Chapter Summaries

Meng Li and the others attended Shrek Academy’s opening ceremony and learned about its exams, contribution points, and classes. Afterward, Meng Li showed Gu Yue online information about Battle Armor, and she spotted a picture of him in the search results.

• Yue Zhengyu told the butler to follow Big Brother’s plan and report the Evil Soul Master to Shrek Academy, while Number Two considered seeking out the Angel Martial Soul owner.
• Meng Li wrote down the events she remembered as she wondered about her parents, while Gu Yue questioned her motives and fear of death.
• Elder Cai introduced herself as dean, explained Shrek Academy’s requirements, and named Shen Yi and Wu Changkong as the freshmen class’s assistant instructors.
• Shen Yi assigned Meng Li, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan to the first row before welcoming the 102 freshmen.
• After class, Meng Li reviewed the Academy’s rules and contribution-point system, then showed Gu Yue online Battle Armor information.
• Gu Yue noticed Meng Li’s picture among the search results on his Soul Tool Communicator.

Meng Li had a false online story about Yue Zhengyu’s leg-hugging post removed and learned that Gu Yue was jealous of the waitress in the rumor. At the cafeteria, Tang Wulin found a customer who offered him a meal in exchange for a Thousand Refinement First Grade item.

• Meng Li reassured Gu Yue that he did not like the waitress, then had Nai Yu’s post deleted and ordered him to apologize.
• Gu Yue found Nai Yu’s apology and video, while Meng Li shared Shen Yi’s battle armor notes with her.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue went to the cafeteria, where Tang Wulin advertised a year of forging work in exchange for meals.
• Yuanen Yehui offered Tang Wulin eleven hundred contribution points, or a meal instead of the transaction fee, for forging one Thousand Refinement First Grade item.
• Gu Yue held Meng Li’s hand under the table, and Meng Li squeezed it as they watched Tang Wulin make the deal with Yuanen Yehui.

Yuanen Yehui asked Meng Li to let her live nearby because his presence suppressed the fear caused by her Fallen Angel Martial Soul and accelerated her cultivation. As Gu Yue negotiated where everyone would sleep, Meng Li recalled how he had become Leng Yaozhu’s disciple two years earlier.

• Yuanen Yehui asked Meng Li to let her move into the room next to his, explaining that his presence doubled her cultivation speed and stopped the visions caused by her Fallen Angel Martial Soul.
• Yuanen Yehui tried to kneel and ask Meng Li to save her, but Gu Yue stopped her and offered her own room while saying she would sleep in Meng Li’s room.
• Meng Li asked Yuanen Yehui why Work-Study Students were treated as especially strong, and she explained how the system had come to represent strength in Shrek Academy.
• Meng Li remembered meeting Leng Yaozhu at Spirit Pagoda two years earlier, when she asked to take him as her disciple because of his creativity and talent.
• Meng Li formally bowed to Leng Yaozhu and became her disciple, while she helped him up and told him he did not need to be so formal.

Meng Li and Gu Yue visited Leng Yaozhu at Spirit Pagoda headquarters, where she quizzed him on his cultivation and techniques. Leng Yaozhu sent them away with notes for Meng Li to study, and she planned to supervise his training during the break.

• Meng Li borrowed a company car and drove Gu Yue from Shrek Academy to Spirit Pagoda headquarters, speeding through the academy and losing ten points from Elder Cai.
• A guard recognized Meng Li and Gu Yue as Leng Yaozhu’s disciples and guided them to her private dining room.
• Leng Yaozhu welcomed her disciples, asked about Meng Li’s studies and Soul Power Level, and told him to train under her supervision during the break.
• Leng Yaozhu watched Meng Li demonstrate his soul skills for two hours and corrected his mistakes.
• Leng Yaozhu gave Meng Li papers containing her insights from her early cultivation through becoming a Limit Douluo.

Meng Li and Gu Yue received study materials and support from Leng Yaozhu, then overslept and missed class at Shrek Academy. After Elder Cai reprimanded them, they learned Tang Wulin had become Class Monitor and later saw the class committee members posted.

• Leng Yaozhu gave Meng Li private notes, gave Gu Yue materials to memorize, and provided them with a card carrying several million Shrek Contribution Points.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue returned to their dormitory, where Meng Li recorded the day's events before going to sleep.
• Gu Yue woke Meng Li an hour after classes had started, and they arrived at an empty classroom after stopping to eat.
• Elder Cai summoned Meng Li and Gu Yue, scolded them for oversleeping, and warned that another absence would get them expelled.
• Tang Wulin told Meng Li and Gu Yue that he had won the class officer selection and become Class Monitor, with help from Xu Xiaoyan.
• The class committee list named Tang Wulin as Forging Committee Member, Zheng Yiran as Design Committee Member, Luo Guixing as Manufacturing Committee Member, and Wu Sidao as Repair Committee Member.

Meng Li welcomed Yue Zhengyu into his dormitory before forcing him to move into Yuanen Yehui’s room, then learned about mecha materials in class. When Tang Wulin offered him Starfall Iron, Meng Li bought it and decided to forge a famous sword called Dragon Sparrow.

• Meng Li found Yue Zhengyu in his dormitory and agreed to give him a room in three days, after which Yue Zhengyu moved into Yuanen Yehui’s room to cultivate closer to Meng Li.
• Wu Changkong introduced the class to mecha manufacturing and explained how materials such as Radiant Stones and Magic Silver could suit different Martial Souls.
• Tang Wulin showed Meng Li Starfall Iron, and Meng Li paid him thirty thousand Shrek Contribution Points for it.
• Xie Xie mentioned seeing Yue Zhengyu, but Meng Li and Tang Wulin showed little interest and Meng Li shut the door.
• Meng Li told Gu Yue he would forge the Starfall Iron into a famous sword called Dragon Sparrow, which he planned to make worth two hundred million Federal Coins.

Meng Li stopped a fight after Xie Xie nearly saw Yuanen Yehui while she was bathing, then helped explain what happened to the academy authorities. Elder Cai cleared Meng Li of wrongdoing and reprimanded Tang Wulin for leading the students into a dangerous fight.

• Meng Li showed Gu Yue his detailed Dragon Sparrow sword design before fighting broke out outside the dormitory.
• Meng Li stopped Tang Wulin, Yue Zhengyu, and Xu Xiaoyan from attacking Yuanen Yehui, who accused Xie Xie of nearly seeing her body while she was bathing.
• Xie Xie apologized to Yuanen Yehui, and she agreed to let the matter go after he explained that he had mistaken the dormitory for a place a thief had entered.
• A Battle Armor Master took the students to the Outer Court Academic Affairs Office after Elder Cai called for them.
• Yuanen Yehui confirmed that Meng Li had only stopped the fight, and Elder Cai reprimanded Tang Wulin for leading the others into danger.

Elder Cai punished Xie Xie, Yue Zhengyu, and Tang Wulin over the incident with Yuanen Yehui, then appointed Meng Li as Class Monitor. After Gu Yue kissed Meng Li, Yuanen Yehui overheard his words and misunderstood his support as pity, while Meng Li began his first day as monitor by disciplining Luo Guixing.

• Elder Cai removed Xie Xie as Class Monitor, fined him and Yue Zhengyu, and ordered him to compensate Yuanen Yehui; Tang Wulin was also fined for his role as Class Monitor.
• Elder Cai appointed Meng Li as first grade's new Class Monitor, and everyone returned to their dormitories.
• Gu Yue asked Meng Li whether he liked Yuanen Yehui, and Meng Li assured her that he trusted her; Gu Yue kissed him and ran away.
• Yuanen Yehui overheard Meng Li say he did not like her and concluded that he had defended her only out of pity, then cried alone beneath a tree.
• The next day, Meng Li ordered Luo Guixing to write a self-criticism for challenging his authority, and Elder Cai backed Meng Li's disciplinary decision.

Meng Li used his new authority as Class Monitor to cancel semester expulsions and delegate class duties so he could focus on his own affairs. After arranging group assignments, he left with Gu Yue to visit his master, Leng Yaozhu, where her cooking brought him to tears.

• Elder Cai made Meng Li's word equal to hers, and Meng Li canceled the class's system of eliminating five students each semester.
• Meng Li assigned committee members and other class officers to maintain unity, while Elder Cai praised his leadership to Wu Changkong and Shen Yi and ordered an investigation into his master, Leng Yaozhu.
• Meng Li formed a mecha group with Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie, then asked Xu Xiaoyan to arrange the other students' groups.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue went to meet Leng Yaozhu, who served them a meal she had cooked herself.
• Meng Li struggled to hide his tears from Leng Yaozhu's overly salty cooking, and Gu Yue interrupted when Leng Yaozhu wiped his face.

Leng Yaozhu admitted that she loved a married man who did not return her feelings, and Meng Li urged her to let go. The next morning, Leng Yaozhu apologized to Meng Li and met his friends and Gu Yue at his home.

• Leng Yaozhu warned Meng Li and Gu Yue to avoid Cai Yue'er and Ya Li if they caused trouble.
• Meng Li learned that Leng Yaozhu loved a talented man who had a wife and did not love her, then urged her to stop devoting herself to him.
• After Meng Li and Gu Yue left, Leng Yaozhu reflected on his advice and wondered what she had been clinging to.
• Leng Yaozhu visited Meng Li at six in the morning to apologize for yelling at him.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie met Leng Yaozhu, and she introduced herself as Meng Li's cousin.
• Gu Yue came out with papers, prompting Leng Yaozhu to ask whether she lived there too.

Leng Yaozhu visited Meng Li at the work-study dormitory, and Cai Yue'er later tried to recruit him as her disciple. After Meng Li refused and lost his class monitor position, Yuanen Yehui asked him to help her obtain a soul ring through Spirit Pagoda, leaving him to reflect on another mistake.

• Leng Yaozhu visited Meng Li, called herself his cousin, and offered to teach him at Spirit Pagoda, while Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie left the dormitory.
• Cai Yue'er learned that Leng Yaozhu was Meng Li's master and resolved to recruit Meng Li and Gu Yue as her disciples.
• Yue Zhengyu recognized Leng Yaozhu as Heavenly Phoenix Douluo and hurried away with Yuanen Yehui, who had come to see Gu Yue.
• Cai Yue'er asked Meng Li to change masters, but he refused, so she removed him from his Class Monitor position; Meng Li happily left her office.
• Yuanen Yehui told Meng Li she had reached rank forty and needed a soul ring, and he agreed to ask Spirit Pagoda for help if she promised to contract a spirit soul.
• Leng Yaozhu told Meng Li he reminded her of someone she had known, and Meng Li thought that he had made another mistake.

Meng Li received Leng Yaozhu’s Two-Word Battle Armor design and clashed with Luo Guixing before organizing a costly Battle Armor project with his friends. The chapter ended with the class beginning a practical team-combat lesson, where poor coordination brought Wu Changkong’s criticism.

• Leng Yaozhu left Meng Li plans for a Two-Word Battle Armor named Zero as an early birthday gift, and Meng Li kept them in his Spatial Soul Tool.
• Luo Guixing taunted Meng Li at school, and Meng Li struck him before Gu Yue injured him with ice crystals when he attacked.
• Meng Li, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin agreed on a Battle Armor plan, with Tang Wulin forging, the others designing, and outsiders handling manufacturing.
• Shen Yi announced a practical combat class against her and Wu Changkong, and the students went to the sparring arena in their assigned groups.
• The class committee group lost because of poor teamwork, and Wu Changkong criticized the students for their lack of coordination.

During a battle with Wu Changkong, Meng Li lost control after hearing a mysterious voice, gained a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and defeated his teacher before collapsing. He later woke after half a month unconscious, with Gu Yue and Leng Yaozhu beside him.

• Meng Li, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan challenged Wu Changkong, but a strange voice caused Meng Li to attack his own teammates and lose control.
• A mysterious presence took over Meng Li, manifested a hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and drove him to overpower Wu Changkong with the Spear of Myth.
• Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan tried to break through the golden barrier around Meng Li, while Gu Yue's power surged as she struggled to reach him.
• Meng Li defeated Wu Changkong, then collapsed as his strength faded; Gu Yue tried to sustain him, and Wu Changkong sent Shen Yi to find the Holy Spirit Douluo.
• A woman with dark-red hair and a middle-aged man watched Meng Li's loss of control on surveillance and discussed guarding him from Evil Soul Masters while he was vulnerable.
• Meng Li woke after being unconscious for half a month, with Gu Yue and Leng Yaozhu at his bedside.

Meng Li recovered from his collapse, learned that someone had put a one-billion-Federal-Coin bounty on his head, and moved into a new home with his friends. After a housewarming meal and a team game, Xu Xiaoyan asked him to help find a suitable soul spirit.

• Meng Li discovered that his level had fallen to fifty, thanked Gu Yue for using her life energy to save him, and agreed to rest while avoiding discussion of what had caused his loss of control.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Meng Li that someone had offered one billion Federal Coins for his head and told him not to wander around; Gu Yue promised to protect him.
• Five days later, Gu Yue and the others welcomed Meng Li to his new house and shared a meal she had cooked.
• Meng Li suggested a game of King of Soul Fighting, and the ten friends split into teams with a month of food expenses at stake.
• Tang Wulin's team won the match, and Xu Xiaoyan asked Meng Li to help her find a soul spirit suited to her martial soul.

Meng Li brought Xu Xiaoyan and his companions to Spirit Pagoda headquarters so they could obtain spirit souls, where they met his master, Leng Yaozhu. After she warned them that the Spirit Tower contained real dangers, Meng Li led the group through its golden entrance.

• Meng Li agreed to help Xu Xiaoyan find a spirit soul and brought six companions to Spirit Pagoda headquarters three days later.
• Meng Li used his high-level status to lead the group through the headquarters and explained that he would handle the soul beasts while they contracted spirit souls.
• Meng Li introduced his companions to Leng Yaozhu, his master and Gu Yue's teacher, who welcomed them and led them toward the Spirit Tower.
• Leng Yaozhu warned Meng Li and Gu Yue that the Spirit Tower was different from the Spirit Ascension Platform because everything inside truly existed.
• Meng Li led the other six through the golden door, and they entered a vast hall supported by enormous pillars.

Meng Li led his team through the Spirit Tower, defeating Soul Beasts without killing any and helping Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui obtain Soul Spirits. After the group left, Leng Yaozhu asked Meng Li to come with her for a private discussion.

• Meng Li and Gu Yue froze the Wind Wolves and subdued the Flame Demon Lions, while Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui declined those Soul Spirits.
• At the ninth stage, four Ice Bears approached Meng Li without hostility, and Xu Xiaoyan formed a contract with one.
• Yuanen Yehui chose a King Kong Baboon at the twelfth stage, and the team exited the Spirit Tower without killing any Soul Beasts.
• Leng Yaozhu congratulated Meng Li and Gu Yue, then told Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui their Soul Spirits cost ten million and thirty million Federal Coins, respectively.
• Leng Yaozhu sent Gu Yue and the others away, led Meng Li aside, and presented him with something.

Meng Li received his One-Word Battle Armor from Leng Yaozhu, then came under a sniper and missile attack while driving away from the Spirit Pagoda. As he fled toward safety, Gu Yue turned back to find him, and Meng Li worried that she would be caught in the ambush.

• Leng Yaozhu gave Meng Li his One-Word Battle Armor and explained why she could not yet complete the other stages of its creation.
• A sniper and missile attack destroyed Meng Li’s car on Sea-Viewing Bridge, and he was wounded while escaping the attackers.
• Meng Li jumped from the overpass and ran toward the Spirit Pagoda as masked assailants pursued him and attacked an arriving mecha.
• Gu Yue called Meng Li, suspected he was hiding the truth, and drove back toward the attack; Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, Yuanen Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu set out after her.
• Meng Li tried to reach Gu Yue by communicator, but she did not answer.

Meng Li was attacked by Evil Soul Masters while trying to reach the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, and he fought back with his battle armor and Mythical Spear. Gu Yue arrived as he escaped a Dark Mystic Whale and killed the attackers, leaving him dazed after his first kills.

• Meng Li evaded the terrorists’ attacks in a stolen car, but they cornered him with a collapsed building blocking his route.
• Meng Li summoned his Angel Martial Soul, battle armor, and Mythical Spear, then killed the Seven-ring Evil Soul Master when the enemy’s sword snapped and he burst into flames.
• The Eight-ring Evil Soul Master trapped Meng Li inside a Dark Mystic Whale attack as Gu Yue arrived and believed Meng Li had died.
• Meng Li broke free in a burst of golden light and killed the Eight-ring Evil Soul Master when he threatened Gu Yue.
• Meng Li threw his returning Mythical Spear at the fleeing Six-ring Evil Soul Master and killed him.

After Meng Li defeated the terrorists on Star Avenue, he struggled with the fact that he had killed someone and went with Gu Yue to meet Leng Yaozhu. Back at Shrek Academy, Gu Yue comforted him, but his attempt to say he did not want to lose her offended her, and she left before hearing his explanation.

• Yuanen Yehui brought everyone to the devastated scene, where Meng Li blamed himself for the destruction and Gu Yue comforted him.
• Federation mechas escorted Meng Li and Gu Yue toward Spirit Pagoda headquarters after a high-ranking official requested to see them.
• Leng Yaozhu met them on the road, checked that they were unharmed, and said she had only just received the surveillance footage.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue returned to Shrek Academy, where he remained troubled by having killed someone and Gu Yue reassured him that he had done nothing wrong.
• Meng Li told Gu Yue that he did not want to lose her, but she mistook his words for calling her dead weight and left before he could explain.

Gu Yue and Meng Li reconciled, and Meng Li confessed that he liked her; they spent the night together before settling into their usual routine. A month later, Meng Li’s Soul Power had recovered to level fifty-six, and Xie Xie said two people were joining their class.

• Gu Yue apologized to Meng Li for yelling at him, and he reminded her that they were teammates.
• Meng Li told Gu Yue he liked her, and she blushed before sharing candy with him and naming his battle armor Yue and Moon Carp.
• Gu Yue and Meng Li fell asleep together on the sofa, where Xie Xie found them the next morning.
• Meng Li carried the sleeping Gu Yue to her room, but she stopped him from leaving until he agreed to stay with her.
• After another month passed, Meng Li’s Soul Power returned to level fifty-six, and Xie Xie told him that two people seemed to be joining the class.