Chapter Summaries

Su Chen set out for Shrek Academy, eager to confront Yu Xiaogang, while the diary’s Hu Liena theme confused its readers. At Shrek, Xiao Wu prepared to seek Hu Liena’s help, and Yu Xiaogang confidently assured Tang San that he could deal with Su Chen and Spirit Hall.

• Su Chen taught Ling Yuan and Huo Wu Taiji, then took them and his other companions toward Shrek Academy to confront Yu Xiaogang.
• Su Chen wrote that he was coming for Yu Xiaogang, while Hu Liena and the others wondered why Xiao Wu’s diary reward had gone to Hu Liena.
• Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong felt conflicted about Su Chen meeting Yu Xiaogang, and Bibi Dong looked forward to Su Chen returning to Spirit City.
• At Shrek Academy, Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Wu to seize the chance to leave Tang San and planned for them to speak with Hu Liena.
• Su Chen arrived at Shrek Academy with Hu Liena and the others, while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and the students watched uneasily.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether he could handle Su Chen, and Yu Xiaogang claimed he had ways to deal with Spirit Hall and told Tang San not to fear them.

Su Chen entered Shrek Academy’s cafeteria with powerful allies and declared that he would make Tang San and the others suffer, but Yu Xiaogang defiantly told him he was not worthy. Su Chen revealed his companions’ strength and connections, leaving the Shrek group frightened and realizing Yu Xiaogang could not protect them.

• Yu Xiaogang reassured Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others that he would humiliate their opponents and help them get revenge.
• Su Chen arrived at the cafeteria with Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Spirit Kite Douluo, and Huo Wu.
• Su Chen announced that he was the Destined Arch-Villain and that the Shrek group’s nightmare had begun.
• Yu Xiaogang stood up and told Su Chen that he was not worthy.
• Su Chen listed his companions’ levels and powerful connections, shocking Tang San, Flender, Zhao Wuji, and the others.

Yu Xiaogang used a Pope Token from Tang Hao to order Su Chen and the others to apologize, believing it would compel them to obey. Su Chen rejected the token’s authority by hurling it through Yu Xiaogang’s left leg, leaving Yu Xiaogang wounded and furious.

• Yu Xiaogang insulted Su Chen and the Spirit Hall, then revealed a Pope Token and ordered Su Chen’s group to apologize.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the Pope Token carried the authority of the Pope, while Su Chen’s diary revealed it had come from Tang Hao and an earlier Pope.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue learned that Yu Xiaogang was using the token, and Qian Renxue blamed Tang Hao for giving it to him.
• Tang San and the Shrek group thought the token had forced Su Chen to back down, and Yu Xiaogang renewed his demand for an apology.
• Su Chen hurled the token through Yu Xiaogang’s left leg, causing him to collapse in pain and accuse Su Chen of ignoring the Pope Token.

Su Chen wounded Yu Xiaogang, and Hu Liena overpowered the Shrek group before cutting off Yu Xiaogang’s right ear. Su Chen stopped her from killing him and ordered him to pick up the severed ear.

• Su Chen denied being with Spirit Hall and said he would have broken Yu Xiaogang’s leg regardless, while Flender and the others threatened to stop him from leaving Shrek Academy.
• Hu Liena revealed her four Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, frightening Flender, Zhao Wuji, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and the others into silence.
• Yu Xiaogang invoked his relationship with Bibi Dong and his status as Spirit Hall’s honorary elder, enraging Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena controlled Flender, kicked him aside, and cut off Yu Xiaogang’s right ear with a dagger.
• Hu Liena prepared to stab Yu Xiaogang, but Su Chen stopped her and told Yu Xiaogang to pick up his ear.

Su Chen forced Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, Flender, and the others to sit with him, then revealed that he knew about Yu Xiaogang’s past with Bibi Dong and his love for Liu Erlong. He offered to make Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong’s relationship legitimate and accepted by everyone, leaving Yu Xiaogang and Flender bewildered.

• Su Chen wounded Yu Xiaogang with his words, and Hu Liena’s group intimidated the Shrek party into submission.
• Su Chen ordered Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, Flender, Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang to sit with him, and they complied under threat of further force.
• Su Chen revealed that he knew Yu Xiaogang had once loved Bibi Dong and later fell in love with his cousin, Liu Erlong.
• Su Chen said he had come to help Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong make their relationship legitimate and win the continent’s sincere approval.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender questioned whether Su Chen was serious about helping him be with Liu Erlong.

Su Chen claimed he wanted to help Yu Xiaogang reunite with Liu Erlong, then insisted Yu Xiaogang castrate himself to prove his love and silence society’s criticism. Yu Xiaogang refused and said he had moved on, leaving Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and the others looking down on him.

• Su Chen recited a poem about devoted lovers and urged Yu Xiaogang to reunite with Liu Erlong.
• Su Chen handed Yu Xiaogang a dagger and told him to castrate himself so he could be with Liu Erlong without gossip.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Tang San condemned Su Chen’s demand, while Su Chen argued that the sacrifice would earn Yu Xiaogang respect.
• Tang San suggested Yu Xiaogang could live with Liu Erlong as a spiritual couple, but Su Chen insisted that would invite ridicule without the sacrifice.
• Yu Xiaogang said he had forgotten his feelings for Liu Erlong and now regarded her as a younger sister.
• Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and the others judged Yu Xiaogang for refusing to make amends to Liu Erlong.

Su Chen used a bet about scallions in Xiao Wu’s noodles as an excuse to attack Yu Xiaogang, then injured Flender, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai when they protested or tried to eat. The chapter left the Shrek group terrified and confused by Su Chen’s shameless violence.

• Su Chen threatened Tang San and the Tang clan, then proposed a bet that he would leave if he lost and cut Yu Xiaogang if he won.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong brought out bowls of noodles, and Xiao Wu’s bowl for Su Chen had beef but no scallions.
• Su Chen said he did not eat beef and slashed Yu Xiaogang’s crotch with his dagger.
• When Flender protested, Su Chen stabbed him in the leg.
• Ma Hongjun began eating, so Su Chen struck him and Dai Mubai in the thighs with chopsticks.

Su Chen asserted his strength at the academy, then offered Zhu Zhuqing a chance to grow stronger and escape her family’s fate by staying with him. He left her to decide after he finished eating, while Dai Mubai challenged his proposal.

• Su Chen resumed eating after humiliating the academy’s teachers and students, and the others marveled at his power.
• Su Chen slapped Tang San for ignoring him, while Tang Hao watched from the shadows and restrained himself from intervening.
• Su Chen asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she wanted to become stronger and offered to help her defy the Zhu and Dai families if she stayed by his side.
• Dai Mubai angrily accused Zhu Zhuqing of betraying her family and the Star Luo Empire, and Su Chen challenged him to say what he could offer her.

Zhu Zhuqing chose to join Su Chen and accepted an Immortal Herb he offered, but asked to be his maid instead of receiving the same treatment as his other women. She then asked Su Chen to take Xiao Wu as a maid as well, leaving the others stunned and Tang San furious.

• Dai Mubai tried to warn Zhu Zhuqing that Su Chen would only use and abandon her, but Ye Lingling defended Su Chen.
• Su Chen offered Zhu Zhuqing a Narcissus Jade Bone Immortal Herb that could improve her aptitude and raise her Soul Power by seven or eight levels.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she would give up the Immortal Herb in exchange for becoming Su Chen's maid, and Su Chen agreed on the condition that she would receive no special treatment.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Su Chen to take Xiao Wu as his maid too, shocking Su Chen and the others.
• Tang San angrily challenged Zhu Zhuqing for trying to take Xiao Wu, while Ning Rongrong lamented that she had not joined Su Chen herself.

Xiao Wu chose to become Su Chen’s maid to escape the danger surrounding her identity, and she ended her relationship with Tang San as a sibling-like bond. As Su Chen prepared to leave with Hu Liena and Spirit Kite Douluo, Hu Liena attacked Tang San with her strongest Soul Bone skill, leaving his mind blank.

• Xiao Wu asked Su Chen to take her in as a maid, and he agreed after warning her not to use him.
• Tang San tried to stop Xiao Wu from leaving, but Xiao Wu said she had chosen her own path and wanted to cultivate with Zhuqing and Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong asked to follow Su Chen, and he told her she could decide for herself.
• Hu Liena and Spirit Kite Douluo revealed their Soul Rings as they prepared to leave with Su Chen.
• Hu Liena struck Tang San with her Nine-Tailed Fox Head Soul Bone skill, Soul Shock, and his eyes went blank.

After Hu Liena’s attack left Tang San incapacitated, Su Chen sensed Tang Hao’s arrival and confronted him with Hu Liena and Ling Yuan. Their battle devastated the cafeteria and nearby buildings, while Ning Rongrong confirmed she would leave with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu to follow Su Chen.

• Hu Liena’s attack left Tang San unconscious, and Su Chen stopped Ling Yuan from finishing him when he sensed Tang Hao nearby.
• Tang Hao arrived and threatened Su Chen, Hu Liena, and Ling Yuan, while Su Chen warned them about Tang Hao’s strength and Ring Explosion technique.
• Su Chen, Hu Liena, and Ling Yuan activated their Martial Soul Avatars, and the others evacuated the cafeteria.
• Su Chen fought Tang Hao by deflecting and evading his hammer strikes, while Hu Liena and Ling Yuan supported him from the sidelines.
• Su Chen and Tang Hao destroyed the cafeteria and damaged nearby buildings as Flender and Zhao Wuji worried about the academy.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ning Rongrong if she had decided to leave with them, and Ning Rongrong confirmed she would follow Su Chen.

Ning Rongrong backed Su Chen by boosting him and his allies, helping them badly wound Tang Hao. Tang Hao then exploded five rings and unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer, while Su Chen met the blow with his Taiji Diagram.

• Zhu Zhuqing persuaded Ning Rongrong to support Su Chen, and Ning Rongrong boosted Su Chen, Hu Liena, and Spirit Kite Douluo with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Su Chen, Hu Liena, and Spirit Kite attacked Tang Hao together, and Su Chen pierced his chest with Three Origins Into One—Kato Finger.
• Spirit Kite tried to finish off Tang Hao, but Su Chen pulled her away just before Tang Hao's hammer struck and warned her not to chase first credit.
• Tang Hao exploded five rings and struck at Su Chen with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Su Chen formed a Taiji Diagram to meet Tang Hao's hammer, and the collision devastated the surrounding area.

Su Chen defeated Tang Hao’s attack but let the gravely wounded Tang Hao and Tang San escape, then left with his companions for Suotuo City. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang lost a piece of flesh to Big Yellow and fainted after the dog ate it and Oscar’s sausage.

• Tang Hao’s attack failed to break through Su Chen’s Taiji Diagram, and the deflected force sent the Shrek group flying.
• Hu Liena, Ling Yuan, and Ye Lingling checked on Su Chen, who declined to pursue Tang Hao and announced his name to the Shrek group.
• Flender sent the injured Yu Xiaogang for treatment, but Big Yellow swallowed the piece of flesh Oscar tried to recover and then ate Oscar’s sausage.
• Zhao Wuji tried to reassure Yu Xiaogang about his missing ear, but Yu Xiaogang spat blood and fainted.
• Su Chen and the women left for the Spirit Branch Hall in Suotuo City, where Hu Liena and Ling Yuan lamented that Tang San and Tang Hao had escaped.

On the carriage, Su Chen explained why Hu Liena and Ling Yuan had failed to kill Tang San and why Tang Hao had escaped with him. As the group traveled on, Su Chen reassured Ning Rongrong about her choice to side with him, while Xiao Wu worried that she had nothing to offer.

• Xiao Wu watched Shrek Academy fade into the distance and decided she hoped never to meet Tang San again.
• Su Chen explained that he had expected Hu Liena to attack Tang San, Tang Hao to intervene with Ring Explosion, and Tang San to survive because of his powerful soul and spiritual strength.
• Ning Rongrong said Tang Hao was renowned as the continent's greatest genius, and Su Chen explained how the Clear Sky Hammer's self-created skills and Ring Explosion made him so formidable.
• Su Chen said Tang Hao's injuries and Ring Explosion backlash would leave him crippled for a year or two, after which he would die even if he detonated all nine rings.
• Su Chen teased Ning Rongrong for choosing to side with him, and she asked him not to bully her in the future.
• Xiao Wu felt downcast as she compared her lack of contributions with Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong's roles beside Su Chen.

Tang San awoke after the Asura God revealed his past and directed him to seek the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and inherit the Sea God's legacy as a path to revenge. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang recovered enough to swear vengeance on Su Chen and Hu Liena and planned to visit Bibi Dong, while Tang Hao remained unconscious.

• Tang Hao fled with Tang San, then collapsed after spitting black blood.
• The Asura God told Tang San that his two souls and spiritual strength had saved him, and urged him to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to inherit the Sea God's legacy.
• Tang San awoke beside his unconscious father and called out to him.
• Flender and the others brought their injured companions to a medical clinic, where Yu Xiaogang woke in terror and remembered his injuries.
• Yu Xiaogang vowed to make Su Chen and Hu Liena pay, asked Flender to take him to Spirit City to see Bibi Dong, and urged them to find Tang San.

Su Chen and his companions left Suotuo City for Spirit City while Ling Yuan headed to Heaven Dou City, and the group discussed Xiao Wu’s place among them. As the carriage traveled, Su Chen’s diary recounted what happened to Yu Xiaogang at Shrek Academy.

• Ling Yuan kissed Su Chen goodbye, and he teased her about repaying him when she returned to Spirit City.
• Su Chen, Hu Liena, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Huo Wu set off for Spirit City.
• Hu Liena warned Xiao Wu not to act as Tang San’s informant, and Xiao Wu said she only wanted to stay with Su Chen.
• Hu Liena asked whether they had changed their fate, and Su Chen said Tang San and Tang Hao were still alive, so they needed to keep cultivating.
• Su Chen’s diary entry recalled that Yu Xiaogang had been castrated and that he had lost a bet over it.

Su Chen revealed that Tang San had survived Hu Liena’s attack because he possessed two souls and powerful spiritual abilities, then predicted that Tang San would seek the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Qian Renxue realized Su Chen was giving her a chance to seize the divine artifact first, while Hu Liena teased Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Huo Wu during the journey.

• Liu Erlong raged over Yu Xiaogang letting go of their past, while Qian Renxue celebrated that Su Chen had castrated him and Bibi Dong reflected on their relationship.
• Su Chen’s diary explained that Tang San had devoured the soul of the original Tang San and used the Purple Demon Eye, helping him survive Hu Liena’s soul attack.
• Ah Yin concluded that Tang San had stolen her son’s body and pleaded for a diary reward so she could return to life and avenge him.
• Su Chen predicted Tang San would pursue the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, describing it as the Sea God’s Heart and a source of divine protection.
• Qian Renxue resolved to take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before Tang San could claim it.
• Hu Liena rested on Xiao Wu and the others in the carriage, teasing them as they bristled at her demands.

Su Chen’s diary exposed Ling Yuan’s past advances and her future danger, while Bibi Dong anticipated meeting him as his group traveled back. That night, Su Chen received rewards and prepared to absorb a Spirit Ring as Hu Liena arranged for Dugu Yan to keep him company afterward.

• Su Chen’s diary recounted Tang Hao rescuing Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing joining Su Chen’s group with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, and Ling Yuan molesting him before departing.
• Ling Yuan read Su Chen’s entry on the way to Heaven Dou City and realized he had warned her about her future death; Bibi Dong also read it and looked forward to meeting Su Chen.
• Su Chen’s group stopped in a town for the night and rented two rooms.
• Su Chen received a thousand-year increase to all his Soul Rings and a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring as diary rewards.
• Hu Liena joined Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan in bed, then teased Dugu Yan by assigning her to keep Su Chen company while he absorbed his Spirit Ring.

The Diary Copy rewards revealed that Ah Yin was alive and had received a reward, shocking Xiao Wu and the women who held diaries. Meanwhile, Su Chen finished absorbing a Soul Ring marked with three golden lines, indicating a lifespan of up to three hundred thousand years.

• Hu Liena and Ye Lingling stopped bullying Dugu Yan when the Diary Copy rewards were announced, and Ah Yin received the audience-member reward.
• Huo Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu discussed their rewards and shortcuts before Xiao Wu began crying at the thought that her mother might still be alive.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong realized that Ah Yin was Tang San's mother and wondered whether Xiao Wu's mother might also have survived.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong reacted with disbelief to Ah Yin's reward and considered what her apparent survival meant.
• Su Chen's Soul Ring took shape with three golden lines, showing that its maximum lifespan had reached three hundred thousand years.

Su Chen revealed that his third Soul Ring was 320,000 years old, then trained with Huo Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu before the group set out. In the carriage, Zhu Zhuqing kissed him and triggered a hidden reward that raised her Soul Power by ten levels, leaving the others eager to try the same.

• Su Chen explained that his third Soul Ring was 320,000 years old, and he and Dugu Yan went to sleep while Hu Liena and Ye Lingling stayed awake.
• Ah Yin received the Diary Copy's third reward but worried it would not restore her strength or help her leave her unsuitable cave.
• Su Chen led Huo Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Xiao Wu through practice in the courtyard before the group set off.
• Su Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing the Immortal Herb Narcissus Jade Bone and assured her it had been prepared for her regardless of Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Su Chen, triggering a hidden reward that raised her Soul Power from level twenty-eight to level thirty-eight.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Su Chen again, while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Huo Wu watched in astonishment and considered the reward for themselves.