Chapter Summaries

Gu Chen fought Yun Ming in a Soul Fighting Arena, revealing his unusual abilities and enduring a near-even clash with the Sea God Pavilion Master. By the lake, Yun Ming reflected on Gu Chen’s fearlessness and his own burdens, admitting through his weariness that he had given up on trying to control everyone’s future.

• Yun Ming brought Gu Chen to an empty Soul Fighting Arena and invited him to use every method against him.
• Gu Chen unleashed his Twin Martial Souls’ abilities, trapping them in a chaotic world and striking Yun Ming with Qilin Step before they exchanged powerful spear attacks.
• After the battle, Yun Ming praised Gu Chen’s talent and suggested he become a live-in son-in-law rather than marry Na'er and take her away.
• Gu Chen told Yun Ming he did not fear death, explaining that he had already experienced it and wanted above all to survive.
• Yun Ming sat down by Sea God Lake and reflected on the factions he had to manage, his lost hopes, and his wish for Na'er to live safely.

Yun Ming and Gu Chen discussed Shrek’s troubles and Yun Ming’s emerging godhood before Na’er arrived and noticed Gu Chen’s injuries. Gu Chen and Yun Ming hid the truth from her, leaving Yun Ming stunned when she called Gu Chen “Brother.”

• Yun Ming admitted he felt unable to step away from leading Shrek, while Gu Chen urged him to worry less and revealed he knew Yun Ming had nearly formed the beginnings of a godhood.
• Gu Chen claimed he learned about Yun Ming’s progress through the Butian Sect’s information channels and said he had no moles in the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Na’er ran up to Yun Ming and noticed Gu Chen’s bruises and torn clothes, asking why he was injured.
• Yun Ming denied causing Gu Chen’s injuries, and Gu Chen lied that he had fallen on his own to keep Na’er from blaming Yun Ming.
• Na’er asked Gu Chen not to lie to her and called him “Brother,” leaving Yun Ming feeling as if his little padded jacket had let in the wind.

Gu Chen and Na'er spent a quiet afternoon together at a swing made from the Golden Ancient Tree, while Yue Zhengyu accused Yuanen Yehui of being connected to an Evil Soul Master at Shrek Academy. The chapter left Yuanen walking away from Yue Zhengyu's claim that he had seen the suspect with his own eyes.

• Na'er pulled Gu Chen to a swing woven from the Golden Ancient Tree, and he pushed her as they reminisced about the three years they had spent apart.
• Gu Chen told Na'er that she had saved him by helping him retain his human emotions, while Yun Ming watched them before leaving.
• Yuanen Yehui, using only her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul, fought Yue Zhengyu again and knocked him away with one slap.
• Yuanen Yehui challenged Yue Zhengyu to explain how he knew an Evil Soul Master was at Shrek Academy, and he insisted he had seen the person himself.
• Yuanen Yehui dismissed Yue Zhengyu as boring and walked away.

Shen Yi began selecting class officers and named Gu Chen class monitor and Tang Wulin forging committee member. After students questioned the appointments, Shen Yi revealed Tang Wulin was a Level 5 Blacksmith, while Yue Zhengyu looked to Gu Chen for a chance to gauge his strength.

• With Cai Yue'er absent, Shen Yi took charge of the class and explained the officer roles and their benefits.
• Shen Yi named Gu Chen class monitor and Tang Wulin forging committee member, while Gu Chen continued resting at his desk.
• Yang Nianxia questioned Tang Wulin's appointment, and Shen Yi revealed that Tang Wulin was a Level 5 Blacksmith.
• Yang Nianxia, a Level 3 Blacksmith, accepted the explanation and sat down.
• Another student questioned why Gu Chen was class monitor, and Yue Zhengyu watched Gu Chen with curiosity.

Shen Yi announced that Gu Chen was a Rank 54 Spirit King and explained the rules for a class-wide competition to choose a Class Monitor and two Vice Class Monitors. As the students formed alliances, Tang Wulin stayed cautious and Yang Nianxia approached him to propose a team.

• Shen Yi revealed Gu Chen's Rank 54 Spirit King status, leaving Yue Zhengyu stunned by the gap between them.
• Shen Yi announced a free-for-all competition for the three class leadership positions and gave the students fifteen minutes to form alliances.
• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan to form separate alliances so their group would not attract attention.
• Xu Xiaoyan joined a five-person team by saying she would withdraw before the final contest, while Xie Xie formed a three-person group called Pick-up.
• Yang Nianxia showed interest in teaming up with Tang Wulin and identified his Martial Soul as Dark Gold Bear.

Tang Wulin met Tang Yin, a blue-haired youth who looked remarkably like him, while the students formed teams for the Class Monitor contest. Gu Chen recognized Tang Yin and secretly warned him to hide their connection, then returned to Gu Yue as Tang Wulin reeled at Tang Yin’s level 47 strength.

• Tang Wulin proposed a team strategy with Yang Nianxia and Gu Yue, assigning Yang Nianxia defense and strength while he handled control and Gu Yue provided ranged support.
• Tang Yin approached and asked to join, and Tang Wulin was stunned by how much the youth resembled him.
• Gu Chen startled Tang Wulin by appearing, and Tang Yin froze when he saw Gu Chen’s identical face.
• Gu Chen sent Tang Yin a mental warning to conceal their connection, and both he and Tang Yin denied knowing each other when Tang Wulin asked.
• Tang Yin revealed that his Water Element Martial Soul was level 47, leaving Tang Wulin stunned, while Gu Chen returned to Gu Yue and embraced her.

First Grade Class One began a simulated forest competition to choose its class officers, and Yang Nianxia fought Zheng Yiran and her twin companions after calling out for Tang Wulin and Tang Yin. Yang Nianxia defeated the twins and charged Zheng Yiran, who coiled around him as the encounter continued.

• Shen Yi led the students into Simulation Pods, and Tang Wulin, Tang Yin, and Yang Nianxia chose nearby pods before entering the forest simulation.
• Tang Wulin landed in a dense forest and used his incomplete Blue Silver Domain to search for his companions.
• Yang Nianxia shouted for Tang Wulin and Tang Yin, briefly encountered Gu Chen and Gu Yue, and kept calling until Zheng Yiran and the twins Zheng Long and Zheng Hu appeared.
• Zheng Yiran ordered Zheng Long and Zheng Hu to attack Yang Nianxia, but he endured their poison, grabbed them, and knocked them out.
• Yang Nianxia charged Zheng Yiran, scattered her poisonous mist with a dark-gold blast, and watched as she coiled around his body.

Gu Chen refused to help a girl being attacked by three students, but intervened when they threatened him and Gu Yue. He knocked two attackers unconscious and seized the third by the throat, confronting him over threatening the girl.

• A girl surrounded by two boys and another girl called to Gu Chen for help, but he took Gu Yue's hand and walked away.
• The girl begged Gu Chen to save her, and he asked why he should help a stranger.
• One of the boys mocked Gu Chen and threatened to deal with Gu Yue after finishing off the girl.
• Gu Chen stopped, then struck the other boy and girl hard enough to knock them unconscious.
• Gu Chen grabbed the remaining boy by the throat with his dragon claw and asked if he had said he would hit the girl.

Gu Chen fought through the virtual battle for the class monitor positions, using overwhelming force and summoning the Chaos Ancient Beast to defeat his opponents. He let Yue Zhengyu leave, while Yue Zhengyu remained wary of Gu Chen’s mysterious power that had once suppressed his Martial Soul.

• Gu Chen killed two students in the virtual world, leaving their real bodies unconscious after the three withdrew.
• Gu Chen launched a powerful purple-light punch that knocked most of the nearby students unconscious, but several survivors joined forces to attack him.
• Gu Chen summoned the Chaos Ancient Beast, which killed and devoured one attacker while the beast dealt with the fallen opponents.
• Gu Chen continued fighting in midair and warned Yue Zhengyu, who had been hiding in the grass, to leave.
• Yue Zhengyu retreated and remembered how Gu Chen had once suppressed and sealed his Martial Soul with a single palm strike.

Tang Wulin and his companions watched Xu Yucheng defeat a wounded Winged Tiger soul master and learned about the danger of his Dark Demon Scythe. Yang Nianxia agreed to lead their team as they prepared to continue the competition, while a crowd gathered around Gu Chen.

• A Winged Tiger soul master fled from Xu Yucheng and two other pursuers before Xu Yucheng struck him down with his Dark Demon Scythe.
• Yang Nianxia identified Xu Yucheng as the famed Undying of Sun Moon Imperial Spirit Soul Academy and explained the scythe’s power and backlash.
• Tang Wulin asked Yang Nianxia to lead their team, and Yang Nianxia agreed to protect them and take the front in battle.
• Tang Wulin’s team discussed their roles and decided to head out, while a large crowd gathered around Gu Chen.

Gu Chen unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill against Wu Sidao, then used the God-Slaying Art, Twilight of the Gods, to overwhelm the gathered fighters. Wu Sidao survived but was left wounded and awestruck, believing Gu Chen to be a true god.

• Gu Chen shattered the ground with Purple Imperial Heaven-Breaking Strike, sending purple blades indiscriminately at everyone nearby.
• Wu Sidao dodged the blades, then transformed into the Hell White Tiger and charged Gu Chen as other fighters attacked him.
• Gu Chen invoked Twilight of the Gods, whose golden storm suppressed the fighters’ Martial Souls and tore apart the Hell White Tiger.
• Gu Chen’s golden gale cut down the remaining attackers, while Wu Sidao was left bloodied and declared him the true god of the era.

After Gu Chen’s Twilight of the Gods overwhelmed the battlefield, Wu Sidao was left weakened and Xu Xiaoyan surrendered, while Gu Chen remained eager to fight. The shrinking terrain brought the surviving groups together in a final arena, where Gu Chen faced Xu Yucheng and other battered opponents.

• Xu Xiaoyan surrendered to Wu Sidao, who accepted her surrender and began meditating to recover her Soul Power and lift the suppression on her martial souls.
• Gu Chen remained in strong condition after his attack and knocked away the scythe that had pierced the golden storm.
• Shen Yi announced that thirteen people remained and the terrain was shrinking, then transported the survivors to a circular clearing covered in Blue Silver Grass.
• Gu Chen, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Tang Yin, Xu Xiaoyan, and meditating Wu Sidao appeared together in the clearing.
• Xu Yucheng and his two companions stood opposite Gu Chen’s group, while four bloodied, weakened fighters occupied the other side.

With only ten students left in the contest, Tang Wulin revealed four Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings as he faced Undying Xu Yucheng’s group. Gu Chen then challenged everyone to fight him, but no one dared to answer.

• Undying Xu Yucheng charged the four exhausted students and eliminated them with his Dark Demon Scythe while his two companions guarded him.
• Tang Wulin stepped forward to confront Xu Yucheng and revealed four pitch-black Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Gu Chen interrupted the standoff and told everyone to attack him so he could fight while outnumbered.
• Gu Chen challenged the crowd to beat him to death, but his earlier display of power left everyone too afraid to respond.

Gu Chen attacked Tang Wulin’s group, smashing through Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass defenses and forcing Tang Wulin to fight back. Tang Wulin trapped Gu Chen in a cage of golden pillars and barbs, but Gu Chen sounded excited to face him.

• Gu Chen charged at Xu Yucheng’s companions, while Tang Wulin raised a golden Blue Silver Grass wall to block him.
• Gu Chen shattered the wall with his dragon-scaled fist, frightening Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin activated his Fourth Spirit Skill, Dragon Mark Piercing Array, and summoned a huge golden pillar covered in sharp barbs.
• Tang Wulin raised four pillars around Gu Chen, whose extending barbs pierced him and formed a deadly cage.
• Gu Chen told Tang Wulin that he was the only one who could excite him.

Gu Chen broke free of Tang Wulin’s Blue Silver Grass cage and unleashed his dragon transformation, while Tang Wulin revealed the Golden Dragon King’s power. The two successors began a brutal clash, with Gu Chen knocking Tang Wulin away and pursuing him.

• Gu Chen shattered the Blue Silver Grass cage with an explosive punch and emerged with his dragon scales and bloodred eyes showing.
• Gu Chen taunted the others to survive, while Tang Wulin transformed and revealed himself as the inheritor of the Golden Dragon King's will.
• Gu Chen and Tang Wulin charged each other and collided, their speed and power leaving Xu Yucheng, Wu Sidao, and the others unable to follow their movements.
• Gu Chen blocked Tang Wulin's punch, threw him over his shoulder, and stomped toward him as he hit the ground.
• Tang Wulin blocked Gu Chen's kick, but Gu Chen changed tactics and kicked him away before pursuing him in a killing frenzy.

Gu Chen battered Tang Wulin until he was badly injured, forcing Xu Yucheng to call for everyone to attack together. Tang Wulin and Gu Chen then unleashed their strongest attacks against each other, and the chapter ended as Gu Chen's Purple Radiance, Heaven-Breaking Strike ignited his right arm.

• Gu Chen repeatedly struck Tang Wulin, sending him crashing into a tree and leaving him bleeding and nearly unable to move.
• Xu Yucheng called for the others to attack together because nobody could match Gu Chen one-on-one.
• Tang Wulin activated Golden Dragon Body, and his Shengming Deer turned golden and resonated with him.
• Tang Wulin gathered his Bloodline Power into his right claw and unleashed Golden Dragon Shakes the Heavens as an all-out final attack.
• Gu Chen activated Annihilation Dragon Claw and Dragon God's Wrath, then unleashed Purple Radiance, Heaven-Breaking Strike as his right arm burst into flames.

Gu Chen defeated Tang Wulin and the remaining opponents in the illusion, leaving only himself and Gu Yue standing. The pair returned to the real world to find the other participants watching them with fear and respect as fate’s conflict continued to unfold.

• Gu Chen used Dragon God's Wrath to overpower Tang Wulin and eliminate him from the battle.
• Gu Chen emerged from the crater and told Gu Yue he would deal with the other opponents so she could take the vice class president position or another role.
• Xu Yucheng challenged Gu Chen, and the remaining opponents fought him together but were quickly defeated.
• The illusion ended, and Gu Chen and Gu Yue returned to their cabins as nearly a hundred people watched them with fear and respect.
• Yang Nianxia exchanged a bitter look with Tang Wulin, sensing that the gears of fate had begun to turn.

Gu Chen dismissed Xu Yucheng’s challenge, while Class One finalized its committee members and officers. Meanwhile, Yue Zhengyu moved into Yuan En’s work-study dormitory, prompting Yuan En to leave and request a room change.

• Gu Chen held Gu Yue’s hand and told Xu Yucheng and the other students they were not strong enough to challenge him, while Xu Yucheng vowed to catch up someday.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie cultivated before lunch, and the Class One officer positions were settled: Gu Chen became Class Monitor, Gu Yue Design Committee Member, Luo Guixing Manufacturing Committee Member, Wu Sidao Repair Committee Member, and Tang Wulin Forging Committee Member.
• Yue Zhengyu announced that he would share Yuan En’s dormitory, and Yuan En said he disliked him and left to ask the academy for a different room.
• Yue Zhengyu challenged Yuan En to meet him at the Sparring Arena, but Yuan En ignored him and walked away.
• Gu Chen glanced at Yue Zhengyu as he left, suspecting he had sensed a faint connection between their Fallen Angel and Holy Angel martial souls.

Gu Chen broke through to Level 55 while meditating beside Gu Yue, then discussed whether the two of them could develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill without a third person. The chapter left Gu Chen suspecting that Na'er might already be the Dragon God.

• Gu Chen entered Gu Yue's room and joined her in meditation, while Gu Yue sensed his arrival and returned to cultivating.
• Gu Chen stopped suppressing his strength and absorbed spiritual energy, successfully breaking through to Level 55.
• Gu Chen kissed Gu Yue after opening his eyes, and they later discussed their Martial Soul compatibility and the need to balance their conflicting powers.
• Gu Chen and Gu Yue agreed to try creating a two-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill, since relying on all three of them would make it impractical.
• Gu Chen considered seeking Na'er for answers and suspected that she might already be the Dragon God, beyond what his Double Pupils could see through.

Gu Chen and Gu Yue attempted to fuse their bloodline powers, but Gu Chen’s distraction caused Destruction Power to rampage through Gu Yue’s body. Elsewhere, the Honor of Kings planning department held a press conference where a planner’s emotional remarks angered viewers and prompted calls for refunds.

• Gu Yue and Gu Chen prepared themselves before joining hands to combine their Soul Power and bloodline martial souls.
• Purple Destruction Power and Gu Yue’s seven-colored elemental power began to fuse harmoniously, and Gu Chen asked whether the attempt had worked.
• Gu Chen became distracted, causing Destruction Power to run wild through Gu Yue and turn her face pale as the power within her changed.
• The Honor of Kings planning department held a press conference after the game won Best Game of the New Era.
• A planner spoke emotionally about hearing players’ voices and changing anything for them, leaving viewers angry and shouting for refunds.