Chapter Summaries

After receiving powerful rewards from his new system, Ye Chen found himself exposed on a sky screen broadcast across three eras of the Douluo Continent. The broadcast’s live chat turned into an argument over his martial souls and Yu Xiaogang’s expertise.

• Ye Chen gained twin martial souls, thirty ranks of innate soul power, a guardian, Dragon King-era technologies, and the Creator God's Inheritance after selecting five system rewards.
• The system shielded Tang San’s perception of the Douluo Plane and gave Ye Chen a special reward.
• A gigantic sky screen appeared across the Spirit Hall and Dragon King eras, showing Ye Chen as a live broadcast and providing viewers with a chat panel.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Ye Chen to make the Three-Eyed Golden Lion a support martial soul and the Heavenly Snow Woman a control martial soul, while Yun Ming challenged his advice.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he had compiled the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Xu Xiaoyan called the book a disgrace to the soul master world.

Ye Chen found Bibi Dong had become his protector after a spiritual clash erupted in Star Dou Forest, where the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s fate remained unclear. Bibi Dong learned that Spirit Hall had been destroyed by Tang San ten thousand years earlier, while Qian Renxue took over as Pope in Bibi Dong’s absence.

• Ye Chen entered Star Dou Forest as white and gray spiritual forces clashed, and Bibi Dong appeared to shield him from their impact.
• Bibi Dong explained that she had been assigned as Ye Chen’s protector and hoped to change the fates of herself and Qian Renxue.
• Outside the Sky Screen, Qian Daoliu named Qian Renxue Spirit Hall’s new Pope after the elders discovered Bibi Dong had vanished.
• Ye Chen told Bibi Dong that ten thousand years had passed and that Tang San had personally destroyed Spirit Hall after becoming the Sea God.
• Yu Xiaogang celebrated Spirit Hall’s destruction, while Qian Renxue defended its aid to commoners and Tang Wulin reacted to learning about its long-running support.

Ye Chen encountered the Emperor Auspicious Beast in Star Dou Forest, and their contact awakened Fate Power and changed his Soul Ring configuration. As people across different eras debated the impossible rings, Qian Gu Dieting flew into the air to confront Yu Xiaogang.

• Qiangu Dongfeng ordered an investigation into how commoners awakened Martial Souls after Spirit Hall fell, while Bibi Dong learned about the later empires and Xue Ye reacted angrily to Heaven Dou's division.
• Bibi Dong sensed Scarlet King approaching with the Emperor Auspicious Beast, and Scarlet King attacked after the Auspicious Beast asked Ye Chen why he possessed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion Martial Soul.
• Ye Chen approached the Auspicious Beast, touched her Eye of Fate, and absorbed memories and Fate Power, causing his Martial Soul to manifest with two purple Soul Rings and one black Soul Ring.
• Di Tian and Scarlet King were baffled by the scene, while Yu Xiaogang declared Ye Chen's Soul Ring configuration impossible and Tang Wulin and Qian Gu Dieting challenged his claims.
• Qian Gu Dieting grew furious at Yu Xiaogang, shot into the air, and revealed nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.

Ye Chen rejected Tang Ya’s invitation to join the Tang Sect and told Bibi Dong that the sect and its four affiliated clans had nearly vanished ten thousand years later. Outside the Sky Screen, the affiliated clans abandoned Tang San, leaving the newly established Tang Sect weakened as Tang San insisted its decline was impossible.

• Bibi Dong subdued Scarlet King, then agreed to become Ye Chen’s teacher and reside in his Sea of Spirit.
• Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao arrived, and Tang Ya invited Ye Chen to join the Tang Sect after seeing his Soul Rings, but he refused and left.
• Ye Chen told Bibi Dong that Tang Ya was the Tang Sect’s current Sect Master and that the sect was barely surviving.
• When Ye Chen said the four affiliated clans had probably ceased to exist, Niu Gao and Yang Wudi left the Tang Sect, and Bai He departed with the Speed Clan.
• Tang San lost the support of three affiliated clans and claimed in the chat that the Tang Sect could not decline while it possessed hidden weapons.

Ye Chen brought Bibi Dong to Shrek City, where she learned that Shrek Academy had been built on the site of Spirit Hall. After Ye Chen criticized the academy’s treatment of applicants and Yu Xiaogang’s famous theory, the chat mocked Yu Xiaogang for remaining at level 29 past age fifty.

• Xu Xiaoyan and other Soul Masters mocked Tang San’s plans to revive the use of hidden weapons, and Tang San vowed to make the Tang Sect’s weapons famous.
• Ye Chen told Bibi Dong that Shrek City and Shrek Academy stood where Spirit City and Spirit Hall had once been, enraging Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue.
• Ye Chen bought Bibi Dong casual clothes, then enrolled at Shrek Academy while Bibi Dong questioned its refusal to refund an over-age applicant’s registration fee.
• Ye Chen criticized Shrek’s claim to cultivate monsters and dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s theory that there were no useless martial souls, only useless Soul Masters.
• Ye Chen cited Ji Juechen and En Ci as examples of people who overcame weak martial souls, while the chat’s participants ridiculed Yu Xiaogang for being stuck at level 29 past fifty.

Ye Chen met Wang Dong, his new roommate, and challenged her after she tried to impose rules on him. Tang San discovered he could no longer observe or contact anyone on the Douluo Plane, while Ye Chen and Wang Dong began a fight that ended with Ye Chen revealing his powerful martial soul and Soul Rings.

• Ye Chen arrived at Dormitory 108 and met Wang Dong, who laid down rules and challenged him to fight.
• Tang San failed to observe the Douluo Plane through the Divine Realm Core, contact Tang Wutong, Da Ming, Er Ming, or the Golden Tree, and was injured when his divine sense was repelled.
• Ye Chen followed Wang Dong outside to test the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's soul skills, while Mu En watched from the dormitory entrance.
• Wang Dong revealed her butterfly martial soul and two Soul Rings, and the Sky Screen chat saw Yu Xiaogang argue with others about Soul Ring theory.
• Ye Chen summoned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and revealed two purple Soul Rings and one black Soul Ring, startling Wang Dong and Mu En.
• Wang Dong attacked with Butterfly God's Light, and Ye Chen announced that he possessed Ultimate Light.

Ye Chen overwhelmed Wang Dong with his Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s fire-and-light soul skill while Soul Masters outside the Sky Screen argued with Yu Xiaogang over attributes and combat roles. Ye Chen appeared behind Wang Dong and asked if she still wanted to fight, leaving her facing his threat at close range.

• Ye Chen used Radiant Burning Heaven to suppress Wang Dong’s Butterfly God’s Light, while Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claims about martial soul attributes.
• Cai Yue'er and Yun Ming disputed Yu Xiaogang’s belief that control-type Soul Masters were superior, and Yu Xiaogang fell silent after Yun Ming challenged his reasoning.
• Yu Xiaogang argued that Soul Rings should compensate for weaknesses or strengthen a Soul Master’s specialty, while Wu Zhangkong criticized his advice as too one-sided.
• Wang Dong refused to concede, and Ye Chen appeared behind her with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s phantom before asking if she still wanted to fight.

After humiliating Wang Dong, Ye Chen settled into Shrek Academy and began classes alongside her and Huo Yuhao. Zhou Yi’s harsh warning to the freshmen sparked outrage among viewers in the Dragon King Era, forcing Shrek Academy to issue a clarification.

• Wang Dong conceded defeat, and Ye Chen told Bibi Dong he had only meant to scare her before she teased him about his luck with women and Hu Liena.
• Wang Dong and Ye Chen remained estranged for several days, then headed to freshman Class One when classes began.
• Huo Yuhao arrived in class, drawing the attention of people watching from the Spirit Pagoda and Dragon King Era, while Yu Xiaogang and Yun Ming debated Ye Chen’s strength.
• Zhou Yi introduced herself as Class One’s head teacher and warned that she would expel students who failed her assessments.
• Viewers from the Dragon King Era protested Zhou Yi’s policy, and Shrek Academy issued a statement asking the public to wait for the full story.

Zhou Yi’s harsh punishment for students who had never fought reignited outrage against Shrek Academy across both the Sky Screen and the Dragon King Era. As Zhou Yi threatened to expel the class, an unidentified student challenged her authority, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Zhou Yi ordered everyone except Ye Chen and Wang Dong to run one hundred laps or face expulsion, prompting the Dragon King Era’s federal chairman to condemn Shrek’s tradition of provoking fights.
• Public complaints about Shrek students’ attacks spread, and Qiangu Dongfeng ordered a subordinate to manufacture protesters and stage a demonstration outside Shrek Academy.
• Flender defended Zhou Yi’s words in the Sky Screen chat, leading Yun Ming to order an investigation and demand that the sender be expelled from Shrek.
• Huo Yuhao feared expulsion and quietly developed hatred as Zhou Yi threatened the class and imposed a one-shichen deadline for completing the laps.
• An unidentified student challenged Zhou Yi, saying Shrek had not given her authority to expel students and that she was not qualified to do so.

Ye Chen revealed his powerful Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial soul and led his classmates in rebelling against Zhou Yi, whose attempt to stop the riot brought her under attack. The clash was still unfolding when Ye Chen activated his ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.

• Ye Chen refused to accept Zhou Yi's threat of expulsion and released his Three-Eyed Golden Lion martial soul, revealing himself as a Soul Elder with two thousand-year Soul Rings and one ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Ye Chen urged his classmates to demand a new homeroom teacher, and Wang Dong and a petite girl with a bronze cauldron martial soul joined him.
• Most of the students took Ye Chen's side, while Huo Yuhao stayed apart, and observers questioned Shrek Academy's reputation.
• Zhou Yi charged at Ye Chen, but the petite girl's cauldron forced her to block it as Wang Dong attacked with Wing Guillotine.
• Zhou Yi claimed she had anticipated Wang Dong's attack, and Ye Chen's black Soul Ring lit up.

Ye Chen and his classmates fought back against Zhou Yi, and Yan Shaozhe arrived to investigate while recognizing the value of Ye Chen’s Three-Eyed Golden Lion Martial Soul. Huo Yuhao’s account turned the students against him, and Yan Shaozhe temporarily replaced Zhou Yi with Du Weilun before Bibi Dong asked Ye Chen why he disliked Yan Shaozhe.

• Ye Chen used Fate’s Lament to weaken Zhou Yi’s defenses, allowing Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong to injure her.
• Du Weilun arrived, heard Ye Chen explain the students’ side, and contacted Yan Shaozhe after noticing Ye Chen’s unusual Soul Rings and spiritual attribute.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, learned that Ye Chen’s Martial Soul was the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and heard the students’ accounts of the fight.
• Huo Yuhao contradicted the students and said Ye Chen had provoked Zhou Yi, drawing their hostility and sparking backlash against him beyond the Sky Screen.
• Wang Dong denied Huo Yuhao’s account, and Yan Shaozhe took Zhou Yi away for treatment while assigning Du Weilun to replace her temporarily.
• Ye Chen returned to his dormitory, where Bibi Dong asked why he seemed dissatisfied with Yan Shaozhe.

Ye Chen revealed how Tang San’s destruction of Slaughter City allowed the Evil Soul Masters to escape and explained Yan Shaozhe’s ancestry and Tang Ya’s future fall into the Holy Spirit Cult. The Federation Chairman feared that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had deep ties to the cult and ordered an investigation into Tang Ya’s legacy.

• Ye Chen told Bibi Dong that Yan Shaozhe descended from two Rank 99 Holy Spirit Cult leaders, though he had inherited only their Light Phoenix martial soul and knew nothing of his origins.
• Ye Chen revealed that Tang San destroyed Slaughter City by throwing the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss into its Yellow Springs Blood Pool, allowing the imprisoned Evil Soul Masters to escape.
• Tang San defended destroying Slaughter City in the Sky Screen comments, while Xu Xiaoyan challenged his claim that the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy could handle the escaped Evil Soul Masters.
• Ye Chen said Tang Ya would become an Evil Soul Master and the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Maiden, later reaching eight rings before Huo Yuhao rescued her without punishment.
• The Federation Chairman ordered an investigation into who became Tang Sect Master after Huo Yuhao ascended and feared Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect were entangled with the Holy Spirit Cult.

Qiangu Dongfeng planned to exploit public anger against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, while Ye Chen and Huo Yuhao’s rivalry deepened at Shrek. Zhou Yi returned to teach Class One and challenged the traditional Soul Master theory Yu Xiaogang believed Shrek still followed.

• Qiangu Dongfeng decided to fuel public opinion against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, while Huo Yuhao blamed Ye Chen for his classmates’ hostility and vowed to defeat him.
• Ye Chen returned to the dormitory and told Wang Dong that he had not revealed all his strength when they fought.
• Du Weilun replaced Zhou Yi as Class One’s homeroom teacher, appointed Ye Chen temporary class monitor, and then brought Zhou Yi back to teach.
• Zhou Yi dismissed the students’ concerns about her return and began a lesson on Soul Master attack and defense.
• Wang Dong answered Zhou Yi’s question using traditional classifications, and Zhou Yi called her answer idiotic, shocking Yu Xiaogang watching the Sky Screen.

Zhou Yi taught that Soul Tools had blurred the line between offense and defense, prompting Ye Chen to challenge her assumptions by describing gear that could comprehensively enhance a Soul Master's combat strength. The class ended with Zhou Yi taking Huo Yuhao to test Soul Tools, while Ye Chen promised Bibi Dong he would eventually forge equipment powerful enough to let her face three Limit Douluo.

• Zhou Yi explained how Soul Tools could let even a food-type Soul Master wield formidable attack power, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San questioned their superiority to Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and hidden weapons.
• Zhou Yi argued that Soul Tools offered short-term benefits but became less advantageous above Level 50, and Yu Xiaogang mistakenly took her claim as support for his own theory.
• Ye Chen asked whether a Soul Tool could comprehensively enhance combat strength, but Zhou Yi dismissed the idea as impossible, and Ye Chen said he would forge Battle Armor and Mechas in the future.
• Zhou Yi discussed upcoming training plans, dismissed the class, and stopped Huo Yuhao to take him for a Soul Tool test.
• Bibi Dong asked Ye Chen whether Soul Tools could improve a Soul Master's strength, and he promised to forge equipment that would let her withstand three Limit Douluo.

Ye Chen borrowed Wang Dong’s savings and wagered all 50,000 Gold Soul Coins on Bei Bei defeating Xu Sanshi. Bei Bei won, leaving Ye Chen and Wang Dong to collect their winnings.

• Ye Chen borrowed 50,000 Gold Soul Coins from Wang Dong and took her to the Shrek Soul Arena.
• Ye Chen bet all the money on Bei Bei to win against Xu Sanshi, despite Wang Dong’s alarm.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Bei Bei’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and claimed it was the strongest beast martial soul.
• En Ci and Long Yeyue disputed Yu Xiaogang’s claim, and the Sky Screen muted him after he sent another message.
• Xu Sanshi faltered when the Dragon Whisker Needle affected him, allowing Bei Bei to defeat him.
• Wang Dong relaxed after Bei Bei won, and Ye Chen offered to take her to collect the winnings.

Ye Chen explained that Ma Xiaotao’s uncontrolled Evil Fire Phoenix would eventually lead her to become a saintess of the Holy Spirit Cult and the Master of the Sea God Pavilion. The revelation enraged observers across eras, while the Sun-Moon Federation Chairman began planning to undermine Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.

• Ye Chen and Wang Dong encountered Huo Yuhao, then were caught in Ma Xiaotao’s rampaging evil fire as she arrived with six Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao’s latent ice martial soul awakened under the heat, spreading Ultimate Ice and triggering Ma Xiaotao’s fire phoenix transformation.
• Ye Chen told Bibi Dong that Ma Xiaotao would join the Holy Spirit Cult, become its saintess, and later lead the Sea God Pavilion.
• The revelation angered Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and the Federation Chairman, while the Holy Spirit Cult’s Nether Emperor and Ghost Emperor celebrated the connection between their organizations and Shrek.
• The Federation Chairman ordered an investigation into Ma Xiaotao and planned to erode support for Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect before calling Chen Xinjie.

Online rumors accused Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect of secretly protecting the Holy Spirit Cult, while Chen Xinjie suspected the Federation might act against Shrek. In the Sky Screen, Ye Chen was assigned to a Freshman Assessment team with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, leaving Yun Ming eager to see Huo Yuhao’s strength at the same age.

• Federation forums spread a conspiracy theory that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect were allowing the Holy Spirit Cult to grow to keep the Federation from unifying the continent.
• Chen Xinjie rejected the rumors to the Federation Chairman, then worried that the Federation might move against Shrek Academy and considered warning Long Yeyue.
• Ye Chen left with Wang Dong as Huo Yuhao suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, and three months later Du Weilun explained the Freshman Assessment rules and assigned team roles.
• Du Weilun grouped Ye Chen, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao together, with Wang Dong taking the team’s assault role.
• Wang Dong worried Ye Chen would leave her team, while Bibi Dong teased him and Xiao Xiao suspected that Ye Chen and Wang Dong had a special relationship.
• Yun Ming looked forward to seeing how powerful Huo Yuhao had been at their age.

Ye Chen’s team advanced through the Freshman Assessment and faced Ning Tian’s team for a place in the top sixteen. Ning Tian revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, prompting Yu Xiaogang to insult the Wish Angel Martial Soul and anger Soul Masters from the Dragon King Era.

• Wang Dong wondered why Ye Chen remained by her side, while Huo Yuhao sold grilled fish and blamed Ye Chen for his classmates’ rejection of him.
• Ye Chen, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao won their early matches and advanced to the top thirty-two, while Huo Yuhao reached the top sixty-four before losing.
• Ye Chen recognized Ning Tian and Wu Feng as opponents and provoked Wu Feng by offering to fight without using his Martial Soul.
• Both teams announced their members and Soul Master levels, and the match began with Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong charging at Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er.
• Ning Tian activated her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Yu Xiaogang claimed it surpassed every support Martial Soul, including the Wish Angel, drawing furious responses from the Dragon King Era Soul Masters.

Ye Chen’s team defeated Ning Tian’s team after his Fate’s Lament disabled their fighters and Wang Dong knocked them from the arena. After the match, Ye Chen told Bibi Dong that Ning Tian was the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s young sect master and speculated that the sect had declined after Ning Rongrong ascended.

• Ning Tian used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to support her teammates, while Ye Chen marked the opposing team with his Ten Thousand Year soul skill, Fate’s Lament.
• Wu Feng’s Dispel failed to remove Ye Chen’s fate skill, and Wang Dong defeated her with Wing Guillotine.
• Nanmen Yun’er lost control of her movement and was knocked unconscious by Xiao Xiao’s Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron.
• Ye Chen’s team defeated Ning Tian, the last fighter on her side, and Yu Xiaogang was mocked in the chat for his advice about countering support Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong asked about Ning Tian’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ye Chen explained her connection to the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and speculated about its later decline.

Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong learned of the deaths of Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo and blamed Tang San, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng recovered from their defeat. At the next Freshman Assessment, Ye Chen identified the visiting Xuan Zi as a Holy Spirit Cult supreme elder, then explained that the title was only a nickname earned through his failures to protect the Shrek Inspection Corps.

• Ning Fengzhi grew furious after learning that Ning Rongrong had left the sect, Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had died, and Tang San had refused to resurrect Sword Douluo.
• Wu Feng apologized to Ning Tian for their loss, but Ning Tian reassured her and told her not to use the sect's power or call her Young Mistress at school.
• Xuan Zi appeared at the Freshman Assessment stands, and Ye Chen identified him as the Holy Spirit Cult's supreme elder, Taotie Douluo.
• People watching the Sky Screen accused Shrek Academy of having ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, prompting Long Yeyue to confront Yun Ming over the Federation's reaction.
• Ye Chen clarified that Xuan Zi's supreme elder title was a nickname, given because he had repeatedly let Evil Soul Masters kill the Shrek Inspection Corps before intervening.