Chapter Summaries

After Tang Ya won a swimming competition against Jiang Nannan, Ye Chen comforted them and revealed the gifts he had prepared. He gave them precious Immortal Herbs and told them how to consume the herbs before their potency faded.

• Tang Ya finished one thousand laps ahead of Jiang Nannan, and both girls rested while Ye Chen massaged their shoulders.
• Tang Ya claimed her prize, but Ye Chen reassured Jiang Nannan that he was joking about punishing her and had gifts for both of them.
• Ye Chen led Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan to the cultivation room and presented Tang Ya with the Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid and Jiang Nannan with the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone.
• Ye Chen explained that the herbs were precious treasures that could improve their cultivation aptitude, then urged the girls to consume them before their medicinal potency dissipated.

After Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan consumed Immortal Herbs, both reached Level 48, and they celebrated with Ye Chen in the cultivation room. The scene ended as Jiang Nannan moved closer to help Tang Ya, before an author’s note said that about a thousand words had been removed due to censorship.

• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan absorbed the Immortal Herbs while Ye Chen sealed the cultivation room with a Spiritual Power barrier.
• After two hours, Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan stabilized at Level 48, and both celebrated their new strength.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan rushed to embrace Ye Chen and express their gratitude and affection.
• Tang Ya playfully pushed Ye Chen to the floor and kissed him, then urged Jiang Nannan to join them.
• Jiang Nannan blushed, looked at Ye Chen, and slowly moved closer with her hand extended.

Ye Chen reassured the jealous Ice Empress and brought her to meet Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Ye Yunxi as his soul spirit. The three women were surprised by the unfamiliar concept, and Ye Chen began explaining what a soul spirit was.

• Ye Yunxi saw Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya run naked from the cultivation room and accepted that they were close to Ye Chen.
• Ice Empress confronted Ye Chen for hiding Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan from her, and he promised to introduce her to them and stop locking her away.
• Ye Chen spent the day with Ice Empress, then brought her home to meet Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Ye Yunxi.
• Ye Chen introduced Ice Empress as his soul spirit, and the three women asked what a soul spirit was.
• Ye Chen described Ice Empress as an intelligent Soul Ring with self-awareness, a personality, and a body.

Ye Chen introduced the Ice Empress as his soul spirit, and she gradually became comfortable living with him and the others. On the third night, the shy Ice Empress came to sleep in Ye Chen’s room, where he held and gently comforted her.

• Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Ye Yunxi crowded around the Ice Empress after learning that Ye Chen’s Soul Ring had become a spirit.
• Ye Chen led the embarrassed Ice Empress away, and Ye Yunxi, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan welcomed her into their household.
• Over the next two days, the Ice Empress grew familiar with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan, and Ye Chen arranged a room for her.
• On the third night, Ye Chen returned to his room alone, but the Ice Empress arrived in her nightgown and asked to keep him company.
• Ye Chen drew the Ice Empress into his embrace, then stopped when she asked him not to fool around and gently stroked her back instead.

Ye Chen kissed Ice Empress, who gradually responded and began to recognize her feelings for him. After teasing him in embarrassment, she fell asleep beside him.

• Ye Chen gently kissed Ice Empress, and she grew more relaxed as the kiss deepened.
• Ice Empress felt overwhelmed by the unfamiliar sensations and began to suspect that she liked Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen stopped and asked Ice Empress how she had felt.
• Ice Empress denied enjoying the kiss, then blurted out that she wanted more when Ye Chen teased her.
• Ice Empress hid beneath the blankets, playfully bit Ye Chen, and fell asleep beside him.

Ye Chen returned to the Tang Sect and sought Ning Tian to propose using his Soul Tool technology and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s business network to expand the Tang Sect. The chapter left them discussing a potential partnership, while Ning Tian was still flustered by Ye Chen’s suggestion that they meet their families and settle their engagement.

• Ye Chen returned to the Tang Sect and planned to expand it by producing affordable, consumable low-grade Soul Tools with an assembly-line factory.
• Ye Chen had Ning Tian invited to the Seven Treasures Hotel, where she ran to him and embraced him before they kissed.
• Ye Chen called Ning Tian his fiancée and suggested they meet each other’s families soon, leaving her delighted but nervous.
• Ye Chen explained that the Tang Sect needed more people and resources, then proposed partnering with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to produce and sell practical Soul Tools.
• Ning Tian showed interest and asked Ye Chen what kinds of low-grade Soul Tools he intended to make.

Ye Chen proposed a Tang Sect business partnership to Ning Tian and gave her the Aromatic Silk Beauty to evolve her Martial Soul. Ning Tian began absorbing the herb’s essence, leaving her focused on refining its immense energy.

• Ye Chen proposed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect produce and sell Tang Sect inventions using his blueprints and designs.
• Ning Tian agreed to discuss the partnership with her father and was excited by its benefits for both sects.
• Ye Chen presented Ning Tian with the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which could evolve her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Tian drew in the flower’s essence, and Ye Chen told her to circulate her Soul Power as its energy surged through her body.
• Ning Tian sat cross-legged and began guiding and refining the herb’s energy through her body.

Ye Chen gave Ning Tian an Aromatic Silk Beauty, which evolved her Martial Soul into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and raised her cultivation to level 39. Ning Tian thanked him and, with Wu Feng away, became intimate with Ye Chen.

• Ye Chen asked Ning Tian to release her Martial Soul as the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s effects transformed it into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Tian’s cultivation surged to level 39 as the herb continued nourishing her body.
• Ye Chen pointed out the pagoda’s nine layers, and Ning Tian realized her Martial Soul had evolved.
• Ye Chen explained that he had found the Aromatic Silk Beauty by following an ancient text about Ning Rongrong, and Ning Tian tearfully thanked him.
• Ning Tian pressed Ye Chen onto the bed, and they kissed and became intimate while Wu Feng was away.

After Ning Tian and Ye Chen became lovers, he helped her reach level 40 and took her into the Star Dou Great Forest to find her fourth Soul Ring. Ning Tian hoped for a defense-type ring, while Ye Chen urged her to absorb one with an age of at least eight thousand years.

• Ning Tian confessed that she had deliberately taken the chance to deepen her relationship with Ye Chen, and the two spent the next few days together.
• Ye Chen raised Ning Tian's cultivation to level 40 and planned to help her obtain a fourth Soul Ring before accompanying her home.
• Ye Chen left Wu Feng alone, intending to later use a portion of the Fire Dragon Soul and Blazing Gel to test whether her martial soul could evolve.
• Ye Chen brought Ning Tian into the Star Dou Great Forest and asked what kind of fourth Soul Ring she wanted.
• Ning Tian chose a defense-type Soul Ring of about five thousand years, but Ye Chen recommended at least eight thousand years, citing the Aromatic Silk Beauty's effect on her physique.

Ye Chen and Ning Tian found a suitable Diamond Fire Ant for Ning Tian’s fourth Soul Ring, and Ye Chen began fighting it while she supported him. He unleashed Ice Thorn Dragon Prison, with the ice spikes striking as the battle continued.

• Ning Tian guided Ye Chen to an area where Iron Arm Apes and Diamond Fire Ants were active.
• Ye Chen sensed an approximately eight-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Diamond Fire Ant and identified it as a suitable target for Ning Tian’s fourth Soul Ring.
• Ning Tian used her first two Soul Skills to boost Ye Chen’s strength and speed, but her Soul Power drained so quickly that she could sustain the buffs for only three seconds.
• The Diamond Fire Ant charged at Ye Chen, who stood his ground and released Ice Thorn Dragon Prison.
• More than a dozen ice spikes erupted along the Diamond Fire Ant’s path and pierced toward it.

Ye Chen and Ning Tian killed an eight-thousand-year Diamond Fire Ant, but Ning Tian had exhausted her Soul Power assisting him. Ye Chen began using Resonance to restore her strength, leaving them drawing in a surge of heaven-and-earth energy.

• Ye Chen pierced and froze the Diamond Fire Ant with Ultimate Ice before it could reach him.
• Ning Tian used an ice spike Ye Chen gave her to destroy the Diamond Fire Ant's brain, and its deep-purple Soul Ring appeared.
• Ye Chen stopped Ning Tian from absorbing the Soul Ring while her Soul Power was depleted and urged her to recover first.
• Ye Chen brought Ning Tian to a nearby bluestone and used Resonance to accelerate their Soul Power circulation.
• Ning Tian began drawing in a dense wave of heaven-and-earth energy as Soul Power poured back into her.

Ning Tian absorbed an 8,500-year Soul Ring with Ye Chen’s help, becoming a Soul Ancestor and strengthening her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. After celebrating her breakthrough and asking Ye Chen to visit her family, she went with him to find a scenic place to camp in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ye Chen helped Ning Tian recover her Soul Power, and she began absorbing the dark-purple Soul Ring.
• Ning Tian endured the Soul Ring’s energy for about two hours while Ye Chen monitored her condition.
• Ning Tian completed the absorption, rose to Level 41, and reached the Soul Ancestor realm with a fourth Soul Ring.
• Ning Tian hugged Ye Chen and celebrated her breakthrough, then asked when he would come home with her.
• Ye Chen suggested camping outdoors, and Ning Tian accompanied him to find a scenic place in the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ning Tian brought Ye Chen to Seven Treasures Glazed Tile City to meet her father and declared her resolve to restore the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda. They reached the sect’s grand hall, where Ning Xiuyuan welcomed Ning Tian and regarded Ye Chen warily.

• Ye Chen and Ning Tian flew toward Seven Treasures Glazed Tile City, and Ning Tian urged him to act confidently when meeting her father.
• Ning Tian explained that the city had once been called Nine Treasures Glazed Tile City and vowed that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda would reappear.
• Ning Tian led Ye Chen through the bustling city and into the sect’s grounds after sect guards recognized her and brought a carriage.
• Ning Tian entered the grand hall with Ye Chen and greeted her father, Sect Master Ning Xiuyuan, who embraced her.
• Ning Xiuyuan asked why Ning Tian had returned without warning and eyed Ye Chen with suspicion as Shi Hao and Jian Wuchen stood nearby.

Ning Tian introduced Ye Chen as her boyfriend, prompting her father and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders to challenge his suitability. After Ning Tian revealed her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and credited Ye Chen with giving her the Aromatic Silk Beauty, the elders welcomed and apologized to him, then questioned him about the herb.

• Ning Tian stood before Ye Chen and told Ning Xiuyuan and the elders that Ye Chen was her boyfriend.
• Ning Xiuyuan, Shi Hao, and Jian Wuchen objected to Ye Chen and pressured him, while Ning Tian defended him.
• Ning Tian revealed her nine-layer Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda, astonishing the elders.
• Ning Tian said Ye Chen had given her the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and the elders immediately changed their attitude, apologized, and offered him tea.
• Ning Xiuyuan, Shi Hao, and Jian Wuchen asked Ye Chen where he had found the herb, and Ye Chen said he had located a single plant through an ancient text and good fortune.

Ye Chen refused the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s offers of gratitude after evolving Ning Tian’s Martial Soul, while Ning Xiuyuan raised concerns about their relationship and the strength required of Ning Tian’s future partner. Ye Chen began answering by claiming that being with him would help Ning Tian surpass her peers, and she revealed her four Soul Rings.

• Ye Chen kept the Immortal-Facing Twofold Zen secret and said he had given Ning Tian the Aromatic Silk Beauty for her talent.
• Ning Xiuyuan, Shi Hao, and Jian Wuchen offered Ye Chen anything the sect could provide, but he politely refused.
• Ning Tian praised Ye Chen, and Ning Xiuyuan reflected on her affection for him while worrying that romance could interfere with her cultivation.
• Ning Xiuyuan explained that Ning Tian was too young for a relationship and that her future partner had to be a powerful Assault or Defense System Soul Master able to protect her and the sect.
• Ye Chen said being with him would help Ning Tian surpass her peers, and Ning Tian revealed her four Soul Rings and aura.

Ning Tian revealed that she had reached Soul Ancestor, and Ye Chen stunned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elders by showing his extraordinary Soul Emperor strength and talent. Ning Xiuyuan welcomed Ye Chen’s request for cooperation, leaving the marriage discussion aside for the moment.

• Ning Tian displayed her four Soul Rings and explained that Ye Chen had helped her cultivate, while Ning Xiuyuan, Shi Hao, and Jian Wuchen suspected something was amiss.
• Ye Chen revealed his Ice Dragon King Martial Spirit, six Soul Rings—including a hundred-thousand-year ring—and his status as a Shrek Academy Inner Court recruit and level-six soul engineer.
• Ning Xiuyuan realized Ye Chen was Ning Tian’s age and saw him as a prodigy worth supporting, while Ning Tian and Ye Chen credited her rapid growth to the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Ye Chen shifted the conversation to a request for cooperation, and Ning Xiuyuan warmly offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s assistance.

Ye Chen negotiated a partnership with Ning Xiuyuan to manufacture and sell the Tang Sect’s advanced Soul Tools through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s network. Ning Xiuyuan offered to cover all initial costs and take no profits, leaving Ye Chen to hand the blueprints to Ning Tian to manage the next steps.

• Ning Xiuyuan recognized Ye Chen’s power and potential and decided to strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ties with him.
• Ye Chen proposed using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s production and sales network to bring the Tang Sect’s Soul Tools to market.
• Ning Xiuyuan agreed to fund the factories, equipment, training, materials, and distribution while taking no share of the profits or interest.
• Ning Xiuyuan explained that he was investing in Ye Chen and the sect’s future, while Ning Tian privately considered urging Ye Chen to get engaged.
• Ye Chen accepted Ning Xiuyuan’s offer, produced the blueprints, and left Ning Tian to handle the follow-up arrangements.

Ye Chen finalized a blueprint partnership with Ning Xiuyuan and agreed to an engagement with Ning Tian at a banquet hosted by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The sect pledged to help develop the Tang Sect, and Ning Tian brought Ye Chen to her room that night.

• Ye Chen presented ten Soul Tool blueprints, and he and Ning Xiuyuan settled the general terms of their cooperation.
• Ning Xiuyuan proposed an engagement between Ye Chen and Ning Tian during the banquet.
• Ye Chen accepted the engagement, delighting Ning Tian and prompting the sect elders to celebrate.
• Ye Chen concluded that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would send people to develop the Tang Sect and had become bound to him.
• Ning Tian took Ye Chen to her room that night and pulled him onto the bed.

Ye Chen and Ning Tian spent the night together before Ye Chen finished arranging the Tang Sect outer branch with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He prepared to return to the academy with Ning Tian, while Ning Xiuyuan warned him to treat his daughter well.

• Ning Tian joined Ye Chen in his room and spent the night with him.
• Ning Tian took Ye Chen to inspect the Tang Sect outer branch site, where construction and Soul Engineer preparations were underway.
• Ye Chen reflected on his plans for the Tang Sect and on giving Xian Lin'er an Immortal Herb.
• Ye Chen entrusted the outer branch's initial framework and cooperation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before preparing to leave with Ning Tian.
• Ning Xiuyuan warned Ye Chen not to bully Ning Tian as they departed for the academy.

Ye Chen returned to Shrek City and began cultivating with the Ice Dragon King's soul origin, aiming to break through to the Spirit Domain Realm. He succeeded and discovered the new abilities of his Mental Domain, then considered using it to detect and seal Tang San's divine consciousness inside Wang Dong.

• Ye Chen promised Ning Xiuyuan that he would protect Ning Tian, then took her back to Shrek City and dropped her off at the academy.
• Ye Chen returned to the Tang Sect residence, greeted Ye Yunxi, and sent the Ice Empress to find her for food before beginning cultivation.
• Ye Chen unlocked the stone sealing the Ice Dragon King's soul origin and absorbed its power to strengthen his Spiritual Power.
• Ye Chen compressed and crystallized his Spiritual Power, officially breaking through to the Spirit Domain Realm.
• Ye Chen tested his Mental Domain and wondered whether it could detect and seal Tang San's divine consciousness inside Wang Dong.