Chapter Summaries

Nan Xuanyu grew stronger through his academy training, discovered he could enhance his teammates, and met Nana’s student Dong Qianqiu through a strange summoning resonance. After three years of study, he reached Soul Power level forty-five and set off with his family for Heaven Dou City to visit Teacher Nana.

• Nan Xuanyu and Liu Feng defeated the Lava Dogs, and Nan Xuanyu realized he could amplify his teammates with a Martial Soul Combination Skill.
• Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng chose their secondary professions, then Nan Xuanyu and his teammates won the midterm combat assessment.
• Magic Fox Yin Tianfan took Nan Xuanyu as his disciple and taught him about starship piloting.
• Dong Qianqiu told Nana about being summoned to Tianluo Star, and Nana suspected the boy involved was Nan Xuanyu.
• Nan Xuanyu and Dormitory 333 won the final combat assessment, while his Soul Power and Spiritual Power continued to rise over the next three years.
• Nan Xuanyu asked for leave to visit Nana, and his family set off for Heaven Dou City.

Nan Xuanyu traveled with his parents toward Heaven Dou Star, where he hoped to find Teacher Nana, but Star Pirates attacked their passenger ship en route. As the vessel came under fire, Nan Xuanyu left the restroom and asked a flight attendant to take him to the Starfighter so he could pilot it.

• Nan Cheng and Lan Xiao accompanied Nan Xuanyu on the spaceship to Heaven Dou Star, where he studied the vessel's systems and remembered his Starfighter training.
• Tang Le and Le Qingling boarded the same spaceship and settled into its first-class cabin.
• After Nan Xuanyu meditated during the journey, an alarm announced that unidentified spacecraft had intercepted the ship.
• Flight attendants reported that five Meteor-class reconnaissance ships were attacking the civilian vessel, and the ship shook under repeated blasts.
• Tang Le calmly suggested that the bodyguards could help, while Le Qingling hurried to arrange their response.
• Nan Xuanyu left the restroom, freed a flight attendant from her seat belt, and urgently asked her to take him to the Starfighter so he could pilot it.

Nan Xuanyu launched a Starfighter from the civilian spacecraft and joined the battle against the Star Pirates. He dodged four pursuing mechas and fired the fighter’s main cannon at close range.

• Tang Le’s bodyguards and the spacecraft’s security personnel flew out in mechas to defend the ship from the Star Pirates.
• Nan Xuanyu persuaded a flight attendant to take him to the Starfighter bay, then activated a fighter and asked the captain to open the lower hatch.
• The captain opened the lower bay after the spacecraft’s shield came close to breaking, and Nan Xuanyu launched into space.
• Nan Xuanyu joined the battle as more than twenty pirate mechas engaged the spacecraft’s twelve mechas, leaving the defenders at a disadvantage.
• Four pirate mechas pursued Nan Xuanyu, who accelerated away, turned back, dodged their fire, and fired his main cannon at close range.

Nan Xuanyu fought off the pirates and watched Tang Le unleash a golden dragon that devastated their forces. When a concealed attack ship fired on the spaceship, Tang Le stepped into the void and stopped the beam.

• Nan Xuanyu destroyed two pirate Mechas, escaped a Stellar Capture Net, and realized his Spiritual Power had helped him sense the danger.
• Tang Le appeared as a golden dragon, erased pursuing Mechas, and swept through the pirate formation while Nan Xuanyu recognized the true essence of Golden Dragon Ascends.
• The golden dragon destroyed a Meteor-class Reconnaissance Ship, but Nan Xuanyu spotted a stealth Meteor-class Attack Ship firing toward the spaceship.
• Tang Le stood by the viewport, troubled by his inability to remember the golden dragon, as the battle and incoming beam abruptly froze.
• Tang Le appeared in the void and walked toward the halted beam, making the light retreat with each step.

Tang Le revealed his immense power to Nan Xuanyu by destroying the pirate fleet, while Nan Xuanyu earned the passengers’ gratitude for defeating two pirate Mechas. The family reunited aboard the spaceship, where Nan Xuanyu’s parents embraced and praised him for protecting them.

• Tang Le reversed time, destroyed the Meteor-class Attack Ship and other pirate ships with Golden Dragons, then vanished as time resumed.
• Tang Le told Le Qingling that he had lost his memories and guessed that the Golden Dragon was his former soul spirit, while she urged him to keep his powers secret.
• The captain announced that the pirates had been eliminated, and Sun Weiping discovered that the child pilot who had destroyed two pirate Mechas was Nan Xuanyu.
• A flight attendant escorted Nan Xuanyu to Lan Xiao and Nan Cheng, who embraced him and cautioned him not to risk himself again.
• Nan Xuanyu told his parents that he had only wanted to protect them.

After the spaceship reached Heaven Dou Star, Nan Xuanyu reunited with Nana and met Dong Qianqiu, accidentally kissing her when she blocked his attempt to hug his teacher. The group traveled to Nana's residence at Heaven Dou Academy, where Nan Xuanyu and Dong Qianqiu continued to argue.

• Nan Xuanyu was questioned about piloting the Starfighter and was released after the authorities collected his family's contact information.
• Nana and Dong Qianqiu waited outside the spaceport while Tang Le and his group left without seeing them.
• Nan Xuanyu ran toward Nana, but Dong Qianqiu blocked him, and they fell together, their lips touching through their masks.
• Nana hugged Nan Xuanyu, then welcomed Nan Cheng and Lan Xiao before the group took a bus to her residence.
• On the crowded bus, Dong Qianqiu accused Nan Xuanyu of taking advantage of her, and they traded angry remarks while Nana held them both.

Dong Qianqiu took Nan Xuanyu on a tour of Heaven Dou Academy and, to get revenge on him without upsetting Teacher Nana, linked arms with him in the plaza. Their closeness stirred unexpected feelings in both of them and drew the jealous attention of the academy’s students.

• Nana let Dong Qianqiu take Nan Xuanyu to see the academy and invited them to dinner.
• Dong Qianqiu pulled Nan Xuanyu out of Nana’s apartment and led him around Heaven Dou Academy.
• After they reached the plaza, Dong Qianqiu took Nan Xuanyu’s arm to provoke him and get revenge without angering Teacher Nana.
• Nan Xuanyu enjoyed the closeness, while Dong Qianqiu blushed and found herself feeling at ease beside him.
• The students in the plaza stared at the pair, and boys who admired Dong Qianqiu grew furious at Nan Xuanyu.

Nan Xuanyu kissed Dong Qianqiu in public, then fought off her furious attacks with his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul and four hundred-thousand-year soul rings. He escaped to the lakeside, but Dong Qianqiu pursued him as he leapt onto an Ice Lotus above the water.

• Nan Xuanyu kissed Dong Qianqiu's cheek, took her hand, and led her forward with their fingers intertwined.
• Dong Qianqiu summoned her Ice Spear and attacked Nan Xuanyu, who blocked her strikes with his flaming shield and revealed four red soul rings.
• Dong Qianqiu unleashed her Ice Tide and a swarm of ice spikes, but Nan Xuanyu's fiery barrier melted them.
• Nan Xuanyu caught Dong Qianqiu when she fell, pulled her into his arms, kissed her cheek again, and ran away.
• Nan Xuanyu leapt into the lake and formed an Ice Lotus beneath his feet as Dong Qianqiu pursued him with an Ice Spear.

Nan Xuanyu outmatched Dong Qianqiu in a fight on the lake, teased her by carrying her into the air, and later apologized for kissing her. He offered to make her his girlfriend when they grew up, but she rejected him and ran away.

• Nan Xuanyu used his Water Element Control to defeat Dong Qianqiu's attacks and rode a water dragon above the lake.
• Nan Xuanyu caught Dong Qianqiu around the waist and carried her five meters into the air, where she clung to him because she feared heights.
• Dong Qianqiu attacked Nan Xuanyu again after he set her down, but he escaped to Nana's dormitory before she caught up.
• Nan Cheng opened the door as Dong Qianqiu thrust an Ice Spear at Nan Xuanyu, then comforted her after she said he had kissed her.
• Nan Xuanyu apologized to Dong Qianqiu and offered to take responsibility by making her his girlfriend when they grew up.
• Dong Qianqiu blushed, kicked Nan Xuanyu, and ran away after rejecting his offer.

After Nan Xuanyu apologized to Dong Qianqiu for kissing her, Nana asked whether he would take the Shrek Academy entrance exam. In the cultivation room, Nan Xuanyu revealed that he was a level-forty-five Soul Ancestor with four hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, leaving Nana stunned when he also disclosed his level-twenty Innate Soul Power.

• Nan Cheng scolded Nan Xuanyu for kissing Dong Qianqiu, and Nan Xuanyu apologized to her when she returned with Nana.
• Nana asked Nan Xuanyu whether he wanted to take the Shrek Academy entrance exam, and he confidently claimed he could suppress any rival.
• After dinner, Dong Qianqiu returned to the dormitory to cultivate while Nana took Nan Xuanyu to the cultivation room to test his strength.
• Nan Xuanyu activated his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul and revealed four red Soul Rings and level-forty-five Soul Power, shocking Nana.
• Nan Xuanyu told Nana that his Soul Rings upgraded automatically as his Soul Power rose and revealed that his Innate Soul Power was level twenty.

Nan Xuanyu demonstrated his eight soul skills to Nana, whose bloodline seemed similar to his but less powerful. After marveling at his abilities, Nana asked what kind of dragon his Martial Soul was.

• Nana hugged Nan Xuanyu and told him she had felt close to him because his aura resembled her own.
• Nan Xuanyu told Nana he planned to marry her when he grew up, then agreed to demonstrate his soul skills.
• Nan Xuanyu displayed his Water, Fire, Wind, and Earth Element Control skills, followed by four Ancestral Dragon skills.
• Nana sensed that Nan Xuanyu's bloodline was more noble than hers and felt an urge to submit to him.
• Nan Xuanyu rested with his head on Nana's thighs, and Nana asked what kind of dragon his Martial Soul was.

Nana taught Nan Xuanyu how to combine water and fire, explained his potential to control all seven elements, and helped him practice his techniques. She urged him to apply to Shrek Academy for the broader training it offered, leaving him to consider whether to go.

• Nan Xuanyu told Nana that he had named his powerful Dragon Martial Soul the Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul, and Nana discussed its similarities to her own abilities.
• Nana demonstrated how water and fire could enhance each other, then showed Nan Xuanyu a combined elemental attack that blasted apart nearby clouds.
• Nana explained that Nan Xuanyu could eventually control all seven elements and advised him to master them through his own comprehension; she also taught him practical techniques and improved his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Nan Xuanyu asked Nana if he could skip Shrek Academy and cultivate only with her, but Nana recommended Shrek for its training in Battle Armor, Mecha, and warship piloting.
• Nana advised Nan Xuanyu against the War God Temple because its official structure would restrict him, and Nan Xuanyu left still weighing whether to apply to Shrek Academy.

Nan Xuanyu left Nana and returned home before training for the Shrek Academy entrance examinations. He passed the preliminary test and began the team-based preliminary selection with Qian Lei and Liu Feng, leaving the chapter as Ling Yiyi prepared to explain the assessment.

• Nana saw Nan Xuanyu and his parents off, then refused Yun Yan's request to go to Shrek Academy for testing.
• Nana gave Dong Qianqiu a silver scale containing her aura and spatial coordinates so Xuanyu's family could summon her.
• The City of Sin learned that its force sent to kill Young Master Le had disappeared after reporting a golden dragon.
• Yin Tianfan showed Nan Xuanyu footage of his starfighter battle and trained him in practical piloting for Shrek Academy's Interstellar Command Department.
• Nan Xuanyu passed the preliminary test with Level 45 Soul Power and 1112 Spiritual Power, then teamed up with Qian Lei and Liu Feng for the selection assessment.
• Ling Yiyi transported the High-Energy Youth Class students to the assessment area and prepared to explain the rules.

Ling Yiyi began the preliminary selection’s survival test by releasing the students into a valley filled with Earthfire Lizards and a huge Earthfire Red Dragon. Nan Xuanyu’s warnings helped the students evade the dragon’s fireballs, though seven were eliminated, and the remaining groups gained a brief reprieve after spreading out.

• Ling Yiyi explained the survival test and vanished, prompting a roar and a stampede of Earthfire Lizards in the valley.
• Lu Qianxun led the students toward the mountaintop as Nan Xuanyu identified the Earthfire Lizards and a massive Earthfire Red Dragon appeared.
• The Earthfire Red Dragon fired at the students, and Nan Xuanyu used an Ice House and Wind Element Control to carry Qian Lei and Liu Feng to safety.
• Nan Xuanyu warned the crowded groups to spread out before the dragon’s second fireball struck, eliminating seven students and scattering the others.
• Nan Xuanyu warned everyone to split up as the dragon launched another fireball; Lu Qianxun, Chang Jianyin, and Ye Lingtong jumped down and narrowly avoided it.
• The dragon stopped targeting the students once they dispersed, giving the survivors a chance to recover.

Nan Xuanyu led Liu Feng and Qian Lei through the two Earthfire Red Dragons’ overlapping attacks, protecting them with ice defenses. With the remaining students eliminated or trapped, his group descended into the valley and advanced beneath a dragon’s meteor shower toward its belly.

• Nan Xuanyu shielded his group from attacks on the mountaintop, while Jin Xiang and many other students were eliminated by the Earthfire Red Dragon’s fiery meteor shower.
• Nan Xuanyu froze the mountain wall to slow the Earthfire Lizards, leaving his group and Lu Qianxun’s group as the only survivors among the students.
• When Earthfire Lizards began crawling down from the other side, Nan Xuanyu formed an Ice Sled and took Liu Feng and Qian Lei down into the valley.
• Nan Xuanyu steered the sled away from the densest cluster of Earthfire Lizards, then held an Ice Umbrella over the three as Liu Feng charged toward the Earthfire Red Dragon.
• Nan Xuanyu ordered the group to get beneath the Earthfire Red Dragon’s belly, and Liu Feng carried them forward while Nan Xuanyu’s Ice Umbrella endured the meteor shower.

Nan Xuanyu, Liu Feng, and Qian Lei escaped the Earthfire Red Dragon’s belly and summoned an Ironback Dragon as two more Earthfire Red Dragons attacked. With the dragons closing in, Nan Xuanyu jumped into a lava pool and told the others to follow, where his ice mist kept them alive.

• Nan Xuanyu, Liu Feng, and Qian Lei hid beneath an Earthfire Red Dragon until they found a chance to retreat and summon Qian Lei’s Ironback Dragon.
• A second Earthfire Red Dragon appeared and attacked Lu Qianxun, Ye Lingtong, and Chang Jianyin, who jumped away from its fireballs.
• Qian Lei summoned an Ironback Dragon, and he, Nan Xuanyu, and Liu Feng charged through the Earthfire Lizards as the two dragons turned toward them.
• Nan Xuanyu jumped into a lava pool to escape the dragons, then urged Liu Feng and Qian Lei to jump in after him.
• Liu Feng and Qian Lei entered the lava unharmed and learned Nan Xuanyu’s ice mist was protecting them from the heat.

Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng hid in the lava while two Earthfire Red Dragons fought, then attacked and killed both wounded beasts. A red gate of light appeared and beckoned them inside, and the three entered it.

• Nan Xuanyu concealed the group in an ice tube floating on the lava while the Earthfire Red Dragons fought each other.
• Nan Xuanyu told Qian Lei to prepare his second soul skill and wait for his signal as the dragons weakened one another.
• Nan Xuanyu ordered Qian Lei to attack the later-arriving dragon, and Qian Lei summoned an Emerald Demon Bird that struck its eye and killed it.
• Nan Xuanyu carried the group toward the remaining dragon on a lava dragon, and the Emerald Demon Bird and Liu Feng helped bring it down.
• Nan Xuanyu and his companions entered a red gate of light after it appeared and beckoned them inside.

After the preliminary selection, Qian Lei rejected early admission rather than abandon Nan Xuanyu and Liu Feng, and the three returned from the simulation. Nan Xuanyu entered Deep Meditation, while the results were announced with Jin Xiang’s group among the top one hundred.

• Ling Yiyi offered Qian Lei early admission, but Nan Xuanyu warned him that accepting would leave his teammates unable to continue the group assessments.
• Qian Lei chose to keep participating with Nan Xuanyu and Liu Feng, and Ling Yiyi returned the three to the valley before the preliminary selection ended.
• The three left the Simulation Pods, and Lu Qianxun asked Nan Xuanyu to command their group in later assessments if they advanced.
• Nan Xuanyu entered Deep Meditation, astonishing the teachers when he had still not awakened the next morning.
• The preliminary selection results showed Jin Xiang, Tang Yuege, and Li Pengbin in ninety-ninth place, qualifying for the next round.

Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng won the Tianluo Star Selection by an enormous margin, while Lu Qianxun’s group placed ninth. After waking from Deep Meditation, Nan Xuanyu’s Spiritual Power measured 1,108 points, and he explained the group’s assessment strategy to Yin Tianfan and Ji Hongbin.

• The results showed Lu Qianxun, Ye Lingtong, and Chang Jianyin in ninth place, while Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng became champions with 21,088 points.
• Mu Chongtian and Ji Hongbin questioned the champions about their remarkable score, but Qian Lei and Liu Feng kept the group’s methods secret and directed them to ask Nan Xuanyu.
• Ji Hongbin and Mu Chongtian found Nan Xuanyu in Deep Meditation at Dormitory 333 and left without learning how the group had scored so many points.
• Nan Xuanyu woke that night with sharper perception, then joined Qian Lei and Liu Feng for food with Yin Tianfan.
• Yin Tianfan measured Nan Xuanyu’s Spiritual Power at 1,108 points, and Nan Xuanyu recounted the assessment process to Yin Tianfan and Ji Hongbin.

Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng claimed their rewards for winning the Federation-wide preliminary selection, then entered the seven-day selection tournament in the simulated Star Dou Great Forest. They scouted the forest under Nan Xuanyu’s leadership and encountered two Soul Beasts fighting.

• Yin Tianfan and Ji Hongbin argued while Yin Tianfan tried to persuade Nan Xuanyu to choose Shrek Academy’s Interstellar Command Department.
• Ling Yiyi confirmed that Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng had won first place in the Federation-wide preliminary selection, then oversaw their prize draw.
• Qian Lei won a five-hundred-year increase to all his Soul ring cultivation, Liu Feng received a two-thousand-year Silver Moon Wolf right arm Soul Bone, and Nan Xuanyu won an entry to the beginner Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Liu Feng absorbed his Soul Bone, and the three began the selection tournament after hearing its rules.
• Nan Xuanyu chose to scout the forest before heading deeper, while Qian Lei summoned an Earthfire Dragon Lizard to lead the way.
• The Earthfire Dragon Lizard burned free of a thick vine, and the three later spotted a Golden Silk Demon Ape fighting a Palm Bear.