Chapter Summaries

After Xu Xiaoyan’s control helped the girls’ team defeat the boys, the group ended coordination training and went their separate ways. Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na walked together through Mingdu, where they decided to find a restaurant and Lu Jun felt an unfamiliar attraction to her.

• Xu Xiaoyan’s control disabled Lu Jun, allowing Yuanen Yehui and Gu Yue Na to defeat the boys’ team in under a minute.
• The teams discussed the match, and Gu Yue Na explained that the girls had to target Lu Jun because of his powerful abilities.
• Lu Jun dismissed everyone after training and reminded them that they would face Teacher Wu again in three days.
• Xie Xie walked out with Yuanen Yehui, while Lu Jun left with Gu Yue Na; Yue Zhengyu and Long Chen resolved to train harder.
• Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na walked through Mingdu, agreed to find a restaurant, and Lu Jun noticed his growing attraction to her.

Gu Yue Na followed Zi Ji’s advice and dressed to attract Lu Jun’s attention, then accompanied him to a restaurant. Lu Jun tried to stay focused on his plans while Gu Yue Na prepared to ask what he thought about Spirit Beasts.

• Zi Ji advised Gu Yue Na to take the initiative, use an energetic style, and attract Lu Jun’s attention as part of her plan to befriend him.
• Gu Yue Na chose the athletic style and felt encouraged when Lu Jun briefly looked at her.
• Lu Jun tried to suppress his attraction to Gu Yue Na and used his divine eyes to consider potential targets for changing people’s faith.
• Gu Yue Na asked whether Lu Jun had been thinking about Xu Xiaoyan’s control or Yuanen Yehui’s fists, and Lu Jun changed the subject.
• Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na arrived at a restaurant, where she planned to test his views on Spirit Beasts.

Yun Ming and the Shrek Academy Elders discussed Cai Yue'er’s disappearance and the threat of Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy’s upcoming live challenge. As the meeting ended, Zang Xin suggested Shrek could draw on the stored data of its legendary founding heroes.

• Yun Ming asked where Cai Yue'er had gone, and the Elders feared she had been killed.
• Zang Xin reported that Tang Sect intelligence pointed to the Divine Artifact holder behind the Maple Leaf City Incident as Cai Yue'er's likely killer.
• Zang Xin warned that Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy would challenge Shrek Academy in a live broadcast one month later.
• Yun Ming showed the Elders the opposing team’s roster, whose members included several highly ranked young geniuses and a fifteen-year-old Soul King, Yuanen Yehui.
• Zang Xin reminded Yun Ming and the Elders that Shrek’s database contained the heroic spirits of its ancestors, including the founding Shrek Seven Monsters at their peak.

Shrek and the Tang Sect devised a plan to protect Shrek’s reputation while secretly targeting Lu Jun, though Zang Xin withheld the details. Meanwhile, Lu Jun paid for dinner with Gu Yue Na and wiped dessert from her lips, leaving her overwhelmed by unfamiliar feelings.

• Shrek’s Elders proposed having Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy challenge the Founding Shrek Seven Monsters instead of Shrek’s current students.
• Yun Ming warned that Lu Jun might defeat even the legendary ancestors and make Shrek’s defeat more disastrous.
• Zang Xin claimed the Tang Sect had a contingency to isolate or eliminate Lu Jun, destabilize the Spirit Pagoda and Federation, and reclaim a Divine Artifact, but he did not reveal the method.
• Gu Yue Na became distracted by the restaurant’s food and forgot the deeper conversation she had planned with Lu Jun.
• Lu Jun paid for dinner and gently wiped sauce from Gu Yue Na’s lips, leaving her stunned by the unfamiliar sensation.

Gu Yue Na tried to find a way to reveal her knowledge of Lu Jun's identity and invite him to see her family's ancient records, but Zi Ji interrupted with news that the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy had publicly exposed him as a sentient Divine Artifact spirit. The chapter ended as Lu Jun learned that the revelation had ignited public outrage across the internet.

• Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na left the restaurant and walked through Mingdu, while Gu Yue Na struggled to decide how to tell him what she knew.
• Gu Yue Na messaged Zi Ji for advice, then asked Lu Jun how much he knew about the true history of the Douluo Continent.
• Gu Yue Na invited Lu Jun to see her family's ancient records and asked whether he knew of the true Dragon Clan.
• Zi Ji called Gu Yue Na and reported that the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy had issued an Emergency Notice identifying Lu Jun as a Divine Artifact spirit disguised as a human youth.
• Zi Ji told Gu Yue Na that the revelation had caused public opinion across the internet to explode.

After the Tang Sect and Shrek announced Lu Jun’s identity, Gu Yue Na feared that the continent’s forces would target him. Leng Yulai summoned him to an emergency Spirit Pagoda meeting, and he left despite Gu Yue Na’s desperate attempt to hold him back.

• Gu Yue Na heard the announcement and feared Lu Jun would be hunted and their peaceful life would end.
• Leng Yulai arrived and told Lu Jun that the Pagoda Master had ordered him to return to headquarters for an emergency meeting.
• Lu Jun calmly agreed to go, while Gu Yue Na grabbed his clothes and begged him not to leave.
• Lu Jun gently pried Gu Yue Na’s hand loose, told her to wait at the academy, and left with Leng Yulai.
• Gu Yue Na watched them disappear and silently cried beneath the fireworks.

Gu Yue Na regained her adult form and vowed to protect Lu Jun as he and Leng Yulai headed to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters for the council. Leng Yulai revealed that she knew Lu Jun had saved her in Maple Leaf City and confronted him about his identity as a human formed through Divine Artifact Transformation.

• Gu Yue Na transformed into her adult Silver Dragon King form and swore to protect Lu Jun.
• Gu Yue Na contacted Zi Ji, who told her Di Tian had gone to the secret Supreme Council at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, but its agenda was unknown.
• Leng Yulai led Lu Jun through Mingdu toward the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters as fireworks continued overhead.
• Leng Yulai told Lu Jun she knew he had saved her in Maple Leaf City, recognizing the Ultimate Ice he left in her body.
• Leng Yulai said she had not expected Lu Jun to be a human formed through Divine Artifact Transformation.

Leng Yulai warned Lu Jun that the emergency Supreme Council was a tribunal that could get him killed and urged him to flee, but he calmly insisted on returning to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters. Leng Yulai promised to protect him if the council attacked, and they walked together toward the headquarters as the danger remained uncertain.

• Leng Yulai told Lu Jun that the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy had publicly exposed him and that the Supreme Council meeting was effectively a tribunal.
• Leng Yulai urged Lu Jun to flee Mingdu, but Lu Jun said leaving would make him look guilty and insisted they return to headquarters.
• Leng Yulai embraced Lu Jun and vowed to protect him and help him escape if the council attacked.
• Lu Jun thanked Leng Yulai, said saving her in Maple Leaf City had been worth it, and headed toward Spirit Pagoda Headquarters with her.

Leng Yulai brought Lu Jun into a Spirit Pagoda conference attended by powerful human and Spirit Beast leaders, where Ha Luosa silently promised to protect him. Lu Jun learned that Di Yue, an Emperor Beast and one of the Four Great Spirit Transfer Envoys, was present, while Di Tian warned her not to draw attention to herself.

• Ha Luosa emerged from gray mist, promised Lu Jun that no one would touch him, and escorted him and Leng Yulai toward the meeting.
• Qiangu Dongfeng, Qiangu Qingfeng, and other members of the Qiangu Family watched as Lu Jun entered the conference room.
• Lu Jun recognized Di Tian, who sat beside Di Yue, the Spirit Pagoda's revered Emperor Beast envoy.
• Leng Yulai explained Di Yue's status and auspicious power to Lu Jun as Di Yue studied him with curiosity.
• Di Tian warned Di Yue to behave herself and avoid drawing attention from the gathered human powers.

At a Spirit Pagoda meeting, Qiangu Dongfeng presented the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy’s accusation that Lu Jun was a Divine Artifact Transformation, then asked the attendees to respond. The meeting was left with Leng Yaozhu denouncing the notice as a smear campaign and Qiangu Dongfeng agreeing that it could be intended to provoke internal strife.

• Di Yue withdrew her attention from Lu Jun in public, while Leng Yaozhu and several Holy Spirit Cult figures gathered around him.
• Gui Yan arrived, and Lu Jun sensed that he had reached Level 99 and suspected his mask concealed his cultivation.
• Qiangu Dongfeng ended Gui Yan’s investigation and opened the meeting by displaying the emergency notice accusing Lu Jun of being a returning Divine Artifact Transformation.
• Leng Yaozhu called the notice a conspiracy to damage the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and remove Lu Jun from the coming Live Broadcast.
• Qiangu Dongfeng agreed that the accusation’s timing and motives were suspicious and warned that accepting it could cause internal chaos.

At a Spirit Pagoda conference, Han Tianyi challenged Leng Yaozhu’s account of Lu Jun’s origins and pressed Lu Jun to question his own survival. Leng Yaozhu stood by her story and rebuked Han, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Qiangu Dongfeng suggested that Shrek and the Tang Sect might have had real evidence about Lu Jun’s identity, drawing the conference’s attention back to him.
• Han Tianyi supported Qiangu Dongfeng and demanded that Leng Yaozhu explain how well she knew Lu Jun’s background.
• Leng Yaozhu recounted finding Lu Jun as an infant in the Extreme North and said his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul had protected him.
• Han Tianyi challenged the story as implausible and asked Lu Jun whether he doubted his own survival.
• Lu Jun ignored Han Tianyi’s interrogation, and Leng Yaozhu reaffirmed his background before accusing Han of seeing conspiracies everywhere.

At a Spirit Pagoda meeting, Han Tianyi challenged Lu Jun’s identity, and Qiangu Dongfeng ordered him to prove himself to quiet public outrage. Di Tian proposed examining Lu Jun with the Pagoda’s instruments or through an expert’s inspection, and Han Tianyi eagerly demanded that Lu Jun submit to the test.

• Han Tianyi erupted at Leng Yaozhu, but Qiangu Dongfeng silenced him and warned him not to disrupt the meeting.
• Lu Jun assessed the Spirit Pagoda’s divided factions and understood how its internal balance was maintained.
• Qiangu Dongfeng told Lu Jun he needed to prove himself, and Lu Jun calmly agreed to cooperate.
• Qiangu Dongfeng asked Beast God Di Tian how to verify Lu Jun’s identity without worsening tensions.
• Di Tian suggested testing Lu Jun’s life origin and energy with precision instruments or having an expert examine him.
• Han Tianyi demanded that Lu Jun accept an examination, hoping to establish that he was a divine artifact the Spirit Pagoda could control.

Lu Jun allowed Han Tianyi to examine him while secretly using the Ice Abyss Sword's Divine Power to scan and subtly influence everyone in the conference room. As the tests began, Gu Yue Na sensed his plan from outside and realized he was guiding the experts toward conclusions that matched their expectations.

• Leng Yaozhu was about to object when Lu Jun opened his eyes and calmly agreed to cooperate with Han Tianyi's examination.
• Lu Jun used the Ice Abyss Sword's Divine Power to scan the conference room, assess the experts, and confirm that none could see through his disguise.
• Lu Jun sensed Gu Yue Na waiting outside the conference room in her adult form, ready to intervene if the situation changed.
• Han Tianyi ordered the highest-precision detection equipment brought in and had it test Lu Jun on the platform.
• Gu Yue Na sensed Lu Jun subtly planting psychological suggestions in the experts and instruments, steering them toward interpretations that fit their expectations.

Han Tianyi’s examination confirmed that Lu Jun was human, but revealed extraordinary cultivation that stunned the conference room. Han Tianyi then accused Lu Jun of being linked to the Divine Artifact and the Maple Leaf City Incident, and Leng Yulai challenged his claim.

• Han Tianyi scanned Lu Jun with advanced devices, which confirmed he was human and recorded his Soul Core, powerful cultivation, Ultimate Ice, and rare Soul Bones.
• The elders and Qiangu Dongfeng were shocked by Lu Jun’s abilities, while Han Tianyi rejected the results as impossible.
• Qiangu Dongfeng declared that Lu Jun was human, and Gu Yue Na watched from outside the room with relief and astonishment at how completely Lu Jun concealed that he was a Divine Artifact.
• Han Tianyi argued that Lu Jun’s Ultimate Ice made him suspicious and suggested he caused the Maple Leaf City Incident.
• Leng Yulai objected that Lu Jun had been at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy during the incident and later spent half a year in Deep Meditation.

The Spirit Pagoda’s leaders concluded that Lu Jun was human and innocent, rejecting claims that he was a Divine Artifact or a transformed Spirit Beast. Qiangu Dongfeng proposed a final close-range inspection of Lu Jun’s internal condition, leaving the meeting poised to probe him directly.

• Han Tianyi argued that Lu Jun might be a Divine Artifact, but Gui Yan said his investigation cleared Lu Jun of involvement in the Maple Leaf City Incident.
• Qiangu Dongfeng announced that the tests showed Lu Jun was human and that the evidence indicated his innocence.
• Lu Jun stayed calm, confident that the Ice Abyss Sword’s disguise concealed its true nature from the investigators.
• An Old Offering questioned whether Lu Jun was a transformed Spirit Beast, but Qiangu Qingfeng and Di Tian rejected the possibility.
• Qiangu Dongfeng proposed that the Spirit Pagoda’s leaders, councilors, and offerings inspect Lu Jun’s Soul Power, Life Origin, spiritual core, and Sea of Consciousness themselves.

Lu Jun used Divine Power to steer the gathered experts into focusing on verifying his humanity, then endured their examinations without revealing his secrets. Even Han Tianyi’s forceful probe found only a human body and pure Life Aura, leaving the council with stronger proof that Lu Jun was human and Han Tianyi shaken.

• Qiangu Dongfeng and the others accepted the proposal to personally examine Lu Jun, while Leng Yaozhu concealed her shock over his transformed soul bone.
• Lu Jun quietly spread the Ice Abyss Sword’s Divine Power through the venue as an assault expert and a Spiritual Power specialist examined him and found nothing abnormal.
• One by one, the experts completed their inspections, each finding Lu Jun human and deepening Han Tianyi’s desperation for someone to uncover a flaw.
• Han Tianyi used Divine Origin Realm Spiritual Power and a Truth-Seeking secret technique to probe Lu Jun, but suffered a backlash when Lu Jun resisted.
• Han Tianyi concluded that Lu Jun had a real human body and pure Life Aura, then recoiled in disbelief as the gathered experts watched.
• Qiangu Dongfeng took his turn to examine Lu Jun.

Qiangu Dongfeng declared Lu Jun fully human after the Spirit Pagoda’s examinations and accused the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy of spreading malicious rumors. He ordered them to apologize and pay compensation, while Ha Luosa promised to protect Lu Jun; after the meeting, Leng Yulai caught Lu Jun as his strength gave out.

• Qiangu Dongfeng announced that the examinations proved Lu Jun was entirely human and condemned the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy’s claims as slander.
• Qiangu Dongfeng ordered an official statement demanding public apologies and compensation from the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy for Lu Jun and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Qiangu Dongfeng instructed the Spirit Pagoda to protect Lu Jun, and Ha Luosa promised to guard him for a month.
• After the meeting ended, Lu Jun nearly collapsed, and Leng Yulai caught him and held him close.

After the Spirit Pagoda released evidence clearing Lu Jun, public opinion turned against Shrek and the Tang Sect while Lu Jun recovered at headquarters. His seven-person squad visited him the next morning and found Leng Yulai personally caring for him.

• Gu Yue Na relaxed outside the conference room when she sensed the danger had passed, then disappeared into the moonlit night.
• The Spirit Pagoda published examination footage and evidence proving Lu Jun was human, and the Soul Guidance Network erupted with support for him and attacks on Shrek and the Tang Sect.
• Lu Jun ignored the online storm and rested in Leng Yulai's care, thinking ahead to Shrek City's arrival in one month.
• The next morning, Leng Yulai looked after Lu Jun in the Spirit Pagoda hospital, where his seven-person squad arrived to visit him.
• Xie Xie, Long Chen, and Yue Zhengyu envied Lu Jun when they saw Leng Yulai feeding him soup, and Leng Yulai blushed and scolded them.

After Lu Jun’s classmates visited his ward, Leng Yulai sent them away and revealed that she knew he was pretending to be weakened. She teased him about needing to care for him closely for a week, leaving Lu Jun flustered as he remembered their kiss in Maple Leaf City.

• Gu Yue Na grew jealous as she watched Leng Yulai care for Lu Jun, then Lu Jun explained that Leng Yulai was his teacher’s younger sister and his temporary guardian.
• Xie Xie and the others apologized for their misunderstanding, gave Lu Jun gifts, and chatted with him about academy matters.
• Leng Yulai told the visitors to leave so Lu Jun could rest, then grabbed Gu Yue Na by the collar and tossed her out of the ward.
• After checking the ward for surveillance and listeners, Leng Yulai confronted Lu Jun about pretending to be weakened, and he admitted he planned to keep it up for at least a week.
• Leng Yulai teased Lu Jun about caring for him closely, making him blush as he remembered feeding her a life-saving Pill with his mouth.

Lu Jun and Leng Yulai traded teasing accusations until he suddenly overpowered her and pinned her to the hospital bed. When Leng Yulai reminded him that he was supposed to be pretending to be Weaken, she seized his distraction and turned the tables, leaving him pinned beneath her.

• Leng Yulai teased Lu Jun for looking at her and suggested he had secretly been checking her out.
• Lu Jun angrily retorted that Leng Yulai had been acting like a lovesick pervert and mocked her talk of launching flights.
• Lu Jun twisted free, grabbed Leng Yulai's wrist, and pinned her to the hospital bed.
• Leng Yulai reminded Lu Jun that he was supposed to be pretending to be Weaken.
• Leng Yulai used Lu Jun's momentary distraction to reverse their positions and pin him beneath her.