Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong exposed Yu Xiaogang’s reputation and drove him away after he accused Su Chen of spreading rumors. Su Chen invited Liu Erlong to join him and Bibi Dong, and the two women quickly became friends as they explored Suotuo City.

• Bibi Dong revealed that she was Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and condemned Yu Xiaogang’s conduct and Grandmaster title.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Su Chen, then left in anger, with Flender following him.
• Liu Erlong explained that she had only just met Yu Xiaogang and chose not to associate with him further.
• Su Chen invited Liu Erlong to explore the city with him and Bibi Dong, and the women introduced themselves.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong quickly grew close and walked through Suotuo City together while Su Chen followed.

Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and Su Chen found lodging at the Rose Hotel, where Liu Erlong explained that it was a couples' hotel. After Su Chen collected Liu Erlong's blood for his Martial Soul research, he began an experiment alone in his room.

• Bibi Dong led Liu Erlong and Su Chen into the Rose Hotel and asked the receptionist for two rooms.
• The receptionist claimed only one room remained, but Liu Erlong pressured him with her Soul Power until he gave them two rooms.
• Liu Erlong told Bibi Dong that the hotel catered to couples, embarrassing Bibi Dong and revealing her hopes of someday being alone with Su Chen.
• Su Chen asked Liu Erlong for a drop of blood, and Bibi Dong explained that he wanted it for Martial Soul experiments.
• After the women entered their room, Su Chen shut himself in and used Soul Power to lift Liu Erlong's blood and begin combining it with his own power.

Su Chen discovered that his Bloodline Soul Power could merge with Liu Erlong’s, suggesting they had the potential for Martial Soul Fusion. He decided to stay in Suotuo City to investigate, while Bibi Dong felt a brief pang of jealousy before reassuring herself that Liu Erlong would not compete for Su Chen.

• Su Chen found that Liu Erlong’s Bloodline Soul Power entwined with his, prompting him to consider studying Martial Soul Fusion.
• Bibi Dong told Liu Erlong how Su Chen had overcome having no Soul Power and developed his own cultivation method, deepening Liu Erlong’s admiration for him.
• The next morning, Su Chen told Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong he planned to remain in Suotuo City because their Bloodline Soul Powers could merge.
• Bibi Dong briefly envied Liu Erlong’s potential to fuse Martial Souls with Su Chen, then felt relieved that Liu Erlong was the one involved.
• Watching the scene through the Sky Screen, Bibi Dong grew angry at Liu Erlong and was reminded of Liu Erlong’s past involvement with Yu Xiaogang.

Su Chen and Liu Erlong successfully fused their Soul Power to create a powerful Golden Sacred Dragon, while Bibi Dong watched with envy and offered to test its strength. The chapter left the dragon poised to face Bibi Dong.

• Liu Erlong recalled Bibi Dong's claim that Su Chen had lost his Martial Soul, and Su Chen explained that Soul Power alone could still fuse.
• Su Chen and Liu Erlong joined hands outside the city and merged their Soul Power, summoning the Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Yu Xiaogang was enraged to see Su Chen perform the Golden Sacred Dragon with Liu Erlong, while Flender remarked that it was stronger than their version.
• Su Chen sensed that the fusion enhanced their Soul Power, and Liu Erlong felt a surge of strength and excitement inside the dragon.
• Bibi Dong envied their fusion and offered to test the Golden Sacred Dragon's power.

Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong fought while using Su Chen’s Golden Sacred Dragon fusion, and Su Chen forcibly broke the fusion apart to prevent Bibi Dong from being struck by Liu Erlong’s close-range Sacred Dragon Flame. He collapsed from the backlash, and Gui Mei discovered that his injuries were life-threatening.

• Bibi Dong revealed that she was a level sixty-five Soul Emperor and attacked Liu Erlong’s Golden Sacred Dragon.
• Liu Erlong’s Golden Sacred Dragon endured Bibi Dong’s attacks, but Bibi Dong’s Space-Rending Abyss Slash wounded its left wing.
• Bibi Dong overreached while attacking, and Liu Erlong countered with Sacred Dragon Flame at close range.
• Su Chen forcibly severed the Soul Power fusion, stopping the flame before it could engulf Bibi Dong but suffering a severe backlash.
• Gui Mei caught Su Chen as he collapsed and examined him, finding his Soul Power chaotic and his body severely damaged.

Su Chen was left near death after forcibly interrupting the Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Gui Mei warned Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong that ordinary treatment could make his unstable Natural Soul Power worse. As Su Chen struggled to regain control of his body, he discovered that its instability was the shackle limiting his power and found an answer in the Soul Power fusion.

• Gui Mei told Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong that the fusion’s backlash had thrown Su Chen’s Natural Soul Power into chaos, making it dangerous to intervene directly.
• Viewers reacted to Su Chen’s sacrifice, while Bibi Dong questioned whether Yu Xiaogang had been worth her devotion before the Rakshasa Evil Thought suppressed her doubts.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong blamed themselves for Su Chen’s condition, and Gui Mei left to find a healing Soul Master after telling them to guard Su Chen.
• Su Chen focused inward as his Natural Soul Power battered his body and entered a heightened state of awareness.
• Su Chen recognized that unstable Natural Soul Power was the shackle weakening his simulated Martial Souls and Soul Skills, and he found an answer in the fusion he had just experienced.

Su Chen compressed his chaotic Natural Soul Power and formed a Gang Qi Seed, which stabilized his injuries as he continued cultivating for two days. Gui Mei brought Ye Zhanming and Ye Shu to examine him, and Ye Zhanming found Su Chen was out of danger with Soul Power approaching a Soul Sage’s level.

• Su Chen compressed his Natural Soul Power into a Gang Qi Seed and used it to calm the turmoil within his body.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong guarded Su Chen for two days while he continued absorbing and compressing Soul Power.
• Gui Mei arrived with Ye Zhanming and Ye Shu, whom Ye Lingling recognized as her grandfather and mother while watching the Sky Screen.
• Ye Zhanming examined Su Chen and learned from Gui Mei that Su Chen had shattered his Martial Soul and created a new cultivation system.
• Ye Zhanming told Gui Mei, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong that Su Chen was not in danger and had Soul Power approaching the level of a Soul Sage.

After stabilizing his Soul Power, Su Chen awakened and recovered from his injuries, while Bibi Dong’s worry deepened into affection. With his new Qi-to-Gang Transformation, Su Chen asked Gui Mei to test his combat strength.

• Ye Zhanming explained that Su Chen was alive and stabilizing the Soul Power in his body, then Su Chen’s aura surged as he completed Qi-to-Gang Transformation.
• Su Chen awakened, and Bibi Dong rushed to embrace him while Liu Erlong expressed her relief.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong apologized for the danger Su Chen had faced, and Su Chen reassured them that he had chosen to intervene.
• Bibi Dong leaned toward Su Chen, but Gui Mei interrupted and reminded everyone to have Ye Zhanming treat Su Chen’s injuries.
• Ye Zhanming healed Su Chen and the others, and Su Chen asked Gui Mei to test his newly increased combat strength.

Su Chen tested his newly healed body by sparring with Gui Mei and unleashed a devastating golden sword formed from Gang Qi. The onlookers and viewers were shocked by his strength, while Qian Renxue recognized that his talent surpassed her own.

• Bibi Dong tried to stop Su Chen from fighting, but Ye Zhanming assured her that Su Chen had recovered, and Gui Mei agreed to spar with him.
• Su Chen released powerful golden Gang Qi that made Gui Mei feel suppressed despite their enormous difference in cultivation.
• Su Chen formed the Holy Radiance Judgment Sword and brought it down on Gui Mei, who evaded the strike at the last moment.
• The sword carved a long, deep, scorched gully into the ground, leaving Gui Mei convinced that Su Chen could seriously injure him.
• Viewers praised Su Chen's power, and Qian Renxue realized that his talent and strength had surpassed her own.

Su Chen advanced his shattered-Martial-Soul cultivation path, and Ye Shu chose to follow it under his guidance. As the group traveled and trained, Liu Erlong’s affection for Su Chen deepened, while Bibi Dong struggled with jealousy and considered imprisoning him so he could belong to her alone.

• Su Chen’s breakthrough more than doubled his body and Mental Power, and he continued traveling and training with Bibi Dong, Liu Erlong, and Ye Shu.
• After witnessing the cruelty of the world, Ye Shu asked Su Chen to shatter her Martial Soul so she could begin cultivating on the same path.
• Over the following year, Su Chen and Liu Erlong experimented with Soul Power Fusion, and Su Chen discovered they were likely close blood relatives.
• Liu Erlong developed deep feelings for Su Chen but stayed silent out of loyalty to Bibi Dong, who had noticed her affection and suppressed her own jealousy.
• Watching Su Chen beneath the moonlight, Bibi Dong imagined crippling his Soul Power and locking him in a secret chamber forever.

Ning Rongrong speculated that Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang were blood relatives who had developed a romantic relationship, provoking Yu Xiaogang and drawing condemnation across the continent. In the Sky Screen, Bibi Dong followed Su Chen to a secluded forest and found Liu Erlong waiting for him, leaving Bibi Dong struggling to control her jealousy.

• Ning Rongrong suggested that Liu Erlong and Yu Xiaogang might be blood relatives who had fallen in love, and Yu Xiaogang furiously ordered her to shut up.
• Shrek's members and viewers across the continent condemned Yu Xiaogang, while the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan faced questions about the relationship.
• Liu Erlong declared that she and Yu Xiaogang truly loved each other and defended their right to pursue that love.
• That night, Bibi Dong left her room and secretly followed Su Chen from the inn to a secluded forest.
• Bibi Dong saw Liu Erlong waiting for Su Chen, clenched her hands, and struggled to calm her jealousy.

Liu Erlong confessed her feelings to Su Chen, but Bibi Dong interrupted and attacked her in a jealous rage. After Su Chen refused to let Bibi Dong kill Liu Erlong, Bibi Dong unleashed her Martial Soul, while the scene on the Sky Screen prompted the real Liu Erlong to provoke Bibi Dong publicly.

• Liu Erlong told Su Chen that she liked him, and Su Chen prepared to reject her.
• Bibi Dong attacked Liu Erlong with her spider lances, but Su Chen caught them and protected Liu Erlong.
• Bibi Dong accused Liu Erlong of betraying her and demanded that Su Chen let her kill Liu Erlong; Su Chen refused.
• Bibi Dong broke free, resolved to kill Liu Erlong and confine Su Chen, and unleashed her Death Spider Emperor Possession with six Soul Rings.
• Liu Erlong sent a barrage message mocking Bibi Dong and provoking her into a public confrontation, and Bibi Dong replied.

Su Chen subdued the enraged Bibi Dong with help from Gui Mei, then arranged for her return to Spirit City while ensuring Spirit Hall could still keep him under control. Gui Mei took Bibi Dong and Su Chen’s Gang Qi Seed back to the city, leaving Su Chen with Liu Erlong.

• Bibi Dong prepared to attack Liu Erlong, but Gui Mei struck her unconscious before the fight began.
• Su Chen caught Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong reflected on her remorse and anger after realizing how close she had come to dying.
• Su Chen asked Gui Mei to take Bibi Dong back to Spirit City, while Gui Mei considered whether to eliminate Liu Erlong to keep Su Chen aligned with Spirit Hall.
• Su Chen revealed a Gang Qi Seed linked to his Origin Qi and gave it to Gui Mei as proof that Spirit Hall could still control him.
• Gui Mei accepted the seed and left with Bibi Dong, saying Qian Xunji would decide what happened next.

Su Chen agreed to marry Liu Erlong to extinguish Bibi Dong’s hopes, and they held a small wedding half a month later. Watching them wed, Bibi Dong resolved to become strong enough to capture Su Chen, while a faint purple-black energy entered her body.

• Qian Xunji pressured Su Chen to end Bibi Dong’s hopes and make her hate him, and Su Chen agreed.
• Su Chen asked Liu Erlong to marry him, and she accepted.
• Su Chen and Liu Erlong prepared a courtyard and held a simple wedding with Ye Zhanming and Ye Shu as witnesses.
• Bibi Dong watched the wedding with Qian Xunji, who urged her to turn her pain into strength.
• Bibi Dong vowed to capture and imprison Su Chen once she became stronger, and a faint purple-black energy entered her body before she and Qian Xunji vanished.

On their wedding night, Su Chen told Liu Erlong that they were cousins and said their marriage was a sham meant to facilitate Soul Power Fusion. After the simulation ended, Su Chen realized that an unknown force had suppressed his simulated self’s emotions and suspected the system was responsible.

• Su Chen lifted Liu Erlong’s veil, then revealed that their bloodlines were close and that he believed they were relatives.
• Su Chen told Liu Erlong his real name was Yu Chen and that he was Yu Yuanzhen’s son, making Liu Erlong—Yu Luomian’s daughter—his cousin.
• Su Chen said the wedding was only a sham and proposed that they continue researching Soul Power Fusion without a romantic relationship.
• Liu Erlong tearfully said she did not care about their kinship or his motives as long as she could stay by his side.
• The simulation ended, and Su Chen returned to System Space, where he recognized that a force had suppressed his simulated self’s guilt and confusion.
• Su Chen cursed at the system and accused it of interfering with the simulation.

After Su Chen’s simulation ended, the Sky Screen audience argued over his treatment of women, while Qian Daoliu realized the other-world Bibi Dong might have attracted a god’s attention. The Sky Screen then announced Yu Xiaogang’s next video, and Yu Xiaogang took pride in being more devoted in love than Su Chen.

• The system explained that Su Chen’s Scientific Research Maniac and Absolute Rationality traits had shaped his simulated behavior, and the Sky Screen image disappeared.
• Viewers criticized Su Chen’s relationships while Di Tian defended prioritizing cultivation, and Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong traded insults in the comments.
• Qian Daoliu recognized a trace of divine power behind the other-world Bibi Dong and decided to investigate whether this world’s Bibi Dong bore signs of a God Trial.
• The Sky Screen announced Yu Xiaogang’s third-stage video, prompting Huo Wu and others to complain while Liu Erlong defended Yu Xiaogang’s devotion.
• Yu Xiaogang felt proud that he considered himself superior to Su Chen in love.

The Sky Screen showed Yu Xiaogang entering Spirit Hall’s Library Pavilion, where he copied texts and was barred from the third floor. It ended as he watched a young woman receive permission to go upstairs, and Bibi Dong feared the broadcast would expose her past with him.

• Yu Xiaogang used a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan token to enter the Pope’s Palace and asked Qian Xunji to let him study Spirit Hall’s library.
• Qian Xunji permitted Yu Xiaogang to use the first two floors, and Yu Xiaogang treated the permission as recognition of his talent.
• Over the following months, Yu Xiaogang copied passages from the library’s ancient texts and incorporated them into his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to enter the third floor, but a guard stopped him and told him he was unworthy.
• Yu Xiaogang watched a young woman approach the third floor, where a guard bowed and allowed her to pass.

Yu Xiaogang manipulated Bibi Dong to gain access to Spirit Hall’s Library Pavilion, then built a reputation by repackaging its theories and bragged that she was easy to deceive. Bibi Dong was devastated by his words, and the Sky Screen shifted to reveal what happened next.

• After learning Bibi Dong was Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden, Yu Xiaogang decided to win her over for access to Spirit Hall’s resources.
• Over the next month, Yu Xiaogang staged encounters and passed off Library Pavilion theories as his own, earning Bibi Dong’s admiration and friendship.
• With Bibi Dong’s help, Yu Xiaogang accessed deeper floors of the Library Pavilion, copied its contents, and sold altered theories under the name Grandmaster.
• At a tavern, Yu Xiaogang boasted to his companions that Bibi Dong was easy to manipulate and had helped him enter the Library Pavilion.
• Bibi Dong was hurt by Yu Xiaogang’s words, while Hu Liena angrily defended her until Bibi Dong rebuked her.
• The Sky Screen changed to a new scene, leaving Bibi Dong unable to remain calm.

The Sky Screen showed Yu Xiaogang drunkenly mistaking a woman for Bibi Dong and later using ordinary villagers as unwilling test subjects for Soul Ring experiments. Bibi Dong’s feelings for him began to fade, while Tang San regretted becoming his disciple but worried that ending the relationship would damage his reputation.

• Yu Xiaogang mistook a red-haired woman for Bibi Dong and groped her while drunkenly claiming she still loved him.
• Bibi Dong watched the scene and began to let go of her feelings for Yu Xiaogang, while Liu Erlong felt both vindicated and disappointed.
• Yu Xiaogang tested Soul Rings beyond ordinary Soul Masters’ limits on villagers, leaving several crippled and blaming their failures on poor talent.
• Huo Wu and Dugu Yan condemned Yu Xiaogang’s experiments, and the Shrek students grew wary as Flender tried to defend his former conduct.
• Tang San regretted becoming Yu Xiaogang’s disciple but feared that severing their relationship would make others judge him, so he resolved to find another way.

The Sky Screen showed Qian Xunji ordering Yu Xiaogang expelled from Spirit City after Yu Xiaogang confessed he had pursued Bibi Dong for her status, resources, and beauty. Bibi Dong lost all remaining affection for Yu Xiaogang, while Qian Renxue began to suspect something terrible had happened between her parents.

• Qian Xunji confronted Yu Xiaogang in the Pope's Palace and ordered the Red Cardinal to break his legs and cast him out.
• Yu Xiaogang begged for mercy, admitted his selfish motives toward Bibi Dong, and was abandoned in the mountains outside Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji, and Bibi Dong, then vowed to destroy Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong watched Yu Xiaogang's accusations and resolved to kill him after the Sky Screen ended.
• Qian Renxue learned that Bibi Dong had loved Yu Xiaogang and that Qian Xunji had separated them, prompting her to question how her parents had come together and what had happened.