Chapter Summaries

At the Star Luo Empire’s banquet, Dai Yun’er tried to draw close to Zhao Xuanzhen while resisting her father’s plan to engage her to Long Yue. Zhao Xuanzhen’s meeting with Long Yue ended in a sudden contest of strength, with Long Yue’s arm injured and Zhao declaring that Monster Academy’s Heavenly Kings were the ones challenging him.

• Yuanen Yehui accused Zhao Xuanzhen of taking the six Black-grade Mechas’ value, and he promised to give her the proceeds and her year-end bonus after they returned to Douluo Continent.
• Dai Yun’er followed Zhao Xuanzhen and later learned Dai Tianling intended to arrange her engagement to Long Yue, so she ran off in protest.
• At the banquet, Dai Yun’er offered Zhao Xuanzhen food and invited him to dance, but Gu Yue arrived and declared that he was hers.
• Dai Yun’er decided to pursue Zhao Xuanzhen publicly to complicate her father’s engagement plans, while Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui questioned Zhao about her.
• Long Yue arrived with Monster Academy’s Heavenly Kings, introduced himself to Zhao Xuanzhen, and challenged him with a handshake.
• Zhao Xuanzhen absorbed Long Yue’s force and sent a counterforce through his arm, dislocating bones before declaring that they were the ones challenging him.

Dai Tianling and En Ci considered an alliance with the Phoenix family to protect the Star Luo Empire, while Zhao Xuanzhen went to the Spirit Pagoda to create Soul Spirits. There, Zhang Geyang and Zhao Xuanzhen secretly plotted against each other, until Zhang Geyang’s Thunderclap Nether Vine suddenly surged toward Zhao Xuanzhen’s Brilliant Gold Spirit Ring.

• Dai Tianling and En Ci discussed the Star Luo Empire’s military disadvantage and considered winning the Phoenix family’s support through an alliance.
• Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Sima Xian, then left the stadium with Gu Yue for the Star Luo City Spirit Pagoda.
• Zhang Geyang welcomed Zhao Xuanzhen and escorted him, Gu Yue, and Muye to the underground Soul Spirit Room, while both he and Zhao Xuanzhen privately considered killing the other.
• Zhao Xuanzhen released a frozen fifty-thousand-year-old Demon Soul Great White Shark and began turning it into a Soul Spirit.
• Zhang Geyang’s Thunderclap Nether Vine erupted from the ground and rushed toward Zhao Xuanzhen’s Brilliant Gold Spirit Ring.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Muye plotted to eliminate Zhang Geyang and discussed the difficulty of Zhao Xuanzhen’s Third Awakening. As the competition’s second round began, Gu Yue invited Zhao Xuanzhen on a date, and the draw matched him against Fox King Su Mu.

• Muye warned Zhao Xuanzhen that Zhang Geyang might use the Thunderclap Nether Vine to advance, and Zhao Xuanzhen proposed killing Zhang Geyang and replacing him with Han Tianyi as Vice Tower Master.
• Muye agreed to help Zhao Xuanzhen kill Zhang Geyang, then explained that Zhao Xuanzhen’s unusual gold-tier Second Awakening might be preventing his Third Awakening.
• Shrek Academy’s competitors advanced through the first round, while Zhao Xuanzhen gained fame across Star Luo Continent for defeating Sima Xian.
• Gu Yue arrived dressed for a date and invited Zhao Xuanzhen to a performance at Tianxing Theater.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Gu Yue joined the others on their way to Star Luo Stadium, where the second-round draw paired Zhao Xuanzhen with Monster Academy’s Fox King Su Mu.

Zhao Xuanzhen uncovered Green Skeleton’s attack on Tianxing Theater and destroyed its force by turning its seventh-grade Fixed Soul Cannonball against them. Afterward, he reunited with Gu Yue and resumed their date, while a surviving infiltrator escaped to report to Lord Skeleton.

• Tang Wulin monitored Tianxing Theater’s rear entrance as Tang Sect fighters discovered that someone had already killed Green Skeleton members and dismantled bombs inside the theater.
• Zhao Xuanzhen confronted Green Skeleton’s leader near the rear entrance, and Tang Wulin recognized him while Tang Sect changed its plan to support him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used his Tai Chi Battle Armor, Tai Chi Domain, and Chaos Lotus to overwhelm the Soul Saint leader, who ordered his subordinates to fire Dark Skeleton at him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Yin Yang Reversal to absorb and redirect the seventh-grade Fixed Soul Cannonball, then detonated it above the theater and eliminated Green Skeleton’s attackers.
• Hei Yi warned Dai Yun’er that Zhao Xuanzhen’s ability to reflect Fixed Soul Cannonballs made him a grave threat, and Tang Sect’s fighters departed.
• Zhao Xuanzhen met Gu Yue after the show, accepted her candied hawthorn, and left with her hand in hand, while a disguised Green Skeleton survivor escaped toward headquarters followed by a Wind Bird.

Tang Wulin defeated Lin San, Zhao Xuanzhen swiftly eliminated Dai Yueyan, and Gu Yue overwhelmed Dai Yun'er, leaving Shrek in control of the tournament. Ye Xinglan then faced Long Yue, whose rage and pressure from Monster Academy’s losses threatened to make him lose control, and the two began their top-eight match.

• Tang Wulin used his Golden Dragon Bloodline and Blue Silver Grass to suppress Lin San and win the first upper-bracket match.
• Zhao Xuanzhen knocked Dai Yueyan out before he could finish equipping his One-Word Battle Armor, then sat out the lower-bracket match.
• Gu Yue defeated Dai Yun'er after her Soul Shock triggered a spiritual backlash, leaving both Dai siblings down in the Resting Area.
• Ye Xinglan refused to forfeit against Long Yue and entered the final top-eight match, determined to face the Mountain Dragon King.
• Long Yue transformed into the Mountain Dragon King as Ye Xinglan summoned the Stargod Sword, and their dragon might and sword intent met when the match began.

Na'er settled into life at the Spirit Pagoda and joined Zhao Xuanzhen for a lavish meal before going to fuse with her first Soul Spirit. Meanwhile, Zhao Xuanzhen began studying Mecha Repair under Phantom Brain Douluo Han Tianyi, who explained Body Souls and Second Awakening but could not teach its secret technique; Na'er ended up joining the lesson too.

• Leng Yaozhu let Na'er move into Zhao Xuanzhen's residence on the Ninety-ninth Floor, where Na'er eagerly embraced her new human life and devoured his snacks and supper.
• Zhao Xuanzhen worried about where Gu Yue might be and considered the danger she could pose to Tang Wulin.
• The next morning, Na'er arranged to find Zhao Xuanzhen after fusing with her first Soul Spirit, while Zhao Xuanzhen met Han Tianyi on the Seventy-eighth Floor to begin Mecha Repair lessons.
• Han Tianyi explained the history and strength of Body Souls, described his silver-grade Second Awakening, and told Zhao Xuanzhen that he could not pass on the Body Sect's secret technique.
• Na'er entered Illusionary Space looking for Zhao Xuanzhen, and he persuaded Han Tianyi to let her join Mecha Repair class before preventing her from leaving.

Muye taught Zhao Xuanzhen the Body Sect’s principles, gave him the Secret of the Body, and trained him while instructing him in Mecha Manufacturing. As Gu Yue prepared to return to Eastsea Academy, Na’er’s attempt to compete with her cooking ended with Zhao Xuanzhen forced to taste her disastrous dish.

• Muye explained that Body Soul strength came from being and believing in oneself, gave Zhao Xuanzhen the Secret of the Body, and asked him to help the Body Sect if its disciples ever sought him out.
• Muye agreed to teach Zhao Xuanzhen Mecha Manufacturing and took him to Death Valley for daily training, but Zhao Xuanzhen’s Second Awakening showed no signs of beginning.
• Gu Yue cooked for Zhao Xuanzhen and told him she would return to Eastsea Academy the next day; he offered to take her, while Na’er celebrated her departure.
• Na’er tried to prove she could cook as well as Gu Yue, but her dishes appalled everyone, and Zhao Xuanzhen reluctantly took a bite of her Carbon Fiber Large Intestine.

Muye discovered that Zhao Xuanzhen possessed the Body Sect’s legendary True Self Martial Soul and tried to recruit him, but Zhao Xuanzhen remained loyal to his master, Leng Yaozhu. After Han Tianyi advised Muye to cultivate a relationship with Zhao Xuanzhen without demanding that he join the sect, the group stayed at the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association, where someone sneaked into Zhao Xuanzhen’s room at night.

• Muye recognized Zhao Xuanzhen’s True Self Martial Soul and urged him to become his disciple, but Zhao Xuanzhen explained that Leng Yaozhu was already his master.
• Muye called Han Tianyi, who advised him to teach Zhao Xuanzhen Body Sect techniques and seek his future help in supporting the sect without requiring him to join.
• Muye served Zhao Xuanzhen and the others Jade Ginseng soup and invited them to stay for a few days at the Heaven Dou City Blacksmith Association.
• Zhen Hua took Jiu Tian to study forging while Muye told Zhao Xuanzhen about the Body Sect; Gu Yue grew suspicious when Muye mentioned the sect had killed seven Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• After night fell, a dark gold figure quietly entered Zhao Xuanzhen’s room and reached toward him as he meditated.

Zhao Xuanzhen welcomed two classes of Shrek students into Spirit Pagoda, then brought them to Leng Yaozhu’s live press conference, where she exposed Qian Gu Dongfeng’s alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult and declared war on his branch. As the Spirit Pagoda council voted to remove Qian Gu Dongfeng, Qiangu Dieting emerged from seclusion and announced that he would take control of Spirit Pagoda again.

• Zhao Xuanzhen admitted Wu Sido, Yuanen Yehui, and more than a hundred Shrek students into Spirit Pagoda after they arrived seeking shelter.
• Zhao Xuanzhen brought the gifted students to Leng Yaozhu’s press conference, where she named Qian Gu Dongfeng as the Spirit Pagoda member who had colluded with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Leng Yaozhu presented Dark Blood Eyes’s testimony, declared that the Phoenix family had severed ties with the Qian Gu branch, and vowed to fight the Holy Spirit Cult and the Qian Gu family.
• Zhao Xuanzhen arranged for Yue Zhengyu to execute Dark Blood Eyes live, and the killing advanced Yue Zhengyu to his next realm.
• Zhao Xuanzhen proposed removing Qian Gu Dongfeng as Tower Master, and the councilors raised their hands in favor before Qiangu Dieting arrived and announced that he would replace him.

After Qiangu Zhangting was left mentally broken, Qian Gu Dongfeng joined forces with the Ghost Emperor and moved up a plan to bomb Shrek City or Heaven Dou City to kill Zhao Xuanzhen. Meanwhile, Zhao Xuanzhen reunited with Gu Yue and Na'er, and prepared to attend Sea God Fate, where his choice among the women pursuing him remained unresolved.

• Zhuang Yi told Qian Gu Dongfeng that Qiangu Zhangting's damaged Sea of Consciousness was almost impossible to heal, and Qian Gu Dongfeng blamed Zhao Xuanzhen for his heir's condition.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng called the Ghost Emperor and ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to gather, declaring that he would use two weapons to bomb Shrek City or Heaven Dou City if Zhao Xuanzhen was there.
• Gu Yue told Zhao Xuanzhen that she and her mother would provide technical support for the Federation's Virtual World, which she planned to name the Star Dou Battle Net.
• Na'er hid in Zhao Xuanzhen's room, searched his communication device, argued with him over a photograph of Gu Yue, and announced that she would enter the Sea God Fate Blind Date Convention to compete for him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen met Yue Zhengyu at Shrek Academy before Sea God Fate, while Na'er, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui sent messages anticipating the event.

At Sea God's Fate, Zhao Xuanzhen drew overwhelming attention and became the choice of six girls, including Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, Gu Yue, Na'er, Wu Sido, and Dai Yun'er. The final round began with their confessions, ending with Na'er declaring that she was his only faith amid the ruins.

• Zhao Xuanzhen overtook Yue Zhengyu to claim the Number One lotus leaf at Sea God Lake.
• In Mutual Appreciation, Zhao Xuanzhen removed the hats of Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, Na'er, and Gu Yue.
• All thirty-one girls kept their lamps lit for Zhao Xuanzhen, and he wrote a string of numbers on his slip during Love at Second Sight.
• Wu Sido, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, Gu Yue, Na'er, and Dai Yun'er chose Zhao Xuanzhen in Destined for Three Lifetimes.
• Wu Sido, Dai Yun'er, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Gu Yue confessed their feelings to Zhao Xuanzhen in the final round.
• Na'er told Zhao Xuanzhen that she was his only faith amid the ruins.

Lan Muzi challenged Zhao Xuanzhen but was defeated, and the bride-stealing team lost the Sea God Fate Matchmaking Convention. After Na'er stole artificial Soul Spirit research materials and received Leng Yaozhu’s support, she whisked Zhao Xuanzhen away to Rose Hotel to pursue her long-held wish.

• Lan Muzi used Yang Pass Threefold and Yang Nine Hundred Six against Zhao Xuanzhen, but Zhao Xuanzhen’s three layers of domains overcame his attack and sealed his Tanzhong acupoint.
• Na'er defeated Long Yue, Gu Yue overwhelmed Xu Mi'er, Yuanen Yehui beat Wu Sido, and Ye Xinglan forced Dai Yun'er to surrender; Xu Lizhi broke down when the challengers lost.
• Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng declared Xuanna Yue Xing Ye the winners, and Zhao Xuanzhen left Shrek Academy with Ye Xinglan and the two Silver Dragon King's Half-Selves.
• Zi Ji discovered that the Artificial Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear cub and other research materials had been taken, while Gu Yue went to investigate; Leng Yaozhu revealed that she had given Na'er laboratory access and encouraged her to act.
• Na'er admitted that she had tricked Gu Yue away, took Zhao Xuanzhen from the Ninety-ninth Floor, and brought him to Rose Hotel.

Zhao Xuanzhen and the Star Dou Fierce Beasts defeated Tang San’s forces, and the dying Tang Sect Twin Swords dissolved the Tang Sect to protect its survivors. Zhao Xuanzhen told Tang Wulin that his family and friends were safe, leaving him free to reunite with them.

• Zhao Xuanzhen and the Eight Deceitful Gods destroyed Tang San’s Divine Sense and Chen Xin Jie’s body, while Duoqing and Ruthless asked Zhao to let them make their final wishes known.
• Zhao Xuanzhen brought Duoqing and Ruthless to the Tang Sect ruins, where Cao Dezhi dissolved the sect, handed its assets to the Spirit Pagoda, and asked that the survivors be spared.
• Zhao Xuanzhen agreed to incorporate the surviving Tang Sect members into the Spirit Pagoda and let Ling Zichen take the bodies of Duoqing and Ruthless for burial.
• Zhao Xuanzhen found Tang Wulin underground, and Tang Wulin rejected Tang San’s values and affirmed that his choices, not his bloodline, would define him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Tang Wulin that Tang Ziran and Lang Yue had been rescued, and that Mu Xi, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Lizhi were safe.

Na'er and Zhao Xuanzhen spent the night together at the Rose Hotel before arriving at Shrek Academy for their Graduation Assessment. Long Yeyue arranged for Cai Yue'er to examine Zhao Xuanzhen, and he challenged them to wager the Body Sect’s Secret of the Body on a fight to the death.

• Na'er and Zhao Xuanzhen checked into the Rose Hotel, where Na'er chose to be with him despite Gu Yue’s messages ordering her back.
• The next morning, Na'er and Zhao Xuanzhen met Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui at Shrek Academy, and Na'er taunted Gu Yue about their relationship.
• Long Yeyue announced the Graduation Assessment examiners, then arranged for Cai Yue'er to fight Zhao Xuanzhen in place of the absent Tang Yinmeng.
• Zhao Xuanzhen asked to wager the Body Sect’s Secret of the Body on his match with Cai Yue'er.
• Zhao Xuanzhen accepted Long Yeyue’s challenge and added the condition that the battle would be to the death.

Zhao Xuanzhen triggered the Gate of Splendor’s elimination mode after defeating Tang San’s phantom, then explored Mysterious Dragon Street with the Bai sisters and hired Yuanen Yehui as a coffee-shop server. Na’er returned to Sea God Island and met Yun Ming, the Sky Pillar Douluo and Sea God Pavilion Master.

• Zhao Xuanzhen withdrew from the Gate of Splendor after its system summoned Titled Douluo Tang San, and Shen Yi learned he had defeated Four-Ring Tang San with one punch.
• Xu Lizhi and Ye Xinglan failed their later Gate of Splendor stages, while Na’er complained that Xiao Wu’s phantom was nearly impossible to defeat; Ye Xinglan realized Zhao Xuanzhen had been limited by the elimination mode.
• Na’er went to Sea God Island to meet Holy Spirit Douluo, while Zhao Xuanzhen toured Mysterious Dragon Street with Bai Haoze and Bai Zhicen and planned to replace its White Tiger statue with a Silver Dragon.
• Yuanen Yehui applied for a server job at the coffee shop, passed Zhao Xuanzhen’s playful test, and was hired.
• Na’er arrived at Sea God Island and met Yun Ming, who introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion Master and Sky Pillar.

Na'er defended the Chicken Wishbone Shop from hoodlums, then joined Zhao Xuanzhen in fighting their leader Huyan Ba after he demanded Zhao Xuanzhen go with him. Huyan Ba’s Diamond Mammoth defense withstood Na’er’s attacks, and Zhao Xuanzhen answered with his Chaos Lotus soul skill.

• Na'er caught five hoodlums trying to leave the Chicken Wishbone Shop without paying, defeated them, and made them hand over their Federal Coins.
• Zhao Xuanzhen explained that the hoodlums were former Shrek Academy applicants and that their leader Huyan Ba had failed the mental test after killing his companions in Virtual Space.
• Huyan Ba arrived, dismissed Na'er, and demanded that Zhao Xuanzhen come with him for one night.
• Na'er summoned the Thorn Dragon and Jadeite Jade Dragon and unleashed her Silver Dragon Realm and Spatial Thorn Battlefield against Huyan Ba’s Diamond Mammoth martial soul.
• Huyan Ba withstood Na'er's attacks and reached for her, but Zhao Xuanzhen struck him with Tai Chi techniques before forming his fifth soul skill, Chaos Lotus.

Zhao Xuanzhen completed the Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannonball Qiankun Aurora while Gu Yue established a spatial route back to the Douluo Continent. Before the group could return, Zhao revealed that three factions had declared war on the Spirit Pagoda and the Federal Council, and that Han Lao had requested help on the Star Luo Continent.

• Zhao Xuanzhen used Soul Forging Metals and his Dark Gold Dreadclaws to assemble and engrave the core formation for a Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannonball.
• Gu Yue supplied the finished cannonball with the Dragon God Core’s seven elemental powers, and Zhao Xuanzhen named it Qiankun Aurora.
• Gu Yue announced that she had established spatial coordinates and that the teams sent to deal with the resisting branches had returned safely.
• Na'er joked about bombing Beast God Ditian, and Gu Yue pinched her for it.
• Gu Yue asked whether they should return to the Douluo Continent, but Zhao Xuanzhen said they needed to add a temporary destination because Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the War God Hall had declared war on the Spirit Pagoda and the Federal Council.
• Zhao Xuanzhen said the Tang Sect on the Star Luo Continent had already acted and that Han Lao had requested their support.

Zhao Xuanzhen completed his first-grade Mecha Manufacturing test and explored Shrek City with Leng Yaozhu, where they met the silver-haired Na'er and brought her to the Spirit Pagoda. In the Star Dou Great Forest, the Silver Dragon King learned that Na'er had reached Shrek City and prepared to act after healing her split soul.

• Zhao Xuanzhen engraved a first-grade Explosion core array, and Leng Yaozhu declared him a prospective first-grade Mecha Manufacturer before outlining his demanding training schedule.
• Leng Yaozhu took Zhao Xuanzhen around Phoenix Street, where they found Na'er hungry and Zhao Xuanzhen bought her Chicken Wishbones.
• Na'er fled an approaching threat and revealed her Silver Dragon Spear and Innate Full Soul Power, so Zhao Xuanzhen and Leng Yaozhu invited her to join the Spirit Pagoda.
• A young man and woman sensed a brief spatial fluctuation in Shrek City, while the young man later reported his failed pursuit to the black dragon at the Lake of Life.
• The Silver Dragon King said she had found the other half's location in eastern Douluo Continent and would act after stabilizing her soul wounds.

Ye Xinglan apologized to Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er and asked them to help Shrek Academy recover its reputation, but Zhao Xuanzhen refused to let her humiliate herself. Shrek later negotiated for Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er to enroll as exchange students, and Leng Yaozhu supported Zhao Xuanzhen’s decision to go.

• Ye Xinglan visited Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er, apologized for her behavior, and asked them to speak up for Shrek Academy, but Zhao Xuanzhen told her the academy’s leaders needed to handle the crisis.
• Xu Lizhi found Ye Xinglan injured and crying, while Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er discussed how outside forces, likely the Sun Moon Federation, were fueling attacks on Shrek.
• Holy Spirit Douluo Yali met with Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er to discuss their enrollment at Shrek, but Leng Yaozhu arrived and demanded terms on their behalf.
• Leng Yaozhu secured a five-year exchange period, places for Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er on Sea God Island, and one high-bloodline Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone from Shrek.
• Leng Yaozhu teased Zhao Xuanzhen for joining Shrek but then encouraged him to follow his ambitions, promising to support him if trouble arose.

Gu Yuena fused with Na'er to defeat the Vast Sea Ice Dragon Emperor after it declared war on humans, then spared it from execution. She left it in the Star Dou Gang’s hands to be “educated” about Dragon Clan glory.

• The Vast Sea Ice Dragon Emperor denounced humans and ordered Sea Soul Beasts to attack the Spirit Transmission Ship, enraging Gu Yue over its devotion to the Sea God.
• Gu Yue and Na'er fused into Gu Yuena, who crushed the Ice Emperor’s elemental attacks and battered it while Zhao Xuanzhen and Spirit Pagoda experts defeated the other Sea Soul Beasts.
• Gu Yuena imprisoned the Ice Emperor in an ice mountain and prepared to execute it with the Dragon Clan Saber, but the Ice Emperor challenged her loyalty to Soul Beasts and warned her about human emotions.
• Gu Yue spared the Ice Emperor and asked Zhao Xuanzhen to leave it in her care; after the ship departed, she summoned the Star Dou Gang to begin its forced reeducation.