Chapter Summaries

Gula unleashed Groudon’s divine power in a sword-soul vision, then returned to find Xu Xiaoyan waiting for him. At lunch, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie clashed with Ye Xinglan over her suspicion of Tang Wulin and Xie Xie’s insult to Shrek Academy’s uniform, and Tang Wulin prepared to respond when Ye Xinglan’s sword qi knocked Xu Lizhi aside.

• Gula used Groudon’s Basalt Greatsword and Gravity Domain to defeat Rayquaza and render Hoopa Unbound unconscious.
• Gula returned to his body as Xu Xiaoyan called to him, and he joined her for lunch after learning Tang Wulin and the others had gone to a seafood buffet.
• Xu Xiaoyan hugged Gula’s arm as they headed to the restaurant where Tang Wulin was eating.
• Ye Xinglan accused Tang Wulin of having ulterior motives toward Xu Lizhi, and Xie Xie defended Tang Wulin before insulting her Shrek Academy uniform.
• Ye Xinglan demanded an apology for the insult, then knocked Xu Lizhi aside with an invisible force as Tang Wulin’s right hand became covered in Golden Scales.

Gula defended Tang Wulin and Xie Xie when they clashed with Ye Xinglan and her Shrek team, then the groups confronted each other again outside Tianhai Stadium. As Yu Tianliang pressured Xie Xie, Tang Wulin blocked him, while Wu Zhangkong remained confident that his students would not lose.

• Gula interrupted the argument at the restaurant and challenged Ye Xinglan to apologize to Tang Wulin, but she left with Xu Lizhi.
• After Tang Wulin finished the restaurant’s seafood, Gula offered to treat everyone to barbecue before they returned to Tianhai Stadium.
• Ye Xinglan accused Tang Wulin’s group of following her, and Xie Xie and Yu Tianliang exchanged angry words.
• Yu Tianliang used his soul power to force Xie Xie toward his knees, but Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King aura blocked the pressure.
• Wu Zhangkong told Shen Yi that his students would not lose and said that half of them could qualify for the Shrek Inner Court directly.

Gula and Tang Wulin competed in the afternoon and then faced Yu Tianliang’s Shrek team in a nighttime match arranged by Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi. The battle began with Tang Wulin charging Yu Tianliang, while Gula’s Gravity Control weighed down the opposing leader.

• Yu Tianliang and Tang Wulin’s teams were stopped from fighting outside the arena, and Wu Zhangkong arranged a private match for that night.
• Gula easily won his afternoon Individual Competition matches, and he and Tang Wulin passed the Forging Association’s first round with their Thousand Refinement skills.
• At Tianhai Stadium, Yu Tianliang offered to withdraw, but Gula challenged all seven Shrek competitors, and Shen Yi started the seven-on-six match.
• Tang Wulin attacked Yu Tianliang with Golden Dragon Roar as Gu Yue summoned an Elemental Tide and Xu Xiaoyan bound Ye Xinglan with Star Wheel Chains.
• Gula extended his Gravity Domain over Yu Tianliang, slowing him, while Tang Wulin endured three soul skills and flipped through the air; Zhen Hua took notice of the black-haired boy.

Gula defeated Yu Tianliang with his Sword Soul, impressing Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua with his comprehension. After East Sea Team won, Gula considered how to establish a safe anchor point before using Time-Space Travel, and Shen Yi expected Wu Zhangkong to return to the academy with his students.

• Zhuo Shi brought Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua to watch Tang Wulin and Gula fight, and Zhen Hua praised Tang Wulin's strength.
• Gula used his Extreme Martial Soul and Sword Soul to suppress Yu Tianliang and force other opponents from the stage.
• Zhen Hua recognized Gula's Sword Soul and agreed to guide Tang Wulin at the forging competition finals.
• Gula defeated Yu Tianliang, then considered Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan as possible anchors for returning through time and space.
• Shen Yi announced East Sea Team's victory and felt that Wu Zhangkong would follow the students back to the academy.

After Gula defeated Ye Xinglan and Yu Tianliang, he displayed his mastery of several weapon intents, leaving Ye Xinglan stunned. Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua agreed to guide Gula in forging, while Tang Wulin eagerly sought Zhen Hua’s advice.

• Yu Tianliang left the arena bitter after his team lost, and Ye Xinglan questioned how Gula had mastered sword intent without a sword martial soul.
• Gula demonstrated spear intent, saber intent, and hammer intent, and Xie Xie celebrated while Zhuo Shi told him to stop bullying Ye Xinglan.
• Zhuo Shi lectured Yu Tianliang and the other defeated students to learn from their loss and win next time.
• Zhen Hua and Mu Ye observed Gula, and Mu Ye privately regretted that Gula did not have a Body Martial Soul.
• Zhen Hua told Gula that he would watch the finals and guide him in forging, and Zhuo Shi urged Tang Wulin to seek advice from the Divine Craftsman.

Gula and Tang Wulin competed in the forging finals, each revealing an unusual ability as they worked to Thousand Refine Deep Silver. The chapter ended with Tang Wulin’s silver developing pale golden markings while the forging was still underway.

• Zhen Hua explained that awakening a metal’s spirituality through communication and resonance was the key to advanced forging.
• Gula advanced to the top sixteen using four Plant Soul Beasts, then told Tang Wulin he planned to hide his strength to avoid attracting dangerous attention.
• At the finals, Zhen Hua welcomed the contestants and promised to teach at the association after the competition.
• Gula began forging Deep Silver with his Groudon Martial Soul and used precise hammer vibrations to raise its spirituality dramatically.
• Tang Wulin forged his own Deep Silver using Golden Dragon King blood essence, and pale golden markings appeared as the ingot shrank.

Gula and Tang Wulin impressed the judges with their extraordinary Thousand Refined Deep Silver, drawing the attention of the Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua. Zhen Hua announced the next round and began a demonstration of Soul Forging.

• Duan Xuan ended the first round, and the contestants submitted their Thousand Refined Deep Silver for testing.
• Gula’s Deep Silver scored 989 in Spirituality, prompting Duan Xuan to invite him to join the Tianhai Forging Association, but Gula refused.
• Zhen Hua advised Gula about Spirit Forging and privately asked him to stay after the competition.
• Tang Wulin’s dragon-patterned Deep Silver surpassed 900 in Spirituality, and Zhen Hua asked who had taught him forging before recognizing Mang Tian’s connection.
• Zhen Hua announced Thousand Refined Blue Gestation Copper as the second-round topic and began demonstrating Soul Forging.

Zhen Hua demonstrated peak Soul Forging before the Blue Gestation Copper contest, where Gula won and Tang Wulin came runner-up. Afterward, Zhen Hua asked them about their reasons for becoming blacksmiths, and Gula revealed his designer qualification and ambition to forge his own Four-Word Battle Armor.

• Zhen Hua demonstrated Soul Forging, transforming Heavy Silver into a Silver Winged Phoenix and inspiring the blacksmiths watching.
• Gula forged Blue Gestation Copper to the peak line of Thousand Refined First Grade.
• Gula won the competition, while Tang Wulin saw that he had placed runner-up.
• Zhen Hua asked Tang Wulin why he had become a blacksmith, and Tang Wulin said he had first wanted money for a soul spirit before coming to enjoy forging.
• Gula revealed that he was a Fifth Level Designer and said he wanted to forge his own Four-Word Battle Armor and explore the limits of battle armor.

Gula and Tang Wulin became Zhen Hua’s forging disciples, and Gula won the Individual Match championship at the Tianhai competition. After the team’s celebration banquet, Gu Yue confronted Gula over the attack on Tang Wulin, and he revealed overwhelming power against the hidden Myriad Demon King and Bear Lord.

• Gula and Tang Wulin accepted Zhen Hua’s offer to teach them forging and became his disciples.
• Gula defeated the Sky Sea Academy Team captain with his Azure Jade Cage and won the Individual Match championship.
• Tang Wulin and the others attended a celebration banquet, where the Skysea Alliance tried to recruit Gula and the other talented students.
• Gula stayed behind in Skysea City, and Gu Yue emerged from a Space Rift to accuse him of being connected to the attack on Tang Wulin.
• Gula resisted the Myriad Demon King’s mental influence, suppressed him with the power of nature, and caught Bear Lord’s attack before asking whether they wanted to talk or fight.

Gu Yue sought Gula’s cooperation against the Sea God and the Spirit Pagoda’s pressure on the Soul Beast Tribe. She gave him her Reverse Scale as a token, and he agreed to answer three questions while Gu Yue considered what to ask.

• Gu Yue brought Gula through a spatial rift to the Lake of Life, where she revealed her dragon nature and asked whether he had a grudge against her.
• Gu Yue proposed cooperation, admitting the Soul Beast Tribe was trapped under the Spirit Pagoda’s surveillance, while Gula questioned what she could offer him.
• Gu Yue gave Gula her Reverse Scale so he could contact her, and Di Tian reacted with shock.
• Gula accepted the offer and promised to answer three questions as his contribution to their cooperation.
• Gu Yue weighed asking about the Sea God’s schemes or Gula’s origins but had not yet chosen her questions.

Gu Yue learned from Gula that Tang Wulin was the vessel for the Golden Dragon King’s power, then agreed to cooperate with Gula against the Sea God’s control over living beings. At the Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu showed them the completed Great Earth Demonic Bear soul spirit, which had to be fused soon before its unstable bloodlines collapsed.

• Gula explained that the Golden Dragon King had poured his power into the newborn Tang Wulin to make him a vessel and take revenge on Tang San.
• Gula said he wanted freedom and opposed gods treating living beings like puppets, and Gu Yue agreed to cooperate with him.
• Gula and Gu Yue visited Leng Yaozhu, who showed them the completed mixed-blood soul spirit and invited them to observe its fusion.
• Researcher Yang explained that the Great Earth Demonic Bear soul spirit combined three bloodlines and would collapse within two weeks unless it fused with a Soul Master.

Gula fused with the Great Earth Demonic Bear Soul Spirit, transforming his three soul rings and improving several Soul Skills. Leng Yaozhu prepared him and Gu Yue to attend Shrek Academy, where Gula intended to study the Golden Tree and seek its power.

• Researcher Yang awakened the Great Earth Demonic Bear Soul Spirit, and Gula used Groudon's aura to calm it and complete the fusion.
• Gula connected the Soul Spirit to his three soul rings, turning all three into newly formed Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and gaining changes to Gravity Control and Lava Undying Body.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Gula to avoid using the Great Earth Demonic Bear Soul Spirit in battle unless necessary and cautioned him about Shrek Academy.
• Gula told Leng Yaozhu that he planned to study the Golden Tree on Sea God Island and also hoped to obtain the Seed of Life.
• Leng Yaozhu advised Gula to look after Gu Yue during their years in Shrek's Outer Court, leaving Gula wondering if she was trying to matchmake them.

Three years of training left Gula frustrated with his slow progress and unable to return to his original space-time, so he developed a powerful incarnation Soul Skill and headed toward Shrek City. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin and his companions traveled to Shrek Academy, where Tang Wulin worried about passing its assessment and finding Dragon Blood Vine.

• Over three years, Tang Wulin reached Soul Power rank twenty-eight while Gula rose from rank thirty-seven to rank forty-three, and the Class Zero students made major progress under Wu Zhangkong.
• Gula failed to return to his original space-time because the Silver Dragon King watched the relevant time-space node, so he focused on cultivation and developing his skills.
• The Golden Ancient Tree gave Gula the Fourth Soul Skill, Outer Tree Incarnation, which let him create real incarnations from Plant Soul Beasts and share memories and insights with them.
• Gula created five incarnations to help with study and cultivation, then set out toward Shrek City to visit the Golden Tree.
• On the Soul Tool Train to Shrek City, Tang Wulin worried about Shrek Academy's assessment and his search for Dragon Blood Vine, while Gu Yue teased him about his nerves.

Gula joined Wu Zhangkong and the others at a Shrek City auction, where he bought seven rare lotus seeds and used his abilities to cultivate one. He shared the remaining seeds with the group, then rested as the newly sprouted seed grew.

• Wu Zhangkong led the group to the auction, where Spirit Forged Heavy Silver sold for seven million Federation Coins.
• Gula bid thirteen million five hundred thousand Federation Coins for seven Ten Thousand Year Six Senses Pure Lotus Seeds.
• Gula explained that he had bought the seeds to cultivate them, and Xie Xie complained about his growing collection of powerful Plant Puppets.
• Gula used Life Force and his Fourth Soul Ring to catalyze one lotus seed, then offered the six depleted seeds to his companions.
• Gula and the others, including Gu Yue, ate the lotus seeds while the cultivated seed continued to grow.

Tang Wulin and his companions began Shrek Academy’s entrance examinations after refining a Six Senses Purifying Lotus seed and arriving in Shrek City. They passed the first test of resisting Di Tian’s dragon might, then entered a combat trial against a pack of thousand-year Ice Wolves.

• Gula, Wu Zhangkong, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan refined the Six Senses Purifying Lotus seed, while Gula’s sprout developed Spiritual Power.
• Tang Wulin won the bid for Dragon Blood Grass, and the group set out for Shrek Academy at dawn.
• The examination began with a test of endurance against the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King’s dragon might.
• Tang Wulin helped Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan withstand the pressure, and the examiners awarded Gula, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin ten points, Xie Xie five, and Xu Xiaoyan four.
• The second test transported the candidates into a combat area and assigned them to kill a pack of thousand-year Ice Wolves within ten minutes.

Tang Wulin and his team passed the second assessment by defeating a pack of Ice Wolves and learned that they needed sixty points across ten rounds to pass. They entered the third round, crossed a corridor of poisoned guillotine blades, and drew the interest of an observer in a golden robe.

• Tang Wulin's team fought twelve Ice Wolves, with Xu Xiaoyan controlling the field, Xie Xie killing one wolf, Tang Wulin defeating the Wolf King, Gu Yue destroying five wolves, and Gula wiping out the survivors.
• The examiners awarded Tang Wulin ten points, Xu Xiaoyan seven, Xie Xie eight, Gu Yue ten, and Gula ten, then announced that sixty points across ten rounds would pass the assessment.
• Xu Xiaoyan resolved to prove herself in later rounds, while Gula warned Gu Yue that someone was watching them and that he would handle an old woman if she caused trouble.
• The team faced a corridor of poisoned guillotine blades; Xie Xie dodged through, Xu Xiaoyan froze the mechanisms, Tang Wulin disrupted the blades, and Gu Yue and Gula teleported to the end.
• An observer in a golden robe watched the students and remarked that their unconventional methods made them interesting.

During the fourth Shrek Academy trial, the candidates displayed their abilities, and Cai Yue'er clashed with Gu Yue and Gula over Gu Yue's refusal to become her disciple. Gula threatened to use Leng Yaozhu's influence against Cai Yue'er, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan demonstrated their Martial Souls, but Cai Yue'er criticized their abilities and awarded them eight and seven points.
• Tang Wulin struck Cai Yue'er's Soul Power Barrier with his Golden Dragon Claw, breaking it before her retaliation sent him crashing into a wall; she gave him ten points.
• Gu Yue displayed Four Element Control, prompting Cai Yue'er to offer her Inner Court admission and personal discipleship, which Gu Yue refused.
• Gula blocked Cai Yue'er from recruiting Gu Yue and challenged her pressure by possessing Groudon and invoking Leng Yaozhu's authority.
• Cai Yue'er threatened to give the group zero points in the remaining trials, and Gula warned that he would ask Leng Yaozhu to make spirit souls cost more for students under Cai Yue'er's responsibility.

Ya Li took over the assessment after Cai Yue'er’s confrontation with Gula, apologized to the students, and sought to repair relations between Shrek Academy and Spirit Pagoda. Gula then demonstrated his twin Martial Souls and revealed that his Golden Tree Soul Spirit had been cultivated from an ancient branch acquired by the Spirit Pagoda.

• Cai Yue'er remained furious over Gula’s threat to raise Spirit Soul prices, so the red-robed elder summoned Ya Li to take over the assessment.
• Ya Li healed Tang Wulin, apologized for Cai Yue'er’s conduct, and promised the academy would punish her; Gula accepted the apology while needling Cai Yue'er.
• Ya Li declared that personal feelings should not damage ties between Spirit Pagoda and Shrek, then resumed the assessment and confirmed the students had no objections to their scores.
• Ya Li invited Gu Yue to join the Inner Court, but Gu Yue declined.
• Gula displayed his Extreme Earth and Extreme Fire Martial Soul, earth sword intent, Land of Ruin domain, and his Spirit Type Extreme Wood Martial Soul with its Endless Forest Sea domain.
• Gula said his Golden Tree Soul Spirit came from a branch containing the tree’s origin, which the Spirit Pagoda had obtained seven hundred years earlier in exchange for two Hundred Thousand Year soul bones.

Gula demonstrated the Golden Tree Soul Spirit and earned permission to cultivate at Shrek Academy’s Golden Ancient Tree. In private, he revealed the danger awaiting Shrek Academy and Ya Li if Yun Ming remained unable to become a god, then left Yun Ming to consider his offer.

• Gula’s Golden Tree Soul Spirit impressed Ya Li, who awarded him ten points for the fourth test.
• Yun Ming arrived and granted Gula an exception to enter the Inner Court and cultivate at the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Yun Ming took Gula to a ruined wasteland, sealed the area, and asked whether he was a god.
• Yun Ming said the Spirit of the Plane was preventing his breakthrough, while Gula warned that a God King’s scheme could not be undone by him alone.
• Gula told Yun Ming that Shrek Academy would suffer catastrophic losses within ten years and that Ya Li would die fighting an Abyssal Demon, then departed.

Gula returned to the assessment hall and completed the strength and food trials before the students began the comprehensive combat assessment. Xie Xie was knocked off the platform by the class monitor, while Tang Wulin challenged a sub-dragon Soul Ancestor and Gula decided to fight all ten opponents.

• Yun Ming let Gula proceed after a distant voice advised him to cultivate beneath the Golden Tree on Sea God Island.
• Gula shattered the backup Tungsten Steel Strength Testing Column and earned full marks for a Palm Power of one hundred thirty-eight thousand jin.
• Tang Wulin and Gula devoured the special steamed buns in the sixth trial, earning full marks, while Tang Wulin packed up more to take with him.
• The students began the comprehensive combat assessment, and Xie Xie challenged a thin student who transformed into a Titan Giant Ape and knocked him off the arena.
• Tang Wulin challenged a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor with a sub-dragon martial soul, while Gula chose to fight all ten students.