Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing learned that Dai Mubai had abandoned her and lost hope in their arranged marriage, but she resolved to change her own fate. At Shrek Academy’s assembly, Dai Mubai failed to recognize her and was confronted by Xiao Wu and Ye Chen.

• Zhu Zhuqing broke down over Dai Mubai’s abandonment and doubted whether she could face Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun alone.
• Ye Chen explained the Star Luo royal family’s brutal succession struggle, and Xiao Wu offered to help Zhu Zhuqing while Ning Rongrong proposed sheltering her in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Ning Rongrong but refused her offer, declaring that she would change her own fate.
• The bell summoned the students to the Sports Field, where Ye Chen arrived and Dai Mubai appeared with a hickey on his neck.
• Dai Mubai failed to recognize Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu called him a scumbag, and Ye Chen warned him not to point his finger at her.

Flander welcomed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to Shrek Academy, then asked how Support-Type Soul Masters could protect themselves. Ye Chen argued that supports could become powerful fighters with soul bones and the right abilities, leaving Flander intrigued by Oscar and Ning Rongrong’s potential.

• Flander welcomed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and said everyone owed one hundred Gold Soul Coins, but waived the fees for Ye Chen and Xiao Wu after Ye Chen reminded him of their agreement.
• Flander sent most of the students to rest and began explaining to Oscar and Ning Rongrong how Support-Type Soul Masters needed companions to protect them.
• Ye Chen said low-end supports could hide or flee, while high-end supports could charge into battle and help defeat opponents.
• Ye Chen explained that soul bones could give supports powerful combat skills and claimed a full set could let them surpass War Soul Masters of the same rank.
• Ye Chen said Ning Rongrong could obtain soul bones through the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Oscar could gain combat abilities by acquiring a Mirror Image Beast soul ring.
• Flander considered Ye Chen’s claims and was surprised that Oscar and Ning Rongrong might eventually become formidable fighters.

Flander ordered Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run twenty laps around the village as endurance training, while Ye Chen took Xiao Wu to Suotuo City. There, they unexpectedly found Ning Rongrong skipping her run and eating at the Tulip Restaurant.

• Flander recalled Ning Fengzhi's request to discipline Ning Rongrong and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong twenty laps, with Oscar leading.
• Ye Chen predicted Ning Rongrong would not complete the run, then invited Xiao Wu to Suotuo City while Zhu Zhuqing chose to cultivate.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu spent the morning shopping in Suotuo City before entering the Tulip Restaurant for a meal.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu found Ning Rongrong dining at the restaurant, and Ning Rongrong excitedly joined Xiao Wu in talking about shopping.

Flander confronted Ning Rongrong and Oscar for skipping their running assignment, then took the students to the Soto Great Spirit Arena. After Dai Mubai lost a match, Zhu Zhuqing rejected him and returned to the academy.

• After shopping with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong returned to Shrek Academy without completing her assigned run, while Oscar claimed that both of them had finished their twenty laps.
• Flander sealed Oscar's Soul Power and ordered him to run another twenty laps, then exposed Ning Rongrong's lies and scolded her until she ran away crying.
• Flander sent Xiao Wu to comfort Ning Rongrong and took the students to the Soto Great Spirit Arena, where Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing won and Dai Mubai lost.
• After the matches, Ye Chen rebuked Dai Mubai for dismissing Ma Hongjun, and Zhu Zhuqing condemned Dai Mubai and left for the academy.

Ye Chen defeated Dai Mubai after warning him to stay away from Zhu Zhuqing, then Flander began a lesson requiring the students to eat Oscar’s Soul Power sausages. Xiao Wu and Ye Chen refused, and Flander let the matter rest for now.

• Dai Mubai challenged Ye Chen to a duel, but Ye Chen caught his punch, struck him in the chest, and sent him flying.
• Ye Chen warned Dai Mubai to stay away from Zhu Zhuqing and left the Great Spirit Arena.
• The next morning, Flander announced that the students had to eat Oscar’s Soul Power sausages for their lesson.
• Xiao Wu argued that they could carry food in Storage Soul Tools and refused to eat Oscar’s sausages; Ye Chen also declined.
• Ma Hongjun called Oscar’s thoughts unhealthy, and Flander rebuked him.
• Ye Chen suggested postponing the lesson until the new students knew Oscar better, giving Flander a way to end the discussion.

Ye Chen taught Oscar ways to train Soul Power control so he could make sausages without chanting. Back at Shrek Academy, Ye Chen intervened when Dai Mubai threatened Zhu Zhuqing over their royal marriage contract and warned that the Star Luo Empire might not survive the coming war.

• After Flander's lesson failed because the students refused to eat Oscar's sausages, Ye Chen encouraged Oscar and asked how he trained his Soul Power.
• Ye Chen showed Oscar how to split a ball of Soul Power and climb a tree by attaching Soul Power to his feet.
• Oscar tried climbing the tree, fell, and complained, while Ye Chen left the Small Woods.
• Ye Chen returned to the Sports Field and found Zhu Zhuqing rejecting Dai Mubai and declaring that she would rather die than accept their marriage contract.
• Dai Mubai threatened Ye Chen with the Star Luo Empire, but Ye Chen dismissed him and warned that the empire might be destroyed in the coming war.

Ye Chen told Zhu Zhuqing that the Star Luo Empire would fall within about ten years and explained Spirit Hall’s hidden strength and internal divisions. Zhu Zhuqing asked how she could grow stronger, and Ye Chen said he had a way.

• Dai Mubai dismissed Ye Chen’s prediction that the Star Luo Empire would disappear, then left after Ye Chen threatened to beat him.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether the Star Luo Empire would really be destroyed, and Ye Chen said it could fall within ten years.
• Ye Chen explained that Spirit Hall had more than twenty Titled Douluo and seven Worshipers, while its factions were waiting for an opportunity to act.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why Spirit Hall had not started a war, and Ye Chen said the organization was waiting to minimize casualties.
• Ye Chen asked whether Zhu Zhuqing wanted to become stronger faster, and she asked if his method had side effects.

Ye Chen taught Zhu Zhuqing the Creation Meditation Method and arranged to train with her, then went to collect Ning Rongrong’s first mortgage payment. He found Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu watching cartoons, and his argument with Ning Rongrong over her oversized payment ended with her demanding change.

• Ye Chen led Zhu Zhuqing to a secluded spot and offered to teach her the Ye Family’s special meditation method, which he called the Creation Meditation Method.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned the technique and found that it noticeably improved her soul power cultivation speed.
• Ye Chen told Zhu Zhuqing to meet him the next morning and spar with him instead of going to the Great Spirit Arena.
• Ye Chen went to Ning Rongrong’s villa to collect her mortgage payment, but she was not there, so he returned home.
• Ye Chen found Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu watching Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, then reminded Ning Rongrong to pay him.
• Ning Rongrong handed Ye Chen a Silver Coin as a tip, and when he mocked the small extra amount, she demanded that he give her change.

Ye Chen confronted Ning Rongrong over the house debt, revealing that the daily doubling clause had raised it to more than ten million Gold Soul Coins. Ning Rongrong refused to pay and rejected Ye Chen’s alternatives, leaving their dispute unresolved.

• Ning Rongrong offered to repay the house debt in full, and Ye Chen demanded ten million Gold Soul Coins under their agreement to double the Copper Coin charge each day for thirty days.
• Ye Chen showed Ning Rongrong the IOU and explained how the daily charges had accumulated to more than ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she had no money and told Ye Chen to collect from her father, Ning Fengzhi, if he wanted payment.
• Ning Rongrong tried to avoid the debt by suggesting she could sell herself, but Ye Chen said she would have to repay him or serve Xiao Wu and him.
• Xiao Wu backed Ye Chen, and Ning Rongrong demanded the IOU back and said she would neither keep the house nor pay the debt.

Ye Chen taught Zhu Zhuqing techniques to strengthen her body and Spiritual Power so she could absorb higher-year Soul Rings, while keeping his interest in her hidden behind their friendship. Four months later, Xiao Wu broke through to level 50 and became a Quasi Soul King.

• Xiao Wu stopped Ye Chen from picking on Ning Rongrong, and Ye Chen considered cultivating ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ye Chen tested Zhu Zhuqing's combat skills, revealed that his Soul Rings were disguised, and explained how body tempering could help her absorb higher-year Soul Rings.
• Ye Chen taught Zhu Zhuqing the Creation Body Tempering Art and, the next day, the Creation Soul Tempering Skill.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Ye Chen, and they agreed that they were good friends while Ye Chen concealed his romantic thoughts.
• Four months later, Xiao Wu broke through her Soul Power bottleneck to level 50, and Ye Chen congratulated her.

Ye Chen stopped Xiao Wu from condensing her fifth Soul Ring at Shrek Academy, and the two left to do it in private. Xiao Wu successfully became a level 52 Soul King with a roughly twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring, then confronted Ye Chen about his attention to Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong.

• Ye Chen stopped Xiao Wu from condensing her fifth Soul Ring at the academy, and they told Dean Flander they were leaving to obtain it elsewhere.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu said goodbye to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then found a secluded hillside near Suotuo City and set up the Soul Guidance Villa.
• Xiao Wu condensed her fifth Soul Ring, which Ye Chen estimated was around twenty thousand years old, and advanced to level 52.
• Xiao Wu accused Ye Chen of lusting after Zhu Zhuqing and questioned why he was helping Ning Rongrong, while Ye Chen nervously denied it.
• Ye Chen cut off Xiao Wu’s questions by kissing her.

Ye Chen and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy, where Flander proudly revealed that Xiao Wu had become a Five-Ring Soul King to Qin Ming, Shrek’s first graduate. Ye Chen learned that Qin Ming led Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Royal Fighting Team and began considering how Shrek could qualify for the Soul Master Competition through Blue Tyrant Academy instead of joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Wu visited Flander, who learned that Xiao Wu had broken through and celebrated her achievement.
• Flander introduced Qin Ming as Shrek Academy’s first graduate, and Ye Chen recognized him as the Royal Fighting Team’s leader.
• Qin Ming asked about Xiao Wu’s advancement, and Flander revealed that she was a Five-Ring Soul King.
• Xiao Wu displayed her five soul rings, leaving Qin Ming shocked and prompting him to praise Shrek Academy.
• Qin Ming explained that the Royal Fighting Team represented Heaven Dou Royal Academy in the Soul Master Competition.
• Ye Chen decided against joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy and considered using Blue Tyrant Academy to secure Shrek’s competition qualification and bring Flander closer to Liu Erlong.

Ye Chen urged Flander to pursue Liu Erlong, whose Blue Tyrant Academy could provide Shrek Academy with better resources and a path to the Soul Master Competition. Flander agreed to take the students to seek refuge at the academy, insisting he was doing it for their development.

• Qin Ming explained the Soul Master Competition, and Xiao Wu asked to participate in the next one, scheduled for the middle of the year after next.
• Qin Ming asked whether Shrek Academy's finances had improved, and Flander avoided explaining that he had funded the academy by robbing robbers.
• Ye Chen visited Flander that evening and suggested he make Shrek Academy bigger by pursuing Liu Erlong and joining her Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Flander hesitated because Liu Erlong loved Yu Xiaogang and he did not want to live off a woman, but Ye Chen argued that the students needed the academy's resources.
• Flander agreed to take everyone to Blue Tyrant Academy the next day, claiming he was acting for his students.

Ye Chen used Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards to raise Zhu Zhuqing’s two soul rings to a thousand years, helping her reach level 30 and prepare to obtain her next soul ring. He gave her a Disguise Necklace and planned to take her to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Flander decided to write to Liu Erlong before bringing Shrek Academy’s teachers and students to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Ye Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing nine Soul Ring Age Upgrade Cards and revealed that his own soul rings had been upgraded after they were first obtained.
• Zhu Zhuqing used the cards to turn both of her soul rings purple and advanced to level 30.
• Ye Chen told Zhu Zhuqing he would take her to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her next soul ring.
• Ye Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing a purple Disguise Necklace with a black cat-shaped pendant.

Ye Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing a Disguise Necklace and accompanied her to Soul Hunting Town so she could obtain her Third Soul Ring. After finding only one room available at the inn, they settled in for the night, leaving their journey into the Star Dou Great Forest for the next day.

• Ye Chen explained that the kitten-shaped necklace could conceal Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Power, alter her figure, and change her Soul Ring colors.
• Ye Chen refused Flander’s suggestion to bring the Shrek students along and left the academy with Zhu Zhuqing for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing reached Soul Hunting Town at dusk and decided to rest before entering the forest the next day.
• Ye Chen learned that the inn had only one room left, and he and Zhu Zhuqing accepted it after hearing it contained two beds.
• After they showered, Ye Chen stared at Zhu Zhuqing when she emerged in a bath towel, then awkwardly told her to rest before their early departure.

Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Third Soul Ring, but after three days without success, Ye Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing a Lucky Card. They encountered a newly ten-thousand-year Vajra Bear, which chased them as they fled.

• Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Star Dou Great Forest and searched near the boundary between the Outer Area and the Inner Area for a suitable spirit beast for Zhu Zhuqing's Third Soul Ring.
• After three days without finding a target, Ye Chen bought a Lucky Card and gave it to Zhu Zhuqing, who crushed it and used it.
• Two hours later, Zhu Zhuqing and Ye Chen encountered a ten-thousand-year Vajra Bear before they had entered the Inner Area.
• The Vajra Bear, which had recently reached ten thousand years of cultivation, chased Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing as they ran.

Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing fled from a ten-thousand-year Vajra Bear, but Ye Chen turned to his control skills and Gatling gun to fight back. After wounding the bear and blinding one eye, he ran again when his ammunition ran out, prepared to use his final trump card if the chase continued.

• Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing used their speed and the forest terrain to escape the pursuing Vajra Bear.
• Ye Chen imprisoned the bear with his First Soul Skill and shot it with his Gatling gun, but the bullets only caused shallow wounds.
• The enraged Vajra Bear charged again, and Ye Chen controlled it with his Second Soul Skill before shooting its eye.
• Ye Chen ran with Zhu Zhuqing after his bullet chain ran out, since his first two Soul Skills were on cooldown.

Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing found a suitable Netherworld Spirit Cat in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing its Soul Ring. During the absorption, an External Soul Bone appeared as a tail, leaving Ye Chen surprised.

• The injured Vajra Bear broke free from Ye Chen's Fixed Awareness but abandoned its pursuit out of fear.
• Ye Chen and Zhu Zhuqing camped in the Inner Area, where Ye Chen took the first night watch.
• Ye Chen detected a Netherworld Spirit Cat over two thousand five hundred years old and called Zhu Zhuqing out.
• Ye Chen confined the Netherworld Spirit Cat, and Zhu Zhuqing killed it to obtain its purple Soul Ring.
• As Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Soul Ring, a purple-black tail emerged from her body, revealing an External Soul Bone.

After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed her Third Soul Ring and an External Soul Bone, Ye Chen explained its abilities and decided to find her a suitable immortal herb before they returned to the academy. The two stayed in the Star Dou Great Forest, with Ye Chen planning to buy a dark-attribute herb from the System Shop.

• Zhu Zhuqing finished absorbing the Netherworld Spirit Cat Soul Ring and tail External Soul Bone, raising her Soul Power to level 33.
• Ye Chen told Zhu Zhuqing that her tail was an External Soul Bone and learned its Netherworld Raid skill doubled all kinds of speed.
• Ye Chen stroked Zhu Zhuqing's sensitive tail, making her blush, then let go after she said it tickled.
• After Zhu Zhuqing ate, she asked to return to the academy the next morning, but Ye Chen said they might stay in the Star Dou Great Forest longer.
• Ye Chen planned to buy Zhu Zhuqing a suitable dark-attribute immortal herb from the System Shop rather than risk taking one from Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Ye Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing a Netherworld Immortal Sesame, which raised her Soul Power to level 40 and evolved her Netherworld Spirit Cat Martial Soul. Afterward, Ye Chen confessed his feelings, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted him as her boyfriend.

• Ye Chen praised Zhu Zhuqing's breakfast, then gave her the Netherworld Immortal Sesame he had bought from the system shop.
• Ye Chen explained how immortal herbs could improve cultivation and revealed that one had transformed his own talent; Zhu Zhuqing then ate the herb.
• After most of the day passed, Zhu Zhuqing woke with her Soul Power at level 40 and her Netherworld Spirit Cat evolved into a top-tier Martial Soul.
• Ye Chen teased Zhu Zhuqing, asked her to be his girlfriend, and she accepted.
• Ye Chen embraced and kissed Zhu Zhuqing, promised to protect her, and joked about bullying her to have children.