Chapter Summaries

Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Zhao Wuji each agreed to opening a Shrek branch after Qin Chuan answered Yu Xiaogang’s math problem, promised to triple Shrek’s earnings, and defeated Zhao Wuji in a bet. Their unanimous approval cleared the way for the branch.

• Liu Erlong agreed to open the branch, and Yu Xiaogang asked Qin Chuan to solve one of three problems before he would reconsider.
• Qin Chuan explained the Pythagorean theorem, convincing Yu Xiaogang to support the branch.
• Flender agreed to cooperate if Qin Chuan tripled Shrek’s earnings, and Qin Chuan accepted the condition.
• Zhao Wuji opposed the branch, so he agreed to a bet that he would support it if he could not endure against Qin Chuan for an incense stick’s time.
• Qin Chuan used Truth or Dare to force Zhao Wuji to wash his hair and walk off the platform on his hands, winning the bet.
• Zhao Wuji agreed to open the branch, giving all four Shrek leaders unanimous approval.

The Shrek branch of the Douluo Game Hall opened, and Qin Chuan gave Liu Erlong exclusive access to a spatial passage connecting it to Spirit City. Ning Rongrong persuaded Chen Xin to take her to the main hall, where she met Qin Chuan and entered with him despite the tension between him and Chen Xin.

• Xue Qinghe visited the newly opened Shrek branch and met Qin Chuan.
• Qin Chuan showed Liu Erlong a spatial connection point that allowed her to travel between the Shrek branch and the main hall in Spirit City.
• Ning Rongrong asked to visit the Douluo Game Hall, and Chen Xin agreed to escort her after Ning Fengzhi forbade them from going to the Shrek branch.
• Chen Xin flew Ning Rongrong to Spirit City, where they found a long line outside the main Douluo Game Hall.
• Ning Rongrong greeted Qin Chuan, who invited her and Chen Xin inside as Chen Xin remained wary of him.

Ning Rongrong visited Qin Chuan's Game Hall, where playing games raised her Soul Power by a level in one afternoon. Convinced by the result, Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should pursue cooperation with Qin Chuan, even if it meant severing ties with the Clear Sky Sect.

• Qin Chuan brought Ning Rongrong to meet Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, who told her that playing games had helped them advance quickly.
• Chen Xin asked Qin Chuan about cooperating with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Qin Chuan declined for now unless the sect could generate enough spending.
• After playing for several hours, Ning Rongrong told Chen Xin she had risen from level forty-two to level forty-three that afternoon.
• Chen Xin reported the visit to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi judged cooperation with Qin Chuan worth abandoning the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Chen Xin to Spirit City to offer cooperation, while Qin Chuan heard a knock at his door.

The new guest building beside Spirit City's Douluo Game Hall opened, and both the main hall and the Shrek branch brought in enormous revenues. Liu Erlong visited Qin Chuan to report on the branch's success and Yu Xiaogang's continued struggle with Qin Chuan's problems.

• Spirit Hall completed the three-story guest building, while Qin Chuan's Soul Power rose to level 68 as players at the Shrek branch generated income.
• Liu Erlong used the Spatial Link Formation to visit Qin Chuan and reported that the Shrek branch had earned eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins that day, surpassing the main hall.
• Qin Chuan told Liu Erlong to raise the teachers' pay, and she said she had already tripled the salaries of those helping run the Game Hall.
• Liu Erlong told Qin Chuan that Flender regretted not going into business with him sooner and enjoyed playing the Fruit Machines.
• Liu Erlong reported that Yu Xiaogang was still obsessively studying two of Qin Chuan's problems without making progress.

Qin Chuan kissed Liu Erlong and gave her a special outfit that raised her Soul Power by five levels. After trying it on and reaching level eighty-six, Liu Erlong spent the night with Qin Chuan and returned to her quarters at Shrek Academy before dawn.

• Qin Chuan asked Liu Erlong whether she had considered his marriage proposal, then pulled her close and kissed her.
• Qin Chuan gave Liu Erlong a business outfit that permanently increased her Soul Power by five levels, up to level ninety-one.
• Liu Erlong changed into the outfit and felt her Soul Power rise from level eighty-one to level eighty-six.
• Liu Erlong joined Qin Chuan on the sofa, and they later spent several hours together.
• Before dawn, Liu Erlong put the outfit in her Storage Soul Tool, changed back, and returned through the Link Channel to her quarters at Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City.

Tang Hao confronted Yu Xiaogang over Shrek Academy’s Game Hall, then threatened to destroy it when Yu Xiaogang defended the arrangement. That night, Qin Chuan advised Qian Renxue to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and abandon her Xue Qinghe identity; half a month later, Qin Chuan reached rank seventy-one and gained his Seventh Soul Skill.

• Tang Hao went to Shrek Academy and demanded that Yu Xiaogang explain why he had opened a Game Hall with Qin Chuan.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that playing in the Game Hall had helped him advance from rank twenty-nine to rank thirty, then urged Tang Hao to use it to grow stronger and heal his injuries.
• Tang Hao slapped Yu Xiaogang and threatened to destroy Shrek’s Game Hall and the academy unless Yu Xiaogang dismantled it within a few days.
• Qin Chuan told Qian Renxue to retrieve the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from the Heaven Dou Imperial Treasury, warned her not to claim it with her blood, and advised her never to appear as Xue Qinghe again.
• After half a month of gaining emotion points and Points from the Game Hall, Qin Chuan reached rank seventy-one and obtained his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar.

Qin Chuan accompanied Xiao Wu to the Lake of Life so she could comprehend her fifth Soul Skill, with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo guarding them. While Xiao Wu went with Er Ming, Qin Chuan and the two elders relaxed by fishing and grilling their catch.

• Qin Chuan discovered that his God of Drama Mask could create a domain that turned a loaded game into a Game Field with special rules.
• Xiao Wu asked Qin Chuan to accompany her to the Lake of Life, and Bibi Dong sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to protect them.
• At the lake, Xiao Wu greeted Da Ming and Er Ming, then left with Er Ming to take care of something.
• Qin Chuan calmed the wary Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo and invited them to fish beside the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The three caught spirit fish, and Qin Chuan grilled them with wild seasonings before sharing the meal with the two elders.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo enjoyed the peaceful outing and agreed that it was more comfortable than their old assassination missions.

Xiao Wu returned from the Lake of Life at rank fifty-one and demonstrated her new fifth Soul Skill, Soft Bone Lock, on Qin Chuan. Qin Chuan then activated his Seventh Soul Skill and began channeling its mysterious ability, which produced a sudden hum as three minutes passed.

• Xiao Wu told Qin Chuan she had comprehended the technique and revealed her five Soul Rings, including a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu demonstrated Soft Bone Lock by clamping Qin Chuan's neck with her legs and twisting his arm behind his back, then released him when he said he was suffocating.
• Qin Chuan activated his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and appeared with a God of Drama Mask.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo sensed Qin Chuan's strange presence, and he asked them and Xiao Wu to guard him while he tested a unique ability.
• Qin Chuan sat motionless and gathered Soul Power for three minutes as the others waited, until a sudden hum came from his body.

Qin Chuan transformed the area around the Lake of Life into a ten-kilometer Game Field and prepared a kayaking game with Xiao Wu and the two Douluo. After sensing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion deep in the forest, he left to find her and resolved to protect her by shaping her identity around Boa Hancock rather than letting her become Wang Qiu'er.

• Qin Chuan expanded his God of Drama Domain into a ten-kilometer Game Field, created a kayak course on the Lake of Life, and explained its limits to Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Xiao Wu excitedly asked to play Object Hide-and-Seek, and Qin Chuan summoned crates containing Body-Shrinking Scrolls so Da Ming and Er Ming could join the games.
• Xiao Wu took the scrolls and ran to bring Da Ming and Er Ming to the lake.
• Qin Chuan sensed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion deep in the forest, told Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to wait, and went to find her alone.
• As Qin Chuan traveled through the forest, he resolved to protect the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and shape her personality around Boa Hancock instead of Wang Qiu'er.

Xiao Wu used Body-Shrinking Scrolls to prepare Er Ming and Da Ming for a kayaking race while Qin Chuan found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the Star Dou Great Forest. Through their mental resonance, he imprinted his vision of a peaceful human–Soul Beast world and a devoted empress persona onto her, reshaping her destiny.

• Xiao Wu gave Er Ming and Da Ming Body-Shrinking Scrolls, and both transformed into roughly two-meter-tall forms.
• Xiao Wu led the shrunken Er Ming and Da Ming toward the kayaking racecourse.
• Qin Chuan found the resting Three-Eyed Golden Lion and approached without hostility.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion allowed Qin Chuan to lift her, and their minds linked through her Destiny Perception.
• Qin Chuan’s visions of coexistence, the Soul Beast Protection Law, and a devoted empress flooded the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s consciousness and changed her nature.

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion transformed into a beautiful empress and devoted herself to Qin Chuan, who named her Boa & Wang Qiu'er. He introduced her to the others as a character manifested by his game field, then prepared to take her boating on the Lake of Life.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion used her power of origin to transform into a human empress and knelt before Qin Chuan, calling him Master.
• Qin Chuan helped her rise, named her Boa & Wang Qiu'er, and led her toward the Lake of Life.
• A Shadow Leopard ambushed them, but Boa & Wang Qiu'er’s overwhelming pressure frightened it into fleeing.
• Qin Chuan returned to the lake with Boa & Wang Qiu'er, where Xiao Wu, Da Ming, Er Ming, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo questioned her identity.
• Qin Chuan claimed Boa & Wang Qiu'er was a game character manifested by his game field, and the others accepted his explanation with varying degrees of belief.
• Boa & Wang Qiu'er offered to find Qin Chuan food, but he said they were going boating.

Qin Chuan started a kayak race across the lake, where the competitors could smash floating crates for random effects. Xiao Wu took an early lead with a speed boost, but Da Ming’s freezing weapon trapped her on the ice as the race continued.

• Qin Chuan explained the race and its crate effects, then started the competitors across the lake.
• Xiao Wu surged ahead, while Chrysanthemum Douluo broke his paddle and Ghost Douluo struggled to steer; Qin Chuan and the Empress paddled smoothly beside each other.
• Xiao Wu smashed a crate and received a speed boost, while Ghost Douluo’s crate produced a cannon that fired at Da Ming and left him covered in soot.
• Da Ming hit a crate and obtained a freezing launcher, which froze part of the course and stranded Xiao Wu’s boosted kayak on the ice.

Qin Chuan, the Empress, Xiao Wu, and the others raced kayaks across the Lake of Life using random items, with the Empress taking first place and Xiao Wu finishing second. After the race, Qin Chuan praised the Empress, ended the Game Field for the day, and prepared to return to Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

• Qin Chuan and the Empress paddled ahead while Chrysanthemum Douluo got trapped in a Bad Luck Net, and Xiao Wu later caught up after her ice melted.
• Xiao Wu used a multicolored box to turn her kayak into a hovercraft, but the Empress gained flight from a golden box and crossed the finish line first.
• Xiao Wu finished second and Qin Chuan came third, while Da Ming, Er Ming, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo finished after spending much of the race distracting each other.
• The Empress sought Qin Chuan's praise, and he patted her head and complimented her; Xiao Wu asked to race again.
• Qin Chuan ended the Game Field as Da Ming and Er Ming returned to the forest, then told Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo they would head back to Spirit City.

Gu Yuena awoke in the Silver Dragon Hall after an unfamiliar power above the Lake of Life eased her wound and brought her comfort. The power vanished, leaving a mysterious wooden box behind, and she asked Di Tian what the humans above were playing.

• An unknown rule-like fluctuation spread across the Lake of Life, calming its creatures and increasing its life energy.
• Bi Ji noticed the fluctuation suppressed the black presence in Gu Yuena’s wound, and Di Tian and Bi Ji stayed to feel its warmth.
• The fluctuation abruptly vanished, and a blue-glowing wooden box marked with a question mark sank to the ground outside the Silver Dragon Hall.
• Di Tian inspected the box and prepared to investigate the lake’s surface, but Gu Yuena stirred and opened her eyes.
• Gu Yuena told Di Tian she had felt the pleasant power while asleep and found its disappearance difficult to get used to.

Di Tian came to the lake on Gu Yuena’s orders and asked Qin Chuan to reopen the Game Field, but Qin Chuan explained that he could use it only once a day. After returning to Spirit City, Wang Qiu'er moved into Qin Chuan’s suite at the Douluo Game Hall and asked how she should behave around him.

• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to ask Qin Chuan to open the Game Field again and warned him not to harm anyone.
• Di Tian confronted Qin Chuan at the Lake of Life, but Qin Chuan and Xiao Wu explained that the Game Field had already closed for the day.
• Di Tian recognized Wang Qiu'er as the Emperor Auspicious Beast in human form, then left without harming the group and asked Qin Chuan to come next time.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo returned to Spirit City with Qin Chuan, Xiao Wu, and Wang Qiu'er, then went to report to Her Eminence.
• Wang Qiu'er agreed to live with Qin Chuan at the Douluo Game Hall and asked whether she should act gentler around the girls in his life.

Bibi Dong learned that Qin Chuan had used an unusual ten-kilometer Martial Soul Avatar in the Star Dou Great Forest, where he controlled a Game Field that trapped powerful Soul Beasts, and had returned with Wang Qiu'er. Later, Xue Qinghe brought Qin Chuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and agreed to help establish Douluo Game Hall branches across the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo reported to Bibi Dong that Qin Chuan's Game Field had captured Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python, and that a stronger presence lurked beneath the Lake of Life.
• Bibi Dong learned that Qin Chuan had brought back Wang Qiu'er, a human-form Soul Beast who called him Master, and ordered the two Titled Douluos to keep watch around the Game Hall.
• Wang Qiu'er told Xiao Wu that her presence accelerated cultivation, and Xiao Wu noticed that playing Plants vs. Soul Beasts with her tripled the usual cultivation boost.
• Xue Qinghe gave Qin Chuan the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but Qin Chuan told her to keep it and break its seal when she was stronger.
• Qin Chuan asked Xue Qinghe to help open Game Hall branches at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and the Five Elemental Academies, and she agreed to oversee the plan with Xue Beng's help.

Qin Chuan expanded the Game Halls across six academies, then learned Tang Hao had wrecked Shrek Academy’s branch and injured Yu Xiaogang. After absorbing ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber with Wang Qiu'er, they gained Soul Power but suffered its fierce side effects; Qin Chuan then set out with her for the Lake of Life to meet Di Tian and Gu Yuena.

• Xue Beng managed the Heaven Dou Royal Academy Game Hall while Xue Qinghe opened branches at five other academies, and Qin Chuan consolidated their earnings.
• Liu Erlong told Qin Chuan that Tang Hao had smashed Shrek Academy’s Game Hall and injured Yu Xiaogang, so Qin Chuan asked her to watch for Tang Hao and Tang San and sent Shrek’s staff to help manage the branches.
• Wang Qiu'er showed Qin Chuan a lump of ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber she had won, and they split it to absorb its medicinal potency.
• Qin Chuan advanced from rank 71 to 72, while Wang Qiu'er advanced from rank 41 to 44, but the Whale Rubber’s heat sent their Soul Power out of control and they spent the night together.
• After waking, Qin Chuan told Wang Qiu'er they needed to grow stronger and decided to establish friendly relations with Di Tian and Gu Yuena.
• Qin Chuan and Wang Qiu'er left Spirit City for the Star Dou Great Forest, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo stayed to guard the Game Hall.

Qin Chuan expanded the Game Field around the Lake of Life, drawing Gu Yuena’s attention and prompting her to create Na’er, who joined him and the others. He began an upgraded Plants vs. Soul Beasts match with Na’er, Di Tian, Wang Qiu'er, Da Ming, and Er Ming, leaving them at the starting point of an eighteen-lane defense game.

• Qin Chuan activated his Martial Soul Avatar and expanded the God of Drama Domain into a Game Field around the Lake of Life.
• Gu Yuena sensed the Game Field and used her divine power to create Na’er, who could exist for only one day.
• Na’er and Di Tian emerged from the lake and introduced themselves to Qin Chuan and Wang Qiu'er.
• Da Ming and Er Ming arrived and asked to join the game, so Qin Chuan gave them shrinking items.
• Qin Chuan and the others chose Plants vs. Soul Beasts, and he explained that they would defend eighteen lanes against many kinds of Soul Beasts.
• Qin Chuan transported the six players to the game map, where they stood beside a wooden house and a warehouse of plant seeds.

Qin Chuan explained the rules of the Soul Beast defense game, and the players chose to use game-specific abilities as they prepared to defend eighteen lanes. As the battle continued, Qin Chuan’s precise planting advice stabilized the defenses, while Di Tian recognized his talent for commanding the battlefield.

• Qin Chuan explained the game rules, including its two-hour time limit and the flying, underground, and aquatic Soul Beasts, and everyone chose to adapt to match-specific abilities.
• The players lost their Soul Power and selected seeds from the warehouse, while Wang Qiu'er chose the three middle lanes because they had the densest enemy traffic.
• When the Soul Beasts charged, Qin Chuan showed Na'er how to plant a Golden Sunflower, and Di Tian used a Beast-Eating Giant Flower to swallow the leading wolves.
• Qin Chuan directed Na'er, Da Ming, and Er Ming to adjust their plant defenses, stabilizing their lanes and helping Er Ming repel Blood-Winged Bats.
• Di Tian watched Qin Chuan's precise battlefield commands and concluded that the human youth was no ordinary person.

Qin Chuan led Na'er, Di Tian, Wang Qiu'er, Da Ming, and Er Ming to victory in the Plants vs. Soul Beasts game by directing their defenses against a Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape. After the Game Field vanished, Di Tian pledged to help protect Wang Qiu'er, and Qin Chuan left the forest with her, unaware that Gu Yuena would not awaken for many years.

• As the Soul Beasts overwhelmed the defenses, Qin Chuan ordered everyone to plant Golden Sunflowers and used Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums to clear the lanes.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Titan Giant Ape arrived with a thousand subordinate Soul Beasts, and Qin Chuan coordinated the group’s attacks until they defeated it and cleared the game.
• The two-hour Game Field ended, and Na'er, Da Ming, Er Ming, and Di Tian asked Qin Chuan to return and play again.
• Di Tian recognized Wang Qiu'er as a Three-Eyed Golden Lion and promised to help protect her if powerful enemies came after her.
• Qin Chuan agreed to continue working with Di Tian, then left the forest with Wang Qiu'er, unaware that Gu Yuena would remain asleep for many years.