Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao and Ye Chen spent the day shopping and enjoying Shrek City before resting together at the theater. As evening fell, they left the city and headed southeast toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Ma Xiaotao shopped around Shrek City while Ye Chen paid for her purchases and took photos of her.
• The pair visited the Great Soul Arena, lost a few hundred Gold Soul Coins, and then watched a play from a VIP room.
• Ma Xiaotao fell asleep while Ye Chen massaged her feet, and he took photos of her before resting with his head on her thigh.
• Ma Xiaotao woke Ye Chen near dusk, teased him for drooling, and wiped his face with a handkerchief.
• Ye Chen and Ma Xiaotao left the theater and headed southeast from Shrek City toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Ye Chen and Ma Xiaotao camped together, took photos, and shared a meal beneath a meteor shower. Ma Xiaotao pressed Ye Chen to reveal what he had wished for as the chapter ended.

• Ma Xiaotao and Ye Chen set up a secluded campsite while Ye Chen prepared food.
• Ye Chen took more than three hundred photos of Ma Xiaotao, including several revealing shots that she demanded he hand over.
• Ye Chen cooked barbecue for Ma Xiaotao, and the two ate together before watching the stars.
• A meteor shower appeared, and Ma Xiaotao made a wish while Ye Chen secretly photographed her.
• Ma Xiaotao pinned Ye Chen down and interrogated him about his wish, but he refused to tell her.

Ye Chen persuaded Ma Xiaotao to cultivate with him using his Resonance talent, which dramatically increased their cultivation speeds. After one shichen, Ye Chen reached level 44, while Ma Xiaotao was eager to cultivate with him again.

• Ye Chen changed his wish to becoming the strongest in the world so he could protect Ma Xiaotao, and she rewarded him with a kiss.
• Ye Chen told Ma Xiaotao that his Resonance talent increased cultivation speed when they cultivated while holding each other, and she agreed to try it.
• Ye Chen and Ma Xiaotao synchronized their Soul Power and activated Resonance, raising Ye Chen's cultivation speed to 100 times normal and Ma Xiaotao's to about 10 times normal.
• After one shichen of cultivation, Ye Chen broke through to level 44, and Ma Xiaotao realized their session had equaled nearly a week of her usual cultivation.

After spending the night together in the wilderness, Ye Chen returned to the academy and visited Xian Lin'er to study Soul Tool arrays. He began designing a compact flying Soul Tool so he could carry passengers on long flights.

• Ma Xiaotao reminded Ye Chen not to get any ideas in the wilderness, but the two shared a sleeping bag in the tent.
• The next morning, Ye Chen returned to the academy and decided to save Soul Enhancement Pills for Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Wang Dong, Tang Ya, and the others.
• Ye Chen visited Xian Lin'er, who began teaching him how to inscribe a Level 2 Soul Tool Array.
• After Xian Lin'er left him to practice, Ye Chen decided to build a flying Soul Tool and selected a Level 2 design from the Myriad Manifestations Tome.

Ye Chen chose a highly efficient flying Soul Tool design from the Myriad Manifestations Tome and began making it, first completing a Level 2 Core Array. Xian Lin'er celebrated his rapid progress, then took him to dinner at the Soul Tool Department.

• Ye Chen chose a flying Soul Tool whose replaceable Core Array could improve its speed and reduce its Soul Power consumption.
• Ye Chen set out to become a rank 2 Soul Tool Master and build the flying Soul Tool, planning to finish it in three days.
• By evening, Ye Chen had completed his first Level 2 Core Array and officially became a rank 2 Soul Tool Master.
• Xian Lin'er inspected Ye Chen's Core Array, praised his talent, and agreed to guide him as he studied flying Soul Tools.
• Xian Lin'er took Ye Chen to the Soul Tool Department's dining hall and served him a specially prepared nutritional meal.

Ye Chen worked through the night engraving the Core Array for his flying Soul Tool, so Xian Lin'er made him sleep in her laboratory bedroom. The next morning, she told him she would be away for a few days and left him to study in the laboratory.

• Ye Chen finished his meal and returned to the laboratory to continue making his Soul Tool.
• Xian Lin'er watched over Ye Chen as he worked late, then ordered him to rest once he finished engraving the Core Array modules.
• Xian Lin'er brought Ye Chen to her room in the laboratory and tucked him into bed, where he quickly fell asleep.
• Xian Lin'er kissed Ye Chen on the cheek before leaving him to sleep.
• The next morning, Xian Lin'er served Ye Chen breakfast and said she would be away for a few days, telling him to stay and study in the laboratory.

Ye Chen completed Aurora Shadow, a fast Level 2 flying Soul Tool, and tested it above the Inner Court. After Zhang Lexuan confronted him for flying over Sea God Island, she learned of his achievement and agreed to try the craft with him.

• Ye Chen built a compact metal cube that unfolded into a powerful flying Soul Tool, then named it Aurora Shadow after testing its speed.
• Ye Chen flew above the Inner Court and admired the Golden Tree, thinking about the Seed of Life and its importance to his future plans.
• Zhang Lexuan mistook Ye Chen for an intruder and attacked, but Ye Chen dodged and explained who he was.
• Ye Chen told Zhang Lexuan he had become a rank 2 Soul Tool Master and showed her that Aurora Shadow could carry another person.
• Zhang Lexuan stepped onto Aurora Shadow to test it with Ye Chen.

Ye Chen took Zhang Lexuan on a flight with his new Soul Tool, then reassured her about his conflict with Bei Bei. Zhang Lexuan asked him to stay and massage her feet, leaving Ye Chen close to her despite his intention to keep some distance.

• Ye Chen flew Zhang Lexuan beyond Shrek Academy on his Level 2 Soul Tool, Aurora Shadow, impressing her with its speed and efficiency.
• After they returned to Zhang Lexuan's courtyard, she asked Ye Chen for a flying Soul Tool of her own, and he promised to make her one.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Bei Bei was her teacher's great-grandson and that she had raised him, then apologized for his clash with Ye Chen.
• Zhang Lexuan said she knew Ye Chen had held back against Bei Bei, and Ye Chen assured her that their conflict was over.
• Ye Chen tried to leave, but Zhang Lexuan pressed him back into his seat and asked him to massage her feet while they talked.

Ye Chen massaged Zhang Lexuan’s feet and invited her to join the Tang Sect, but she said she might consider it after finishing her duties at Shrek Academy’s Inner Court. He left her courtyard quietly after she fell asleep, keeping their relationship at a distance.

• Zhang Lexuan asked Ye Chen about becoming the Tang Sect’s Vice Sect Master, and he explained that the sect was good and invited her to join.
• Zhang Lexuan declined for now, saying her Inner Court responsibilities came first, though she might consider joining after training her successor.
• Ye Chen insisted he would reserve a Vice Sect Master position for Zhang Lexuan, and she reacted with exasperation without rejecting the idea outright.
• While Zhang Lexuan rested, Ye Chen admired her, but she sensed his wandering attention and covered herself.
• After Zhang Lexuan fell asleep, Ye Chen stopped the massage and quietly left her courtyard to avoid complicating their relationship or creating another conflict with Bei Bei.

Ye Chen returned to Ma Xiaotao's cottage and waited until she came back from training, where her accumulated Evil Fire had nearly reached its limit. After she bathed, Ma Xiaotao climbed onto him and declared that she would punish him for staying away, leaving their encounter poised to continue.

• Ye Chen went to Ma Xiaotao's cottage, found her away at training, and waited in the courtyard.
• Ma Xiaotao returned frustrated, pounced on Ye Chen, and demanded he make up for not visiting her for several days.
• Ye Chen realized Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire had built up dangerously while she trained, and she asked him to help absorb it.
• Ma Xiaotao hurried to bathe, then returned wrapped in a towel and straddled Ye Chen.
• Ma Xiaotao called her advances a punishment, pinched Ye Chen's mouth shut, and pressed herself against him.

After leaving the Inner Court, Ye Chen used his new Curse Book to curse Xu Sanshi and Tang San. Tang San’s divine power was disrupted, leaving him weakened and searching for the culprit.

• Ye Chen checked in and received a Curse Book that inflicted an undetectable, unremovable random negative effect on a target once every 30 days.
• Ye Chen cursed Xu Sanshi, giving him diarrhea for seven days.
• Ye Chen cursed Tang San, causing divine power disruption.
• Tang San spat blood in the Sea God Palace as his power fell from the God King Realm, and he suspected the God of Destruction had attacked him.

Tang San worried that his weakened state would leave him unable to influence events in the lower realm while a dangerous variable grew. At Shrek Academy, Ye Chen met Wang Dong and Xiaoxiao in the park and offered to treat Xiaoxiao’s injured foot.

• Tang San realized he would need months to recover and feared the variable would grow while he could not interfere in the lower realm.
• Xu Sanshi suffered severe diarrhea and hurried to the Infirmary after sealing the passage with Soul Power.
• Ye Chen met Wang Dong and her classmate Xiaoxiao in the academy park, where they discussed Zhou Yi’s demanding training and the students she had expelled.
• Ye Chen noticed Xiaoxiao had sprained her foot, and after she declined to visit the Infirmary, he offered to treat her with his knowledge of medicine.

Ye Chen treated Xiaoxiao’s sprained foot with acupuncture, impressing her and Wang Dong when he revealed a second martial soul. The three discovered they all had Twin Martial Souls and agreed to help one another, leaving Xiaoxiao healed and more admiring of Ye Chen.

• Ye Chen offered to treat Xiaoxiao’s injured foot, and she shyly agreed to let him examine it.
• Ye Chen used acupuncture on Xiaoxiao, revealing a Silver Needle martial soul and surprising Wang Dong and Xiaoxiao.
• Xiaoxiao and Wang Dong revealed that they also had Twin Martial Souls, and the three agreed to help one another.
• Ye Chen finished treating Xiaoxiao, and she found that her pain had disappeared when she walked.

Ye Chen returned to Dormitory 112 with Wang Dong, who changed into a dress and demanded a massage because she was jealous that he had treated Xiaoxiao. After an intimate encounter, Wang Dong protested when Ye Chen called her his girlfriend but fiercely forbade him from asking Xiaoxiao for help.

• Ye Chen and Wang Dong walked back to Dormitory 112 after saying goodbye to Xiaoxiao, and Wang Dong locked Ye Chen out while she changed.
• Wang Dong opened the door wearing a pink-blue dress and asked Ye Chen to treat her supposedly twisted ankle.
• Wang Dong insisted on getting the same attention Xiaoxiao had received, so Ye Chen massaged her feet.
• Ye Chen teased Wang Dong and pinned her beneath him, and she reluctantly accepted his demand for help.
• Afterward, Wang Dong denied being Ye Chen's girlfriend but angrily stopped him from asking Xiaoxiao for help next time.

Ye Chen and Wang Dong cultivated together, and their relationship-driven gains helped them reach new cultivation breakthroughs. After reaching Rank 50 and becoming ready to advance to Soul King, Ye Chen went to ask Xian Lin'er for help obtaining a Soul Ring, leaving her concerned that he had run into trouble.

• Ye Chen comforted Wang Dong, and they cultivated together, raising Wang Dong to Rank 28 and Ye Chen to Rank 46.
• Ye Chen had Wang Dong step on his back for a massage, and he fell asleep while she vented her frustration.
• Over the next month, Ye Chen reached Rank 50, became a Level 4 Soul Engineer, and gained the Spiritual Furnace and Critical Strike talents.
• Ye Chen went to the Soul Tool Department to find Xian Lin'er and discovered she was in her dean's office.
• Ye Chen embraced Xian Lin'er and told her he had come because he needed her help, prompting her to ask if he had encountered trouble in cultivation.

Ye Chen revealed to Xian Lin'er that he had reached Level 50 in a month, and she agreed to accompany him to the Extreme North to find his fifth Soul Ring. After preparing, they tested Ye Chen’s new flying Soul Tool, Aurora Shadow 2, and sped toward their destination.

• Ye Chen told Xian Lin'er he had reached Level 50, shocking her with his rapid cultivation.
• Xian Lin'er decided to protect Ye Chen and agreed to help him obtain a fifth Soul Ring in the Extreme North.
• Ye Chen and Xian Lin'er gathered food and water before heading to the laboratory building.
• Ye Chen showed Xian Lin'er his Aurora Shadow 2 flying Soul Tool and explained its speed and low Soul Power consumption.
• Xian Lin'er supplied Soul Power as Ye Chen piloted Aurora Shadow 2, which quickly accelerated beyond three hundred kilometers per hour.

Ye Chen and Xian Lin'er flew to Extreme City, where they ate and drank before checking into an inn for the night ahead of Ye Chen's Soul Ring hunt. As Xian Lin'er settled in, Ye Chen began helping her wash her feet, and she told him to stop staring and hurry up.

• Xian Lin'er piloted Ye Chen's Aurora Shadow 2 toward the Extreme North while Ye Chen flirted with her.
• Xian Lin'er and Ye Chen reached Extreme City and planned to stay the night before obtaining Ye Chen's Soul Ring.
• Xian Lin'er and Ye Chen shared mutton soup and wine, and Xian Lin'er became tipsy.
• Ye Chen booked one room at an inn and helped Xian Lin'er settle onto the bed.
• Ye Chen brought hot water and removed Xian Lin'er's boot, and she poked his face with her foot and told him to hurry up.

Ye Chen and Xian Lin'er spent the night together before traveling to the Extreme North to search for a powerful ice-attributed Soul Beast for Ye Chen. They flew deeper into the frozen wilderness and spotted a thirty-thousand-year Ice Scorpion, but had not yet chosen a suitable target.

• Ye Chen washed and massaged Xian Lin'er's feet, and she asked him where her stockings were.
• Xian Lin'er and Ye Chen changed into pajamas and went to sleep in the same bed.
• After breakfast, Xian Lin'er and Ye Chen set off for the Extreme North in Ye Chen's cold-resistant fighter.
• Ye Chen searched from the air for a Soul Beast strong enough to provide a suitable Soul Ring, while Xian Lin'er piloted the fighter deeper into the region.
• Xian Lin'er pointed out a thirty-thousand-year Ice Scorpion and asked Ye Chen what he thought of it.

Ye Chen and Xian Lin'er found a nearly seventy-thousand-year-old Frost Crystal Mammoth for Ye Chen's fifth Soul Ring. Xian Lin'er defeated it and left it alive for Ye Chen to deliver the finishing blow.

• Ye Chen told Xian Lin'er that his fourth Soul Ring was nearly sixty thousand years old and that he needed a Soul Beast at least seventy thousand years old.
• Ye Chen chose a Frost Crystal Mammoth whose cultivation was nearly seventy thousand years.
• Xian Lin'er transformed and confronted the Frost Crystal Mammoth while Ye Chen watched.
• Xian Lin'er destroyed the mammoth's ice attacks and gravely wounded it with her Azure Flame Dragon True Body.
• Xian Lin'er left the mammoth with its last breath and told Ye Chen to land the final strike.

Ye Chen absorbed the Frost Crystal Mammoth’s seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring, advancing from Soul Power level 50 to 52 and gaining the area skill Ice Thorn Dragon Prison. After seeing its power, Xian Lin'er took him back to celebrate his advancement to Soul King.

• Ye Chen absorbed the Frost Crystal Mammoth’s Soul Ring in an hour, resisting its lingering spiritual shock.
• Ye Chen’s Soul Power rose from level 50 to 52, and Xian Lin'er checked him for injuries before embracing him.
• Ye Chen revealed Ice Thorn Dragon Prison, summoning enormous, fast ice spikes across a wide area.
• Xian Lin'er judged the skill powerful enough to threaten even a Title Douluo, and Ye Chen explained he could turn the spikes into safer ice pillars.
• Xian Lin'er invited Ye Chen to return with her for a celebratory meal, while Ye Chen assessed his strength as comparable to a Soul Sage.