Chapter Summaries

Luo Ze received guidance from Zhen Hua and the chef, then shared a meal with Gu Yue before an unexpected forging challenge brought them to the Blacksmith Association's main hall. There, Chang Gongyan challenged the association's younger blacksmiths through his fifteen- or sixteen-year-old disciple, provoking Zhen Hua and the crowd.

• Zhen Hua warned Luo Ze to stay true to his goals and work hard on the demanding path of a Battle Armor Master, while explaining that the chef's scattered focus had prevented him from reaching Super Douluo.
• The chef prepared a meal suited to Luo Ze's unusual body, and Luo Ze ate with Gu Yue while Zhen Hua watched them tease each other.
• A young man told Zhen Hua that an old Saint Craftsman-level blacksmith and his young disciple had challenged the Blacksmith Association, and Zhen Hua led Luo Ze, Gu Yue, and the chef to the main hall.
• Chang Gongyan introduced himself and challenged the association's younger generation to compete with his fifteen- or sixteen-year-old disciple, who had reached Level Six as a blacksmith.
• Chang Gongyan taunted Zhen Hua about being afraid and having no worthy competitors, making Zhen Hua's expression turn cold and angering the crowd.

Zhen Hua accepted Chang Gongyan’s forging challenge, and Luo Ze defeated Lin Yuhan, prompting Chang Gongyan to agree to join the Blacksmith Association. As Gu Yue reassured Luo Ze, two red streaks suddenly shot toward Zhen Hua.

• Zhen Hua agreed to a one-on-one forging match with Chang Gongyan’s disciple, with the winner deciding whether the association would accept the other’s terms.
• Zhen Hua chose Luo Ze to compete against Lin Yuhan, who recognized him as the double champion of a past Sun Moon Federation competition.
• Luo Ze outperformed Lin Yuhan overall, and Chang Gongyan conceded and agreed to join the Blacksmith Association.
• Zhen Hua praised Luo Ze’s future prospects, but Luo Ze rejected the idea of becoming president because he wanted to travel.
• Gu Yue took Luo Ze’s hand and told him he would never be alone again, then two red streaks suddenly shot toward Zhen Hua.

An assassin targeted Zhen Hua and Luo Ze during the blacksmith competition, but Gu Yue and Luo Ze evaded the attacks. Zhen Hua suspected Evil Soul Masters were behind the incident, detained Chang Gongyan’s disciple while investigating, and left Luo Ze and Gu Yue to visit Heaven Dou City.

• An assassin launched two crimson sword attacks, but Chef Uncle stopped one and Luo Ze used Time Stop to dodge the other.
• Zhen Hua subdued Chang Gongyan’s group and questioned him in his office about the assassination and the blacksmith Ning Fengzhi.
• Chef Uncle reported that the agile Titled Douluo assassin had escaped, and Luo Ze suggested the attacker might be an Evil Soul Master.
• Zhen Hua ordered Chang Gongyan’s disciple to remain at the association until the investigation ended, then gave Luo Ze a sapphire-set ring for emergencies.
• Luo Ze asked Chef Uncle to stay and guard the association while he and Gu Yue went to explore Heaven Dou City.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue toured Heaven Dou City after helping Zhen Hua, but a Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Master ambushed them. Luo Ze survived through the silver scale’s defense, and Zhen Hua and Mu Ye captured the attacker; on the train, Luo Ze explained why he had expected the attack and wondered who had controlled the scale’s power.

• Zhen Hua thanked Luo Ze and Gu Yue for saving him, then urged them to enjoy their visit to Heaven Dou City.
• Luo Ze took Gu Yue to explore the old city and palace, where they enjoyed a quiet tour together.
• An agility-type Evil Soul Master ambushed Luo Ze and Gu Yue, but the silver scale formed a barrier and summoned a silver dragon to protect him.
• Zhen Hua and Mu Ye appeared in Battle Armor and blocked the Evil Soul Master’s escape.
• Aboard the Soul Tool Train, Luo Ze explained why he had expected the Holy Spirit Cult to target him and wondered why the silver scale’s power had activated as if controlled.

Luo Ze volunteered to face the third years’ One-word Battle Armor Masters and wagered that Mo Jue would be sent out first. Meanwhile, Mo Jue and Li Qiankun planned their team’s lineup, and Luo Ze remained relaxed as the competition approached.

• Luo Ze reviewed the third years’ fighters, Li Qiankun and Mo Jue, and said he could handle the opening one-on-one match.
• Luo Ze bet Yuanen Yehui that Mo Jue would compete first, wagering that Yuanen would buy Xie Xie a meal if he was right and that he would design Yuanen’s right-leg Battle Armor for free if he was wrong.
• Mo Jue warned Ye Wu and Li Qiankun not to underestimate the younger students, citing their Martial Soul Fusion Skills, high levels, and Battle Armor.
• Mo Jue and Li Qiankun agreed to split the one-on-one and team events, with Mo Jue taking the one-on-one and joining the team battle if needed.
• Three hours before the competition, Luo Ze rested instead of preparing while Tang Wulin ate forty-eight servings of Meal A to sustain himself for the team battle.

Shrek Academy’s first- and second-year students faced the third years in a competition, and Luo Ze was chosen to fight first. He faced Mo Jue, the outer courtyard’s strongest student and a One-word Battle Armor Master, while his friends remained confident he had chosen the matchup deliberately.

• Students and teachers gathered to watch the first- and second-year classes challenge the third years at Shrek Academy.
• Wu Changkong announced Luo Ze, Tang Wulin, and Yuanen Yehui as the contestants for the three one-on-one matches.
• Song Lin and Mo Jue decided to use the opening match to intimidate the younger students before the team battle.
• Luo Ze stepped onto the arena to face Mo Jue, alarming the first- and second-year students who recognized her strength.
• Shen Yi predicted that Luo Ze had no chance, but Wu Changkong, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin were confident he would win.
• Yuanen Yehui realized Luo Ze had likely chosen the first match to disrupt Mo Jue’s team’s strategy and force them to reveal their strength.

Luo Ze faced Mo Jue in the match and revealed a divine Qilin Martial Soul that suppressed her Black Swan. He countered her dark attacks with his two pieces of Battle Armor, leaving the third-year students stunned and prompting Li Qiankun to recognize him as the gifted Level Six Designer from intelligence reports.

• Mo Jue advanced with her Black Swan Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, while Luo Ze summoned his Qilin and made her Martial Soul recoil under its superior divine aura.
• Mo Jue attacked with a black skeleton and then used her wings and Dark Demonic Flame, while Luo Ze dispersed the skeleton and revealed four Soul Rings.
• Luo Ze used his speed and Kirin Pressure to get behind Mo Jue, who responded with Dark Erosion.
• Luo Ze summoned his head armor and breastplate, shocking the third-year students with his Battle Armor.
• Li Qiankun recognized Luo Ze as the exceptionally gifted Level Six Designer mentioned in intelligence reports.

Luo Ze defeated Mo Jue in the opening match, giving the first-year team an unexpected advantage over the third years. Tang Wulin took the next match, and the first and second years went on to win the round with three consecutive victories.

• Ye Wu dismissed the first-year team’s chances against Mo Jue, but Luo Ze vanished during her Darkness Cover.
• Mo Jue unleashed Swan Feather, but Luo Ze repeatedly appeared at impossible speed and knocked her off the stage.
• Elder Cai declared First-Year Class One the winner, and Gu Yue and Xu Lizhi helped the exhausted Luo Ze recover.
• Tang Wulin promised to buy Luo Ze twenty minutes to recover and walked onto the stage for the next match.
• The first and second years won all three one-on-one matches, prompting cheers and praise from Shrek’s teachers and students.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue defeated Li Mengyang and Li Mengtian in the doubles match, and Song Lin withdrew Third-Year Class One from the team battle. The first- and second-year joint team claimed victory, while Luo Ze ended the celebration reassured by Gu Yue’s presence.

• Song Lin urged Li Mengyang and Li Mengtian to win the doubles match after Class Three lost the first point.
• Gu Yue and Luo Ze split the siblings apart before they could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and defeated them.
• After Tang Wulin and the others prepared for the team battle, Song Lin announced that Third-Year Class One surrendered.
• Li Chengan wanted to fight, but Song Lin refused to risk another defeat damaging him and her other students.
• Elder Cai declared the first- and second-year joint team victorious, and the students celebrated their win.
• Luo Ze felt isolated as he watched the celebration, but Gu Yue spoke to him and he smiled.

Elder Cai announced that students would travel to Star Luo Continent for a year-long exchange, prompting Luo Ze and his companions to discuss the trip and prepare for its challenges. The group agreed that Luo Ze should become their first One-word Battle Armor Master, just as a messenger arrived with an order from the Spirit Pagoda's Tower Master.

• Elder Cai announced that Shrek would select students for a one-year exchange on Star Luo Continent beginning in six months.
• Xie Xie explained Star Luo Continent's history and warned that its people were hostile toward the Federation.
• Luo Ze said he wanted to go, while Yuanen Yehui and Tang Wulin worried the exchange would hinder their cultivation.
• Yuanen Yehui proposed that the group help someone forge a complete set of Battle Armor before they left, and everyone chose Luo Ze.
• A messenger arrived at the work-study dormitory to deliver the Spirit Pagoda's Tower Master's Order to Luo Ze.

Luo Ze received a compulsory Tower Master's Order appointing him to lead the Spirit Pagoda's main tower in the Star Luo Continent region and requiring him to leave for an exchange at Star Luo Monster Academy the next day. His friends suspected the Qian Gu Family was setting a trap, while Gu Yue stayed with him as they spent a quiet afternoon together before his departure.

• Elder Chen delivered Luo Ze a Tower Master's Order and instructed him to depart the next day.
• Luo Ze read that he had been appointed Tower Master of the Spirit Pagoda's main tower in the Star Luo Continent region and ordered to enroll at Star Luo Monster Academy.
• Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin suspected the Qian Gu Family was trying to endanger or isolate Luo Ze, but Luo Ze said the compulsory order could not be refused.
• Gu Yue took Luo Ze to pick out clothes and then walked with him along Central Shrek City's snack street.
• Luo Ze bought Gu Yue milk tea and cake, while both tried to act at ease despite their worries about his departure.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue spent the day shopping and eating before sharing a quiet evening by Sea God Lake. As Luo Ze prepared to leave for the Star Luo Empire, Gu Yue transformed his protective scale into a ring and asked him to follow three rules around other girls.

• Gu Yue took Luo Ze shopping, chose outfits for him, and shared cake with him.
• Luo Ze ate thirty or forty bowls of Big Meat Noodles, then explained that he had to limit nutritious food because excess energy could upset the balance in his body.
• Luo Ze and Gu Yue went to Sea God Lake, where he told her that the Golden Ancient Tree seemed to reject him.
• Gu Yue let Luo Ze rest his head on her lap and asked him to keep his distance from unfamiliar girls, avoid intimate gestures and names, and wear a ring she made from his protective scale.
• Gu Yue transformed Luo Ze's silver scale into a silver-purple ring and insisted it was for his protection, while Luo Ze fell asleep before their conversation ended.

Luo Ze prepared to leave Shrek Academy for Star Luo Continent, where he expected danger from the Qian Gu Family. His friends, teachers, and family saw him off, and Gu Yue gave him a farewell kiss as he was about to depart.

• Luo Ze lingered with Gu Yue before joining Tang Wulin and the others for breakfast.
• Tang Wulin and the others escorted Luo Ze to the academy gates, where Ya Li, teachers, and blacksmiths had gathered to see him off.
• Na'er arrived, hugged Luo Ze, and made him promise to take care of himself.
• Zhuo Shi, Feng Wuyu, Wu Changkong, Ya Li, Mu Chen, and Zhen Hua offered Luo Ze advice and support, and Zhen Hua gave him two tokens.
• Luo Ze said goodbye and left Shrek Academy, anticipating the dangers awaiting him on Star Luo Continent.
• Gu Yue kissed Luo Ze as he was about to get into the car.

Luo Ze left for the Star Luo Empire on a mission, only to learn he had to disguise himself as a female exchange student at Monster Academy. As he prepared to depart, Wang Mu warned him of the dangers ahead and told him where to seek help.

• Gu Yue kissed Luo Ze in front of their companions, claimed him as hers, and sent him off while the others teased one another.
• At the Heaven Dou City train station, Elder Chen told Luo Ze he could not bring his Soul Guide Communicator and had to travel under a female identity because Monster Academy accepted only female exchange students that year.
• Luo Ze protested disguising himself as a girl, then agreed when Elder Chen reminded him that refusing could cost him his heir position.
• Wang Mu arrived after learning from Tang Wulin that Luo Ze had received the Tower Master's Order and was being sent to the Star Luo Empire.
• Wang Mu warned Luo Ze that the Star Luo Continent was dangerous and advised him to present his Tower Master's Order token to the master of the main Spirit Pagoda in Star Luo City if he needed help.

Luo Ze arrived in Skysea City alone for the trip to Star Luo Continent, prepared a piece of Battle Armor, and attended the delegation’s banquet. There, Lin Yuhan’s younger sister challenged Gao Ying’s boast about being the cruise ship’s best blacksmith, leaving Luo Ze’s quiet evening poised to be disrupted.

• Wang Mu warned Luo Ze that a powerful rank-ninety-five Soul Power expert might not help him, and Luo Ze departed for Skysea City with Elder Chen.
• Elder Chen left Luo Ze at the station with his documents, and Luo Ze went to the Tianhai Grand Hotel without his confiscated Soul Guide Communicator.
• Luo Ze made a strength-enhancing right-arm Battle Armor piece in his room before attending the banquet, where representatives announced the ship would sail at eight the next morning.
• Luo Ze watched the banquet from a corner as Gao Ying pursued his unwilling fiancée, a young girl from the Lin Family, and claimed no one aboard could surpass his blacksmithing.
• The young girl accepted Gao Ying’s challenge to find a better blacksmith, wagering that he would stop following her if she succeeded.

A young girl sought help against Gao Ying, but the Star Luo and Douluo Continent blacksmiths refused to intervene. She chose Luo Ze as her defender after he resisted Gao Ying’s intimidation, then was amazed when he used teleportation to evade her approach.

• The young girl asked the gathered blacksmiths for help, but they avoided opposing the Gao Family and left her without support.
• The girl insisted Luo Ze could defeat Gao Ying, and Gao Ying challenged Luo Ze to a forging contest.
• Gao Ying’s lackey Mad Bear threatened Luo Ze, but Gao Ying stopped him and demanded that Luo Ze accept the challenge or leave.
• Luo Ze dismissed Gao Ying and moved away, prompting Secretary-General Pan Wen to warn Gao Ying to restrain himself.
• The girl claimed she had a male partner and headed toward Luo Ze, but he teleported to another corner, impressing her with his ability.

Luo Ze refused Lin Yuyao’s demand for help and rejected her attempts to get close, so she spitefully claimed he had agreed to fight Gao Ying for her. Luo Ze escaped the ship’s hall using Time Stop, while Gao Ying ordered his guards to find and punish him.

• Luo Ze refused Lin Yuyao’s request, learned she was Lin Yuhan’s cousin, and criticized her for treating people as weapons.
• Lin Yuyao tried to approach Luo Ze, but he held her back with a tree branch and told her to stay away.
• Lin Yuyao announced that Luo Ze had agreed to fight Gao Ying and that she would be his girlfriend if he won, then left the hall.
• Luo Ze used Time Stop to escape to his room as the ship’s guests reacted to Lin Yuyao’s announcement.
• Gao Ying ordered his guards to find the person who had touched his fiancée and break both his legs, then slapped the head steward when he tried to dissuade him.

Gao Ying tracked Luo Ze to the ship’s third floor and attacked him over a misunderstanding about Lin Yuyao, but Luo Ze subdued him and held off his guards. Secretary-General Pan Wen arrived as Gao Ying’s men accused Luo Ze of kidnapping their young master and demanding Lin Yuyao.

• Gao Ying watched the surveillance footage showing Lin Yuyao approaching Luo Ze, but still blamed Luo Ze and demanded his room information.
• After the manager refused to reveal residents’ details, Gao Ying searched the ship and narrowed his target down to the third floor.
• Luo Ze paused work on his Battle Armor design, then sensed several unfamiliar Soul Power presences outside his door.
• Gao Ying kicked open Luo Ze’s door and attacked him, but Luo Ze quickly subdued him and threatened the guards into staying back.
• Gao Ying ordered his guards to attack despite being restrained, and Secretary-General Pan Wen emerged from the next room.
• Gao Ying’s guards appealed to Pan Wen, accusing Luo Ze of taking Gao Ying’s woman and threatening to kill him.

Luo Ze subdued Gao Ying, and Dai Mo intervened before apologizing for the incident by striking Gao Ying. Pan Wen learned that Luo Ze was the newly appointed Pagoda Master of the Spirit Pagoda in Star Luo City, and Luo Ze spent the voyage preparing his disguise before Lin Yuyao asked where he planned to go after they disembarked.

• Luo Ze pinned Gao Ying down, and Dai Mo arrived and cursed him without first asking what had happened.
• Pan Wen defended Luo Ze, and Dai Mo learned that Gao Ying had caused trouble over Lin Yuyao before demanding that Luo Ze release him.
• Dai Mo slapped Gao Ying and left with him after asking whether his punishment satisfied Pan Wen and Luo Ze.
• Pan Wen invited Luo Ze to stay in the room next to his, then discovered from Luo Ze's documents that he was the newly appointed Pagoda Master of the Spirit Pagoda in Star Luo City.
• Luo Ze spent the remaining days practicing makeup and outfit coordination while observing the Young Girls, completing most of his imitation by the time the ship reached Star Luo Continent.
• Lin Yuyao sat beside Luo Ze and asked where he planned to go after they got off the ship.

Luo Ze and Lin Yuyao argued before she asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend to handle her parents’ marriage pressure. After Luo Ze revealed his ring and explained that he had a girlfriend, Lin Yuyao changed her request to having him visit her family, and he agreed.

• Lin Yuyao tried to learn about Luo Ze, but he refused to answer her questions.
• Lin Yuyao asked Luo Ze about his girlfriend, then learned he had come to study Monster Academy and asked him to act as her fake boyfriend.
• Luo Ze apologized for his earlier attitude and introduced himself as Luo Ze, while Lin Yuyao introduced herself as Lin Yuyao.
• Lin Yuyao asked Luo Ze to pretend to be her boyfriend so she could deal with her parents, but he refused because his family was strict.
• Lin Yuyao noticed Luo Ze’s ring and realized he had a girlfriend, so she asked him instead to visit her family and help with her parents.
• Luo Ze agreed to Lin Yuyao’s revised request and wondered whether he should tell Gu Yue.