Chapter Summaries

Nan Liujing enrolled at Shrek Academy as an exchange student and bet that he could challenge three Inner Court Students at once in exchange for the right to choose any item as compensation for the academy’s debt to him. He defeated three Soul Kings with his Thunderclap Nether Vine, then revealed his Rank 6 Forger badge and offered to forge metal for anyone who could beat him.

• Ya Li enrolled Nan Liujing as an Inner Court Student, and he proposed a bet that would let him choose any one item from Shrek Academy if he won.
• Yun Ming agreed to the bet on the condition that Nan Liujing forge Heavenly Forging Metal for a Four-word Battle Armor set if he lost.
• Nan Liujing challenged Nan Xiaxia, Feng Jing'er, and Yan Jin together, and Ya Li and Leng Yaozhu refereed the spar.
• Nan Liujing used his Thunderclap Nether Vine to overwhelm the three Soul Kings and won the match.
• Nan Xiaxia accused Nan Liujing of cheating for using a Soul Spirit, but Nan Liujing dismissed his complaint and invited further challengers.
• Nan Liujing revealed his Rank 6 Forger badge and offered to forge metal for challengers who could defeat him.

Nan Liujing accepted Ya Li’s invitation to cooperate with Shrek Academy’s reform plan without joining the academy, then learned from Leng Yaozhu that Yuan En Yehui’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul might have unusual potential on the Three Realms Battlefield. At the Inner Court Cafeteria, he sold rare Spirit Forged Spirit Alloy to students and drew the attention of competing academy factions.

• Ya Li invited Nan Liujing to join the Academy Reform Plan Group, and he agreed to cooperate as long as he did not have to join Shrek Academy.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that Fallen Angel Soul Masters could strip demons of their bloodlines, though they had so far been unable to absorb the bloodlines themselves.
• Nan Liujing met Ye Xinglan at the Inner Court Cafeteria, where she stood up to students she thought had come to cause trouble.
• Nan Liujing showed off three-metal Spirit Forged Spirit Alloy with an eighty-percent fusion rate and sold a piece of Blazing Fire Gold Essence to Ma Xue.
• Nan Liujing announced that he would list more rare alloy for sale, heightening tensions between the Collateral Line and Wild Department students.

Nan Liujing visited the Shrek Blacksmith Association to sell his Spirit Forged Spirit Alloy and learned that Feng Wuyu possessed Golden Water Mutual Nourishment. Feng Wuyu offered the rare metal in exchange for Nan Liujing supplying alloy to Wild Department students for six months, and Nan Liujing saw a chance to help them excel in the upcoming Inner Court Grand Competition and recruit them to the Spirit Pagoda.

• Nan Liujing ran into Yuan En Yehui working at a milk tea shop, bought an expensive drink to help her earn Contribution Points, and told her to call him after work.
• Nan Liujing brought twenty-seven pieces of Spirit Forged Spirit Alloy to the Shrek Blacksmith Association, where Feng Wuyu confirmed that each had an eighty percent fusion rate.
• Feng Wuyu offered Nan Liujing his Golden Water Mutual Nourishment in exchange for ten pieces of three-metal Spirit Forged Spirit Alloy each month, sold only to Wild Department students for half a year.
• Feng Wuyu explained how the academy’s factions disadvantaged Wild Department students, and Nan Liujing considered helping them stand out in the upcoming competition so he could recruit them to the Spirit Pagoda.

A massive Sea Soul Beast tide threatened the East Coast as Gu Yue assembled Fierce Beasts to strike the Sea God Legion with a Seven Elemental array. Chen Xinjie tried to shield his fleet, but Long Yeyue fled the attack, leaving the warships to be consumed by Chaos Light.

• Cai Kun and Lin Mo detected more than three hundred thousand Sea Soul Beasts near Skysea City, and Zhu Ming ordered the East Sea Legion to prepare for battle.
• Di Tian shattered Star Dou Fortress, forcing Yu Guanzhi and the Central Legion to divert to the Star Dou Great Forest while the Northern Legion and Sea God Legion headed east.
• Gu Yue gathered fifteen Fierce Beast level Sea Soul Beasts and told them to use the Fusion Soul Skill against the approaching human fleet.
• Yue Zhengen ordered martial law around Angel City as Chen Xinjie and Long Yeyue discussed her return to Shrek Academy and his wish to spend their remaining years together.
• The Fierce Beasts' array unleashed Chaos Light on the Sea God fleet, and Chen Xinjie damaged himself trying to hold it back with his Sea God power.
• Long Yeyue tore open space and escaped the attack, and the Chaos Light consumed the Sea God Legion's warships as Chen Xinjie watched.

Nan Liujing took Yuan En Yehui to dinner, explained the danger tied to her Fallen Angel Martial Soul, and invited her to join the Spirit Pagoda. After the meal, Yuan En Yehui left with her worries eased and a new closeness growing between them.

• Nan Liujing visited Yuan En Yehui at the work-study dormitory, and the two set off together for barbecue after his shared bicycle had disappeared.
• Yuan En Yehui rode Nan Liujing on another shared bicycle, and a bump sent him lunging against her before they reached the restaurant in embarrassed silence.
• Nan Liujing told Yuan En Yehui that her Fallen Angel Martial Soul came from the Demon Plane and could eventually open a Demon Gate that brought demons to invade the Douluo Continent.
• Nan Liujing explained that he had been infected with the Fallen Angel Bloodline while helping Yuan En Yehui, but said the threat could be resolved and invited her to join the Spirit Pagoda as his future helper.
• Nan Liujing secretly paid the barbecue bill, and Yuan En Yehui learned the meal was free through a restaurant promotion before leaving with him beneath the stars.

Di Tian negotiated with Yu Guanzhi after humans promised to stop extracting the Star Dou Great Forest’s source Life Energy, while a mysterious ambush crippled the Sea God Legion. Long Yeyue defended her late intervention to Chen Xinjie, and Nan Liujing’s Spirit Forged Metal deal stirred conflict among Inner Court students before he entered the Sea God Pavilion.

• Di Tian warned Yu Guanzhi that he could break through the human blockade, and Yu Guanzhi promised that no one would secretly extract the forest’s source Life Energy again.
• Yu Guanzhi learned that a mysterious expert had ambushed the Sea God Legion, sinking nine Sun Moon-class Battleships, and went with the War Gods to the rescue site.
• Chen Zeyu reviewed the Sea God Legion’s casualties while Chen Xinjie recovered from severe injuries and learned that the fleet had been crippled.
• Chen Xinjie questioned Long Yeyue about retreating during the ambush, and she insisted that her late intervention had prevented worse injuries before leaving for Shrek.
• Ma Xue confronted collateral-line students who accused Nan Liujing of discrimination over Spirit Forged Metal, then urged her group to prepare for the Inner Court Grand Competition.
• Nan Liujing arrived alone at the Sea God Pavilion and walked inside.

Nan Liujing borrowed the Vast Sea Crystal and proposed reforms to Shrek Academy’s Outer Court, then challenged the academy’s founding principles and its relationship with the Federation. Yun Ming accepted his criticisms and ordered the Elders to begin with the Outer Court reforms as Nan Liujing left to test the crystal.

• Nan Liujing asked to borrow the Vast Sea Crystal, and Yun Ming lent it to him for three days after hearing his account of a dream involving a trident-bearing figure.
• Nan Liujing proposed changes to first-year exams, student rewards, expulsion rules, and incentives for Outer Court teachers, and Yun Ming and the Elders approved the suggestions.
• Nan Liujing criticized Shrek Academy’s slogan about causing trouble and questioned whether the academy acted as a school or a nation.
• Nan Liujing argued that the Federation’s military leadership in the Endless Mountains, rather than Shrek Academy alone, had prevented war with the other empires, prompting Yun Ming to end the discussion.
• Nan Liujing departed with the Vast Sea Crystal, and Yun Ming told the Elders to implement the proposed Outer Court reforms.

Nan Liujing and Xia Mi used the Vast Sea Crystal to destroy Tang San’s control over Douluo Star’s oceans, restoring the ocean’s power to the Plane Spirit. The Plane Spirit then broke free of Tang Hao’s suppression, destroyed his body, and bound his Divine Soul in chains.

• Nan Liujing left Sea God Pavilion, and the Golden Ancient Tree’s transparent elder wondered whether Tang San had returned and warned that the plane’s Life Origin might run out within five hundred years.
• Nan Liujing visited Leng Yaozhu, agreed to bring Gu Yue from Eastsea City to the Soul Spirit Research Institute, and hugged his teacher before leaving.
• Nan Liujing flew over the ocean with Xia Mi and used the Vast Sea Crystal; Xia Mi discovered that Tang San’s Trident Shadow had been transferring the plane’s Life Origin and destroyed its imprint on the ocean.
• Xia Mi invoked the sea’s power through the Vast Sea Crystal, and the ocean’s power shattered Tang San’s Trident Shadow, ending his control over Douluo Star’s seas.
• The restored ocean power freed the Plane Spirit from Tang Hao’s suppression, and the Plane Spirit struck Tang Hao’s body apart and bound his Divine Soul with chains.

Nan Liujing made an agreement with the Plane Spirit to help restore Douluo Star and strengthen it against its enemies, then returned to Shrek Academy and arranged new opportunities for Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan. After reaching the Inner Court, he was summoned to Sea God Pavilion while a disguised Tang Hao remained unaware that the Plane Spirit had escaped.

• The Plane Spirit told Nan Liujing that Tang Hao had taken most of its Land Law Origin and that Ah Yin was draining the Life Core, so it entrusted him with a wisp of intent to deliver to the Life Core.
• Nan Liujing and the Plane Spirit agreed to pursue the Abyss Plane and the Demon Plane, and the Plane Spirit promised to help him reach the God King Realm if their plans succeeded.
• At Eastsea Academy, Nan Liujing learned Xu Xiaoyan wanted to join the Spirit Pagoda and arranged her entry, then encouraged Gu Yue to develop artificial Soul Spirits at the research institute.
• After returning to Shrek City, Nan Liujing encountered Yu Hanshuang and Lei Qianjie, who both sought deals for Spirit Forged Alloy; Lan Muzi ended their standoff and summoned Nan Liujing to Sea God Pavilion.
• On Star Luo Continent, Tang Hao's split soul, disguised as Ning Fengzhi, failed to contact his main body, delivered Soul Forged Metal to an Evil Soul Master, and dismissed his concern about the Plane Spirit's escape.

Nan Liujing enlisted Elder Jin to expose Ah Yin’s theft of Douluo Star’s Life Origin and set a trap that would bind her with a Servant Contract. After helping the Wild Department students seek entry into the Spirit Pagoda, he accompanied Yuan En Yehui as she headed home to investigate her clan’s hostility toward her.

• Nan Liujing told Yun Ming that his dream had revealed the words “life and soul,” then left as Yun Ming and the Elders discussed their meaning.
• Elder Jin discovered that Ah Yin had been secretly stealing Life Origin and contacted Nan Liujing, who shared the Plane Spirit’s account of Tang San’s schemes.
• Nan Liujing and Elder Jin planned to make Yun Ming suspect that Ah Yin had devoured the Sea God Pavilion Masters’ souls, while allowing her theft to deepen the Servant Contract hidden in the Sea God Imprint.
• Ma Xue and Lei Qianjie told Nan Liujing that the Wild Department students wanted to join the Spirit Pagoda and asked him to request permission for them to compete in the Federal Grand Competition.
• Yuan En Yehui told Nan Liujing she was going home to question her grandfather about her clan’s hostility, and he offered to travel with her; she blushed when she realized they would ride together on a Shared Bicycle.

Yun Ming dreamed that his deceased teacher was trying to warn him, while Yuan En Yehui returned to her family and learned the truth about her mother’s death and the Demon invasion. She left determined to clear her mother’s name and remain at Shrek Academy until she was strong enough to see her father.

• Yun Ming woke from a dream in which his teacher called to him about Xiaoxin, Blue, and the Emperor, and he told Ya Li that the dream felt like a warning.
• Yuan En Yehui returned to the Yuanen Family village and asked Yuanen Zhentian to explain why her mother had died and why the clan resented her.
• Yuanen Zhentian revealed that her mother’s Fallen Angel Martial Soul had opened a Demon Gate, killing dozens of relatives before her mother chose suicide to quell the clan’s anger.
• Yuan En Yehui apologized before the memorial tablets, then told her uncles that Nan Liujing’s teacher could help eliminate Demons and promised to earn resources for the family in exchange for her mother’s memorial tablet being honored.
• Yuan En Yehui left the Ancestral House resolved to clear her mother’s name and follow Nan Liujing, and she told Yuanen Zhentian she would stay at Shrek Academy until she was strong enough to see her father.

Nan Liujing completed the first component of his Two-word Battle Armor and named the armor Godhood, then went with Gu Yue to watch Shrek Academy’s Inner Court Grand Competition. The competition began with Nan Xiaxia defeating Yan Jin, while Nan Liujing and his companions watched from the audience.

• Qiangu Qingfeng forged Nan Liujing’s first Two-word Battle Armor component from Heavenly Thunder Fusion Gold, and Nan Liujing bonded with it using his blood.
• Nan Liujing tested the armor’s lightning and darkness powers, named it Godhood, and declared his goal of becoming a god.
• Leng Yaozhu told Nan Liujing to bring Gu Yue to the Inner Court Grand Competition and promised Ma Xue, Lei Qianjie, and the Wild Department students a chance to compete in Ming Capital if they reached the top ten.
• Nan Liujing and Gu Yue met Na'er and Ye Xinglan at the arena, then joined Ning Yun and Yu Jiutian in the audience.
• Yun Ming opened the competition, and Ya Li took the role of referee as the Inner Court students began their matches.
• Nan Xiaxia defeated Yan Jin in the first match and advanced to the next round.

After the first round of Shrek Academy’s Inner Court Grand Competition, Nan Liujing watched a movie with Ye Xinglan, Gu Yue, and Na'er as the women vied for his attention. The competition continued the next day, narrowing the field to eight Soul Saints, and the quarterfinal draw set up two rival matchups.

• The first round ended with 51 of 102 Inner Court Students advancing, and Gu Yue told Nan Liujing that the draw had deliberately matched weaker students against stronger ones.
• Na'er, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan joined Nan Liujing for a movie, where Ye Xinglan held his hand and Gu Yue leaned against him before he touched her thigh.
• Yun Ming urged Zang Xin to invest in Nan Liujing as a future leader and Divine Craftsman, and warned that the gods might return.
• The next day's competition reduced the field to eight Soul Saints, all of whom were Two-word Battle Armor Masters.
• Lei Qianjie and Yu Hanshuang drew the same number and were paired against each other, while Ma Xue and Yan Rong also drew the same number.

The Inner Court Grand Competition ended with a draw between Lei Qianjie and Yu Hanshuang, Ma Xue defeating Yan Rong, and the expected top three taking their places. Yun Ming announced Shrek Academy’s return to the Federal Grand Competition, but Lei Qianjie and Ma Xue refused to compete for the academy after joining the Spirit Pagoda, sparking Long Yeyue’s anger and exposing a dispute over Shrek’s Patrol Team.

• Lei Qianjie and Yu Hanshuang fought with their Battle Armors and Martial Soul Avatars until both were exhausted, and Ya Li declared their match a draw.
• Ma Xue defeated Yan Rong with Phoenix Sky Splitting, and Ya Li declared Ma Xue the winner.
• Yun Ming announced that Shrek Academy would return to the Federal Grand Competition, and Ya Li read out the selected Youth and Adult Group participants.
• Lei Qianjie and Ma Xue said they would compete for the Spirit Pagoda instead of Shrek Academy, prompting Long Yeyue to accuse them of betraying the academy.
• Ma Xue revealed that Shrek had rejected their applications to join the Patrol Team, and Long Yeyue offered them team-leader positions before Lei Qianjie refused.
• Yun Ming postponed the roster decision and dismissed the students, while the Sea God Pavilion Elders remained behind under Qing Tian Spear intent.

Yun Ming punished the Elders responsible for favoritism and suppression while letting them keep their posts until after the Federal Grand Competition, and Long Yeyue took charge of Shrek Academy’s delegation to Ming Capital. Nan Liujing brought Yuan En Yehui to the competition with his Spirit Pagoda quota, then arrived in Ming Capital, where rival contestants took notice of him and Xu Zihuang recognized him.

• Long Yeyue persuaded Yun Ming to retain the offending Elders temporarily and volunteered to lead Shrek Academy’s delegation to Ming Capital.
• Nan Liujing invited Yuan En Yehui to compete in the Youth Group using his quota and promised her a powerful King Kong Baboon Soul Spirit if she placed in the top three.
• Nan Liujing and Yuan En Yehui arrived in Ming Capital with the Spirit Pagoda delegation, where Qian Gu Qingfeng pointed out contestants Xiao Pojun, Long Tianwu, and Xu Zihuang.
• Xu Zihuang recognized Nan Liujing, while contestants from the Tang Sect and War God Hall discussed the Spirit Pagoda’s new Youth Group entrant.
• News reports announced the competition’s expected crowds, Shrek Academy’s return, and Nan Liujing’s boast that the others would be fighting for second place.

Nan Liujing visited Sun Kong with Yuan En Yehui, where he revealed his Two-Word Battle Armor and learned about his Youth Group rivals. Afterward, he joined Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidao, and Yuan En Yehui for a walk, where the girls renewed their rivalry and enjoyed his candies.

• Nan Liujing invited Yuan En Yehui to visit his uncle, Sun Kong, and she learned that Nan Liujing was related to both Sun Kong and Qiangu Qingfeng.
• At Sun Kong's office, Nan Liujing introduced Yuan En Yehui to Ye Xinglan, Ye Changming, Wu Jingru, and Wu Sidao, whose attention fixed on Yuan En Yehui's figure.
• Nan Liujing revealed that he had completed his Two-Word Battle Armor, and Ye Changming warned him about powerful Youth Group competitors, including Zihuang of the Tang Sect.
• Nan Liujing learned that Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidao would compete in the Youth Group Individual Competition, then left the government building with them and Yuan En Yehui.
• Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidao agreed to settle their previous Spirit Ascension Platform rivalry by comparing their tournament rankings.
• Nan Liujing made Golden Dragon Candy and Demon Candy for Wu Sidao and Ye Xinglan, then gave Yuan En Yehui a golden candy after she blurted out that she wanted one.

At the Federation opening ceremony, a broadcast replayed Shrek Academy’s apology to Nan Liujing, provoking Shrek and prompting the Federation to dismiss its complaint as a temporary worker’s mistake. Nan Liujing then won his first Youth Group Individual Competition match with ease, and Xu Zihuang entered the arena as the next competitor.

• At the opening ceremony, organizers showed Nan Liujing’s past confrontation with Shrek Academy and Ya Li’s apology, leaving the crowd to regard Shrek’s team with hostility.
• Long Yeyue tried to confront the Federation officials, but Lan Muzi and two Elders stopped her; later, officials blamed a temporary worker, and Long Yeyue ordered Shrek’s students to show no mercy against local Ming Capital teams.
• Lan Muzi urged Shrek’s team to stay focused and win back its reputation, while Qiangu Qingfeng told Nan Liujing that the Spirit Pagoda had negotiated with the Federation on his behalf.
• In the first Youth Group Individual Competition match, Nan Liujing caught and redirected his opponent’s lightning, then crossed the arena and defeated the Soul King with a single strike.
• Nan Liujing’s victory drew loud cheers, and Xiao Pojun and Long Tianwu discussed his speed and control over lightning before Xu Zihuang stepped forward for match two.

Xu Zihuang and several War God Hall contestants won their opening Federal Grand Competition matches with ease, while Nan Liujing visited old friends and watched Yuan En Yehui, Ye Xinglan, and Wu Sidao compete. After secretly taking another layer of Tang Wulin’s Gold Dragon King bloodline, Nan Liujing deduced that the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl might let him plunder it once at each Soul Master rank.

• Xu Zihuang defeated a Soul King with his Purple Blazing Sky Dragon Martial Soul and destructive dragon flames, then returned to the Tang Sect rest area.
• Nan Liujing left the first stadium and reunited with Wu Changkong, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie while watching Tang Wulin compete.
• Nan Liujing described Shrek Academy as chaotic and decaying, then watched Yuan En Yehui win her match with a crushing punch.
• Nan Liujing accompanied Yuan En Yehui to the West Competition Area, where Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidao also won their matches.
• Nan Liujing hosted a dinner for his friends, then secretly took another layer of Tang Wulin’s Gold Dragon King bloodline while saying goodbye.
• Nan Liujing concluded that the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl might let him plunder Tang Wulin’s bloodline once per Soul Master rank, leaving five more opportunities.

Nan Liujing absorbed another Gold Dragon King Blood Essence Soul Ring and learned that the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl could help him gain power by slaying creatures from outside his plane. After Xu Junlan urged him to join the War God Training Camp and fight Abyss Creatures, the War God Hall revealed why it wanted him on the frontline and offered a major reward to anyone who could defeat him.

• Nan Liujing absorbed the third Blood Essence Soul Ring, strengthened his body through the Golden Dragon King bloodline, and gained a sound-wave skill.
• Xu Junlan approached Nan Liujing at the Federal Grand Competition and invited him to apply for the War God Training Camp to fight Abyss Creatures.
• Xia Mi told Nan Liujing that the Heavenly Tribulation Pearl’s Plane Imprint could let him plunder Origin Power by killing creatures from outside his plane.
• Nan Liujing defeated his afternoon opponent with ease and advanced to the third round of the competition.
• Ao Rui told Xiao Pojun, Long Tianwu, and Xu Junlan that Nan Liujing was Zhen Hua’s disciple and a Rank 6 Forger, and explained that the Spirit Pagoda also planned to send Qiangu Zhangting to the frontline.
• Ao Rui offered a complete set of Earth Soul Forged Metal for Three-word Battle Armor to whoever defeated Nan Liujing.

Tang Wulin lost to Yuan En Yehui in the Youth Group Individual Competition, then suddenly collapsed at the stadium's Milk Tea Shop. After doctors found that his body was healthy but his soul seemed disconnected, Wu Changkong took him back toward Shrek Academy for Holy Spirit Douluo's help.

• Tang Wulin fought Yuan En Yehui, but her Titan Strength and Air Cannon overcame his Blue Silver Grass and Golden Dragon Claw, and the referee stopped the match before she could strike him again.
• At the stadium's Milk Tea Shop, Yuan En Yehui explained that she had sensed the dangerous aura in Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Claw, then Tang Wulin abruptly collapsed.
• Nan Liujing and Wu Changkong examined Tang Wulin but could not find anything wrong, so Wu Changkong rushed him to the Central Stadium's medical room.
• Elder Ye found Tang Wulin's body and Soul Power stable but suspected his soul had lost contact with his body, and Shen Yi urged Wu Changkong to seek Holy Spirit Douluo's help at Shrek Academy.
• Wu Changkong and Shen Yi left with Tang Wulin in a Black-level mecha while Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan stayed behind; a faint Trident Shadow appeared on Tang Wulin's forehead.