Chapter Summaries

Wu Changkong brought Tang Wulin to Shrek Academy, where Ya Li found that his soul was recovering. Meanwhile, Tang San began transferring Wulin’s remaining Gold Dragon King bloodline to Ah Yin for safekeeping, and Nan Liujing learned that the Tang Sect wanted him to train at the frontline.

• Wu Changkong carried Tang Wulin to Sea God Pavilion, where Ya Li treated him and explained that his soul was gradually recovering.
• Tang San contacted Ah Yin through the Golden Ancient Tree and asked her to safeguard the remaining nine layers of Tang Wulin’s Gold Dragon King bloodline.
• Ya Li asked Wu Changkong to keep Tang Wulin on Sea God Island for observation, while Yun Ming told her the Federation had used her apology to provoke Elder Long.
• Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan celebrated news that Tang Wulin was stable, and Xu Zihuang privately told Nan Liujing that Zang Xin’s promised reward still stood if he earned third-level merit at the frontline.
• Xu Zihuang challenged Nan Liujing to prove his strength, and Nan Liujing resolved to show everyone what he could do.

Nan Liujing faced Xu Junlan in the fourth round of the Youth Group Individual Competition and defeated the Six-Ring Soul Emperor without Battle Armor, demonstrating his Extreme Lightning and formidable Staff Intent. His victory made him a sensation across the continent, while the War Gods recognized his talent as surpassing Yun Ming's at the same age.

• The War Gods gathered to watch Nan Liujing's match against Xu Junlan, Ao Rui's disciple.
• Nan Liujing used his Extreme Lightning and Dragon Subduing Staff to evade Xu Junlan's attacks and break through her defenses, prompting her to refuse Battle Armor and continue on the basis of their Martial Souls.
• Xu Junlan unleashed her Eternal Day Domain and Sun God Spear, but Nan Liujing withstood her attack using his Golden Dragon Body and Golden Dragon Hegemony Body.
• Nan Liujing overcame Xu Junlan's final attack and left her injured, and she conceded the match.
• The War Gods compared Nan Liujing's talent to Yun Ming's, and the broadcast spread news of his victory over a Six-Ring Soul Emperor across the continent.

Nan Liujing advanced in the Youth Group competition and visited his friends, where his teasing of Ye Xinglan and Wu Sidao stirred their feelings. Wu Sidao upset Yu Jiutian to advance, while in the Far North the Demon Empress ordered Ghost Emperor Ya Ke Si to pressure Qian Gu Dong Feng into preserving the plan with the Federation.

• Nan Liujing returned to the waiting area after defeating Xu Junlan, and Xu Junlan advised Xiao Pojun and Long Tianwu to build goodwill with him for access to future Heavenly Forging Metal.
• Xiao Pojun, Long Tianwu, and Xu Zihuang won their matches and advanced to the fifth round as injuries reduced the remaining field to sixteen competitors.
• Wu Sidao and Ye Xinglan watched Nan Liujing's match replay, and Nan Liujing visited them and teased Ye Xinglan while Wu Sidao grew envious of their closeness.
• Ye Xinglan defeated her Spirit Pagoda opponent, and Wu Sidao used Hell White Tiger to overcome Yu Jiutian and advance after a hard-fought upset.
• The Demon Empress ordered Ghost Emperor Ya Ke Si to make Qian Gu Dong Feng keep the Federation plan moving, even if exposing their cooperation destroyed the Spirit Pagoda alliance.

Qian Gu Dong Feng and Yan Baichuan discussed a dwindling plot to attack Shrek Academy with God Slayer Fixed Soul Guide Cannonballs. At the semifinals, Yuan En Yehui defeated Ye Xinglan after a fierce duel, and the two friends left the platform together.

• Qian Gu Dong Feng decided Nan Liujing had to be eliminated to protect Zhang Ting and the Qian Gu Family.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng pressured Yan Baichuan to continue the plan against Shrek Academy, but Yan Baichuan could secure only one God Slayer Fixed Soul Guide Cannonball and a limited supply of other weapons.
• Nan Liujing and Wu Sidao watched as Ye Xinglan and Yuan En Yehui entered the Youth Group Individual Competition semifinals.
• Ye Xinglan used the Stargod Sword, Star God Power, and Body-Sword Fusion to challenge Yuan En Yehui, while Yuan En Yehui countered with her Titan Giant Ape abilities and prepared a trap.
• Yuan En Yehui caught Ye Xinglan in an aura storm and defeated her, and the two friends agreed to duel again before walking off together.

The chapter followed the adult individual competition draw and Nan Liujing’s growing closeness with Ye Xinglan before revealing a Spirit Pagoda plot to destroy Shrek Academy. It ended as Nan Liujing prepared to compete for the championship and Leng Yaozhu considered his possible service on the frontline.

• Nan Liujing drew the first position, Xu Zihuang drew second, and the semifinals were set as Nan Liujing versus Xiao Pojun and Xu Zihuang versus Long Tianwu.
• Xiao Pojun, Long Tianwu, and Xu Junlan discussed Xu Zihuang’s popularity and the rumor that Huo Yuhao had fathered Xu Yunhan, while Nan Liujing shared his Sword Intent advice with Ye Xinglan and comforted her.
• Leng Yaozhu arrived to support Nan Liujing and asked whether he was confident of winning the championship; he said he was.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng and Ghost Emperor Ya Ke Si agreed to use Cai Yuer to detonate a God-Slaying Level shell inside Shrek Academy after obtaining it.
• At the Great Soul Arena, Guan Yue discussed Nan Liujing’s potential frontline service with Leng Yaozhu, who said responsibility belonged to his generation as well as theirs.

Nan Liujing defeated Xiao Pojun in the semifinals by overwhelming his Spear Intent with his Staff Intent, then advanced to the finals and gained widespread acclaim. The next semifinal began with Xu Zihuang facing Long Tianwu, whose intense hostility left Xu Zihuang wondering what he had done to offend him.

• Guan Yue introduced Nan Liujing and Xiao Pojun, who agreed to decide their match through Artistic Conception rather than Soul Power.
• Nan Liujing used his Staff Intent to repel Xiao Pojun's Blood-colored Gun Forest and crimson rain of spear attacks.
• Xiao Pojun conceded, and Guan Yue declared Nan Liujing the winner as the crowd celebrated his advance to the finals.
• Xiao Pojun told Xu Junlan that he genuinely admired Nan Liujing, while Long Tianwu privately decided to help Nan Liujing by wearing Xu Zihuang down.
• After the halftime performance, the host introduced Long Tianwu and Xu Zihuang for the second semifinal.
• Long Tianwu stared at Xu Zihuang with unusual hostility, leaving Xu Zihuang puzzled.

Xu Zihuang defeated Long Tianwu in the Youth Group Individual Competition semifinals after both fighters damaged their Two-word Battle Armor with powerful Battle Armor Skills. As the Adult Group team competition was announced as a massive melee, Long Yeyue suspected Shrek Academy was being targeted and secretly prepared medicine in case rival teams joined forces against them.

• Long Tianwu and Xu Zihuang deployed their Battle Armor and traded fierce attacks, with Long Tianwu's wind cutting through Xu Zihuang's Destruction Dragon Flame.
• Long Tianwu and Xu Zihuang each infused Soul Ring energy into a Battle Armor Skill, and their attacks nearly shattered the arena's Soul Power Shield.
• Guan Yue declared Xu Zihuang the winner, and Long Tianwu admitted he had risked damaging his armor to test the technique on him.
• Nan Liujing learned that all eighteen Adult Group teams would compete in a Sun Moon Canyon melee, prompting him and Leng Yaozhu to suspect the format had been designed for certain people.
• Long Yeyue told the Shrek students to prepare for the melee, then ordered two Elders to collect medicinal materials in case the War God Hall and Spirit Pagoda cooperated against them.
• Long Yeyue called Shen Yi and instructed her to secure Shrek Academy's Youth Group Three vs Three and seven-versus-seven finals.

The Federal Grand Competition finals began, and Shrek Academy suffered crushing losses in all three Youth Group events, provoking public ridicule and Long Yeyue’s fury. As the Adult Group matches approached, Nan Liujing received a teasing shoulder massage from Wu Sidao, while Xu Zihuang prepared to face him despite being only partly recovered.

• Yuan En Yehui defeated her Soul Ancestor opponent in the Youth Group Individual Final, then collapsed after telling Nan Liujing something.
• The Spirit Pagoda’s team defeated Shrek Academy decisively in the Three vs Three final.
• The War God Hall’s well-coordinated team overcame Shrek Academy in the Seven vs Seven final, prompting spectators across Ming Capital to curse Shrek.
• Long Yeyue left the stadium under the crowd’s insults and later stripped Shrek’s Youth Group contestants of their Inner Court reserve status and benefits for three years.
• Wu Sidao secretly massaged Nan Liujing’s shoulders and fled after he teased her about a possible engagement.
• Xu Zihuang told the Tang Sect team that he had recovered to seventy percent of his peak strength and was ready for the upcoming match.

Nan Liujing faced Xu Zihuang in the Youth Group Individual Competition final, answering Xu’s challenge with a declaration that he represented Douluo Continent’s future. He overwhelmed Xu with his Two-word Battle Armor and Dragon Subduing Staff, leaving the crowd convinced he would dominate his generation.

• Nan Liujing and Xu Zihuang entered the competition platform as spectators and major forces watched them.
• Xu Zihuang declared he would crush Nan Liujing and prove he represented the Tang Sect’s future, but Nan Liujing claimed the future of Douluo Continent.
• The referee started the match, and Nan Liujing revealed his Two-word Battle Armor before striking Xu with extreme speed and force.
• Xu Zihuang counterattacked with Destruction Power and a dragon-shaped sword aura, but Nan Liujing shattered it with Heavenly Gang Lightning Extreme.
• The referees pulled Xu Zihuang away as Nan Liujing’s attack devastated the platform, and Nan declared himself the head of his generation to the cheering crowd.

Nan Liujing won the Youth Group Individual Competition, then joined the continent’s leaders to discuss his future training and the Abyss front. He agreed to enter the War God Training Camp after reaching Soul King, and Yu Guanzhi offered him the Yu Family’s Number Five Mutant Soul Spirit.

• Zang Xin urged Xu Zihuang to accept his defeat, and Xu Zihuang congratulated Nan Liujing.
• Nan Liujing celebrated with his companions as the Sky Frost Alliance won Three vs Three and the War God Hall defeated the Spirit Pagoda in Seven vs Seven.
• At a private meeting, the leaders agreed Nan Liujing should go to the frontline after reaching Soul King, and Nan Liujing said he had already decided to join the War God Training Camp.
• Yu Guanzhi offered Nan Liujing the Yu Family’s Number Five Mutant Soul Spirit for his future Soul King breakthrough.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to give Nan Liujing a drop of Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood to deliver to Zhen Hua.

Qiangu Zhangting prepared to lead the Spirit Pagoda team in the Federal Grand Competition while Long Yeyue armed Shrek Academy’s disciples with Elixirs. As the canyon battle intensified, Shrek led the points, but the Federation exposed the teams’ positions and sent the Spirit Pagoda and War God Hall toward them, forcing Yu Hanshuang’s team to flee toward the canyon boundary.

• Qiangu Dongfeng told Qiangu Zhangting he would report to the Blood God Legion after the competition, and they discussed the threat Nan Liujing posed to Zhangting’s succession.
• Long Yeyue gave seven Shrek Inner Court disciples Elixirs and ordered them to use the drugs in battle against the teams joining forces against them.
• The Adult Group competition began in Sun Moon Canyon, where Qiangu Zhangting led the Spirit Pagoda team west and ambushed an opposing team for twenty-one points.
• Shrek Academy, the War God Hall, and the Spirit Pagoda rapidly gained points, with Shrek leading the standings after three hours of fighting.
• The Federation activated the Heavenly Eye, revealing team locations for three minutes; Qiangu Zhangting led the Spirit Pagoda team toward Shrek as the War God Hall also approached.
• Yu Hanshuang ordered Shrek Academy to flee until the location reveal ended, then turned right at the canyon boundary while an invisible Clear Feather Phantom Eagle tracked them.

The Spirit Pagoda and War God Hall ambushed Shrek Academy in a valley, but Shrek’s students swallowed hidden pills and rapidly turned the fight around. Guan Yue arrived, and Star Dou exposed the pills as evidence of cheating, leaving Shrek Academy facing disgrace and an urgent call to Long Yeyue.

• Qiangu Zhangting and Ye Wujiu agreed to cooperate against Shrek Academy and followed Yun Qing’s aerial surveillance to set an ambush.
• Yu Hanshuang led Shrek Academy into the valley, where the Spirit Pagoda and War God Hall launched a coordinated attack.
• With Shrek’s team nearly overwhelmed, Yu Hanshuang ordered everyone to swallow the blood-red pills, which sharply increased their strength.
• Shrek’s students counterattacked and sent Qiangu Zhangting crashing into a mountain wall, prompting Guan Yue to freeze the battlefield with the Sky Crossing Divine Spear.
• Guan Yue ordered Star Dou to investigate, and the system replayed footage of Shrek’s students taking the pills and identified their actions as cheating.
• Long Yeyue and the Shrek Academy leaders panicked as an urgent call rang out for the Pavilion Master.

After Shrek Academy was exposed for cheating, Yun Ming punished Long Yeyue and considered giving up jurisdiction over Shrek Outer City to contain the crisis. He agreed to transfer the Outer City to the Federation, while Guan Yue proposed renaming the Outer Court War God Academy, and the Federation began a public campaign to defend Shrek Academy.

• Guan Yue expelled Shrek Academy's students from the competition, and news of their cheating sparked outrage across the Federation.
• Yun Ming confronted Long Yeyue, revoked her honors, sealed her cultivation, and confined her to Sea God Island.
• The Federation's Speaker offered to ease public anger if Yun Ming surrendered jurisdiction over Shrek Outer City, and Guan Yue proposed renaming the Outer Court War God Academy.
• War God Hall won the Federal Grand Competition Adult Group, and Yun Ming agreed to transfer jurisdiction over the Outer City while retaining monitoring rights.
• The Speaker of the Federation ordered aides to defend Shrek Academy, and online opinion began to shift.

After the Federal Grand Competition scandal crippled Shrek Academy, Long Yeyue failed to win Chen Xinjie’s help, and Yun Ming considered cutting away and relocating the Outer Court. At the Spirit Pagoda, Yuan En Yehui learned that Nan Liujing had secretly upgraded her Soul Spirit and entered the fusion chamber with a strange glimmer in her eyes.

• The Speaker of the Federation ended the Federal Grand Competition and announced that a new competition would replace it, while Shrek Academy faced mass student withdrawals and a collapsing reputation.
• Guan Yue told Yun Ming that Yu Guanzhi’s terms for turning the Outer Court into a War God Hall academy would strip Shrek of nearly all its teachers, and Ya Li urged Long Yeyue to ask Chen Xinjie for help.
• Chen Xinjie refused Long Yeyue because he needed the Yu Family’s support to rebuild the Sea God Legion, and he reminded her that her earlier withdrawal had contributed to its destruction.
• Ya Li proposed cooperating with Leng Yaozhu, cutting away the Outer Court, and relocating it to another continent; after Zhuo Shi reported that most second-year students had withdrawn, Yun Ming agreed to speak with Leng Yaozhu.
• Nan Liujing brought Yuan En Yehui to the Spirit Pagoda for a Second Soul Spirit, where a staff member revealed that he had upgraded a King Kong Baboon with Titan Giant Ape source blood specifically for her.
• Yuan En Yehui entered the Gate of Light to fuse with the King Kong Baboon, her eyes taking on a strange glimmer.

Nan Liujing, Gu Yue, and Ye Xinglan learned that Shrek Academy was offering its failing Outer Court to the Spirit Pagoda, and Leng Yaozhu convened the Elders to decide whether to accept it. Yun Ming then closed the Outer Court and privately planned to rebuild Shrek Academy on the Star Luo Continent through the Tang Sect, while public announcements confirmed the transfer and the Federation’s takeover of Shrek City.

• Nan Liujing praised Gu Yue’s research achievements and explained that Leng Yaozhu had asked her to rest so she could focus on cultivation and avoid attracting rivals’ attention.
• Ya Li offered to transfer Shrek Academy’s Outer Court to Leng Yaozhu unconditionally, and Leng Yaozhu convened the Spirit Pagoda’s Elders to discuss accepting it.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng supported accepting the Outer Court and appointed Leng Yaozhu to manage it; the Elders approved the transfer.
• Yun Ming told the Sea God Pavilion that mass student withdrawals and the cheating scandal made the Outer Court untenable, then ordered its closure and transfer to the Spirit Pagoda.
• Yun Ming privately proposed moving Shrek Academy to the Star Luo Continent and rebuilding through the Tang Sect, and the gathered Elders agreed to keep the plan secret.
• The Federation announced Shrek’s Outer Court would become Spirit Transfer Academy and that the government would take over daily administration of Shrek City.

Nan Liujing helped plan the Spirit Transfer Academy and recruit former Shrek Outer Court students as the Spirit Pagoda began rebuilding the campus. A year and a half later, Qian Gu Dong Feng and the Holy Spirit Cult continued plotting to use Cai Yue'er to kill Yun Ming with a God Slayer Cannonball.

• At the handover news conference, Ya Li apologized for Shrek Academy, Zhuo Shi announced an internal investigation, and Leng Yaozhu said the Spirit Transfer Academy would open for applications.
• Nan Liujing investigated the Outer Court and found poor dormitory conditions, including one public toilet at the end of each hallway, then presented Leng Yaozhu with a plan for the new academy.
• Leng Yaozhu asked Nan Liujing to recruit withdrawn students, offering advanced placement and Spirit Pagoda resources; Li Qiankun and Mo Jue agreed, while first-year students hesitated.
• The Spirit Pagoda approved most of Nan Liujing's plan and began renovating the former Outer Court as Shrek Academy's remaining students moved into the Inner Court.
• A year and a half later, Dark Blood Demon continued controlling Cai Yue'er's soul while Ghost Emperor demanded a timetable for using a God Slayer Cannonball against Yun Ming.
• Qian Gu Dong Feng estimated the cannonball operation would take up to two years and warned Dark Blood Demon to return Cai Yue'er's soul in six months while preserving her awareness and control.

Nan Liujing received a Spirit Magic Ball to study the Unbending Staff Technique and arranged for Yuan En Yehui to join the War God Training Camp, where she secretly overheard his confession of affection for her. He then traveled with Qiangu Qingfeng to the Yu Family to fuse with his Second Soul Spirit, the Time-Space Behemoth.

• Nan Liujing awakened in the Law Chamber, and Yuan En Yehui told him that Purgatory Your Excellency wanted to see him and that she planned to apply for the War God Training Camp.
• Qiangu Qingfeng gave Nan Liujing a Spirit Magic Ball containing the Unbending Staff Technique and approved Yuan En Yehui’s request to join the camp despite her being below the Soul King requirement.
• Nan Liujing admitted to Qiangu Qingfeng that he had feelings for Yuan En Yehui, and she overheard him before he invited her to buy ingredients and cook dinner with him.
• Nan Liujing, Yuan En Yehui, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Na'er shared a family dinner before the Core Disciples departed for the War God Training Camp the next morning.
• Nan Liujing and Qiangu Qingfeng arrived at the Yu Family, where Yu Guanzhi led them to the ancestral land to begin the Second Soul Spirit fusion.
• Nan Liujing recognized the Soul Spirit’s time and space abilities and learned that it was called the Time-Space Behemoth.

Nan Liujing fused with the Time-Space Behemoth Soul Spirit and arrived at the War God Training Camp, where he reunited with Xu Junlan. He reached his assigned room and unexpectedly found Yuan En Yehui there, leaving them alone together in a bewildered silence.

• Nan Liujing impressed the Time-Space Behemoth with his Extreme Lightning, mental power, and dragon-blood abilities, then fused with it and advanced to the peak of Level 52.
• Yu Guanzhi offered Nan Liujing the Behemoth’s Origin Blood Essence and Soul Bone in exchange for a future four-word battle armor, and Nan Liujing agreed.
• Nan Liujing arrived at the War God Training Camp, where Long Tianwu briefed him on newly discovered Abyss Creatures resistant to Soul Power attacks.
• Xu Junlan greeted Nan Liujing, showed him the camp, and led him to his assigned room.
• Nan Liujing and Xu Junlan opened the room door to find Yuan En Yehui in a bathrobe, and Xu Junlan left them alone.

Nan Liujing began the War God Training Camp, where he and Yuan En Yehui shared a dormitory and learned about the deadly Abyss Creatures they would face. After the opening ceremony and their first lesson, they encountered Xiao Pojun, Xu Junlan, and several others, who appeared to want Nan Liujing’s help.

• Xu Junlan explained the dormitory mix-up, but Yuan En Yehui invited Nan Liujing to stay in her room after the men's dormitories ran short.
• Nan Liujing and Yuan En Yehui attended the opening ceremony, where Jiang Zhanheng welcomed the Spirit Pagoda recruits as intern soldiers and issued them Record Bracelets.
• The Spirit Pagoda recruits learned about Abyss Creatures and the brutal losses they caused, while Nan Liujing urged his shaken companions to rest and read their manuals.
• Nan Liujing and Yuan En Yehui met Xiao Pojun, Xu Junlan, Long Tianwu, Jiang Wuyue, and Long Yuxue outside the Functional Room, where Xiao Pojun greeted Nan Liujing eagerly.

Nan Liujing agreed to forge Spirit Alloy for three War God Training Camp teams and demonstrated his exceptional skill, earning their admiration. He then led the group into a Mimicry Pod assessment of the Dark Nether Land, where they entered the dangerous cavern and prepared to pass through its Spatial Tunnels.

• Xu Junlan repaid her thousand-Merit-Point debt to Yuan En Yehui, who initially refused to accept the points.
• Long Tianwu, Xiao Pojun, and Xu Junlan asked Nan Liujing to forge Spirit Alloy for their team members, and he agreed after lunch.
• Nan Liujing forged an eighty-percent-fusion Water Sound Gold alloy in under half a minute, impressing the gathered teams.
• Nan Liujing assigned Yuan En Yehui to prepare compatible metals while she privately resolved to stay by his side during their time at the camp.
• The instructors explained the Mimicry Pod assessment and its Merit Point penalties, then sent the group into the simulated Dark Nether Land.
• Nan Liujing questioned the team about their abilities, organized their formation, and led them toward the Spatial Tunnels.