Chapter Summaries

Gu Xingyue was transported to the Douluo world and gained a Romance Conquest System, whose starter rewards gave him Child of Nature, rank-thirty Soul Elder cultivation, and twin god-tier martial souls. After awakening the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine and Evergreen Life Vine, he decided his new life was playable.

• Gu Xingyue learned that the system wanted him to conquer high-quality women in exchange for rewards and demanded his starter pack.
• Gu Xingyue chose Underworld King Harosa's aptitude, gaining the favor of the plane.
• Gu Xingyue selected the Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine and Evergreen Life Vine as his twin martial souls.
• The system granted Gu Xingyue the Child of Nature identity and rank-thirty Soul Elder cultivation.
• Gu Xingyue awakened both martial souls and felt their powers of destruction and life coursing through him.

Gu Xingyue used his nature-sensing abilities to navigate the Great Star Dou Forest and rescued Huo Yutong from an ape-like soul beast. After recognizing her as a likely daughter of destiny, he bound her through the system and offered to leave the forest with her.

• Gu Xingyue confirmed he was in the outer region of the Great Star Dou Forest and followed the plants’ warnings to avoid soul beasts.
• Gu Xingyue killed an ape-like soul beast with a lightning spear just as it was attacking a girl.
• Gu Xingyue approached the girl, who startled away from him before thanking him and giving her name as Huo Yutong.
• Gu Xingyue recognized Huo Yutong’s name and accepted the system’s offer to bind her as a target.
• Gu Xingyue offered to lead Huo Yutong out of the forest.

Huo Yutong accepted Gu Xingyue’s help after he rescued her, but a million-year soul beast called the Skydream Iceworm appeared and announced that it wanted to become her sentient soul ring. The chapter left Huo Yutong stunned as Skydream prepared to make its proposal happen.

• Huo Yutong took Gu Xingyue’s hand and let him help her to her feet.
• Huo Yutong stumbled into Gu Xingyue, then walked beside him as they continued through the forest.
• A powerful spiritual pressure put Gu Xingyue to sleep, and the Skydream Iceworm emerged from a fissure in the ground.
• Huo Yutong tried to wake Gu Xingyue and shielded him when she finally noticed the Skydream Iceworm.
• The Skydream Iceworm introduced itself as a million-year soul beast and said it wanted to become Huo Yutong’s sentient soul ring.

Tianmeng tried to fuse with Huo Yutong, but a mysterious silver-haired being overwhelmed her and entered Huo Yutong’s spiritual sea first. Tianmeng followed into the spiritual sea, where Huo Yutong met the boastful million-year soul beast and doubted whether it could help her grow stronger.

• Tianmeng plunged toward Huo Yutong’s spiritual sea, but a mysterious silver-haired figure appeared and darkened the forest.
• Tianmeng charged the figure and was knocked into a tree, while the figure entered Huo Yutong’s spiritual sea.
• Tianmeng complained about losing the best place in the spiritual sea, then decided to build a shack nearby and followed inside.
• Huo Yutong entered her spiritual sea and found Tianmeng in human form, dressed in silkworm-themed pajamas.
• Tianmeng bragged about her beauty, and Huo Yutong wondered whether the unreliable million-year soul beast could help her become stronger.

Tianmeng told Huo Yutong about the four skills granted by her intelligent soul ring and the chance to awaken a second, ice-type martial soul, while sharing her own dream of eternal life and becoming a butterfly. Huo Yutong bonded with Tianmeng and vowed to pursue revenge, then prepared to leave her spiritual sea as Tianmeng fell asleep.

• Tianmeng proudly revealed that Huo Yutong's first soul ring gave her four soul skills and opened a slot for a second, ice-type martial soul.
• Tianmeng confessed that she feared dying and wanted eternal life and the chance to transform into a butterfly.
• Huo Yutong felt kinship with Tianmeng because they had both suffered persecution, and she reached out to comfort her.
• Tianmeng embraced Huo Yutong, and Huo Yutong resolved to become powerful and take revenge on the people who had abused her.
• Tianmeng warned Huo Yutong to keep her identity, million-year soul ring, four skills, and second martial soul secret.
• Huo Yutong noticed Tianmeng had fallen asleep in her spiritual sea and quietly said goodbye.

After waking in the forest, Huo Yutong hid the Skydream Iceworm’s fusion from Gu Xingyue, who guessed what had happened. They set off together for Shrek Academy, where Huo Yutong hoped to grow stronger.

• Huo Yutong watched over the sleeping Gu Xingyue and rested his head on her lap.
• Gu Xingyue woke to find himself lying on Huo Yutong’s lap, and she became flustered.
• Gu Xingyue asked whether anything strange had happened while he slept, and Huo Yutong denied it while hiding the Skydream Iceworm’s fusion.
• Gu Xingyue helped Huo Yutong to her feet and asked where she planned to go next.
• Huo Yutong said she wanted to attend Shrek Academy, and Gu Xingyue offered to travel there with her.

Gu Xingyue met Bei Bei and Tang Ya after rescuing Huo Yutong in the Great Star Dou Forest, then agreed to travel with them toward Shrek Academy. The group continued through the forest after learning Huo Yutong had already obtained her first soul ring.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya found Huo Yutong, who introduced Gu Xingyue as the person who had saved her from an ape soul beast.
• Gu Xingyue reacted with surprise to Bei Bei and Tang Ya, then introduced himself and said he planned to apply to Shrek Academy.
• Bei Bei invited Gu Xingyue to travel with them, and he agreed to join her, Tang Ya, and Huo Yutong.
• As the group walked through the forest, Bei Bei asked whether Gu Xingyue had come to obtain a soul ring.
• Huo Yutong told Bei Bei that she had already obtained her first soul ring, and Gu Xingyue agreed to let Bei Bei arrange their plans.

Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong caught fish together and shared a meal with Bei Bei and Tang Ya. When Tang Ya asked what they thought of the Tang Sect, Gu Xingyue criticized its failure to adapt to soul tools, leaving Tang Ya to consider whether he could still give up on reviving it.

• Huo Yutong used Spiritual Detection to catch fish, then shared the ability with Gu Xingyue so they could gather fish together.
• Huo Yutong grilled the fish, and Gu Xingyue praised her cooking as the group ate around the campfire.
• Tang Ya asked Gu Xingyue and Huo Yutong what they thought of the Tang Sect.
• Gu Xingyue argued that the Tang Sect needed to adapt to the rise of soul tools or find another path, and Huo Yutong agreed with him.
• Tang Ya admitted that he knew the Tang Sect was struggling but could not give up on it, while Bei Bei promised to support whichever path he chose.

The group searched the Great Star Dou Forest for Tang Ya’s third soul ring, and Gu Xingyue helped Bei Bei instantly kill a thousand-year Datura Snake. The chapter left the beast dead and Bei Bei astonished by the power of Gu Xingyue’s lightning enhancement.

• Gu Xingyue spotted a rare thousand-year Lone Bamboo, but Tang Ya said he had already chosen to seek a snake- or spider-type soul ring.
• Gu Xingyue sensed an approaching soul beast and moved Bei Bei and Huo Yutong into position.
• Huo Yutong shared her Spiritual Detection with Bei Bei and Tang Ya, revealing a thousand-year Datura Snake approaching through the bushes.
• Bei Bei attacked the Datura Snake while Gu Xingyue raised her lightning power to the threshold of Ultimate Lightning.
• Bei Bei’s enhanced strike instantly killed the Datura Snake, leaving her amazed as Gu Xingyue smiled at her reaction.

Tang Ya absorbed a thousand-year Mandala Snake soul ring, and the group left the Great Star Dou Forest for Shrek Academy. Gu Xingyue carried the exhausted Huo Yutong while Bei Bei privately wondered about his unusual amplification and found herself unable to keep up with him.

• Tang Ya killed the Mandala Snake, absorbed its thousand-year soul ring, and gained a skill that briefly restrained opponents while inflicting corrosive, paralyzing venom.
• Bei Bei asked about Huo Yutong's white soul ring, but Huo Yutong avoided explaining it and said her soul skill was useful.
• The group rested by a river, where Bei Bei and Tang Ya shared an intimate moment and Huo Yutong asked Gu Xingyue whether he liked someone.
• As they traveled toward town, Gu Xingyue noticed Huo Yutong's exhaustion and carried her on his back.
• Bei Bei wondered whether Gu Xingyue's amplification came from an ultimate attribute and was startled by her own thoughts about it.

Bei Bei and Tang Ya brought Huo Yutong and Gu Xingyue to Shrek Academy, where Gu Xingyue sought admission without a recommendation letter. Director Du Weiya took him to an arena and began his assessment against an ordinary-looking Inner Court girl.

• Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Huo Yutong, and Gu Xingyue arrived in Shrek City during the new student enrollment season.
• Tang Ya proposed using his recommendation quota to enroll Huo Yutong, but Gu Xingyue said he would handle her admission and joked that she could repay him with Level 12 Fixed-Installation Soul Cannons someday.
• Bei Bei escorted Gu Xingyue to the registration office, where he said he had no recommendation letter and would use another method to qualify.
• The receptionist fetched Director Du Weiya, who took Gu Xingyue to an arena for his assessment.
• Du Weiya explained that Gu Xingyue had to defeat the Inner Court girl facing him or remain standing for the time it took an incense stick to burn.

Gu Xingyue revealed his Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine martial soul and defeated the level-fifty-two Inner Court student Xi Xi in their duel. Du Weiya recognized his extraordinary potential and welcomed him to Shrek Academy.

• Xi Xi introduced herself as a level-fifty-two Agility Attack Soul King with a Lightning Leopard martial soul, while Gu Xingyue declared his Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine and level-thirty Soul Elder status.
• Du Weiya realized Gu Xingyue's martial soul might possess an Ultimate Attribute and watched the duel closely.
• Gu Xingyue summoned a lightning-filled arena that disrupted Xi Xi's control over lightning, while he replenished his power from the thunderclouds.
• Gu Xingyue formed a lightning bow and struck Xi Xi down with a precisely timed blow before she could touch him.
• Du Weiya applauded Gu Xingyue and welcomed him to Shrek Academy.

After Gu Xingyue revealed his Ultimate Lightning martial soul and defeated Xi Xi, Shrek Academy’s leaders rushed to recruit him. Yan Shao Zhe gave him her exclusive token and took him to the Inner Court, leaving Du Weiya responsible for keeping his situation confidential.

• Du Weiya questioned Gu Xingyue about his background, then discreetly notified the Martial Soul Department’s senior leadership.
• Yan Shao Zhe hurried to the Outer Court after learning Gu Xingyue possessed an ultimate attribute, passing Xi Xi without stopping to comfort her.
• Du Weiya told Yan Shao Zhe that Gu Xingyue’s Thunderclap Infernal Prison Vine had been provisionally assessed as Ultimate Lightning and that he had defeated rank-fifty-two Soul King Xi Xi.
• Yan Shao Zhe gave Gu Xingyue her exclusive token and invited him to register at the Inner Court and stay with her.
• Yan Shao Zhe ordered Du Weiya to keep Gu Xingyue’s situation confidential, then left with him for the Inner Court.

Gu Xingyue passed his assessment and caught Dean Yan Shaozhe’s attention, then asked her to arrange for Huo Yutong to enroll despite her low talent. Yan approved and assigned Huo a room beside Gu’s, then hinted that Gu should show restraint, leaving him confused and indignant.

• Du Weiya watched Yan Shaozhe escort Gu Xingyue away and wondered if he might become her Personal Disciple.
• Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yutong waited anxiously until Gu signaled that everything was fine as Yan Shaozhe led him away.
• Gu Xingyue asked Yan Shaozhe to help Huo Yutong enter the academy, and Yan agreed to arrange her paperwork and place her in the room next to his.
• Yan Shaozhe mistook Huo Yutong for Gu’s maid and warned him that some things should be done in moderation.
• Gu Xingyue asked Yan Shaozhe to clarify, but she only remarked that he had a little body and grown-up ways.

Gu Xingyue persuaded Yan Shaozhe to admit Huo Yutong to Shrek’s Soul Guidance Department, then crossed Sea God Lake with her to visit the Inner Court. There, Yan Shaozhe introduced him to Zhang Lexuan as his Eldest Senior Sister, and Gu Xingyue greeted her warmly.

• Gu Xingyue asked Yan Shaozhe to let Huo Yutong study soul tools because her spiritual-type body martial soul suited that path.
• Yan Shaozhe approved Huo Yutong’s admission to the Soul Guidance Department and promised to arrange a promotion report and a skilled teacher.
• Yan Shaozhe flew Gu Xingyue across Sea God Lake and showed him the Golden Tree at the center of Shrek’s Inner Court.
• Yan Shaozhe led Gu Xingyue onward to meet Zhang Lexuan, whom she introduced as an outstanding Inner Court talent and his Eldest Senior Sister.
• Gu Xingyue recognized Zhang Lexuan’s gender as another sign of this world’s unusual changes, then greeted her, and she welcomed him as her new junior brother.

Yan Shaozhe teased Gu Xingyue about his manners and romantic interests before leading him away from the Golden Tree. Gu Xingyue spotted a little girl eating roast chicken and tried to claim it as protection money, but she ate the whole chicken in one bite.

• Yan Shaozhe told Gu Xingyue to respect her as his elder, and he answered in a way that flustered her.
• Yan Shaozhe bragged about her popularity as a student and challenged Gu Xingyue to keep a straight face; he passed her inspection.
• Yan Shaozhe set off along the Golden Tree's roots, unaware that Gu Xingyue had stopped after smelling roast chicken.
• Gu Xingyue found a little girl eating roast chicken, patted her head, and demanded the food as protection money.
• The little girl swallowed the entire roast chicken, leaving Gu Xingyue stunned.

Gu Xingyue met a childlike Sea God Pavilion elder, recovered from his shock, and followed Yan Shaozhe into the Golden Tree to meet Mu En. Yan Shaozhe began reporting a matter concerning Shrek Academy’s future, while Gu Xingyue noticed that Mu En’s spine appeared intact.

• Gu Xingyue was shocked when the little girl revealed she was an elder of the Sea God Pavilion and old enough to be his great-grandmother.
• The little girl used spiritual power to make Yan Shaozhe confess that she had stolen their teacher’s food.
• Gu Xingyue said he had grasped the core of the parallel world and adapted to it.
• Yan Shaozhe led Gu Xingyue through the Golden Tree, where its rich life energy eased his exhaustion.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced a matter concerning Shrek Academy’s future to Mu En, while Gu Xingyue wondered why her spine was not damaged.

Mu En discovered Gu Xingyue had a second martial soul and accepted him as her disciple. When he revealed the Evergreen Life Vine, the Golden Tree responded to it, and a leaf from the vine partially healed Mu En’s damaged origin.

• Mu En examined Gu Xingyue and recognized that he had more than one martial soul, startling Yan Shaozhe.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Gu Xingyue and offered to arrange his room, but Mu En asked her to treat him as a junior brother.
• Mu En asked Gu Xingyue to become her disciple, and he immediately accepted.
• Gu Xingyue summoned his Evergreen Life Vine, causing the life elements to gather and the Golden Tree to brighten and lean toward him.
• Gu Xingyue explained that the vine could be consumed for its benefits and gave leaves to Mu En and Yan Shaozhe.
• Mu En refined a leaf and discovered it had repaired part of the damage to her origin.

After Gu Xingyue’s Evergreen Life Vine leaves dramatically boosted Mu En and Yan Shaozhe’s life force, Mu En warned him to keep his second martial soul secret and planned to strengthen his spiritual power. Left alone, Gu Xingyue cultivated in a chair that seemed woven from the Golden Tree and unexpectedly entered deep meditation, drawing in its life energy while his two ultimate attributes remained in balance.

• Yan Shaozhe tasted a leaf from Gu Xingyue’s Evergreen Life Vine and felt her life force increase, while Mu En recognized the importance of the ability.
• Mu En told Gu Xingyue to hide his second martial soul until he became a Hyper Douluo and decided that he needed to improve his spiritual power to control his opposing attributes.
• Mu En and Yan Shaozhe left Gu Xingyue alone, promising him a mysterious gift after they finished their business.
• Gu Xingyue sat in Mu En’s amber wicker chair, suspected it was made from Golden Tree branches, and began cultivating.
• Gu Xingyue unexpectedly entered deep meditation as life element and Heaven and Earth Essence flowed into him, while his destructive and life attributes quietly remained balanced.

Mu En convened an early Sea God Pavilion meeting and announced that she had chosen a successor, leaving the elders to accept her decision after learning the candidate had an Ultimate Attribute.

• Cai Gang tried to approach Yan Shaozhe, but Xian Lin interrupted him and mocked his advances.
• Yan Shaozhe dismissed Cai Gang’s prattle, while an elderly woman warned Xian Lin to control his lingering feelings for Yan Shaozhe.
• Mu En announced that she had selected a successor to become the next master of the Sea God Pavilion.
• Cai Gang, Xian Lin, and the other elders voiced their approval, and Mu En explained that the successor had an Ultimate Attribute.
• Mu En adjourned the meeting and disappeared; Yan Shaozhe left without speaking to Cai Gang, while Xian Lin followed after his wife tugged his sleeve.