Chapter Summaries

Lu Jun and Xu Xiaoyan coordinated their attacks to trap Tang San and stop the Shrek team from supporting him, while Gu Yue Na struck at Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun. Tang San revealed his Blue Silver True Body and Senluo Vientiane domain to block her attack, and the chapter ended as Xu Xiaoyan restrained Zhu Zhuqing to prevent her and Dai Mubai from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Lu Jun trapped Tang San in his Ice Abyss Storm and pressed him with a barrage of sword strikes.
• Xu Xiaoyan used Starlight Brilliance to briefly immobilize Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ma Hongjun as they rushed to help Tang San.
• Gu Yue Na unleashed Seven Elements, Dragon King's Radiance, at the immobilized Shrek fighters, but Tang San's Senluo Vientiane domain absorbed and weakened the attack before it could harm them.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing broke free and rushed toward each other, prompting Lu Jun to warn Xu Xiaoyan that they could use the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Xiaoyan pinned Zhu Zhuqing with Starwheel Chains while Gu Yue Na gathered the seven elements for another attack.

Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu exploited Ma Hongjun’s lust and distraction to overwhelm him with demonic and holy attacks. Ma Hongjun became the first fighter eliminated, while the broadcast audience mocked him and Shrek Academy’s glorified founding heroes.

• Lu Jun’s elemental attack and Ice Dragon Soul Spirit’s breath forced Dai Mubai to halt, while Ma Hongjun used his flames to dispel the frost.
• Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu rushed Ma Hongjun, and Yuanen Yehui trapped him in her Demon Domain and summoned a demonized double with Hell’s Gate.
• Ma Hongjun became bewitched by the demonized Yuanen Yehui, leaving himself open as Yue Zhengyu prepared his Great Angel’s Wrath.
• Yuanen Yehui and her demon clone struck Ma Hongjun alongside Yue Zhengyu, and Ma Hongjun was eliminated from the Virtual Battlefield.
• Viewers mocked Ma Hongjun’s lecherous behavior, damaging the public image of Shrek Academy’s founding heroes.

Shrek and Federation officials were baffled when Ma Hongjun’s virtual behavior turned vulgar, while Lu Jun’s team exploited his weakness to eliminate him. Lu Jun reorganized the fight, but Oscar copied Ma Hongjun’s Ultimate Fire and stopped Lu Jun’s frost attack.

• Yun Ming and the Shrek Elders found no system tampering to explain Ma Hongjun’s crude behavior, while Xu Tiandi confirmed Guan Yue had not used the Federation’s backdoor code.
• Yuanen Yehui charmed Ma Hongjun, enabling Yue Zhengyu to eliminate him from the Virtual Battlefield.
• Lu Jun warned his team to avoid threatening Xiao Wu and assigned Yuanen Yehui and Gu Yue Na to fight Dai Mubai, while Yue Zhengyu, Xie Xie, and Long Chen were to hold back Zhu Zhuqing.
• Lu Jun prepared a powerful frost attack to restrict the remaining opponents.
• Oscar used his Copy Mirror Sausage with Ma Hongjun’s blood to replicate his Ultimate Fire and counter Lu Jun’s frost tide.

Lu Jun unleashed his Sword Intent and used it to strengthen the Sun Moon Team while fighting the Founding Shrek Seven Monsters. He overwhelmed Tang San, Oscar, and the rest with his swordsmanship, leaving the battle turned in his team’s favor.

• Lu Jun transformed his icy aura into Sword Intent and broke through Tang San’s vines and Oscar’s phoenix-flame shield with a single strike.
• Lu Jun’s Sword Intent spread across the battlefield, empowering Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue Na, Long Chen, Yue Zhengyu, Xie Xie, and Yuanen Yehui.
• The Sun Moon Team renewed its attack and fought the Founding Shrek Seven Monsters on even terms.
• Lu Jun deflected Tang San’s concealed weapons, then surged through the air and attacked all seven Shrek opponents with his sword.
• Lu Jun suppressed the Founding Shrek Seven Monsters, while viewers inside and outside the Virtual Battlefield reacted with astonishment.

Lu Jun used his Ice Abyss Nine Forms to withstand Tang San's Ring Detonation and counter simultaneous attacks from Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Oscar. His three-sword strike overwhelmed their attacks and broke the Virtual Dou Soul Arena's limits, destroying the suppression Shrek Academy had imposed on his group.

• Tang San detonated his seven Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings and attacked Lu Jun with the Clear Sky Hammer, but Lu Jun used the Ice Abyss Nine Forms' second form to defend and redirect the blows.
• Dai Mubai attacked Lu Jun from behind with White Tiger Destruction Kill while Oscar fired Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike from the side as Tang San pressed from the front.
• Lu Jun used the Ice Abyss Nine Forms' third form to swing three swords at once, dispelling Oscar's and Dai Mubai's attacks and piercing Tang San's Ring Detonation strike.
• The collision drained Lu Jun's Soul Power and triggered a destructive backlash against Tang San, while the Virtual Dou Soul Arena began to fail.
• The Virtual Battlefield system exceeded its limits, and the impact destroyed and reset Shrek Academy's weakening code and attribute suppression on Lu Jun's group of seven.

Lu Jun shattered the Virtual Battlefield’s restrictions with his sword, restoring his team’s strength, but Yun Ming ordered the Founding Shrek Seven Monsters to fight without restraint. Gu Yue Na’s attack eliminated Oscar, and Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to protect Tang San, leaving him consumed by rage and targeting an exhausted Lu Jun.

• Lu Jun’s three sword strikes destroyed the Virtual Battlefield’s restrictions, restoring his team’s abilities and badly wounding Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Tang San.
• Yun Ming ordered the system to remove all restrictions on the Founding Shrek Seven Monsters so they could win the match.
• Xu Xiaoyan used Starlight Brilliance to restrain the opposing fighters, then fainted and was eliminated from exhaustion.
• Gu Yue Na unleashed Dragon God Descent, and its explosion eliminated Oscar while leaving Dai Mubai unable to fight.
• Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body to shield Tang San from the blast, then was eliminated, driving Tang San into a rage.
• Tang San attacked the exhausted Lu Jun with hidden weapons aimed at his vital points.

Xie Xie awakened the Space-Time Dragon Martial Soul and sacrificed himself to eliminate Zhu Zhuqing, giving his allies a chance to subdue Dai Mubai. As Lu Jun neared his limit, Tang San launched another poisoned hidden-weapon barrage, leaving Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui struggling to defend him.

• Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui shielded Lu Jun from Tang San's hidden weapons, but both were wounded as Tang San retreated to prepare another attack.
• Gu Yue Na, Long Chen, and Xie Xie desperately held Zhu Zhuqing back while Xie Xie sensed his Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger beginning to merge.
• Xie Xie's Martial Soul evolved into the Space-Time Dragon, and he trapped himself and Zhu Zhuqing in a spatial force so they vanished from the match together.
• Long Chen helped Gu Yue Na knock the badly injured Dai Mubai down, temporarily stopping him from fighting.
• As Lu Jun struggled to stand, Tang San unleashed another barrage, this time with poisoned hidden weapons that wounded Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui.

Lu Jun used his restored Ultimate Ice to provoke Tang San and protect his poisoned teammates, but a powerful female voice then froze the entire battlefield and unleashed Emperor's Palm: Great Cold Without Snow. Tang San countered the attack with Guanyin's Tears, which pierced the enormous ice palm.

• Lu Jun urged Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu to eliminate Ning Rongrong while he held off Tang San, and they charged toward her despite the poison.
• Tang San prepared to fire the King of Hell's Invitation, but Lu Jun froze it with his restored Ultimate Ice and provoked Tang San by insulting Xiao Wu.
• Tang San abandoned his attack on Ning Rongrong and unleashed a storm of hidden weapons against Lu Jun, who struggled to defend himself.
• A powerful female voice froze everyone and everything in the battlefield except the Sun Moon Team, then summoned Emperor's Palm: Great Cold Without Snow against Tang San.
• Tang San broke free of the frost and used Guanyin's Tears to pierce the enormous ice palm.

Tang San unleashed an apparently limitless barrage of Guanyin's Tears, eliminating most of Lu Jun's team while Lu Jun relied on the Snow Empress's help to withstand him. The battlefield narrowed to Lu Jun and Tang San as the Snow Empress began another attack, with someone’s Spiritual Power concealing her intervention.

• Tang San fired a relentless barrage of Guanyin's Tears, eliminating Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui, though their final attacks also eliminated Ning Rongrong.
• Gu Yue Na and Long Chen eliminated the badly injured Dai Mubai, then were struck down by Tang San's Guanyin's Tears.
• The eliminated Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy students emerged from their Virtual Pods, and Xie Xie complained that Shrek had unfairly empowered Tang San.
• Wu Zhangkong and Guan Yue reassured the students as the screen showed Lu Jun facing Tang San alone beneath a shroud of Ultimate Ice.
• Lu Jun realized the Snow Empress had helped him and that Spiritual Power was hiding her intervention before she invoked Emperor Cold Sky Snow Dance Shining Sun.

Lu Jun survived Tang San’s final attack and won the Virtual Battlefield match after Huo Yuhao appeared and eliminated Tang San. Huo Yuhao concealed the Snow Empress and Ice Empress’s involvement, warned Lu Jun to beware the Xu Family, and vanished, leaving Lu Jun to return to a stunned and celebratory crowd.

• The Snow Empress awakened beside Lu Jun and joined the Ice Empress in unleashing the Pride of the Ice and Snow Twin Emperors against Tang San.
• As their attack and Tang San’s Guanyin’s Tears threatened to destroy the Virtual Battlefield, Huo Yuhao appeared and stopped time.
• Huo Yuhao struck Tang San with a golden sword, eliminating him and securing victory for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team.
• Huo Yuhao told Lu Jun that he had concealed the Ice and Snow Two Emperors’ appearance and warned him to beware the Xu Family before disappearing.
• Lu Jun returned to the real world, where the crowd celebrated the victory and Faith Power surged toward him.

Lu Jun’s team defeated the simulated Founding Shrek Seven Monsters, prompting celebrations and calls to invest in the victors. The victory also exposed a successful Spirit Pagoda operation inside Shrek’s Virtual Battlefield, while Leng Yaozhu savored the blow to Shrek and Leng Yulai felt isolated from the others.

• Lu Jun’s victory flooded him with Faith Power, while Di Yue and Di Tian celebrated in Mingdu.
• Xu Tiandi praised the seven young victors and ordered the Federation to devote its resources to raising them.
• Huo Yuhao reported that he had infiltrated Shrek’s Virtual Battlefield Core System, completed the mission, and erased all traces.
• Xu Tiandi congratulated Qiangu Dongfeng on Experiment No. 1, and Qiangu Dongfeng said it would become invincible once its body was forged.
• Leng Yaozhu celebrated Lu Jun’s win as revenge against Yun Ming and Shrek Academy.
• Na Nali and Gui Yan celebrated Shrek’s humiliation, while Leng Yulai watched them and Long Xiao and Gu Chenyu, feeling alone.

After Lu Jun defeated Shrek Academy, Yun Ming and the Sea God Pavilion Elders faced the loss in stunned silence. Lu Jun confronted Yun Ming with his overwhelming Sword Intent, and Yun Ming finally looked away as the defeat was broadcast across the world.

• Long Xiao and Gu Chenyu teased Leng Yulai about being single, prompting her to think of Lu Jun and resolve to hug him after the operation against Shrek.
• Yun Ming and the Sea God Pavilion Elders reacted to Shrek's defeat with shock, despair, and shame.
• Lu Jun emerged from the Virtual Pod and released a powerful Sword Intent as he met Yun Ming's hostile gaze without backing down.
• Yun Ming suppressed his urge to attack Lu Jun and averted his gaze, while the Live Broadcast showed Shrek's defeat to the world.
• Xie Xie and Long Chen embraced Lu Jun, lifted him, and cheered for him and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

After Lu Jun and his teammates won the Challenge Tournament, Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy celebrated while Shrek Academy conceded their qualification to challenge its current students. The chapter ended with Tang San promising to strengthen Tang Wulin through special training, and Tang Wulin wondering whether he had to undergo it.

• Lu Jun and the other six Sun Moon team members celebrated their victory together, while Guan Yue praised their teamwork and Wu Zhangkong credited the students themselves.
• Long Bing challenged Yun Ming to honor the rules and let the Sun Moon team face Shrek’s current students, while Long Chen and Yue Zhengyu taunted Shrek into accepting.
• Yun Ming conceded that Sun Moon had won and confirmed their qualification, as Shrek Academy’s reputation collapsed during the live broadcast.
• Students at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy celebrated the victory as Tang Wulin applauded his companions.
• Tang San’s Divine Sense promised Tang Wulin special training to make him as strong as the victors, and Tang Wulin hesitated over whether he had to do it.

After Lu Jun and the Sun Moon Team defeated Shrek’s Original Seven Monsters, Tang San lamented that his appearances had only helped Lu Jun grow stronger. The victorious team mocked Shrek’s elders for inadvertently improving them, and Yun Ming fled before the Sun Moon Team entered the academy to face its current elite students.

• Tang San recalled how Lu Jun had countered and defeated him, then used the experience to improve his swordsmanship and crush Shrek’s Original Seven Monsters.
• Tang San promised to make Tang Wulin stronger than Lu Jun, but Tang Wulin doubted that was possible and questioned Tang San’s motives.
• Xie Xie, Yue Zhengyu, Long Chen, Yuanen Yehui, Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue Na, and Lu Jun taunted Shrek’s elders by announcing their gains from the trial.
• Yun Ming could not endure the humiliation and tore through space to leave, while Xie Xie mocked him for running away.
• Lu Jun led the Sun Moon Team through Shrek Academy’s gates toward a confrontation with the current elite students.

The Sun Moon Team defeated Shrek Academy’s strongest current students in under a minute, crushing Shrek’s final hope and winning the Challenge Tournament. As the team celebrated, Lu Jun fell asleep in Gu Yue Na’s embrace, and the group prepared to return to Mingdu.

• Lu Jun and the other six entered Shrek Academy and faced its assembled seven-person student team in the Inner Courtyard arena.
• The Sun Moon Team overwhelmed Shrek’s students, with Xie Xie, Long Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, Yue Zhengyu, and Yuanen Yehui leading the attack while Gu Yue Na and Lu Jun mostly observed.
• Shrek’s entire team fell in under a minute, and the referee declared the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy team victorious.
• Viewers mocked Shrek online, while the Sea God Pavilion Elders left in shame as Guan Yue, Wu Zhangkong, and Long Bing celebrated the victory.
• Gu Yue Na embraced Lu Jun, who relaxed in her arms and fell asleep from exhaustion, and she gently told him to rest.

Snow Empress awakened after completing the Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core, and Ice Empress explained how the world had changed during her slumber. When Lu Jun met them in his Sea of Consciousness, Snow Empress readily agreed to become his Spirit Soul and shocked him and Ice Empress with a bold remark.

• Snow Empress awakened fully and learned from Ice Empress that ten thousand years had passed and Di Tian had gained powerful Four-Word Dou Armor.
• Lu Jun entered his Sea of Consciousness, where Ice Empress hugged him and proudly praised their role in defeating Tang San.
• Snow Empress teased Ice Empress about acting like Lu Jun's lover, making Ice Empress blush and deny it.
• Lu Jun began to invite Snow Empress to become his Spirit Soul, but she agreed before he finished asking.
• Snow Empress explained the benefits of cooperating with Lu Jun and declared that she would not object if he slept with Ice Empress, leaving both Lu Jun and Ice Empress stunned.

After the competition, Lu Jun woke up in Gu Yue Na's bed, weak from the backlash of his sword technique and embarrassed to find himself wrapped around her. Gu Yue Na confronted him about the women and female Spirit Beasts attracted to him, ending by asking whether he really drew female Spirit Beasts so easily.

• In Lu Jun's Sea of Consciousness, Snow Empress and Ice Empress argued over which of them he should pursue, and he withdrew after deciding Snow Empress would cooperate.
• Lu Jun woke in Gu Yue Na's bed and learned she had carried him there after the competition, while he had clung to her and refused to let go.
• As Lu Jun struggled to pull away, Gu Yue Na rolled him beneath her and asked about the women who had been getting close to him.
• Gu Yue Na pointed out that Snow Empress and Ice Empress lived in his Sea of Consciousness and that the transformed Emperor Beast seemed interested in him.
• Gu Yue Na asked Lu Jun whether he really attracted female Spirit Beasts that easily.

Gu Yue Na revealed that she was the Silver Dragon King and kissed Lu Jun before asking him to join the Spirit Beasts in fighting the God Realm. Lu Jun offered only friendship and help, leaving Gu Yue Na disappointed and wondering whether she had acted too late.

• Lu Jun suspected Gu Yue Na intended to take the Ice Abyss Sword and prepared to fight her.
• Gu Yue Na revealed her identity as the Silver Dragon King and explained her power as the Co-Lord of Spirit Beasts.
• Gu Yue Na kissed Lu Jun, then asked him to form an alliance with the Spirit Beasts and fight beside them against the God Realm.
• Lu Jun cautiously promised to help as a friend, and Gu Yue Na showed dissatisfaction with his vague answer.
• Gu Yue Na wondered aloud whether revealing her intentions earlier might have kept Lu Jun from becoming close to Di Yue, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress.

Lu Jun agreed to form an alliance with Gu Yue Na after realizing her forceful claim came from inexperience and insecurity about romance. The next morning, he emerged from her hotel room looking exhausted as the group prepared to return to Mingdu.

• Gu Yue Na demanded to be Lu Jun's primary partner, then became anxious when he questioned their relationship and apologized for taking his first kiss without asking.
• Lu Jun recognized Gu Yue Na's emotional inexperience, reassured her, and agreed to become her ally.
• Gu Yue Na celebrated their agreement and suggested they celebrate their closer relationship, while Lu Jun protested that he had no strength.
• Wu Zhangkong told everyone to gather in the lobby, eat breakfast, and prepare to return to Mingdu.
• The group saw Lu Jun leave Gu Yue Na's room looking drained and unsteady.

After Xie Xie teased Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na, Gu Yue Na sent him crashing through a hotel window, and Wu Zhangkong made the pair fluster over a pregnancy warning. The group returned to Mingdu by train with Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na openly growing closer, and arrived to find a crowd gathered to welcome them as heroes.

• Xie Xie teased Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na about spending the night together, so Gu Yue Na struck him through a reinforced glass window with an ice palm.
• Wu Zhangkong warned Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na to exercise restraint, and they both denied having done anything as the group laughed.
• The group boarded the Soul Guidance Train to Mingdu, where Gu Yue Na leaned against Lu Jun and he wrapped an arm around her.
• Yue Zhengyu and Long Chen wondered about Lu Jun and Gu Yue Na's sudden closeness, until Wu Zhangkong told them to stop gossiping.
• The train arrived at Mingdu East Station, where a large crowd gathered with flags and banners to welcome the returning team.