the group in the fifth assessment and tried to force them out of Shrek Academy. Gu Chen and Gu Yue rejected her insults and stood with their companions, leaving them facing Cai Yue'er's threat of violence.

• Cai Yue'er declared that the entire group had received zero on the fifth assessment, then unleashed her rank-96 Title Douluo pressure.
• Gu Chen shattered the floor and used Dragon Might to break Cai Yue'er's pressure before condemning Shrek Academy and leading the group toward the exit.
• Cai Yue'er called them trash and dismissed their talents, prompting Gu Yue to turn back and curse at her.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie joined Gu Chen and Gu Yue, declaring they would face Cai Yue'er together.
• Cai Yue'er accused the younger group of disrespect and threatened to teach them a lesson.

Tian Yang intervened when Cai Yue'er attacked Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Chen, then defeated and sealed her cultivation with one strike. The group passed through, while Cai Yue'er went to consult Yun Ming about the conflict between Shrek and the Butian Sect.

• Cai Yue'er attacked the group, but Gu Chen raised his Huangmie Domain before withdrawing it.
• Tian Yang appeared and identified Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Chen as Butian Sect Holy Sons or candidates.
• Tian Yang struck Cai Yue'er down and sealed her cultivation, overwhelming her with his level 98 strength.
• Gu Chen mocked the fallen Cai Yue'er, and Gu Yue pulled him away by the ear.
• The group passed through, while Cai Yue'er went to seek Yun Ming's counsel about the dispute.

After passing the sixth and seventh assessments, Gu Chen and his companions reached the comprehensive combat round and faced ten Shrek Academy seniors. Gu Chen recognized Yuanen Yehui’s two distinct origins and began considering the Demon Plane, leaving the group poised to fight.

• Cai Yue'er left after warning the group to continue without her, and Tian Yang disappeared into the void.
• Shen Yi led the group through the sixth assessment, eating buns, and the seventh assessment, which Tang Wulin, Gu Chen, and Xie Xie cleared by running while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan finished at the time limit.
• Shen Yi introduced the eighth assessment, in which each newcomer had to choose one of ten students from the previous intake as an opponent.
• Gu Chen offered to make one move against the ten students, proposing that the group pass if they could not withstand it.
• A girl among the seniors objected to Gu Chen’s arrogance, and Gu Chen recognized Yuanen Yehui as having two distinct origins, possibly from twin martial souls.
• Gu Yue pulled Gu Chen back to his senses, and he considered waiting until he reached Spirit Saint before leading the Butian Sect to the Demon Plane.

Yun Ming learned that Butian Sect’s Holy Sons and other geniuses had come to Shrek, and suspected they wanted access to the Golden Ancient Tree. Meanwhile, Gu Chen passed Shrek’s trials and began preparing the Nine Dragon Sealing Heaven Array, which still needed nine dragons to activate.

• Cai Yue'er told Yun Ming that Butian Sect’s two Candidate Holy Sons, its Holy Son, and other geniuses had arrived at Shrek, while concealing that Tian Yang had subdued her with one strike.
• Yun Ming considered whether Butian Sect’s visitors were after the Golden Ancient Tree and worried about Ya Li’s increasingly frequent trips to treat people.
• Gu Chen used his Desolation Extinction soul skill to defeat ten opponents in the eighth trial with one strike, then cleared the ninth trial just as easily.
• After passing the assessments, Gu Chen placed wooden stakes around Shrek City and put the last one in Sea God Lake to prepare the Nine Dragon Sealing Heaven Array.
• Gu Chen explained that the array could seal heaven, earth, and people, but could not yet be activated because it required nine dragons.

Gu Chen and Gu Yue strolled beside Sea God Lake, where he revealed secrets about the Golden Ancient Tree and asked her to answer his feelings. Gu Yue agreed, and Gu Chen celebrated by lifting her up, leaving the two former enemies bound together.

• Gu Chen explained that the Nine Dragons formation lacked enough Dragon Souls and said the Qiangu Family would need to join it.
• Gu Chen and Gu Yue went to stroll beside Sea God Lake while Tang Wulin headed to the cafeteria and Xie Xie remained asleep in the dormitory.
• Gu Chen told Gu Yue that the Golden Ancient Tree seemed like a slumbering Life Ancient Tree and disclosed his suspicions about its connection to the Life Core.
• Gu Chen asked Gu Yue whether she would accept his feelings, and she admitted she was interested in him.
• Gu Yue agreed, and Gu Chen lifted her and spun her around beside the lake.

Tang Wulin found renewed resolve to cultivate and neared a breakthrough, while Gu Chen defeated Wu Changkong in a Spirit King-versus-Spirit Saint match. The chapter ended with Gu Chen estimating that his strength, especially with Battle Armor, was close to that of a conventional Title Douluo.

• Tang Wulin watched an anime, then reflected that Gu Chen was the only goal he could strive toward and began cultivating.
• Tang Wulin’s Soul Power surged as he sensed he was close to breaking through and circulated the Heaven and Earth Profound Gang, Nine Nether Silent Sun method.
• Students gathered at Shrek Academy’s Soul Fighting Arena to watch Gu Chen battle Wu Changkong, who had recently reached Spirit Saint rank.
• Gu Chen dodged Wu Changkong’s attacks and forced him to surrender, leaving the crowd stunned by a Spirit King’s victory over a Spirit Saint.
• Gu Chen and Wu Changkong discussed Gu Chen’s strength, and Gu Chen said Battle Armor brought him close to a conventional Title Douluo’s level.

Gu Chen and Gu Yue shared an accidental kiss in class, and Gu Yue froze him with an ice attack after he teased her. On the way back to the dormitory, Gu Chen asked the system to refine his Five-Colored Stone, which revealed Nuwa’s energy form and drew her gaze before the system suppressed the stone’s light.

• Gu Yue sat beside Gu Chen and admitted she had stayed up thinking about what he had said the day before.
• Gu Chen teased Gu Yue, ignored her when she became angry, and accidentally kissed her when she moved close to call him.
• Gu Yue slapped Gu Chen and froze him into an ice sculpture, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Cai Yue'er reacted to the scene.
• Gu Chen asked the system whether it could refine the Five-Colored Stone as he walked back to the dormitory.
• The Five-Colored Stone revealed an energy figure of Nuwa, whose gaze terrified Gu Chen until the system suppressed the stone’s light.

Gu Chen used the Five Elements Origin from the damaged Five-Colored Stone to create a second Tang San, the original son of Tang Hao, and awakened his memories. He sent the resentful youth toward a chance to cultivate and take revenge on the other Tang San.

• Gu Chen used the Double Pupils to see the cracks in the Five-Colored Stone and extracted one portion of its Five Elements Origin, leaving two portions behind.
• Gu Chen infused the extracted Five-Colored Gas into a drop of Blue Blood, causing it to grow into flesh that would become another Tang San.
• At Butian Sect, Gu Chen met the confused blue-haired youth and told him that his name was Tang San.
• Gu Chen gave Tang San memories of his life, including how the other Tang San had taken his body and destroyed his family and love.
• Tang San recalled his parents, Xiao Wu, and his martial souls, then vowed to kill the other Tang San as Gu Chen offered him the means to start over.

Gu Chen caught and confronted Wang Tianming and Huang Tianlin after they followed him, mistaking his black smoke for a sign that he was an Evil Soul Master. Meanwhile, Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy with a Butian Sect recommendation letter, and Gu Chen anticipated Wu Sidao’s arrival as well.

• Gu Chen noticed two boys following him through Shrek City and lured them away from the crowds.
• Gu Chen caught Wang Tianming and Huang Tianlin, questioned them, and learned they had followed him because he looked like an Evil Soul Master.
• Gu Chen warned the boys to be more careful and left after learning they were Shrek students.
• Tang San arrived at Shrek Academy carrying a recommendation letter from the Butian Sect.
• Gu Chen considered Wu Sidao’s expected arrival and her powerful Hell Spirit Cat and Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Souls.

Tang Yin demonstrated his extraordinary water-controlling power to gain admission to Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie fought over a game, encountered a virus girl on Tang Wulin’s phone, and later passed Tang Yin at the academy gate without recognizing him.

• Tang Yin presented his recommendation letter, and the admissions student was astonished by his age and level-47 Soul Power.
• Tang Yin revealed four Spirit Rings and used his water powers to prove his strength, after which the admissions student agreed to take him inside.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin argued over their game, and Tang Wulin’s phone was destroyed when he threw it after being defeated.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie discovered a blue-haired Virus Girl eating software on Tang Wulin’s phone, then went to the cafeteria and Shrek City for food.
• Tang Wulin saw Tang Yin by Shrek’s gate and felt an inexplicable familiarity, but dismissed the feeling to Xie Xie.

Tang Wulin encountered an Evil Soul Master while waiting for fried chicken and fought to stop him from killing more people. After the Evil Soul Master grew stronger by absorbing blood, Tang Wulin used Xuanming Heavenly Fiend Thunder, engulfing the street in black lightning.

• Tang Wulin ran to a fried chicken shop and waited in line while Xie Xie expected him to bring food back.
• An injured Evil Soul Master charged through Shrek City, killing people in his path and draining their blood.
• Tang Wulin blocked the Evil Soul Master's way and clashed with his black longsword using a silver sword.
• The Evil Soul Master killed more bystanders to absorb their blood, but fled when Tang Wulin summoned pitch-black lightning.
• Tang Wulin unleashed Xuanming Heavenly Fiend Thunder, covering the street in ink-black lightning.

Tang Wulin used a massive lightning attack to stop a Level 67 Evil Soul Master, but Gu Chen arrived and killed the fleeing enemy. Gu Chen then traded barbs with Yun Ming, while Tang Wulin watched in admiration.

• Tang Wulin wrapped himself in Blue Silver Grass and unleashed pitch-black lightning that overwhelmed the Evil Soul Master's Blood God Heavenly Fiend Slash, leaving both fighters badly spent.
• The Evil Soul Master survived the lightning and fled, but Gu Chen appeared and killed him with a single strike.
• Yun Ming praised Tang Wulin for defeating a Level 67 Evil Soul Master, while Gu Chen teased Yun Ming about being an old genius.
• Gu Chen said young talents intended to outlast the previous generation, and Yun Ming warned that Gu Chen's conspicuous talent might lead him to die young.
• Tang Wulin admired Gu Chen, who replied that his vitality was greater than Yun Ming's.

Gu Chen killed an Evil Soul Master and warned Tang Wulin not to mistake mercy for weakness, while Tang Wulin clarified that he had wanted the criminal to suffer in prison. Gu Yue and the others rushed to the scene after sensing the thunder, and the chapter ended with Gu Chen teasing Gu Yue before the author’s note discussed Xu Xiaoyan and Na’er.

• Yun Ming left Gu Chen to investigate the Evil Soul Masters around Shrek City and told him to pay for the damage.
• Tang Wulin learned that Gu Chen had killed the Evil Soul Master, and Gu Chen warned him that hesitation could become a weakness in deadly battles.
• Tang Wulin explained that he had wanted the killer to spend the rest of his life suffering, and the two argued over their misunderstanding.
• Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan rushed to the shattered street after sensing the thunder and found Tang Wulin and Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen teased the worried Gu Yue, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and told Xu Xiaoyan that the Evil Soul Master had been struck by lightning.

Gu Chen and his companions bought cold treats, and Gu Chen angered Gu Yue by stealing most of her ice cream. The chapter ended with brief future scenes of Tang Wulin asking Gu Chen for stronger weapons and an immensely powerful figure lamenting that he could find no worthy opponent.

• Shrek's Inspection Team and Enforcers arrived after the group had already left, while Gu Chen and the others wandered around buying snacks.
• At a crowded drink shop, Tang Wulin quickly ate his ice cream and eyed everyone else's, so the group ordered extra ice cream and mantou for him.
• Gu Chen stole more than half of Gu Yue's ice cream, and Gu Yue frightened him into submission by freezing him.
• In a future scene, Tang Wulin asked Gu Chen for a weapon that was simple and powerful, and Gu Chen offered him high-tech firearms.
• At the end of the River of Time, a powerful figure reflected on life's meaning before declaring that he had no opponent and found living boring.

Tang Wulin and his friends encountered a blond youth harassing a waitress, and Xie Xie stepped in. The youth revealed a so-called Holy Angel Martial Soul, which Gu Chen and Gu Yue mocked as an inferior winged figure.

• Xie Xie joked about finding a romantic target, and Gu Yue grew angry until Gu Chen calmed her with desserts.
• A blond youth demanded the waitress's Feixin ID and complained about her service when she refused.
• Tang Wulin tried to intervene, but Xie Xie stopped him and confronted the blond youth instead.
• The youth released his Holy Angel Martial Soul and sent Soul Power toward Xie Xie, who easily dispersed it.
• Gu Chen called the Martial Soul a person with energy chicken wings, and Gu Yue dismissed it as a weak imitation of a true angel.