Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Chu Ge transmigrates to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest after clicking a game-ad prompt. The system grants him Level 91 Titled Douluo cultivation, the Blue Silver Emperor and Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls, powerful comprehension and charisma, and strong Soul Ring configurations.
• He realizes he has arrived in the era of Douluo II, roughly ten thousand years after Tang San’s ascension, and recognizes the young Tang Ya and Mu Bei Bei nearby.
• Tang Ya approaches Chu Ge and proposes that they travel together while she hunts for her third Soul Ring. Before he can answer, his system issues a quest that treats him as a weak novice who needs to obtain his first Soul Ring.
• The system also assigns a special challenge: face a Wind Baboon. Chu Ge, already a Titled Douluo, is baffled by the mismatch between his actual power and the system’s instructions.

Character developments

• Chu Ge moves from shock at his transmigration to amused confidence about his new abilities. He is also wary of Tang San’s influence over the world and expects that pursuing power may put him in conflict with the God King.
• Tang Ya is friendly and somewhat shy with Chu Ge, feeling drawn to him despite their being strangers. She takes the initiative to suggest traveling together.
• Mu Bei Bei appears alongside Tang Ya, identified by Chu Ge through his dragon-claw-like right hand, but has little direct involvement yet.

Significant themes

• Overpowered protagonist versus misguided system: Chu Ge begins at an extraordinary level, while the system insists he is a fragile beginner.
• Fate and resistance to power: Chu Ge sees the Tang family’s control of the world as something he may eventually have to challenge.
• Humor through dramatic irony: The system’s grave warnings about a Wind Baboon clash comically with Chu Ge’s Titled Douluo strength.

Character interactions

• Tang Ya introduces herself and asks Chu Ge to travel with her and Bei Bei as they hunt Soul Beasts.
• Chu Ge gives his name and says he is in the forest to train, but hesitates to accept before the system interrupts.
• Chu Ge internally recognizes Tang Ya and Bei Bei from the future timeline and speculates that Tang Ya is attracted to his Blue Silver Emperor aura and charisma.

Plot points and events

• Chu Ge parts ways with Tang Ya, saying he has other business. Tang Ya accepts calmly, while Bei Bei hides his jealousy over her interest in Chu Ge.
• Chu Ge follows a system challenge to defeat a Wind Baboon. He quickly kills the weak beast and earns the title Ape God, which doubles his damage against ape-like soul beasts.
• Completing the mission also upgrades his first soul ring from 3,000 to 6,500 years, thanks to the system’s doubling bonus and an extra 500 years.
• The system then identifies a nearby girl as Huo Yudie, a new “child of destiny,” and tasks Chu Ge with forming a positive bond with her.
• Chu Ge learns that Yudie is Huo Yuhao’s younger twin sister—and that Yuhao has died, with Yudie now taking his place as the one destined to protect the Douluo Continent.

Character developments and interactions

• Chu Ge is pleased by the system’s powerful reward but becomes increasingly confused by the unexpected changes to the world’s story.
• Tang Ya remains open to meeting Chu Ge again, while Bei Bei suppresses his jealousy rather than admitting his feelings.
• Huo Yudie, frightened but determined while facing the Wind Baboon, is rescued by Chu Ge. Hearing her brother’s name visibly upsets her.
• Chu Ge and Yudie’s connection begins with his intervention, but the revelation about Yuhao’s death leaves their meeting on a somber note.

Significant themes

• Destiny and altered history: The familiar role of “child of destiny” has shifted from Huo Yuhao to his sister.
• Power and opportunity: Chu Ge’s intervention changes who defeats the Wind Baboon, while the system turns the event into a major increase in strength.
• Hidden emotions: Bei Bei’s jealousy contrasts with Tang Ya’s untroubled acceptance, while Yudie’s grief emerges when her brother is mentioned.

This chapter is an author’s note rather than a story chapter.

• Key points: Author Abai thanks readers, outlines an ambitious two-million-character goal, and says the story may later explore the Dragon King and other planes. They reassure readers that updates should be reliable, citing two previous long works totaling about two million characters.
• Character development and interactions: No fictional characters or plot interactions appear. Abai presents themself as a persistent high-school student who writes on a spare phone and directly addresses readers, asking for recommendation votes and inviting them to join a reader group.
• Themes and tone: The note emphasizes perseverance, gratitude, and a cheerful, feel-good wish-fulfillment style. It also marks the book’s release on the author’s eighteenth birthday, which Abai celebrates playfully.

Chapter Summary

• Key events: After Huo Yuhao’s death, Chu Ge comforts his twin sister, Huo Yudie. She asks him to teach her so she can grow strong enough to avenge her mother and brother and punish the White Tiger Duke. Chu Ge agrees to take her in and help her find her first Soul Ring. The system rewards him for forming a positive bond with her: two hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones.
• Character development: Yudie moves from frightened, solitary survivor to hopeful apprentice, eagerly accepting Chu Ge as her master. Her grief and desire for revenge remain strong, but she now has someone willing to protect and guide her. Chu Ge shows compassion toward her while recognizing her potential—and the practical problem of supporting her.
• Character interactions: Chu Ge speaks gently to Yudie, returns the money she offers, and leads her out of the forest. There they encounter the immense Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who is thrilled to find a young person with a mental-type Martial Soul. Though wary of Chu Ge’s unusual power, Tian Meng is surprised when Chu Ge immediately offers him as Yudie’s Soul Ring.
• Significant themes: The chapter centers on grief, protection, and rebuilding through mentorship. It also contrasts Yudie’s vulnerability with her determination, while highlighting the story’s unusual power dynamics: Chu Ge’s strength and the system’s rewards turn what might be a dangerous encounter into a seemingly advantageous opportunity. Tian Meng is delighted by the offer, while Yudie is stunned by the prospect of absorbing a million-year Soul Ring.

Plot and key events

• Chu Ge proposes that the million-year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Tian Meng, become his disciple Huo Yudie’s soul spirit. Tian Meng eagerly agrees, though he initially does not know what a soul spirit is.
• Chu Ge gives a brief explanation of the Soul Spirit Method. Tian Meng grasps the idea almost immediately and completes the contract with Yudie.
• During the process, Tian Meng’s energy raises Yudie’s cultivation from level ten to level twenty-five. She gains two million-year soul rings, stunning Chu Ge, who realizes Tian Meng can grant her multiple rings.
• Yudie wakes, overwhelmed by her sudden progress, and cries in Chu Ge’s arms. Tian Meng appears in her spiritual space, delighted and claiming he can give her six soul rings.
• A new quest directs Chu Ge to investigate Shrek Academy. He considers its reputation and practices dubious and has no desire to join, though he accepts the quest.

Character developments and interactions

• Tian Meng proves far more perceptive and capable than Chu Ge expected: he independently understands and carries out the soul-spirit contract. He is enthusiastic about helping Yudie and confident she can reach God Level.
• Huo Yudie trusts Chu Ge completely, defers to his judgment, and gratefully accepts Tian Meng. Her rapid advancement marks a major turning point in her cultivation.
• Chu Ge acts as Yudie’s protector and mentor, but is repeatedly surprised by Tian Meng’s abilities and the results of his own rough explanation. He remains skeptical of Shrek and its ideals.
• The exchange between Yudie, Chu Ge, and Tian Meng is warm and affectionate: she relies on Chu Ge for reassurance, while Tian Meng eagerly welcomes her and Chu Ge calmly comforts her afterward.

Significant themes

• Trust and mentorship: Yudie’s faith in Chu Ge enables her to accept a life-changing opportunity.
• Unexpected potential: Tian Meng exceeds expectations, while the new soul-spirit method produces results beyond Chu Ge’s understanding.
• Power and responsibility: Yudie’s growth is carefully limited to protect her foundations, emphasizing that strength should not come at the cost of lasting harm.
• Questioning institutions: Chu Ge’s doubts about Shrek challenge its celebrated reputation and set up the next stage of the story.

Plot points and events

• Chu Ge asks Huo Yudie to demonstrate her Soul Skills. She shows abilities similar to Huo Yuhao’s—Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Sharing, and Simulation. He tells her to use Simulation to make her two white Soul Rings appear yellow so she will attract less attention at Shrek.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei meet them. Tang Ya notices an unusual pull toward Chu Ge and asks about his Martial Soul. He reveals his Blue Silver Emperor, which makes her Blue Silver Grass submit and explains her instinctive attraction.
• Tang Ya invites Chu Ge to join the Tang Sect, hoping he might become its master. He refuses, saying he values his independence and does not want to lead a faction. A system quest then requires him to befriend Tang Ya and obtain a Tang Sect recommendation letter.
• Chu Ge asks Tang Ya for a letter to help Yudie enter Shrek. She readily provides one. In return, he captures a thousand-year Mandala Snake for her third Soul Ring—the very Soul Beast she and Bei Bei had failed to find.
• As Chu Ge and Yudie leave, Tang Ya makes one last attempt to recruit him. He ignores the appeal and departs.
• Yudie asks why they are not joining the Tang Sect, which she had believed was powerful and admirable. Chu Ge explains that Shrek is entangled with the Star Luo Empire’s Duke’s Mansion, whose family is responsible for her suffering. He warns that Shrek might side with the Dai family rather than with her.

Character developments and interactions

• Chu Ge remains independent and dismissive of the weakened Tang Sect, but adapts quickly when the system makes Tang Ya’s recommendation letter necessary. He helps her in return by providing her needed Soul Beast.
• Huo Yudie trusts her master while reconsidering the idealized stories she heard about Shrek and the Tang Sect. His warning strengthens her resolve not to let Shrek distract her from avenging her mother.
• Tang Ya is delighted by Chu Ge’s Blue Silver Emperor and hopes he will join the Tang Sect, but accepts his refusal and still assists him. Her attraction to him persists.
• Bei Bei initially feels threatened by Chu Ge’s effect on Tang Ya, then relaxes when he learns the pull may come from their related Martial Souls.

Significant themes

• Idealism versus reality: Yudie’s childhood image of Shrek and the Tang Sect clashes with their political ties and decline.
• Independence and obligation: Chu Ge resists joining a faction, yet the system forces him to seek its help.
• Loyalty and justice: Yudie must weigh her desire to join celebrated institutions against her commitment to her mother and her pursuit of the Dai family.

Plot points and events

• Chu Ge checks whether absorbing the Soul Spirit caused anything unusual in Huo Yudie’s Sea of Consciousness. Finding it normal, he privately regrets that Huo Gua’s absence may prevent Electrolux from appearing in this era.
• The system mocks Chu Ge for being broke, then gives him 100,000 Gold Soul Coins. He and Yudie use the money to travel comfortably to Shrek City.
• At Shrek Academy’s crowded admissions, Yudie presents her recommendation letter and is registered as a level-25 Soul Grandmaster with the spirit-eyes martial soul.
• Chu Ge explains that he is not enrolling as a student but wants to apply for a teaching position. The system assigns a mission: impress Shrek’s evaluators and earn recognition, with a reward of one million Gold Soul Coins.
• A registration worker summons academy leadership. Tang Ya and Bei Bei arrive, followed by Du Weilun, the Martial Soul Department director. Before Du can assess Chu Ge, teacher Zhou Yi interrupts and belittles him, doubting that someone so young could teach at Shrek.

Character developments and interactions

• Chu Ge remains composed and confident, revealing just enough of his strength to gain the registration worker’s respect. He is motivated by the system’s promised reward and hopes to stay near Yudie at Shrek.
• Huo Yudie is polite and obedient during registration, following Chu Ge’s guidance and settling into her new role as a student.
• Tang Ya warmly greets Chu Ge and admires his apparent strength when she learns he is applying to teach. Bei Bei notices her admiration and reacts with jealousy or irritation.
• Du Weilun approaches the application cautiously, but Zhou Yi preempts him. Zhou Yi, already in a bad mood after being demoted, treats Chu Ge with contempt and questions his right to apply.

Significant themes

• Reputation versus merit: Shrek’s prestige attracts crowds, but its celebrated status does not necessarily mean its people behave fairly.
• Power and social standing: Chu Ge’s strength earns immediate respect from some, while Zhou Yi judges him by age and status.
• Fate and lost opportunities: Chu Ge worries that Huo Gua’s absence may alter the chain of events leading to Electrolux’s meeting with Huo Yuhao.
• Money and the system: The system’s ridicule is paired with practical rewards, shaping Chu Ge’s choices and giving the journey a comic, transactional edge.

Plot points and events

• Chu Ge arrives at Shrek Academy to apply for a teaching position. Teacher Zhou Yi insults his application, but Director Du Weilun objects to her behavior.
• Chu Ge confronts Zhou Yi and overwhelms her with his pressure without touching her. She eventually faints, and Chu Ge insists the incident was not his fault.
• Du Weilun promises the academy will address Zhou Yi’s conduct, then takes Chu Ge to speak privately. He warns that Zhou Yi’s powerful connections—especially her husband, Fan Yu, and his influential allies—could make Chu Ge a target if he joins the academy.
• Dean Yan Shaozhe is present for the discussion. Chu Ge questions whether he is truly concerned about those opponents, then reveals nine exceptionally powerful Soul Rings, including three red Hundred Thousand Year rings.
• Meanwhile, Huo Yudie settles into her dormitory and asks the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about Chu Ge’s strength. Tian Meng keeps the answer secret, respecting Chu Ge’s wishes.

Character developments

• Chu Ge remains calm and self-assured under provocation. His intimidating power becomes increasingly clear, and he shows no concern about the political consequences of offending Shrek’s influential staff.
• Zhou Yi is revealed as arrogant and accustomed to relying on her connections. Her confidence collapses under Chu Ge’s pressure.
• Du Weilun acts as a fair-minded mediator: he recognizes Zhou Yi’s misconduct but is wary of the academy’s internal power politics.
• Yan Shaozhe acknowledges that Chu Ge could face retaliation, while Chu Ge’s display leaves his true strength—and its implications—front and center.
• Huo Yudie is obedient and curious about her master, while Tian Meng protects Chu Ge’s confidence.

Character interactions

• Chu Ge and Zhou Yi clash over her insults; his pressure silences and frightens her until she faints.
• Du Weilun apologizes for Zhou Yi’s behavior and explains the risks Chu Ge may face, while Chu Ge challenges his assumptions.
• Chu Ge leaves Huo Yudie in Tang Ya’s care before accompanying Du Weilun.
• Tang Ya condemns Zhou Yi, while Bei Bei watches Chu Ge’s departure with a growing sense of unease.
• Huo Yudie presses Tian Meng for information, but he refuses to reveal Chu Ge’s level.

Significant themes

• Power and intimidation: Chu Ge’s strength overturns the academy’s usual hierarchy.
• Favoritism and institutional politics: Zhou Yi’s connections shield her, complicating the academy’s response to her misconduct.
• Restraint and reputation: Chu Ge makes clear he did not physically harm Zhou Yi, even as his presence alone defeats her.
• Secrecy and trust: Tian Meng keeps Chu Ge’s abilities confidential at his request.

Plot points

• Chu Ge reveals his full power: he is a Titled Douluo with six black Soul Rings and three red Hundred Thousand Year Rings.
• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun are stunned to learn that Chu Ge is only twenty, recognizing him as a once-in-a-generation talent.
• Chu Ge asks to join Shrek Academy so he can work there and make future missions easier.
• Yan mistakenly assumes Chu Ge wants a place in the Sea God Pavilion and explains that membership requires extensive vetting.
• Chu Ge clarifies that he only wants a teaching job. Yan offers him a position as an inner court teacher, which Chu accepts, and takes him to complete the paperwork.

Character developments and interactions

• Chu Ge remains calm despite the others’ amazement. He has no interest in binding himself to Shrek’s leadership or teaching students; a convenient staff position is all he wants. He also privately resents the idea of joining the Sea God Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe shifts from astonishment to admiration, then embarrassment when he realizes he misunderstood Chu Ge’s intentions. He readily arranges an inner court post.
• Du Weilun is overwhelmed by Chu Ge’s power and wisely steps back, recognizing that the matter is beyond his authority.
• The exchange highlights the gap between Chu Ge’s straightforward request and Yan’s assumption that someone so powerful must be seeking the academy’s highest honors.

Significant themes

• Exceptional talent and power: Chu Ge’s age and Soul Ring configuration make him an unprecedented figure.
• Status versus practical motives: Others assume Chu Ge wants prestige and influence, while he simply wants a useful position.
• Institutional procedure and misunderstanding: Shrek’s formal hierarchy complicates a request that turns out to be easily handled once clarified.

Key plot points and events

• Yan Shaozhe formally appoints Chu Ge as an inner-court teacher, giving him his identification badge and Soul Tool.
• After learning how Zhou Yi mistreated Chu Ge, Yan Shaozhe becomes furious. He orders Du Weilun to resolve the matter and says Zhou Yi and her husband, a department director, will be removed.
• Chu Ge encounters Mu En, Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion Master and a Peerless Douluo. Mu En recognizes that Chu Ge is already a Titled Douluo despite his youth. Chu Ge reveals his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, which further impresses Mu En.
• The system unexpectedly rewards Chu Ge with a hundred-thousand-year Light Wisdom Skull after Mu En recognizes him.
• In dormitory room 205, Huo Yudie meets her new roommate, Tang Wutong. The two introduce themselves warmly.

Character developments

• Chu Ge remains calm and modest despite his extraordinary strength, while privately viewing Shrek’s moral standards around Soul Beast cultivation as hypocritical. He also avoids prolonging his conversation with Mu En.
• Yan Shaozhe shifts from cordial administration to anger and decisive action when he hears how Chu Ge was treated.
• Mu En is astonished by Chu Ge’s age, strength, and life-affinity martial soul, and quickly sees him as a valuable future pillar of Shrek.
• Huo Yudie is shy but openly admiring when she meets Tang Wutong.
• Tang Wutong responds with easy warmth and friendliness, helping establish an immediate rapport.

Significant themes

• Talent and recognition: Chu Ge’s exceptional strength earns admiration from Shrek’s leaders and triggers a major system reward.
• Institutional power and favoritism: Yan Shaozhe condemns Zhou Yi’s abuse of connections and promises consequences.
• Hypocrisy and moral double standards: Chu Ge privately questions Shrek’s differing judgments of Soul Beast cultivation.
• New beginnings: Huo Yudie and Tang Wutong’s friendly first meeting sets up their life as roommates.

Character interactions

• Yan Shaozhe formally welcomes Chu Ge, then coordinates with Du Weilun to address Zhou Yi’s conduct.
• Mu En questions Chu Ge about his martial soul and praises his potential; Chu Ge answers respectfully but keeps the exchange brief.
• Huo Yudie and Tang Wutong exchange compliments, names, and a warm greeting as they begin living together.

Plot points and events

• Tang Wutong meets her new roommate, Huo Yudie, praises her name, and thanks her for cleaning their dorm.
• Wutong invites Yudie to explore Shrek Academy. Yudie hesitates because she is waiting for her master, but Wutong persuades her that they may find him outside, and the two set off together.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm senses that Wutong’s spiritual power is beyond his ability to probe, suggesting she may be connected to a god. Yudie is impressed but does not fully understand the significance.
• Outside the dormitory, Chu Ge waits for Yudie, unable to enter the girls’ residence. He reflects on the fate Tang Wutong suffered in the original story and feels relieved that this timeline may spare her from having her soul divided and recombined.
• Yudie introduces Wutong to Chu Ge. Wutong is surprised by how young and handsome Yudie’s master is; Chu Ge, in turn, recognizes her and realizes she has appeared at Shrek as a girl and become Yudie’s roommate.
• Chu Ge receives a system mission: make Tang Wutong concede wholeheartedly, by any means. He wonders what the mission entails.

Character developments and interactions

• Wutong comes across as warm, confident, and protective, quickly treating Yudie like a sister and encouraging her to be less shy.
• Yudie remains timid and considerate, but responds to Wutong’s kindness and enjoys her company. She trusts Wutong’s suggestion and follows her despite her initial concern.
• Chu Ge is protective of Yudie and wary of the suffering Wutong endured in the original timeline. His recognition of her is followed by curiosity—and uncertainty about the system’s demand.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm is astonished by Wutong’s overwhelming spiritual presence, raising the possibility of her divine connection.

Significant themes

• Fate and altered timelines: Wutong’s unexpected arrival as Yudie’s roommate reflects how events have diverged from the original story.
• Friendship and belonging: Wutong’s easy affection begins drawing the reserved Yudie out of her shell.
• Identity and suffering: Chu Ge’s thoughts about Wutong’s fragmented soul and later fusion question whether the original version of her remained herself.
• Power and uncertainty: Wutong’s presence suggests a level of power that even the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm cannot comprehend, while the system’s ambiguous mission sets up future conflict.

Chapter 12 Summary

• Chu Ge meets Tang Wutong: Chu Ge privately considers how difficult his system’s mission—to make the young Tang Wutong wholeheartedly submit to him—would be to complete safely. He decides to wait for a suitable opportunity rather than risk harming her. When introduced, he asks her to call him “Brother Chu” instead of “Senior,” emphasizing that he is only twenty.
• A new friendship forms: Chu Ge encourages Huo Yudie and Tang Wutong to get along, explaining that Yudie has had few friends. Both agree warmly, and Tang Wutong feels an immediate, sisterly closeness to Yudie. She is noticeably shy around Chu Ge, but focuses her attention on Yudie rather than him.
• Tang San discovers a crisis: In the Divine Realm, Tang San senses that the Douluo Continent’s Child of Fortune, Huo Yuhao, has disappeared—and concludes that he is dead. The apparent loss shocks him because Yuhao’s future was central to Tang San’s plans for his family, the Tang Sect, and his influence in the Divine Realm.
• Tang San blames his own intervention, then denies responsibility: He suspects that the hardships he arranged for Yuhao—especially the death of Yuhao’s mother—may have gone too far. Yet he treats this as only a small test, insists Yuhao should have survived it, and ultimately refuses to accept that he did anything wrong.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Chu Ge comes across as friendly and considerate toward the girls, though his private thoughts reveal a mischievous streak and an interest in fulfilling his system mission.
• Tang Wutong is bashful around Chu Ge but quickly bonds with Yudie, whom she regards as a destined sister.
• Huo Yudie is obedient toward Chu Ge and receptive to building a friendship with Wutong.
• Tang San shifts from anxious confusion to anger and self-justification, revealing how readily he prioritizes his schemes over Yuhao’s suffering.

Significant Themes

• Manipulation and control: Chu Ge’s mission and Tang San’s plans both frame other people’s choices and hardships as tools.
• Friendship and belonging: Wutong and Yudie’s warm first connection offers a contrast to the chapter’s schemes and power struggles.
• Power without accountability: Tang San believes he can impose suffering for a supposedly greater purpose, then dismisses the consequences as someone else’s fault.
• Dramatic irony: Tang San assumes Yuhao is dead and fears the collapse of his plans, while the chapter leaves the cause and full situation behind that apparent disappearance unexplained.

Key plot points

• Tang San discovers that the Douluo Continent’s supposed “child of destiny” has died. He dismisses the young man as talentless and is relieved that his daughter will not have to marry him.
• Tang San begins secretly searching the lower realm for clues about the death, despite divine rules forbidding gods from interfering there.
• The Destruction God King confronts him. Tang San claims he was merely taking a stroll, but Destruction reveals he sensed divine consciousness heading toward the Douluo Continent.
• Destruction warns Tang San that this is his final warning and places a barrier between the Divine Realm and the lower world, blocking gods below God King from entering.
• In private, Destruction and the Life God King discuss Tang San’s repeated violations, including sending his daughter Xiao Qi—also called Tang Wutong—down to the lower realm with her memories sealed.
• Destruction vows to strengthen the lower realm’s protections. Tang San, meanwhile, remains determined to manipulate events there for his own ambitions and suddenly realizes his daughter is still in the lower realm.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San is shown as arrogant, calculating, and increasingly hostile toward Destruction. Though he tries to conceal his actions, he intends to use the Douluo Continent’s people and talent to advance his own influence and restore the Tang Sect.
• The Destruction God King acts as the Divine Realm’s enforcer, confronting Tang San directly and imposing stronger safeguards. His affection for Xiao Qi softens his demeanor, but not his resolve.
• The Life God King supports Destruction and recognizes Tang San’s motives, sharing his concern over the Sea God’s disregard for rules.
• The chapter also suggests Xiao Qi may have a destined partner on the Douluo Continent, a possibility that helps explain Destruction’s interest in her welfare.

Significant themes

• Power versus responsibility: Tang San treats the lower realm as territory to control, while Destruction insists that divine power must be restrained by rules.
• Manipulation and ambition: Tang San’s concern for the continent is tied to personal goals—his influence, his sect, and his plans for his daughter.
• Destiny and uncertainty: The death of the supposed chosen one disrupts expectations, leaving Tang San to reconsider who might fulfill his plans.
• Family and protection: Destruction and Life regard Xiao Qi as their own, contrasting their protective affection with Tang San’s strategic treatment of her.

Key plot points

• In the Divine Realm, Tang San worries that his daughter, Tang Wutong, remains on the Douluo Continent after the Child of Fortune disappears. He decides not to bring her back, since doing so might expose his secret plans and damage his standing among the neutral gods.
• Tang San convinces himself that Wutong can safely stay under the protection of the Clear Sky Sect’s guardians, Da Ming and Er Ming. He plans to explain her absence as a runaway’s choice and eventually arrange her marriage to advance his influence.
• In Shrek City, Chu Ge tells Huo Yudie and Tang Wutong that he has secured a teaching position at Shrek Academy so he can remain near his disciple, Yudie. Both girls are delighted.
• The three spend time shopping together. For Yudie, the outing is a new and joyful experience, but it also reminds her of her deceased brother and mother. Though comforted by the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, she remains determined to seek justice for what her family endured.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San reveals his ambition and willingness to put political reputation ahead of his daughter’s return. He imagines using her future marriage to strengthen his control of the Divine Realm.
• Tang Wutong briefly wonders whether someone is thinking about her after sneezing, then happily congratulates Chu Ge.
• Chu Ge shows devotion to Yudie by taking a job at her academy so he can stay close to her.
• Huo Yudie enjoys the companionship of Chu Ge and Wutong, and begins to feel the comfort of having a friend and mentor. Yet her grief and resolve for justice remain beneath her cheerful exterior.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognizes Yudie’s sorrow and reassures her that her life can improve, while Wutong’s warm companionship helps make the outing feel like a glimpse of a happier future.

Significant themes

• Political ambition and hypocrisy: Tang San protects his public image while privately pursuing power.
• Grief and justice: Yudie cannot forget her family’s loss and remains committed to seeking accountability.
• Companionship and healing: Ordinary moments with friends and a caring mentor bring Yudie joy, even if they cannot erase her pain.
• A fragile happiness: Yudie’s closing wish that things could stay this way captures her longing for lasting peace and belonging.

This excerpt is an author’s note rather than a story chapter. The author thanks readers, celebrates the book’s inclusion on a contracted-book recommendation list, and asks them to keep following and supporting it. They compare its early readership with their previous book and express hope that this story will exceed it and reach a goal of two million Chinese characters. The note also shares a group-chat number and password. No plot events, character development, or story interactions occur.

Key plot points and events

• Chu Ge buys rainbow lollipops for Huo Yudie and Tang Wutong after noticing they want them. Both girls eagerly enjoy the treats, then later return to the dormitory with tanghulu.
• After seeing the girls safely back, Chu Ge heads to his new lodgings on Sea God Island, Shrek’s inner-academy grounds. His courtyard is comfortable and appears ready for him to move in.
• From his window, he sees the Golden Ancient Tree, a vast source of life and power that Chu Ge identifies as the continent’s plane spirit. It begins shining unusually brightly, and he senses it may be calling to him.
• Believing contact with the tree could help him grow stronger and prepare to challenge Tang San, Chu Ge decides to investigate.

Character developments and interactions

• Huo Yudie shows how deeply she appreciates small kindnesses. As a child from the Dai Family, she and her brother had pretended not to want candy because they could not have it. Chu Ge’s gift is therefore especially meaningful.
• Tang Wutong also reveals she has been denied ordinary childhood treats, despite her privileged status. She happily accepts Chu Ge’s offer, showing increasing warmth and familiarity with him.
• Chu Ge enjoys caring for the girls and reflects that their peaceful, cheerful everyday life would suit him. He remains modest about his accommodations but is intrigued by the Golden Ancient Tree’s attention.
• The three share an affectionate, relaxed outing; Chu Ge watches over the girls, while Tang Wutong teases him about not being allowed into their dormitory and Huo Yudie addresses him respectfully as her master.

Significant themes

• Small kindnesses and healing: A simple sweet becomes a reminder of the girls’ deprived childhoods and the comfort they now find in companionship.
• Found family and ordinary happiness: Chu Ge values the girls’ contentment and imagines that a peaceful life together might be enough.
• Power and destiny: The Golden Ancient Tree’s apparent call hints at a larger supernatural connection and a possible path toward Chu Ge’s ambitions.
• Resistance to Tang San’s influence: Chu Ge sees the tree’s interest as a potential advantage in preventing Tang San from dominating the continent and in pursuing godhood.

Plot points and events

• Chu Ge meets Ling Luochеn, a reserved member of the Shrek Seven Devils, in the courtyard beside his. Their brief, slightly awkward exchange ends when she leaves.
• He goes to the Golden Ancient Tree, drawn by its immense life energy and what he believes is a summons. Though its energy feels wonderful, he initially senses nothing unusual and prepares to leave.
• Just as he turns away, he detects the tree’s consciousness again. He tries speaking and projecting his thoughts to it, but receives no clear reply.
• When Chu Ge says goodbye, the tree seems dejected. He touches its trunk, and his surroundings transform into a golden, life-filled world. He falls into a peaceful sleep.
• An unseen, tiny figure wrapped in green energy approaches, recognizes something familiar and comforting in Chu Ge, gently smooths his hair, and vanishes.
• Chu Ge remains unaware of this encounter. He wakes later to find Ling Luochеn checking on him, puzzled that he appears to have been asleep beneath the tree rather than cultivating.

Character developments and interactions

• Chu Ge is curious and ambitious, hoping the Golden Ancient Tree can become an ally and help him avert future threats. His disappointment at first turns to excitement when he confirms the tree has a consciousness. His playful attempts to communicate reveal his informal, humorous nature.
• Ling Luochеn remains quiet and socially reserved, but shows concern when she finds Chu Ge unconscious or asleep. Her thoughts about whether he can get stronger by “lying flat” add a light comic note.
• The Golden Ancient Tree appears sentient and emotionally responsive, seeming reluctant when Chu Ge leaves. Its hidden world and connection to the mysterious green figure suggest a deeper bond with him.
• The green-clad figure is introduced as a curious, affectionate presence, though Chu Ge does not know it exists.

Significant themes

• Connection and communication: Chu Ge senses the tree’s awareness but cannot work out how to communicate with it—until physical contact draws him into its world.
• Fate and opportunity: Chu Ge hopes to enlist the tree’s help to prevent a future theft of the plane’s power.
• Hidden bonds and mystery: The tree and the unknown figure recognize something familiar in Chu Ge, hinting at a connection yet to be explained.
• Humor amid the supernatural: Chu Ge’s awkward conversation with a tree and Ling Luochеn’s bemused reaction balance the chapter’s more mysterious events.

Key plot points and events

• Ling Luochеn checks on Chu Ge after finding him asleep beside the Golden Ancient Tree. He claims he passed out from overtraining. Once she leaves, he suspects the tree caused his unusually deep sleep and tries, unsuccessfully, to communicate with it.
• The chapter moves to the new-student class assignments. Huo Yudie and Tang Wutong are both placed in Freshman Class One, whose homeroom teacher is Zhou Yi.
• Chu Ge’s system warns that Zhou Yi is a harsh teacher who looks for excuses to expel students. It assigns him a mission to win her approval and avoid trouble, rewarding him with nine Soul Power Experience Pills—though he is already too powerful to use them himself.
• Huo Yudie spots Dai Huabin, her family’s tormentor, on the Class Two roster. The sight renews her resolve to become strong enough to avenge her brother and mother. Chu Ge silently shares her anger and intends to ensure Dai does not escape consequences.
• Tang Ya joins the group and reveals that Zhou Yi is a notoriously unreliable teacher—and the same woman who confronted Chu Ge the previous day. Huo Yudie explains the incident to Tang Wutong, who becomes furious at Zhou Yi’s treatment of Chu Ge and his disciples.

Character developments and interactions

• Chu Ge remains protective of Huo Yudie and reassures her that he has no plans to teach other students. He is amused by the system’s warnings and plans to deal firmly with Zhou Yi if she mistreats his disciple.
• Huo Yudie shifts from excitement about starting school to renewed determination after seeing Dai Huabin’s name. She is also pleased that Chu Ge’s teaching attention will remain focused on her.
• Tang Wutong shows growing closeness to Chu Ge and mild jealousy at his affection for Huo Yudie, then becomes openly indignant on his behalf.
• Tang Ya repeatedly finds reasons to visit Chu Ge and the girls, while her attraction to him frustrates Bei Bei, who had hoped to confess his feelings to her.
• Ling Luochеn briefly checks on Chu Ge, accepting his explanation without pressing him. The Golden Ancient Tree remains mysterious, and an unseen girl hints that it can feel his touch.
• Zhou Yi is established as a likely source of conflict: the girls are assigned to her class, and Tang Ya’s account confirms the system’s negative warning.

Significant themes

• Revenge and justice: Huo Yudie’s determination to answer past cruelty with strength drives her resolve.
• Protection and loyalty: Chu Ge is committed to supporting his disciple and defending her from harmful authority figures.
• Power and vulnerability: Despite Chu Ge’s immense strength, the Golden Ancient Tree’s secrets remain beyond his understanding.
• Jealousy and romantic tension: Tang Wutong’s emerging feelings and Bei Bei’s frustration over Tang Ya add comic tension to the chapter.
• Institutional responsibility: Zhou Yi’s approach raises questions about teachers who prioritize expelling students over helping them succeed.

Plot points and events

• Tang Wutong and Huo Yudie learn from Tang Ya that Teacher Zhou Yi has a pattern of expelling students—not for serious misconduct, but to improve her class’s record for advancing students to Shrek’s Inner Court.
• Tang Ya says she nearly got expelled herself because her talent and cultivation were considered poor. Bei Bei intervened, and she believes his help kept her at Shrek.
• Tang Ya explains why Zhou Yi faces little accountability: her husband is influential in the Soul Tool Department, and students who complain risk being accused of slandering the academy.
• Chu Ge adds that complaints are unlikely to succeed. The group reflects on the gap between Shrek’s celebrated reputation and the treatment of vulnerable students.
• Tang Wutong’s admiration for Shrek diminishes, though she feels an unexplained inner pull to dismiss her doubts. She resolves to see Zhou Yi for herself when classes begin.
• Later, Tang Ya goes to meet Bei Bei at a café, but he does not appear.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wutong becomes increasingly angry at Zhou Yi and troubled by Shrek’s apparent tolerance of her conduct. She questions Tang Ya and Chu Ge, then decides to judge Zhou Yi firsthand.
• Huo Yudie shares Tang Wutong’s indignation, comparing Zhou Yi’s behavior to that of the Dai Family.
• Tang Ya recounts her painful experience as one of Zhou Yi’s intended expulsions, revealing how precarious her place at Shrek once was.
• Chu Ge reinforces Tang Ya’s account by explaining why students’ complaints are ineffective.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei’s relationship is highlighted through her recollection that he helped protect her; the chapter ends with her waiting for him, confused and disappointed when he fails to arrive.

Significant themes

• Institutional hypocrisy: Shrek’s status as a “sacred ground” contrasts with a teacher’s exploitative use of authority.
• Power and connections: Zhou Yi’s family ties protect her, while less privileged students have little recourse.
• Reputation and silence: Fear of being branded a slanderer discourages complaints and shields wrongdoing.
• Merit, opportunity, and belonging: The chapter questions whether students should be discarded for lacking the potential to improve a class’s advancement statistics.

Plot points

• Two days after the previous events, Huo Yudie and Tang Wutong arrive for their first class with Zhou Yi. Chu Ge waits nearby, expecting Zhou Yi’s harsh teaching methods to send them back out quickly.
• Zhou Yi introduces herself by calling her students potential “trash” and “idiots,” then asks who has fought since registration. Since no one has, she takes the entire class to Shrek Square.
• She orders everyone to run one hundred laps within two hours or be expelled. When a student challenges her reasoning, she says she has the authority to dismiss anyone and insists that students who lack the courage to cause trouble are mediocre.
• The students begin running after Zhou Yi reveals her six-ring Soul Emperor cultivation and uses her aura to pressure them. Huo Yudie and Tang Wutong remain standing.
• Zhou Yi threatens to expel the two girls without even asking their names. Tang Wutong calls her a worthless teacher, provoking Zhou Yi into an angry outburst and another threat of expulsion.
• Tang Wutong begins to struggle under Zhou Yi’s Soul Power, but a warm protective force suddenly surrounds her. Chu Ge’s calm voice interrupts Zhou Yi, ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wutong openly challenges Zhou Yi, displaying confidence in her powerful backing and contempt for the teacher’s arbitrary methods. Her defiance briefly leaves her vulnerable to Zhou Yi’s strength.
• Huo Yudie shares Tang Wutong’s hostility toward Zhou Yi but remains comparatively quiet. She, too, resists the teacher’s pressure.
• Zhou Yi is portrayed as authoritarian and quick to anger, using collective punishment and threats of expulsion to impose her expectations. She values obedience and a combative spirit, and reacts especially strongly to being called a bad teacher.
• Chu Ge watches from nearby and intervenes when Tang Wutong is in danger, suggesting he is protecting her with his Soul Power.
• The new students’ initial indignation turns to compliance when Zhou Yi demonstrates her strength; the two girls are the only ones who openly refuse to run.

Significant themes

• Authority versus fairness: Zhou Yi demands unquestioning obedience and punishes students for failing an arbitrary test.
• Conflict as a measure of strength: She equates willingness to fight and “stir up trouble” with potential, challenging conventional ideas of good conduct.
• Power and privilege: The students’ compliance reflects Zhou Yi’s institutional authority and strength, while Tang Wutong’s confidence comes from her exceptional backing.
• Defiance and accountability: Tang Wutong questions whether Zhou Yi deserves to teach, forcing a direct confrontation over the proper use of authority.