Chapter Summaries

After Ning Rongrong ended their relationship over Gu Linyuan's stagnant cultivation, he endured a destructive flare-up and realized his opposing Life and Destruction powers had to be accepted rather than suppressed. His two Martial Souls awakened together, breaking the six-year shackle and sending his cultivation soaring as an unknown figure appeared.

• Ning Rongrong told Gu Linyuan they were on different paths and offered him a storage bracelet, but he refused and left.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that she and Gu Linyuan had broken up, and he said it was better to end things sooner.
• Gu Linyuan suffered a violent clash between the Scepter of Destruction and the Ancient Tree of Life, which had kept his cultivation at level ten for six years.
• Gu Linyuan realized destruction and life were two sides of the same whole and stopped trying to suppress either power.
• The Scepter of Destruction and the Ancient Tree of Life emerged together, broke Gu Linyuan's shackle, and raised his cultivation beyond level twenty.
• An unknown figure appeared on the back mountain as Gu Linyuan's cultivation surged.

Gu Rong witnessed Gu Linyuan awaken divine powers and recalled finding him as an infant in the Star Dou Great Forest. Gu Linyuan realized he was the biological son of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, sent back through time to escape Tang San, and began to understand why his inherited powers had hindered his cultivation.

• Gu Rong sealed off the rear mountain after sensing reverence from Gu Linyuan’s awakening, then recognized him as a God Child.
• Gu Rong recalled finding Gu Linyuan beneath a banyan tree in the Star Dou Great Forest twelve years earlier, protected from the rain by a divine aura.
• Gu Rong remembered keeping Gu Linyuan’s origins secret and regretted that Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong’s actions had ended the possibility of Linyuan and Rongrong being together.
• Gu Linyuan’s consciousness cleared, and he realized that the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction were his biological parents.
• Gu Linyuan understood that the God of Destruction had sent him through the Space-Time Countercurrent to escape Tang San, and that the clash of his inherited life and destruction powers had held back his cultivation.

After breaking through, Gu Linyuan thanked Gu Rong, chose to leave his relationship with Ning Rongrong behind, and set out to explore the continent. Gu Rong then revealed that he believed Linyuan was destined for greatness, leaving Ning Rongrong unsettled about what she had lost.

• Gu Linyuan knelt before Gu Rong and thanked him for raising and protecting him, while Gu Rong urged him to keep his identity and breakthrough secret.
• Gu Linyuan told Gu Rong he would not resent Ning Rongrong for leaving him, but would someday make her understand what she had given up.
• Gu Linyuan decided to travel the continent and seek Soul Rings, accepted Gu Rong's identity token, and left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Chen Xin arrived after Gu Linyuan had departed, and Chen Xin dismissed him as unable to amount to much.
• Gu Rong defended Gu Linyuan, explained that he had never felt worthy of being called his grandfather, and recited a poem about a roc rising into the sky, leaving Ning Rongrong panicked.

Gu Linyuan fought and killed a rare Underworld Serpent, then began absorbing its thousand-year Soul Ring despite being only level twenty. As he endured the ring’s violent energy, Qian Renxue arrived and was shocked to see him cultivating.

• Gu Linyuan found an Underworld Serpent with nearly a thousand years of cultivation in the depths of Soul Hunting Forest.
• Gu Linyuan used the Scepter of Destruction to defeat the serpent while the Ancient Tree of Life purified its poison.
• Gu Linyuan summoned the serpent’s thousand-year Soul Ring and began absorbing it, using life energy to repair the damage to his body.
• Qian Renxue arrived above the forest, recognized Gu Linyuan, and was shocked that he could cultivate.

Qian Renxue watched Gu Linyuan absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring and concluded that his Scepter of Destruction was a God-level Martial Soul, possibly marking him as a Divine Examination candidate. After Gu Linyuan gained a powerful Soul Skill, Qian Renxue revealed her identity and invited him to join Spirit Hall, warning that refusal could make him its enemy.

• Qian Renxue observed Gu Linyuan absorb a thousand-year Soul Ring and sensed that his Scepter of Destruction possessed a God-level aura.
• Gu Linyuan completed the absorption, gained the Dragon-Snake Annihilation Slash Soul Skill, and tested the power of his Scepter of Destruction.
• Gu Linyuan noticed Qian Renxue watching him and calmly challenged her when she asked whether he feared being attacked.
• Qian Renxue introduced herself as the granddaughter of Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall's future Pope, then invited Gu Linyuan to join her.
• Gu Linyuan asked what would happen if he refused, and Qian Renxue warned that he might become Spirit Hall's enemy.

Qian Renxue tried to recruit Gu Linyuan, but he refused and fought back when she attacked. His Dragon-Snake Annihilation Slash shattered her Angel's Hand and cracked the Six-Winged Angel phantom, leaving her shocked by his strength.

• Qian Renxue revealed her five Soul Rings and summoned the Six-Winged Angel phantom as she confronted Gu Linyuan.
• Qian Renxue invited Gu Linyuan to join her, but he refused and summoned the Scepter of Destruction.
• Qian Renxue attacked Gu Linyuan with a golden Angel's Hand, and he poured his Soul Power into the Scepter of Destruction.
• Gu Linyuan used Dragon-Snake Annihilation Slash, and its Power of Destruction shattered the Angel's Hand.
• Qian Renxue blocked the remaining attack with the Six-Winged Angel's wings, which cracked as she was driven backward.
• Qian Renxue realized that Gu Linyuan had lightly injured her despite being only a Soul Grandmaster with one Soul Ring.

Qian Renxue tried to capture the exhausted Gu Linyuan, but a goddess of life arrived and revealed herself as his mother. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue realizing she had threatened the son of powerful gods.

• Gu Linyuan told Qian Renxue the name of his soul skill but refused to explain his Martial Soul’s power.
• Qian Renxue decided to take Gu Linyuan to Spirit Hall and struck at him with a powerful Angel’s Hand.
• A green-clad woman arrived, stopped Qian Renxue’s attack, and restored life to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• The woman reproached Qian Renxue for trying to force Gu Linyuan to go with her.
• Gu Linyuan recognized the woman as his mother and called her Mom, leaving Qian Renxue terrified of his divine parentage.

The Goddess of Life healed Gu Linyuan and discovered that he was her and Xiao Zi’s child from the future, sent back through a space-time reversal. She defended him over Qian Renxue’s insult, then asked what he planned to do about her.

• Qian Renxue remained frozen in the Soul Hunting Forest, afraid that leaving would damage her chance to inherit the Angel God’s Godhood.
• The Goddess of Life healed Gu Linyuan and embraced him, then released a restriction that revealed he came from her and Xiao Zi’s future.
• The Goddess of Life saw fragments linking the God Realm’s future crisis and Tang San, and wondered whether he had caused it.
• The Goddess of Life angrily dismissed Qian Renxue’s insult and offered to arrange a Goddess for Gu Linyuan if he wanted one.
• Gu Linyuan asked his mother not to seek revenge over the minor matter, and the Goddess of Life asked what he intended to do about Qian Renxue.

The Goddess of Life spared Qian Renxue and left her fate to Gu Linyuan, who let her go after spanking her at her own request. Before returning to the God Realm, the Goddess of Life promised to arrange a chosen one to protect Gu Linyuan and sensed a life-filled plant growing in a distant cave.

• The Goddess of Life recognized Qian Renxue's talent and left Gu Linyuan to decide whether to punish or release her.
• Qian Renxue imagined becoming the Goddess of Life's daughter-in-law and gaining help to inherit the Angel God Position.
• Gu Linyuan released Qian Renxue, then slapped her buttocks three times after she asked him to injure her in return.
• Qian Renxue left the forest after warning Gu Linyuan to wait for her revenge.
• The Goddess of Life kissed Gu Linyuan goodbye and said she would send someone to protect him next time.
• The Goddess of Life sensed a plant with pure vitality growing inside a cave millions of kilometers away.

Gu Linyuan learned that Ah Yin was Tang San’s mother and said he could suppress Tang San. The Goddess of Life captured a twelve-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear for his second Soul Ring, and her power helped him absorb it safely.

• Gu Linyuan identified the life-powered plant as Ah Yin, and the Goddess of Life suggested Ah Yin could discipline Tang San if he bullied Yuan'er.
• Gu Linyuan told his mother that his refined Life and Destruction powers let him suppress Tang San.
• The Goddess of Life asked about Gu Linyuan’s second Soul Ring and returned with a twelve-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
• The Goddess of Life explained that she could protect Gu Linyuan while he absorbed a Soul Ring far beyond his level, then surrounded him with the Source of Life.
• Gu Linyuan released the Scepter of Destruction and began absorbing the bear’s black Soul Ring as the Source of Life guided its energy into him.

Gu Linyuan absorbed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's Soul Ring and External Soul Bone, reaching rank twenty-seven and planning to stabilize his cultivation through arena combat. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue learned that Gu Linyuan was the son of the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction, and began wrestling with her grandfather's suggestion that she befriend him to improve her chance of inheriting a Godhood.

• Gu Linyuan absorbed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and Dark Gold Dreadclaw Left Palm Bone, raising his cultivation to rank twenty-seven.
• The Goddess of Life told Gu Linyuan that she would protect him while he grew stronger, then left the Soul Hunting Forest to return to Xiao Zi.
• Gu Linyuan decided to train in the Soul Fighting Arena to stabilize his cultivation and refine the remaining Soul Ring energy.
• Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall and told Qian Daoliu about meeting the Goddess of Life.
• Qian Daoliu identified the woman as the Goddess of Life, explained Gu Linyuan's divine parentage, and urged Qian Renxue to befriend him to improve her chances of inheriting the Angel God King's Godhood.
• Qian Renxue accepted her grandfather's advice but felt conflicted about pursuing Gu Linyuan for the sake of a Godhood.

Gu Linyuan entered the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena under the fighting title Long Yuan and quickly became known for defeating opponents without revealing his Martial Soul. As Flender brought the Shrek Seven Devils to the arena for practical combat, he asked whether they had heard of Long Yuan.

• Gu Linyuan registered at the arena as Long Yuan and made his debut against the Level 27 Soul Grandmaster Leopard King.
• Gu Linyuan defeated Leopard King in three seconds with a flick of two fingers, without releasing his Martial Soul.
• Over the next three days, Gu Linyuan won five matches, and rumors spread through the arena about his mysterious abilities.
• Flender brought the Shrek Seven Devils to the Great Soul Arena and told them they would soon gain practical combat experience.
• Ning Rongrong wondered where Gu Linyuan was, and Flender asked the group whether they had heard the name Long Yuan.

At Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena, Shrek Academy learned that the masked Long Yuan had been defeating opponents in seconds without revealing his Martial Soul. Ma Hongjun entered a match against him, and Tang San sensed that Long Yuan might become his fated nemesis.

• Flender told the Shrek students that Long Yuan had won five matches, often in under ten seconds, while keeping his face and Martial Soul hidden.
• Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun volunteered to face Long Yuan, and Flender explained that Long Yuan's level twenty-seven cultivation limited his opponents to those below Soul Elder rank.
• The arena staff informed Gu Linyuan that his opponent was Ma Hongjun, a level twenty-eight Soul Grandmaster with the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Ma Hongjun and Long Yuan's match drew a packed crowd as Shrek Academy watched from a VIP room.
• Tang San saw Long Yuan emerge from the competitors' passage and felt that he might be unable to defeat him, sensing that Long Yuan would become his fated nemesis.

Tang San and the others watched as Gu Linyuan faced Ma Hongjun in the Soul Fighting Arena, and Tang San sensed that Gu Linyuan was far more dangerous than his cultivation suggested. Gu Linyuan evaded Ma Hongjun’s first attack without effort and provoked him, leaving Ma Hongjun to unleash a barrage of Phoenix flames.

• Tang San felt an oppressive strength from Gu Linyuan that Dai Mubai had never given him, while Dai Mubai insisted Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Martial Soul would win unless it was countered.
• Ma Hongjun entered the arena and grew irritated when Gu Linyuan ignored him and silently invited him to attack.
• Ma Hongjun activated his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and began the match with his first Soul Skill, Phoenix Fire Line.
• Gu Linyuan dodged the flame beam with a slight shift, then called Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix a mutt bird and dismissed his strength.
• Enraged, Ma Hongjun activated his second Soul Skill, Phoenix of Burning Fire, and fired more than a dozen Phoenix Fire Lines at Gu Linyuan.

Long Yuan effortlessly neutralized Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix attacks, defeated him, and left him terrified on the Soul Fighting Platform. After Long Yuan won, Ning Rongrong considered bringing him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Tang San resolved to learn more about him and Zhu Zhuqing followed him.

• Ma Hongjun unleashed his Phoenix Fire Lines, but Long Yuan’s Destruction Soul Power annihilated them.
• Long Yuan confronted Ma Hongjun with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw, pressed it to his neck, and frightened him into wetting himself.
• Ning Rongrong wondered whether Long Yuan had a girlfriend and considered bringing him back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The referee declared Long Yuan the winner, and the spectators erupted into cheers as Ma Hongjun collapsed in shame.
• Tang San decided he needed to investigate Long Yuan’s abilities, while Zhu Zhuqing quietly followed him away from the Soul Fighting Platform.

After breaking through to level twenty-eight, Gu Linyuan received a nighttime visit from Zhu Zhuqing, who wanted to buy the paws of the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear to make claw gauntlets. He agreed to give them to her but warned that she might not be able to afford them.

• Gu Linyuan cultivated at his residence and broke through to level twenty-eight.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Gu Linyuan after watching his match and praised his strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing identified Gu Linyuan's finishing attack as an External Soul Bone and explained her interest in hand-based soul bones.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked to buy the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's paws to make claw gauntlets, and Gu Linyuan agreed to give them to her but doubted she could afford them.

Gu Linyuan showed Zhu Zhuqing the paws of a Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and agreed to sell them to her on credit. He asked her not to tell Ning Rongrong about him, leaving Zhu Zhuqing wondering what relationship the two had.

• Gu Linyuan revealed that his second Soul Ring came from a Ten-Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and demonstrated his Destruction-infused Dark Gold Terrorclaw, shocking Zhu Zhuqing.
• Gu Linyuan offered Zhu Zhuqing the bear paws for one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and she paid five thousand with a promise to repay the rest.
• Zhu Zhuqing mistook Gu Linyuan's request for an attempt to demand something personal, but he clarified that he only wanted her not to tell Ning Rongrong about him.
• Zhu Zhuqing took the bear paws and left, privately wondering about Ning Rongrong and Gu Linyuan's relationship and admitting his talent had briefly stirred her heart.

Gu Linyuan continued training while waiting for Tang San and the Shrek students to visit the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to obtain the Eight Spider Lances. Tang San faced him at the Great Soul Arena, and both prepared for a serious battle.

• Gu Linyuan neared level twenty-nine and considered how he could cultivate the Eight Spider Lances alongside his Dark Gold Terrorclaw.
• Ma Hongjun urged Tang San to avenge his humiliation, and Tang San confidently accepted the challenge against Long Yuan.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled seeing Gu Linyuan's ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and privately believed Tang San could not defeat him.
• A packed crowd gathered at Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena to watch Tang San and Long Yuan fight.
• Tang San told Long Yuan that his winning streak would end, while Gu Linyuan silently looked forward to testing Tang San's abilities.

Gu Linyuan defeated Tang San in the Soul Fighting Platform by revealing his Scepter of Destruction and overwhelming him with a ten-thousand-year Soul Skill. After the match, Ning Rongrong wondered whether Long Yuan was Gu Linyuan, but dismissed the possibility because Gu Linyuan’s walking stick had seemed useless.

• Tang San attacked Gu Linyuan with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, but Destruction Soul Power forced him back.
• Tang San used Parasite and Entangle to bind Gu Linyuan with Blue Silver Grass, but Gu Linyuan’s Soul Power destroyed the vines.
• Gu Linyuan revealed the Scepter of Destruction and its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, shocking Tang San and the spectators.
• Gu Linyuan used Tearing Heaven Destroying Earth to tear through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and stop the attack just short of him, leaving Tang San defeated.
• Ning Rongrong recognized the scepter as familiar and wondered whether Long Yuan was Gu Linyuan, then decided the resemblance had to be a coincidence.

After Gu Linyuan defeated Tang San, Tang San launched a poisoned hidden-weapon attack from behind. Gu Linyuan survived with a wounded hand and struck Tang San down, leaving Shrek Academy facing public outrage.

• Gu Linyuan walked away after defeating Tang San, who secretly resolved to kill him with poisoned hidden weapons.
• Tang San fired a barrage of hidden weapons at Gu Linyuan, and one poisoned needle pierced Gu Linyuan's right palm.
• Gu Linyuan retaliated with a powerful kick that crushed Tang San's chest and left him barely conscious.
• Xiao Wu rushed to cradle Tang San while Flender called for a healing-type Soul Master and condemned Gu Linyuan.
• Gu Linyuan denounced Tang San's treacherous attack, and the audience jeered as Shrek Academy's students reacted with shock and disappointment.