Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xuanzhen, Na'er, Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, and Ye Xinglan entered the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform and fought a huge group of Pink Ladies alongside a Ten-Thousand-Year King of the Earth. After Na'er and Zhao Xuanzhen killed the two powerful Soul Beasts, a black-and-white creature tore open space and reached for Zhao Xuanzhen.

• Yuanen Yehui told Zhao Xuanzhen that six demoted first-year students had moved into her work-study dormitory, and he offered her a place at Spirit Pagoda.
• Na'er shared that Shrek Academy was selecting students for an Inner and Outer Court exchange battle that would send a team to Star Luo Continent, where Gu Yue intended to seek a divine artifact.
• Sky Phoenix Douluo Leng Yaozhu sent the five into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, where they encountered a swarm of Pink Ladies led by a Ten-Thousand-Year Pink Lady.
• Na'er and Gu Yue led the attack on the Pink Ladies, while Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, and Zhao Xuanzhen supported them and harvested Soul Power feedback.
• Na'er killed the Ten-Thousand-Year Pink Lady, then Zhao Xuanzhen blasted the ambushing King of the Earth out of the ground and Na'er finished it with her Silver Dragon Spear.
• A black rift opened above the group, and a black-and-white creature reached through it and grabbed for Zhao Xuanzhen.

Zhao Xuanzhen and the four girls joined wills to repel the Divine Realm Martial God Panda, which had torn into the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform. After learning the panda’s history and Qiangu Dongfeng’s plans, Leng Yaozhu urged Zhao Xuanzhen to seek Phantom Brain and make the Martial God serve as compensation for Qiangu Dongfeng’s schemes.

• The Martial God Panda attacked Zhao Xuanzhen, and Na’er, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui combined their intents with his Dao Intent to withstand its claw until it withdrew.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and the four girls left the Spirit Ascension Platform, where Leng Yaozhu learned that a powerful bear Soul Beast had breached its safeguards.
• Leng Yaozhu explained that the Martial God Panda had been discovered three thousand years earlier, cultivated by comprehending will, and aided the Qiangu Family in exchange for cultivation resources.
• Qiangu Dongfeng arrived, praised Zhao Xuanzhen, and hinted that he should strive for the Spirit Transferring Tower Master position while planning to repair the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Leng Yaozhu told Zhao Xuanzhen to find Phantom Brain and suggested that the Martial God Panda should serve as compensation for Qiangu Dongfeng’s earlier schemes.

Qiangu Dongfeng agreed with Ghost Emperor to proceed with the plan against Shrek City while deciding Zhao Xuanzhen had to be eliminated. With Han Tianyi’s help, Zhao Xuanzhen secretly entered the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform and met the Martial God Panda, which challenged him to a friendly martial arts exchange.

• Qiangu Dongfeng told Ghost Emperor that Gu Yue’s Hidden Family might have an Extreme Douluo and urged him to set aside the missing Dark Phoenix and Dark Blood Eyes until their plan against Shrek City was carried out.
• After Ghost Emperor ended the call, Qiangu Dongfeng decided to kill Zhao Xuanzhen along with Shrek City rather than let him threaten the Qiangu Family.
• Han Tianyi told Zhao Xuanzhen he would secretly leave an opening in the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform’s spatial barrier so Zhao Xuanzhen could reach the Martial God Panda.
• Han Tianyi reinforced the barrier, and Leng Yaozhu and Han Tianyi secretly sent Zhao Xuanzhen into the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform after Qiangu Dongfeng inspected the work.
• Zhao Xuanzhen found the Martial God Panda in a bamboo forest, and it said his will might help it surpass the Martial God Realm and invited him to meet as friends through martial arts.

Zhao Xuanzhen sparred with the Martial God Panda, proposed becoming its Soul Spirit, and began training with it while hiding in the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform. At Shrek Academy, Ye Xinglan defeated Wu Siduo to claim a place on the exchange-match team and resolved to accompany Zhao Xuanzhen on his path ahead.

• Zhao Xuanzhen exchanged martial arts with the Martial God Panda, which used its intent to imitate his techniques and blasted a waterfall upward with a black-and-white sphere.
• The Martial God Panda explained its old contract with the Qiangu Family and admitted it wanted a path beyond its stagnant Martial God Realm.
• Zhao Xuanzhen proposed that the Martial God Panda become his Soul Spirit, and it agreed to consider him while training him toward Dao Soul.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang Wulin defeated Luo Guixing to secure the first competition slot, and the four finalists were all first-year students.
• Ye Xinglan defeated Wu Siduo's Hell White Tiger with her Sword Intent and secured the final qualification slot.
• Ye Xinglan reflected that her victory meant she could finally accompany Zhao Xuanzhen on the road ahead.

After three months of training with the Martial God Panda, Zhao Xuanzhen reached Dao Soul and returned to find Na'er waiting with a black-grade mecha built by their friends. They took it for a test drive and went out for hot pot, where Na'er discovered Zhao Xuanzhen had tricked her into eating cilantro.

• Zhao Xuanzhen reversed a waterfall with his Taiji Diagram, and the Martial God Panda praised his Dao Soul breakthrough before agreeing to join him once he met the fusion conditions.
• Zhao Xuanzhen woke in Leng Yaozhu's bedroom, learned how she had secretly protected his cultivation, and replied to Na'er's messages that he would take her out to play.
• Na'er welcomed Zhao Xuanzhen at Sea God Lake and revealed the black-grade mecha she, Gu Yue, Xinglan, Yuanen, and Leng Yaozhu had built for him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen transformed the mecha into flight mode, but Na'er nearly crashed it when she tried to pilot it, so he rescued them and drove them to Xuanlong Street.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er ate hot pot, and Na'er angrily threatened him after discovering cilantro hidden among the beef he had guarded.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er spent their last night together before the Star Luo exchange trip, sharing food, gifts, and their first photo. Na'er later bragged about the outing to Gu Yue, who threatened to make sure Zhao Xuanzhen forgot her during the journey.

• Na'er learned that the Inner and Outer Court Exchange Match would begin in two days and that Zhao Xuanzhen would travel to the Star Luo Continent afterward while she stayed in Shrek City.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Na'er explored Xuanlong Street, where Na'er chose a star necklace and tied a red string around his wrist for protection.
• Na'er pulled Zhao Xuanzhen into a photo in front of the Silver Dragon Sculpture, pinching his cheeks to make his smile look genuine.
• Na'er returned to the Spirit Pagoda and bragged to Gu Yue about her date, gifts, and intimate photo with Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Gu Yue seized Na'er by the shoulders and threatened to keep Zhao Xuanzhen from thinking about her during their trip to the Star Luo Continent.

Zhao Xuanzhen learned that Qiangu Dongfeng had hired the Holy Spirit Cult to assassinate him and left Leng Yulai and Dark Blood Eyes imprisoned at Yinque Terrace. At Shrek Academy, the Two Courts Exchange Battle began with Zhao Xuanzhen’s Outer Court team facing an Inner Court squad that included Na’er.

• Zhao Xuanzhen visited Yinque Terrace and questioned the imprisoned Leng Yulai and Dark Blood Eyes about the assassination attempt.
• Soaring Serpent searched Dark Blood Eyes’s memories and learned that Qiangu Dongfeng had hired the Holy Spirit Cult and that the Spirit Pagoda, the Holy Spirit Cult, and the Sun Moon Federation were conspiring against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.
• Zhao Xuanzhen spared Dark Blood Eyes for use as a witness against Qiangu Dongfeng and left Leng Yulai imprisoned, telling her to repent.
• At the Battle Soul Arena, Yun Ming, Ya Li, Turbid World, and Feng Wuyu arrived as judges for the Two Courts Exchange Battle.
• Zhao Xuanzhen’s seven-person Outer Court team and the Inner Court’s Revenge Squad entered the arena, and Na’er greeted Zhao Xuanzhen enthusiastically.
• Shen Yi announced that the exchange would begin with Battle Armor forging, with each team assigned one arm piece for the Dark Holy Dragon Martial Soul.

The Outer Court team defeated the Inner Court in a battle-armor forging contest, with Tang Wulin’s exceptional alloy and the team’s superior design and manufacturing proving decisive. As the seven-on-seven match began, Tang Dong faced Zhao Xuanzhen without fear, determined to fight with everything he had.

• Zhao Xuanzhen selected himself, Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, and Tang Wulin to represent the Outer Court, while Na'er chose to watch from the sidelines.
• Tang Wulin forged Mingyin with a 93 percent Fusion Degree, surpassing Yu Yuanheng’s alloy, as Gu Yue and Nangong Yao completed their battle-armor designs.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Tang Dong manufactured the two teams’ Dark Holy Dragon hand armor, and the Outer Court’s armor destroyed the Inner Court’s in the comparison battle.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li discussed the Outer Court students’ prospects as Shrek Seven Devils, while Feng Wuyu argued that the team could establish Shrek’s reputation on the Star Luo Continent.
• As the seven-on-seven match began, Zhao Xuanzhen reminded Tang Dong of his old promise to let him have the battle armor, and Tang Dong said he was no longer afraid and wanted to fight with all his strength.

The Outer Court team and the Inner Court Revenge Squad began their battle, with Gu Yue and Na'er clashing while their teammates fought across the arena. Zhao Xuanzhen revealed his Dao Soul and survived Tang Dong's Ice Explosion Technique, leaving the Inner Court team defeated as Na'er realized she was surrounded.

• Both teams activated their One-Word Battle Armor and support enhancements as Shen Yi started the match.
• Gu Yue and Na'er fought with elemental attacks and the Silver Dragon Spear while Yue Zhengyu faced Lin Qingyun, Yuanen Yehui battled Lei Zhenyu, and Ye Xinglan engaged Nangong Yao.
• Tang Wulin attacked Yu Yuanheng, who broke through the Blue Silver Thrust Array and charged Zhao Xuanzhen alongside Tang Dong.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Dao Soul to overpower Tang Dong and Yu Yuanheng, then endured Tang Dong's Ice Explosion Technique without injury.
• Zhao Xuanzhen unleashed Purgatory, and teachers carried the defeated Inner Court students from the arena.
• Na'er forced Gu Yue back, noticed the Outer Court team surrounding her, and asked whether all her teammates were already gone.

The Outer Court won Shrek’s exchange competition, and Zhao Xuanzhen and six other students were chosen to study on the Star Luo Continent. Before the group’s departure, Leng Yaozhu took Zhao Xuanzhen to the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform, where Tun Tun reunited with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Yin Yang Chaos Bird, the Soul Beast intended to become Zhao Xuanzhen’s Second Spirit Soul.

• Na’er surrendered to Gu Yue, and Yun Ming declared the Outer Court the winner of the seven-person team battle.
• Yun Ming announced that Zhao Xuanzhen, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, Yue Zhengyu, Tang Wulin, and Xu Lizhi would travel to the Star Luo Continent for a year of exchange and study.
• Shen Yi assigned new class positions as the departing students prepared to leave, and Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan bid Tang Wulin an emotional farewell.
• Leng Yaozhu took Zhao Xuanzhen to the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform and explained that she planned to seal a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast inside him as his Second Spirit Soul.
• Leng Yaozhu summoned the Yin Yang Chaos Bird, but Tun Tun appeared and joyfully greeted the giant bird as his old friend, Brother Chicken.

Zhao Xuanzhen gained the Yin Yang Chaos Bird as his Second Spirit Soul after it chose to submit to him, then shared a heartfelt exchange with Leng Yaozhu. Before departing for the Star Luo Continent, Na'er gave him a gift and kissed him, leaving their relationship more openly affectionate.

• Zhao Xuanzhen summoned his True Self and invited the Yin Yang Chaos Bird to become his Second Spirit Soul, while Leng Yaozhu waited nearby.
• The Yin Yang Chaos Bird accepted Zhao Xuanzhen, transformed into a Light Egg, and self-sealed inside his Sea of Consciousness until he reached Rank Sixty.
• Zhao Xuanzhen thanked Leng Yaozhu for raising and helping him, and she encouraged him to accept support as they pursued a greater future together.
• Three days later, Na'er sent Gu Yue away and gave Zhao Xuanzhen a Brocade Box before their departure for the Star Luo Continent.
• Zhao Xuanzhen gave Na'er a Silver Dragon Pill, and Na'er kissed him after opening the gift.
• When Na'er asked what he was doing, Zhao Xuanzhen said he was listening to her heartbeat, and she asked him for another kiss.

Shrek Academy’s delegation traveled to Skysea City and boarded a ship for Star Luo Continent, where Gu Yue planned to advance her larger scheme and secure Zhao Xuanzhen’s affection. At the ship’s banquet, Zhao Xuanzhen overheard Yuanen Yehui criticizing his taste and decided to punish her.

• Turbid World led the Shrek students aboard the god-level mecha Shrek, and Wu Changkong piloted it to Skysea City.
• Gu Yue planned to use the year away from Na'er to win Zhao Xuanzhen, while Beast God Di Tian and other ferocious beasts prepared to support her plans on Star Luo Continent.
• Turbid World met Federal Secretary Pan Wen, then the Shrek delegation boarded the ocean-going ship alongside members of Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Yue Zhengyu dressed for the banquet but felt overshadowed by Tang Wulin, who wore a formal suit before changing into Shrek’s uniform to accompany Xu Lizhi.
• Zhao Xuanzhen, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, and Yuanen Yehui drew the banquet guests’ attention, and Gu Yue joined the other women while Zhao Xuanzhen listened to their conversation with a Wind Bird.
• Yuanen Yehui criticized Zhao Xuanzhen’s taste, and he fixed his gaze on her while vowing to impose the Extreme Penalty.

At the Star Luo banquet, Zhao Xuanzhen danced first with Ye Xinglan and then with Gu Yue, whose elemental display captivated the hall and whose jealousy she confessed to him. Back in his room, Zhao Xuanzhen opened Na’er’s gift and discovered a Fierce Beast Left Leg Soul Bone containing both sacred and evil power.

• Yue Zhengyu joined Tang Wulin and Xu Lizhi at the banquet table, while Wu Changkong kept guests away from Turbid World.
• Sima Lanxiao announced the ball’s dance and beauty awards, and Ye Xinglan invited Zhao Xuanzhen to dance.
• Zhao Xuanzhen guided Ye Xinglan through a dance that brought them to the center of the floor and earned the crowd’s attention.
• Gu Yue cut in to dance with Zhao Xuanzhen, summoned enormous wings from Wind Element, and told him she disliked seeing him dance with other people.
• Yuanen Yehui agreed to protect Zhao Xuanzhen from his admirers, and Xuan Yue won the banquet’s major awards.
• After returning to his room, Zhao Xuanzhen opened Na’er’s gift and found a sacred-and-evil Left Leg Soul Bone.

Zhao Xuanzhen absorbed the Sacred Emperor Evil God Tiger’s Left Leg Soul Bone, subdued the tiger’s lingering soul, and received Muye’s training plan for the sea voyage. He and Muye then went out to hunt a Sea Soul Beast, and a Canghai Ice Armor Dragon emerged from the ocean.

• Gu Yue gave Zhao Xuanzhen the Sacred Emperor Evil God Tiger’s Left Leg Soul Bone, whose dormant soul tried to seize his body but was beaten down by Zhi Fu and Soaring Serpent.
• Muye visited Zhao Xuanzhen to deliver Spirit-Forged Alloy and discussed Battle Armor progress and a training schedule for the voyage.
• Muye told Zhao Xuanzhen to study Mecha Manufacturing on some days and practice the Ben Ti Secret Technique and fight Sea Soul Beasts on others.
• Zhao Xuanzhen agreed to join Muye on a nighttime hunt so he could test his new Soul Bone skills.
• Muye used Deep Sea Demon Whale blood to lure a Sea Soul Beast, and a Canghai Ice Armor Dragon burst from the sea.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated the Canghai Ice Armor Dragon with his awakened powers and Sacred Emperor Evil God Thunder, then received its Soul Bone. Back aboard the liner, Muye began preparing him for the Original Martial Soul’s Third Awakening by stewing him in a medicinal iron pot.

• The Canghai Ice Armor Dragon unleashed its Ice Domain, but Zhao Xuanzhen countered with the Taiji Domain and used Holy Evil Transformation to withstand its freezing breath.
• Zhao Xuanzhen advanced through the dragon’s attack, shattered its scales with Taijiquan, and then killed it with Sacred Emperor Evil God Thunder after it used Canglong Xuanbing.
• Muye harvested the dragon and gave Zhao Xuanzhen its seventy-thousand-year Right Arm Soul Bone, which Zhao stored away because its attributes did not suit him.
• Muye explained that he planned to teach Zhao Xuanzhen the Original Martial Soul’s Third Awakening and prepared an Ice and Fire Refining Golden Body treatment using the dragon’s blood.
• Zhao Xuanzhen climbed into Muye’s bubbling medicinal iron pot as Muye began the treatment.

Zhao Xuanzhen’s fishing trip aboard the Star Luo turned into a sea-beast battle when the Dark Demon Octopus Emperor led an attack on the ship. Zhao Xuanzhen and the other Soul Masters helped repel the tide, but a Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor emerged from beneath the ice and struck at Ye Xinglan.

• Zhao Xuanzhen caught a Thousand-Year Bluefin Tuna, and Muye prepared it for the group aboard the Star Luo.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark King and Deep Sea Demonic Whale King led a sea-beast tide against the ship, while the Dark Demon Octopus Emperor challenged Red Dragon Douluo Turbid World.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Kan Word, Ice Seal, to freeze the attacking Sea Soul Beasts and give the land Soul Masters a battlefield.
• Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, Tang Wulin, and the Star Luo’s Soul Masters joined the fight and drove back the sea-beast tide.
• A Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor burst through the ice beneath Ye Xinglan and attacked her.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Muye defeated the Sea Soul Beasts attacking the Star Luo, and Zhao Xuanzhen accepted the captured Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor. After the Star Luo reached the Star Luo Continent, Zhao Xuanzhen predicted trouble on the train, and a Green Skeleton Mecha Brigade appeared to attack it.

• Zhao Xuanzhen saved Ye Xinglan from the Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor, wounded it with Chaos Lotus, and Muye captured it.
• Muye defeated the Dark Demon Octopus Emperor and the other Sea Soul Beasts, forcing them to retreat and ending the attack on the Star Luo.
• Muye gave the Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor to Zhao Xuanzhen, who planned to take it to a Spirit Transmission Tower Branch with Gu Yue and Muye.
• Gu Yue tested whether the Serpent Emperor worshiped the Dragon God or the Sea God, and grew furious when it declared its faith in the Sea God.
• The Star Luo arrived safely at the Star Luo Continent, and Zhao Xuanzhen predicted an attack during the train ride to Star Luo City.
• A Green Skeleton Mecha Brigade appeared outside the train, prompting Tang Wulin to wonder whether Zhao Xuanzhen's prediction had caused the attack.

The Shrek delegation fought off a Green Skeleton ambush on the way to Star Luo City, and Zhao Xuanzhen’s mecha destroyed two black-grade attackers. After Yuanen Yehui salvaged damaged mecha and learned about the competition’s valuable rewards, Zhao Xuanzhen considered a year-end bonus for her.

• The Green Skeleton Mecha squad attacked the train, but Red Dragon Douluo Turbid World kept it from being destroyed while Wu Changkong protected the injured passengers.
• Tang Wulin, Yue Zhengyu, Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Zhao Xuanzhen battled the attackers’ black-grade mecha as Wu Changkong held off other enemies.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used his black-grade mecha to defeat a Phoenix Mecha and a Giant Bear Mecha with its seven-element cannon.
• Yuanen Yehui obtained six damaged black-grade mecha to repair and sell, while Tang Wulin stored away the Mantis Mecha he had defeated.
• Wu Changkong and Turbid World explained that the delegation would attend the Continental Young Elite Soul Master Competition in Star Luo City, where champions could win a valuable Soul Bone and other prizes.
• After hearing that the Individual Competition Soul Bone might suit Monster Academy’s Long Yue, Zhao Xuanzhen looked at Yuanen Yehui and considered giving her a year-end bonus.

The Shrek delegation arrived in Star Luo City and registered for the Soul Master Competition, with Zhao Xuanzhen choosing only the Individual Battle. While Yuanen Yehui repaired the Green Skeleton Mechas to sell, Dai Yun'er spotted Zhao Xuanzhen on the street, and Yuanen ended the chapter being told to pay for his rare-metal purchase with her mecha earnings.

• Wu Changkong explained the competition and the possibility of becoming Shrek Seven Devils, and the Seven Little Ones chose which events to enter.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and four others registered for the Individual Battle, while Tang Wulin also entered the Mecha Battle and Doubles Battle with Li Zhi.
• Yuanen Yehui repaired six Black-Grade Mechas, then set out with Zhao Xuanzhen to sell them and shop for rare metals.
• Dai Yun'er recognized Zhao Xuanzhen on the street and followed him after reacting with shock to Yuanen Yehui's appearance.
• Zhao Xuanzhen bought rare metals and told Yuanen Yehui to pay with the proceeds from her Black-Grade Mechas.

Yuanen Yehui discovered that Zhao Xuanzhen had taken the Star Luo Coins from selling her six Black-Grade Mechas, while the delegation attended a banquet at the Star Luo imperial palace. Dai Yun'er tried to draw Zhao Xuanzhen into a courtship to resist her planned engagement to Long Yue, but Gu Yue intervened, and Long Yue’s attempt to overpower Zhao Xuanzhen ended with his arm injured.

• Yuanen Yehui complained that Zhao Xuanzhen had taken the money from her six Black-Grade Mechas, and he promised to repay her with a year-end bonus after they returned to the Douluo Continent.
• Dai Tianling told Dai Yun'er that the royal family planned to arrange her engagement after the competition and urged her to choose Long Yue, but she ran off in anger.
• Dai Yun'er approached Zhao Xuanzhen at the banquet and invited him to dance as the start of their friendship, but Gu Yue arrived and declared that he was hers.
• Dai Yun'er said she wanted to pursue the Soul Master Competition’s Individual Competition champion, while Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, and Ye Xinglan questioned Zhao Xuanzhen about her interest in him.
• Long Yue introduced himself to Zhao Xuanzhen and challenged him with a forceful handshake, but Zhao Xuanzhen absorbed his strength and injured his arm.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Long Yue that he did not need to welcome him because Long Yue and Monster Academy were the challengers.