Chapter Summaries

Qian Chen rescued Yu Mengdi from Evil Soul Masters and brought her to Watch Valley, where its healers treated her injuries. After she recovered enough to thank him the next morning, Qian Chen asked her to join Watch Valley.

• Qian Chen wrapped the terrified, injured Yu Mengdi in his cloak and explained to Feng Luan that Evil Soul Masters had attacked her.
• Qian Chen carried Yu Mengdi to Watch Valley, where Pan Long arranged a room and female Soul Masters treated and cleaned her.
• Ning Tian used her Second Soul Skill, Dispel, to help remove abnormal conditions from Yu Mengdi.
• Qian Chen stayed at Watch Valley and heard Pan Long and Ning Tian report on its operations and expanding trade routes.
• Yu Mengdi thanked Qian Chen after waking the next morning, and he asked her to join Watch Valley.

Qian Chen showed Yu Mengdi evidence that Zhengtian Academy had known she was in danger and planned to abandon her, leading her to reject the academy and join Watch Valley. She pledged herself to helping revive the Angel Clan, and Qian Chen began considering a task for her.

• Yu Mengdi explained that she had promised to return to Zhengtian Academy as a teacher, and Qian Chen questioned whether the academy had deserved her loyalty.
• Qian Chen retrieved a Surveillance Linked Soul Tool and showed Yu Mengdi a recording of Ye Wuqing and their supervising teacher discussing how they might abandon her to the Evil Soul Masters.
• Yu Mengdi saw that Zhengtian Academy had kept its plans from her and decided never to return.
• Yu Mengdi agreed to join Watch Valley, and Qian Chen explained that he wanted to restore the Angel Clan's glory.
• Yu Mengdi pledged to contribute to the Angel Clan's revival, and Qian Chen said he had thought of something to entrust to her.

Qian Chen assigned Yu Mengdi the task of founding a Flying Legion to find and recruit Angel Martial Soul users, while Zhongli Wu ordered Netherworld Douluo to destroy Zhengtian Academy. Shrek advanced to the tournament semifinals, where Qian Chen connected with Feng Luan and Pan Long through his Spiritual Web.

• Qian Chen put the flying Soul Masters not needed by Watch Valley under Yu Mengdi's command and tasked her with forming a Flying Legion to find Angel Martial Soul users and bring them and their families to Watch Valley.
• Qian Chen instructed Pan Long to support the Flying Legion and direct the Awakening Halls to protect and invite newly awakened Angel Martial Soul users.
• Netherworld Douluo discovered his four subordinates' mangled corpses, then killed the Zhengtian Academy Team and destroyed Zhengtian Academy under Zhongli Wu's orders.
• Wang Yan led Shrek's team to defeat several opponents while keeping Ma Xiaotao hidden and making Huo Yuhao its tactical core, helping Shrek advance to the semifinals.
• At the semifinals, Qian Chen used his Spiritual Web to connect with Feng Luan and Pan Long.

Qian Chen spoke with Feng Luan and Pan Long through the Spiritual Web while the Soul Master Tournament semifinals began. Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy crushed Di'ao Academy, and Shrek prepared to face the Star Luo Empire Team as Qian Chen warned Ma Xiaotao to protect her teammates and not kill anyone.

• Qian Chen learned that Liang Fei had arrived at Watch Valley and told Pan Long to take him in, then asked him to tell Yu Mengdi that Qian Chen was married to Zhang Lexuan.
• Feng Luan hinted that Yu Mengdi could help revive and expand the Angel Clan, and Qian Chen agreed to consider it.
• Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy defeated Di'ao Academy after Ma Rulong's team focused its attacks on Jiang Peng and eliminated the opposing team.
• Qian Chen told Feng Luan that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy had to defeat Shrek fairly, and Feng Luan promised the team would go all out.
• Ma Xiaotao led Shrek's team toward its semifinal against the Star Luo Empire Team, and Qian Chen told her to protect her teammates and spare Princess Xu Jiujiu.

Shrek Academy faced the Star Luo Empire Team, with Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochеn, and Wang Qiu’er leading the attack against Xu Jiujiu’s defenses. Shrek eliminated two opponents but suffered Xu Sanshi’s removal from the arena after the Star Luo team unleashed its Wind-Fire Tornado.

• Ma Xiaotao and Xu Jiujiu revealed their teams’ lineups, and Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to observe the Star Luo Empire Team.
• Xu Sanshi’s Xuanwu Displacement failed against Xu Jiujiu’s Star Guardian, while Ling Luochеn’s Ultimate Ice and Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower forced the Star Luo team out of its defenses.
• Wang Qiu’er pierced Huang Heyun with her Golden Dragon Spear, and Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, and Wang Dong’er surrounded and eliminated Dugu Shangshan.
• Yi Chen and Wang Shiying unleashed their Wind-Fire Tornado; Jiang Nannan survived with Invincible Golden Body, but Xu Sanshi was swept off the stage.
• Yi Chen challenged Shrek for dodging the fusion skill, and Ma Xiaotao answered that they had no reason to take it head-on.

The Shrek Team defeated the Star Luo Empire Team after Xu Jiujiu surrendered, then faced the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team in the tournament finals. Meng Hongchen defeated Ling Luochen in the opening individual match, leaving Ma Xiaotao to step forward.

• Xu Jiujiu surrendered, and the referee declared the Shrek Team the winner of the semifinal.
• The tournament host announced that the Shrek Team and Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team had qualified for the finals, which would begin in three days.
• Wang Yan chose Ling Luochen to open the finals’ individual matches, while Feng Luan equipped Meng Hongchen with Class 5 defensive soul armor.
• Ling Luochen trapped Meng Hongchen in an Ice Cage, but Meng Hongchen’s poison weakened Ling Luochen and she collapsed.
• Meng Hongchen broke out of the Ice Cage and won the match, prompting Ma Xiaotao to volunteer to face her.

Jiang Nannan conceded to Meng Hongchen after being wounded, so Wang Qiu'er entered the match to stop the poison user. Wang Qiu'er gained the upper hand with her Golden Dragon Spear and Golden Dragon Body, but Meng Hongchen released her poison, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Jiang Nannan fought Meng Hongchen but could not penetrate her defensive Soul Tool armor, and Qian Chen called the match before Jiang Nannan was badly hurt.
• Qian Chen told Wang Yan that Ma Xiaotao would have to defeat the remaining opponents, but Meng Hongchen needed to be eliminated first; Wang Yan sent Wang Qiu'er to face her.
• Wang Qiu'er asked Qian Chen to use his purification skill if she was poisoned, then entered the arena and clashed with Meng Hongchen using her Golden Dragon Spear.
• Wang Qiu'er struck Meng Hongchen hard enough to send her flying, but Meng Hongchen rose unharmed in her Class 5 defensive Soul Tool armor.
• Meng Hongchen released Ice Toad Poison, while Wang Qiu'er summoned her Golden Dragon Martial Soul and used Golden Dragon Body to strengthen herself and suppress Meng Hongchen.
• As Meng Hongchen retreated and waited for the poison to take effect, Wang Qiu'er chased her and brought down her Golden Dragon Spear.

Qian Chen cured Wang Qiu'er and Ling Luochеn of poison with Absolute Purification, but the skill revealed a sleeping soul resembling Wang Dong'er inside Wang Qiu'er. Fearing Tang San's retaliation, Qian Chen took the soul and Wang Qiu'er into his Desperate Situation Space, where Wang Qiu'er woke and asked to go home.

• Wang Qiu'er and Meng Hongchen traded powerful attacks, both were severely injured, and the referee called for their teams to send out new competitors.
• Wang Yan sent Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao to wear down their opponents, while Feng Luan sent Xiao Hongchen to fight.
• Qian Chen took the poisoned Wang Qiu'er and Ling Luochеn to the hotel and used Absolute Purification to remove their poison.
• Absolute Purification caused a sleeping soul resembling Wang Dong'er to emerge from Wang Qiu'er, so Qian Chen put it in a jade bottle and fled with Wang Qiu'er into the Desperate Situation Space.
• Wang Qiu'er woke in the darkness, learned through the Spiritual Web that Qian Chen had brought her there to hide, and asked to return to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Qian Chen purified the Auspicious Beast and hid with her in the Desperate Situation Space, while Shrek Academy lost the Soul Master Tournament final to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. The Auspicious Beast settled in with Qian Chen, and Shrek’s defeat left Wang Yan devastated.

• Qian Chen explained that Absolute Purification had freed the Auspicious Beast from Tang San’s influence, and she agreed to hide with him for three days before deciding whether to return to the Douluo Plane.
• The Auspicious Beast curled up against Qian Chen and fell asleep, while Tang San remained unaware that Qian Chen had taken her away.
• Ling Luochen woke in Qian Chen’s room, learned Wang Qiu’er was missing, and hurried back to the tournament arena.
• Ma Xiaotao lost to Ma Rulong after exhausting much of her Soul Power, and Shrek narrowly won the two-two-three matches without Wang Qiu’er.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy eliminated Shrek’s competitors in the team battle, securing the final victory and leaving Wang Yan anguished over the defeat.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Jiang Nannan comforted Wang Yan, while Wang Dong’er blamed Xuan Zi; Meng Hongchen then asked Feng Luan why he seemed unmoved by the win.

After spending three days in the Desperate Situation Space, Qian Chen returned to the Star Luo Empire Hotel with the Auspicious Beast, who had regained her willful nature. As the group prepared to visit Watch Valley, she insisted on staying close to Qian Chen and ended by demanding a ride on his Seven Kill Sword.

• Feng Luan left the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team to visit his hometown, while he told the injured Meng Hongchen to rest instead of coming with him.
• Qian Chen woke the Auspicious Beast after three days in the Desperate Situation Space and reminded her to keep pretending to be Wang Qiu'er so Tang San would not discover her identity.
• Qian Chen and the Auspicious Beast returned to the hotel, where Wang Yan told him the Shrek Academy Team had waited for him during his three-day absence.
• Qian Chen invited Qian Guyi and Xiao Xiao to visit Watch Valley but told Huo Yuhao to stay behind and cultivate.
• The Auspicious Beast clung to Qian Chen and insisted on accompanying him, then demanded to ride on his Seven Kill Sword instead of using a Flying Soul Tool.

Qian Chen taught Wang Qiu'er human etiquette during their journey to Watch Valley, where she apologized to Qian Guyi for her earlier rudeness. He then arranged for Ning Tian to visit Mingdu with Feng Luan to study its Soul Tools and city planning, before showing his brothers the Goldstone Blade and explaining why he had bought it.

• Tang San noticed the Auspicious Beast was close to Qian Chen and sent a divine thought ordering her to grow closer to Huo Yuhao, unaware Tang Wutong's soul was sealed in a soul jade bottle.
• While flying to Watch Valley, Qian Chen explained respect and human relationships to the Auspicious Beast, using her attempt to take his Seven Kill Sword as an example.
• After arriving at Watch Mountain Manor, Wang Qiu'er apologized to Qian Guyi, and Qian Chen asked Qian Guyi to show her around Watch Valley.
• Qian Chen told Feng Luan to take Ning Tian to Mingdu to study its Soul Tools and urban planning, and Ning Tian asked to bring Wu Feng.
• Qian Chen showed Feng Luan the Goldstone Blade, and Feng Luan explained its flaws and its durability-based ranking before Qian Chen confirmed that durability was why he bought it.

Qian Chen and Feng Luan discussed identifying the metals in the Goldstone Blade so Pan Long could experiment with recreating its alloy. Later, Qian Chen brought Feng Ling out of the Desperate Situation Space and ordered her to abandon the Holy Spirit Cult and return to Yan Shaozhe.

• Qian Chen explained that mixed metals could form powerful alloys, and Feng Luan said the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy could identify which metals were in the Goldstone Blade.
• Qian Chen assigned Feng Luan to test the blade and Pan Long to experiment with its alloy formula in Watch Valley.
• After speaking with Feng Luan and Pan Long, Qian Chen flew away and checked the barren mountains for nearby Soul Masters.
• Qian Chen released Feng Ling from the Desperate Situation Space, and she begged him not to imprison her again.
• Qian Chen told Feng Ling to leave the Holy Spirit Cult and return to Yan Shaozhe, and she agreed when he threatened to lock her away again.

Qian Chen forced Feng Ling to infiltrate Shrek Academy and stay close to Yan Shaozhe, using Ultimate Ice crystals to keep her under his control. After returning to Watch Valley, he was surprised when Wang Qiu'er declared that she wanted to become his partner.

• Qian Chen injected Ultimate Ice crystals into Feng Ling's body, suppressing her strength and making her life depend on his control.
• Qian Chen ordered Feng Ling to return to Yan Shaozhe's side at Shrek Academy, explaining that the scandal would weaken Yan Shaozhe's position.
• Feng Ling agreed to the task and fled the barren mountain while Qian Chen planned to use her against Yan Shaozhe and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Qian Chen flew back to Watch Valley and went to meet Qian Guyi, Wang Qiu'er, and Xiao Xiao.
• Wang Qiu'er greeted Qian Chen politely, then told him she had decided to become his partner because he was the only human she liked.

Qian Chen tried to reject the Auspicious Beast’s affection, but she insisted on staying by his side, and he agreed to let her come along. In Star Luo City, the Body Sect confronted Shrek Academy and demanded that Huo Yuhao join them, while a sect member raised his hand to strike Wang Dong’er.

• The Auspicious Beast argued that her attachment to Qian Chen was love and refused to leave him, so Qian Chen agreed to take her along.
• Qian Guyi arrived, and the group set off for Star Luo City while Qian Chen explained human relationships to the Auspicious Beast.
• Wang Yan led the remaining Shrek Academy students to check out of their hotel and wait for Qian Chen.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao of the Body Sect claimed Huo Yuhao as their disciple because of his spiritual eye Martial Soul.
• Wang Dong’er stepped in front of Huo Yuhao and warned him against joining the Body Sect, prompting a sect member to swing at her.

Qian Chen arrived in time to stop Lang Ya and Yu Tao from taking Huo Yuhao, then identified himself as Heavenly Sword Douluo and declared Huo Yuhao his personal disciple. He refused to let the Body Sect members leave without explaining why Yu Tao had struck Wang Dong'er.

• Yu Tao slapped Wang Dong'er after Tang San's Divine Sense influenced her to disparage the Body Sect, and Huo Yuhao comforted her.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochеn confronted Lang Ya and Yu Tao, but Yu Tao shoved them aside before Lang Ya tried to seize Huo Yuhao.
• Qian Chen wounded Lang Ya's arm with the Seven Kill Sword and arrived carrying Wang Qiu'er, introducing himself as Heavenly Sword Douluo.
• Lang Ya explained that the Body Sect wanted Huo Yuhao because his eyes were a Body Martial Soul, but Qian Chen said Huo Yuhao was his personal disciple and could not be taken.
• Qian Chen stopped Lang Ya and Yu Tao from leaving and asked Wang Dong'er to identify who had hit her, prompting Yu Tao to insist there was a reason.

Qian Chen forced Wang Dong'er and Yu Tao to settle their dispute before leading the surviving Shrek Academy Team home. As Zhongli Wu abandoned his search for Feng Ling and prepared to attack the Clear Sky Sect, Feng Ling arrived at Shrek City seeking Yan Shaozhe.

• Qian Chen made Wang Dong'er apologize to Lang Ya and Yu Tao for insulting the Body Sect, then made Yu Tao accept a retaliatory slap without resisting.
• Qian Chen warned Lang Ya and Yu Tao not to distort the incident and sent them away, while privately planning to draw the Body Sect's higher-ups into negotiations over Huo Yuhao.
• Xiao Xiao and Qian Guyi arrived, and Qian Chen led the remaining Shrek Academy Team members back to Shrek Academy after recounting the team's dead, missing, and injured members.
• After the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team left Star Luo City, Zhongli Wu ended the search for Feng Ling, kicked the branch head, and ordered Netherworld Douluo to accompany him back to headquarters to seek revenge against the Clear Sky Sect.
• Feng Ling arrived at the gates of Shrek City and said she had come for Yan Shaozhe.

Feng Ling reunited with Yan Shaozhe and persuaded him to shelter her at a residence outside Shrek City. Qian Chen returned to Shrek Academy with the tournament team, where Zhang Lexuan noticed he seemed guilty and asked whether something had happened.

• Feng Ling found Yan Shaozhe at Shrek Academy and convinced him she had regained control of herself and only wanted to see him.
• Feng Ling embraced Yan Shaozhe, and he lowered his guard and became intimate with her.
• Feng Ling asked Yan Shaozhe to let her stay and hoped to have his child, and he promised to arrange a residence for her outside Shrek City.
• Qian Chen escorted the Shrek Academy Team back after their tournament loss, and Zhang Lexuan welcomed him at the academy gates.
• Zhang Lexuan hosted a lavish banquet attended only by Qian Chen, Zhang Lexuan, Bing Ling, Wang Yan, and the tournament team.
• Zhang Lexuan noticed Qian Chen acting evasively on their walk back and asked whether something had happened at the tournament.

Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan about the Auspicious Beast’s feelings for him, and they agreed that he could have at most three wives, with no concubines. The next day, Zhang Lexuan began personally training the next generation of the Shrek Seven Devils, while Qian Chen gave Bing Ling an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone and returned to the Soul Tool Department, where Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo came to see him.

• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan how he had saved the Auspicious Beast and explained that she wanted him to be her partner; Zhang Lexuan said he could marry at most three wives, including her, but have no concubines.
• Qian Chen assured Zhang Lexuan that he only loved her, and the two spent a happy night together.
• Zhang Lexuan told Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, the Auspicious Beast, and Xiao Xiao that she would personally train them as the next generation of the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Qian Chen gave Bing Ling the Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Bone, which suited Bing Ling’s cultivation and could help him advance.
• Qian Chen mourned He Caitou’s death at the Soul Tool fabrication laboratory, then met Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo when they came to see him.

Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan attended a Sea God Pavilion meeting where Shrek Academy’s leaders decided to make Wang Yan the scapegoat for the team’s tournament defeat and dismissed him. Qian Chen explained why he had not defended Wang Yan and suggested they grow strong enough to take control of Shrek Academy and invite him back.

• Qian Duoduo offered to give Qian Chen assistants after He Caitou’s death, and the three headed to the Sea God Pavilion meeting.
• Yan Shaozhe said Shrek Academy needed someone to take responsibility for its tournament failure, while Zhang Lexuan asked whether Xuan Zi would be blamed.
• Cai Mei'er argued that Wang Yan bore considerable responsibility, and the elders discussed portraying him as incompetent.
• The Sea God Pavilion dismissed Wang Yan from teaching at Shrek Academy and barred the academy from hiring him again.
• Qian Chen told Zhang Lexuan he had not defended Wang Yan because of his rigid loyalty to Shrek, and he suggested they could invite Wang Yan back after taking control of the academy.

Lang Ya and Yu Tao reported that the Body Sect had failed to recruit Huo Yuhao after clashing with Shrek Academy and its leader, Qian Chen. Du Busi gathered nine elders and led them to Shrek City, where their arrival prompted Tang San to expect Shrek Academy to fight to keep Huo Yuhao.

• Lang Ya and Yu Tao told Du Busi and Jin Peng that Huo Yuhao was a thirteen-year-old genius with a Mental-attribute eye Martial Soul, Twin Martial Souls, and rank thirty-two Soul Power.
• Lang Ya recounted how Yu Tao slapped a Shrek girl, but Qian Chen restrained him and made the girl slap him in return.
• Du Busi excused Lang Ya and Yu Tao, then ordered Jin Peng to gather the available elders and prepared to recruit Huo Yuhao through force, negotiation, or an exchange.
• Du Busi led nine elders toward Shrek Academy, and the ten Titled Douluo arrived above Shrek City less than two days later.
• Qian Chen sensed the Body Sect's arrival and anticipated Tang San's reaction, while Tang San watched from the Divine Realm and expected Shrek Academy to defend Huo Yuhao.