Chapter Summaries

Yu Nanyuan passed the sixteenth and seventeenth Soul Spirit Tower trials by defeating a Dual Attribute Evil Eye and trapping an Emerald Demon Bird with his Absolute Vacuum Barrier. As the group entered the final trial, Gu Yue showed jealousy over Yuanen Yehui’s concern for Yu Nanyuan, and they prepared to face the eighteenth-floor soul beast.

• Yu Nanyuan defeated the six-thousand-year Dual Attribute Evil Eye with his Ten Thousand Year Evil Eye Tyrant’s silver Evil Eye Gaze, passing the sixteenth trial.
• Yue Zhengyu was shaken by Yu Nanyuan’s strength, while Yuanen Yehui looked forward to earning a chance to fuse with the Titan Giant Ape Soul Spirit on the eighteenth floor.
• An Emerald Demon Bird attacked the group on the seventeenth floor, broke through Yu Nanyuan’s first five Dimensional Light Screens, and struck at him with its beak.
• Yu Nanyuan trapped the Emerald Demon Bird inside his Space Barrier and combined it with Absolute Vacuum to kill it, passing the seventeenth trial.
• Gu Yue became jealous when Yuanen Yehui expressed concern for Yu Nanyuan, but the group entered the Golden Light Gate for the final trial as its countdown began.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue teamed up inside his Dimensional Prison to defeat the eight-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape on the Soul Spirit Tower’s eighteenth floor. After the battle, the Titan Giant Ape’s Soul Spirit appeared before the Golden Light Gate, leaving Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu stunned.

• The Titan Giant Ape emerged, and Yuanen Yehui prepared to fight until Yu Nanyuan stopped her and said he and Gu Yue would handle it.
• Yu Nanyuan repelled the Titan Giant Ape with his Spatial Shockwave Soul Bone Skill, then trapped it inside the Dimensional Prison with Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue used her Elemental Staff to drain the Titan Giant Ape’s Earth Force as Yu Nanyuan’s Tear Sky Claw wounded it.
• The Titan Giant Ape unleashed its Gravity Control Domain, but Yu Nanyuan teleported it away before its fists could strike them.
• Gu Yue’s Elemental Storm and Yu Nanyuan’s attacks battered the Titan Giant Ape for a quarter of an hour until the arena fell quiet.
• A Golden Light Gate appeared with the Titan Giant Ape Soul Spirit floating before it, while Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu stood stunned.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue defeated the Titan Giant Ape and helped Yuanen Yehui fuse with its Soul Spirit, while tension over Yu Nanyuan’s concern for Yuanen briefly strained his relationship with Gu Yue. After Yuanen and Yue Zhengyu left, Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue headed to a hotel to talk privately.

• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue wore down the wounded Titan Giant Ape until they defeated it and opened the way for Yuanen Yehui to claim its Soul Spirit.
• Yuanen Yehui fused with the Titan Giant Ape Soul Spirit, whose bloodline resonated with her own, then left to raise the one hundred million Federal currency needed to pay for it.
• Yue Zhengyu’s remark about Yuanen Yehui’s feelings made Gu Yue confront Yu Nanyuan over his different attitude toward Yuanen.
• Yu Nanyuan apologized to Gu Yue and reassured her that nothing was happening between him and Yuanen, and Gu Yue said she believed him.
• Leng Yaozhu watched the tower challenge through a Soul Guidance Screen and hoped Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue’s relationship would help improve ties between Shrek Academy and the Spirit Transfer Pagoda.
• After Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu departed, Yu Nanyuan took Gu Yue’s hand and suggested they go to a hotel to talk.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue stayed together in Shrek City, where he opened up about his parents and the two grew closer. Meanwhile, Ya Li told Na'er that she and Yu Nanyuan would represent the academy on an exchange visit to the Star Luo Continent in about a year.

• Yu Nanyuan noticed that the hotel suite resembled the one he had shared with Na'er in Heaven Dou City, and he suspected Gu Yue knew about their past experiences.
• Yu Nanyuan told Gu Yue about his parents and explained that this history shaped his different attitude toward Yuanen Yehui.
• Na'er told Ya Li she would wait for Yu Nanyuan to choose her of his own accord, and Ya Li revealed plans for Na'er and Yu Nanyuan to visit the Star Luo Continent.
• Gu Yue comforted Yu Nanyuan, and the two fell asleep together after he asked her to rest instead of cultivating.
• Before dawn, Gu Yue discovered that Yu Nanyuan had accidentally left a mark on her dress, and both woke in embarrassment.

After an awkward night with Gu Yue, Yu Nanyuan met Ya Li and Na'er for breakfast and learned about his teacher’s plans for his training. The chapter ended with Ya Li telling him and Na'er to spend two to three years tempering themselves on Star Luo Continent after an exchange visit.

• Gu Yue left Yu Nanyuan’s hotel room in embarrassment, and he returned to Shrek Inner City after bathing.
• Yu Nanyuan met Ya Li and Na'er at the Inner City gate, then joined them for breakfast at a traditional noodle shop.
• Ya Li told Yu Nanyuan that his teacher had left the academy to join an operation against a group of Evil Soul Masters and had waived his Outer Court Final Exam.
• Yu Nanyuan said he planned to return to Eastsea City to help Gu Yue and the others with their assessments before returning to the academy.
• Ya Li told Yu Nanyuan that his teacher expected him to complete his Two-Word Dou Kai within a year and join Na'er on a delegation trip to Star Luo Continent.
• Ya Li explained that Yu Nanyuan and Na'er would stay on Star Luo Continent for two to three years after the exchange activities to train.

Yu Nanyuan spent the morning with Na'er before Gu Yue summoned him to travel with her to Eastsea City. On the train, Gu Yue showed signs of jealousy, then served Yu Nanyuan the meal she had cooked for him.

• Ya Li left Yu Nanyuan and Na'er alone, and they strolled through Shrek Inner City before resting together at Spirit Ice Plaza.
• Na'er told Yu Nanyuan she would wait for him to make his Two-Word Dou Kai before upgrading her own battle armor.
• Yue Zhengyu saw Yu Nanyuan and Na'er acting intimately and imagined a confrontation between Na'er and Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue called Yu Nanyuan and told him to meet her at Shrek Soul Guidance Train Station for a trip to Eastsea City.
• On the train, Gu Yue acted angry and jealous, then brought out nine dishes she had cooked, which Yu Nanyuan ate despite their poor taste.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue returned to Eastsea City, where Yu Zhen arranged public Soul Fighting Competitions to support the academy and the students’ Final Exam. After promising Gu Yue they could one day return to the city together, Yu Nanyuan spent the night with her and woke to her accusing him of acting on purpose.

• On the train, Gu Yue clung to Yu Nanyuan and resolved not to lose to Na'er.
• Yu Zhen approved Long Hengxu’s proposal for public Soul Fighting Competitions and agreed to arrange opponents for Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan’s Final Exam.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue arrived at Yu Zhen’s office, where Yu Nanyuan agreed to help promote Donghai Academy and said his own exam mission was complete.
• Yu Nanyuan brought Gu Yue home and promised they could return to Eastsea City together when their circumstances allowed.
• Xu Xiaoyan called Yu Nanyuan and hinted that she knew Gu Yue had gone to the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda and would take their upcoming match seriously.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue spent the night together, and Gu Yue confronted him the next morning, asking if he had done it on purpose.

Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan arrived at Donghai Academy for a public sparring competition against graduates Xu Xiaoyu, Ouyang Zixin, and Mu Xi. After Dean Yu introduced the event to the packed stadium, both teams took their places beside the Competition Stage, ready to begin.

• Yu Nanyuan drove Gu Yue to Donghai Academy, where they met Xu Xiaoyu, Xu Xiaoyan, Ouyang Zixin, and Mu Xi in the underground parking lot.
• Xu Xiaoyu said he would face Yu Nanyuan and revealed that he had reached five rings, while Mu Xi urged everyone to fight without holding back.
• The six competitors headed to the stadium as Mu Xi reflected on her decision to stay at Donghai Academy instead of transferring to Shrek Academy.
• Dean Yu told the assembled students that the competition would showcase three graduates and three Shrek Academy students as examples of outstanding peers.
• Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan took their places opposite Xu Xiaoyu, Ouyang Zixin, and Mu Xi at the Competition Stage.

Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan faced Ouyang Zixin and Mu Xi in a two-on-two sparring match, where Gu Yue overwhelmed Mu Xi’s solar domain and defeated her Blazing Sun Divine Light. Ouyang Zixin continued alone, but Xu Xiaoyan reflected her final attack, leaving the match decisively in Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan’s favor.

• Long Hengxu introduced the two teams and began the match between Ouyang Zixin and Mu Xi and the Shrek students Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Mu Xi attacked with her Radiant Sun while Gu Yue intercepted her beams with ice, and Xu Xiaoyan tried to bind Mu Xi with Star Wheel Chains.
• Mu Xi escaped Xu Xiaoyan’s restraint as Ouyang Zixin attacked Gu Yue, but Gu Yue stopped Ouyang Zixin’s light blade with a barrage of Wind Blades.
• Mu Xi activated her domain skill, Radiance in All Directions, but Gu Yue’s Silver Staff absorbed the solar energy and released a beam that swallowed Mu Xi’s Blazing Sun Divine Light.
• After Long Hengxu rescued Mu Xi, Ouyang Zixin launched her Violet Butterfly Light Rain, and Xu Xiaoyan reflected it with her combined Starlight Feedback and Starlight Brilliant skills.

Yu Nanyuan faced Xu Xiaoyu in the Sparring Competition and revealed overwhelming strength, defeating his attacks with his Phantom Divine Spear. The chapter left the venue stunned by Yu Nanyuan’s five Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and the power of his spear.

• After Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin lost, they discussed Mu Xi’s decision to remain in Eastsea City and wondered how Tang Wulin was faring at Shrek Academy.
• Long Hengxu announced Yu Nanyuan and Xu Xiaoyu’s match, while Xu Xiaoyan watched Mu Xi warily and Gu Yue stayed calm beside Yu Nanyuan.
• Xu Xiaoyu released his martial soul and sent guided ice wheels at Yu Nanyuan, who summoned the Phantom Divine Spear and shattered them with a sweep.
• Yu Nanyuan revealed five Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking the audience, and offered to decide the match in one move.
• Xu Xiaoyu unleashed Blizzard, Frost Ice Tide, and Frost Tornado, but Yu Nanyuan’s spear thrust stopped and shattered the attack.

Yu Nanyuan and Xu Xiaoyu’s sparring match ended with Yu Nanyuan revealing the extent of his growth, and he later took Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue to begin their Final Exam missions. At an alumni reunion, Yu Nanyuan asked Xu Xiaoyan how she felt about him, but she fled; after a long talk with Yu Zhen, he left Eastsea City with the two girls, while Xu Xiaoyan avoided addressing his question.

• Yu Nanyuan defeated Xu Xiaoyu with a spear strike that Yu Zhen recognized as drawing on a Soul Bone Skill and Soul Core power.
• Yu Nanyuan planned the group’s Final Exam route with Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, then drove them to the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda.
• Yu Zhen invited Yu Nanyuan to the Donghai Academy alumni reunion, where Xu Xiaoyan grew jealous of the attention around him.
• Yu Nanyuan took Xu Xiaoyan onto the balcony and asked what he meant to her, but she panicked and ran away.
• Yu Zhen spoke with Yu Nanyuan about his parents and his feelings for Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue, but Yu Nanyuan did not change his mind.
• Yu Nanyuan left Eastsea City with Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan to complete their Final Exam missions, while Xu Xiaoyan pretended the balcony conversation had not happened.

Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan traveled through the mainland as Xu Xiaoyan completed her Shrek Academy assessments and strengthened her cultivation at Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy. After learning that Tang Wulin and Xie Xie had been defeated by Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Yu Nanyuan turned the group toward Mingdu to gather their classmates.

• Yu Nanyuan and the two girls completed their assessments across the Skysea Alliance, then continued through Central Mainland toward Mingdu.
• At Tianding Starry Sky Soul Master Academy, Xu Xiaoyan absorbed Star Power for more than three hours, strengthened her Martial Soul Origin, and rose to rank thirty-nine.
• Li Zhilong asked Xu Xiaoyan to exchange contact information so they could discuss her unusual affinity for Star Power.
• Wu Siduo sent Yu Nanyuan a video showing Tang Wulin and Xie Xie losing to two female soul masters whose fused form wielded an ice-blue sword.
• After checking the news and learning that Wu Siduo was in Mingdu, Yu Nanyuan decided to head there and asked Gu Yue to contact their nearby classmates.

Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan reached Mingdu and met with Wu Siduo, Luo Guixing, Xu Yucheng, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to discuss Shrek Academy’s defeat by Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. The group decided that six students would challenge the academy the next day, while Yu Nanyuan took charge as the main attacker.

• Yu Nanyuan drove Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan to Mingdu, where they met Wu Siduo and learned Tang Wulin and Xie Xie had been defeated by Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Yu Nanyuan led the meeting and asked the students how they should respond to the defeat.
• Xu Yucheng and Wu Siduo agreed that they should fight back, and Yu Nanyuan proposed challenging Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy the next day with six students.
• Yu Nanyuan said he would serve as the main attacker, and Xu Yucheng described the academy’s elite group, the World-Shaking Seven Stars.
• After Wu Siduo, Xu Yucheng, and Luo Guixing left, Tang Wulin admitted that he had proposed the original challenge to make the Final Exam meaningful.

After Xie Xie struggled with the crushing defeat and left Tang Wulin behind, Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue’s private moment unsettled Wu Siduo. The group then formally challenged Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, whose dean revealed that Yu Nanyuan was Yu Heng’s son.

• Xie Xie questioned whether attending Shrek Academy had been a mistake and walked out of the Conference Room, leaving Tang Wulin feeling guilty.
• Wu Siduo overheard sounds from Yu Nanyuan’s room and wondered whether Gu Yue or Xu Xiaoyan was with him.
• The next morning, Wu Siduo rode in Yu Nanyuan’s car as the group traveled to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Yu Nanyuan formally challenged Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy on behalf of Shrek Academy, and the academy agreed to a six-on-six match broadcast across Mingdu.
• The dean learned that Yu Nanyuan was Yu Heng’s son and told the gathered academy leaders.

Yu Nanyuan led Shrek Academy’s team into Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s Great Soul Arena for a six-on-six match. After Long Chen launched a powerful opening attack, Yu Nanyuan defeated him with one punch, leaving the match underway.

• Xie Xie stayed behind, and Tang Wulin chose to remain with him while Yu Nanyuan led Gu Yue, Wu Siduo, Xu Xiaoyan, Luo Guixing, and Xu Yucheng to the arena.
• The Shrek team passed a mural commemorating Huo Yuhao and entered a packed arena, where Yu Nanyuan’s Spiritual Power dispelled the pressure from the crowd.
• The referee announced that the match would continue until one side had no combatants left, and the two teams introduced themselves before taking their positions.
• At the start of the match, Long Chen charged Yu Nanyuan using his Light Sacred Dragon Martial Soul and launched his strongest attacks.
• Yu Nanyuan appeared in front of Long Chen and knocked him unconscious with one punch, stunning the arena.

Yu Nanyuan overwhelmed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team with his control over space and defeated them in two punches. The chapter ended with him and the academy's dean staring at each other as the arena erupted in shock.

• Yu Nanyuan's Spatial Shockwave stunned both teams, and Wu Siduo became even more determined to pursue him.
• Yu Nanyuan revealed five Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and advanced on the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy team.
• Xue Liushuang took command as the team activated the Ice and Snow Goddess and Heavenly Tiger Summon Martial Soul Fusion Skills.
• Yu Nanyuan trapped both fusion skills inside his Space Barrier and combined it with Spatial Shockwave to destroy them.
• Xue Liushuang and Weng Daimin fell unconscious, Jian Mochen and Kuang Zhantian were injured, and You Dingqi lost consciousness.
• Yu Nanyuan looked toward the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy's dean as the defeated team and stunned spectators witnessed his victory.

Yu Nanyuan left after crushing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy Team, while the Dean was told by an aged voice not to approach him. As Wu Zhangkong’s group flew back toward Shrek City, Yu Nanyuan pondered the strange energy he had sensed beneath the academy.

• Yu Nanyuan departed the arena as Xue Liushuang and the others struggled with the overwhelming gap between them, while Gu Yue resolved to comfort him later.
• The Dean of Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy prepared to explain his connection to Yu Nanyuan, but an aged voice ordered him to leave Yu Nanyuan alone.
• Beneath the academy, a dark-gold figure and a Three-Legged Golden Toad released strange golden liquid, briefly stirring the academy and Yu Nanyuan’s Martial Soul.
• Wu Zhangkong collected the students in a High-Altitude Flying Car after the televised match drew a crowd outside the academy.
• Gu Yue sat beside Yu Nanyuan before Wu Siduo could, and the two stared each other down while Xu Xiaoyan mistook their rivalry as support for her.

Yu Nanyuan returned to Shrek City with his companions, grew closer to Gu Yue, and decided to stop waiting for Xu Xiaoyan. Back on Sea God Island, he learned the Holy Spirit Cult had secretly grown powerful and warned Ya Li that someone involved in the hunt for it might be betraying them.

• Wu Zhangkong brought Yu Nanyuan and the others to Shrek Academy, where they separated and Gu Yue helped the exhausted Xu Xiaoyan back to the dormitory.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue shared an intimate moment while Xu Xiaoyan slept, and Yu Nanyuan resolved that he had made his choice after Xu Xiaoyan avoided him.
• Gu Yue left Yu Nanyuan to return to Sea God Island, then told the waking Xu Xiaoyan that he had gone after bringing her to the dormitory.
• Yu Nanyuan returned to Sea God Island and met Ya Li, who revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had secretly regained strength while Yun Ming searched for its hidden headquarters.
• Yu Nanyuan suggested that someone within the operation against the Evil Soul Masters might be obstructing it, and Ya Li took the possibility seriously.

Yu Nanyuan spoke with Ya Li about his relationship with Gu Yue, then met Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan to discuss their plans for the rest of vacation. After arranging to buy Yue Zhengyu’s beverage shop to fund Xu Xiaoyan’s cultivation, Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue shared an intimate moment that Yuanen Yehui unexpectedly witnessed.

• Ya Li advised Yu Nanyuan to understand his feelings for Gu Yue and avoid hurting others, while privately hoping Na'er would pursue him.
• Yu Nanyuan met Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan in Shrek City, and Xu Xiaoyan said she planned to cultivate until she reached rank forty.
• Yu Nanyuan proposed buying Yue Zhengyu’s beverage shop so its earnings could support Xu Xiaoyan’s Exclusive Training Ground fees, and Yue Zhengyu agreed to send his steward to negotiate.
• Xu Xiaoyan called her brother Xu Xiaoyu for money, while Gu Yue offered to contribute to the purchase.
• After Xu Xiaoyan left to cultivate, Yu Nanyuan followed Gu Yue into the Small Woods and kissed her until Yuanen Yehui stumbled upon them.

Yu Nanyuan spent the weeks before the new semester cultivating and preparing to make his Two-Word Dou Kai while Gu Yue worked on her own armor. When Yue Zhengyu's beverage shop reopened, Gu Yue saw four familiar young women in maid outfits greeting the crowd and turned sharply toward Yu Nanyuan.

• Gu Yue left the woods after Yuanen Yehui caught her with Yu Nanyuan, and Yu Nanyuan walked with Yuanen to the Main Teaching Building.
• Yu Nanyuan asked Yuanen to help promote Yue Zhengyu's beverage shop when it reopened, and she agreed.
• Yu Nanyuan cultivated on Sea God Island and refined his Two-Word Dou Kai Blueprint while Gu Yue cultivated at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and her Spirit Alloy One-Word Dou Kai remained unfinished.
• The three-force purge brought an end to the terrorist attacks, and First Grade Class One students returned to submit their Final Exam missions; Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Wu Siduo, and Luo Guixing earned full marks.
• Yu Nanyuan went to Spirit Ice Plaza for the shop's reopening and met Gu Yue there.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue arrived at the shop and saw Xu Xiaoyan, Yuanen Yehui, and two other young women in maid outfits; Gu Yue's smile vanished as she looked at Yu Nanyuan.