Chapter Summaries

Ya Li discovered that Meng Li had several enormous anonymous bounties on his head and warned him not to travel far. At Shrek Academy, Meng Li and Gu Yue challenged their unfair exam scores, and Ya Li promised they would receive the marks they deserved.

• Ya Li investigated Meng Li and found four anonymous bounties totaling more than two billion Federal Coins, then warned him not to travel far.
• Long Canhua killed five Evil Soul Masters and a middle-aged man outside Shrek Academy before disappearing into the darkness.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue discovered they had both received zero on the second profession exam, while Yue Zhengyu celebrated taking fourth place.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue confronted Cai Yue'er, who admitted the grading machine had malfunctioned but threatened to keep their scores at zero because Meng Li had kicked down her office door.
• Ya Li intervened, questioned Cai Yue'er, and promised Meng Li and Gu Yue they would receive the scores they deserved.

Meng Li chose to have dinner with Wu Changkong, who opened up about his loneliness and painful past while drinking. After Wu Changkong drank heavily, Meng Li called Shen Yi, who arrived at Yu Hao Grilled Fish to take care of him.

• Meng Li returned to the dorm with Gu Yue, then spent the break relaxing and chatting with her while she watched television.
• Meng Li received dinner invitations from Wu Changkong and Ya Li, but chose to meet Wu Changkong at Yu Hao Grilled Fish.
• Meng Li and Wu Changkong talked about their growing distance and Wu Changkong’s feelings for Shen Yi, while drinking beer.
• Meng Li paid a young girl to sing ten songs, then noticed Wu Changkong had drunk nearly half a case of beer.
• Meng Li called Shen Yi, who arrived at Yu Hao Grilled Fish and asked how Wu Changkong had drunk so much.

Meng Li helped Shen Yi and Wu Changkong reveal their mutual feelings, but Wu Changkong said his vengeance against a Holy Spirit Cult Heavenly King kept him from pursuing love. Meng Li then planned to protect Soul Beasts, and at the end of the school year he accepted a Spirit Pagoda mission to capture a poacher.

• Meng Li asked Shen Yi whether she would accept Wu Changkong, and she agreed if Wu Changkong had no objection.
• Meng Li questioned the drunken Wu Changkong, who admitted he liked Shen Yi but said he could not pursue her until he avenged himself on a Holy Spirit Cult Heavenly King.
• Meng Li offered to use his connections to help find the Heavenly King, then brought grilled fish back to Gu Yue.
• After hearing a report about Soul Beast poachers, Meng Li decided to buy land to protect weak Soul Beasts, and Gu Yue offered to help.
• Meng Li discovered he had 23.2 billion Federal Coins, and at the end of the school year he accepted a Spirit Pagoda mission to capture a poacher of the Ten Thousand Year Orchid Scorpion King.

Meng Li spent the semester taking Spirit Pagoda missions, helping develop a vast desert with Gu Yue, and teaching and visiting old friends as the first half of the academic year came to an end. Shen Yi announced a points-based final exam in which five students could be eliminated, and the chapter left Tang Wulin asking how the class could avoid losing anyone.

• Meng Li arrested a criminal for Spirit Pagoda and collected five thousand points before leaving with Gu Yue.
• Meng Li reflected on his work acquiring and reforesting 180,000 square kilometers of desert, with Di Tian serving as its forest ranger.
• Meng Li described his new teaching schedule, visits to Eastsea Academy and Red Mountain Academy, and the continuing unsuccessful search for Na'er and the Heavenly King of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhou Hansheng finished dealing with an Evil Soul Master and complained that protecting others had left him exhausted and sick.
• Shen Yi told the class that the final exams would use a points system and could eliminate five students.
• Tang Wulin asked how no one could be eliminated, and Shen Yi said everyone first had to reach the passing line.

Shen Yi announced a fifteen-day final examination that required the students to travel from Shrek Academy to Mingdu, defeat stronger Soul Masters, and set out without personal resources. Meng Li prepared a route and offered support through his company, but the chapter ended with him refusing to surrender Na'er's pendant, even when threatened with zero points.

• Shen Yi explained that students had to travel alone through at least ten cities to Mingdu and defeat an opponent five cultivation levels above them in each city without outside help.
• Ya Li visited Cai Yue'er after the examination was assigned, then left, apparently deciding to make a trip herself.
• Meng Li used Xiao Xi to find the route to Mingdu and offered his classmates maps, money, and company branches as supply stations.
• Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Xie Xie said they had their own plans for completing the examination, while Gu Yue accepted Meng Li's arrangements.
• At Spirit Ice Plaza, Meng Li refused to hand over the silver pendant Na'er had given him and accepted the teacher's threat of zero points.

Meng Li left Shrek Academy for Mingdu while a two-billion-Federal-Coin bounty made him a target, and he set out cautiously with his companions pursuing their own plans. Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu also appeared near Gu Yue, who was focused on keeping Meng Li safe.

• Shen Yi let Meng Li keep his silver pendant, and Wu Changkong ordered Tang Wulin to remove his forging hammer before the group left Shrek Academy.
• A sniper prepared to shoot Meng Li, but a masked woman with a longsword killed him before he could fire.
• Meng Li collected a vehicle, communicator, money, and supplies from New Soul Tool Technology Company, then said goodbye to Gu Yue and drove toward Heaven Dou City.
• Two bounty hunters followed Meng Li along the Songwu Expressway, but an explosive arrow destroyed their vehicle and killed them.
• Ya Li encountered Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue, who were traveling near the exam site; Gu Yue remained intent on ensuring Meng Li's safety.

Meng Li arranged a Valentine’s Day fireworks display for Gu Yue, but his teacher Leng Yaozhu’s unexpected appearance made Gu Yue believe he loved her instead. After Meng Li cleared up the misunderstanding, he stopped short of confessing because he feared the mysterious organization controlling his fate could endanger Gu Yue.

• Meng Li drove toward Heaven Dou City, realized it was Valentine’s Day, and arranged fireworks for Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue arrived in Heaven Dou City, and Meng Li told her to look at the fireworks.
• Leng Yaozhu appeared beside Meng Li, and Gu Yue mistakenly thought the display declared his love for his teacher.
• Gu Yue confronted Meng Li in tears, but he showed her the fireworks spelling out “Gu Yue, I love you.”
• Gu Yue understood the display was for her and felt relieved, while Meng Li held back his confession because he feared putting her in danger.

After Gu Yue distanced herself from Meng Li over their dangerous future, she reconsidered their relationship, and Meng Li decided to keep things as they were for now. The pair resumed their closeness over breakfast, then set out on the next leg of the assessment with Leng Yaozhu and Ya Li accompanying them for protection.

• Gu Yue ignored Meng Li's hesitant confession and went with Leng Yaozhu to the Spirit Pagoda, while Meng Li wondered how to handle their relationship.
• Ya Li saw Gu Yue's name in the fireworks and questioned her feelings for Meng Li.
• Gu Yue decided not to worry about the future, and Meng Li resolved to wait two or three years before confessing again.
• Meng Li brought breakfast to Gu Yue, and they shared food in a way that brought back their closeness.
• Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu joined Meng Li and Gu Yue after warning them that Evil Soul Masters had attacked Teacher Wu and the students.
• Meng Li drove the group along the Heaven Dou Expressway and suggested stopping for food and water.

Meng Li took Gu Yue, Leng Yaozhu, and Ya Li to dine at Heavenly King Restaurant, where Leng Yaozhu killed Sun Changyu after he attacked Meng Li and lusted after the women. The Federation officials then discussed the killing and decided to target Tang Wulin and the others who had ambushed the Mecha Brigade.

• Meng Li suggested trying Heaven Dou City's crystal shrimp and braised rabbit, and the group went to Heavenly King Restaurant.
• Sun Changyu tried to stop them from going upstairs, attacked Meng Li, and revealed his eight Soul Rings as onlookers identified him as a powerful playboy.
• Gu Yue summoned her elemental staff, and Leng Yaozhu killed Sun Changyu with her Fire Sword, then told the waitress to clean up.
• A Federation official learned that Spirit Pagoda's successors, Ya Li, and Leng Yaozhu were involved and accepted that he could not act against them.
• The official ordered his subordinates to pursue Tang Wulin and the other people who had ambushed the Mecha Brigade.
• Ya Li joined the meal to preserve her image, enjoyed the food, and thought about returning.

Meng Li and Gu Yue traveled with Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu to Tianyu City, where they staged public challenges for Federal Coins. Gu Yue defeated a Soul Master, and Meng Li beat a level-sixty-four challenger.

• Wu Changkong reported the Evil Soul Master attack to the academy, then gathered Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan to travel together after the Soul Tool Train service was shut down.
• Tang Wulin met Divine Blacksmith Zhen Hua, received one million Federal Coins and rare metals, and bought a Soul Tool Sedan for the group.
• Ya Li set a rule forbidding challenges against Spirit Pagoda Soul Masters, so Meng Li and Gu Yue offered cash prizes for challengers in Tianyu City's central square.
• A middle-aged Soul Master challenged Gu Yue, but she dodged his attacks and defeated him with an Ice Spear.
• Meng Li drove away three young men who approached Gu Yue, then accepted a challenge from a level-sixty-four Soul Master and won within a minute.

Meng Li and Gu Yue traveled to Wunan City, where the pair enjoyed the flower-filled city and its firefly-lit night. Their playful walk and candy ended with Gu Yue feeling happier, while their relationship remained unspoken.

• Meng Li completed the Tianyu City task with Gu Yue and left after calling for medical help for the burly man.
• Gu Yue drove Meng Li, Leng Yaozhu, and Ya Li to Wunan City, where Meng Li suggested they stay and explore.
• After dinner, Gu Yue took Meng Li for a nighttime walk beneath the fireflies and across fields of baby's breath.
• Meng Li asked whether their walk counted as a date, and Gu Yue denied it while holding his hand.
• Gu Yue chased and grabbed Meng Li after he teased her, and he offered her a colorful lollipop to cheer her up.

Meng Li spent the day relaxing with Gu Yue and later bought a white goat to roast, while Tang Wulin and his companions fled a violent Mecha Brigade. The chapter ended with Gu Yue noticing the processed goat on Meng Li’s back.

• Meng Li and Gu Yue enjoyed their time together, and Meng Li wished he could confess his feelings but lacked the courage.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Wu Changkong escaped a Mecha Brigade that pursued them with overwhelming force after they interfered with its operations.
• Ya Li asked Meng Li why he kept refusing her dinner invitations, and he said he had never been free when she asked.
• Meng Li bought a white goat for five thousand Federal Coins and had its hide and entrails removed.
• Gu Yue followed a familiar scent to Meng Li and asked what he was carrying on his back.

Meng Li shared a roast lamb meal with Gu Yue, Leng Yaozhu, and Ya Li, then considered ways to improve transport and earn money. At the Spirit Pagoda market, he met the silver-haired Na'er, who embraced him and gave him her name.

• Meng Li cooked a roast whole lamb, and Gu Yue, Leng Yaozhu, Ya Li, and Meng Li shared it together.
• Gu Yue bathed after the meal while Meng Li and Leng Yaozhu drove through North Heaven City and discussed the harbor’s slow sea transport.
• Meng Li considered proposing civilian aircraft as a faster way to transport cargo and as a possible source of income.
• At the Spirit Pagoda market, Meng Li noticed a silver-haired girl and messaged Gu Yue that he had seen one.
• Na'er embraced Meng Li from behind, and he asked her name before introducing himself.

Meng Li reunited with Na'er, who had been missing for years, and took her out to eat while wondering how to explain her to Gu Yue. Gu Yue saw them embracing and struggled with her feelings, while Meng Li failed to answer her call; he confirmed she was safe and planned to explain everything later.

• Na'er embraced Meng Li in the street, and Gu Yue watched them from a distance while battling her hurt feelings and reaffirming her loyalty to the spirit beasts.
• Meng Li and Na'er exchanged questions about their years apart, and Meng Li told her about his experiences, including Gu Yue.
• Meng Li offered Na'er a mountain of snacks, then took her to a snack street after she linked her arm with his.
• Meng Li noticed Gu Yue's unanswered calls, tried calling her repeatedly, and confirmed with Leng Yaozhu that Gu Yue was safe at the Spirit Pagoda.
• At Aolai BBQ Restaurant, Na'er ordered food across the snack street and astonished the vendors by eating the huge spread herself.

Gu Yue shut herself away after falling out with Meng Li, while Meng Li spent a day at an amusement park with Na'er. Na'er departed without warning but messaged him afterward, leaving Meng Li relieved and ready to face Gu Yue.

• Gu Yue ignored Leng Yaozhu's calls to eat, and Leng Yaozhu realized she had argued with Meng Li after spotting the discarded Silver Dragon plush toy.
• Leng Yaozhu offered to contact Meng Li, but Gu Yue stopped her and agreed to eat.
• Meng Li took Na'er to Beitian Amusement Park, tried unsuccessfully to call Gu Yue, and learned that Na'er was in Shrek Academy's Inner Court.
• Na'er exchanged chat-app details with Meng Li and suggested he apologize to Gu Yue in person, though she refused to accompany him to find her.
• After a full day together, Na'er disappeared outside the movie theater and sent Meng Li a message apologizing for leaving to return to her teacher.
• Meng Li accepted Na'er's departure and turned his attention to dealing with Gu Yue's anger.

Meng Li tried to soothe Gu Yue with flowers, an explanation, and a meal after she grew jealous over his reunion with Na'er. Gu Yue eventually softened and went to dinner with him, while Xie Xie and Tang Wulin continued their disrupted trip.

• Meng Li bought Gu Yue a bouquet of Rainbow Roses and prepared dishes she liked.
• Gu Yue accepted the flowers but shut the door on Meng Li after he tried to explain his time with Na'er.
• Meng Li lied about how long Na'er had hugged him, and Gu Yue kicked him out and closed the door again.
• Gu Yue kept the roses in a vase and dusted off a silver plush toy.
• Meng Li returned with food, teased Gu Yue about being jealous, and led her to the cafeteria after she told him to remember his words.
• Meng Li reflected on his growing feelings for Gu Yue, while Xie Xie and Tang Wulin complained that a bombing had suspended their train service.

Meng Li was ambushed by a Soul Tool Bomb and an Evil Soul Master while traveling toward Heavenly Decree City, but Leng Yaozhu and Ya Li helped save him. As Ya Li healed him, the two discovered they had formed a mind connection, and the group set out to retrieve their vehicle.

• After leaving North Heaven City, Meng Li drove into a Level 6 Soul Tool Bomb planted by a hunter and shielded Gu Yue and the others with his battle armor and Angel Wings.
• A blood-red longsword struck Meng Li from behind and drained his strength, but Gu Yue caught him and Ya Li began healing him.
• Leng Yaozhu pursued the attacker and killed the Level 85 Soul Douluo, while Ya Li and Gu Yue repaired Meng Li's wound.
• Meng Li and Ya Li realized they could hear each other's thoughts and concluded that their healing and Angel Martial Souls had caused a mutation.
• Meng Li recognized that the anonymous bounty left him in grave danger, and Ya Li promised to discuss destroying the Black Market with Leng Yaozhu.
• The group prepared to call a car and go to New Soul Tool Technology Company to retrieve their vehicle.

Meng Li and Gu Yue arrived at Heavenly Decree City to complete their assessment by challenging Heavenly Decree Starry Sky Soul Master Academy. Despite Meng Li’s lingering injuries and weakened strength, they prepared to face the academy’s opponents.

• Meng Li picked up a replacement Soul Tool Off-road Vehicle equipped with an infrared scanner, and he and Gu Yue traveled leisurely toward Heavenly Decree City.
• After Xie Xie and Yuanen Yehui reported that their assessments had ended with full marks, Meng Li told them he and Gu Yue were still on the road.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue challenged Heavenly Decree Starry Sky Soul Master Academy at its gate, where director Li Zhilong recognized Ya Li and invited them inside.
• Ya Li assessed Meng Li’s serious injuries while he insisted on proceeding with the challenge against Soul Masters above level sixty-three.
• At the Star Gazing Platform, Ye Hong introduced himself as a level sixty-four Thunder Eagle Battle Soul Master, Shi Dao introduced himself as a level fifty-one Sky Blue Bird Battle Soul Master, and Gu Yue stated her level as forty-five.

Meng Li fought Ye Hong on the Star Gazing Platform and won despite his weakened condition. Heavenly Decree Starry Sky Soul Master Academy lost the first match, leaving one round against a little girl.

• Li Zhilong arranged two sparring rounds, pairing Meng Li with Ye Hong first.
• Ye Hong used Thunder's Might, but Meng Li dodged its lightning bolts with his movement technique.
• Meng Li summoned Dragon Sparrow and fought Ye Hong with fire against lightning, holding his ground despite Ye Hong's higher Soul Power.
• Meng Li used Flowing Radiance to drain the starry sky's enhancement from Ye Hong and boost his own strength.
• Meng Li broke through Ye Hong's Thunder Defense Formation and struck him with two Fire Swords, but Li Zhilong stopped his final attack and declared Meng Li the winner.

After Gu Yue rejected Meng Li’s hopes for a future together, Meng Li spoke with Ya Li about the end of their assessment journey and her choice to remain in the world. In Heavenly Decree City, a silver-haired woman confronted three subordinates for targeting Meng Li.

• After Gu Yue defeated Shi Dao, Meng Li encouraged the Heavenly Decree Starry Sky Soul Master Academy students to train and challenge Shrek Academy again.
• Meng Li confessed to Gu Yue that he wanted to stay with her, but Gu Yue pulled her hand away and said she was tired.
• Ya Li told Meng Li that the Black Market’s headquarters was Midnight Bar in Heaven Dou City and that an operation was planned after the assessment.
• Meng Li and Ya Li discussed their feelings about leaving their recent journey behind, and Ya Li decided she did not want to return to tranquility.
• A silver-haired woman confronted three kneeling men in Heavenly Decree City for causing trouble with Meng Li, while one remained unconvinced inside.