Chapter Summaries

Lu Cheng discovered that his rank-two awakening came with a White Moonlight Simulation Device and a free first use. After dinner, as Jiang Nannan prepared to return to Shrek Academy, he resolved to use the simulation to find a way to protect her and Mother Jiang from the Black Tortoise Sect.

• Lu Cheng awakened with rank-two Soul Power, then discovered the White Moonlight Simulation Device and learned he had one free simulation.
• Lu Cheng suspected the Black Tortoise Sect was manipulating Jiang Nannan and making Mother Jiang ill to keep Jiang Nannan under its control.
• Lu Cheng decided to complete his first simulation that night and make plans to repay Mother Jiang for adopting him.
• Lu Cheng shared a meal with Jiang Nannan and Mother Jiang, who avoided discussing his awakening.
• Jiang Nannan told Lu Cheng she would return to Shrek Academy the next day and promised to seek ways to improve his talent.

Lu Cheng watched the young fighters compete and reassured Zhang Lexuan that he would protect her. When Huang Zichen taunted the Heavenly Soul Empire, a side quest prompted Lu Cheng to challenge him and insult everyone present, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Wei Ling'er narrowly lost to Huang Zichen, and Lang Ya separated the furious fighters before bloodshed.
• Lang Ya narrowly defeated a Star Luo Empire court elder's grandson in a match between two peak Soul Emperors.
• Lu Cheng promised Zhang Lexuan he would beat up anyone who bullied her, deepening her admiration for him.
• After Lang Ya's victory, Huang Zichen taunted the Heavenly Soul Empire, but no one accepted his challenge.
• Lu Cheng accepted a side quest, stepped onto the arena, and declared that everyone there was trash, shocking Zhang Lexuan and the watching fighters.

Lu Cheng defeated Huang Zichen with the Sun-Shooting Bow and drew attention at the banquet, where he met Wei Ling'er and reunited with Zhang Lexuan. After completing his mission and gaining stronger Soul Rings, he noticed a snow-white figure outside and prepared to play the villain in the dark world.

• Lu Cheng wounded Huang Zichen with an arrow, then used his Thousand-Year Soul Rings and fiery arrows to defeat him despite Huang Zichen's Dark Demon Tiger Martial Soul.
• Wei Ling'er watched Lu Cheng's victory and approached him, while Lang Ya let her go, noting that Lu Cheng had a childhood sweetheart.
• Wei Ling'er and Lu Cheng exchanged compliments before Zhang Lexuan clung to Lu Cheng's arm and teased him about looking at Wei Ling'er.
• Lu Cheng completed his mission with an SSS rating and received a thousand-year increase to all his Soul Rings' ages.
• Lu Cheng reflected on Zhang Lexuan's tragedy and the need for strength, then spotted a snow-white figure passing outside the banquet hall.

At eleven, Lu Cheng sparred with Zhang Lexuan and helped her refine Whale Rubber, while worrying that Shrek Academy’s silence concealed a scheme against them. The chapter left them cultivating together as ominous black clouds gathered in the distance.

• Zhang Lexuan used her three Moon-based Soul Skills against Lu Cheng, but his Golden Crow flames easily defeated her attacks.
• Lu Cheng praised Zhang Lexuan’s progress, asked whether she had eaten Whale Rubber, and brought her inside for a medicinal bath.
• As Zhang Lexuan soaked, Lu Cheng reflected on his strength and feared Shrek Academy was plotting against them because they lacked powerful backing.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Lu Cheng to dry her hair, and he then melted thousand-year Whale Rubber and fed it to her.
• Lu Cheng helped Zhang Lexuan circulate her cultivation method and used his refined fire energy to absorb the Whale Rubber’s energy and nourish her body.

Lu Cheng and Zhang Lexuan were caught in a planned attack on the Lu and Zhang Clans, and Lu Cheng realized the assassins intended for Zhang Lexuan to die while he was forced toward Shrek Academy. After escaping the first assault, they were attacked again outside Heaven Dou City, where Zhang Lexuan stood between Lu Cheng and the black-robed assailant.

• Zhang Lexuan received a jade-green hairpin from Lu Cheng for her birthday, but a trap exploded and destroyed their bamboo house.
• Lu Cheng carried Zhang Lexuan to safety as three black-robed Evil Soul Masters encircled them and announced that the Lu Clan and Zhang Clan would be wiped out.
• Lu Cheng escaped with Zhang Lexuan, but the Lu Clan was burning and he feared the Zhang Clan had also been destroyed.
• Outside Heaven Dou City, Lu Cheng realized Zhang Lexuan was meant to die in the attack while he was driven toward Shrek Academy.
• A black-robed man emerged and attacked them again, and Zhang Lexuan used Silver Moon Amplification on the wounded Lu Cheng before standing in front of him and demanding the attacker kill her first.

Lu Cheng exposed the Holy Spirit Cult’s staged attack and persuaded Mu En to spare his life by offering to join the cult and take responsibility for what happened. He left his fate tied to his promise to protect Zhang Lexuan from learning the truth and seeking revenge against Shrek Academy.

• Lu Cheng threatened to kill himself unless the black-robed man let Zhang Lexuan go, then called out Long Xiaoyao and Mu En as the people behind the attack.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared and shattered Lu Cheng’s fiery arrow, but Lu Cheng asked whether Mu En was present.
• Mu En arrived, and Lu Cheng revealed that he knew Shrek Academy planned to recruit Zhang Lexuan as its future successor.
• Lu Cheng offered to join the Holy Spirit Cult and take the blame for the night’s events so Zhang Lexuan would not hate Shrek Academy.
• Mu En considered Lu Cheng’s proposal as Lu Cheng said he would do anything to protect Zhang Lexuan.

Lu Cheng secured his place as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son while Mu En arranged for him to return to Shrek Academy with Zhang Lexuan and secretly build a false trail against him. After Long Xiaoyao left, Lu Cheng woke from his collapse to find Zhang Lexuan carrying him, and the two began recovering from the massacre together.

• Long Xiaoyao offered Lu Cheng a place in the Holy Spirit Cult, and Mu En planned for him to return to Shrek Academy and grow up beside Zhang Lexuan before defecting later.
• Lu Cheng received the Twin Martial Souls, Blood Pupils, revealed his twin martial souls to Long Xiaoyao, and agreed to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• After Long Xiaoyao departed, Lu Cheng collapsed from his injuries and later awoke on Zhang Lexuan’s back as she carried him through the forest.
• A Holy Spirit Cult member delivered healing pills and a soul tool diamond ring to Lu Cheng, who began treating his injuries.
• Zhang Lexuan broke down over losing her family, told Lu Cheng he was all she had, and asked him to put her hairpin in her hair.

After the Zhang and Lu clans were massacred, Lu Cheng and Zhang Lexuan left Heaven Dou City for Shrek Academy. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Du Weilun found them and claimed Evil Soul Masters, not the White Spirit Duke, were responsible for the tragedy.

• A teahouse patron said the Zhang and Lu clans had been slaughtered, and Zhang Lexuan recognized the White Spirit Duke as the name connected to the attack.
• Lu Cheng comforted Zhang Lexuan and said they would go to Shrek Academy despite having missed enrollment.
• In the Star Dou Great Forest, Lu Cheng used his Blood Pupils to catch a fish, and Zhang Lexuan ate it after two days without food.
• Du Weilun recognized Lu Cheng and Zhang Lexuan, learned that their clans had no surviving elders, and exclaimed that this was wonderful before hurriedly correcting himself.
• Du Weilun introduced himself as a Shrek Academy Martial Soul Department director and blamed Evil Soul Masters for the massacre, denying that the White Spirit Duke was responsible.

Lu Cheng watched a simulation in which he and Zhang Lexuan joined Shrek Academy and he rose to fame while Mu En pressed him to reveal his identity and defect. The simulation ended with Mu En confronting Lu Cheng in the Sea God Pavilion and demanding he fulfill their old agreement.

• Du Weilun invited Lu Cheng and Zhang Lexuan to join Shrek Academy, and Lu Cheng accepted on their behalf.
• The simulation showed Lu Cheng becoming a powerful Shrek student, suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, and drawing interest from the Body Sect and Holy Spirit Cult.
• Mu En repeatedly urged Lu Cheng to expose his identity and leave Shrek, while Lu Cheng delayed because he did not want to part from Zhang Lexuan.
• Lu Cheng led Shrek to victory at the Continental Soul Master Tournament, and Mu En summoned him to the Sea God Pavilion afterward.
• Mu En confronted Lu Cheng and pressed him to reveal that he was an Evil Soul Master and defect from Shrek Academy.

Mu En forced Lu Cheng to leave Shrek Academy after deciding he had become too powerful to control. Back in the Inner Court, Lu Cheng reunited with Ma Xiaotao and then welcomed Zhang Lexuan home from a mission.

• Mu En judged that Lu Cheng had to leave Shrek Academy, and Lu Cheng quietly agreed.
• Ma Xiaotao complained that her Evil Fire was acting up, and Lu Cheng asked what she would do if he were an Evil Soul Master before assuring her he was joking.
• Lu Cheng and Ma Xiaotao encountered Inner Court disciples, who reported that Evil Soul Masters had been killing civilians in Heaven Dou City and collecting souls for the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Ma Xiaotao joked that she could be Lu Cheng's junior wife, prompting laughter from the other disciples.
• Zhang Lexuan returned from her mission, and Lu Cheng admired her growth and learned she had reached rank sixty-two as a Soul Emperor.

Lu Cheng rejected Zhang Lexuan’s advances, then received a marked note announcing that the Evil Soul Masters’ operation would begin that night. As Shrek prepared to mobilize after reports that the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son was in the city, Lu Cheng set out in disguise.

• Zhang Lexuan reunited with Lu Cheng, told him about her dangerous mission, and tried to begin a relationship with him, but he rejected her and left.
• Lu Cheng crushed an Evil Soul Master’s note, sensed no one following him, and vanished into Shrek City wearing a crimson mask and black cloak.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned why Mu En was allowing Lu Cheng to return to the Holy Spirit Cult, and Mu En warned that the cult’s hidden strength was far greater than Shrek had seen.
• Ruomu comforted Zhang Lexuan after Lu Cheng’s rejection and offered to confront him the next day.
• An inner court disciple summoned Ruomu and Zhang Lexuan for an urgent operation after Inspection Corps members found a Holy Spirit Cult disciple in Shrek City capturing people for the Holy Son.

Ruomu led Shrek Academy’s inner court disciples on a mission to hunt the Evil Soul Masters in Shrek City, while Lu Cheng was absent. In western Shrek City, Lu Cheng killed an Evil Soul Master and confronted the proprietor of the Spirit Meat Pavilion over his abduction of young women, leaving the man’s fate unresolved.

• Ruomu gathered the inner court disciples on Sea God Island and took command of the operation to find and kill the Holy Spirit Cult members hiding in Shrek City, with Xuan Zi offering support.
• The disciples joked that Zhang Lexuan and Lu Cheng had gone to the back mountain together, but Ruomu assumed the Pavilion Master had sent Lu Cheng on another mission.
• At a lavish residence in western Shrek City, Lu Cheng absorbed the soul of a black-robed Evil Soul Master who had mocked him, frightening the remaining cultists and the kneeling proprietor.
• Lu Cheng questioned the proprietor of the Spirit Meat Pavilion about taking young women from nearby villages, and the man admitted that he did so.

Lu Cheng exposed corruption within Shrek City and drew the Shrek Inspection Corps into a battle as he fled. Mu En revealed that he trusted Lu Cheng’s love for Zhang Lexuan to keep her safe and protect Shrek Academy, even if Lu Cheng joined the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Lu Cheng learned that powerful figures protected the abductions and other crimes occurring under Shrek Academy’s shadow.
• The Shrek Inspection Corps arrived, and Lu Cheng destroyed the building with vines while the Holy Spirit Cult members attempted to escape.
• Lu Cheng flew away with a Level 7 Soul Tool, while Ruomu pursued him with Zhang Lexuan and the Inspection Corps pursued the remaining cultists.
• A healing Soul Master found that the middle-aged man’s soul had been sucked away and confirmed that he was dead.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe that Lu Cheng’s love for Zhang Lexuan would make him protect her and keep him from attacking Shrek Academy.

Ruomu, Zhang Lexuan, and the Shrek Inspection Corps cornered the black-robed Holy Son outside Shrek City. Zhang Lexuan recognized her brother’s jade pendant on him and demanded to know what he had done to her brother.

• Lu Cheng stopped to confront Ruomu and Zhang Lexuan, and Ruomu warned Zhang Lexuan not to look into his eyes.
• Ruomu and Zhang Lexuan attacked Lu Cheng with their Soul Skills, but he survived and mocked Shrek Academy.
• Ruomu unleashed Ultimate Forest Sea as the Inspection Corps surrounded Lu Cheng and attacked him.
• The attacks badly injured Lu Cheng, and Ruomu prepared to deliver the killing blow.
• Zhang Lexuan spotted her brother’s jade pendant at Lu Cheng’s waist, halted Ruomu, and demanded to know what he had done to her brother.

Zhang Lexuan recognized the black-robed figure as her brother Lu Cheng, but he revealed himself as the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult and attacked her. Surrounded by Shrek Academy disciples, Lu Cheng prepared to fight while Zhang Lexuan begged him to come home with her.

• Zhang Lexuan identified Lu Cheng’s jade pendant on the black-robed figure and attacked him, but he revealed that he was a mirror image and fled deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ruomu and the Inspection Corps disciples pursued Lu Cheng, breaking his mirror images and weakening his true body.
• Zhang Lexuan approached Lu Cheng and recognized him by his eyes, then used the silver moon’s power to blast away his demon mask.
• Lu Cheng admitted he was the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult, struck Zhang Lexuan aside, and announced he would attack the disciples.
• Zhang Lexuan rushed back to Lu Cheng and begged him to stop pretending and go home with her.

Lu Cheng revealed his allegiance to the Holy Spirit Cult by attacking the Shrek Inspection Corps and exposing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring. Xuan Zi arrived to protect the survivors, but powerful Evil Soul Masters surrounded the forest as Lu Cheng returned to them as their Holy Son.

• Lu Cheng strangled Zhang Lexuan and threw her toward Ruomu, then attacked the Inspection Corps disciples with his scarlet bow.
• Lu Cheng revealed a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and fired a three-legged fire crow at Ruomu, but Xuan Zi intercepted and crushed it.
• Lu Cheng invited Xuan Zi to join the Holy Spirit Cult, while Ruomu urged Xuan Zi to capture him before he escaped.
• A black-robed Dragon Emperor and numerous Titled Douluo-level Evil Soul Masters appeared with thousands of followers.
• Lu Cheng walked through the kneeling ranks as the cultists welcomed him back as the Holy Son.

Lu Cheng revealed that he had betrayed Zhang Lexuan and destroyed both her household and his own clan, then withdrew with the Holy Spirit Cult. Three years later, now a powerful Holy Son, he learned Zhang Lexuan was headed to the Star Dou Great Forest and decided to meet her again.

• Lu Cheng told Zhang Lexuan that he had used her, ordered the destruction of her household, and killed his own relatives to protect his undercover identity.
• Zhang Lexuan fainted from the revelations, and Xuan Zi and Ruomu withdrew with her as Lu Cheng and Xuan Zi vowed to fight when they met again.
• Shrek Academy suppressed the scandal, while Zhang Lexuan devoted herself to cultivation and Ma Xiaotao secretly began planning to find Lu Cheng or join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Over the next three years, Lu Cheng rose to prominence in the Holy Spirit Cult and reached rank eighty-nine Soul Douluo, while Zhang Lexuan became the inner court’s strongest senior sister.
• After learning that Zhang Lexuan’s group was traveling toward the Star Dou Great Forest, Lu Cheng decided to meet her and test her progress.

Three years after Lu Cheng defected to the Holy Spirit Cult, Zhang Lexuan prepared to face him again, while he set out for the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter left Zhang Lexuan shaken by news that Lu Cheng had grown to the peak of rank-eighty-nine Soul Douluo, far beyond her strength.

• Zhang Lexuan recalled her grief over Lu Cheng and vowed to cripple him, take him to Heaven Dou City, and spend her life with him in atonement.
• Xuan Zi led Zhang Lexuan, Ruomu, and the Inner Court team toward the Star Dou Great Forest, where Zhang Lexuan helped defeat a Bloodred Baboon King.
• Lu Cheng learned that Zhang Lexuan had left Shrek City and departed the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters with Wu Yun.
• Ruomu told Zhang Lexuan she planned to marry Zhang Ling and revealed that Lu Cheng had risen to great power in the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhang Lexuan learned Lu Cheng had likely reached the peak of rank-eighty-nine Soul Douluo and silently compared his strength with her own.

Zhang Lexuan and Shrek’s Inner Court team faced a deadly Hundred-Thousand-Year Blood-Eroding Devil Python after Xuan Zi abandoned them. Lu Cheng intervened from afar, then appeared before Zhang Lexuan and called her his little sister.

• Ruomu sensed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast approaching, but Xuan Zi failed to answer when she called for his help.
• Lu Cheng and Wu Ya watched the battle from a distant tree, and Lu Cheng recognized Zhang Lexuan among the endangered disciples.
• The Blood-Eroding Devil Python badly injured the team, and Ruomu and Zhang Lexuan exhausted their strength trying to stop it.
• As the python lunged to devour Zhang Lexuan and the others, a Golden Crow arrow pierced its head and set it ablaze.
• Lu Cheng and Wu Ya emerged, and Lu Cheng teased Zhang Lexuan for still being weak after three years apart.

Lu Cheng arrived as Ruomu and the Shrek disciples recovered from their battle with the Blood-Eroding Devil Python, then confronted Zhang Lexuan, whom he had once promised to protect. He took her away despite her threats to defeat him, leaving Ruomu unconscious and Xuan Zi arriving to find the scene.

• Lu Cheng appeared after Zhang Lexuan rang the bell on her hairpin, and the injured Shrek disciples realized he was not a rescuer.
• Ruomu offered to die in Zhang Lexuan's place, but Zhang Lexuan insisted Lu Cheng take her instead of harming the others.
• Lu Cheng mocked Zhang Lexuan's strength and dismissed her threat to defeat him, then flew away with her.
• Ruomu collapsed as the inner court disciples gathered around her, and Xuan Zi arrived asking what had happened.