Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao shared food with Xu Lizhi, a friendly student from Shrek Academy, until Ye Xinglan arrived and accused them of approaching him for ulterior motives. Xie Xie insulted Shrek Academy, prompting Ye Xinglan to turn on him, her loyalty to the academy laid bare.

• Tang Wulin gave Xu Lizhi dried fish and learned that he was a student from Shrek City and Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao shared Lotus Makeup Pastries with Gu Yuena, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Xu Lizhi, and the others.
• Ye Xinglan arrived, scolded Xu Lizhi for accepting food, and accused the group of trying to get close to him because he was from Shrek.
• Xie Xie angrily criticized Ye Xinglan's attitude and said Shrek Academy should be torn down so it could not harm anyone.
• Ye Xinglan turned back toward Xie Xie, furious, as her devotion to Shrek Academy was revealed.

Huo Yuhao's group clashed with Ye Xinglan over her contemptuous remarks about them and Shrek Academy, then watched as the tournament announced an exhibition match between Tianhai Academy's previous youth champions and Shrek's team. The chapter left Huo Yuhao facing Yu Longheng's cold smile as the two teams prepared to compete.

• Xie Xie and Wang Jinxi challenged Ye Xinglan's insults, and Huo Yuhao used his Soul Power to quell the brewing confrontation.
• Tang Wulin called for the argument to end, and Ye Xinglan left after demanding that they apologize for insulting Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao and the others discussed Ye Xinglan's arrogance and realized that Shrek's students had come to represent the Academy in an exhibition match.
• The tournament announced that Tianhai Academy's previous youth division champions would face Shrek Academy's seven-person youth team.
• Huo Yuhao's group spotted Yu Longheng, Ning Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi among Shrek's representatives, and Yu Longheng gave Huo Yuhao a cold smile.

Shrek Academy’s team crushed the Skysea Alliance team in an exhibition match after Yu Longheng revealed his Battle Armor and overwhelming strength. The match ended in seconds, leaving Tianhai Academy humiliated and the spectators stunned.

• Zhang Yangzi and the others underestimated Ye Xinglan, but Gu Yuena revealed that Ye Xinglan was only a two-ring Soul Grandmaster.
• Tang Wulin recognized Yu Longheng as the Shrek Student who had injured someone in the street and hurt Xie Xie.
• Xu Lizhi gave his teammates steamed buns, and Shrek’s seven Students released their Martial Souls as the match began.
• Ning Yue boosted Yu Longheng, who revealed five Battle Armor components and an aura comparable to a Soul King.
• Yu Longheng unleashed his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring’s lightning attack and defeated all seven Tianhai Academy Students in less than a minute.

After Shrek defeated the Skysea Alliance team, Ye Xinglan confronted the Eastsea Academy students and demanded an apology, sparking a heated argument over Shrek’s honor. Huo Yuhao accepted her challenge to a five-on-five battle, and the crowd erupted as the teams headed toward a showdown.

• Yu Longheng led Shrek to a swift victory over the Skysea Alliance team, and the referee declared Shrek the winner.
• Ye Xinglan confronted Huo Yuhao’s group and demanded that they apologize for insulting Shrek Academy.
• Xie Xie and Gu Yuena challenged Ye Xinglan’s claims, while Huo Yuhao stepped between her and Gu Yuena.
• Yu Longheng warned the Eastsea students not to defile Shrek’s glory, and Xie Xie brought up Yu Longheng’s arrest by the Enforcement Squad.
• Ye Xinglan challenged the group to a five-on-five match, and Huo Yuhao accepted on their behalf.

After the dispute between Class Zero and Shrek escalated into a challenge, Shrek’s team faced severe consequences if it lost. The Skysea Alliance set the match for the next day as a seven-versus-seven battle, leaving Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena to prepare to face Shrek’s team.

• Xie Xie apologized to Huo Yuhao for escalating the dispute, while Gu Yuena reassured the girls that she and Huo Yuhao could handle the challenge.
• Shen Yi questioned Yu Longheng and Ye Xinglan over the confrontation and warned that they could lose their Inner Court prospects or be expelled if Shrek lost.
• Ning Yue volunteered to join Ye Xinglan and Yu Longheng, but Shen Yi announced that the Skysea Alliance had scheduled a seven-versus-seven match for the next day.
• Luo Yanglu told Tang Wulin and the others to focus on their other competitions, then asked Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena whether they were confident facing Shrek’s seven; they both nodded.

Eastsea Academy’s five-person team defeated Tianhai Academy when Gu Yuena overwhelmed all five opponents, drawing attention to her strength and the coming match against Shrek Academy. Before the heavily promoted seven-person match, Gu Yuena asked Huo Yuhao to take the field that night, while Luo Yanglu remained confident in him.

• Luo Yanglu told Wu Changkong that Huo Yuhao needed the chance to face Shrek Academy and that they could not let it pass.
• Dean Yu watched Eastsea Academy’s first five-person match against Tianhai Academy and felt confident when he saw the lineup.
• Gu Yuena revealed herself as a three-ring Soul Elder and defeated Tianhai Academy’s five contestants with a storm of elemental attacks.
• Ye Xinglan reacted with disbelief to Gu Yuena’s cultivation, while Yu Longheng recognized her as thirteenth on the Youth Genius List.
• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao to take the field in the seven-person match that night, and he agreed.
• Shen Yi questioned whether Huo Yuhao might suffer a setback in a team battle, but Luo Yanglu answered that stronger people always existed and smiled confidently.

Huo Yuhao led Eastsea Academy to a decisive victory over Shrek Academy, defeating Yu Longheng and the rest of the team with overwhelming Soul and Spiritual Power. After the match, the Spirit Pagoda began promoting Huo Yuhao, while Shrek’s leaders reacted with anger and alarm.

• Huo Yuhao revealed four ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, leaving the spectators and Shrek team stunned and overwhelmed by his pressure.
• Huo Yuhao shattered Yu Longheng’s Battle Armor with a single punch, then incapacitated the opposing fighters with a precise Mental Pierce; Gu Yuena also defeated Ye Xinglan.
• Huo Yuhao declared the match over, and the referee announced Eastsea Academy’s victory over Shrek Academy.
• Ye Xinglan collapsed in grief as Huo Yuhao left calmly with his teammates, while Wu Changkong reflected on Huo Yuhao’s extraordinary strength.
• Luo Yanglu told Shen Yi that the Spirit Pagoda could support a talent capable of suppressing an entire generation, alarming her.
• Hua Yichen ordered Huo Yuhao placed first on the Youth Genius List under the title “Spirit Messenger,” while an old woman at Shrek Academy crushed her teacup in anger.

After Huo Yuhao's overwhelming victory over Shrek spread across the Federation, the Spirit Pagoda ranked him first on the Youth Genius List and named him a Spirit Messenger. Eastsea Academy celebrated its rising fame while the defeated Shrek Students struggled with the loss and its public mockery.

• Huo Yuhao and his companions returned to the hotel, where he reassured Xie Xie after the match.
• Yu Zhen anticipated attention from the East Sea Administrator and saw Huo Yuhao's victory as a chance for Eastsea Academy to rise.
• The Spirit Pagoda promoted Huo Yuhao from eighth place to first on the Youth Genius List and gave him the title Spirit Messenger.
• Huo Yuhao's friends discussed their sudden fame, and Tang Wulin said he expected to win the forging competition final the next day.
• Yao Qixuan, Ning Yue, and Lin Xuyuan watched the match footage in dismay as mocking posts about Shrek appeared online and one was swiftly deleted.

After Shrek Academy suffered backlash over its students’ match, Cai Yue'er handled the fallout and considered recruiting Huo Yuhao’s companions. Tang Wulin won the blacksmithing final, then Xiong Jun surprised him by offering to take him as a disciple.

• Ye Xinglan accepted responsibility for the match, but Shen Yi told her to wait for the Pavilion Elder and avoid further trouble.
• Cai Yue'er transferred Ye Xinglan to the Outer Court, barred Yu Longheng from the Inner Court, and considered recruiting Huo Yuhao’s teammates to Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao and his companions watched Tang Wulin compete in the blacksmithing final, while Mu Chen regretted that Tang Wulin was competing for the Spirit Pagoda.
• Tang Wulin completed a Thousand Forging First Grade piece and won the competition’s championship.
• Xiong Jun stopped Tang Wulin in the passageway and offered to take him as his disciple.

Tang Wulin considered Xiong Jun’s offer to take him as a disciple, then accepted and became Xiong Jun’s student after bringing him honey. The following night, Cai Yue'er arrived in Tianhai City and spoke with a man whose silence confirmed her suspicions.

• Tang Wulin told his friends that Xiong Jun, Tower Master of the Heaven Dou Branch, wanted to take him as a disciple, and Xu Xiaoyan jokingly bowed to Huo Yuhao to ask him to become her master.
• Huo Yuhao and the others left after Tang Wulin agreed to meet Xiong Jun again, and Tang Wulin planned to tell his family and teacher about the offer.
• Tang Wulin brought Xiong Jun several jars of honey, accepted Spirit Jade Honey from him, and respectfully called him Teacher Xiong Jun.
• Cai Yue'er arrived in Tianhai City and spoke with a man through her Soul Tool Communicator about the Federation and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Cai Yue'er accused the man of visiting another woman, and when he fell silent, she said she would handle matters properly.

Yun Ming warned the Sea God Pavilion elders that the Tianhai Alliance Tournament defeat reflected the Federation’s growing concern over Shrek’s prominence. Cai Yue'er then offered Huo Yuhao’s group places in Shrek’s Inner Court, but Gu Yuena refused, and Cai Yue'er turned to confront them over an insult to the Academy’s reputation.

• Yun Ming told the Sea God Pavilion elders that the tournament loss mattered less than the Federation’s warning and urged Shrek to become more restrained.
• An elder argued that the Federation should focus on the Spirit Pagoda and Huo Yuhao, but Yun Ming cautioned against assuming the Spirit Pagoda’s ties with the Federation had soured.
• Cai Yue'er met Huo Yuhao’s group and asked Gu Yuena about her elemental abilities; Gu Yuena said she could control six elements.
• Cai Yue'er offered the group admission to Shrek’s Inner Court and personally offered to teach Gu Yuena, but Gu Yuena said she would not go without Huo Yuhao.
• Shen Yi praised Cai Yue'er’s strength, but the children remained unimpressed, prompting Cai Yue'er to confront them about insulting Shrek Academy’s reputation.

Cai Yue'er confronted Luo Yanglu and the Spirit Pagoda students over their insults to Shrek, then threatened to discipline them when they refused to back down. Xiong Jun intervened and badly injured Cai Yue'er, who fled in humiliation.

• Cai Yue'er blamed Xie Xie and Gu Yuena for provoking Shrek's students, while Luo Yanglu and the others rejected her accusations.
• Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie criticized Cai Yue'er and Shrek Academy, prompting Cai Yue'er to unleash her Super Douluo pressure.
• Huo Yuhao shielded the group from Cai Yue'er's pressure, and Luo Yanglu defended the students' words.
• Cai Yue'er threatened to discipline Xie Xie, but Xiong Jun appeared and pressed her through the floor.
• Xiong Jun struck Cai Yue'er through seven walls and into the garden, leaving her badly injured.
• Cai Yue'er acknowledged Xiong Jun's demand and fled without looking back.

Tang Wulin confided in Huo Yuhao that a voice in his mind had taught him Shrek Academy’s motto and might be a dangerous presence connected to the Golden Dragon King Seal. After Huo Yuhao urged him to trust his own judgment, Tang Wulin went to tell Xiong Jun everything.

• Xiong Jun protected Tang Wulin and his friends from Cai Yue'er, then agreed to handle negotiations with Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yuena returned to give Xiong Jun information about Tang Wulin, then lost her composure when Xiong Jun offered her money and Star Dou specialties.
• Tang Wulin remembered the people who had cared for him and decided he could no longer keep his suspicions about Old Tang secret.
• Tang Wulin told Huo Yuhao that a voice in his head had taught him Shrek Academy’s motto and explained his fears about the Golden Dragon King Seal.
• Huo Yuhao told Tang Wulin that the answer lay in his own heart, and Tang Wulin went to lay everything before Xiong Jun.

Tang Wulin confessed the truth about the Golden Dragon King to Xiong Jun, who asked Gu Yuena to give him a chance. Gu Yuena agreed to let Tang Wulin investigate his Spiritual Space first, while Huo Yuhao revealed himself to Xiong Jun as Ling Bing.

• Tang Wulin told Xiong Jun he wanted the Golden Dragon King's power removed and trusted his elders to help him.
• Xiong Jun taught Tang Wulin methods to examine his Spiritual Space and circulate his blood and qi, then reported the situation to Gu Yuena.
• Xiong Jun asked Gu Yuena to give Tang Wulin a chance, and she agreed while insisting the God Core be removed and the wisp of Divine Sense dealt with.
• Huo Yuyao greeted Xiong Jun, who recognized him as Ling Bing and joked that he had even swept his grave.
• Huo Yuhao suggested waiting for Tang Wulin to examine his Spiritual Space before deciding what to do about the Golden Dragon King.

Zhuo Shi met with Xiong Jun and the Spirit Pagoda’s leaders to settle Cai Yue’er’s attack on their disciples. Shrek agreed to pay two top-tier Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and provide seven Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well slots, while Snow Empress and Xiong Jun would personally protect the disciples.

• Xiong Jun realized that Ling Bing had returned and wondered whether he was the last to learn about it.
• Zhuo Shi questioned Shen Yi about Cai Yue’er’s actions and learned that Xiong Jun had struck her after she threatened to discipline Tang Wulin and the others.
• Zhuo Shi met Xiong Jun, Gu Yuena, and Huo Yuhao, then witnessed Snow Empress and Leng Yaozhu join them to confront Shrek over Cai Yue’er’s insult.
• Zhuo Shi agreed to compensate the Spirit Pagoda with two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and seven Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well slots, and Snow Empress and Xiong Jun volunteered to protect the disciples.
• Leng Yaozhu used the Spirit Pagoda’s influence over public opinion and the competition to press Shrek for further concessions.

Zhuo Shi and Huo Yuhao discussed a future visit to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, while Snow Empress urged caution about taking too much from Shrek. After Zhuo Shi left, Xiong Jun gave Huo Yuhao two Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear External Soul Bones, and Gu Yuena grew uneasy about Huo Yuhao’s closeness with Snow Empress before he redirected the group to discuss their plans.

• Zhuo Shi warned that Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena might be too young to impress the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and they agreed to revisit the plan later.
• Zhuo Shi left to report to the pavilion master, while Leng Yaozhu praised Huo Yuhao’s victory and accepted him as a Spirit Messenger.
• Xiong Jun offered Huo Yuhao two thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear External Soul Bones, and Huo Yuhao accepted them.
• Gu Yuena reflected on Huo Yuhao’s bond with Snow Empress and felt uneasy, while Xiong Jun wondered whether the two women had a conflict.
• Huo Yuhao sensed the tension and redirected the group to discuss their plans going forward.

Cai Yue'er was confined to the Academy after provoking the Spirit Pagoda, while Huo Yuhao demonstrated his refined spiritual control at a Soul Spirit Competition. He explained his Soul Programming technique to Gu Yuena, who wondered how much she still had to learn about using her abilities.

• Yun Ming reprimanded Cai Yue'er for offending six Titled Douluo and ordered her confined to the Academy, then sent Zhuo Shi to deliver the Soul Bone to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, Huo Yuhao, and Gu Yuena watched two children compete with weak Soul Spirits, and the Ice Silkworms in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness protested the mockery.
• Huo Yuhao concealed himself and Gu Yuena with his Interference Domain, then used his second soul skill and spiritual control to create several distinct Soul Tool Floating Cannons.
• Gu Yuena asked how Huo Yuhao created the Soul Tools so quickly, and he explained that Soul Programming used repeated spiritual tasks like an assembly line.
• Gu Yuena silently considered that Huo Yuhao understood her abilities better than she did and wondered whether her control and combat experience were inadequate.

Huo Yuhao and Gu Yuena discussed their cultivation insights, while Tang Wulin received a Hundred Thousand Year Head Soul Bone from Xiong Jun and entered the Golden Dragon King Seal. Inside, he encountered a mysterious memory and Tang San’s Divine Sense.

• Huo Yuhao corrected Gu Yuena when she called him a God and encouraged her to refine her abilities during her Re cultivation.
• Gu Yuena explained how she had gained insights from the Favor of the Stars, while Huo Yuhao resumed training with both Martial Souls.
• Xiong Jun offered Tang Wulin a Hundred Thousand Year Head Soul Bone, then agreed to keep it until Tang Wulin could safely absorb it.
• Tang Wulin entered the Golden Dragon King Seal and found Old Tang absent, then touched one of the white rings.
• Tang Wulin saw a Red-haired Woman tell him to use the seal’s power to strip something away if he could not bear it, before Tang San’s Divine Sense appeared and questioned him.

Tang Wulin told Tang San’s Divine Sense about Xiong Jun and questioned whether another consciousness was inside him, leading Tang San to reveal that the Golden Dragon King’s remnant soul remained within the seal. After Gu Yuena shared what Xiong Jun had learned with Huo Yuhao, she weighed the Golden Dragon King’s return and trusted Huo Yuhao to help contain him.

• Tang Wulin told Tang San’s Divine Sense that Xiong Jun had taken him as a disciple, given him a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and taught him to use Spiritual Power.
• Tang Wulin criticized Shrek Academy’s conduct and asked whether another consciousness was inside him; Tang San’s Divine Sense said the Golden Dragon King’s remnant soul survived within the seal.
• Tang San’s Divine Sense warned Tang Wulin that breaking the seals could expose him to the Golden Dragon King’s influence and urged him not to trust the Dragon King.
• Gu Yuena told Huo Yuhao that Xiong Jun had reported the seal’s three types of Divine Power, the method for stripping it, and the Golden Dragon King’s remnant soul.
• Gu Yuena worried that the Golden Dragon King might seek to devour her and become the Dragon God, while Huo Yuhao reassured her that they could wait before deciding what to do.
• Huo Yuhao denied being a Deity or God King, and Gu Yuena reminded him that he had made her believe in him and had to take responsibility.

Huo Yuhao revealed to Gu Yuena that he was not a reincarnated Deity, and she accepted his honesty while embracing him. They discussed where to begin removing the Divine Core and Divine Sense seals, while Tang Wulin planned to teach the Golden Dragon King's remnant soul using Huo Yuhao's writings.

• Gu Yuena explained how her doubts about Huo Yuhao's identity had grown, but admitted she still trusted his account because he had told her himself.
• Huo Yuhao confessed that he had initially wanted Gu Yuena's Bloodline Power and intended to use her, but Gu Yuena forgave him and embraced him.
• Gu Yuena decided to help extract the Divine Core and Divine Sense, and Huo Yuhao identified flaws between the sixth and seventh floors and the twelfth and thirteenth floors as likely opportunities.
• Huo Yuhao told Gu Yuena they should wait until their strength recovered before acting on the seals.
• Tang Wulin told Tang San's Divine Sense that he wanted to teach the Golden Dragon King's remnant soul and hoped to use the First Generation Tower Master's Admonitions.
• Tang San's Divine Sense realized that Huo Yuhao's ideas would be taught to Tang Wulin and feared being forced to listen to them.