Chapter Summaries

After waking from a drunken night, Leng Yaozhu reflected on Nan Liujing’s confession and learned that Xu Cang had placed the bounty on him. She chose Shrek Academy’s offer to let Nan Liujing decide Xu Cang’s fate at the East Sea Alliance Competition, and Nan Liujing realized the academy’s promised favor might help him borrow the Vast Sea Crystal.

• Leng Yaozhu woke to find Nan Liujing had left her a warm Hangover Drink and remembered how she had opened up to him the night before.
• Ya Li told Leng Yaozhu that Shrek Academy had confirmed Xu Cang placed the bounty on Nan Liujing, and offered to hand Xu Cang over immediately or let Nan Liujing decide his fate at the competition.
• Leng Yaozhu chose the second solution, under which Shrek Academy would accept Nan Liujing’s decision and publicly apologize afterward.
• Nan Liujing cooked with Ye Xinglan and Gu Yue, who tried cilantro and discovered they could not tolerate its flavor.
• Leng Yaozhu joined Nan Liujing in the living room and told him about the competition arrangement and Shrek Academy’s promise to grant him a favor within its capabilities.
• Nan Liujing realized he might be able to use Shrek Academy’s favor to borrow the Vast Sea Crystal.

Leng Yaozhu told Nan Liujing about the Three Realms Battlefield, its restrictions, and the treasures found there, while he suspected its Sky-reaching Ancient Tree might be significant. Meanwhile, Zang Xin approached Zhen Hua about recruiting Nan Liujing as a Tang Sect Sect Master Candidate, and Zhen Hua warned Nan Liujing after he left.

• Nan Liujing questioned whether Shrek Academy's leaders would control Elders who opposed its Public Apology, while Leng Yaozhu shifted the conversation to a Fallen Angel Martial Soul.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that the Three Realms Battlefield would reopen within one to five years and that Core Disciples from several factions would compete there for rare resources.
• Nan Liujing learned that participants below level seventy could be resurrected, but could not use Soul Tools or Battle Armor in the Forbidden Zone, and that native storage tools required a share of their harvest.
• Nan Liujing cooked a large meal for Leng Yaozhu, Ye Xinglan, and Gu Yue, then the two girls prepared to study Mecha design and manufacturing with Leng Yaozhu.
• Zang Xin asked Zhen Hua for permission to approach Nan Liujing about becoming a Tang Sect Sect Master Candidate, and Zhen Hua told him to wait a month because Nan Liujing was in closed-door training.
• After Zang Xin left, Zhen Hua called Nan Liujing because he feared the Tang Sect might encounter him at the Heavenly Spirit Tower.

During a month of training in Shrek City, Gu Yue grew emotionally attached to Nan Liujing while trying to uncover his connection to the Golden Dragon King bloodline. After giving Ye Xinglan a set of forged armor metal, Nan Liujing left with Gu Yue, unaware that their arrival had caught the attention of a struggling Shrek student.

• Gu Yue cooked breakfast for Nan Liujing, and he caught her when she stumbled near the stove, leaving her flustered.
• Gu Yue reflected on how Nan Liujing’s care had made her depend on him, though she reminded herself that she was the Lord of Soul Beasts.
• Leng Yaozhu assigned Gu Yue to defeat a Shrek Academy student in the Three vs Three competition at the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, and Gu Yue confidently accepted.
• Nan Liujing gave Ye Xinglan eleven pieces of high-quality Thousand Forged Jade Silver, and Ye Xinglan hugged him before jokingly threatening him with her sword over payment.
• Ye Xinglan asked Gu Yue to keep an eye on Nan Liujing, and Gu Yue agreed while concealing her own growing feelings.
• Yuan En Yehui spotted Nan Liujing as he left Shrek City, while Nan Liujing later sensed a strange mental connection linked to Demon Candy and heard a suggestive moan before it vanished.

At Sunshine Beach, Gu Yue admitted her feelings to Nan Liujing, then secretly met with the Fierce Beasts and explained that she was cultivating his affection to draw out his Heavenly Tribulation aura. At the Ocean Museum, Gu Yue recognized a deep-blue-haired girl near the Deep Sea Demonic Whale exhibit as nonhuman.

• Nan Liujing teased Gu Yue about being jealous, then tried to reestablish boundaries; Gu Yue confessed that she had special feelings for him and refused to give up on their closeness.
• Gu Yue met with Di Tian and the other Fierce Beasts, explaining that Nan Liujing's Heavenly Tribulation aura could help them advance and that she planned to cultivate his trust and affection.
• Gu Yue ordered Di Tian to send Black Dragon Brew to Leng Yaozhu as an apprenticeship gift and told Myriad Demon King to gather a thousand pounds of fish mint.
• Di Tian proposed contacting a Deep Sea Demonic Whale and uniting Sea Soul Beasts against the human Navy Fleet, and Gu Yue allowed him to proceed.
• Nan Liujing and Gu Yue visited the Ocean Museum, where a deep-blue-haired girl challenged a staff member about the Deep Sea Demonic Whale exhibit's size.
• Gu Yue noticed the girl and realized she was not human.

Lan Fozi met Di Tian after escaping the museum, revealing that her mother had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult in hopes of resurrecting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. Di Tian planned to recruit sea soul beasts against human fleets, while Xu Xiaoyan joined Class Zero and met Nan Liujing.

• Lan Fozi challenged the museum's account of Deep Sea Demonic Whales, then fled to the sea after Nan Liujing warned her that security was coming.
• Di Tian captured Lan Fozi in his domain, learned that her mother had allied with the Holy Spirit Cult, and gave her a dragon scale that could summon his help once.
• Di Tian decided to unite sea soul beasts against human fleets, and Bi Ji volunteered to heal injured clans as a way to gain their cooperation.
• Wu Changkong accepted Xu Xiaoyan into Class Zero as an exchange student and brought her to the dormitory.
• Xu Xiaoyan recognized the students who had fought her brother in the Spirit Ascension Platform and noticed the unfamiliar Nan Liujing, who wanted to bring her into Wu Changkong's lineage.

Class Zero tested its strength and Mental Power, and Nan Liujing revealed overwhelming results before Wu Changkong scheduled a nighttime practical exercise. Nan Liujing helped Xu Xiaoyan prepare to demonstrate her Star Wheel Ice Staff, then his flirtatious messages to Ye Xinglan left Gu Yue staring at the words “black stockings.”

• Xu Xiaoyan introduced herself as Class Zero’s new student, and Wu Changkong led the group to retest their abilities.
• Nan Liujing shattered the Strength Tester with an unenhanced punch, while his Mental Power measured 4,600 after Gu Yue’s measured 700.
• Wu Changkong proposed a practical exercise against Nan Liujing, and Xu Xiaoyan asked to delay it until night; Wu Changkong agreed.
• Gu Yue tutored Xu Xiaoyan in Mecha Design while Nan Liujing was away, and he later brought them dinner.
• Nan Liujing revealed that he knew Xu Xiaoyan could control Star Power at night and might make her ability permanent, then urged her to eat Blue Jade Shrimp before the exercise.
• Nan Liujing flirted with Ye Xinglan by text about black stockings, and Gu Yue watched the exchange with a fixed stare.

Nan Liujing trained Class Zero in a battle and advised Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan on their abilities. A month later, Wu Changkong announced the class would travel to Skysea City for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, then told Nan Liujing that a Tang Sect High Official wanted to meet him.

• Tang Wulin learned that Nan Liujing was his senior brother and eagerly asked him about forging techniques.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan challenged Nan Liujing, who broke through their attacks and ended the match with his Golden Dragon Hegemony Body.
• Nan Liujing explained Xie Xie's combat weaknesses and Xu Xiaoyan's strengths and limitations, while Wu Changkong promised extra training for the competition.
• Over the following month, Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie advanced in their mecha careers, Gu Yue reached Level 29, and Nan Liujing reached Level 36.
• Wu Changkong told Class Zero to pack for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition and asked Nan Liujing to stay behind for a private meeting.
• Wu Changkong told Nan Liujing that a Tang Sect High Official wanted to meet him and that Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua had approved the meeting.

Nan Liujing met with Tang Sect Vice Hall Master Zang Xin, who offered him a Fierce Beast Soul Spirit and access to Immortal Herbs to recruit him, while Nan weighed the offer against the Spirit Pagoda’s promise. The Eastsea Academy teams then departed for Skysea City, as Xu Cang traveled with Shrek Academy’s delegation for the Three vs Three exhibition match.

• Zang Xin offered Nan Liujing a Fierce Beast Soul Spirit and a chance to obtain Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping to recruit him into the Tang Sect.
• Zang Xin explained to Wu Changkong that he had offered Nan a spot to win over a potential future Divine Craftsman, and decided to attend the exhibition match himself.
• At Eastsea City’s departure square, Xu Xiaoyu set a top-four goal for the Eastsea Academy Youth Group, while Tang Wulin chatted with Mu Xi and Gu Yue reminded Nan Liujing about their shopping trip.
• Eastsea Academy’s students boarded buses for Skysea City, while Holy Spirit Douluo accompanied Shrek Academy’s delegation by plane.
• Xu Cang’s companions questioned why he had been selected for the Three vs Three match, and Xu Cang joked that it was because he was awesome.

Nan Liujing and Gu Yue arrived in Skysea City for the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, where he intimidated students who mocked Eastsea Academy and accompanied Gu Yue around the city. Their shopping trip was interrupted by Ye Xinglan’s arrival, and the chapter ended with Nan Liujing privately deciding he wanted to be with all the women close to him.

• The Eastsea City convoy reached Skysea City, and Nan Liujing used spiritual pressure to make people mocking Eastsea Academy collapse in the hotel lobby.
• Nan Liujing declined to attend the Blacksmith Association gathering and went sightseeing with Gu Yue instead.
• Nan Liujing and Gu Yue browsed a Soul Master clothing shop, where Gu Yue tried on black stockings and a skirt for him.
• Ye Xinglan arrived with Ning Yun and Shen Yi, so Gu Yue hurried back into the changing room before they noticed her outfit.
• Gu Yue rejoined the group in a different outfit, and Nan Liujing watched the women shop while deciding he wanted all of them and would have to change Ye Xinglan’s views about sharing him.

Nan Liujing and his companions attended the opening of the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, where Shrek Academy swiftly defeated the reigning Youth Group champions. Nan Liujing then joined an exhibition match against Shrek, and his encounter with Xu Cang revealed their old grudge to the watching crowd.

• At dinner, Nan Liujing and Ye Xinglan shared seafood with Ning Yun, Shen Yi, and Gu Yue, while Nan Liujing made sure Gu Yue was included.
• At the stadium, Tang Wulin praised Nan Liujing's prospects at the Federal Grand Competition, and Xu Lizhi spotted him and warned his brother Xu Cang.
• Shrek Academy defeated Tianhai Academy's seven-member team in a lightning-fast match led by Yu Jiutian, with Ning Yun and the other Shrek students supporting him.
• The host arranged an exhibition match between Shrek and Eastsea Academy, and Nan Liujing, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin faced Yu Jiutian, Ning Yun, and Xu Cang.
• Nan Liujing warned Xu Cang that his staff could kill him outside the Spirit Ascension Platform, and Xu Cang accused him of winning their earlier fight through an ambush.

Nan Liujing publicly killed Xu Cang after exposing his collusion with an Evil Soul Master, then demanded that Shrek Academy explain itself. Holy Spirit Douluo Ya Li confirmed Xu Cang’s guilt and apologized on the academy’s behalf, leaving Shrek’s leaders divided as Yun Ming called an immediate Sea God Pavilion Meeting.

• Nan Liujing revealed that Xu Cang had plotted with an Evil Soul Master and attacked him in their exhibition match.
• Xu Cang used Profound Nether Swap to put Ning Yun in danger, but Nan Liujing stopped his strike before killing Xu Cang and demanding a public apology from Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yue backed Nan Liujing’s account, and the crowd demanded an explanation from Shrek Academy.
• Ya Li confirmed that Xu Cang had colluded with an Evil Soul Master and apologized to Nan Liujing on behalf of Shrek Academy.
• Long Yeyue confronted Yun Ming over Ya Li’s apology, and Yun Ming announced an immediate Sea God Pavilion Meeting.

Shrek Academy faced a continent-wide backlash as reports of its students’ abuses and criminal activity spread, while its elders argued over how to respond. Nan Liujing announced he would leave the competition for Shrek City and remain at the academy as an exchange student.

• Yun Ming overruled Long Yeyue’s demand to seize Nan Liujing, ordered Zhuo Shi to investigate the accusations against Shrek Academy, and said Ya Li would bring Nan to the academy.
• Complaints about Shrek students’ lawbreaking, violent challenges, and attacks on city patrols fueled a massive public backlash, followed by a viral interview alleging criminal gangs extorted shops in Shrek Inner City.
• Shrek Academy’s reputation and affiliated companies’ sales collapsed, while Ya Li warned Nan Liujing’s allies that people at the academy might act against him.
• Nan Liujing told Class Zero he would go to Shrek City with Holy Spirit and stay at Shrek Academy as an exchange student rather than return to Eastsea Academy.

Ya Li’s account of Nan Liujing’s trip to the Spirit Pagoda drove Long Yeyue into a rage, and she stormed into the tower. Qian Gu Dieting beat her, sealed her cultivation for ten years, and Nan Liujing recorded it as the group prepared to face Yun Ming and Zang Xin.

• Qian Gu Qingfeng and Xia Zheng Leng explained that they planned to use Long Yeyue’s temper to draw her to the Spirit Pagoda, where Nan Liujing could record the encounter.
• Ya Li told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that Nan Liujing had gone to the Spirit Pagoda as a neutral witness, and Long Yeyue stormed out to confront him.
• Long Yeyue released her Limit Douluo pressure over the Heavenly Spirit Tower, then entered its small world after Qian Gu Dieting invited her inside.
• Qian Gu Dieting overpowered Long Yeyue and slapped her twice, revealing his long-held resentment over her attack on him years earlier.
• Qian Gu Dieting inscribed the Unbending Law on Long Yeyue, reducing her cultivation to an ordinary Titled Douluo’s level for ten years, while Nan Liujing confirmed that he had recorded everything.
• Qian Gu Dieting brought Nan Liujing, Xia Zheng Leng, Leng Yaozhu, and Zhen Hua out of the small world as Yun Ming and Zang Xin approached.

Yun Ming visited the Heavenly Spirit Tower, accepted responsibility for Long Yeyue’s injuries, and proposed renewing cooperation with the Spirit Pagoda while addressing Shrek Academy’s public scandal. Nan Liujing advised Yun Ming on reforms and chose to stay at the tower, where he planned to use a video recording to earn a chance to learn from the Old Master.

• Yun Ming and Zang Xin found Long Yeyue badly injured, and Yun Ming agreed that Qiangu Dieting was not to blame for her condition.
• Yun Ming proposed restarting the exchange program and allowing Federation officials into Shrek Outer City, then asked to speak privately with Nan Liujing.
• Qiangu Dieting warned Qian Gu Dong Feng that Shrek Academy’s factions and affiliated groups would make Yun Ming’s reforms difficult to carry out.
• Nan Liujing advised Yun Ming to compensate victims, apologize, correct misconduct, and investigate who had fueled the public backlash against Shrek Academy.
• Nan Liujing agreed to become an exchange student eventually but chose to remain with Leng Yaozhu while Long Yeyue recovered.
• Nan Liujing decided to trade the video recording for a chance to learn from the Old Master, aiming to gain more than a single treasure.

After Qian Gu Dieting injured Long Yeyue, Yun Ming returned to Shrek Academy and ordered reforms to address its public scandals and corruption. He refused to lead a war against the Spirit Pagoda, while Long Yeyue left still intent on reclaiming her face, and Yun Ming enlisted Zang Xin to investigate the academy’s outer city.

• Zang Xin told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that Qian Gu Dieting had injured Long Yeyue and reached the Quasi-God level, while Ya Li said Long Yeyue was recovering.
• Yun Ming returned and ordered public apologies and compensation for harm caused by Shrek students, expelled unruly former students from the inner city, and assigned an investigation into extortion and corruption.
• Yun Ming told Long Yeyue he would not lead an attack on the Spirit Pagoda, and she left the Sea God Pavilion after failing to persuade him to help her take revenge.
• Yun Ming asked Zang Xin to mobilize the Soul Fighting Hall to secretly investigate wrongdoing in Shrek’s outer city, and Zang Xin agreed.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li that the reforms would lay a foundation for New Shrek Academy and that Na'er and Nan Liujing would guide it in the future.

Nan Liujing learned about Staff Intent, Staff Soul, and Spirit Soul from Qian Gu Dieting, who discovered that Nan Liujing’s Thunder Dragon Soul had stalled short of Staff Soul because his Martial Soul had not yet reached the Ultimate attribute. Meanwhile, Yun Ming apologized publicly and began reforming Shrek Academy, then resolved to purge its corrupt forces within half a year.

• Nan Liujing impressed Qian Gu Dieting with his understanding of intent, and Qian Gu Dieting explained the paths of intent, soul, and divinity.
• Qian Gu Dieting examined Nan Liujing’s Thunder Dragon Soul and concluded that its Half-Step Ultimate attribute prevented him from advancing to Staff Soul until he reached the Ultimate level and developed his Martial Soul’s potential further.
• Nan Liujing agreed to train under Qian Gu Dieting for half a year and said he would try Heavenly Thunder Infusion to raise his Martial Soul’s attribute.
• Yun Ming issued a public apology on behalf of Shrek Academy, expelled gang-affiliated students from the inner city, punished offenders under Federation Law, and promised compensation to persecuted shop owners.
• Yun Ming reviewed Tang Sect Douhun Hall’s evidence of corruption among Shrek Academy’s Affiliated Forces and vowed to carry out a complete purge within half a year.

Nan Liujing tempered his body and Thunder Dragon Soul with Heavenly Thunder in a Spirit Pagoda Small World, then recovered under Leng Yaozhu’s care and declared his intention to challenge geniuses at Shrek Academy and the Federal Grand Competition. Three months later, reports and interviews described a corruption investigation and growing public scrutiny of Shrek City.

• Qiangu Dieting brought Nan Liujing to a Small World filled with Thunder Pools, where Nan Liujing used his Thunderclap Nether Vine to help him endure Heavenly Thunder tempering.
• Nan Liujing’s Thunderclap Nether Vine absorbed the lightning and gained nearly thirty years of cultivation, while the punishment left his body badly cracked and in need of recovery.
• Leng Yaozhu took Nan Liujing to a Recovery Pod, and he told her he would wait for his Martial Soul Attribute to reach the Extreme Attribute before going to Shrek Academy.
• Nan Liujing announced that he planned to challenge the geniuses of the War God Hall, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda at next year’s Federal Grand Competition.
• Three months later, news reports described Shrek Academy’s corruption investigation into the Shrek City Construction Bureau director and public criticism of the city’s problems.

Nan Liujing broke through to become an Ultimate Thunder Soul Master and learned that a Beast Tide might be forming at sea. After sharing a meal with Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Leng Yaozhu, he heard that Shrek students were waiting to challenge him, while Gu Yue suspected Di Tian had a purpose behind the Beast Tide.

• Nan Liujing mastered his Ultimate Lightning Attribute after three months of training, and Qian Gu Dieting agreed to help him temper his staff soul for another three months.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng told Qian Gu Dieting that Soul Beasts were gathering in the sea and the Federation feared a Beast Tide; Qian Gu Dong Feng grew resentful of Nan Liujing and his father's support for him.
• Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Leng Yaozhu prepared houttuynia for Nan Liujing, who showed them how to eat it, though Gu Yue and Ye Xinglan could not stomach it.
• Ye Xinglan told Nan Liujing that Holy Spirit Douluo had announced his upcoming exchange at Shrek Academy, prompting Inner Court students to prepare to challenge him; Nan Liujing said he had asked for it so he could become his generation's protagonist.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that the Spirit Pagoda might join the effort to suppress the Beast Tide, then asked Gu Yue whether she would leave Eastsea Academy for the Heavenly Spirit Tower.
• Gu Yue grew distracted by the news of the Beast Tide and wondered what Di Tian intended to do.

Gu Yue planned a broad Beast Tide, recruiting powerful deep-sea Soul Beasts and aiming to lure humanity’s Sea God Legion into a coordinated ambush. After three months of training with Qian Gu Dieting, Nan Liujing prepared to register at Shrek Academy.

• Gu Yue left the Heavenly Spirit Tower after saying her family would pick her up, while Nan Liujing asked Ye Xinglan to compile a list of Inner Court students below the Soul Emperor level.
• Qian Gu Zhangting confronted Nan Liujing with a veiled warning, and Nan Liujing told Ye Xinglan he might resort to an attack or other underhanded tricks.
• Gu Yue rejected Di Tian’s plan to target the weaker East Sea and North Sea fleets, instead proposing a feint to draw out the Sea God Legion and destroy it at sea.
• Gu Yue marked seven sea regions containing powerful Fierce Beasts and departed with Di Tian and Bi Ji to recruit their Sea Soul Beast clans.
• After three months of training with Qian Gu Dieting, Nan Liujing learned that Ya Li had visited his teacher and said he would register at Shrek Academy the next day.

Nan Liujing arrived at Shrek Academy, where he encountered the exhausted Yuan En Yehui and exchanged communication numbers with her. After accompanying Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu to Sea God Island for his enrollment, he confronted a group of hostile Inner Court students and challenged them to face him together or one by one.

• Han Hua and Ye Qingci caught students slacking during weighted running and whipped them with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Farmer.
• Nan Liujing caught Yuan En Yehui when she collapsed, and Ya Li restored her strength and ordered medical examinations for the students.
• Yuan En Yehui recognized Nan Liujing, exchanged communication numbers with him, and asked to treat him to a meal.
• Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu took Nan Liujing toward Sea God Island, where more than fifteen Inner Court students gathered to meet him.
• Nan Liujing challenged the hostile Inner Court students to get acquainted with him all at once or one by one before proceeding with his enrollment.