Chapter Summaries

Yu Nanyuan entered the Earth Dragon Sect’s ancestral ice cave to break through his level-thirty bottleneck, discovering that its Deep Blue Crystals tempered Soul Power and accelerated cultivation. After cultivating in the cave and entering Deep Meditation, he successfully broke through.

• Night Uncle showed Yu Nanyuan the hidden entrance beneath the courtyard well and led him into the ancestral land.
• Yu Nanyuan used the Ten Thousand Year Rouge Dragon Crystal to open the cave entrance.
• Yu Nanyuan discovered that the Deep Blue Crystals strengthened Soul Power and improved cultivation, though they were not the Extreme Ice Divine Crystal he remembered.
• Yu Nanyuan decided to remain in the cave for Closed-Door Cultivation, and Night Uncle agreed to handle matters outside.
• Yu Nanyuan cultivated in the cave, entered Deep Meditation, and smoothly broke through the bottleneck of level thirty.

Yu Nanyuan returned from the Earth Dragon Sect Ancestral Ground after reaching Soul Venerable and obtaining a new Third Soul Skill. He arrived in Eastsea City as the new semester began, then unexpectedly teleported beside Gu Yue when his Void Contract reacted to his breakthrough.

• Yu Nanyuan thanked Night Uncle and left Dragon City for Eastsea City, concealing some of what he suspected about his parents.
• On the train, Yu Nanyuan considered how becoming a Soul Venerable had changed his strength and continued studying his new Third Soul Skill.
• At Eastsea Academy's Opening Ceremony, Class Zero wondered why Yu Nanyuan had not returned and discussed Wei Xiaofeng's transfer.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Class Zero that Yu Nanyuan had arrived in Eastsea City and would soon join them.
• Gu Yue felt a strange sensation and pressed her abdomen as Yu Nanyuan teleported beside her through the Void Contract.

Yu Nanyuan demonstrated his new strength after reaching the Three-Ring Soul Venerable realm and began a combat test against Wu Zhangkong. He summoned his Third Soul Skill, Phantom God Spear, and unleashed a storm of spatial spear strikes at Wu Zhangkong.

• Yu Nanyuan realized his Void Contract with Gu Yue was likely a permanent blood pact, while Wu Zhangkong and Yu Zhen noticed his breakthrough and improved spatial control.
• Long Hengxu dragged out the Opening Ceremony speech, after which Wu Zhangkong took Class Zero to the training ground for individual combat tests.
• Wu Zhangkong called Yu Nanyuan first and asked him to use his full strength, while the class learned he had reached the Three-Ring Soul Venerable realm before turning ten.
• Yu Nanyuan manifested the Phantom God Spear with his Third Soul Skill and launched Void Impalement, Spear Form at Wu Zhangkong.

Yu Nanyuan unleashed the destructive spear form of Void Piercing against Wu Zhangkong, who countered with his Sky Frost Sword and expert control of his soul skills. Yu Nanyuan then matched Wu Zhangkong in close combat, leaving the Class Zero Group stunned by the evenly matched duel.

• Yu Nanyuan used Void Impalement Spear Form to attack Wu Zhangkong with countless spatially cutting spear shadows.
• Wu Zhangkong activated Frost Mist and used strands of Sword Silk from Frost Mark to withstand the barrage.
• Yu Nanyuan charged Wu Zhangkong with the Phantom God Spear, combining its spatial cutting power with his Dark Gold Terror Claw.
• Wu Zhangkong dodged Yu Nanyuan’s attacks with Purple Demon Eyes and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, countering with his Sky Frost Sword.
• Yu Nanyuan used Instantaneous Transfer to keep up with Wu Zhangkong, and their spear and sword strikes filled the training ground as the Class Zero Group watched in amazement.

Yu Nanyuan’s battle with Wu Zhangkong revealed how far his abilities surpassed his peers, and Wu Zhangkong stopped the match to ask him to demonstrate a stronger power. Yu Nanyuan activated his third Martial Soul ability, Absolute Vacuum Domain, leaving everyone to see what it could do.

• Tang Wulin recognized that the gap between him and Yu Nanyuan had grown, while the others watched Yu Nanyuan and Wu Zhangkong continue their match.
• Wu Zhangkong attacked with Frost Mark and Sky Frost Slash, but Yu Nanyuan evaded the sword strands and used Severing the Sky to block the slash.
• Wu Zhangkong stopped the spar, saying that suppressing his Soul Power to rank thirty-one no longer provided Yu Nanyuan enough pressure.
• At Wu Zhangkong’s request, Yu Nanyuan prepared to show a stronger ability despite having about half his soul power remaining.
• Yu Nanyuan unleashed his third Martial Soul ability, Absolute Vacuum Domain, which created a dark space around the Phantom Divine Spear and swallowed its light.

Yu Nanyuan demonstrated Vacuum Slash against Wu Zhangkong, who warned him about the danger of using the unstable ability. Wu Zhangkong announced a month of practical combat training to prepare Class Zero for the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition.

• Yu Nanyuan used Vacuum Slash, creating a black vacuum region that began to disintegrate Wu Zhangkong's robe.
• Wu Zhangkong countered with Frost Ice Whisper and Frost Whisper Ice Wheel, erasing the vacuum region before it could destabilize space.
• Wu Zhangkong warned Yu Nanyuan to use the ability sparingly and ended their demonstration.
• Wu Zhangkong said the class would spend the next month on practical combat training, with one-on-one instruction followed by group coordination.
• Wu Zhangkong told the students they would represent Eastsea Academy at the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, then called Zhang Yangzi to fight.

As Class Zero trained for the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, the students discussed the Soul Master events and their prospects while Wu Zhangkong continued to push them through painful sparring. Yu Zhen watched Yu Nanyuan’s impressive progress and considered telling him about certain matters.

• Wu Zhangkong defeated Zhang Yangzi in training, and Tang Wulin asked whether the competition offered prize money.
• Wang Jinxi explained the Youth Group age range and the three Soul Master team formats, while Yu Nanyuan hoped to face stronger opponents such as the invited Shrek Academy team.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue exchanged a long, tense look before Gu Yue turned away.
• Zhang Yangzi sent Xie Xie to spar next, and Wu Zhangkong again put the students through painful training.
• Yu Zhen and Long Hengxu watched Class Zero train, and Yu Zhen considered telling Yu Nanyuan about certain matters.

After a month of punishing drills, Class Zero finally defeated Wu Zhangkong through Yu Nanyuan’s spear techniques and the group’s coordinated tactics. Wu Zhangkong ended the training and announced their departure for Skysea City the next day.

• Wu Zhangkong pushed Class Zero to their limits in a final training match, while Yu Nanyuan and the others coordinated their attacks.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi used their Dark Silent Domain to disrupt Wu Zhangkong’s senses, allowing Yu Nanyuan to bind him with Void Dragon Locking and strike with Judgment.
• Wu Zhangkong broke free and repelled the group’s follow-up attacks, then praised Yu Nanyuan’s control of his abilities and ended the practical combat class.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that Class Zero would rest for one day before departing for Skysea City, and Yu Nanyuan told the others they had won.
• Xie Xie complained that he and Tang Wulin had served as bait, while Zhang Yangzi, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin defended the team’s tactics.

After completing Wu Zhangkong’s special training, Class Zero anticipated competing in the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition. Yu Nanyuan gave Xu Xiaoyan a defensive soul tool, and the Donghai Academy teams departed for Skysea City to compete.

• Zhang Yangzi speculated that Class Zero would enter the seven-versus-seven Youth Group competition, while Wang Jinxi warned that Heavensea Academy’s stronger team would be difficult to beat.
• Gu Yue walked away after Zhang Yangzi mentioned her and Yu Nanyuan’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Yu Nanyuan left campus with Xu Xiaoyan.
• At Yu Nanyuan’s home, he finished making Xu Xiaoyan a fourth-grade defensive soul tool called Blue Starry Sky and gave it to her before they went to eat.
• Yu Nanyuan and Xu Xiaoyan arrived at Donghai Plaza, where Donghai Academy’s participating students and association competitors gathered before departure.
• Long Hengxu directed the Donghai Academy teams to board Car Six, and the bus headed for Skysea City.

Donghai Academy’s representatives traveled to Skysea City for the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, where Wu Zhangkong assigned his students to two Three vs Three teams. The competition was set to open the next day, with the matches beginning after that.

• On the bus, Mu Xi decided to withdraw from the Youth Group forging competition and focus on the Three-Person Soul Master Team Match so she could face Tang Wulin.
• Yin Luan told Yu Nanyuan that Yu Zhen wanted him to consider entering other competitions and try controlling a mecha, and Yu Nanyuan agreed to think about it.
• Tang Wulin overheard fragments of their conversation while dozing and wondered whether his Blue Silver Grass martial soul could evolve like Yin Luan’s.
• The Donghai Academy representatives arrived in Skysea City and checked into a seaside hotel.
• Wu Zhangkong assigned Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan to one Three vs Three team and Tang Wulin with the other three students to the second, ordering them to win the championship.

Wu Zhangkong divided Class Zero into two teams for the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, assigning Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan to pursue the championship while the other four were ordered to prove themselves. At the competition’s opening ceremony, Yu Nanyuan noticed a hungry Little Fatty in a shit-green uniform moving through the crowd.

• Wu Zhangkong told Class Zero that Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan would compete as a Three vs Three team, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi formed the other team.
• Tang Wulin explained that Wu Zhangkong wanted the four-person team to develop without relying on Yu Nanyuan, and Xu Xiaoyan joked that she would coast to a championship.
• Xie Xie teased Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan about being in a three-person world, prompting Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan to leave Yu Nanyuan's room.
• Yu Nanyuan wondered whether Gu Yue's special feelings toward him were connected to his martial soul.
• The Eastsea City Representative Team attended the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition's opening ceremony at Tianhai Stadium.
• Yu Nanyuan noticed a hungry Little Fatty in a shit-green school uniform asking people for food.

Tang Wulin and the Class Zero Group clashed with Ye Xinglan after befriending the hungry Xu Lizhi, and both teams entered the exhibition match. Shrek Academy overwhelmed Tianhai Alliance’s reigning Youth Division champions in seconds, leaving the stadium stunned.

• Tang Wulin shared dried fish with Xu Lizhi, who introduced himself and praised Ye Xinglan’s appearance in Shrek Academy’s uniform.
• Ye Xinglan accused the Class Zero Group of approaching Xu Lizhi with ulterior motives, and an argument broke out before Yu Nanyuan led his team away.
• The broadcast announced an exhibition match between Shrek Academy’s Youth Group and Heavensea Academy, the Tianhai Alliance’s previous Youth Division champions.
• Xu Lizhi handed out buns to his Shrek teammates, who powered up and charged into the match.
• A blue lightning blast from Shrek’s team knocked down all seven Heavensea Academy competitors almost immediately, leaving the stadium silent.

After Shrek Academy effortlessly defeated the Skysea Alliance team, Ye Xinglan taunted the Donghai Academy students, prompting Gu Yue and Yu Nanyuan to challenge Shrek’s honor and invite a match. Wu Zhangkong remained confident in his students and ordered Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan to win the tournament championship.

• Shrek Academy’s team crushed the Skysea Alliance representative team in less than a minute, and the Class Zero Group watched without losing confidence in Yu Nanyuan.
• Ye Xinglan taunted Yu Nanyuan as Shrek’s team passed the Donghai Academy group, and Gu Yue confronted her by calling Shrek’s students nothing special.
• Yu Nanyuan challenged Shrek Academy to prove its honor in the Youth Group’s Three-Person Team Match, while Yu Yaoye declined to answer the provocation and led his team away.
• Wu Zhangkong told Shen Yi that Yu Yaoye was advancing toward a level of strength that showed the difference between ordinary geniuses and true geniuses.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan still had to win the championship, with the competition beginning the next day.

Donghai Academy’s Yu Nanyuan led Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan into the three-person team match, while Shrek’s Ye Xinglan was ordered to join the competition and win or face expulsion. Yu Nanyuan then overwhelmed Tianhai Intermediate Soul Master Academy Team Two in moments, leaving his team poised to advance.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi discussed how to use their strongest abilities in the elimination rounds.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue shared a quiet moment on their hotel balconies beneath the moonlit sky.
• Shen Yi ordered Ye Xinglan to enter the three-person team match and defend Shrek Academy’s reputation, warning that a loss could get her expelled.
• Long Hengxu encouraged the Donghai Academy students to do their best despite the pressure surrounding their challenge to Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xinglan watched Yu Nanyuan’s team prepare to fight and challenged their strength, while Tang Wulin’s group silently anticipated her surprise.
• Yu Nanyuan defeated Wu Yuhan and shattered Bi Ran’s Iron Wave Shield with his Phantom Divine Spear, rapidly crushing Tianhai Intermediate Soul Master Academy Team Two.

Yu Nanyuan crushed Tianhai Academy Team Two, revealing his extraordinary strength and drawing the attention of Shrek Academy. After Shrek’s Ye Xinglan was shaken by the gap between them, Wu Zhangkong announced that Yu Nanyuan’s team would face Shrek in the first round of the group stage.

• Yu Nanyuan defeated Tianhai Academy Team Two alone, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan watched from the sidelines, and his three Thousand-Year Soul Rings shocked the spectators.
• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi discussed Yu Nanyuan’s talent, and Shen Yi prepared Yu Yaoye, Wu Rui, and Ye Xinglan to face him.
• Ye Xinglan was devastated by Yu Nanyuan’s strength, argued that she would never lose to him, and ran off in tears as Xu Lizhi chased after her.
• Gu Yue reacted coldly to the others’ teasing of Ye Xinglan, and Yu Nanyuan followed Gu Yue with Xu Xiaoyan after noticing her mood.
• Class Zero’s teams advanced into the group stage, and Wu Zhangkong told Yu Nanyuan that his team would face Shrek Academy in its first group match.

Donghai Academy’s Class Zero team faced Shrek Academy in a heavily publicized match, where Yu Nanyuan used his spatial abilities to suppress Yu Yaoye and overwhelm Ye Xinglan. The battle left Ye Xinglan defeated and despairing as Yu Nanyuan stood before her untouched.

• Tianhai Alliance officials arranged for Shrek Academy to face Donghai Academy’s Class Zero team in a single group match, drawing a packed crowd and the attention of academy leaders.
• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi watched from Box No. 7 while Long Huantian and Lu Zhenpeng discussed Yu Nanyuan’s talent and the threat Donghai Academy posed to Hailu Intermediate Academy.
• Before the match, Wu Rui boasted to Xu Xiaoyan and Yu Nanyuan, while Yu Yaoye warned Yu Nanyuan that he had no chance of winning.
• At the start, Yu Nanyuan used the Void Dragon Locking Array to bind Yu Yaoye and suppress his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, then unleashed Void Impalement, Spear Form.
• Wu Rui used Mirror Reflection to redirect some of the spear shadows, and Yu Yaoye summoned his Unicorn Thunderstorm Dragon Soul Spirit to block others.
• Yu Nanyuan’s spear attack shattered Ye Xinglan’s Starlight Shield and defeated her, leaving her overwhelmed by despair while he remained unharmed.

Yu Nanyuan dominated the match against Shrek Academy, defeating Ye Xinglan and forcing Wu Rui to reveal his Dou Kai while Xu Xiaoyan briefly restrained Yu Yaoye. The battle ended with Yu Nanyuan and Yu Yaoye facing off in the air, each preparing to fight at full strength.

• The referee rescued Ye Xinglan after Yu Nanyuan's spear attack overwhelmed her, leaving her defeated outside the Competition Stage.
• Yu Nanyuan teleported past Wu Rui's vines and broke through his Mirror Reflection, while Wu Rui used a piece of One-Word Dou Kai to repair the mirror.
• Yu Yaoye escaped the Void Dragon Locking Array with the Unicorn Thunderstorm Dragon, but Xu Xiaoyan immobilized them both with Star Wheel Chains.
• Yu Nanyuan withdrew from Yu Yaoye and Wu Rui, then appeared above them on silver chains as the crowd realized Shrek Academy had fallen behind.
• Shen Yi asked Wu Zhangkong whether Yu Nanyuan had Twin Martial Souls, and Wu Zhangkong explained that his chains and spear were two forms of one martial soul.
• Yu Yaoye vowed to fight at full strength, and Yu Nanyuan answered that Shrek's glory meant little if it vanished when they admitted defeat.

Yu Nanyuan used Void All Things to raise his strength and fought Yu Yaoye in a high-altitude clash of their Soul Spirits and martial souls. Below, Gu Yue defeated Wu Rui with a Wind Fire Tornado, leaving the match’s outcome dependent on Yu Nanyuan’s battle with Yu Yaoye.

• Yu Yaoye activated Thunder Fury, while Yu Nanyuan and the Silver Wing Void Piercing Snake used Void All Things to bring their auras up to match him.
• The Silver Wing Void Piercing Snake and the Unicorn Thunderstorm Dragon collided, and Yu Nanyuan and Yu Yaoye carried their fight into the air above the stage.
• Yu Nanyuan broke through Yu Yaoye’s Thunder Dragon Claw with Void Judgement, then damaged his Lightning Armor with the Phantom Divine Spear.
• Yu Nanyuan and Yu Yaoye exchanged further attacks as their Soul Spirits clashed, while Wu Rui told Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan that their side would soon be defeated.
• Gu Yue burned through Wu Rui’s vines with a growing Wind Fire Tornado, and the referee declared Wu Rui eliminated.
• Gu Yue, exhausted, looked up as the battle between Yu Nanyuan and Yu Yaoye remained decisive for the match.

Yu Nanyuan defeated Yu Yaoye’s fused dragon attack with his strongest spear, leaving Yu Yaoye badly injured but still determined to defend Shrek Academy’s honor. Gu Yue then embraced Yu Nanyuan and infused his Phantom Divine Spear with seven elements, as he prepared to throw the Seven Elements Holy Radiance Spear at Yu Yaoye.

• Yu Nanyuan dominated the Soul Skill clash and forced Yu Yaoye to use Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Rush fused with the Unicorn Thunderstorm Dragon.
• Yu Nanyuan combined four powers into Shatter Void, pierced Yu Yaoye’s divine dragon, destroyed his Soul Spirit, and struck him from the sky.
• Yu Nanyuan landed before Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan while Yu Yaoye, protected by his damaged One-Word Dou Kai, remained standing across the ravine.
• Gu Yue hugged Yu Nanyuan from behind and infused his spear with seven elements.
• Yu Nanyuan hurled the Seven Elements Holy Radiance Spear toward Yu Yaoye.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue defeated Yu Yaoye with the Seven Elements Holy Radiance Spear, ending Shrek Academy’s long undefeated run and giving Donghai Academy Class Zero the victory. Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi arrived afterward, but Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue rejected Shen Yi’s attempt to frame them as Wu Zhangkong’s disciples, and Shen Yi invited Class Zero to apply to Shrek Academy.

• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue unleashed the Seven Elements Holy Radiance Spear, breaking Yu Yaoye’s defenses and leaving him unconscious as the Soul Guidance Barrier shattered.
• The crowd celebrated Donghai Academy Class Zero’s historic victory, while Yu Nanyuan recovered from the backlash of using Void All Things and Gu Yue briefly embraced him before pulling away.
• The referee checked Yu Yaoye and found that Yu Nanyuan had spared his life, then Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong entered the arena with the other students.
• Xu Lizhi comforted the dispirited Ye Xinglan and lamented that he could not help her, while Shen Yi arranged for Shrek Team to carry Yu Yaoye away.
• Shen Yi called Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue Wu Zhangkong’s disciples, but both corrected her, and Wu Zhangkong confirmed they were only his students.
• Shen Yi told Class Zero about her and Wu Zhangkong’s ties to Shrek Academy, invited them to apply, and led Shrek Team away.