Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao teased Lu Cheng in the bathing spring and discovered that his black whale rubber was ten-thousand-year whale glue. The next day, Lu Cheng and Wang Dong arrived at a gathering of core disciples for an assessment, where Ma Xiaotao joked that he was her lover before Elder Xuan addressed the assembled group.

• Ma Xiaotao melted Lu Cheng’s black whale rubber with her Divine Phoenix Fire, confirming it was ten-thousand-year whale glue, and fed it to him.
• Wang Dong confronted Lu Cheng about smelling of Ma Xiaotao, while privately worrying about rivals and her own disguise.
• Lu Cheng greeted Xiao Xiao at the Soul Fighting Zone, where the core disciples had gathered for an assessment.
• Ma Xiaotao called Lu Cheng her little lover, then claimed she was joking, leaving the gathered disciples stunned.
• Ling Luochеn considered pursuing Lu Cheng because his Ultimate Ice attribute might help her advance her own ice Martial Soul.
• Elder Xuan arrived and asked Little Wang whether everyone had gathered.

Xuan Zi held a battle royale to choose seven reserve disciples, and Lu Cheng used his crimson bow to eliminate several opponents, including Dai Huabin and Xu Sanshi. After the selection ended, Lu Cheng confronted Dai Huabin over claiming he was dead, then greeted Xuan Zi, whose eye began hurting as Lu Cheng approached.

• Xuan Zi ordered the twenty-six core disciples to fight in the Soul Fighting Zone until only seven remained.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Jiang Nannan gathered near Lu Cheng while the battle continued.
• Lu Cheng shot Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu out of the arena after piercing their Martial Soul Fusion, and eliminated Xie Huanyue and Xu Sanshi with further arrows.
• Lu Cheng's group of seven remained, and Xuan Zi rebuked Bei Bei for questioning Lu Cheng's attack on Xu Sanshi.
• Lu Cheng confronted Dai Huabin for telling people he had died, then turned to greet Xuan Zi, whose left eye hurt as Lu Cheng approached.

After Xuan Zi was appointed reserve team captain, Ma Xiaotao revealed that Lu Cheng had Twin Martial Souls, intensifying Ling Luochen’s interest in him. Meanwhile, Zhang Lexuan negotiated with Mu En to join the tournament team later, while he hinted that her future as Sea God Pavilion Master depended on choosing a Shrek partner.

• Xuan Zi appointed the reserve team captain and told the students to assemble for training the next day.
• Ma Xiaotao told Ling Luochen that Lu Cheng had Twin Martial Souls, and Ling Luochen became more attracted to him.
• Dai Yueheng slapped Dai Huabin and warned him to stay away from Lu Cheng and stop spreading rumors; Dai Huabin secretly vowed revenge.
• Mu En proposed that Xuan Zi lead the students to gain experience, but Zhang Lexuan objected because of his past failure in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhang Lexuan agreed to join the team later in Star Luo City after Mu En assigned her a separate mission.
• Mu En hinted that Zhang Lexuan’s future as Sea God Pavilion Master depended on having a Shrek partner, while she inwardly rejected the prospect.

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng led their teams in a special-training battle, where Lu Cheng revealed the overwhelming power of his Martial Soul. He eliminated Chen Zifeng with three arrows, leaving Xuan Zi concerned about Lu Cheng’s growing influence at Shrek Academy.

• Ma Xiaotao chose Lu Cheng as her first teammate, and the disciples divided into teams under her and Dai Yueheng.
• Both teams exchanged attacks and enhancements, with Gongyang Mo’s support helping Dai Yueheng’s side pressure Yao Haoxuan and Xi Xi.
• Lu Cheng’s crimson arrow nearly broke Chen Zifeng’s guard, and he then revealed his Three-Legged Golden Crow Martial Soul and Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Lu Cheng’s three Sun-Shooting arrows destroyed Chen Zifeng’s flying sword and forced Xuan Zi to remove him from the battle.
• Xuan Zi told Chen Zifeng that Lu Cheng was far beyond his strength and worried that Lu Cheng’s growing prestige could threaten Bei Bei’s future position as Sea God Pavilion Master.

Lu Cheng revealed that his Blood Pupils let him direct his teammates while fighting, then helped Ling Luochеn experience Ultimate Ice, turning the second match in her side’s favor. After two months of training and growing closer to the inner court disciples, the group prepared to depart for the Ming Dou Mountain Range.

• Lu Cheng’s arrows and coordinated tactics led Ma Xiaotao’s team to overwhelm Dai Yueheng’s team, and Xuan Zi revealed that Lu Cheng had barely used his strength.
• Lu Cheng demonstrated his Blood Pupils’ ability to predict movements and guide his teammates, prompting Dai Yueheng to challenge him in the next match.
• Lu Cheng let Ling Luochеn experience Ultimate Ice, which strengthened her ice skills enough to briefly imprison Ma Xiaotao and help Dai Yueheng’s team win.
• Ling Luochеn invited Lu Cheng to train with her, and he accepted after noticing her thigh band.
• Over the next two months, Lu Cheng trained with the inner court disciples and strengthened his relationships with them.
• The group reached the day of departure for the Ming Dou Mountain Range.

Lu Cheng’s team departed Shrek Academy to join the Inspection Corps, and he openly challenged Xuan Zi over the academy sending students to fight Evil Soul Masters without pay or adequate support. At the Ming Dou Mountain Range, the group met Dai Hao, who recognized Lu Cheng’s talent and ordered Dai Yueheng to discipline Dai Huabin for offending him.

• During the final training session, Jiang Nannan’s Waist Bow failed to move Lu Cheng, and his team won again.
• The team set out for the frontier, where Lu Cheng refused Ma Xiaotao’s offer to carry him and rode with Ning Tian instead.
• After two days of travel, Xuan Zi gave the students Inspection Corps equipment and declared that the work came with no salary; Lu Cheng criticized the elders for sending young students to risk their lives while refusing to fight Evil Soul Masters themselves.
• At the Ming Dou Mountain Range, Lu Cheng examined the White Tiger Duke’s army and noticed its elite guards carried advanced Soul Tools.
• Dai Yueheng brought the group to Dai Hao, who praised Lu Cheng’s composure and talent, then told Dai Yueheng to beat Dai Huabin for offending him.

Lu Cheng used Spiritual Detection to locate the Evil Soul Masters, but their Death Messenger triggered chained corpse explosions that badly injured the Shrek team. As Xuan Zi pursued the fleeing Death Messenger, Lu Cheng secretly took control of the corpse slaves and confronted him.

• Ma Xiaotao ordered the team to search the Ming Dou Mountain Range, and Lu Cheng used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to reveal the Evil Soul Masters hiding in a cave.
• Ma Xiaotao led the inner courtyard disciples into the cave, where they fought through the Evil Soul Masters and discovered their victims’ corpses lining the walls.
• The Death Messenger detonated the corpses in successive explosions, leaving Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, and several other Shrek disciples seriously injured or poisoned despite Lu Cheng’s warning.
• Xuan Zi tried to seize the fleeing Death Messenger, but the Soul King escaped by switching places with a corpse and triggering another explosion.
• The Death Messenger reached his corpse slaves and found Lu Cheng sitting among them; when he tried to command them, he realized Lu Cheng had already taken control.

Lu Cheng defeated the Death Messenger, freed the souls trapped in his corpse slaves, and learned that Corpse Explosion was a technique the man had developed himself. He returned to the cavern and condemned Ma Xiaotao, the inner court disciples, and Xuan Zi for their reckless handling of the battle.

• The Death Messenger detonated corpses to attack Lu Cheng, but Lu Cheng survived the corpse poison with Ultimate Ice and sent twelve corpse slaves to devour him.
• Lu Cheng freed the corpse slaves’ souls, searched the Death Messenger’s soul for information about Corpse Explosion, and then consumed it.
• Lu Cheng discussed the possibility of undead self-destruction with Electrolux before vanishing as Xuan Zi charged toward the cavern.
• Lu Cheng returned to find Wang Yan tending to injured inner court disciples and learned that several had been exposed to corpse poison.
• Lu Cheng rebuked Ma Xiaotao for leading the team into danger, then criticized the other disciples and Xuan Zi for treating their lives recklessly.

After Xuan Zi left with the injured inner courtyard disciples, Lu Cheng prepared Shrek Academy’s reserve team to compete without its main force. At the camp, he steadied the younger disciples and later comforted Ma Xiaotao, who sought his help recovering from her injuries.

• Xuan Zi took the injured inner courtyard disciples back to Shrek Academy and left Wang Yan in charge of leading the team, while Wang Yan silently accepted the blame.
• Lu Cheng realized that only he could compete for Shrek Academy once the injured members recovered, and suspected the Body Sect would be watching the tournament for talented Body Martial Soul users.
• At the campfire in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, Lu Cheng told the reserve team that the academy would send no support and encouraged them to rely on him.
• Ma Xiaotao came to Lu Cheng at night, apologized, and listened as he blamed Shrek Academy’s system for her shortcomings rather than blaming her personally.
• Ma Xiaotao asked Lu Cheng to help regulate her breathing, and he agreed to take her to a nearby stream while keeping his Spiritual Power connected to the camp.

Zhang Lexuan learned that Xuan Zi had failed to protect the Shrek Academy team during an Evil Soul Master attack, then flew to find Lu Cheng, whom she believed had engineered the incident to help her. At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Mu En confined Xuan Zi for three years and decided Lu Cheng would lead Shrek Academy’s remaining team in the tournament.

• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En and Zhang Lexuan that the inner court disciples had been badly injured by an Evil Soul Master’s Corpse Explosion, while Lu Cheng and the outer court disciples were unharmed.
• Zhang Lexuan flew from Shrek Academy, convinced Lu Cheng had caused the commotion to help her leave the academy and furious that he had acted without consulting her.
• Xuan Zi apologized at the Sea God Pavilion meeting and offered to resign, while Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and the other elders defended him.
• Mu En rebuked Xuan Zi and confined him to his residence for three years, warning him not to leave before Mu En died.
• Mu En declared that Lu Cheng would lead Shrek Academy’s remaining team, then considered how to curb Lu Cheng’s momentum when he returned.

Tang Ya reunited with Lu Cheng in Star Luo City and revealed that she had become the legitimate master of the Tang Sect, while Lu Cheng brought her in to strengthen Shrek Academy’s tournament lineup. As the tournament neared, the Star Luo Empire prepared to exploit Shrek’s weakened team, but Lu Cheng remained unconcerned about whether Shrek would win.

• Tang Ya met Mother Jiang at the Nine Treasures Shop, where she and Lu Cheng promised to visit Tang Ya’s parents after the tournament.
• Lu Cheng told Tang Ya that Shrek’s main team had suffered heavy injuries and Wang Yan wanted her to compete; he found her cultivation had reached rank forty-two and heard her denounce Tang San as a thief.
• Lu Cheng led Shrek’s team to register, where Meng Hongchen became captivated by his appearance and Xiao Hongchen questioned why he was leading the team.
• Xu Jiujiu informed Xu Jiawei that Shrek’s main team had been badly weakened, and they planned to supply the Star Luo team with resources while ensuring Shrek reached the top sixteen.
• Wang Yan warned Shrek’s students that they might lose to the Sun Moon Empire, while Lu Cheng privately decided that Shrek’s championship chances would depend on his mood.

Lu Cheng told Wang Yan he could handle Shrek Academy’s opening elimination match alone, then met privately with Zhang Lexuan, who questioned him about Xuan Zi and the losses in the Ming Dou Mountain Range. Zhang Lexuan later arrived to join Shrek’s group, leaving the injured team in the hands of one of the academy’s youngest Titled Douluo.

• Wang Yan explained the elimination stage, and Lu Cheng declared that he would compete alone in Shrek Academy’s first match.
• Zhang Lexuan confronted Lu Cheng about whether he had controlled Xuan Zi and caused the team’s casualties, and Lu Cheng denied responsibility in this lifetime.
• Lu Cheng promised Zhang Lexuan he would not act recklessly, and the two spent the night together.
• Zhang Lexuan reunited with Ma Xiaotao and praised her, while Wang Yan admitted he had only recently graduated from the inner court.
• Ling Luochеn and Gongyang Mo were relieved when Zhang Lexuan appeared, since Shrek Academy had lacked someone powerful enough to lead its group.

Lu Cheng faced Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy alone in Shrek Academy’s first tournament match and trapped its team in an illusion with his eyes. The captain realized too late that his team had been attacking one another.

• Wang Yan reviewed Tianling’s lineup, and Zhang Lexuan said she trusted Lu Cheng to compete alone.
• Xu Jiawei and Dai Hao observed the tournament’s opening and discussed Lu Cheng’s extraordinary talent.
• Lu Cheng entered the arena alone, shocking the referee, spectators, and Sun Moon Empire team.
• The Tianling team began the match in formation, while Body Sect observers Lang Ya and Yu Tao watched Lu Cheng.
• Lu Cheng’s illusion made the Tianling captain mistake his teammate for Lu Cheng, and the captain was stabbed by Ling’er as the team attacked itself.

Lu Cheng’s overwhelming victory over the Heavenly Spirit Team drew attention from rival academies and the Star Luo Empire, while he reassured Wang Dong about the Clear Sky Sect’s demand that she return. After noticing two people following him, Lu Cheng met Lang Ya and another Body Sect member, who recognized his awakened Body Martial Soul.

• Lu Cheng defeated the Heavenly Spirit Team with his Pupil Ruins illusion, forcing them to surrender and earning Shrek Academy a victory.
• Xiao Hongchen, Xu Jiawei, Jiang Peng, and the Shrek team reacted to Lu Cheng’s strength, while Bei Bei brooded over Lu Cheng’s effect on Xiao Ya and Zhang Lexuan.
• Lu Cheng explained the limits of Pupil Ruins and reassured Wang Dong after she revealed the Clear Sky Sect had ordered her to return after the tournament.
• Lu Cheng spotted two followers, sent Wang Dong ahead, and confronted them on a rooftop.
• Lang Ya praised Lu Cheng’s Spiritual Power and asked whether his eye Martial Soul had undergone a second awakening, and Lu Cheng confirmed it.

Lu Cheng revealed his Gold Grade second awakening to Lang Ya and agreed to join the Body Sect with Zhang Lexuan and his other sweethearts after the tournament. He and Zhang Lexuan then decided to attend a top-tier auction to obtain the gold of life, while Xuan Zi was expected to return to Star Luo City in three days.

• Lang Ya explained the Body Sect's four second-awakening grades, and Lu Cheng demonstrated a Gold Grade awakening that astonished him.
• Lu Cheng agreed to join the Body Sect after the tournament if it accepted his sweethearts, and Lang Ya promised to bring the sect master to help them leave safely.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived, revealed that she also had a Body Martial Soul, and prompted Lang Ya to consider bringing more Body Sect experts in case Shrek resisted.
• Zhang Lexuan told Lu Cheng that Xuan Zi would return in three days, and Lu Cheng said the Body Sect would collect them after the finals.
• Lu Cheng and Zhang Lexuan decided to attend a top-tier auction to obtain the gold of life, then agreed to spend the night together.

Lu Cheng bought the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and used the Star Luo Auction House to sell soul tools he had made, earning millions of gold soul coins. When an Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone appeared, the Snow Empress urged him to buy it.

• Lu Cheng offered one hundred thousand gold soul coins for the unsold Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, and Xu Jiujiu approved the sale to avoid offending him.
• Qing Ya told Lu Cheng he could collect the knife after the auction, and Xu Jiujiu recognized him as the Shrek contestant who had defeated the Heavenly Soul Empire team.
• Lu Cheng bought twelve fixed soul cannons and several soul bones during the auction, while Zhang Lexuan supported his spending.
• Lu Cheng watched his batches of soul tools sell for millions of gold soul coins and decided to keep the Proof of Jade for protection.
• An Ice Jade Scorpion left arm bone came up for auction, and the Snow Empress told Lu Cheng to buy it.

Lu Cheng bought the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone for fifteen million Gold Soul Coins, while criticizing Shrek Academy’s declining standards. The auction then revealed a small piece of Gold of Life, leaving Lu Cheng stunned as the grand finale began.

• The Snow Empress suggested combining the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone with Lu Cheng’s existing Soul Bones, and Lu Cheng chose to bid fairly rather than warn the auction house.
• Wang Yan worried about the team’s spending, and Lu Cheng criticized Shrek Academy for favoring teachers like Zhou Yi over him.
• Lu Cheng bid fifteen million Gold Soul Coins and won the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone.
• Lu Cheng warned Ling Luochеn that she would need an Ultimate Ice Martial Soul to absorb the bone safely, and she accepted that he should use it.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed a small piece of Gold of Life as the auction’s next lot, and Lu Cheng recognized it with surprise.

Lu Cheng bid one hundred million Gold Soul Coins for a vitality-rich metal, which Electrolux identified as gold of life. After Lu Cheng accepted Electrolux as his teacher, Electrolux purified the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and Lu Cheng absorbed its vitality, leaving him with greatly enhanced strength and Spiritual Power.

• Electrolux explained that the auction metal was gold of life and urged Lu Cheng to secure it; Lu Cheng bid one hundred million Gold Soul Coins and won it.
• Lu Cheng collected the auction items discreetly and returned to his bedroom with the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
• Electrolux recognized the knife as a much larger piece of gold of life and agreed to help restore his divine consciousness; Lu Cheng knelt and accepted him as his teacher.
• Electrolux possessed Lu Cheng, suppressed the knife's evil shadow, and restored its original green jade-like appearance.
• Lu Cheng merged the knife into his Sea of Consciousness, gaining vitality, stronger Soul Rings, an expanded Sea of Consciousness, and Spiritual Power that reached nearly three thousand meters.

Lu Cheng completed the synthesis of the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone with the Snow Empress's left leg bone, gaining a powerful Ice Explosion Technique, while Electrolux recovered enough to remove Wang Dong'er's spiritual imprint. Wu Feng brought Lu Cheng to Shrek's crucial match against Thousand Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy, where he appeared just before the team battle and challenged their captain.

• Lu Cheng endured the synthesis of the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone with the Snow Empress's left leg bone and gained the Ice Explosion Technique at the Snow Empress's seven-hundred-thousand-year level.
• The Snow Empress teased Lu Cheng about what he should call her, and he called her “Mommy,” prompting her to blush and play along.
• Electrolux told Lu Cheng that he had recovered and could remove the spiritual imprint in Wang Dong'er's Sea of Consciousness without difficulty.
• Wu Feng rushed Lu Cheng toward Shrek's match against Thousand Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy, and he dressed before she led him to the arena.
• Lu Cheng arrived just before the team battle began, reassured Wang Yan and Ma Xiaotao, and warned Thousand Spirit Team's captain Shen Ce that they would pay for challenging him.

Lu Cheng faced the Thousand Spirit Team’s coordinated long-range attack and revealed a bizarre Soul Ring configuration that stunned the arena. He shattered Shen Ce’s spear with a scarlet arrow and engulfed the team in flames.

• Shen Ce ordered the Thousand Spirit Team to form a shield wall and prepared an ice-and-fire-enchanted spear attack against Lu Cheng.
• Xiao Hongchen and Ma Rulong judged that Lu Cheng’s illusions would be weakened if opponents avoided his eyes, while Meng Hongchen wondered if he could also use Soul Tools.
• Shen Ce launched his spear at Lu Cheng from behind the Spirit Rhinoceros Shields, prompting the referee to rush in.
• Lu Cheng revealed five Soul Rings—purple, purple, black, red, and red—and slowed the incoming spear with his Double Pupils.
• Lu Cheng fired a scarlet arrow that split Shen Ce’s Thousand Strike Spear and engulfed the Thousand Spirit Team in flames.