Chapter Summaries

Class Zero watched the opening match and learned that Shrek Academy’s youth team would face Tianhai Academy’s previous Youth Group champions. Tang Wulin recognized Xu Lizi and Xing Lan on Shrek’s team, while Su Hao spotted Yu Tianlong as another teammate.

• Wu Changkong told Class Zero they could skip competing that day and watch an exhibition match, and Xie Xie explained its purpose and possible effect on the contestants.
• Tang Wulin gave dried fish to a hungry boy named Xu Lizi, and the two quickly became friends while watching the match.
• A girl with a yellow ponytail called Xu Lizi away and warned him not to accept food from strangers; Su Hao advised Tang Wulin to avoid Xu Lizi for the next few days.
• The announcer introduced a youth-team exhibition match between Shrek Academy and Tianhai Academy’s previous Youth Group champions.
• Tang Wulin recognized Xu Lizi and Xing Lan among Shrek’s younger competitors, and Su Hao recognized Yu Tianlong on their team.

Tang Wulin and Class Zero watched Shrek Academy face the Skysea Alliance in a seven-on-seven exhibition match, and Tang Wulin reflected on how far Su Hao had surpassed him. The match began with Shrek's fighters launching a coordinated opening attack, filling the arena with blue-violet lightning.

• Su Hao wondered how Yu Tianlong had entered Shrek Academy before its next admissions, while Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan reacted to the two young Shrek representatives onstage.
• Gu Yue recognized Yu Tianlong as the opponent Su Hao had beaten, and Xie Xie argued that only Su Hao might currently qualify for Shrek.
• Tang Wulin compared himself with Shrek's team and acknowledged that Su Hao surpassed him in Soul Skills, Spiritual Power, and several crafts.
• The teams introduced themselves, and the referee began the match on a small arena.
• Xu Lizi handed out items for the Shrek team to eat, a girl used a pagoda to strengthen the leading youth, and he transformed with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring before unleashing a burst of lightning.

Shrek Academy defeated the Skysea Alliance team in less than a minute, leaving Tang Wulin and his teammates stunned by their coordination and power. Wu Changkong revealed that the victors were Outer Court students and explained that entering Shrek Academy’s Inner Court was his goal for the team, before the matches began the next day.

• Shrek Academy overwhelmed the Skysea Alliance team with a lightning-fast attack, ending the match in under a minute.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, and Su Hao discussed Shrek Academy’s strength, while Gu Yue and Su Hao dismissed the victors as ordinary.
• Wu Changkong told the team that the Shrek students were Outer Court students and warned that the two youngest members could become their strongest competitors.
• Wu Changkong revealed that he wanted Tang Wulin and the others to enter Shrek Academy’s Inner Court and fulfill the goal he had failed to achieve.
• Su Hao claimed that he and his teammates could defeat the two young Shrek students, and Wu Changkong reflected on Su Hao’s exceptional abilities before Xie Xie interrupted him.

Su Hao encouraged Xie Xie to explore a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill and develop his Agility System abilities, while Tang Wulin went to meet Xu Lizi. Later, Su Hao and Gu Yue spotted Tang Wulin in a snack shop with Ye Xinglan and went to see what trouble she had caused.

• Xie Xie questioned Wu Changkong about being left out, and Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan pointed out his weaknesses compared with theirs.
• Su Hao suggested that Xie Xie combine his Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger in a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and better understand his Agility System role.
• Xie Xie returned to the hotel to think, while Tang Wulin accepted Xu Lizi's invitation to eat.
• Su Hao and Gu Yue dined in Skysea City, then spotted Tang Wulin and Ye Xinglan in a snack shop below.
• Su Hao told Gu Yue that Ye Xinglan would keep causing Tang Wulin trouble, then went downstairs with her to investigate.

Su Hao and Gu Yue watched Tang Wulin, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizi argue over who would pay their restaurant bill. Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizi were made to wash dishes while they waited for Shrek’s teacher, and Ye Xinglan vowed to settle things with Tang Wulin and Su Hao at the competition.

• Su Hao and Gu Yue overheard Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizi arguing with Tang Wulin about the meal bill.
• Ye Xinglan accused Tang Wulin of deliberately approaching Xu Lizi, and Su Hao and Gu Yue questioned whether the meal had been a setup.
• Ye Xinglan confronted Su Hao, but Xu Lizi stopped her from starting a fight that could bring trouble to Shrek.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizi learned that Tang Wulin had paid only his own bill, and the restaurant owner stopped them from leaving without paying.
• The owner sent Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizi to wash dishes after they called Shrek’s supervising teacher, and Ye Xinglan vowed to teach Tang Wulin and Su Hao a lesson at the competition.
• Su Hao told Gu Yue there was nothing more to watch, and they left.

Tang Wulin won the first blacksmithing competition by completing Hundred Refinements, then joined Su Hao and the others at the Individual Competition venue. There, Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizi confronted them over the unpaid restaurant bill, and Su Hao challenged Ye Xinglan’s version of events.

• Su Hao and the others watched Tang Wulin finish Hundred Refinements first in the blacksmithing competition.
• Tang Wulin left for Tianhai Stadium, and Su Hao, Gu Yue, and the others joined him on the way.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizi blocked the group at the stadium and accused Tang Wulin of failing to pay their restaurant bill.
• Tang Wulin explained that he had paid only for his own meal and questioned why he should cover Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizi.
• Su Hao pointed out that Xu Lizi had invited Tang Wulin to dinner and asked why the two had arrived without money.

Ye Xinglan followed Tang Wulin and Su Hao into the Stadium and registered for the competition, while they advanced through the first round of the Individual Competition. As the group prepared for the afternoon Team Competition, Long Hengxu explained that their results would affect the resources Class Zero received, and they learned their team opponents came from Ocean City.

• Ye Xinglan accused Tang Wulin and Su Hao of wronging her, then decided to enter the competition and beat them on the Arena.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Su Hao each won their first-round Individual Competition matches and advanced.
• The group returned to the hotel, where Xie Xie bragged about his easy win and Gu Yue warned he might lose in the next round.
• Long Hengxu told Class Zero that the Tianhai Alliance Competition was an assessment and that stronger rankings could bring the academy more resources.
• Su Hao and the others drew a team from Ocean City and learned that three- and five-person competitions were less favored than the seven-person event.

Su Hao’s team from Eastsea Academy began its first Legendary Tournament team match against Ocean City Intermediate Academy. Su Hao left the fight to Tang Wulin’s group, who caught their opponents off guard and bound all five with Tang Wulin’s blue Vines.

• Su Hao explained to Xie Xie why the earlier matches seemed dull and reminded him to stay focused when competing.
• Su Hao’s team took the stage, with Gu Yue assigned to lead the attack and control while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan supported her.
• Tang Wulin pretended that the team was inexperienced and asked Ocean Academy’s captain, Moka, to go easy on them.
• When the match began, Su Hao retreated as Tang Wulin and Xie Xie charged while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan launched attacks.
• Tang Wulin released his purple Soul Ring and sent blue Vines surging out, binding all five Ocean Academy members before they could respond.

Tang Wulin and Class Zero quickly defeated Ocean Academy by exploiting their superior combat experience, then encountered Ye Xinglan, who challenged them after revealing she had entered the competition with another academy. Gu Yue ended the confrontation and told the group they could face Ye Xinglan in the tournament or seek Teacher Wu's help if she continued harassing them.

• Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue restrained Ocean Academy's five members while Tang Wulin and the others won the match before their opponents could use their Soul Skills.
• Xu Xiaoyan praised Tang Wulin for misleading Ocean Academy, and Tang Wulin explained that he wanted to conserve and conceal their strength.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizi confronted the group, and Ye Xinglan revealed that she and her companions had temporarily joined an academy to compete.
• Gu Yue accepted Ye Xinglan's challenge and led Su Hao away, with Tang Wulin and the others following.
• Gu Yue explained that they should stop arguing and fight Ye Xinglan if they met in the competition, or ask Teacher Wu for help if the trouble continued.

Tang Wulin advanced through the second day of the blacksmithing competition while Class Zero prepared for their matches. Ye Xinglan secured an exceptional slot in the Individual Competition and arranged to face Su Hao and Tang Wulin, leaving Su Hao questioning whether she relied on her strength or Shrek Academy’s reputation.

• Mu Xi excitedly told Tang Wulin that his high-grade Hundred Refinements purification had broken the Tianhai Alliance Competition record, then hurriedly pulled him out of the room when she noticed Su Hao.
• Tang Wulin competed in the second round of blacksmithing and told Class Zero that he had advanced, with the final showdown scheduled for the next day.
• Xie Xie told Tang Wulin that several Three-Ring Soul Masters had appeared in the Youth Group competition, posing a threat to Class Zero.
• Ye Xinglan approached Su Hao and Tang Wulin and revealed that she had received an exceptional Individual Competition slot despite the event already being underway.
• Ye Xinglan said the two competitors assigned to Su Hao and Tang Wulin had withdrawn and that she would take their places, then claimed Shrek’s training made her stronger than them.
• Su Hao challenged Ye Xinglan’s confidence, asking whether she trusted her own strength or expected them to yield because of Shrek Academy’s status.

Tang Wulin accepted Ye Xinglan’s challenge, and Wu Changkong encouraged him to fight without fear. Su Hao then faced Ye Xinglan in the competition, and the chapter ended as their battle began with Ye Xinglan revealing her two Century-Year Soul Rings.

• Ye Xinglan challenged Tang Wulin and Su Hao, and Tang Wulin agreed to face her.
• Wu Changkong praised his disciples and told Tang Wulin to give the fight his all.
• Xie Xie won his match, then Su Hao took the stage against Ye Xinglan.
• Su Hao opened with his two Thousand-Year Soul Rings and used gravity to pull Ye Xinglan toward him.
• Ye Xinglan assessed Su Hao’s strength, then revealed her two Century-Year Soul Rings.

Su Hao defeated Ye Xinglan in the competition after breaking through her starry shield and knocking her out of the arena. Ye Xinglan vowed to get revenge, while Yu Tianlong learned that Su Hao was the same opponent who had beaten him.

• Ye Xinglan attacked Su Hao with her Stargod Sword, but he blocked her strike and suppressed the Star God Power that entered his body.
• Ye Xinglan fired a blast of starlight, and Su Hao raised part of the arena to block it before charging through the dust.
• Su Hao shattered Ye Xinglan's star-covered shield with one punch and sent her flying out of the arena, winning the match.
• Ye Xinglan threatened to repay Su Hao, but his retort enraged her so much that she fainted; Xu Lizi arranged for her to be taken back to the hotel.
• Yu Tianlong learned that Su Hao had defeated Ye Xinglan and recognized him as the opponent who had beaten him, then awkwardly left.
• Su Hao returned to the audience amid the crowd's cheers and heard Gu Yue speak to him.

Su Hao and his teammates prepared for their afternoon team battle after Tang Wulin and Gu Yue advanced in the Individual Competition. Eastsea Academy defeated Sea Dragon Academy in less than a minute, advancing to the top thirty-two.

• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue smoothly advanced in the Individual Competition, and Wu Changkong returned to lead the team to the stadium.
• Spectators cheered for Su Hao and Eastsea Academy as the five teammates entered the arena to face Sea Dragon Academy.
• Tang Wulin charged Sea Dragon Academy while Gu Yue and Xie Xie supported him with attacks and control.
• Tang Wulin overwhelmed the Sea Dragon Martial Soul user and the two Mysterious Water Turtle brothers, while Gu Yue and Xie Xie helped defeat the Shadow Leopard user.
• The referee announced Eastsea Academy's victory, and Wu Changkong praised the team while warning them not to grow complacent before the top thirty-two.

Tang Wulin and his friends explored Skysea City before the Individual Competition finals, where Gu Yue defeated Song Rentou after conceding her first match against Su Hao. The final match between Su Hao and Song Rentou remained, with the championship still undecided.

• Tang Wulin agreed to explore Skysea City with the group, and they visited Snack Street before touring the city until nightfall.
• Tang Wulin finished fifth and Xie Xie twenty-sixth in the Individual Competition, while Gu Yue, Su Hao, and Song Rentou advanced to the top three.
• Long Hengxu watched the final round draw Su Hao against Gu Yue, Gu Yue against Song Rentou, and Su Hao against Song Rentou.
• Gu Yue conceded her opening match against Su Hao, then defeated Song Rentou by freezing him with Ice Cones after he erased her Elemental Storm with his time-based Soul Skill.

Su Hao defeated Song Rentou in the final match of the Tinghai Alliance grand competition and took first place, with Gu Yue second and Song Rentou third. In a private box, the White-haired Woman questioned Wu Changkong about Su Hao’s strength and Tang Wulin’s unusual bloodline mutation.

• Song Rentou used Time Acceleration and charged Su Hao, but Su Hao trapped him with Vines and three Puppets.
• Su Hao froze Song Rentou’s time with the Time Law, preventing him from using his Second Soul Skill, and Song Rentou admitted defeat.
• The referee declared Su Hao the winner, and Su Hao, Gu Yue, and Song Rentou received first, second, and third place in the Individual Competition.
• The White-haired Woman asked Wu Changkong about Su Hao’s abilities, and Wu Changkong said Su Hao was not his disciple and had unmatched talent.
• The White-haired Woman asked about Tang Wulin’s mutated Martial Soul, and Wu Changkong explained that an unusual bloodline mutation had affected his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

Su Hao won the Individual Competition, and Class Zero prepared for the afternoon team finals. As the three finalist teams gathered, Zhang Zhenpeng asked Long Huantian to consider giving Sea-Land Academy students slots to apply to Shrek Academy.

• Wu Changkong refused Shen Yi's suggestion to have the children examined at the academy, saying they should earn their way in themselves.
• Long Hengxu congratulated Su Hao, Gu Yue, and the others on their results and promised to seek more funding for Class Zero.
• Xie Xie admired Su Hao's first-place trophy and joked that he was practically the Individual Competition champion too.
• Su Hao and the others meditated at the stadium while they waited for the team finals between Eastsea Academy, Tianhai Academy, and Sea-Land Academy.
• Zhang Zhenpeng told Long Huantian that he wanted to discuss securing Shrek Academy application slots for several Sea-Land Academy students.

Long Huantian learned that Zhang Zhenpeng wanted an Inner Court application slot as the Youth Group final round was set to begin. Tianhai Academy’s Mai Renteng revealed a five-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Eastsea Academy, and Su Hao decided he would not settle for winning by merely outlasting it.

• Zhang Zhenpeng told Long Huantian that he wanted an Inner Court application slot, shocking him.
• Officials announced the final-round match order and arranged recovery-type Soul Masters to restore the teams between matches.
• Eastsea Academy faced Tianhai Academy, whose five members were all level-30 Soul Elders, with three possessing Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Mai Renteng introduced Tianhai Academy’s trump card and activated a Five-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill, drawing the other four members’ Soul Power into himself.
• Su Hao judged that Mai Renteng’s fusion would last less than ten minutes and formed a plan to challenge him rather than win by waiting out the skill.

Su Hao defeated Mai Renteng and Eastsea Academy beat Tianhai Academy, which later lost to Sea-Land Academy and finished third. Eastsea Academy then began the final against Sea-Land Academy, and Su Hao prepared a powerful move as the chapter ended.

• Mai Renteng used his Raging Waves Soul Skill, but Su Hao stopped and turned the waves back, knocking Mai Renteng down.
• Mai Renteng fused with his Demon Soul Great White Shark and charged Su Hao, who struck him out of the arena with a golden fist and won the match for Eastsea Academy.
• Tianhai Academy lost to Sea-Land Academy after its trump card had been exposed, leaving Tianhai Academy in third place.
• Su Hao and the other four faced Sea-Land Academy in the final against Wang Dongqi, Zhou Hanyou, Zhou Tian'er, Wang Jie, and Shi Lei.
• Su Hao warned Sea-Land Academy to defend with everything it had and told the referee to be ready to protect them as he gathered electromagnetic force.

Su Hao’s Super Electromagnetic Cannon secured Eastsea Academy’s victory over Sea-Land Academy in the Youth Group Team Competition, completing the delegation’s successful run at the Tianhai Alliance Competition. Three days later, the Eastsea City delegation began its journey home, with Class Zero celebrating and the upper-year students reflecting on their results.

• Su Hao charged and fired his Super Electromagnetic Cannon as Zhou Tian'er and Zhou Youhan used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to defend against it.
• The referee shielded Zhou Tian'er and the others from the attack, was driven back to the edge of the stage, and left a deep crater behind him.
• The referee declared Eastsea Academy the winner, and Sea-Land Academy accepted the result.
• Tang Wulin and his teammates celebrated the victory, while Long Hengxu rejoiced that Eastsea Academy had won the team championship and Su Hao had claimed the individual championship.
• Three days later, the Eastsea City delegation boarded Bus No. 9 and left Skysea City for home.

Three years later, Su Hao showed Gu Yue a newly developed cannonball that he claimed could rival the Federation’s three Level 12 Soul Tool cannonballs. He explained how its compressed space and detonation mechanism worked, leaving Gu Yue poised to ask another crucial question.

• Su Hao finished assembling his new Soul Tool cannonball as Gu Yue arrived at his laboratory.
• Su Hao recalled that he had advanced his professions, earned Level 6 Soul Tool Master certification, and received a Thousand-Year Phantom Leopard Soul Spirit from the Spirit Pagoda.
• Su Hao told Gu Yue that his cannonball could devastate an area hundreds of kilometers wide and leave radiation for centuries.
• Gu Yue questioned how Su Hao, a Level 6 Soul Tool Master, could create a weapon comparable to the Federation’s Level 12 cannonballs.
• Su Hao explained that he had used a nontraditional method and compressed nearly fifty square meters of space inside the cannonball, which would explode when the space shattered.
• Gu Yue asked Su Hao another crucial question.