Chapter Summaries

Bai Xu and Gu Yue took Shrek Academy’s entrance assessments as Work-Study Student applicants, concealing their abilities while earning high scores. After passing the first eight tests, they entered an illusory forest for the ninth test, which centered on the last Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Bai Xu learned from Leng Jiuming’s note that his recommendation was for a Work-Study Student place, and he and Gu Yue continued the assessment together.
• Bai Xu and Gu Yue earned full marks in the spiritual-pressure test after Gu Yue pretended to struggle alongside him.
• They cooperated with the other applicants to defeat a Three-Eyed Giant, passed the adaptability and special-talent tests, and Bai Xu scored zero in the artistic-talent test.
• Bai Xu defeated his previous-year student opponent with a Mental Attack, and Gu Yue also passed the eighth test.
• Bai Xu and Gu Yue entered the ninth test’s illusory forest and checked how much energy each had used.

Bai Xu and Gu Yue passed Shrek’s entrance assessment by refusing to kill a young Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then settled into their work-study dormitory. As they explored the academy, Da Huang revealed that Yuanen Yehui carried a seed from the Demon Plane, leaving Bai Xu to plan to deal with that threat later.

• Bai Xu and Gu Yue watched a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear battle a Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Da Huang explained how Sea God Tang San had used the Auspicious Beast’s fortune in a scheme involving Huo Yuhao.
• Bai Xu controlled the young Three-Eyed Golden Lion but chose not to kill her, so an elderly examiner passed him and Gu Yue and admitted them to Shrek.
• A teacher showed Bai Xu and Gu Yue their shabby work-study dormitory, where Bai Xu cleaned the room and dismantled its bunk bed with his powers.
• Gu Yue confessed that she had fallen for Bai Xu, and he told her to prepare herself mentally as they discussed cherishing their time together.
• Da Huang revealed that Yuanen Yehui carried a demon seed linked to the Demon Plane, and Bai Xu agreed to deal with her later while the Spirit of the Plane hoped to devour that plane.

Bai Xu and Gu Yue settled into Shrek Academy, where Gu Yue reunited with Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie and introduced Bai Xu as her partner. At the opening ceremony, Elder Cai explained that students who failed the academy’s examinations would be expelled.

• Bai Xu cultivated through the night while Gu Yue explained that work-study students had to earn contribution points to pay tuition, so they went to find missions.
• Gu Yue accepted a Mecha-related mission, while Bai Xu returned to the dormitory to cultivate.
• Gu Yue reunited with Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie, then introduced Bai Xu as her partner and left with him.
• Bai Xu told Gu Yue he would not treat Tang Wulin as an enemy unless Tang Wulin turned against him.
• Elder Cai addressed Shrek’s students at the opening ceremony and stated that failing two minor examinations or one major examination would lead to expulsion.

Bai Xu and Gu Yue settled into life at Shrek Academy, where they learned about its strict Battle Armor requirements and struggled with their dwindling contribution points. Na'er confronted Bai Xu over Gu Yue and the future, but after Gu Yue joined them, she and Na'er spoke privately, leaving Gu Yue in high spirits.

• Wu Changkong assigned Bai Xu, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan seats together, and Shen Yi explained Shrek’s rules and Battle Armor requirements.
• Bai Xu worried about his lack of contribution points while Tang Wulin tried to trade a year of meals for his blacksmithing services at the cafeteria.
• Gu Yue and Bai Xu planned to cultivate and take on tasks, while the others returned to their dormitories.
• Na'er summoned Bai Xu to a pavilion, questioned his knowledge of her and Gu Yue, and threatened him with her Silver Dragon Spear.
• Gu Yue arrived and told Bai Xu to leave so she could speak privately with Na'er.
• Gu Yue returned at dusk smiling, teased Bai Xu about predicting the future, and went with him to dinner.

Bai Xu and Gu Yue discussed Na'er’s dependence on Tang Wulin and agreed that Gu Yue could test whether Na'er could stand on her own without her inherited talent. During the class-officer contest, Bai Xu fought Wu Sido and pushed her to use her Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Shen Yi announced that the students would compete for class-officer positions, and Wu Changkong predicted Tang Wulin would become class president.
• Bai Xu told Gu Yue that Na'er had built her life around Tang Wulin and her inherited gifts, and Gu Yue considered reclaiming Na'er's talent and martial soul.
• Gu Yue proposed betting with Na'er that she would leave Tang Wulin alive and not take the Golden Dragon King's origin if Na'er won.
• Bai Xu easily fought his way through opponents and challenged Wu Sido, matching the Hell Spirit Cat's speed and strength with his body alone.
• Wu Sido realized she could not defeat Bai Xu without her self-created Martial Soul Fusion Skill, fused the Hell Spirit Cat and Hell White Tiger, and resumed the battle.

Bai Xu and Gu Yue became vice class monitors after the class competition, while Tang Wulin wondered about Bai Xu’s motives. Gu Yue then made a wager with Na’er that stripped Na’er of much of her talent, and the chapter ended as the class committee began organizing students into profession groups and saw Bai Xu’s registration form.

• Bai Xu defeated Wu Sido’s Hell White Tiger, while Tang Wulin defeated Xu Yucheng, and Bai Xu and Gu Yue later withdrew from the competition.
• Tang Wulin became class monitor, and Gu Yue and Bai Xu became vice class monitors; Bai Xu said he only wanted contribution points for food.
• Wu Changkong told Tang Wulin that Bai Xu had a goal of his own, and Tang Wulin declared that he wanted to grow stronger, find his parents, and enter Shrek Academy’s inner court.
• Gu Yue challenged Na’er to prove that human bonds could endure after her talent was sealed, and Na’er accepted to protect Tang Wulin; Gu Yue reclaimed much of Na’er’s talent and weakened her Martial Soul.
• Bai Xu warned Na’er that human nature could change her, then predicted that Shrek Academy would soon lose its peace.
• The class committee received the task of dividing students into seven balanced groups, and Tang Wulin and Wu Sido were surprised to see Bai Xu’s form list his Heavenly Eye, Metal Attribute Control Martial Soul, no secondary profession, and Level 41 Soul Power.

Xie Xie struggled with feeling left behind and sought advice from Bai Xu, while the class began a Mecha-building assignment that left Bai Xu in a group alone. Meanwhile, Na'er’s Martial Soul mutation had cost her much of her talent, and the chapter ended as she charged out to face Huihuang’s challenge.

• Tang Wulin divided the students into practical groups, placing Bai Xu by himself to keep the groups balanced.
• Xie Xie met Bai Xu cultivating outdoors and asked how he could become stronger; Bai Xu told him that a person’s way of thinking could constrain their achievements.
• Wu Changkong assigned each group to build a Mecha before the final exams and warned that groups with an unfinished Mecha would be eliminated.
• Bai Xu declined Gu Yue’s offer to help, saying he was nearing a breakthrough and wanted to travel to other continents.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li confirmed that Na’er’s Silver Dragon Spear had undergone a malignant mutation and that her diminished talent had made her vulnerable to challenges and gossip.
• Huihuang challenged Na’er on Sea God Island, and Na’er, furious at his provocation, summoned her spear and charged out to confront him.

Na'er was publicly defeated by Huihuang after her power weakened, leaving her devastated despite Yun Ming and Ya Li’s support. Bai Xu completed a breakthrough in his five-element cultivation and agreed to join Gu Yue and their companions in challenging the Spirit Pagoda’s Soul Spirit Tower, while Gu Yue reminded him about the final exams.

• Huihuang challenged Na'er and suppressed his strength to Soul Elder level, but his Blazing Sun attack burned her and made her collapse.
• Yun Ming’s pressure forced Huihuang and the nearby students to the ground, while Ya Li treated Na'er and comforted her as she left in despair.
• Gu Yue and Bai Xu discussed the hostility Na'er faced, while Tang Wulin remained unaware of her situation and focused on cultivating.
• Bai Xu completed his five-element breakthrough, gained stronger control over the elements, and demonstrated that he could alter metal and separate his soul from his body.
• Gu Yue invited Bai Xu to help Xu Xiaoyan obtain a Thousand-Year Spirit Soul from the Spirit Pagoda’s tower, and Tang Wulin confirmed that Yuan En and Yue Zhengyu would join their seven-person team.
• Xu Xiaoyan thanked the group for helping her, and Gu Yue asked Bai Xu what he would do about the final exams.

Bai Xu reassured Gu Yue that he would remain at Shrek through the first-semester final exam, then joined Tang Wulin’s group for a challenge at the Soul Spirit Tower. After entering the tower, Bai Xu used Mental Domination to make the first floor’s wolves kill one another, shocking the team.

• Bai Xu declined Tang Wulin’s offer to help him find a secondary profession and told Gu Yue he would not be eliminated from Shrek by the final exam.
• Gu Yue confessed that she wanted Bai Xu to stay by her side, and Bai Xu said he would leave Shrek later to pursue his dream of seeing the world.
• Tang Wulin organized the team for the Soul Spirit Tower challenge, while Yuanen Yehui refused to accept Yue Zhengyu’s command.
• Gu Yue brought the team to Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where Bai Xu saw Leng Yaozhu and decided not to use his powers inside the monitored tower.
• Tang Wulin arranged the team on the first floor, and Bai Xu used Mental Domination to make the wolf-type soul beasts kill one another.

Bai Xu led the group through twelve stages of the Soul Spirit Tower, revealing powerful spiritual, sword, and lightning abilities while helping Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui obtain suitable soul spirits. After Leng Yaozhu invited the Shrek students to join the Spirit Pagoda and they declined, she kept Gu Yue behind and asked whether she liked Bai Xu.

• Bai Xu used his spiritual soul skill to overwhelm the early stages, then joined the group in fighting the Ice Bears while Xu Xiaoyan absorbed an Ice Bear soul spirit.
• Bai Xu killed a four-thousand-year Demon Lizard Dragon with his Golden Longsword, and Yuanen Yehui declined its soul spirit as the group continued upward.
• After seeing a Lightning Beast, Bai Xu comprehended lightning, killed it, and Yuanen Yehui again chose to continue rather than absorb it.
• Bai Xu, Tang Wulin, and Yuanen Yehui led the group in defeating a Diamond Baboon, which Yuanen Yehui absorbed as her soul spirit.
• Tang Wulin invited Bai Xu and Gu Yue to join his team, but Bai Xu declined because he and Gu Yue were affiliated with the Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu invited the group to join the Spirit Pagoda, and after they declined, she asked Gu Yue whether she liked Bai Xu; Gu Yue admitted that she liked him a little.

Bai Xu helped Na'er understand why Yun Ming and Ya Li planned to send her to the Outer Court, and she began to reflect on herself. At Shrek Academy, tensions between Tang Wulin's group and the other students grew as the class prepared for an exchange competition, while Bai Xu arranged to compete alone.

• Leng Yaozhu supported Gu Yue's plan to begin forging a one-word Battle Armor and urged her not to let someone she liked slip away.
• Na'er broke down over the contemptuous looks she faced, and Bai Xu explained that Yun Ming's decision to send her to the Outer Court was a chance to prove herself rather than abandonment.
• Bai Xu told Na'er that the wager had been meant to help her grow, and she began reflecting on how she had treated others.
• Shen Yi announced an all-around competition between the first- and second-year classes, with Tang Wulin tasked with counting the teams.
• Shen Yi introduced transfer students Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, while Bai Xu persuaded Wu Changkong to let him compete alone under the condition that a loss would cost him his vice class monitor position and double his work-study duties.
• Ye Xinglan became interested in the conflict around Tang Wulin and joined his team.

Tang Wulin challenged his classmates to prove his right to be class monitor, while Bai Xu entered the class selection tournament alone. Bai Xu easily defeated his first opponents, leaving his classmates to face the prospect of challenging his speed and strength.

• Tang Wulin vowed to resign as class monitor if his team lost the selection tournament, and Bai Xu revealed that he had registered as a one-man team.
• Gu Yue joined Tang Wulin's team, but Shen Yi later informed them that Ye Xinglan could not participate in the competition.
• Wu Changkong announced the single-elimination tournament, and Bai Xu was drawn against Ouyang Shihuan's group.
• Bai Xu used his golden defense and incredible speed to eliminate Ouyang Shihuan's Control Soul Master and two Agility Attack Soul Masters before defeating Ouyang Shihuan.
• Ouyang Shihuan's remaining teammates surrendered, and the Saint Spirit Douluo praised Bai Xu for controlling his counterattacks so precisely.

Bai Xu faced Tang Wulin’s team in the final, countering their coordinated attacks with his Sky Eye Martial Soul and overwhelming combat ability. Tang Wulin and Xie Xie managed to break Bai Xu’s golden barrier, but Bai Xu answered with a storm of flying swords, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Bai Xu received a bye, and Tang Wulin’s team defeated the five-member genius ranking team to reach the final.
• The Saint Spirit Douluo healed Tang Wulin’s team before Bai Xu faced all five of them in the final.
• Bai Xu disrupted Gu Yue’s charged attack with Spirit Shock, then fought Tang Wulin head-on and matched his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Bai Xu’s Illusory Dream Eye made Xie Xie stab Xu Lizhi, who was carried off the stage after being injured.
• Bai Xu used his speed to force Gu Yue to teleport away and Xu Xiaoyan to concede, while Xie Xie attacked with Twin Dragon Storm alongside Tang Wulin.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin broke Bai Xu’s golden barrier, but Bai Xu unleashed flying swords that struck Xie Xie and left Tang Wulin with only a few sword marks.

Bai Xu defeated Tang Wulin after a fierce battle in which Gu Yue's Elemental Fission damaged him, but his Wood Element healed his injuries. Afterward, Gu Yue confided in Na'er that she feared a future conflict between Bai Xu and the soul beasts, while Na'er resolved to stop suppressing her talent and try to catch up to him.

• Gu Yue used Elemental Fission against Bai Xu, then exhausted her Soul Power and carried Tang Wulin away from the explosion.
• Bai Xu healed the injuries caused by Gu Yue's attack and fought Tang Wulin hand-to-hand until Tang Wulin lost consciousness, giving Bai Xu the victory.
• Elder Cai praised Bai Xu and proposed promoting him to the inner court, while Wu Changkong said Bai Xu's identity was special and needed a separate report.
• Bai Xu told Gu Yue that his injuries had healed and suggested he could explain his strength as a mutated bloodline.
• Gu Yue met Na'er at night and admitted she feared that Bai Xu's strength and the soul beasts' cause might eventually put them at odds.
• Na'er listened as Gu Yue explained how Bai Xu had taught her to observe human emotions, then decided to stop suppressing her talent and try to catch up to him.

Elder Cai kept Bai Xu out of the inner court for now, while Bai Xu crushed Ye Xinglan in a one-on-one duel and Gu Yue told him that Na'er would soon move into their dormitory. Three days later, Cai Yue'er changed the upcoming first-year versus second-year contest into a one-on-one round-robin, with Sea God Pavilion elders coming to watch.

• Elder Cai ordered Wu Changkong to observe Bai Xu and delay his entry into the inner court because he had joined the Spirit Pagoda and valued individual strength.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Bai Xu over Xu Lizhi's injuries, and Bai Xu defeated her with one overwhelming strike before she could attack.
• Gu Yue told Bai Xu that Na'er would move into their dormitory after the semester and asked him to help her sort out her complicated feelings for Tang Wulin.
• Cai Yue'er changed the upcoming team battle between the first- and second-year classes into a one-on-one round-robin and said the Sea God Pavilion elders would attend.

Bai Xu defeated Yuanen Yehui and five more second-years, earning the title Immortal Lord and eclipsing his classmates. As final exams approached, Na'er moved into his dormitory, where she and Gu Yue watched his unusual cultivation and discussed how his fame had eased the attention on Na'er’s lost talent.

• Bai Xu told Gu Yue he might use his Metal Element to create Mechas or Battle Armor and promised to make her an Emperor Armor.
• Bai Xu challenged Class One, Year Two alone and defeated Yuanen Yehui with his strength, golden swords, and Spirit Shock.
• Bai Xu defeated Yue Zhengyu and the remaining opponents, completing his feat of beating six second-years and becoming known as the Immortal Lord.
• Na'er moved into Bai Xu's dormitory near the end of the semester and told him she did not want Tang Wulin to see her current situation.
• Gu Yue explained that Bai Xu's fame had quieted the inner court's uproar over Na'er's lost talent, while Na'er watched his five viscera and Six Fu glow during cultivation.

Gu Yue explained to Na'er why Bai Xu had changed her feelings toward Tang Wulin and why she believed Bai Xu was exceptional. As Shrek Academy's first-semester final exam began, Bai Xu took Na'er along toward Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, despite the requirement that students travel alone and without resources.

• Gu Yue told Na'er that Bai Xu had taught her to understand human emotions and that she might have fallen for Tang Wulin if Bai Xu had not appeared.
• Na'er confronted Bai Xu about Gu Yue's evaluation of her, then agreed to remain hidden while she waited for the right time to face others.
• Shen Yi announced that students had fifteen days to reach Mingdu, defeat stronger opponents in at least ten cities, and return without money or equipment.
• Bai Xu invited Na'er to join his final-exam journey, and Xu Xiaoyan saw them leave the academy together.
• Bai Xu borrowed a hundred Federal Coins from a passerby and took Na'er by taxi toward Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.

Bai Xu and Na'er reached the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, where a rival faction began investigating Bai Xu as a possible recruit. On their way to the train station, Bai Xu challenged Na'er to confront her indifference toward ordinary people and soul beasts, and she saw how people reacted to her when she appeared vulnerable.

• Bai Xu and Na'er spoke with a taxi driver about ordinary people's hard lives before arriving at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• A Spirit Transmitter gave Bai Xu temporary identification and money, while a powerful visitor ordered his secretary to investigate Bai Xu and prevent him from joining the Qian Gu Family's faction.
• In a taxi, Bai Xu asked Na'er about Tang Wulin and argued that she cared more about protecting him than about the fate of soul beasts.
• Bai Xu encouraged Na'er to remove her mask and cap so she could witness humanity's malice, and the taxi driver stared at her before driving away.
• At the train station, people followed Na'er and sought to approach her, assuming she lacked influential affiliations.

Bai Xu and Na'er were harassed on their journey to Cloud Sea City, where Ouyang Zhenxin tried to seize Na'er by force. Bai Xu killed Ouyang and his men, then invoked Na'er's status as the Sea God Pavilion Master's direct disciple, leaving the proctor to handle the fallout.

• Bai Xu and Na'er boarded the train to Cloud Sea City, where Ouyang Zhenxin and other men repeatedly tried to approach Na'er.
• Bai Xu warned Na'er that people were still watching them and explained his connection to the Spirit of the Plane and the risks tied to his future power.
• After Bai Xu and Na'er left the city, Ouyang Zhenxin and five Soul Kings blocked their way and threatened to take Na'er.
• Bai Xu killed three Soul Kings with Spirit Shock, then killed Ouyang Zhenxin despite the proctor's warning.
• Bai Xu told the proctor that Na'er was the Sea God Pavilion Master's direct disciple, and the proctor agreed to continue the examination while handling the incident.

Bai Xu returned to Shrek City with Na'er after revealing his suspicions that her fate and reunion with Tang Wulin had been guided by the Lord of the Plane. Na'er struggled with the revelation, while Shrek's teachers debated Bai Xu's killing of the Ouyang family members and others.

• Bai Xu told Na'er that he had arranged her trials to help her grow, then claimed Tang Hao had watched over her reunion with Tang Wulin and guided her fate.
• Da Huang backed Bai Xu's claims, telling Na'er that fate shaped her life and that her choices had been guided by them; Na'er broke down in tears.
• Bai Xu told Na'er that Tang Hao was the current Lord of the Plane, Ah Yin was the Life Ancient Tree, and Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King essence explained his brother's arrival on the continent.
• Bai Xu and Na'er returned to Shrek City, where Gu Yue said their feelings for Tang Wulin were real even if Na'er had to decide for herself what to believe.
• Shrek teachers watched footage of Bai Xu killing five Soul Kings and an Ouyang family member; Elder Cai argued that the teachers should look closely at Bai Xu's eyes.