Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping recovered from the destruction of his Spiritual Origin and awakened the Eye of Truth, which let him view basic information about others for free. Electrolux realized that the eye’s power came from a trace of fate and envied the aid it might have given him in his unfinished undertaking.

• A mass of golden light repaired Chen Ping’s shattered Spiritual Origin, and his Sea of Consciousness expanded into a vibrant blue-green lake.
• Chen Ping discovered an emerald eye above his Sea of Consciousness and used it to see information about himself.
• The System Sprite upgraded the eye into the Eye of Truth, allowing Chen Ping to view basic information about people and things without spending points.
• The System Sprite dismissed Chen Ping’s questions, wrapped itself in a quilt, and went to sleep.
• Electrolux watched the new eye and recognized that the system had infused it with a trace of the power of fate.

After the gold of life strengthened Chen Ping’s body and cultivation, Electrolux explained how it had stabilized his consciousness and opened a Third Eye. He recounted his bloody past and offered Chen Ping his legacies in Necromancy and Spatial Arts, leaving Chen Ping ready to accept both.

• Chen Ping felt his Soul Power and physical abilities surge, estimating that his innate talent had risen to Level 7.
• Electrolux explained that the gold of life had nourished his fragmented divine consciousness and allowed him to open a Third Eye.
• Electrolux told Chen Ping about his faith in the light, his lover’s betrayal, his family’s murder, and his vengeance across the continent.
• Electrolux offered Chen Ping the legacies of Necromancy and Spatial Arts, or only the Way of Space if Chen Ping refused the former.
• Chen Ping agreed to learn both legacies, reassuring Electrolux that he welcomed his master’s teachings.

Tang Ya doubted she could become strong enough for revenge and considered leaving Shrek Academy, but Bei Bei returned and urged her to keep studying with Chen Ping’s help. After taking Chen Ping’s Stabilizer injection, Tang Ya felt her resentful thoughts and impulse to leave fade.

• Tang Ya worried that her cultivation talent would keep her from entering the Inner Court and getting revenge, so she considered returning to Heaven Dou City.
• Bei Bei surprised Tang Ya on her way to the dormitory, and she broke down crying in his arms.
• Bei Bei told Tang Ya that Chen Ping’s potential-stimulating medicines and the changed Inner Court Upgrade Assessment could give her a path to advance.
• Bei Bei recounted the tournament and showed Tang Ya the medicines Chen Ping had provided.
• Tang Ya agreed to try the Stabilizer injection, and her resentful thoughts and urge to leave the academy subsided.

Bei Bei persuaded Tang Ya to postpone rebuilding the Tang Sect until after they had avenged it and strengthened their cultivation. Meanwhile, Chen Ping returned to the academy, where he encountered the Dragon Girl in the Soul Tool Department and asked her to direct him to Qian Duoduo.

• Bei Bei urged Tang Ya to focus on cultivation before taking revenge on the Iron Blood Sect and restoring the Tang Sect, and she was encouraged by his plan.
• Chen Ping returned to the academy and hurried past his former class, while Mu Jin noticed him leaving and remembered how the class had studied when he was there.
• Chen Ping entered the Soul Tool Department's laboratory building and collided with a girl carrying Huo Yuhao's Soul Tool Core Array blueprints.
• Chen Ping recognized the Dragon Girl by the scales on her hand, and she recognized him as the boy who had bought her at auction.
• Chen Ping gathered the scattered blueprints with his Spiritual Power and asked the Dragon Girl where Qian Duoduo's office was; she pointed the way before hiding her hand in her sleeve.

Chen Ping returned to the Soul Tool Department, where Qian Duoduo tested a powerful new Flying Soul Tool engine and teased him about buying the Dragon Girl. Chen Ping realized the incident had revealed Xian Lin'er's true feelings for Qian Duoduo, and Qian Duoduo celebrated the lucrative Star Luo Empire contract before they continued discussing the engine.

• The Dragon Girl doubted Chen Ping's motives and took the blueprints to Xian Lin'er's private testing area.
• Chen Ping found Qian Duoduo ground-testing a turbojet aircraft engine with a Core Array at least as powerful as Level 8, then helped move it to the testing area.
• Qian Duoduo blamed Chen Ping for the Dragon Girl's delivery causing Xian Lin'er to become furious, and Chen Ping joked that her jealousy showed she cared for him.
• Chen Ping recalled that Xian Lin'er had once loved Yan Shaozhe and realized her anger showed that she now regarded Qian Duoduo as her true husband.
• Qian Duoduo understood Chen Ping's explanation, grew delighted, and playfully scolded him after Chen Ping pretended to be hurt.
• Qian Duoduo said the Star Luo Empire's contract would keep the Soul Tool Department well funded for years, thanks to Chen Ping's new Flying Soul Tool and his encounter with Cheng Gang.

Chen Ping learned how valuable the Star Luo Empire’s order was to the Soul Tool Department and received Qian Duoduo’s promise to help him obtain a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast when he reached eight rings. He gave Qian Duoduo a bracelet packed with rare metals, then learned that the dragon girl had been admitted to the Soul Tool Department as an assistant and would be trained as a student.

• Chen Ping asked Qian Duoduo for a reward for bringing the academy the military trade order, and Qian Duoduo promised to seek approval for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast when Chen Ping reached eight rings.
• Chen Ping gave Qian Duoduo a spatial storage bracelet filled with rare metals, and Qian Duoduo took it to placate his wife.
• Qian Duoduo told Chen Ping that the dragon girl had rank-ten Soul Power despite never absorbing a Soul Ring, so he had arranged entrance tests for her.
• Qian Duoduo explained that he had recruited the dragon girl into the Soul Tool Department as an assistant to develop her talent and avoid deceptive methods of obtaining her blood.
• Chen Ping realized Qian Duoduo had made a long-term plan for the dragon girl’s future at Shrek and wondered whether she might someday become a Dragon Girl Douluo.

Du Busi arrived at Shrek Academy and challenged Xuan Zi over the beating of Body Sect members, but he moved to abduct Chen Ping after recognizing his unusual talent. Mu En revealed that he was alive just as Du Busi was about to seize Chen Ping.

• Du Busi called out Xuan Zi from far beyond Shrek City, and Chen Ping used his Eye of Truth to locate and identify him.
• Du Busi flew to Shrek Academy, released his Martial Soul and three Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and accused Xuan Zi of assaulting his sect members.
• Chen Ping took to the sky behind Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo, and his Soul Ring Configuration astonished the students watching from Class One.
• Du Busi ignored Xuan Zi and flew toward Chen Ping, intending to abduct him and escape.
• Mu En spoke from the Sea God Pavilion and revealed himself alive as Du Busi moved to seize Chen Ping.

Mu En used the Golden Ancient Tree to unleash the Sea God's Light, stopping Du Busi from taking Chen Ping. Du Busi withdrew with the Body Sect after learning Chen Ping lacked a Body Martial Soul, leaving Chen Ping back inside the Sea God Pavilion with Mu En.

• Mu En's Sea God's Light spread across Shrek City and made Du Busi and Xuan Zi lose their imposing auras.
• Mu En revealed he was alive, claimed Chen Ping as his final disciple, and warned Du Busi not to scheme against him.
• Du Busi examined Chen Ping and confirmed that he had no Body Martial Soul, then asked about his powerful blood qi.
• Chen Ping brought up the Body Sect's methods for cultivating the Myriad Poison Indestructible Body and the Vajra Indestructible Body, making Du Busi hesitate over whether to share them.
• Du Busi decided to return and think things over, then ordered the Body Sect to withdraw rather than seize Chen Ping.
• The Sea God's Light drew Chen Ping back into the Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En scolded him for taking to the air.

Chen Ping and the others reported their cultivation gains to Mu En, who warned that his remaining years were few and asked Chen Ping to shoulder more responsibility. Chen Ping tried to use the Gold of Life to help his dying teacher, but Mu En’s body could not retain the life force.

• Mu En praised Xuan Zi for protecting Chen Ping and reminded him to put Shrek Academy first after Mu En was gone.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng emerged from deep meditation; Ning Tian had reached rank forty, while Wu Feng reached rank thirty-six and found a possible way to awaken her Red Dragon bloodline.
• Mu En sent Xuan Zi to take Ning Tian and Wu Feng out and arrange a fourth soul ring for Ning Tian.
• Mu En told Chen Ping he might live only two to five more years and wanted to help him grow before he died.
• Chen Ping examined Mu En and channeled the Gold of Life into him, but Mu En’s body could not retain the life force.

Mu En explained that Chen Ping’s life force could not save him and arranged for Chen Ping to attend an exchange program at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy before Mu En’s death. Chen Ping then accompanied Ning Tian and Wu Feng to hunt for Ning Tian’s fourth soul ring, and the three reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest.

• Mu En told Chen Ping that the life force from the carving knife could not heal his injuries and said he wanted to protect Shrek while he still could.
• Mu En explained that he had arranged a two-year student exchange with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Chen Ping agreed to go despite fearing the Sun Moon Empire might target him.
• Elder Xuan sent Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng ahead to find a suitable soul-ring target while he followed them in secret.
• Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng traveled south using New-Style Flying Soul Tools and reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng entered the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Ning Tian’s Fourth Soul Ring and possibly find the Auspicious Beast. After using his Spiritual Power to avoid Soul Beasts and reaching the Mixed Zone, Chen Ping set up camp for the night, where Xuan Zi waited for a share of dinner.

• Ning Tian considered choosing an Attack Boost or Soul Power Boost for her Fourth Soul Skill, and Wu Feng agreed that an Attack Boost would be useful.
• Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng entered the Star Dou Great Forest Interior, and Chen Ping scanned their surroundings with a homemade, radar-like Spiritual Power technique.
• The three bypassed the Outer Zone and headed toward the Mixed Zone, avoiding Soul Beasts along the way.
• Chen Ping gathered Soul Beasts and herbs during the day’s travel, then chose a campsite near the Mixed Zone as night approached.
• Wu Feng and Ning Tian prepared camp while Chen Ping planned sweet dishes using Beedrill honey, and Xuan Zi waited nearby for dinner.

Chen Ping, Xuan Zi, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng camped in Star Dou Forest, where Chen Ping cooked a feast that the others eagerly devoured. Their meal was interrupted when a thousand-year Thick-Maned Giant Bear crossed Chen Ping’s protective barrier, and Wu Feng prepared to fight it.

• Chen Ping caught a ten-year Steel-Tail Fish with a Class 3 Soul Tool Electric Baton and cooked it with the other dishes, while Xuan Zi ignored the forest’s fire ban.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng secretly ate some of Chen Ping’s food, then tried to excuse themselves when he caught them with honey frosting on their mouths.
• Xuan Zi warned that a thousand-year bear-type soul beast was approaching, and Chen Ping identified it as a Thick-Maned Giant Bear with Spiritual Detection.
• The bear hesitated at the ten-thousand-year tiger feces powder barrier, then crossed it despite the deterrent.
• Wu Feng activated her Red Dragon Martial Soul, radiating more heat than she had during the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng encountered a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear while searching for Ning Tian’s next soul ring. Ning Tian explained that its soul ring guaranteed a special amplification skill for her martial soul, and Chen Ping attacked the charging bear.

• Chen Ping identified the disguised black bear as a roughly two-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear after it stood upright and roared, forcing him to shield the group with a defensive soul tool.
• Ning Tian recognized the beast and explained that absorbing its soul ring would guarantee a special amplification skill for a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul master.
• Ning Tian boosted Chen Ping and Wu Feng, while Wu Feng activated Dragon’s Wrath as the bear charged.
• Chen Ping used Staff Momentum to leap over Ning Tian’s barrier and struck the bear’s skull with his Splitting Staff, but the beast took the blow without dodging.

Chen Ping and Wu Feng fought a powerful Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, whose attacks overwhelmed their defenses. After Wu Feng discovered that pine pitch on its fur intensified flames, Chen Ping drenched the bear in liquor, setting up their next attack.

• Chen Ping blocked the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's swipe with his Barbarian Elephant Staff, suffering injuries that quickly healed thanks to the Gold of Life.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear grew wary of Chen Ping's recovery and soul rings, then attacked Wu Feng as she joined the fight.
• Wu Feng used Ning Tian's speed boost to evade its claws and found that Dragon's Fire burned more fiercely on pine pitch stuck to her claw.
• Wu Feng told Chen Ping that the bear's pine pitch fed flames, and Chen Ping hurled two bottles of strong liquor at it.
• The porcelain bottles shattered and drenched the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear in liquor.

Chen Ping and Wu Feng used fire and coordinated attacks against the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, but Wu Feng’s Dragon Burst extinguished the flames and enraged the beast. With Ning Tian’s aid, Chen Ping escaped its Gravity Control and launched a powerful Upright Staff attack as the bear entered a berserk state.

• Wu Feng ignited the liquor on the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, and she and Chen Ping lured it through the forest as the flames spread across its body.
• Chen Ping struck the bear’s muzzle while it rolled in pain, and Wu Feng’s Dragon Burst blasted it away but extinguished the flames.
• The wounded Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear activated Berserk, surrounded itself with a scarlet mist, and used Gravity Control to pull Chen Ping toward it.
• Ning Tian freed Chen Ping from Gravity Control, and he used his soul skills to summon three afterimages before striking the bear with a coordinated Upright Staff attack.

Chen Ping, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian worked together to kill a two-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear. Xuan Zi watched in shock as the three young Soul Elders defeated the powerful Soul Beast with little injury and without his help.

• Chen Ping struck the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear four times with his Barbarian Elephant Staff, cracking its skull and sending it scrambling to flee.
• Wu Feng unleashed Red Dragon Burns the Heavens, trapping the bear in a vast cloud of scorching fire and smoke.
• Chen Ping used his Spiritual Power to locate the blinded bear while Ning Tian aimed a charged Heavy Soul Guidance Energy Blaster Ray Gun at its cracked skull.
• Ning Tian's shot pierced the bear's skull and killed it, leaving behind a bright purple Soul Ring.
• Xuan Zi was shocked that Chen Ping, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian had killed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear without his help.

After Ning Tian absorbed the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s Soul Ring, Xuan Zi discovered that the beast had left behind a rare external right palm bone. Chen Ping declined to absorb it himself and offered it to Wu Feng, leaving her stunned by the unexpected gift.

• Xuan Zi praised Ning Tian, Chen Ping, and Wu Feng for defeating the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and told Ning Tian to absorb its Soul Ring.
• Ning Tian replenished her Soul Power with a Milk Bottle and began absorbing the Soul Ring.
• Chen Ping checked on Wu Feng, then bet Xuan Zi that the bear would yield a Soul Bone; Xuan Zi agreed to stop drinking at the academy if Chen Ping was right.
• Xuan Zi found the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s precious external right palm bone and reacted with disbelief at Chen Ping’s prediction.
• Chen Ping refused to absorb the bone and offered it to Wu Feng, who was shocked that she had been chosen.

Chen Ping offered Wu Feng the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear’s top-tier External Right Palm Bone, and she mistook his generosity for an attempt to win her over. After considering the chance to grow stronger, Wu Feng accepted the Soul Bone while insisting she would not betray Ning Tian, leaving Chen Ping baffled by her accusations.

• Chen Ping offered Wu Feng the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear External Right Palm Bone because it suited her Red Dragon Martial Soul.
• Wu Feng wondered if Chen Ping wanted to court her and worried that accepting the Soul Bone might mean selling out Ning Tian.
• Wu Feng declared that she would not betray Ning Tian, confusing Chen Ping and Xuan Zi.
• Chen Ping explained that the Soul Bone could make Wu Feng formidable against ordinary Soul Kings, and she weighed the chance to close the gap between them.
• Wu Feng accepted the External Right Palm Bone while calling Chen Ping a bastard for taking advantage of her, and he protested that he was only dividing the loot fairly.

Wu Feng endured a painful fusion with the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear's right palm Soul Bone and successfully gained its dark gold claws. Ning Tian then revealed that her fourth Soul Skill granted Chen Ping a 50-percent pierce bonus, leaving Xuan Zi and Chen Ping stunned by its power.

• Wu Feng used Dragon Transformation to suppress the Soul Bone's backlash and endured several hours of agony before absorbing it successfully.
• Exhausted, Wu Feng fell asleep, and Xuan Zi carried her into the tent while declaring their outing's goals fulfilled.
• Ning Tian demonstrated her fourth Soul Skill by coating Chen Ping in dark golden light, allowing his bare-handed chops to bring down a large tree.
• Ning Tian explained that her fourth Soul Skill gave Chen Ping a 50-percent pierce bonus that halved the effectiveness of enemies' defenses.
• Xuan Zi and Chen Ping reacted with shock to the strength of Ning Tian's rare enhancement.

Chen Ping placated the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for missing five meals with a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear paw, then offered her a Golden Apple in exchange for a trace of her power of fortune. The Auspicious Beast became eager to accept his deal, leaving Chen Ping poised to test the limits of her fortune guidance.

• Ning Tian tested the boosts from her new Soul Ring, and Chen Ping offered incense to the Soul Beasts whose remains had benefited him and his companions.
• Xuan Zi alerted Chen Ping that his creditor had arrived, and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion confronted him for missing five meals while he competed and entered Deep Meditation.
• Chen Ping claimed he had endured hardships to find rare delicacies for her and showed her a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear paw, which persuaded her to forgive him for the time being.
• Chen Ping revealed a Golden Apple from the Golden Ancient Tree, then put it away and offered it in exchange for a trace of the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's power of fortune.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion became anxious to obtain the Golden Apple and asked Chen Ping what conditions he wanted.