Chapter Summaries

Lin Chuan helped Dugu Bo consume the Snowy Swan Kiss, pushing him through a dangerous martial soul evolution that raised him to level 94. After Dugu Bo offered him anything in the garden, Lin Chuan began gathering immortal herbs.

• Lin Chuan explained that the Snowy Swan Kiss could help Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor evolve and gave him a Heart-Protecting Spirit-Calming Pill.
• Dugu Bo swallowed the pill and Snowy Swan Kiss, then endured a violent surge of poison and Soul Power while Lin Chuan suppressed it through the night.
• Dugu Bo awakened at level 94 with greater control over his poison and thanked Lin Chuan, pledging his life to him.
• Dugu Bo gave Lin Chuan permission to take anything from the herb garden, and Lin Chuan began collecting its rare herbs.
• Dugu Bo watched Lin Chuan ransack the garden and thought that he would have to help Dugu Yan win Lin Chuan over.

Lin Chuan harvested medicinal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and spent two days refining pills for the Shrek team. He revealed the pills’ benefits but put them away before distributing them, leaving the team confused and disappointed.

• Dugu Bo watched Lin Chuan gather mature herbs and asked what he had prepared for Zhuqing, the little rabbit, and Yanyan.
• Lin Chuan explained that he had selected herbs for Zhuqing and the little rabbit, and revealed Netherworld Ghost's Sorrow, which he planned to refine into a pill for Yanyan.
• Lin Chuan returned to Shrek Academy and refined pills in seclusion for two days while Flender, Liu Erlong, and the others waited outside.
• Lin Chuan gathered the team and showed them bottles of pills that could help break through bottlenecks and purify Soul Power.
• Lin Chuan stored the tray of pills in his Soul Tool without distributing them, leaving the team confused and disappointed.

Lin Chuan pushed the Shrek Seven Devils to win their final Exchange Tournament battle by promising them pills, then trained Tang San to combine his different fighting methods. The teams gathered at the lavish Starry Vault Soul Arena, where Qian Renxue watched Lin Chuan and prepared a champion’s reward.

• Lin Chuan promised the students pills if they won beautifully against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s First Team, igniting their determination to fight.
• Lin Chuan identified Tang San’s difficulty switching between control and assault, gave him the Seven Apertures Exquisite Heart, and urged him to master it.
• Lin Chuan also taught Ning Rongrong the basics of the method to improve her support abilities.
• Tang San trained relentlessly for three days, practicing his hammer, Blue Silver Grass, and mental control together.
• The Shrek group arrived at the Starry Vault Soul Arena, where Flender marveled at its extravagant furnishings.
• Qian Renxue watched Lin Chuan from a private box, with a champion’s reward prepared for him.

The Shrek Team and Imperial Fighting Team faced off in the Starry Vault Soul Arena as the tournament drew the attention of powerful factions and spectators. The chapter ended with Tang San revealing level forty-eight Soul Power, stunning the crowd before the match began.

• Yue Guan noticed that Dugu Bo's aura had improved, while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Yu Luomian, and other influential spectators watched the teams gather.
• Xue Qinghe announced that the tournament winner would receive a mysterious prize, while Qian Renxue privately planned to use the contest to approach Lin Chuan.
• Lin Chuan led the Shrek Team onto the field, where Tang San and Yu Tianheng exchanged confident remarks before both sides prepared to fight.
• Yu Tianheng's Imperial Fighting Team revealed that all seven members were Soul Elders, with Yu Tianheng and the Shi Brothers surpassing level forty.
• Tang San released four spirit rings and displayed level forty-eight Soul Power, leaving the arena stunned.

Shrek overwhelmed the Imperial Fighting Team after Tang San used Lin Chuan’s improved Heart Separation Control and Blue Silver Overlord Hammer to break their defense. Ning Fengzhi recognized the value of Lin Chuan’s technique and decided Lin Chuan himself was the true treasure.

• Yu Tianheng ordered the Imperial Fighting Team to form a defensive wall using the Shi brothers’ martial soul fusion skill, the Iron-Armored Rhino, and a Star Disk support soul master.
• Tang San coordinated Dugu Yan’s poison, Zhu Zhuqing’s strike, and Ning Rongrong’s enhancement to weaken the shield, then shattered it with his Blue Silver Overlord Hammer.
• Yu Tianheng charged Tang San with Thunderclap Unification, but Tang San bound him with Blue Silver Grass and knocked him out of the arena with a punch.
• Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing knocked the remaining Imperial Fighting Team members off the stage, securing Shrek’s overwhelming victory.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized that Tang San’s improved Heart Separation Control came from Lin Chuan and concluded that Lin Chuan was more valuable than the pills.

After Shrek Academy defeated the Imperial Fighting Team, Qian Renxue appointed Lin Chuan as the Heaven Dou Empire’s first Special Advisor to advanced Soul Master academies. Lin Chuan accepted the position, intending to use its authority to build influence and eventually obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin praised Lin Chuan’s teaching, while Yue Guan worried about what Spirit Hall would do after learning of Shrek’s strength.
• Yu Luomian, Huo Wu, and the Elephant Armored Sect’s Huyan Zhen and Huyan Li reacted with alarm and resentment to Shrek’s victory, while Shui Bing’er resolved to seek Lin Chuan’s guidance.
• Qian Renxue praised both teams, awarded Shrek’s students medals, and gave Lin Chuan a token worth one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Qian Renxue announced a new imperial position with access to the Royal Library and authority over advanced Soul Master academies, then named Lin Chuan the first Special Advisor.
• Lin Chuan accepted the appointment, recognizing that it could help him gather followers and pursue the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Lin Chuan accepted Qian Renxue’s appointment as a special advisor despite the resentment it stirred among the major academies. When Thunder Academy’s teacher challenged his qualifications, Lin Chuan appeared behind him and showed how easily he could kill him.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed how Qian Renxue’s appointment made Lin Chuan a target, while Huyan Zhen and Huo Wu resented his new position.
• Shui Bing’er’s teacher judged Lin Chuan unfathomable and urged Skywater Academy to seek his guidance on Shui Bing’er’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qian Renxue pinned the special advisor badge on Lin Chuan, and he accepted the role while privately recognizing her attempt to tie him to the royal family.
• After the ceremony, teachers and students from four major academies blocked Lin Chuan and challenged his ability to guide them.
• Lin Chuan called the Thunder Academy teacher mediocre, vanished, and placed a hand against his neck, warning that he could already have killed him.

Lin Chuan demonstrated his overwhelming speed, rebuked several academies, and accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation to meet privately. In the carriage, Qian Renxue praised his performance and reaffirmed that the special advisor position was meant for him.

• Lin Chuan subdued a Thunder Academy teacher with a move too fast for the onlookers to follow, then criticized Blazing Fire Academy, the Elephant Armored Sect, and Thunder Academy.
• A Skywater Academy teacher acknowledged Lin Chuan’s strength and considered asking him for guidance, while Shui Bing'er agreed.
• Flender celebrated Shrek’s one-hundred-thousand-Gold-Soul-Coin prize as Lin Chuan told the group he had personal matters to handle.
• Xue Qinghe arrived in a royal carriage and invited Lin Chuan to accompany him, so Lin Chuan gave Tang San pills and cultivation instructions before leaving with him.
• In the carriage, Qian Renxue praised Lin Chuan’s composure and said the special advisor position belonged to him.

Qian Renxue tested Lin Chuan’s views on the Heaven Dou royal family, then offered him access to the royal treasury to secure his support. Lin Chuan praised her, asked to study the treasury’s ancient Soul Tools, and Qian Renxue agreed to take him there after his formal appointment.

• Qian Renxue asked Lin Chuan what he thought of the Heaven Dou royal family, and he warned that its power could crumble if its foundations were unstable.
• Qian Renxue offered Lin Chuan rare manuals and medicinal herbs in exchange for his assistance, and he said he was interested in ancient Soul Tools.
• Lin Chuan described how studying Soul Tools might help the Heaven Dou Empire develop spatial, defensive, and offensive devices.
• Qian Renxue promised that she could give Lin Chuan even the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to research if she ascended the throne.
• Lin Chuan praised Qian Renxue and asked to inspect the royal treasury, and she agreed to take him after his formal appointment in two days.

After securing Qian Renxue’s promise of a trove of Soul Tools, Lin Chuan returned to Shrek Academy, where the team celebrated its victory and prize money. Tang San praised Lin Chuan’s supposed long-term planning, then told him that people from Skywater Academy were waiting at the pavilion on Back Mountain.

• Qian Renxue agreed to give Lin Chuan the Soul Tools in her treasury, and she arranged a royal carriage to take him back to Shrek Academy.
• Lin Chuan returned to Shrek Academy and joined Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others as they celebrated defeating the Royal Fighting Team and winning prize money.
• Tang San brought Lin Chuan tea and warned him that Xue Qinghe seemed suspicious while discussing the Crown Prince’s attempt to recruit Lin Chuan.
• Lin Chuan cautioned Tang San that Shrek’s revealed strength could draw enemies, and Tang San said he had distributed Lin Chuan’s pills to the others.
• Tang San told Lin Chuan that people from Skywater Academy had been waiting for him at the pavilion on Back Mountain.

Shui Bing'er sought Lin Chuan’s advice on improving her team’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and he proposed combining her, Xue Wu, and Shui Yue'er into a three-person Ice Sealing Killing Formation. After Shui Bing'er’s teacher recognized the idea’s potential, Lin Chuan returned to Shrek Academy’s cafeteria and found the room’s attention fixed on him.

• Shui Bing'er visited Lin Chuan and explained the strengths and weaknesses of her fusion skill with Xue Wu, Ice and Snow Drifting.
• Lin Chuan proposed adding Shui Yue'er as a mobile link between Shui Bing'er’s ice and Xue Wu’s rain to create a three-person Ice Sealing Killing Formation.
• Shui Bing'er gave Lin Chuan a gold card in gratitude and invited him to visit Skywater Academy after the tournament.
• Shui Bing'er told her accompanying teacher about Lin Chuan’s proposal, and the teacher judged it feasible and warned that Lin Chuan should be treated as a friend, not an enemy.
• Lin Chuan entered Shrek Academy’s cafeteria and noticed that the drinking contest had gone quiet as several people stared at him.

Lin Chuan let the girls ply him with wine, then pretended to be drunk while Tang San secretly went to the Back Mountain. There, Tang San resolved to train harder after deciding his exhausted big brother needed relief from his burdens.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling confronted Lin Chuan about Shui Bing'er's scent and made him drink.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji carried the seemingly drunk Lin Chuan to his dormitory after the girls left.
• Lin Chuan revealed he was sober, then sensed Tang San sneaking out toward the Back Mountain.
• Tang San examined the pill Lin Chuan had given him and thought about how exhausted his big brother must be.

Tang San cultivated through the night and reached level forty-nine, hoping to surprise Lin Chuan. Meanwhile, Lin Chuan woke from a dream and broke through to level fifty, though he still needed a fifth soul ring.

• Tang San took a pill and used its medicinal power to cultivate and temper himself with Chaotic Cloak.
• After cultivating through the night, Tang San broke through to level forty-nine and headed back, eager to show Lin Chuan his progress.
• Lin Chuan dreamed that Tang San had become a god under his guidance while Qian Renxue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong served him.
• Lin Chuan woke up and naturally broke through to level fifty, then checked his system panel and saw that he needed a fifth soul ring.

Lin Chuan reached Level 50 while sleeping and decided to wait for Tang San to obtain a soul ring before claiming his own reward. Tang San mistook Lin Chuan’s improvement for cultivation while drunk and rushed back to Back Mountain to train; the chapter then shifted to Spirit City, where Yue Guan reported to Bibi Dong.

• Lin Chuan reached Level 50 and chose to delay obtaining his fifth soul ring until after Tang San got his.
• Tang San returned from Back Mountain, sensed Lin Chuan’s improved aura, and assumed he had cultivated while drunk.
• Tang San hid his own Rank 49 breakthrough, took a towel, and hurried back to Back Mountain to keep training.
• Lin Chuan relaxed in the courtyard, amused by Tang San’s misunderstanding and renewed determination.
• Yue Guan returned to Pope Palace and began reporting to Bibi Dong.

Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that Lin Chuan had taken over Yu Xiaogang’s teaching role at Shrek and had promised to consider joining Spirit Hall after winning the tournament. Bibi Dong judged the promise a delaying tactic and ordered Lin Chuan killed, but Chrysanthemum Douluo revealed Lin Chuan’s close ties to Xue Qinghe, leaving Bibi Dong focused on her disguised daughter, Qian Renxue.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had become a nominal figure at Shrek while Lin Chuan handled the students’ training and had grown close to Liu Erlong.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported Lin Chuan’s level forty-nine cultivation, tactical skill, and promise to discuss joining Spirit Hall after Shrek won the tournament.
• Bibi Dong accused Lin Chuan of using an empty promise to buy Shrek time and scolded Chrysanthemum Douluo for believing him.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gui Mei to go to Heaven Dou City and bring back Lin Chuan’s head.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo warned that Lin Chuan was Xue Qinghe’s special advisor and close associate, and Bibi Dong froze at the name because Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue in disguise.

Bibi Dong canceled the assassination of Lin Chuan to protect Qian Renxue’s infiltration of the Heaven Dou Royal Family. At Shrek Academy, Ning Fengzhi thanked Lin Chuan for improving Ning Rongrong’s technique and requested permission to share it with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Lin Chuan hinted that he knew Ning had a greater purpose.

• Bibi Dong suppressed her urge to kill Lin Chuan and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to cancel the assassination.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin arrived at Shrek Academy to visit Ning Rongrong and Lin Chuan.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Lin Chuan money, rare metals, and a high-ranking Guest Elder Token; Lin Chuan accepted only the metals.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to promote Lin Chuan’s optimized Heart Separation Control method within the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Lin Chuan granted permission.
• Lin Chuan suggested Ning Fengzhi had come for a more important reason, startling him.

Ning Fengzhi bargained with Lin Chuan for a Creation Pill that could evolve his Martial Soul, pledging the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support in return. After Chen Xin challenged Lin Chuan to a future sword duel, Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan quarreled at the academy until Dugu Bo arrived to defend his granddaughter.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Lin Chuan for a pill to help him break through his Rank 79 bottleneck and evolve his Martial Soul.
• Lin Chuan offered a Creation Pill in exchange for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s firm support in future conflicts, and Ning Fengzhi agreed.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted the jade box containing the Creation Pill and planned to take it in seclusion.
• Chen Xin challenged Lin Chuan to test his full-powered sword strike after Lin Chuan reached Soul King.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan argued over their grandfathers and whose side Lin Chuan would take.
• Dugu Bo descended into the academy square after Dugu Yan complained that Ning Rongrong had bullied her.

After Lin Chuan escaped Dugu Bo’s attempts to bring him and Dugu Yan closer, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe escorted him to Emperor Xue Ye. The emperor promised Lin Chuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud if Shrek Academy won the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament for the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Dugu Bo praised Lin Chuan and urged him to let Dugu Yan move in so he could monitor her health, while Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong each clung to Lin Chuan and argued over their closeness to him.
• Xue Qinghe arrived and invited Lin Chuan to the imperial palace at Emperor Xue Ye’s request, giving Lin Chuan a chance to leave the quarrel.
• During the carriage ride, Xue Qinghe told Lin Chuan that Emperor Xue Ye intended to give him a generous reward.
• Emperor Xue Ye praised Lin Chuan’s work with Shrek Academy and promised him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud if Shrek won the tournament representing the Heaven Dou Empire.

Emperor Xue Ye promised Lin Chuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and let him choose three treasures from the royal treasury, where Lin Chuan picked a spatially unusual metal fragment and two Soul Tools. Qian Renxue mistook his interest in Soul Tools and supposed laziness for a calculated disguise, while Snake Lance Douluo confirmed that Prince Xue Xing had gone to see the Emperor.

• Emperor Xue Ye promised Lin Chuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud if he helped the Heaven Dou Empire win the tournament, and Lin Chuan accepted while hiding his excitement over the divine inheritance key.
• Qian Renxue escorted Lin Chuan to the royal treasury, where he chose a blackened metal fragment, a Soul Tool crossbow, and an inscribed longsword instead of the valuable gems and herbs.
• Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng confronted Emperor Xue Ye over giving the national treasure to Lin Chuan, but the Emperor rebuked them and ordered them out.
• Qian Renxue questioned Lin Chuan about his plans, and he said he would return to the academy to study the metal fragment and improve Soul Tools.
• Qian Renxue concluded that Lin Chuan was disguising his cultivation and ambition, and Snake Lance Douluo told her that Prince Xue Xing had gone to see the Emperor.

Qian Renxue dismissed the rival prince’s efforts to learn about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and planned to seize greater power after Shrek Academy won the Spirit Master Tournament. Meanwhile, Lin Chuan advanced his Soul Tool research and prepared to take Tang San soul hunting, but Tang Hao arrived with a plan to give Tang San a dangerous trial of his own.

• Qian Renxue said the rival prince had lost her father’s trust and anticipated taking control after Shrek Academy won the tournament.
• Lin Chuan researched experimental Soul Tools, while Tang San visited him for guidance on cultivation and enhanced hidden weapons.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and the others became Soul Ancestors, Dugu Yan reached level forty-six, and Tang San broke through to level fifty.
• Lin Chuan agreed to take Tang San into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a high-quality ten-thousand-year soul beast for his fifth soul ring.
• Tang Hao visited Lin Chuan at night and revealed he had found a nearly thirty-thousand-year-old Earth Cave Demon Spider Emperor for Tang San.
• Tang Hao said he would severely injure the spider and drive it into their path, then told Lin Chuan not to interfere too much with Tang San’s trial.