Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen continued negotiating with Xiao Hongchen over the Super Milk Bottle trade, then spoke privately with Meng Hongchen while Xiao sought Jing Hongchen’s advice. He revealed that he was a teenage Soul Sage and Rank 7 Soul Engineer, leaving Meng Hongchen stunned by his abilities.

• Xiao Hongchen resisted Ye Chen’s proposed exchange, but Ye Chen argued that Super Milk Bottles could provide valuable backup energy for Soul Tools and military use.
• Xiao Hongchen excused himself to consult Jing Hongchen, leaving Ye Chen alone with Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen praised Ye Chen’s negotiating skills and asked about his Soul Tool rank.
• Ye Chen said he was a Rank 7 Soul Engineer and revealed a trace of his Soul Sage aura.
• Meng Hongchen was shocked by Ye Chen’s age, cultivation, and talent, while Ye Chen claimed to stand at the continent’s peak in both talent and strength.

Ye Chen secured a major Soul Tool trade with Mingde Hall and secretly gave Meng Hongchen a communication ring. After the deal was signed, Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya burst in, visibly jealous.

• Ye Chen asked Meng Hongchen to keep his true cultivation secret and gave her a Class 5 communication ring.
• Xiao Hongchen presented Mingde Hall's revised offer, including payments in Class 9 and Class 8 rare metals, and Ye Chen accepted.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Hongchen signed a contract for an order worth more than one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Meng Hongchen happily said goodbye to Ye Chen as she left with Xiao Hongchen.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya rushed in with jealous expressions as Ye Chen returned to the reception room.

Ye Chen faced jealous complaints from Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya after they found him negotiating with Meng Hongchen, then let them rest while the exposition continued. He inspected the accounts and found that the Tang Sect’s first day had brought in more than five million Gold Soul Coins in sales.

• Tang Ya accused Ye Chen of flirting while she and Jiang Nannan had been working, and he pointed to the signed contracts to explain that he had been negotiating a deal.
• Tang Ya leapt onto Ye Chen and demanded he admit he had been eyeing Meng Hongchen, and Jiang Nannan joined her on the sofa.
• Two hours later, Ye Chen tucked the sleeping Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan under a blanket and left food for them.
• Ye Chen inspected the accounting office and learned that the Tang Sect had secured major orders from Xu Jiujiu, Wina, and Jing Hongchen.
• The Tang Sect’s ordinary-grade Soul Tools drew nearly a thousand orders, and the first day’s sales exceeded five million Gold Soul Coins.

After the exposition, Ye Chen agreed to Meng Hongchen’s invitation to dinner and used Teleportation to reach the Seven Treasures Hotel almost immediately. He joined her in a private room, where she began asking about him and Shrek Academy.

• Ye Chen reflected that the Tang Sect’s business and new Soul Tools were poised to bring the organization rapid growth.
• Meng Hongchen invited Ye Chen to dinner through the Myriad Manifestation Communication Device, and he accepted.
• Meng Hongchen wondered whether the dinner counted as a date and was startled when Ye Chen arrived soon after she invited him.
• Ye Chen entered the private room, where Meng Hongchen clarified that she had invited him personally and began their conversation.
• Ye Chen told Meng Hongchen she could ask him anything that did not involve confidential matters.

During a private dinner, Meng Hongchen and Ye Chen grew more comfortable as they talked about their ice-attributed Martial Spirits. Ye Chen revealed the Ice Dragon King, whose overwhelming power left Meng Hongchen’s Crimson Clear Ice Toad trembling and completely suppressed.

• Meng Hongchen and Ye Chen shared lavish food and Crimson Flame Red Heart wine, then relaxed into conversation.
• Meng Hongchen sensed the cold around Ye Chen and asked whether his Martial Spirit was ice-attributed; he confirmed it.
• Meng Hongchen summoned her Crimson Clear Ice Toad and explained that her Martial Spirit combined Ultimate Ice and fire.
• At Meng Hongchen’s request, Ye Chen summoned the Ice Dragon King, whose aura froze the room and overwhelmed her toad.

Ye Chen’s Ultimate Ice overwhelmed Meng Hongchen’s ice martial soul, but he comforted her and turned their dinner into a lively conversation about Soul Tools. After several bottles of wine, Meng Hongchen leaned against him and said she had drunk too much, leaving Ye Chen considering taking her back.

• Meng Hongchen’s Crimson Clear Ice Toad trembled before Ye Chen’s Ice Dragon, and Ye Chen explained that his Ultimate Ice suppressed other ice attributes.
• Ye Chen fed Meng Hongchen Spirit Rhinoceros Bird meat, and she asked him to go easy on her in the next Soul Master Competition.
• Ye Chen shifted their conversation to Soul Tools, renewing Meng Hongchen’s interest and easing the mood as they drank wine.
• After three or four bottles of Crimson Flame Red Heart, Meng Hongchen moved closer to Ye Chen and leaned against him, appearing drunk.
• Meng Hongchen said she thought she had drunk too much, and Ye Chen suggested taking her back.

Drunk Meng Hongchen kissed Ye Chen, and he deepened the kiss before she sobered enough to realize what had happened. She confronted him in embarrassment, though her hazy memories suggested she had initiated it.

• Meng Hongchen tried to stand but stumbled, and Ye Chen caught her in his arms.
• Still drunk, Meng Hongchen praised Ye Chen and leaned in to kiss him.
• Ye Chen returned the kiss, and the two embraced until they finally parted.
• Meng Hongchen sobered up, covered her lips, and asked Ye Chen how he could just kiss a girl.
• Meng Hongchen struggled to recall the moment and suspected she had seduced Ye Chen first.

Ye Chen escorted the tipsy Meng Hongchen back to her courtyard after they shared a kiss, and she tried to sneak inside without being seen. The story left off with Xiao Hongchen catching her in the courtyard and questioning where she had been.

• Meng Hongchen agreed to let Ye Chen escort her after her unsteady legs nearly gave way.
• Ye Chen supported Meng Hongchen through the quiet streets of Shrek City and stopped short of the courtyard so her family would not see him.
• Meng Hongchen slipped over a secluded section of the courtyard wall to avoid Jing Hongchen learning she had returned late and drunk.
• Xiao Hongchen confronted Meng Hongchen in the courtyard, and she snapped back while trying to conceal her guilt.

Meng Hongchen admitted to Xiao Hongchen that she had secretly met Ye Chen, prompting her brother to forbid further contact. Jing Hongchen overheard their conversation and decided to watch Meng Hongchen until the family left Shrek City.

• Xiao Hongchen questioned Meng Hongchen about returning late and smelled alcohol on her.
• Meng Hongchen revealed that she had shared a meal with Ye Chen, whom Xiao Hongchen had met earlier that day.
• Xiao Hongchen became furious and threatened to confront Ye Chen, but Meng Hongchen warned him that Ye Chen could defeat him.
• Xiao Hongchen made Meng Hongchen promise not to contact Ye Chen again, and she agreed while asking him to keep it from their grandfather.
• Jing Hongchen revealed that he had overheard them and decided to keep Meng Hongchen from seeing Ye Chen before they left Shrek City.

Confined to their residence and kept under Xiao Hongchen’s watch, Meng Hongchen continued messaging Ye Chen and grew anxious over his brief replies. After Xiao Hongchen suggested Ye Chen might already love someone else, Meng Hongchen called him late at night, leaving the chapter with Ye Chen asking what was wrong.

• Meng Hongchen secretly sent Ye Chen messages about her days in Shrek City and treasured his sparse replies.
• Xiao Hongchen noticed her communication with Ye Chen and warned her that Ye Chen might be playing with her or already love someone else.
• Meng Hongchen returned to her room upset, and Xiao Hongchen’s doubts made her increasingly anxious about Ye Chen’s feelings.
• Meng Hongchen called Ye Chen late at night and struggled to ask what she wanted to know.
• Ye Chen heard her trembling voice, asked whether she felt unwell, and showed genuine concern.

Meng Hongchen asked Ye Chen whether he liked someone and broke down when he said yes, but Ye Chen reassured her that she was the one he liked. He came to visit her despite the guarded residence, and Meng Hongchen welcomed him inside before asking how he had arrived so quickly.

• Meng Hongchen asked Ye Chen whether he had a girl he liked, and he answered yes.
• Meng Hongchen began crying and apologized for bothering Ye Chen, but he asked why she had not asked who he liked.
• Ye Chen told Meng Hongchen that she was the little fool he liked, and she was overwhelmed with joy.
• Meng Hongchen said the defenses at her residence made a visit risky, but Ye Chen told her to open the door and ended the call.
• Ye Chen arrived at the door, and Meng Hongchen rushed to embrace and kiss him before pulling him inside.
• Meng Hongchen asked how Ye Chen had reached her residence so quickly.

Ye Chen reassured Meng Hongchen that he trusted her and had missed her, and she confessed how much she had longed for him. After they kissed, Meng Hongchen asked him to stay with her for the night, and Ye Chen agreed.

• Ye Chen explained that one of his Soul Skills let him travel long distances while concealing his presence, easing Meng Hongchen's worry.
• Meng Hongchen asked whether Ye Chen meant what he had said through the communicator, and he reassured her that he did.
• Meng Hongchen confessed that she thought of Ye Chen constantly, and he told her he had missed her too.
• Meng Hongchen impulsively kissed Ye Chen, and they shared a long kiss.
• Ye Chen prepared to leave, but Meng Hongchen asked him to stay beside her, and he agreed before drawing her under the blanket.

Ye Chen completed Thousand Machine Flowing Fire, an enormous Soul Tool machine designed to automatically engrave Core Arrays, and demonstrated its precision to Xian Lin'er. The machine successfully produced a flawless Level 1 Basic Focusing Array, leaving Xian Lin'er astonished by its capabilities.

• Ye Chen spent more than two months assembling Thousand Machine Flowing Fire in Shrek's underground laboratory using rare metals and components supplied through Mingde Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xian Lin'er examined the completed machine and remarked that its Level 9 rare metals cost more than those used in her Azure Dragon Space-Splitting Cannon.
• Ye Chen explained that Thousand Machine Flowing Fire scanned Core Array blueprints and used Soul Power to engrave patterns onto blank cores.
• Ye Chen activated the machine and fed it a blank core, which it engraved with a Basic Focusing Array in almost an instant.
• Xian Lin'er tested the finished core with Soul Power and confirmed that its Core Array worked perfectly.

Ye Chen demonstrated how the Thousand Machine Flowing Fire rapidly produced flawless Soul Tool cores, explaining its low costs and enormous output to Xian Lin'er. He promised to invest the profits in Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department and invited her on an overseas vacation once her work eased.

• Ye Chen used the machine to inscribe a Level 1 core array in under a second and a flawless Level 5 array in half an hour.
• Xian Lin'er recognized that the Thousand Machine Flowing Fire could overturn Soul Tool production by letting ordinary people mass-produce cores from templates.
• Ye Chen explained that the machine's high initial cost would be offset by cheap materials and output of up to forty-eight Level 5 cores per day.
• Xian Lin'er realized mass production could greatly increase Tang Sect profits and let Shrek Academy equip its students with Soul Tools.
• Ye Chen told Xian Lin'er that the Soul Tool Department would benefit from the machine and invited her on an overseas vacation.

Ye Chen used the Tang Sect’s profits to expand its operations, support the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and equip his companions for Shrek Academy’s upcoming Inner Court assessment. At the assessment gathering, Dai Huabin worried that the stronger students had left him with little chance of earning one of the seven places.

• The Tang Sect and Shrek’s Soul Tool Department prospered through Ye Chen’s Automatic Engraving Machine, and Xian Lin’er arranged equipment for Soul Tool Department students while leaving the Martial Soul Department alone.
• Ye Chen invested heavily in the Tang Sect, gave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Tools, and crafted complete sets for Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiaoxiao.
• Ye Chen learned that the Inner Court assessment would take place in a week and equipped his companions to improve their chances and protect them.
• Wang Yan brought twenty-six eligible students to the Soul Fighting Zone, including He Caitou from the Soul Tool Department and prominent students from the Martial Soul Department.
• Dai Huabin resented that several younger students had reached Soul Ancestor rank and feared they would take four of the seven advancement places, leaving him to compete for the remaining three.
• A slovenly old man approached the assembled students.

Xuan Zi began the assessment as a free-for-all, and Wang Dong, Xiaoxiao, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian joined forces. The other students attacked them to claim the remaining spots, while Tang Ya rejected Bei Bei and lashed at him with her Blue Silver Grass.

• Xuan Zi announced that the final seven students standing would pass, then immediately started the melee.
• Wang Dong, Xiaoxiao, Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian formed a coordinated group, revealing that Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan were Soul Kings.
• Wang Dong said their group had already secured six spots, prompting the other students to unite against them.
• An upper-year student launched a fireball, scattering the six, as Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi rushed toward Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.
• Tang Ya told Bei Bei not to drag her down and attacked him with a Blue Silver Grass vine.

Wang Dong and her team fought to secure limited advancement slots, while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi tried to join the contest. Wang Dong instantly defeated Xu Sanshi, and Wu Feng attacked Bei Bei as the battle continued.

• Bei Bei dodged Tang Ya's attack and entered the fight, while Jiang Nannan rejected Xu Sanshi's offer to join her team.
• Xu Sanshi charged Wang Dong, but her Butterfly God Slash shattered his shield and knocked him unconscious in one move.
• Tang Ya bound several opponents with Blue Silver Grass and stopped a fourth-year student from attacking Ning Tian.
• Jiang Nannan swiftly defeated an upper-year Soul Ancestor who had tried to trap Wu Feng.
• Wu Feng attacked Bei Bei with flaming, dragon-scaled fists while he was off balance.

Wu Feng, Wang Dong, and Xiaoxiao overwhelmed their opponents in the field battle, with Wu Feng defeating Bei Bei and Xiaoxiao disrupting the entire melee. The chapter ends as Dai Huabin charges Ning Tian and Xiaoxiao sends her giant cauldron crashing down on him.

• Wu Feng used Ning Tian's support to overpower Bei Bei, break his arm, and knock him unconscious before Xuan Zi pulled him from the field.
• Wang Dong bombarded the opposing team with Butterfly God's Light, eliminating Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo and injuring several others.
• Xiaoxiao unleashed Three Lives Soul Suppressor, disrupting the battlefield and knocking multiple students out of combat.
• Dai Huabin activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation and charged toward Ning Tian, hoping to take out the opposing team's support.
• Xiaoxiao redirected her giant cauldron and sent it crashing down on Dai Huabin as he struck back with his tiger claw.

Wang Dong and her teammates swept through the assessment, while He Caitou advanced by staying out of the fight. After learning the results, Ye Chen told Ma Xiaotao he was leaving to seek his eighth Soul Ring, and she protested that she wanted to go with him.

• Xiaoxiao struck Dai Huabin with the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron, knocking him unconscious and leaving him with serious injuries.
• Wang Dong, Xiaoxiao, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya defeated the opposing students in under three minutes.
• Wang Yan realized He Caitou had survived untouched, and Xuan Zi announced that he and the six others had passed the assessment.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ye Chen that Wang Dong and the others had advanced and offered to lead their Inner Court training.
• Ye Chen told Ma Xiaotao he was leaving to seek his eighth Soul Ring, targeting the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord in the Sun Moon Empire, and Ma Xiaotao insisted on going with him.

Ye Chen traveled to the Ming Dou Mountain Range to eliminate Death's Hand before the Shrek Seven Devils' mission put them in danger. He recruited the Snow Empress and Ice Empress to attack the evil Soul Masters, leaving the Ice Empress eager to hear his private condition for calling her sister.

• Ye Chen arranged for Zhang Lexuan to accompany Wang Dong and the others on their mission because he did not trust Xuan Zi to keep them safe.
• Ye Chen teleported to the Ming Dou Mountain Range and summoned the Snow Empress and Ice Empress near Death's Hand's lair.
• The Ice Empress complained about the remote location, then agreed to help after Ye Chen told her that evil Soul Masters were responsible for wicked deeds.
• The Snow Empress resented Ye Chen for rarely visiting them, but relented when he sincerely asked her to help clear out the evil Soul Masters.
• The Ice Empress asked Ye Chen to call her sister, and he whispered that she would have to call him Daddy that night in return.