Chapter Summaries

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena’s extraordinary strength results crushed the confidence of their classmates, leaving Zhang Yu unsure how to console them. He called Bai Ling for help, and she arrived to find the students demoralized by the gap between their abilities.

• Chen Yan recorded left- and right-hand strength of 13,821 and 16,043 kilograms, while Gu Yuena scored 8,751 and 9,077 kilograms.
• The other eight students tested at far lower levels, and their confidence collapsed as they compared themselves with Chen Yan and Gu Yuena.
• Zhang Yu realized he could not comfort the students and called Bai Ling for help.
• Bai Ling raced through the school to the equipment room, prompting Zhou Cen to glimpse a yellow lightning streak and become curious about it.
• Bai Ling introduced herself to the students as their life teacher, then learned from Zhang Yu that their spirits had been crushed by the strength test.

After a test left several students devastated by the gap between their results and Chen Yan and Gu Yuena’s, Bai Ling comforted them while Zhang Yu praised the two exceptional Soul Grand Masters and advised them on training. Chen Yan and Gu Yuena returned to class admired by their classmates, beginning their new school life.

• Bai Ling comforted the tearful girls and encouraged the boys not to measure their worth against Chen Yan and Gu Yuena.
• Zhang Yu told Chen Yan and Gu Yuena their results were astonishing and that they had more than enough ability to make the rankings.
• Zhang Yu advised Chen Yan to improve his techniques and strategies and urged Gu Yuena to master controlling her seven elements simultaneously.
• Bai Ling praised Chen Yan and Gu Yuena, saying they should continue along their own paths of growth.
• Zhang Yu brought Chen Yan and Gu Yuena back to class, where their classmates regarded them with admiration.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena led their classmates through an exhausting gravity-enhanced run, while Principal Qin praised the freshmen for helping one another. The students left to rest before continuing their training the next day, and Principal Qin looked forward to the promising era ahead.

• Li Haoran and the other freshmen struggled to complete ten laps under the Soul Tool's simulated gravity, while Chen Yan and Gu Yuena ran with ease.
• Several students slowed down to support exhausted classmates, and Principal Qin watched approvingly from the raised platform.
• Principal Qin ended the training, praised the students' willingness to help one another, and announced that they would run again tomorrow.
• Li Xuanya worried about the next day's run and asked Li Mingxuan whether Chen Yan and Gu Yuena were siblings.
• Principal Qin watched Chen Yan and Gu Yuena leave and anticipated that his students would become an exceptional generation.

Gu Yuena visited Chen Yan's room at night, asked him to dry her hair, and hugged him while telling him he was the person she trusted most. When Chen Yan reminded her that she had hugged him the day before, Gu Yuena claimed not to remember, leaving him furious.

• Gu Yuena knocked on Chen Yan's door and said she had something to discuss with him.
• Gu Yuena borrowed Chen Yan's hair dryer and asked him to dry her hair.
• Chen Yan carefully dried Gu Yuena's hair while wondering why she was acting this way.
• Gu Yuena thanked Chen Yan, hugged him, and told him he was the person she trusted most.
• Chen Yan reminded Gu Yuena that she had hugged him the previous day, but she said she did not remember, angering him.

Gu Yuena gave Chen Yan her detailed blueprints for the Emperor Armor, and his excitement kept him awake all night. The next morning, he and Gu Yuena joined Li Xuanya and Li Mingxuan for breakfast, where Chen Yan was struck by memories of his childhood and his grandfather.

• Gu Yuena showed Chen Yan the Emperor Armor blueprints she had designed, and he thanked her for caring about what he liked.
• Chen Yan studied the blueprints through the night and arrived downstairs tired the next morning.
• Li Xuanya and Li Mingxuan greeted Chen Yan and Gu Yuena, then invited them to breakfast.
• The four ate together in the cafeteria while other students discussed their class and Gu Yuena's appearance.
• Chen Yan remembered his childhood, his grandfather's death, and how he had missed the chance to see him one last time.

Li Mingxuan, Li Xuanya, Chen Yan, and Gu Yuena shared breakfast and talked about Li Xuanya’s mother’s experimental cooking and Chen Yan and Gu Yuena being childhood sweethearts. At school, Zhang Yu led the class to the Training Field for a combat test and announced that he would face the Battle Soul Masters one by one.

• Li Xuanya praised the cafeteria food and described her mother’s unusual experimental cooking, prompting Li Mingxuan to recall one especially strange dish.
• Gu Yuena fed Chen Yan a soup dumpling, then told Li Xuanya that she and Chen Yan were childhood sweethearts.
• The four finished breakfast and walked together to the Teaching Building.
• Zhang Yu, accompanied by Qin Man and Bai Ling, led the class to the Training Field for a combat test.
• Zhang Yu said he would test the Battle Soul Masters one at a time and told auxiliary-type Soul Masters to pair up with a Battle Soul Master.

Zhang Yu assessed his students in combat, pointing out Sun Siyuan’s strengths and weaknesses before Wang Zihan turned his assessment into an embarrassing spectacle. The chapter ended with Wang Zihan’s growling stomach making the watching students laugh before he could attack.

• Sun Siyuan attacked Zhang Yu with his Earth Splitting Bear martial soul, but Zhang Yu blocked him easily and criticized his speed, Soul Skill control, and combat judgment.
• Qin Man and Bai Ling watched Zhang Yu’s demonstration and teased each other about boyfriends and marriage.
• Wang Zihan displayed elaborate sword forms instead of attacking, while Chen Yan secretly fed popcorn to Gu Yuena under the Aurora Shield.
• Zhang Yu ordered Wang Zihan to attack, angry that he had treated the combat assessment like a swordsmanship exhibition.
• Wang Zihan’s stomach growled loudly, prompting the students to laugh and leaving him deeply embarrassed.

Zhang Yu tested Wang Zihan and criticized his flashy, wasteful sword fighting after easily disarming and outmaneuvering him. Li Mingxuan and Li Xuanya then began their test by defending together and launching a coordinated attack that Zhang Yu blocked.

• Wang Zihan attacked Zhang Yu with his sword, but Zhang Yu dodged, disarmed him, and evaded his follow-up punches.
• Zhang Yu stopped the test, told Wang Zihan to give every combat move a purpose, and praised his ability to adapt after losing his sword.
• Li Mingxuan and Li Xuanya took the platform and chose to defend, with Li Mingxuan shielding his sister while she raised a protective barrier.
• Zhang Yu pressured the siblings with rapid palm strikes as Li Mingxuan fought to keep Li Xuanya behind him.
• Li Mingxuan struck with his glowing holy sword while Li Xuanya fired her first Soul Skill, and Zhang Yu blocked both attacks with a wall of air.

Zhang Yu praised Li Mingxuan and Li Xuanya before Chen Yan and Gu Yuena stepped onto the training platform together. Gu Yuena’s support skills and Chen Yan’s strength helped them meet Zhang Yu’s opening attack, and the fight was still unfolding when the chapter ended.

• Zhang Yu praised Li Mingxuan and Li Xuanya’s coordination and gave them advice on improving their swordsmanship and Soul Skills.
• Gu Yuena decided to join Chen Yan on the platform, and Chen Yan accidentally patted her head; she told him she liked it and asked him to warn her next time.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena faced Zhang Yu, who launched an attack after they confirmed they were ready.
• Gu Yuena blocked Zhang Yu with an ice wall and teleported Chen Yan behind him, where Chen Yan met Zhang Yu’s palm strike in a draw.
• Chen Yan retreated as Gu Yuena shaped the ice wall into a spike; Zhang Yu dodged and shattered it, but a sudden change followed.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena outmaneuvered Teacher Zhang Yu in their training match, countering his Black Mist Soul Skill with Gu Yuena’s Wind Element. Zhang Yu accepted the defeat and left the others considering a specialized training plan for the pair.

• Zhang Yu evaded Chen Yan and Gu Yuena’s attacks, then prepared to use a Soul Skill to turn the match around.
• Chen Yan urged Gu Yuena through a voice transmission to go easy on Zhang Yu and preserve his dignity.
• Zhang Yu released Black Mist, but Gu Yuena swept it away with Wind Element, leaving him unable to regain the advantage.
• Zhang Yu conceded that Chen Yan and Gu Yuena had won and praised their teamwork and potential.
• Qin Man teased Zhang Yu about losing, and he decided he needed to reevaluate his teaching methods.
• Qin Man and Bai Ling agreed that Chen Yan and Gu Yuena needed a specialized training plan.

After the tests, Qin Man dragged Zhang Yu away to punish him for poisoning the students, while their class mistook the scene for a lovers’ quarrel. Later, Chen Yan settled into life with his classmates and listened as Xu Hao tried to recruit Sun Siyuan to help him survive their weighted exercise runs.

• Qin Man grabbed Zhang Yu and dragged him to the teachers’ Training Field, ignoring his pleas for dignity.
• Bai Ling told Class One that Zhang Yu and Qin Man were not a couple, then led the students back to class as Zhang Yu’s screams echoed outside.
• Chen Yan grew comfortable with his classmates, while Li Xuanya befriended the other girls and he got along with Sun Siyuan and Xu Hao.
• Xu Hao asked Chen Yan to slow down and help him during the upcoming weighted run, but Gu Yuena’s stare made him retreat.
• Xu Hao asked Sun Siyuan to run alongside him, and Sun Siyuan agreed to help him keep up.
• Chen Yan overheard Xu Hao complain that he would not help and resolved to teach him to rely on himself.

Chen Yan led Class One through a difficult weighted run while Gu Yuena secretly used wind-element power to help them. Afterward, Chen Yan announced plans for extra intensive training, and Gu Yuena cooled the exhausted class with ice crystals before they returned to the classroom.

• Xu Hao and Sun Siyuan joined Chen Yan and Gu Yuena on the walk to the Sports Field, where Xu Hao complained about their classroom being on the sixth floor.
• Class One ran laps wearing heavy gear while Chen Yan encouraged them and Gu Yuena secretly bestowed Wind Element on the students.
• After the run, Gu Yuena wiped Chen Yan’s forehead, and Chen Yan thanked Class One before announcing he would apply for additional intensive training.
• Li Xuanya asked Gu Yuena to stop the extra training, but Gu Yuena refused and summoned Ice Crystals to cool Class One.
• Chen Yan told the class to return to the classroom before their next lesson, leaving Xu Hao shocked by the prospect of more training.

Qin Man scolded Xu Hao for neglecting his homework and assigned him heavier running drills before teaching the class about second professions. The lesson ended with the students beginning basic training in those fields.

• Qin Man inspected Xu Hao's unfinished homework, warned him to focus on his studies, and let him return to his seat.
• Qin Man added fifty pounds to Xu Hao's running drills after he said he had spent the previous night cultivating.
• Qin Man explained the roles and importance of Forging Masters, Mecha Designers, Mecha Manufacturers, and Mecha Repairers.
• Qin Man announced that the students would begin learning the basics of second professions and encouraged them to choose a field carefully.

Chen Yan offered to upgrade Gu Yuena’s battle armor and agreed to forge her Two-Word Battle Armor piece by piece while they strolled together. Their evening was interrupted when Teacher Qin Man told them they had been chosen to advance directly to the upcoming Alliance Competition.

• After class, Chen Yan told Xu Hao he had chosen forging as his secondary profession and joked that repair work suited Xu Hao.
• Chen Yan offered to have his master upgrade Gu Yuena’s battle armor, but she insisted on waiting for Chen Yan to forge it himself.
• Chen Yan agreed to forge Gu Yuena a piece of Two-Word Battle Armor each day and began with the chest armor as they walked by the dormitory flowerbeds.
• Gu Yuena and Chen Yan discussed the school’s Yellow Lightning legend before Teacher Qin Man called her and asked them to wait nearby.
• Teacher Qin Man told Chen Yan and Gu Yuena that their school had selected them to advance directly to the Alliance Competition.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena went fishing before returning to their dormitory, where they used the jade pendant to enter their forging space. Chen Yan successfully Spirit Forged Gu Yuena’s chest armor, and Gu Yuena helped him recover afterward.

• Qin Man left Chen Yan to notify the others about the selection, and Gu Yuena persuaded him to delay and go fishing with her.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena returned to the dormitory with a bucket, discussed buying a fish tank, and went to their forging space through the jade pendant.
• Gu Yuena handed Chen Yan her chest armor, and he began forging it with the Spirit Forging Hammer.
• Chen Yan infused the armor with Soul Power and blood vitality, and its silver light gradually overwhelmed the gold as life stirred within it.
• Chen Yan completed the Spirit Forging, and a silver dragon appeared amid the armor’s life-filled radiance.
• Gu Yuena wiped the sweat from Chen Yan’s face and massaged his shoulders while he rested.

Chen Yan finished forging the Taiji component for his battle armor after working through the night, and Gu Yuena cared for him when exhaustion caught up with him. Their class prepared for the Alliance Grand Competition, where they would face Shrek Academy, and Xu Hao asked Chen Yan to go easy on him if they met in the selection.

• Gu Yuena gave Chen Yan a massage, but he stopped her and resumed carving the Taiji Two-Yin Stone for his battle armor.
• Chen Yan infused the stone with his blood and vitality and forged its Yin-Yang energy into a Taiji-shaped disc.
• After working through the night, Chen Yan went to class exhausted, and Gu Yuena cooled his forehead and brought him his favorite food.
• Qin Man announced the class selection for the Alliance Grand Competition, said the class team had advanced directly, and warned them they would face Shrek Academy.
• Xu Hao asked Chen Yan to show mercy if they faced each other, and Chen Yan refused.

Class One prepared for the school selection trials, then watched Xu Hao face Zhang Pengtao of Class Two in the tournament. Xu Hao used his Whirlwind Turtle’s defense and a timely counterattack to win, leaving his classmates congratulating him.

• Sun Siyuan, Li Mingxuan, and Wu Man urged Chen Yan to use his full strength against them, while Gu Yuena reminded Li Xuanya that auxiliary-type Soul Masters could not enter individual matches.
• Chen Yan told Class One to work hard for the school selection trials because other students in their grade also had two Soul Rings.
• Xu Hao faced Zhang Pengtao, a two-ring Soul Grandmaster with a mutated black tiger martial soul, as Chen Yan and Gu Yuena watched.
• Zhang Pengtao attacked Xu Hao repeatedly, but Xu Hao used his turtle shell to defend and waited for his opponent’s stamina to fade.
• Xu Hao countered with a barrage of punches and threw Zhang Pengtao onto the training platform, winning the match for Class One.
• Class One congratulated Xu Hao, who celebrated his victory and jokingly argued with Chen Yan and his classmates about his fighting style.

After Class One won seven of the competition’s twenty slots, the students celebrated and Chen Yan secured them two days off. The class began choosing where to go, leaving their outing plans undecided.

• Xu Hao promised Zhang Pengtao that they would fight again, and Chen Yan knocked Xu Hao out of his brooding mood before he could admire Gu Yuena.
• Class One defeated its opponents and claimed seven of the twenty available slots, then returned to the classroom to review the competition.
• Li Xuanya suggested that the class go out for fun, and Chen Yan went to ask Teacher Qin for permission.
• Teacher Qin gave Chen Yan a two-day leave slip and told him to tell Xu Hao to stop thinking about playing and resting.
• Chen Yan announced the approved outing, and the students proposed a movie theater, a game city, or a park.

Chen Yan took his friends to the Game City, where they explored the arcade and joined him and Gu Yuena for a lively bumper-car session. After everyone teamed up to ram Chen Yan, Gu Yuena took the wheel and helped turn the ride into a chaotic free-for-all.

• Chen Yan used a Gold Card to get unlimited game cards for the group and split up with Gu Yuena to explore the Game City.
• Xu Hao and Sun Siyuan competed on a racing machine while Wu Man and the others showed Wang Zihan the arcade games.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena collided playfully in the bumper cars, drawing the attention of their classmates.
• Xu Hao rallied everyone to bring Chen Yan into a group bumper-car game, and Gu Yuena joined him in the same car.
• Gu Yuena took over driving and skillfully dodged and rammed the others before the game ended with Li Mingxuan and Yang Sheng feeling shaken.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena took their classmates to a movie and a camping trip, where the group discussed whether to attend Shrek. The evening ended with Chen Yan playing guitar and singing for everyone around the campfire.

• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena watched the popular mech movie with their classmates, and Gu Yuena asked whether he liked the armor.
• Gu Yuena brought drinks for the group, then Chen Yan and his classmates went shopping for camping supplies and set up camp outside the city the next day.
• Xu Hao asked whether Chen Yan planned to attend Shrek, and several classmates said they would likely go if Chen Yan and Gu Yuena did.
• At the campfire, Gu Yuena revealed that Chen Yan could play guitar, so he performed “You Never Left” for the group.