Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen transmigrated into Douluo Continent as the son of a Spirit Hall Deacon, with level-six innate soul power and a Detached White Fox martial soul. At Notting Academy’s gates, he recognized Tang San’s enrollment scene and resolved to shape his own fate rather than become a background figure.

• Lin Chen woke outside Notting Academy and recognized the argument between the gatekeeper, Old Jack, and the boy with Blue Silver Grass as Tang San’s enrollment scene.
• Lin Chen absorbed the original owner’s memories and learned that he was the six-year-old son of Lin Tianyu, a Spirit Hall Deacon in Nuoding City.
• Lin Chen recalled that he had awakened a Detached White Fox martial soul and tested at level-six innate soul power, and that his father had arranged for him to study at the Academy and seek Yu Xiaogang’s guidance.
• Lin Chen summoned White Fox from his palm and examined his new martial soul.
• Lin Chen watched Tang San at the gates and decided that he would not remain an anonymous backdrop or become a stepping stone for the protagonist.

Lin Chen enrolled at the Academy and rejected Yu Xiaogang’s offer to become his disciple despite his rare Detached Martial Soul. Tang San grew jealous and hostile, while Lin Chen hurried away, fearing an ambush.

• Lin Chen presented his admission certificate to the gatekeeper, who exclaimed that he had a fox-type Detached Martial Soul and innate level-six soul power.
• Yu Xiaogang read Lin Chen’s credentials, recognized a rare subject for his research, and urgently asked him to become his disciple.
• Lin Chen politely refused Yu Xiaogang, saying he had his own cultivation plans, then entered the Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang was left shocked and disappointed, while Tang San felt relieved that Lin Chen had refused before becoming jealous and wary of him.
• Lin Chen sensed danger behind him and hurried along the Academy path, fearing Tang San might attack him with a Sleeve Arrow.

After enrolling at Notting Academy, Lin Chen cultivated from level six to the peak of level seven while keeping his distance from Tang San and Xiao Wu. He was then pulled into a confrontation between the self-funded students and Dorm Seven, where Tang San had already obtained his first Soul Ring and become a soul master.

• Lin Chen completed enrollment and settled into the Self-Funded Student Dormitory with several familiar classmates.
• At lunch, Lin Chen saw Tang San refuse Wang Sheng's offer and noticed Xiao Wu, who caught him looking at her.
• Lin Chen recalled that Tang San would soon acquire a Soul Ring and began meditating diligently to close the gap in their strength.
• After several days of intense cultivation, Lin Chen broke through from level six to the peak of level seven.
• A dormmate woke Lin Chen and hurried him to the Back Hill, where Dorm Seven's work-study students faced off against the self-funded students.
• Lin Chen saw that Tang San had returned with a yellow Soul Ring after becoming a soul master.

After Tang San defeated Xiao Chengyu and revealed his hundred-year Soul Ring, Lin Chen trained relentlessly until he reached level eight. Yu Xiaogang tried again to recruit Lin Chen as his disciple, but Lin Chen refused and left, prompting Tang San to vow to surpass him.

• Tang San defeated Xiao Chengyu with Blue Silver Grass, and Xiao Wu revealed her hundred-year Soul Ring, earning the older students’ respect.
• Tang San gave Lin Chen a hostile, competitive look, and Lin Chen recognized that he was falling behind.
• Lin Chen meditated continuously over the following days and advanced to level eight, nearing level nine.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Lin Chen Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and hundred-year Soul Ring, then urged Lin Chen to become his disciple again.
• Lin Chen politely refused Yu Xiaogang and left, while Tang San grew resentful and vowed to defeat him by mastering Yu Xiaogang’s teachings.

After reaching Level 10 soul power, Lin Chen prepared to obtain his first soul ring and secretly refined three pieces of Century-Old Whale Rubber to strengthen his body. He entered the Soul Hunting Forest with his parents, ready to begin the hunt.

• Tang San confronted Lin Chen and vowed to prove Yu Xiaogang's theories right, while Lin Chen returned to cultivation.
• After six months of rigorous training, Lin Chen advanced from Level 8 to Level 10 and finalized his White Fox soul-ring plan.
• Lin Chen secured leave from Notting Academy and told his parents, Lin Tianyu and Li Su, that he was ready to hunt for his first soul ring.
• Lin Chen discreetly bought five pieces of Century-Old Whale Rubber and refined three of them overnight, greatly strengthening his physique.
• Lin Chen traveled with his parents to the Soul Hunting Forest, entered using Lin Tianyu's Spirit Hall deacon's token, and stepped into the forest.

Lin Chen entered the Soul Hunting Forest with his parents to find a Water Element fox for his first soul ring. He absorbed a five-hundred-year Azure Water Fox’s ring without harm, broke through to the Soul Master realm, and returned home before going to the Notting Spirit Hall to register.

• Lin Chen told Lin Tianyu and Li Su that Yu Xiaogang had recommended a hundred-year Water Element fox soul beast for his White Fox Detached Martial Soul.
• After two days of searching, Lin Chen and his parents found a group of Azure Water Foxes near a waterfall and subdued one they believed was around four hundred years old.
• Lin Chen killed the Azure Water Fox and began absorbing its soul ring, but Li Su discovered it was over five hundred years old and feared he could not withstand it.
• Lin Chen safely absorbed the soul ring, broke through into the Soul Master realm, named his enhanced White Fox Liuli, and gained Dripping Water Pierces Stone and Nip Danger in the Bud.
• Lin Tianyu and Li Su warned Lin Chen to conceal one of his two soul skills, and the family returned home safely.
• After resting, Lin Tianyu took Lin Chen to the Notting Spirit Hall to register his Soul Master level and soul ring.

Lin Chen registered as a level-fourteen soul master at the Notting Spirit Hall and decided to join it. After a year of intensive cultivation at Notting Academy, his unique bond with Liuli brought him to level nineteen, while he concealed his strength and stayed ahead of Tang San.

• Lin Chen tested at level fourteen after absorbing a five-hundred-year Azure Water Fox soul ring, and Ma Xiunuo registered him as a soul master.
• Lin Chen chose to join the Spirit Hall, received his new soul master allowance, and returned to Notting Academy.
• Lin Chen discovered that cultivating with Liuli accelerated and purified his soul power through a mutually nourishing cycle.
• Lin Chen refused Yu Xiaogang's repeated offers to become his disciple and told him he planned to join the Spirit Hall, while Tang San's hostility toward him grew.
• Lin Chen cultivated throughout the year and reached the peak of level nineteen, surpassing Tang San's reported level sixteen as the academy holiday began.

After the school year ended, Lin Chen returned home exhausted from a year of intense cultivation and rested with Liuli by his side. He woke to discover that he had broken through from the peak of level nineteen to level twenty in his sleep.

• Lin Chen left Notting Academy at the end of term, saw Tang San and Xiao Wu depart for Holy Soul Village, and headed home.
• Lin Chen reunited with his parents and kept his cultivation progress secret during their family dinner.
• Lin Chen thanked Liuli for accompanying him through the year, then went to sleep without cultivating.
• Liuli stayed beside Lin Chen as their human-spirit cultivation continued through the night.
• Lin Chen awoke refreshed and realized that he had naturally broken through to level twenty soul power while sleeping.

Lin Chen broke through to Soul Grandmaster and persuaded his parents to let him seek an unusually old second soul ring. With Tieshan protecting the family, they found a Greenwood Fox in the Soul Hunting Forest and trapped it, leaving Lin Chen poised to obtain his ring.

• Lin Chen told Lin Tianyu and Li Su that he had reached rank twenty, and his parents celebrated his rapid cultivation.
• Lin Chen asked for an eight-hundred- to nine-hundred-year wood-attribute soul ring, and he convinced his worried parents that his unusual resilience and martial soul compatibility made it manageable.
• Lin Tianyu recruited his trusted friend Tieshan, a rank-forty-five Soul Ancestor, to protect the family on their journey.
• Lin Chen, his parents, and Tieshan traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest and searched for a suitable Wood Element fox soul beast.
• The group found a Greenwood Fox aged about nine hundred and ten years, then Tieshan, Lin Tianyu, and Li Su sealed off its escape routes.

Lin Chen absorbed the Greenwood Fox’s soul ring, transforming Liuli into a Two-Tailed White Fox and breaking through to level twenty-three. He awakened two new Wood Element skills and saw both of his Water Element skills advance.

• Tieshan, Lin Tianyu, and Li Su subdued the Greenwood Fox, leaving Lin Chen to deliver the final blow.
• Lin Chen killed the Greenwood Fox and absorbed its yellow soul ring with Liuli.
• The Wood Element energy transformed Liuli into a Two-Tailed White Fox and strengthened its Nine-Tails Bloodline.
• Lin Chen’s soul power broke through to level twenty-three as the ring’s energy tempered his body and foundation.
• Lin Chen gained Pluck Leaves, Scatter Flowers and Pull Up Seedlings to Help Them Grow, while his first two soul skills advanced into Rain of Sorrow, Clouds of Grief and Unyielding Iron Bones.

After Lin Chen successfully absorbed his second soul ring and reached Soul Grandmaster, he registered his new rank in Nuoding City and settled into a balanced cultivation routine. His record entered the regional Spirit Hall’s routine watch list as he continued strengthening his foundation.

• Lin Chen tested Liuli’s second soul skill, then left the Soul Hunting Forest with Lin Tianyu, Li Su, and Tieshan.
• Lin Chen returned to Nuoding City and had Ma Xiunuo assess his soul power, which had reached level twenty-three.
• Ma Xiunuo updated Lin Chen’s records with his seven-hundred-year second soul ring and martial soul transformation, issued him a Soul Grandmaster badge, and submitted a routine talent report to the higher-level Spirit Hall branch.
• Lin Chen changed his training habits, balancing meditation, combat practice, reading, rest, and time with his family.
• Lin Chen and Liuli continued cultivating steadily, refining their soul power and consolidating their foundations.

After returning from the Soul Hunting Forest as a 23rd-level soul grandmaster, Lin Chen decided that Notting Academy could no longer meet his cultivation needs and planned to transfer to Suotuo City Spirit Hall Intermediate Soul Master Academy. He left the dean stunned by applying for early graduation.

• Lin Chen returned to Notting Academy at the start of term, concealing his breakthroughs and transformed martial soul from the other students.
• Lin Chen chose Suotuo City Spirit Hall Intermediate Soul Master Academy as his next place to cultivate and position himself near future events.
• Lin Chen went to the dean's office and applied for early graduation.
• The dean froze in astonishment at Lin Chen's request.

Lin Chen earned early graduation from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy after revealing his rank twenty-three cultivation and two hundred-year soul rings. He traveled with his father to Suotuo City and arrived at the Spirit Hall Intermediate Academy to continue his studies.

• Lin Chen showed the dean his two hundred-year soul rings and rank twenty-three cultivation, convincing him to approve early graduation and issue a recommendation letter.
• Lin Chen obtained a Spirit Hall recommendation certificate from Ma Xiunuo and told his parents he planned to study in Suotuo City.
• Lin Tianyu and Li Su approved Lin Chen's plan, and Lin Tianyu decided to escort him on the journey.
• Lin Chen and Lin Tianyu traveled for several days by carriage before reaching Suotuo City.
• Lin Chen and Lin Tianyu went directly to Suotuo Spirit Hall Intermediate Academy, where they saw its grand grounds and powerful students.

Lin Chen enrolled at Suotuo City's Spirit Hall Intermediate Academy, where Soul Saint Mo Yuan became his personal mentor and trained him in theory, cultivation, and combat. After settling into his new routine, Lin Chen visited the quiet village that would later become the site of Shrek Academy, where only two future members of the Shrek Seven Devils had arrived.

• Lin Chen entered the academy with his father and impressed its staff with his age, level twenty-three cultivation, and two hundred-year soul rings.
• The academy granted Lin Chen special treatment and assigned level seventy Battle Soul Saint Mo Yuan as his personal mentor.
• Mo Yuan assessed Lin Chen and designed an individual training program as Lin Chen completed enrollment and settled into the academy.
• Lin Chen studied advanced theory and refined his soul power while undergoing intensive combat drills under Mo Yuan's guidance.
• After some time, Lin Chen got permission to leave, walked through Suotuo City, and traveled to the village that would later host Shrek Academy.
• Lin Chen found the village still ordinary and peaceful, with only two future members of the Shrek Seven Devils studying there; Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Dai Mubai had not yet arrived.

Over three years, Lin Chen quietly cultivated at Suotuo Intermediate Academy and refined his combat skills in the Soto Great Soul Arena while keeping clear of Oscar and Ma Hongjun. The chapter leaves him at the peak of level twenty-eight, with a deeply consolidated foundation and a growing partnership with Liuli.

• Lin Chen observed Oscar and Ma Hongjun from afar without approaching or interfering with the plot.
• Lin Chen spent three years cultivating steadily under the academy's resources and his Soul Saint instructor, reaching the peak of level twenty-eight.
• Lin Chen periodically fought in the Suotuo City Great Soul Arena, directing Liuli while avoiding direct combat and concealing his own close-quarters ability.
• Lin Chen used arena matches to improve his mental control and battlefield judgment, while sometimes letting Liuli fight independently.

Lin Chen won his first two Soul Fighting Arena matches by directing Liuli’s offensive Soul Skills from the rear, then spent three years refining his tactics while keeping his full abilities hidden. The chapter ended with his undefeated record intact across dozens of official Soul Grandmaster Arena bouts.

• Lin Chen directed Liuli to defeat a level twenty-eight Blazing Lion Soul Master with precise Water and Wood Element attacks.
• Lin Chen used his spiritual sensory net to locate and counter a level twenty-seven Shadowblade Flying Squirrel Soul Master, securing his second victory.
• Lin Chen continued defeating opponents from different schools with direct attacks while remaining at the rear and concealing his support abilities.
• Over three years and dozens of official matches, Lin Chen won every Soul Grandmaster Arena bout without a defeat.

Lin Chen’s years of Arena combat had made him dominant among Soul Grandmasters and capable of challenging stronger opponents. He narrowly defeated a level-thirty-one lightning Soul Elder, demonstrating how far his command of Liuli and battle experience had advanced.

• Lin Chen built a reputation in the Soto Great Soul Arena by commanding Liuli to defeat opponents while he stayed at the rear of the Arena.
• Lin Chen deliberately challenged level-thirty Soul Elders to hone his ability to fight across ranks.
• A level-thirty-one lightning Soul Elder underestimated Lin Chen and unleashed his Third Soul Skill, Thunderous Roar, across the stage.
• Lin Chen directed Liuli to evade the lightning and counter with water- and wood-element Soul Skills, steadily exhausting the Soul Elder’s power.
• When the Soul Elder tried to attack Lin Chen, Lin Chen evaded and Liuli forced the opponent back into defense until he conceded.
• Lin Chen’s victory drew cheers and showed that his combat ability had surpassed that of ordinary Soul Elders despite his level-twenty-eight cultivation.

Lin Chen, now a level twenty-nine Soul Grandmaster, took a break from cultivation and encountered Flender recruiting Dai Mubai for Shrek Academy in Suotuo City. He recognized the meeting as the first key event in the story’s timeline and anticipated Tang San and Xiao Wu’s arrival a year later.

• After three years of steady cultivation, Lin Chen reached level twenty-nine and refined his combat skills.
• Lin Chen strolled through Suotuo City to relax after an intensive morning of classes and meditation.
• Flender tried to persuade Dai Mubai to join Shrek Academy at a busy city crossroads.
• Lin Chen recognized Dai Mubai and understood that the original story’s events had begun.
• Lin Chen recalled that Tang San and Xiao Wu would arrive in Suotuo City in a year, followed by the other future members of the Shrek Seven Devils.

After seeing Dai Mubai arrive in Suotuo City, Lin Chen feared he would fall behind Tang San and resolved to accelerate his cultivation. He stocked up on provisions and asked Mo Yuan for several days' leave to cultivate in seclusion.

• Watching Flender recruit Dai Mubai, Lin Chen realized Shrek's story had begun and that Tang San and Xiao Wu would arrive in a year.
• Lin Chen compared his rank twenty-nine cultivation with Tang San's expected growth and decided he could no longer afford to progress slowly.
• Lin Chen bought a month's worth of Spirit Food provisions, Energy-Storing Pastries, and Nourishing Pills in Suotuo City.
• Lin Chen returned to Suotuo Spirit Hall Intermediate Academy and asked his teacher Mo Yuan for a few days' leave to cultivate in seclusion.

Lin Chen secluded himself in his dormitory and cultivated with Liuli's help, using their linked soul power to accelerate his progress. After four days and nights, he reached the peak of level twenty-nine late on the fifth night.

• Lin Chen asked Mo Yuan for leave to cultivate in seclusion, and Mo Yuan trusted him to make up the missed lessons later.
• Lin Chen returned to his private dormitory, hung a Do not disturb sign, and sealed the door against interruptions.
• Lin Chen summoned Liuli and asked it to help him cultivate by circulating soul power at full speed.
• Lin Chen and Liuli joined their efforts, with Liuli absorbing and purifying water and wood spiritual energy as Lin Chen refined his soul power.
• Lin Chen's soul power advanced from early to middle and then late level twenty-nine over several days of uninterrupted cultivation.
• Late on the fifth night, Lin Chen's soul power filled his reserves and reached the peak of level twenty-nine.