Chapter Summaries

Nan Liujing and Ye Xinglan shared a dinner and walk before Cai Yue'er ambushed them, accusing Nan Liujing of becoming an Evil Soul Master. Qian Gu Qingfeng seized Cai Yue'er and tore out her soul, while a middle-aged woman challenged Shrek Academy as two streaks of light flew from its inner court.

• Nan Liujing told Leng Yaozhu about Xu Cang, then left with Ye Xinglan to eat grilled fish.
• Ye Xinglan told Nan Liujing that she liked someone like him, and the two walked through a park after dinner.
• Cai Yue'er appeared before Nan Liujing and Ye Xinglan, accused him of being an Evil Soul Master, and attacked him with threads of light.
• Nan Liujing's defenses stopped Cai Yue'er's attack, and soundwaves began stripping her soul from her body.
• Qian Gu Qingfeng emerged from the darkness, overpowered Cai Yue'er, and forcibly pulled out her soul.
• A middle-aged woman sided with Qian Gu Qingfeng and challenged Shrek Academy, whose inner court sent two streaks of light toward them.

Nan Liujing’s great-grandparents confronted Yun Ming and Ya Li after Cai Yue’er attacked him, and Ya Li confirmed he was not an Evil Soul Master. Yun Ming agreed to Qian Gu Qingfeng’s demand that Cai Yue’er be imprisoned in the Heavenly Spirit Tower for five years, leaving her resentful and plotting against them.

• Xia Zheng Leng and Qian Gu Qingfeng confronted Yun Ming and Ya Li over Cai Yue’er’s attack on Nan Liujing and showed them a recording of what happened.
• Ya Li examined Nan Liujing and confirmed that he was not an Evil Soul Master, though he carried unusual dark power.
• Qian Gu Qingfeng demanded a high-quality Lightning Element Soul Bone, a Golden Ancient Tree baptism, and Cai Yue’er’s imprisonment for five years.
• Yun Ming agreed to the imprisonment, and Cai Yue’er accidentally revealed that her Three-word Battle Armor’s name included one of Yun Ming’s characters.
• Cai Yue’er chose imprisonment rather than losing her Sea God Pavilion elder status, then silently grew resentful of Yun Ming.

Yun Ming and Ya Li handed Cai Yue'er’s soul to Qian Gu Qingfeng for five years of confinement, while Nan Liujing reunited with his great-grandparents and spoke with Xia Zheng Leng about romance. Yun Ming then revealed his plans to recruit Liujing as a special Sea God Pavilion member and prepare Shrek Academy for possible future threats.

• Yun Ming gave Cai Yue'er’s soul to Qian Gu Qingfeng, who promised to confine her at the Heavenly Spirit Tower for five years, while Yun Ming took her body back to the academy.
• Nan Liujing greeted Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng, and Xia Zheng Leng embraced him and asked whether he liked Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu.
• Xia Zheng Leng warned Nan Liujing against indecision or playing with girls’ feelings, then offered him advice as Ye Xinglan began to wake.
• Ya Li placed Cai Yue'er’s body in the Golden Ancient Tree, and Yun Ming explained that he had accepted the confinement partly because Shrek Academy’s conduct had become lawless.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li that the Federation and other forces might threaten Shrek after his death, and planned to recruit Nan Liujing as a special Sea God Pavilion member while preserving his ties to the Spirit Pagoda.

Nan Liujing carried a sleepy Ye Xinglan home, then learned Leng Yaozhu would take him to Shrek Academy the next morning. At the academy, Ya Li greeted them and led Leng Yaozhu and Nan Liujing toward the inner courtyard.

• Yun Ming told Ya Li that Nan Liujing carried a familiar dark power, and they agreed to learn more when he reached the Academy.
• Ye Xinglan woke on Nan Liujing's back, teased him about carrying other girls, and bit his shoulder before they parted after a rideshare.
• Nan Liujing returned to the Heavenly Spirit Tower, where Leng Yaozhu told him she would take him to Shrek Academy the next morning.
• Leng Yaozhu and Nan Liujing traveled to Shrek Academy and met Ya Li, who recognized Leng Yaozhu as Sky Phoenix Douluo.
• Ya Li led Leng Yaozhu and Nan Liujing toward the inner courtyard.

Nan Liujing and Leng Yaozhu visited Sea God Island to claim a Soul Bone, where Yun Ming offered a choice between a Thunder Beast Soul Bone and a mysterious Destruction Attribute Soul Bone from Devil Island. Nan Liujing chose to test the mysterious Soul Bone with his Coiled Dragon Staff, whose powerful lightning response drew Yun Ming’s attention.

• Ya Li guided Leng Yaozhu and Nan Liujing through Sea God Island to the Golden Ancient Tree and Sea God Pavilion, where they met Yun Ming.
• Yun Ming explained that Nan Liujing could take a seventy-thousand-year Thunder Beast Soul Bone or attempt a test for a mysterious Soul Bone suspected to come from a Purple Blazing Sky Annihilation Dragon.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li revealed that the Destruction Attribute Soul Bone came from Devil Island and could only be fused with sufficient attribute affinity.
• Leng Yaozhu chose the Destruction Attribute Soul Bone for Nan Liujing and promised to compensate him with an equivalent Lightning Element Soul Bone if he failed the test.
• Nan Liujing touched the purplish-black Soul Bone with his Coiled Dragon Staff, unleashing powerful lightning fluctuations that Yun Ming recognized as Half-step Ultimate Lightning.

Nan Liujing absorbed the mysterious soul bone, which Xia Mi recognized as the sealed Scepter of Destruction, a powerful ownerless Divine Artifact. Yun Ming and Ya Li revealed their plan to recruit him into Shrek Academy so he could explore Devil Island and help protect the academy, leaving the decision to Nan Liujing and his elders.

• Nan Liujing's Coiled Dragon Staff resonated with the purple-black soul bone, and Xia Mi sensed the aura of a Divine Artifact in his spirit sea.
• Xia Mi identified the artifact as more powerful than her own and told Nan Liujing he could absorb it and later remove its seal.
• The soul bone fused with Nan Liujing's Martial Soul Origin and vanished, leaving the Coiled Dragon Staff behind.
• Yun Ming explained that the soul bone was tied to Devil Island's secrets and proposed that Nan Liujing join Shrek Academy to gain access to the island and its resources.
• Ya Li described Shrek's political and institutional dangers, while Leng Yaozhu said she would consult Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng and let Nan Liujing decide.

Nan Liujing spent time with Na'er in Shrek City, accepted a Thunder Beast Soul Bone from Yun Ming, and learned about the rewards offered by Tang Sect Hero Hall. After Leng Yaozhu, Qian Gu Qingfeng, and Xia Zheng Leng opposed his joining Sea God Pavilion, Nan Liujing chose to attend Shrek Academy through the normal route, leaving Yun Ming willing to watch his future unfold.

• Nan Liujing absorbed the Golden Ancient Tree's life energy, but the Heavenly Tribulation Bead did not react.
• Na'er reunited with Nan Liujing, and Yun Ming gave him a Thunder Beast Soul Bone in thanks for saving her.
• Na'er told Nan Liujing about Tang Sect Hero Hall's assessments and rewards, then took him to a romance film that left her hinting at her feelings for him.
• Leng Yaozhu, Qian Gu Qingfeng, and Xia Zheng Leng agreed that Nan Liujing should not become a Sea God Pavilion member, and Nan Liujing chose to attend Shrek Academy through the normal route.
• Ya Li told Yun Ming that Nan Liujing had declined his offer, and Yun Ming said he wanted to see whether the young man would rise or fade into obscurity.

Nan Liujing evolved the Thunderous Nethervine into a ten-thousand-year soul spirit and accepted Leng Yaozhu’s plan to join Eastsea Academy before challenging Shrek Academy. When he met Ye Xinglan, her attempt to make Xu Lizhi jealous led Nan Liujing to kiss her on the lips, leaving their feelings more apparent.

• Nan Liujing defeated an eight-thousand-year Blood Red Baboon, absorbed its spiritual energy, and helped the Thunderous Nethervine evolve into a ten-thousand-year soul spirit.
• After returning to the Spirit Ascension Room, Nan Liujing learned Leng Yaozhu wanted him to attend Eastsea Academy, meet Gu Yue, and compete in a three-on-three exhibition match before challenging Shrek Academy.
• Nan Liujing went to Shrek Academy to meet Ye Xinglan and saw Xu Lizhi pretend to have been beaten so Ye Xinglan would comfort him.
• Ye Xinglan asked Nan Liujing to kiss her cheek in front of Xu Lizhi, but Nan Liujing kissed her on the lips instead.
• By Sea God Lake, Ye Xinglan admitted she had used Xu Lizhi to draw out Nan Liujing’s feelings, then punched him when he offered to kiss her again.

Nan Liujing left Shrek City on a Spirit Pagoda mission and watched Gu Yue and Tang Wulin’s group inside the Spirit Ascension Platform. After the group defeated Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan, a Flame Lion Pack drove them toward the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, while Wu Changkong noticed something alarming.

• Nan Liujing told Ye Xinglan he would leave Shrek City, promised to video call her every other day, and departed on a shared bicycle.
• Xu Cang agreed to help Xu Lizhi deal with Nan Liujing, then Xu Lizhi was summoned to Shen Yi’s office.
• Nan Liujing reached the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda, saw Gu Yue with Tang Wulin’s group on the monitoring screen, and entered the Spirit Ascension Platform near her.
• Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Xie Xie defeated Xu Xiaoyu, while Gu Yue captured Xu Xiaoyan and forced both siblings to leave the platform.
• Tang Wulin’s group fled from a Flame Lion Pack, unaware that a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear was ahead; Wu Changkong spotted something and reacted in alarm.

Nan Liujing saved Tang Wulin's group from a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and drove off a pack of Flame Demon Lions, then approached Gu Yue with an offer tied to his teacher's interest in taking her as a disciple. Gu Yue agreed to become his junior sister in exchange for his support in her bid to enter the Spirit Pagoda's leadership, and Nan Liujing immediately told her to guard him while he fused with the soul bone.

• A Flame Lion pack chased Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yangzi until a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear ambushed them and threatened Gu Yue.
• Nan Liujing appeared, blocked the bear's fatal attack, and killed it with a lightning-charged strike from his Coiled Dragon Staff.
• Nan Liujing's staff frightened the approaching Flame Demon Lions into retreating, and he collected the bear's dropped soul bone.
• Nan Liujing asked Gu Yue to speak privately and revealed that his teacher, Sky Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu, was considering accepting her as a disciple.
• Nan Liujing offered to support Gu Yue as a candidate for the Spirit Pagoda tower master's position if she listened to him, and Gu Yue accepted and called him Senior Brother.
• Nan Liujing told Gu Yue to guard him while he fused with the soul bone.

Nan Liujing completed his soul bone fusion, met Tang Wulin’s group, and arranged to join Eastsea Academy for the upcoming East Sea Alliance Competition. After Nan Liujing and Gu Yue secretly considered their plans for Tang Wulin’s bloodline, Tang San warned Tang Wulin about Nan Liujing, but Tang Wulin remained unsure he wanted to keep fusing the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.

• Gu Yue guarded Nan Liujing while he finished fusing his soul bone, and Tang Wulin’s group was stunned by his three ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Nan Liujing invited Tang Wulin’s group to dinner, then told Wu Changkong he planned to join Eastsea Academy and defeat Shrek Academy’s team at the East Sea Alliance Competition.
• Wu Changkong agreed to have Gu Yue bring Nan Liujing to register at the academy, and Tang Wulin’s group later met Nan Liujing to arrange a street-food dinner.
• Nan Liujing sensed another reaction from the Heavenly Tribulation Bead and suspected it could take more of Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline, while Gu Yue resolved to watch for changes in Tang Wulin’s bloodline aura.
• Tang San warned Tang Wulin that Nan Liujing might take his unfused bloodline, but Tang Wulin welcomed the possibility and questioned whether he needed to become the strongest.

Nan Liujing joined Tang Wulin and his friends for dinner, where he revealed that he had killed the Spirit Ascension Platform guardian alone and urged the group to pursue secondary professions. After Tang Wulin was hurt seeing Ouyang Zixin reunite with another senior, Nan Liujing comforted him, and the Heavenly Tribulation Bead drained another strand of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline while Gu Yue noticed the God King seal did not retaliate.

• Tang Wulin invited Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Gu Yue, and Nan Liujing to dinner, where Gu Yue became flustered by Nan Liujing's deliberately intimate gesture.
• Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin joined the group, and Tang Wulin told them that Nan Liujing had killed the Junior Spirit Ascension Platform guardian alone.
• Nan Liujing rejected the assumption that he came from Shrek Academy, said he had beaten Shrek students, and encouraged Tang Wulin and the others to develop secondary professions.
• Gu Yue said she was a rank-two Mecha Designer, while Nan Liujing called her plans too slow; the others decided to seek Wu Changkong's help with their professional training.
• Ouyang Zixin happily greeted an older senior as she left, leaving Tang Wulin heartbroken, so Nan Liujing put an arm around him and led him away.
• The Heavenly Tribulation Bead consumed another strand of the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, and Gu Yue noticed that the God King seal did not retaliate.

Qian Gu Dongfeng and Ghost Emperor Ax plotted to turn Cai Yue'er against Shrek, while Nan Liujing joined Class Zero and entered the Tang Sect Hero Hall examination. Nan Liujing defeated a simulated Tang San in thirteen seconds, then faced a stronger version of him as the next round began.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng showed Ghost Emperor Ax the imprisoned Cai Yue'er and proposed that Dark Blood Demon exploit her resentment to turn her against Shrek and reveal student locations.
• After Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi transferred schools, Nan Liujing joined Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue in Class Zero and accompanied them to the Tang Sect Hero Hall examination.
• Wu Changkong brought the students into the Hero Hall, where Nan Liujing was assigned a three-ring top-tier examination and separated from the others.
• Nan Liujing faced a simulated Tang San, evaded his attacks, and killed him with a dark-gold claw in thirteen seconds, earning a perfect evaluation.
• The Hero Hall began the intermediate examination, and a stronger Tang San appeared with three purple soul rings and Blue Silver Grass.

Nan Liujing defeated Tang San in the intermediate assessment with a perfect score, then fought an enhanced version of him in the advanced assessment. He won with his self-developed Earth Suppression technique, but the battle left him nearly drained and coughing blood.

• Nan Liujing countered Tang San’s hidden weapons and Blue Silver Emperor attacks, then destroyed him with Thunder Dragon Breaks Through The Void to pass the intermediate assessment perfectly.
• The observers discussed Nan Liujing’s two perfect scores and the extreme strength of the Hero Hall’s advanced and top-tier opponents.
• Nan Liujing began the advanced assessment against a stronger Tang San and matched his attacks using his fused Golden Dragon Body and Coiled Dragon Staff.
• Tang San used his Clear Sky Hammer, Titan’s Hammer, and Earth Power against Nan Liujing’s Hell’s Thunder Punishment.
• Nan Liujing transformed into lightning and empowered his Coiled Dragon Staff, using Earth Suppression to break Tang San’s attack and defeat him.
• Nan Liujing emerged from the strike nearly out of Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and Bloodline Power, but laughed after successfully unleashing his self-developed technique.

Nan Liujing and his companions finished their Hero Hall assessments, then learned the trials were connected to the Tang Sect. Tang Wulin and Xie Xie joined, Gu Yue declined, and Nan Liujing concealed his Spirit Pagoda ties while hinting that he would take Gu Yue somewhere during vacation.

• Nan Liujing passed the advanced assessment but was pulled out before clearing the top-tier trial against Tang San, then reunited with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue.
• Wu Changkong explained that Hero Hall matched challengers to opponents based on their martial souls, revealing that Nan Liujing had faced Tang San and the others had fought famous Soul Masters.
• Wu Changkong revealed that the group was in the Tang Sect's Eastsea City branch and invited them to join; Tang Wulin and Xie Xie accepted, while Gu Yue refused.
• Nan Liujing declined the invitation, presenting his six-star forging badge and naming Zhen Hua as his teacher, which concealed his connection to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Nan Liujing privately told Gu Yue to come with him during vacation, while he planned to pursue the assessment reward and its treasured land.

Nan Liujing and Gu Yue rode a Soul Tool Train toward Heaven Dou City, where a jealous Ye Xinglan set out to meet him after seeing Gu Yue beside him. When Gu Yue sensed Nan Liujing’s unusual affinity with lightning and learned that Evil Soul Masters were aboard, she ordered Di Tian to wait and chose to keep holding Nan Liujing’s hand.

• Wu Changkong announced the holiday, and Tang Wulin, Nan Liujing, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie discussed their plans before sharing dinner.
• Nan Liujing and Gu Yue boarded a train to Heaven Dou City, where Ye Xinglan called to check on him after he missed their scheduled video call.
• Gu Yue deliberately appeared close to Nan Liujing on the call, provoking Ye Xinglan to end it and ask Shen Yi for leave to visit a close friend.
• Nan Liujing took Gu Yue’s hand and rested his head on her shoulder, while Gu Yue secretly tested his energy and sensed a connection to lightning and a possible breakthrough for her bloodline.
• After Di Tian reported that more than thirty Evil Soul Masters were aboard the train, Gu Yue told him not to act yet and tightened her hold on Nan Liujing’s hand.

Nan Liujing fought Evil Soul Masters attacking the train to Heaven Dou City while Gu Yue staged an injury and was poisoned by a hidden assailant. At the administrative headquarters, Leng Yaozhu faced Leng Yulai, who escaped after declaring that she would make her sister repay everything.

• Gu Yue sensed an Evil Soul Master planting bombs aboard the train, while Nan Liujing watched a broadcast showing Leng Yaozhu battling Leng Yulai above Heaven Dou City.
• Bombs exploded across the train, and Nan Liujing used his lightning Soul Power to rescue injured passengers as the mecha division responded to coordinated attacks around the city.
• Gu Yue moved to intercept an Evil Soul Master attacking Nan Liujing, but two Demon Bodies blocked the attacker, allowing Nan Liujing to kill him with lightning.
• A disguised attacker poisoned Gu Yue, and Nan Liujing gave her medicine before leaving the Demon Bodies to guard her and setting out to search the train.
• Myriad Demon King admitted that his poison might have been too strong, while Di Tian worried that Gu Yue was becoming entangled with humans.
• Leng Yaozhu urged Leng Yulai to turn back, but Leng Yulai revealed that she had killed thousands and escaped through a spatial rift, leaving Leng Yaozhu devastated.

After rescuing passengers from an Evil Soul Master attack on a train, Nan Liujing learned that one of his attackers belonged to the Cipher Organization and that someone had placed a bounty on him. As he prepared to return to Shrek City with Leng Yaozhu and Zhen Hua, Gu Yue recovered from poison and began to reconsider her response to Nan Liujing’s care.

• Nan Liujing rescued passengers from the train attack, met Gu Yue at the Blacksmith Association, and learned that her poison had left her weak.
• Nan Liujing showed Leng Yaozhu a Cipher Organization identity plaque taken from the Evil Soul Master he killed, and he suspected Xu Cang or Xu Lizhi had hired the assassin.
• Leng Yaozhu decided to take Nan Liujing back to Shrek City to discuss the bounty with Yun Ming and Ya Li, while Zhen Hua agreed to accompany them.
• Nan Liujing prepared porridge for Gu Yue, but she refused to eat from a spoon he had blown on and later felt guilty when she learned he had cooked it especially for her.
• Gu Yue thanked Nan Liujing for the porridge during their trip, and he quietly offered to teach her dishes that Leng Yaozhu liked.

After Nan Liujing returned to Shrek City, Leng Yaozhu confronted Yun Ming about the attack on her disciple and learned that her younger sister, Leng Yulai, led the Cipher Organization. The chapter left Leng Yaozhu devastated, while Shrek Academy agreed to investigate the bounty and Yun Ming planned to use Nan Liujing to challenge the academy’s students.

• Leng Yaozhu and Zhen Hua went to Shrek Academy to question Yun Ming about the Evil Soul Master who attacked Nan Liujing, while Ye Xinglan greeted Nan Liujing and introduced herself to Gu Yue.
• Leng Yaozhu identified Xu Cang and Xu Lizhi as suspects and gave Yun Ming the Cipher identity badge for investigation.
• Yun Ming revealed that Leng Yaozhu’s younger sister, Leng Yulai, led Cipher, leaving Leng Yaozhu heartbroken before she flew away.
• Long Yeyue challenged Zhen Hua over his Heavenly Forged Metal orders, but Yun Ming intervened and Long Yeyue left after instructing him to arrange a set of Four-word Battle Armor for Cai Yue'er.
• Yun Ming promised Zhen Hua that the Tang Sect would investigate Nan Liujing’s attack and told Ya Li he intended to have Nan Liujing put Shrek Academy’s students in their place.

Nan Liujing settled Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan into Leng Yaozhu’s residence, then learned that Shrek Academy had entrusted secret-code investigations to the Tang Sect. After spending the day with his friends and master, he found Leng Yaozhu drunk and grieving over her younger sister, Leng Yulai, and listened as she told him their story.

• Nan Liujing invited Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan to stay at the residence, and the two women eased their tension by agreeing to spar and work together on their secondary professions.
• Leng Yaozhu told Nan Liujing that Shrek Academy planned to hand the secret codes to the Tang Sect and sent him, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan to meet Zhen Hua.
• Zhen Hua shared a meal with Nan Liujing, then watched him forge two Spirit Alloy pieces with a ninety-seven percent fusion rate before departing by helicopter.
• Nan Liujing returned to find Leng Yaozhu absent and discovered her bedroom full of empty liquor bottles; she admitted her distress concerned Dark Phoenix Douluo, Leng Yulai.
• Leng Yaozhu recounted her childhood with Leng Yulai, then leaned against Nan Liujing and asked how she should face her sister; Nan Liujing promised to help her and stayed beside her as she fell asleep.