Chapter Summaries

Meng Li and Na'er missed the train to Shrek City, then traveled by mecha so Na'er could attend the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention. They reached Shrek Academy, where Gu Yue confronted Meng Li and demanded an explanation.

• Meng Li stayed in Aolai City overnight with Na'er and decided to travel back with her after she asked to attend the convention.
• Gu Yue waited on a boat at Shrek Park, believing Meng Li might no longer want her and trying to accept that they had never been together.
• Meng Li and Na'er boarded a train, but Na'er asked him to take her to the convention, so they switched to his mecha and flew toward Shrek Academy.
• Meng Li landed beside his Outer Court home, where Gu Yue confronted him after sensing his return.
• Meng Li offered Gu Yue Aolai City specialties, and Gu Yue demanded an answer from him.

Meng Li reconciled with Gu Yue after she asked him to choose between her and Na'er, and he answered that he would choose her. On the eve of the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention, Meng Li arrived in a striking Flying Fish Robe, encountered Yuanen Yehui, and waited with the others for the event to begin.

• Gu Yue asked Meng Li who he would choose as a girlfriend, and he decisively chose her, prompting her to forgive him.
• Meng Li prepared a custom black Flying Fish Robe and Spring Embroidered Saber for the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention.
• Xie Xie and Yue Zhengyu admired Meng Li's outfit, while Xu Lizhi joined them in the men's waiting area.
• Yuanen Yehui appeared, noticed Meng Li, and turned to leave; Yue Zhengyu teased Xie Xie about having a love rival.
• Meng Li wondered what Gu Yue felt about him and thought that Na'er had likely joined the convention because of him.
• As night fell, a brightly lit pleasure boat sailed across Sea God Lake, signaling that the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention was about to begin.

Meng Li watched Ya Li from the shore as Shrek Academy’s leaders gathered aboard a tower ship for the Sea God Blind Date Convention. After the hosts opened the event, the Inner Court participants began competing to claim lotus-leaf positions on Sea God Lake.

• Meng Li and Ya Li exchanged a look, while Elder Cai noticed Ya Li’s distance from Yun Ming and wondered about the masked swordsman she had been watching.
• Yun Ming rebuffed Zhu Shi and Feng Wuyu when they asked about his relationship with Ya Li.
• The tower ship stopped beside Sea God Lake, and Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng opened the Sea God Blind Date Convention.
• Lan Muzi explained that participants had to stand on lotus leaves a hundred meters apart and would be disqualified if they fell into the lake.
• Lan Muzi announced that the participants could begin claiming their positions.

Meng Li joined the Sea God's Fate blind date convention and, as Male Student Number One, went straight to Gu Yue before the first round began. Gu Yue refused to let him lift her bamboo hat yet, and Meng Li returned, leaving Na'er disappointed.

• The Inner Court students competed for positions on the lake, and Meng Li secured the central spot with a display of skill.
• Meng Li recognized Gu Yue as Number Seventeen and Na'er as Number Eighteen among the veiled female contestants.
• Lan Muzi explained the Mutual Appreciation round, in which the male students would try to lift the women's bamboo hats.
• Meng Li chose not to unveil himself and walked directly to Gu Yue, asking permission to lift her hat.
• Gu Yue told Meng Li it was not time yet, so he walked back while Na'er watched him with disappointment.

At the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention, Meng Li avoided approaching Na'er and later took the stage as Male Number One, receiving every girl's vote in the Love at First Sight segment. After revealing his face, he remained in the competition, while Yue Zhengyu also advanced with sixteen votes.

• Meng Li sensed Na'er wanted to speak with him but walked away, unwilling to risk Gu Yue misunderstanding his actions during the convention.
• Male Number Two revealed his face and attacked the girls with waves, but Girl Number One, a Seven-ring Soul Sage, suppressed him and eliminated him.
• Yue Zhengyu impressed the girls, found Xu Xiaoyan, and advanced through the first segment.
• Tang Yinmeng announced the Love at First Sight rules, and all thirty-one girls lit their lamps for Meng Li, including Na'er.
• Meng Li removed his veil and revealed his identity; Yue Zhengyu then received sixteen votes, while Tang Wulin reflected that he had no one at the convention he truly liked.

Tang Wulin and the other contestants completed the second stage of the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention, and Lan Muzi explained the rules for the third. Meng Li confessed his long-standing love for Gu Yue, then realized he had overlooked Na'er.

• Xie Xie received no light from Yuanen Yehui and considered ending his unrequited pursuit, while Ye Xinglan lit a lamp for Xu Lizhi.
• Tang Wulin removed his mask and tied Yue Zhengyu with sixteen lights, after which Lan Muzi began the third stage, Love at Second Sight.
• Lan Muzi told the contestants that each boy would introduce himself and name the maiden he admired before the girls made one final choice.
• Meng Li confessed that he had loved Gu Yue for years and declared he would overcome any obstacle to reach her.
• After his speech, Meng Li regretted that he had overlooked Na'er.

At the Sea God Fate Blind Date Convention, Na'er confessed her love to Meng Li, but he rejected her and chose to remain with Gu Yue. The convention continued amid the crowd’s anger, while Gu Yue warned Meng Li that he would regret choosing her.

• Na'er removed her conical hat, revealed herself as the Dragon Spear Goddess, and walked up to Meng Li.
• Na'er told Meng Li she had loved him since he brought her home and asked him to keep their home together.
• Meng Li apologized and rejected Na'er, saying he saw her only as a younger sister; Na'er accepted his answer and wished him happiness.
• Gu Yue privately reflected that her hidden agenda meant she could not receive Meng Li’s sincerity, then warned him that choosing her would lead to regret.
• Lan Muzi resumed the convention and asked Meng Li to submit his choice, while students on the shore shouted angrily at him for rejecting Na'er.

Light-Dark Douluo decided to take Na'er as her final disciple after learning how she had lost Yun Ming as a teacher, while Ya Li withdrew after Meng Li’s confession stirred painful memories. As the convention moved into its decisive fourth stage, Meng Li watched Gu Yue hesitate and recalled the Dragon King’s warning that choosing her would cause Na’er to die.

• Light-Dark Douluo claimed Na'er as her final disciple, and Zhu Shi and Yun Ming explained that Na'er had once been Zhu Shi’s disciple.
• Ya Li left the gathering because Meng Li’s confession and his choice of Gu Yue made her heart ache.
• Xu Lizhi confessed to Ye Xinglan and jumped into Sea God Lake, but Tang Wulin rescued him.
• Xie Xie failed to win over Yuanen Yehui, Yue Zhengyu failed to win over Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin made no choice.
• Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng announced the decisive Three Lives of Fate stage, while Number Seventeen continued to hide beneath her bamboo hat.
• Meng Li wondered why Gu Yue hesitated and remembered the Dragon King’s warning that Na'er would die if he chose Gu Yue.

At the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention, Meng Li rejected Yuanen Yehui and became increasingly worried about what Gu Yue and Na'er were hiding from him. After the two reassured him, he withdrew from the event, leaving their secret unresolved.

• Ye Xinglan chose Xu Lizhi, Xu Mi'er chose Long Yue, and Wu Sidao chose Tang Wulin before Dai Yun'er also approached him.
• Yuanen Yehui confessed to Meng Li, but he rejected her because he already loved someone.
• When Gu Yue was about to make her choice, Meng Li requested private time with her and Na'er and asked what connected them.
• Na'er denied that there was anything between her and Gu Yue, while Gu Yue stayed silent and secretly felt relieved.
• Meng Li decided to leave the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention without participating.

Meng Li withdrew from the blind date convention alongside Gu Yue and Na'er, then discovered that Gu Yue had planned to take Na'er's power. Gu Yue spared Na'er, but she and Na'er left for the Spirit Pagoda, agreeing not to see Meng Li again in the meantime.

• Meng Li withdrew from the blind date convention, and Gu Yue and Na'er withdrew as well.
• Meng Li felt drugged again, stayed awake through the night, and discovered Gu Yue and Na'er at dawn.
• Meng Li pleaded with Gu Yue to spare Na'er, and Gu Yue gave up her plan to take three-tenths of Na'er's power.
• Na'er urged Gu Yue to fuse with her, but Gu Yue refused, saying she no longer wanted Na'er's energy.
• Gu Yue agreed to accompany Na'er to the Spirit Pagoda for one last favor, and they decided not to see Meng Li during the trip.

Meng Li woke to find Gu Yue and Na'er gone, and Gu Yue told him she had never loved him before ending their call. As Meng Li began searching for them with help from Xie Xie and the others, he discovered a Silver Dragon Scale necklace; Gu Yue stood alone at Lingyun Platform.

• Meng Li found that Gu Yue and Na'er had left the dormitory and finally reached Gu Yue by communicator.
• Gu Yue said she did not love Meng Li, then disconnected, leaving him devastated and unable to contact her again.
• Xie Xie visited Meng Li, learned that Gu Yue and Na'er were missing, and called Tang Wulin, Yue Zhengyu, Xu Lizhi, and the others to search.
• Yun Ming confronted Meng Li about losing Na'er, and Meng Li discovered a Silver Dragon Scale necklace around his neck.
• Gu Yue stood at Lingyun Platform, the highest point of the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.

Gu Yue began a plan to become the Spirit Pagoda’s top heir while keeping Meng Li out of danger, and she vanished with Na'er without telling him why. Two months later, Leng Yaozhu found Meng Li drinking in despair and tried to comfort him, leaving him determined to grow stronger.

• Gu Yue told Leng Yaozhu that Na'er was essential to her plan and asked her to look after Na'er and Meng Li before beginning the succession trials.
• Leng Yaozhu answered Meng Li’s call and reassured him that she and the Spirit Pagoda would help find Gu Yue, while Gu Yue listened in tears.
• After two months of fruitless searching, Meng Li drank alone in his room, disheveled and grieving over Gu Yue and Na'er’s disappearance.
• Leng Yaozhu visited Meng Li and offered to drink with him, then reminded him that Gu Yue might have her own difficulties.
• Meng Li admitted he could not bear to drink more and resolved to cultivate until he became the strongest person in the world.

After losing Na'er and Gu Yue, Meng Li began recovering with help from Leng Yaozhu and Ya Li, then agreed to join a grueling military training trial. Three months later, he gathered with the Shrek Seven Devils as Elder Cai warned them that only four people had completed the full two-year trial.

• Meng Li stopped drinking constantly, told Xie Xie and the others he would keep living and search for Na'er, then returned to cultivation.
• Leng Yaozhu brought Meng Li a meal and watched over him as he resumed his routine.
• Ya Li visited Meng Li and invited him to join military training; Meng Li accepted despite her warning that the trial was difficult and irreversible.
• Meng Li spent the next three months cultivating while waiting for the trial to begin.
• Elder Cai told the Shrek Seven Devils that fewer than thirty academy members had attempted the trial and only four had completed its full two years.

Meng Li was allowed to keep his silver pendants but had to travel alone to the Military Training site, while Tang Wulin and the others set out separately. After a difficult journey to the island, Meng Li flew past its armed blockade and entered a lifeless forest, unsure where to go next.

• Elder Cai explained that the trainees had to reach the site on their own and ordered them to surrender everything unrelated to battle armor.
• Ya Li let Meng Li keep his pendants but barred him from traveling with Tang Wulin or helping the group, so he parted ways with them after leaving the academy.
• Meng Li traveled on foot, earning money, eliminating more than twenty Evil Soul Masters, rescuing over a hundred people, and attacking a human traffickers' hideout.
• At the coast near North Sea City, Meng Li learned that residents would not take him across to the island, and his attempt to scale the electrified wall triggered an alarm and a barrage of Soul Tool Cannonballs.
• Meng Li flew over the wall, landed beside a deathly forest, and chose a random direction to continue searching for the trial site.

Meng Li crossed the desolate island’s deadly terrain and found a lush valley full of powerful life energy, where he began taking trees for his Feather World. An old man confronted him and identified the place as Devil’s Island, leaving Meng Li to suspect the stranger was his instructor.

• Meng Li flew toward the black mist, encountered a fearsome Sea Soul Beast, and continued deeper into the island instead of risking an attack.
• Meng Li crossed a dead forest and entered a purplish-black aura that transported him to a lush valley with abundant World Origin Energy.
• Meng Li began digging up trees and sending them into his Feather World to improve its life energy.
• An old man caught Meng Li digging up trees and told him the valley was Devil’s Island, where devils lived.
• Meng Li guessed that the old man was his instructor and questioned how such a frail-looking person could be a devil.

Meng Li bargained with the devil instructor for permission to harvest trees, then followed him through the valley toward a powerful purple-red ore deposit. When the instructor attacked and called out “Nightmare,” Meng Li reacted to a second presence he had sensed nearby.

• Meng Li used his Five-Colored Feather to absorb the valley’s plants, then negotiated with the old man for permission to take 890 trees.
• Meng Li followed the old man through the valley, carefully keeping behind him and considering how the vegetation had expanded his Feather World and increased its Soul Power.
• Meng Li saw a massive purple-red ore deposit and wondered about using its powerful energy to make a mecha.
• Meng Li sensed another presence as the old man reached toward his neck and struck him.
• The old man called out “Nightmare,” and Meng Li moved at once.

Meng Li entered the instructors’ forest and surrendered to Nightmare and Destruction, who subjected him to intense pain with a neurotoxin. He endured for ten hours by gripping his silver pendant and thinking of Gu Yue, while Nightmare and Destruction planned to keep tormenting him.

• Meng Li resisted Destruction’s hypnotic mist with a pill, revealed his powerful soul rings, and used Flowing Radiance to drive the demons back.
• Meng Li stopped resisting so he could endure the instructors’ trials, and Nightmare bound him and knocked him unconscious.
• Nightmare and Destruction carried Meng Li into the forest, where Nightmare awakened him by dousing him with cold water.
• Nightmare struck Meng Li with a powerful neurotoxin that caused steadily intensifying pain, and Meng Li endured by clutching his silver pendant and thinking of Gu Yue.
• After ten hours, Nightmare told Destruction that the pendant strengthened Meng Li’s resolve and said he wanted to continue tormenting him.

Meng Li endured Nightmare’s increasingly brutal torture, refusing to give up because he believed suffering came from not being strong enough. After Nightmare showed him a dream of Gu Yue leaving him, he introduced a new challenge called the Trial of Human Nature.

• Nightmare inflicted pain and amplified itching on Meng Li, who held on by thinking of Na'er and Gu Yue and recalling how Tang Wulin and the others had endured their trials.
• After the torment eased, Meng Li accepted Nightmare’s food despite suspecting it was poisoned, then calmly finished eating even as his stomach began to hurt.
• Nightmare drugged Meng Li into a dream where Gu Yue said she would stay only after he became strong, but Meng Li awoke without letting Nightmare provoke him.
• Nightmare announced the Trial of Human Nature and showed Meng Li three caves containing Xu Lizhi and Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan and Xie Xie, and Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui.

Meng Li broke free of Nightmare Old Demon’s restraints, overpowered him, and learned that his friends had been illusions in a dream. Nightmare Old Demon then explained Meng Li’s military training: fly a plane from the North Sea Legion back to the training ground ten times, though Meng Li had not learned to fly by the end of the lesson.

• Meng Li snapped his chains, restrained Nightmare Old Demon with light, and split him in two with the Mythical Spear before agreeing to hear him out.
• Nightmare Old Demon revealed that Meng Li’s companions were illusions and that Meng Li had been inside a dream, then woke him to find Xie Xie and the others lying nearby.
• Nightmare Old Demon explained that Meng Li’s test was to fly a plane back from the North Sea Legion, and said he would need to do it ten times to pass.
• Nightmare Old Demon demonstrated flying Sky Soar Seventeen with a series of extreme maneuvers while Meng Li grew dizzy and questioned his piloting.
• After an hour of flying, Nightmare Old Demon asked whether Meng Li had learned, and Meng Li shook his head.

Meng Li mastered flying Nightmare Old Demon's plane and stole ten planes from the North Sea Legion. Nightmare Old Demon then assigned him a new challenge: swim across the sea, steal another plane, and drag it back undamaged within two days.

• Meng Li learned to fly the open-top plane after several days of training, impressing Nightmare Old Demon with his rapid progress.
• Nightmare Old Demon took Meng Li to the North Sea Legion, where Meng Li cut apart two Fixed Soul Tool Cannons and seized a plane after its pilot approached him.
• Meng Li repeatedly stole North Sea Legion planes until he had gathered ten, while the legion reported the thefts and cannon damage.
• Nightmare Old Demon told Meng Li to dog paddle across the sea, steal a plane on the far shore, and drag it back without damaging it.
• Meng Li doubted the challenge was genuine, and Nightmare Old Demon offered to demonstrate dog paddling.