Chapter Summaries

Nan Xuanyu’s group shadowed Yuan En Huihui, collecting crystal cores and luring monsters toward him before intervening when a powerful Great-bellied Purple Sculpture threatened his life. Lan Mengqin revealed her second Martial Soul, and Nan Xuanyu used their combined abilities to kill the two Great-bellied Purple Sculptures.

• Nan Xuanyu’s group collected more than a hundred crystal cores from the monsters Yuan En Huihui had killed and gave them to Lan Mengqin for safekeeping.
• Nan Xuanyu split the group into teams to draw monsters toward Yuan En Huihui’s hiding place, forcing him to resume fighting and attract a growing horde.
• When a ten-thousand-year Great-bellied Purple Sculpture attacked the injured Yuan En Huihui, Nan Xuanyu ordered Bing Tianliang to intercept it and Liu Feng to rescue Yuan En Huihui.
• Lan Mengqin revealed her second Martial Soul, a Jade Qin, and used her first soul skill to bring the flying Great-bellied Purple Sculpture down.
• Nan Xuanyu combined his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline suppression with Lan Mengqin’s interference and killed the Great-bellied Purple Sculpture, then pursued and killed another one.

Nan Xuanyu defeated the Great-bellied Purple Sculptures, welcomed Yuan En Huihui into the group, and shared the spoils with him. After Yuan En Huihui revealed he had already been admitted to Shrek Academy and asked to sleep thirty meters away from everyone, the group traveled onward and camped with more than a thousand ordinary crystal cores and six leader-level cores.

• Nan Xuanyu killed the two Great-bellied Purple Sculptures, gave their crystal cores to Lan Mengqin and Yuan En Huihui, and told the others to recover.
• Yuan En Huihui offered the leader's crystal core to Nan Xuanyu, but Nan Xuanyu returned it and invited him to join the group and share future spoils evenly.
• Yuan En Huihui explained that he had acted alone because he had a secret, then revealed that an internal recommendation had already admitted him to Shrek Academy.
• Yuan En Huihui asked Nan Xuanyu to keep thirty meters away from him at night, and Nan Xuanyu agreed.
• Nan Xuanyu rearranged the group's tactics, and the nine-person group swiftly killed monsters as they advanced.
• At night, Yuan En Huihui rested alone on a hilltop while the others counted more than a thousand ordinary crystal cores and six leader-level cores.

After Yuan En Huihui joined Nan Xuanyu's team, the group encountered six leader-class Two-Headed Ape Monkeys in the forest. Nan Xuanyu's support and the team's coordinated attacks turned the fight in their favor, leaving the last monkey under attack.

• Yuan En Huihui shared his crystal cores with the team and traveled with them after the night passed.
• The group encountered a Two-Headed Ape Monkey, and five more emerged from the forest, revealing that all six were leader-class.
• Nan Xuanyu activated his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, boosted the team, and directed their attacks against the monkeys.
• Yuan En Huihui's arrows and the team's coordinated skills disrupted the monkeys as Nan Xuanyu impaled three with earthen spikes and killed them with flaming swords.
• Nan Xuanyu killed one monkey with his Ancestral Dragon Claw, while Yuan En Huihui and the Emerald Demon Bird helped deal with others.
• Bing Tianliang used his soul skills to strike the last Two-Headed Ape Monkey and blew apart both of its heads.

After the group defeated six Two-Headed Ape Monkeys, a powerful Two-Headed Ape King attacked and incapacitated several of them. Nan Xuanyu defended the group with a Four-Colored Lotus that exploded against the ruler-class beast, leaving its fate unclear.

• The group recovered crystal cores from the six slain Two-Headed Ape Monkeys and prepared to leave.
• A powerful spiritual shockwave knocked Dong Qianqiu, Liu Feng, Yu Tian, and others unconscious, so Nan Xuanyu led the group in retreat.
• The Two-Headed Ape King appeared, and Nan Xuanyu ordered Yuan En Huihui and Lan Mengqin to hold it back.
• Nan Xuanyu fused four elements into a Four-Colored Lotus while the Two-Headed Ape King turned its attack on him.
• Lan Mengqin interrupted the Two-Headed Ape King with her Jade Qin, and Nan Xuanyu's Four-Colored Lotus struck it in a massive explosion.

Nan Xuanyu defeated the Two-Headed Ape King and led the injured team to safety. After nightfall, Yuan En Huihui transformed into a girl and revealed her unusual heritage and secret, leaving the group to promise to protect her.

• Nan Xuanyu destroyed the Two-Headed Ape King, and Bing Tianliang retrieved its crystal core before the group fled from approaching monsters.
• The nine companions found a safe place to recover, and Yuan En Huihui transformed when night fell.
• Yuan En Huihui cried and told the group that sunlight made her male while night made her female because of her Titan Giant Ape and Elf Tribe heritage.
• Nan Xuanyu comforted Yuan En Huihui and asked the others to help keep her secret.

After surviving the assessment, Nan Xuanyu and the other candidates returned to the Federation military base, where Xiao Qi announced their rankings and rewards. The group exchanged their crystal cores for Shrek Badges but kept a valuable Lord-level Crystal Core, leaving Xiao Qi to challenge their decision.

• Nan Xuanyu led the candidates back to the hilly region, where they waited until the transport aircraft took them to the Federation military base.
• Xiao Qi reported that 89 of the 147 candidates had completed the assessment and announced Nan Xuanyu as first, Yuan En Huihui as second, and other rankings and rewards.
• Xiao Qi said several candidates beyond the top thirty would receive special admission, then told the survivors to exchange their crystal cores for Shrek Badges.
• Lan Mengqin and Nan Xuanyu's group revealed a huge haul of crystal cores, including six bicolored cores and a Lord-level Crystal Core, stunning the candidates and military personnel.
• Nan Xuanyu kept the Lord-level Crystal Core for Lan Mengqin, and when Xiao Qi objected, Nan Xuanyu asked whether the academy's exchange rate was the same.

Nan Xuanyu’s group exchanged their crystal cores for badges, returned to Shrek Academy, and learned that all three had been admitted, with Nan Xuanyu’s group placing first. At the admissions ceremony, three examinees they thought had been eliminated were also named as new students.

• Nan Xuanyu reluctantly handed over the Lord-level Crystal Core, and his group divided the resulting badges, giving Nan Xuanyu the Purple Badge for his contributions.
• Xiao Qi led the examinees back to Shrek Academy, where the admitted students reflected on the challenges ahead and Ji Hongbin celebrated Nan Xuanyu, Qian Lei, and Liu Feng’s admission and first-place finish.
• Ji Hongbin explained that badges could be exchanged for cultivation resources and told Nan Xuanyu that he and Yin Tianfan might later teach at Shrek Academy.
• At Sea God Plaza, Ying Luohong presided over the admissions announcement as Xiao Qi read the new students’ names.
• Qian Lei and Liu Feng were surprised when Li Han, Li Bin, and Jia Yu were named, since they had believed the three had been eliminated.

Nan Xuanyu and the other successful candidates officially entered Shrek Academy's Outer Court, where Dean Ying Luohong explained the academy's demanding assessment and badge system. After settling into his villa, Nan Xuanyu met his new teacher, Tang Zhenhua, who set him a goal of ranking first in every assessment and was privately thrilled by Nan Xuanyu's abilities.

• Ying Luohong welcomed the thirty-six newly admitted students and warned that yearly assessments could lead to expulsion, while resources and accommodations required Shrek Badges.
• Xiao Qi and the Academic Affairs Office teachers arranged the students' classes, specialties, dormitories, and enrollment procedures, charging badges for most provisions.
• Nan Xuanyu inspected his villa and discovered that its meditation room had dense natural energy and Life Energy, but a call from Tang Zhenhua interrupted his cultivation.
• Tang Zhenhua introduced himself as Nan Xuanyu's teacher, described the small Interstellar Command Department, and demanded that Nan Xuanyu place first in every assessment.
• After Nan Xuanyu left, Tang Zhenhua excitedly reflected on Nan Xuanyu's bloodline, Martial Soul, and Purple Badge.

Nan Xuanyu cultivated with Tang Zhenhua’s Black Badge and then began his first day at Shrek Academy, where he became class monitor. He met his senior disciple brother Qin Changan at the exchange center to learn what resources he could obtain.

• Tang Zhenhua lent Nan Xuanyu a Black Badge, while Xiao Qi accepted Liu Feng and Ying Luohong accepted Qian Lei as direct disciples.
• Ying Luohong made Qian Lei kneel on a meditation cushion for at least twenty-four hours to cultivate his Spiritual Power, and he resolved to endure the test.
• Nan Xuanyu absorbed the Black Badge’s Life Energy during cultivation, strengthening his Soul Power and Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, while the badge began absorbing energy from the meditation room.
• Nan Xuanyu became class monitor and Yuan En Huihui became vice class monitor on the first day of classes.
• Tang Zhenhua brought Nan Xuanyu to the exchange center, introduced him to Qin Changan, and asked him to show Nan Xuanyu the Yellow Badge and White Badge exchange lists.

Nan Xuanyu browsed the academy exchange lists and decided to buy time cultivating in Sea God Lake to make use of his Life Energy Affinity Physique. After learning how quickly he absorbed Life Energy, Tang Zhenhua approved the exchange and offered Qin Changan his Mecha to borrow.

• Qin Changan showed Nan Xuanyu the exchange lists and explained how students could post approved items and reserve scarce goods.
• Nan Xuanyu found an offer for Sea God Lake water, and Qin Changan explained that the lake was protected and its water was a prized academy benefit.
• Tang Zhenhua told Qin Changan that Nan Xuanyu had a Life Energy Affinity Physique and recommended cultivating in Sea God Lake.
• Nan Xuanyu revealed that a Black Badge had turned into ordinary wood after at most half an hour of cultivation, shocking Tang Zhenhua and frustrating Qin Changan.
• Tang Zhenhua offered Qin Changan his Mecha to borrow, and Qin Changan exchanged two Yellow Badges and four White Badges for Nan Xuanyu at the discounted price.

Nan Xuanyu began cultivating in Sea God Lake, where his extraordinary Life Energy Affinity Physique and Ancestral Dragon Bloodline drew Tang Yue’s attention. Tang Yue flew off to summon his teacher, while Tang Zhenhua tried to call his wife for help protecting his disciple.

• Tang Zhenhua brought Nan Xuanyu to Sea God Lake and introduced him to Tang Yue, who was surprised that the new student had exchanged three Yellow Badges for cultivation time.
• Tang Yue opened the cabin’s inner door, and Nan Xuanyu’s body began greedily absorbing the dense Life Energy.
• Tang Zhenhua took Nan Xuanyu to the lakeshore, where Nan Xuanyu sank beneath the lake on a water-lily leaf and released a Dragon’s Roar as a golden vortex formed on his chest.
• Tang Yue judged Nan Xuanyu’s Life Energy affinity to be at least ninety percent and said he might reach Elder Tree’s level, then flew off to invite his teacher.
• Tang Zhenhua suspected Tang Yue wanted to steal Nan Xuanyu and repeatedly called his wife, who answered angrily on his seventh attempt.

Nan Xuanyu absorbed the Life Energy of Sea God Lake at an extraordinary rate, drawing the attention of Elder Tree, who declared him the Life School’s successor. Wang Tianyu stopped Elder Tree from taking him, leaving Nan Xuanyu at Sea God Lake while Elder Tree threatened to request a Sea God Pavilion meeting.

• Ying Luohong rushed to Sea God Lake after Tang Zhenhua told her Nan Xuanyu had a rare Life Energy Affinity Physique and was absorbing the lake’s energy.
• Nan Xuanyu’s bloodline absorbed the Life Energy and converted the excess into Soul Power as a vortex formed around him.
• Elder Tree arrived with Tang Yue and claimed Nan Xuanyu as his direct disciple and future successor in the Life School.
• Wang Tianyu arrived and insisted that Nan Xuanyu remain an Outer Court student and choose for himself whether to join the Life School after graduation.
• Elder Tree angrily departed after threatening to request a Sea God Pavilion meeting.

Nan Xuanyu benefited from five hours of cultivation in Sea God Lake and reached Soul Power level fifty-three, while Qian Lei collapsed after kneeling for thirty-six hours. The next day, Nan Xuanyu and his friends entered the Douluo World to earn academy badges and prepared to fight as the Dragon Team.

• Wang Tianyu scolded Ying Luohong for the Outer Court's screening and captured Tang Zhenhua in a blue-violet cage to beat him.
• Nan Xuanyu woke after cultivating in Sea God Lake, startled Tang Zhenhua, and learned his Soul Power had increased by two levels.
• Ying Luohong ended Qian Lei's thirty-six-hour punishment and gave him a drop of precious liquid when she found his Spiritual Sea was near collapse.
• Nan Xuanyu and his friends entered the Douluo World for a practical combat class and learned they could exchange Douluo Coins for academy badges during the coming week.
• Nan Xuanyu registered their team as the Dragon Team, pooled their Douluo Coins, and placed a bet on their own victory before their match began.

Nan Xuanyu led his team through a series of cautious Douluo World matches, building their winnings before entering a high-stakes team battle. There, they faced the celebrated Little Rain Clearing Team, and Yuan En Huihui recognized Tang Yuge.

• Nan Xuanyu and Liu Feng defeated the Flashy Team in under a minute, with Nan Xuanyu hiding his martial soul and soul rings behind water and ice.
• Nan Xuanyu directed Liu Feng to win three individual matches, then had the team cautiously probe opponents and earn three hundred thousand Douluo Coins.
• The team registered for a five-versus-five battle and wagered all their winnings on themselves.
• The packed arena revealed their opponents as the Little Rain Clearing Team, a Golden Soul Team with over one hundred wins and a win rate above seventy percent.
• Yuan En Huihui recognized Tang Yuge among the opposing team and reacted with alarm.

Tang Yuge challenged Yuan En Huihui to a doubled-stakes match, seeking to humiliate him over their families’ past. As the teams began fighting, Nan Xuanyu revealed five orange-gold Soul Rings, leaving Tang Yuge questioning whether they were fake.

• Lan Mengqin and Liu Feng realized Tang Yuge led a third-year team that likely had Battle Armor, while Yuan En Huihui accepted her doubled-stakes challenge.
• Tang Yuge told Yuan En Huihui she wanted to punish him for what his father had done to her mother.
• The two teams entered the arena, where Tang Yuge’s group displayed powerful Soul Rings and varied Martial Souls.
• Nan Xuanyu concealed his Martial Soul and Soul Rings with Water Element Control, then revealed five orange-gold rings when Tang Yuge mocked him.
• Tang Yuge recognized the rings as Fierce Beast-level and asked Nan Xuanyu if he was faking them.

Nan Xuanyu’s team fought Tang Yuge’s group, using icy mist, ice attacks, and summoned allies to withstand their opponents’ pressure. Tang Yuge’s team began a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Nan Xuanyu and Dong Qianqiu revealed Deep Blue Gaze, while a grating zither sound interrupted the fusion.

• Nan Xuanyu strengthened his teammates with his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, accidentally slapping Lan Mengqin’s buttocks as she rose into the air.
• Lan Mengqin covered the battlefield with icy mist, and Nan Xuanyu fired a torrent of ice spikes that injured Tang Yuge’s group despite their defenses and summons.
• Yuan En Huihui destroyed the twelve Shadow Warriors with precise arrows, while the Dark Cloak soul master summoned Shadow Knights and the Sacred Crystal soul master strengthened Tang Yuge.
• Tang Yuge, the light-attribute soul master, and the dark-attribute soul master began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Judgment Angel, as Li Siqi and Li Siming charged into the icy mist.
• Nan Xuanyu and Dong Qianqiu revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Deep Blue Gaze, and a grating zither sound made the Judgment Angel’s fusion pause.

Tang Yuge’s team was devastated by the explosion and follow-up attacks, but Tang Yuge survived and fought back against Yuan En Huihui. The battle continued as she countered his ranged attacks while Nan Xuanyu watched for an opening.

• A deep-blue streak caused the Judgment Angel to explode, and Nan Xuanyu shielded his group with an Ice Wall while Li Siqi and Li Siming formed a powerful defensive barrier.
• Tang Yuge survived the Light-Dark Storm and moved toward the twins’ barrier, while Lan Mengqin’s Ice Phoenix attack was redirected into it.
• Two arrows struck Li Siqi and Li Siming in the throats, eliminating them and leaving Tang Yuge as the sole survivor of her team.
• Yuan En Huihui warned Nan Xuanyu’s group not to underestimate Tang Yuge, who vowed to defeat them after blaming herself for her teammates’ losses.
• Yuan En Huihui unleashed volleys of arrows at Tang Yuge, but she shattered or neutralized them with her abilities as Nan Xuanyu pulled back to observe.

Tang Yuge overwhelmed the group with her Five Elements Qilin and Great Five Elements Divine Light until Nan Xuanyu’s bloodline power helped Yuan En Huihui transform. Yuan En Huihui drove Tang Yuge back and left her immobilized as he drew a powerful new longbow.

• Tang Yuge fused her five soul skills into the Great Five Elements Divine Light, shattering Yuan En Huihui’s arrows and weakening Nan Xuanyu and Yuan En Huihui when they were caught by its force.
• Lan Mengqin disrupted Tang Yuge’s attack with her qin, while Liu Feng and Nan Xuanyu tried to stop her; Nan Xuanyu struck Tang Yuge’s chest during the clash, and she angrily accused him of doing it on purpose.
• Yuan En Huihui explained that Tang Yuge wielded the Five Elements Qilin and the energy-destroying Great Five Elements Divine Light.
• When Tang Yuge charged Nan Xuanyu, he pressed his palm to Yuan En Huihui’s back and activated his Ancestral Dragon Bloodline, triggering Yuan En Huihui’s painful transformation.
• Yuan En Huihui emerged with pale gold wings, knocked Tang Yuge back, summoned a great green longbow, and left her unable to move.

Nan Xuanyu’s team defeated Tang Yuge’s third-year team, but Yuan En Huihui collapsed after using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As Elder Tree examined Huihui, he revealed a rare awakening and tried to claim Nan Xuanyu as his disciple, prompting Ying Luohong to pull him away.

• Nan Xuanyu and his teammates defeated all five members of Tang Yuge’s team without losing anyone, and Yuan En Huihui fainted after leaving the Simulation Pod.
• Nan Xuanyu told Xiao Qi what happened, and Xiao Qi reassured the team that Huihui was likely safe while arranging to sell the match recording.
• Elder Tree examined Yuan En Huihui and said his martial soul and bloodline had undergone a rare secondary evolution that gave him the beginnings of a God Seed.
• Elder Tree used an invisible force to make Nan Xuanyu’s knees bend, but Nan Xuanyu’s Ancestral Dragon Bloodline stopped him from kneeling.
• Elder Tree claimed Nan Xuanyu had asked to become his disciple, and Ying Luohong pulled Nan Xuanyu away, causing him to stumble into her embrace.

Elder Tree gave Nan Xuanyu a Life Ruyi as a meeting gift and tried to win him over, while Ying Luohong recognized his extraordinary potential. After their team collected their battle winnings, they sold a recording of their victory and agreed to fight more cautiously in the future.

• Elder Tree failed to take Nan Xuanyu as his disciple but gave him a Life Ruyi and infused him with warm energy before leaving.
• Yuan En Huihui's father asked Nan Xuanyu how he had helped trigger Yuan En Huihui's evolution, and Nan Xuanyu explained what had happened.
• Ying Luohong told Nan Xuanyu to bring her the battle recording, but Xiao Qi suggested selling it through the Exchange Center, and Ying Luohong agreed to buy a copy.
• Lan Mengqin celebrated the team's 1.2 million Douluo Coins and teased Nan Xuanyu, who awkwardly told her to listen to him.
• Nan Xuanyu and his teammates received 1.3 million Douluo Coins, posted their battle recording for three White Badges per viewing, and resolved to fight cautiously after defeating Tang Yuge's team.