Chapter Summaries

Ling Luochеn decided to leave Shrek and join the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, while Di Qiuer and Snow Empress bristled at one another over Xiao Hongchen. After Snow Empress brought back the frozen Zhongli Di, Xiao Hongchen began extracting his memories to learn about the Zhongli Clan.

• Xiao Hongchen asked Ling Luochеn to prepare the Supervision Team members' bodies, and she asked to travel with him and join the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xiao Hongchen recommended Ling Luochеn join the Practical Control Department and agreed to design Soul Tools suited to her ice attribute.
• Di Qiuer teased Xiao Hongchen about attracting women, and he claimed that she would be the second person joining him.
• Snow Empress returned with Zhongli Di frozen in an ice sculpture, and Xiao Hongchen asked her to thaw him for interrogation.
• Xiao Hongchen introduced Snow Empress to Di Qiuer and Ling Luochеn, and the women eyed one another warily.
• Xiao Hongchen used Necromancy—Memory Extraction on the barely conscious Zhongli Di.

Xiao Hongchen killed Zhongli Di after searching his memories and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had grown far more powerful than outsiders knew. Back in the Ming Capital, he brought Ling Luochеn to Hongchen Mansion, where she joined the household and met Ye Guyi; he left Ye Guyi with a Level Nine defensive Soul Tool as the women sized one another up.

• Xiao Hongchen forcibly searched Zhongli Di's Sea of Consciousness, learned more about the Holy Spirit Cult, and destroyed Zhongli Di's soul, killing the last of the three Zhongli brothers.
• Xiao Hongchen, Di Qiuer, Snow Empress, Ling Luochеn, and the others left the Star Dou Great Forest, stayed overnight in Shrek City, and traveled back to the Ming Capital the next day.
• Ling Luochеn asked to stay at Hongchen Mansion, and Xiao Hongchen agreed; she also persuaded him to call her Ling-jiejie.
• Ye Guyi met Ling Luochеn, Di Qiuer, and Snow Empress at the mansion, while Di Qiuer stopped Xiao Hongchen from slipping away as the women questioned one another about their connections to him.
• Xiao Hongchen explained Snow Empress's identity to Ye Guyi and gave her a Level Nine defensive Soul Tool, easing her jealousy and prompting her to forgive him.

Xiao Hongchen gave the women Lovesick Heartbreak Reds and watched Ye Guyi successfully claim one, revealing the depth of her feelings for him. As Ye Guyi began refining it, Di Qiuer and Ling Luochеn competed for the chance to try the second flower.

• Ye Guyi openly showed her affection for Xiao Hongchen, while Ling Luochеn resolved to stay by his side and Snow Empress and Di Qiuer wrestled with their own jealousy.
• Meng Hongchen met Di Qiuer and Ling Luochеn, questioned Xiao Hongchen about bringing women home, and demanded a present.
• Xiao Hongchen brought out two Lovesick Heartbreak Reds and explained that only someone with sincere feelings could pluck one.
• Ye Guyi offered her blood to the flower and successfully plucked it, then accepted Blazing Glue from Xiao Hongchen and began refining both treasures.
• Di Qiuer and Ling Luochеn both asked to try the second flower, so Xiao Hongchen told them to decide who went first with rock-paper-scissors.

Di Qiuer won Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s recognition, confessed her love to Xiao Hongchen, and became his partner. Xiao Hongchen distributed treasures to Meng Hongchen and Ling Luochеn, then watched Di Qiuer and Ye Guyi gain major breakthroughs, with Ye Guyi’s Martial Soul evolving as the group prepared to seek Soul Rings.

• Di Qiuer won rock-paper-scissors, used her blood to claim Lovesick Heartbreak Red, confessed her love to Xiao Hongchen, and received his acceptance.
• Xiao Hongchen gave Meng Hongchen the Aromatic Silk Beauty Elixir and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Crystal, explaining that her ice and poison attributes could grow stronger.
• Ling Luochеn asked for an immortal herb, admitted her feelings for Xiao Hongchen, and received Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow instead.
• Di Qiuer woke after absorbing her herb, reached level sixty, and reported increased Soul Power and physical strength.
• Ye Guyi woke, reached level sixty, and evolved her Martial Soul, manifesting four wings and white Angel Fire.

Xiao Hongchen discovered a nearly shattered Seed of Divinity in Ye Guyi’s Sea of Consciousness, and Electrolux strengthened it with his Source of Light, giving her Ultimate Light. He then brought Ye Guyi, Meng Hongchen, and Di Qiuer into his Undead Semi-Plane, where Ye Guyi confronted him over its death energy before learning the truth about his Holy Necromancy.

• Ye Guyi explained that Lovesick Heartbreak Red had accelerated her Holy Angel Martial Soul’s evolution and revealed that hunting Evil Soul Masters could nourish its origin.
• Xiao Hongchen and Electrolux found a deteriorating Seed of Divinity in Ye Guyi’s Sea of Consciousness, which Electrolux identified as a remnant left by the Angel God.
• Electrolux infused the Seed of Divinity with his Source of Light, granting Ye Guyi Ultimate Light, while Xiao Hongchen planned to help her obtain her sixth Soul Ring.
• Meng Hongchen woke with Ultimate Ice and a cleansed poison, though her Soul Power had not increased, and Xiao Hongchen promised to help her reach level sixty.
• Xiao Hongchen brought the three women into his Undead Semi-Plane, where Ye Guyi drew her sword and threatened to stop him if he was an Evil Soul Master.
• Xiao Hongchen explained Electrolux’s presence and the nature of his Holy Necromancy, and Ye Guyi sheathed her sword after confirming the Undead were filled with light energy.

Xiao Hongchen prepared Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi to absorb powerful Sixth Soul Rings after testing their physical condition, while Di Qiuer challenged him to a spar. The chapter ended with Xiao Hongchen and Di Qiuer charging into close combat, and his hand reaching toward her as she sensed she had to avoid his touch.

• Ye Guyi realized she had misunderstood Xiao Hongchen, and the group teased her before Snow Empress brought over the Hundred-Thousand-Year Narcissus Jade Bone for Meng Hongchen to absorb.
• Meng Hongchen absorbed the Narcissus Jade Bone and its dropped Hundred-Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone, then prepared to absorb a seventy-thousand-year Jade Phosphorus Nine-Absolute Flower.
• Xiao Hongchen tested Meng Hongchen, Ye Guyi, Di Qiuer, and himself with a Soul Tool Physical Examination Instrument, then gave Ye Guyi a Hundred-Thousand-Year Aromatic Silk Beauty Head Soul Bone to improve her Spiritual Power.
• Di Qiuer asked Xiao Hongchen for a Soul Bone, but he refused and the examination showed her exceptional physical strength; Xiao Hongchen's own results were also strong.
• Di Qiuer challenged Xiao Hongchen to spar, and she attacked with her Golden Dragon Spear while he used Thrusters and Psychic Power to deflect it and reach toward her.

Xiao Hongchen defeated Di Qiuer in their bet by using Degradation and Heavy Metal Poison, forcing her to admit he had conquered her. Afterward, Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen woke from absorbing their rewards, and Meng Hongchen revealed her new Ultimate Poison ability.

• Di Qiuer immobilized Xiao Hongchen with Golden Dragon Roar, but he escaped with Golden Toad Sloughing and wrapped around her in his golden liquid form.
• Xiao Hongchen used Degradation and Heavy Metal Poison to weaken Di Qiuer, then blocked her Golden Dragon Spear with his Invincible Barrier.
• Di Qiuer struggled to breathe and gave up, and Xiao Hongchen restored the iron he had stripped from her body.
• Di Qiuer reluctantly admitted that Xiao Hongchen had conquered her, then stomped on his foot and charged into the undead, wiping out their forces.
• Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen woke after absorbing their Soul Rings and Soul Bones, and Meng Hongchen gained level sixty-four Soul Power and the Jade Phosphorus Poison skill.

Xiao Hongchen and his companions discovered that a Titled Douluo had trapped them in an illusion and captured Ye Guyi. After they broke free, Xiao Hongchen confronted the Evil Soul Master who had cast it.

• Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi gained new Soul Bone Skills, including Real World and Sun and Moon Spiritual Light.
• Xiao Hongchen gave Di Qiuer his Level Seven Flight Soul Tool, then noticed that Ye Guyi seemed lifeless and had no fate connection to him.
• Xiao Hongchen exposed the fake Ye Guyi, which dissolved into smoke, and he, Meng Hongchen, and Di Qiuer broke the surrounding illusion.
• Xiao Hongchen searched the area with Di Qiuer's help and found a hidden Titled Douluo whose Seventh Soul Skill had created the illusion.
• The Titled Douluo identified himself as an Evil Soul Master and challenged Xiao Hongchen, noting that Jing Hongchen was absent.

Zhongli Wu ordered Nightmare Douluo to abduct Ye Guyi and turn her into a controlled Fallen Angel to secure the Holy Spirit Cult’s future. Nightmare Douluo ambushed Xiao Hongchen and his companions, but their counterattack wounded him as the fight continued.

• Zhongli Wu ordered Ye Guyi captured alive, hoping to transform her Holy Angel into a Fallen Angel and cultivate her into a Limit Douluo.
• Nightmare Douluo ambushed Xiao Hongchen, Ye Guyi, Meng Hongchen, and Di Qiuer with an illusion after Xiao Hongchen left the Hongchen Mansion without Jing Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen and his companions broke Nightmare Douluo’s illusion, prompting him to attack them rather than retreat.
• Xiao Hongchen struck Nightmare Douluo with a Golden Piercing Array and Supernova while Meng Hongchen and Di Qiuer joined the assault.
• Xiao Hongchen’s Mental Shock slowed Nightmare Douluo, allowing Di Qiuer’s Golden Dragon Spear to pierce through and destroy his right arm.

Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Di Qiuer, and Ye Guyi worked together to defeat Nightmare Douluo, though Ye Guyi wondered why absorbing his purified energy did not increase her Soul Power. Afterward, Di Qiuer’s teasing about her past closeness with Xiao Hongchen made Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi suspicious.

• Nightmare Douluo tried to escape, but Meng Hongchen’s Ice Poison Dragon Drill swept away his purple mist and Xiao Hongchen reached for him with his extended arm.
• Nightmare Douluo used Nightmare Chaos, but Xiao Hongchen did not copy the Soul Skill; Xiao Hongchen and Di Qiuer instead unleashed their combined roar.
• Ye Guyi struck Nightmare Douluo with Sun and Moon Spiritual Light, while Meng Hongchen’s Charm skill stopped his Ninth Soul Skill from activating.
• Xiao Hongchen and Di Qiuer’s combined attack immobilized Nightmare Douluo, and Ye Guyi killed him with her Holy Sword before burning his body to ashes.
• Ye Guyi told Meng Hongchen that she had escaped Nightmare Douluo’s illusion and wondered why purifying him had not increased her Soul Power.
• Di Qiuer teased Xiao Hongchen about their past closeness, prompting him to explain that they had fought over a Soul Beast while Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi looked suspiciously at him.

Xiao Hongchen and his companions traveled to Jingyang Peak to hunt for Soul Beasts and joined a Ming Jade Sect party led by Gai Feng. After Xiao Hongchen subdued Gai Yin for threatening him, both groups reached the dangerous mountainside and prepared to search for Soul Beasts.

• Xiao Hongchen, Di Qiuer, Meng Hongchen, and Ye Guyi flew to the Jingyang Mountain Range to find a suitable Soul Beast for Guyi.
• Xiao Hongchen agreed to travel with Gai Feng’s Ming Jade Sect party, which was hunting a powerful Metal-attribute Soul Beast.
• Xiao Hongchen introduced himself and his companions under the perfunctory names Xiao Hong, Xiao Meng, Xiao Yi, and Xiao Qiu.
• Gai Yin threatened Xiao Hongchen, who used his Golden Bloodline and Psychic Power to force the Soul King to his knees.
• The joined group repelled an attack by the Silver Moon Wolf King’s pack and reached the halfway point of Jingyang Peak.
• Gai Feng ordered the Ming Jade Sect disciples to prepare for battle as the group began searching the mountainside.

Xiao Hongchen and the others encountered a Golden Lion Mastiff, whose overwhelming power killed Gai Si and Gai Feng and forced the Ming Jade Sect survivors to retreat. Xiao Hongchen protected Di Qiuer and Ye Guyi from its devastating roar, while Gai Yin decided to wait near him, believing a powerful protector might be nearby.

• Xiao Hongchen warned the group about the approaching Soul Beast, and Gai Si flew ahead to attack what he believed was a fifty-thousand-year-old lion.
• Di Qiuer identified the creature as a Golden Lion Mastiff and explained that its pure bloodline made it far stronger than her simulated Golden Dragon Martial Soul.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff opened its Domination Domain, grew to more than thirty meters tall, and killed Gai Si with a casual swipe.
• Gai Feng transformed into a swarm of bats to cover the retreat, but the Golden Lion Mastiff's Lion Mastiff Roar destroyed the swarm and killed him.
• Xiao Hongchen shielded Di Qiuer and Ye Guyi with his Invincible Barrier, while the retreating Ming Jade Sect disciples survived using their own barriers.
• Gai Yin chose to stay near Xiao Hongchen, reasoning that a Ninth-Level Soul Engineer was likely protecting him, and warned Xue Bing not to question a Titled Douluo's decisions.

Xiao Hongchen and the others battled the Golden Lion Mastiff, using flight, counterattacks, and Xiao’s Imprinted abilities to overcome its immense strength and control immunity. After weakening it and blasting a deep wound into its head, Xiao took Di Qiuer down toward the beast to finish it with her Golden Dragon Spear.

• Xiao Hongchen used his golden soul bone and Golden Repel to withstand the Golden Lion Mastiff’s attack, while Ye Guyi briefly restrained the beast with her Hexagram Array.
• Xiao Hongchen and Di Qiuer attacked with twelve Fixed Soul Guidance Cannonballs, but the Golden Lion Mastiff survived and activated Tyrant Body.
• Xiao Hongchen ordered everyone to fly above the beast’s reach, then used Imprint to seize and learn its charged Lion Mastiff Roar before it could fire.
• After the Golden Lion Mastiff’s Tyrant Body expired, Xiao Hongchen and Di Qiuer weakened its defenses and struck it with the copied roar.
• Xiao Hongchen assembled a Super Energy-Gathering Soul Cannon and blasted a deep hole into the Golden Lion Mastiff’s head, then took Di Qiuer down to attack with her Golden Dragon Spear.

Xiao Hongchen and his companions killed the Golden Lion Mastiff through a coordinated assault, and Di Qiuer began absorbing its soul ring. Meng Hongchen found a golden left leg soul bone in the corpse.

• Ye Guyi, Meng Hongchen, Di Qiuer, and Xiao Hongchen attacked the injured Golden Lion Mastiff with their soul skills, poison, and weapons.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff unleashed its Repulsion Halo, but Xiao Hongchen and his companions survived and continued draining its strength.
• Xiao Hongchen used Mirror Flower Water Moon to misdirect the Golden Lion Mastiff, allowing Di Qiuer to destroy its brain with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff died, and Di Qiuer sat down to absorb its pitch-black soul ring.
• Meng Hongchen searched the corpse and found a golden left leg soul bone, which Xiao Hongchen examined.

After the group agreed to escort Gai Yin and the others out of the Jingyang Mountain Range, Qiu'er absorbed the Golden Lion Mastiff’s soul ring and soul bone and gained new abilities. The group then reached the summit, where Qiu'er charged a Hundred-Thousand-Year Red-Flame Luan Bird whose Solar True Flame suited her Golden Dragon power.

• Gai Yin and the others apologized to Xiao Hongchen and asked to travel with the group to the Ming Jade Sect in exchange for treasure and friendship.
• Xiao Hongchen agreed to escort them and insisted that Ye Guyi and Meng Hongchen also be offered items from the sect’s treasury.
• Qiu'er absorbed the Golden Lion Mastiff’s soul ring and left leg bone, reached rank sixty-four, and gained the Golden Dragon Domain and Overlord Body.
• The Snow Empress carried the group to the far side of Jingyang Peak’s summit, where she identified a Hundred-Thousand-Year Red-Flame Luan Bird with Solar True Flame.
• Qiu'er attacked the Red-Flame Luan Bird, while Xiao Hongchen explained that her Golden Dragon power made her well suited to face its Solar True Flame.

Di Qiuer withstood the Red-Flame Luan Bird’s Solar True Flame, then joined Ye Guyi in killing it and gaining a red soul ring. After Xiao Hongchen teased Qiu'er about her damaged armor, the Snow Empress froze him in his liquid-metal form, leaving the others to inspect his ice sculpture.

• Gai Yin realized that Xiao Hongchen and his sister were the grandchildren of the Master of Mingde Hall.
• Di Qiuer endured the Red-Flame Luan Bird’s Solar True Flame, grew stronger as her soul rings lit up, and blocked its Great Sun Incinerates the Heavens with one hand.
• Di Qiuer seized the Red-Flame Luan Bird and severed its wings, while Ye Guyi pierced it with her Holy Sword and killed it.
• Xiao Hongchen complimented Qiu'er's figure, prompting her to attack him with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• The Snow Empress sealed Xiao Hongchen's escape route, but he tore through the spatial barrier before she froze him into a lump of liquid ice.

After Ye Guyi gained a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, Xiao Hongchen rested on her lap during the journey to the Ming Jade Sect. There, he met Sect Master Gai Ping and proposed cooperation between the sect and Mingde Hall, which Gai Ping welcomed.

• Ye Guyi absorbed the Redflame Luan Bird's soul ring and right arm bone, gained two powerful soul skills, and advanced to rank sixty-six.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Ye Guyi to let him sleep on her lap, and he dozed off while the women around him chatted.
• Xiao Hongchen woke after dark at the Ming Jade Sect, where Meng Hongchen revealed that the group had been betting on when he would wake.
• Gai Ping thanked Xiao Hongchen for saving his children and offered him and his companions one item each from the sect's treasure pavilion.
• Xiao Hongchen proposed that the Ming Jade Sect cooperate with Mingde Hall to develop its Metal Soul Guidance Ring technique, and Gai Ping accepted the proposal.

Xiao Hongchen chose an ancient coin from the Ming Jade Sect’s Treasure Pavilion and discovered that it contained a Golden Behemoth. After learning about the creature and its Life Evergreen Vine bag, he planned to raise it and eventually make it his Soul Spirit.

• Qiu'er and Ye Guyi selected six Metal Soul Guidance Rings each, while Meng Hongchen chose an eighth-class defensive shield.
• Xiao Hongchen picked an ancient coin, which revealed a sleeping Golden Behemoth inside a bag woven from azure vines.
• Xiao Hongchen identified the beast as a Golden Behemoth and explained its immense potential, while Di Qiuer declined his offer to extract its Golden Bloodline.
• Xiao Hongchen decided to raise the Golden Behemoth and make it his Soul Spirit once it reached a hundred thousand years, after learning it could grow by absorbing dragon souls in Dragon Valley.
• Di Qiuer identified the bag as Life Evergreen Vine and explained its value in restoring life origins and extending lifespans.

Xiao Hongchen revealed that Di Qiuer was the Imperial Auspicious Beast in human form and secured everyone’s promise to keep her identity secret. After Jing Hongchen summoned him, Xiao agreed to consider Shrek’s exchange offer for the chance to train beneath the Golden Tree, while the two discussed taking Mu En’s Dragon Core.

• Xiao Hongchen revealed Di Qiuer’s identity as the Imperial Auspicious Beast, and Meng Hongchen and Ye Guyi accepted the truth.
• Di Qiuer worried that outsiders might exploit her secret, so Xiao Hongchen asked everyone, including the eavesdropping Ling Luochеn, to keep it hidden.
• Jing Hongchen summoned Xiao Hongchen and told him that Xian Lin'er had arrived to discuss Shrek’s exchange students.
• Xiao Hongchen said Shrek’s training held little value for him but that the Golden Tree might help him improve his combat techniques, so he wanted to consider the exchange.
• Xiao Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that Mu En was a Level 99 Limit Douluo with a fully nurtured Dragon Core, and Jing agreed they should try to seize it.
• Jing Hongchen proposed setting favorable terms for Shrek’s exchange request.

Jing Hongchen and Xian Lin'er negotiated a student exchange between their academies, with Jing using Xiao Hongchen's talent to press for favorable terms. Xiao exposed ambiguities in Xian Lin'er's offer, leaving the negotiations unsettled.

• Xian Lin'er arrived at Jing Hongchen's office to discuss an exchange student program, while Xiao Hongchen stayed to listen.
• Jing argued that Shrek had little to teach Xiao, and Xian Lin'er countered that the Golden Tree could help him cultivate and gain insight.
• Jing pretended to end the discussion until Xian Lin'er asked him to name his price.
• Xian Lin'er offered to exchange ten students, waive the Sun Moon students' Inner Court entrance assessment, and let Xiao and his granddaughter stay near the Golden Tree.
• Xiao challenged the offer, noting that the assessment waiver was meaningless and asking whether they could choose among the 108 Golden Tree cultivation rooms.
• Xian Lin'er was startled that Xiao knew about the 108 rooms, and the terms remained unresolved.