Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen took Meng Hongchen to Flowing Cloud Pavilion for a private evening together. After learning his flying Soul Tool was beyond her current cultivation, Meng Hongchen eagerly embraced and kissed him, leaving their dinner untouched.

• Ye Chen told Meng Hongchen that his flying Soul Tool required Soul Sage cultivation and consumed far more Soul Power than an ordinary one.
• Ye Chen flew with Meng Hongchen to Flowing Cloud Pavilion, where an attendant welcomed him as a Supreme VIP.
• Meng Hongchen entered the private room and immediately pounced on Ye Chen, embracing him and enjoying his scent.
• Meng Hongchen dismissed her status as the academy's goddess and told Ye Chen that no other boys could compare to him.
• Meng Hongchen kissed Ye Chen before they ate the prepared dinner.

Meng Hongchen and Ye Chen shared an intimate moment in a private room in Mingdu, then she bathed and returned wearing only a towel. She shyly hinted that she had changed into the clothes underneath and asked whether Ye Chen liked looking, leaving him to respond.

• Meng Hongchen kissed Ye Chen passionately, and he embraced her as she clung to him.
• After ten minutes, Meng Hongchen released Ye Chen, then went to shower while he watched her silhouette through the bathroom glass.
• Meng Hongchen asked Ye Chen to bring her Storage Soul Tool, and he handed it to her at the bathroom door.
• Ye Chen gazed at Mingdu's nightscape while Meng Hongchen finished changing in the bathroom.
• Meng Hongchen emerged wrapped in a bath towel and shyly told Ye Chen she had changed underneath, asking if he liked looking.

Ye Chen admired Meng Hongchen after she insisted he look at her new lingerie, but he chose to comfort her rather than take things further while she was nervous. The two ended the evening sharing dinner by the window, and Meng Hongchen's disappointment gave way to affection.

• Ye Chen told Meng Hongchen that he had only been joking, but she insisted that he look because she had already changed.
• Meng Hongchen pounced on Ye Chen and straddled him on the sofa, revealing her light-blue lingerie, and asked whether it looked good.
• Ye Chen praised Meng Hongchen, making her relax and cuddle against him.
• Meng Hongchen suggested that Ye Chen could take things further, but Ye Chen said they should eat first and gently reassured her.
• Ye Chen wrapped Meng Hongchen in her bath towel again, then sat with her for dinner and served her steak.

Ye Chen accepted Ju Zi’s invitation and visited Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory to discuss their Soul Tool research. Xuan Ziwen showed interest in Ye Chen’s Flying Hoverboard, and Ye Chen saw an opportunity to recruit the talented Soul Engineer.

• Ye Chen read Ju Zi’s messages and agreed to visit Xuan Ziwen’s laboratory.
• Ju Zi eagerly welcomed Ye Chen, brought him upstairs, and introduced him to the laboratory and its research.
• Ju Zi introduced Ye Chen to Xuan Ziwen, who expressed interest in the technology behind the Flying Hoverboard.
• Ye Chen agreed to exchange ideas with Xuan Ziwen and considered winning him over with access to resources.

Ye Chen demonstrated his Flying Hoverboard to Xuan Ziwen, who recognized his talent and invited him to join the laboratory; Ye Chen accepted and exchanged research with him. Their discussion ended when three returning students entered and focused their attention on Ye Chen.

• Xuan Ziwen examined Ye Chen's Flying Hoverboard, identified its special alloy as a key component, and invited Ye Chen to join the laboratory.
• Ye Chen accepted Xuan Ziwen and Ju Zi's invitation, gaining access to the laboratory's equipment and materials.
• Ye Chen shared the hoverboard alloy method and Core Array blueprints with Xuan Ziwen, who exchanged research on humanoid and all-terrain detection Soul Tools.
• Three students returned to the laboratory, and their conversation stopped when they noticed Ye Chen.

Ye Chen joined Xuan Ziwen's laboratory and stunned the students when Xuan Ziwen revealed he came from Mingde Hall. After Ju Zi helped him clear a workstation, Ye Chen invited her to lunch, and she took him to her favorite barbecue shop.

• Xuan Ziwen introduced Ye Chen as a student from Mingde Hall who would conduct independent research in the laboratory, shocking Keke, Zimu, and Wang Shaojie.
• Ju Zi helped Ye Chen clear a workstation, and they finished organizing it around noon.
• When Ju Zi's stomach growled, Ye Chen invited her to lunch as thanks for her help, and she eagerly chose barbecue.
• Ju Zi led Ye Chen to Old Zhang's Barbecue, introduced him to Uncle Zhang, and ordered their usual meal for two.
• A server brought skewers, sauce, and a charcoal grill to Ye Chen and Ju Zi's table.

Ju Zi and Ye Chen shared a meal of grilled skewers and fish, bonding over their love of good food. Ju Zi revealed her dream of marrying the world’s best chef, then found herself admiring Ye Chen’s cooking and handsome appearance.

• Ju Zi grilled pork belly skewers for Ye Chen, who praised her cooking.
• Ju Zi cooked beef while Ye Chen grilled fish, and they shared the finished food.
• Ju Zi told Ye Chen that her dream was to marry the world’s best chef so she could eat delicious food every day.
• Ju Zi watched Ye Chen as they ate and imagined him cooking for her at home.

Ju Zi and Ye Chen shared a barbecue meal, then walked around Star Moon Lake and talked about their backgrounds. Ju Zi revealed that she planned to avenge her parents against the Star Luo Empire’s Duke White Tiger, and Ye Chen left after agreeing to pick her up the next morning.

• Ju Zi blushed at an embarrassing thought, then asked Ye Chen what level Soul Engineer he was; he teased her by keeping it secret.
• Ju Zi and Ye Chen finished eating and walked together to Star Moon Lake.
• Ye Chen said he came from the Heaven Dou Empire and a medical family that had immigrated to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ju Zi told Ye Chen that her parents had died in the war and that she intended to avenge them against the Star Luo Empire’s Duke White Tiger.
• Ye Chen said goodbye and left on his Flying Hoverboard after Ju Zi asked him to pick her up the next morning.

Ye Chen worked on a high-level [Myriad Manifestation Human Puppet] to kill and impersonate Crown Prince Xu Tianran, while Ju Zi waited for him so they could eat together. After he finished for the day, Ye Chen agreed to have a drink with her, leaving their relationship poised to grow closer.

• Ye Chen planned to use the [Myriad Manifestation Human Puppet] to replace Xu Tianran and prevent his future war, intending to help Ju Zi take revenge on Duke White Tiger.
• Ye Chen focused on engraving the puppet's complex Core Arrays while Ju Zi waited hungrily in the laboratory.
• Ju Zi discussed humanoid Soul Tools and praised the Super Milk Bottle, unaware that Ye Chen was the Tang Sect Master behind it.
• Ye Chen finished his work and invited Ju Zi to go out with him.
• Ye Chen offered to drink with Ju Zi, and she happily accepted.

Ju Zi took Ye Chen to dinner at Yelan Ju, where they shared food and Starlight Brew. After Ju Zi got drunk, she teased Ye Chen about secretly massaging her foot before asking him to do it again, leaving him flustered.

• Ju Zi led Ye Chen to Yelan Ju and ordered a private room, food, and the restaurant’s signature Starlight Brew.
• Ye Chen sampled the unusual wine and ate with Ju Zi as she chatted about laboratory gossip.
• After several bottles, Ju Zi became drunk while Ye Chen remained clear-headed and urged her to stop drinking and return with him.
• Ju Zi slipped off a boot, rested her stockinged foot on Ye Chen’s thigh, and asked him to massage it because her legs were sore.
• Ju Zi revealed she had noticed Ye Chen touch her foot when he covered her with a blanket before, and she teased him with the promise of a single chance to massage it.

Ye Chen accompanied Ju Zi for dinner, massaged her ankle, and discovered that she had fallen asleep drunk. He carried her back to her villa and brought her to bed, where she clung to him and refused to let go.

• Ju Zi tested Ye Chen by letting him massage her ankle, and he openly indulged her while she relaxed and drifted to sleep.
• Ye Chen realized Ju Zi was unresponsive, put her boot back on, and carried her to the Flying Hoverboard.
• Ye Chen flew Ju Zi to her villa, shielding her from the night wind as she slept in his arms.
• Ye Chen used Ju Zi's hand to unlock her villa and carried her upstairs after she briefly woke and asked him to take her to her room.
• Ye Chen laid Ju Zi on her bed, but she tightened her arms around his neck and refused to release him.

After spending the night beside a drunken Ju Zi, Ye Chen reassured her that their closeness would remain secret, and she used his own secret to gain leverage over him. The next night, Ye Chen visited Jing Hongchen to discuss important matters.

• Ju Zi clung to Ye Chen in her sleep, and he stayed beside her until morning.
• Ju Zi woke up, remembered the night before, and panicked that Xu Tianran might hear about it; Ye Chen promised to keep it secret.
• Ye Chen asked Ju Zi to keep his foot massage and actions from the previous night secret, and Ju Zi teased him by calling it their secret and offering a reward if he behaved.
• Ju Zi and Ye Chen left separately, met in an alley, and went to the laboratory together.
• That night, Ye Chen visited Jing Hongchen to discuss important matters.

Ye Chen secretly entered Jing Hongchen’s study and ordered him to have the Hongchen Family support Xu Tianran and secure a position under him. Jing Hongchen feared the danger of assassinating the emperor, but Ye Chen said he would act first and keep the family from being implicated.

• Jing Hongchen brooded over his forced allegiance to Ye Chen and worried about the Hongchen Family’s future.
• Ye Chen silently appeared in Jing Hongchen’s study, stunning him by bypassing its detection Soul Tools.
• Ye Chen told Jing Hongchen to pledge the Hongchen Family to Xu Tianran and secure a position under him.
• Jing Hongchen objected that the old emperor remained on the throne and warned that the Imperial Palace was heavily defended.
• Ye Chen said the old emperor would be gone in a few days and assured Jing Hongchen that he would handle the assassination without implicating the family.

Ye Chen revealed to Jing Hongchen that he viewed Xu Tianran and others as tools, though he promised to protect Meng Hongchen from the coming turmoil. He then infiltrated the Sun Moon Empire's heavily guarded Imperial Palace and prepared to kill Emperor Xu You.

• Ye Chen told Jing Hongchen that he intended to use Xu Tianran rather than support him, and had offered Jing Hongchen a chance to secure the Hongchen Family's position.
• Jing Hongchen feared that Ye Chen might treat his family, including Meng Hongchen, as disposable tools, but Ye Chen promised to keep Meng Hongchen out of the conflict and protect her.
• Ye Chen vanished, and Jing Hongchen considered supporting Xu Tianran to gain standing after the emperor's death.
• Ye Chen used Spatial Teleportation and his Spiritual Power to enter the Imperial Palace unseen, bypassing patrols and detection Soul Tools.
• Ye Chen reached the Hall of Mental Cultivation, assessed its defenses, and identified Emperor Xu You as his target.

Ye Chen used Final Gaze to kill the emperor by extracting and destroying his soul, then left the Imperial Palace unnoticed. An hour later, the consecrated protector discovered the emperor’s death, triggering alarms and sealing the palace as its defenders rushed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

• Ye Chen used Final Gaze to pull the emperor’s soul from his body while the palace’s defenses failed to react.
• Ye Chen crushed the emperor’s soul and vanished without leaving a trace.
• An hour later, the consecrated protector sensed that the emperor’s life aura had disappeared and rushed into the inner chamber.
• The consecrated protector found the emperor dead, cried out, and set off the Imperial Palace’s alarms.
• The palace’s Soul Tools activated and sealed the grounds as guards and Soul Masters converged on the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After the emperor’s sudden death, Xu Tianran feigned grief while moving to take control of the palace. Kong Deming detected signs of an unnatural death but chose not to intervene, leaving Xu Tianran’s power grab tacitly unchallenged.

• Xu Tianran learned that the emperor had died and rushed to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, publicly mourning his father.
• Xu Tianran’s guard commander ordered the palace sealed and put Xu Tianran’s forces in control of key routes.
• Xu Tianfeng and Xu Tianyao left the palace after Xu Tianran asserted authority and took charge of the crisis.
• Jing Hongchen arrived and suspected that Ye Chen had killed the emperor.
• Kong Deming examined the emperor’s body, sensed an unidentified external force had caused the death, and departed without interfering.

After Xu Tianran consolidated power and declared himself Regent King, Ju Zi grew anxious about her standing while Ye Chen continued his research. On Meng Hongchen’s birthday, Ju Zi grew jealous when Ye Chen planned dinner with her and tried to persuade him to stay by offering to wear black stockings.

• Xu Tianran used the emperor’s funeral to secure court support, with Jing Hongchen publicly backing him.
• After the mourning period ended, Xu Tianran declared himself Regent King, and most ministers hailed him.
• Ju Zi worried that Xu Tianran’s rapid rise would leave her out of favor, while Ye Chen remained confident in his plans.
• Meng Hongchen invited Ye Chen to dinner at Cloud Perch Hotel for her birthday, and he agreed to meet her at the academy entrance.
• Ju Zi confronted Ye Chen about his plans with Meng Hongchen, then offered to wear black stockings if he had dinner with her.

Ye Chen chose to spend Meng Hongchen’s birthday with her, and they shared a romantic dinner at Cloud Perch Hotel. After Meng Hongchen asked why he seemed so happy, she kissed him, and Ye Chen returned the kiss.

• Ye Chen left the academy and met Meng Hongchen, who greeted him excitedly on her birthday.
• Meng Hongchen took Ye Chen to a decorated suite at Cloud Perch Hotel for a birthday dinner.
• Ye Chen suggested that Meng Hongchen make a silent wish before they ate cake, and she wished to stay with him forever.
• Ye Chen and Meng Hongchen shared cake and wine, and she asked why he had seemed especially happy lately.
• When Ye Chen refused to explain, Meng Hongchen embraced and kissed him, and Ye Chen kissed her back.

Ye Chen and Meng Hongchen finally became intimate after she reminded him of his promise. The next morning, they woke up together and shared a tender, teasing moment in bed.

• Meng Hongchen asked Ye Chen not to refuse her again, and he agreed to do what she wanted that night.
• Meng Hongchen and Ye Chen spent the night together.
• Ye Chen woke the next morning with Meng Hongchen curled up in his arms and let her sleep.
• Meng Hongchen woke late, remembered the night before, and blushed as Ye Chen teased her.
• Meng Hongchen asked Ye Chen to let her rest before they did that again, and Ye Chen agreed as they cuddled.

After spending the morning together, Ye Chen agreed to move into Meng Hongchen’s residence in a few days, once he had dealt with his affairs. Over breakfast, Meng Hongchen asked whether he would represent Shrek Academy in the upcoming All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition, and his answer left her uncertain about the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy’s chances.

• Ye Chen carried Meng Hongchen to the bathroom and helped her bathe after she struggled to stand.
• Meng Hongchen told Ye Chen that her grandfather had warned her about unrest in the imperial city and invited him to move in with her.
• Ye Chen agreed to move in after handling his affairs, which involved removing Xu Tianran and taking control of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ye Chen and Meng Hongchen went out to eat, where she asked whether he would represent Shrek Academy in the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Competition.
• Ye Chen said he would not be the only Soul Sage of their generation, dampening Meng Hongchen’s excitement about the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy’s chances.