Chapter Summaries

Yun Ming used the Abyss Plane threat to argue that Zang Xin should serve at the Abyss Channel for ten years before fulfilling his promise to Chen An. With the Federation Speaker and the public supporting the proposal, Chen An’s next move remained undecided.

• Gu Yue Na and Di Tian learned of the Abyss Plane, and Gu Yue Na judged its Plane Master to be a threat she could handle after recovering her strength.
• Chen An recognized Yun Ming’s appeal to humanity’s survival as an attempt to protect Zang Xin, then argued that his elder could guard the Abyss Channel instead.
• Yun Ming proposed that Zang Xin serve there for ten years and promised to capture and deliver him to Chen An if he failed to fulfill his promise afterward.
• Zang Xin accepted Yun Ming’s proposal, and many people in the audience supported sending him to fight the Abyss Creatures.
• The Federation Speaker backed the plan and urged Xu Lang to consider how Zang Xin could help the Blood God Legion, while those present waited for Chen An’s decision.
• Yun Ming asked Xu Lin whether the Abyss Channel had a merit-based reward system for its soldiers.

Chen An made Zang Xin’s life conditional on earning military merits for him at the Abyss Channel, and the Federation Speaker approved an exception allowing the merits to be transferred. Zang Xin reluctantly accepted Chen An’s kill quotas and public reporting requirements to preserve his life.

• Chen An demanded that Zang Xin earn military merits under Chen An’s name by killing Abyss Creatures at the Abyss Channel, or face death.
• Xu Lang supported the arrangement, while Yun Ming objected that transferring military merits violated Federation law.
• Chen An and Di Tian threatened to kill Zang Xin if the others refused, and the Federation Speaker intervened to approve an exception.
• Zang Xin objected to Chen An’s proposed quota of ten thousand kills a year, so Chen An lowered it to ten kills a day and twelve Titled Rank Abyss Creatures a year, with his battle record made public.
• After Xu Lang confirmed enough Titled Rank Abyss Creatures appeared each year, Yun Ming urged Zang Xin to accept, and Zang Xin reluctantly agreed.

After Yun Ming withdrew, Xu Lang promised to send Zang Xin to the Abyss Channel and transfer his battle merits to Chen An. The chapter ended with the Federation calming the public while news of Chen An and Gu Yue Na’s victory and the wager spread.

• Yun Ming confirmed that his wager with Chen An still barred him from troubling Chen An for a year, then left with Ya Li and postponed the exhibition match until afternoon.
• Xu Lang promised to arrange Zang Xin’s deployment to the Abyss Channel, publicize his actions there, and transfer his battle merits to Chen An; Chen An began calling him Martial Uncle.
• Di Tian declined Xu Lang’s invitation to dine, urged him to protect Chen An and Gu Yue Na, and departed through a spatial vortex.
• Qiangu Dongfeng observed Di Tian’s spatial abilities and realized Yun Ming had been wary of him.
• The Federation Speaker reassured the audience about the Abyss Channel, and the morning matches were delayed as spectators discussed Sun Moon Royal Academy’s victory and the wager’s outcome.

Sima Jinchí sought out Gu Yue Na because he sensed a powerful, familiar connection to her, while Chen An recognized that their bloodlines could draw him to her. After the meeting, Xu Lang and Xu Lin warned Chen An that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect would likely try to kill him and urged him to leave Shrek City.

• Sima Jinchí stopped Chen An's group as they left the venue and formally greeted Xu Lang, recognizing him as the Federation Military Headquarters Commander-in-Chief.
• Sima Jinchí asked to speak with Gu Yue Na, who sensed his connection to dragons, while Chen An realized her Silver Dragon King Bloodline had attracted him.
• Xu Lang invited Sima Jinchí to accompany the group but made him wait outside while they discussed confidential matters in a hotel conference room.
• Xu Lang and Xu Lin warned Chen An that Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect might assassinate him after Yun Ming nearly resorted to force.
• Xu Lang and Xu Lin urged Chen An to leave Shrek City as soon as possible and abandon the matches.

Chen An agreed to leave Shrek City while Xu Lin and Xu Lang tried to move the Federation Grand Competition to Mingdu. The chapter ended with Di Tian and Sima Jinchí arriving to take Chen An and Gu Yue Na away.

• Chen An considered staying in Shrek City to keep competing, but Xu Lin and Xu Lang urged him to prioritize his safety, and he agreed to leave if the venue could not be changed.
• Gu Yue Na proposed moving the competition, and Chen An and Xu Lin argued that Yun Ming’s threat and treaty violation could help win support for relocating it to Mingdu.
• Xu Lang asked Leng Yaozhu for the Spirit Pagoda’s position, and she suggested contacting Qiangu Dongfeng without openly backing the plan.
• Xu Lin told Chen An and Gu Yue Na to contact their elder and return to the academy while he and Xu Lang worked on changing the venue.
• Gu Yue Na sent Di Tian their spatial coordinates, and Di Tian and Sima Jinchí arrived in the meeting room.

Chen An left Shrek City with Di Tian, Gu Yue Na, and Sima Jinchí while Zhen Hua stayed behind to help move the Federation Grand Competition to Mingdu. Enraged by his humiliation, Zang Xin issued a highest-grade Tang Sect Kill Order against Chen An, while Yun Ming wondered whether a god was behind Chen An’s mysterious mental restriction.

• Chen An warned Zhen Hua to stay safe, then departed through Di Tian’s Space Channel with Gu Yue Na and Sima Jinchí.
• Xu Lin, Xu Lang, Zhen Hua, and Leng Yaozhu informed Qiangu Dongfeng about moving the competition, and he contacted Federation leaders to discuss the venue change.
• Zang Xin vented his rage at Tang Sect headquarters and ordered a highest-grade Tang Sect Kill Order against Chen An, offering a Tang Sect Icefire Token, Merit Points, and Federal Currency as rewards.
• Yun Ming cautioned the Enforcement Hall master that a space-skilled quasi-god protected Chen An, but the master remained confident in the Tang Sect’s covert methods.
• Zang Xin explained that Chen An’s mental restriction had dissolved his spiritual sword qi, and Yun Ming speculated that it might be connected to a god.

Yun Ming, Zang Xin, and Ya Li suspected Chen An had a Soul Bone that granted Mental Immunity, possibly the Three-Eyed Golden Lion Skull Bone. The Federation accepted an emergency proposal to move the Federation Grand Competition from Shrek City to Mingdu, and Yun Ming was summoned to discuss it at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters.

• Zang Xin ruled out divine power as the cause of Chen An's immunity, and Yun Ming, Zang Xin, and Ya Li connected it to the Spirit Ice Douluo's Three-Eyed Golden Lion Skull Bone.
• Yun Ming suspected Chen An possessed that Skull Bone, while Zang Xin and Ya Li questioned how such a Soul Bone could exist and considered other possible sources.
• Zang Xin said Chen An still had to die, and Yun Ming said Chen An's safety depended on whether he stayed in Shrek City.
• Yun Ming learned that Xu Lin, Xu Lang, Spirit Pagoda representatives, and other supporters had proposed moving the Federation Grand Competition to Mingdu, citing the danger to contestants in Shrek City.
• Xu Lang invited Yun Ming to the Spirit Pagoda headquarters to discuss the proposed venue change.

At Gu Yue Na’s request, Sima Jinchí revealed that he was connected to the Dragon Slayer Blade, whose presence stirred his Bloodline and Soul Power. The chapter left him beginning to merge with the blade as Gu Yue Na and Di Tian recognized the ancient Dragon Clan treasure.

• Yun Ming told Zang Xin he would visit the Spirit Pagoda headquarters with him to confront its representatives.
• Sima Jinchí met Chen An, Gu Yue Na, and Di Tian outside Mingdu and asked Gu Yue Na to release her Martial Soul.
• Gu Yue Na summoned her Silver Dragon, triggering a powerful reaction in Sima Jinchí’s Bloodline and Soul Power.
• Golden Soul Power gathered behind Sima Jinchí and formed the Dragon Slayer Blade, which Gu Yue Na and Di Tian recognized as a Dragon Clan treasure.
• Sima Jinchí revealed eight black Soul Rings and a cultivation level of eighty-nine, then his seventh Soul Ring lit up and his body began merging with the blade.

Gu Yue Na wielded the Dragon Slayer Blade and revealed its immense power, though the strike left her exhausted. Sima Jinchí accepted that he was the blade reborn, learned he could attain immortality, and acknowledged Gu Yue Na as his master.

• Gu Yue Na took the Dragon Slayer Blade and unleashed a slash that tore through space and carved a vast ravine, but the effort left her weak.
• Chen An supported Gu Yue Na as she explained that wielding the blade strained her too much for now.
• Sima Jinchí realized he was the Dragon Slayer Blade transformed and accepted Gu Yue Na's explanation that he could live indefinitely unless the blade was damaged.
• Gu Yue Na revealed that she knew Sima Jinchí had recognized her as the Silver Dragon Queen and demanded that he acknowledge her as his master.
• Sima Jinchí knelt and greeted Gu Yue Na as his master, and she told him to rise.

Gu Yue Na learned about Sima Jinchí's unusual origins and his command in the Southern Legion, then gave him a drop of her blood to stimulate the origin within him. Sima Jinchí returned to the military eager to grow stronger, while Chen An questioned him about the legion and Gu Yue Na noted his lingering loyalty to its commander.

• Sima Jinchí recounted how he had awakened the Dragon Slayer Blade Martial Soul and naturally gained a Soul Ring before joining the military and rising to command the Gale Division.
• Gu Yue Na learned that Sima Jinchí commanded ten thousand soldiers, while Chen An considered how little authority he might truly hold within the Yue Family-controlled Southern Legion.
• Gu Yue Na told Sima Jinchí to continue developing in the military, but he said he wanted to stay near her to cultivate faster.
• Gu Yue Na cut her finger with the Silver Dragon Spear and gave Sima Jinchí a drop of her blood, which activated his Soul Power and would stimulate his origin for a year.
• Chen An asked Sima Jinchí about the Southern Legion, and Sima Jinchí asked them not to harm the commander who had helped him.

Chen An learned about the Southern Legion and hoped to compete in the Federation Grand Competition despite his injuries. After Yun Ming opposed the venue change but eventually relented, the Federation moved the competition to Mingdu, prompting public outrage and the first contestants to travel there.

• Chen An spoke with Sima Jinchí, who described the Southern Legion before returning to Shrek City.
• Chen An watched news reports about the competition and cultivated while recovering from his injuries.
• Yun Ming confronted Federation officials over moving the competition, but Xu Lang, Xu Lin, and Qiangu Dongfeng stood firm and he eventually agreed to the change.
• The organizing committee announced that the competition would be held in Mingdu, with Sun Moon Royal Grand Stadium as the main venue and refunds offered for tickets to Shrek City.
• Citizens and some contestants protested the decision, while the Federation told unwilling contestants they could forfeit.
• Contestants began taking Soul Guidance Trains to Mingdu as staff prepared accommodations.

After the Federation Grand Competition moved to Mingdu, the venues opened and Chen An began his youth division forging match. Sun Moon Royal Academy conceded the postponed exhibition match against Shrek Academy, while Chen An quickly took the lead in his forging group.

• Xu Lin, Xu Lang, and the other officials returned to Mingdu and worked through the night to arrange new venues and finalize competition preparations.
• More than a dozen competitors withdrew over the venue change and were blacklisted, while the remaining competitors and staff arrived and the Mingdu stadiums sold out.
• Sun Moon Royal Academy conceded the postponed exhibition match, angering Shrek Academy's inner court disciples, and the official combat matches began.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na went to separate secondary venues for their events, while the large Sun Moon Royal Academy stadium hosted the combat matches.
• Chen An forged metal in the youth division group match, drawing Zhen Hua's attention as commentators reported that he was far ahead of the other competitors.

Chen An broke the forging competition record and earned nearly perfect scores, then was attacked by an assassin posing as a reporter. A Sun Moon Royal Academy director stopped the attacker, leaving him captured after his camera weapon was knocked away.

• Chen An finished forging in thirty-six minutes and seventeen seconds, setting a new first-round record.
• The judges awarded Chen An forty-nine point seven out of fifty for his fifth-grade refined metal.
• As Chen An left the venue, he sensed danger from a male reporter and attacked him with the Scythe of Death.
• The reporter fired three poisoned needles from his camera, but Chen An dodged the last one after his scythe deflected the other two.
• A Sun Moon Royal Academy director seized the reporter, broke his hand, and stopped him from firing the camera again.

A disguised Tang Sect Soul-Reaping Yama Sticker nearly killed Chen An during a forging competition, but he sensed the attack and evaded it. The failed assassination exposed a threat against him, while Zang Xin prepared to leave for the Abyss Battlefield and entrusted Yun Ming with Tang Sect affairs.

• A council member subdued the reporter who fired at Chen An, and Chen An confirmed he was unharmed.
• Zhen Hua and the council members questioned the reporter, then took him and the hidden-weapon launcher away as evidence.
• The attack disrupted the forging competition, drove the audience away, and led to the cancellation of the adult division event.
• Zang Xin and Yun Ming discussed Chen An's escape from the modified Soul-Reaping Yama Sticker and the likelihood of further assassination attempts.
• Zang Xin asked Yun Ming to oversee Tang Sect affairs while he traveled to the Abyss Battlefield that night.

After the attack on Chen An, he used the Soul-Seizing Bell to make the captured reporter confess that Deacon Jin Tao of Mingdu Tang Sect had ordered the assassination. Chen An planned to record a manipulated interrogation blaming Tang Sect for sabotaging the Federation Grand Competition, and he wanted to confront Tang Sect with the attacker before killing him.

• Yun Ming agreed to watch over Tang Sect while Zang Xin complained about having to kill Abyss Creatures for Chen An.
• Chen An warned Gu Yue Na about the attack, and the media and Federation Government responded as suspicion fell on Tang Sect.
• At Sun Moon Royal Academy, Xu Lin and the others questioned the captured reporter, who denied having an accomplice.
• Chen An used the Soul-Seizing Bell to make the reporter confess that Deacon Jin Tao of Mingdu Tang Sect had ordered the attack and supplied the Soul-Reaping Yama Sticker.
• Chen An proposed recording an interrogation that accused Tang Sect of trying to sabotage the Federation Grand Competition, and Xu Lin said Chen An could kill the reporter if he wished.
• Chen An said he wanted to kill the reporter in front of Tang Sect members so they would know the consequences of attacking him.

After footage tied the Tang Sect to an assassination attempt and alleged plans to sabotage the Federation Grand Competition, Yun Ming admitted the Tang Sect would keep targeting Chen An but denied intending to harm others. Chen An then challenged Yun Ming’s account in a livestream, accusing the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy of choosing a crowded competition venue to cause collateral casualties and disrupt the event.

• Xu Lin released footage of a controlled reporter describing the Tang Sect’s alleged plans, prompting public outrage and a Federation Government demand for an explanation.
• Yun Ming called the footage a smear, contacted the Federation Speaker, and then publicly admitted the Tang Sect had tried to kill Chen An and might attack him again.
• Yun Ming denied plans to attack other contestants and said people would be safe if they did not interfere with attempts on Chen An.
• Chen An rejected Yun Ming’s explanation and argued that choosing the competition’s crowded venue for an attack showed the Tang Sect intended collateral casualties and sabotage.
• Xu Lin, Xu Lang, and Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua joined Chen An’s livestream to show their support as he addressed the Federation.

Chen An used an attacker’s testimony to publicly accuse the Tang Sect of trying to disrupt the Federation Grand Competition and kill him. He killed the attacker on camera, leaving Yun Ming furious that the dead man could no longer provide proof or be questioned.

• Chen An accused Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect of staging the attack to intimidate the Federation and called for the attacker’s testimony.
• Under Chen An’s Soul-Seizing Bell, the attacker claimed Tang Sect steward Jin Tao had promised him a reward to assassinate Chen An and sabotage the competition.
• Xu Lang said ten million Federal Currency had been transferred to the attacker and alleged the sender had ties to the Tang Sect, prompting public outrage.
• The attacker explained that Jin Tao chose him because a weak, unaffiliated Soul Grandmaster would attract less attention and let the Tang Sect deny responsibility.
• Chen An threatened the Tang Sect, then killed the attacker with the Scythe of Death in front of the livestream.
• Yun Ming condemned Chen An for silencing the attacker, while the Tang Sect faced accusations it could no longer easily refute.

After killing an assassin, Chen An told the media he would continue living normally despite the Tang Sect’s attempts on his life. Gu Yue Na moved in with him for safety, while the Federation Speaker warned the Tang Sect not to disrupt the competition again, and Yun Ming said its attempts to kill Chen An would continue.

• Chen An killed the assassin, answered questions from the media, and said he would face the Tang Sect’s attacks without hiding from ordinary life.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na returned to the academy and agreed to have another bed placed in his room so they could live together for safety.
• Xu Lin contacted the Federation Speaker, who summoned Tang Sect leaders to discuss the assassination and disruption of the Federation Grand Competition.
• The Federation Speaker warned the Tang Sect against further disruptions, and Yun Ming denied it had intended to disrupt the competition while confirming that its assassination attempts against Chen An would continue.

Yun Ming rejected the Federation Speaker’s demand for a public apology, offering compensation for the tournament delay while insisting the Tang Sect had been framed. The next morning, Chen An woke to find Gu Yue Na beside him and saw the Federation Speaker holding a press conference.

• The Federation Speaker asked Yun Ming to hold a public apology, but Yun Ming denied the Tang Sect had disrupted the tournament and refused to apologize for alleged mistakes.
• Yun Ming offered ten million as compensation for the tournament delay, promised the Tang Sect would not disrupt the next day’s competition, and left with the Tang Sect officials.
• After Yun Ming left, the Federation Speaker told officials the government would explain the incident to the public and contestants while leaving the Tang Sect to face public pressure.
• The next morning, Chen An woke and saw Gu Yue Na sleeping in an extra bed in his room.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na got up to wash and get breakfast, and Chen An turned on the television to see the Federation Speaker at a press conference.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na discussed the Federation Government's inability to act against the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, then attended the resumed Grand Competition under heightened security. The matches began at Sun Moon Royal Academy's stadium, where Chen An and Gu Yue Na waited with Xu Lin and the others.

• The Federation Speaker condemned the Tang Sect's interference and announced that the Grand Competition would resume that afternoon.
• Gu Yue Na and Chen An concluded that the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy's strength and government connections made them difficult to oppose.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na ate breakfast cautiously, then cultivated in their room while waiting for their afternoon matches.
• The Grand Competition resumed with fewer spectators and increased security, as citizens feared another attack.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na joined Xu Lin and the others at Sun Moon Royal Academy's stadium, and the team and individual matches began on schedule.