Chapter Summaries

Chen Yan absorbed the Seven Star Grass and Vermillion Fruit while the others explored the Spirit Ascension Platform, strengthening his body and awakening more elemental attributes. He gained three Soul Power levels and remained a level 55 Soul King, then left the jade pendant's space to find the others had not returned.

• Li Mingxuan and Xu Hao refused to bring Chen Yan to the intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and went without him.
• Chen Yan decided to absorb the Seven Star Grass Leng Yaozhu had given him and the Vermillion Fruit he had collected.
• Chen Yan absorbed the Seven Star Grass, which spread starlight through his body and gradually strengthened his physique.
• Chen Yan ate the Vermillion Fruit, enduring the clash of its fire energy with the starlight as his Soul Power circulated and condensed.
• Chen Yan gained three Soul Power levels, remained a level 55 Soul King, and awakened the metal, fire, and wood attributes in his martial soul.
• Chen Yan left the jade pendant's space, found the others still gone, and realized he had not seen Gu Yuena for most of the day.

Chen Yan continued cultivating while Gu Yuena led Xu Xiaoyan and the others through the Soul Spirit Platform, defeating each challenge with ease. The team found a Starlight Unicorn that seemed ideal for Xu Xiaoyan, but the chapter ended as Gu Yuena appeared beside it after nullifying its attack.

• Chen Yan imagined Gu Yuena calling him “big brother,” then stopped daydreaming and returned to cultivation.
• Gu Yuena defeated four Ice Bears on Level Nine, and Xu Xiaoyan chose to continue instead of absorbing one.
• Gu Yuena led the team through the following floors, defeating the soul beasts before Xu Xiaoyan and the others could act.
• Xu Xiaoyan and the others encountered a rare Starlight Unicorn that seemed suited to Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Staff.
• The Starlight Unicorn attacked Gu Yuena, but she erased its attack and reappeared beside it unharmed.

Gu Yuena selected a Starlight Unicorn Soul Spirit for Xu Xiaoyan and told her to come to the Spirit Pagoda if she wanted to express her gratitude. Back at the dormitory, Gu Yuena asked Chen Yan what kind of girl he liked, but their conversation was interrupted when someone opened the door.

• Gu Yuena froze the Starlight Unicorn and offered it to Xu Xiaoyan as a half-price Soul Spirit for twenty-five million Federal Currency.
• Gu Yuena told Xu Xiaoyan to visit her if she wanted to show gratitude, then discussed recruiting the talented Tang Sect members with Leng Yaozhu.
• Gu Yuena teleported into Chen Yan's room and pressed him back onto his bed as she asked what kind of girl he liked.
• Chen Yan said he liked aloof, mature beauties with a cute side, and Gu Yuena reacted with secret delight.
• Gu Yuena sensed familiar people approaching, and the door opened before Chen Yan could ask her to get up.

Gu Yuena kissed Chen Yan in their dorm room, and Chen Yan told her she had to take responsibility. They kissed again, while Xu Hao and the others gathered for a meal and gossip about what they had seen.

• Xu Hao and Li Mingxuan saw Gu Yuena pinning Chen Yan down, then left the dorm with Sun Siyuan so they would not interrupt them.
• Gu Yuena kissed Chen Yan, and Chen Yan lay stunned afterward as he realized she had taken his first kiss.
• Chen Yan told Gu Yuena she had to take responsibility, and she promised to do so before kissing him again.
• Xu Hao told Song Ya, Li Xuanya, and Li Mingxuan an embellished account of what he had seen.

After Gu Yuena kissed Chen Yan in the dorm, she left before their friends returned, then came back to take their usual evening walk with him. The chapter ended with Chen Yan noticing a moonlit sea of flowers where he remembered there had once been open ground.

• Gu Yuena and Chen Yan caught their breath after kissing, and she kissed him again before leaving the dorm.
• Li Mingxuan, Xu Hao, and Sun Siyuan returned; Xu Hao teased Chen Yan about Gu Yuena before fleeing to take a shower.
• Gu Yuena called for Chen Yan, and they left the dorm hand in hand for their evening walk.
• Gu Yuena pointed out a beautiful sea of flowers, and Chen Yan wondered where it had come from.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena shared a quiet walk through a field of violets before the story shifted to class, where Shen Yi announced a first-year competition against the second years. Chen Yan and Gu Yuena showed no interest in competing, while Li Mingxuan and Xu Hao began assembling a team.

• Gu Yuena led Chen Yan through a field of violets and told him what the flowers were as he wondered whether they symbolized eternal love in Douluo.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi introduced themselves as transfer students after Shen Yi brought them into class.
• Shen Yi announced an exchange competition between the first and second years, including profession contests and team matches, and assigned Wu Siduo to register the teams.
• Xu Hao and Li Mingxuan decided to form a team without Chen Yan and Gu Yuena, then invited Wu Siduo, who agreed to join.
• Xu Hao asked Song Ya to join the team while Li Xuanya realized why he had called Song Ya over.

Xu Hao tried to recruit Xu Lizhi, who wanted Ye Xinglan included, but Xu Hao’s six-person team had no room for her. As the first-grade competition began without Chen Yan and Gu Yuena, the students arrived at the Sparring Arena and saw a mysterious woman in an aqua-green dress, whom Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong immediately greeted with bows.

• Chen Yan suggested that Xu Hao invite Xu Lizhi, explaining that Xu Lizhi’s martial soul could strengthen the team.
• Xu Hao invited Xu Lizhi to join, but refused to add Ye Xinglan because his team already had six members.
• Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong discussed how Chen Yan and Gu Yuena repeatedly avoided competitions, while the elders had approved their direct entry into the Inner Courtyard in third grade.
• Chen Yan struggled with his feelings around Gu Yuena, who decided to break the ice between them at the competition.
• Wu Zhangkong led the first-grade students to the Sparring Arena, where they saw an elegant woman in an aqua-green dress and Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong bowed to her.

Li Mingxuan Team advanced through the competition and defeated Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan Team in the final match. The team earned the right to face the second-years, while Chen Yan and Gu Yuena watched from the stands.

• Wu Zhangkong announced that teams with fewer than five members could not compete, and Li Mingxuan Team received a bye in the first round.
• Ya Li served as referee and medical staff, healing injured students as the first-round matches concluded.
• Luo Guixing Team received a bye in the second round, while Li Mingxuan Team advanced after its opponents surrendered.
• Li Mingxuan Team defeated its third-round opponents, and a team aided by Ye Xinglan beat Luo Guixing Team with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Li Mingxuan Team overwhelmed Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan Team in the final match, despite their opponents resisting for five minutes while badly weakened.

After the Li Mingxuan Team won the class selection tournament, Gu Yuena took Chen Yan away and passionately kissed him until he confirmed that she was his girlfriend. The encounter ended with Chen Yan catching his breath as Gu Yuena, still flustered, responded to his touch.

• Wu Zhangkong announced that the Li Mingxuan Team would represent the first grade and could add or replace a member for the Second Grade Confrontation Tournament.
• The Holy Spirit Douluo told Wu Zhangkong that Chen Yan and Gu Yuena were her friend's disciples before leaving.
• Wu Zhangkong dismissed the students and vanished, while Gu Yuena took Chen Yan away with her silver light.
• Gu Yuena kissed and clung to Chen Yan, repeatedly asking what she meant to him until he called her his girlfriend.
• Chen Yan slapped Gu Yuena to bring her back to her senses, then accidentally touched her while moving his hand, leaving her blushing and breathless.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena shared a tender moment, and their friends noticed how much closer they had become. Meanwhile, Cai Yue'er announced a contribution-point reward for the first- and second-year grade competition, which began amid high expectations and confidence from the older students.

• Chen Yan teased Gu Yuena until she admitted she was wrong, then held her as they quietly enjoyed the moment together.
• Xu Hao noticed Chen Yan and Gu Yuena leaving hand in hand, while Li Mingxuan realized they had stopped hiding their relationship.
• Cai Yue'er told Wu Zhangkong, Shen Yi, and the second-year teachers that she would watch the competition and that the winning side would receive contribution points.
• Students gathered at the Sparring Arena for the first- and second-year competition, with the first-years eager to win and the second-years confident in their advantage.
• Yuanen Yehui kept the second-year Class One in order, while Wu Siduo used her forceful presence to silence the first-years.

Chen Yan competed against He Xiaopeng in a forging exchange, purifying Titanium Crystal under a time limit. Chen Yan forged faster and removed nearly all the impurities, while the judges and audience watched the contest continue.

• Shen Yi announced that Chen Yan and He Xiaopeng would compete to purify Titanium Crystal for contribution points and academic credits.
• Chen Yan exchanged encouragement with Gu Yuena before stepping onto the platform and introducing himself to He Xiaopeng.
• Chen Yan heated his Titanium Crystal first and began forging with precise twin-hammer strikes.
• He Xiaopeng started forging later, using heavy twin-hammer blows that drowned out Chen Yan's rhythmic strikes.
• Chen Yan remained composed and progressed faster, nearly removing all impurities from his Titanium Crystal as the contest continued.

Chen Yan won the forging round for the first years, and Gu Yuena defeated Bai Hanying in the mecha design event with a more practical Battle Armor gauntlet blueprint. The first years took another lead as the competition continued.

• Chen Yan's Titanium Crystal burst into golden light, and the referee declared the first years the winners of the forging round.
• Shen Yi announced the mecha design event, where Gu Yuena faced Bai Hanying in a thirty-minute challenge to design a right-hand Battle Armor gauntlet.
• Gu Yuena created a practical, creative design using Spirit Alloy and intricate core formations, while Bai Hanying produced a more complex but impractical blueprint.
• Cai Yue'er praised Gu Yuena's work as that of a fifth-rank designer and criticized Bai Hanying's design for wasting resources, making Gu Yuena the clear winner.

The first years entered the team battle after sweeping the earlier matches, while Chen Yan and Gu Yuena secretly held hands in the stands. Xu Xiaoyan’s Soul Skills helped the first years eliminate Yuanen Yehui almost immediately, leaving the second years scrambling to regroup.

• Shen Yi set the team battle rules, and the first years chose seven fighters against the second years’ six.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena sat together and secretly entwined their hands while the teams prepared.
• Xu Xiaoyan joined the first-year team, which formed a guarded formation to protect its members and counter the second years’ strategy.
• Duan Hunxiao’s flute Soul Skill was redirected by Xu Xiaoyan, allowing Sun Siyuan and Li Mingxuan to rush Yuanen Yehui.
• Xu Xiaoyan immobilized Yuanen Yehui with Star Wheel Chains, and the first years eliminated her in a single exchange.
• Bai Hanying ordered the remaining second years to regroup, and Yue Zhengyu reluctantly obeyed.

Class One defeated the second-years through a coordinated, targeted assault, with every opponent eliminated by the end of the match. Shen Yi announced that the first-years had won all five of their matches, setting a new record at Shrek.

• Holy Spirit Douluo and Silver Moon Douluo recognized the Starry Sky Xu Family girl’s fully awakened Martial Soul as a hidden talent among the first-years.
• Wu Siduo led Class One’s attack as Sun Siyuan, Li Mingxuan, and Xu Hao engaged He Xiaopeng, Yue Zhengyu, and Ye Xingmo.
• Sun Siyuan overpowered He Xiaopeng, while Xu Hao’s shield kept Ye Xingmo from breaking through and Class One pressed the second-years’ formation.
• Wu Siduo distracted Yue Zhengyu and then helped eliminate Bai Hanying and Duan Hunxiao with Xu Xiaoyan’s attack.
• Class One eliminated the remaining second-years, including Yue Zhengyu, and Shen Yi announced their fifth victory in five matches.

After the first-years shut out Yuanen Yehui’s second-years, Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda took notice of their growing reputation. Chen Yan spent time with Gu Yuena and later agreed to help Sun Siyuan bid on a Great Strength Profound Herb at Shrek’s upcoming auction.

• Yuanen Yehui apologized to her teammates for misjudging the first-years’ tactics, while Bai Hanying and Duan Hunxiao consoled her.
• The first-years’ shutout victory spread through Shrek, earning them a reputation as the “Strongest Class in Ten Thousand Years” and attracting the Spirit Pagoda’s attention.
• Chen Yan met Gu Yuena at the apartment she had bought in Shrek City, and the two kissed.
• Xu Hao told Chen Yan that Sun Siyuan wanted advice about bidding on a Great Strength Profound Herb at the upcoming auction.
• Chen Yan agreed to help Sun Siyuan bid, then asked Li Mingxuan if he wanted to attend the auction; Li Mingxuan agreed.

Chen Yan and his companions attended Shrek City's auction, where his Red Card earned them a private viewing room. The auction opened with fierce bidding on a Two-Word Battle Armor belt, while Chen Yan waited for the Ten Thousand Year Spiritual Objects he wanted.

• Sun Siyuan, Li Mingxuan, Chen Yan, Xu Hao, and Gu Yuena agreed to attend the auction together.
• Chen Yan presented his Red Card at the auction house and received a private room for the group.
• Xu Hao, Li Mingxuan, and Li Xuanya admired the lavish auction hall as staff prepared for the event.
• Buyers from across the continent filled the hall, and the auctioneer welcomed them before opening the auction.
• The auctioneer introduced a Two-Word Battle Armor belt, and bidders drove its price past ten million Federal Currency.

Chen Yan and his companions bought a three-thousand-year Great Strength Profound Herb before competing with other bidders for the final item, a twenty-thousand-year Jade Clarity Spirit Mushroom. Chen Yan’s bid reached 400 million Federal Currency, and the rival bidders paused to ask for instructions.

• The Two-Word Battle Armor sold for 10.35 million Federal Currency, and Li Mingxuan and Xu Hao searched the catalog but could not afford the auction items.
• Chen Yan told Sun Siyuan to bid 18 million for the Great Strength Profound Herb, and the other bidders backed down.
• Sun Siyuan obtained the Great Strength Profound Herb as the auction presented the Jade Clarity Spirit Mushroom as its final item.
• Chen Yan raised his bid for the Jade Clarity Spirit Mushroom to 200 million, then 300 million, and finally 400 million Federal Currency.
• A man in the neighboring private room asked whether to keep bidding, and his companion decided to seek instructions first.

Chen Yan won the Jade Clarity Spirit Mushroom at auction for five hundred million Federal Currency, then learned that his final exam would require students to travel alone through ten cities and defeat stronger opponents. The chapter ended with Xu Hao panicking about the exam while Li Xuanya pointed out that support-system Soul Masters faced an even greater disadvantage.

• Chen Yan won the Jade Clarity Spirit Mushroom for five hundred million Federal Currency, stunning Li Xuanya and Xu Hao.
• Chen Yan took the mushroom back to store until he reached Six Rings, then said good night to Gu Yuena.
• Shen Yi announced that students had to pass their final exam or face expulsion, with the bottom five removed if anyone failed.
• Shen Yi explained that students would travel alone and without their belongings to at least ten cities, defeat an opponent five levels stronger in each city, and return within fifteen days.
• Xu Hao asked Chen Yan for help, and Li Xuanya argued that support-system Soul Masters were the ones at a disadvantage.

As the first-year students prepared for their final exams, Chen Yan and Gu Yuena were unable to visit the Forging Masters Association, so Chen Yan performed at an Elegant Restaurant to raise money for their trip from Shrek to Mingdu. His singing captivated the audience and earned enthusiastic applause.

• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi collected the students’ belongings and inspected them before the final exams, while Chen Yan kept his jade pendant.
• Gu Yuena accompanied Chen Yan after he said he would support her, and they went to the Forging Masters Association, only to learn that first-year students could not enter.
• Chen Yan took Gu Yuena to an Elegant Restaurant and asked to borrow its equipment so he could sing for money.
• Chen Yan introduced himself and performed “Appreciated by Both the Refined and the Popular” while Gu Yuena watched from the stage.
• The restaurant guests were moved by Chen Yan’s performance, applauded loudly, and recorded his song.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena traveled to Heaven Dou City, where he planned to earn money by taking forging tasks and arrange a fight to test himself. The chapter ended with Chen Yan heading to the forging room after requesting a Thousand Forged Forging Hammer.

• Chen Yan collected donations from his fans and declined their offer to escort him to Mingdu.
• Gu Yuena drove Chen Yan to Heaven Dou City while he slept beside her.
• Chen Yan took Gu Yuena to the Heaven Dou Forging Masters Association to visit his master and accept work.
• Chen Yan requested two expensive Level Five forging tasks, two Fifth Ring Soul Masters to fight, and a Thousand Forged Forging Hammer.