Chapter Summaries

Shen Yi explained battle armor and its crafting to the new students while Chen Yan and Gu Yuena played Gomoku through the lesson. After class, Yue Zhengyu approached Gu Yuena, but Chen Yan drove him off, leaving Chen Yan still wondering why Gu Yuena had come to Shrek Academy.

• Shen Yi explained how battle armor strengthened Soul Masters and urged students to take their second professions seriously and participate in crafting their own armor.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena played Gomoku throughout the morning lesson while the other students listened to Shen Yi.
• After lunch, Yue Zhengyu approached the group, asked about a red-haired work-study student, and then requested Gu Yuena's contact information.
• Chen Yan released his soul rings and pressured Yue Zhengyu into retreating after Yue ignored his demand to move.
• As the group headed back to the dorms, Gu Yuena shyly took Chen Yan's hand and urged him to keep walking.

Yue Zhengyu brooded over his poor start at Shrek while Gu Yuena spoke with her teacher, Leng Yaozhu, who invited her to visit the Spirit Pagoda and bring Chen Yan. The next day, Shen Yi announced the class committee selection and began preparations for a competition to choose the class monitor and deputies.

• Yue Zhengyu returned to the dorm angry that his performance after awakening his martial soul had fallen short of his expectations, and he vowed to make Chen Yan wait.
• Leng Yaozhu called Gu Yuena, told her to visit the Spirit Pagoda that week, and offered to meet Chen Yan if Gu Yuena brought him along.
• Shen Yi announced that Chen Yan and Gu Yuena were candidates for Forging Committee Member and Design Committee Member, respectively.
• Shen Yi explained that a simulated free-for-all would decide the class monitor and two Deputy Class Monitors, with rewards including Contribution Points and advantages in future assessments.
• The students began forming teams, and several girls eagerly asked Chen Yan to let them join his team.

As the first-year students prepared for a free-for-all to choose their class monitor, Chen Yan turned down a crowd of girls while Luo Guixing recruited Wu Siduo to oppose his group. The students entered simulation pods and appeared in a forest, where Gu Yuena suddenly leapt into Chen Yan’s arms.

• Luo Guixing invited Wu Siduo to join his team against Chen Yan, and she agreed after learning Zheng Yiran’s martial soul.
• Chen Yan refused the girls who wanted to team up with him, then awkwardly reassured Gu Yuena when she questioned his excuse.
• Chen Yan arranged for Sun Siyuan to protect Song Ya during the challenge.
• Shen Yi explained the simulation-pod rules, and the first-year students entered the pods to begin the free-for-all.
• Chen Yan appeared in the forest and planned to eliminate himself later, but Gu Yuena leapt into his arms.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena went to meet Heavenly Phoenix Douluo while Sun Siyuan and Song Ya were attacked by rival students. Sun Siyuan drove off the attackers and reunited with Chen Yan’s group, who learned Xu Hao was facing the dangerous Xu Yucheng.

• Gu Yuena told Chen Yan that her Teacher wanted to see him, and Chen Yan agreed to go with her.
• Three Soul Masters trapped Sun Siyuan and Song Ya in a ring of fire, and one attacker struck at Song Ya from beneath the ground.
• Song Ya vanished before the attack hit, and Sun Siyuan charged after the attackers, eliminating one student who had barely joined the fight.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena arrived with Song Ya, and Sun Siyuan reunited with them.
• Chen Yan learned that Xu Hao and the others were battling the wounded Xu Hao’s opponent, Undying Xu Yucheng, who wielded an ominous scythe.

Xu Yucheng eliminated Xu Hao in the competition, and Chen Yan's group reunited with Li Mingxuan and the others. Chen Yan declined to lead the team as class monitor, so the six decided to keep competing together.

• Xu Hao refused to withdraw, but Xu Yucheng outmaneuvered him and eliminated him with his scythe.
• Chen Yan and Sun Siyuan watched Xu Hao's fight without intervening, while Song Ya worried and Gu Yuena stopped her from stepping in.
• Chen Yan led Sun Siyuan, Song Ya, and Gu Yuena to reunite with Li Mingxuan and Li Xuanya, who had dealt with nearby opponents.
• Li Mingxuan asked about Xu Hao, and Chen Yan told him Xu Hao was out; Li Mingxuan privately welcomed the news.
• Chen Yan declined the class monitor role, and the group agreed to stay in the competition and move through the arena together.

Luo Guixing formed the Anti-Chen Alliance and planned to eliminate other participants before challenging Chen Yan's group. As the shrinking battlefield forced a clash, Chen Yan watched Xie Xie while his teammates held off a larger team, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Luo Guixing gathered nine students, including Zheng Yiran, Wu Siduo, and Yang Nianxia, and formed the Anti-Chen Alliance.
• Shen Yi announced that fifty participants remained and shrank the terrain, bringing more than a dozen opponents near Chen Yan's group.
• Sun Siyuan struck back against a Blazing Lion Soul Master while Song Ya used Sky Azure Vine to trap three agility-attack Soul Masters and Gu Yuena froze them.
• Xie Xie used Twin Dragon Storm to break free, while Chen Yan studied his daggers and Gu Yuena sensed the Space-Time Dragon's bloodline.
• Gu Yuena suppressed the opposing support Soul Masters as Li Mingxuan and Sun Siyuan struggled against the larger group, whose fighters prepared to take them down.

Li Mingxuan and his allies fought back against Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and their teammate, but Chen Yan’s lightning attack forced Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The fused Wang Jinxi faced Chen Yan as both sides became certain they would win.

• Li Mingxuan struck Wang Jinxi and the other Soul Master with Holy Judgment, injuring them before they shattered his sword aura together.
• Zhang Yangzi attacked Li Mingxuan from the air, but Chen Yan’s purple lightning struck Zhang Yangzi and sent him falling.
• Wang Jinxi caught Zhang Yangzi, and the two decided to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Chen Yan answered Gu Yuena that he would save her.
• Zhang Yangzi merged into Wang Jinxi, transforming him into a five-meter skeletal dragon with eagle wings and purple flames in his eye sockets.
• Li Mingxuan and the others retreated as Chen Yan and the fused Wang Jinxi faced off, each side confident of victory.

Chen Yan effortlessly repelled Wang Jinxi’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then defeated him in a direct clash. Gu Yuena unleashed a devastating rain of ice spears that eliminated the remaining opponents, while the Anti-Chen Alliance cautiously emerged from the forest afterward.

• Wang Jinxi launched Dragon Breath at Chen Yan, who kicked the attack back and forced Wang Jinxi to dodge it.
• Wang Jinxi charged Chen Yan with his Bone Dragon Claw, and Chen Yan met the attack with his fist until Wang Jinxi’s fused form dispersed.
• Chen Yan asked Gu Yuena to clear the field, and she summoned a massive formation that rained ice spears down on the opposing group until no one remained.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena claimed they were too exhausted to help later, prompting Li Mingxuan to doubt their complaints.
• The Anti-Chen Alliance emerged cautiously from the forest after watching Gu Yuena’s ice spears fall for nearly ten minutes.

Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, and their companions withdrew from the class monitor competition, leaving Wu Siduo to win the position, while other class committee posts were assigned. Back at the dormitory, they found Yue Zhengyu had moved in as a work-study student after his failed attempt to challenge Yuanen Yehui.

• Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, Li Mingxuan, and Li Xuanya withdrew from the class monitor selection, leaving Sun Siyuan confused as Shen Yi continued the competition.
• Wu Siduo emerged as the winner and became class monitor, with Yang Nianxia and Xu Yucheng appointed deputy class monitors.
• Li Mingxuan was elected Mecha Manufacturing Committee Member, and Wu Siduo became Mecha Repair Committee Member.
• Wu Siduo challenged Chen Yan to show his true strength next time, and Gu Yuena answered that Wu Siduo should speak after reaching the Fifth Ring.
• Chen Yan and his companions returned to the dormitory and found Yue Zhengyu had moved in as a work-study student after Yuanen Yehui refused to fight him.

Yue Zhengyu entered the Work-Study Student dorms despite Yuanen Yehui’s mockery, while Chen Yan and Gu Yuena discussed what to call each other during a nighttime walk. The next day, Shen Yi assigned class committee members association-related work, and Wu Zhangkong began the first formal lesson on mecha manufacturing.

• Yuanen Yehui mocked Yue Zhengyu for applying to become a Work-Study Student and told him to clean his dorm room, leaving him humiliated.
• Xu Hao warned Chen Yan that Yue Zhengyu had ulterior motives for entering the dorms, and Chen Yan explained why he had given up being class monitor.
• Xu Hao offered to manage Chen Yan’s Contribution Points, but Chen Yan told him to get lost.
• Gu Yuena took Chen Yan to the Sports Field and negotiated a special nickname with him, settling on “Orange.”
• Shen Yi told class committee members to gather student profession and rank information and explained the benefits of joining academy associations.
• Wu Zhangkong introduced the class’s first formal lesson, Introduction to Mecha Manufacturing.

Wu Zhangkong taught the students about mechas and assigned them a semester-long project to build mechas for their own use. Wu Siduo took on the class monitor’s responsibilities, while she, Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, and Li Mingxuan were placed together in the first project group.

• Wu Zhangkong explained that high-end mechas could match battle armor and taught the class about mecha production and its four professions.
• Shen Yi asked Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, Wu Siduo, and Li Mingxuan to register students with the academy’s associations and divide them into groups; Wu Siduo arranged the assignments.
• Shen Yi warned Wu Siduo that being class monitor would bring heavy responsibilities, and Wu Siduo later realized that the crowded cafeteria could make it harder to get the best food.
• Wu Zhangkong assigned the class to build personal mechas before final exams and announced that the students would later pilot them in a competition.
• Wu Zhangkong placed Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, Li Mingxuan, and Wu Siduo together in Group One and gave the class half an hour to discuss their projects.

Chen Yan helped Wu Siduo’s group discuss mecha designs and advised Xu Xiaoyan on how to strengthen her mutated martial soul. His advice stirred Xie Xie’s jealousy and Gu Yuena’s, though Gu Yuena ultimately accepted Chen Yan’s reassurance as he took her hand.

• Chen Yan combined his two groups for their discussion, and Wu Siduo proposed designing mechas around each person’s strengths and needs.
• Wu Siduo agreed to recommend suitable metals after the students wrote down their mecha requirements, and Chen Yan began discussing the same plan with his group.
• Chen Yan told Xu Xiaoyan to absorb the power of the stars at large observatories to strengthen her mutated Ice Staff martial soul.
• Xie Xie teased Xu Xiaoyan about Chen Yan knowing her well, then felt jealous at the thought that Chen Yan might like her.
• Gu Yuena told Chen Yan to keep his distance from Xu Xiaoyan, and Chen Yan reassured her by taking her hand.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena shared a shy moment in class before she took him to meet her teacher at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters. Leng Yaozhu gave Chen Yan a rare treasure and asked Gu Yuena to show him around, while an unseen rival grew more hostile toward him.

• Chen Yan unexpectedly held Gu Yuena's hand beneath the desk, and she blushed and stayed with him until class resumed.
• Chen Yan reluctantly accompanied Gu Yuena to the Spirit Pagoda headquarters after she insisted he keep his promise.
• An onlooker at the headquarters glared at Chen Yan and resolved to prove himself worthy of Gu Yuena, then went to cultivate and deepen his understanding of destruction.
• Gu Yuena introduced Chen Yan to her teacher, Leng Yaozhu, who gave him a Ten Thousand Year Level Seven Star Grass.
• Leng Yaozhu told Gu Yuena to show Chen Yan around the headquarters, and Gu Yuena led him away by the hand.

Gu Yuena took Chen Yan to see her Artificial Ten-Thousand Year Soul Ring project and offered him the nearly hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring if he promised her one thing in the future. After teasing her, Chen Yan left with her in a Soul Guidance Car, where Gu Yuena leaned against his shoulder.

• Gu Yuena invited Chen Yan to visit one of her Spirit Pagoda projects, a laboratory producing Artificial Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Chen Yan saw a black Soul Ring streaked with red, and Gu Yuena offered it to him in exchange for a promise in the future without saying what she would ask.
• Chen Yan pretended to refuse the Soul Ring, prompting Gu Yuena to insist that he had to accept and then pull him out of the laboratory by the hand.
• Laboratory workers gossiped and shared photos of Gu Yuena holding Chen Yan's hand, while their supervisor secretly saved the pictures too.
• Gu Yuena and Chen Yan left the Spirit Pagoda grounds in a Soul Guidance Car, where Chen Yan traced her palm and she leaned against his shoulder.

Chen Yan returned to Shrek with Gu Yuena, then joined his classmates for a practical combat class against Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong. His group chose Shen Yi as their opponent and prepared to fight her with a risky, loosely coordinated formation.

• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena rode back to Shrek together, held hands, and parted ways with their friends teasing them about their date.
• Xu Hao, Sun Siyuan, and Li Mingxuan pulled Chen Yan into a game of Fight the Landlord when he returned to the boys' dormitory.
• Shen Yi announced a practical combat class in which the groups could earn full marks by defeating her or Wu Zhangkong without using battle armor.
• Chen Yan's group chose Shen Yi as their opponent and assigned Chen Yan and Li Mingxuan to attack from the front, Gu Yuena to support, and Wu Siduo to flank.
• Wu Siduo proposed that they split up and fight independently to confuse Shen Yi, and Chen Yan agreed to try the risky tactic.

Shen Yi fought Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, Wu Siduo, and Li Mingxuan in a match that quickly turned into a battle against her vines and poison. As Shen Yi’s attacks failed to stop them, Chen Yan drew the Golden Dragon Spear and prepared to fight alone.

• Shen Yi began the match by spreading vines across the arena, while Gu Yuena countered with a fire-and-wind blade that forced Shen Yi to strengthen her defense.
• Shen Yi used her vines to track and attack Wu Siduo, while Chen Yan and Li Mingxuan smashed and cut through the plants as they advanced.
• Shen Yi filled the arena with poisonous pollen, but Gu Yuena’s storm cleared it temporarily, and Chen Yan and Li Mingxuan chose to push forward.
• Wu Siduo switched to her White Tiger Martial Soul and joined Chen Yan, who tore through Shen Yi’s reinforced net with his dragon claws.
• Shen Yi unleashed her fifth Soul Skill, but Chen Yan summoned the Golden Dragon Spear, startling Wu Siduo and Li Mingxuan.

Chen Yan’s overwhelming strength led Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi to bar him and Gu Yuena from team battles so the other students could practice teamwork. The class ended with every other group defeated by the teachers, while Chen Yan and Gu Yuena watched from the sidelines, holding hands.

• Chen Yan prepared to fight seriously, and Wu Siduo stepped back after sensing the gap between their strengths.
• Shen Yi stopped the match, and Wu Zhangkong announced that Chen Yan and Gu Yuena would sit out team battles while Wu Siduo and Li Mingxuan joined the next group.
• Wu Siduo and Li Mingxuan fought alongside the other students as Chen Yan and Gu Yuena watched from a bench and secretly held hands.
• After Xu Hao asked how he had performed, Chen Yan gave him a brief compliment, and Li Mingxuan pulled Xu Hao away when Gu Yuena looked at him.
• The remaining groups challenged Wu Zhangkong or Shen Yi and were defeated; every group except Chen Yan and Gu Yuena’s failed the practical combat class.

Chen Yan and his companions watched Li Mingxuan fabricate a mecha forearm guard for Wu Siduo from Thousand Refined Nether Iron. Li Mingxuan balanced the conflicting attributes of his Engraving Knife and completed the piece, which glowed with vitality.

• Chen Yan remembered his agreement to help Wu Siduo make a mecha and joined her and Li Mingxuan at their rented fabrication room.
• Li Mingxuan began engraving Wu Siduo's Thousand Refined Nether Iron forearm guard with his fourth-rank Engraving Knife.
• The Engraving Knife struggled to convert Li Mingxuan's Soul Power as its light and darkness attributes clashed, threatening backlash.
• Li Mingxuan refined his control until the Engraving Knife's opposing attributes reached balance and resonated with the Nether Iron.
• Li Mingxuan finished the forearm guard, which glowed with vitality.

After Li Mingxuan struggled to make an engraving tool suited to Wu Siduo’s attribute, Wu Siduo decided to switch from Mecha Repair to Mecha Manufacturing. Her dedication inspired the team to work harder, and her rapid progress brought her closer to Li Mingxuan while catching Chen Yan’s attention.

• Li Mingxuan completed only one piece after struggling with an incompatible Engraving Knife, and Wu Siduo bought the tool as she considered switching specializations.
• Chen Yan supported Wu Siduo’s decision while warning her that changing fields would take time and could slow her cultivation.
• Wu Siduo began studying Mecha Manufacturing alongside her repair duties, inspiring the team to take their own studies more seriously.
• Wu Siduo and Li Mingxuan frequently studied and debated manufacturing problems together, and Chen Yan watched their growing closeness with curiosity.
• Wu Siduo progressed quickly enough to complete simple Level Three mecha manufacturing tasks independently, impressing Li Mingxuan.

After Li Mingxuan broke through to Four Rings, Chen Yan suggested that he and Sun Siyuan pursue Soul Ascension for themselves and Song Ya. The chapter also revealed that Chen Yan arranged Tower Assault access for Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie, while Gu Yuena barred him from joining their team; he instead prepared to accompany Li Mingxuan’s group.

• Li Mingxuan broke through to Four Rings after forty-nine days of training, and Chen Yan suggested raising his first two soul rings through Soul Ascension.
• Chen Yan urged Sun Siyuan to invite Song Ya to join the Soul Ascension trip, and Sun Siyuan agreed to ask her.
• Chen Yan explained Tower Assault to Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie, describing how teams could clear the Soul Spirit Tower for discounted soul spirits, and offered to arrange their approval.
• Gu Yuena insisted that Chen Yan could not join Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie’s Tower Assault team, so he went to accompany Li Mingxuan’s group instead.
• Xu Hao questioned why Chen Yan was going along when he might not need to help, and Chen Yan defended his usefulness in case the team faced a dangerous soul beast.