Chapter Summaries

Luo Ze completed the first Battle Armor designed, forged, and crafted entirely by one person, then collapsed from exhaustion and recovered with Gu Yue by his side. As the two classes gathered for their match, Elder Cai and other prominent academy figures arrived to watch.

• Luo Ze completed his Battle Armor after five hours of work, then collapsed, and Ye Xinglan called Gu Yue to help him.
• Gu Yue carried the exhausted Luo Ze away, and Ye Xinglan reassured her that he only needed a day of rest.
• Luo Ze woke the next day in Gu Yue's care, got up to prepare for the match, and offered to buy Xu Xiaoyan and her dorm desserts.
• Elder Cai told Wu Changkong and Class One's second-year homeroom teacher that she would attend the contest and award the winners Contribution points.
• Luo Ze and Yuanen Yehui exchanged polite nods as the first-year and second-year classes gathered at the sparring arena.
• Yali, Elder Cai, Old Man Li, Wu Changkong, Shen Yi, and other teachers arrived to oversee the match, while Xie Xie admitted he was nervous.

Luo Ze and Yuanen Yehui faced off in an unexpectedly scheduled class-monitor match before the team battle. Yuanen pressed her advantage with her newly strengthened Titan Giant Ape, forcing Luo Ze to abandon his plan to stall and consider knocking her from the arena first.

• Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu arrived to watch Luo Ze, bickered over him, and checked that he was all right.
• Luo Ze and Yuanen Yehui selected their classes’ four major committee members for the first event, while Shen Yi announced that the second event would pit the class monitors against each other.
• Luo Ze and Yuanen Yehui stepped onto the stage and agreed to the rules: victory came by defeating the opponent or knocking them out of the arena.
• Yuanen Yehui activated Giant Troll Titan and attacked with overwhelming strength, while Luo Ze used his Kirin Martial Soul to evade and planned to wear her down.
• Yuanen Yehui pressed Luo Ze with close-range power and Air Cannon attacks, prompting him to decide that he had to knock her off the stage.

Luo Ze and Yuanen Yehui fought to a draw in the second round, with Luo Ze secretly reversing her Air Cannon using his time ability while both fighters were exhausted. After the match, Gu Yue returned victorious from the design competition and reunited affectionately with Luo Ze, as Wu Sidao wondered about his strange attack and her own feelings.

• Class One's students worried that Luo Ze, already exhausted, could not defeat Yuanen Yehui and her Titan Giant Ape martial soul.
• Yuanen Yehui launched her Air Cannon at Luo Ze, but he used his time ability to send the attack back toward her.
• Ya Li stopped the fight, and the judges declared the exhausted Luo Ze and Yuanen Yehui's match a draw.
• Wu Sidao tried to help Luo Ze after the match, but he politely declined, leaving her feeling unexpectedly empty.
• Gu Yue returned after winning the design competition and embraced Luo Ze, while Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu teased them for showing affection in public.

After the secondary contests ended in a tie, first-year Class One and second-year Class One began their decisive seven-on-seven battle. The chapter left Luo Ze staring down Zhang Pengcheng without releasing his Martial Soul, while the Sea God Pavilion elders trusted that he had seen through Zhang Pengcheng’s plan.

• Shen Yi announced that a seven-on-seven team battle would decide the exchange match, and Luo Ze chose seven participants for first-year Class One.
• Luo Ze’s team consisted of Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, and Xu Lizhi, while Yuanen Yehui led seven second-years, including Zhang Pengcheng.
• Yuanen Yehui charged at Luo Ze as Tang Wulin advanced to meet her, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan unleashed a Blizzard and the other first-years moved into position.
• The second-years scrambled to respond, but Luo Ze remained still and stared at Zhang Pengcheng, who stood opposite him without acting.
• Zhuo Shi worried that Zhang Pengcheng’s unusual soul skill could threaten Luo Ze while he was injured, but Feng Wuyu confidently believed Luo Ze had already seen through the plan.

Luo Ze’s team fought the second-years on the competition platform, where Ye Xinglan faced Ye Xingmo and Yue Zhengyu while Tang Wulin clashed with Yuanen Yehui. After Zhang Pengcheng swapped Luo Ze into enemy territory, Luo Ze used his Battle Armor and Time Power to escape Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu’s attacks, leaving them searching for him.

• Tang Wulin punched Yuanen Yehui backward as Duan Hunxiao’s flute disrupted the first-years’ attacks, but Luo Ze interrupted Duan Hunxiao with Kirin Pressure.
• Ye Xinglan charged Ye Xingmo, then met Yue Zhengyu’s attack with Man-Sword Unity, and the two fighters were evenly matched.
• Zhang Pengcheng used Swap to exchange places with Luo Ze, leaving Luo Ze surrounded by Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu.
• Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui attacked Luo Ze, but he activated his Battle Armor and used Time Slow and Time Stop to evade them.
• Luo Ze reappeared behind Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu after the time freeze ended, while the two second-years wondered where he had gone.

Luo Ze faced Yuanen Yehui and Yue Zhengyu with Time Stop, but Yuanen’s Giant Troll Titan struck him down before Gu Yue arrived and drove Yue Zhengyu off the platform. Luo Ze and Gu Yue then fused their Martial Souls, filling the arena with golden-silver light and a vast sensation of time.

• Yue Zhengyu recognized Luo Ze’s Time Stop, but joined Yuanen Yehui in attacking him.
• Yuanen Yehui’s Giant Troll Titan overpowered Luo Ze and sent him crashing to the edge of the platform.
• Gu Yue appeared and used Space Teleportation to send Yue Zhengyu off the platform.
• Gu Yue checked on Luo Ze, who declared that the match could now end, while Yuanen Yehui unleashed her full strength.
• Luo Ze and Gu Yue activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the golden-silver light enveloped the arena with the sensation of time.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to secure the first years’ victory, but the exertion left Luo Ze unconscious. Three days later he woke in the dormitory beside Gu Yue, then fell asleep again, while she worried over his severe Spiritual Power depletion.

• Luo Ze and Gu Yue manifested the Silver White Kirin, whose Time Domain stopped all the Class Two students and decided the exchange tournament.
• The Holy Spirit Douluo declared the first years the winners and withdrew the time-stoppage effect.
• Gu Yue caught the unconscious Luo Ze, and Saint Spirit Douluo Yali assured Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu that he would recover with rest.
• Luo Ze woke three days later in the dormitory and found Gu Yue asleep beside him; after speaking with her, he quickly fell asleep again.
• When Luo Ze woke once more, Gu Yue told Xu Xiaoyan that his Spiritual Power depletion would take much longer to recover from than her own.

Luo Ze recovered from his physical exhaustion while his classmates grew closer and worked hard, and Shrek Academy announced the first-semester final exams. The exams would test students across ten cities over fifteen days, with five students at risk of elimination.

• Xu Xiaoyan teased Gu Yue about hugging Luo Ze, and Luo Ze admitted to himself that he was not an idiot after they left.
• Tang Wulin brought Luo Ze milk tea by mistake, then helped him rest while he recovered from his lingering mental exhaustion.
• Luo Ze and his classmates returned to their routines, and their class became more united after the exchange competition.
• Shen Yi announced that the final exams would use a points system, with students needing more than sixty points to avoid elimination.
• Shen Yi explained that students had fifteen days to visit ten cities and defeat at least one Soul King or stronger in each, without outside help, and had to surrender tools that could earn money.

Shen Yi announced a fifteen-day solo wilderness survival final exam, and the students planned ways to earn money and prepare before their belongings were confiscated. As they set out, Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan began their plan to collect tolls from passing students.

• Shen Yi warned Class One that students had fifteen days to complete their missions, had to travel alone, and would fail if caught helping one another.
• Tang Wulin worried about surviving without his communicator or forging hammer, while Luo Ze offered him dried fish and the students discussed ways to earn money and bring provisions.
• Elder Cai ordered Shen Yi to inspect the students carefully and give Luo Ze and four other students special attention.
• Teachers searched the students at Spirit Ice Plaza and confiscated their belongings, while Tang Wulin encouraged the class by promising that Luo Ze would make Spirited Alloy and Battle Armor blueprints next semester.
• The students left to earn money, and Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan went to the arena to begin collecting tolls; Gu Yue supplied the line Xu Lizhi had forgotten as they blocked a senior student’s path.

Ye Xinglan and Gu Yue borrowed money for their final exam, while Luo Ze began his exam journey by train. After a staff member fed him, news broke that hijackers had taken control of Carriage Number Five, and the train chief mobilized the attendants.

• Ye Xinglan challenged a second-year senior to fight rather than lend money, and he paid her one hundred thousand Federal currency after Xu Lizhi intervened.
• Ye Xinglan agreed that she and Gu Yue would repay Xia Lekong double after the exam, and she told Xu Lizhi to cover one-third of the debt.
• Luo Ze regretted giving his food to Tang Wulin and refused to buy the train's expensive meals because he needed his money for the return fare.
• A train attendant gave Luo Ze her breakfast, and he promised to repay her after returning to the academy.
• A staff member reported that hijackers had taken Carriage Number Five, so the train chief armed the attendants and ordered them to respond while the woman told Luo Ze to stay put.

Luo Ze joined Mo Lan’s attempt to rescue the passengers after revealing that he was a Shrek Academy Three-Ring Soul Elder. He slipped into the hostage cars, disabled the criminals and bombs in Car Four, and separated it from Car Five, leaving Mo Lan as the only hostage there.

• Luo Ze persuaded Mo Lan to let him help by showing his three Thousand-Year Soul Rings and explaining that his martial soul could slow time.
• Mo Lan learned the criminals had planted bombs in the first five cars and demanded that the Federation government release people arrested twenty days earlier.
• Mo Lan offered herself as a hostage in exchange for releasing the elderly, women, and children, while Luo Ze told her he had a plan to save everyone.
• Mo Lan entered Car Five and the criminals released the vulnerable passengers, while Luo Ze secretly slipped into Car Four.
• Luo Ze knocked out the three criminals in Car Four, blasted its two bombs through the roof, and severed the connection to Car Five, taking the hostages in Car Four away from the criminals.

Luo Ze rescued Mo Lan and the passengers from hijackers aboard a Soul Tool Train, then reached Heaven Dou City and went to see his Martial Uncle, Zhen Hua. The chapter ended with Zhen Hua welcoming him at the Blacksmith Association headquarters.

• Luo Ze used Time Stop to defeat the hijackers threatening Mo Lan in Car Number Five.
• A hidden hijacker triggered the last two bombs, so Luo Ze used his time abilities and Battle Armor to get Mo Lan to safety as the car exploded.
• Mo Lan received emergency treatment for Luo Ze, and the train arrived safely in Heaven Dou City an hour later.
• Mo Lan introduced Luo Ze to her father, Mo Wu, but Luo Ze had already left to continue his mission.
• Luo Ze visited Zhen Hua, who welcomed him with a meal and recalled how he had supported Luo Ze's blacksmithing over the past three years.

Luo Ze visited Zhen Hua in Heaven Dou City, where a powerful chef fed him and suppressed the bloodline surge triggered by Crimson Jade Shrimp. The chef offered to resolve Luo Ze’s bloodline and seal problems if he left Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda, leaving Luo Ze to consider the offer.

• Zhen Hua brought Luo Ze to the president’s cafeteria, where Luo Ze devoured a large meal and asked for more.
• Luo Ze explained that his academy assessment had left him without his storage Soul Tool or money, and Zhen Hua promised to give him funds and teach him forging.
• The chef served Luo Ze Crimson Jade Shrimp and used Soul Power to support him as he ate.
• The shrimp stirred Luo Ze’s Bloodline Power and revealed a Kirin Martial Soul, but the chef suppressed the surge.
• The chef told Zhen Hua he wanted Luo Ze and offered to resolve his bloodline and seal problems before age thirty if Luo Ze left Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda.

Luo Ze refused Shrek’s offer to become Sea God Pavilion Master, then completed a sparring exam at the Blacksmith Association by defeating a Soul King with Time Stop. After Zhen Hua sent him off with money and forging supplies, Gu Yue ambushed him playfully and embraced him.

• Luo Ze told the chef uncle he would remain with the Spirit Pagoda and might join Shrek after graduating from the Outer courtyard, and Zhen Hua explained that the uncle regretted not taking him as a disciple.
• Zhen Hua took Luo Ze to the Void-Breaking Realm, where Luo Ze used Time Stop to bind, seal, and knock down Xie Yinling almost instantly.
• Zhen Hua praised Luo Ze’s combat ability and said he expected him to become a Divine Craftsman before thirty, while the chef uncle watched and recognized the cause of Luo Ze’s frail body.
• Zhen Hua gave Luo Ze a bank card, Fusion Forging catalysts, and forging insights before Luo Ze left for the Soul Tool Train station.
• Gu Yue stopped Luo Ze, joked that he owed her toll money, and embraced him after he offered himself as payment.

Luo Ze reunited with his companions and learned that Evil Soul Masters had targeted Shrek Academy students, so teachers would accompany them during their assessment. When Spirit Pagoda refused to arrange fights under its rules, Luo Ze realized they could challenge Soul Masters outside the organization instead.

• Xie Xie teased Luo Ze and Gu Yue for embracing, and Gu Yue froze him with her Ice Spike Technique.
• Wu Changkong explained that teachers would accompany the group because Evil Soul Masters had attacked their train.
• Luo Ze recalled that the man who had cooked Crimson Jade Shrimp for him must have been a Four-word Battle Armor Master.
• The group chose Heaven Dou City's Spirit Pagoda as the place to challenge Soul Masters, and Wu Changkong quietly revisited memories of Long Bing.
• A Spirit Pagoda staff member refused to arrange fights because its rules forbade forcing Soul Masters to battle.
• Luo Ze led the group outside the Spirit Pagoda and explained that they could challenge Soul Masters there without the organization interfering.

Gu Yue and the others challenged Spirit Pagoda visitors to finish their battle tasks in Heaven Dou City, using their teamwork and Bloodline Suppression to defeat Tang Jiao and six more opponents. As they prepared to head for Tianxing City, three mechas arrived to confront them for fighting near the Spirit Pagoda.

• Gu Yue’s group ambushed Tang Jiao outside the Spirit Pagoda and challenged him to a fight, while Luo Ze watched in embarrassment.
• Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Tang Wulin, and the others overwhelmed Tang Jiao’s Deep Sea Octopus martial soul, then used Bloodline Suppression to stop his fifth soul skill and win within three minutes.
• Xu Xiaoyan teased Tang Jiao after he complained about their tactics, while Luo Ze helped the other six complete their battle tasks in Heaven Dou City.
• Luo Ze planned their route to Tianxing City, and Gu Yue and Tang Wulin praised his leadership.
• A purple mecha and two yellow mechas arrived and rebuked the group for fighting near the Spirit Pagoda.

Luo Ze paid a fine after the group’s fight at the Spirit Pagoda, and they passed their assessment. With the train stations sealed, they bought a car to travel onward, where Luo Ze got into trouble after telling Gu Yue she seemed to have gained weight.

• Ye Xinglan blamed Luo Ze for leading the group’s fight, and he paid a seven-hundred-thousand Federal currency fine so they could leave.
• A Pagoda Master ordered the mecha squad to seal every Soul Tool Train station and place it on orange alert.
• Wu Changkong confirmed that the group had passed the assessment because they had followed the academy’s rules.
• After finding the station closed, the group bought a Soul Tool car, and Xie Xie drove while Wu Changkong stayed behind because he got carsick.
• Luo Ze told Gu Yue she seemed to have gained weight, and she grabbed his collar and demanded to know whether he disliked her.

Luo Ze asked his friends to share their aspirations during an outing, and they described their hopes for life, cultivation, and the future. Gu Yue ended the conversation by saying her aspiration was to marry Luo Ze.

• Luo Ze reflected on how eight years had passed and changed the subject when Gu Yue sensed he was hiding something.
• Ye Xinglan said she wanted to return to Shrek’s Inner Court, become a powerful Battle Armor Master, and live peacefully at the academy, while Xu Xiaoyan wanted a quiet life with occasional adventures.
• Xie Xie declared that he wanted to become one of the Shrek Seven Devils, and Ye Xinglan said she wanted the same; Xie Xie admitted Yuan En had inspired his goal.
• Xu Lizhi said he wanted to stay at the academy, eat well, and remain with Ye Xinglan, while Tang Wulin hoped to become a Four-word Battle Armor Master and spend more time with his parents.
• Luo Ze asked Gu Yue about her aspiration, and she said she wanted to marry him.

Luo Ze and his companions traveled from Heaven Dou City to Heavenly Determination City to challenge another academy’s students. After ambushing a Spirit Pagoda member on the way, they arrived at Tianding Academy and publicly issued their challenge.

• Xie Xie teased Gu Yue about her feelings, and Gu Yue admitted she did not want to reveal her aspirations.
• Luo Ze shared his wishes to create god-class Four-word Battle Armor and find Na'er, but concealed his third wish.
• The group rested overnight, then ambushed and defeated a middle-aged man near the local Spirit Pagoda before fleeing toward Heavenly Determination City.
• Luo Ze and the others reached Heavenly Determination Soul Master Academy and unfurled a provocative banner challenging its strongest students under twenty.

Luo Ze’s group challenged Tianding Academy as their final assessment and won decisively. At the Star Gazing Platform, Ye Xinglan resonated with its starlight and appeared close to a breakthrough.

• Xie Xie’s provocative wording on the challenge banner angered Luo Ze and the others, while Luo Ze explained their assessment to Li Zhilong, Tianding Academy’s director of instruction and a Shrek alumnus.
• Gu Yue and Tang Wulin inferred that Li Zhilong was connected to Shrek, and Ye Xinglan praised Luo Ze’s planning.
• Li Zhilong brought the group to the Star Gazing Platform, where Ye Xinglan sensed a strong connection between her martial soul and the starlight.
• Luo Ze’s team defeated Tianding Academy’s representatives in three minutes, despite the academy competing on its favored battlefield.
• Li Zhilong congratulated the group and said Ye Xinglan’s resonance with the platform meant she would break through soon.