Chapter Summaries

After Wu Changkong warned the group about Shrek Academy’s talented Outer Court cadets, An Ping and Gu Yuena declined a direct offer from Sea God Pavilion Master Yun Ming to join Shrek. The chapter ended with Leng Yaozhu accepting their choice and wishing them well.

• Gu Yuena revealed that she and An Ping had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but An Ping said there was no point in speculating about a fight they had not had.
• Wu Changkong explained that the Shrek cadets were Outer Court students and urged his students to work toward entering Shrek, revealing that he had entered its Inner Court but failed to graduate.
• Gu Yuena told An Ping that Leng Yaozhu had called after Shrek Academy investigated them, and An Ping contacted his Master from the hotel rooftop.
• Yun Ming offered An Ping and Gu Yuena direct entry to Shrek’s Inner Court, but both refused because they did not think the academy suited them.
• Leng Yaozhu accepted their decision, asked about their cultivation, and ended the call.

An Ping won his first Individual Competition match and stayed to watch the other contestants, hoping to learn about their Martial Souls and soul skills. After the group discussed the value of observing the matches, Long Hengxu led them to the Team Competition and reminded them that their performance would affect the academy’s future support.

• An Ping defeated his young opponent on Arena No. 4 by blocking his attack with an Ice Wall and binding him with Frost Chains.
• An Ping watched the remaining morning matches to study other contestants’ Martial Souls and soul skills.
• An Ping told Gu Yuena, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan why he had stayed, and Xu Xiaoyan decided to watch matches after her own competition.
• Tang Wulin said he, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan would compete that afternoon and advised them to conceal their strength.
• Long Hengxu led the group into the Team Competition and told Tang Wulin that the academy’s investment and future resources depended on their results.

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan easily won Class Zero’s first team match at the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition. Afterward, Ye Xinglan challenged An Ping and Gu Yuena over their refusal to join Shrek Academy, and An Ping asked what would happen if she lost.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan defeated three older two-ringed students from Ocean City Intermediate Academy in a brief match.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin credited their combat training to Wu Changkong, while Xu Xiaoyan warned that stronger opponents awaited them.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi approached Class Zero, and Ye Xinglan asked An Ping and Gu Yuena to come talk with her.
• Gu Yuena refused to follow Ye Xinglan, who explained that she wanted to fight An Ping and Gu Yuena because they had rejected Shrek Academy’s invitation.
• Ye Xinglan insisted that sparring with Shrek students was an honor and demanded an apology if An Ping and Gu Yuena lost; An Ping asked what the wager would be if Ye Xinglan lost.

An Ping and Gu Yuena refused Shrek Academy’s invitation, then accepted Wu Changkong’s bet: defeat Shrek’s seven cadets to gain academic freedom at Eastsea Academy, or join Shrek if they lost. The match had yet to be arranged, and Wu Changkong began worrying about what a defeat might do to the Shrek cadets.

• An Ping and Gu Yuena left the venue after Ye Xinglan’s invitation to a Friendly Spar went badly, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan followed them out.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena wandered around the city and returned to the hotel after dinner, where their classmates questioned them about refusing Shrek’s invitation.
• Wu Changkong summoned An Ping and Gu Yuena and proposed that they face the seven cadets from the Exhibition Match, offering them academic freedom if they won and requiring them to join Shrek if they lost.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena accepted Wu Changkong’s bet, and he worried that their victory could harm Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi’s confidence.
• Xie Xie asked An Ping why he had refused Shrek, then rambled about the academy’s history until An Ping used the Sleep Technique to put him to sleep.

An Ping and his companions competed in the Skysea Grand Competition while Tang Wulin recovered from his defeat by Ye Xinglan. That night, Wu Changkong brought Class Zero to the gymnasium, where Shrek Academy cadets were waiting.

• An Ping used a Sleep Technique on Xie Xie overnight, then defeated his Second Ring opponent in the Individual Competition.
• Tang Wulin woke after losing to Ye Xinglan, and Wu Changkong told him to rest while Xie Xie and the others competed that afternoon.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yuena, and Xie Xie won their Team Competition, while Tang Wulin recovered quickly enough to walk.
• Wu Changkong led Class Zero to the Skysea City Gymnasium for a challenge match with Shrek Academy.
• Class Zero recognized the Shrek cadets from the opening ceremony and looked toward An Ping and Gu Yuena.

Wu Changkong and Chen Yi arranged a challenge match between An Ping and Gu Yuena and the Shrek Cadets. An Ping and Gu Yuena fused their Martial Souls and defeated the opposing team almost immediately with a powerful ice spell.

• Chen Yi greeted Wu Changkong and discussed the challenge match, while Tang Wulin reassured Xu Lizhi that he did not blame Ye Xinglan for injuring him.
• Wu Changkong and Chen Yi sent An Ping and Gu Yuena to face the Shrek Cadets under rules allowing the teams to fight freely until surrender or unconsciousness.
• At the start of the match, Xu Lizhi supplied his teammates with Steamed Buns while An Ping and Gu Yuena fused into a beautiful maiden holding a Silver-White Staff.
• An Ping cast Ice Snow Drifting across the arena, freezing the Shrek Cadets into ice sculptures as the falling temperature weakened them.
• Chen Yi surrendered for the Shrek team, and An Ping dispersed the spell.

An Ping and Gu Yuena defeated the seven Shrek cadets with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving them unconscious and shocking the onlookers. After the Shrek group recovered, they left determined to improve, while Ye Xinglan vowed to defeat An Ping next time.

• An Ping dispelled the formation, and Chen Yi healed the unconscious Shrek cadets after their life energy had begun to decline.
• Chen Yi told Wu Changkong that An Ping and Gu Yuena were disciples of Heavenly Phoenix Douluo and that the academy had not found a reason to press them to join.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena rejoined Class Zero, where Tang Wulin and Xie Xie reacted to the overwhelming defeat and Xu Xiaoyan praised their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The Shrek cadets woke up, and Chen Yi urged them to use their loss as motivation rather than give up.
• Ye Xinglan told An Ping she would defeat him next time, and An Ping nodded before she returned to the Shrek group.

Tang Wulin persuaded Wu Changkong to let him, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan compete in the Round Robin Tournament while An Ping and Gu Yuena waited in reserve. The trio won four matches in a row before facing the heavily favored Sea and Land Academy Team.

• Tang Wulin asked Wu Changkong to let the less experienced students compete, and they agreed that An Ping and Gu Yuena could take over if the team lost twice.
• Tang Wulin told the others the plan, and An Ping, Gu Yuena, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan accepted it.
• The Tianhai Blacksmith Association offered Tang Wulin favorable terms to join, but he refused to leave Eastsea City.
• Class Zero defeated Tianhai Intermediate Academy Team 2 with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan competing.
• Over the next three days, the trio won four matches before they faced the favored Sea and Land Academy Team, whose members included two Three-Ring Soul Masters and one Two-Ring Soul Master.

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan faced Wang Dongqi, Zhou Hanyou, and Zhou Tian'er in the round-robin tournament, using teamwork to eliminate Wang Dongqi. The twins then trapped Tang Wulin and Xie Xie in an Ice Prison and subdued Xu Xiaoyan, leaving the match unresolved.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie charged at Zhou Hanyou, Wang Dongqi, and Zhou Tian'er while Xu Xiaoyan prepared to support them from a distance.
• Tang Wulin smashed through Zhou Hanyou's Ice Wall, and Xie Xie used the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade Wang Dongqi's lightning attacks.
• Xu Xiaoyan attacked Zhou Tian'er with an Ice Wheel as Tang Wulin ensnared Wang Dongqi with Blue Silver Grass, allowing Xie Xie to eliminate her.
• Zhou Tian'er spread vines across the arena, suppressing Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Grass as he and Xie Xie advanced toward the twins.
• Zhou Hanyou trapped Tang Wulin and Xie Xie in an Ice Prison, while Zhou Tian'er bound Xu Xiaoyan and urged the remaining boys to surrender.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie lost to Sea and Land Academy and were ordered to rest while they recovered. In the Team Competition finals, An Ping and Gu Yuena countered the Zhou sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving them unconscious and their dean rushing to the arena.

• Zhou Hanyou shattered her Ice Wall, freezing Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, and the referee declared Sea and Land Academy the winner.
• Chen Yi treated Tang Wulin and Xie Xie, and Wu Changkong carried them off the arena and told Tang Wulin to rest from future matches.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena advanced to the Youth Group Individual Competition finals, where Gu Yuena conceded to An Ping.
• In the Team Competition finals, Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Wang Dongqi and Xu Xiaoyan left the arena.
• Gu Yuena joined with An Ping to unleash their own Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and An Ping dispersed the Ice Element, breaking the Zhou sisters’ skill and knocking them unconscious.
• Zhang Zhenpeng rushed toward the arena after seeing the Zhou sisters defeated.

After An Ping and Gu Yuena won the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, their Master Leng Yaozhu intervened when Zhang Zhenpeng challenged them and took the group out to celebrate. The celebration ended with An Ping collapsing after one glass of wine, and his friends learned that Leng Yaozhu was the Spirit Pagoda's Deputy Tower Master, Heavenly Phoenix Douluo.

• Zhang Zhenpeng found that Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian'er had only suffered backlash, then confronted An Ping and Gu Yuena until Leng Yaozhu appeared and shielded them from his pressure.
• Long Huantian recognized Leng Yaozhu as Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, and Zhang Zhenpeng apologized; Leng Yaozhu declined an invitation to the VIP Box and left with her disciples.
• Leng Yaozhu invited Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to a meal to celebrate the championship, and the group toasted their victory.
• An Ping passed out after drinking one glass, and Leng Yaozhu discovered that her Soul Power could not enter his body before carrying him back to the hotel with Gu Yuena.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Tang Wulin and Xie Xie that Leng Yaozhu was the Spirit Pagoda's Deputy Tower Master, and Xie Xie and Tang Wulin reflected on their distant relationships with Gu Yuena and An Ping.

After An Ping recovered from his drunken antics, Class Zero celebrated its competition victory and returned to training. As the semester ended, An Ping and Gu Yuena announced they would leave Eastsea Academy for Mingdu, where An Ping hoped to study Soul Tools.

• An Ping woke beside Gu Yuena and apologized for his drunken behavior, while she assured him that nothing inappropriate had happened.
• Xu Xiaoyan visited the pair, misunderstood the messy room, and returned to her room with Gu Yuena.
• At the closing ceremony, the event officials and Zhang Zhenpeng apologized to An Ping and Gu Yuena and offered compensation.
• Back in Eastsea City, Class Zero celebrated its championship, and An Ping and Gu Yuena spent the semester outside Wu Changkong's training tasks.
• As the final exam approached, An Ping told Wu Changkong that he and Gu Yuena would leave Eastsea Academy for Mingdu so he could pursue Soul Tool studies.

After leaving Eastsea Academy, An Ping and Gu Yuena traveled to Aolai City, where An Ping visited the grave of the man who had raised him. After exploring the city together, they journeyed to Mingdu, and Leng Yaozhu brought them to meet the dean of Sun Moon Academy.

• An Ping and Gu Yuena left Eastsea Academy, and Gu Yuena joined An Ping on his trip to Aolai City.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena cleaned the grave of the old man who had raised An Ping, and An Ping resolved to revive him someday if he could.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena spent several days exploring Aolai City before boarding a train to Mingdu to attend Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• The Spirit Pagoda arranged a hotel for An Ping and Gu Yuena, and they rested before meeting Leng Yaozhu the next day.
• Leng Yaozhu escorted An Ping and Gu Yuena to the dean’s office at Sun Moon Academy, where the Silver-haired Middle-aged Man welcomed them.

An Ping and Gu Yuena arrived at Sun Moon Academy with Leng Yaozhu, and An Ping passed the Soul Engineer Department’s entrance exam by crafting an impressive Soul Cannon. Dean Ling Hongchen was so impressed by An Ping’s rune work that he offered to teach him personally, and the group completed enrollment before lunch.

• Ling Hongchen agreed to An Ping’s request for academic freedom, provided he passed the semester Final Exam, and exempted Gu Yuena from testing because she had reached Three-Ring.
• Ling Hongchen examined An Ping and Gu Yuena, then brought them to his laboratory for An Ping’s final entrance test.
• An Ping crafted a fourth-grade Soul Cannon using conventional runes and explained his more efficient rune formations to an increasingly fascinated Ling Hongchen.
• Leng Yaozhu interrupted their discussion so Ling Hongchen could confirm An Ping’s pass and begin the enrollment procedures.
• Ling Hongchen offered to teach An Ping Soul Tools personally, then took An Ping, Gu Yuena, and Leng Yaozhu to the academy cafeteria, where he continued discussing runes with An Ping.

Ling Hongchen enrolled An Ping and Gu Yuena at Sun Moon Academy and arranged a private villa for them. After exploring Mingdu together, they attended the opening ceremony, where An Ping explained the long-standing rivalry between Sun Moon Academy and Shrek Academy.

• Ling Hongchen completed An Ping and Gu Yuena’s enrollment and showed them around the academy before settling them in a villa.
• Leng Yaozhu said goodbye to her disciples and returned to Spirit Pagoda headquarters.
• Gu Yuena took An Ping shopping around Mingdu for more than ten days before classes began.
• At the opening ceremony, Gu Yuena noticed the speakers repeatedly mentioned Shrek Academy, and An Ping explained the history of its rivalry with Sun Moon Academy.
• Gu Yuena suggested shopping after the ceremony, then pulled An Ping toward the supermarket to buy groceries instead.

An Ping developed a mobile phone Soul Tool Communicator with functions beyond ordinary communication bracelets and sought a company to commercialize it. After demonstrating the device to the Sun Moon Soul Tool Communication Company, he signed a contract granting him an upfront payment and a share of sales profits.

• An Ping explained his plans for video calls, group chats, and livestreaming to Gu Yuena, who agreed to be the first to test his new communicator.
• An Ping showed Gu Yuena the completed mobile phone and asked Ling Hongchen to connect him with a Soul Tool communications company.
• Ling Hongchen arranged a meeting with the Sun Moon Soul Tool Communication Company, whose representative came to Sun Moon Academy that afternoon.
• An Ping demonstrated the mobile phone to the company representative, who was impressed by its functions and learned that it cost about half as much as a communication bracelet.
• An Ping reviewed the contract, received Ling Hongchen's approval, and signed for an upfront payment and a share of sales profits.

After a semester spent building alchemical equipment, An Ping attended an auction with Gu Yuena and recognized the spatial fragments on display as something far more significant. The chapter ended with him identifying them as Plane Debris.

• An Ping finished building new alchemical equipment after buying the materials he needed, and Gu Yuena invited him to go shopping before the auction.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena attended the Sun Moon Auction House event, where he bought several rare materials.
• An Ping sensed an unusual spatial fluctuation from the sixteenth auction item, a batch of Space Energy Crystal Fragments.
• When Gu Yuena offered to lend him money, An Ping told her the fragments were actually Plane Debris.

An Ping and Gu Yuena won an auction for Space Energy Crystal Fragments, then returned to their residence, where An Ping explained their connection to plane collisions and their potential to create a Shaman Courtyard. He revealed that the fragments could make two miniature planes, but he lacked the strength to use them yet.

• Gu Yuena bid against other buyers for the Space Energy Crystal Fragments, and the auction reached one hundred and fifty million.
• A bidder in VIP Room Eight questioned whether An Ping and Gu Yuena could pay, so the auction house verified Gu Yuena's bank card and granted them senior VIP status.
• After the auction, An Ping and Gu Yuena collected the fragments and returned to their residence.
• An Ping explained that Plane Debris formed when planes collided and could add spatial attributes, create long-distance passages, or build a miniature plane called a Shaman Courtyard.
• An Ping told Gu Yuena the fragments could make two Shaman Courtyards, but he could not use them until he became stronger, and Gu Yuena encouraged him to be patient.

An Ping dismissed Long Chen’s challenge after Long Chen demanded that he move out and stay away from Gu Yuena. When Long Chen came to confront him at home, Gu Yuena accepted the challenge on An Ping’s behalf, leaving the two set to meet at the Stadium after dinner.

• An Ping met Long Chen, who challenged him to a fight and demanded that he leave Gu Yuena alone if he lost.
• An Ping told Gu Yuena about the challenge, then ignored it while he read at home.
• Long Chen came to An Ping’s residence and accused him of standing him up.
• An Ping said he had never accepted the challenge, but Long Chen insisted he was afraid and should move out.
• Gu Yuena linked arms with An Ping and accepted the challenge on his behalf, agreeing to go to the Stadium after dinner.

An Ping and Gu Yuena completed their studies at Sun Moon Academy and prepared to leave after three and a half years of rapid growth. A challenge from Shrek Academy interrupted their farewell, and they agreed to represent Sun Moon Academy against its challengers.

• An Ping told Gu Yuena he had learned enough to create hundred-year artificial Spirit Souls and gave her his research materials.
• An Ping and Gu Yuena discussed Battle Armor, and An Ping chose to focus on Alchemy Tools instead.
• Over three years, An Ping advanced in Alchemy and soul research, while both he and Gu Yuena grew stronger and completed their theoretical studies.
• An Ping gave Ling Hongchen his research notebooks as he and Gu Yuena bid farewell to Sun Moon Academy.
• Shrek Academy challenged Sun Moon Academy, and Gu Yuena agreed that she and An Ping would face the challengers without teammates.