Chapter Summaries

Tian Chen sent Ma Hongjun to fight Dai Mubai at the Soto Great Soul Arena, where Dai Mubai had entered a match to vent his anger after Zhu Zhuqing rebuffed him. The chapter ended with both Soul Elders facing off, as the Shrek group learned Ma Hongjun wielded a Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.

• Tian Chen summoned Ma Hongjun to his VIP room and ordered him to fight the strongest Soul Elder opponent without holding back.
• Manager Ao arranged Ma Hongjun's match at Tian Chen's request, despite Ning Rongrong also seeking a strong opponent from the arena.
• Dai Mubai signed up for a one-on-one match after Zhu Zhuqing ignored him, while Oscar also registered to impress Ning Rongrong.
• The announcer introduced Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun as the next opponents, revealing that Ma Hongjun possessed a Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Tang San and the others grew serious at the revelation, while Ning Rongrong watched the matchup with a pleased, mocking smile.

Ma Hongjun faced Dai Mubai in a Soul Fighting match, revealing his purified Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and superior rank thirty-nine cultivation. The fight began with Ma Hongjun countering Dai Mubai’s opening attacks and taking to the air.

• Ma Hongjun entered the platform, and Dai Mubai asked his age before calling him Little Fatty.
• Ma Hongjun angrily rejected Dai Mubai’s nickname and threatened to kill him.
• Dai Mubai possessed his White Tiger Martial Soul, while Ma Hongjun revealed his Fire Phoenix and its instinctive fiery wings.
• The host began the Soul Fighting, and Dai Mubai used his first and second Soul Skills to try to stop Ma Hongjun from flying.
• Ma Hongjun strengthened his defenses and fire attacks with his second Soul Skill, overwhelmed Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and flew above the arena.

Ma Hongjun overwhelmed Dai Mubai in their Soul Fight with his Phoenix flames and defeated him with Flame Dance. The chapter ended with Ma Hongjun declared the winner and demanding to go eat.

• Ma Hongjun's Explosive Flame Breath forced Dai Mubai to defend himself with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave while Tang San sensed that Ma Hongjun's martial soul countered his own.
• Ning Rongrong praised Ma Hongjun and considered recruiting him into the sect as he kept attacking Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai, running low on soul power, activated his third soul skill while Ma Hongjun unleashed his own third skill, Flame Dance.
• Ma Hongjun's flaming wings blocked Dai Mubai's attacks and struck him down, leaving him charred and defeated.
• The announcer declared Ma Hongjun the winner, and Ma Hongjun complained that he was in a hurry to eat.

After Dai Mubai lost his match, Ning Rongrong mocked him for his behavior toward Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar went after her. In the VIP corridor, Tian Chen invited Ning Rongrong into his room while Oscar watched jealously and shattered a crystal wall.

• Tang San helped the injured Dai Mubai recover, while Oscar gave him sausages to aid his healing.
• Dai Mubai provoked Zhu Zhuqing by announcing he would visit the twins, and Ning Rongrong mocked him before leaving.
• Dai Mubai tried to attack Ning Rongrong but lacked the Soul Power, so Tang San helped him leave to recover.
• Oscar went to find Ning Rongrong and spotted her speaking with Tian Chen outside VIP room one.
• Tian Chen noticed black Qi in Ning Rongrong's eyes, then took her into his room as Oscar watched.
• Oscar punched and shattered the crystal wall, drawing the attention of the Soul Fighting Arena stewards.

Oscar was detained after breaking an expensive crystal wall at the Soto Great Soul Arena, while Ning Rongrong grew closer to Tian Chen and later rejected Oscar’s attempt to question her. Oscar was left alone with the realization that their differences in status had always stood between them.

• Manager Ao told Oscar the damaged amethyst cost a thousand Gold Soul Coins and ordered him detained until he could pay, so Oscar asked for his friends to be notified.
• Ning Rongrong drank with Tian Chen, forgave him for what happened in Spirit City, and asked him to call her Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong left Tian Chen’s VIP room to take part in a two-on-two Soul Fight, and Tian Chen sent Ma Hongjun back to cultivate.
• On the walk back to Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong thought about Tian Chen while Oscar silently brooded over her.
• Oscar stopped Ning Rongrong at the academy and asked who had taken her into a room, but she rebuked him for questioning her and walked away.
• Oscar watched Ning Rongrong leave and muttered that he was only a poor boy of common birth.

Tian Chen prepared to take Ma Hongjun and Doudou to the Star Dou Great Forest for Soul Rings after both reached the required levels. After strengthening Ma Hongjun’s physique with the Gold of Life, Tian Chen set out with them the next morning.

• Tian Chen learned that Ma Hongjun had reached Level 40 and that Doudou had reached Level 30, making a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest possible.
• Wu Zi reported that Oscar had broken through to Level 30 and that Ning Rongrong and Oscar had argued; Tian Chen told Wu Zi to inform Third Grandfather of the planned trip.
• Tian Chen advised Ma Hongjun to seek an area-locking Soul Skill for his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Tian Chen used the Gold of Life to nourish Ma Hongjun’s physique over ten to twelve hours.
• Tian Chen and Doudou spent the night together.
• Tian Chen, Ma Hongjun, and Doudou left Suotuo City by carriage for the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tian Chen arrived at a hotel near the Star Dou Great Forest and found Ning Rongrong and the Shrek group there. After Dai Mubai provoked him, Ma Hongjun struck Dai Mubai back, and Tian Chen challenged the whole group to attack him together.

• Tian Chen reached the hotel with Ma Hongjun, Wu Zi, and Doudou, sensing Ning Rongrong nearby through his Origin Evil Energy.
• Tian Chen spotted Ning Rongrong and the Shrek group in the dining hall, where the group sat in a tense mood.
• Dai Mubai insulted Tian Chen and Doudou, prompting Oscar to remind him of his past pursuit of Doudou.
• Ma Hongjun attacked Dai Mubai, and their clash sent Dai Mubai staggering backward and shattered a table.
• Tian Chen stopped Ma Hongjun and invited the entire Shrek group to come outside and attack him together.

Tian Chen faced Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing outside the hotel and overwhelmed their coordinated attack without releasing his Martial Soul. Zhao Wuji intervened after Tian Chen incapacitated Xiao Wu, suppressed Dai Mubai, and shattered Tang San’s wrist, but Tian Chen’s strength still gave him pause.

• Tian Chen waited outside the hotel as Tang San planned for Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to attack him together.
• Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing used their Martial Souls and Soul Skills, but Tian Chen swept away their attacks and evaded their charge.
• Tian Chen’s shout suppressed Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Martial Soul and forced him to his knees.
• Tian Chen countered Xiao Wu’s Charm, leaving her unconscious, then struck Tang San and shattered his wrist despite Zhao Wuji grabbing his arm.
• Zhao Wuji confronted Tian Chen and realized that even using eighty percent of his strength, he could not fully restrain Tian Chen’s punch.

Tian Chen ended the confrontation with Shrek Academy after Ning Rongrong intervened, while the group’s distrust of her grew. The next morning, Tian Chen and his companions entered the Star Dou Great Forest to search for suitable Soul Beasts.

• Tian Chen mocked Shrek Academy for starting the fight and failing to handle its consequences, then agreed to stop because Ning Rongrong asked him to.
• Ning Rongrong tried to help Tang San support the unconscious Xiao Wu, but Tang San declined, and Zhu Zhuqing began distancing herself from Ning Rongrong.
• Xiao Wu woke and told Tang San that Tian Chen had held back; Tang San realized he had been caught in an attack meant for Dai Mubai.
• Tian Chen and his companions spent the night at the hotel, then set out for the Star Dou Great Forest early the next morning while the Shrek group had already left.
• Tian Chen, his two companions, and Wu Zi entered the Star Dou Great Forest and began searching for suitable Soul Beasts.

Tian Chen led Wu Zi, Doudou, and Ma Hongjun through the Star Dou Great Forest in search of a suitable flying Soul Beast for Doudou. They encountered a ten-thousand-year Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Dog that Tian Chen wanted for Ma Hongjun, and he left it unconscious with Destruction Intent.

• Tian Chen used Spirit Hall’s map to guide the group toward a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent gathering ground near the Mixed Zone.
• Tian Chen warned Wu Zi that ten-thousand-year Soul Beasts might appear and told him to focus on protecting Hongjun and Doudou.
• Tian Chen and Wu Zi spotted a Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Dog that had devoured three over-thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpents.
• The Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Dog attacked the group, and Tian Chen stopped Wu Zi from intervening.
• Tian Chen used Destruction Intent to invade the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Dog’s Sea of Consciousness and knock it unconscious.

Tian Chen helped Ma Hongjun begin absorbing the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Dog’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, while discovering that the beast had dropped three identical Head Soul Bones. The chapter left Tian Chen considering fusing the Soul Bones into one far more powerful bone as Ma Hongjun’s absorption continued.

• Tian Chen warned Ma Hongjun that absorbing the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring could be dangerous, but Ma Hongjun resolved to take the risk.
• Ma Hongjun killed the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Dog, and Tian Chen erased the three souls lingering around its Soul Ring before Ma Hongjun began absorbing it.
• Ma Hongjun endured the first dangerous hour of absorption, while Wu Zi stood guard and Tian Chen put away the beast’s corpse.
• Tian Chen found a Head Soul Bone inside each of the Three-Headed Scarlet Demon Dog’s three heads.
• Tian Chen recognized that the three identical Soul Bones could be fused into a single exceptionally powerful Soul Bone.

Tian Chen waited for Ma Hongjun to finish absorbing his Fourth Soul Ring, then encountered a powerful woman and a girl whose Star Crown Martial Soul resembled his own. The girl, Muqiu, was ordered to test Tian Chen’s Martial Soul, leaving him startled by their apparent connection.

• Tian Chen stored three Soul Bones and planned to find a fusion-property Soul Bone so he could fuse them later.
• Ma Hongjun finished absorbing his Fourth Soul Ring and showed off his four Soul Rings before asking Tian Chen to keep his promise.
• Tian Chen and Ma Hongjun ate together, and Ma Hongjun’s look toward Doudou prompted Tian Chen to challenge him to a spar.
• A powerful older woman and a golden-haired girl appeared before Tian Chen and his companions, and Ma Hongjun remarked that the girl resembled Tian Chen.
• The woman called the girl Muqiu and told her to test Tian Chen’s Martial Soul, so Muqiu revealed her Star Crown and Tian Chen recognized the diamond-shaped gem as identical to the one on his forehead.

Muqiu’s attempt to test Tian Chen ended when Xu Wanqing recognized the Star Crown he carried as a token from her past with Tian E. After Doudou obtained her Soul Ring, Tian Chen sent her and Ma Hongjun back to Spirit City while he stayed behind to watch for the Titan Giant Ape.

• Muqiu used her Star Guidance Technique against Tian Chen, but he dissolved its golden light with his Soul Power.
• Xu Wanqing stopped Muqiu after recognizing the golden crocodile embroidery on Tian Chen’s robe and asked about Tian E.
• Tian Chen showed Xu Wanqing the Star Crown Tian E had given him and explained that Tian E was his grandfather.
• Xu Wanqing identified herself and Muqiu, accepted the crown as the Star Crown Sect master’s authority token, and asked Tian Chen to tell Tian E to visit her.
• Tian Chen and his companions caught a thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Doudou completed her Soul Ring fusion the next morning.
• Tian Chen gave Ma Hongjun a letter for his grandfather, then sent Ma Hongjun and Doudou out of the forest with Wu Zi while he stayed to await the Titan Giant Ape.

A Titan Giant Ape attacked the Shrek Academy group while Tang San and Oscar absorbed their Soul Rings, and Zhao Wuji was badly injured trying to protect them. As the beast seized Xiao Wu and left, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing vanished in a flash of silver light, while Tang San and Oscar lay unconscious.

• Zhao Wuji sensed danger and raised his Martial Soul as a Titan Giant Ape charged the group.
• Zhao Wuji used Martial Soul Avatar to block the beast’s punch, but the blow hurled him away and left him gravely injured.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the students to scatter, and Dai Mubai activated his White Tiger abilities and fled alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing charged the Titan Giant Ape, but a black shock wave struck as Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing disappeared in intense silver light.
• The Titan Giant Ape’s shock wave interrupted Tang San and Oscar’s Soul Ring absorption, knocking both unconscious.
• Xiao Wu recognized the Titan Giant Ape as Er Ming, but Er Ming ignored her protest, grabbed her, and left.

After learning that Da Ming had died, Xiao Wu left the wounded Er Ming to return to Tang San. Tian Chen rescued Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, then spotted a rare Heavenly Dragon Horse and decided to capture it before the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan could get it.

• Er Ming told Xiao Wu that Da Ming had been killed by powerful human Soul Masters and had become a Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Xiao Wu insisted on returning to the unconscious Tang San, and Er Ming set her down before walking away with a visible wound.
• Tian Chen stopped hiding after the Titan Giant Ape left and set the unconscious Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing beside a tree.
• Tian Chen recognized the approaching golden Soul Beast as a Heavenly Dragon Horse with pure Radiant Sacred Dragon blood.
• Tian Chen decided to capture the Heavenly Dragon Horse as a mount and keep it from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Tian Chen encountered Xu Wanqing and Xu Muqiu while they captured a Heavenly Dragon Horse for Xu Muqiu to absorb. Xu Wanqing revealed that she was Tian Chen’s grandaunt, and that he carried the Star Crown Sect bloodline.

• Tian Chen spread his Evil God Domain, causing the approaching Heavenly Dragon Horse to stop and recoil from its evil presence.
• Xu Muqiu trapped the Heavenly Dragon Horse with her Fourth Soul Skill, Star’s Protection, and Xu Wanqing knocked it unconscious so Xu Muqiu could absorb its Soul Ring.
• Xu Wanqing sensed Tian Chen’s domain and decided to approach him, aware that he was a blood relative and that the Titan Giant Ape was nearby.
• Xu Wanqing brought Xu Muqiu to Tian Chen, where they noticed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing unconscious behind him.
• Xu Wanqing told Tian Chen to call her grandaunt and explained that his grandmother was her elder sister and that he carried the Star Crown Sect bloodline.

Xu Wanqing revealed that she and Xu Muqiu were Tian Chen’s blood relatives and offered him the Golden Radiance Right Arm Bone, which he refused because his Martial Soul had mutated and he already possessed a right arm bone. Xu Muqiu began absorbing the Heavenly Dragon Horse’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, while Tian Chen stayed behind to speak with Xu Wanqing.

• Tian Chen concluded that Xu Wanqing and Xu Muqiu were his blood relatives after hearing Xu Wanqing’s account.
• Xu Wanqing offered Tian Chen the Golden Radiance Right Arm Bone, a fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone kept for his grandmother’s descendant.
• Tian Chen demonstrated his corrosive black-purple Soul Power and declined the Soul Bone, urging Xu Wanqing to give it to Xu Muqiu instead.
• Xu Muqiu bristled at Tian Chen’s refusal to explain his power, and Xu Wanqing sent her to absorb her fifth Soul Ring.
• Xu Muqiu killed the ten-thousand-year Heavenly Dragon Horse and prepared to absorb its Soul Ring, intending to resume her Soul Fighting match with Tian Chen afterward.

Tian Chen revealed the origins of his mutated Martial Soul and his cultivation level to Xu Wanqing while Xu Muqiu absorbed her fifth Soul Ring. After Xu Muqiu succeeded, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong awoke and thanked Tian Chen for saving them, and Xu Wanqing offered Zhu Zhuqing a future connection to the Star Crown Sect.

• Tian Chen told Xu Wanqing that he had absorbed a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring, Soul Bone, and inner core, along with a Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Dragon's Dragon Core.
• Xu Wanqing learned that Tian Chen had reached level sixty-three and considered his potential to help the Star Crown Sect emerge without conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Tian Chen harvested valuable parts from the Heavenly Dragon Horse and shared roasted meat with Xu Wanqing.
• Xu Muqiu finished absorbing her ten-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring and joined Tian Chen and Xu Wanqing for food.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong regained consciousness and thanked Tian Chen for saving them.
• Xu Wanqing recognized Zhu Zhuqing's family background and invited her to visit the Star Crown Sect if she needed help in the future.

Tian Chen's group encountered a vicious Demon Lizard Dragon in the Star Dou Great Forest and found Dai Mubai fleeing from it. As the beast attacked, Dai Mubai deliberately charged toward Tian Chen and the others to draw it onto them.

• Zhao Wuji watched a troop of Star Luo Empire soldiers arrive in town while Tang San and Oscar remained unconscious and Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong were missing.
• Tian Chen traveled through the forest with Xu Wanqing, Xu Muqiu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong, whose newfound closeness to him surprised him.
• Tian Chen's group spotted a Demon Lizard Dragon, whose shriek staggered Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Demon Lizard Dragon charged at the battered Dai Mubai, who used his White Tiger abilities to defend himself.
• Dai Mubai spotted Tian Chen's group and rushed toward them, trying to redirect the Demon Lizard Dragon's attack.

Tian Chen subdued the Demon Lizard Dragon with his Martial Soul and bloodline, then took it as a mount as the group left the Star Dou Great Forest. Outside the nearby town, they met Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun, who greeted Xu Wanqing respectfully, setting up changes to the original story’s plot.

• Tian Chen’s Martial Soul and bloodline caused the Demon Lizard Dragon to stop attacking and submit to him.
• Dai Mubai fled after the Demon Lizard Dragon frightened him, while Xu Wanqing recognized him as a rival to Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s generation.
• Tian Chen decided to keep the Demon Lizard Dragon and rode it with the others out of the forest.
• Outside the town, Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun approached Xu Wanqing and greeted her respectfully.