Chapter Summaries

Cao Yu recruited Ji Juechen to his research institute, then helped Meng Hongchen finish her Level 7 Soul Tool Turret project. After kissing him twice and walking with him along a campus corridor, Meng Hongchen confessed that she liked him.

• Cao Yu recruited Ji Juechen to his research institute, and Ji Juechen agreed to join.
• Meng Hongchen asked Cao Yu to help complete her Soul Tool Turret project, and he agreed.
• Cao Yu engraved the Level 3 and Level 4 arrays while Meng Hongchen handled the other parts of the turret.
• After testing the completed turret, Meng Hongchen kissed Cao Yu twice and called the kisses his reward.
• Meng Hongchen walked with Cao Yu along a campus corridor and firmly told him that she liked him.

Meng Hongchen confessed to Cao Yu, and they began dating after sharing a kiss and spending the evening together. The next day, they worked closely on experiments before Cao Yu started an intensive Soul Engineer training session under Teacher Liu.

• Meng Hongchen asked Cao Yu to be her boyfriend, and he accepted before they kissed and walked her to her dormitory.
• Meng Hongchen hugged Cao Yu once more after he left her at the girls' dormitory, then returned inside as he went back to his room.
• The next morning, Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen met outside Mingde Hall, held hands, and worked together on experiments.
• Xuan Ziwen gave Cao Yu unusual metal plates and told him to take the afternoon's Soul Engineer intensive training seriously.
• Cao Yu arrived at the training area, where Teacher Liu introduced himself as a rank-eight Soul Douluo and Level 8 Soul Engineer before beginning the lessons.

Teacher Liu taught Cao Yu how to carve multiple layers of Soul Guidance Arrays into a thin, shape-memory metal panel, and Cao Yu kept practicing after managing three layers. After class, he walked to dinner with Meng Hongchen, and they shared a playful, affectionate exchange.

• Teacher Liu demonstrated how to carve five layers of acceleration arrays into a thin metal panel and showed Cao Yu the panel's shape-memory properties.
• Cao Yu practiced for an hour and successfully carved three layers, then continued working after class ended.
• He Caitou and the other students left without Cao Yu when Meng Hongchen arrived to join him.
• Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen walked toward the dining hall, teased each other about their dimples, and kissed.

Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen grew closer during a quiet evening by the lake, while Cao Yu continued his formation work and cultivation. Jing Hongchen announced a camping trip for the senior students and urged Cao Yu to treat Meng well, leaving Cao Yu to tease her afterward.

• Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen ate together, then spent the evening embracing and kissing beside the lake without catching any fish.
• Cao Yu completed engraving a five-layer formation under Teacher Liu's guidance and continued cultivating his Soul Power.
• Jing Hongchen gathered the senior students and announced a camping trip, telling them to stay safe and follow their teachers' instructions.
• Jing Hongchen asked Cao Yu about his relationship with Meng Hongchen and told him to treat her well.
• Cao Yu left after hearing Jing Hongchen wish he belonged to Mingde Hall, then told Meng Hongchen that her uncle wanted to marry her off to him.

Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen joined a school trip to Linhai Beach, where they settled into adjoining hotel rooms and spent time with their classmates. Ju Zi and Ke Ke learned that Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen were together, and Ju Zi served Cao Yu extra-spicy skewers while admitting she liked him too.

• Cao Yu teased Meng Hongchen about marrying him before the students left the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy for Linhai Beach under Lin Jiayi's guidance.
• Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen received adjoining rooms at the Linhai Grand Hotel and unpacked before going to the beach.
• Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen found their classmates enjoying the beach, while Ju Zi and Ke Ke prepared a barbecue.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke asked whether Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen were together, and Cao Yu confirmed they had been dating for a few weeks.
• Ju Zi gave Cao Yu extra-spicy skewers, then told Ke Ke that she liked him and that Meng Hongchen had gotten close to him first.

Cao Yu enjoyed a beach outing with Meng Hongchen and raced his companions through the sea before encountering a nearly ninety-thousand-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark. He fled toward shore and warned the others, who escaped and alerted their teacher.

• Cao Yu discovered that his skewers were unusually spicy, cooled his mouth in the sea, and drew attention from Meng Hongchen and other girls on the beach.
• He Caitou, Ye Xiaosheng, Chen Beifeng, and the others challenged Cao Yu to a swimming race toward a rock five hundred meters away.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke discussed Cao Yu’s physique and girlfriend, and Ju Zi concluded that they had underestimated the competition.
• Cao Yu spotted a Demon Soul Great White Shark approaching and realized it was an immensely powerful soul beast, but it did not attack him.
• Cao Yu escaped on his Flying Soul Tool and warned He Caitou and the others about the shark; Ye Xiaosheng and Chen Beifeng confirmed the danger, and the group fled to shore.
• Ye Xiaosheng and Chen Beifeng reached shore first and reported the shark to the teacher standing guard.

After a Demon Soul Great White Shark frightened Cao Yu at the shore, the teachers ended the search and tightened safety measures. Deep underwater, the shark princess Bai Xiuxiu told her parents she had gone to make friends with Cao Yu, who had been scared of her.

• The Demon Soul Great White Shark fled into the deep sea, and Lin Jiayi decided the teachers would not pursue it.
• Lin Jiayi warned the students to stay within a hundred meters of shore and assigned Teacher Liu and Teacher Li to watch the beach more closely.
• Cao Yu wondered why the shark had not attacked him, then teased Meng Hongchen as she chased him along the beach.
• Ju Zi and Ke Ke joked about their envy of Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen.
• Two Demon Soul Great White Sharks escorted Bai Xiuxiu back to the shark king and queen, who questioned her about sneaking away.
• Bai Xiuxiu told her parents she had gone to make friends with Cao Yu, but he had been frightened of her.

Bai Xiuxiu asked her grandfather about humans and resolved to take human form so she could befriend the handsome human blacksmith, despite her family’s warnings. Later, Cao Yu and his companions surfed near the beach and ate dinner at the Linhai Grand Hotel.

• Bai Xiuxiu told the Demon Soul Shark King and Shark Queen that she had encountered a human, while the Demon Soul Great White Sharks reported that five or six Deep Sea Demon Whales had appeared nearby.
• The old king advised the Demon Soul Shark King to attack if the Deep Sea Demon Whales approached, then warned Bai Xiuxiu to be careful around humans.
• Bai Xiuxiu argued that humans and Soul Beasts could be together and said she wanted to take human form to befriend the human blacksmith, prompting the Shark Queen and old king to object.
• Cao Yu made surfboards and taught He Caitou, Ye Xiaosheng, and the others to surf near the beach.
• Cao Yu and his companions returned to the Linhai Grand Hotel for dinner, where he joked that he had learned surfing and swimming in his dreams.

After dinner, Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen returned to their hotel rooms, but Meng Hongchen slipped into his room and persuaded him to share his bed. They spent the night together, and the next morning Meng Hongchen hid a section of the bedding before Cao Yu returned with breakfast.

• After leaving the restaurant, Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen said good night outside their rooms, and Meng Hongchen went back to hers.
• Meng Hongchen knocked on Cao Yu's door, claimed she was afraid to sleep alone, and let herself into his room.
• Meng Hongchen convinced Cao Yu to share the bed, then moved close to him and kissed him.
• At dawn, Meng Hongchen asked Cao Yu to bring breakfast and kissed his cheek before he left.
• While Cao Yu was away, Meng Hongchen cut out and stored a section of the bedding, replaced the pad, and pretended to be asleep.
• Cao Yu returned with breakfast, and he and Meng Hongchen shared an affectionate moment before eating together.

A flock of seabirds drew attention to six freshly dead Deep Sea Demon Whales near Linhai Beach, and Boss Liu arranged to bring the carcasses ashore for their meat. Cao Yu later joined the crowd while his companions teased him about Meng Hongchen.

• Ye Xiaosheng was struck by bird poop, then spotted several black shapes offshore beneath circling seabirds.
• Lin Jiayi identified the carcasses as two Deep Sea Demon Whales over a hundred thousand years old and four over ten thousand years old.
• Boss Liu examined the whales, suspected great white shark-type Soul Beasts had killed them, and ordered hotel employees to haul the carcasses ashore for their meat.
• Ye Xiaosheng and Chen Beifeng accepted Boss Liu's invitation to try whale delicacies that evening.
• Cao Yu invited Meng Hongchen to the beach, but she declined because her legs were sore and privately reflected on his prowess.
• He Caitou and the others teased Cao Yu when he arrived at the beach, hinting that they understood what had happened between him and Meng Hongchen.

Bai Xiuxiu left with the old king to take human form at Black Cliff Cavern, while Ju Zi grew jealous watching Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen together at dinner. That night, someone quietly entered Cao Yu’s room, and he waited with his eyes closed as the visitor approached his bed.

• Bai Xiuxiu confirmed her decision to take human form, and the old king took her toward Black Cliff Cavern with Soul Bones for the transformation.
• Ju Zi watched Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen share a close dinner and grew angry as she imagined she could have been in Meng Hongchen’s place.
• Meng Hongchen invited Cao Yu to visit her parents during the holidays, and he agreed to bring them local specialties.
• Meng Hongchen declined Cao Yu’s invitation to sleep together, saying her legs were still sore, and returned to her room.
• Cao Yu left his door unlocked, and half an hour later someone entered and approached his bed while he pretended to be asleep.

After Cao Yu woke beside Meng Hongchen, he learned she had not been with him the previous night and suspected Ju Zi instead. Ju Zi’s reaction to seeing the stained mattress pad confirmed his suspicion, and Cao Yu chased after her.

• Cao Yu woke alone and joined Meng Hongchen for breakfast, where she denied having slept with him the night before.
• Cao Yu found a red stain on his mattress pad and realized someone other than Meng Hongchen had visited him.
• Cao Yu identified Ju Zi as his prime suspect and hid the cut-out stain in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Ju Zi saw Cao Yu carrying the mattress pad, blushed, and ran away, so Cao Yu chased after her.

Cao Yu confronted Ju Zi about entering his room the previous night, and she admitted she had planned to prank him with chili powder but had instead been mistaken for Meng Hongchen. After Cao Yu promised to take responsibility and revealed he had several fiancées, Ju Zi reconciled with him, but Ke Ke's arrival interrupted their kiss.

• Cao Yu chased Ju Zi to her room and confronted her with a piece of red cloth from his bedding.
• Ju Zi admitted she had gone to prank Cao Yu because she was jealous of his public displays of affection with Meng Hongchen, but said he had taken advantage of her.
• Cao Yu apologized and promised to take responsibility for Ju Zi, while she told him to pretend the incident had never happened.
• Cao Yu told Ju Zi she was already his woman and revealed that Meng Hongchen was not his only fiancée.
• Cao Yu and Ju Zi kissed and fell onto the bed, but Ke Ke knocked at the door and Ju Zi told Cao Yu to hide.

Cao Yu hid in Ju Zi’s bathroom when Ke Ke came looking for her, then spent the rest of the trip growing closer to both girls. After returning to the academy with Meng Hongchen, he received Level 8 protective shields from Jing Hongchen, who welcomed him as family and left Meng wondering if the gifts were a dowry.

• Ju Zi hid Cao Yu in her bathroom so Ke Ke would not find him with her, then told him that Ke Ke liked him too.
• Cao Yu and Ju Zi continued their affectionate time together before joining Ke Ke at the beach, and Cao Yu deepened his relationships with both girls during the rest of the trip.
• Lin Jiayi led the students back to the academy, where Cao Yu strolled with Meng Hongchen while Ju Zi left with Ke Ke.
• Jing Hongchen teased Cao Yu and Meng about having a child, then gave Cao Yu four Level 8 Soul Tool Protective Shields after he began calling him Grandfather.
• Meng Hongchen wondered if Jing Hongchen had prepared the shields as a dowry, and Cao Yu teased her about marrying him.

Cao Yu continued studying Soul Tools under Meng Hongchen's guidance and passed his Level 6 Soul Engineer assessment. He left with his new badge as Xuan Ziwen called the next student to be tested.

• Ye Xiaosheng, Chen Beifeng, and He Caitou said they planned to seek romance at Shrek Academy's Sea God Lake Matchmaking Convention rather than find girlfriends at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy.
• Over three months, Meng Hongchen helped Cao Yu improve his Soul Tool knowledge while his Soul Power cultivation advanced.
• Cao Yu began his Level 6 Soul Engineer assessment under Xuan Ziwen, carving acceleration, attack, and Soul Power storage arrays into a panel.
• Cao Yu assembled a functioning Level 6 Soul Cannon, and Xuan Ziwen awarded him a Level 6 Soul Engineer badge.
• Cao Yu said goodbye to Xuan Ziwen, who called Li Yue forward for the next assessment.

Cao Yu dealt with the Ice Empress after her transformation, teasing her until she pinched his ears and then refusing to let her visit the Snow Empress. That evening, Ju Zi sealed her room with a soundproof barrier and invited Cao Yu to bed, where he insisted they leave the lights on.

• The Ice Empress fed Cao Yu fruit until his demand for a massage made her pinch his ears and stop feeding him.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to get Cao Yu to let him out so he could see Bing'er, but Cao Yu ignored him.
• The Ice Empress asked to visit the Snow Empress, and Cao Yu refused while claiming the Snow Empress liked him instead.
• The Ice Empress said she would go for a walk outside and then sat down to cultivate after Cao Yu warned her to hide her identity from the academy's higher-ups.
• Ju Zi brought Cao Yu to her dorm room, activated a Level 7 soundproof protective barrier, and invited him to bed.
• Cao Yu agreed that it was late but told Ju Zi they should leave the lights on so they could see clearly.

Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen traveled to Ye City so he could meet her parents for the first time. After Meng Hongchen introduced him as her boyfriend, Cao Yu greeted them as his in-laws and presented his gifts.

• Cao Yu left Ju Zi’s dorm early and returned to his room, where he found the Ice Empress sleeping in his bed.
• After the academy year ended, Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen bought food, wine, and jewelry before setting out for her hometown.
• Cao Yu admired Ye City’s waterways as Meng Hongchen told him that many residents had moved away and her parents had stayed behind.
• Meng Hongchen reunited with her parents, and her father questioned Cao Yu when he saw him with her.
• Meng Hongchen introduced Cao Yu as her boyfriend, and he handed her parents the gifts he had prepared.

Cao Yu visited Meng Hongchen's parents, Yue Hongchen and Liu Yuemei, and tried to win their approval as their daughter's boyfriend. Yue Hongchen remained reluctant but learned that Cao Yu was an accomplished Soul Emperor and Level 6 Soul Engineer, and that Jing Hongchen supported the relationship.

• Yue Hongchen and Liu Yuemei sized up Cao Yu, and Liu Yuemei welcomed him warmly as Little Yu.
• Yue Hongchen challenged Cao Yu to drink, but Liu Yuemei stopped him and urged everyone to eat.
• Cao Yu praised Liu Yuemei and Yue Hongchen's cooking, then sat with Meng Hongchen while Yue Hongchen sulked nearby.
• Yue Hongchen asked Cao Yu's age and learned that Cao Yu was seventeen, a year older than Meng Hongchen.
• Yue Hongchen learned Cao Yu had Soul Emperor cultivation and was a Level 6 Soul Engineer, and that Jing Hongchen supported their relationship.

Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen spent a week with her parents, growing closer as Yue Hongchen’s objections faded. After her parents returned to their restaurant, Meng Hongchen offered to cook, but Cao Yu made fried chicken instead, and the couple looked forward to spending the afternoon alone together.

• Yue Hongchen and his wife cooked for Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen, and Yue’s objections to Cao Yu gradually faded as the two men drank together.
• After about a week, Yue Hongchen and his wife returned to their restaurant, leaving Cao Yu and Meng Hongchen at home.
• Meng Hongchen offered to make lunch, but admitted her parents considered her cooking unfit for human consumption.
• Cao Yu made fried chicken, which Meng Hongchen eagerly ate and praised.
• Meng Hongchen flirted with Cao Yu and hinted at rewarding him that afternoon, and he agreed to deal with her after they finished eating.

Cao Yu spent time with Meng Hongchen and won Yue Hongchen and Liu Yuemei over with his fried chicken. After Yue Hongchen asked about Cao Yu’s family and urged him to treat Meng Hongchen well, Cao Yu promised to take them with him when he became a god.

• Meng Hongchen leaned against Cao Yu after they spent several hours together, teased him, and gently bit his hand.
• Yue Hongchen and Liu Yuemei returned home, learned Cao Yu had made fried chicken for lunch, and asked him to prepare some for them.
• Cao Yu made two fried chickens the next evening, earning praise from Yue Hongchen and Liu Yuemei and making Meng Hongchen jealous of their affection for him.
• Yue Hongchen took Cao Yu to the balcony, admitted he had resented him at first, and asked what his family did.
• Cao Yu explained that his family ran a food shop and offered to take Yue Hongchen and Liu Yuemei to Star Luo City to try its food.
• Yue Hongchen told Cao Yu to treat Meng Hongchen well, and Cao Yu promised to take the family with him when he became a god before discovering his wine flask was empty.