Chapter Summaries

Gu Chen used Chaos Divine Armor and Chaos-powered attacks to defeat the Wind Wolves in the Soul Spirit Tower’s first trial. After the others finished fighting, the tower declared the trial passed and offered a thousand-year Wind Wolf soul spirit for absorption.

• Over five hundred Wind Wolves emerged and surrounded Gu Chen and the others, firing Wind Blades at Gu Chen.
• Gu Chen summoned his Chaos Divine Armor, withstood the Wind Blades, and froze the wolves with a powerful punch.
• Gu Chen froze the light door to stop more Wind Wolves from entering while the others fought off their own packs, with Tang Wulin helping Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yue Zhengyu recover.
• The Soul Spirit Tower announced that the first trial was passed and offered a thousand-year Wind Wolf soul spirit for absorption.

Tang Wulin and his companions faced four intelligent Ice Bears in the Soul Spirit Tower’s ninth trial, where Gu Yue used water to answer their blizzard. The chapter ended as Gu Yue prepared to unleash an unusual Water Element skill.

• Tang Wulin’s group entered the ninth trial and found four powerful Ice Bears waiting for them.
• Tang Wulin warned his companions that the Ice Bears were more intelligent than the Soul Beasts they had faced before.
• The lead Ice Bear roared and summoned a blizzard that swept through the hall.
• Gu Yue formed a ring of fire to protect the group, but the Ice Bears’ storm began to overwhelm it.
• Gu Yue transformed the flames into suspended water droplets, prompting Yue Zhengyu to question her choice and Gu Chen to defend it.
• Gu Yue prepared to use a Water Element skill as the blizzard continued to press against them.

Gu Yue froze the ninth trial’s storm and destroyed the Ice Bears with ultimate water, allowing Xu Xiaoyan to gain a miniature bear Soul Spirit. Gu Chen realized his First Soul Spirit, Little Evil Eye, had disappeared again and could not explain its connection to another body.

• Gu Yue stopped the storm and immobilized the Ice Bears, then burst them apart into flowing water that Yue Zhengyu recognized as ultimate water.
• Xu Xiaoyan celebrated as an Ice Bear shrank into a miniature bear and became her Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yue picked up the little bear and rubbed it while the group admired it.
• Tang Wulin asked Gu Chen where his First Soul Spirit had gone, and Gu Chen found that Little Evil Eye was missing again.

The group entered the second level of the trials, where several Magic Lizard Dragons appeared. Xie Xie volunteered to fight them, and Xu Xiaoyan agreed to join him after Gu Chen offered his support.

• The group discovered that nine trials made up each level and entered the second level through a newly opened metal door.
• Several Magic Lizard Dragons emerged, and Gu Chen recognized them as low-grade sub-dragon Soul Beasts.
• Xie Xie volunteered to take on the Magic Lizard Dragons and vanished in a flash of blue light.
• Gu Chen asked Xu Xiaoyan whether she would help Xie Xie, and she agreed despite her hesitation.
• Gu Chen promised to help Xu Xiaoyan as golden light burst from his eyes.

Xie Xie crippled and stabbed a Magic Lizard Dragon while Tang Wulin and Gu Chen watched. Xu Xiaoyan immobilized the wounded beast with her Star Wheel Chain, as Gu Chen considered her Martial Soul’s future potential.

• Xie Xie swept the Magic Lizard Dragon’s legs out from under it and blasted it away with a powerful punch.
• Xie Xie raced after the beast and stabbed its throat with a blue short blade, leaving it bleeding and struggling to stand.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Chen wondered why the wounded Magic Lizard Dragon did not scream, unaware that its damaged throat prevented it from making a sound.
• Xu Xiaoyan used her first spirit skill, Star Wheel Chain, to immobilize the Magic Lizard Dragon.
• Gu Chen examined Xu Xiaoyan’s binding ability and thought that her Martial Soul could become exceptionally powerful if it evolved.

With Xu Xiaoyan’s help, Xie Xie defeated thirteen Magic Lizard Dragons, and Moyao began to recover through the blue Dragon Mark. The group advanced to the eleventh floor, where Tang Wulin led them in defending against a powerful lightning strike from a tiny, squirrel-like animal.

• Xie Xie killed all thirteen Magic Lizard Dragons with Xu Xiaoyan’s assistance, and a blue aura entered his Dragon Mark as Moyao began to recover.
• Xie Xie brushed off his discomfort, thanked Xu Xiaoyan, and the group declined to choose a Magic Lizard Dragon Soul Spirit before advancing.
• The group opened the door to the eleventh floor and encountered a warm, dry scent and a faint buzzing sound.
• Tang Wulin recognized the sound as thunder and shouted for everyone to defend, while golden Blue Silver Grass formed a barrier against a powerful lightning bolt.
• Tang Wulin dismissed the Blue Silver Grass and spotted a tiny animal resembling a squirrel where the lightning had come from.

Tang Wulin and Gu Yue discovered that the Thunder Beast attacking them was far stronger than expected, and Gu Chen identified it as a roughly twenty-thousand-year beast with Spirit Saint-level strength. Gu Chen stepped forward to face it and began casting the Purple Imperial Heaven-Locking Chain.

• A Thunder Beast unleashed powerful lightning strikes, which Tang Wulin and Gu Yue evaded.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue realized the Thunder Beast’s power was far beyond that of a thousand-year beast.
• Gu Chen judged that the Thunder Beast was about twenty thousand years old and as strong as a human Spirit Saint.
• Gu Chen told Tang Wulin and the others he would handle the Thunder Beast so they could clear the stage quickly.
• Gu Chen released his golden Soul Power and began the Purple Imperial Heaven-Locking Chain, preparing to lock the Thunder Beast in space.

Gu Chen restrained the Thunder Beast with spatial power and killed it with one punch. Tang Wulin faced the ten-thousand-year Vajra Baboons, using Blue Silver Grass and his Golden Dragon Claw to counter them and badly injure one, then drove his dragon fingers into its face.

• Gu Chen trapped the Thunder Beast in a purple space shaped like a coiling dragon and smashed its head apart with a punch.
• Two Vajra Baboons chased Tang Wulin, forcing him to flee before he could use his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Tang Wulin raised golden Blue Silver Grass spikes to make the Vajra Baboons halt, then struck one hard enough to send it flying.
• Tang Wulin charged the other Vajra Baboon and broke its elbow with a powerful punch.
• Tang Wulin smashed the injured Vajra Baboon in the face, deforming its skull, then changed his fist into a claw and drove his golden dragon fingers into its face.

Tang Wulin killed one thirty-thousand-year Vajra Baboon and trapped the other in a cage of elemental Blue Silver Grass, preparing to finish it with Golden Dragon Breaks the Heavens. Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yue Zhengyu struggled against the beasts, but Yuanen Yehui still wanted a Vajra Baboon Spirit Ring.

• Tang Wulin crushed the first Vajra Baboon's head with a concentrated burst of Bloodline Power and Power of Destruction, killing it.
• Tang Wulin fired Dragon King Overlord Spears at the remaining berserk Vajra Baboon, but its iron-hard body shattered them.
• Tang Wulin retreated and raised a vast Blue Silver Grass cage that absorbed elemental forces and pierced the Vajra Baboon with a storm of spikes.
• The wounded Vajra Baboon continued struggling despite its pierced chest, so Tang Wulin prepared to destroy its head with Golden Dragon Breaks the Heavens.
• Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yue Zhengyu struggled against the Vajra Baboons, while Yuanen Yehui remained set on obtaining a Vajra Baboon Spirit Ring.

Gu Chen watched the battle from the sidelines until a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear ambushed him and badly injured his arm. He used the Light of Creation to restore some movement, but faced the enraged beast with his bones still damaged.

• Tang Wulin killed one Vajra Baboon but ran out of strength and was chased by another.
• Yuanen Yehui, Yue Zhengyu, and Xu Xiaoyan struggled against a ten-thousand-year Vajra Baboon, while Xie Xie and Gu Yue fought three others.
• Gu Chen sensed something behind him, but a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear struck before he could react.
• Gu Chen blocked the bear’s claw with his arm and staggered back, realizing the blow had shattered some of his bones.
• Gu Chen used the Light of Creation to restore some feeling in his arm, then faced the enraged Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

Gu Chen fought a fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, using chaos to summon a Chaos Ancient Beast and trap the battle in a starry space. The bear survived Gu Chen’s devastating attack and continued resisting.

• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear charged at Gu Chen and carved a ravine into the ground with its Dark Gold Dreadclaw, but Gu Chen dodged.
• Gu Chen transported himself and the bear into a chaotic, starry space, where a Chaos Ancient Beast attacked and tore flesh from the bear’s neck.
• The wounded Chaos Ancient Beast dispersed into gray mist and vanished as Gu Chen launched his Chaotic Heaven and Earth attack.
• Gu Chen’s palm print struck the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, tearing away its fur and staggering it, but the bear endured the blow and kept resisting.

Gu Chen unleashed successive attacks on the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, piercing its head with the Purple Desolation Heaven-Falling Divine Spear and driving it to the edge of collapse. He activated the Huangmie Domain and prepared to finish the battle by cutting the beast into seven pieces.

• The Purple Desolation Heaven-Falling Divine Spear pierced the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's head, but the beast remained standing and refused to give up.
• Gu Chen spun into a powerful kick that sent the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear flying, then recalled the spear from its wound.
• Gu Chen entered his God-Slaying Soul-Turning berserk state and unleashed the Huangmie Domain, which erased everything it touched.
• The wounded Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear grew weaker as blood loss and exhaustion made its body sway.
• Gu Chen bolstered himself with the chaotic world, his domain, and Dragon God's Wrath, then vowed to cut the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear into seven pieces.

After the battle, Gu Chen emerged from the chaotic land severely weakened from fighting a fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear. Gu Yue worried over his depleted Bloodline Power while Tang Wulin and the others learned what he had faced.

• Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin emerged from the battle having gained strength or learned more about their abilities.
• Gu Chen walked out of the chaotic land exhausted, with Gu Yue supporting him.
• Gu Yue examined Gu Chen and angrily confronted him about his nearly depleted Bloodline Power and exhausted Soul Power.
• Tang Wulin asked what enemy had left Gu Chen in such a state.
• Gu Chen revealed that he had fought a fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, shocking everyone.

Gu Chen revealed that he had faced and killed a fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, prompting Gu Yue to worry over his recklessness and resolve to grow stronger. The group returned to the plaza, where Leng Yaozhu praised Gu Chen for defeating the beast and surviving in good condition.

• Gu Chen told the group about the fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, shocking everyone and alarming Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue angrily confronted Gu Chen for facing danger alone, then softened when she saw how badly he had been hurt.
• Gu Chen apologized and comforted Gu Yue, who leaned into him and silently resolved to increase her strength.
• The group returned to the plaza, where Leng Yaozhu was waiting for them.
• Leng Yaozhu praised Gu Chen for killing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear while remaining in good condition.

After the group cleared twelve trials, Leng Yaozhu invited them to join the Spirit Pagoda, but they declined because of their existing affiliations. The group settled the discounted soul spirit fees, and Leng Yaozhu took Gu Chen aside to ask about his level, which he said was 57.

• Leng Yaozhu praised the group for passing twelve trials and offered them top-tier resources if they joined the Spirit Pagoda, but no one accepted.
• Gu Chen revealed that Leng Yaozhu was Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, the Spirit Pagoda's Vice Pagoda Master, surprising Tang Wulin, Yuanen Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu.
• Tang Wulin explained that the group already had their own factions, so Leng Yaozhu dropped the recruitment offer and asked them to settle their bill.
• Leng Yaozhu quoted Xu Xiaoyan ten million Federal Coins for her Ice Bear soul spirit and thirty million for the Vajra Baboon, both at half price, and gave the group a month to pay.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Gu Yue to take the others away and brought Gu Chen with her; she asked his level, and he answered that he was Level 57, having gained only a small amount from devouring the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.

Gu Chen considered devouring the fifty-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s energy and discussed the danger of exposing that ability with Leng Yaozhu. He remained set on leaving Shrek Academy after becoming a Soul Emperor, but said he first needed to meet Qiangu Dongfeng.

• Gu Chen planned to use the Purple Desolation Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon’s devouring talent to absorb the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s energy, though Leng Yaozhu warned him to conceal the ability.
• Gu Chen told Leng Yaozhu that he would not reveal his devouring talent unless necessary and that he had enough confidence to protect himself.
• Gu Chen lamented that people such as Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan relied on him as an unshakable source of security.
• Leng Yaozhu asked whether Gu Chen planned to leave Shrek Academy after becoming a Soul Emperor, and he answered vaguely that he had more important matters to handle.
• Gu Chen looked toward Shrek Academy and said he might need to meet Qiangu Dongfeng first.

Gu Chen returned to Shrek and joined his classmates as they prepared for an all-around competition against Second Grade Class One. The group formed teams and compared their levels, with Gu Chen revealing he was level 59 and ready to advance to Soul Emperor.

• Shen Yi announced an all-around competition with Second Grade Class One and assigned Gu Yue to count and report the teams.
• Tang Wulin proposed teams of three and two, with himself, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan grouped together and Gu Yue paired with Gu Chen.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin said they were both level 46, while Gu Yue revealed she was level 49.
• Gu Chen announced that he was level 59 and one step away from becoming a Soul Emperor.
• Gu Yue called Gu Chen a smart mouth and smacked him after he made a pun.

Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi transferred into Tang Wulin’s class, and Tang Wulin invited both to join his team. Ye Xinglan sat behind Gu Chen, who stayed asleep while she silently resolved to challenge him again.

• Shen Yi introduced Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi as transfer students, and Tang Wulin recognized them.
• Luo Guixing approached Ye Xinglan, but she ignored him and went to the back of the classroom.
• Tang Wulin invited Xu Lizhi to join his team, and Xu Lizhi asked him to include Ye Xinglan as well.
• Gu Yue warned Gu Chen not to look behind him, and he went back to sleep.
• Ye Xinglan watched Gu Chen and renewed her desire to challenge him.

Wu Changkong argued that Gu Chen and Gu Yue were enough for the upcoming tournament, while Shen Yi questioned whether their opponents would provide sufficient pressure. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin discovered his Jade Silver alloy had reached a 95 percent fusion rate, but he remained unable to advance it further.

• Shen Yi questioned Wu Changkong's confidence that Gu Chen and Gu Yue could handle the tournament's opponents, and Wu Changkong said Ye Xinglan should save her strength for the second-year Confrontation Tournament.
• Gu Chen considered Tang Wulin useful but dismissed Yang Nianxia as trash.
• Tang Wulin tested the Jade Silver alloy's fusion rate, and Xu Lizhi was astonished when the instrument showed 95 percent.
• Tang Wulin reflected that he had reached a 95 percent fusion rate a year earlier and believed he needed more Metal Hammers to reach 96 percent.
• Gu Chen considered the risks of becoming a god under the Plane Master's suppression and decided he only wanted to survive.

Gu Chen dismissed concerns about Ye Xinglan and reassured Tang Wulin that they would win, even if they ended up competing against each other. Three days later, Shen Yi announced that the class Selection Tournament would use real combat in the Sparring Arena.

• Shen Yi told Gu Chen that Ye Xinglan would handle the second-years, and Gu Chen said he was unconcerned either way.
• Gu Chen returned to class, where Tang Wulin asked if they would win, and Gu Chen assured him they would.
• Gu Chen told Tang Wulin that they might face each other as opponents, and Tang Wulin vowed to work hard enough to last more moves against him.
• Three days later, Shen Yi announced that the Selection Tournament would take place as real combat in the Sparring Arena.