Chapter Summaries

Shen Yi appointed Mo Hentian as Forging Committee Member over the equally qualified Tang Wulin, completing the first-year class committee. After class, Wu Siduo questioned Jing Shaoyu about why he had come to Shrek Academy, but left when he dodged the question.

• Tang Wulin and Mo Hentian both identified themselves as Level 4 Blacksmiths, while Yang Nianxia said he was a peak Level 3 Blacksmith.
• Shen Yi selected Mo Hentian as Forging Committee Member based on the cadets' performances in the Class Monitor Selection Competition, disappointing Tang Wulin.
• Shen Yi announced that the class committee was complete and reminded the cadets that its four committee members could also be challenged.
• Wu Siduo asked Jing Shaoyu why he had come to Shrek Academy, but left when he avoided answering directly.
• Jing Shaoyu told Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan that he had met Wu Siduo once through their teachers, and Gu Yue guessed Wu Siduo had assumed he joined the Spirit Pagoda.

Jing Shaoyu explored Shrek Academy and entered a lakeside forest, where he experienced an unusual enlightenment at Poseidon Lake. He encountered a mysterious old man in a golden space, who said Jing Shaoyu was still too weak and had little time left before sending him back.

• Gu Yue went to the Designer Association to research their One-Word Battle Armor, while Xu Xiaoyan went to the academy training ground for her commission.
• Jing Shaoyu explored Shrek Inner City's shops and wandered into an undeveloped forest near Poseidon Lake.
• The forest plants responded to Jing Shaoyu's Origin Spirit aura as he walked through the woods and reached the lake.
• Jing Shaoyu entered an enlightenment state as green and blue natural lights gathered around him and expanded his spiritual world.
• Golden lights replaced the natural lights, and Jing Shaoyu's consciousness entered a strange space filled with pale-gold plants.
• An old man told Jing Shaoyu that he had finally waited for him, but said Jing Shaoyu was too weak and there was little time left before sending him away.

Jing Shaoyu awakened from his vision with his Mental Power advanced to the Spirit Abyss Realm, while the Golden Tree's unusual movement alarmed the Sea God Pavilion Elders. The Elders learned that Elder Gold feared some unknown existences, and Yun Ming agreed to let Na'er visit the Outer Academy before she enrolled a month later.

• Jing Shaoyu woke beside Poseidon Lake, realized his Mental Power had reached the Spirit Abyss Realm, and suspected the Golden Tree's Tree Spirit had helped him.
• Jing Shaoyu checked that his Soul Power remained level 45, then left for the dining hall to meet Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan.
• The Golden Tree shook, drawing Yun Ming, Ya Li, Cai Yue'er, Zhuo Shi, and the other Sea God Pavilion Elders to investigate.
• The Old Woman spoke with Elder Gold, who dismissed the disturbance as a stretch, but she told Yun Ming and Ya Li that he seemed afraid of certain existences.
• Na'er asked to attend the Outer Academy, and Yun Ming agreed she could visit now and begin studying there in a month.

Wu Zhangkong taught the first-year cadets about mecha manufacturing, then Shen Yi assigned the class committee to divide the cadets into balanced study groups. Jing Shaoyu completed the task and discussed beginning battle armor creation with Wu Zhangkong, while Wu Siduo and Mo Hentian remained distant.

• Shen Yi announced that cadets could join Academy Associations and introduced Wu Zhangkong as the day's teacher.
• Wu Zhangkong lectured on the history and processes of mecha manufacturing, and the cadets learned how the four sub-professions were represented in their class.
• Shen Yi asked Jing Shaoyu and the other class committee members to divide the remaining cadets into nine balanced study groups.
• Jing Shaoyu led Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Wu Siduo, and Mo Hentian in assigning cadets to groups, then submitted their arrangement to Shen Yi.
• Jing Shaoyu told Wu Zhangkong that he, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan wanted to begin making battle armor, and Wu Zhangkong approved the plan.

Jing Shaoyu reunited with Na'er at Shrek Academy, and the two caught up beside Poseidon Lake after she promised never to leave him again. Gu Yue sensed their intimacy from afar and hid her anger while Xu Xiaoyan considered how to handle Na'er's return.

• Na'er waited outside the cafeteria, then ran to Jing Shaoyu and tearfully embraced him after three years apart.
• Xu Xiaoyan recognized Na'er and privately worried that her strong bond with Jing Shaoyu made her a serious rival.
• Na'er bluntly rejected Xu Xiaoyan's friendly address, and Jing Shaoyu suggested that they find somewhere quiet to talk.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue went into the cafeteria while Jing Shaoyu and Na'er walked together beside Poseidon Lake.
• Na'er promised she would never leave Jing Shaoyu again, and they embraced by the lake.
• Gu Yue felt their intimacy while listening to Xu Xiaoyan in the cafeteria, then claimed she had bitten her tongue.

Jing Shaoyu and Na'er reunited by Poseidon Lake and confessed their romantic feelings through kisses. They parted at the ferry after Na'er revealed she could transfer to the Outer Academy within a month.

• Jing Shaoyu and Na'er kissed repeatedly, and Na'er teased him about his relationships with Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue.
• Na'er told Jing Shaoyu that she had awakened her martial soul after returning to her clan and had become Yun Ming's personal disciple at Shrek Academy.
• Na'er revealed that her Soul Power had reached rank thirty-five, and she gave Jing Shaoyu a kiss as his reward for guessing her cultivation.
• Jing Shaoyu healed Na'er's swollen lips with the life force of his Origin Spirit, and they spent the afternoon together by Poseidon Lake.
• Yun Ming stirred the lake to remind Na'er to return, and she told Jing Shaoyu that she could attend the Outer Academy within a month before sailing back to Sea God Island.

Yun Ming and Ya Li argued over Na'er’s feelings for Jing Shaoyu and decided to keep watching over her before Ya Li took Jing Shaoyu as her disciple. Jing Shaoyu reunited with Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan at the cafeteria, where his thoughts about Gu Yue and Na'er earned him a painful reprimand.

• Na'er complained to Ya Li that Yun Ming had forbidden her from spending time with Jing Shaoyu, but Ya Li sided with Yun Ming’s decision to keep her away until classes began in a month.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li discussed Jing Shaoyu’s romantic entanglements and postponed Ya Li’s plan to take him as a disciple until they could observe his character longer.
• Jing Shaoyu met Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan at the cafeteria and told Xu Xiaoyan that Na'er would join their class in about a month as a rank thirty-five Soul Elder.
• Jing Shaoyu introduced Gu Yue to Na'er in conversation, then privately imagined the two girls together, angering Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue silently pinched Jing Shaoyu under the table, making him scream.

Wu Zhangkong announced that the class would build mechas for its final task, but Jing Shaoyu’s group decided to pursue battle armor instead. They planned three months of preparation, and Jing Shaoyu began considering materials suited to his two opposing martial souls.

• Wu Zhangkong told the students to build mechas in their study groups and warned that the bottom five in the final exam would be expelled.
• Jing Shaoyu proposed that his group skip mechas and make battle armor, and Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Wu Siduo, and Mo Hentian agreed to the plan.
• Mo Hentian said he could master Spirit Refining in three months, so the group agreed to wait before beginning production.
• Jing Shaoyu assigned Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Siduo to find a large workshop, asked Gu Yue to lead the designs, and told everyone to choose their battle armor materials.
• Jing Shaoyu chose Origin Gold as his base material, while Xu Xiaoyan chose Star Iron for its compatibility with her Star Staff Martial Soul.

Jing Shaoyu discussed choosing Magic Silver for his Battle Armor and considered whether to pursue Two-Word Battle Armor. At the Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu abandoned her plans to manipulate his choices and encouraged him to accept Yun Ming or Ya Li as a disciple if they offered.

• Gu Yue told Jing Shaoyu that Leng Yaozhu could provide Spirit Forged Alloy for Two-Word or Three-Word Battle Armor, and they decided to wait until he spoke with his teacher before choosing.
• Leng Yaozhu summoned Jing Shaoyu to the Spirit Pagoda, where they discussed Shrek Academy, Poseidon Lake, and Na'er becoming Yun Ming's disciple.
• After learning about Na'er's new master, Leng Yaozhu jokingly proposed making Jing Shaoyu Yun Ming's disciple so that he and Gu Yue could eventually lead Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu told Jing Shaoyu she no longer wanted to direct his life and said he should accept Yun Ming or Ya Li as his master if either offered.

Jing Shaoyu agreed to begin designing Two-Word Battle Armor with Origin Gold, Life Spirit Iron, and Blood Copper, and Leng Yaozhu offered to arrange for Zhen Hua to forge the metals. Leng Yaozhu then shared Mo Hentian’s family history, leaving Jing Shaoyu surprised by her original name.

• Leng Yaozhu persuaded Jing Shaoyu that the timing was right to start Two-Word Battle Armor, and he agreed to pursue it directly.
• Jing Shaoyu chose Origin Gold, Life Spirit Iron, and Blood Copper for his armor alloy, and Leng Yaozhu said Zhen Hua could forge it as Spirit Refined Metal.
• Leng Yaozhu teased Jing Shaoyu about Wu Siduo and suggested he seek Yun Ming and Ya Li as teachers to help with his future battle armor.
• Leng Yaozhu gave Jing Shaoyu Mo Hentian’s file, which revealed that Mo Hentian’s parents died in a clash between the Mo Family and the Clear Sky Sect, leaving him orphaned and mistreated by his relatives.
• Leng Yaozhu told Jing Shaoyu that Mo Hentian had changed her name after awakening her Martial Soul and that her original name was Mo Shenmewe, stunning him.

Jing Shaoyu learned that Mo Hentian was a girl from the Mo Family and discussed the implications with Leng Yaozhu, then discovered his Mental Power had surged to the Spirit Abyss Realm after meeting a mysterious elder at Poseidon Lake. He returned to Shrek Academy ready to forge Two-Word Battle Armor and called his mother with the news that he had found Na'er.

• Leng Yaozhu told Jing Shaoyu that Mo Hentian was a girl whose Martial Soul was the Hate Heaven Hammer, and advised him to treat her as a boy for now.
• Jing Shaoyu told Leng Yaozhu that his Mental Power had broken through after meeting a White-Bearded Old Man by Poseidon Lake, and a test measured it at 14,111 points.
• Leng Yaozhu suspected the elder was connected to the Golden Tree and helped Jing Shaoyu study how to turn his Soul Power into Origin Soul Power for condensing his first Soul Core.
• Leng Yaozhu advised Jing Shaoyu to accept Ya Li's offer of discipleship if it came and suggested he also enter Yun Ming's tutelage.
• Jing Shaoyu returned to the academy and told Gu Yue he planned to forge Two-Word Battle Armor.
• Jing Shaoyu called Jing Ziyuan and told her that he had found Na'er, who was now a cadet at Shrek Academy.

After a month at Shrek Academy, Jing Shaoyu and his friends settled into class life while he waited in vain to see Na'er again. The chapter left Jing Shaoyu and his classmates preparing for another day of lessons, with no new meeting planned.

• Jing Shaoyu greeted Mo Hentian before joining Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue for breakfast.
• Xu Xiaoyan described the Vast Starry Sea Cultivation Space, and Jing Shaoyu offered her Contribution Points, which she refused.
• Gu Yue told Jing Shaoyu that she, Wu Siduo, and Mo Hentian had discussed Battle Armor designs, and he offered to help.
• Jing Shaoyu's team had secured their class monitor positions through challenge matches, including Jing Shaoyu's decisive defeat of Xu Yucheng.
• Xu Xiaoyan teased Wu Siduo, and Mo Hentian asked whether a class meeting was planned for that afternoon before returning to her seat.
• Xie Xie objected when Jing Shaoyu suggested lively personalities were less suited to Forging, citing Tang Wulin as an exception.

Shen Yi announced a first-year Grade Tournament against Second Year, and Wu Zhangkong urged the cadets to compete. The class welcomed three transfer students, including Na'er, who immediately chose to sit beside Jing Shaoyu.

• Shen Yi announced that the Grade Tournament would include team combat and contests in Forging, Design, Manufacturing, and Repair, with class committee members representing first year in an Exhibition Match.
• Wu Zhangkong chastised cadets who lacked the courage to compete, and Shen Yi assigned Jing Shaoyu to collect team registrations.
• Jing Shaoyu invited Wu Siduo to join a team, and Xu Xiaoyan gathered Mo Hentian and Gu Yue into a class committee team.
• Shen Yi returned with Na'er, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi, introducing them as transfer students to the class.
• Na'er walked to the front row and told a cadet to move so she could sit beside Brother.

Na'er and Gu Yue clashed over sitting beside Jing Shaoyu, but Shen Yi restrained them and moved them to the back, leaving Ye Xinglan to take Gu Yue’s seat. Afterward, Ye Xinglan asked to join Jing Shaoyu’s Grade Tournament team, and the others agreed.

• Na'er summoned her Silver Dragon Spear and demanded that Gu Yue move, but Gu Yue refused and summoned her own Martial Soul.
• Jing Shaoyu stepped between the girls, and Shen Yi restrained them with her Ring of Forbidden Law before ordering them to sit in the back.
• Na'er agreed to the punishment after Shen Yi threatened to report her to the Dean's Office, and Ye Xinglan took Gu Yue's former seat.
• Xu Xiaoyan suggested inviting Na'er to the team, and Jing Shaoyu said he would discuss it with her later.
• Ye Xinglan asked Jing Shaoyu to join his Grade Tournament team, and Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Siduo agreed, making her the team's seventh member.

Jing Shaoyu brought Gu Yue, Na'er, Ye Xinglan, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Siduo together for lunch, while Ye Xinglan joined Jing Shaoyu’s team instead of Xu Lizhi and Tang Wulin’s. The chapter left Gu Yue and Na’er agreeing to work together on Jing Shaoyu’s Battle Armor after he insisted they cooperate.

• Gu Yue and Na’er both invited Jing Shaoyu to lunch, so he invited Ye Xinglan and Xu Xiaoyan persuaded Wu Siduo to join them.
• Xu Lizhi joined Tang Wulin’s team, but Ye Xinglan told him she had joined Jing Shaoyu’s team, prompting Luo Guixing to reconsider their rivals’ strength.
• Shen Yi told Wu Zhangkong that Jing Na’er was related to Jing Shaoyu and described the clash between Na’er and Gu Yue.
• At lunch, Ye Xinglan introduced herself as a level-thirty-seven Assault-Type Battle Soul Grandmaster and Level 4 Mecha Manufacturer, while Na’er introduced herself as a level-thirty-five Assault-Type Battle Soul Grandmaster and Level 4 Mecha Designer.
• Jing Shaoyu ordered Gu Yue and Na’er to work together on his Battle Armor or let him design it himself, and both girls agreed to cooperate.

Xu Xiaoyan introduced the team members to Ye Xinglan, and Jing Shaoyu accompanied Na'er to Sea God Island to meet her teachers. After they arrived beneath the Golden Tree, Yun Ming suddenly blinded Jing Shaoyu and said he would speak with him privately.

• Xu Xiaoyan introduced Wu Siduo, Gu Yue, Jing Shaoyu, and the absent Mo Hentian, revealing their abilities and Martial Souls.
• After lunch, Na'er invited Jing Shaoyu to accompany her to Sea God Island to meet her teacher and his wife.
• Na'er and Jing Shaoyu crossed Poseidon Lake in a self-moving boat made from a branch of the Golden Tree.
• Jing Shaoyu admired Sea God Island's natural aura and rare plants, while Na'er offered to ask her teacher to let him stay there.
• Na'er greeted Yun Ming and Ya Li beneath the Golden Tree, and Yun Ming blinded Jing Shaoyu to take him aside for a private conversation.

Yun Ming tested Jing Shaoyu’s intentions and strength before allowing him to pursue Na'er. He set a condition: Jing Shaoyu must defeat him before he will stop opposing their relationship, though Na'er can interact with Jing Shaoyu until then.

• Yun Ming brought Jing Shaoyu to the crown of the Golden Tree and questioned why he had come to Shrek Academy as Leng Yaozhu’s disciple.
• Jing Shaoyu said he rejected the Spirit Pagoda and Tang Sect because he wanted freedom, and that he was glad to reunite with Na'er.
• Jing Shaoyu declared that he would not give up Na'er or the other girls, and said he would use his strength to overcome anyone who opposed them.
• Yun Ming pressed Jing Shaoyu with his aura and argued that a Healer Soul Master could not protect the women or himself through strength alone.
• Jing Shaoyu revealed his twin martial souls, summoning the Endless Godslaying Spear to break Yun Ming’s pressure.
• Yun Ming agreed to let Na'er interact with Jing Shaoyu but said he must defeat Yun Ming before Yun Ming would stop opposing their relationship.

Jing Shaoyu reunited with Na'er and Ya Li, then showed Yun Ming his two contrasting Martial Souls. Their resemblance to Yun Ming and Ya Li stirred Ya Li's longing for a child, while Jing Shaoyu began to suspect the secret of his origins.

• Na'er rushed to Jing Shaoyu and worried that Yun Ming had mistreated him, while Ya Li welcomed him as family.
• Yun Ming asked Jing Shaoyu to summon his Endless Godslaying Spear, and Ya Li recoiled from its apocalyptic aura.
• Jing Shaoyu demonstrated that he could manifest the Endless Godslaying Spear and Origin Spirit Martial Souls together, astonishing Yun Ming.
• Ya Li and Yun Ming recognized that Jing Shaoyu's healing and spear Martial Souls resembled the powers they had imagined their child might inherit.
• Yun Ming sent Na'er and Jing Shaoyu back to the Outer Academy, and Jing Shaoyu left wondering whether he truly was an orphan.
• After they departed, Ya Li excitedly began speaking to Yun Ming about her feelings, and he comforted her.

Jing Shaoyu reassured Na'er that he could not give up Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, and she agreed to reconnect with Jing Ziyuan and Lin Xin. Leng Yaozhu agreed to let Yun Ming take Jing Shaoyu as his disciple, while Wu Zhangkong imposed restrictions on Jing Shaoyu's team for the class selection tournament.

• Jing Shaoyu told Na'er he could not live without Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, and Na'er reluctantly accepted their place in his life.
• Jing Shaoyu suggested that Na'er call Jing Ziyuan and Lin Xin, and Na'er happily agreed.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li asked Leng Yaozhu to let Yun Ming take Jing Shaoyu as his disciple, and Leng Yaozhu agreed on the condition that Jing Shaoyu acknowledge only Yun Ming as his master.
• Jing Shaoyu submitted the teams for the class selection tournament, and Wu Zhangkong announced that Ye Xinglan and Jing Na'er could not compete in it and that Jing Shaoyu could not summon Plant Soul Beasts.
• Luo Guixing and Xu Yucheng felt humiliated by the restrictions and resolved to win the tournament.

Shrek Academy held an actual-combat selection tournament to choose the first-year team for the upcoming Grade Tournament. Tang Wulin and Luo Guixing’s team reached the final and prepared to face Jing Shaoyu’s Class Committee Group, while Ye Xinglan and Jing Na’er remained barred from competing.

• Shen Yi announced the real-fight tournament and warned students that withdrawing would cost five points; no one withdrew.
• The students marched to the Sparring Arena, where Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li agreed to referee and protect the competitors.
• Wu Zhangkong explained the single-elimination rules, with the sixteen non-committee teams competing for a chance to challenge the Class Committee Group.
• Ya Li healed and protected the students through four rounds of matches, and Tang Wulin and Luo Guixing’s team emerged as the finalists.
• Luo Guixing asked to lift the ban on Ye Xinglan and Jing Na’er, but Wu Zhangkong denied the request before the final match began.