Chapter Summaries

Lu Jun faced Gray Harrier’s ambush and revealed strength far beyond the intelligence reports, but Gray Harrier silenced his abilities and unleashed an explosive crow swarm. Lu Jun fought back with the Ice Abyss Sword alone as the attack continued.

• Gray Harrier’s Soul-Reaping Shriek failed to affect Lu Jun, and Lu Jun blocked Gray Harrier’s surprise attack with the Ice Abyss Sword.
• Lu Jun revealed four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, shocking Gray Harrier with his strength and martial soul suppression.
• Gray Harrier used Caw of Silence to prevent Lu Jun from speaking, communicating spiritually, or using Soul Skills.
• Gray Harrier launched Exploding Crow Swarm at the silenced Lu Jun.
• Lu Jun advanced through the swarm and used precise sword strikes to disable the explosive crows before they could detonate.

Lu Jun defeated Gray Harrier’s Exploding Crows and wounded him, but Gray Harrier donned his One-Word Dou Armor and overwhelmed Lu Jun with a powerful strike. Badly injured, Lu Jun faced Gray Harrier as he prepared to disable him with Blood Curse Crow and take him to the Tang Sect.

• Lu Jun cut down Gray Harrier’s Exploding Crows with his sword and footwork.
• Gray Harrier used Dark Crow Dive, but Lu Jun dodged the attack and struck him with the Ice Abyss Sword after the silence effect ended.
• As Lu Jun pressed his attack, Gray Harrier summoned his One-Word Dou Armor and knocked Lu Jun across the alley with a palm strike.
• Lu Jun stopped himself by dragging his sword through the ground, but he suffered serious injuries.
• Gray Harrier approached the half-kneeling Lu Jun and prepared to use Blood Curse Crow to rob him of his ability to fight and take him to the Tang Sect.

Lu Jun revealed that he had used hidden Frost Brands to summon four Titled Douluo-level Ice Golems and trap Gray Harrier. The golems overwhelmed Gray Harrier and left him pinned to the alley wall, alive and helpless.

• Gray Harrier approached Lu Jun, boasting that the Tang Sect mission reward would help him reach Super Douluo.
• Lu Jun revealed that his movements had planted Frost Brands, which detonated and summoned four Ice Golems from the alley’s four directions.
• Lu Jun ordered the Ice Golems to crush Gray Harrier, and the auxiliary-type Super Douluo Ice Golem froze his movement and powers.
• Yu Luohui’s Ice Golem shattered Gray Harrier’s defenses with a lightning-and-frost strike, breaking his arms and hurling him into the wall.
• Cai Yue’er’s Ice Golem pinned Gray Harrier to the wall with ice spikes while the Clear Sky Hammer Ice Golem blocked his escape.

Lu Jun searched Gray Harrier’s memories for information about the Tang Sect’s Mingdu branch and discovered that the sect possessed a Sea God Token capable of summoning Tang San’s Divine Power Projection. The revelation left him fearing how many powerful forces threatened him and whether he could survive long enough to grow stronger.

• Lu Jun invaded Gray Harrier’s memories and learned the layout, defenses, and personnel of the Tang Sect’s Mingdu branch.
• Lu Jun found the mission offering lavish rewards for his capture and discovered the Sea God Token, which could summon Tang San’s Divine Power Projection.
• Lu Jun pulled away from Gray Harrier, who passed out, and realized the Tang Sect still possessed Tang San’s divine power.
• Lu Jun considered the major threats across Douluo Continent, including Gu Yue Na, Tang Hao, Shrek Academy, the Clear Sky Sect, and the Abyss Plane.
• Lu Jun recalled that Gu Yue Na and Tang Hao had witnessed his Divine Artifact form and suspected that Gu Yue Na wanted to cooperate with him, while several other factions were hostile.

Lu Jun killed Gray Harrier and erased the battle’s traces before returning to the academy, where he resolved to keep a low profile and grow stronger. At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Leng Yulai reviewed footage that seemed to prove Lu Jun never left the academy on the night of the Maple Leaf City Incident, but chose not to confront or mistreat him.

• Lu Jun killed the unconscious Gray Harrier, absorbed his body into the Ice Abyss Sword, and used his Spiritual Power and Ultimate Ice to erase the battle’s traces.
• A Federal Security Department squad found no bodies or residual energy in the alley and reported an anomalous low-temperature zone with no confirmed casualties.
• Lu Jun returned to his dormitory, worried about the Tang Sect’s Sea God Token, and began healing and cultivating while vowing to keep his secrets hidden.
• Leng Yulai repeatedly reviewed surveillance footage showing Lu Jun in his dormitory throughout the night of the Maple Leaf City Incident, with records that matched the footage.
• Leng Yaozhu suggested confronting Lu Jun or investigating him through special methods, but Leng Yulai refused to interrogate or torture him.

Leng Yulai concluded that Lu Jun had saved her in Maple Leaf City, but decided to respect his secrets and pretend she knew nothing. A month later, Lu Jun rejected invitations from several girls after combat class, while Xu Xiaoyan explained that she preferred to see him as a goal to chase rather than a boyfriend.

• Leng Yulai reasoned that Lu Jun had secretly saved her in Maple Leaf City and decided to stop investigating, letting him keep playing dumb while she did the same.
• A month later, Lu Jun turned down several girls' invitations after practical combat class, saying he had cultivation plans.
• Long Chen envied the attention Lu Jun received, while Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan urged him to focus on cultivation.
• Xu Xiaoyan said she admired Lu Jun as someone to catch up to, but did not want to date him and feel inferior.
• Long Chen asked Gu Yue Na why she had not invited Lu Jun out.

Gu Yue Na said Lu Jun had rejected her because he wanted to focus on cultivation, and Long Chen and Xie Xie concluded that he had no interest in romance. After Yue Zhengyu enthusiastically hugged Lu Jun and said he loved him, the two boys jumped to the mistaken conclusion that Lu Jun liked men and rushed to tell Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan.

• Gu Yue Na told Long Chen, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie that Lu Jun had rejected her invitation to relax together so he could focus on cultivation.
• Xu Xiaoyan said Lu Jun's rejection of Gu Yue Na reassured her that his lack of interest in girls was not personal.
• Long Chen and Xie Xie vowed to stop slacking and headed back to the dormitory to cultivate.
• Yue Zhengyu ran up to Lu Jun, hugged him, and excitedly said he loved him before taking him toward the dormitory.
• Long Chen and Xie Xie saw the embrace and concluded that Lu Jun rejected girls because he liked men.
• Long Chen and Xie Xie rushed to the girls' dormitory to tell Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan their supposed discovery.

Long Chen and Xie Xie convinced Gu Yue Na that Lu Jun was attracted to men, and she rushed to confront him. She burst into Lu Jun's dorm and found him embracing Yue Zhengyu, leaving her staring at them in shock and anguish.

• Long Chen and Xie Xie told Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue Na that Lu Jun liked men, claiming they had seen him embrace an upperclassman.
• Gu Yue Na, devastated by the claim, ran toward the male dormitory, and Xu Xiaoyan, Long Chen, and Xie Xie hurried after her.
• Yue Zhengyu thanked Lu Jun for a ten-thousand-year Light-attribute Immortal Herb that had raised his Soul Power from level thirty-three to level forty.
• Yue Zhengyu asked Lu Jun to team up with him in the Spirit Ascension Platform during the Riot Period, and Lu Jun agreed that it was his last chance to enter.
• Gu Yue Na burst into Lu Jun's dorm room and saw him embracing Yue Zhengyu, then confronted them in shock and sorrowful anger.

Lu Jun’s classmates mistook Yue Zhengyu’s grateful embrace for a romance, and Gu Yue Na revealed that Xie Xie and Long Chen had spread the rumor. Lu Jun chased the two boys until Wu Zhangkong arrived and demanded to know why Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan had entered the boys’ dormitory.

• Gu Yue Na confronted Lu Jun about supposedly rejecting her because he liked men, while Xie Xie, Long Chen, and Xu Xiaoyan arrived and misunderstood his embrace with Yue Zhengyu.
• Yue Zhengyu explained that Lu Jun had given him an immortal herb and agreed to help him enter the Riot Period of the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Gu Yue Na realized she had misunderstood and told Lu Jun that Xie Xie and Long Chen had claimed he liked men.
• Lu Jun chased Xie Xie and Long Chen around the dormitory for spreading rumors as Yue Zhengyu laughed and Xu Xiaoyan snickered.
• Wu Zhangkong stopped the commotion and questioned Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan about entering the boys’ dormitory.

Wu Zhangkong investigated the dormitory incident and assigned punishments after Xie Xie and Long Chen admitted to spreading rumors about Lu Jun. The students dispersed, leaving Xie Xie and Long Chen despairing over a month of cleaning under Lu Jun's supervision.

• Xie Xie and Long Chen confessed that they had spread rumors about Lu Jun, while Yue Zhengyu explained how the misunderstanding began.
• Wu Zhangkong reprimanded Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan for entering the boys' dormitory, and warned Lu Jun and Yue Zhengyu about their conduct.
• Wu Zhangkong sentenced Xie Xie and Long Chen to clean the plaza and training grounds for a month, and ordered Lu Jun to supervise them.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan to copy two sets of regulations ten times and required Yue Zhengyu to help clean for a week.
• After Wu Zhangkong dismissed everyone, Yue Zhengyu and Xu Xiaoyan laughed at Xie Xie and Long Chen, and Lu Jun told the pair to report for cleaning the next day.

Yue Zhengyu grew closer to Xie Xie and Long Chen while helping them sweep the academy plaza, then invited them to join Lu Jun for the upcoming Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform Riot Period. He proposed adding Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan to the team and privately hoped to win Xu Xiaoyan over.

• Xie Xie and Long Chen complained as they swept the plaza under punishment, while Yue Zhengyu pushed their garbage cart.
• Yue Zhengyu reflected on the young geniuses' strength and decided he needed to work harder to keep up with them.
• Yue Zhengyu invited Xie Xie and Long Chen to form a team for the upcoming Spirit Ascension Platform Riot Period.
• Yue Zhengyu revealed that Lu Jun would lead them into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, and Xie Xie and Long Chen eagerly agreed.
• Lu Jun warned them to finish sweeping before they could go, and Yue Zhengyu suggested inviting Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan while offering to pay for the tickets.
• Yue Zhengyu privately decided that Xu Xiaoyan suited him and imagined winning her over.

Xie Xie asked Lu Jun and Yue Zhengyu to include Tang Wulin in their Spirit Ascension Platform trip, and Lu Jun agreed. After a misunderstanding involving Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan, Yue Zhengyu fought with Xie Xie and insisted he had been looking at Xu Xiaoyan.

• Xie Xie asked to invite Tang Wulin to the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Lu Jun agreed despite his unease about Tang Wulin.
• Xie Xie rushed to hug Lu Jun, who pinned him down and threatened him over a rumor about hugging other guys.
• Gu Yue Na and Xu Xiaoyan overheard Lu Jun, teased him, and then left together for the dormitory.
• Xie Xie teased Yue Zhengyu about staring at Gu Yue Na, so Yue Zhengyu tackled him and they began fighting.
• Lu Jun separated Yue Zhengyu and Xie Xie, and Yue Zhengyu said he had been looking at Xu Xiaoyan.

Xie Xie and Yue Zhengyu made peace and struck a bargain over Xu Xiaoyan, while Gu Yue Na told Zi Ji she had made a human friend. Back in the Star Dou Great Forest, Di Tian learned of Gu Yue Na’s improving adjustment to human life before Di Yue arrived and asked what they were discussing.

• Xie Xie teased Yue Zhengyu about pursuing Xu Xiaoyan, then agreed to put in a good word in exchange for Yue Zhengyu introducing him to pretty girls.
• Gu Yue Na told Zi Ji that she had met several human friends and especially valued her friendship with Xu Xiaoyan.
• Zi Ji reported to Di Tian that Gu Yue Na was doing well and seemed more relaxed and cheerful in the human world.
• Di Yue arrived at the terrace and asked Di Tian and Zi Ji to share the interesting news.

Di Yue returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and teased Di Tian before insisting that its primitive conditions made her want to leave for Mingdu. Di Tian promised to upgrade the forest’s internet to persuade her to stay, and then recalled how Huo Yuhao had defeated him ten thousand years ago and helped him name Di Yue.

• Di Yue complained that the Star Dou Great Forest lacked modern entertainment, while Di Tian and Zi Ji teased her affectionately.
• Di Tian told Di Yue that the Lord had made a human best friend, prompting Di Yue to offer to show her around the human world.
• Di Yue threatened to return to Mingdu because the forest had poor food and internet, so Di Tian promised to install fast Soul Guidance cables and signal towers.
• Di Yue agreed to stay for tea after Di Tian made a pinky promise to begin the installation the next day.
• Di Tian recalled that Huo Yuhao had defeated him ten thousand years earlier and had taught him about human civilization and helped him name Di Yue.

Di Tian told Di Yue about a humanoid Divine Artifact hidden in the Extreme North and warned her not to approach it without The Lord’s permission. He then asked her to give The Lord a book about avoiding romantic manipulation, leaving Di Yue laughing at his fears.

• Di Tian recalled how Huo Yuhao had come close to godhood but failed to reach the God Realm.
• Di Tian revealed that a Divine Artifact had fallen into the deepest Extreme North ten thousand years ago and undergone Humanoid Transformation after The Lord encountered it.
• Di Yue asked to see the Divine Artifact, but Di Tian told her she needed The Lord’s permission and warned her not to disrupt The Lord’s plan.
• Di Tian gave Di Yue a book titled “Refuse to Become a Love Brain” and asked her to deliver it to The Lord.
• Di Tian explained that human romance stories had made him worry that humans might deceive The Lord, and Di Yue burst out laughing at his concern.

Di Yue agreed to deliver Di Tian’s romance novel to The Lord, while Lu Jun was delighted when the Ice Empress awakened. After learning about the Sea God Token and the Tang Sect’s long pursuit of him, Lu Jun prepared to attack the Tang Sect Branch in Mingdu that night.

• Di Yue teased Di Tian about his supposedly academic interest in the romance novel and agreed to deliver it to The Lord.
• The Ice Empress awoke in Lu Jun’s dormitory, and he told her about Gray Harrier’s ambush and the Sea God Token.
• The Ice Empress revealed that the Tang Sect had searched for Lu Jun in the Extreme North ten thousand years earlier.
• Lu Jun explained his plan to raid the Tang Sect Branch in Mingdu and asked the Ice Empress to use the Ice Abyss Sword Divine Artifact against its Soul Douluo-level Three-Word Battle Armor Master.
• The Ice Empress agreed to provide enough power for the attack, and Lu Jun told her to recuperate before they departed at midnight.

Lu Jun infiltrated the Tang Sect Mingdu Branch using the Ice Abyss Sword to evade detection, but the branch's defenses quickly alerted its patrols. As the first squad approached, he summoned the sword's Divine Artifact form and Ice Empress's power, then attacked.

• Lu Jun studied Gray Harrier's memories of the branch and left the academy at midnight to infiltrate it.
• Lu Jun used the Ice Abyss Sword's interference field to conceal himself from detection, then froze the entrance's surveillance cameras.
• The branch's alarm system detected the intrusion, and Tang Sect patrols rushed toward Lu Jun's location.
• Lu Jun called on Ice Empress and transformed the Ice Abyss Sword into its Divine Artifact form, allowing her power to fill his body.
• Lu Jun teleported in front of a seven-member Soul King squad and swept the sword forward in an icy crescent strike.

Lu Jun used the Ice Abyss Sword to freeze his way through a Tang Sect Branch in Mingdu, killing its defenders and disabling its communications. The branch’s strongest defender, a Black-Rank Douluo and Three-Word Battle Armor Master, confronted Lu Jun and recognized the possibility that he wielded a Divine Artifact.

• Lu Jun’s Ice Abyss Sword froze seven Tang Sect Soul Kings in a single strike.
• Lu Jun advanced through the passageway, freezing the Tang Sect Disciples’ attacks and disabling the branch’s alarms and equipment.
• Three Soul Sages attacked Lu Jun, but his cold tide shattered their barrier and encased them in ice.
• A Black-Rank Douluo wearing Three-Word Dou Armor emerged and resisted the extreme cold with his Soul Power.
• The Black-Rank Douluo recognized Lu Jun’s sword from rumors of the ice disaster in Maple Leaf City and asked whether it was the legendary Divine Artifact.

Li Zhanshan tried to shame the white-clad attacker, but Lu Jun dismissed his appeal and faced the Tang Sect Black-Rank Douluo’s full assault. Li Zhanshan trapped Lu Jun in a powerful water domain and unleashed a water tornado, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Li Zhanshan condemned the white-clad figure for slaughtering Tang Sect disciples and appealed to justice.
• The figure replied that he had never intended to be a good person, enraging Li Zhanshan.
• Li Zhanshan activated his Azure Dragon Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Lu Jun.
• Li Zhanshan used Myriad Tides Return to Ruin and his Vast Sea Dragon Might domain to weaken and trap Lu Jun.
• Li Zhanshan sent a mirror-surfaced water tornado at Lu Jun as the final layer of his attack.

Lu Jun used the Ice Abyss Sword’s Ultimate Ice to shatter Li Zhanshan’s water-based attack and grievously wound him. Li Zhanshan sacrificed himself to summon the Sea God through a Sea God Token, trapping Lu Jun inside the Underground Base as a calm voice sounded behind him.

• Lu Jun froze and shattered Li Zhanshan’s water curtain and tornado with the Ice Abyss Sword, causing the backlash to make Li Zhanshan spit blood.
• Li Zhanshan realized Lu Jun wielded Ultimate Ice and, facing death, pulled out a Sea God Token.
• Lu Jun recognized the Token’s danger and fled toward the passage, but Li Zhanshan sacrificed his body, soul, and soul rings to activate it.
• The Sea God Token released a sacred Azure Light Screen that enclosed the Underground Base and blocked Lu Jun’s escape.
• Lu Jun struck the screen with the Ice Abyss Sword, but it resisted his attack, and a calm voice suddenly spoke behind him.