Chapter Summaries

After leaving the Spirit Transfer Pagoda, Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue headed to Dongcheng Snack Street, where they encountered Guang Long bullying Zhou Changxi and his father. They then reunited with Tang Wulin and the others, just as Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Xiaoyu, and Ouyang Zixin arrived, leaving the group in an awkward moment.

• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue left the Spirit Transfer Pagoda after Yu Nanyuan received a suggestive message from Na'er, which made Gu Yue jealous before they exchanged playful challenges.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue took a taxi to Dongcheng Snack Street to meet Tang Wulin and his friends.
• Guang Long beat Zhou Changxi and threatened Zhou Changxi's father over unpaid protection fees, while bystanders stayed away.
• Yu Nanyuan told Guang Long to stop, and Guang Long halted his men from smashing the shop after recognizing him.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi waited near a barbecue shop and discussed Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Xiaoyu, and Ouyang Zixin arrived as Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue approached the group, creating an awkward atmosphere.

Tang Wulin struggled with jealousy as Ouyang Zixin grew closer to Xu Xiaoyu during a group dinner. After Ouyang Zixin left with Xu Xiaoyu, Tang Wulin was left heartbroken, while Yu Nanyuan departed with Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue.

• Xu Xiaoyu arrived with Ouyang Zixin and greeted Xu Xiaoyan, Yu Nanyuan, and Gu Yue.
• Tang Wulin realized he was jealous of Xu Xiaoyu and insisted on paying for the dinner, while Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie ordered lavishly.
• Xu Xiaoyu revealed that Tang Wulin had forged rare metal for his Purple-Grade Mecha and thanked him, but Tang Wulin replied stiffly.
• Yu Nanyuan lifted the mood by offering the group an internal discount on commissioned mechas through his grandfather's association.
• After dinner, Ouyang Zixin left with Xu Xiaoyu, and Tang Wulin watched them go feeling heartbroken.
• Yu Nanyuan left with Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue while Zhang Yangzi, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi comforted Tang Wulin.

After Xu Xiaoyan’s awkwardly interrupted advance toward Yu Nanyuan, Tang Wulin broke through his second seal with Old Tang’s reassurance that the first nine would be manageable if he kept training. Half a year later, Yu Nanyuan was practicing with Soul Tools when his grandfather summoned him to the Mecha Master Association.

• Yu Nanyuan took Xu Xiaoyan home, where she pretended to be asleep and then flustered him when he noticed her skirt had slipped; afterward, he worried over his feelings for her, Gu Yue, and Na'er.
• Tang Wulin endured the pain of breaking his second seal as golden markings spread across his body and strengthened his Blood Qi Energy.
• Old Tang told Tang Wulin that his physical training and Sea God bloodline had made the breakthrough easier, and said the first nine seals should open naturally if he kept working hard.
• Class Zero resumed training for Shrek Academy's Admission Assessment, while Xu Xiaoyan and Yu Nanyuan continued acting as though their awkward moment had not happened.
• Half a year later, Yu Nanyuan practiced spear techniques with his Soul Tools until his grandfather called and ordered him to come to the Mecha Master Association.

Yu Nanyuan, Xu Xiaoyu, and Yin Luan were recruited by Yu Zhen to join a patrol against Sea Soul Beasts attacking merchant ships near Eastsea City. After preparing their Purple-Grade Mechas, the three joined twelve other pilots and flew east toward the sea.

• Yu Nanyuan left his training room and went to the Mecha Master Association after Yu Zhen summoned him.
• Yu Zhen explained that Sea Soul Beasts had retaliated against merchant ships and ordered the three young men to patrol the Near Sea Area with the Donghai City Mecha Brigade.
• Yu Zhen told Yu Nanyuan, Xu Xiaoyu, and Yin Luan to set out in a group, warning them not to go too deep into the sea.
• The three pilots inspected their Purple-Grade Mechas and entered their cockpits.
• Yu Nanyuan, Xu Xiaoyu, and Yin Luan flew out with twelve other Purple-Grade Mechas toward the sea east of Eastsea City.

Yu Nanyuan, Xu Xiaoyu, and Yin Luan patrolled the sea in Purple-Grade Mechas and encountered three Dark Thunder Tiger Sharks. They worked together to freeze and kill the sharks, leaving three purple Soul Rings above their corpses.

• Fifteen Purple-Grade Mechas from the Mecha Master Association entered the sea region and divided into patrol teams.
• Yu Nanyuan, Xu Xiaoyu, and Yin Luan formed a patrol team, and Xu Xiaoyu asked Yu Nanyuan to support Xiao Yan if she ever wanted to leave her path.
• The trio detected three approaching Sea Soul Beasts, and Yu Nanyuan identified them as roughly three-thousand-year-old Dark Thunder Tiger Sharks.
• Yin Luan fired Soul Guidance Cannon shells to disrupt the sharks as Yu Nanyuan charged them and Xu Xiaoyu froze the surrounding sea with Frost Ice Tide.
• Yu Nanyuan crossed between the frozen sharks with his Thunder God's Spear and killed all three, producing three purple Soul Rings.

Yu Nanyuan, Yin Luan, and Xu Xiaoyu fought a nearly ten-thousand-year Devil Tiger Whale, with Yu Nanyuan’s mecha and Evil Eye Tyrant leading them to kill it. After sensing a powerful but weakened bloodline to the north, Yu Nanyuan’s attention shifted to a Donghai Legion fleet searching for a wounded Ferocious Beast-Level Deep Sea Devil Whale.

• Yu Nanyuan’s Evil Eye Tyrant devoured the Soul Rings of three Dark Thunder Tiger Sharks, and the three mecha masters continued their patrol.
• A Devil Tiger Whale attacked the group, but Yu Nanyuan countered its Mental Attribute skills and wounded it with his mecha.
• Yin Luan and Xu Xiaoyu joined Yu Nanyuan, and the three defeated the Devil Tiger Whale with coordinated attacks.
• Yu Nanyuan let the Evil Eye Tyrant devour the Devil Tiger Whale’s Soul Ring as reinforcements approached, then sensed a powerful but weakened bloodline to the north.
• Zhu Ming ordered the Donghai Legion fleet to search for a Ferocious Beast-Level Deep Sea Devil Whale that had survived their battle.

Yu Nanyuan and his companions defeated the Evil Spirit Orca, and the Donghai City Mecha Brigade withdrew rather than challenge his claim to the kill. After delivering the corpse to Donghai Port, Yu Nanyuan took Gu Yue on a nighttime flight in his newly completed mecha, where they grew closer.

• Guang Biao arrived with the Donghai City Mecha Brigade, recognized Yu Nanyuan, and warned his greedy subordinate against trying to seize the Evil Spirit Orca's corpse.
• Guang Biao withdrew with his brigade, and Lian Tong arrived with the Mecha Master Association to help transport the corpse to Donghai Port.
• Yu Zhen collected the Evil Spirit Orca and the Dark Thunder Tiger Shark, while Yu Nanyuan went to the Donghai Spirit Transfer Pagoda to ask Gu Yue to join him.
• Yu Nanyuan took Gu Yue to dinner, then brought her to the Mecha Master Association and flew her out over the sea in his mecha, Void Lord.
• Gu Yue enjoyed Yu Nanyuan's aerial maneuvers and smiled warmly; Yu Nanyuan told her she looked beautiful, bringing their faces close.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue drew closer during a quiet stop at a deserted island, where they encountered Lan Fozi, the injured daughter of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Demon Empress. Gu Yue revealed her identity as the Silver Dragon King and arranged to take Lan Fozi with them for healing and questioning.

• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue landed their mecha beside a lake on a deserted island and teased each other about their growing feelings.
• As Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue shared a kiss, Lan Fozi emerged from the lake and asked who they were.
• Yu Nanyuan recognized Lan Fozi's powerful bloodline, while Gu Yue identified her as the transformed Deep Sea Demonic Whale and the daughter of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and Demon Empress.
• Gu Yue revealed her authority to Lan Fozi, promised to help heal her injuries, and told her to keep quiet about what she learned.
• Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Lan Fozi left the island together aboard the Purple-Grade Mecha.

Yu Nanyuan learned that his parents had died serving in the Blood God Legion, and he rejected Yu Zhen’s account of their sacrifice as meaningless. Left alone with his grief, he was comforted when Gu Yue came to his home.

• Lan Fozi accidentally pressed a mecha button, causing Gu Yue to fall into Yu Nanyuan’s embrace before she made Lan Fozi sit still.
• Yu Nanyuan returned to the Mecha Master Association, where Yu Zhen gave him Whale Rubber and offered him a Devil Left Leg Bone, which Yu Nanyuan accepted for his grandfather to keep.
• Yu Zhen told Yu Nanyuan that his parents had died fighting beyond the Douluo Plane as members of the Blood God Legion.
• Yu Nanyuan condemned his parents’ sacrifice as foolish and meaningless, then left Yu Zhen’s office and wandered home in grief.
• Xu Xiaoyan called to invite Yu Nanyuan to dinner, and he later noticed that he had also dialed Gu Yue, who briefly asked why he was silent.
• Gu Yue arrived at Yu Nanyuan’s home, and he pulled her into his arms, saying that he had missed her.

Yu Nanyuan found comfort with Gu Yue, while she questioned Lan Fozi about the sea soul beasts and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult was aiding Lan Fozi’s mother. Gu Yue ordered Di Tian to protect Yu Nanyuan, then later fell asleep beside him; three days afterward, Zero Class Seven boarded a train for Shrek City.

• Yu Nanyuan asked Gu Yue to stay the night, and she agreed as he fell asleep in her arms.
• Lan Fozi arrived and told Gu Yue that her mother, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s mate, was slaughtering sea soul beasts and working with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Gu Yue agreed to help Lan Fozi, then ordered Di Tian to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult and protect Yu Nanyuan, whom she identified as the Douluo Plane’s Child of Destiny.
• Na'er told Gu Yue that neither of them had won or lost, and Gu Yue later fell asleep beside Yu Nanyuan.
• Xu Xiaoyan called Yu Nanyuan repeatedly, but he did not answer.
• Three days later, Wu Zhangkong led Zero Class Seven aboard a train bound for Shrek City.

Class Zero traveled by Soul Guidance Train from Eastsea City to Shrek City, where they settled in before Shrek Academy’s Admission Assessment. Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue’s feelings grew warmer, while the group prepared to face the costly stay and the assessment ahead.

• Zhang Yangzi worried that Xu Xiaoyan might struggle with an individual combat assessment, and Yu Nanyuan reassured her.
• As the others slept on the train, Yu Nanyuan asked Gu Yue about her conflict and comforted her, easing the tension between them.
• Class Zero arrived in Shrek City and marveled at its scale, including the Heaven Spirit Pagoda of Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Wu Zhangkong said the group would find lodging before the assessment, and Xie Xie offered to pay for everyone’s stay.
• After learning the hotel near Shrek Inner City cost over ten thousand Federal currency per night, Xie Xie paid the bill while the others teased or sympathized with him.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue exchanged glances as the group returned to their rooms, and Yu Nanyuan went to find Wu Zhangkong.

Yu Nanyuan arrived in Shrek City and distanced himself inwardly from Tang Wulin because of Tang San’s role in the Federation’s tragedies. He reunited with Na’er at Shrek Inner City and went with her to meet Yun Ming and Ya Li on Sea God Island.

• Yu Nanyuan told Wu Zhangkong he was going to Sea God Island, while Tang Wulin discussed finding auction items to break through his third seal before Shrek Academy’s admission assessment.
• Yu Nanyuan visited Gu Yue and told her he might be delayed on Sea God Island; Gu Yue showed jealousy as he comforted her.
• Yu Nanyuan reached Shrek Inner City, where Na’er greeted him with an enthusiastic embrace in front of the crowd.
• Na’er showed embarrassment when Yu Nanyuan reviewed the suggestive pictures she had sent him, and he jokingly asked her to send more.
• Yu Nanyuan and Na’er crossed Spirit Ice Plaza and continued to Sea God Island, where Yun Ming and Ya Li were waiting.

Yu Nanyuan returned to Sea God Island, where Yun Ming tested his progress by having him fight Na'er. Yu Nanyuan countered her speed with the Evil Eye Tyrant's abilities, but Na'er escalated the duel with her powerful fourth Soul Skill.

• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er arrived at Sea God Island, where Ya Li welcomed them and Yun Ming asked whether Yu Nanyuan had settled matters in Eastsea City.
• Yun Ming began testing Yu Nanyuan's progress in a sparring match against Na'er.
• Na'er attacked with Silver Dragon Strike and Silver Dragon Blink, while Yu Nanyuan used Void Chains and his Phantom Divine Spear to defend himself.
• Yu Nanyuan revealed the Evil Eye Tyrant's Silver Eye, which let him slow and predict Na'er's movements, and he gained the advantage in their clash.
• Na'er unleashed her fourth Soul Skill, Silver Dragon Break, concentrating Spatial Cutting power into a devastating spear thrust.

Yu Nanyuan and Na'er fought before Sea God's Pavilion, revealing their abilities to control Heaven and Earth Power. Yun Ming explained that Reign Over The World was a path to True God, then sent Yu Nanyuan to study in the Outer Court and interact with the new students; Na'er later summoned him to meet Ya Li.

• Na'er pierced two layers of Yu Nanyuan's Dimensional Partition, but the third layer stopped her spear strike.
• Yu Nanyuan used Reign Over The World's Heaven and Earth Power with Void Piercing, and Na'er answered with Silver Dragon Dance; their powers clashed before she conceded.
• Ya Li praised Yu Nanyuan for mastering Reign Over The World and took Na'er inside to check for injuries.
• Yun Ming told Yu Nanyuan that Reign Over The World led to True God and said Yu Nanyuan might surpass his own cultivation.
• Yun Ming sent Yu Nanyuan to the Outer Court to meet the new students, and Na'er later told him Ya Li wanted to see him.

Ya Li spoke with Yu Nanyuan about his feelings, and he admitted that he liked Gu Yue. The next morning, the Class Zero Group went to Shrek Inner City for the Admission Assessment, where Xu Xiaoyan worried about whether she could keep up with Yu Nanyuan.

• Ya Li gently questioned Yu Nanyuan about his past and warned him to be decisive in matters of affection.
• Yu Nanyuan told Ya Li and Na'er that he liked Gu Yue and described how their bond had grown.
• After Yu Nanyuan left, Ya Li comforted Na'er, who said the future was still uncertain.
• Yu Nanyuan stayed on Sea God Island that night, while the Class Zero Group prepared for the Admission Assessment.
• Wu Zhangkong led the group to Shrek Inner City's gate, where examinees had their qualifications checked and drew lots for the assessment.

The Class Zero Group passed Shrek Academy’s admission assessment, and Yu Nanyuan spent the afternoon with Xu Xiaoyan while they encountered new classmates and Yuanen Yehui. At Tang Sect Headquarters, Tang Wulin met Xu Lizhi, who revealed his custom ape-shaped mecha.

• The Class Zero Group passed Shrek Academy’s assessment, and Wu Zhangkong took Tang Wulin to report to the Tang Sect.
• Xie Xie and Wang Jinxi told the group about high-scoring applicants Luo Guixing and Xu Yucheng, while Zhang Yangzi vowed to compete with them.
• Gu Yue left to report to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, and Zhang Yangzi, Xie Xie, and Wang Jinxi went to check their dormitories.
• Yang Nianxia approached Xu Xiaoyan and Yu Nanyuan, then watched them leave after Xu Xiaoyan pretended to be Yu Nanyuan’s girlfriend.
• Yu Nanyuan recognized Yuanen Yehui while she served him and Xu Xiaoyan at a fruit tea shop, then explained her former disguise to Xu Xiaoyan.
• Tang Wulin met Xu Lizhi at Tang Sect Headquarters, agreed to help with materials for his mecha, and watched Xu Lizhi summon his ape-shaped Yellow-Grade Mecha.

Tang Wulin befriended Xu Lizhi and learned about his Beast-Form Mecha and Blood Red Baboon Soul Spirit before Shrek Academy’s opening ceremony began. After Elder Cai warned students about the academy’s strict exams, First Grade Class One gathered in its classroom to elect class officers.

• Tang Wulin recommended Starfall Iron for Xu Lizhi’s great hammers, and Xu Lizhi explained that his Beast-Form Mecha was designed to fuse with his Soul Spirit, A Fei.
• Tang Wulin and Xu Lizhi shared a meal in Shrek Inner City and grew closer.
• At the opening ceremony, Elder Cai outlined Shrek Academy’s exams, expulsion rules, and graduation deadline.
• Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan recognized Yu Nanyuan’s group, and Ye Xinglan turned away before Xu Lizhi followed her.
• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi led First Grade Class One to its classroom, where they announced an election for class officers.

Shen Yi announced a melee to elect First Grade Class One’s class officers, and the students formed teams before entering a simulated forest. Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan regrouped and defeated a student who ambushed them with cloud-mist abilities.

• Shen Yi explained that the class would elect a monitor and two vice monitors through a melee, and gave the students fifteen minutes to prepare.
• Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan formed a team, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi teamed up to challenge Xu Yucheng, and Tang Wulin and Xie Xie sought another partner.
• Yang Nianxia offered to team up with Yu Nanyuan and the girls, but Yu Nanyuan refused him.
• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi led the 106 students to a circular hall, where Shen Yi sent them into Simulation Pods for the melee.
• Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan regrouped in the forest simulation, and Yu Nanyuan realized Gu Yue’s Spiritual Power had reached the Spirit Abyss Realm.
• A student attacked the trio with mist and Cloud Leopards, but Gu Yue destroyed the beasts and Yu Nanyuan paralyzed the attacker, who was then struck by Wind Blades and eliminated.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue advanced through the melee with Xu Xiaoyan while Wu Siduo defeated Xie Xie and Tang Wulin. The chapter ended as Zhang Yangzi confronted Xu Yucheng and asked whether he thought he had already won.

• Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan continued through the forest, eliminating three more students as Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi watched the melee.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie ambushed two students, but Wu Siduo caught Xie Xie and eliminated him with Netherworld Slash.
• Wu Siduo attacked Tang Wulin with the combined abilities of her Martial Souls and defeated him after a barrage of blows.
• Wu Siduo retreated to recover her Soul Power while Xu Yucheng, assisted by two teammates, finished off opponents elsewhere in the forest.
• Zhang Yangzi and another boy confronted Xu Yucheng, and Zhang Yangzi challenged his confidence in winning.

Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi defeated Xu Yucheng’s confidence with their Dark Eagle Dragon Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Yang Nianxia betrayed Luo Guixing’s team to escape. The terrain then shrank around the final ten contestants, who recognized Yu Nanyuan as the top of the Young Talent List.

• Wang Jinxi attacked Xu Yucheng’s group with Dragonification, while Zhang Yangzi’s Shadow Clones trapped the two Steel Fork Soul Masters.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi combined into the Dark Eagle Dragon and forced Xu Yucheng to flee.
• The Dark Eagle Dragon turned on Luo Guixing’s team, and Yang Nianxia threw a shield Soul Venerable to the dragon before escaping alone.
• Shen Yi announced that the final ten remained and that the terrain was shrinking, gathering the survivors around Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Luo Guixing, Wu Siduo, and the other survivors recognized Yu Nanyuan as the top of the Young Talent List.