Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xuanzhen and the Eight Deceitful Gods destroyed the Green Skeleton organization, and Zhao Xuanzhen looted its treasury. After he reached the peak of Level 59, his soul power broke through to Level 60.

• Zhao Xuanzhen ordered the attack, and Zhi Fu and Teng Snake slaughtered Green Skeleton’s members and defeated Skeleton Douluo, who had devoured four Skeleton Kings to reach Limit Douluo.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used his Wind Birds and Holy Brilliant Evil God Lightning to find and kill the surviving Green Skeleton members, eradicating the organization.
• Zhao Xuanzhen sent Zhi Fu to search for Dragon Valley, a small plane containing Dragon Clan corpses that was nearing its next opening.
• Zhao Xuanzhen broke into Green Skeleton’s treasury and collected its wealth, including a ten-thousand-year Secret Technique Soul Bone intended as a catalyst for the Titan Giant Ape soul bone.
• Zhao Xuanzhen’s soul power answered his wish for a Six-winged Angel and broke through from Level 59 to Level 60.

Long Yeyue visited Chen Xin Jie to ask the Sea God Legion and War God Hall to support Shrek Academy, then revealed that their deceased child had been his and offered him the Vast Sea Universe Crystal. After Chen Xin Jie absorbed it, an ancient consciousness awakened within him and vowed vengeance against Shrek Academy’s enemies.

• Long Yeyue confronted Chen Xin Jie at the Sea God Legion and asked him to commit the War God Hall and Sea God Legion to Shrek Academy’s defense.
• Chen Xin Jie refused, but Long Yeyue revealed that the child she had lost had been his, and he pledged to help her.
• Long Yeyue discussed taking control of Shrek Academy and warned that Zhao Xuanzhen and their other enemies were powerful.
• Long Yeyue gave Chen Xin Jie the Vast Sea Universe Crystal, and he absorbed it as the sea around the legion fell still.
• A golden figure appeared in Chen Xin Jie’s spiritual world, reviewed the crisis facing Shrek Academy, and declared that its enemies had courted death.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Long Yuxue fought their way through the Abyss Channel, where he destroyed the Charm Empress’s projection and revealed the Huanglong Spear’s power to the Blood God Army’s leaders. After visiting his parents’ graves at Hero’s Tomb, he vowed to protect the army’s soldiers and prevent other children from becoming orphans.

• Zhao Xuanzhen slew the Ba An and Demon Charms guarding the Abyss Channel, devouring their origins with the Huanglong Spear.
• The Charm Empress’s projection attacked Zhao Xuanzhen, but he unleashed his domains and soul abilities to destroy her with a spear strike.
• Zhao Xuanzhen caught Long Yuxue after the clash, and they returned to the military camp, where Zhang Huanyun questioned him about the Huanglong Spear.
• Zhang Huanyun and the other military leaders discussed plans to strike the Abyss, while Dragon Mother encouraged Long Yuxue to show Zhao Xuanzhen around the camp.
• Long Yuxue accompanied Zhao Xuanzhen to Hero’s Tomb, where he laid flowers at the shared grave of Zhao Liuyun and Ye Ling.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Long Yuxue he had joined the Blood God Army to prevent its soldiers from dying and children from losing both parents, then said the blood shed should be that of Abyss creatures, not his tears.

After Zhao Xuanzhen trained with Muye and failed to obtain Gold Water Mutual Containment, he joined Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Wu Sido, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yang Nianxia for Shrek Academy’s team-based Final Exam. He led the group to Tianyang City and redirected their search for opponents toward the Tang Sect branch, where they announced a challenge.

• Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Yuan Zhong, then trained in Body Secret Techniques with Muye while Jiu Tian reported that he had found six pieces of Forging Metal but not Gold Water Mutual Containment.
• Zhao Xuanzhen asked Jiu Tian to forge Jade Silver for a Black-grade Mecha, then learned from Gu Yue that the Final Exam had changed to team battles after an Evil Soul Master attack disrupted Shrek Academy’s plans.
• Zhao Xuanzhen’s team bought a six-seat Soul Guide Vehicle, with Yang Nianxia driving, and Zhao Xuanzhen directed them away from the Spirit Pagoda toward Tianyang City.
• Zhao Xuanzhen led the team to the Tang Sect Tianyang City Branch, where Ye Xinglan and Wu Sido raised a banner challenging the Tang Sect’s strongest youth team under twenty-five.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Yang Nianxia told the Tang Sect security captain that Shrek and the Tang Sect were one family and that they had come for a friendly exchange.

Gu Yue challenged Zhao Xuanzhen for a place as a Spirit Pagoda Core Disciple, but his command of the Eight Trigrams Qimen overwhelmed her elemental powers. After Wu Changkong urged Class Zero to learn from the defeat, Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er encountered the Spirit Ascension Platform's guardians and prepared to fight them.

• Na'er knocked Tang Wulin out of the Spirit Ascension Platform, leaving Gu Yue to face Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er.
• Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Gu Yue by overriding her elemental control and binding her with Wind Ropes, while Na'er taunted her.
• Gu Yue asked for a reevaluation and challenged Na'er, but Zhao Xuanzhen ended the encounter, and Gu Yue exited the platform.
• Wu Changkong told Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi that they had seen how far they lagged behind Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er, then promised harsher training.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er found a Thousand-Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and a thousand-year Evil Eye Tyrant, then charged at their assigned opponents.
• Zhao Xuanzhen activated his Third Soul Skill, Way of the Limitless, and broke through his physical, spiritual, and Soul Power limits.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er defeated Huyan Ba and his thugs, then returned the thugs’ stolen wealth to Shrek City’s residents. Afterward, Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er spent the night wandering the city together, where Na'er affirmed that they would stay together forever.

• Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er combined their attacks to break Huyan Ba’s Martial Soul Avatar and defeat him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen summoned Big Bai Sister and Little Bai Sister to take Huyan Ba and the other thugs to the Spirit Pagoda for Han Tianyi’s Virtual Space tests.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er returned the thugs’ wealth to the people whose shops had been affected by the battle.
• Na'er held Zhao Xuanzhen’s hand and ran with him through Shrek City as they enjoyed takoyaki and the moonlit streets.
• Na'er declared that she and Zhao Xuanzhen would be together forever and that their future was the sea of stars.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er entered the riot-phase Spirit Ascension Platform, where Zhao defeated Mu Xi and a group of Eastsea Academy students who tried to fight them. The chapter ended with Tang Wulin's team witnessing the fight and realizing they had encountered a formidable opponent during their advancement match.

• Zhao Xuanzhen explained to Na'er that Leng Yaozhu wanted Gu Yue to join their faction and asked the two of them to test her.
• Zhao Xuanzhen killed three Iron Arm Apes, then faced Mu Xi and two companions after Mu Xi demanded that he and Na'er leave the platform.
• Zhao Xuanzhen revealed his two Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings, repelled Mu Xi's group, and pursued them after they fled.
• Mu Xi regrouped with Xu Xiaoyu and other Eastsea Academy students, who formed up to confront Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er.
• Zhao Xuanzhen overwhelmed the academy group, and Tang Wulin's team arrived in time to witness the fight and recognized him as a threat to their Final Exam.

Zhao Xuanzhen reunited with Na'er and Leng Yaozhu after a year of seclusion, revealing that he had become a four-ring Soul Master with a golden fourth Soul Ring. He learned that he had to retake Class Zero’s Final Exam at the Arena of Life and Death.

• Na'er reunited with Zhao Xuanzhen at Shrek Academy and brought him to the Spirit Pagoda to see Leng Yaozhu.
• Qiangu Zhangting greeted Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er, then privately admitted his desire to possess Na'er and his plan to follow Qian Gu Dongfeng’s instructions.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er discussed Qiangu Zhangting’s succession and imagined taking control of the Spirit Pagoda before visiting Leng Yaozhu.
• Zhao Xuanzhen showed Leng Yaozhu and Na'er his four Soul Rings, including a golden ring granted by the Golden Tree Spirit after his breakthrough to level forty.
• Na'er told Zhao Xuanzhen that he had missed Class Zero’s Final Exam and would need to retake it at the Arena of Life and Death.

The chapter presented disconnected scenes from several stories, including Zhao Xuanzhen and Gu Yue affirming their resolve to help their peoples, and various characters pursuing their own plans. It ended with the Black-faced Elder going to meet Xue Sangui and the other two hall masters.

• Zhao Xuanzhen firmly answered Gu Yue, and they confirmed their determination to help resolve the feud between their races.
• Huo Qishao arrived by plane but could not reach Su Yujing by phone.
• Ling Yue unexpectedly encountered Nan Xia, while Zhuang Yishang ignored Xia Jianrui's warning and stared at her.
• Lin Yunfei called Su Qianqian from the Abyss, refined his herbs into pills, and began secluded cultivation.
• Qin Qi fired at the starship and held back the War Insects pursuing Qin Mohan and the Green Lotus Seed.
• The Black-faced Elder rose and went to where Xue Sangui and the other two hall masters were resting.

Zhao Xuanzhen earned money telling fortunes at Shrek before leaving for Heaven Dou City, where he planned to meet Muye and choose a final exam candidate. A Soul Guide Train attack by an Evil Soul Master brought him face-to-face with Tang Wulin, and Zhao Xuanzhen began recording the fight as an exam task.

• Zhao Xuanzhen attracted a crowd at his fortune-telling stall and earned twenty thousand Federal Coin from Jiang Ting after advising her to break up with her boyfriend.
• Na'er gave Zhao Xuanzhen her savings for his trip, while she and Gu Yue faced off over him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen boarded a train to Heaven Dou City, planning to visit the Blacksmith Association and meet Muye.
• Mo Lan told Zhao Xuanzhen that Tang Wulin was aboard the train, then an Evil Soul Master attacked Carriage No. 7 and threatened the passengers.
• The Evil Soul Master injured Tang Wulin and overwhelmed the train security team, so Zhao Xuanzhen declared the attacker an exam target and started recording.

Leng Yaozhu taught Zhao Xuanzhen about Battle Armor and its related Second Professions, and he chose to study Mecha Design, Mecha Manufacturing, and Mecha Repair together. The chapter ended with Zhao Xuanzhen trying to make his dozing Auspicious Water Pig study Battle Armor design so it could help him make armor.

• Leng Yaozhu explained Battle Armor’s history, the four related professions, and her goals for Zhao Xuanzhen to become a quasi-god and a Four-Word Battle Armor Master.
• Zhao Xuanzhen chose to study Mecha Design, Mecha Manufacturing, and Mecha Repair, arguing that mastering all three would let him create Battle Armor perfectly suited to himself.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed and made Zhao Xuanzhen promise that all three professions would reach Level 4 within five years without his Soul Power Cultivation falling behind.
• Leng Yaozhu taught Zhao Xuanzhen basic Soul Tool knowledge while he eagerly absorbed her instruction.
• Zhao Xuanzhen noticed the Auspicious Water Pig sleeping and opened a Battle Armor design book in front of it, telling it to learn so it could help him make Battle Armor.

Zhao Xuanzhen gave Jiu Tian the rare metals needed to forge his Four-Word Battle Armor, while Gu Yue and Na'er fought over whose name it would bear. Gu Yue won the contest and named the upgraded armor Tai Chi Ancient Way, leaving Zhao Xuanzhen with a new title to endure.

• Zhao Xuanzhen visited Jiu Tian at the Blacksmith Association and gave him Dou Ling Sky Gold, asking him to forge the Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Jiu Tian told Zhao Xuanzhen that Zhen Hua would announce him as a divine blacksmith and future president of the Blacksmith Association.
• Gu Yue and Na'er argued over whose name should be added to Zhao Xuanzhen’s Four-Word Battle Armor, then raced to reach him first.
• Gu Yue and Na'er turned their rivalry into a contest, and Gu Yue outlasted Na'er and claimed the naming rights.
• Zhao Xuanzhen agreed to Gu Yue’s choice, and she named the armor Tai Chi Ancient Way.