Chapter Summaries

Zhao Xuanzhen overwhelmed Long Yue in a banquet-hall test of strength and then opened the Continental Advanced Youth Soul Master Elite Tournament by defeating Sima Xian with one punch. As the Star Luo contestants fell silent, Holy Dragon Douluo Enci judged Zhao Xuanzhen to have the bearing of a god.

• Zhao Xuanzhen dislocated Long Yue's hand in their handshake, and Long Yue challenged him to meet in the tournament finals.
• Dai Tianling opened the tournament, and Zhao Xuanzhen drew the first match against Sima Xian of Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Sima Xian summoned his Ox Horn Dragon Martial Soul, donned One-Word Battle Armor, and charged Zhao Xuanzhen under Gravity Control.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Original Martial Soul True Self Possession and a Black and White qi punch to shatter Sima Xian's defenses and send him crashing into the Soul Guide Shield.
• The Star Luo spectators and contestants fell silent, and Long Yue and the Monster Academy Heavenly Kings rose to confront Zhao Xuanzhen.
• Enci watched Zhao Xuanzhen and praised his light form, light qi, and godlike bearing.

After Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Sima Xian, Emperor Dai Tianling and Enci discussed the Star Luo Empire’s weakness and considered using Zhao’s connection to the Phoenix Family to build an alliance. At the Spirit Pagoda in Star Luo City, Zhao began converting a Demon Soul Great White Shark into a Soul Spirit, but Zhang Geyang’s Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine suddenly erupted and attacked Zhao’s Golden Soul Ring.

• Enci praised Zhao Xuanzhen’s self-control and warned Dai Tianling that Long Yue remained vulnerable to the Mountain Dragon King bloodline’s madness; they discussed the Empire’s military weakness and a possible alliance with the Phoenix Family.
• Dai Tianling considered a marriage alliance involving Dai Yun’er, but Enci proposed another plan and offered to make a sacrifice for the Empire.
• Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Sima Xian, then left the stadium with Gu Yue to visit the Spirit Transmission Tower Branch while the other Shrek students returned to training.
• Zhao Xuanzhen, Gu Yue, and Muye met Tower Master Zhang Geyang, who escorted them to the Soul Spirit Chamber; both Zhao and Zhang secretly considered killing the other.
• Muye released a frozen fifty-thousand-year Demon Soul Great White Shark, and Zhao Xuanzhen began converting it into a Soul Spirit.
• Zhang Geyang’s Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine burst from the ground, filled the chamber with lightning, and surged toward Zhao Xuanzhen’s Golden Soul Ring.

Zhao Xuanzhen calmed Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine and arranged to help it pursue a hundred-thousand-year breakthrough in exchange for Zhang Geyang's invitation to Star Luo City. He created Soul Spirits from the sea Soul Beasts, while Gu Yue brutally transformed the Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor and presented Zhao Xuanzhen with its hundred-thousand-year Right Arm Soul Bone.

• Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine unleashed a destructive Thunder Prison, but Zhao Xuanzhen suppressed it with Zhen Word: Thunder and his Taiji Domain.
• Tun Tun relayed Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine's complaints about Zhang Geyang, and Zhao Xuanzhen claimed his Fourth Soul Ring could help it reach a hundred thousand years.
• Zhang Geyang invited Zhao Xuanzhen to stay in Star Luo City, and Zhao Xuanzhen accepted while secretly planning to infiltrate Dragon Valley and undermine Zhang Geyang.
• Zhao Xuanzhen turned the Fifty-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark and other Sea Soul Beasts into Soul Spirits, sending them to the Phoenix Family's ocean environment in the Ultimate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Gu Yue took over the Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor's transformation and tortured it until it completed its change into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yue gave Zhao Xuanzhen the Hundred-Thousand-Year Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor Right Arm Soul Bone.

Zhao Xuanzhen and Muye discussed a plan to eliminate Zhang Geyang and considered the challenges of Zhao Xuanzhen’s Third Awakening. As the competition’s second round began, Gu Yue invited Zhao Xuanzhen on a date, and his next opponent was revealed to be Fox King Su Mu.

• Muye brought Zhao Xuanzhen Nourishing Spirit Juice and warned him that Zhang Geyang could become a threat after advancing toward the rank of Extreme Douluo.
• Zhao Xuanzhen persuaded Muye to help kill Zhang Geyang and position Han Tianyi to replace him as Spirit Pagoda Deputy Tower Master.
• Muye explained that Zhao Xuanzhen’s Third Awakening had stalled because his True Self Martial Soul involved his soul as well as his body.
• Shrek Academy’s competitors advanced through the first round, while Zhao Xuanzhen’s victory over Sima Xian made him famous across Star Luo Continent.
• Gu Yue dressed up and invited Zhao Xuanzhen to a performance at Tianxing Theater, calling it a date.
• At the second-round draw, Zhao Xuanzhen learned that he would face Fox King Su Mu of Monster Academy.

Zhao Xuanzhen decisively defeated Su Mu in the Individual Competition, then took Gu Yue on a date to Tianxing Theater. As the couple watched a romanticized film, Zhao Xuanzhen learned that Green Skeleton had come to the theater and left to respond.

• Su Mu unleashed the Nine-Tailed Fox's fused Annihilation Ring, but Zhao Xuanzhen stopped it with his Taiji Diagram and defeated him with Yin and Yang Dual Qi.
• Gu Yue defeated her opponent with a Blue Flame Fireball, then invited Zhao Xuanzhen on a date and led him to Tianxing Theater.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Wind Birds to monitor the theater after recalling Green Skeleton's planned attack, while he and Gu Yue watched a film about Huo Yuhao and the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.
• The film's romantic Haodong Three Wonders embarrassed Gu Yue, and Zhao Xuanzhen playfully touched her thigh as they watched.
• Wind Birds reported that Green Skeleton had arrived, so Zhao Xuanzhen told Gu Yue he was going to the restroom and left to deal with them.

Zhao Xuanzhen stopped Green Skeleton’s attack on Tianxing Theater and used Yin Yang Reversal to turn its seventh-grade cannonball against its attackers. Afterward, he reunited with Gu Yue and continued their date, while a surviving infiltrator escaped to report to Skeleton Lord.

• Tang Sect’s Douhun Hall searched Tianxing Theater and discovered that Zhao Xuanzhen had already killed several Green Skeleton members and removed their bombs.
• Zhao Xuanzhen confronted Green Skeleton’s Soul Saint leader and subdued the attackers with his Taiji Battle Armor, Taiji Domain, and Chaos Lotus.
• The Green Skeleton leader ordered Dark Skeleton fired at Zhao Xuanzhen, but Zhao Xuanzhen used Yin Yang Reversal to redirect and detonate the cannonball among the attackers.
• Hei Yi warned Bai Qi that Zhao Xuanzhen’s ability to reflect cannonballs made him a strategic threat, then dismissed the Tang Sect team.
• Zhao Xuanzhen found Gu Yue at the theater, accepted her sugar-coated haws, and left with her hand in hand to continue their date.
• A surviving Green Skeleton infiltrator slipped out of the theater and headed to report to Skeleton Lord.

Zhao Xuanzhen commanded the stars to bless his date with Gu Yue, and Gu Yue later sent Na'er a photo of their kiss, leaving Na'er seething. The tournament’s Top Eight matchups were announced, setting Shrek Academy against Monster Academy in the decisive rounds.

• Zhao Xuanzhen summoned Star Power over Star Spirit Long Street, and Gu Yue kissed him beneath the ancient tree while Di Tian watched in shock.
• Gu Yue sent Na'er a photo of the kiss, and Na'er angrily warned her not to go further before vowing to claim Zhao Xuanzhen when he returned.
• The tournament’s Top Eight emerged, with Shrek Academy holding a four-win record against Monster Academy after Zhao Xuanzhen and Yuanen Yehui defeated their opponents.
• The draw paired Tang Wulin against Lin San, Zhao Xuanzhen against Dai Yueyan, Gu Yue against Dai Yun'er, and Ye Xinglan against Long Yue.

Tang Wulin defeated Lin San, Zhao Xuanzhen swiftly knocked out Dai Yueyan, and Gu Yue overwhelmed Dai Yun'er as Shrek advanced through the upper bracket. Ye Xinglan refused to forfeit against Long Yue, and their battle began with Long Yue unleashing the Mountain Dragon King while Ye Xinglan answered with the Stargod Sword.

• Tang Wulin used his Golden Dragon Bloodline and Blue Silver Grass to defeat Lin San in the first upper-half match.
• Zhao Xuanzhen interrupted Dai Yueyan while he tried to equip his One-Word Battle Armor and knocked him unconscious.
• Gu Yue defeated Dai Yun'er after the princess attacked her with her Spirit Eyes and suffered a mental backlash.
• Ye Xinglan rejected Xu Lizhi's suggestion to forfeit against Long Yue and entered the arena to face him.
• Long Yue transformed into the Mountain Dragon King, and Ye Xinglan summoned the Stargod Sword as their Dragon's Might and sword energy clashed.

Ye Xinglan nearly defeated Long Yue with a devastating sword strike, but his Two-Word Battle Armor saved him and his frenzy nearly killed her before Enci stopped him. After Ye Xinglan woke from three days of recovery, she confessed her feelings to Zhao Xuanzhen, who promised to support her choices, and he prepared to face Long Yue in the Individual Battle final.

• Long Yue unleashed the Mountain Dragon King's Mountains and Rivers and Rivers skills, but Ye Xinglan combined her sword, Soul Spirit, Battle Armor, and Sword Intent to carve through the flood and shatter his armor.
• Long Yue's chest armor barely blocked Ye Xinglan's sword, and he charged at her in a frenzy until Enci restrained him while Turbid World demanded accountability.
• Zhao Xuanzhen carried the unconscious Ye Xinglan away and warned Long Yue that he would lose his dignity and imperial glory in the final.
• Ye Xinglan woke after three days and learned Yuanen Yehui had cared for her; she thanked Zhao Xuanzhen and told him he was first in her heart.
• Ye Xinglan asked Zhao Xuanzhen to embrace her, while Xu Lizhi saw them together from the doorway and broke down in grief.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Ye Xinglan that Gu Yue and Tang Wulin had withdrawn, sending him directly to the Individual Battle final against Long Yue, and vowed to take back what was theirs.

Zhao Xuanzhen faced Long Yue in the Individual Competition final, overwhelming him with close-combat skill and Bagua Qimen techniques that countered the Mountain Dragon King's power. As Long Yue entered his Crazy Dragon state and both fighters summoned their Two-Word Battle Armor, the battle reached a new stage.

• Dai Tianling announced the final’s rewards, including a Soul Bone and an imperial viscount title, before the contestants entered the arena.
• Long Yue attacked first, but Zhao Xuanzhen awakened his Golden-Grade True Self and used close-combat techniques to batter him.
• Long Yue summoned mountains and Rivers, but Zhao Xuanzhen’s Bagua Qimen countered the terrain and turned the attack back against him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen neutralized Long Yue’s swamp with the Kun Word, prompting Long Yue to enter his Crazy Dragon state.
• Long Yue summoned his Mountain Dragon Two-Word Battle Armor as Zhao Xuanzhen manifested his Taiji Two-Word Battle Armor and spread his Black and White Wings.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Long Yue in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Youth Elite Tournament final, overwhelming the Mountain Dragon King’s attacks and ending his Crazy Dragon state. After Enci declared Zhao Xuanzhen the champion, he acknowledged his companions before going to claim the Soul Bone.

• Long Yue used Heavy Pressure, but Zhao Xuanzhen crossed the crushing gravity and fought him in the sky.
• Long Yue drew on Earth Vein and attacked with a Double-Edged Spear, but Zhao Xuanzhen severed it with Darkgold Fearclaw and tore through his armor.
• Long Yue unleashed Myriad Valleys of Mountains, and Zhao Xuanzhen answered with the Chaos Lotus, reducing the mountains and Long Yue’s attack to nothingness.
• Zhao Xuanzhen seized the wounded Long Yue and used Gen Word, Mountain Collapse, to force him out of his Crazy Dragon state.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told the Star Luo audience that their challenge had failed, while the crowd gradually applauded his victory.
• Enci declared Zhao Xuanzhen the tournament champion, and Zhao Xuanzhen waved to Gu Yue, Yuanen Yehui, and Ye Xinglan before claiming the Soul Bone.

Zhao Xuanzhen won the Individual Battle championship and received a seventy-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Soul Bone, while Monster Academy’s Seven Monster Kings asked Enci to arrange a closing ceremony team exhibition match against Shrek. After Shrek celebrated and learned Tang Wulin and Xu Lizhi had become Doubles Battle champions by default, the group prepared to attend the Starry Sky Auction, where Ye Xinglan received compensation from the Star Luo Empire.

• Zhao Xuanzhen accepted the seventy-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Soul Bone and thanked the Star Luo Empire before leaving the stadium with Shrek.
• Long Yue and the other Seven Monster Kings apologized to Enci for their loss, then asked him to arrange an exhibition match against Shrek’s team; Enci agreed to discuss it with the emperor.
• At the hotel celebration, Wu Changkong announced that Long Yue had withdrawn from the Doubles Battle finals, making Tang Wulin and Xu Lizhi champions by default.
• Yue Zhengyu and the others drank at the celebration, while Ye Xinglan and Gu Yue competed for Zhao Xuanzhen’s attention and Na'er messaged him from afar.
• Lia from the Starry Sky Auction House delivered an invitation and compensation for Ye Xinglan, granting her one auction item for free; Zhao Xuanzhen then refused Yuanen Yehui’s request to skip the auction.

The Shrek group attended Starry Sky Auction House, where Zhao Xuanzhen used Yuanen Yehui’s money to buy Star Luo Holy Gold and Tang Wulin won a Dragon Scale Fruit. As Ye Xinglan used her privilege to claim a Golden Earth Dragon King Soul Bone, Holy Dragon Douluo Enci offered a Bright Holy Dragon Dragon Crystal to win Zhao Xuanzhen’s goodwill for the Star Luo Empire.

• The Shrek group entered Starry Sky Auction House through a special passage and took Box Nine for the auction.
• Tang Wulin recognized the Star Luo Holy Gold, and Zhao Xuanzhen had Yuanen Yehui pay 2.51 million Star Luo Coins to secure it.
• Tang Wulin bid successfully on a Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Scale Fruit.
• Ye Xinglan used her privilege to obtain the fifty-thousand-year Golden Earth Dragon King Left Leg Soul Bone.
• Holy Dragon Douluo Enci offered a Bright Holy Dragon Dragon Crystal for barter, hoping to earn Zhao Xuanzhen’s goodwill and protect the Star Luo Empire from the Sun Moon Federation.

Zhao Xuanzhen won the Light Holy Dragon Crystal by agreeing to destroy the Green Skeleton, then led an assault on their stronghold while Skeleton Douluo was in seclusion. He and Zhi Fu trapped the organization’s base, and Zhao Xuanzhen’s Wind Bird revealed that he had secretly been inside the enemy ranks.

• Gu Yue recognized the Light Holy Dragon Crystal’s value, and Zhao Xuanzhen bid for it at the Starry Sky Auction House.
• Holy Dragon Douluo Enci failed to secure Zhao Xuanzhen’s help against the Sun Moon Federation, then offered the crystal in exchange for Skeleton Douluo’s head and the Eight Great Skeleton Kings’ heads.
• Zhao Xuanzhen accepted the new condition, and he and his companions left the auction with their purchases.
• Zhi Fu trapped the Green Skeleton stronghold inside a huge stone cage and instantly killed two Skeleton Kings.
• Skeleton Douluo emerged from seclusion as Zhao Xuanzhen arrived atop the Soaring Serpent and called his Wind Bird to him, revealing that he had been among the Green Skeleton’s members.

Zhao Xuanzhen and the Eight Deceitful Gods destroyed the Green Skeleton Organization, then Zhao Xuanzhen looted its treasure trove and prepared to seek Dragon Valley. Afterward, his Soul Power broke through to Level 60.

• Zhi Fu and Soaring Serpent attacked Green Skeleton, and Skeleton Douluo devoured four Skeleton Kings to reach the Extreme Douluo realm before Soaring Serpent killed him.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used Sacred Emperor Evil God Thunder to eliminate the remaining Green Skeleton Members and annihilate the organization.
• Zhao Xuanzhen sent Zhi Fu to search for Dragon Valley as the plane approached its opening.
• Zhao Xuanzhen looted Green Skeleton's treasure trove, including Soul Tools, currency, rare goods, and Soul Bones, then Soaring Serpent burned the headquarters.
• Zhao Xuanzhen's Soul Power broke through from the peak of Level 59 to Level 60.

After reaching level sixty, Zhao Xuanzhen gained the Yin Yang Chaos Bird’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and helped Spirit Pagoda secure the destruction of Green Skeleton. He accepted a Soul Bone from Ye Xinglan and the two grew closer as she began absorbing it, while a team battle against Monster Academy was arranged for the competition’s closing ceremony.

• Zhao Xuanzhen broke through level sixty, awakened the Yin Yang Chaos Bird, and obtained its Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Zhao Xuanzhen presented five heads from Green Skeleton to Dai Tianling and Enci, and Enci handed him the Bright Holy Dragon Dragon Crystal as agreed.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and Enci arranged a closing-ceremony team battle between Shrek Academy and Monster Academy, with seven types of spiritual items promised to the winners.
• Ye Xinglan gave Zhao Xuanzhen the Golden Earth Dragon King Left Leg Soul Bone, and he accepted it for Bai Haoze.
• Zhao Xuanzhen gave Ye Xinglan the Hundred Thousand Year Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor Right Arm Soul Bone, and she asked to kiss him before beginning to absorb it.
• Zhao Xuanzhen told Ye Xinglan that Monster Academy would face their team at the closing ceremony, and she vowed not to disappoint him.

Monster Academy defeated Cloud Screen Academy and faced Shrek Academy in a closing-ceremony exhibition match. As the team battle unfolded, Ye Xinglan checked Long Yue with her Star Pattern Sea Serpent Emperor Soul Bone skills, while Zhao Xuanzhen revealed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and began his sixth soul skill.

• Monster Academy won the team battle final against Cloud Screen Academy, and Dai Tianling announced its exhibition match against Shrek Academy.
• Both teams released their Battle Armor as Enci started the match, and the Heavenly Kings charged under Ye Zhi’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda enhancement.
• Gu Yue stopped Lin San with Dragon’s Might and elemental attacks, while Yue Zhengyu exposed Tengteng and Tang Wulin engaged Dai Yueyan.
• Ye Xinglan blocked Long Yue with Star Peak, then used Star Explosion to halt his attack.
• Yuanen Yehui overwhelmed Su Mu, while Zhao Xuanzhen’s six Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year sixth ring, stunned Hua Lantang and the spectators.
• Zhao Xuanzhen began his sixth soul skill, Sun and Moon in the Same Glory, summoning a vast white sun and black moon above the arena.

Zhao Xuanzhen defeated Long Yue and Monster Academy’s Seven Heavenly Kings with Sun and Moon in the Same Glory, then attended the Star Luo banquet where Dai Yun’er publicly asked him to become her consort. Zhao rejected her and left with his companions, while Dai Yun’er declared she would marry no one else and Dai Tianling arranged to recognize Zhao as a Star Luo Viscount.

• Zhao Xuanzhen unleashed Sun and Moon in the Same Glory, overwhelming Long Yue and the other Heavenly Kings and winning the exhibition match.
• Zhao Xuanzhen and the Douluo delegation attended Dai Tianling’s banquet, where the emperor announced that Dai Yun’er would choose a husband.
• Dai Yun’er walked past Yue Zhengyu and asked Zhao Xuanzhen to become her consort, but he rejected her and left the palace with his companions.
• Dai Yun’er declared that she would marry no one but Zhao Xuanzhen, and Dai Tianling allowed the declaration to stand.
• Dai Tianling told Holy Dragon Douluo Enci that the empire would recognize Zhao Xuanzhen as a Star Luo Viscount whether or not he accepted the title.

Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Zhao Xuanzhen requested leave from the exchange, and Gu Yue spent their last night together before departing. The next morning, Zhao Xuanzhen prepared his companions for his own mission and left them with equipment, resources, and instructions.

• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Zhao Xuanzhen told Wu Changkong they needed leave, and he approved their requests.
• Gu Yue joined Zhao Xuanzhen in his room, shared a tender night with him, and received the Bright Holy Dragon Dragon Crystal.
• The next morning, Zhao Xuanzhen gave Yue Zhengyu Two-Word Battle Armor plans and arranged priority metal supplies for the Angel Legion.
• Zhao Xuanzhen advised Ye Xinglan on her sword cultivation and gave her the Star God Battle Armor plans.
• Zhao Xuanzhen gave Yuanen Yehui Soul Bones, supplies for Na'er and Jiu Tian, and Battle Armor plans before flying away on his mission.

Zhao Xuanzhen helped Zhang Geyang’s Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine survive its tribulation and reach the Hundred-Thousand-Year realm, briefly pushing Zhang toward the Quasi-God level. The vine then betrayed Zhang, reclaimed its power, and joined Zhao Xuanzhen’s side as Zhang’s strength collapsed.

• Zhang Geyang met Zhao Xuanzhen and Muye, then led them over the sea to help the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine advance.
• Zhao Xuanzhen used his Taiji Domain and Bagua Qimen to summon a thunderstorm, and the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine emerged to absorb the lightning.
• When the vine neared collapse from the thunderbolt, Zhao Xuanzhen used Kan Word, Torrent to stabilize it with water elements and tempered himself in the tribulation.
• The Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine became a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and its power briefly helped Zhang Geyang break through to Rank 99.
• Zhang Geyang attacked Zhao Xuanzhen after the tribulation, but the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine captured his other Soul Spirits and broke free of their contract.
• The Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine revealed that Zhao Xuanzhen had promised it a place under the Golden Ancient Tree, then turned its Thunder Hell attack on Zhang Geyang.