Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping completed and assembled his unusually plain Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon, while the referees debated his talent and how to protect or recruit him. The Holy Spirit Cult also identified Cai Xukun as a Soul Engineer from Mingdetang and decided to win him over after the competition.

• Ye Yulin argued that Chen Ping's research mattered more than the competition and offered to protect him and give him Sun Moon Divine Needles.
• Chen Ping finished the Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon, a long, featureless rectangular box with a wide muzzle and no visible sight or switch.
• The referees watched Chen Ping handle the cannon and questioned whether its simple design could work in combat.
• Nangong Wan told the Vice Cult Master that Cai Xukun and Xie Guangkun came from Mingdetang and that Cai Xukun wielded Holy Spirit Power.
• The Vice Cult Master rejected brainwashing Cai Xukun as the main strategy and ordered Nangong Wan to keep him under watch after the competition.

Chen Ping completed a Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon and explained how it used lightning and electromagnetism to launch projectiles, astonishing the judges. Ye Yulin invited him to join the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Offering Hall, provoking the Holy Spirit Cult members who wanted Chen Ping for themselves.

• Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao finished their Soul Tools and took the top two places, while an Aodu Chamber of Commerce contestant was eliminated.
• Ye Yulin and the other referees found they could not power Chen Ping’s Soul Tool with Soul Power, so Chen Ping explained that he fed it lightning directly.
• Chen Ping described how electricity generated a powerful electromagnetic field that propelled projectiles, naming his invention the Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon.
• Ye Yulin praised Chen Ping’s work and invited him to become a Probationary Consecrated Elder of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Offering Hall.
• Nangong Wan and the other Evil Soul Masters reacted angrily to Ye Yulin’s attempt to recruit Chen Ping.

Chen Ping’s electromagnetic Soul Tool won Ye Yulin’s admiration, and the Sun Moon Offering Hall competed with the Holy Spirit Cult to recruit him. Ye Yulin promised him two Level 9 Soul Tools if he won, and Chen Ping entered the next match carrying his cannon.

• Ye Yulin offered Chen Ping a Probationary Consecrated Elder position, training, and the Sun Moon Divine Needle as an apprenticeship gift.
• Feng Ling reminded Ye Yulin that the recruitment dispute could wait until after the competition and argued that the Holy Spirit Cult had approached Chen Ping first.
• Chen Ping asked to change the competition prize to Ye Yulin’s Level 9 defensive Soul Tool, the Awakening Necklace.
• Ye Yulin declared that Chen Ping could have both the Awakening Necklace and the Sun Moon Divine Needle if he won, angering Nangong Wan.
• After the rest period, the host called Cai Xukun and Zhao Shouze to the arena, and Chen Ping carried his Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon onto the platform.

Chen Ping faced Zhao Shouze of the Aodu Chamber of Commerce in a deadly soul-engineer duel and used his electromagnetic cannon to unleash a hypervelocity tungsten projectile. The shot battered Ye Yulin’s level nine Shield of Sighs, leaving Zhao Shouze’s fate unresolved.

• Zhao Shouze charged Chen Ping with his six-ring cultivation and flaming great blade after Ye Yulin began the match.
• Chen Ping revealed a simulated optimal soul-ring configuration, insulting the Aodu Chamber of Commerce by mouthing, “Where did you dig up this old scallion?”
• Zhao Shouze’s blade carved a trench in the platform, but Chen Ping dodged the attack and loaded a tungsten steel projectile into his electromagnetic cannon.
• Chen Ping activated the cannon with his second soul ring and fired the projectile at more than ten times the speed of sound.
• Ye Yulin raised a level nine Shield of Sighs to protect Zhao Shouze, but the tungsten projectile rapidly deformed and twisted the shield.

Chen Ping’s experimental Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon nearly pierced Ye Yulin’s Level Nine physical shield, though its rails warped and it could not fire again. Ye Yulin explained the impact’s unusual effectiveness, declared Cai Xukun the winner, and allowed contestants to repair damaged Soul Tools before their next matches.

• Chen Ping fired a tungsten steel projectile from his Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon, badly denting Ye Yulin’s Shield of Sighs, but the cannon overheated and became unusable.
• A Level 9 Soul Engineer explained that the projectile’s speed and adiabatic shear had weakened the physical shield, and Ye Yulin concluded that energy barriers would resist the effect better.
• Ye Yulin praised the cannon’s potential, announced Cai Xukun as the winner, and asked Zhao Shouze whether he objected.
• Zhao Shouze accepted his defeat and fled the platform.
• Ye Yulin introduced a rule allowing contestants to repair damaged Soul Tools and replace their components before their next match, and the other referees agreed.

Huo Yuhao, posing as Xie Guangkun, defeated Lan Ruo Ruo in one blow, and the Top Four were decided with three contestants from the Xishui Alliance and Ye Guyi from the Ordinary Alliance. Chen Ping faced Ye Guyi in the next round, where she used Elemental Avatar to rush his electromagnetic cannon; the match was still underway.

• Huo Yuhao, as Xie Guangkun, rejected Lan Ruo Ruo’s attempt to distract him and knocked her out with one strike.
• Ye Yulin declared Xie Guangkun the winner, while the Xishui Alliance elders praised the agility of Huo Yuhao’s Humanoid Soul Tool.
• The remaining matches ended with the Xishui Alliance taking three Top Four spots and Ye Guyi representing the Ordinary Alliance.
• Huo Yuhao drew his fellow Level 5 Soul Engineer, while Chen Ping drew Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi transformed into light and shadow with Elemental Avatar and charged toward Chen Ping to close the distance before he could fire his electromagnetic cannon.

Ye Guyi unleashed the sacred power of her Holy Angel martial soul against Chen Ping in the underground tournament, drawing the attention of the Holy Spirit Cult. Chen Ping revealed his identity to her, and Feng Ling temporarily stopped the cult’s elders from killing Ye Guyi until the match ended.

• Ye Guyi’s Seven-Star Longsword clashed with Chen Ping’s Magnetoelectric Heavy Cannon, and its weight sent her flying backward.
• Ye Guyi activated Soul Ascension and attacked Chen Ping with her Holy Sword, filling the arena with sacred light.
• Chen Ping contacted Ye Guyi through her mind, revealed that he was the Shrek captain, and warned her that Shrek’s powerful allies were nearby.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s four elders rose to kill Ye Guyi, while she realized her backing from the Ordinary Alliance might not protect her.
• Feng Ling stopped the elders from attacking until the match ended, though they regarded Ye Guyi as already dead.

Chen Ping revealed his undead-summoning martial soul and attacked Ye Guyi with three liches, leading the Holy Spirit Cult to believe he was its prophesied Holy Son. Chief Referee Ye Yulin realized the gifted soul engineer was an Evil Soul Master as the match continued.

• Shangguan Wei'er and Ye Yulin feared the Holy Spirit Cult would target Ye Guyi after she revealed her Angel Martial Soul, and Ye Yulin prepared to stop the match if Cai Xukun was in danger.
• Chen Ping told Ye Guyi to attack him after seeing his Evil Soul Master abilities, then summoned three liches from purple hexagrams.
• Chen Ping empowered the liches with Crimson Thunderstorm, and their red lightning paralyzed Ye Guyi while her holy sword failed to harm one of them.
• Feng Ling praised Nangong Wan for discovering Chen Ping and decided to report him to the Cult Leader as a possible Holy Son who could rival Shrek's Chen Ping.
• Ye Yulin realized that Chen Ping's second martial soul marked him as an Evil Soul Master and understood why he had looked to the Holy Spirit Cult before refusing the Sun Moon Imperial Offering Hall's offer.

Chen Ping defeated Ye Guyi in the final match of the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Competition after his summoned undead resisted her holy power. He won the competition for the Xishui Alliance, while Ye Guyi was crushed by a giant rotting-flesh slime.

• Ye Guyi attacked Chen Ping's light-attribute Liches with holy light, but her attacks neither harmed them nor replenished her Soul Power.
• Chen Ping claimed that he could create undead immune to holy light by devouring Holy Angel Soul Masters, and a magic array opened above the arena.
• Ye Guyi used her sixth Soul Skill, Angel's Dance, to form a Solar Holy Sword and burn away the slimes falling from the array.
• A colossal rotting-flesh slime dropped onto Ye Guyi, killing her and crushing the sword embedded in a Lich.
• Chen Ping dismissed the undead, collected the Soul Guidance Electromagnetic Cannon, and left the arena as Feng Ling and the Holy Spirit Cult elders applauded his victory.

Chen Ping won the Mingdu Soul Engineer Elite Competition and collected his prizes, while the Holy Spirit Cult tried to recruit him and Huo Yuhao. Chen Ping revealed his real surprise by opening a portal for Xuan Zi, who attacked Feng Ling and confronted the Evil Soul Masters.

• Ye Yulin declared Cai Xukun of the Xishui Alliance the winner, and Chen Ping claimed the Sun Moon Divine Needle, the Awakening Necklace, and his wager winnings.
• Nangong Wan secured the rare-metal smuggling rights for the Xishui Alliance, while the other factions accepted the result rather than challenge the five Evil Soul Masters.
• Feng Ling revealed her Gray-Blue Phoenix Martial Soul and invited Chen Ping and Huo Yuhao to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Chen Ping pretended to offer the elders a gift and opened a portal, from which Xuan Zi emerged and struck Feng Ling with a fiery-red fist.
• Xuan Zi unleashed the pressure of a Level 98 Super Douluo, terrifying the remaining four Evil Soul Master Titled Douluo.

Xuan Zi rescued Chen Ping and the others from Feng Ling’s attack, killing several evil soul masters as they escaped through the Portal. Back in the Undead Demiplane, Chen Ping revealed the enormous haul from the operation, leaving Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao stunned by its scale.

• Xuan Zi struck Feng Ling and unleashed his Flame-Driving Divine Bull, hurling two Titled Douluo evil soul masters into the air with it.
• Chen Ping asked Xuan Zi to bring Chen An, and Xuan Zi pulled him over before taking Chen Ping and the others through the Portal.
• Xuan Zi detonated the Flame-Driving Divine Bull as he left, badly injuring Nether Thunder Douluo and Sky Centipede Douluo and killing three other evil soul masters.
• Feng Ling cursed Shrek as the Portal closed, while Xuan Zi and the rescued group returned safely to the Undead Demiplane.
• Chen Ping showed Xuan Zi and Huo Yuhao the Soul Tools, rare metals, and other supplies they had taken from Ye Yulin and the Holy Spirit Cult, and Snake delivered a resource inventory that astonished them.

Chen Ping recruited Chen An and Ye Guyi to work for him in the Undead Demiplane, offering Chen An a fortune and Ye Guyi a chance to fight Evil Soul Masters. Meanwhile, Xu Guozhong discovered that the imperial storehouse had been emptied and learned that the old emperor had recovered and was confronting Xu Tianran.

• Xuan Zi checked the quantities of rare metals and Soul Tools while Chen Ping revealed his identity to Ye Guyi and Chen An.
• Chen Ping offered Chen An wealth, a position in his organization, and two million Gold Soul Coins; Chen An gladly accepted.
• Chen Ping offered Ye Guyi a monthly salary and the chance to fight Evil Soul Masters, and she was struck by the offer.
• Xu Guozhong found that three floors of the empire's storehouse had been emptied and rushed toward Xu Tianran for help.
• Xu Guozhong learned that the old emperor had recovered and had joined several princes in opposing Xu Tianran.

Xu Tianran suspected a hidden traitor after a string of disasters crippled his position, and ordered Ju Zi to find the mole. At Western Mountain, the group entered the dangerous Qiankun Asking Love Valley while Chen Ping carefully assessed the spatial distortions around them.

• Xu Tianran wrecked his room in a rage and told Ju Zi that a ghost inside the Imperial Palace had orchestrated the night's disasters.
• Ju Zi realized that Xu Tianran himself was the only person who could have known and arranged every detail, but she hid her suspicion.
• Ju Zi reported that the Holy Spirit Cult had activated the mysterious land at Western Mountain, where Xu Tianran hoped to trap or destroy one of the rival factions.
• Chen Ping's group walked into Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where spatial suppression and distortions prevented flight and made escape difficult.
• Chen Ping recalled the valley's dangers and carefully sensed the spatial fluctuations around its entrance before leading everyone farther inside.

Chen Ping explained why Qiankun Asking Love Valley could not be escaped by simply traveling to its boundary and confirmed that Elder Yi could pull the group back to the Undead Demiplane. As the group approached the intersection with Douluo Continent, the valley’s gold-and-silver force enveloped them and carried them through the fog.

• Huo Yuhao asked why they needed Spatial Translocation to escape, and Chen Ping explained how space and motion depended on the chosen reference point.
• Ning Tian understood Chen Ping’s rotating-tunnel example and recognized that moving inside the valley might leave them circling back to their starting point.
• Chen Ping reflected that Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s spatial power made escape difficult, even for someone like Old Ghost Zhongli, but he could leave if he understood the space well enough.
• After confirming that Elder Yi could cast a reverse summoning to retrieve them, Chen Ping led the group toward the point where Douluo Continent intersected with the valley.
• A gold-and-silver halo engulfed the group, and Chen Ping told everyone not to resist the valley’s attractive force as it carried them into the fog.

Chen Ping and the others reached Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where Chen Ping collected some of its divine-power-infused lake water before being teleported to the valley’s central platform. He suspected Ning Rongrong was secretly controlling the trials.

• Chen Ping and the others emerged from the fog and saw Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s vast gold-and-silver lake.
• Chen Ping rushed to the shore and collected nearly thirty cubic meters of lake water, and Electrolux told him it contained diluted divine power useful for creating God-Given Soul Rings.
• A gold-and-silver barrier appeared around Chen Ping and the others, teleporting them beneath the lake to a crystal world and its central platform.
• Chen Ping regretted being taken away before he could collect more water and concluded that Ning Rongrong was likely the valley’s hidden controller.

Qiankun Asking Love Valley began its True-Hearted Adventure, and Wang Dong'er was selected to answer questions about romance. Her truthful answers revealed she had no romantic interest in anyone, but Ning Rongrong kept her on the platform rather than letting her leave, exposing Tang San's scheme.

• Chen Ping recognized the platform structure as a sign that Qiankun Asking Love Valley might also be an inheritance ground.
• The valley began the True-Hearted Adventure and selected Wang Dong'er for the first trial.
• Wang Dong'er truthfully said she had no lover and no romantic interest in anyone, despite the voice warning her to answer.
• Ning Rongrong realized Wang Dong'er's answers disrupted Tang San's plan, but ordered her to remain on the platform.
• Chen Ping recognized that Tang San's arrangements were preventing Wang Dong'er from leaving.

Ning Rongrong manipulated the trials in Qiankun Asking Love Valley, sending Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er into a dangerous shared adventure involving the White Tiger Duke. Chen Ping realized that Ning Rongrong was overseeing the trials from below and that the valley was also the God of Love’s Land of Inheritance, which Tang San had apparently taken over for his plans.

• Ning Rongrong questioned the group, and Huo Yuhao passed the first stage of her True-Hearted Love Inquiry before spinning the Adventure Wheel.
• Huo Yuhao was sent into a deadly Deep Adventure requiring him to protect the White Tiger Duke during an enemy attack.
• Wang Dong'er received a matching Deep Adventure, with failure also tied to Huo Yuhao's survival.
• Ning Rongrong watched from beneath the platform and smugly celebrated arranging the shared adventure to bring the two closer.
• The Land of Inheritance warned Ning Rongrong that her arbitrary changes had reduced her compatibility as High Priest, but she dismissed the warning.
• Chen Ping concluded that Qiankun Asking Love Valley was the God of Love’s Land of Inheritance and that Tang San had made it part of his schemes.

Chen Ping faced Ning Rongrong’s Three Questions of Love assessment in Qiankun Asking Love Valley and declared that he loved both Ning Tian and Wu Feng. Ning Tian and Wu Feng passed by choosing to die in Chen Ping’s place, while their answers revealed Ning Rongrong’s abuse of the assessment and cost her High Priest compatibility.

• Chen Ping consulted Electrolux, who confirmed Ning Rongrong’s strength had been suppressed to Level 99 and that Huo Yuhao remained safe.
• Chen Ping answered Ning Rongrong’s first two questions by saying he loved Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Ning Rongrong forced Ning Tian to choose who would die, and Ning Tian calmly chose herself despite Ning Rongrong’s attempt to provoke her.
• Ning Rongrong exceeded the question limit, lost 5% High Priest compatibility, and declared Ning Tian had passed the Three Questions of Love.
• Ning Rongrong asked Wu Feng who should die, and Wu Feng chose herself, saying Chen Ping could resurrect them and kill the hidden enemy.

Ning Rongrong punished Chen Ping and forced him to choose between using two keepsakes to save the world or preserving the possibility of reviving Ning Tian and Wu Feng. Chen Ping rejected her loaded dilemma, chose to give up the keepsakes, and vowed to kill her if he ever got the chance.

• Ning Rongrong threatened to punish Wu Feng, but Chen Ping stepped in and offered to take the lashes in her place.
• Ning Rongrong struck Chen Ping with a golden whip, then added ten more lashes after she mistook his reaction for mockery.
• Ning Rongrong asked Chen Ping whether he would sacrifice the keepsakes that might revive Ning Tian and Wu Feng to save the Douluo Continent from war.
• Chen Ping accused Ning Rongrong of rigging the choice and said he would give up the keepsakes, then vowed to take revenge on her.

Chen Ping provoked Ning Rongrong into abusing her authority until she lost her position as High Priest, interrupting her deadly mission for him. The God of Love’s inheritance then recognized Chen Ping’s perfect passage through the Three Rounds of Love and sent him into a hidden second stage, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng entered the adventure-drawing stage.

• Chen Ping endured Ning Rongrong’s lashes while taunting her, trying to make her act rashly and spend divine power.
• Ning Rongrong ordered Chen Ping to assassinate Xu Tianran alone, with death as the consequence of failure.
• The inheritance system stripped Ning Rongrong of her High Priest position after her assessment tampering reduced her compatibility to zero.
• The God of Love’s inheritance declared Chen Ping had passed the Three Rounds of Love perfectly and began the stage called “mortal ties are hard to sever, the golden sea has yet to dry.”
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng received Adventure Wheels, while Chen Ping realized he might have unlocked a hidden stage.