Chapter Summaries

Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng cooperated with the Golden Silk Demon Ape, helping it kill the three Golden Eye Leopards that had eaten its child. The Golden Silk Demon Ape accepted the Thousand-Year Purple Ganoderma and continued its agreement with them, while the group discovered a Head Soul Bone they could not use in the virtual world.

• Nan Xuanyu had Qian Lei negotiate a six-day partnership with the Golden Silk Demon Ape in exchange for the Thousand-Year Purple Ganoderma.
• The Golden Silk Demon Ape told Qian Lei that three thousand-year Golden Eye Leopards nearby had eaten its child, and Nan Xuanyu agreed to help kill them.
• Nan Xuanyu used his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline to suppress the Golden Eye Leopards, allowing the Golden Silk Demon Ape, Qian Lei's summons, and Liu Feng to defeat all three in a battle lasting less than ten seconds.
• The Golden Silk Demon Ape vented its anger on a leopard's corpse, then accepted and ate the Thousand-Year Purple Ganoderma after Nan Xuanyu offered it.
• The Golden Silk Demon Ape retrieved a Head Soul Bone from a Golden Eye Leopard and gave it to Nan Xuanyu, but the three realized they could not use it in the virtual world.

Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng rescued Ye Lingtong from a team of Lingtian Academy students who had killed her teammates. When Li Yaoming demanded they hand Ye Lingtong over, Nan Xuanyu ordered an attack, beginning a clash between the teams.

• Nan Xuanyu and the others gave the soul bone to the Golden Silk Demon Ape, guarded it while it fused with the bone, then left it sleeping the next morning.
• The group heard fighting and found Ye Lingtong fleeing three Lingtian Academy students: Li Yaoming, Shu Zixuan, and Xu Rongxin.
• Nan Xuanyu pulled Ye Lingtong out of danger and pierced Shu Zixuan's arm with an ice-blue sword, while Liu Feng and the others confronted the pursuers.
• Ye Lingtong told Nan Xuanyu that Li Yaoming's team had killed Lu Qianxun and Chang Jianyin after ambushing them during a battle with a Heavenly Wrath Demon Lion.
• Li Yaoming proposed that Nan Xuanyu's team hand over Ye Lingtong to avoid a costly fight, but Nan Xuanyu ordered an attack, and Qian Lei summoned a Purple Lightning Dragon to strike Li Yaoming.

Nan Xuanyu unleashed his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline and led his team to defeat Li Yaoming, Xu Rongxin, and Shu Zixuan. Ye Lingtong asked to join them, and the group continued the assessment with Nan Xuanyu wary of betrayal.

• Nan Xuanyu's Ancestral Dragon Vitality restored Ye Lingtong's strength and suppressed Li Yaoming and Xu Rongxin as the team attacked.
• Nan Xuanyu killed Li Yaoming with his Ancestral Dragon Claw, then helped defeat Xu Rongxin with Ye Lingtong and the others.
• Shu Zixuan tried to flee, but the Emerald Demon Bird wounded him and Nan Xuanyu crushed his head with his Ancestral Dragon Claw.
• Qian Lei and Liu Feng praised Nan Xuanyu, who explained that he had held back earlier so they could train.
• Ye Lingtong asked to travel with Nan Xuanyu's group, and Qian Lei warned her not to steal their kills.
• Ye Lingtong denied she would betray them, but Nan Xuanyu stayed vigilant about the danger of attacks from allies.

Bing Tianliang’s Lingtian Academy team cornered Niu Yiwei’s group, while Nan Xuanyu’s companions used a fake trail to lure the teams apart. The chapter left Niu Yiwei fighting to escape and Nan Xuanyu holding Liang Shushi captive.

• Nan Xuanyu and the others dug a tree hollow to recover, while the Golden Silk Demon Ape guarded them and searched for their missing teammates.
• Bing Tianliang gathered students from two groups and led a nine-person team that had defeated twelve groups, then set out to meet the group from Heaven Luo Academy.
• The Golden Silk Demon Ape lured Niu Yiwei and two Longfeng Soul Master Academy companions into an ambush by Lingtian Academy students.
• Niu Yiwei tried to bargain with Bing Tianliang, but a scream from the forest prompted Bing Tianliang to order an attack.
• Niu Yiwei used his Button Bomb soul skills to hold off the Lingtian Academy students as his companions fled.
• Nan Xuanyu restrained Liang Shushi with his Ancestral Dragon Claw after the Golden Silk Demon Ape defeated another Soul Master.

Nan Xuanyu and Ye Lingtong eliminated Liang Shushi and her teammates, but Bing Tianliang arrived seeking revenge. Nan Xuanyu revealed his four hundred-thousand-year soul rings and began fighting Bing Tianliang’s group, killing two Soul Masters in moments.

• Nan Xuanyu and the Golden Silk Demon Ape defeated Liang Shushi’s teammates, and Ye Lingtong delivered the final blow to Liang Shushi before kissing Nan Xuanyu in excitement over her points.
• Bing Tianliang arrived too late to save Liang Shushi and attacked Nan Xuanyu, who repelled him with Ancestral Dragon Ascends and revealed four red soul rings.
• Bing Tianliang ordered his five teammates to attack Nan Xuanyu, Ye Lingtong, and the Golden Silk Demon Ape while Qian Lei and Liu Feng stayed hidden.
• Nan Xuanyu used an icy sword and earthen spikes to kill two of Bing Tianliang’s two-ring teammates within seconds.

Nan Xuanyu revealed his strength in the examination, defeating several Lingtian Academy students with his Ancestral Dragon abilities and a fused Water-Fire Lotus. The examination ended with Nan Xuanyu, Ye Lingtong, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng still holding all their points, leaving them confident they had reached the top ten.

• Nan Xuanyu shattered Yu Tian's Mo Blade and eliminated him with the Ancestral Dragon Claw.
• Nan Xuanyu created a Water-Fire Lotus that overwhelmed Bing Tianliang's lightning attack, while the Golden Silk Demon Ape pinned Bing Tianliang down.
• Nan Xuanyu and Ye Lingtong fought the remaining Lingtian Academy students, and Nan Xuanyu caught Ye Lingtong before she fell.
• Nan Xuanyu detected and eliminated a student who attacked him from behind, but the examination ended before he and the Golden Silk Demon Ape could finish off Bing Tianliang.
• Nan Xuanyu, Ye Lingtong, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng left the Simulation Pods with all their points intact, and Qian Lei celebrated their likely top-ten finish.

Nan Xuanyu's group advanced to Shrek Academy's reexaminations and trained with Bing Tianliang's group in the Spirit Ascension Platform. After defeating a Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Demon, Nan Xuanyu discovered a mysterious Golden Little Monkey within himself, and the six students received tickets for future visits.

• Mu Chongtian announced that Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng had placed first and qualified for the reexaminations, while Ye Lingtong and the other Heaven Luo Academy students were eliminated.
• Mu Chongtian warned the advancing students that the reexaminations would test varied abilities and advised them to choose their future major and minor fields.
• Ji Hongbin put Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng through twenty days of intensive training before the academy sent them into the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Nan Xuanyu's group met Bing Tianliang's group inside the platform, agreed to cooperate, and followed Nan Xuanyu's lead while hunting Soul Beasts.
• Nan Xuanyu and Dong Qianqiu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Deep Blue Gaze, to help defeat a Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Demon, after which a Golden Little Monkey appeared from Nan Xuanyu and merged back into him.
• The six students finished their training and received Spirit Ascension Platform tickets as compensation for the misplaced Ten-Thousand-Year Tree Demon; Nan Xuanyu's group returned to their dormitory to examine their gains.

After reaching Shrek Academy for the retest, Nan Xuanyu discovered that his unusual affinity for Life Energy accelerated his cultivation. The Eternal Tree reacted with joy to an unknown event as the Tianluo Star students prepared for their assessments, and Nan Xuanyu began the first round of testing.

• Qian Lei and Liu Feng revealed that their soul rings had evolved to the thousand-year level, while Nan Xuanyu gained the Golden Little Monkey as a soul spirit.
• Ji Hongbin, Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng traveled to the Home Planet with the other top-ranked groups, and Ji Hongbin noticed Nan Xuanyu's rare Life Energy affinity in Mingdu.
• The Eternal Tree sent green-gold lights across a lake, and an elder learned from the Life Spirits that they felt joy and excitement.
• Ling Yiyi welcomed the Tianluo Star students to Shrek Academy and arranged their stay at Shrek Inn, where Nan Xuanyu cultivated overnight amid dense Life Energy.
• Ling Yiyi led the thirty retest candidates to the physical testing center, where Nan Xuanyu entered an instrument for the Soul Power test.

Nan Xuanyu completed Shrek Academy’s tests, showing remarkable strength and balance while damaging two blood-testing devices. The dean investigated his unusual, glowing blood and found his sample labeled with his name.

• Nan Xuanyu’s tests recorded level forty-eight base Soul Power, level eighty combat Soul Power, and Spiritual Power of one thousand one hundred and eight after a fake emergency alarm provoked him to struggle.
• Nan Xuanyu endured the spinning test without vomiting, unlike Qian Lei, Liu Feng, and the other candidates, and Ling Yiyi praised his balance.
• Nan Xuanyu struck the fourth test’s target once with physical strength and again with his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul, Soul Power, Bloodline Power, and Ancestral Dragon Ascends.
• At Shrek Academy, staff reported that Life Energy had risen across Shrek City and Douluo Star, while the beautiful dean urged them to watch for promising new students.
• Zhang Chenyu told the dean that Nan Xuanyu’s glowing blood had damaged two testing devices, and the dean went to inspect the sample labeled with his name.

The beautiful dean discovered that Nan Xuanyu’s blood could overpower her barrier and suspected he had a god-level bloodline. After completing the physical tests, Nan Xuanyu reunited with Dong Qianqiu and met her teammate Lan Mengqin before they headed to the assessment site.

• The beautiful dean tested Nan Xuanyu’s blood, which formed a powerful dragon-shaped mist that broke through her barrier, and ordered staff to monitor him closely.
• Nan Xuanyu helped Qian Lei and Liu Feng finish the endurance test, then completed the reaction-speed test with them.
• Nan Xuanyu and his teammates learned that the team assessment would take place the next day, then returned to Shrek Inn after eating.
• Dong Qianqiu greeted Nan Xuanyu in the inn lobby and introduced him to her teammate Lan Mengqin.
• Lan Mengqin teased Dong Qianqiu about her closeness with Nan Xuanyu, introduced herself, and refused to shake Qian Lei’s hand.
• Nan Xuanyu, Dong Qianqiu, Lan Mengqin, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng boarded the bus to the assessment site.

Nan Xuanyu, Liu Feng, and Qian Lei began Shrek Academy's team assessment in a real arena match against Li Han, Li Bin, and Jia Yu. The chapter ended as Li Han sent towering waves crashing toward them, after seeing Nan Xuanyu's four hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.

• Xiao Qi welcomed the teams to Shrek Academy and explained that half would be eliminated through dangerous, real-combat arena matches.
• The drawing paired Nan Xuanyu, Liu Feng, and Qian Lei against Li Han, Li Bin, and Jia Yu in the first match on Arena One.
• Dong Qianqiu nervously watched Nan Xuanyu, and Lan Mengqin teased her before learning that Nan Xuanyu was Nana's first disciple.
• Ling Yiyi started the match, and the opponents charged as both teams revealed their Soul Rings.
• Li Han unleashed towering waves toward Nan Xuanyu and his teammates after the opposing team saw Nan Xuanyu's four red Soul Rings.

Nan Xuanyu's team faced Li Han, Jia Yu, and Li Bin, whose coordinated attacks overwhelmed the arena, but Nan Xuanyu's power made their attacks and soul rings vanish. Liu Feng, Qian Lei, and Nan Xuanyu then eliminated all three opponents almost instantly, leaving the audience and even Ling Yiyi baffled.

• Li Han, Jia Yu, and Li Bin combined their Tide, Sea Staff, and moonlight abilities into a powerful attack against Nan Xuanyu's team.
• Nan Xuanyu used his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul, and the opponents' waves, swordfish, and soul rings disappeared as Li Han and Jia Yu collapsed.
• Liu Feng attacked Jia Yu, Qian Lei sent the Emerald Demon Bird at Li Bin, and Nan Xuanyu punched Li Han off the arena, winning the match.
• Ling Yiyi asked Nan Xuanyu how he had defeated them, but he called it luck and left with Qian Lei and Liu Feng.
• Li Han and Jia Yu said they had suddenly lost their martial souls and could not use their abilities, while the audience erupted in disbelief.

Nan Xuanyu’s group advanced after he used his Water and Fire Elements to wash and dry Qian Lei, while several other teams won or were eliminated. The final match began with Yuan En Huihui facing three opponents alone, revealing that he was a five-ring Soul King.

• Nan Xuanyu drenched Qian Lei with a tiny water dragon, then used fire to dry him without harming him.
• Nan Xuanyu’s group advanced, while Liang Shushi’s group was eliminated and Liang Shushi rushed to Bing Tianliang in tears.
• Lan Mengqin and Dong Qianqiu defeated their opponents, and Bing Tianliang’s group also won.
• Xiao Qi announced that Yuan En Huihui would face Luo Hao, Chen Xiao, and Feng Xiao alone.
• Yuan En Huihui revealed five soul rings and summoned a purple longbow, declaring that he did not need a team.

Yuan En Huihui easily defeated three opponents, while Nan Xuanyu was taken for an additional test of his unusual abilities. When Nan Xuanyu amplified Li Han, Li Bin, and Jia Yu's combined attack, they formed a powerful Sea Dragon that forced Ling Yiyi to use a serious strike to stop it.

• Yuan En Huihui used three precise arrows to defeat his opponents, and the assessment eliminated half the participants.
• Nan Xuanyu cultivated overnight and reached Soul Power level forty-nine before Ling Yiyi took him, Li Han, Li Bin, and Jia Yu to a Simulation Pod test.
• Li Han, Li Bin, and Jia Yu attacked Nan Xuanyu again, but their Martial Souls vanished when their waves touched him.
• Nan Xuanyu activated his Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul while supporting the three, transforming their combined attack into a powerful Sea Dragon.
• Ling Yiyi released seven soul rings and split the Sea Dragon with a beam of light, then recognized Nan Xuanyu's amplification ability as terrifying.

Nan Xuanyu’s unusual bloodline powers left Ling Yiyi questioning what had happened during the simulation, and she took him to choose his individual assessment. He chose the obscure Starfighter Piloting test, where no one had taken the assessment before.

• Ling Yiyi asked Li Han and the others what they had experienced, and they described losing their Soul Power and Spiritual Power while being driven to attack.
• Ling Yiyi accused Nan Xuanyu of controlling Sea Dragon, but he claimed he did not know what had happened and privately recognized the effect as part of his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline.
• Ling Yiyi took Nan Xuanyu to his individual assessment and told him to choose the ability he excelled at most.
• Nan Xuanyu chose battleship piloting instead of Martial Soul, then selected Starfighter Piloting from its specialized categories.
• Ling Yiyi saw that the Starfighter Piloting assessment had a zero beside it, indicating no one had chosen it before.

Nan Xuanyu registered for the Starfighter Piloting Assessment and met Yin Tianfan, the scruffy instructor who tested his piloting skills in a simulated battle. After Nan Xuanyu destroyed one enemy fighter, Yin Tianfan reported that two more were approaching, leaving Nan Xuanyu furious at his wingman.

• Nan Xuanyu insisted on choosing the Starfighter Piloting Assessment, and Ling Yiyi registered him before leaving.
• Yin Tianfan met Nan Xuanyu and took him to the Interstellar Center, where Nan Xuanyu admired the Starfighter and said he valued the freedom of flying.
• Yin Tianfan brought Nan Xuanyu to the Simulation Pods and joined him as his wingman for an interstellar combat test.
• Nan Xuanyu ordered Yin Tianfan to draw away the enemies, then evaded an enemy's cannon fire and destroyed its fighter with a backward shot.
• Yin Tianfan reported that two enemy fighters were heading toward Nan Xuanyu and that he had failed to hold them back, prompting Nan Xuanyu to call him useless.

Nan Xuanyu survived a simulated battle after his examiner, the scruffy middle-aged man, pretended to be his wingman and led enemies against him. After Nan Xuanyu destroyed more than a dozen fighters, the examiner barely passed him and told him to report after the comprehensive exam.

• Nan Xuanyu's wingman disappeared while enemy fighters attacked, so Nan Xuanyu fled into an asteroid belt and destroyed the enemy wingman with a clever maneuver.
• Nan Xuanyu ambushed and destroyed the enemy main fighter, then learned his wingman was bringing more than a dozen fighters toward him.
• Nan Xuanyu fired past his wingman and destroyed several pursuing fighters, causing the simulated battle to end with more than a dozen enemies defeated.
• Nan Xuanyu accused the scruffy middle-aged man of betraying him, and the man explained that he had been working with the enemies as part of the test.
• Nan Xuanyu apologized for forgetting the man was his examiner, and the examiner barely passed him and told him to report after the comprehensive exam.

Nan Xuanyu and the other candidates learned that Shrek Academy’s comprehensive assessment would be a real battle with the risk of death, but every candidate chose to continue. Before flying to the battlefield on an intelligent planet, Nan Xuanyu’s cultivation reached rank fifty-one and his soul rings turned orange-gold.

• Nan Xuanyu passed his individual assessment, Qian Lei passed because of his unique martial soul, and Liu Feng endured severe injuries to pass and earn Xiao Qi’s favor.
• Xiao Qi announced that no candidates had been eliminated in the individual assessment, but the comprehensive assessment would take place on a real battlefield where they could die.
• Lan Mengqin, Dong Qianqiu, and Bing Tianliang joined Nan Xuanyu’s group, and all the candidates chose to participate after the one-hour decision period.
• Nan Xuanyu entered Deep Meditation, advanced to Soul Power rank fifty, gained an orange-gold Fierce Beast soul ring, and then reached rank fifty-one as his other rings turned orange-gold.
• The candidates boarded a spaceship bound for an intelligent planet, where they would fight its intelligent race and be evaluated based on their actions and survival.

Nan Xuanyu and the other examinees arrived on a harsh colonized planet for a three-day battlefield assessment, where they were tasked with surviving and collecting creature crystal cores. After leading his group in setting team rules, Nan Xuanyu revealed five orange-gold Soul Rings to justify his share of the spoils.

• Xiao Qi explained the battlefield assessment, issued the examinees locators and supplies, and sent them toward the battlefield zone.
• Nan Xuanyu learned that the planet’s creatures carried crystal cores that could strengthen Spiritual Power or be exchanged for military merit.
• A military officer ordered the examinees to jump from a transport aircraft two hundred meters above the ground, and Nan Xuanyu used Water Element Control to land safely with Qian Lei and Liu Feng.
• Bing Tianliang, Yu Tian, Lin Donghui, Lan Mengqin, and Dong Qianqiu joined Nan Xuanyu’s team, and they agreed to follow his commands and collect crystal cores.
• Nan Xuanyu proposed taking three of ten shares of the team’s spoils, then revealed five orange-gold Fierce Beast-grade Soul Rings through his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, stunning the others.

Nan Xuanyu revealed that he had become a five-ring Soul King and persuaded the group to let him lead them through the assessment. The eight collected crystal cores from beasts Yuan En Huihui had killed and hunted another herd, but Liu Feng reported that nearly a hundred beasts were now surrounding Yuan En Huihui.

• Nan Xuanyu revealed his five soul rings and explained that Deep Meditation had raised his Soul Power to level fifty, convincing the group to accept him as captain.
• Nan Xuanyu led the eight away from the base toward the hills, hoping to find more beasts and collect crystal cores left behind by Yuan En Huihui.
• The group collected cores from a herd of Blue-skinned Kangaroos after Qian Lei summoned an Earth Dragon to draw them into battle and Nan Xuanyu suppressed them with his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline.
• Nan Xuanyu's group found more beasts Yuan En Huihui had killed and gathered the crystal cores he had left behind, making scavenging their routine.
• Liu Feng returned from scouting and warned the group that nearly a hundred beasts were besieging Yuan En Huihui.