Chapter Summaries

Fors helped Nan Fusheng avoid becoming a class cadre by claiming they were lovers, and most of the other top students also declined the positions. Fors then recommended Wu Sidu, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin, and Shen Yi appointed them as class monitor and vice class monitors before announcing the secondary-profession committee selection.

• Nan Fusheng refused the class cadre positions, so Fors claimed they were lovers and said they wanted to avoid distractions at the academy.
• Cai Yue'er rebuked Fors and Nan Fusheng, while Shen Yi changed the subject and awarded them two thousand Contribution Points for giving up the top positions.
• Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin declined the class monitor and vice class monitor positions and received three thousand Contribution Points to divide.
• Gu Yue refused to serve if Tang Wulin did not, and Wu Sidu and Luo Guixing also declined the positions.
• Fors recommended Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Wu Sidu, and Shen Yi appointed Wu Sidu class monitor and Gu Yue and Tang Wulin vice class monitors.
• Shen Yi announced that students with Level Two or higher secondary professions could compete for four committee positions.

Nan Fusheng and Fors explored Shrek Academy’s Snack Street, where a suspicious barbecue shop owner insisted they try his signature starch sausages. Nan Fusheng recognized the shop owner as a Doppelganger, leaving their encounter poised to continue.

• Nan Fusheng’s Doppelganger abilities let him share the skills and memories of experts across several professions.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Wu Sidu, and Luo Guixing filled the seven Class One cadre positions among them.
• Fors dragged Nan Fusheng around Snack Street, where he spotted a barbecue shop selling signature starch sausages.
• Nan Fusheng tried to leave, but the shop owner grabbed his pant leg and persuaded him and Fors to enter.
• The shop owner began grilling while Fors worried about the food, and Nan Fusheng realized the man was a Doppelganger.

Nan Fusheng discovered that five of his Doppelgangers had gathered in a barbecue shop, where the shop owner proudly confessed to selling adulterated food. In Ming Capital, Lu Fa faced Long Chen in the semifinals of the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy class monitor selection tournament, and the match began with Lu Fa charging without activating his Martial Soul.

• Nan Fusheng recognized the barbecue shop owner and four customers as his Doppelgangers, who had gathered in Shrek City without acknowledging one another.
• The shop owner admitted to passing off duck meat as lamb and using additives, but told Nan Fusheng that the food he served him was natural.
• The shop owner boasted that his barbecue business had a supply chain, several night-shift employees, and long queues of customers.
• At Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy, Lu Fa and Long Chen entered the semifinals of the New Student Class One Class Monitor Selection Tournament under teacher Dang Hongchen's supervision.
• When the match began, Long Chen revealed four purple Soul Rings and charged as Lu Fa rushed at him without activating his Martial Soul.

Lu Fa defeated Long Chen, a four-ring Soul Ancestor with the Radiant Sacred Dragon Martial Soul, in one exchange without summoning his own Martial Soul. The stunned audience was left wondering what Lu Fa truly was.

• Long Chen activated Dragon Roar, Dragon Claw, and Dragon Power, intending to overwhelm Lu Fa with a single attack.
• Lu Fa unleashed the aura of his Platinum Behemoth and charged Long Chen in midair.
• Long Chen’s bloodline aura and Dragon Power were suppressed as Lu Fa caught his Dragon Claw with one hand.
• Lu Fa pinned Long Chen and smashed him face-first into the ground, knocking him out.
• The new students and Dang Hongchen stared in stunned silence after Lu Fa won without using his Martial Soul.

Lu Fa defeated Long Chen and secured the New Student Class One monitor position after Kamui Shenwei surrendered, while the academy’s leaders discussed recruiting Long Chen. The chapter left the debate over Long Chen’s value unresolved.

• Dang Hongchen declared Lu Fa the winner after confirming Long Chen was only unconscious, and Lu Fa reflected on his evolved Platinum Behemoth bloodline.
• Kamui Shenwei defeated Kuang Zhantian with a lightning attack and a rapid barrage of blows.
• Shenwei surrendered the final to Lu Fa, and Dang Hongchen announced Lu Fa as New Student Class One’s class monitor.
• At a high-level meeting, a teacher questioned the resources spent to recruit Long Chen, and a middle-aged man called him foolish before describing the academy’s disadvantage against Shrek Academy.

Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy’s leaders discussed Shrek Academy recruiting top young geniuses and resolved to use the World-Shaking Seven Stars Project to challenge its rival. After seeing the new students’ abilities, Dang Hongchen judged that this year’s class might be the academy’s strongest in a thousand years.

• A middle-aged academy leader revealed that Xu Yucheng had left for Shrek Academy and that Zheng Qiaran, Yang Nianxia, Luo Guixing, and Wu Siduo had also joined it.
• The leaders discussed the World-Shaking Seven Stars Project, with Long Chen as its core, and recalled that Wu Siduo had rejected their invitation because she was interested only in the best.
• Ao Hongchen welcomed Dang Hongchen, who reported on the Class Monitor Selection Tournament and praised the new students, thinking especially of Lu Fa and Shenwei’s extraordinary fighting abilities.
• Dang Hongchen declared that this year’s new students might be Sun Moon Imperial Soul Master Academy’s strongest in a thousand years, prompting the project’s supporters to smile.

Dang Hongchen told Ao Hongchen that Lu Fa and Shenwei Kamui were exceptional new students, describing Lu Fa's defeat of Long Chen and the two boys' backgrounds as descendants of Federation soldiers. After reviewing their records, the academy leaders considered how to develop them, and one teacher urged that they be vigorously cultivated.

• Dang Hongchen explained that Lu Fa had defeated Long Chen without using his Martial Soul, while Shenwei Kamui, Xue Liushuang, Weng Daimin, Jian Mochen, and Kuang Zhantian were also promising students.
• Ao Hongchen asked for details about Long Chen's defeat, and Dang Hongchen recounted how Lu Fa had overcome the Soul Ancestor barehanded.
• Dang Hongchen presented files showing that Lu Fa and Shenwei Kamui were thirteen-year-old orphans from Skysea City whose families had served as Federation soldiers for generations.
• Ao Hongchen asked the other academy leaders for their opinions, and a teacher recommended vigorously cultivating Lu Fa and Shenwei Kamui.

Ao Hongchen approved Lu Fa as captain of the World-Shaking Seven Stars, with Shenwei as vice captain and Long Chen as a member, and ordered the academy to train the team. He told Teacher Dang that Lu Fa and Shenwei could help the academy challenge Shrek, while Teachers Xiao and Ye revealed their strange synchronization as they put on monocles.

• Teachers Xiao and Ye proposed Lu Fa as captain, arguing that his strength and potential surpassed Long Chen's.
• Ao Hongchen named Lu Fa captain, Shenwei vice captain, and Long Chen a member, and ordered the academy to select four more students and train them toward becoming One-word Battle Armor Masters before age twenty.
• After the meeting, Ao Hongchen told Teacher Dang that he hoped Lu Fa and Shenwei could help the academy defeat Shrek and improve its ability to recruit top students.
• Teachers Xiao and Ye spoke in uncanny unison to Teacher Xiao Cheng, who sensed their sincerity but felt uncomfortable and hurried away.
• Teachers Xiao and Ye exchanged blame for making Teacher Xiao Cheng uneasy, then breathed on their monocles and placed them over their right eyes.

Shrek Academy's new students began classes, and the four Class Committee members arranged the students into balanced groups by Secondary Profession. Their discussion revealed that Fors Wall was a Rank 5 Designer, while Gu Yue warned Tang Wulin that Luo Guixing resented his appointment as Vice Class Monitor.

• Wu Changkong taught the class about mecha materials, design, manufacturing, and repair, and the students reported their Secondary Profession choices.
• Fors Wall left with Nan Fusheng, prompting jealous reactions from their classmates, while Xu Xiaoyan focused on cultivation in the dormitory.
• Shen Yi tasked Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Wu Sidu, and Luo Guixing with dividing the students into seven balanced groups by profession.
• Tang Wulin reported the ranks of the blacksmiths, and Gu Yue revealed that Fors Wall was a Rank 5 Designer.
• Wu Sidu coordinated the assignments, then left with Luo Guixing after the four settled the groupings.
• Gu Yue told Tang Wulin that Luo Guixing seemed unconvinced by his appointment as Vice Class Monitor, and Tang Wulin said he would step aside if someone proved more suitable.

After a dormitory brawl caused by Xie Xie accidentally seeing Yuanen Yehui bathing, Elder Cai punished the students involved. As Xie Xie tried to sleep that night, a mysterious voice called itself Lord Shafulin.

• A Seven-Ring Battle Armor Master explained that Xie Xie had mistaken Yuanen Yehui for an intruder, then Yue Zhengyu and the others joined the ensuing fight.
• Elder Cai fined Xie Xie 15,000 Contribution Points, ordered him to compensate Yuanen Yehui, and warned her not to seek revenge.
• Elder Cai fined Yue Zhengyu, Nan Fusheng, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin, while Gu Yue escaped punishment because she had not attacked.
• Xie Xie worried that he had humiliated Yuanen Yehui, and Nan Fusheng urged him to repay her and avoid provoking her.
• As Xie Xie drifted to sleep, he heard a voice call to him and identify itself as Lord Shafulin.

Xie Xie met the dragon Shafulin in his Sea of Consciousness and admitted his confusion about how to make amends to Yuanen Yehui. Shafulin urged him to pursue her through persistent actions and began instructing him to care for her.

• Shafulin summoned Xie Xie into his Sea of Consciousness and revealed himself as a gigantic dragon.
• Xie Xie confessed that he felt guilty and confused about Yuanen Yehui and whether giving her Contribution Points was enough compensation.
• Shafulin told Xie Xie that he should marry Yuanen Yehui and argued that her anger meant she still cared about him.
• Xie Xie objected that Yuanen Yehui rejected him, but Shafulin teased him about her appearance and challenged him to earn her acceptance.
• Shafulin instructed Xie Xie to show Yuanen Yehui meticulous care, starting by fetching water for her at their Work-Study Student Dormitory.

Xie Xie received guidance from the giant dragon Shafulin, who told him to fuse the Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger to awaken his Martial Soul’s true power. After Xie Xie began cultivating, Nan Fusheng revealed that he had arranged Shafulin’s influence to help Xie Xie develop toward the Space-Time Dragon.

• Shafulin advised Xie Xie to show Yuanen Yehui affection, endure her rejection, and build enough strength to win her over.
• Shafulin explained that the Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger could fuse and evolve, and identified itself as part of Xie Xie’s Martial Soul.
• Xie Xie woke in the dark, saw dragon-shaped patterns on his daggers, recalled cultivation knowledge, and began practicing in a grove.
• Nan Fusheng watched Xie Xie leave and revealed that he had used Shafulin to guide Xie Xie toward evolving the Space-Time Dragon Martial Soul.
• Nan Fusheng explained that Shafulin came from the Time Worm and Worm of Star and could become a second personality with added time and space power.

Tang Wulin discovered Xie Xie training his Shadow Dragon Doppelganger control, while Wu Changkong assigned the class to build mechas in groups for the Final Exam. Nan Fusheng’s group gathered to assess their secondary professions and found its skills uneven, leaving him worried about completing the project.

• Tang Wulin found Xie Xie in the woods practicing precise coordination with a Shadow Dragon Doppelganger and praised his new combat technique.
• Wu Changkong assigned the class to build mechas in groups and warned that unfinished projects or poor Final Exam performance could lead to elimination.
• Wu Changkong placed Nan Fusheng, Fors, Zheng Qiaran, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie in Group Two, which had fifteen members.
• Fors announced that she was a Fifth-Rank Designer, and the rest of Group Two stated their secondary profession ranks.
• Nan Fusheng recognized that Group Two had few advanced specialists, though it did have a Second-Rank Blacksmith.

Fors organized Group Two’s Mecha production plans and ended their meeting quickly, while refusing to have a Yellow-rank Mecha made for herself. Nan Fusheng reassured Xu Xiaoyan about her weakness and encouraged her to reach level 30 before the Final Exam, leaving them closer than before.

• Fors assigned the Designers to plan the Mechas and Nan Fusheng and Zheng Qiaran to lead production, with the group choosing White-rank Mechas and pooling money for compatible Rare Metals.
• Zheng Qiaran proposed making Yellow-rank Mechas for the Team Competition, but Fors refused one for herself and said she would handle the teachers.
• Fors left the classroom after declaring the meeting over, while Nan Fusheng stayed behind when Xu Xiaoyan looked worried.
• Nan Fusheng encouraged Xu Xiaoyan to reach level 30 before the Final Exam and promised her a surprise afterward.
• Nan Fusheng took Xu Xiaoyan’s hand and led her out of the classroom, and their relationship grew closer.

Nan Fusheng returned to the Work-Study Student Dormitory with Xu Xiaoyan after Fors could not be found. When they talked alone, their awkward flirtation led Nan Fusheng to accept Xu Xiaoyan's invitation to touch her feet.

• Group Two gossiped about Nan Fusheng and Xu Xiaoyan until Zheng Qiaran urged everyone to focus on choosing Rare Metals for the Final Exam.
• Nan Fusheng took Xu Xiaoyan back to the Work-Study Student Dormitory after he could not find Fors.
• Nan Fusheng decided that his Doppelganger should handle cultivation and chose to slack off instead.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked Nan Fusheng if he wanted to talk, then asked whether he thought her legs looked good.
• Xu Xiaoyan invited Nan Fusheng to touch her feet, and he agreed before gently holding them.

Nan Fusheng and Xu Xiaoyan’s intimate moment was interrupted by Xie Xie’s failed apology to Yuanen. Shafulin then urged Xie Xie to become stronger and began fighting him through his Light Dragon Clone.

• Nan Fusheng stroked Xu Xiaoyan’s stockinged foot until a door slammed and Xie Xie entered the dormitory, looking dejected.
• Xie Xie told Nan Fusheng and Xu Xiaoyan that Yuanen had told him to get lost after he apologized to her.
• Shafulin spoke to Xie Xie through his mind, criticized his approach to Yuanen, and told him to train and become stronger.
• Shafulin took control of Xie Xie’s Light Dragon Clone and challenged him to actual combat.
• Shafulin charged at Xie Xie with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Xie Xie cried out in alarm.

Nan Fusheng noticed Tang Wulin’s increased vitality after his absence, while Xu Xiaoyan broke through to level 30. In combat practice, Fors chose for Group Two to face Wu Changkong, revealing powerful Spiritual Power as she silenced her teammates.

• Nan Fusheng found Xie Xie bruised, and Xie Xie explained that he had been injured training with Shafulin.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Nan Fusheng that Elder Feng had taken Tang Wulin away for cultivation, and Tang Wulin missed class for several days.
• Xu Xiaoyan broke through to level 30 on the third night, and Tang Wulin returned to class on the fifth day with stronger vitality and blood energy.
• Shen Yi announced that the students would face her or Wu Changkong in group combat practice, with their coordination and performance determining their grades.
• Fors chose Wu Changkong as Group Two’s opponent and used her Spiritual Power to suppress her teammates when they questioned her decision.

Tang Wulin's Group One challenged Wu Changkong but fell apart when the students' distrust and clashing decisions wrecked their teamwork. Fors's Group Two then took the arena, and its strange formation left the class and Wu Changkong puzzled.

• Tang Wulin, Wu Sidu, Luo Guixing, and Gu Yue coordinated their opening attack on Wu Changkong, but their conflicting choices soon broke their teamwork.
• Wu Changkong froze Wu Sidu's exhausted Hell White Tiger and called the four of them idiots.
• Fors's Group Two was called to the arena, and Fors chose Wu Changkong as her opponent.
• Tang Wulin and the other students gathered to watch Fors, who stood with Nan Fusheng behind the rest of her group.
• Fors's group placed its control-system Spirit Masters and other members at the front, confusing the watching students and Wu Changkong.

Fors’s Group Two challenged Wu Changkong, and he eliminated nearly everyone despite Xie Xie’s clever use of his doppelgangers. With only Fors, Nan Fusheng, and Xu Xiaoyan left in the arena, Fors prepared to face Wu Changkong.

• Fors’s strategy sent Group Two’s members to attack Wu Changkong while she held back, and Xie Xie joined the assault with two doppelgangers.
• Wu Changkong froze Xie Xie with Frost Mark, then knocked away his dagger and destroyed the Shadow Dragon Doppelganger before kicking Xie Xie out of the arena.
• Xie Xie credited Shafulin for controlling the final doppelganger, while Wu Changkong resolved to correct Xie Xie’s underhanded fighting style.
• Wu Changkong swept through the remaining attackers, using Zheng Qiaran’s Jade Phosphor Snake soul spirit to strike another Spirit Master.
• Wu Changkong eliminated everyone except Fors, Nan Fusheng, and Xu Xiaoyan, then called Fors foolish for holding back.
• Fors defended her choice, and the eliminated students watched as she prepared to face Wu Changkong.

Fors fought Wu Changkong, revealing powerful attacks and abilities that forced him to use multiple skills to defend himself. Wu Changkong recognized that Fors was stronger than he had expected, but he continued battling as her Five-Colored Radiance began eroding his sword and Soul Power.

• Fors teleported a five-colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus in front of Wu Changkong, whose Frost Ice Language and Frost Language Ice Wheel barely blocked its blast.
• Yang Nianxia realized that Fors’s fire lotus had been the reason for his earlier defeat, while Wu Sidu compared its power to her Hell White Tiger.
• Wu Changkong spread Frost Mist to conceal himself, but Fors disappeared from the arena and reappeared behind him after turning into a streak of lightning.
• Fors traded rapid punches with Wu Changkong’s Skyfrost Sword, suppressing him and coating the blade with Five-Colored Radiance that eroded his Soul Power.