Chapter Summaries

Lu Chen formed an Equal Contract with the dying Thunderclap Hellvine, absorbing it as a Soul Spirit and gaining an External Soul Bone as his Soul Power surged. As his power began condensing toward a Soul Core, Electrolux revealed a way to pursue more than three by using Innate Spiritual Apertures.

• Lu Chen resisted the Thunderclap Hellvine's attack and offered it an Equal Contract, warning that it would otherwise die within one or two years.
• The Thunderclap Hellvine accepted the contract after Lu Chen absorbed heavenly lightning, and it fused into his Martial Soul as a Soul Spirit.
• Lu Chen gained an External Soul Bone in his left hand, while his Soul Power rose to level 66 and began condensing toward a Soul Core.
• Lu Chen told Electrolux he had postponed forming a Soul Core because he feared wasting one of his three slots on the wrong attribute.
• Electrolux revealed that his restored memories included a method based on opening up to nine Innate Spiritual Apertures, each capable of holding a Spirit Furnace.

Lu Chen followed Electrolux’s advice and tried to open the nine Innate Spiritual Apertures so he could form Soul Cores outside his dantian. He began with the lightning-aligned aperture in his left palm and continued painstakingly despite repeated injuries.

• Electrolux explained that the nine Innate Spiritual Apertures could serve as a circulation network for Soul Cores, and that Lu Chen’s Body Martial Soul and Immortal Body made the experiment possible.
• As the lightning Soul Power in his dantian grew unstable, Lu Chen decided to test the idea on the aperture in his left palm, which aligned with his newly acquired Lightning-Attribute External Soul Bone.
• Lu Chen’s first attempt burst his palm apart, startling Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but his hand rapidly regenerated.
• Lu Chen realized that he needed to guide and slowly enlarge the fragile aperture rather than force it open.
• Lu Chen kept working carefully as lightning repeatedly injured his palm and his Immortal Body healed it, while Three-Eyed Golden Lion stayed nearby to guard him.

Lu Chen successfully opened a lightning-based Thunder Aperture in his left palm and began condensing a Soul Core inside it. As the tiny core formed, his left-hand External Soul Bone suddenly trembled and began transforming.

• After five days of waiting, Three-Eyed Golden Lion complained that Lu Chen had forgotten his promised spicy rabbit head, then pounced on him when he woke.
• Lu Chen confirmed his left palm’s Thunder Aperture had stabilized, and Electrolux recognized it as a specialized aperture that could hold only lightning-attributed Soul Cores.
• Lu Chen began compressing lightning-attributed Soul Power into the Thunder Aperture to condense a Soul Core, startling Myriad Demon King and Di Tian.
• A tiny blue-violet Solid Soul Power vortex formed in Lu Chen’s palm and began absorbing lightning elements from the air.
• As the Soul Core began to form, Lu Chen’s left-hand External Soul Bone trembled violently and underwent a strange transformation.

Lu Chen condensed a lightning Soul Core in his palm, absorbed his External Soul Bone into the Thunder Aperture, and created a devastating lightning sphere. After witnessing his power, Di Tian and Myriad Demon King debated whether Lu Chen would keep helping the Soul Beasts, leaving Di Tian’s undisclosed plans a mystery.

• Lu Chen condensed a Soul Core in his Thunder Aperture, and his External Soul Bone merged with it while its lightning control replaced the fixed Soul Skill [Thunder Palm].
• Lu Chen formed a compressed lightning sphere, enlarged it, and blasted a hole through the clouds with an explosion powerful enough to rival a Titled Douluo’s ninth Soul Skill.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion feared the sphere, while Electrolux praised Lu Chen’s ability to create the Soul Skill using the Thunder Aperture.
• Myriad Demon King warned Di Tian that Lu Chen might leave now that Soul Spirits had served his purpose, but Di Tian believed Lu Chen’s ambitions would keep him researching them.
• Di Tian ordered Myriad Demon King to cooperate with Lu Chen’s Soul Spirit research and departed, leaving Myriad Demon King wondering about his undisclosed plan.

Lu Chen mastered his newly formed Thunder Aperture and planned to leave the Star Dou Forest to cultivate and pursue new goals. Before he departed, Tang Ya’s jealousy over his closeness with Three-Eyed Golden Lion sparked a confrontation that ended with the auspicious beast declaring she could enter the human world.

• Lu Chen shaped lightning into weapons and armor, then told Electrolux he would delay forming another Soul Core until they left the Star Dou Forest.
• Lu Chen decided to head for Sunset Forest to raise his Soul Power, then rescue Snow Empress and seek the Golden Behemoth in Dragon City.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion enjoyed Lu Chen’s spicy rabbit heads and curled up in his arms, prompting Xue Ling'er and Tang Ya to discuss their feelings for him.
• Tang Ya pushed Three-Eyed Golden Lion away from Lu Chen and argued that the spot was hers, while the auspicious beast insisted that Lu Chen belonged to her.
• Tang Ya reminded Three-Eyed Golden Lion that they would soon leave the Star Dou Forest, and Three-Eyed Golden Lion declared she could go to the human world as her brow mark shone with golden light.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion initiated Destiny Guidance with Lu Chen, declaring that she wanted to follow him to the human world. Di Tian attacked Luo Feng in anger, but Tang Ya intervened, and the group waited for the guidance to finish so they could learn why the Auspicious Beast had chosen Lu Chen.

• Tang Ya and the others prepared to defend themselves when Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached Lu Chen and touched his forehead with her third eye to begin Destiny Guidance.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Lu Chen she wanted to go with him and transform into his ideal appearance, while also hoping to enjoy his cooking.
• Di Tian arrived with Bi Ji and attacked Lu Chen, but Bi Ji warned him that interrupting the completed guidance could damage the Auspicious Beast’s origin.
• Luo Feng blocked Di Tian’s attack with his Godslaying Spear, but Di Tian shattered the spear tip and sent him flying; Tang Ya caught him with her vines and unleashed Dark Return to the Void.
• After Scarlet King explained that Three-Eyed Golden Lion had initiated the guidance herself, Di Tian halted his attack, and Bi Ji urged everyone to wait until it ended.

During Destiny Guidance, Lu Chen and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion shared memories, and Electrolux helped evolve Lu Chen’s Second Martial Soul into the Eye of Destiny. After the guidance ended, Lu Chen could see fate lines, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion caught him off guard with questions about the women in his memories.

• Lu Chen surrendered control of his Sea of Spirit to Electrolux as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion guided Fate Power into his Second Martial Soul.
• Lu Chen witnessed memories of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s birth and early life, including how a Brain-Eating Insect taught her to eat Soul Beast brains.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion saw Lu Chen’s memories, but a barrier of world rules blocked her from probing his past-life memories.
• With Electrolux’s help and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Fate Power, Lu Chen evolved his Second Martial Soul into the Eye of Destiny.
• Lu Chen used the Eye of Destiny to perceive fate lines around Scarlet King, including lines connected to Di Tian and Bi Ji, but found he could not alter them.
• After Destiny Guidance ended, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked Lu Chen why the women in his memories had prominent chests and wore so little clothing.

After forming a deep Fate Link with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Lu Chen insisted on leaving the Star Dou Forest despite Di Tian’s objections. Di Tian gave him a Reverse Scale, and Lu Chen prepared his companions for their departure the next day.

• Bi Ji warned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion about the risks of Destiny Guidance, but the Auspicious Beast defended her link with Lu Chen as a way to help the Soul Beast Clan.
• Di Tian urged Lu Chen to remain in the Star Dou Forest for the Auspicious Beast’s safety, but Lu Chen announced he would leave the next day and continue his Soul Spirit research.
• Di Tian accepted Lu Chen’s decision and embedded his Reverse Scale in Lu Chen’s chest; Electrolux warned that it could also let Di Tian surveil and control him.
• After Bi Ji took the Three-Eyed Golden Lion away, Tang Ya worried about the Reverse Scale, and Luo Feng revealed that Di Tian had struck him with a claw.
• Lu Chen encouraged Luo Feng’s ambition to challenge Di Tian and offered a dangerous method to remake his body, then reassured Xue Ling'er that he had prepared her sixth Soul Ring.

Lu Chen and his companions left the Star Dou Forest for Sunset Forest, stopping in Shrek City to rest and resupply. There, Lu Chen learned Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum could take human form and prepared to enter the city despite the risk of Shrek recognizing him.

• Lu Chen said goodbye to Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King, while Three-Eyed Golden Lion secretly planned to transform and find him again.
• Lu Chen led Tang Ya, Xue Ling'er, and Luo Feng toward Sunset Forest and told Thunderclap Hellvine he would soon help it evolve and take human form.
• Electrolux moved Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from Lu Chen's External Soul Bone into his Sea of Spirit, where she mistook the place for the God Realm before Lu Chen explained the truth.
• The group chose to rest and gather supplies in Shrek City, where Lu Chen assessed the city's defenses and resented Shrek Academy's power.
• Luo Feng gave Lu Chen a cloak to conceal his identity, but Lu Chen dismissed the precaution and headed into the city.

Lu Chen and his group explored Shrek City, where Body Sect Soul Tools had become commonplace, while a patrol recognized him and warned the authorities. Shi Xing panicked at Lu Chen’s arrival and rushed to keep watch as the group finished shopping and headed to a hotpot restaurant featuring their Integrated Hotpot Soul Tool.

• Lu Chen, Tang Ya, Xue Ling'er, and Luo Feng entered Shrek City and saw Soul Tools everywhere, many bearing the Body Sect emblem.
• Tang Ya bought fried chicken drumsticks, and a patrol soldier recognized Lu Chen as the man who had killed Dean Yan.
• Shi Xing learned Lu Chen was in the city, ordered his subordinate to alert the Sea God Pavilion but not Xuan Zi, and went to personally watch Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen's group shopped for supplies and clothes, with Tang Ya and Xue Ling'er each clinging to his arm while Luo Feng felt left out.
• The group found Shrek's Number One Hotpot and recognized its cookware as the Integrated Hotpot Soul Tool they had developed.

Lu Chen learned that the recent Soul Beast tribulation had stirred rumors about Sunset Forest and the North Sea, and planned to hide future tribulations in Electrolux's Undead Demiplane. At his shop, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong arrived, and Wang Dong's glance at Lu Chen coincided with an unexplained reaction from Tang San and Xiao Wu in the God Realm.

• Customers at the shop discussed the dangerous Jade Phosphor Poison Barrier and the treasures drawing adventurers to the North Sea.
• Lu Chen worried that future Lightning Tribulations could expose the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes, and Electrolux offered the Undead Demiplane as a way to conceal them.
• Lu Chen decided to cultivate in the Undead Plane and use North Sea exploration to divert attention.
• He Caitou, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xu Sanshi, and Xu Sanshi's companion entered the shop, and Xu Sanshi chose to stay after spotting Xue Ling'er and Tang Ya.
• Huo Yuhao recognized Lu Chen and panicked, while Wang Dong looked at Lu Chen and felt an inexplicable sensation.
• In the God Realm, Tang San and Xiao Wu both reacted to the same unexplained feeling.

Tang San detected pure auspicious-beast fate around Lu Chen and secretly sent a soul imprint to the lower realm, while the God of Destruction discovered Tang Wutong’s presence and grew suspicious of Tang San’s plans. At the hotpot restaurant, Wang Dong felt an unexplained familiarity with Lu Chen, and Huo Yuhao was reminded of his fear of him.

• Tang San sensed the Emperor Auspicious Beast’s Fate Power around Lu Chen and decided to investigate, but Xiao Wu persuaded him to wait until the next day.
• Tang San secretly sent a blue-violet soul imprint to the lower realm while embracing Xiao Wu.
• Electrolux warned Lu Chen that Tang San’s Divine Thought had entered Wang Dong’s Sea of Spirit, and Lu Chen realized Tang San might have noticed him.
• The God of Destruction recognized Xiao Qi as Tang Wutong, suspected Tang San was using her to influence Huo Yuhao, and watched as Tang San’s Divine Sense entered Wang Dong.
• Wang Dong felt an unfamiliar pull toward Lu Chen, while Tang Ya greeted Huo Yuhao and he recalled Lu Chen breaking and then restoring his limbs.

Xu Sanshi’s attempt to charm Tang Ya and Xue Ling’er turned into a confrontation when Lily threatened Lu Chen. Shi Xing intervened at Lu Chen’s demand, and the chapter ended with the city lord promising stricter enforcement of order in Shrek City.

• Xu Sanshi bragged about the Dark Tortoise Sect and offered to pay for Tang Ya and Xue Ling’er’s meal, but Tang Ya mocked his claim of power.
• Lily exposed Tang Ya’s mockery, then became enraged at Luo Feng’s insults and summoned her four Soul Rings to threaten Lu Chen.
• Lu Chen called on Shi Xing to stop fighting in the city, and Shi Xing appeared and bowed to him as Young Sect Master Lu.
• He Caitou identified Lu Chen as the Body Sect’s young sect master, while Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that Lu Chen had defeated Scarlet King.
• Lu Chen reminded Shi Xing that the Body Sect received seventy percent of Shrek City’s profits and demanded order, and Shi Xing promised to increase patrols and punish violations.

Lu Chen killed Xu Sanshi and Lily after Lily harassed his woman, while Shrek’s leaders held back rather than confront him. He then maneuvered Wang Dong into accepting Tang Ya’s manuals and becoming the new Tang Sect Master, settling a karmic bond he had been watching.

• Lu Chen killed Xu Sanshi with a spiritual strike and burned Lily to death with lightning after she called for Xu Sanshi’s help.
• Song Yunzhi and Xian Lin'er watched from nearby and chose not to intervene, fearing a direct conflict with the Body Sect while Xuan Zi was in seclusion.
• Lu Chen ordered Shi Xing to clean the restaurant floor, and Shi Xing obeyed before leaving in humiliation.
• Lu Chen urged Tang Ya to recruit Wang Dong as the Tang Sect’s successor, and Wang Dong accepted the sect’s manuals after learning of her connection to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Ya withdrew from the Tang Sect and named Wang Dong its new master as a Fate Thread snapped and a new Fate Line connected to Wang Dong.

Lu Chen explained that Wang Dong was the disguised princess of the Clear Sky Sect and a suitable heir to the Tang Sect, then spent the evening with Tang Ya, who confessed her feelings and kissed him. Bound by a secret art that required him to remain a virgin, Lu Chen rushed the group toward Sunset Forest the next morning, where many powerful Soul Masters had gathered at the Jade Phosphor Poison Formation.

• Lu Chen told Tang Ya, Luo Feng, and Xue Ling'er that Wang Dong was the Clear Sky Sect's little princess and should inherit the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya and Xue Ling'er went shopping while Lu Chen and Luo Feng explored Shrek City, then all four rested at a luxurious hotel.
• Tang Ya confessed that she liked Lu Chen, and he kissed her before refusing to let her stay because his cultivation secret art required him to remain a virgin.
• Lu Chen hurried the sleepy group out of Shrek City at dawn and snapped at Luo Feng when he asked about breakfast.
• Lu Chen sensed more than a hundred Soul Masters, including Titled powerhouses, gathered near the Jade Phosphor Poison Formation and led the group toward its center.

Lu Chen returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes with Luo Feng, Tang Ya, and Xue Ling'er, and suppressed Infernal Delicate Apricot when she tried to turn the Immortal Herbs against him. Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum then appeared in human form and revealed that her soul and consciousness had survived as Lu Chen’s Wisdom Soul Ring.

• Lu Chen led Luo Feng, Tang Ya, and Xue Ling'er through the Jade Phosphor Poison Formation into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes.
• The Immortal Herbs sensed Lu Chen’s stronger aura, and he praised Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone for advancing her cultivation while telling her to keep cultivating.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot accused Lu Chen of deceiving the Immortal Herbs and warned Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone against trusting him.
• Lu Chen forced Infernal Delicate Apricot into the soil with his aura and threatened her into silence.
• Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum appeared beside Lu Chen and explained that she had retained her soul as his Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum defended her choice and rebuked Infernal Delicate Apricot, who screamed at her to shut up.

Lu Chen used the Thunderclap Hellvine to severely injure Infernal Delicate Apricot, then explained Soul Spirits to the Immortal Herbs to persuade them to leave the valley. Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew eagerly offered to become his Second Martial Soul, but Lu Chen revealed he already had one, leaving it shocked.

• Infernal Delicate Apricot attacked Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Lu Chen summoned a sea of lightning through the Thunderclap Hellvine to scorch A'Jiao and damage its origin.
• Lu Chen learned that the Thunderclap Hellvine had gained the Ten Thousand Thunders Soul Skill, which Daju had taught it.
• Daju explained Soul Spirits and a method for high-age Soul Beasts to preserve their consciousness by taking over a younger Soul Spirit of the same kind.
• The Immortal Herbs grew envious of the freedom and continued growth Soul Spirits could offer, while Aromatic Silk Beauty recognized that Lu Chen wanted Soul Spirits for Tang Ya and Xue Ling'er.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew agreed to become Lu Chen's Second Martial Soul, but Lu Chen told it that his Second Martial Soul had already taken shape.

Lu Chen arranged for Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to become Xue Ling'er’s Lifebound Soul Spirit and the Nether Abyss Water Thorn Vine to become Tang Ya’s. With Electrolux’s help, he opened the Gate of the Dead to the Undead Demiplane and stepped inside.

• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew pleaded to become Lu Chen’s Soul Spirit, but he directed it to Xue Ling'er, whose spiritual power surged to the Titled Douluo realm of Form and Formlessness.
• Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew agreed to become Xue Ling'er's Lifebound Soul Spirit after witnessing her power, while the Ice Crystal Immortal Herb also expressed interest.
• The Nether Abyss Water Thorn Vine volunteered to become Tang Ya’s Lifebound Soul Spirit, and Lu Chen promised to find suitable partners for the other Immortal Herbs.
• Lu Chen asked Electrolux to open the Undead Plane, and Electrolux took control of his body as his aura shifted to one of death and divine power.
• Electrolux opened the massive Gate of the Dead, then explained that maintaining it consumed Lu Chen’s Soul Power.
• Lu Chen regained control, invited the others to see what lay beyond the gate, and entered the gray vortex first.

Lu Chen brought Luo Feng, Tang Ya, and Xue Ling'er into the Undead World, where he killed a Bone Dragon with a lightning attack. He then brought the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew into the plane, triggering its Lightning Tribulation, which he planned to use to temper his body.

• Lu Chen and the others entered the Undead World and learned about its boundaries, undead inhabitants, and hostile environment.
• A Bone Dragon flew toward the group, and Lu Chen explained that their Soul Power and light abilities were weakened in the plane.
• Lu Chen used a massive lightning Rasengan to destroy the Bone Dragon.
• Lu Chen returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eyes and brought the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew into the Undead World.
• The Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew began to undergo a Lightning Tribulation, and Lu Chen told it he intended to use the tribulation to temper his body.

Lu Chen used a Hundred-Thousand-Year Lightning Tribulation to temper his body while Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew drew the lightning and Thunderclap Hellvine absorbed its power. Luo Feng joined him to cultivate amid the aftershocks as Xue Ling'er and Tang Ya watched, with Tang Ya blushing over Lu Chen’s explanation of his cultivation technique.

• Lu Chen told Luo Feng to withstand the Lightning Tribulation’s aftershocks to temper his body, and Luo Feng reluctantly agreed.
• A lightning bolt struck Lu Chen’s raised palm; the Thunderclap Hellvine absorbed part of its power while Lu Chen used the rest to temper and regenerate his kidneys.
• Lu Chen urged Luo Feng to drop his defenses and circulate the Whirlwind Meditation Method, and Luo Feng began cultivating as his seventh Soul Ring’s age rose.
• Lu Chen focused on comprehending the Intent of Destruction as the third Lightning Tribulation gathered, while Xue Ling'er and Tang Ya watched from a distant hillside.
• Xue Ling'er teased Tang Ya about Lu Chen’s message, and Tang Ya blushed and insisted they prepare to absorb the Soul Spirit.