Chapter Summaries

After Yu Nanyuan defeated Yuanen Yehui, Ya Li explained the tragedy behind Yuanen Yehui’s family and brought him to Yun Ming. Yun Ming gave Yu Nanyuan two rare Void Beast soul bones, whose age was close to one hundred thousand years.

• Ya Li stopped Yuanen Yehui’s fourth soul skill and restored her, then declared First Grade Class One the winner of the team battle.
• Yu Nanyuan called Ya Li his teacher’s wife, surprising the students, while Yue Zhengyu recognized the danger of Yuanen Yehui’s Gates of Hell soul skill.
• Ya Li told Yu Nanyuan that Yuanen Yehui’s mother had died to protect her family and that her father had tried to follow her in death; Yu Nanyuan blamed him for failing to protect them.
• Yu Nanyuan insisted to Ya Li that he was born perfect and omnipotent, and she brought him to meet Yun Ming at Sea God’s Pavilion.
• Yun Ming gave Yu Nanyuan two nearly hundred-thousand-year-old Void Beast soul bones, explaining that they carried powerful space-based soul skills and would require mastery to use safely.

Yu Nanyuan absorbed the Void Beast’s paired arm Soul Bones and gained the Spatial Shockwave Soul Skill. Yun Ming arranged for him to help Yuanen Yehui obtain a Titan Giant Ape Soul Spirit, while Na'er took him into the city and Gu Yue wondered why he had kept things from them.

• Yu Nanyuan fused the paired Void Beast Soul Bones, and Yun Ming explained that the Douluo Plane had chosen him and might be resisting an unseen threat.
• Yun Ming decided Yuanen Yehui should receive a tower-challenge slot for a Titan Giant Ape Soul Spirit and planned for Yu Nanyuan to accompany her.
• Yu Nanyuan tested his new Spatial Shockwave, cracking space and shaking Sea God Island before Yun Ming quelled the disturbance.
• Na'er took Yu Nanyuan to eat in the city, while Gu Yue asked Xu Xiaoyan why Yu Nanyuan had hidden things from them.

Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue confronted Yu Nanyuan and Na'er at a beverage shop, where Na'er’s question drove Gu Yue to leave without explaining her relationship with Yu Nanyuan. The story then moved through a year of academy training and ended as First Grade Class One approached its first-semester final exam.

• Xu Xiaoyan brought Gu Yue to a beverage shop to talk about her worries over Yu Nanyuan, but Yu Nanyuan arrived with Na'er, who introduced herself as his senior sister.
• Gu Yue questioned Yu Nanyuan about hiding Na'er from her, but Na'er asked Gu Yue what her relationship with him was, prompting Gu Yue to leave and Xu Xiaoyan to follow.
• Na'er realized that Gu Yue’s hidden feelings and her responsibility toward Soul Beasts kept her from making her relationship with Yu Nanyuan public, while Yu Nanyuan returned to Sea God Island in low spirits.
• Yu Nanyuan became famous after the sparring competition, advanced his cultivation to level forty-nine, and made more One-Word Dou Kai for Gu Yue as their classmates pursued their own training.
• As First Grade Class One approached its final exams, Wu Zhangkong explained the last week’s course arrangements while Yu Nanyuan sat beside Gu Yue.

Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue shared a private understanding while their classmates left to pursue their studies. Yu Nanyuan told Gu Yue he planned to form a Soul Core at Sea God's Pavilion, and their intimate conversation ended with him realizing she might be jealous of Na'er.

• Gu Yue indulged Yu Nanyuan's discreet affection in class before he and Xu Xiaoyan left with her.
• Xu Xiaoyan went to the Mecha Design Association to continue working toward becoming a fourth-rank Mecha Designer.
• Xie Xie teased Tang Wulin about Ouyang Zixin, leaving Tang Wulin visibly downcast as Zhang Yangzi changed the subject.
• Yu Nanyuan met Gu Yue in his Mecha Manufacturing Association workshop and told her he planned to form a Soul Core at Sea God's Pavilion.
• Gu Yue said she trusted Yu Nanyuan to succeed, then grew jealous when he discussed Na'er and asked whether she felt inferior.

Gu Yue traveled toward Spirit Pagoda Headquarters while thinking about Yu Nanyuan’s teasing remark, and Yu Nanyuan began forming a Soul Core under Yun Ming’s guidance. He successfully condensed it in less than two hours, and Yun Ming watched to see how Yu Nanyuan’s Martial Soul would evolve.

• Gu Yue reconsidered Yu Nanyuan’s comment about small ones and decided to wait until his Closed-Door Cultivation ended before confronting him.
• Yu Nanyuan reached Sea God's Pavilion, where Yun Ming explained that his physique and talents had prepared him to condense a Soul Core.
• Yun Ming summoned the Golden Tree’s power as Yu Nanyuan meditated and endured the painful compression of his Soul Power.
• A silver Rhombus Crystal formed in Yu Nanyuan’s dantian, and he entered a state of deep comprehension.
• Yu Nanyuan formed his Soul Core in less than two hours, and Yun Ming waited to see what change it would bring to his Martial Soul.

Yu Nanyuan completed his Soul Core, broke through to rank fifty-two, and became a Five-Ring Soul King, though his Martial Soul showed no change. As Shrek Academy announced a continent-spanning Final Exam, Wu Siduo invited him to team up and suggested they travel to Star Luo City.

• After seven days of cultivation, Yu Nanyuan stabilized his Soul Core, broke through rank fifty, and gained his fifth Soul Ring, becoming a Five-Ring Soul King.
• Yun Ming explained that Yu Nanyuan had absorbed a portion of the Golden Tree's energy and asked him to test his Martial Soul, but the Void Chains showed no change.
• Yu Nanyuan attended class, where his transformed appearance drew attention from his classmates, including Ye Xinglan and Wu Siduo.
• Shen Yi announced that the Final Exam required students to visit at least ten cities and defeat an opponent more than five ranks above them in each city.
• Wu Siduo approached Yu Nanyuan and offered to team up for the Final Exam, proposing that they find opponents in Star Luo City.

As the students made plans for the vacation and Final Exam, Yu Nanyuan declined Wu Siduo’s invitation and arranged to meet Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan in Donghai City. Xu Xiaoyan left for home with her brother, while Yuanen Yehui came to find Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue.

• Wu Siduo invited Yu Nanyuan to team up, but he declined because he planned to visit Heaven Dou City, and Gu Yue teased Xu Xiaoyan about her feelings for him.
• Cai Lao explained to Shen Yi that the revised Final Exam would test students’ judgment and use of outside help and relationships.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan discussed their vacation plans, while Yu Nanyuan arranged to meet Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan in Donghai City after visiting Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Nanyuan, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan met Xu Xiaoyu and Guang Biao outside Shrek Inner City, and Xu Xiaoyu took his sister back to Donghai City for their mission.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue returned toward Spirit Ice Plaza, where Yuanen Yehui came looking for them.

Yuanen Yehui asked Yu Nanyuan to help her challenge the Soul Spirit Tower for an eight-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Soul Spirit, and he agreed to accompany her the following week. Afterward, Yun Ming told Yu Nanyuan that his Martial Soul might be incomplete and advised him to seek out the Body Sect, while warning him and Na'er to be careful on their trip to Heaven Dou City.

• Yuanen Yehui met Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue at a drink shop and asked Yu Nanyuan to help her challenge the Soul Spirit Tower for its eight-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yue explained the tower's challenges and restrictions, and Yu Nanyuan agreed to accompany Yuanen Yehui the following week.
• Yu Nanyuan and Gu Yue discussed their vacation plans and his upcoming trip to Heaven Dou City with his senior sister, prompting Gu Yue to tell him to keep his distance from her.
• Yun Ming confirmed that the academy had granted Yuanen Yehui her tower qualification and said he supported Yu Nanyuan helping her.
• Yun Ming suggested Yu Nanyuan's Martial Soul might be incomplete and advised him to make contact with the Body Sect, then warned Yu Nanyuan and Na'er to be careful in Heaven Dou City.

Yu Nanyuan and Na'er left Shrek for Heaven Dou City, where Yu Nanyuan planned to protect the train passengers from a terrorist attack he remembered from his past life. The train departed without incident, but his spiritual power detected no threat aboard yet.

• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er arrived at Spirit Ice Plaza, where Zheng Yiran saw them together and Yang Nianxia urged her to give up pursuing Yu Nanyuan.
• Shen Yi drove Yu Nanyuan and Na'er to the train station with Wu Zhangkong, who agreed to accompany them to Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Nanyuan bought first-class tickets for himself and Na'er because he expected terrorists to attack passengers in the first five carriages.
• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er boarded the train, and Na'er moved close to him as they settled into their seats.
• The train departed, but Yu Nanyuan's spiritual power found no sign of the terrorists aboard.

Na'er and Yu Nanyuan traveled by Soul Guidance Train from Shrek City toward Heaven Dou City, sharing a meal and growing more comfortable with one another. As the train passed its last stop, Yu Nanyuan and Na'er sensed suspicious people in the carriages ahead.

• Na'er watched Yu Nanyuan affectionately on the train, and he briefly revealed emotion when she asked if he was angry.
• Conductor Mo Lan introduced herself and offered help to Yu Nanyuan before continuing her inspection.
• Na'er served Yu Nanyuan a meal she had prepared, feeding him Red Jade Shrimp and a rice ball before they finished the food together.
• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er rested while digesting their meal, with Na'er leaning her head on his shoulder.
• As the train passed its last city before Heaven Dou City, Yu Nanyuan sensed a group in the fourth and fifth carriages, including someone with Soul Elder-level Soul Power Fluctuation; Na'er sensed something unusual too.

Yu Nanyuan and Na'er stopped criminals who hijacked the Soul Guidance Train, while conductor Mo Lan risked approaching them to negotiate. The passengers were unharmed, but Yu Nanyuan questioned Mo Lan’s willingness to sacrifice herself.

• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er left for the Fourth Carriage as criminals began taking control of the train.
• The criminals seized the Fourth and fifth carriages, armed themselves, and ordered their companions to capture the carriages ahead and the driver's cab.
• Train attendants evacuated passengers and gathered with security captain Li Feng while Mo Lan organized an armed response.
• Mo Lan approached the criminals alone to negotiate, despite Li Feng's attempts to stop her.
• Mo Lan opened the metal door and found the criminals subdued, their weapons discarded, and the passengers unharmed; Yu Nanyuan and Na'er stood in the aisle.
• Yu Nanyuan asked Mo Lan why she had risked her life when she could not save anyone through such a sacrifice.

Yu Nanyuan protected the Soul Guidance Train from a sabotage attack and confronted the Evil Soul Master called the Plague Bringer. After crushing the Green Mist and badly injuring him, Yu Nanyuan faced the arrival of another Evil Soul Master, Netherfire.

• Mo Lan ordered the robbers and their Soul Guidance Cluster Bombs secured, while Li Feng reported that the criminals had been affected by Mental Illusion.
• An explosion destroyed the tracks ahead, and Yu Nanyuan used Silver Chains to protect passengers as the train skidded to a stop.
• The Plague Bringer threatened the passengers through Li Feng's communicator and surrounded the train with Green Mist, prompting Mo Lan and Li Feng to go out and negotiate.
• Yu Nanyuan returned to the sixth carriage, revealed five black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, and dispersed the Green Mist with a Spatial Shockwave.
• Yu Nanyuan attacked the Plague Bringer with his fist and Phantom Divine Spear, shattering the Plague Bringer's staff and badly wounding him.
• The Plague Bringer called for Netherfire, whose eerie green flames descended from the sky.

Yu Nanyuan used his Fifth Soul Skill, Space Barrier, to trap Netherfire’s phosphor fire and defeat the two Evil Soul Masters while protecting the train passengers. Heaven Dou City’s mecha brigade arrived and mistook him for an enemy until Mo Lan and the passengers confirmed he had saved them.

• Netherfire attacked with Life-Bound Phosphor Fire, hoping to use Yu Nanyuan’s powerful soul as fuel for his cultivation.
• Yu Nanyuan used Space Barrier to imprison the phosphor fire, severing Netherfire’s control over it.
• The Plague Bringer fled, but Yu Nanyuan detonated a Space Barrier and left him lying unconscious in a deep crater.
• Yu Nanyuan trapped Netherfire in more Space Barriers and set off a chain of explosions against him.
• Liu An led the Heaven Dou City First Mecha Brigade to the scene and surrounded Yu Nanyuan, mistaking him for an Evil Soul Master.
• Mo Lan identified herself and told the mecha brigade that Yu Nanyuan had saved the passengers, who then cheered as they emerged from the train.

After Yu Nanyuan defeated the Evil Soul Masters, he struggled with his feelings about his parents until Na'er comforted him. He and Na'er left without seeking thanks, then reached Heaven Dou City and went to the Forging Masters Association Headquarters.

• Liu An lowered his guard, arranged for Li Feng to hand over the incident details, and kept mecha guards near Mo Lan.
• Yu Nanyuan's Space Barriers killed Netherfire and Plague Bringer, while he reflected bitterly on his parents' choices.
• Na'er embraced Yu Nanyuan and promised to support him, helping him regain his composure and reaffirm his resolve.
• Mo Lan walked over to thank Yu Nanyuan, but he refused the praise and left with Na'er on the Silver Wing Void Piercing Snake.
• Wu Zhangkong told Mo Lan not to investigate or reveal the students' identities, and Liu An realized they were from Shrek Academy.
• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er arrived in Heaven Dou City and went to the Heaven Dou City Forging Masters Association Headquarters.

Yu Nanyuan and Na'er visited the Heaven Dou Forging Masters Association to ask Zhen Hua to forge Heaven Nether Crystal for their Two-Word Dou Kai. After Yu Nanyuan awakened a future-seeing ability in his Evil Eye Tyrant soul spirit, Wu Zhangkong met them outside and invited them along.

• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er went to the association headquarters, where Zhen Hua sent Xie Yinling to escort them to his office.
• Mu Ye tested Yu Nanyuan with his aura and attack, prompting the Silver Eye at Yu Nanyuan's brow to reveal images that let him evade the strike.
• Zhen Hua stopped Mu Ye and identified him as the Body Sect master, then heard Yu Nanyuan's request to forge Heaven Nether Crystal for two sets of Two-Word Dou Kai.
• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er explained their Dou Kai requirements to Zhen Hua, who asked them to return the next day for the materials.
• Wu Zhangkong waited outside the headquarters and invited Yu Nanyuan and Na'er to go with him.

Yu Nanyuan and Na'er accompanied Wu Zhangkong to Heaven Dou Cemetery, where he honored Long Bing and revealed that Yu Nanyuan's parents had once helped him. After dinner at Yuhao Grilled Fish, Wu Zhangkong urged Yu Nanyuan to cherish those close to him, while Na'er's affection left him awkward.

• Yu Nanyuan bought white carnations with Na'er, and they followed Wu Zhangkong to Long Bing's grave in Heaven Dou Cemetery.
• Wu Zhangkong carefully cleaned Long Bing's gravestone for an hour as Yu Nanyuan and Na'er left their bouquets beside it.
• Wu Zhangkong told Yu Nanyuan that fourteen years earlier he had met Yu Nanyuan's parents at the cemetery, but Yu Nanyuan said he did not care about their affairs.
• Wu Zhangkong took Yu Nanyuan and Na'er to Yuhao Grilled Fish, where Yu Nanyuan's mood lightened as they discussed stories about the food.
• Wu Zhangkong advised Yu Nanyuan to cherish the people close to him, then awkwardly watched Na'er wipe grease from Yu Nanyuan's mouth.

Yu Nanyuan and Na'er stayed in a luxurious Heaven Dou City suite, where Na'er flirted with him and Ya Li cautioned them to stay safe. The next day, Muye revealed to Zhen Hua why he believed Yu Nanyuan could master the Body Sect’s secret method and approach godhood.

• Yu Nanyuan booked a lavish suite with Na'er, and she deliberately tried to leave her scent on him while challenging Gu Yue for his affection.
• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er video-called Ya Li, who approved their extended stay but warned them about safety and praised Yu Nanyuan for fighting the Evil Soul Masters.
• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er visited Zhen Hua, collected the items he had prepared, and declined an escort back to the academy.
• Muye questioned Yu Nanyuan about his Martial Soul after they left, then explained to Zhen Hua that Yu Nanyuan's powerful bloodline and Tool Martial Soul made him uniquely suited to the Body Sect's secret method.
• Muye said that bringing the body, Soul Power Cultivation, and Spiritual Power to their limits could make Yu Nanyuan the person closest to a True God.

Yu Nanyuan returned from Heaven Dou City with Na'er and planned to help Yuanen Yehui challenge the Spirit Transfer Pagoda. Their meeting at the pagoda left Yue Zhengyu convinced that they were secretly dating.

• Yu Nanyuan and Na'er left Heaven Dou City by train after Wu Zhangkong gave Yu Nanyuan a top-level Pass Card, and Yu Nanyuan continued trying to reach Gu Yue without success.
• Yu Nanyuan agreed to accompany Yuanen Yehui to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters so she could add a Soul Spirit to her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul, while Na'er said she would wait for him that night.
• After class, Yuanen Yehui left the academy in her female appearance, and Yue Zhengyu secretly followed her.
• Yuanen Yehui told Yu Nanyuan she would use only her Fallen Angel Martial Soul for the tower challenge because the Spirit Transfer Pagoda might know about her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul.
• Yue Zhengyu arrived at Spirit Transfer Pagoda and mistook Yu Nanyuan and Yuanen Yehui's meeting for a secret romance.

Yuanen Yehui, Yu Nanyuan, and Yue Zhengyu entered the Soul Spirit Tower with Gu Yue, whose closeness with Yu Nanyuan surprised the others. Gu Yue effortlessly cleared the first stage, and the group was offered a Mutated Gale Twin-Headed Demon Wolf Soul Spirit.

• Yue Zhengyu followed Yuanen Yehui and mistakenly assumed she and Yu Nanyuan were together, then asked to join their tower challenge.
• Yu Nanyuan persuaded Yuanen Yehui to let Yue Zhengyu accompany them, and the three met Gu Yue at Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Yu Nanyuan soothed Gu Yue with affection, and Gu Yue led the group through registration and into the Soul Spirit Tower.
• The four entered the tower and faced a pack of Gale Demon Wolves as Yue Zhengyu offered to attack first.
• Gu Yue killed the wolves with a cyan tornado, and the tower offered the group a thousand-year Mutated Gale Twin-Headed Demon Wolf Soul Spirit.

Gu Yue and Yu Nanyuan led the group through the early floors of the Soul Spirit Tower, where Gu Yue defeated the Soul Beasts and Yu Nanyuan revealed that he had reached the Five-Ring Soul King realm. On the sixteenth floor, Yu Nanyuan’s Evil Eye Tyrant confronted a dual-attribute Evil Eye, and both unleashed Evil Eye Gaze.

• Gu Yue passed through the Golden Light Gate and swiftly killed the Pink Ladies and their Thousand-Year Pink Madame with ice spikes.
• The group fought through floors ten to fifteen, with Yuanen Yehui taking the lead until Yu Nanyuan stepped forward to face the One-Horned Fire Tyrant Dragon.
• Yu Nanyuan revealed five black Soul Rings, restrained the dragon with his Void Dragon Locking Array, and killed it with Void Judgement.
• On the sixteenth floor, Yu Nanyuan identified the dual mental-and-thunder-attribute Evil Eye and summoned his Evil Eye Tyrant.
• The two Evil Eyes clashed with their Mental Storms, then fired their Evil Eye Gaze attacks at each other.