Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping learned from Da Ming and Er Ming that soul beasts were barred from becoming gods and considered how the secrets surrounding Qiankun Asking Love Valley could be used. Elder Yi then showed Chen Ping his experiments, revealing that Snake had awakened a martial soul and gained a soul ring, though most undead could not cultivate soul power because their bodies and meridians were damaged.

• Chen Ping considered the implications of Da Ming and Er Ming's account that soul beasts could not become gods and formed a theory that Qiankun Asking Love Valley and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had drifted between worlds.
• Chen Ping shared his deductions with Electrolux, who recorded them and explained that Tang Wutong's soul fragment might reveal more memories later.
• Electrolux transported Chen Ping across the demiplane to see his experimental findings and presented Snake on an experimental table.
• Snake showed Chen Ping his zombie snake-man martial soul, a black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and his summoned giant skeletal snake.
• Snake explained that he alone among the undead experiment subjects had innate full soul power and obtained a soul spirit or soul ring, because the others could not cultivate soul power with their damaged bodies and incomplete meridians.

Chen Ping and Elder Yi confirmed that undead creatures could become soul beasts and form soul spirits, but they still needed a way to help damaged undead absorb soul power. After shopping with Ning Tian and Wu Feng in Mingdu, Chen Ping planned to take Ning Tian soul hunting and steer her toward a soul spirit that could protect her, leaving her ready to follow his advice without question.

• Chen Ping and Elder Yi discussed Snake's transformation into a soul beast and concluded that undead creatures could form soul spirits, though their damaged bodies could not absorb Heaven and Earth essence.
• Chen Ping considered searching Shrek's library, the Holy Spirit Cult, the Body Sect, and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect for answers about undead cultivation.
• Chen Ping spent the day shopping in Mingdu with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and their purchases filled his storage soul tools while costing only tens of thousands of gold soul coins.
• Chen Ping prepared for the next day's outing and resumed cultivating after learning Ning Tian had reached rank fifty and wanted to hunt for a soul ring.
• Chen Ping advised Ning Tian to prioritize a soul ring that strengthened her soul power or attributes, planning for her to gain a soul spirit that would let her defend herself.
• Ning Tian accepted Chen Ping's advice and agreed to go soul hunting with him the next day.

Chen Ping took Ning Tian and Wu Feng to the Jingyang Mountain Range, explaining its geography, Soul Beasts, and mineral deposits as they flew north on New-Style Flying Soul Tools. Their speed illustrated how the Star Luo Border Army could now turn the Sun Moon Empire’s former aerial advantage against it.

• Chen Ping met Ning Tian and Wu Feng early in the morning, and Wu Feng warned him not to misbehave on their trip.
• Chen Ping described the Jingyang Mountain Range as a vast Soul Beast habitat with mineral-rich branches and dangerous central mountains.
• Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng flew north using their level 4 New-Style Flying Soul Tools.
• Chen Ping reflected that the flying tools could let Dai Hao’s Border Army outmaneuver the Sun Moon Garrison and retaliate against its former aerial harassment.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng reached the Jingyang Mountain Range to search for a soul beast, then made camp for the night. After Ning Tian and Wu Feng teased each other about their past and their lack of guardian partners, Chen Ping revealed a new icy power and began preparing grilled meat.

• Chen Ping brought Ning Tian and Wu Feng to a campsite near the Jingyang Mountain Range and said they would enter the mountains the next day to find a suitable soul beast.
• Ning Tian teased Wu Feng about her childhood antics, which had left both girls without guardian partners in the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Ping returned with meat and prepared a campfire meal while Ning Tian and Wu Feng gathered firewood.
• Wu Feng nearly set the ingredients on fire, and Chen Ping extinguished the flames with a burst of cold that surprised her.
• Chen Ping made a brown dipping sauce, handed Ning Tian and Wu Feng forks, and began grilling the meat.

While camping with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, Chen Ping assembled a soul tool he had researched at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. He fitted the Mechanical Lamb Spine onto Wu Feng and demonstrated how it assisted her movements, leaving Ning Tian amazed by the device.

• Chen Ping cooked a silly roe deer over the campfire, and Ning Tian and Wu Feng enjoyed the meal with him.
• The next morning, Ning Tian and Wu Feng found Chen Ping assembling a soul tool in his tent.
• After breakfast, Chen Ping showed them the Mechanical Lamb Spine, a frame made from rare metal modules and mechanical joints.
• Chen Ping attached the Mechanical Lamb Spine to Wu Feng and activated it.
• Wu Feng injected soul power and lifted her leg with the frame's assistance, while Ning Tian watched in amazement.

Chen Ping explained his new Soul Tool Exoskeleton to Ning Tian and Wu Feng, demonstrating how it enhanced a wearer’s strength and speed. Ning Tian tested it against Wu Feng and won their race, leaving Wu Feng shocked by the device’s power.

• Wu Feng accidentally used the exoskeleton to leap nearly a hundred meters, then slowed her fall with her Flying Soul Tool and landed safely.
• Chen Ping named the device a Soul Tool Exoskeleton and explained how he had developed it as a simpler starting point toward Battle Armor.
• Ning Tian put on an exoskeleton and found that it greatly increased her running speed, prompting Wu Feng to challenge her claim.
• Wu Feng raced ahead at first, but Ning Tian struck her with an enhanced punch and crossed the finish line ahead of her.

Chen Ping tested a soul-powered Exoskeleton with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, discovering that it greatly improved their speed and climbing ability but consumed Soul Power quickly. The three continued toward the Jingyang Mountain Range, where a Lightning Rabbit Lynx caught and ate a Soft Bone Rabbit.

• Ning Tian crossed the finish line ahead of Wu Feng, who realized the Exoskeleton had given Ning Tian an unfair advantage.
• Chen Ping considered equipping soldiers with Exoskeletons, flight packs, and enhancements, but Ning Tian reported that the Exoskeleton drained her Soul Power in less than an hour.
• Chen Ping planned to use Sealed Milk Bottles from Xuan Ziwen to extend the Exoskeletons' operating time, then led Ning Tian and Wu Feng toward the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• With Chen Ping's Spiritual Power scans guiding them, the three bypassed unwanted Soul Beasts and reached a steep mountain spur in fifteen minutes.
• The three used the Exoskeletons' jumping assistance to climb the 800-meter cliff and traveled quickly along the ridge, spotting several kinds of Soul Beasts below.
• A curious Soft Bone Rabbit emerged from its burrow, and a Lightning Rabbit Lynx seized and swallowed it.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng rested in a cave before entering the Jingyang Mountain Range and climbing its outer ridge. As they approached the Core Circle, Chen Ping spotted golden-furred beasts silently surrounding them and prepared to fight.

• Chen Ping found a sheltered cave where the three replenished their stamina and Soul Power before continuing their journey.
• Chen Ping guided Ning Tian and Wu Feng through the outer ridge, using the Snow Empress's presence to frighten away troublesome Soul Beasts.
• Chen Ping observed that metal-attribute Soul Beasts in the Jingyang Mountain Range were unusually strong because of its abundant mineral deposits.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng admired a sheer cliff from the mountaintop as Chen Ping surveyed the surrounding ridges.
• Chen Ping sensed danger, used the Eye of Truth to spot golden-furred beasts converging on the summit, and equipped a Twin Dragon Rapid-Fire Cannon.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng were cornered by a pack of Golden Wolves after resting in their den, and Chen Ping tried to explain the misunderstanding. When two of the wolf kings refused to back down, Chen Ping unleashed the Snow Empress Soul Spirit’s Ferocious Beast aura, leaving the pack terrified and incapacitated.

• Chen Ping fired his Twin Dragon Rapid-Fire Cannons to scare away the Golden Wolves, but the pack pressed closer.
• Chen Ping realized the wolves were pursuing them because the trio had unknowingly rested in their den, where their cubs might be hidden.
• Chen Ping used the Heart-Communicating Spell to explain that they had entered the cave by mistake and had not harmed the cubs.
• One Golden Wolf King hesitated, but the other two refused to retreat, drawn by the Soul Tools the humans carried.
• Chen Ping revealed his orange-gold Soul Ring and released a Ferocious Beast aura, causing the Golden Wolves to collapse in terror.

Chen Ping, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng faced a Silver Moon Wolf King that had rallied three Golden Wolf Kings and attacked with shifting elemental powers. The fight began as Chen Ping defended the group while Wu Feng moved to handle the Golden Wolves.

• A howl made the three Golden Wolf Kings overcome their fear of the Snow Empress's aura and enter a berserk state.
• Wu Feng spotted a Silver Moon Wolf King approaching, drawn by the rare metals in the trio's Soul Tool Exoskeletons.
• Chen Ping identified the Silver Wolf as a ten-thousand-year Silver Moon Wolf King and assigned Wu Feng to face two Golden Wolf Kings while he focused on the Silver Wolf.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King attacked with a fireball and then wind blades, and Chen Ping blocked them with Red Dust Protection.
• The Golden Wolf Kings charged, so Chen Ping and Wu Feng rushed forward to meet their opponents.

Chen Ping and his companions fought the Silver Moon Wolf King and three Golden Wolf Kings, with Chen Ping landing a heavy staff combo and Wu Feng and Ning Tian holding off the other wolves. The Silver Moon Wolf King vanished into the wind to attack from behind, but Chen Ping countered with a Returning Spear Thrust that drove his poisoned, frost-laden staff into its mouth.

• Chen Ping’s thrust missed the Silver Moon Wolf King, but he twisted in midair and struck its head three times with the Jade Scorpion Staff.
• Wu Feng used her Red Dragon Martial Soul and Ning Tian’s speed enhancement to hold back two Golden Wolf Kings.
• Ning Tian fired all sixteen of her Soul Cannons at the third Golden Wolf King, hitting it with several shells.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King rushed behind Chen Ping on a fierce gust of wind and opened its jaws to bite him.
• Chen Ping leaned backward and thrust the Jade Scorpion Staff into the Silver Moon Wolf King’s mouth without looking back, numbing it with poison and frost.

Chen Ping used Poison Frost Explosion and Cold Binding Seal to immobilize the Silver Moon Wolf King and two Golden Wolf Kings, disrupting their attack. Wu Feng struck all three with her Dark Gold Flame Dragon Claw, and Ning Tian’s Piercing Light helped her break through the Silver Moon Wolf King’s defenses.

• Chen Ping forced the wounded Silver Moon Wolf King back, then faced it alongside Wu Feng as it unleashed Wind and Thunder Surge.
• Chen Ping detonated five Poison Frost Marks, freezing the Silver Moon Wolf King and the two Golden Wolf Kings and severing the orbs’ target-locking connection.
• Ning Tian used an Anti-Aircraft Autocannon to burst several Wind and Thunder Orbs, setting off the remaining lightning in a web between the fighters and wolves.
• Wu Feng charged through the dissipating lightning and slashed both Golden Wolf Kings with her Dark Gold Flame Dragon Claw.
• Wu Feng attacked the frozen Silver Moon Wolf King, but it recovered and raised seven defensive barriers just before her strike landed.
• Ning Tian enhanced Wu Feng with Piercing Light, allowing her claws to break through the barriers and send the Silver Moon Wolf King flying.

Chen Ping subdued the Silver Moon Wolf King and realized she was the mother of the three Golden Wolf Kings and grandmother of the pack. He healed the wolf leaders and offered the Silver Moon Wolf King a chance to protect her family by accepting his proposal, then displayed a huge supply of rare metals.

• Chen Ping knocked the wounded Silver Moon Wolf King to the ground and pinned her while the Golden Wolf Kings and their pack reacted with alarm.
• Chen Ping inferred that the Silver Moon Wolf King was the mother of the three Golden Wolf Kings and the grandmother of the Golden Wolf pack.
• Chen Ping lifted his foot and carefully stroked the Silver Moon Wolf King, relying on her concern for her children to keep her from fleeing or attacking.
• Chen Ping healed some of the Silver Moon Wolf King's injuries and partially restored the three Golden Wolf Kings.
• Chen Ping offered the Silver Moon Wolf King and her clan rare metals and a chance to make amends in exchange for a small sacrifice.
• Ning Tian released hundreds of jin of rare metal ingots from her Starlight Sapphire bracelet onto the mountain peak.

Chen Ping used rare metals, beast ribs, and the Heart-Communicating Spell to win the submission of the Silver Moon Wolf King and its pack. The wolves began eating while Chen Ping tested their obedience, leaving him with preliminary control over the pack.

• The Silver Moon Wolf King became captivated by Chen Ping's mithril and reacted eagerly when he withdrew his soul rings and displayed more refined metals.
• Chen Ping tossed frozen beast ribs to the pack, and the Silver Moon Wolf King, three Golden Wolf Kings, and other Metal Wolves bowed to his group.
• Chen Ping promised food and lodging in exchange for caring for the wolves' children, then allowed the four wolf kings to eat metal while the rest of the pack ate ribs.
• Chen Ping deliberately withheld enough food to fill the pack and left the wolf kings' injuries only partly healed so the wolves would remain dependent on him.
• The wolf kings bit into the metal ingots, and Chen Ping took the ingots from their mouths to confirm that they would obey him rather than guard their food.

Chen Ping persuaded the Silver Moon Wolf King to become Ning Tian’s Soul Spirit, offering protection and a home for its pack in exchange for its service. Ning Tian and the wolf began their willing bond, and Chen Ping prepared to guide the fusion.

• Chen Ping offered the Silver Moon Wolf King a choice between becoming Ning Tian’s Soul Spirit with its pack cared for or facing death with them.
• Chen Ping explained that the wolf and Ning Tian would share their lives, and suggested she might one day become a god and grant it immortality.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King remembered Chen Ping’s powerful aura and agreed to submit for its pack’s sake and the chance at a longer life.
• Chen Ping told the wolf and Ning Tian to accept each other willingly before he guided the Soul Spirit fusion.
• Ning Tian stroked the Silver Moon Wolf King and promised to care for it and its clan, and the wolf licked her hand.

Chen Ping completed an equal Soul Spirit Bonding Ritual between Ning Tian and the Silver Moon Wolf King, giving Ning Tian a powerful companion and combat abilities. After seeing the bond succeed, Ning Tian kissed Chen Ping on the cheek, leaving him stunned.

• Chen Ping used his Spiritual Power and a golden hexagram to guide Ning Tian and the Silver Moon Wolf King through the bonding ritual.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King collapsed as the ritual succeeded, and Ning Tian endured its seven elemental powers before gaining a black Soul Ring and the wolf as her Soul Spirit.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King reunited with its offspring, then carried Ning Tian around as she tested her new bond and speed-enhancing support.
• Ning Tian recognized the ritual's importance to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and grew overwhelmed with gratitude toward Chen Ping.
• Ning Tian kissed Chen Ping on the cheek, and he froze in shock as she blushed.

After Ning Tian kissed Chen Ping in a burst of excitement, both she and Wu Feng fled in embarrassment while Chen Ping struggled to contain his own feelings. He called the wolves to follow them and was left reflecting on how inexperienced he was despite his confident talk.

• Ning Tian kissed Chen Ping, then hurriedly insisted it was only a reward before riding the Silver Moon Wolf King back to the cave.
• Chen Ping teased Wu Feng that she should make up the rest of the Soul Spirit ritual fee, and she fled toward the cave in embarrassment.
• Chen Ping used the Heart-Communicating Spell to send the Golden Wolves after Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Chen Ping touched his cheek where Ning Tian had kissed him and admitted to himself that he was inexperienced with romance.

Chen Ping encountered a Sun Moon Empire battalion near the Jingyang Mountain Range, where its commander recognized him as the Shrek student who had disrupted her scheme at the academy. The commander revealed her grudge and prepared to confront him.

• A Sun Moon Empire soldier spotted Chen Ping near the camp and alerted his commander.
• The female battalion commander approached Chen Ping and told him to leave the area around the military encampment.
• After sensing Chen Ping's strength, the commander tried to learn his identity, and he said he was a Shrek exchange student named Chen Ping.
• The commander retreated behind her soldiers and revealed that she blamed Chen Ping for exposing her prank at the academy and forcing her to leave early.
• The commander declared that she would make Chen Ping pay, adding that Keke had often complained about him.

Ju Zi ambushed Chen Ping in the Jingyang Mountain Range to settle a personal grudge, but he escaped her first attack using Snow Drifting. Ju Zi concealed his identity from her soldiers as she pursued him, while Chen Ping feared she had seen the Soul Tool Exoskeleton and could help the Sun Moon Empire reproduce it.

• Ju Zi accused Chen Ping of making a minor dispute into a major matter and ordered her soldiers to arrest him for revenge.
• Chen Ping realized Ju Zi wanted to use his capture to provoke conflict between Shrek and Jing Hongchen, and he tried to avoid being caught.
• Chen Ping used Snow Drifting to evade a Paralysis Ray and a barrage of control-type Soul Tools, then fled through the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• Chen Ping worried that Ju Zi had seen his Soul Tool Exoskeleton and could help Mingdetang develop a copy.
• Ju Zi told her stammering soldier to say she was pursuing a fugitive and to keep Keke from learning that Chen Ping was the target.

Chen Ping escaped Ju Zi’s pursuit through the dense forest, then secretly climbed back to the ridge while she ordered the mountain sealed. As he prepared to reunite with Ning Tian and the others, a strange round Soul Tool began wobbling up the cliff toward him.

• Chen Ping dodged Ju Zi’s control-type Soul Guidance Rays as he sprinted down the mountain toward the military camp.
• Chen Ping activated his New-Style Flying Soul Tool in the tangled forest and evaded the pursuit with its maneuverability and his Spiritual Power scans.
• Chen Ping used Snow Drifting to leave an afterimage by the vines, tricking Ju Zi into continuing the search and ordering the mountain sealed.
• Chen Ping crawled out from the bottom of the vine forest and quietly climbed back to the summit of the main ridge.
• Chen Ping prepared to find Ning Tian and the others, but heard a buzzing sound and spotted a round Soul Tool wobbling up the cliff.