Arc 19The Sacred Pillars and the Ambush

Chen Ping and Electrolux exploited Tang San’s weakened control of the Sea God Sacred Pillars, while Chen Ping returned to Shrek after completing his exchange studies. The journey home ended in an ambush by Zhang Peng, who sought Chen Ping’s thousand refinement metal method, and Chen Ping offered him another way to cultivate.

  • Electrolux and Chen Ping revealed that Wang Dong was Tang Wutong, and Huo Yuhao realized Tang San had manipulated his hardships to pursue his fortune and the Emperor Auspicious Beast.
  • Chen Ping visited the Clear Sky Sect with Huo Yuhao, endured Er Ming’s test, and discovered that Tang San had installed the Sea God’s Sacred Pillars in Clear Sky Castle.
  • With Da Ming and Er Ming absent, Chen Ping and Electrolux gathered divine power from the pillars and created the Heart of the Ocean, an imitation of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
  • Chen Ping recharged his depleted God-Given Soul Ring through the Sea God Sacred Pillar, causing Tang San to lose divine power and sever his connections to the Lower Realm.
  • Electrolux developed a miniature inheritance pillar and simulated divine trials, while Chen Ping completed his exchange studies and refused Jing Hongchen’s offers for the thousand refinement metal method.
  • Chen Ping returned toward Shrek Academy with Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo, but Zhang Peng attacked them to seize the metalworking method.
  • Xuan Zi fought Zhang Peng after he admitted Jing Hongchen had offered rare metals, and Chen Ping offered Zhang Peng a way to cultivate without indiscriminately killing Soul Beasts.
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Ch. 453A web of conspiracy

Huo Yuhao learned that Tang San had manipulated his life and targeted him and the Star Dou Forest Emperor Auspicious Beast for their fortune, leaving him to accept that his path at Shrek Academy had begun in a conspiracy. Chen Ping then introduced Snow Empress to the possibility that Ice Empress resided within Huo Yuhao.

  • Electrolux and Chen Ping revealed that Wang Dong was Tang Wutong, daughter of Tang San and Xiao Wu, and that her departing figure was part of her soul.
  • Huo Yuhao questioned why he and his mother had suffered despite his supposed status as a Child of Fortune, while Chen Ping privately confirmed that Elf had protected his mother's soul.
  • After reviewing Tang Wutong's memories, Huo Yuhao realized Tang San had targeted him and the Emperor Auspicious Beast for their fortune and possibly sought a divine weapon and control of Douluo Star.
  • Chen Ping told Huo Yuhao that Tang San would likely allow him to pursue godhood, but Huo Yuhao recognized his hardships as part of a trap that began when he entered Shrek Academy.
  • Snow Empress awoke at the mention of Ice Empress, and Chen Ping brought her out to meet Huo Yuhao, who was too nervous to rouse the recovering Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Ch. 454Junior Brother, Hold On-Drop Some Gold Before You Go

Chen Ping negotiated with Huo Yuhao for Tian Meng’s shed husk and promised valuable Soul Tools in return, then decided to visit the Clear Sky Sect to gather intelligence. He and Huo Yuhao used the Undead Demiplane to travel to a town near the sect.

  • Chen Ping asked Huo Yuhao to trade Tian Meng’s shed husk so he could turn it into a trapping Soul Tool.
  • Huo Yuhao offered the shed husk if Tian Meng agreed, and Chen Ping promised him a Ranked Carving Knife and one or two Level 9 Soul Tools.
  • Chen Ping considered the risks and potential rewards of visiting the Clear Sky Sect while Tang San was unlikely to know of him.
  • Chen Ping informed Ning Tian and Wu Feng that he would enter secluded cultivation, then traveled with Huo Yuhao through the Undead Demiplane to a town near the Clear Sky Sect.

Ch. 455First Visit to the Clear Sky Sect

Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao returned to the Clear Sky Sect, where Wang Dong welcomed Huo Yuhao and apologized for his ordeal. As Chen Ping climbed toward the sect, he discovered that its concealing mist contained diluted energy from the Divine Realm.

  • Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao arrived near the Clear Sky Sect, where Wang Dong flew to meet them and anxiously checked on Huo Yuhao.
  • Wang Dong apologized for bringing Huo Yuhao to the sect, and Huo Yuhao reassured her while concealing the full truth of what he had experienced.
  • Wang Dong invited Chen Ping to visit, but he sent her and Huo Yuhao ahead so Huo Yuhao could rest while he climbed the mountain.
  • Chen Ping sensed that the mountain mist blocked his Spiritual Power and that the sect's Heaven and Earth Essence was extraordinarily dense.
  • Electrolux analyzed the mist and told Chen Ping it was diluted high-energy mist from the Divine Realm.

Ch. 456The Never Leave Empty-Handed Talent Activates

Chen Ping and Electrolux discovered that Tang San’s Divine Realm Essence was nourishing thousands of hidden Flying Soul Beasts in the Clear Sky Sect’s sea of clouds. They decided to collect some of it for study, and Chen Ping used the God Sealing Platform to absorb the essence without opening the Undead Demiplane.

  • Electrolux reasoned that Tang San had brought Divine Realm Essence to the Clear Sky Sect but had only weak control over how it spread.
  • Electrolux revealed that thousands of Flying Soul Beasts, including several hundred-thousand-year Cloud Assassins, were thriving in the clouds above the sect.
  • Chen Ping and Electrolux agreed to collect Divine Realm Essence so Electrolux could study its composition.
  • Chen Ping worried that opening the Undead Demiplane would alert Da Ming and Er Ming, and Electrolux told him to use his body and Soul Power instead.
  • Chen Ping activated the God Sealing Platform and drew the surrounding Heaven and Earth Essence into it.

Ch. 457Happy Sawing People

Chen Ping secretly filled the God Sealing Platform with Heaven and Earth Essence, then followed Wang Dong through the Sea of Clouds toward Clear Sky Castle. There, Wang Dong’s missing childhood memories caused her pain, and Second Dad tested Chen Ping’s strength before praising him.

  • Chen Ping closed the God Sealing Platform’s channels after it nearly reached capacity and waited for Wang Dong to guide him through the Sea of Clouds.
  • Wang Dong recalled falling on the mountain as a child, then suffered a headache when she tried to remember anything from before her Martial Soul Awakening.
  • Second Dad explained that Wang Dong could not remember anything from before she was six because she had hit her head as a child.
  • Chen Ping realized that Wang Dong’s lost memories had been taken along with her soul by Tang San.
  • Second Dad subjected Chen Ping to overwhelming physical and spiritual pressure, but Chen Ping endured it and earned his praise.
  • Wang Dong scolded Second Dad for testing her classmates and disputed his claim that she ranked second in the class.

Ch. 458"Shrinking Earth to Inches"

Chen Ping toured Clear Sky Castle with Wang Dong, where Er Ming apologized for testing him with his pressure and invited him to dinner. After Er Ming abruptly vanished, Chen Ping recognized that he had forcibly torn through space rather than used the movement skill Wang Dong named.

  • Wang Dong led Chen Ping into Clear Sky Castle and showed him its immense, simply furnished interior and eight massive pillars.
  • Er Ming reappeared, apologized for testing Chen Ping, praised his resilience, and invited him to a feast.
  • Chen Ping thanked Er Ming and joked that he would eat plenty, pleasing Er Ming.
  • Er Ming reached out and disappeared from the hall, leaving Chen Ping stunned.
  • Wang Dong said Er Ming had used a skill called Shrinking Earth to Inches and had likely gone to catch fish.
  • Chen Ping privately concluded that Er Ming had ripped open space with his bare hand, revealing power comparable to Di Tian's spatial movement.

Ch. 459Divine Power Needed

Chen Ping discovered that the eight pillars in Clear Sky Castle were the Sacred Pillars taken from Sea God Island, which explained Clear Sky Peak’s dense Heaven and Earth Essence. He realized they might help restore a depleted God-Given Soul Ring, but Electrolux warned that the ring required Sea God Divine Power, leaving Chen Ping unsure how to obtain it.

  • Er Ming demonstrated his ability to crush space, making Chen Ping more cautious about confronting him and Da Ming.
  • At Electrolux’s prompting, Chen Ping used Divine Sense to see through the eight pillars’ iron-birch covering and identify their hidden carvings.
  • Chen Ping recognized the pillars as Sea God Island’s Seven Sacred Pillars and the Sea God Sacred Pillar, which Tang San had installed in Clear Sky Castle.
  • Chen Ping’s Eye of Truth identified one pillar as the abandoned Sea Horse Sacred Pillar, and he wondered if it could restore a depleted God-Given Soul Ring.
  • Electrolux explained that the ring needed Sea God Divine Power rather than Heaven and Earth Essence, leaving Chen Ping wondering where he could find any.

Ch. 460Da Ming and Er Ming's Attitude (8K)

Chen Ping learned that Tang San would need time to recover his depleted Divine Sense, giving him a brief chance to act without Tang San’s attention. He overheard Da Ming and Er Ming discuss Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and the possibility of helping Huo Yuhao.

  • Chen Ping spent the evening feasting and playing cards with his classmates at the Clear Sky Sect, then returned to Wang Dong’s room to sleep.
  • Electrolux told Chen Ping that he had observed Clear Sky Castle and shared his Divine Sense perceptions with him.
  • Er Ming reminisced about how happy Wang Dong had been with her classmates, while Da Ming said Tang San was recovering after learning that the Otherworldly Divine Soul was gone.
  • Da Ming explained that Wang Dong would remain safe as long as Tang Wutong’s missing soul fragment was not recovered and that Tang San needed time to restore his Divine Sense.
  • Er Ming said that he and Da Ming might help Huo Yuhao if he became strong, but lamented that his teacher’s death left them unable to change what had happened.

Ch. 461Sea Sacred Pillar Operators Must Know Their Technology

Chen Ping realized Da Ming and Er Ming might not be fully aligned with Tang San, and Electrolux pointed out that Tang San likely understood only the basic functions of Poseidon’s eight sacred pillars. Their limited knowledge of the pillars and Tang San’s damaged Divine Sense left Chen Ping and Electrolux an opportunity to exploit.

  • Chen Ping interpreted Er Ming’s words as a sign that Da Ming and Er Ming might stand aside rather than help Tang San when an opportunity arose.
  • Chen Ping considered testing the brothers’ attitude by resurrecting Tang Wutong with a Heart of Light.
  • Electrolux reminded Chen Ping of Poseidon’s eight sacred pillars and suggested Tang San did not know how to use most of their functions.
  • Electrolux compared operating the sacred pillars to mastering Mingdetang’s complex processing machine without a manual, and Chen Ping understood that Tang San might know only how to assign trials and rewards.
  • Chen Ping and Electrolux concluded that Tang San’s ignorance of the pillars, combined with his damaged Divine Sense and months of recovery, gave them an opening.

Ch. 462The Price of Angering Elder Yi

Electrolux planned to retaliate against Tang San by exploiting his weakened state and taking advantage of his divine power. The next day, Chen Ping and Wang Dong encountered Er Ming, who retrieved a brocade pouch for her before abruptly freezing as he was about to hand it over.

  • Electrolux explained that he intended to use Tang San's divine power while Tang San was recovering, and warned that Tang San would pay for scheming against him.
  • Chen Ping examined the pillars at Clear Sky Castle the next day and met Wang Dong, who had only just gotten up around noon.
  • Er Ming explained that Niu Tian had gone to find ingredients for lunch and admitted he missed the river catches Da Ming used to bring back.
  • Wang Dong asked Er Ming for the brocade pouch Niu Tian had promised her, and Er Ming retrieved it from the castle's third floor.
  • Er Ming froze just as he was about to hand the blue brocade pouch to Wang Dong.

Ch. 463A Way to Reactivate the Sacred Pillars

Chen Ping avoided taking Tang San’s hidden plans from Er Ming and realized the brothers Da Ming and Er Ming were both away from Clear Sky Castle. He and Electrolux began examining the Sacred Pillars, but their attempt to reactivate the Sea God Sacred Pillar failed, leaving Electrolux to consider the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

  • Wang Dong reached for Er Ming’s blue brocade pouch, but Chen Ping knew it held Tang San’s plans and Er Ming quickly destroyed it.
  • Wang Dong asked Er Ming for a Soul Bone, so he left Clear Sky Castle to find one suitable for her.
  • Chen Ping realized Da Ming and Er Ming were absent and saw a chance to investigate the eight Sacred Pillars without their supervision.
  • Chen Ping touched each Sacred Pillar as Electrolux gathered traces of divine power from them.
  • Chen Ping sent the gathered Sea God Divine Power into the Sea God Sacred Pillar, but it rejected the energy.
  • Electrolux asked Chen Ping whether the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had originally occupied the diamond-shaped space in the Sea God Trident.

Ch. 464Replicating the Sea God's Heart! (4K, pushing for average subscriptions)

Chen Ping and Electrolux used a Koh-i-Noor diamond and a trace of Sea God divine power to create the Heart of the Ocean, a functional replica of the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. Electrolux activated a Sea God Pillar and explained that issuing Chen Ping a God Trial would alert Tang San, leaving Chen Ping to abandon his plan for easy rewards.

  • Chen Ping explained that Tang San’s Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud had enabled him to receive the Sea God Nine Trials, and he reflected on how luck and fate had shaped Tang Chen’s fate.
  • Electrolux recognized that Koh-i-Noor diamond could serve as the missing material and asked Chen Ping to yield control of his body.
  • Electrolux carved the diamond and used his divine sense and a trace of Sea God divine power to reproduce the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s four arrays, creating the Heart of the Ocean.
  • Electrolux used the Heart of the Ocean to activate a Sea God Pillar and sensed its functions, while Chen Ping realized Tang Wutong must already have accepted a God Trial.
  • Chen Ping asked Electrolux to issue him a trial and grant him Soul Ring age rewards, but Electrolux warned that Tang San would immediately learn of it.
  • Chen Ping broke into a sweat and dropped the idea, realizing a God Trial could expose him and Electrolux to Tang San.

Ch. 465Tang San's cultivation deviation (don't stockpile, folks-4k-word chapters pushing for premium!)

Chen Ping and Electrolux activated the Sea God Sacred Pillar, recharged a God-Given Soul Ring, and hid the pillar’s activation when Da Ming returned. The divine power drawn from the pillar triggered Tang San’s cultivation deviation, leaving his Divine Soul damaged and his ability to monitor the Douluo Continent impaired.

  • Electrolux told Chen Ping he could not bypass the Sacred Pillar’s god trial in time, but reminded him that a nearby activated pillar could recharge the blank God-Given Soul Ring.
  • Chen Ping brought the depleted God-Given Soul Ring near the pillar, and it absorbed divine power until it turned golden.
  • Electrolux used the imitation Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to return the Sea God Sacred Pillar to standby as Da Ming arrived at Clear Sky Castle.
  • Tang San lost Sea God divine power drawn through the Sacred Pillar while repairing his divine sense, and the sudden imbalance caused his divine power to run rampant.
  • Tang San regained consciousness with cracks in his Divine Soul, lost his means of monitoring the Douluo Continent, and feared cultivating again before discovering what had drained his power.

Ch. 466The God You Worship Has Disconnected (4K)

Tang San traced the loss of his divine power to his many connections in the Lower Realm and severed them, cutting off his influence across the Douluo Continent. At Clear Sky Castle, Chen Ping and Class One continued their cultivation lessons while Electrolux’s scheme against Tang San began to take effect.

  • Tang San examined the Sea God Trident, realized the Sea God's Heart was shattered, and admitted he could not identify which of his many Lower Realm arrangements was draining his divine power.
  • Tang San severed all his connections to the Lower Realm, causing Da Ming and Er Ming's forehead imprints and Clear Sky Castle's Sacred Pillars to go inactive; the Sea God Helmet's signal also failed during the Sea God Family's ceremony.
  • Mu En sensed a disturbance in the Golden Tree, while the red-clad Sea God Family Soul Master watched the trident rune on the Sea God Helmet go dark.
  • Chen Ping and Class One sought cultivation advice from Da Ming and Er Ming, while Wang Dong reluctantly joined their studies and benefited from Er Ming finding her a Soul Bone.
  • Electrolux reflected that he had deliberately disrupted Tang San's cultivation by draining his divine power and planned to settle accounts with him alongside Chen Ping and Elf.

Ch. 467Ju Zi: Sacrifice Yourself, My Keke! (4K, Just a Little Short of the Premium Milestone)

After returning from the Clear Sky Sect, Chen Ping reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng at the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and left Ning Dali hoping for help securing a soul spirit. Meanwhile, Chen Ping’s stolen detection tool had cost Ju Zi her rank and Keke her freedom, while Jing Hongchen struggled to protect Xu Tianran’s bid for the throne.

  • Chen Ping spent several days touring the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, where Ning Dali apologized for their earlier fight and asked him for help obtaining a soul spirit so he could marry Ye Xin'er.
  • Chen Ping told Ning Dali they could discuss the request once he reached rank sixty, while considering forming a Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect team for the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
  • Chen Ping returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, relieving Lin Jiayi, who had worried after learning he was last seen in the Jingyang Mountain Range with the missing High-Altitude Detection Soul Tool.
  • Ju Zi was demoted three ranks over the missing tool and imprisoned Keke and the other camp soldiers as scapegoats for unauthorized testing.
  • Jing Hongchen failed to uncover Chen Ping’s Thousand Refinement Technique and, amid court turmoil, focused on helping Xu Tianran secure the throne and protect himself from political ruin.

Ch. 468Chen Ping, the black-hearted capitalist

After a year of focused cultivation and Soul Tool research, Chen Ping reached Level 47 and brought Snow Empress to the Undead Demiplane to meet Huo Yuhao and discuss their Battle Armor project. He planned to give Huo Yuhao expensive coffee beans, though his grin made Snow Empress suspect he had work in mind for his junior.

  • Chen Ping sent Ning Tian and Wu Feng back to the Academy with the High-Altitude Detection Soul Tool and its copied blueprints, then spent a year cultivating and studying Experiment Subject No. 1's designs.
  • Chen Ping reached Level 47 after a second bout of Deep Meditation, and Snow Empress grew more accepting of him after seeing his diligent cultivation.
  • Snow Empress asked Chen Ping to visit Bing'er, and he opened the entrance to the Undead Demiplane for their agreed meeting with Huo Yuhao.
  • Chen Ping explained that he had brought Huo Yuhao into the Battle Armor development project and praised his talent for designing and manufacturing armor.
  • Chen Ping searched his Storage Soul Tools for costly coffee beans to give Huo Yuhao, leaving Snow Empress wary of his capitalist smile.

Ch. 469Good employees? Good boss?

Chen Ping watched Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan test their experimental Thousand Refinement Battle Armor against the Ice Dragon, then reassured them after they damaged it. He explained his division of labor in the Undead Demiplane to the Snow Empress, who called him an evil exploiter.

  • After Jing Ziyan spent half a month pestering Chen Ping about Ji Juechen, he sent her to the Undead Demiplane to fight alongside him.
  • Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan told Chen Ping they had survived two and a half minutes against the Ice Dragon using their experimental Battle Armor.
  • Jing Ziyan admitted that their fight had badly damaged both sets of Battle Armor, and Chen Ping took them for repairs and promised replacements.
  • Chen Ping gave Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan coffee gifts and praised them for testing equipment, while they appreciated his concern for their safety.
  • Chen Ping described how the Undead Demiplane's residents shared work, but the Snow Empress pointed out that he did none of it and called him an evil exploiter.

Ch. 470The Ultra-Mini Sea God Pillar

Chen Ping visited Electrolux’s research area, where Electrolux demonstrated a miniature Sea God Sacred Pillar forged from deep sea silver’s silver mother. Huo Yuhao accepted its undead trial and received a reward, while Chen Ping discovered that his own trial had offered nothing.

  • Chen Ping arrived at Electrolux’s transformed Experimentation Zone with coffee beans for Huo Yuhao and nearly offered some to Electrolux out of habit.
  • Electrolux summoned a miniature Sea God Sacred Pillar made from deep sea silver’s silver mother and explained that it could reproduce some of the full-sized pillars’ functions.
  • Electrolux tapped the miniature pillar, sending divine sense imprints to Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao that offered an undead trial to summon a skeleton.
  • Chen Ping accepted the trial and summoned a skeleton, but received no reward despite the pillar announcing one.
  • Huo Yuhao summoned a skeleton, completed the trial, and excitedly told Chen Ping and Electrolux that he had received a soul power level and a God-Given Soul Ring.

Ch. 471Old, with Little Truth to Tell

Electrolux revealed that his imitation inheritance pillar could reproduce God Trials and God-Given Soul Rings, while Chen Ping realized Poseidon had copied much of the pillar’s design from the Angel God. The chapter ended with Chen Ping deciding he could use Poseidon’s borrowed techniques without concern.

  • Huo Yuhao learned that the apparent God Trial was only a simulation made by Electrolux and was disappointed to lose the promised Soul Power and God-Given Soul Ring.
  • Electrolux produced a Powerless God-Given Soul Ring and explained that he had recreated much of Poseidon’s inheritance system through a year of research.
  • Electrolux infused the imitation inheritance pillar with Light Attribute Power, causing it to display a six-winged figure and issue a trial prompt.
  • Chen Ping deduced that Poseidon’s inheritance pillar had been copied from the Angel God’s, explaining the similarities and overlap between Tang San’s and Qian Renxue’s God Trials.
  • Chen Ping concluded that Poseidon had borrowed techniques from his predecessors and decided he could use those techniques freely.

Ch. 472Xiao Hongchen: Dear Grandpa, you're killing me with filial duty

Electrolux successfully used the Sea God sacred pillar to make a ten-year artificial soul ring, but needed more divine power to produce them in quantity. As Chen Ping’s exchange studies ended, Jing Hongchen offered vast reserves of rare metals and another Level 9 Fixed-Installation Shell for thousand refinement metal technology, which Chen Ping refused to reveal.

  • Electrolux converted Chen Ping’s God-Given Soul Ring into a blank pearl and crushed it to produce a ten-year soul ring.
  • Electrolux explained that the sacred pillar’s size limited the rings’ maximum age and that Chen Ping’s stored divine power could make over ten thousand ten-year rings.
  • Chen Ping searched for another source of divine power after Tang San shut down the sacred pillar’s connection to the mortal world.
  • Chen Ping completed his exchange studies at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and attended its farewell ceremony with Jing Hongchen.
  • Jing Hongchen offered Chen Ping rare metals and an additional Level 9 Fixed-Installation Shell in exchange for the thousand refinement metal method.
  • Chen Ping refused to share the method, knowing it would greatly strengthen the Sun Moon Empire against the Douluo Three Kingdoms.

Ch. 473Reforging Sun Moon's glory is my bounden duty, declares Xiao Hongchen (8K, thank you, everyone)

Chen Ping refused Jing Hongchen’s attempt to buy the thousand refinement metal process, then joined the Shrek delegation as it returned its exchange students at Maple Leaf City. The students welcomed their return to Shrek, while Chen Ping remained wary that Jing Hongchen and his allies would continue pursuing the process.

  • Jing Hongchen failed to persuade Chen Ping to trade the thousand refinement metal process, and Crown Prince Xu Tianran arrived to see off the Shrek delegation.
  • Xu Tianran and Chen Ping exchanged polite words while each privately considered killing the other.
  • Jing Hongchen escorted Qian Duoduo and the Shrek students to Maple Leaf City, where Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er received them and the two academies exchanged students.
  • Xiao Hongchen saw Chen Ping and resolved to reach Soul Saint before the tournament so he could restore Sun Moon’s glory.
  • Yan Shaozhe welcomed the returning students home, while Chen Ping suspected Jing Hongchen would not give up his pursuit of the thousand refinement metal process.

Ch. 474I Really Want to Rob Jing Hongchen

Chen Ping showed Shrek’s deans Jing Hongchen’s enormous offer for the thousand refinement metal process, including rare metals and Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells. The group realized the deal could transform Shrek’s Soul Tool Department, but focused on getting the children safely home rather than robbing Jing Hongchen.

  • Xian Lin'er sealed the room against eavesdroppers, and Xuan Zi appeared after Chen Ping’s dealings drew him into the escort mission.
  • Chen Ping explained that Jing Hongchen had repeatedly raised his offer for the thousand refinement metal process and showed the final offer sheet.
  • Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo were stunned by the offer’s silver dragon scales, prohibited rare metals, and Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells.
  • Qian Duoduo wondered whether they could return to rob Jing Hongchen, but Xuan Zi warned that he had come to protect them from the Sun Moon Empire.
  • Xian Lin'er and Xuan Zi stressed that their priority was ensuring the children returned safely, since Jing Hongchen would strike only when confident.

Ch. 475Prospective Pavilion Elder Chen Ping

Chen Ping proposed splitting the Academy group’s departure and learned he had been approved as a Prospective Pavilion Elder of the Sea God Pavilion. He explained his soul spirit to the Pavilion Elders and left them eager to learn more.

  • Chen Ping advised Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo to leave with him and Xuan Zi separately from the other students, and Yan Shaozhe agreed.
  • Yan Shaozhe told Chen Ping that the Sea God Pavilion Elders had unanimously approved him as a Prospective Pavilion Elder, and Xuan Zi told him to keep the news secret until his formal graduation.
  • Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi praised Chen Ping’s Academy contributions and urged him to win the upcoming tournament, while Chen Ping revealed he had reached rank forty-eight.
  • Chen Ping explained that his Heavenly Snow Woman soul spirit retained her consciousness and could fight alongside him, while concealing the Snow Empress’s identity and Electrolux’s role.

Ch. 476Three Years for Picking Up a Hemp Rope

Xuan Zi escorted Chen Ping and the others toward Shrek Academy, ready for an ambush, and soon confronted the attacker Zhang Peng. Xuan Zi injured Zhang Peng with a single punch and accused him of disguising his crimes and working for the Sun Moon Empire.

  • Xuan Zi assigned Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo to protect Chen Ping while he handled any attackers on the journey back to Shrek Academy.
  • Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Chen Ping flew toward Shrek Academy, with Xuan Zi insisting that a safe return mattered most.
  • A huge bank of dark clouds approached and formed a tiger's head, prompting Xuan Zi to break away and attack it with a fist of Soul Power.
  • Xuan Zi's punch shattered the cloud-shaped tiger and injured the black-clad old man Zhang Peng, who stood revealed on a bank of dark clouds.
  • Zhang Peng defended himself by saying he had merely absorbed Soul Beast blood to cultivate, but Xuan Zi accused him of hiding his crimes and finding an employer in the Sun Moon Empire.

Ch. 477Daring to Show Off Paltry Tricks Before a Master (8K)

Xuan Zi confronted Zhang Peng over his past slaughter of Soul Beasts and his role in the attack on Shrek’s students, but learned Zhang Peng had come to seize the thousand refinement metal method rather than kill them. As Xuan Zi forced Zhang Peng to reveal his Martial Soul Avatar, Chen Ping offered a way for him to cultivate without indiscriminately killing Soul Beasts.

  • Xuan Zi exposed Zhang Peng’s past killings of Soul Beasts and warned that he would kill him for targeting Shrek’s students.
  • Zhang Peng admitted he had come to seize the thousand refinement metal method and revealed Jing Hongchen’s offer of rare metals.
  • Zhang Peng used his slowing power to resist Xuan Zi, then transformed into his black tiger Martial Soul Avatar and sent Soul Beast apparitions against him.
  • Xuan Zi revealed his Godly Taotie Bull possession and prepared to continue beating Zhang Peng after he wished for Xuan Zi and Mu En to die.
  • Chen Ping stepped forward and offered a way for Zhang Peng to keep cultivating without indiscriminately slaughtering Soul Beasts.
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