Chapter Summaries

Mu Ye drove off the Sea Soul Beasts, revealing his power to Cai Yuer, who remained wary of his presence in the delegation. After the delegations reached Star Luo Continent, the Shrek Academy group began its exchange trip, and Sima Lanxiao invited its students to join a Youth Soul Master Competition.

• Mu Ye repelled the giant octopus and the other Sea Soul Beasts, then vanished before the ships’ passengers could find him.
• Cai Yuer confronted Mu Ye about his identity and reasons for joining the delegation, but he refused to explain.
• Cai Yuer sent a message using a silver sphere, still concerned that Mu Ye might be an enemy.
• The delegations reached Star Luo Continent and parted ways, while Wu Changkong outlined the Shrek Academy group’s itinerary to Star Luo City.
• Sima Lanxiao invited the Shrek Academy students to enter the Youth Soul Master Competition, but Cai Yuer said they had come only for exchanges.

Cai Yuer accepted the Star Luo tournament’s invitation after learning its individual champion would receive a soul bone. As the delegation traveled by train toward Star Luo City, more than a hundred mechs attacked, and silver light began to spread through the wreckage.

• Sima Lanxiao explained the tournament’s events, prizes, and life-and-death rules for its Infinite Challenge Match, and Cai Yuer agreed to participate.
• The Shrek and Star Luo Royal Academy students shared a relaxed meal aboard the train, where Star Luo students discussed Gu You’s strength and age.
• Cai Yuer sensed that the visitors meant trouble as mechs appeared outside the train.
• Wu Changkong released his Two-Word Battle Armor and shielded the passengers while more than a hundred mechs fired Soul Cannon Shells at the train.
• The train overturned amid explosions and flames, then layers of silver light spread through the wreckage and quickly extinguished the fire.

After the Soul Guide Train crashed, Gu You joined Cai Yuer in fighting the attackers and used his life-draining power to eliminate most of their mech pilots. He overwhelmed three Black Grade Mechas, then pursued their fleeing pilots as the battle continued.

• The Soul Guide Train crashed, and Cai Yuer protected it while the Star Luo Empire Mecha Guard Corps emerged to fight the skull-marked attackers.
• Gu You left the wounded to others and rushed to aid Cai Yuer as Soul Cannon Shells targeted the delegation.
• Gu You drained the life of enemy mech pilots, killing them and collecting the Purple and Yellow Grade Mechas.
• Three Black Grade Mechas confronted Gu You, who transformed into a dragon and sent the Bear Mech flying with a single stamp.
• Gu You offered the three pilots a chance to leave their mechas, but when they fled, he sent green beams after them.

After Gu You and Cai Yuer helped drive off the Green Skeleton attackers, the Shrek delegation reached Star Luo City. Gu You explored the city with Gu Yue and argued that excessive technological progress would eventually bring a cost.

• Gu You arrived after the Red Mech escaped, and Star Luo Empire reinforcements found that the attackers had already fled.
• Wu Changkong explained that Green Skeleton was a powerful resistance group occupying two provinces and had attacked to provoke conflict between the Federation and the Star Luo Empire.
• The Shrek delegation traveled safely to Star Luo City and settled into the Star Luo Grand Hotel.
• Gu You inspected a yellow mech and considered using the captured mech materials to upgrade his own before falling asleep.
• Gu You took Gu Yue out to explore Star Luo Avenue, where he said that technology taken to an extreme would eventually exact a price.

Gu You and Gu Yue attended the Star Luo Empire’s imperial reception with the Douluo Continent delegation, where they recognized the girl in the yellow dress who had intervened during their earlier street encounter. The girl tried to approach Gu You at the end of the reception, but he sensed her hiding on the platform.

• Gu You used his pressure to force four burly men to their knees after they confronted Gu Yue, and their yellow-dressed leader ordered them to stop.
• Three days later, Gu You and Gu Yue joined Shrek Academy’s delegation to attend the Star Luo Empire’s state ceremony and imperial reception.
• Gu You watched the emperor exchange credentials with the Douluo Continent delegation while Gu Yue recognized the yellow-dressed girl standing behind him.
• At the reception, Gu You sensed the girl hiding on the platform when she called out to him, and she realized he had found her.

Gu You and Dai Yun'er teased and quarreled at the Star Luo Empire’s welcoming banquet while Emperor Dai Tianling indulged his mischievous daughter. The chapter then introduced the empire’s All-Continent Young Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, which was about to begin.

• Dai Yun'er asked Dai Tianling to help teach Gu You a lesson, but he warned her against causing trouble and gave in when she pleaded with him.
• At the banquet, Gu You hid in a corner to eat pastries while Dai Tianling began the evening’s first dance with a woman from the Douluo Continent delegation.
• Dai Yun'er invited Gu You to dance, and he deliberately stepped on her dress until she kicked at him; he made her promise not to do it again before leaving to sleep.
• The narration explained the tournament’s history, eligibility rules, events, and the benefits contestants received for ranking well.
• The chapter described one-on-one matches as the tournament’s most closely watched event and noted that contestants could use any weapons or equipment.

The Continental Young High-Level Soul Master Elite Tournament began, while Gu Yue refused to compete and Gu You told her to follow her heart. Gu You entered the individual preliminaries and discovered that he had drawn contestant number 250 for Arena Twenty-Five, making him suspect the tournament was rigged.

• Cai Yuer warned Gu Yue that refusing to compete could cost her a place in the Shrek Seven Devils selection and affect her chance to enter the inner court, but Gu Yue agreed to withdraw because she was in a bad mood.
• Gu Yue told Cai Yuer that joining the Spirit Pagoda had already ended her chances of being selected as one of the Shrek Seven Devils, then left.
• Gu You told Gu Yue to do as she wished and follow her heart, and she was surprised that he had not tried to persuade her to compete.
• The tournament began at Star Luo Grand Stadium, where the individual matches were run as elimination rounds across fifty arenas.
• Gu You arrived for his first-day match and saw that he had been assigned contestant number 250 in Arena Twenty-Five, which made him suspect something was fishy.

Gu You defeated Ling Wuxie, a five-ring Soul King, with one punch in the first match of the Continental Young High-Rank Soul Master Elite Tournament. After Ling Wuxie was eliminated, his teacher urged him to learn from the loss and trained him for a future chance to overcome the shame.

• Gu You charged Ling Wuxie without releasing his martial soul as the match began.
• Ling Wuxie released five soul rings, but Gu You struck him down with one punch and won the match.
• Gu You left the stage and met Gu Yue in the contestant passageway.
• Ling Wuxie's teacher slapped him, then embraced him and told him to accept the loss without excuses.
• Ling Wuxie's teacher said he would take him to Hell Valley to train and build real combat experience.

After Shrek’s contestants advanced in the individual competition, Gu You watched the doubles matches from the academy’s viewing area. Dai Yun’er confronted him and introduced her brother Dai Yueyan, whose interest in Gu You grew after seeing him withstand his pressure.

• The first round of the individual competition ended after three days, and the tournament moved on to the doubles, team, and Mech competitions.
• Gu You joined the Shrek group at the venue to watch the doubles competition, where all three Shrek pairs were competing.
• Dai Yun’er entered Shrek’s viewing area and challenged Gu You to a bet based on his Dragon Martial Soul, but he dismissed her.
• Dai Yun’er tried to grab Gu You, but he dodged her and teased her until she appealed to Dai Yueyan for help.
• Dai Yueyan introduced himself and tested Gu You with his aura, but Gu You remained unmoved, impressing him.

Gu You rejected Dai Yun’er’s wager to make him her boyfriend, then faced Monster Academy’s Long Yue in a test of strength before the team event. Their handshake ended in a draw, leaving Dai Yun’er astonished by Gu You’s strength.

• Dai Yun’er proposed a team-battle wager and said Gu You would have to become her boyfriend if he lost, but Gu You insulted her and Dai Yueyan led her away.
• Gu You’s group checked the team-event schedule and learned they would compete in the third round, with Gu Yue registered as a substitute.
• Monster Academy entered the waiting area, and Dai Yun’er whispered to its leader, Long Yue, before he approached Gu You.
• Long Yue challenged Gu You over allegedly bullying Dai Yun’er, then introduced himself and clasped hands with him.
• Long Yue and Gu You held their grip for more than ten seconds before releasing it, with Long Yue’s hand trembling and Dai Yun’er stunned by Gu You’s strength.

Monster Academy’s powerful team and Shrek’s first team both won their opening team battles, while Long Yue recognized Gu You as a formidable opponent. Ling Wuxie reflected on his first-round elimination as the tournament continued in Star Luo City.

• Long Yue told Dai Yun'er that Gu You might be stronger than him and looked forward to fighting him in the arena.
• Xie Xie reported that Long Yue was a legendary Monster Academy genius, and the group watched Monster Academy’s seven five-ring Soul Kings crush their opponents.
• Gu You’s Shrek team defeated their first-round opponents almost instantly, led by Yuan En Yehui’s transformed punches.
• Ling Wuxie considered how his lack of caution had allowed his opponent to defeat him before he could use his Battle Armor.

Ling Wuxie watched the second round draw and saw Gu You matched against Monster Academy’s Su Mu, while Gu You slept through the morning. At the tournament, Long Yue began his first individual match by letting his young opponent use her Soul Skills.

• Ling Wuxie recovered from his loss to Gu You and went to Star Luo Grand Stadium to watch the second round.
• The match list showed Gu You facing Su Mu, whose name bore Monster Academy’s golden emblem.
• Gu You stayed asleep because his match was scheduled for later in the day.
• Spectators argued about Monster Academy’s likely results and whether Shrek’s Gu You could challenge its competitors.
• Long Yue stepped onto the central platform and agreed to let his opponent use all her Soul Skills before he attacked.
• The girl released four ice Soul Rings and began forming four pieces of battle armor.

Long Yue defeated the blue-clad girl without moving, absorbing her Heartfreezing Palm and forcing her to concede. Gu You then faced Su Mu, who immediately donned his battle armor as the match began.

• The blue-clad girl combined her first four Soul Skills into a spiked ice attack and struck Long Yue with Heartfreezing Palm.
• Long Yue revealed he had absorbed the attack, praised the girl for avoiding his left chest, and convinced her to admit defeat.
• Gu You sensed that Long Yue's Mountain Dragon King aura was unusually strong and that their royal dragon bloodlines could suppress each other.
• Gu You entered the arena to face Su Mu, who was ranked third among Monster Academy's Eight Heavenly Kings.
• Su Mu donned his battle armor, and Gu You summoned a dragon shadow that swallowed him.

Gu You defeated Su Mu in an instant, causing an uproar and raising Shrek Academy’s profile as its opponents increasingly forfeited. Su Mu recovered from his injuries while Dai Yueyan grew angry over the defeat, and Dai Tianling later dined with Dai Yueyan and Dai Yun'er.

• Gu You defeated Su Mu, whose shattered Battle Armor and injuries left him unconscious and exposed on the ground.
• The defeat sparked outrage in Star Luo City, and authorities deployed military forces to disperse people besieging the Star Luo Royal Hotel.
• Dai Yueyan learned how badly Su Mu had been injured and became furious at Gu You, while Monster Academy faced pressure over the loss.
• The tournament continued, and Shrek Academy’s pairs advanced while opponents routinely forfeited against Gu You and the team.
• Dai Tianling dined with Dai Yueyan and Dai Yun'er, pleased to spend time with his children.

Dai Yun'er and the Shrek students discussed the tournament as the individual group stage approached. Yue Zhengyu chose to face Long Yue despite Gu You warning him there was no hope, and their match began.

• Dai Tianling told Dai Yun'er to look into Gu You's past feats after she admitted she could not beat him.
• Xu Xiaoyan noticed Wu Changkong and Elder Cai were absent, and Yuan En Yehui suggested Wu Changkong was encouraging the students to rely on themselves.
• The Shrek Team passed the two-versus-two and seven-versus-seven group stages, and Yue Zhengyu drew Long Yue in his individual group.
• Yue Zhengyu vowed to test Long Yue rather than forfeit, despite Xie Xie teasing him and Gu You warning him about Long Yue's strength.
• The match between Yue Zhengyu and Long Yue was announced, and Gu You looked up.

Yue Zhengyu prepared for Shrek Academy’s match against Monster Academy’s strongest fighter, Long Yue, as Emperor Dai Tianling and Monster Academy dean En Ci watched. En Ci revealed his desire to visit Shrek Academy on the Douluo Continent and meet someone there as a student.

• Spectators learned that Shrek Academy would face Long Yue, making the match crucial to Monster Academy and the Star Luo Empire.
• Yue Zhengyu rose, composed himself, and headed toward the competition grounds.
• Dai Tianling attended the match alongside En Ci, the legendary God Domain Douluo and dean of Monster Academy.
• En Ci recounted his extraordinary rise from a three-ring Soul Elder to the peak of the Star Luo Empire’s Soul Master world.
• En Ci told Dai Tianling that he planned to visit Shrek Academy after the tournament and meet someone there with the attitude of a student.

Long Yue faced Yue Zhengyu in the match between Monster Academy and Shrek Academy, revealing the overwhelming power of his Mountain Dragon Martial Soul. Gu Yue recognized the true dragon and recalled the saying that the Mountain Dragon must be king, while Gu You asked her to explain its story.

• En Ci told Dai Tianling that Long Yue could protect Star Luo for a century and that En Ci hoped to pursue another world once he had a successor.
• Yue Zhengyu stepped forward at the start of the match, but Long Yue's advancing aura nearly overwhelmed him.
• Yue Zhengyu summoned his Holy Sword and unleashed Heaven Splitting Earth Shattering, then revealed Spirited Alloy One-Word Battle Armor fused with his Martial Soul.
• Long Yue transformed through Martial Soul Possession and revealed his Mountain Dragon Martial Soul, stunning Yue Zhengyu and the audience with its power.
• Gu Yue recognized the Mountain Dragon as one of the strongest true dragons and recalled the saying, "the Mountain Dragon must be king."
• Gu You appeared beside Gu Yue and asked her to tell him the Mountain Dragon's story.

Gu Yue explained the Mountain Dragon King lineage and why Long Yue’s Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul made him a terrifying opponent. Long Yue defeated Yue Zhengyu with his Mountains and Rivers skill, while En Ci reflected on the pain and resources behind his disciple’s growth.

• Gu Yue told Gu You that the Mountain Dragon King lineage sacrificed its freedom to become mountains, rivers, and continents, earning the right for each adult Mountain Dragon to receive a royal title.
• Gu You said he knew the dragon history and judged Long Yue terrifying, but Gu Yue replied that she was more terrifying than him.
• Long Yue unleashed his Mountains and Rivers Soul Skill, sending mountains surging across the arena as Yue Zhengyu fought back with Angel Descent and Light of Judgment.
• Long Yue stopped the mountains just short of Yue Zhengyu, who conceded the match.
• En Ci watched proudly as Long Yue stood victorious and recalled the immense pain and resources involved in his cultivation.

Long Yue’s overwhelming victory earned Monster Academy acclaim and more imperial support, while Gu Yue continued explaining the Dragon God’s history to Gu You. She described the growing conflict between human and beast deities in the God Realm and left the story as the Dragon God’s proposed departure set the stage for a major clash.

• Long Yue suppressed his agitation and was identified as the Tang Sect’s opponent after displaying the Mountain Dragon King Martial Soul.
• Dai Tianling applauded Long Yue and raised Monster Academy’s resources by ten percent at En Ci’s request.
• Star Luo City’s media celebrated Long Yue, hailing him as a once-in-a-millennium genius who might become a god.
• Gu Yue visited Gu You and explained that only the Dragon God could suppress the Mountain Dragon King through bloodline.
• Gu Yue recounted how human deities oppressed beast deities and how the Dragon God proposed leaving the God Realm, provoking opposition from its five God Kings.

Gu Yue told Gu You the history of the Dragon God War and asked him to describe what it felt like if he suppressed Long Yue’s bloodline. As the tournament’s round-robin stage ended, the knockout rounds began, with Gu You and his companions preparing for the first matches.

• Gu Yue explained that the Dragon God War drove beast deities from the God Realm and left the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King missing.
• Gu Yue asked Gu You to tell her whether he could suppress Long Yue’s Dragon God’s Nine Sons bloodline after they fought, and Gu You agreed.
• The round-robin stage ended, and the remaining contestants from Monster Academy and Shrek Academy advanced to the knockout rounds.
• Xie Xie looked forward to Gu You’s showdown with Long Yue, while he and Yue Zhengyu traded barbs before Gu You told them to stop arguing.
• The tournament opened its knockout stage in the expanded Star Luo Grand Stadium, where the round of sixty-four would determine who advanced.