Chapter Summaries

Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu shared dinner and a late-night walk, where she asked for three days before he confessed his feelings. After Li Chen arrived in Mingdu promising a cheat item to help Long Xiaoyao, Long Xiaoyao drove him toward West Mountain, unaware that two figures were waiting at the tunnel entrance.

• Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu ate at the restaurant run by her parents, who quietly worried about her dating someone as prominent as War God Long.
• During their walk by the river, Long Xiaoyao shared his ambitions, including becoming master of the War God Temple and fighting the Abyss, while Ye Zhaolu kept her own plans to herself.
• When Long Xiaoyao started to confess that he liked Ye Zhaolu, she stopped him and asked him to give her three days; he agreed.
• Long Xiaoyao discovered Li Chen had called to say he had arrived in Mingdu with a cheat item, then picked him up and drove toward West Mountain.
• Two figures waiting at the West Mountain tunnel entrance saw Long Xiaoyao's car arrive and smiled coldly.

Li Chen told Long Xiaoyao that he and Ye Zhaolu were reincarnated lovers and offered to awaken their past-life memories, but Long Xiaoyao refused after learning who he had been. When Dark Phoenix and Dark Bell ambushed them, Long Xiaoyao sent Li Chen to safety and decided to use the Dream Memory Hammer to draw on his past-life strength.

• Li Chen revealed that Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu were reincarnated and that the Dream Memory Hammer could restore their past-life memories.
• Long Xiaoyao learned he had been the infamous Long Xiaoyao and refused to recover his memories, saying he wanted to be a good man in this life.
• Dark Bell and Dark Phoenix ambushed Long Xiaoyao and Li Chen at the West Mountain Tunnel exit, injuring Long Xiaoyao with a sonic attack.
• Long Xiaoyao hurled Li Chen out of the tunnel and stayed behind to face the two Dark Heavenly Kings.
• Seeing the Dream Memory Hammer near the tunnel exit, Long Xiaoyao resolved to use it and borrow the Darkness Dragon Emperor's combat abilities to survive.

Long Xiaoyao was ambushed in the West Mountain Tunnel by Leng Yulai and Na Nali, who planned to take him to the Holy Spirit Cult and turn him into an Evil Soul Master. After striking himself with the Dream Memory Hammer, he recovered his past-life memories and unleashed a far stronger Dark Holy Dragon presence, shocking his attackers.

• Na Nali used her bell to attack the tunnel’s occupants, killing the trapped civilians as Long Xiaoyao fought to protect himself.
• Long Xiaoyao donned his Black Dragon Heaven Battle Armor and used his Darkness Domain, but Leng Yulai’s Divine Shuttle of Space and Time let her evade it and break his right hand.
• Na Nali and Leng Yulai overpowered Long Xiaoyao and revealed that Cai Yue'er had helped arrange his capture for the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Long Xiaoyao pretended to surrender on the condition that they help him kill Cai Yue'er, then retrieved Li Chen’s Dream Memory Hammer from the tunnel entrance.
• Long Xiaoyao struck himself with the hammer, regained memories of his past life, and awakened a much denser Dark Holy Dragon presence that left Na Nali and Leng Yulai stunned.

Long Xiaoyao fought off Na Nali and Leng Yulai until reinforcements arrived, then collapsed from exhaustion. Meanwhile, Ye Zhaolu began a risky Martial Soul reconstruction surgery, and Cai Yue'er entered the research building.

• Long Xiaoyao's altered Darkness Domain and strengthened defenses let him overpower Na Nali and withstand Leng Yulai's attacks.
• Leng Yulai and Na Nali fled through a hidden passage when reinforcements arrived, abandoning their plan.
• Yu Guanzhi ordered Mingdu sealed and searched for the Holy Spirit Cult attackers, while Li Chen found his Dream Memory Hammer and wondered if Long Xiaoyao had recovered his memories.
• Ye Zhaolu began Martial Soul reconstruction surgery to remove her evil second Martial Soul, while thinking of her past life with Long Xiaoyao.
• Cai Yue'er entered the Federal Research Institute's laboratory building as Ye Zhaolu's surgery began.

Cai Yue'er barged into the Federal Research Institute and found Ye Zhaolu undergoing an experimental Martial Soul reconstruction. After killing Ye Zhaolu’s assistant, A Lan, Cai Yue'er branded Ye Zhaolu an Evil Soul Master and arrested her, leaving Ye Zhaolu powerless and furious at Shrek.

• Cai Yue'er entered the Federal Research Institute after her plan to capture Long Xiaoyao failed and feared the Dark Heavenly Kings might be caught.
• Ye Zhaolu and her assistant, A Lan, began the first official Martial Soul reconstruction experiment by weakening Ye Zhaolu’s Blood-Red Demon Puppet.
• Cai Yue'er kicked open the laboratory door and accused Ye Zhaolu of being an Evil Soul Master.
• Cai Yue'er killed A Lan, seized the powerless Ye Zhaolu, and ordered the Shrek Law Enforcement Team to take over the institute.
• Cai Yue'er put Ye Zhaolu in a car, while Ye Zhaolu silently questioned whether this was truly Shrek.

After Cai Yue'er arrested Ye Zhaolu and accused her of being an Evil Soul Master, Li Chen searched Ye Zhaolu's laboratory and found a damaged recording suggesting she had been trying to remove her evil Martial Soul. Long Xiaoyao woke and learned of the charges, then rushed out to confront Cai Yue'er.

• Shrek released footage of Cai Yue'er arresting Ye Zhaolu, and news of the arrest spread across the Soul Net.
• Li Chen told Li Yuntian that Ye Zhaolu might have an evil Martial Soul without being an Evil Soul Master, then went to investigate her laboratory while his father headed to the Federation Court.
• Li Chen found the laboratory in disarray and recovered a miniature recorder showing Ye Zhaolu undergoing a Martial Soul reconstruction experiment to rid herself of her evil Martial Soul.
• Li Chen transferred the damaged footage to his communicator and uploaded it to the cloud before seeking help to repair the recorder.
• Long Xiaoyao woke, read the news accusing Ye Zhaolu of plotting the attack on him, and charged out to confront Cai Yue'er.

At the Federation Court, Yu Guanzhi delayed Ye Zhaolu’s trial despite Chen Xinjie and Long Yeyue pushing for her execution. In the underground prison, Cai Yue'er tried to force Ye Zhaolu to implicate Long Xiaoyao, but Ye Zhaolu refused, and Cai Yue'er learned that Long Xiaoyao had come to break someone out.

• Chen Xinjie and Long Yeyue backed sentencing Ye Zhaolu to death, while Yu Guanzhi objected and demanded a fuller investigation.
• Yu Guanzhi secured a delay until the afternoon, privately hoping Li Chen would deliver evidence before the trial resumed.
• Cai Yue'er pressured the tortured Ye Zhaolu to accuse Long Xiaoyao of conspiring with the Holy Spirit Cult, but Ye Zhaolu refused.
• Ye Zhaolu condemned Cai Yue'er for her possessiveness and lack of conscience, provoking Cai Yue'er to order that her tongue be cut out.
• A messenger warned Cai Yue'er that Long Xiaoyao had arrived to break someone out of prison.

Long Xiaoyao stormed the Federation Court to rescue Ye Zhaolu, overcoming Chen Xinjie and Long Yeyue by burning the Dark Holy Dragon’s origin and reaching level 99. He pierced Ye Zhaolu and Cai Yue'er with one strike, killing Cai Yue'er while saving Ye Zhaolu, then fled with her.

• Long Xiaoyao recognized Ye Zhaolu’s parents outside the Federation Court, promised to rescue their daughter, and flew toward the prison as Chen Xinjie and Long Yeyue confronted him.
• Long Xiaoyao fought Chen Xinjie, burned the Dark Holy Dragon’s origin to reach level 99, broke through Chen Xinjie’s sea wall, and forced his way into the court.
• Yu Guanzhi dragged Chen Xinjie away, while Long Xiaoyao struck Long Yeyue down and reached Ye Zhaolu’s cell, where Cai Yue'er held her hostage.
• Long Xiaoyao dismissed the accusation that Ye Zhaolu was an Evil Soul Master, crushed a Shrek Titled Douluo, and told Ye Zhaolu to trust him.
• Long Xiaoyao pierced Ye Zhaolu and Cai Yue'er with his Dark Dragon Claw, destroying Cai Yue'er's Soul Core, then carried Ye Zhaolu away into the sky.

Long Xiaoyao escaped the courthouse with Ye Zhaolu after killing Cai Yue'er and the Shrek Law Enforcement Team. Long Yeyue demanded action against the Dark Heavenly Kings, and Yun Ming set off for Mingdu as Long Xiaoyao headed toward a crowded residential district.

• Long Yeyue found Cai Yue'er dying after Long Xiaoyao's attack, and Cai Yue'er warned that the two Heavenly Kings had been brought there by her before she died.
• Long Yeyue demanded that Chen Xinjie prioritize apprehending Long Xiaoyao, and he ordered the War God Temple's War Gods to pursue him.
• Long Yeyue brought Cai Yue'er's body to the courthouse and blamed the Federation and Yu Guanzhi for the disaster.
• Long Yeyue told Yun Ming what had happened, and he announced that he would travel to Mingdu with Ya Li.
• Yun Ming warned the Sea God Pavilion Elders to guard Shrek, while Zhuo Shi vowed to punish Long Xiaoyao.
• Long Xiaoyao flew away with Ye Zhaolu and descended toward a densely populated district on Mingdu's outer ring.

Long Xiaoyao rescued Ye Zhaolu from the Federation Court and hid with her in Mingdu, where she recovered hope after learning Li Chen had found evidence that could clear her name. Li Chen brought that evidence to the court and accused Cai Yue'er of fabricating the case, leaving the assembled leaders stunned.

• Long Xiaoyao escaped pursuit with Ye Zhaolu, hid in an underground market, and freed her from the tracking chains.
• Ye Zhaolu told Long Xiaoyao she could recover using Phoenix Nirvana, while he suffered the consequences of burning his origin to escape.
• Long Xiaoyao contacted Li Chen, who revealed that he had recovered a recording proving Ye Zhaolu's Martial Soul Reshaping Surgery was real.
• Li Chen said he would submit the recording to the Federation's parliamentary speaker and urged Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu to remain hidden.
• Li Chen entered the court's conference room and accused Cai Yue'er of abusing her authority and fabricating evidence against Ye Zhaolu, shocking Long Yeyue and the other officials.

Li Chen revealed evidence that Cai Yue'er had colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult and framed Ye Zhaolu, plunging Shrek into scandal. Yun Ming stripped Long Yeyue of her deputy pavilion master position and left to investigate and pursue the two Dark Heavenly Kings.

• Li Chen presented footage of Ye Zhaolu performing Martial Soul reshaping surgery, then showed Cai Yue'er admitting she had wanted Long Xiaoyao killed and had discovered an Evil Soul Master.
• The Federation officials realized Cai Yue'er had framed Ye Zhaolu and arranged the attack on Long Xiaoyao, while Ao Rui demanded that the pursuit end and Shrek be held accountable.
• Long Yeyue denounced Li Chen and destroyed his communicator and the projection screen, but he revealed that the video had been backed up and would be released to news outlets.
• Yun Ming stopped Long Yeyue from attacking Li Chen, slapped her, stripped her of her deputy pavilion master position, and ordered her to return to Shrek for punishment.
• Yun Ming recommended rescinding the warrants for Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu and vowed to investigate the matter and capture the two Dark Heavenly Kings.

After Li Chen’s video exposed Cai Yue’er’s crimes, Ya Li devised a plan to distance Shrek from her and take responsibility for calming the public. As protests spread and Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie captured the Dark Heavenly Kings, Leng Yaozhu recognized Leng Yulai as her long-lost younger sister.

• Yun Ming argued with Long Yeyue about her plan to suppress the video by force, and Ya Li persuaded them to cut ties with Cai Yue’er and contain the damage.
• Ya Li assigned Long Yeyue to leave the Sea God Pavilion, Yun Ming to capture the Dark Heavenly Kings, and herself to apologize to the public and negotiate with the Federation.
• Media outlets across the Federation and other continents published Li Chen’s video, causing Shrek and Cai Yue’er to face widespread outrage and ridicule.
• Crowds in Mingdu demanded that Shrek be held accountable and that the wanted notice against Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu be rescinded, and the pair celebrated their survival.
• Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie cornered Dark Bell and Dark Phoenix, and Leng Yaozhu recognized Leng Yulai as her missing younger sister.

Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie captured the Dark Heavenly Kings Leng Yulai and Na Nali after using a hostage negotiation to catch them off guard. The public apology and Leng Yaozhu’s family connection to Leng Yulai left the Shrek Academy and Spirit Pagoda scrambling to protect their reputations.

• Leng Yaozhu recognized her younger sister Leng Yulai among the encircled Dark Heavenly Kings, while Yun Ming warned her to stay back and keep the perimeter secure.
• Na Nali demanded safe passage in exchange for releasing the residents she and Leng Yulai held hostage, and Yun Ming pretended to agree.
• Yun Ming trapped both women with Atlas Domain as Chen Xinjie shielded the hostages, and the two Quasi-Gods swiftly defeated and captured the Dark Heavenly Kings.
• Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie apologized to the cameras, while Leng Yaozhu learned that Qiangu Dongfeng wanted her to publicly disown Leng Yulai.
• Leng Yaozhu crushed her phone, then joined Yun Ming and Chen Xinjie in bowing to the cameras as Li Chen and Gu Yue watched the broadcast.

After completing Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu’s Reincarnation and Renewal of Fate mission, Li Chen gained a major Soul Power boost and discovered his dragon bloodline had evolved. Gu Yue guessed that contact with reincarnated people caused the change and decided to search for more of them.

• Li Chen returned home after presenting his evidence, and Gu Yue heard his account of the incident.
• Li Chen’s Soul Power rose to rank 39, his Reincarnation and Renewal of Fate cooldown fell to one month, and he saved his 1,500 Marriage Fate Coins for later.
• Ya Li apologized publicly for the West Mountain Tunnel tragedy and promised compensation and an internal investigation, while Gu Yue criticized Shrek.
• Gu Yue sensed that Li Chen’s dragon bloodline had evolved and examined the dark dragon power he revealed.
• Gu Yue linked Li Chen’s evolution to his contact with the reincarnated Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu, then resolved to search for other reincarnated people.

Li Chen condensed his fourth Soul Ring and discovered that its Soul Skill could make Gu Yue fall in love with him. After the skill briefly overwhelmed her, Gu Yue decided to keep testing the emotion so she could better understand humanity.

• With Mingdu on high alert, Gu Yue told Li Chen to condense his fourth Soul Ring and offered to stand guard.
• Li Chen used his hundred-year Lone Bamboo Soul Spirit to form a yellow fourth Soul Ring.
• Li Chen revealed that his fourth Soul Skill, Yue Lao's Matchmaking Thread, could briefly make two people fall in love, and Gu Yue asked him to try it on her.
• The Soul Skill overwhelmed Gu Yue, who embraced Li Chen and nearly kissed him before Long Xiaoyao walked in and startled her back to her senses.
• Gu Yue left in embarrassment, then decided to have Li Chen use the skill on her again so she could understand humanity's emotions.

Li Chen told Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu that his rapid rise to Soul Ancestor came from a secret Divine Test, while Ye Zhaolu hoped it might help Long Xiaoyao recover his prospects. They discussed the success of Martial Soul Reshaping Surgery and warned that unrestricted access could let the powerful widen social inequality by giving their children stronger Martial Souls.

• Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu visited Li Chen, learned he had become a Soul Ancestor, and agreed to keep his Divine Test secret.
• Ye Zhaolu asked Li Chen whether his Divine Test could help Long Xiaoyao overcome the damage that had left him stuck at rank 97, but Li Chen said he did not know how he had obtained it.
• Long Xiaoyao described the Federation's penalties against Shrek and Cai Yue'er for the incident, while Ye Zhaolu condemned the harm done to his future.
• Long Xiaoyao announced that Ye Zhaolu's Martial Soul Reshaping Surgery had succeeded and that the Federation had begun researching the technology.
• Ye Zhaolu warned that people might use the surgery to create stronger Martial Souls, and Li Chen explained that wealthy families could gain an advantage unless the technology was strictly controlled.
• Long Xiaoyao understood that unchecked reshaping could let the powerful produce armies of elite warriors, while Li Chen said they would have to take the issue one step at a time.

Long Xiaoyao and Ye Zhaolu left after promising to keep Li Chen’s God of Love Divine Test secret, and Long Xiaoyao thanked him for helping them reincarnate. Li Yuntian reported the political fallout from the Shrek incident, while Li Chen later discovered his Tree of Sorrow cooldown had ended and activated its three Soul Skills again.

• Long Xiaoyao asked Li Chen whether he had helped Long Xiaoyao and Xishui reincarnate ten thousand years earlier, and Li Chen confirmed it.
• Li Yuntian told Li Chen that Long Yeyue had been removed from her post, Chen Xinjie had been suspended, and Shrek’s Law Enforcement Team had been disbanded.
• Li Yuntian gave Li Chen the materials and ten-thousand-year Soul Bone Yun Ming had sent as thanks for providing evidence.
• Li Chen asked whether his father planned to move against the Spirit Pagoda, and Li Yuntian said he could not challenge it for now.
• The next morning, Li Chen found that his Tree of Sorrow cooldown had ended and activated all three Soul Skills, opening a spatial gate.

Li Chen entered the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where Tang San forced Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er to duel over Huo Yuhao. After Wang Dong'er sacrificed herself, Li Chen revealed himself as the God of Love and offered them a chance to reincarnate with Huo Yuhao; the chapter ended with Li Chen checking whether Huo Yuhao still existed in his spacetime.

• Li Chen arrived in the Far North and discovered Wang Dong'er and Wang Qiu'er facing each other in the Qiankun Asking Love Valley, while Tang San watched from above.
• Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er fought over Huo Yuhao, but neither was willing to kill the other until Tang San demanded one of them die.
• Wang Dong'er struck herself and died, prompting Huo Yuhao and Wang Qiu'er to reject Tang San's demand that they be together.
• Li Chen appeared as the God of Love, offered Huo Yuhao a chance to reincarnate beyond Tang San's control, and revealed that Tang San had been manipulating them.
• Huo Yuhao swore to reunite with Wang Dong'er in another life, and Wang Qiu'er chose to reincarnate with them; Li Chen took all three away.
• Li Chen returned to his spacetime and used his communicator to check whether Spirit Ice Douluo Huo Yuhao still existed.

After discovering that Yue Dong'er was officially listed as dead despite appearing in Huo Yuhao's study, Li Chen suspected the Angel Clan was hiding a scheme and decided to reach the Star Luo Continent to investigate the reincarnated people there. Gu Yue agreed to take him, planning to tell Leng Yaozhu that an elder from her clan was taking her traveling and to visit the Star Dou Great Forest as well.

• Li Chen searched the Soul Net and found that Di Qiu'er and Huo Yuyao were alive, while Yue Dong'er was officially recorded as killed during a mission against Evil Soul Masters.
• Li Chen suspected Yue Zhengen was plotting something after seeing Yue Dong'er secretly communicate with someone in Huo Yuhao's study, and worried about how to bring Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er's reincarnations together.
• Li Chen decided he needed to travel to the Star Luo Continent but ruled out asking his father, Li Yuntian, or Brother Long because of political and security concerns.
• Li Chen told Gu Yue that his Tree of Sorrow could sense reincarnated people and that he believed some might be on the Star Luo Continent.
• Gu Yue agreed to take Li Chen to the Star Luo Continent after arranging an excuse with Leng Yaozhu, and said they would also visit the Star Dou Great Forest.