Chapter Summaries

Jing Shaoyu accepted Luo Guixing’s challenge to a class sparring match and learned that the teachers planned a second-year exchange event with the Third Year later in the year. He left focused on battle armor crafting and preparing for the afternoon match.

• Luo Guixing challenged Jing Shaoyu to a friendly match between the Tang Luo Team and the Class Committee Team, and Jing Shaoyu agreed to spar that afternoon without using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Jing Shaoyu told Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, Wu Siduo, Gu Yue, Na’er, and Mo Hentian about the match, and they agreed to take part.
• Wu Zhangkong agreed to referee the spar and told Jing Shaoyu that the academy planned a second-year exchange event with the Third Year, likely in the second half of the year.
• Wu Zhangkong urged Jing Shaoyu’s team to improve their battle armor, warning that their odds against the Third Year would fall below thirty percent if battle armor was considered.
• Jing Shaoyu shared the news with his companions at the workshop, then led them toward lunch before their afternoon spar with Tang Wulin and Luo Guixing’s group.

Jing Shaoyu Team crushed Tang Wulin Team in a brief sparring match at Shrek Academy, exposing the gap between their strength. Tang Wulin’s team accepted the defeat, while Jing Shaoyu’s team returned to its workshop and Wu Zhangkong stayed to critique the losers.

• Jing Shaoyu and Tang Wulin brought their teams to the Sparring Arena, where Wu Zhangkong ordered them to begin.
• Tang Wulin charged forward with his teammates, while Jing Shaoyu strengthened his front line with the Staff of Stars.
• Na'er, Ye Xinglan, and Mo Hentian engaged Tang Wulin, Xu Yucheng, and Yang Nianxia as Xu Xiaoyan trapped the opposing team with Starlight, Brilliance.
• Tang Wulin broke free with Golden Dragon Overlord Body, but the follow-up Star Wheel Chains sealed Tang Wulin Team’s defeat in about a minute.
• Jing Shaoyu comforted Tang Wulin and Luo Guixing, and Wu Zhangkong dismissed the spectators before keeping Tang Wulin Team behind for a critique.

Jing Shaoyu met Long Yeyue and learned more about his fellow academy members before returning to the Outer Academy dormitory. There, Mo Hentian asked him to pass along Yuan En Yehui’s request for Gu Yue to design his Two-Word Battle Armor.

• Jing Shaoyu’s cultivation advanced steadily, and his dormant Pseudo-Core began resonating as he neared the Soul King realm.
• Ya Li took Jing Shaoyu to meet Long Yeyue, who agreed to let him address her as martial aunt.
• Jing Shaoyu learned that the visitors Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng were the Inner Academy’s eldest senior brother and sister, and that they were married Soul Douluo and Three-Word Battle Armor masters.
• Jing Shaoyu returned to the dormitory and learned that Yue Zhengyu had been paying Yuan En Yehui to keep challenging him, giving Yuan En money for rare metals.
• Mo Hentian told Jing Shaoyu that Yuan En wanted Gu Yue to design his Two-Word Battle Armor, and Jing Shaoyu agreed to ask her.

Jing Shaoyu joined a Mecha Exchange Competition after demonstrating his skill in mecha class, where he defeated three upperclassmen and won a Purple Level Mecha. The chapter ended with his easy victory in the final match.

• Jing Shaoyu impressed Duan Shang with his practiced mecha control, then agreed to compete for the prize of a custom-built Purple Level Mecha.
• Jing Shaoyu visited the exchange exhibition with Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Siduo, where they saw the Red Level Mecha Rainbow Moon and heard it had been made by Xue Lin for his deceased beloved, Ji Yuehong.
• Jing Shaoyu entered the competition, which required contestants to fight using training units, and faced seven other Shrek Academy cadets.
• Jing Shaoyu defeated a third-year cadet with his spear in the first round and sent a second-year cadet out in the second round.
• Jing Shaoyu knocked his fifth-year opponent's spear away in the final and won the Purple Level Mecha.

Jing Shaoyu broke through to Soul King atop the Golden Tree, formed his fifth Soul Ring and first Soul Core, then drifted into a mysterious gray space. He followed a strange urge toward a green light and lost consciousness when it flared before him.

• Jing Shaoyu entered Unity of Heaven and Man and broke through to level fifty while Yun Ming concealed the commotion.
• Jing Shaoyu condensed his fifth black Soul Ring as his Origin Spirit Martial Soul grew a third pair of wings.
• Jing Shaoyu transformed his pseudo Soul Core into his first Soul Core, surpassing Yun Ming, who had formed his own first Soul Core at Soul Saint.
• Jing Shaoyu's consciousness wandered into a featureless gray space where he could not contact his Martial Souls.
• Jing Shaoyu followed an urge forward until he found a green light, which suddenly shone brightly and left him in a hazy state.

Jing Shaoyu encountered a mysterious green-dressed woman in a life-filled realm and later concluded she was the Goddess of Life. He woke beside Yun Ming, excited by the possibility that her favor could help protect him and those he cared about.

• Jing Shaoyu followed a winding path through a vibrant realm and found a green-dressed woman playing a Jade Flute.
• The woman welcomed Jing Shaoyu affectionately and played a lullaby that lulled him to sleep on her legs.
• Jing Shaoyu woke beside Yun Ming and recalled that his experience had been real, leaving him confused by his bond with the woman.
• Jing Shaoyu reasoned that the woman was likely the Goddess of Life and felt hopeful that her favor could help him resist a certain Tang's scheme.
• Yun Ming asked Jing Shaoyu what gain had made his aura restless.

After reaching Soul King, Jing Shaoyu demonstrated his new soul skills and abilities to Yun Ming, Ya Li, and Na'er. He revealed powerful group enhancements, Light and Ice abilities, and an elemental-stripping domain, while leaving the meaning of his new Ocean Monarch talent uncertain.

• Jing Shaoyu returned with Yun Ming to the wooden house, where Ya Li and Na'er congratulated him on becoming a fourteen-year-old Soul King.
• Jing Shaoyu demonstrated Scarlet Halo, which enhanced strength, defense, attributes, and Soul Power while reducing pain perception.
• Jing Shaoyu revealed his Light Element immunity and Radiance Art, which blinded targets and purified dark or evil demonic energy.
• Jing Shaoyu showed Ice Concealment Art, which filled the house with cold mist that concealed figures and auras and blocked Mental Power detection.
• Jing Shaoyu explained that his Water Monarch talent had advanced to Ocean Monarch, granting Ice Element immunity and the ability to communicate with the ocean.
• Jing Shaoyu used Forbidden Law Domain to strip elemental power from the surrounding area, preventing others from using elemental abilities unless their Soul Power exceeded his by ten ranks.

After reaching Soul King, Jing Shaoyu revealed his new Wood Spirit ability and discovered he could transform the Heart of Eternity into a portable Seed of Eternity. He learned the academy’s first- and second-year students would challenge the third year in a grade exchange match in two months.

• Jing Shaoyu explained that Wood Spirit Summoning let him summon stronger Plant Soul Beasts, including the oceanic Seven-Colored Seagod Grass, which could heal, purify, and remove control effects.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li discussed taking Jing Shaoyu and Na'er to travel the ocean, and Jing Shaoyu said he would stabilize his cultivation before using the Ice Dragon Tendon to awaken Po Ya.
• Jing Shaoyu discovered he could control the Heart of Eternity, transformed it into a Seed of Eternity, and stored it in his Sea of Spirit for safekeeping.
• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi learned Jing Shaoyu had become a fourteen-year-old Soul King when he came to Wu Zhangkong’s office.
• Wu Zhangkong told Jing Shaoyu that the first and second years would challenge the third year in two months, with five combat matches, and asked him to coordinate the lineup with the Second Year Class Monitor.

Jing Shaoyu took Ye Xinglan on a date that became their first Harmonization Cultivation, successfully merging their Soul Power into Yu Lan Power. After a night of cultivation, Ye Xinglan felt closer to Jing Shaoyu and asked to cultivate with him regularly.

• Jing Shaoyu and Yuan En Yehui agreed that the first and second years would decide leadership for their challenge against the third year through a match, which the first year won decisively.
• Jing Shaoyu took a nervous Ye Xinglan on a date, while Wu Siduo watched them leave and complained about Jing Shaoyu.
• Xu Lizhi thought he saw Ye Xinglan enter a Couples Hotel with Jing Shaoyu, but Tang Wulin doubted him and urged him to ask her directly.
• At the hotel, Ye Xinglan misunderstood their plans and began undressing, but Jing Shaoyu explained that they would cultivate instead.
• Jing Shaoyu and Ye Xinglan completed their first Harmonization Cultivation, forming crystalline yellow Yu Lan Power and cultivating through the night.
• Ye Xinglan said their cultivation had greatly improved her efficiency and asked Jing Shaoyu to cultivate with her regularly; she left the hotel holding his hand.

Jing Shaoyu accompanied Mo Hentian to Heaven Dou City, where she accepted Zhen Hua as her forging master. Their visit was interrupted by a Saint Blacksmith named Chang Gongyan, who challenged the association’s younger generation through his young disciple, leaving Jing Shaoyu curious about what would happen next.

• Jing Shaoyu drove Mo Hentian to Heaven Dou City to visit Zhen Hua, partly to avoid choosing among the four girls who wanted to spend his rest day with him.
• At the Blacksmith Association, Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian met Tang Wulin and Mu Ye, and Mo Hentian accepted Zhen Hua as her master.
• Jing Shaoyu ate Mu Ye’s cooking with Mo Hentian and Tang Wulin before an urgent message reported a forging challenge at the association.
• Zhen Hua and Mu Ye went to the lobby with Jing Shaoyu, Mo Hentian, and Tang Wulin, where Chang Gongyan challenged the association’s younger blacksmiths on behalf of his disciple.
• Jing Shaoyu recognized the encounter as part of events from the Original Work and wondered whether Tang Wulin would still be abducted by Evil Soul Masters and who would save him.

Chang Gongyan challenged the Blacksmith Association to a forging contest, and Mo Hentian decisively defeated his disciple Lin Yuhan in both rounds. As Zhen Hua graciously accepted Chang Gongyan’s defeat, Jing Shaoyu sensed imminent danger and shouted a warning.

• Chang Gongyan challenged Zhen Hua and proposed that Lin Yuhan compete against a Blacksmith Association member under twenty.
• Zhen Hua accepted the contest and chose his disciple Mo Hentian to represent the association.
• Mo Hentian used his Hate Heaven Hammer Martial Soul to defeat Lin Yuhan in the first round by refining Blue Womb Copper faster and to higher purity.
• Mo Hentian spirit-forged Origin Gold in three hammer blows during the second round, leaving Lin Yuhan unable to continue.
• Chang Gongyan admitted defeat, and Zhen Hua welcomed him to join the association without forcing him.
• Jing Shaoyu sensed deadly danger near Zhen Hua and Chang Gongyan and shouted for them to be careful.

An assassin struck Zhen Hua at the Blacksmith Association, but Jing Shaoyu and Mu Ye stopped her from killing more people. Zhen Hua brought Chang Gongyan and the others to his office to investigate, where Jing Shaoyu healed his wound completely.

• A scarlet sword pierced Zhen Hua's shoulder, and Mu Ye intercepted it before the assassin could attack the crowd.
• The assassin reappeared behind Mu Ye and attacked Jing Shaoyu, who drove her off with Heaven Phoenix True Fire; she escaped after throwing Tang Wulin to Mu Ye.
• Zhen Hua accused Chang Gongyan of arranging the assassination, while Chang Gongyan and Lin Yuhan denied responsibility.
• Zhen Hua took Chang Gongyan, Lin Yuhan, Jing Shaoyu, and Mo Hentian to his office, and Mu Ye carried the unconscious Tang Wulin after them.
• Jing Shaoyu used his healing abilities to restore Zhen Hua's pierced shoulder, impressing the association president.

Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian were ambushed on the expressway by three Evil Soul Master Soul Douluo, and Jing transformed Zero Machine God to fight them. The chapter left one attacker blasted by Jing’s Annihilation Energy Bullets as the other two cried out to him.

• Zhen Hua confirmed Chang Gongyan’s identity and learned that Ning Fengzhi had incited him to challenge Zhen Hua.
• Jing Shaoyu suspected Ning Fengzhi was an Evil Soul Master, and Zhen Hua began planning a counterattack while Chang Gongyan and his disciple stayed at the Blacksmith Association.
• Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian drove away in Zero Machine God, but a black sedan rammed them and three flying Soul Masters attacked with a cannon shell.
• Jing transformed Zero Machine God into mecha form and realized that the three attackers were Soul Douluo and likely Evil Soul Masters.
• The attackers restrained Zero Machine God with chains, but Jing fired two Annihilation Energy Bullets and struck one of them.

Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian fought the eldest Evil Soul Master after Zero Machine God crippled Third Brother, but the Soul Douluo’s eighth Soul Skill trapped them in a deadly cage. With Mo Hentian holding on to Jing Shaoyu, a scarlet burst shattered the cage and interrupted the attack.

• Third Brother survived Zero Machine God’s two Annihilation Energy Bullets but lost both legs and suffered severe injuries, prompting Big Brother and Second Brother to attack Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian.
• Jing Shaoyu ejected himself and Mo Hentian from Zero Machine God, and they used their Martial Souls to defend themselves against the brothers’ chains.
• Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian fought Big Brother together, while Jing Shaoyu struck him with Nightmare Calamity Moonbreak and forced him to break free from its attack.
• Big Brother unleashed his eighth Soul Skill, forming a vast cage of chains that gradually overwhelmed Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian.
• Jing Shaoyu told Mo Hentian to hold on to him, and her embrace preceded a scarlet burst that shattered the chain cage.

Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian defeated three Evil Soul Masters, but Federation Major Chen Xiaojie tried to detain them because they were Shrek Academy cadets. The other law enforcement officers withdrew, leaving Chen Xiaojie and one supportive First Lieutenant facing the two students.

• Jing Shaoyu used Yun Ming’s Heaven-Supporting soul skill to obliterate two Evil Soul Masters, while the third died at the scene.
• Chen Xiaojie and the Heaven Dou Law Enforcement Team arrived, and Jing Shaoyu identified himself and Mo Hentian as Shrek Academy cadets attacked by three Evil Soul Masters.
• After a First Lieutenant verified their account, Chen Xiaojie demanded that the students return with him and accused them of being spies.
• Jing Shaoyu realized Chen Xiaojie was targeting them out of prejudice against Shrek Academy and challenged his authority.
• Chen Xiaojie threatened to kill the students, prompting most of his team to leave; he then challenged Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian to defeat him to earn their freedom.

Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to fight Chen Xiaojie, but a Titled Douluo intervened and nearly destroyed their fused form. Yun Ming arrived, rescued the Shrek Academy cadets, and took Chen Xiaojie away, ordering his grandfather Chen Xinjie to claim him at Sea God Pavilion.

• Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian embraced and transformed into a ten-meter-tall Blood-colored God of Slaughter.
• The fused warrior broke Chen Xiaojie's water attacks and struck him down despite his Two-Word Battle Armor and Vast Sea True Body.
• A Titled Douluo caught the Blood-colored God of Slaughter's halberd, then dispersed the fusion with a Blue-Scaled Giant Palm.
• Yun Ming shattered the old man's attack, seized Chen Xiaojie, and confronted the old man, who revealed that Chen Xinjie was his master.
• Yun Ming tossed Chen Xiaojie at the old man's feet, ordered Chen Xinjie to claim him at Sea God Pavilion, and departed with Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian.

Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian returned to their dormitory after Yun Ming dealt with Chen Xiaojie, where Mo Hentian revealed her true appearance and the painful history behind her name. She decided to remain in their dormitory, and Jing Shaoyu promised to help her avenge her parents.

• Yun Ming sent Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian back to the Outer Academy, keeping Chen Xiaojie in Sea God Pavilion and planning to make Chen Xinjie pay.
• Jing Shaoyu told Mo Hentian he already knew she was a girl because Leng Yaozhu had told him.
• Mo Hentian changed into her female appearance, and Jing Shaoyu praised her beauty.
• Mo Hentian said she did not want to change dormitories, and Jing Shaoyu urged her to tell Gu Yue, Xiao Yan, and their companions the truth.
• Mo Hentian explained that her former name was Mo Xuewei and that she adopted the name Mo Hentian after her parents died when she was five, vowing revenge on the Clear Sky Sect.
• Jing Shaoyu apologized for asking about her past and promised to help Mo Hentian avenge her parents.

Chen Xinjie learned that Yun Ming had taken his grandson Chen Xiaojie to Shrek Academy after Xiaojie attacked Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian, and he arranged for Ze Yu to retrieve him rather than go himself. Meanwhile, Jing Shaoyu learned how Mo Hentian disguised herself, and Old Woman discovered that the noisy prisoner on Sea God Island was Chen Xinjie’s grandson.

• A subordinate told Chen Xinjie that Zhen Hua had survived an attack by a powerful Evil Soul Master, and Chen Xinjie began discussing a response to the suspected Holy Spirit Cult resurgence.
• Chen Xinjie’s guardian reported that Yun Ming had taken Chen Xiaojie to Shrek Academy after Xiaojie attacked Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian and the guardian intervened.
• Chen Xinjie confirmed Jing Shaoyu’s identity, then wrote a letter asking Ze Yu to bring Xiaojie back from Shrek Academy.
• Jing Shaoyu asked Mo Hentian about her male disguise, and she explained that her Sky Fox Martial Soul and Soul Bone let her create illusions.
• Mo Hentian asked to cultivate with Jing Shaoyu, and he agreed they could do so after their mission that night.
• Chen Xiaojie shouted from a wooden house on Sea God Island, and Old Woman learned that the prisoner was Vast Sea Douluo’s grandson.

After Mo Hentian revealed that she was a girl, Jing Shaoyu explained how he had learned the truth and the group discussed their Martial Soul Fusion Skills. Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian later completed Dual Cultivation, producing a new blood-red Soul Power.

• Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, Na'er, Wu Siduo, and Ye Xinglan reacted with shock to Mo Hentian's female form, and Na'er and Xu Xiaoyan asked Jing Shaoyu whether he had known.
• Jing Shaoyu explained what had happened on the journey back from Heaven Dou City, and the group discussed how many of the girls could perform Martial Soul Fusion Skills with him.
• Na'er claimed that five girls could fuse with Jing Shaoyu, leaving Wu Siduo as the only one without a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him; Wu Siduo brushed off their concern and redirected everyone to their battle armor work.
• After the evening's work, Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian returned to their dormitory and agreed to try Dual Cultivation in her room.
• Jing Shaoyu corrected Mo Hentian's misunderstanding about Dual Cultivation, and they completed the process, creating a blood-red Soul Power with traits of both their Martial Souls.

Jing Shaoyu tried and failed to perform Martial Soul Fusion with Na'er, leaving her heartbroken. He reassured her by declaring how much she meant to him and entrusted her with his Heart of Eternity, which she absorbed into her own body to protect him.

• Jing Shaoyu and Mo Hentian woke together after cultivating late into the night, then joined Gu Yue and the others for breakfast.
• Jing Shaoyu and Na'er went to Sea God Island, where Na'er asked why he could perform Martial Soul Fusion with others but not with her.
• Jing Shaoyu and Na'er tried to merge their Soul Power, but their auras remained separate, and Na'er grew despairing.
• Jing Shaoyu comforted Na'er by telling her she was his beloved younger sister and forbidding her to give up on herself.
• Jing Shaoyu revealed the Heart of Eternity and entrusted it to Na'er, who absorbed it into her body so her heart could protect his.