Chapter Summaries

First Grade Class One defeated the higher-grade team in a fast, coordinated match, with Fang Yang and his teammates eliminating their opponents one by one. Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li declared them the winners, and the first-grade students celebrated their championship.

• Gu Yue eliminated Liu Ruyan, then Fang Yang stepped forward to face Duan Hunxiao as the teams clashed across the arena.
• Fang Yang devoured Duan Hunxiao’s Soul-Shattering Melody with Black Flame and eliminated him, while Xie Xie kept Yue Zhengyu occupied.
• Tang Wulin broke Ye Xingmo’s sword and knocked him out of combat, Xu Xiaoyan restrained Bai Hanying, and Wang Jinxi subdued He Xiaopeng.
• Zhang Yangzi exploited Yuanen Yehui’s distraction and injured her, leaving Yue Zhengyu as the only opponent still fighting at full strength.
• Xu Xiaoyan bound Yue Zhengyu with Star Wheel Chain, and he surrendered before Xie Xie could strike.
• Ya Li declared First Grade Class One the winner by four to one, healed the injured students, and watched the class celebrate.

Fang Yang took Xu Xiaoyan to the Heaven Spirit Pagoda after she reached rank forty, intending to help her choose a Soul Spirit and visit Leng Yaozhu. There, Qiangu Zhangting confronted them over Gu Yue and threatened Fang Yang, leaving their first meeting on the verge of violence.

• Xu Xiaoyan told Fang Yang and Gu Yue that her Soul Power had reached rank forty, and Fang Yang agreed to take her to the Spirit Pagoda to choose a Soul Spirit.
• Fang Yang, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan traveled to the Heaven Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and entered the tower.
• Qiangu Zhangting approached Gu Yue with a bouquet of roses and offered to buy her any flowers she wanted.
• Gu Yue rejected Qiangu Zhangting, while Fang Yang's presence and his holding her hand angered him.
• Qiangu Zhangting demanded that Fang Yang let go of Gu Yue and submit to a Mental Mark, threatening to kill him if he refused.

Fang Yang rejected Qiangu Zhangting’s threats, declared Gu Yue was his woman, and kissed her in front of him. He then defeated Qiangu Zhangting with ease, leaving him bloodied and unable to rise.

• Qian Zhenzang arrived and stood by Fang Yang, warning Qiangu Zhangting not to bully his brother.
• Fang Yang called Gu Yue his woman and kissed her; she returned the kiss while Qiangu Zhangting watched in jealousy.
• Fang Yang sent Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan aside and told Qian Zhenzang he would handle Qiangu Zhangting himself.
• Qiangu Zhangting summoned his Dragon Coiling Staff and attacked with Battle Heaven and Earth, but Fang Yang swallowed the strike with Black Flame.
• Qiangu Zhangting unleashed Dragon Soul Breaks Heaven, but Fang Yang devoured the Break Evil Dragon soul and used Heart Devour to overwhelm him.
• Fang Yang struck Qiangu Zhangting into a wall, leaving him bleeding and unable to get up.

Fang Yang defeated Qiangu Zhangting and then repelled Qian Gu Zhongchen when the elder attacked to protect him. He crippled Qiangu Zhangting before an authoritative voice from the top floor could stop him.

• Fang Yang left Qiangu Zhangting unable to fight, and Qian Zhenzang mocked him for pursuing Gu Yue.
• Qian Gu Zhongchen arrived and tried to heal Qiangu Zhangting, then threatened Fang Yang and attacked with his Dragon Coiling Staff.
• Fang Yang summoned five beast phantoms to block Qian Gu Zhongchen's strike and then sent them flying into the elder, where they devoured his soul power and vitality.
• Fang Yang approached Qiangu Zhangting despite his plea for mercy, and an authoritative voice from the top floor ordered him to stop.
• Fang Yang's black flame scorched Qiangu Zhangting's lower body and crippled him.

After Fang Yang crippled Qiangu Zhangting, Qian Gu Dongfeng confronted Liu Yang but left with his injured grandson rather than escalating the conflict. Liu Yang then arranged for Xu Xiaoyan to choose a Soul Spirit, and she selected one suited to her Star Staff Martial Soul.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng arrived, found Qiangu Zhangting gravely injured, and threatened Liu Yang over the damage.
• Liu Yang dismissed the confrontation and ordered Qian Gu Dongfeng to summon Qian Gu Dieting and Qian Gu Qingfeng; Qian Gu Dongfeng instead took Qiangu Zhangting away for treatment.
• Qiangu Zhangting asked Fang Yang's name, and Fang Yang gave the false name Gu Yue Fangyuan before the two exchanged taunts.
• Leng Yaozhu reunited with Fang Yang and Gu Yue, while Liu Yang privately advised her to sever her master-disciple relationship with Fang Yang.
• Liu Yang sent Fang Yang, Xu Xiaoyan, and Qian Zhenzang to the Soul Spirit Vault, where Xu Xiaoyan chose a Star Moon Fox Soul Spirit for her Star Staff Martial Soul.

Shen Yi announced a harsh Final Exam that required First Grade Class One to travel alone to Mingdu and defeat stronger opponents in ten cities without supplies or money. Fang Yang proposed borrowing money, then took one million Federal Currency from Yue Zhengyu at the academy gates as he began the journey.

• Shen Yi announced that students had fifteen days to reach Mingdu, pass through ten cities, and defeat opponents at least five ranks stronger, with five students facing elimination if they failed.
• Fang Yang suggested that the students follow Shrek Academy tradition by borrowing money to fund their trips.
• Wu Changkong and Shen Yi collected the students' Storage Soul Tools, and the class departed the academy after Fang Yang left protective wisps of Flame on Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Fang Yang stopped Yue Zhengyu at the gates and demanded one million Federal Currency, which Yue Zhengyu handed over before leaving angrily.

Fang Yang confronted the Evil Soul Masters who had seized the Soul Tool Train and defeated the Plague Envoy with his Black Flame. After Tang Wulin arrived and the Heaven Dou City Mecha Guard surrounded them, the chapter left Fang Yang facing an armed response.

• Fang Yang sensed that Tang Wulin was aboard the train, then went to join Mo Lan and learned the Evil Soul Masters had taken control of it.
• The Plague Envoy demanded that the federal government release detained people and attacked Fang Yang with his poison gas.
• Fang Yang used Void Devour to absorb the poison gas and trap the Plague Envoy, then swallowed him with the Black Vortex.
• Mo Lan thanked Fang Yang, and he warned her that the Holy Spirit Cult had been unusually active.
• Tang Wulin arrived after dealing with other Evil Soul Masters, and the Heaven Dou City Mecha Guard surrounded Fang Yang with its Soul Cannons aimed at him.

After helping Mo Lan survive an attack on the train, Fang Yang and Tang Wulin reached Heaven Dou City and went to the Blacksmith Association to arrange opponents for their final examination. Zhen Hua agreed to help, then took Tang Wulin to the Forging Realm while Mu Ye volunteered to test Fang Yang.

• Mo Lan identified Fang Yang and Tang Wulin as rescuers, thanked them, and gave Tang Wulin her contact card before the train resumed service.
• Fang Yang and Tang Wulin arrived at Heaven Dou City and said goodbye to Mo Lan at the station.
• Tang Wulin invited Fang Yang to the Heaven Dou Blacksmith Association to ask Zhen Hua for sparring opponents.
• Zhen Hua agreed to arrange strong opponents for their examination and offered to test Tang Wulin himself.
• Mu Ye volunteered to test Fang Yang, and Zhen Hua led Tang Wulin to the Forging Realm.

Fang Yang declined Mu Ye's repeated offers to become his disciple, despite Mu Ye serving him rare delicacies to demonstrate the Body Sect's appeal. Fang Yang revealed he already had a teacher and gave Mu Ye pills refined from Immortal Herbs, leaving Mu Ye moved as he continued carrying the burdens of reviving his sect and forging a Red Grade God Tier Mecha.

• Mu Ye introduced himself as the Body Sect Master and repeatedly asked Fang Yang to become his disciple, but Fang Yang refused.
• Mu Ye served Fang Yang Thousand-year Earth Dragon Tendon, Moonlight Rice, and Red Jade Shrimp, while Tang Wulin and Zhen Hua joined them for the meal.
• Mu Ye noticed that Fang Yang's body fully absorbed the Red Jade Shrimp, then asked him again to become his disciple.
• Fang Yang explained that Sky Phoenix Douluo of the Spirit Pagoda was already his teacher and offered Mu Ye a jade bottle of Strengthen Foundation and Nourish Origin pills refined from Immortal Herbs.
• Mu Ye accepted the pills and reflected on his responsibility to revitalize the Body Sect and his struggle to advance while forging a Red Grade God Tier Mecha.

Fang Yang joined the Body Sect and received its secret cultivation method from Mu Ye. Mu Ye then summoned his God Tier Mecha to show Fang Yang and Tang Wulin how it responded to its pilot's thoughts.

• Mu Ye accepted Fang Yang as an Ordinary Disciple of the Body Sect after Zhen Hua suggested the idea.
• Fang Yang revealed his six soul rings and Black Flame Martial Soul, astonishing Mu Ye and Zhen Hua; he politely declined Zhen Hua's offer to learn forging and recommended Tang Wulin instead.
• Mu Ye gave Fang Yang the Body Sect Secret Method and explained its cultivation stages and deep-sea trial.
• Mu Ye summoned his red God Tier Mecha, Little Red, and explained to Fang Yang and Tang Wulin how its spiritual sensing system made it an extension of its pilot.

Mu Ye gave Fang Yang a Black-Class Mecha and Tang Wulin a Purple-tier Mecha, then Zhen Hua brought them to face two arranged opponents at the Blacksmith Association. Fang Yang and Tang Wulin each won their match decisively, demonstrating the power of their abilities.

• Mu Ye gifted Fang Yang and Tang Wulin mechas, storage devices, and identification cards, then departed in his red God Tier Mecha.
• Zhen Hua led Fang Yang and Tang Wulin to the training arena, where Wen Zihao and Pang Zhen were waiting as their opponents.
• Fang Yang absorbed Wen Zihao’s Feather Flame Storm with his Black Flame and knocked him away with a giant palm.
• Tang Wulin shattered Pang Zhen’s Rock Armor and body-protecting soul power with three strikes of the Asura Clear Sky Hammer, stopping the final blow just short of Pang Zhen’s face.
• Wen Zihao and Pang Zhen accepted their defeats, while Zhen Hua watched Fang Yang and Tang Wulin with gratification.

After Wu Changkong gathered the students to keep them safe from Evil Soul Masters during their Final Exam, Fang Yang took the group to the Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda to find opponents for their unfinished challenge missions. The Pagoda’s staff agreed to arrange Soul Masters for them to face.

• Wu Changkong told Fang Yang and Tang Wulin that teachers would personally protect students during the Final Exam, so the students had to act in teams.
• Fang Yang reunited with Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and the others, and Wu Changkong warned them to stay vigilant against Evil Soul Masters.
• When Fang Yang learned that the others had not finished their Heaven Dou City challenge missions, he proposed finding opponents at the Spirit Pagoda.
• At the Heaven Dou City Spirit Pagoda, a staff member recognized Fang Yang and reacted nervously when he mentioned defeating a Titled Douluo and crippling another Soul Master.
• Fang Yang asked the Spirit Pagoda to provide five Soul Masters between Levels forty and fifty, and the staff member agreed to arrange suitable opponents.

Fang Yang and his companions completed their Final Exam challenge at the Spirit Pagoda, then found Heaven Dou City's Soul Tool Station closed because of heightened security. They bought a car and revealed their gifted mechas before setting off for their next destination.

• Fang Yang's group defeated their assigned Soul Master opponents at the Spirit Pagoda and completed their challenge missions.
• Wu Changkong praised the students, and the group returned to the hotel for the night.
• The group found the Soul Tool Station closed because of security measures following Evil Soul Master attacks, so Fang Yang decided they would drive to the next city.
• Fang Yang bought a six-seat Soul Tool Car with the money he had taken from Yue Zhengyu and assigned Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi to manage it.
• Fang Yang and Tang Wulin revealed the mechas gifted to them by a senior at the Blacksmith Association, then Fang Yang took Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan into his mecha to set off.

Fang Yang and the others arrived in Heaven Spirit City and followed Wu Changkong to a small restaurant where its owner greeted him like an old friend. The group learned Wu Changkong had often visited the restaurant, but he gave no further details about their past.

• Fang Yang, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan reached Heaven Spirit City after traveling by Soul Tool Car and mecha.
• The hungry students asked Wu Changkong to choose a place to eat, and he led them through an alley to a small restaurant.
• The restaurant's owner warmly recognized Wu Changkong and ushered him inside, surprising Fang Yang and the others with their familiarity.
• Wu Changkong ordered his usual meal with extra portions and introduced the students as his own.
• After the owner went to the kitchen, Wu Changkong said he was an old friend and admitted he used to visit the restaurant often.

At a restaurant in Heaven Spirit City, the plump owner’s mention of Long Bing triggered Wu Changkong’s grief over her death and his memories of their past. After his students comforted him, Wu Changkong returned to the hotel and went to his room alone.

• The plump owner served Fang Yang, Wu Changkong, and the students a meal and asked why Wu Changkong had not brought Long Bing.
• Wu Changkong broke down in tears, remembered his life with Long Bing, and told the group that she died protecting him from her father, the Dark Hummingbird of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Fang Yang and the students encouraged Wu Changkong to eat, while the plump owner brought him hot soup and shared baijiu with him.
• The plump owner refused payment, and Fang Yang quietly left money for the meal before the group departed.
• At the hotel, Wu Changkong gave the students the afternoon off and shut himself in his room.

Fang Yang and his group arrived at Heavenly City for their final exam and visited Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy to challenge its students. Director Li Zhilong welcomed them and arranged a match on the academy’s Star Gazing Platform.

• Fang Yang led the Shrek Academy group to Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy and proved their identities by displaying his six Soul Rings.
• Li Zhilong, the academy’s Director of Education and a former Shrek Outer Court student, welcomed them and learned they had come for their final exam.
• Fang Yang requested opponents comprising two Soul Ancestors, three Soul Kings, and two Soul Emperors, and Li Zhilong arranged the match.
• Li Zhilong brought Fang Yang and the others to the Star Gazing Platform, where its array gathered Star Power and allowed flying Soul Masters to fight without altitude restrictions.

Fang Yang’s Shrek Academy team faced Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy in a friendly match on the Star Gazing Platform, where Xu Xiaoyan’s extraordinary affinity for Star Power helped Shrek win decisively. The chapter ended with Li Zhilong praising Xu Xiaoyan as both teams recovered from the match.

• Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, Fang Yang, and Tang Wulin admired the Star Gazing Platform before meeting seven students from Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy.
• Li Zhilong activated the platform’s defensive barrier and refereed the friendly match between the two teams.
• The platform amplified the opposing students with Starlight, while Xu Xiaoyan received an even stronger boost from her Star Power affinity.
• Gu Yue used Elemental Deprivation to weaken the opposing team’s Star Power, and Xu Xiaoyan trapped all seven with Star Chain and Starlight Brilliant.
• Li Zhilong declared Shrek Academy the winner, and the opposing students were freed as he praised Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Power Affinity.

Fang Yang and Class Zero traveled to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy for their final assessment, where they had to win a match or fail. After Shen Yi’s Genius Squad lost, Wu Changkong led Class Zero in a bold public challenge to the academy.

• Wu Changkong announced that Class Zero’s final assessment would take place at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy and made victory the only way to pass.
• Wu Changkong led Class Zero through Mingdu to the academy, where they encountered Shen Yi’s defeated Genius Squad.
• Luo Guixing warned that the opposing leader possessed the Bright Holy Dragon Martial Soul, while Fang Yang reassured Ye Xinglan that Class Zero would win.
• Wu Changkong addressed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy through a Spirit Guidance Loudspeaker, boasting that Shrek would show them the continent’s true pinnacle.

Wu Changkong brought Fang Yang and the Shrek Academy squad to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy for a challenge match, provoking its officials into arranging a high-profile duel. The match began before a hostile, packed crowd, but Fang Yang and Gu Yue stayed calm as their team stepped onto the Soul Battle Platform.

• A blond middle-aged man mistook Fang Yang and the others for Shrek Academy's challengers and led them into the academy.
• Wu Changkong confirmed the challenge and demanded that Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy arrange two Soul Emperors for its team.
• The academy promoted the match across Mingdu and the Sun Moon Federation as the Fated Duel, the Soul Master Youth Summit Battle.
• Fang Yang comforted Xu Xiaoyan while the squad waited amid the hostile crowd's cheers and insults.
• Fang Yang led the squad onto the Soul Battle Platform, where Fang Yang and Gu Yue remained unaffected by the audience's mockery.

Fang Yang confronted the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy over its refusal to raise the arena’s Protective Shield, then prepared to begin the match after both teams introduced themselves. The chapter ended as the teams released their Martial Souls and the battle began.

• Fang Yang summoned a colorless, formless fire python that silenced the arena and painfully blinded the academy officials who stared at it.
• Fang Yang challenged the officials for leaving the Protective Shield down and warned that Soul Skills could strike beyond the platform.
• The White-haired Old Man ordered the Protective Shield raised, and the middle-aged referee announced the match rules.
• Fang Yang introduced himself as a sixty-fifth-ranked Soul Emperor with the Flame Martial Soul, while Lin Chenyu introduced himself as a sixty-eighth-ranked Soul Emperor with the Ice Dragon Martial Soul.
• Both teams finished introducing their members, then released their Martial Souls when the referee started the match.