Chapter Summaries

At the Sea God's Fate matchmaking gathering, Huo Yuhao and other male students competed to impress the masked girls, then faced a round in which the girls chose whom to let advance. Twenty-four men remained as Zhang Lexuan introduced the next round, where each man would make a final choice after giving a short introduction.

• Xu Sanshi and the other men tried to remove the girls' veils, while Huo Yuhao used his crystal Chi Dragon Soul Spirit to remove five hats and take first place; He Caitou ranked second and Jiang Hai third.
• Bei Bei began the lamp-voting round, and nearly every girl left her light on for Huo Yuhao, while only Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan kept theirs on for He Caitou.
• Several girls turned off their lights for Jiang Hai because he kept his ghost mask on, while Chen Yong unexpectedly received twelve lights, including those of Han Ruoruo, Wu Ming, and Ma Xiaotao.
• The second round eliminated more than a third of the men, leaving twenty-four contestants.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that each remaining man would introduce himself and privately choose one Sea God fairy for the next round, then Bei Bei brought out lots to determine their order.

The Sea God’s Fate continued as the male students introduced themselves and displayed their abilities to the Sea God Fairies. Huo Yuhao impressed the audience with his twin martial souls and Chi Dragon soul spirit, while Xu Sanshi’s confession moved Jiang Nannan to finally reveal her feelings.

• Chu Qingtian introduced himself with a lightning display, and Chen Yong struggled to control the waves until Jiang Hai froze them.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his twin martial souls, his Soul Engineer rank, and the Little Chi Dragon, which froze the Sea God Fairies’ water lilies.
• Xu Sanshi confessed his love to Jiang Nannan, then fell into Sea God Lake after she did not answer him.
• Jiang Nannan broke down in tears and called for Xu Sanshi to come back, and he emerged from the lake with a smile.
• Jiang Nannan plunged into the water toward Xu Sanshi.

Jiang Hai returned to Shrek Academy and revealed that he was an eighteen-year-old Level 64 Soul Emperor and Level 8 Soul Engineer, stunning the Sea God Pavilion elders and students. As the Sea God Fairy matchmaking progressed to its fourth stage, Zhang Lexuan began inviting the female students to choose their partners.

• Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan left the lake together after Xu Sanshi’s introduction ran over its allotted time.
• Jiang Hai introduced himself as an eighteen-year-old Level 64 Power Attack System Battle Soul Emperor with a Bronze Coffin Martial Soul and Level 8 Soul Engineer rank, surprising the Sea God Pavilion elders and students.
• He Caitou vouched for Jiang Hai’s Soul Engineer ability, and Jiang Hai demonstrated his Level 8 Sword Case and Clear Wind sword intent.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered everyone to keep what happened that day secret, while Jiang Hai wrote the names of the Sea God Fairies he admired.
• Zhang Lexuan announced the Three Lifetimes of Fate stage, in which female students would introduce themselves and choose male students; Hua Yao was the first to step forward and introduce herself.

During the Sea God's Fate event, Ning Tian chose Jiang Hai and revealed a soul tool technique that let her fly despite her support-system martial soul. Jiang Hai explained how soul tool techniques worked, and Shrek's elders agreed to discuss them and soul spirits at a Sea God Pavilion Meeting the next day.

• Hua Yao and several other girls chose male students, and Xiao Xiao stepped forward to stand before He Caitou.
• Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, used a soul tool technique to fly, and chose Jiang Hai, saying she could now defend herself and would not burden him.
• When Xuan Zi questioned Ning Tian's flight, Jiang Hai explained that soul tool techniques combined a soul master's abilities with soul engineering.
• Jiang Hai demonstrated an early technique using his Glazed Heart Mirror and described the requirements and risks of inscribing soul tool arrays onto soul skills.
• Yan Shaozhe resumed the matchmaking event, then arranged a Sea God Pavilion Meeting for the next day to discuss soul spirits and soul tool techniques with Huo Yuhao and Jiang Hai.

Wu Ming and Ma Xiaotao both chose Jiang Hai, while Han Ruoruo accepted Wang Yan’s confession and left the gathering with him. After the fourth round concluded, Bei Bei announced the fifth round, Harmony for a Hundred Years.

• Wu Ming chose Jiang Hai, who formed a Fire Lotus beneath her with liquefied soul power.
• Han Ruoruo invited someone who liked her to step forward, and Wang Yan confessed his feelings; she accepted and left with him.
• Ma Xiaotao chose Jiang Hai and reproached him for returning without telling her, while Jiang Hai tried to reassure her.
• Wu Feng chose Chen Yong, and Ling Luochеn chose Huo Yuhao.
• After the fourth round, Bei Bei announced the fifth round, Harmony for a Hundred Years.

The Harmony for a Hundred Years stage brought Gu Fan and Lotus together, then revealed Wang Dong’s identity and reunited her with Huo Yuhao. When Jiang Hai rejected the three women who chose him, he confessed his feelings to Zhang Lexuan, who told him she was not a participant and could not be chosen.

• Gu Fan chose Lotus, and no one challenged him, so they completed the ceremony as the first couple to join hands.
• Wang Dong revealed her six Soul Rings and golden wings, and Huo Yuhao chose her over Ling Luochеn, who challenged him to a bride-stealing match.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao fought Ling Luochеn together without level suppression, then left hand in hand after Zhang Lexuan confirmed Wang Dong was girl number two.
• Ning Tian, Wu Ming, and Ma Xiaotao each made a final appeal to Jiang Hai, and he removed his Ghost Mask at Wu Ming’s request.
• Jiang Hai declined all three women and asked to choose Zhang Lexuan, but she said she was not a participant in the gathering.

Jiang Hai sincerely confessed his love to Zhang Lexuan, and she agreed to give their relationship a chance. Their path forward immediately became complicated as Ning Tian, Ma Xiaotao, and several male students challenged Jiang Hai for the bride, beginning with Chu He.

• Jiang Hai told Zhang Lexuan that his gratitude had grown into love and asked her to give him a chance.
• Zhang Lexuan wavered, and Bei Bei encouraged her to pursue happiness; she agreed to give Jiang Hai a chance.
• Zhang Lexuan mentioned Ning Tian and Ma Xiaotao, and both women declared that they would challenge for the bride.
• Wu Ming and six male students also challenged Jiang Hai, who accepted their challenges.
• Chu He stepped onto Sea God Lake and faced Jiang Hai, who summoned his Blazing Fire Coffin as the elders watched.

Jiang Hai fought Chu He over Zhang Lexuan's relationship, defeating the seven-ring Soul Saint with his ultimate flames and Iceflame Diamond Transformation. After Chu He conceded, Jiang Hai challenged the other senior brothers to face him together.

• Zhang Lexuan began the match between Jiang Hai and Chu He, and Jiang Hai chose not to use soul tools.
• Chu He charged Jiang Hai with Iron Horse on an Icy River, but Jiang Hai caught the Frost Spear with his bare hands.
• Chu He activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked again, while Jiang Hai unleashed black and white ultimate flames.
• Chu He used One Spear, Frost Dragon Dance, but Jiang Hai transformed with Iceflame Diamond Transformation and dispersed the frost dragon with a punch.
• Chu He conceded and accepted Zhang Lexuan's relationship with Jiang Hai, and Jiang Hai challenged the other senior brothers to come at him together.

Jiang Hai faced five Inner Court students at once and used his unusual soul skills to hold off their coordinated attacks. When the fight began to drain his soul power, he summoned a transformed version of his sixth soul skill, Gate of Civilization, leaving the Sea God Pavilion Elders to recognize the Scarlet King's aura.

• The remaining five students agreed to attack Jiang Hai together, and Zhang Lexuan allowed them to fight without suppressing their cultivation.
• The five combined their abilities to pressure Jiang Hai, who used Iceflame Diamond Transformation, the Bright Mirror, and Magnetic Field to counter their attacks.
• The Sea God Pavilion Elders realized Jiang Hai’s fifth soul ring was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while the other revealed rings also had extraordinary colors.
• Jiang Hai decided the fight was consuming too much soul power and activated his sixth soul ring, summoning a Flame Gate.
• A green-robed Jiang Hai emerged from the overlapping gates equipped with soul tools, and the Sea God Pavilion Elders recognized the aura of the Scarlet King’s soul ring.

Jiang Hai defeated five Inner Court students with the Body of Civilization, then accepted Ma Xiaotao’s challenge after recovering his soul power. Their battle began on Sea God Lake, and Jiang Hai summoned the Flame Gate again to fuse with the Body of Civilization and transform himself into a Body Soul Tool.

• Jiang Hai used the Body of Civilization to defeat the Flame Lion King, send Feng Xing into danger, and knock Huo Rulie and the other Inner Court students out of the fight.
• Zhang Lexuan stopped the match and declared Jiang Hai the winner, leaving the students and teachers astonished by his strength and soul tool technique.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the Body of Civilization as a soul tool technique and resolved to learn it, while Ma Xiaotao requested a chance to challenge Jiang Hai.
• Jiang Hai recovered his soul power as the matchmaking gathering continued, then faced Ma Xiaotao, an level eighty-two Divine Fire Phoenix Soul Douluo.
• Ma Xiaotao and Jiang Hai clashed over Sea God Lake, and Jiang Hai summoned the Flame Gate, fused with the Body of Civilization, and formed a Body Soul Tool.

Jiang Hai and Ma Xiaotao fought an intense spar at the Sea God’s Fate Matchmaking Gathering, ending in a draw after Jiang Hai used the Fate-Reversing Blade. Zhang Lexuan counted the bride-stealing challenge as a success and offered Jiang Hai a chance to court her, leaving him awkwardly facing Ma Xiaotao and Ning Tian.

• Jiang Hai merged with the Body of Civilization and fought Ma Xiaotao, while the Sea God Pavilion elders discussed admitting Ma Xiaotao to the pavilion and having her lead the Tang Sect team.
• Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Descends to the Mortal World and overwhelmed Jiang Hai with her phoenix flames, but his Lifebound Soul Tool helped him survive.
• Jiang Hai used the Fate-Reversing Blade to cut through Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Dances Across the Nine Heavens, and a Divine Fire Phoenix emerged before the attack ended.
• Teacher Ye and Ning Tian helped restore Jiang Hai and Ma Xiaotao, and Zhang Lexuan declared their fight a draw.
• Zhang Lexuan counted Jiang Hai’s bride-stealing challenge as a success but offered him only a chance to court her, leaving him flustered by Ma Xiaotao’s and Ning Tian’s reactions.

At the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Gathering, Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Hai were named the most beautiful Sea God Fairy and happiest male student, and their feelings turned openly romantic. They exchanged keepsakes and left Sea God Lake together, while Bei Bei resolved to go to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Bei Bei announced Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Hai as the gathering’s chosen pair, and they rose to his side as the crowd cheered.
• Zhang Lexuan kissed Jiang Hai, and he realized his feelings for her had become romantic love.
• Bei Bei explained the tradition of exchanging tokens, and Zhang Lexuan gave Jiang Hai the half-moon pendant left by her parents.
• Jiang Hai offered Zhang Lexuan his Soul Tool, Time's Second Hand, and she accepted after learning its value and trusting his feelings.
• Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Hai departed together across Sea God Lake, while Bei Bei wished them happiness and thought of going to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Sanshi excitedly hugged Jiang Nannan before she playfully scolded him.

After becoming a couple, Jiang Hai and Zhang Lexuan shared a quiet evening, discussed his recent experiences and the dangers of the Soul Refining Art, and agreed to give their relationship time to grow. The next morning, Jiang Hai advanced his Bronze Coffin Visualization Method and joined Zhang Lexuan at the Sea God Pavilion, where the elders had gathered to meet with him.

• Jiang Hai and Zhang Lexuan walked together, exchanged affectionate words, and agreed to take time to adjust to their new relationship.
• Jiang Hai told Zhang Lexuan about his experiences, and she warned him about the Holy Spirit Cult, urged him to be cautious, and asked him not to spread the Soul Refining Art.
• Zhang Lexuan declined the Soul Refining Art but accepted the Visualization Method, then told Jiang Hai that a past opportunity had helped her breakthrough and that they were equals.
• Jiang Hai completed the fourth stage of the Bronze Coffin Visualization Method the next morning, and Zhang Lexuan prepared breakfast for him.
• Jiang Hai and Zhang Lexuan arrived at the Sea God Pavilion, where Xuan Zi and the elders were gathered; the elders reacted with curiosity when Jiang Hai addressed Yan Shaozhe as his teacher.

At a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, Jiang Hai and Huo Yuhao warned Shrek Academy about the Sun Moon Empire’s soul tool advantage and its pro-war leadership. Jiang Hai joined the Sea God Pavilion, while the elders learned that Tang Ya had become an Acting Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult and ordered a secret rescue mission.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Huo Yuhao and Fan Yu to report on their exchange in the Sun Moon Empire, and Huo Yuhao warned that its soul tool development and political tensions could lead to war.
• Jiang Hai said Crown Prince Xu Tianran and his Crown Princess favored war, and he urged Shrek to address its own political and social shortcomings as it developed soul tools.
• Jiang Hai offered to provide basic soul tool technique theory but warned that the Holy Spirit Cult had likely reached an agreement with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xuan Zi proposed admitting Jiang Hai and Ma Xiaotao to the Sea God Pavilion, and the elders approved both; Jiang Hai accepted membership.
• Xuan Zi apologized for failing to protect Jiang Hai four years earlier, but Jiang Hai asked Shrek not to publicly reveal his affiliation because he remained an Acting Elder of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After Yan Shaozhe explained Tang Ya’s situation, Xuan Zi ordered Yan Shaozhe, Elder Song, Mei'er, and Teacher Ye to travel secretly to the Sun Moon Empire and rescue her.

Huo Yuhao explained the origins and abilities of his soul spirit, Biling, and offered to help Shrek Academy research soul spirit fusion. Xuan Zi assigned Yuhao and Jiang Hai to lead soul spirit and soul tool research, then raised the question of who would succeed him as Sea God Pavilion Master.

• Huo Yuhao introduced Biling and explained how Electrolux and the hundred-thousand-year Chi Dragon had helped him create a soul spirit, which could grant two soul rings and act independently.
• Huo Yuhao told the elders that willing soul beasts could potentially be fused into soul spirits, and answered their concerns about the bond between soul spirits and their masters.
• Xuan Zi classified soul spirit and soul tool research as red-level academy secrets, tasked Huo Yuhao and Jiang Hai with leading the respective fields, and ordered soul tool arrays taught throughout the academy.
• Jiang Hai agreed to work with Huo Yuhao, while Yan Shaozhe invited Jiang Hai to use the Library and sent Zhang Lexuan to guide him and Huo Yuhao there.
• Xuan Zi worried that Jiang Hai might challenge Huo Yuhao as the Sea God Pavilion successor, especially since Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao were closer to Jiang Hai.

Jiang Hai awakened the flame of civilization in Shrek Academy’s Library, purifying his soul and transforming his spiritual power as Mu En’s gift of light strengthened him. In the Divine Realm, Tang San discovered that Jiang Hai was an unforeseen variable from the same world as himself, while Jiang Hai ended the chapter ready to study the Academy’s ancient books.

• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi agreed to give Jiang Hai the last portion of Mu En’s Breath of Light while leaving Mu En’s body undisturbed.
• Jiang Hai’s flame of civilization covered the Library’s books without harming them, and their knowledge fed its fire as he visualized civilization.
• Tang San sensed someone on the Douluo Continent comprehending civilization, divined that Jiang Hai was an unforeseen variable from his own world, and considered visiting the lower realm.
• Mu En’s aura of light and life merged into Jiang Hai, whose soul power had fully liquefied and risen to the middle stage of level sixty-five.
• The flame of civilization settled over Jiang Hai’s Sea of Consciousness as a blue-green lamp, expanding it and giving him much greater control over his spiritual power.
• Zhang Lexuan explained that Mu En’s gift represented the Academy’s debt to Jiang Hai, then opened an ancient volume and invited him and Ma Xiaotao to study.

After reading every book in Shrek Academy’s Inner Court library, Jiang Hai left Sea God Island to continue his plans, while Zhang Lexuan shared a heartfelt night with him and gained a mysterious surge of power. The chapter ended with Zhang Lexuan reaching level 94 as she cultivated beneath the moonlight.

• Jiang Hai finished the Inner Court library’s entire collection but found no way to break his martial soul’s limit, though he formed an incomplete idea to investigate.
• Jiang Hai told Zhang Lexuan he would leave for the Civilization Research Institute and then return to the Holy Spirit Cult, and she planned to see him at the tournament with Shrek Academy’s team.
• Zhang Lexuan took Jiang Hai around Sea God Island, then cried over Mu En beneath the Golden Ancient Tree and fell asleep in Jiang Hai’s arms.
• Jiang Hai kept Zhang Lexuan warm through the night, then left at dawn on the White Sea Eagle after she urged him to stay safe.
• After Jiang Hai departed, Zhang Lexuan vowed to protect him from the Holy Spirit Cult and Evil Soul Masters, then absorbed moonlight that raised her soul power to level 94.

Jiang Hai traveled to Dongyang City to visit the Civilization Research Institute and learned how it had grown into a major center for soul-tool research. The institute’s Lifebound Soul Tool had reached Level 9, and its researchers continued pushing its development.

• Jiang Hai flew from Shrek Academy to the Sun Moon Empire on the White Sea Eagle and saw how widely soul tools had spread there.
• Jiang Hai arrived at Dongyang City, where the Civilization Research Institute had established its academy and research facilities.
• Jiang Hai presented his Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect token to the guard, and Li Qingfeng welcomed him and brought him inside.
• Li Qingfeng told Jiang Hai that Xue Linglong was nearing Level 70 and praised the young researchers’ growing abilities.
• Jiang Hai learned that the institute now had more than forty soul engineers, including one Level 9 Soul Engineer and eleven Level 8 Soul Engineers, and that its Lifebound Soul Tool had reached Level 9.

Jiang Hai toured the Civilization Research Institute with Li Qingfeng and Shi Jingcheng, seeing its defenses, underground ecosystem, and research facilities. He replenished the institute’s Flame of Civilization and reunited with Xuan Ziwen and the other researchers.

• Li Qingfeng showed Jiang Hai the Civilization Lake and explained that the institute beneath it had powerful defenses and that Jiang Hai held authority to control or destroy it.
• Jiang Hai learned that Li Qingfeng had joined the institute as its Security Department Head and entered the underground facility with him and Shi Jingcheng.
• Shi Jingcheng showed Jiang Hai the institute’s self-sustaining ecosystem, powered by the Level 9 Source of the Sun, and described its twelve research zones.
• Jiang Hai visited the lifebound soul tool laboratory, where researchers used a projection based on his body as their template.
• Jiang Hai sent a wisp of his Flame of Civilization into the institute’s flame, strengthening it at the cost of dimming his own, and Xuan Ziwen welcomed him back.

Jiang Hai revealed a way to safely test the Civilization Research Institute’s lifebound soul tool, inspiring Xue Linglong to pursue a new soul tool technique. The institute also formed a team for the upcoming Soul Fighting Tournament, with Xue Linglong as its leader.

• Xuan Ziwen reported that the Level 9 lifebound soul tool array was nearly complete but too dangerous to test on a person, and Li Qingfeng volunteered to try it.
• Jiang Hai summoned a body using his Gate of Civilization soul skill, offering a safer way to test the array; Xuan Ziwen agreed to provide him with the research materials.
• Xue Linglong proposed using the lifebound soul tool method on Martial Soul Avatar to develop a seventh soul tool technique, and Xuan Ziwen agreed to share the core array with her.
• Shi Jingcheng proposed entering the Soul Fighting Tournament, and the group assembled a team from the institute and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Jiang Hai said he would enter the tournament as a Holy Spirit Cult disciple and appointed Xue Linglong to lead the institute’s team.