Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin and Nan Fusheng shocked Zero Class with dramatic increases in Spiritual Power, while Gu Yue also tested above three hundred. Wu Changkong then assigned the teams for practical combat, leaving Xu Xiaoyan to stand beside Tang Wulin as the test was about to begin.

• Tang Wulin tested at 212 Spiritual Power, surprising Wu Changkong and the others.
• Nan Fusheng tested at 297, and Xie Xie struggled to believe the results as Nan Fusheng lamented the money he had spent.
• Gu Yue tested at 305, while Xu Xiaoyan requested another Spiritual Power test that night.
• Wu Changkong assigned Nan Fusheng, Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan to one team, with Xie Xie and Gu Yue on the other.
• Xu Xiaoyan stood beside Tang Wulin and felt safe near him, wondering if it was because he had saved her.

Nan Fusheng’s group fought Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie in a sparring match, revealing their new abilities and teamwork. Tang Wulin’s side won, while Xu Xiaoyan froze the unconscious Xie Xie after Nan Fusheng ended his suffering.

• Xu Xiaoyan told Nan Fusheng that she shared her brother’s long-range and elemental abilities, and he promised to protect her.
• Gu Yue compressed a series of Fireballs into a powerful shot, but Tang Wulin blocked it with his scaled fist and revealed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Xie Xie used Gu Yue’s blinding Light Element to rush toward Xu Xiaoyan, but Nan Fusheng used Space Movement to move her out of his reach.
• Tang Wulin fought through Gu Yue’s elemental attacks, and Xu Xiaoyan used her Ice Wheel to block Gu Yue’s close-range attack before Tang Wulin subdued her.
• Gu Yue’s unstable ice-and-fire attack struck Xie Xie, so Nan Fusheng used Consciousness Steal to knock him unconscious, and Xu Xiaoyan then froze him with an Ice Wheel.

After Xu Xiaoyan helped secure victory in the team match, Wu Changkong welcomed her into Zero Class and prepared the students for joint training and the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition. Long Hengxu then called Nan Fusheng forward to discuss the Soul Train Incident.

• Nan Fusheng and Xu Xiaoyan helped the shivering Xie Xie up after their team defeated Gu Yue and Xie Xie.
• Nan Fusheng welcomed Xu Xiaoyan to Zero Class, and she reflected on how she had waited for the right moment to prove herself.
• Long Hengxu offered to seek more funding for Zero Class, and Wu Changkong requested better meals for the students.
• Long Hengxu told Wu Changkong that Zero Class might enter the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, and Wu Changkong agreed to prepare the students.
• Wu Changkong judged the students, accepted Xu Xiaoyan into the class for a trial month, and announced daily joint training against him.
• Long Hengxu praised the five students, then called Nan Fusheng forward and asked whether he remembered the Soul Train Incident.

Long Hengxu announced that Eastsea Academy was rewarding Nan Fusheng for defeating an Evil Soul Master and rescuing passengers during the Soul Train attack. Nan Fusheng chose Federal Coin instead of a thousand-year spirit herb, leaving Long Hengxu to consider his request.

• Long Hengxu praised Nan Fusheng for saving passengers during the Soul Train attack and offered him a thousand-year spirit herb or an item of equal value.
• Wu Changkong and the Zero Class students were surprised that Nan Fusheng had defeated a Soul Ancestor-level Evil Soul Master, and Nan Fusheng played down his achievement.
• Wu Changkong and Xie Xie comforted Nan Fusheng, while Gu Yue teased Xie Xie and restarted their argument.
• Nan Fusheng asked Long Hengxu to exchange his reward for Federal Coin, and firmly repeated his choice after Long Hengxu warned him it was a poor trade.

Nan Fusheng declined a millennium spirit herb reward in favor of Federal Coin, while Wu Changkong announced he would use Spirit Skills in their next match. The students discussed upcoming competitions and learned more about Nan Fusheng’s teleportation ability.

• Nan Fusheng asked Long Hengxu to arrange Federal Coin instead of a millennium spirit herb, and Long Hengxu agreed to inform the Academy.
• Wu Changkong said he would use Spirit Skills in the next match, prompting the students to plan tactics against him.
• Tang Wulin asked the Zero Class students about the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, and Xie Xie explained its qualification rules and the timing of the All-Federation Grand Competition.
• Gu Yue urged the others to aim for the championship, while Nan Fusheng hinted that more than Tang Wulin might qualify for the competition.
• Nan Fusheng explained that his Second Soul Skill could teleport people by touch or by placing his Soul Spirit on them, and that he could swap positions with up to two targets.

Xu Xiaoyan demonstrated that her Star Wheel Ice Staff gained powerful star-based abilities at night, revealing a team-support skill that could immobilize an opponent. The group learned its limits as well as its potential, and Xie Xie was released after being trapped.

• After dinner, Nan Fusheng, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan went to the Academy's small forest to see her nighttime strength.
• Xu Xiaoyan chanted an incantation and summoned the Star Wheel, transforming her bearing as starlight gathered around her Ice Staff.
• Xu Xiaoyan used the Star Wheel to bind Xie Xie in ice chains and slow his Soul Power, leaving him unable to move for several seconds.
• Xu Xiaoyan explained that her Star Phase Attribute could halt one person at night, but using it immobilized her and consumed substantial energy.
• Xu Xiaoyan dismissed the Star Wheel and freed Xie Xie after he asked her to stop.

Nan Fusheng and his friends challenged Wu Changkong to a spar, asking him to suppress his cultivation to the Two Rings level. Wu Changkong countered their coordinated opening attack, but as Tang Wulin reached him, he suddenly unleashed a defensive net of sword energy and Frost Mist.

• Nan Fusheng proposed challenging Wu Changkong, and the five students meditated before going to ask him for a spar.
• Wu Changkong agreed to limit his cultivation and Spirit Skills to the Two Rings level, then met the group on the field.
• Tang Wulin led the attack with Blue Silver Grass while Xie Xie struck from above and Gu Yue, Nan Fusheng, and Xu Xiaoyan supported them.
• Wu Changkong used Frost Mist to conceal himself, redirected Gu Yue's elemental attacks, deflected Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass, and evaded Xie Xie's strike.
• Wu Changkong sent Xie Xie flying, then formed a defensive net of sword energy and Frost Mist around himself as Tang Wulin reached him.

Nan Fusheng led Zero Class to defeat Wu Changkong in a carefully coordinated battle, using spatial abilities, Xu Xiaoyan’s chains, and Gu Yue’s concealed attack. Wu Changkong left impressed and announced that the next training match would be against his four-ring cultivation.

• Nan Fusheng briefly controlled Wu Changkong, while Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Claw disrupted the sword threads and slowed the team’s attack.
• Wu Changkong broke free of Nan Fusheng’s control and turned to attack him, but Xu Xiaoyan appeared through a spatial exchange and bound Wu Changkong with Star Wheel Ice Chain.
• Gu Yue struck Wu Changkong from behind with Ice and Fire Dual Heaven, and Zero Class won after Wu Changkong unleashed stronger Soul Power to escape.
• Wu Changkong asked who devised the plan, and Nan Fusheng admitted that he had; Wu Changkong praised the group and set their next training match at four rings.
• Xie Xie protested the harder challenge, while Wu Changkong left with a faint smile, impressed by his students’ abilities.

Wu Changkong told the students they would compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, with Nan Fusheng, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin as the main team and Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan as substitutes. The group discussed additional events and Shrek Academy’s formidable reputation before leaving for Skysea City.

• Xu Xiaoyan quickly settled into the team and reached Soul Power level eighteen within a month, while Tang Wulin remained below level seventeen.
• Wu Changkong announced that the students would travel to Skysea City for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition and set their goal at winning the Youth Division 3-on-3 Team Competition.
• Wu Changkong assigned Nan Fusheng, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin as the main team, with Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan as substitutes, and reminded Tang Wulin to manage his blacksmith competition as well.
• Tang Wulin told the others that he would enter the blacksmith and Individual Competitions, while Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Nan Fusheng also signed up for the Individual Competition.
• Xu Xiaoyan described Shrek Academy’s selective admissions and influence, and Nan Fusheng privately reflected on the institution’s power and political role.

Eastsea Academy's students gathered for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, where Nan Fusheng and Zero Class traveled with their teachers to the event. On the bus, Xu Xiaoyu watched Xu Xiaoyan seek Nan Fusheng's attention and pressured Xie Xie to explain their classmates' daily lives.

• Nan Fusheng encouraged Zero Class to treat the competition as practical training, and Tang Wulin led the group in a show of support.
• Wu Changkong and Long Hengxu took Zero Class to Eastsea Plaza, where Nan Fusheng saw Xu Xiaoyu and Liu Yuxin among Eastsea Academy's older competitors.
• Xu Xiaoyu tried to reassure Xu Xiaoyan about the competition, while she mocked his past results.
• On Bus number six, Gu Yue sat beside Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan invited Nan Fusheng to sit beside her, leaving Xu Xiaoyu and Xie Xie behind them.
• Xu Xiaoyu pressured Xie Xie into describing Zero Class's daily life and realized Xu Xiaoyan seemed to be pursuing Nan Fusheng.

Nan Fusheng traveled with the Eastsea City delegation to Skysea City for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition. After arriving at the hotel, he began testing Deep Parasitism on two competitors, hoping to advance to Sequence 4.

• Nan Fusheng rode to Skysea City with Xu Xiaoyan, who fell asleep against his shoulder, and woke his companions when the bus arrived.
• The Eastsea City delegation checked into a seaside hotel, where Nan Fusheng shared a room with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie was assigned to Wu Changkong.
• Mu Xi took Tang Wulin away, and Nan Fusheng left the room to put his theory into practice.
• Nan Fusheng used Deep Parasitism and three Time Worms to control a sea-blue-haired youth, then spent three more to control the youth's roommate.

Nan Fusheng planned to disrupt Shrek Academy's competition by taking control of members of the reigning youth team and an organizer. At the opening ceremony, the Zero Class students learned that Nan Fusheng had fallen ill, but Wu Changkong said he was fine and would recover quickly.

• Nan Fusheng judged Zhang Wuji, a rank-thirty-nine Sea Dragon Spirit Master, and Zhang Chulan, a rank-thirty-six Water Element Spirit Master, as potential targets because their team had won the previous Youth Division 7-on-7 competition.
• Nan Fusheng decided to use Sefirah Castle's Sequence 4 power to control Zhang Wuji and an organizer so he could arrange a surprise for Shrek Academy.
• The Skysea Alliance Grand Competition's opening ceremony drew a huge crowd to Skysea Stadium, where Tang Wulin struggled to see and hear the proceedings.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked Tang Wulin where Nan Fusheng was, and Xie Xie explained that he had fainted with a high fever and Wu Changkong was watching over him.
• Wu Changkong reassured Xu Xiaoyan that Nan Fusheng was merely overworked and had caught a slight chill, and that he would recover quickly.

Nan Fusheng disguised himself as Zhang Wuji and assembled a team of parasitized doubles for the Skysea Alliance competition. As the opening ceremony began, the previous Youth Group champions went onstage for the exhibition match, while Nan Fusheng waited for his own team’s turn.

• Wu Changkong reassured Xu Xiaoyan that Nan Fusheng was being cared for and explained that the exhibition match would show the students the strength of top geniuses.
• Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan debated whether seeing such a large difference in strength would motivate or discourage them.
• Nan Fusheng used Faceless and Steal to take Zhang Wuji’s appearance and Martial Soul, then told the real Zhang Wuji to hide until the competition ended.
• Nan Fusheng used borrowed power from Sefirah Castle to parasitize six team members and two Skysea Alliance higher-ups, forming the Nan Fusheng Team.
• Nan Fusheng learned that Shrek Academy’s team had two Soul Ancestors and several powerful Martial Souls, but he still had a hidden trump card.
• The announcer welcomed Shrek Academy and the previous Skysea Alliance Youth Group champions to Tianhai Stadium, and Nan Fusheng watched the match begin on a screen.

Shrek Academy’s young team defeated the Skysea Alliance’s former Youth Group champions in less than a minute, astonishing the stadium. A Skysea Alliance organizer then announced that another team wanted to challenge Shrek Academy and asked the audience whether they wanted to watch.

• Tang Wulin and the other Zero Class students watched as Shrek Academy faced the older Skysea Alliance team in an exhibition match.
• Xu Lizhi gave his teammates steamed buns, and a girl used her pagoda to boost Yuan Tingyue as the Shrek team launched its attack.
• Yuan Tingyue unleashed a powerful Lightning Element assault, and Shrek Academy defeated all seven opponents in about a minute.
• The Skysea Alliance organizer praised Shrek Academy, and the audience applauded and chanted its name.
• The organizer announced that another team had applied to fight Shrek Academy and asked the audience whether they wanted to see the match.

Shen Yi reluctantly accepted a second exhibition match for Shrek Academy against the Water Dragon Team, champions of the previous Youth Division competition. After both teams took the arena, Shrek made the first move, and Yuan Tingyue charged at Nan Fusheng's team.

• Shen Yi challenged Zhang Sanfeng over the unexpected request for another match, and he explained that the Water Dragon Team had asked to test Shrek Academy.
• Zhang Sanfeng revealed that the Water Dragon Team were the previous Youth Division 7-on-7 champions, while the audience chanted for a rematch.
• Yuan Tingyue and the Shrek students urged Shen Yi to accept, and she agreed after warning them not to underestimate their opponents.
• A Spirit Emperor healer restored Shrek's team, and Nan Fusheng arrived with the other six Water Dragon Team members.
• When the match began, Xu Lizhi handed out buns as the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda user boosted Yuan Tingyue, who charged toward Nan Fusheng's team.

Nan Fusheng used a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill to overwhelm the Shrek Team. The battle ended in under a minute, with Ye Xinglan captured and the rest of the fighters unconscious.

• Shen Yi saw that the Water Dragon Team had no Soul Ancestors and felt relieved about her side’s advantage.
• Nan Fusheng recognized that Yuan Tingyue had used a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Skill to unleash the lightning attack.
• Nan Fusheng and the other six Water Dragon Team members performed a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, greatly boosting his power.
• Nan Fusheng knocked out Yuan Tingyue and the other three Shrek fighters, then stopped Ye Xinglan’s sword and lifted her by the neck.
• The lightning field dissipated, revealing that Nan Fusheng had defeated the Shrek fighters in less than one minute.

Nan Fusheng led the Water Dragon Team to defeat the Shrek Team, then used the crowd’s celebration as the setting for his attempt to advance to Sequence 4. He drank the Parasite Potion and left the outcome of his advancement unresolved.

• Nan Fusheng defeated the Shrek Team, throwing Ye Xinglan out of the arena and knocking out Xu Lizhi and the remaining members.
• The referee declared the Water Dragon Team the winner, and the Audience erupted in cheers for the team and Zhang Wuji.
• Nan Fusheng returned to the private lounge and prepared to advance to Sequence 4 using the crowd’s pride and excitement as a Ritual.
• Nan Fusheng recited “Parasite Potion” in his Sea of Consciousness, materialized the Potion, and drank it.

Nan Fusheng endured the transformation of his spirit and body to advance to Sequence 4, becoming a Demigod. He restored his sense of self with the help of his memories and the Stadium audience, then discovered that his Parasitism and Gate abilities had grown stronger.

• Nan Fusheng drank the Potion and detached himself from the emotions of the people he had parasitized as his mind and body began to split apart.
• Transparent Worms with Twelve Rings emerged from Nan Fusheng, and fragments of his soul and memories scattered among them.
• Nan Fusheng used his memories and the Water Dragon Team audience's response to recover his identity and reconnect his soul fragments.
• Nan Fusheng realized the advancement Ritual used the audience's performance as an Anchor, while Zhang Wuji, Zhang Chulan, and the others helped stabilize his humanity.
• Nan Fusheng completed his advancement to Sequence 4 and found that Parasitism could split beyond nine times and Gate could teleport him to remembered places without Worms of Star markers.

Nan Fusheng reached Sequence 4 and discovered his Soul Power and Spiritual Power had surged, while his emotions had grown detached. Meanwhile, the Shrek Team’s defeat left Shen Yi worried about the injured students and Ye Xinglan’s reaction.

• Nan Fusheng realized he had reached Soul Power level 30 and that his Sequence 4 advancement had greatly increased his Spiritual Power.
• Nan Fusheng found no prior Beyonder imprints in his Potion but worried that his emotions would grow colder as his Sequence rose.
• Nan Fusheng considered whether to kill the Water Dragon Team members and reclaim their Time Worms, while deciding Zhang Wuji should be spared.
• The Audience at Tianhai Stadium argued over Shrek’s loss, with locals celebrating and Shrek supporters blaming the team’s lineup.
• Shen Yi checked the Shrek Team for injuries, then worried about explaining their defeat to the Academy and comforting Ye Xinglan.

Nan Fusheng and his companions discussed Shrek Academy’s defeat, the Water Dragon Team’s strength, and their own upcoming matches. After reassuring everyone that he had recovered, Nan Fusheng spoke privately with his Original Body, who was roaming Skysea City in search of prey.

• Xie Xie praised Shrek Academy’s strength, while Gu Yue explained that the Water Dragon Team may have concentrated its members’ Soul Power into Zhang Wuji.
• Wu Changkong said the Water Dragon Team’s technique had flaws and explained that Shrek’s true elite studied in its Inner Courtyard.
• Wu Changkong told the group that their competition draw was ready and asked Nan Fusheng whether he had recovered enough to compete.
• Tang Wulin urged the group to rely on themselves for the next day’s Individual and Team Competitions, and they discussed possible team tactics.
• Nan Fusheng reassured his companions, then chatted with his Original Body, who told him to trust his strength.
• Nan Fusheng’s Original Body wandered around Skysea City looking for prey.