Chapter Summaries

After returning to the Chaos Grass site, Ye Chen prepared to consume the Black Jade Divine Bamboo and raise his Soul Power, while Xiao Wu agreed to guard him through the night. The chapter ended with Ye Chen refining the herb inside their tent and Xiao Wu keeping watch outside.

• Ye Chen explained that his Bind skill offered control but little attack power, and Xiao Wu evaluated its abilities after it wore off.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Wu that a treasure could greatly increase his talent and Soul Power, and he planned to reach level 20 and obtain another Soul Ring.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu returned to the Chaos Grass site, set up camp, and ate some prepared jerky.
• Ye Chen handed Xiao Wu a machine gun and taught her how to use it so she could protect their camp from soul beasts.
• Ye Chen purchased and ate the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Shoot, then circulated the Creation Meditation Method to refine its energy as Xiao Wu stood guard.

Ye Chen finished refining the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Shoot, evolving his martial soul and reaching level 20. After absorbing a thousand-year Chaos Grass soul ring, he reached level 22 and discovered his Own Son cheat now paid him four Gold Soul Coins per second.

• Ye Chen completed refining the Black Jade Divine Bamboo Shoot, and his Bamboo Staff evolved into a Black Jade Divine Bamboo Staff as his Soul Power reached level 20.
• Xiao Wu welcomed Ye Chen out of the tent, and he told her he would soon catch up to her before going to absorb another soul ring.
• Ye Chen burned the thousand-year-old Chaos Grass and absorbed its soul ring with ease.
• By noon, Ye Chen had advanced to level 22 Great Soul Master and found that his Own Son cheat paid four Gold Soul Coins per second.

After becoming a Two Ring Great Soul Master, Ye Chen tested his second soul skill, Chaos, on Xiao Wu and discovered it made her move in random directions. He then gave her Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards to strengthen her first soul ring.

• Ye Chen checked his Attribute Panel and learned that his second soul skill was Chaos, then Xiao Wu hit him after mistaking his laughter for madness.
• Ye Chen used Chaos on Xiao Wu, whose movements went in random directions until the thousand-year soul skill wore off.
• Ye Chen bought ten Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards and gave Xiao Wu six to raise the age of her first soul ring.
• Ye Chen demonstrated how to use a card, and it merged into his first soul ring, visibly deepening its color.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu upgraded their Soul Rings, and two years later they traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest so Ye Chen could obtain his third ring. Ye Chen planned to go to Suotuo City afterward, where he intended to interfere with Zhu Zhuqing’s future and oppose Dai Mubai.

• Ye Chen used his remaining Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards to turn his first ring purple and advance to level 23, and Xiao Wu did the same, reaching level 25.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu left the Soul Hunting Forest and returned to Notting City.
• Two years later, Ye Chen and Xiao Wu arrived at Soul Hunting Town; Ye Chen had reached level 30, while Xiao Wu had become a level 43 Soul Ancestor after consuming the Narcissus Jade Bone.
• Xiao Wu asked what Soul Beast Ye Chen wanted for his third Soul Ring, but he said he would decide based on what they found.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Wu they would go to Suotuo City after he obtained his third Soul Ring, claiming he wanted to find an advanced Spirit Master academy.
• Ye Chen planned to keep Zhu Zhuqing away from Dai Mubai and said he would not pursue Ning Rongrong unless she approached him first.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu entered the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a suitable soul beast for Ye Chen’s Third Soul Ring, but three days of using Lucky Cards brought them no success. As they continued their search, Ye Chen lamented the millions of Gold Soul Coins he had wasted.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu rested in Soul Hunting Town, then entered the Star Dou Great Forest early the next morning.
• Ye Chen bought a Lucky Card and wondered whether Er Ming would appear, while Xiao Wu accidentally revealed that the forest had once been her home before covering it up.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu searched the forest all day without finding a plant-type soul beast suitable for Ye Chen’s Third Soul Ring, then camped for the night and took turns standing guard.
• Ye Chen used three Lucky Cards over three days but still found no suitable soul beast, leaving him depressed over the three million Gold Soul Coins he had spent.
• Xiao Wu asked Ye Chen how he had suffered a huge loss, but he refused to explain, saying she would feel even sadder if she knew.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu camped in the forest after Ye Chen admitted he had spent three million Gold Soul Coins searching for a suitable soul beast. While preparing a barbecue, they discovered an Azure Lotus Flower that Ye Chen believed could grant him a soul skill to seal Spiritual Power, and he planned to absorb its soul ring after dinner.

• Ye Chen told Xiao Wu he had spent three million Gold Soul Coins on luck-boosting items, and she scolded him for wasting so much money.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu spotted a six-hundred-year-old Black Back Mountain Pig, which Ye Chen killed with his soul skill and a Type 95 Rifle.
• Ye Chen butchered the pig beside a stream after he and Xiao Wu found a nearby water source.
• Xiao Wu pointed out a three-thousand-year-old Azure Lotus Flower, and Ye Chen recognized it as a potential source of a Spiritual Power-sealing soul skill.
• Ye Chen decided to eat first before absorbing the Azure Lotus Flower’s soul ring, while he grilled the meat and Xiao Wu set up their tent.

Ye Chen destroyed the Azure Lotus Flower and absorbed its Soul Ring into his Black Jade Divine Bamboo Staff. During the absorption, an unexpected change caused him intense spiritual pain, and he realized he had gained a rare External Soul Bone.

• Ye Chen used a Water Mine to destroy the Azure Lotus Flower’s underwater roots, and a purple Soul Ring appeared.
• Ye Chen absorbed the Azure Lotus Flower Soul Ring into his Black Jade Divine Bamboo Staff and endured the Soul Power as he refined it.
• Ye Chen cried out in spiritual pain as a tiny glowing azure lotus appeared between his brows.
• Xiao Wu rushed to Ye Chen but did not interfere with his Soul Ring absorption.
• Ye Chen recognized the change as an External Soul Bone and believed it was a head Soul Bone.

Xiao Wu’s brother Er Ming found her in the Star Dou Great Forest, but she reassured him that her necklace concealed her aura and sent him back to Da Ming. Ye Chen finished absorbing an Azure Lotus Flower External Soul Bone, leaving a lotus mark on his forehead.

• Er Ming sensed Xiao Wu’s aura and arrived while Ye Chen was absorbing a soul bone.
• Xiao Wu led Er Ming away from Ye Chen and told him her necklace could disguise her aura.
• Er Ming confirmed Xiao Wu was safe, then hurried back to tell Da Ming.
• Ye Chen successfully absorbed the External Soul Bone and gained a tiny azure lotus mark on his forehead.
• Xiao Wu learned that Ye Chen had obtained an External Soul Bone and asked what it would do.

Ye Chen explained the damage-negating skill of his External Soul Bone, named it the Creation Green Lotus, and reassured Xiao Wu that he would protect her. Xiao Wu confessed that she was a transformed Ten Thousand Year soul beast, and their relationship grew closer as Ye Chen revealed he had known her identity.

• Ye Chen showed Xiao Wu his External Soul Bone’s Rising Untainted from the Mud skill and named the bone the Creation Green Lotus.
• Ye Chen embraced Xiao Wu and asked her never to leave without saying goodbye, then stroked her rabbit ears.
• Xiao Wu confessed that she was a transformed Ten Thousand Year soul beast and asked Ye Chen to forgive her for hiding it.
• Ye Chen kissed Xiao Wu instead of answering, then told her he had recognized her as a rabbit from the beginning.
• Ye Chen promised to protect Xiao Wu, and she teased him because she was a Four-Ring Soul Elder while he was only a Three-Ring Soul Grandmaster.

Ye Chen strengthened his Creation Green Lotus External Soul Bone to 100,000 years, raising his damage immunity and Soul Power almost to Level 40. He bought Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards for himself and Xiao Wu, leaving them poised to build exceptionally powerful Soul Ring configurations.

• Ye Chen reviewed his new Level 33 Soul Grandmaster attributes and examined his Third Soul Skill, God Restriction, which sealed an opponent’s Spiritual Power.
• Ye Chen used Soul Bone Age Upgrade Cards to raise Creation Green Lotus first to 10,000 years and then to 100,000 years, increasing Rising Untainted from the Mud’s damage immunity to 50%.
• The upgraded Soul Bone greatly increased Ye Chen’s Soul Power, but he remained just short of Level 40 and decided to raise his Soul Ring ages as well.
• Ye Chen bought fifty Purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards and gave half of them to Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu realized the twenty-five cards could raise her first three Soul Rings to the Ten Thousand Year level, a rare configuration even among Titled Douluo.

Ye Chen upgraded his and Xiao Wu’s soul rings, raising his soul power to level 40 and Xiao Wu’s to level 46. After discussing the cost and limits of soul ring upgrades, Ye Chen decided to eat lunch and then search for a fourth soul ring, though he had little money left for Lucky Cards.

• Ye Chen used his Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards to turn his three soul rings into Ten Thousand Year rings and reached level 40.
• Xiao Wu upgraded her four soul rings to black and rose from level 43 to level 46.
• Ye Chen explained that soul ring upgrades cost one thousand Gold Soul Coins per year, and Xiao Wu resolved to seek higher-aged soul rings herself.
• Ye Chen decided to have lunch before continuing to search for a fourth soul ring, while noting that his treasury held less than one million Gold Soul Coins.

Ye Chen used a Lucky Card to find and absorb a Dark Spirit Flower soul ring, gaining his fourth soul skill, Blindness, and reaching level 45. He asked Xiao Wu to test the skill, but she refused.

• After two days of searching without a Lucky Card, Ye Chen used one and found a nearly ten-thousand-year-old Dark Spirit Flower.
• Ye Chen killed the Dark Spirit Flower with two White Phosphorus Incendiary Bombs and absorbed its soul ring.
• Ye Chen completed the absorption and rose from level 40 to level 45 Soul Elder.
• Ye Chen used a Hundred Year Soul Ring Age Upgrade Card to raise his fourth soul ring to ten-thousand-year age.
• Ye Chen identified his fourth soul skill as Blindness and asked Xiao Wu to test it, but she refused.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu reached Suotuo City and checked into the Rose Hotel, which was known as a couples' hotel. After Xiao Wu learned what kind of hotel she had chosen, she blushed as they headed to their room.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu left the Star Dou Great Forest and arrived in Suotuo City three days later.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Wu that Shrek Academy was nearby but suggested they find a place to stay for the night.
• Xiao Wu picked the Rose Hotel because of its rose-shaped exterior, and Ye Chen recognized it as a couples' hotel.
• The attendant told Ye Chen that only one Pink Tenderness room remained, and Ye Chen paid ten Gold Soul Coins for it.
• On the way upstairs, Xiao Wu asked what the attendant meant by wishing them a pleasant night, and Ye Chen explained that the Rose Hotel was for couples.
• Xiao Wu blushed after realizing she had chosen a couples' hotel.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu enjoyed the lavish Pink Tenderness room at the Rose Hotel, but he restrained himself while she slept. Hearing Dai Mubai making noise in the neighboring room, Ye Chen went to confront him and deliberately picked a fight.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu entered the Pink Tenderness room, where Xiao Wu admired the roses and heart-shaped bedroom.
• Ye Chen teased Xiao Wu but decided not to pursue her because she had not grown up yet.
• Unable to sleep, Ye Chen cultivated until he heard cries from the neighboring Red Ocean room and realized Dai Mubai was entertaining two women.
• Annoyed by Dai Mubai's behavior, Ye Chen left Pink Tenderness and pounded on the Red Ocean door.
• Dai Mubai opened the door, and Ye Chen accused him of disturbing the hotel guests and prepared to fight.

Ye Chen provoked Dai Mubai into a fight and revealed that he was a Four-Ring Soul Elder before using his abilities to overpower him. He left Dai Mubai bound and helpless as he beat him in the Rose Hotel, while Xiao Wu and the other guests watched.

• Ye Chen taunted Dai Mubai until Dai Mubai threw a punch, but Ye Chen won their contest of strength and knocked him down with a flurry of blows.
• Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger Possession, but Ye Chen revealed four soul rings and declared himself a Four-Ring Soul Elder.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Transformation and tried to unleash another soul skill, but Ye Chen blinded and bound him with his staff and soul skills.
• Ye Chen beat the helpless Dai Mubai, targeting his face despite his pleas, as the Rose Hotel guests gathered to watch and Xiao Wu cheered him on.

Ye Chen beat Dai Mubai until he called him Daddy, then set out with Xiao Wu for Shrek Academy. On the way, Ye Chen recognized Flander's shop in Suotuo City and went inside with Xiao Wu.

• Ye Chen continued beating Dai Mubai in front of onlookers until Dai Mubai admitted defeat and called him Daddy.
• Ye Chen left Dai Mubai at the Rose Hotel and, the next morning, headed toward Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu.
• Ye Chen spotted Flander's shabby Soul Tool shop and decided to visit it before going to the academy.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu entered the shop, where Ye Chen recognized Flander and explained that the Soul Tools for sale were mostly worthless.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu revealed their exceptional strength to Flander and joined Shrek Academy. Flander led them to the academy, where its shabby entrance confirmed Ye Chen’s expectations.

• Flander mistook Ye Chen and Xiao Wu for wealthy customers at his shop, but Ye Chen said they wanted to enroll at Shrek Academy.
• Flander asked about their abilities, and Ye Chen and Xiao Wu revealed they were eleven-year-old Soul Elders at levels 45 and 46.
• Flander welcomed Ye Chen and Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy, hoping to keep such talented students.
• Flander closed his shop and led the pair to Shrek Academy, whose dilapidated village entrance surprised Ye Chen.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu arrived at Shrek Academy and learned how poorly funded it was, prompting Ye Chen to suggest ways Flander could raise money. Flander welcomed the two prodigies as students, then introduced them to Zhao Wuji.

• Ye Chen questioned Flander about Shrek Academy’s rundown condition, and Flander admitted he had refused government subsidies.
• Ye Chen suggested that Flander take money from criminals and gangs, and Flander eagerly considered the idea.
• Flander showed Ye Chen and Xiao Wu around the shabby academy, while Ye Chen planned to create a small simulated cultivation ground there.
• Flander and the two new students met Zhao Wuji outside the headmaster’s office.
• Flander told Zhao Wuji that he had personally recruited Ye Chen and Xiao Wu, who were already Four-Ring Soul Elders at eleven.

Zhao Wuji learned that Ye Chen and Xiao Wu were eleven-year-old Four-Ring Soul Elders, and Flander arranged for their admission to Shrek Academy. Ye Chen and Xiao Wu left with tuition waived and a dormitory key, while Flander planned to make extra money that night.

• Flander told Zhao Wuji that Ye Chen and Xiao Wu were eleven-year-old Four-Ring Soul Elders, astonishing him with their cultivation.
• Flander invited Ye Chen and Xiao Wu to his office and demanded tuition fees.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu pretended to have no money and threatened to enroll at Heaven Dou Royal Academy instead.
• Flander gave in and waived their tuition, then assigned them a wooden house as their residence.
• Flander gave Ye Chen the dormitory key and told him to meet the academy's three other students.

Ye Chen rejected the shabby dorm room and used a Soul Guidance Villa to make a comfortable home for himself and Xiao Wu at Shrek Academy. Oscar and Dai Mubai arrived, and Dai Mubai’s bruised face revealed that he was still recovering from Ye Chen’s beating.

• Ye Chen bought a Soul Guidance Villa from the System Shop and unfolded it into a two-story house at Shrek Academy.
• Ye Chen furnished the villa and showed Xiao Wu its rooms and lifestyle Soul Guidance formations.
• Oscar entered the villa, introduced himself as a thirteen-year-old Shrek student, and asked how the house had appeared.
• Dai Mubai arrived with bruises still on his face, and Oscar asked what had happened to him.