Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan secretly spent the day together after he promised to help her find a powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. When Bei Bei approached, Zhang Lexuan panicked, and Ye Chen considered whether to reveal his connection to Tang Ya before deciding to keep it secret.

• Ye Chen promised Zhang Lexuan that he would help her obtain a powerful Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and she trusted him.
• Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan spent the day together in the grass until he sensed Bei Bei approaching.
• Zhang Lexuan panicked because she still felt bound by her former promise to Bei Bei, and she realized Ye Chen might have drawn Tang Ya away from him.
• Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan hurried to clean up before Bei Bei arrived, while Ye Chen decided not to tell Bei Bei the truth to avoid upsetting Mu En and damaging their relationships.

Zhang Lexuan tried to persuade Bei Bei to let go of Tang Ya, but his repeated dependence on her frustrated her and exposed the distance between them. Bei Bei left feeling rejected, while Zhang Lexuan reflected on how badly his heartbreak had affected him.

• Ye Chen hid in Zhang Lexuan's room when Bei Bei arrived at the courtyard.
• Bei Bei told Zhang Lexuan that Tang Ya was avoiding him and that he could not give up on her.
• Zhang Lexuan advised Bei Bei to calm down, give Tang Ya space, and face his pain himself.
• Bei Bei asked whether Zhang Lexuan found him annoying, and she explained that he could not keep relying on her to bear his troubles.
• Bei Bei thanked Zhang Lexuan and hurried out, feeling that he had lost both Tang Ya and his closeness with her.
• Zhang Lexuan watched Bei Bei leave and worried that heartbreak had crushed his fighting spirit and slowed his cultivation.

Ye Chen took Zhang Lexuan to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast suited to her. They reached the mixed zone, where Zhang Lexuan warned him that powerful Soul Beasts were common.

• Ye Chen admitted he had kept his relationship with Tang Ya from Zhang Lexuan, then persuaded her to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bei Bei saw Ye Chen's flying Soul Tool depart and resolved to cultivate harder so he could enter the Inner Court.
• Ye Chen piloted the Aurora Shadow through the forest, using its weapons to shoot down attacking flying Soul Beasts.
• Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan landed in a clearing at the edge of the mixed zone and discussed the difficulty of finding a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Zhang Lexuan warned Ye Chen about the dangerous Soul Beasts in the mixed zone and readied her Moon Martial Soul.

Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable high-level Soul Beast, but found none and stopped to eat. During their meal, Ye Chen detected a familiar creature drawn by the food: the Imperial Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Ye Chen used his Spiritual Power to guide Zhang Lexuan through the forest while avoiding powerful Soul Beasts.
• Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan failed to find a Soul Beast that met her requirements and paused on a sunny hill to rest and eat.
• Ye Chen prepared an elaborate outdoor meal, and Zhang Lexuan asked about his strong Spiritual Power.
• Ye Chen detected a fast-moving Soul Beast heading toward them, attracted by the smell of the grilled meat.
• Ye Chen recognized the approaching creature as the Imperial Auspicious Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after its curiosity about their grilled food drew it to them. Ye Chen revealed that he knew her identity, leaving the Auspicious Beast wary and furious.

• Ye Chen spotted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and the Scarlet King nearby, but judged that neither posed an immediate threat to him and Zhang Lexuan.
• Ye Chen reassured Zhang Lexuan that the approaching soul beast was unlikely to attack, and she lowered her guard.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion emerged from the brush and stared hungrily at their grilled meat.
• Ye Chen tossed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion a skewer, which she swallowed eagerly before asking for more with her eyes.
• Ye Chen identified her as the Imperial Auspicious Beast, making the Three-Eyed Golden Lion bristle and suspect him of having a hidden motive.
• Ye Chen joked that he could have poisoned the meat, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion angrily spoke to him in human language.

Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ye Chen won the hungry beast over with human snacks and drinks. Their friendly interaction ended when Scarlet King arrived and demanded that Ye Chen release the Auspicious Beast.

• Zhang Lexuan was astonished that the ten-thousand-year Three-Eyed Golden Lion could speak human language.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion accused Ye Chen of trespassing, but Ye Chen gave it roasted meat and petted its head.
• Ye Chen shared potato chips and iced cola with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, which eagerly offered to guide him to a suitable soul beast.
• Zhang Lexuan watched Ye Chen and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion bond over food.
• Scarlet King appeared in a blaze of dark crimson flames and ordered Ye Chen to release the Auspicious Beast.

Ye Chen summoned Snow Empress to confront Scarlet King, who had come to punish him for handling the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Snow Empress overwhelmed Scarlet King with her presence and drew an ice sword, leaving the beast panicked and demanding to know why she was helping a human.

• Scarlet King arrived and threatened to kill Ye Chen for desecrating the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while the lion tried to protect its meal ticket.
• Zhang Lexuan raised a Soul Power barrier against Scarlet King's pressure, but Ye Chen remained calm and released his martial soul and seven Soul Rings.
• Ye Chen summoned Snow Empress, whose extreme cold extinguished Scarlet King's flames and froze the surrounding ground.
• Scarlet King recognized Snow Empress and recoiled in shock at her appearing from Ye Chen's body.
• Snow Empress ignored Scarlet King's questions, formed an ice sword, and faced it with killing intent.

Snow Empress fought Scarlet King and drove it away, revealing her overwhelming strength as Ye Chen’s Soul Spirit. Afterward, Zhang Lexuan questioned Ye Chen about the beauties he had hidden as Soul Spirits, including another one from his sixth Soul Ring.

• Snow Empress wounded Scarlet King with her Emperor's Sword and neutralized its strongest attacks with her domain and Emperor Palm.
• Scarlet King retreated and invoked Di Tian, but Snow Empress chased it away while Ye Chen remained within range to supply her Soul Power.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Zhang Lexuan stared at Ye Chen after Snow Empress left, shocked that he had such a powerful Soul Spirit.
• Ye Chen told Zhang Lexuan that Snow Empress was his seventh Soul Ring and insisted they had no romantic relationship.
• Zhang Lexuan asked where the woman from Ye Chen's sixth Soul Ring was, suspecting he had hidden another beauty.

Ye Chen revealed Ice Empress to Zhang Lexuan, then a furious Di Tian’s presence swept across the Star Dou Great Forest as Snow Empress confronted him. Snow Empress explained that she was now one of Ye Chen’s Soul Rings, leaving Di Tian astonished by her power.

• Ye Chen released Ice Empress, who argued with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion over snacks before Ye Chen sent her back into his sea of consciousness.
• Zhang Lexuan accepted Ye Chen’s explanation without anger, but a terrifying pressure suddenly covered the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion recognized Di Tian’s presence and hurried to finish eating, fearing Di Tian would take it away from Ye Chen.
• Snow Empress stopped pursuing Scarlet King when Di Tian’s consciousness descended, and she admitted she had attacked the big dog because she disliked it.
• Di Tian noticed Snow Empress was not in her true body, and Snow Empress revealed that her origin had been sacrificed to Ye Chen and she was now one of his Soul Rings.

Di Tian left after learning that Snow Empress had sacrificed herself to Ye Chen but retained her body and power. Ye Chen persuaded the wary Three-Eyed Golden Lion to guide him and Zhang Lexuan to a vicious hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, the Dark Moon Demonic Tiger.

• Snow Empress told Di Tian he could learn how she retained her consciousness and body by sacrificing himself to Ye Chen, and Di Tian refused.
• Di Tian agreed not to pursue Snow Empress's injury to Scarlet King, warned her to keep Ye Chen away from the Auspicious Beast, and departed with Scarlet King.
• Snow Empress returned to Ye Chen's sea of consciousness, while Ye Chen offered Three-Eyed Golden Lion more snacks if she would visit a human city with him.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion refused to leave the Star Dou Great Forest but agreed to help Ye Chen find a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast after he framed the hunt as a way to eliminate a threat.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion chose the Dark Moon Demonic Tiger, which had slaughtered other Soul Beasts and once hunted her.

Ye Chen, Zhang Lexuan, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion reached the Dark Moon Demonic Tiger’s lair in a poisonous valley. Ye Chen unleashed his aura and seven Soul Rings to provoke the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast into coming out.

• Ye Chen praised the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for guiding them and promised to double its snacks.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion led Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan through the dangerous forest toward the Dark Moon Demonic Tiger’s territory.
• They reached a dark valley filled with poisonous miasma and lurking predators, where the tiger’s lair lay beneath a mound.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion warned them of the tiger’s powerful bloodline and retreated behind a rock.
• Ye Chen told Zhang Lexuan to step back, then released his aura and seven Soul Rings to draw the tiger out.

Ye Chen confronted the Dark Moon Demonic Tiger after it ambushed him, then froze and sealed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in seconds. Zhang Lexuan and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched in shock as the tiger was left helpless before him.

• The Dark Moon Demonic Tiger burst from its cave and attacked Ye Chen with its apparent Teleportation, but struck only an afterimage.
• Ye Chen explained that his true Teleportation surpassed the tiger’s speed-based ability and evaded its next attack.
• Ye Chen struck the tiger with Emperor Palm, spreading Snow Empress’s extreme cold across its body.
• Ye Chen used the God Sealing Seal to stop the tiger from escaping, then froze it into a massive black ice sculpture within two seconds.
• Zhang Lexuan and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched in disbelief as Ye Chen effortlessly subdued the powerful Soul Beast.

Zhang Lexuan killed the Dark Moon Demonic Tiger and began absorbing its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Ye Chen guarded her. As she endured the ring’s power, Ye Chen turned to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and reassured it that he would honor his promise of extra snacks.

• Ye Chen dragged the helpless Dark Moon Demonic Tiger before Zhang Lexuan, and she severed its head with her Moon Blade.
• The Dark Moon Demonic Tiger’s death produced a massive blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, frightening Soul Beasts across the surrounding forest into fleeing.
• Ye Chen encouraged Zhang Lexuan to absorb the ring and promised to guard her as she sat down and drew it into her body.
• Zhang Lexuan endured the ring’s violent Soul Power within a blood-red cocoon, while Ye Chen watched over her and checked the surroundings.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched from behind a boulder, and Ye Chen approached it, promised to double its snacks, and ruffled its fur.

Ye Chen fed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, gave her a communication device, and built a closer bond while Zhang Lexuan finished absorbing her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. Zhang Lexuan became a Title Douluo and celebrated by embracing and kissing Ye Chen.

• Ye Chen gave the Three-Eyed Golden Lion a pile of snacks, then told her he would leave after his friend finished absorbing the Soul Ring.
• Ye Chen gave the Three-Eyed Golden Lion a Myriad Manifestation Communication Device and taught her how to use it so she could contact him.
• Three hours later, Zhang Lexuan completed her absorption and manifested nine Soul Rings, including two red rings, officially advancing to Title Douluo.
• Ye Chen congratulated Zhang Lexuan and considered how her new rank could raise her status at Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Lexuan happily threw herself into Ye Chen's arms and kissed him.

After Zhang Lexuan absorbed the Dark Moon Demonic Tiger’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, Ye Chen gave her its rare Torso Bone, which she accepted for later. Zhang Lexuan demonstrated her new ninth-ring skills, revealing their power as she and Ye Chen remained in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ye Chen retrieved the Dark Moon Demonic Tiger’s hundred-thousand-year Torso Bone and offered it to Zhang Lexuan, who initially urged him to keep it.
• Ye Chen explained that he already had a far older Torso Bone and that the new bone suited Zhang Lexuan, so she accepted it and decided to absorb it after recovering.
• Zhang Lexuan told Ye Chen that her ninth Soul Ring granted a domain and an attack skill.
• Zhang Lexuan demonstrated Moon Scar Instant Kill, vanishing and reappearing fifty meters away with near-teleporting speed and no sound.
• Zhang Lexuan activated Dark Moon Evil Domain, spreading spiritual interference across several thousand meters, but Ye Chen and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion resisted its effects.

Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan left the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region after Zhang Lexuan demonstrated her Dark Moon Evil Domain. After Zhang Lexuan absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, they rested in a secluded valley, where she joined Ye Chen in the pool.

• Zhang Lexuan explained her Dark Moon Evil Domain, and Ye Chen praised its power.
• Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan left the core region and returned to the forest’s outer region.
• Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan camped overnight, and Zhang Lexuan absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone the next morning.
• Ye Chen found a secluded valley, drove away the nearby soul beasts, and prepared a private pool for himself and Zhang Lexuan.
• Zhang Lexuan emerged from behind a boulder in her undergarments and stepped into the pool with Ye Chen.

Ye Chen and Zhang Lexuan shared a passionate kiss in the stream, where she asked when he would marry her. Ye Chen promised to hold their wedding within five years, and the chapter ended as he positioned her against a rock in the shallow water.

• Ye Chen drew Zhang Lexuan close and kissed her in the stream, and she eagerly returned his affection.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Ye Chen when he would marry her, then tried to take back the question because he had other relationships.
• Ye Chen promised to remove every obstacle and hold a wedding for them within five years.
• Zhang Lexuan joyfully accepted Ye Chen's proposal, and they kissed again.
• Ye Chen lifted Zhang Lexuan from the water and set her against a rock in a shallow spot.

After Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek Academy as a Title Douluo, the elders celebrated her breakthrough and appointed her to succeed Yan Shaozhe in leading the Outer Court. Xian Lin'er concealed that Ye Chen had helped Zhang Lexuan obtain a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, while privately deciding to test how strong Ye Chen had become.

• Ye Chen brought Zhang Lexuan back to the academy two days after she advanced to Title Douluo.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders gathered to celebrate Zhang Lexuan’s unprecedentedly young breakthrough, and Mu En asked who had helped her obtain her ninth Soul Ring.
• Xian Lin'er claimed she had helped Zhang Lexuan obtain a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, concealing Ye Chen’s involvement.
• Mu En appointed Zhang Lexuan Vice Dean of the Martial Soul Department under Cai Mei'er and named her Yan Shaozhe’s successor as dean after one year.
• Xian Lin'er suspected Ye Chen’s strength might rival or exceed her own and resolved to test his limits.

Ye Chen visited Ma Xiaotao after Zhang Lexuan became Vice Dean and found Ma Xiaotao overwhelmed by the Inner Court duties she had inherited as Senior Disciple Sister. Ma Xiaotao confronted Ye Chen over his role in Zhang Lexuan's rapid rise to Title Douluo, and Ye Chen admitted he had helped her.

• Ye Chen congratulated Zhang Lexuan on her promotion, then went to Ma Xiaotao's cottage and cleaned it while preparing dinner.
• Ma Xiaotao returned exhausted, welcomed Ye Chen, and complained that Elder Xuan had passed her the Inner Court's trivial affairs after Zhang Lexuan became Vice Dean.
• Ye Chen comforted Ma Xiaotao over her new responsibilities and reassured her that the academy had chosen her because of her standing and ability.
• Ma Xiaotao blamed Ye Chen for Zhang Lexuan's promotion and rapid cultivation, and Ye Chen admitted he had helped Zhang Lexuan become a Title Douluo.

Ma Xiaotao teased Ye Chen about winning over Zhang Lexuan, then welcomed him back with an intimate reunion. Afterward, Ye Chen carried the exhausted Ma Xiaotao to bed, where she unconsciously held him close as she slept.

• Ma Xiaotao guessed Ye Chen had been busy with Zhang Lexuan and teased him about winning her over.
• Ye Chen reassured Ma Xiaotao, and she pushed him onto the sofa and demanded compensation for neglecting her.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ye Chen kissed passionately and spent several hours together.
• Ma Xiaotao said Ye Chen's performance was decent and let the matter of Zhang Lexuan go.
• Ye Chen carried the exhausted Ma Xiaotao to her room, cleaned them both up, and got into bed with her.
• While asleep, Ma Xiaotao pulled Ye Chen into her embrace, and he stayed there contentedly.