Chapter Summaries

Nan Liujing enrolled at Shrek Academy as an exchange student and wagered that he could defeat three inner court students, with the Academy’s compensation owed to him at stake. He won the match with his Thunderous Nethervine soul spirit and offered to forge metal for anyone who could beat him, revealing that he was a level-six blacksmith.

• Nan Liujing completed his enrollment and asked Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu to referee a one-against-three spar in exchange for a chance to choose an item from Shrek Academy’s compensation to him.
• Ya Li secured Yun Ming’s agreement to the wager: if Nan Liujing lost, he would forge Heavenly Forged Metal for one set of the Academy’s Four-word Battle Armor.
• At the Martial Arena, Nan Liujing chose Nan Xiaxia, Feng Jing’er, and Yan Jin as his opponents, and the three Soul Kings attacked together without Battle Armor.
• Nan Liujing unleashed his ten-thousand-year Thunderous Nethervine and Ultimate Lightning, defeating all three and leaving the arena shattered.
• After Ya Li declared Nan Liujing the winner, Nan Xiaxia accused him of cheating for using a soul spirit, but Nan Liujing invited further challengers and offered a forging opportunity as the prize.
• Nan Liujing tossed out his six-star Blacksmith’s Emblem, shocking the inner court students with the revelation that he was a level-six blacksmith.

Nan Liujing agreed to collaborate with Ya Li and Yun Ming on Shrek Academy’s Reform Plan without joining the academy. At the Inner Court cafeteria, his high-grade Spirit Forged Spirit Alloys drew eager buyers and sharpened tensions among the students’ factions.

• Ya Li invited Nan Liujing to join the academy’s Reform Plan Group, and he agreed to collaborate while refusing to join Shrek Academy.
• Leng Yaozhu told Nan Liujing that Fallen Angel soul masters could strip demons’ bloodlines on the Three Realms Battlefield, though they could not absorb the bloodlines afterward.
• Nan Liujing tried calling the gloomy girl, then went to the Inner Court cafeteria and met Ye Xinglan for lunch.
• Ye Xinglan stood between Nan Liujing and three senior students, but they explained that they wanted to meet him because of his forging skill.
• Nan Liujing sold Ma Xue a three-metal Blazing Fire Gold Essence alloy with an eighty-percent fusion rate and revealed more rare alloys that he planned to sell through the Blacksmith Association.
• The Collateral Faction and Wild Faction students reacted to the rare alloys and Ma Xue’s purchase, and tension grew in the cafeteria.

Nan Liujing visited Yuanen Yehui at her milk tea job, then brought his Spirit Forging Spirit Alloy to Feng Wuyu at the Shrek Blacksmith Association. Feng offered him Gold Water Confluence in exchange for supplying Wild Faction students with alloy for six months, and Nan revealed he had already planned to support them.

• Nan Liujing found Yuanen Yehui working at Three Dances of Love and bought her an expensive fruit tea to help her earn contribution points.
• Nan Liujing showed Feng Wuyu twenty-seven pieces of Spirit Forging Spirit Alloy, each with an eighty percent fusion rate.
• Feng Wuyu offered Nan Liujing his Gold Water Confluence if Nan supplied ten three-metal Spirit Forging alloys each month for six months, exclusively for Wild Faction students.
• Feng Wuyu explained that Wild Faction students faced disadvantages at Shrek Academy, especially in blacksmithing and Battle Armor development.
• Nan Liujing agreed in principle by revealing that he had already intended to sell his alloys only to Wild Faction students, and considered recruiting them into the Spirit Pagoda after the tournament.

Gu Yue sent fifteen Fierce Beast Class Sea Soul Beasts to ambush the Sea God Legion as massive beast tides threatened the Federation’s coasts. Chen Xinjie tried to shield the fleet from their fused attack, but Long Yeyue fled and the warships began to melt beneath the chaotic radiance.

• Cai Kun and Lin Mo detected a gathering of hundreds of thousands of Sea Soul Beasts, prompting Skysea City to evacuate its coastline and the fleets to prepare for battle.
• Di Tian broke through Star Dou Fortress and led the land Soul Beasts in an uprising, forcing Yu Guanzhi to divert support away from the eastern coast.
• Gu Yue gathered more than fifteen Fierce Beast Class Sea Soul Beasts and ordered them to use the fused Soul Skill against the Sea God Legion fleet.
• Chen Xinjie asked Long Yeyue to spend their remaining years together, but an ambush interrupted their conversation as the Sea Princess and the other Fierce Beasts unleashed their attack.
• Chen Xinjie and the Sea God Legion’s Battle Armor Masters tried to withstand the chaotic radiance, but their barrier shattered and Long Yeyue fled as the warships melted.

Nan Liujing took Yuanen Yehui to dinner, explained the danger tied to her Fallen Angel Martial Soul, and offered her a place in the Spirit Pagoda in exchange for her future support. The two left the restaurant closer than before, while Yuanen Yehui considered his offer.

• Nan Liujing visited Yuanen Yehui and praised her dress before they set off together on a shared bicycle to get barbecue.
• Yuanen Yehui lost focus on a slope, and Nan Liujing fell against her before they continued to the restaurant in awkward silence.
• Nan Liujing told Yuanen Yehui that her Fallen Angel Martial Soul was linked to the Demon Plane and could eventually open a Demon Gate that summoned an invading army.
• Nan Liujing said he had also been infected by her bloodline, promised that the danger could be addressed, and invited her to join the Spirit Pagoda in exchange for future support.
• Nan Liujing secretly paid for their meal, but the restaurant declared it free as its 6,666th customer table, delighting Yuanen Yehui.
• After dinner, Nan Liujing and Yuanen Yehui walked beneath the stars, and she smiled at him as she reflected on her unusually good luck.

Yu Guanzhi and the Federation’s leaders faced the aftermath of a mysterious assault that crippled the Sea God Legion, while Chen Xinjie confronted Long Yeyue over her delayed intervention. At Shrek Academy, Ma Xue’s group clashed with Collateral Faction students over Nan Liujing’s metal sales, and Nan Liujing entered Sea God Pavilion.

• Di Tian warned Yu Guanzhi’s delegation that he could break through the human blockade, and Yu Guanzhi promised to stop people from extracting the forest’s source life energy.
• A messenger reported that a mysterious powerhouse had ambushed the Sea God Legion, sinking nine Sun Moon-class Battleships, so Yu Guanzhi set out to assist with the crisis.
• Chen Zeyu learned that the Sea God Legion had suffered heavy casualties and was nearly crippled, while the gravely wounded Chen Xinjie discussed the attack with him.
• Chen Xinjie accused Long Yeyue of fleeing instead of acting sooner, but she defended her intervention and left after he told her to return to Shrek.
• At the Blacksmith Association, Collateral Faction students protested Nan Liujing’s refusal to sell them Spirit Forged metal, and Ma Xue’s group confronted them until Elder Feng stopped the dispute.
• Ma Xue urged her group to prepare for the inner court tournament and praised Nan Liujing’s help; Nan Liujing then entered Sea God Pavilion.

Nan Liujing borrowed the Vast Sea Universe Crystal and presented reforms for Shrek Academy’s Outer Court, then challenged the academy’s founding principles and its role in Federation politics. Yun Ming agreed to begin implementing the reforms while Nan Liujing left with the crystal for its three-day trial.

• Nan Liujing asked to borrow the Vast Sea Universe Crystal, claiming a recurring dream had led him to it, and Yun Ming lent it to him for three days.
• Nan Liujing proposed cooperative first-year examinations, meaningful assessment rewards, and teacher incentives for helping ordinary students graduate; Yun Ming and the elders approved the proposals.
• Nan Liujing criticized Shrek Academy’s founding principles, its tendency to provoke trouble, and the conflict between students’ loyalty to the academy and their Federation citizenship.
• Nan Liujing compared Shrek Academy with the Spirit Pagoda and argued that the Federation’s leaders stationed at the Endless Mountain Range were the main reason war had not begun; Yun Ming ended the discussion.
• Yun Ming told Zhuo Shi and the elders to begin reforms in the Outer Court, while Zhuo Shi said Nan Liujing would test the waters in the Inner Court.

Nan Liujing used the Vast Sea Universe Crystal and Xia Mi's power to destroy Tang San's control over Douluo Star's oceans, restoring the Plane Spirit's access to the sea. The Plane Spirit broke free of Tang Hao's suppression, destroyed his body, and sealed his divine soul in chains.

• Nan Liujing agreed to bring Gu Yue from Eastsea City to join the Heavenly Spirit Tower's research institute, then shared a brief embrace with Leng Yaozhu before leaving.
• Na'er told Nan Liujing that inner court students had complained about his Spirit Forged metal, and she had assigned them toilet-cleaning tasks; he praised her and promised to watch a movie with her later.
• Nan Liujing flew far out to sea with the Vast Sea Universe Crystal, and Xia Mi discovered that its trident phantom was transferring Douluo Plane life origin.
• Xia Mi shattered Tang San's mark on the ocean, then used the crystal to release her divine power across the sea and destroy the trident phantom.
• The restored ocean power reached the Plane Spirit, which broke free of Tang Hao's suppression, smashed his body, and bound his divine soul in chains.

Nan Liujing made an agreement with the Plane Spirit to help restore Douluo Star and strengthen it against Tang San and other threats, while advancing his own ambitions. After arranging Gu Yue’s research work and Xu Xiaoyan’s Spirit Pagoda admission, he returned to Shrek Academy as Tang Hao’s divided soul secretly investigated the Plane Spirit’s condition.

• Nan Liujing met the Plane Spirit, learned Tang Hao had taken much of its land law source and Ah Yin was targeting the Life Core, and agreed to carry its consciousness to the Core when he reached it.
• The Plane Spirit agreed to reclaim its law source and help Nan Liujing reach the God King realm if they strengthened Douluo Star and defeated their enemies.
• At Eastsea Academy, Nan Liujing told Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan that Gu Yue was leaving, and arranged Xu Xiaoyan’s admission to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Nan Liujing encouraged Gu Yue to improve artificial soul spirits, and Leng Yaozhu brought her to the Heavenly Spirit Tower Soul Spirit Research Institute as an intern.
• Yu Hanshuang and Lei Qianjie’s factions sought deals for Nan Liujing’s Spirit Forged alloys, but Lan Muzi redirected their rivalry toward an upcoming inner court competition and sent Nan Liujing to Sea God Pavilion.
• On the Star Luo Continent, Tang Hao’s divided soul disguised as Ning Fengzhi realized he could not contact his main body, then dismissed his concern and left the forging room.

Nan Liujing joined Elder Jin in plotting to turn Ah Yin into a controlled weapon and undermine Yun Ming’s faith in the Sea God. He then agreed to help Wild Faction students join the Spirit Pagoda and accompanied Yuanen Yehui as she set off to visit her family.

• Nan Liujing told Yun Ming that his dream had revealed the words “life and soul,” and Yun Ming returned the Vast Sea Universe Crystal to the Golden Ancient Tree.
• Elder Jin discovered that Ah Yin had been secretly stealing life essence and learned from Nan Liujing that the Plane Spirit had been suppressed by her and Tang San.
• Nan Liujing asked Elder Jin to make Yun Ming suspect that Ah Yin had devoured the souls of past Sea God Pavilion masters, while the two planned to let her strengthen a hidden slave contract by stealing more energy.
• Ma Xue and Lei Qianjie asked Nan Liujing to help their Wild Faction classmates join the Spirit Pagoda and to seek permission for them to compete in the Federal Grand Competition’s adult division.
• Yuanen Yehui told Nan Liujing she was returning home to ask her grandfather about her Fallen Angel Martial Soul and the Demon Plane, and Nan Liujing offered to travel with her.

Yuanen Yehui returned to her family to learn why her mother had died and why the clan resented her, then discovered the truth behind the demonic disaster. After asking her relatives to honor her mother’s memory, she left determined to clear her mother’s name and remain at Shrek Academy for now.

• Yun Ming dreamed that his deceased teacher warned him to beware of something involving the words “Blue” and “Emperor,” then woke and told Ya Li.
• Yuanen Yehui returned to her mountain village and told Fifth Aunt she wanted to meet Yuanen Zhentian.
• Yuanen Yehui showed Yuanen Zhentian that her Fallen Angel Martial Soul had temporarily evolved with help from Nan Liujing, then asked about her mother’s death.
• Yuanen Zhentian explained that Yuanen Yehui’s mother had unintentionally opened a Demon Gate, leading to dozens of clan deaths, and had taken her own life to quell the clan’s anger.
• Yuanen Yehui apologized at the ancestral tablets, then told her uncles she would serve the Spirit Pagoda and hoped they would eventually honor her mother in the ancestral hall.
• Yuanen Yehui left the clan and chose to remain at Shrek Academy until she was strong enough to see her father.

Nan Liujing completed the first component of his Two-word Battle Armor and named it Deity, declaring his goal of ascending to godhood. He then attended Shrek Academy’s Inner Court Grand Competition, where Nan Xiaxia won the opening match against Yan Jin.

• Qian Gu Qingfeng forged Nan Liujing’s Heavenly Thunder Alloy into a right-hand and forearm Battle Armor component, which fused with Nan Liujing and amplified his lightning and darkness powers.
• Nan Liujing named his Battle Armor Deity and said he aspired to ascend to godhood after Huo Yuhao.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Nan Liujing to tell Ma Xue, Lei Qianjie, and the other Wild Faction students that reaching the top ten would earn them a chance to compete in Mingdu.
• Nan Liujing and Gu Yue went to watch the Inner Court Grand Competition, where they met Na'er, Ye Xinglan, Ning Yun, and Yu Jiutian.
• Yun Ming opened the competition, and Ya Li transformed the stage into an ancient forest to serve as the arena.
• Nan Xiaxia defeated Yan Jin in the opening match and advanced to the next round.

The first day of Shrek’s inner court competition ended with a second-round draw that favored the strongest students, while Nan Liujing, Gu Yue, Na'er, and Ye Xinglan went to the cinema together. The competition narrowed to eight Soul Sages, setting up rival matchups between Lei Qianjie and Yu Hanshuang and between Ma Xue and Yan Rong, as Yun Ming urged Zang Xin to invest in Nan Liujing’s future.

• Yun Ming announced that fifty-one students had advanced, and Gu Yue privately observed that the second-round draw had paired weaker students with formidable opponents.
• Nan Liujing agreed to go to a movie with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Ye Xinglan, where Ye Xinglan held his hand and Gu Yue leaned toward him before he touched her thigh.
• Yun Ming advised Zang Xin to support Nan Liujing as a young genius and future Divine Craftsman, warning that the gods might return.
• The second day’s competition reduced the field to thirty Two-word Battle Armor Masters, then to eight Soul Sages, as the Wild Faction outperformed the Collateral Faction.
• Lei Qianjie and Yu Hanshuang drew each other, while Ma Xue and Yan Rong drew each other for the next matches.

At Shrek Academy’s Inner Court Tournament, Yu Hanshuang and Lei Qianjie fought to a draw, while Ma Xue defeated Yan Rong. The academy announced its return to the Federal Grand Competition, but Lei Qianjie and Ma Xue refused to compete for Shrek because they had joined the Spirit Pagoda, provoking Long Yeyue and exposing a dispute over the academy’s recruitment practices.

• Yu Hanshuang and Lei Qianjie fought with their battle armors and Martial Soul Avatars until both were too injured to continue, and Ya Li declared their match a draw.
• Ma Xue defeated Yan Rong with Phoenix Sky-Splitting Slash, and Ya Li named Ma Xue the winner.
• Yun Ming announced that Shrek Academy would return to the Federal Grand Competition, and Ya Li read out the selected youth and adult division rosters.
• Lei Qianjie and Ma Xue refused to represent Shrek, explaining that they had joined the Spirit Pagoda after the academy rejected their applications to join the inspection group.
• Long Yeyue accused the pair of betrayal and offered them leadership posts in the inspection group, but Lei Qianjie refused to change his decision.
• Yun Ming dismissed the students and called for the competition roster to be selected again, while the Sea God Pavilion elders remained behind under the pressure of the Sky-Piercing Spear.

Yun Ming retained the elders responsible for student advancement but ordered them to carry out reforms, while Long Yeyue secured the role of chief envoy to Mingdu. Nan Liujing brought Yuanen Yehui to the Federal Grand Competition, where their arrival drew attention from rival factions and placed him in the spotlight.

• Long Yeyue persuaded Yun Ming to retain the accused elders temporarily, with their reform work to be judged after the Federal Grand Competition.
• Long Yeyue volunteered to lead Shrek Academy's delegation to Mingdu, and Yun Ming agreed to appoint her chief envoy.
• Nan Liujing invited Yuanen Yehui to compete in the youth division using his Spirit Pagoda slot and promised her a rare Soul Spirit if she placed in the top three.
• Nan Liujing and Yuanen Yehui arrived in Mingdu with the Spirit Pagoda delegation, where Qian Gu Qingfeng pointed out the War God Hall and Tang Sect competitors.
• Xu Zihuang recognized Nan Liujing, while Xiao Pojun and Long Tianwu discussed the challenge he posed in the youth division.

Nan Liujing brought Yuanen Yehui to visit his relatives in Mingdu, where they discussed his entry into the young adult division and his newly completed Two-word Battle Armor. After leaving the government building with Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu, he shared special candies with the three girls, leaving Yuanen Yehui flustered by his kindness.

• Nan Liujing invited Yuanen Yehui to visit his uncle, Sun Kong, and she learned that Qian Gu Qingfeng was his maternal great-grandfather.
• Nan Liujing and Yuanen Yehui met Sun Kong, Ye Changming, Ye Xinglan, Wu Jingru, and Wu Sidu at the Mingdu Government Building.
• Nan Liujing revealed that he had become a Two-word Battle Armor Master and learned that Zi Huang wielded the Purple Blazing Sky Annihilation Dragon martial soul.
• Nan Liujing left with Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, and Yuanen Yehui, and Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu agreed to compare their results in the youth division.
• Nan Liujing made candies for Wu Sidu and Ye Xinglan, then offered one to Yuanen Yehui, who blushed and accepted it.

The Federation used Nan Liujing’s fame to publicize Shrek Academy’s past apology during the opening ceremony, provoking Long Yeyue and the Shrek delegation. Nan Liujing then won his first youth individual match decisively, and the chapter ended as Tang Sect contestant Xu Zihuang entered the arena for the second match.

• The Federation showed footage of Ya Li apologizing to Nan Liujing during the Spirit Pagoda’s entrance, then immediately presented the Shrek Academy delegation to a stunned crowd.
• Long Yeyue tried to confront the Federation leaders, but Lan Muzi and other elders stopped her; afterward, Federation staff dismissed Shrek’s complaint by blaming a temporary worker.
• Long Yeyue ordered the Shrek students to go all out against local Mingdu teams, while Lan Muzi urged them to restore their reputation through their performance.
• Nan Liujing discussed the Federation’s provocation with Qian Gu Qingfeng, who said the Spirit Pagoda was negotiating with the authorities.
• Nan Liujing defeated his Lightning Element Soul King opponent by catching and returning his lightning, then closing the distance and striking him down without releasing his martial soul or soul rings.
• Xu Zihuang rose from the Tang Sect’s rest area to compete in the second match, drawing the attention of Nan Liujing and the other factions.

Nan Liujing won his opening youth-division match, then visited the junior division and reunited with Wu Changkong, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie. After dinner with the group, Nan Liujing stole another layer of Golden Dragon King Bloodline from Tang Wulin, while Tang San resolved to take an extreme path to protect his son.

• Xu Zihuang defeated a Soul King with his Purple Blazing Sky Annihilation Dragon martial soul, forcing the referee to stop his finishing blow.
• Nan Liujing left the youth-division arena and met Wu Changkong, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin at the junior-division stadium.
• Nan Liujing discussed Shrek Academy's decline with Wu Changkong, then watched Yuanen Yehui defeat her opponent and learned that Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu were competing nearby.
• Nan Liujing watched Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidu win their matches, and their reputations rose as the junior division's three most beautiful contestants alongside Yuanen Yehui.
• Nan Liujing hosted dinner for the group, and Wu Changkong insisted on paying before departing with Tang Wulin and the others.
• Nan Liujing used the Heavenly Tribulation Bead to take another layer of Golden Dragon King Bloodline from Tang Wulin, and he concluded that he could do so once at each Soul Master rank.

Nan Liujing advanced to the third round of the Federal Grand Competition after absorbing another Golden Dragon King bloodline fragment and learning that the Heavenly Tribulation Bead could let him gain power from killing Abyss creatures. The War God Hall sought to draw him toward the front lines, while Ao Rui offered a rare forging reward to anyone who defeated him.

• Nan Liujing fused the Golden Dragon King bloodline into his body, strengthening his physique and gaining a soundwave-type skill from his Third Blood Essence Soul Ring.
• Xu Junlan invited Nan Liujing to consider the War God Training Camp and explained that its trainees fought Abyss creatures; Nan Liujing praised their service but gave no commitment.
• Xia Mi told Nan Liujing that the Heavenly Tribulation Bead's Plane Imprint could let him plunder the origin of non-native creatures, making Abyss creatures a chance to grow stronger and gather Power of Faith.
• Nan Liujing easily defeated his afternoon opponent and advanced to the competition's third round.
• Ao Rui told Xu Junlan, Xiao Pojun, and Long Tianwu that Nan Liujing was a sixth-rank blacksmith and explained why the War God Hall wanted to build ties with him.
• Ao Rui offered a full set of Earth Soul Forging Metal made by Zhen Hua to whichever War God Training Camp trainee defeated Nan Liujing.

Tang Wulin lost his match against Yuanen Yehui, then suddenly collapsed at the stadium milk tea shop. After doctors found that his body was healthy but his soul seemed disconnected, Wu Changkong took him back to Shrek Academy for treatment.

• Tang Wulin fought Yuanen Yehui, but her strength and force-field soul skills defeated him despite his Golden Dragon Claw.
• Yuanen Yehui explained that she had sensed a dangerous aura from Tang Wulin's claw and used her second soul skill to redirect their attacks.
• Tang Wulin suddenly collapsed at the milk tea shop, and Nan Liujing called Wu Changkong for help.
• Wu Changkong rushed Tang Wulin to the central stadium, where Elder Ye found no physical problem and said his soul might be disconnected from his body.
• Shen Yi persuaded Wu Changkong to return to Shrek Academy and seek help from Holy Spirit Douluo; an unseen trident phantom flickered on Tang Wulin's forehead.