Chapter Summaries

Chen An changed into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and used Judgment of Fate to overwhelm and kill the Man Faced Demon Spider. He absorbed its Soul Ring’s devouring energy into the fourth fruit, which still needed less than ten percent more energy to fill.

• The Man Faced Demon Spider kept Chen An from reaching the Profound Gold Battle Hammer and battered him while he was in the Golden Armor War God Ape state.
• Chen An changed into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and used the Soul-Seizing Bell and Judgment of Fate to make the Man Faced Demon Spider relive the vengeance of the souls it had killed.
• Chen An attacked the disoriented Man Faced Demon Spider, targeting the human face beneath its carapace, until it died and became a Soul Ring.
• Chen An absorbed the Soul Ring’s vitality-devouring energy into the fourth fruit and determined that another five thousand years of energy would fill it.

Chen An killed a Devouring Attribute soul beast in the Spirit Ascension Platform and used its energy to complete his fourth Creation Holy Tree fruit. He visualized the Heaven Devouring Sparrow and transformed into one, but his enlarged form barely fit inside the room.

• Chen An withdrew from the Spirit Ascension Platform when he encountered a Devouring Attribute soul beast while exhausted.
• Chen An took expensive Spirit Pagoda medicine, reentered the platform, and killed the eight-thousand-year-old soul beast.
• Chen An absorbed the soul beast's energy, filled the Creation Holy Tree's fourth fruit, and withdrew from the platform.
• Chen An visualized the Heaven Devouring Sparrow, choosing its area-wide Devouring Power over the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's and Taotie's forms.
• Chen An touched the illusory beast and transformed into a Heaven Devouring Sparrow, growing so large that he knocked over things in his room.

Chen An tested the Devouring Sky Sparrow Feather’s power and acquired a blood-red cauldron that could devour and refine living beings and objects. He hid his visit to the Spirit Pagoda from Gu Yue Na, showed her a restrained trace of Devouring Power, and left with her to celebrate.

• Chen An saw the mist from the Devouring Sky Sparrow Feather turn objects into black powder, then reverted to human form and examined a new cauldron from the Creation Holy Tree.
• Chen An learned that the cauldron could devour and refine creatures and objects into useful products, named it the Devouring Sky Cauldron, and paid the Spirit Pagoda for the damage he caused.
• After Chen An returned to his dormitory and slept, Gu Yue Na asked whether he had visited the Spirit Pagoda, and he claimed he had gone to the Forging Masters Association to absorb a soul spirit from Zhen Hua.
• Chen An showed Gu Yue Na a weak devouring vortex and said he had gained some Devouring Power; Gu Yue Na congratulated him and suggested a celebratory dinner.
• Chen An agreed to pay for dinner and left the academy with Gu Yue Na, telling her that his Soul Power Level was thirty-one.

After reaching Soul Elder, Chen An continued to improve in combat and in Soul Tool making and forging while he and Gu Yue Na spent two years together at Sun Moon Royal Academy. As the Federation Grand Competition approached, Principal Xu Lin prepared the students for their trip to Shrek City and warned them about possible clashes with Shrek Academy students.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na sparred, and Gu Yue Na defeated him again, though he lasted longer than before.
• Gu Yue Na questioned Chen An's lack of new Soul Skills, and he said he would reveal more methods when they matured.
• Chen An discovered that his cultivation breakthrough had brought him close to becoming a fifth-level Soul Engineer and enabled him to forge fifth-grade metal.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na spent four semesters at Sun Moon Royal Academy and celebrated their fourteenth and tenth birthdays.
• Principal Xu Lin told the forty students that they would leave for Shrek City the next day and cautioned them about likely challenges from Shrek Academy students.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na reviewed their Federation Grand Competition schedules and decided to bring Di Tian to Shrek City for added protection. After preparing for the trip, they left Sun Moon Royal Academy with Xu Lin and the other participants, heading for the station.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na received their competition schedules and saw that they would not face each other in the individual matches.
• Over dinner, Gu Yue Na proposed bringing Di Tian to Shrek City for protection, and Chen An agreed.
• After drinking, Gu Yue Na became tipsy, and Chen An supported her back to the academy.
• The next morning, Chen An called Gu Yue Na to wake her so they could pack and catch the train to Shrek City.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na ate breakfast, then joined the students and teachers gathered at the academy gate under Xu Lin's leadership.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na traveled with Sun Moon Royal Academy’s team to Mingdu for the Federation Grand Competition, where the academy’s teachers hoped they would challenge Shrek Academy while staying safe. On the train, they watched an interview with Southern Legion soldier Sima Jinchí, whom Chen An recognized as closely connected to the Dragon Slayer Blade.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na boarded the coach with Xu Lin and the academy’s higher-ups, while the other students took the larger bus.
• The teachers praised Chen An and Gu Yue Na’s strength and urged them to prioritize their safety in the match against Shrek Academy, though Chen An privately resolved not to lose.
• The academy’s group traveled by private express train to Mingdu and watched Federation Grand Competition coverage during the journey.
• Gu Yue Na sensed something unusual about the confident soldier being interviewed, and Xu Lin identified him as Sima Jinchí of the Southern Legion.
• Chen An recognized Sima Jinchí’s connection to the Dragon Slayer Blade and understood why Gu Yue Na had found him interesting.

On the train to the Federation Grand Competition, Chen An recognized Sima Jinchí as a potential ally and dragon clan ritual blade, then learned that Spirit Pagoda heir Qiangu Zhangting would be a major rival for Gu Yue Na. The chapter left Chen An estimating his chances against Qiangu Zhangting while Gu Yue Na remained confident she could challenge him.

• Chen An considered recruiting Sima Jinchí and having Gu Yue Na subdue him so he would not later join Tang Wulin.
• Chen An, Gu Yue Na, and Xu Lin saw Qiangu Zhangting declare that he would win both championships in the Federation Grand Competition.
• Gu Yue Na said her teacher, Leng Yaozhu, had urged her to defeat Qiangu Zhangting, her future rival in the Spirit Pagoda.
• Gu Yue Na revealed that Qiangu Zhangting was twenty years old and a rank sixty-eight Soul Emperor, while she believed she still had a chance against him.
• Chen An estimated he had a seventy percent chance of beating Qiangu Zhangting if he fought without regard for the consequences, but only a twenty percent chance if he held back.

Chen An and the Sun Moon Royal Academy group arrived in Shrek City for the Federation Grand Competition and checked into a crowded hotel. Gu Yue Na objected to her assigned roommate and asked to share a room with Chen An instead.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na saw Shrek City and the distant Spirit Pagoda headquarters as their train approached.
• Xu Lin led the group through the station, where Federation Government staff inspected them before they boarded buses into Shrek City.
• The buses carried the group through the city's gates to a hotel hosting academy competitors for the Federation Grand Competition.
• A teacher assigned Gu Yue Na to share with Teacher Wang and Chen An to share with Xu Lin because the hotel lacked enough single rooms.
• Gu Yue Na said she would rather share a room with Chen An than with someone she barely knew.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na settled into a shared room at their hotel in Shrek City, then arranged to meet Chen An’s teacher, Zhen Hua. When Zhen Hua prepared to leave the Forging Masters Association, Yun Ming appeared in his room without warning.

• Gu Yue Na persuaded Xu Lin to let her share a room with Chen An, and Xu Lin assigned the pair Room Eleven between the teachers’ rooms.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na inspected their room, agreed to live naturally without a curtain between their beds, and went downstairs to eat.
• Zhen Hua called Chen An, learned he was staying in Shrek City, and arranged to meet him at the hotel an hour later.
• As Zhen Hua prepared to leave the Forging Masters Association, Yun Ming appeared behind him, and Zhen Hua asked what he meant by entering his room unannounced.

Yun Ming confronted Zhen Hua and demanded that he end his master-disciple relationship with Chen An, warning that refusing would damage his ties with Shrek Academy. Zhen Hua refused to abandon Chen An and warned him to leave Shrek City, but Chen An chose to stay until the youth team match in two days.

• Yun Ming told Zhen Hua that he would no longer let the conflict involving Chen An and Gu Yue Na rest, despite their not provoking Shrek Academy over the past year.
• Yun Ming urged Zhen Hua to sever his master-disciple relationship with Chen An, but Zhen Hua asked what would happen if he refused.
• Yun Ming said he would not harm Zhen Hua but warned that refusing would sever his friendly relations with Shrek Academy, then left.
• Zhen Hua judged the conflict to have escalated unnecessarily and went to warn Chen An that Yun Ming might act against him and Gu Yue Na.
• Chen An refused to leave Shrek City before the match against Shrek Academy's youth team in two days.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na prepared to face any trouble Shrek Academy might cause, then spent an unexpectedly sleepless night sharing a hotel room. As the Federation Grand Competition drew near, Shrek City filled with competitors and officials, and its venues made their final preparations.

• Zhen Hua warned Chen An to stay safe from Shrek Academy and urged him to win the youth forging competition.
• Gu Yue Na dismissed the idea of fleeing Shrek City, and Chen An said they should defeat Shrek Academy's youth team at the opening ceremony.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na struggled to sleep, got up for water together, and stayed awake watching television until after six in the morning.
• After eating breakfast, Chen An and Gu Yue Na returned to their room to catch up on sleep.
• Competitors and Federation officials arrived in Shrek City as the stadiums prepared to host the Federation Grand Competition.

Yun Ming and Zang Xin discovered that Chen An was the young man they had believed dead, and discussed capturing him to uncover how he had resurrected before killing him. They left Chen An's fate marked by the Tang Sect's firm intent to eliminate him.

• Yun Ming gave Zang Xin the youth exhibition match roster and pointed out Chen An, the older brother of Ha Luosa.
• Yun Ming explained that Chen An had been the young man beside Ha Luosa when she died, and that his sister Chen Yan's identity confirmed their connection.
• Zang Xin recalled that he had believed Chen An dead and realized that Chen An might have resurrected like Halosa.
• Zang Xin declared that Chen An could not be allowed to live, while Yun Ming said he wanted to learn the secret of his resurrection first.
• Zang Xin agreed that they would capture Chen An, study him, and then kill him thoroughly.

Yun Ming planned to expose Gu Yue Na as an Evil Soul Master to undermine Chen An, Xu Lin, and Sun Moon Royal Academy. Chen An and Gu Yue Na joined their academy group at Shrek Grand Stadium for the Federation Grand Competition's opening ceremony, where their exhibition matches against Shrek awaited.

• Yun Ming told Zang Xin he wanted to publicly reveal that Chen An's younger sister, Gu Yue Na, was an Evil Soul Master, while keeping a secret attack as a backup.
• Xu Lin gathered the competitors and stressed the importance of the exhibition matches, especially the youth division, where he hoped Chen An and Gu Yue Na could challenge Shrek Academy.
• Chen An and Gu Yue Na cultivated overnight, then woke, ate breakfast, and left with Xu Lin and the Sun Moon Royal Academy group for Shrek Grand Stadium.
• On the walk to the stadium, people recognized the academy's uniforms and expected Sun Moon Royal Academy to lose its exhibition matches again.
• The competitors entered the crowded stadium and took their assigned seats near the central battle platform, where Chen An surveyed the venue.

Chen An watched the Federation Grand Competition venue while Yun Ming observed him from a private box where Federation leaders and Shrek Academy and Tang Sect figures gathered. Qiangu Dongfeng arrived and took his place beside Xu Lang, making the rivalries among the powerful attendees clear.

• Chen An searched the stands for Federation and Shrek Academy leaders, then noticed the distinctive central private box.
• Yun Ming stood in the box with the Federation Speaker, Xu Lang, Ya Li, Zang Xin, and other officials as the chapter outlined the Federation’s political and military power structure.
• Zang Xin announced the arrival of the Federation Speaker and Xu Lang, and they entered the box.
• The Federation Speaker greeted Yun Ming warmly, while Xu Lang went directly to his seat without a friendly exchange.
• Qiangu Dongfeng arrived with Leng Yaozhu and two Spirit Pagoda officials, greeted Xu Lang and the Federation Speaker, and gave Yun Ming and Zang Xin only a false smile.
• Leng Yaozhu glanced at Yun Ming with a complicated expression, then took her seat without greeting him.

At the Federation Grand Competition opening ceremony, Yun Ming received the crowd’s overwhelming support while Chen An watched him and Zang Xin closely. Xu Lang considered Qiangu Dongfeng’s proposal to work against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, and the ceremony continued with speeches.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na surveyed the gathered competitors and noticed powerful Soul Emperor and Soul Sage contestants among the adults.
• The Federation Grand Competition’s chief organizer and deputy chief organizer opened the ceremony, and Yun Ming appeared with the Federation’s prominent figures to roaring cheers.
• Chen An fixed his gaze on Yun Ming and recognized Zang Xin, while Xu Lang worried Yun Ming might become a god and considered Qiangu Dongfeng’s proposal.
• Yun Ming delivered a brief speech that drew thunderous applause, and Xu Lang followed with a longer speech encouraging the competitors.

Federation Commander-in-Chief Xu Lang announced military rank rewards for top performers, while leaders of major powers promoted their organizations before the Federation Grand Competition began. The junior exhibition match between Sun Moon Royal Academy and Shrek Academy opened with the teams facing off, and Sun Moon’s students were already intimidated by Shrek’s reputation.

• Xu Lang announced that top individual competitors could earn military ranks, and Chen An resolved to pursue the championship.
• Zang Xin, Qiangu Dongfeng, and the Federation Speaker addressed the contestants before the competition officially began.
• The audience applauded Shrek Academy far more enthusiastically than Sun Moon Royal Academy as the exhibition matches were introduced.
• Seven junior students from each academy entered the arena, and Chen An sensed that all seven Shrek students were Soul Ancestors.
• The teams faced one another, with Shrek’s students confident and the Sun Moon students feeling pressure from their opponents’ reputation.

Shrek Academy defeated Sun Moon Royal Academy in a fierce exhibition match, exposing the difference in their teams’ support and control abilities. Sun Moon’s students held out for nearly sixteen minutes but ended the battle with serious injuries.

• The official began the exhibition match between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Academy, whose old enmity made both teams eager to win.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, then met in a coordinated battle with similar formations.
• Chen An recognized that Shrek’s combat students had an edge in experience and technique, while Sun Moon’s weaker support and control Soul Masters put their team at a disadvantage.
• Shrek steadily gained control of the fight, and Sun Moon’s students began leaving the stage after using their strongest Soul Skills.
• Shrek Academy defeated all seven Sun Moon students after nearly sixteen minutes; four Shrek students remained standing, while both teams suffered injuries.

After Shrek Academy won the first demonstration match, Chen An and Gu Yue Na took the stage with Sun Moon Royal Academy’s team for the next bout. Their young ages stunned the spectators, and the chapter ended with Shrek’s team accusing them of insulting the academy by sending children to fight.

• Shrek Academy won the youth match, and the crowd cheered as Xu Lin arranged treatment for the injured Sun Moon Royal Academy students.
• After a fifteen-minute break, Xu Lin told Chen An to put safety first before Chen An and Gu Yue Na led the next team onto the platform.
• Spectators and dignitaries were shocked by Chen An’s and Gu Yue Na’s ages, and Leng Yaozhu revealed that her ten-year-old disciple was already a three-ring Soul Elder.
• The Shrek Academy team demanded that Chen An and Gu Yue Na leave the platform, accusing Sun Moon Royal Academy of insulting Shrek by sending them to compete.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na faced outrage after Sun Moon Royal Academy sent them to fight Shrek Academy’s youth division, but Xu Lin defended the choice and challenged Shrek to accept the match. Shrek’s seven students revealed their powerful Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and the chapter ended as Chen An, Gu Yue Na, and their teammates began releasing theirs.

• Chen An called the critics insane, while Gu Yue Na and the Sun Moon Royal Academy students glared at them coldly.
• Xu Lin defended Chen An and Gu Yue Na as qualified contestants and said replacing them would mean going easy on Shrek Academy.
• Yun Ming accepted the challenge from his private box, and Xu Lin warned that Shrek should not blame Sun Moon Royal Academy if its contestants were defeated.
• The female official announced that the match would begin in one minute, and the Shrek captain threatened Chen An and Gu Yue Na.
• The Shrek students revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, showing a lineup of six Soul Emperors and one Soul King.
• Chen An, Gu Yue Na, and the other Sun Moon Royal Academy contestants began releasing their Martial Souls.

Chen An and Gu Yue Na faced Shrek Academy in a youth division exhibition match, with Sun Moon Royal Academy staking its chances on the two young fighters. The match began after officials and spectators discussed their unusual lineup and Chen An’s mysterious Martial Soul.

• Chen An and Gu Yue Na released their Martial Souls, and their Dragon Might heavily suppressed the Lightning Wind Dragon Soul Master.
• The other Sun Moon Royal Academy members revealed a lineup of two control types, two support types, and one defense type, leaving Chen An and Gu Yue Na to carry the offense.
• Xu Lin’s decision to replace an Assault Type fighter with a support-type Soul Master was explained as a way to strengthen Chen An and Gu Yue Na.
• Qiangu Dongfeng watched with interest, while Yun Ming and Zang Xin doubted that the two young fighters could overcome Shrek Academy’s team.
• Xu Lang explained that Chen An had no visible Martial Soul or Soul Rings, and confirmed that scientific tests showed he was human and that Xu Lin was his teacher.
• The female official announced the start of the exhibition match.