Chapter Summaries

Emerald told Wang Chuan how the Auspicious Beast’s sacrifice weakened the Star Dou Great Forest and led to her becoming a Soul Spirit. After sensing the Five Virtues Phoenix aura within him, she began to consider following Wang Chuan as a chance to pursue a higher level of life.

• Emerald recounted how the Auspicious Beast left the forest, sacrificed itself as a human’s Soul Ring, and left Soul Beasts more vulnerable to heavenly tribulations.
• Emerald explained that she was killed by Tribulation Lightning while attempting to reach the two-hundred-thousand-year threshold, then accepted Lady Bi Ji’s offer to become a Soul Spirit.
• Wang Chuan connected Emerald’s story to Wang Qiu’er and Huo Yuhao, and privately concluded that Tang San’s actions had helped suppress the Soul Beast clan.
• Emerald sensed an ancient Phoenix aura within Wang Chuan, and he identified his Martial Soul as the Five Virtues Phoenix without revealing its origins.
• Emerald considered following Wang Chuan, believing his power and potential might give her a chance to continue her existence and discover higher mysteries of life.

Wang Chuan accepted Emerald as a Soul Spirit companion and gained her insight into the Law of Life, then safely left the Soul Spirit Pagoda. He reunited with Tang Wulin and Gu Yue, while the tower’s observers remained uncertain about what had happened inside.

• Emerald chose to follow Wang Chuan as a companion and future Soul Ring, offering to share her understanding of the Law of Life.
• Wang Chuan accepted Emerald, and she entered his Sea of Spirit, where she discovered the Rainbow Dragon and the Time-Space Egg.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and Leng Yaozhu saw the tower’s readings vanish and suspected Wang Chuan had taken the Emerald Swan Soul Spirit.
• Wang Chuan left the trial space, feeling his grasp of the Law of Life deepen and preparing to face his teacher and others’ suspicions.
• Wang Chuan emerged from the Soul Spirit Pagoda and reassured Tang Wulin and Gu Yue that he was unharmed.

Qiangu Dongfeng summoned Wang Chuan to his office while Leng Yaozhu questioned her disciple about his sudden return from the Blood God Legion and his startling growth. After hearing of Wang Chuan’s achievements, Leng Yaozhu warned that his rising power could draw him into dangerous conflicts she might not be able to shield him from.

• Qiangu Dongfeng directed Tang Wulin and the other students to pay their settlement fees, then summoned Wang Chuan to his office.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie promised Wang Chuan they would visit him at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters after leaving for the settlement counter.
• Leng Yaozhu brought Wang Chuan to her office and asked why he had returned early from the Blood God Legion.
• Wang Chuan described his breakthroughs, changed Soul Spirit, and promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, while keeping his ability to devour Abyssal Energy secret.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Wang Chuan that his growing talent could attract dangerous attention and feared she might not always be able to protect him.

Wang Chuan reassured Leng Yaozhu before meeting Qiangu Dongfeng, while Gu Yue resolved to protect him from the Pagoda Master's suspected hostility. The chapter revealed that Gu Yue had always been Gu Yuena and was secretly waiting for Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King bloodline to mature before devouring him; it ended as Qiangu Dongfeng summoned Wang Chuan to his office.

• Wang Chuan reassured Leng Yaozhu that he had made preparations, and she told him she would support him and urged him to stay safe.
• Gu Yue recalled her bond with Wang Chuan and realized her feelings for him had deepened beyond childhood dependence.
• Gu Yue suspected Qiangu Dongfeng intended to kill Wang Chuan and vowed to protect him, even at the cost of worsening her injuries.
• The chapter revealed that Gu Yue had always been Gu Yuena and had not split off Na'er; she was keeping Tang Wulin alive until his Golden Dragon King bloodline became suitable nourishment.
• Wang Chuan entered Qiangu Dongfeng's office while Gu Yue guarded the corridor, and Qiangu Dongfeng invited him to sit and began their meeting.

Wang Chuan deflected Qiangu Dongfeng’s questions and refused to commit to his political overtures, leaving the Spirit Pagoda master suspicious of his rapid growth. Fearing Wang Chuan would threaten the Qiangu Clan’s control, Qiangu Dongfeng secretly arranged for the Holy Spirit Cult to kill him.

• Qiangu Dongfeng questioned Wang Chuan about his rise in strength and the Blood God Legion, but Wang Chuan cited military secrecy and insights from life-or-death battles.
• Qiangu Dongfeng warned Wang Chuan to keep a low profile, then tried to recruit him by discussing his future and Qiangu Zhangting; Wang Chuan remained respectful but made no promises.
• After Wang Chuan left, Qiangu Dongfeng concluded that he was hiding a major secret and posed a threat to the Qiangu Clan’s hereditary control of the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qiangu Dongfeng contacted the Holy Spirit Cult through an encrypted device and offered intelligence and assistance in exchange for Wang Chuan’s complete assassination.

Wang Chuan spent a month cultivating in the advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, where the energy he gathered strengthened the Rainbow Dragon and nourished the Space-Time Light Egg. The egg hatched into a complete Hundred-Thousand-Year Time-Space Blue Demon Bird Soul Spirit, and Wang Chuan’s Five Virtues Phoenix Martial Soul erupted in response.

• Gu Yue suspected Qiangu Dongfeng after noticing his encrypted communication following Wang Chuan’s departure, and she resolved to protect Wang Chuan if necessary.
• Wang Chuan spent the next month hunting Soul Beasts in the advanced Spirit Ascension Platform, raising the Rainbow Dragon’s cultivation to eighty thousand years while feeding the Space-Time Light Egg.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that the light egg contained the rebirth of the two Blue Demon Bird Soul Spirits, which were evolving into their original Hundred-Thousand-Year Time-Space form.
• Wang Chuan absorbed energy from a seventy-thousand-year Void Weasel, triggering cracks in the light egg in his Sea of Spirit.
• The egg shattered, and a complete Hundred-Thousand-Year Time-Space Blue Demon Bird emerged.
• Wang Chuan’s Five Virtues Phoenix Martial Soul manifested in the cultivation room, releasing Chaos radiance throughout it.

Wang Chuan's fifth and sixth Soul Rings evolved to the Hundred-Thousand-Year level, granting him powerful new space-time abilities, and his transformed bird companion became Kong Shi. His breakthrough alarmed the Spirit Pagoda's experts, and Leng Yaozhu identified the cultivator behind the sealed door as Xiao Chuan.

• Wang Chuan gained new Soul Skills, including the ability to create a subspace, distort spatial perception, summon past and future selves, and reproduce attacks from history.
• Wang Chuan named the transformed Time-Space Blue Demon Bird Kong Shi, who thanked him for granting him new life and completeness.
• Emerald told Wang Chuan and Kong Shi that an ancient legend linked Blue Demon Birds to the origin of the Phoenix God King.
• Wang Chuan ended his breakthrough, and the disturbance drew Leng Yaozhu, Qiangu Dongfeng, and other Spirit Pagoda experts to his cultivation chamber.
• Leng Yaozhu told Qiangu Dongfeng that Xiao Chuan had been cultivating and had briefly failed to restrain his aura.

After Wang Chuan's breakthrough unsettled the Spirit Pagoda's senior officials, Qiangu Dongfeng tried to turn them against him, but Leng Yaozhu publicly defended her disciple. The headquarters settled into a tense calm, leaving Wang Chuan eager to find a chance to test his strength in battle.

• The senior officials reacted with shock to Wang Chuan's powerful aura, and Qiangu Dongfeng recognized him as a growing threat.
• Qiangu Dongfeng praised Wang Chuan while implying that his rise could displace the Spirit Pagoda's older leaders, stirring their suspicion of him.
• Leng Yaozhu rejected Qiangu Dongfeng's insinuations, vowed to support Wang Chuan, and demanded that he address her as Heavenly Phoenix.
• Qiangu Dongfeng left with the other senior officials, while Leng Yaozhu resolved to protect Wang Chuan from hidden threats.
• Wang Chuan overheard the confrontation, dismissed Qiangu Dongfeng, and anticipated the Holy Spirit Cult's arrival.
• The Spirit Pagoda maintained a tense outward calm, but Wang Chuan grew restless because cultivation alone could not test his new Soul Skills in battle.

Wang Chuan assessed his strength and decided to visit Shrek Academy to guide Tang Wulin and the others during their final examination. Before telling Leng Yaozhu about his plans, he overheard her arguing with Cai Yue'er over Gu Yue, who had chosen to remain the Spirit Pagoda's disciple.

• Wang Chuan evaluated his combat strength and concluded that he still needed real battles and greater pressure to deepen his understanding of the Laws.
• Wang Chuan decided to visit Shrek Academy during the final examination to check on Tang Wulin and the others and keep them from being led astray.
• Wang Chuan went to Leng Yaozhu's office to report his plans but overheard her speaking with Cai Yue'er.
• Leng Yaozhu told Cai Yue'er that Gu Yue had joined the Spirit Pagoda and that her future there would be decided by Gu Yue and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Cai Yue'er argued that Shrek could provide Gu Yue with a better education, but Leng Yaozhu ended the communication and refused to give her up.

Wang Chuan told Leng Yaozhu that he planned to leave Spirit Pagoda Headquarters to seek new cultivation insights, then traveled toward Shrek Academy. At the Outer Court gates, Ye Xinglan and Gu Yue tried to force a male student to lend them money for their trip, leaving him facing Ye Xinglan's challenge.

• Wang Chuan asked Leng Yaozhu for permission to leave the pagoda and travel, and she reluctantly agreed while warning him to stay safe.
• Wang Chuan left Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and used his control over space to head toward Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xinglan and Gu Yue blocked an Outer Court male student and demanded that he lend them one hundred thousand Federation Coins for fifteen days in exchange for double repayment.
• When the student questioned their demand, Ye Xinglan challenged him to fight and summoned her Stargod Sword.
• The student recognized Ye Xinglan from the first grade versus second grade match and tried to scare the pair with the threat of academy punishment.

Xu Lizhi sold combat-boosting buns to help a boy evade Ye Xinglan and Gu Yue, but the girls stopped him and demanded money. Wang Chuan arrived and learned that the first-grade final assessment required students to travel with no possessions or resources, leaving Gu Yue embarrassed by their classmates’ fundraising scheme.

• Xu Lizhi offered the boy Bloodthirsty Bean and Light Spirit Steamed Buns, and the boy paid for them and ate them to boost his strength and speed.
• The boy charged toward the academy gates, but Gu Yue slowed him with a yellow glow and Ye Xinglan trapped him in a net before demanding that he lend them money.
• Wang Chuan appeared and questioned Gu Yue about why she was borrowing money from classmates.
• Xu Lizhi explained that the final assessment required first-grade students to surrender their belongings and money to the academy, then reach a mission location within fifteen days.

Wang Chuan rebuked Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi for coercing classmates to fund their examination, then offered them paid work and an advance. Cai Yue'er arrived and declared that accepting such help would invalidate their results, leaving Wang Chuan to challenge her interpretation of Shrek’s rules.

• Xu Lizhi explained that he, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan had taken money from classmates because they needed funds for their examination journey.
• Wang Chuan condemned their methods and criticized Shrek Academy’s examination rules for encouraging students to break moral and legal boundaries.
• Wang Chuan offered the three students paid work and an advance of two hundred thousand Federation Coins each, which they accepted.
• Cai Yue'er arrived and warned that students who received money, resources, or substantial free assistance during the examination would be disqualified.
• Wang Chuan told Cai Yue'er that he was offering legitimate paid work, not gratuitous assistance, and challenged Shrek’s right to forbid students from earning money.

Cai Yue'er rejected Wang Chuan's challenge to her assessment rules, insulted his teacher, and attacked him with lethal intent. Wang Chuan revealed that he had reached Soul Saint and repelled her strike, then decided to kill her.

• Cai Yue'er refused to let Wang Chuan question her rules and insulted Leng Yaozhu.
• Wang Chuan condemned Cai Yue'er for abusing her authority, and she attacked him with a deadly moonlight claw.
• Wang Chuan used his Chaos Domain to block Cai Yue'er's attack and force her back.
• Cai Yue'er discovered that Wang Chuan was a twelve-year-old Seven-Ring Soul Saint with three unknown Chaos-colored Soul Rings.
• Wang Chuan resolved to kill Cai Yue'er after recognizing her intent to take his life.

Wang Chuan used his Five-Colored Divine Light to suppress Cai Yue'er, but she broke free with her Three-Word Battle Armor and trapped him in the Silver Moon Domain. He then used Second World to seize control of the battlefield and declare that there would be no moon, severing Cai Yue'er's connection to her Martial Soul and domain.

• Wang Chuan's Five-Colored Divine Light overwhelmed Cai Yue'er's Silver Moon Holy Radiance and sealed her Martial Soul and Soul Power.
• Cai Yue'er activated her Three-Word Battle Armor, broke the seal, and unleashed her Silver Moon Domain around Wang Chuan.
• Cai Yue'er attacked Wang Chuan with waves of moonlight blades and beams, but he remained unshaken.
• Wang Chuan activated Second World and dragged Cai Yue'er out of her domain into his own temporary Subspace.
• Wang Chuan declared that there would be no moon, dimming Cai Yue'er's Silver Moon Martial Soul and erasing the Silver Moon Domain's influence.

Wang Chuan overwhelmed Cai Yue'er in his Second World and was about to kill her when Yun Ming intervened. After Wang Chuan revealed that Leng Yaozhu was his master, Yun Ming let him leave, while Cai Yue'er remained on the ground before the watching crowd.

• Cai Yue'er failed to recover the moonlight, and Wang Chuan used Inversion of Heaven and Earth to leave her helpless and terrified.
• Wang Chuan summoned his twin phoenix phantoms and unleashed an ice-and-fire attack on Cai Yue'er.
• Yun Ming entered Wang Chuan's Second World and stopped the attack with his golden aura, saving Cai Yue'er.
• Wang Chuan ended the Second World, and the three reappeared before Shrek Academy's gates as onlookers gathered around Cai Yue'er.
• Wang Chuan told Yun Ming that Leng Yaozhu was his master, and Yun Ming set aside his objections and allowed him to leave.

After Wang Chuan defeated Cai Yue'er and helped Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi, he left to prepare a response to Shrek Academy’s flawed assessment. In the Abyss Plane, Abyss Wang Chuan ruled the thirty-second layer and chose to pause his ascent so the upper rulers would not see him as a threat.

• Wang Chuan told Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi that he was still a Seven-Ring Soul Saint, shocking them with his strength at only twelve years old.
• Wang Chuan transferred three hundred thousand Federation Coins to each of the three and advised them to seek more efficient ways to earn money and complete missions.
• Wang Chuan left the students, intending to prepare for Shrek Academy’s misleading final assessment.
• Abyss Wang Chuan reflected on how he had defeated the rulers of the seventieth through thirty-third layers and claimed the thirty-second layer.
• Abyss Wang Chuan decided to consolidate his rule and conceal his full strength so the Abyss Plane’s top rulers would continue to regard him as a useful sealing breaker rather than a rival.

The four Wang Chuans coordinated their separate plans, and Phoenix Wang Chuan waited to travel to Douluo and strengthen himself at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. In Ming Capital, Wang Chuan told the Sun Moon Federation Speaker that Shrek Academy’s final examination endangered students and violated Federation law, leaving the Speaker to consider his grave concerns.

• Abyss Wang Chuan planned how to use his remaining years to prepare for the next Abyss invasion and the coming war.
• Phoenix Wang Chuan complained that he was weak and bored in the Undead Semi-Plane, while Undead Wang Chuan reminded him that Douluo Wang Chuan had promised to take him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The four Wang Chuans relied on their differing goals and shared plans to maintain their cross-plane cooperation.
• Wang Chuan explained to the Sun Moon Federation Speaker that Shrek Academy’s examination encouraged improper conduct, provoked conflicts, and threatened students and Federation security.

Wang Chuan persuaded the Council Speaker to have the Federation curb Shrek Academy’s examination practices, with support from the Spirit Pagoda and Qiangu Clan. The new guidance reached the Sea God Pavilion, where Cai Yue'er and the other Senior Elders reacted with anger as they began considering its restrictions.

• Wang Chuan proposed that the Federal Ministry of Education and the Soul Master Association jointly issue neutral guidelines restricting dangerous or illegal off-campus examinations.
• Wang Chuan told the Council Speaker that the Qiangu Clan would support the Federation, and the Council Speaker approved drafting the guidance while opening talks with Shrek.
• The Federation issued a Guidance Opinion on Standardizing Off-Campus Practical Examinations at advanced Soul Master Academies.
• Cai Yue'er denounced the guidance as an insult to Shrek Academy and blamed the Council Speaker.
• The Sea God Pavilion’s Senior Elders examined the document’s restrictions on obtaining examination resources through illegal means.

The Sea God Pavilion debated the Federation's Guidance Opinion restricting Shrek's examinations, suspecting the Qiangu Clan had helped promote it. Yun Ming agreed to travel to Ming Capital to defend Shrek's independence while preventing the dispute from escalating; Qiangu Dongfeng welcomed the pressure on Shrek.

• Yun Ming told the elders that the Federation had acted on rumors and that the Qiangu Clan had enthusiastically supported the Guidance Opinion.
• Long Yeyue recalled her past assault on Qiangu Dieting and urged Yun Ming to respond forcefully to the Spirit Pagoda's actions.
• Yun Ming explained the dangers of open conflict with the Federation and promised to defend Shrek's dignity with careful consideration.
• The Sea God Pavilion agreed that Yun Ming would meet the Federation Council Chairman in Ming Capital and secretly investigate what rumors had influenced the decision.
• Qiangu Dongfeng read the Guidance Opinion at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and was pleased that Shrek had been made to suffer.

Qiangu Dongfeng blamed Wang Chuan for using the Qiangu Clan’s name to implicate Spirit Pagoda in a move against Shrek and ordered Wang Chuan’s immediate elimination. At a Heaven Dou City train station, Wu Zhangkong found an Evil Soul Master threatening Mo Wu, while Tang Wulin remained missing.

• Qiangu Dongfeng realized Wang Chuan had used Spirit Pagoda’s identity to make the Qiangu Clan appear to be helping the Federation suppress Shrek.
• Qiangu Dongfeng refused to clarify matters with Shrek and ordered his agents to raise Wang Chuan’s elimination to the highest priority.
• Mo Wu searched the train station lounge for Tang Wulin, who had rescued his daughter but quietly disappeared.
• Wu Zhangkong entered the lounge looking for Tang Wulin and noticed someone hiding in a shadowed corner.
• Wu Zhangkong pulled Mo Wu out of danger as a cloaked Evil Soul Master emerged and identified himself as the Plague Messenger.
• The Plague Messenger announced he would kill Wu Zhangkong and abduct Mo Wu, then released corrosive green fog into the lounge.