Chapter Summaries

During the academy competition, Meng Li offered Li Qiankun a chance to fight after the third year forfeited, then deliberately lost to help restore the third year's morale. The competition ended with Li Qiankun grateful and Meng Li refusing to explain his choice.

• Yuanen Yehui and Wu Sidao won their one-on-one matches, Ye Xinglan drew, and Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan won their two-on-two match.
• Song Lin forfeited the third-year team battle, but Li Qiankun insisted on fighting, so Meng Li offered to face him alone.
• Meng Li and Li Qiankun introduced themselves and began the final match, exchanging blows with their battle armor and martial souls.
• Meng Li deliberately lost to Li Qiankun after ten minutes, lifting the third year's morale while some first- and second-year students criticized him.
• Meng Li ignored the criticism and left to eat with Gu Yue, while Li Qiankun thanked him and Gu Yue suspected he was hiding something.

Meng Li heard a remnant soul ask him to bury a dragon clan and protect Gu Yue from the God Realm, and he agreed after questioning Gu Yue. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin accepted responsibility for absorbing a Tyrant Dragon Soul Spirit and signed an agreement to compensate the Spirit Pagoda, as Meng Li arranged.

• Dean Cai announced that Shrek Academy would select first- and second-year students for an exchange program on the Star Luo Continent in six months, while a voice in Meng Li's mind urged him to go there and reclaim a benefit.
• The remnant soul revealed that it was half of a powerful soul beast and warned Meng Li that accepting it would make him an enemy of the God Realm; it also said Gu Yue was being hunted.
• Meng Li questioned Gu Yue about the God Realm, noticed her evasive reaction, and then agreed to the remnant soul's demand that he bury the dragon clan and drive away those disturbing its peace.
• After learning from Meng Li that Tang Wulin had absorbed the Tyrant Dragon Soul Spirit through his bloodline, Leng Yaozhu told Tang Wulin he would have to compensate the Spirit Pagoda, and he signed an agreement.
• Cai Yue'er met with Leng Yaozhu, heard the explanation, and left with Tang Wulin; afterward, Meng Li was told to bring Gu Yue to a meeting about the incident.

Meng Li and the Shrek students prepared to travel to Star Luo Continent for an exchange program, and their delegation set sail after farewells and a brief delay. As the voyage began, Meng Li settled into his cabin and learned of a formal reception, where Gu Yue had prepared him an outfit.

• Meng Li announced that he, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Xu Lizhi, and Ye Xinglan would leave for the exchange program, and Na'er agreed to join them.
• Meng Li arranged for Na'er to board the ship, while Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu secretly traveled to the port to support the delegation from behind the scenes.
• The delegation gathered at Skysea Grand Hotel and boarded the Star Luo ocean liner, where Meng Li recognized Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu among the passengers and exchanged a glance with Na'er.
• Meng Li arranged rooms for his companions and began cultivating in his cabin during the voyage.
• Gu Yue told Meng Li about the welcome reception and gave him a custom-made formal outfit to wear.

Tang Wulin and his companions attended a Star Luo Empire banquet, where Meng Li and Gu Yue drew the crowd’s attention with their elegant entrance. Meng Li ignored other women and took Gu Yue to a secluded corner, leaving them alone together.

• Tang Wulin arrived in his school uniform and said he cared more about the banquet’s food than its festivities.
• Wu Changkong entered in his usual white clothes and became the focus of admiration.
• Sima Lanxiao welcomed the guests and announced that the banquet would include games.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue arrived dressed formally, drawing everyone’s attention, and Meng Li told Sima Lanxiao they were from Shrek Academy.
• Meng Li ignored women who approached him and brought Gu Yue to a quiet corner so they could be alone.

At the banquet, Meng Li and Gu Yue won awards before Meng Li slept through much of the cruise voyage. After Na'er joined him aboard the ship, Wu Changkong arranged daily lessons and began training both of them.

• Meng Li and Gu Yue flirted at the banquet, and Meng Li, Gu Yue, and Wu Changkong won gentleman and lady awards.
• Gu Yue carried the drunken Meng Li to his cabin, where he slept until he woke and realized someone had changed him into pajamas.
• Na'er visited Meng Li with breakfast, and they walked around the cruise ship together.
• Wu Changkong discovered Na'er was aboard and insisted that she and Meng Li take private lessons and extra training.
• Wu Changkong ordered Meng Li to lift weights ten thousand times and asked Na'er what she was good at, and she said she was good with a spear.

Meng Li recovered from Wu Changkong’s exhausting training, then Leng Yaozhu appeared and took him for extreme deep-sea training. As Meng Li began diving beneath the cruise ship, golden blood seeped from his body and sea creatures gathered nearby.

• Meng Li worried that Gu Yue had stopped being jealous, but she reassured him, brought him food, and understood that Wu Changkong’s training had exhausted him.
• A masked chef carrying the unconscious Tang Wulin broke into Meng Li’s cabin and tried to recruit him into the Body Sect, but Leng Yaozhu drove the chef away with flames.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that the chef was the Body Sect’s Sect Master and told Meng Li to prepare for deep-diving training and the Spirit Pagoda’s position selection.
• Meng Li used his unusual spiritual perception to evade Wu Changkong, then met Leng Yaozhu beneath the cruise ship and began diving into the sea.
• As Meng Li descended, the pressure left him struggling to breathe, golden blood flowed from his body, and sea creatures drew near.

Meng Li survived an extreme deep-sea training dive, discovering that his blood could transform ordinary fish into Sea Soul Beasts, and recovered with help from Leng Yaozhu and Ya Li. After fifty days of training improved his cultivation and physical strength, the sea turned purple beneath a storm-darkened sky.

• Meng Li's golden blood transformed nearby deep-sea fish into Sea Soul Beasts, which protected him until he sent them away and continued his dive.
• Leng Yaozhu retrieved Meng Li unconscious after he endured a depth of two thousand meters for at least fourteen hours, and Ya Li healed him aboard the cruise ship.
• Meng Li recovered, reassured Gu Yue and Na'er with hundreds of messages and calls, and shared a teasing exchange with Gu Yue.
• Meng Li spent the next fifty days cycling through diving, recovery, and meals, eventually handling the pressure and increasing his cultivation speed and physical strength.
• As dark clouds gathered and Meng Li prepared to sleep, the azure sea turned purple.

Meng Li and Gu Yue turned against Tang Wulin after learning that he and Mu Ye had provoked the Sea Soul Beasts, and Meng Li ended his friendship with Tang Wulin. After the group reached the Star Luo Continent, the two kept their distance from him while Tang Wulin remained unaware of Mu Ye’s fate.

• A Sea Soul Beast horde surrounded the cruise ships, and Mu Ye admitted that he and Tang Wulin had killed the beasts for body-refinement ingredients.
• Meng Li condemned Mu Ye and asked Gu Yue what to do, while the Sea Soul Beasts demanded that the humans hand over the culprit.
• Meng Li withdrew to the cabin and decided that his friendship with Tang Wulin was over; the Sea Soul Beasts later retreated, and Mu Ye’s corpse was eventually found at sea.
• The travelers reached the Star Luo Continent, where Wu Changkong questioned Meng Li, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin about their strained relations.
• Gu Yue took Meng Li away to try local food, while Tang Wulin wondered where Mu Ye had gone.

Meng Li and Gu Yue toured the Star Luo Empire before boarding a Soul Tool Train to Star Luo City for a youth Soul Master Tournament. When mechas attacked the train, Meng Li helped repel them, and the group waited for buses after the train was disabled.

• Meng Li and Gu Yue played lantern riddles, then toured famous buildings across the Star Luo Empire.
• Meng Li, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan boarded a Soul Tool Train bound for Star Luo City.
• Tang Wulin spotted enemy mechas outside the train, and Meng Li woke Gu Yue as the attackers shattered the windows.
• Meng Li fought the skull-marked mechas, cutting down many of them until the surviving attackers retreated.
• Wu Changkong and the others reacted uneasily to Meng Li's intense killing intent, then the group divided the battle spoils.
• The attack left the Soul Tool Train unusable, so the Star Luo Empire arranged buses to collect the passengers.

After the group arrived in Star Luo City, Gu Yue attacked Tang Wulin to seize the Golden Dragon King Essence, but it escaped and entered Meng Li. Gu Yue then chose to protect Meng Li, and the next morning she and Meng Li set out to explore the city together.

• Xie Xie teased Tang Wulin about surviving repeated Soul Tool Train attacks as the group arrived in Star Luo City.
• Meng Li settled into the hotel and reflected on how his memories of his previous life had faded.
• Gu Yue attacked Tang Wulin, but the Golden Dragon King Essence escaped and entered Meng Li.
• Gu Yue told a black-cloaked man to protect Meng Li, who had inherited the Golden Dragon King's bloodline, and said she had plans concerning Na'er.
• The next morning, Gu Yue invited Meng Li to walk around Star Luo City, and they left together after turning down Xie Xie's suggestion to join up.

Tang Wulin caught the attention of a girl in yellow while shopping, then met her again at the Star Luo Empire’s reception and learned she was a princess. When she cried “Murder,” Tang Wulin instinctively unleashed his powers and was mistaken for an assassin.

• Meng Li and Gu Yue found Tang Wulin and Xie Xie amid a crowd, where Tang Wulin exchanged glances with a girl in yellow.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue left Tang Wulin and Xie Xie behind, while Gu Yue later led Meng Li around the shops.
• Meng Li and the Shrek delegation dressed for the Star Luo emperor’s reception and traveled to the imperial palace.
• Tang Wulin mistook the ceremonial cannon fire for an attack, then spotted the girl from the street standing near the emperor in a palace gown.
• A cry of “Murder” startled Tang Wulin, who unleashed his Golden Dragon Body and Blue Silver Emperor vines and was surrounded by guards who took him for the assassin.

After the palace incident was dismissed, Meng Li attended the Star Luo Empire banquet with Gu Yue and watched Tang Wulin grow close to the princess. Meng Li and Gu Yue chose to enter the two-person event of the upcoming Continental Young Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, which was set to begin the following day.

• The royal consecrated official let Tang Wulin and the delegation go, and Dai Tianling reprimanded Dai Yun'er for her prank.
• At the banquet, Meng Li tried to reassure Gu Yue after she caught him watching the dancers, while Tang Wulin chatted and danced with the princess.
• The princess publicly asked Tang Wulin to be her boyfriend.
• Xie Xie told Meng Li and Gu Yue about the tournament's prizes, and Meng Li and Gu Yue agreed to compete in the two-person event.
• The tournament registration closed with 5,163 individual entrants, 864 two-person pairs, 113 teams, and 461 mecha battle entrants; the competition was due to begin the next day.

Meng Li and Gu Yue refused to compete in the tournament, leaving the Shrek Academy students to pursue the team event and the Shrek Seven Devils spots without them. As the individual matches began in Star Luo City, Tang Wulin could not reach Teacher Wu or Outer Court Dean Cai.

• Meng Li and Gu Yue told Elder Cai that they would not enter either tournament event, accepting that their refusal could cost them the chance to become Shrek Seven Devils or enter the Inner Court.
• Elder Cai explained the Spirit Pagoda's longstanding tensions with Shrek Academy, while Meng Li and Gu Yue maintained their decision despite Tang Wulin's protest.
• The Continental Young Elite Soul Master Tournament began at Star Luo Grand Stadium, where the individual matches used a sudden-elimination format.
• Meng Li watched the matches beside Gu Yue and Na'er, rejecting girls who asked to add him as a friend and noting the Star Luo Empire's strong competitors.
• Tang Wulin tried to contact Teacher Wu and Outer Court Dean Cai, but his Soul Tool Communicator could not connect.

Meng Li and Gu Yue began their first two-versus-two match against former Top 100 Duo Lan Yang and Li Rongxing, revealing powerful abilities that stunned the audience. The fight remained unresolved as Meng Li prepared to clash with Li Rongxing.

• Meng Li and Gu Yue refused Lan Yang and Li Rongxing's offer to surrender and introduced their martial souls before the match began.
• Lan Yang spread her Blood Flowers across the arena while Li Rongxing trapped Meng Li and Gu Yue in a golden sword formation.
• Meng Li's Sacred Winged Angel blocked the sword formation and caused matching Blood Flowers and a sword formation to appear around their opponents, prompting spectators to marvel at his six soul rings.
• Li Rongxing summoned One-Word Battle Armor and attacked with a golden dragon-shaped sword strike, but Gu Yue dissipated it with her silver staff.
• Lan Yang activated Blood Sea to weaken her opponents, and Meng Li summoned a golden spear and swung it at Li Rongxing as their weapons met in a burst of light.

Meng Li defeated Li Rongxing without using his One-Word Battle Armor, drawing attention from the arena and commentator Fang'er. After the Shrek group left the platform, Crazy Dragon Long Yue tested Meng Li's strength and then confronted Tang Wulin about his sister Yun'er.

• Meng Li blocked Li Rongxing's attacks and defeated him after ten minutes, despite Li Rongxing's One-Word Battle Armor.
• The referee announced Meng Li and Gu Yue's names, and Fang'er described Meng Li's abilities and Soul Skills to viewers.
• Meng Li and the Shrek group watched another day of matches before Xie Xie suggested celebrating their win, but Ye Xinglan urged them to focus on opponents and help Tang Wulin forge Battle Armor.
• Long Yue introduced himself to Meng Li and tested his strength with a handshake; both men recognized that the other was powerful.
• Long Yue approached Tang Wulin and asked whether he had bullied Yun'er, and Tang Wulin replied by asking what kind of bullying he meant.

After Tang Wulin discovered Long Yue’s overwhelming strength, Meng Li learned that a terrorist group was assembling a Fixed Soul Tool Cannon in Star Luo City and warned the authorities. The city began evacuating the area, while Tang Wulin disappeared and Meng Li suspected he had gone to confront the danger.

• Tang Wulin and Long Yue tested their strength in a handshake, and Tang Wulin struggled against Long Yue’s immense power.
• Dai Yun'er praised Tang Wulin after his match, while Meng Li received a warning about a life-threatening danger near Tianxing Theater.
• Meng Li reported the planned attack to the Star Luo Security Bureau and took his companions to eat far from the theater.
• The Star Luo Empire confirmed that a Level Seven Fixed Soul Tool Cannon was at Tianxing Theater and ordered nearby residents to evacuate.
• The group received the evacuation notice, and Xu Xiaoyan noticed that Tang Wulin had disappeared and could not be reached.

Meng Li persuaded the others to leave the danger of the Heavenly Star Theater to the Star Luo Empire, while Tang Wulin stopped the Green Skull Organization’s cannon from striking the theater. After reuniting with Shrek Academy, Meng Li pondered the mysteries surrounding himself and the Dragon Graveyard, then took Gu Yue out to watch a performance.

• Meng Li convinced Xu Xiaoyan and the others to leave Tang Wulin’s search to the Star Luo Empire and return to safety.
• A Titled Douluo attacked the Green Skull Organization at the Heavenly Star Theater, and Tang Wulin redirected its unfinished Fixed Soul Tool Cannon shell into the sky.
• Tang Wulin arrived at the Star Luo Grand Hotel and joined Shrek Academy for a meal, easing Xie Xie’s worries.
• Meng Li reviewed his memories of Douluo Continent, considered using a transaction with the gods to learn the truth about himself, and resolved to investigate the Dragon Graveyard.
• On a day without matches, Meng Li took Gu Yue out, but she asked to see a theater performance instead of a movie.

Meng Li and Gu Yue skipped part of the competition to watch a play, then returned and won their second doubles match. Afterward, Dai Yun'er confessed her interest in Tang Wulin, who turned her down, and Meng Li and Gu Yue faced a powerful new opponent the next morning.

• Gu Yue took Meng Li to a theater, but Wu Changkong called and caught them away from the competition; they returned and watched the matches with him and Xie Xie.
• Meng Li and Gu Yue defeated Li Wei and his partner in their second doubles match after Meng Li agreed to let Li Wei use his soul skills.
• Dai Yun'er approached Meng Li and Tang Wulin after the matches, said she might choose Tang Wulin as her prince consort, and offered to follow him to Douluo Continent.
• Tang Wulin rejected Dai Yun'er and left, then felt sad as he considered her confession on his way back.
• The next morning, Meng Li and Gu Yue faced a Five Rings Soul King who was also a One-Word Battle Armor Master.

Meng Li and Gu Yue fought Fang Qian and Wang Ze, whose powerful Martial Souls and Battle Armor made them difficult opponents. After Meng Li countered Wang Ze’s evasive skill by exploiting his weakness to water, he raised the arena’s temperature, forcing Fang Qian and Wang Ze to prepare their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Gu Yue trapped Fang Qian and Wang Ze with earth, but Fang Qian summoned the Giant Rock Battle Dragon and attacked with Chaos Heaven and Earth.
• Meng Li destroyed Fang Qian’s boulders, then attacked Wang Ze, whose Shadow skill let him evade and counter with blue flames.
• Meng Li told Gu Yue to strip fire from Wang Ze and attack him with water, so the two switched opponents.
• Fang Qian used Earthshaker and donned One-Word Battle Armor, while Gu Yue’s water weakened Wang Ze and he also put on Battle Armor.
• Meng Li used Hell to heat the arena, pressuring Fang Qian until he and Wang Ze decided to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Meng Li and Gu Yue defeated Fang Qian and Wang Ze after revealing their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill, though Gu Yue collapsed from exhaustion afterward. Ya Li confirmed Gu Yue would recover, and she later woke to find Meng Li watching over her.

• Fang Qian used his Martial Soul Fusion Skill and the Lava Hammer to pressure Meng Li, but Meng Li used Gu Yue's spatial power to close the distance and withstand his attack.
• Gu Yue fused with Meng Li, strengthening his elemental control and making Fang Qian and Wang Ze lose their confidence.
• Meng Li stripped Fang Qian of his control over the elements, separating Wang Ze from their fusion, and Fang Qian and Wang Ze surrendered.
• Meng Li secretly brought Gu Yue to Ya Li, who examined her and said she had only overexerted herself and would recover with rest.
• Leng Yaozhu and Ya Li agreed to join Meng Li for a meal, then Gu Yue woke and found Meng Li asleep beside her bed.