Chapter Summaries

Luo Ze chose to open the class competition with a one-on-one match, using his Kirin Martial Soul’s suppression to pressure Luo Guixing’s team. Wu Sidao stepped forward to face him despite expecting to lose, determined to prove that bloodline suppression would not stop her.

• Luo Ze proposed three one-on-one matches and a two-on-two match, then volunteered to fight first.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie agreed to handle the remaining one-on-one matches, while Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan took the doubles match.
• Luo Guixing’s team realized Luo Ze’s Kirin Martial Soul could suppress nearly all their Beast Martial Souls and debated who should face him.
• Wu Sidao insisted on taking the opening match, determined to fight despite knowing she was at a disadvantage.

Luo Ze faced Wu Sidao’s Hell White Tiger head-on and won, revealing two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings that shocked everyone. After the remaining matches, Yuanen Yehui left the competition grounds determined to improve after seeing how far the gap between them had grown.

• Wu Sidao immediately used Martial Soul Fusion to charge Luo Ze after Wu Changkong started the match.
• Luo Ze revealed two Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings and blocked Wu Sidao’s full-power Hell White Tiger strike, winning the match.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie bickered about what had happened during their break while the spectators reacted to Luo Ze’s Soul Rings.
• Luo Ze told Gu Yue he had taken the attack to finish within three minutes and help absorb the energy in his body, and she warned him not to do it again.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan won their matches, with Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan defeating Luo Guixing and Xu Yucheng in less than a minute.
• Yuanen Yehui left the competition grounds to seek insight after realizing the gap between her strength and Luo Ze’s had widened.

After the exchange match, Luo Ze resumed forging, bought a Purple-rank mecha, and signed up for piloting lessons. At the end of class, Na’er found him and revealed to the stunned students that she was his younger sister.

• Gu Yue went to the Spirit Pagoda, while the others pursued cultivation, breakthroughs, or Second Profession training after the match.
• Feng Wuyu scolded Luo Ze for entering the exchange tournament without warning, then ordered him to take mecha piloting lessons for added protection.
• Luo Ze practiced forging and bargained for a Purple-rank mecha, which he arranged to collect in two months.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Luo Ze signed up for the academy’s practical mecha class, and Gu Yue agreed to register them.
• Na’er arrived at Class One, rushed into Luo Ze’s arms, and called him her brother, stunning the students.
• Yang Nianxia introduced himself to Na’er as Luo Ze’s best buddy, and Luo Guixing used Spatial Transfer to greet her too.

Luo Ze reunited with Na'er, took her out for the afternoon, and promised to spend a whole day with her next time. On his way back, he decided to make the chestplate for his second Battle Armor next, prioritizing defense.

• Luo Ze took Na'er away from their classmates, while the boys argued over who could call him their brother-in-law and Gu Yue grew angry.
• Luo Ze warned Na'er not to visit his class without permission and took her to the snack street for cake and food.
• Luo Ze and Na'er spent the afternoon eating, chatting, and remembering their childhood together.
• Luo Ze promised Na'er he would take leave to spend a full day with her next time, and she returned to Sea God Island before it closed.
• Luo Ze considered the remaining pieces of his second Battle Armor and chose to make the chestplate before the arm pieces.

Luo Ze’s classmates fawned over him and Na’er, provoking Gu Yue’s jealousy and leaving her furious. As Luo Ze wondered why Gu Yue and Na’er seemed so alike, he dismissed Tang Wulin’s speculation that the resemblance meant anything.

• Luo Ze’s male classmates greeted him as their big brother and tried to win his favor by offering food, water, and a shoulder massage.
• When a classmate suggested eating with Na’er, Gu Yue erupted in anger and released a powerful mental and elemental pressure.
• Gu Yue rejected Luo Ze’s attempts to comfort her, stayed silent through class, and left using Spatial Transfer afterward.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Ye Xinglan went after Gu Yue to talk to her, while Luo Ze went with Tang Wulin to blacksmithing class.
• Tang Wulin noted that Gu Yue’s possessiveness resembled Na’er’s childhood behavior, but Luo Ze said their similar personalities proved nothing.

Luo Ze explained his relationship with Na'er to Gu Yue, who pressed him about whether Na'er was only his little sister and hinted at her feelings for him. The next morning, classmates left breakfast and notes calling Luo Ze their brother-in-law, but Tang Wulin ate the food and angered Yang Nianxia.

• Luo Ze treated Tang Wulin to dinner, then went to the girls' dormitory to explain the day's events to Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue met Luo Ze outside the dormitory and gave him a chance to explain everything honestly.
• Luo Ze told Gu Yue how he had met Na'er and insisted that he regarded her as his little sister; Gu Yue asked whether he was jealous and accepted his teasing declaration that he would never regret choosing her.
• The next morning, Luo Ze found his desk piled with breakfast and notes calling him brother-in-law, so he let Tang Wulin eat the food.
• Yang Nianxia confronted Tang Wulin for eating the breakfast he had prepared for Luo Ze and threatened to beat him.

Luo Ze joined the Mecha Practice course at Shrek Academy and stood out by controlling his training mecha without falling, thanks to his preparation. After the exhausting lesson, his classmates returned to the classroom worn out, while Luo Ze encouraged them to keep practicing.

• Wu Changkong stopped the students from fighting and announced that Mecha Practice would take place that afternoon.
• Luo Ze invited Gu Yue and their friends to lunch, but the others declined, so he went to the cafeteria with Gu Yue.
• At the Mecha Trial Grounds, Luo Ze boarded his training mecha in forty seconds, faster than the other students.
• Chen Yansu taught the students to maintain balance by imagining the mecha as their own body, and Luo Ze was the only student who did not fall over.
• Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan returned exhausted from practice, and Luo Ze told them they had plenty of time to improve.

Luo Ze earned a perfect score in mecha operation, while Xie Xie was devastated by his own result and suddenly disappeared using a space-related Soul Skill. Luo Ze tracked him to a quiet lake by the work-study dormitories and found him there.

• The class achieved thirteen passes and one perfect score in mecha operation, with Luo Ze earning full marks despite barely practicing.
• Xie Xie saw his score, became pale and distraught, then vanished in a flash of silver after pushing everyone away.
• Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan could not explain what had happened, while Luo Ze recognized that Xie Xie's Soul Skill involved space.
• Luo Ze promised the substitute teacher he would find Xie Xie, then searched for him late that night.
• Luo Ze found Xie Xie standing by a lake near the work-study dormitories, and Xie Xie asked how he had found him.

Luo Ze listened as Xie Xie explained his misunderstanding with Yuanen Yehui and discussed his stalled cultivation. After noticing Xie Xie had manifested a rare spatial soul skill, Luo Ze agreed to accompany him to the highest level of the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform so he could pursue a breakthrough and soul ring.

• Luo Ze met Xie Xie at their secluded spot and learned that Yuanen Yehui had criticized him for being stuck at rank thirty-nine, though she had meant to encourage him.
• Xie Xie admitted that his cultivation had not advanced despite his efforts, and Luo Ze suggested his martial soul might be involved.
• Luo Ze pointed out that Xie Xie had used a rare spatial soul skill during their earlier argument, but neither of them knew what had triggered it.
• Xie Xie asked Luo Ze to take him to the highest level of the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform to seek a breakthrough and obtain a soul ring for the coming battle against the third-years.
• Luo Ze agreed on the condition that he would go with Xie Xie, and Xie Xie immediately dragged him off at one in the morning.

Luo Ze and Xie Xie sneaked out of Shrek Academy to the Spirit Pagoda to choose Soul Spirits. Xie Xie insisted on absorbing a ten-thousand-year Shadow Dragon Soul Spirit, leaving Luo Ze torn over whether to support the dangerous choice.

• Xie Xie showed Luo Ze a hidden dog hole in Shrek Academy's wall, but Luo Ze used his powers to appear outside instead.
• Luo Ze and Xie Xie reached the Spirit Pagoda, where Grandfather Feng granted them access to the highest-tier Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Luo Ze suggested a seven-thousand-year Wind Shadow Leopard for Xie Xie, promising it would be a safe match.
• Xie Xie chose the ten-thousand-year Shadow Dragon, saying he needed the challenge to break through from rank thirty-nine.
• Luo Ze worried that Xie Xie could not safely absorb the ten-thousand-year Soul Spirit and struggled to decide whether to let him proceed.

Xie Xie entered the virtual world to challenge a Ten Thousand Year Shadow Dragon while Luo Ze prepared to support him. After learning Luo Ze suspected Xie Xie could wield space power, Qiangu Zhangting confronted him and attacked, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Xie Xie entered the virtual world and hid in the black mist, reminding himself to be patient as he prepared to hunt the Shadow Dragon.
• Luo Ze told Elder Feng that he trusted Xie Xie and revealed he had sensed space power from him, which might emerge from the fusion of his Light Dragon Dagger and Dark Dragon Dagger.
• Luo Ze hurried to find Xie Xie but encountered Qiangu Zhangting, who arrogantly introduced himself and challenged Luo Ze's reputation.
• Qiangu Zhangting struck Luo Ze from behind, and Luo Ze met his palm with Soul Power, holding his own despite their cultivation gap.

Qiangu Zhangting attacked Luo Ze, who let the blow land so witnesses would see the heir injured and the Qian Gu Family at fault. Qian Gu Dongfeng apologized and offered compensation, and Luo Ze asked for the family’s ten-thousand-year Shadow Dragon Soul Bone.

• Qiangu Zhangting praised Luo Ze, then struck him with a golden-dragon attack to assert his strength and warn him.
• Luo Ze deliberately took the blow and was sent flying, coughing up blood as Qiangu Zhangting stared in shock.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng, Leng Yaozhu, and two elders entered the control room and saw Qiangu Zhangting had injured Luo Ze.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng beat Qiangu Zhangting, then stopped when Luo Ze said he was fine and described the attack as sparring.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng apologized and offered to arrange treatment and compensation, and Luo Ze asked to see the Qian Gu Family’s ten-thousand-year Shadow Dragon Soul Bone.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng agreed to give Luo Ze the soul bone and said he would have someone fetch it.

Luo Ze outmaneuvered the Qian Gu Family and received a Shadow Dragon soul bone, then rushed to help Xie Xie defeat a ten-thousand-year Shadow Dragon Soul Spirit. Xie Xie absorbed the Soul Spirit and reached Rank 40, while Luo Ze revealed that the soul bone he acquired could strengthen him further.

• Luo Ze explained that he had used the Spirit Pagoda's rules to make the Qian Gu Family pay for its arrogance, and the family delivered the Shadow Dragon soul bone.
• Luo Ze left the control room to support Xie Xie, who had been fighting the Shadow Dragon for two hours and was nearly out of strength.
• The Shadow Dragon attacked Xie Xie, who used Twin Dragon Storm to restrain it but could not finish it with his dwindling Soul Power.
• Luo Ze arrived and used Kirin Pressure to stun the Shadow Dragon, giving Xie Xie the opening to kill it and absorb its Soul Spirit.
• Luo Ze praised Xie Xie's new Rank 40 strength and mentioned the Shadow Dragon soul bone, but Xie Xie pointed out that the Soul Spirit had not dropped one.

Luo Ze helped Xie Xie obtain a Soul Spirit and gave him the Shadow Dragon Soul Bone before returning to class. He then learned the academy had approved a cross-grade challenge against the third year, and he and Yuanen Yehui began disputing which class should lead the lineup.

• Luo Ze handed Xie Xie the Shadow Dragon Soul Bone, and Xie Xie absorbed it before they hurried back to class.
• Gu Yue asked Luo Ze where he had been, and he told her he had gone to the Spirit Pagoda to help Xie Xie obtain a Soul Spirit.
• Wu Changkong gave Luo Ze the documents for his completed purple-grade mecha and told him the academy had approved a cross-grade challenge against the third year.
• Luo Ze met Yuanen Yehui to discuss the lineup, and Yuanen argued that Class Two should lead because it was stronger overall and had information on their opponents.
• Yuanen Yehui revealed that the third-year class had two One-word Battle Armor Masters, and Luo Ze questioned whether Class Two leading would make victory possible.

Luo Ze arranged a selection match to decide which students would represent the classes, and Xie Xie challenged Yuanen Yehui’s judgment that he was less useful than Wu Sidao. At the match, Xie Xie stunned the spectators with his speed, then faced Ye Xingmo’s challenge head-on.

• Luo Ze proposed a selection match and named the students he wanted in the one-on-one, two-on-two, and team battles.
• Yuanen Yehui argued that Wu Sidao belonged in the team battle instead of Xie Xie, but Xie Xie challenged her to let strength decide.
• Luo Ze arranged a two-on-two match between Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan and Second-Year Class One’s Duan Hunxiao and Ye Xingmo.
• Yuanen Yehui recalled her guilt over arguing with Xie Xie and the clean water he had left outside her door afterward.
• Xie Xie vanished at the start of the match and appeared behind his opponents, but Ye Xingmo blocked his attack with the Stargod Sword and challenged his strength.

Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan defeated Duan Hunxiao and Ye Xingmo, securing their victory and finalizing the team for the upcoming third-year challenge. Back at the dormitory, Gu Yue confronted Luo Ze for hiding that he had used a soul bone, and Tang Wulin and Xie Xie found him kneeling on a washboard.

• Xie Xie used Xu Xiaoyan’s support to freeze Duan Hunxiao and eliminate him with Light Dragon Cross Slash, revealing his Ten Thousand Year soul ring.
• Xie Xie wore Ye Xingmo down until Ye Xingmo ran out of Soul Power and lost the match.
• The students finalized the challenge roster, with Gu Yue as seven-on-seven captain and Tang Wulin as vice captain, and scheduled the match for the following Friday.
• Class Two students challenged Class One after dismissal, and Tang Wulin hung them from a crooked-neck tree.
• Gu Yue learned that Luo Ze had hidden his injury and use of a soul bone, then made him kneel on a washboard.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie heard the commotion and found Luo Ze kneeling in the woods.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue planned a day trip to Heaven Dou City, and their long-awaited outing began with a stop at a clothing store. After Gu Yue chose an outfit for him, they prepared to continue their date and visit Luo Ze’s Martial Uncle for forging guidance.

• Gu Yue agreed to go to Heaven Dou City with Luo Ze on their day off, while reminding him to finish kneeling for two hours.
• Luo Ze planned their trip and arranged to travel by mecha, then told Xie Xie that he and Gu Yue were going together.
• Luo Ze met Gu Yue outside the girls’ dormitory, where she came out dressed in a white dress and teased him about wearing his school uniform.
• Xie Xie teased Luo Ze and Gu Yue about their date, and Gu Yue threatened to freeze him into an ice sculpture.
• Luo Ze and Gu Yue left the academy and went to a clothing store, where Gu Yue picked out a white-shirt outfit for him.

Luo Ze tested his new purple mecha and flew with Gu Yue to Heaven Dou City, where he safely completed his first long-distance flight. During the trip, he told Gu Yue that his dream was to become a Four-word Battle Armor Master.

• Luo Ze tested the purple mecha at the Spirit Pagoda, confirmed its controls worked properly, and signed for it.
• Luo Ze invited Gu Yue to ride in the mecha, and she teleported into his arms before taking the passenger seat.
• Luo Ze told Gu Yue that seeing his grandfather defeat the Deep Sea Demon Octopus with Four-word Battle Armor had inspired his dream of becoming a Battle Armor Master.
• Luo Ze flew the mecha to Heaven Dou City in an hour, where sky devices scanned and recorded it.
• Luo Ze docked the mecha at the Blacksmith Association headquarters and emerged relieved after completing his first long-distance flight safely.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue visited Zhen Hua at the Blacksmith Association, where Luo Ze discovered a Red Mecha on the rooftop and asked who owned it. Zhen Hua said it was not his, and Luo Ze turned to the chef uncle, suspecting the Mecha belonged to him.

• Luo Ze examined the black Mechas on the rooftop before Gu Yue pointed out a private docking bay containing a Red Mecha.
• Luo Ze explained the rarity and power of Red Mechas, then promised Gu Yue they would go out together that night after he visited Zhen Hua.
• Luo Ze introduced Gu Yue to Zhen Hua and his chef uncle, and Gu Yue teased Luo Ze about how often he had mentioned her.
• Luo Ze asked whether Zhen Hua owned the Red Mecha, and Zhen Hua denied it.
• Luo Ze asked the chef uncle if the Red Mecha belonged to him.

Zhen Hua and the chef uncle showed Luo Ze and Gu Yue the Red Mecha, Xiao Hong, and demonstrated its extraordinary abilities. The chef uncle explained why he had devoted himself to mechas and urged Luo Ze to stay true to his own path as a Battle Armor Master.

• Zhen Hua and the chef uncle led Luo Ze and Gu Yue to the rooftop to see the Red Mecha.
• Luo Ze learned that Zhen Hua and the chef uncle considered making red-grade mechas so consuming that it could divert someone from other ambitions.
• The chef uncle called the Red Mecha Xiao Hong, and the mecha answered in a gentle female voice.
• Xiao Hong demonstrated spatial transfer, transformed into a sports car and an airplane, and turned into a turret armed with Soul Tool Cannons.
• The chef uncle explained that his mecha could fuse with his Soul Power and fight like a clone, and said he did not regret choosing that path.
• The chef uncle praised Luo Ze's talent and encouraged him not to abandon his own goals for a passing fascination.