Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan fused Gold of Life with his heart, creating the Heart of Life and greatly strengthening his body while speeding up his Soul Power cultivation. Electrolux went back to sleep, and Chen Yuan began cultivating as his Soul Power neared a breakthrough.

• Electrolux guided Chen Yuan to place Gold of Life against his heart and directed its life force through his blood vessels.
• Gold of Life nourished Chen Yuan's body, toughened his meridians, and freed more of his Soul Power for cultivation, increasing his cultivation speed.
• Electrolux explained that the fused Gold of Life would continuously nourish Chen Yuan and named his heart the Heart of Life.
• Electrolux entered slumber after saying Chen Yuan would need to explore the Heart of Life's other benefits himself.
• Chen Yuan estimated that his improved constitution could let him absorb a Soul Ring of at least twenty-eight thousand years when he obtained his Fifth Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan began cultivating immediately after sensing that his Soul Power was close to breaking through.

Chen Yuan broke through to Level 47 and continued cultivating while the Freshman Assessment advanced to its elimination round. After learning that Huo Yuhao possessed the Spirit Eye Body Martial Soul, Wang Yan reported him to Xuan Zi, who decided to watch the next matches.

• Chen Yuan reached Level 47, and he challenged Bei Bei to spar once Bei Bei became a Soul Ancestor.
• Chen Yuan sat out the next day's assessment to stabilize his cultivation while Wang Yan watched the matches and saw the Lan Sisters' Heavenly Net Martial Soul Fusion Skill interrupted by Huo Yuhao's Soul Shock.
• The round-robin stage ended, and the lower-ranked teams were eliminated from the Freshman Assessment.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi that Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul was the Body Martial Soul Spirit Eye and that he was not from the Body Sect.
• Xuan Zi explained that the Lan Sisters' hair Martial Souls were low-grade Body Martial Souls and decided to watch the elimination round to see Huo Yuhao.

Chen Yuan accompanied Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi to watch the Freshman Assessment finals, where Chen Yuan predicted Dai Huabin’s team would win because of its likely Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Yan Shaozhe revealed that the unusually talented freshmen might be allowed to compete for the Reserve Team, leaving Xu Sanshi surprised by the possible change to the selection rules.

• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi persuaded Chen Yuan to take them into the Assessment Zone to watch the finals.
• Chen Yuan predicted Dai Huabin’s team would win, citing its stronger cultivation and the likely Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Wang Dong'er asked to join the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya promised to accept her if she won the final; Xiao Xiao declined to consider joining for now.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Chen Yuan, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi to his platform and let them stay to watch the match.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that this year’s talented freshmen could participate in the Reserve Team Selection, surprising Xu Sanshi.

Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo negotiated the Soul Tool Department’s place in the Shrek Reserve Team, while Chen Yuan revealed that He Caitou was an exceptionally talented Food System Soul Master and Level 3 Soul Engineer. The competition was about to begin, and the students speculated that their year’s team could be overwhelmingly strong.

• Qian Duoduo challenged Yan Shaozhe over the Martial Soul Department’s treatment of the Soul Tool Department and asked for students to be sent there earlier.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo agreed that the Reserve Team would include a Soul Tool Department student, who would represent the academy in the tournament five years later.
• Qian Duoduo demanded the right to choose someone from the Martial Soul Department, and Yan Shaozhe agreed only if he approved the candidate.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei discussed which freshmen might join their Reserve Team, and Chen Yuan mentioned a Food System Soul Elder their age.
• Chen Yuan revealed that He Caitou was also a Level 3 Soul Engineer, leaving Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi astonished by his talent.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao battled Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie in the Freshman Assessment finals, while Qian Duoduo arranged for Huo Yuhao to join the Soul Tool Department. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed the Hell White Tiger, and when Huo Yuhao caught the falling Wang Dong'er, their Soul Power and Martial Souls began fusing.

• Wang Dong'er attacked Dai Huabin while Xiao Xiao harried Zhu Lu, and Huo Yuhao evaded Cui Yajie's charm and Fox Tail Needle with Spiritual Detection and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Huo Yuhao disrupted Dai Huabin with a spiritual attack, helping Wang Dong'er break through his White Tiger Protective Barrier, while Xiao Xiao's cauldrons slowed Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie.
• Qian Duoduo asked Yan Shaozhe to assign Huo Yuhao to the Soul Tool Department, and Yan Shaozhe agreed as long as Huo Yuhao was willing.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu transformed into the Hell White Tiger, which knocked Xiao Xiao's cauldron aside and endured Wang Dong'er's Butterfly Goddess Light.
• The Hell White Tiger's roar disrupted Wang Dong'er, causing a Trident mark to appear on her forehead as she fell, and Huo Yuhao caught her.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's Soul Power and Martial Souls abruptly connected and began fusing.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er unexpectedly unleashed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, but Du Weilun intervened before the skills could collide. Xiao Xiao defeated Cui Yajie, leaving Xiao Xiao's team as the Freshman Assessment champions while Chen Yuan resolved to keep Wang Dong'er out of the Reserve Team.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er fused their martial souls, and Du Weilun broke free of their skill's restriction before knocking the Hell White Tiger out of the arena.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fell unconscious outside the arena, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er collapsed from exhaustion.
• Chen Yuan decided to avoid Wang Dong'er and prevent her from joining the Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team, and he told Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi that Huo Yuhao's fusion skill was stronger than the Hell White Tiger.
• Xiao Xiao trapped Cui Yajie beneath her Soul Suppressing Cauldron and battered it with her fists until Cui Yajie passed out.
• Du Weilun stopped Xiao Xiao, who realized she had won the Freshman Assessment.

Chen Yuan celebrated Xiao Xiao’s Freshman Assessment victory before returning to cultivate with Whale Rubber, while Sea God Tang San watched Douluo Planet and vowed to keep Huo Yuhao, the Child of Destiny, within his grasp. The chapter ended as Tang San recalled that events had changed drastically four thousand years earlier.

• Du Weilun announced Wang Dong'er’s team as the Freshman Assessment champions, and Xiao Xiao was named a Core Disciple while Huo Yuhao was left off the list.
• Chen Yuan congratulated Xiao Xiao in his thoughts, said goodbye to Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi, and returned to his dormitory to cultivate.
• Chen Yuan consumed nearly a thousand-year piece of Whale Rubber and felt its medicinal power rapidly strengthening his body.
• Sea God Tang San watched Douluo Planet and declared that Huo Yuhao could not escape his grasp, since the Child of Destiny was vital to the Tang Sect’s revival.
• Tang San reflected on his rise to godhood, the damage his choices had caused the God Realm and Douluo Planet, and how his plans had changed four thousand years earlier.

Tang San schemed to bind the Douluo Continent’s Child of Destiny to the Tang Sect through his daughter Xiao Qi, hoping to restore his faith and power. Meanwhile, Chen Yuan bought intelligence to find a suitable Fifth Soul Ring and was shocked by one of the listed Soul Beasts.

• Tang San recalled the Sun Moon Continent’s invasion, his failure to intervene, and the Tang Sect’s destruction as his sources of faith dwindled.
• Tang San planned to draw the Child of Destiny into the Tang Sect and bring him under his control through Xiao Qi.
• Chen Yuan paid the Nine Treasures Pavilion seven thousand Gold Soul Coins for intelligence on potential Fifth Soul Ring candidates.
• Chen Yuan reviewed the Soul Beast reports ahead of his vacation, during which he planned to awaken children’s Martial Souls in Small Lake Village and hunt for his Fifth Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan saw a Soul Beast in the intelligence that he believed had gone extinct in ancient times.

Chen Yuan identified a mysterious Soul Beast as a possible Golden Lion Mastiff and chose it as his preferred Fifth Soul Ring, despite its terrifying strength. He then challenged Bei Bei to a sparring match at the Spirit Fighting Arena, where Bei Bei attacked after Chen Yuan said he would use neither his martial soul nor Soul Skills.

• Chen Yuan examined a portrait and records of an unidentified, powerful Soul Beast and suspected it was a Golden Lion Mastiff born from ancestral reversion.
• Chen Yuan selected the Golden Lion Mastiff as his top choice for a Fifth Soul Ring and kept two other Soul Beasts as alternatives.
• Chen Yuan returned to the dormitory and told Bei Bei that his chosen Soul Beast had at least 25,000 years of cultivation.
• Chen Yuan persuaded Bei Bei to fight him at the Spirit Fighting Arena before vacation began.
• Chen Yuan declared that he would not use his martial soul or Soul Skills, and Bei Bei charged with Thunder Fury and Thunder Dragon Claw.

Chen Yuan decisively defeated Bei Bei in the Soul Fighting Arena, forcing him to recognize the gap between them and resolve to train harder. Back at the dormitory, Chen Yuan and Bei Bei discussed their vacation plans with Xu Sanshi.

• Chen Yuan countered Bei Bei’s speed and dragon-claw attacks, then knocked him down with a Rising Dragon Fist.
• Bei Bei unleashed Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt Dragon Head, but Chen Yuan emerged from the explosion virtually unharmed and stopped his next punch just short of Bei Bei’s face.
• Bei Bei accepted his defeat and promised to train properly so he could grow stronger and help revive the Tang Sect with Tang Ya.
• Chen Yuan carried the exhausted Bei Bei back to the dormitory, where Xu Sanshi discovered his condition and asked what had happened.
• Bei Bei said he would stay at the academy to train during vacation, while Chen Yuan planned to return home, help awaken children’s martial souls, and seek his Fifth Soul Ring.

Chen Yuan set out with Gong Changlong and three Soul Douluo to investigate a supposed Golden Lion Mastiff in Baroque Forest and secure his Fifth Soul Ring. They found a massive dark-gold beast resembling the reported creature, but its identity remained uncertain.

• Xiao Xiao said goodbye to Chen Yuan at Shrek Academy and planned to break through level 30 and seek her parents' advice during the break.
• Chen Yuan asked the unresponsive Electrolux to save his life if his soul hunt became dangerous, then sought Gong Changlong's help.
• Gong Changlong agreed to lead the hunt and brought three Soul Douluo, claiming the beast's corpse for the Beast Fighting Arena if Chen Yuan obtained its Soul Ring.
• The group traveled to Baroque Forest, where they found bite marks on powerful Soul Beasts and followed them toward the forest's central pools.
• Chen Yuan and the others discovered a huge dark-gold beast beneath a massive tree; Chen Yuan doubted it was a Golden Lion Mastiff, and Gong Changlong was disappointed.

Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong confronted an injured Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff, which Gong Changlong intended to capture for the Beast Fighting Arena. The Soul Beast awakened its Golden Lion Mastiff bloodline, and an excited Gong Changlong ordered the others to help restrain it for breeding research.

• Gong Changlong told Chen Yuan to stand aside while he planned to capture the Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff and take it back to the Beast Fighting Arena.
• The Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff attacked, and Gong Changlong overpowered it, bound it, and began weakening it while explaining how to tame Soul Beasts.
• The Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff broke free of Gong Changlong’s binding as golden light enveloped it.
• The Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff transformed into a Golden Lion Mastiff by awakening its bloodline, astonishing Chen Yuan.
• Gong Changlong ordered Chen Yuan to watch and called the others back to help restrain the awakened Soul Beast for breeding and research.

Chen Yuan and Gong Changlong confronted the Dark Gold Ghost Mastiff after it underwent Ultimate Evolution into a Golden Lion Mastiff. Gong Changlong and three Soul Douluos battled the beast, which revealed its Domination Domain and reached Super Douluo-level strength, and the fight continued after cannonballs injured it.

• The Golden Lion Mastiff struck Gong Changlong and blasted Chen Yuan away with its Lion Mastiff Roar, but Chen Yuan healed with the Heart of Life and retreated.
• Gong Changlong summoned three Soul Douluos, and the four fighters faced the Golden Lion Mastiff as it activated its Domination Domain and grew larger.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff charged Gong Changlong, who endured its assault while the Soul Douluos supported him with Soul Skills.
• Gong Changlong and the Golden Lion Mastiff traded powerful attacks until Gong withdrew and the group restrained the beast with ranged Soul Skills.
• Gong Changlong hurled Level 7 Fixed-Station Soul Guidance Cannonballs at the Golden Lion Mastiff, which emerged from the explosion injured but alive.
• Gong Changlong and the three Soul Douluos pressed their attack on the wounded Golden Lion Mastiff.

Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen secretly watched Gong Changlong and his companions battle a Golden Lion Mastiff, a twenty-thousand-year Soul Beast that overwhelmed them with its strength. After Gong Changlong detonated a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball to defeat it, Jing Hongchen sensed danger and fled with Xiao Hongchen as the blast’s heat wave swept toward them.

• Jing Hongchen brought Xiao Hongchen to Baroque Forest to hunt a Fifth Soul Ring, then sensed two powerful auras fighting in the forest’s center.
• Jing Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen hid and watched Gong Changlong and three Soul Douluo wear down the Golden Lion Mastiff while collecting data on it.
• Gong Changlong injured the Golden Lion Mastiff and fled with his companions, then decided to use a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball against it.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff followed Gong Changlong’s scent to the cannonball and triggered its explosion, losing consciousness in the blast.
• Jing Hongchen sensed danger and fled with Xiao Hongchen, but a terrifying heat wave caught up with them.

Chen Yuan and the Shrek teachers used a Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball to defeat the Golden Lion Mastiff, and Chen Yuan absorbed its Soul Ring to reach the Soul King stage. Afterward, he chose to go home rather than return to the academy with Gong Changlong.

• The Level 8 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonball exploded, leaving Sun Liancheng, Gong Changlong, and the other teachers exhausted and injured.
• Gong Changlong agreed to help Chen Yuan claim the Golden Lion Mastiff and asked Chen Yuan to catch him a powerful Soul Beast once Chen Yuan became a Title Douluo.
• Gong Changlong brought Chen Yuan to the blast zone, where Chen Yuan killed the barely living Golden Lion Mastiff and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff's lingering soul was crushed by the Leo Constellation, allowing Chen Yuan to absorb the Soul Ring smoothly.
• Chen Yuan reached the Soul King stage and gained his fifth Soul Skill, Ashen Extinction Fury, which increased all attributes by 300% and gave his attacks the ability to ignore physical defense.
• Chen Yuan told Gong Changlong he would go home, and Gong Changlong offered to escort him out of the forest.

Chen Yuan returned to Small Lake Village with Yaya and discovered that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had transformed the village into a prosperous medicinal-herb-growing community. Old Chen explained how the villagers’ lives had improved and offered Chen Yuan and Yaya a share of their income.

• Jing Hongchen mistakenly concluded that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had caused the explosion and told Xiao Hongchen to repay them if they met during the tournament.
• Chen Yuan discovered that the Ten-Thousand-Year Golden Lion Mastiff Right Palm Bone had fused with his right fist and could be concealed beneath his Flame Gauntlet.
• Chen Yuan picked up Yaya in Star Marsh City and brought her back toward Small Lake Village, noticing the road had become stone-paved.
• Chen Yuan and Yaya found Small Lake Village transformed, with paved roads, new crops, and a stone monument at the entrance.
• Old Chen explained that people wearing tower badges from the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had taught the villagers to grow medicinal herbs and improved their income.
• Old Chen offered Chen Yuan and Yaya an annual share of the villagers’ Gold Soul Coins, but Chen Yuan insisted the money go to Yaya.

Chen Yuan learned that the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect had improved Small Lake Village to win his favor, then met Ning Li, who offered him money to help Ning Tian enter Shrek’s Reserve Team. He agreed to consider the deal but rejected Wu Feng because the team already had enough Power Attack System Soul Masters.

• Chen Yuan found no problems with the Nine Treasures Glazed Sect’s gifts to Small Lake Village and wondered why the sect had spent so much.
• Ning Li visited Chen Yuan with Ning Tian and Wu Feng and asked him to bring them into Shrek’s Reserve Team.
• Ning Li offered Chen Yuan two million Gold Soul Coins for Ning Tian’s place and promised a reward worth at least a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Bone if they won the next tournament.
• Chen Yuan refused to support Wu Feng’s selection because his team already had enough Power Attack System Soul Masters.
• Ning Li left a five-hundred-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin deposit, and Wu Feng challenged Chen Yuan over his decision.

Chen Yuan returned to Shrek and learned that Huo Yuhao had become a Twin Martial Souls holder and a core disciple of both departments. At the Treasure Appreciation Fair, Bei Bei struggled to decide whether to buy a ten-thousand-year Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone that could strengthen his Bright Sacred Dragon bloodline.

• Chen Yuan returned to Shrek after sending Yaya back to Star Marsh City and bought a Level 6 triggered Defensive Soul Tool from Ning Li to protect himself from the Death Messenger.
• After the Upgrade Assessment, Chen Yuan visited Gong Changlong, who lamented that the assessment’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring had frightened away all the potential breeding mothers for his Golden Lion Mastiff.
• Gong Changlong told Chen Yuan about the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone at the Treasure Appreciation Fair and offered to lend him money if he wanted it.
• At the fair, Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi learned that Huo Yuhao had become a Twin Martial Souls holder and a dual-department core disciple.
• Chen Yuan and Xu Sanshi recognized that the Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone was likely intended for Bei Bei, who weighed its bloodline benefits against its low age and high price.

Huo Yuhao reunited with Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Chen Yuan at the Treasure Appreciation Fair, while Chen Yuan crossed paths with Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Xiao Xiao. The chapter left Chen Yuan browsing rare Soul Bones and wishing he could obtain one with the skills he wanted.

• Huo Yuhao greeted Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Chen Yuan, and explained that Wang Dong'er was only his classmate.
• Bei Bei took Huo Yuhao to the counter to assess his credit limit, while Xu Sanshi hurried off to meet Jiang Nannan.
• Chen Yuan noticed Wu Feng admiring a Light-attribute Soul Bone, while Ning Tian considered buying it for him but worried about the cost.
• Xiao Xiao asked Chen Yuan to guide her to Huo Yuhao, but he declined and she went to join Wang Dong'er.
• Chen Yuan found a rare 40,000-Year Mirror Shadow Beast Left Leg Bone and wished it had belonged to a Soft Bone Rabbit instead.

Chen Yuan, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan joined Shrek Academy’s Reserve Team Selection, where Xuan Zi announced a mass melee to determine the final seven. The chapter ended as Chen Yuan revealed his five Soul Rings, including two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, stunning the students and making Xuan Zi worry that fewer than seven people might remain.

• Chen Yuan, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan arrived at the Spirit Fighting Zone with the other eligible students, including He Caitou and Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi explained that the selection would be a free-for-all, with only the final seven students remaining eligible.
• Bei Bei questioned how Support System Soul Masters could advance, and Xuan Zi said they had to rely on their connections and judgment to find strong allies.
• Chen Yuan told Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi that he had already decided whom to choose as teammates.
• At Xuan Zi’s signal, the students activated their martial souls and focused on the fifth-grade students.
• Chen Yuan summoned his Flame Gauntlet and revealed five Soul Rings, including two black rings, astonishing the students and Xuan Zi.