Chapter Summaries

Gu Chen’s attempt to save Gu Yue triggered a transformation that left Gu Yue unconscious and Gu Chen’s consciousness in control of their fused body. He mastered destruction and every element, but the fusion remained incomplete and dulled his emotions.

• Gu Yue spat up corrosive blood and collapsed, and Gu Chen caught her but could not draw his energy back.
• Light Particles filled the room and formed a cocoon around Gu Chen and Gu Yue as he sensed no danger and did not resist.
• In the Void Plane, a distant Gu Chen froze for half an hour after the commotion affected him, alarming his brother.
• In Shrek’s dormitory, Gu Chen emerged in a genderless form with Dragon Horns and control over Destruction Power and the elements.
• Gu Chen realized that only his consciousness controlled the transformed body while Gu Yue’s consciousness appeared asleep or briefly merged with his.
• Gu Chen recognized that the fusion had succeeded only incompletely, leaving him with overwhelming power but greatly diminished emotions.

Gu Chen assessed the unstable fusion of his and Gu Yue’s powers, which gave him great strength but drained Soul Power rapidly and hid Gu Yue’s consciousness. After separating them, he carried the exhausted Gu Yue to bed and resolved to keep researching a solution, possibly with Wulin.

• Gu Chen realized that his fused state consumed Soul Power rapidly and could not last without reaching rank 70 and obtaining his Martial Soul Avatar.
• He assessed the fusion’s increased strength, Mental Power, physique, and vision, while deciding it remained unstable and concealed Gu Yue’s consciousness.
• Gu Chen ended the fusion, and he and Gu Yue returned to their human forms, both pale and exhausted.
• Gu Chen held Gu Yue as she quickly fell asleep, then carried her to the bedroom.
• Gu Chen considered continuing his research with Wulin and resolved to improve the fusion.

Tang Wulin fed the starving Virus Girl software, unaware that she used his phone to find his identity and location. Dai Yun'er discovered he was in Shrek City and began looking forward to meeting him again.

• Tang Wulin copied software and fed it to the weak Virus Girl on his phone.
• After Tang Wulin set the phone aside, Virus Girl stopped eating and looked up his information through Feixin.
• Dai Yun'er saw Tang Wulin's name and real-time location in Shrek City.
• Dai Yun'er recalled how Tang Wulin had insulted her during a game of Honor of Kings and how she had arranged for a virus to be planted in his phone.
• Dai Yun'er decided she would visit Shrek Academy and meet Tang Wulin when she had time.

Gu Chen went to Tang Wulin’s dorm to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Tang Wulin remarked that Gu Chen’s head looked pointy. Gu Chen beat him, while Xie Xie avoided getting involved.

• Gu Chen went to Tang Wulin’s dorm to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and found the air-conditioned room colder than outside.
• Tang Wulin pulled Gu Chen inside, then asked why his head looked pointy.
• Xie Xie heard Tang Wulin’s remark, quietly withdrew from the room, and blocked his ears with Soul Power.
• Gu Chen told Tang Wulin his voice was too shrill, then beat him while Xie Xie pretended not to see.

Gu Chen and Tang Wulin tested a Martial Soul Fusion Skill beside Sea God Lake, combining the Purple Desolation Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon with the Golden Dragon King. The fusion pushed Gu Chen to unprecedented power but overwhelmed his reason, and he cried out to kill.

• Gu Chen and Tang Wulin secretly chose a secluded spot beside Sea God Lake to spar.
• Gu Chen drew a vast formation to gather heaven-and-earth and leyline energy, then invited Tang Wulin to attempt a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Gu Chen manifested the Purple Desolation Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon, and Tang Wulin awakened his Golden Dragon King bloodline without resisting.
• A blood-red cocoon dispersed as the two dragons roared, and their fusion unleashed power beyond what Gu Chen had reached with Gu Yue.
• Gu Chen's hair turned black and his eyes changed as blood-colored mist surrounded him, while the fusion's murderous violence suppressed his reason.
• Gu Chen shouted, "Kill!"

Gu Chen struggled against the combined killing intent of the Golden Dragon King and Purple Desolation Heaven-Extinguishing Dragon bloodlines, using the God-Slaying Art to regain control. With Tang Wulin still unconscious, Gu Chen set his sights on Sea God Island and prepared to challenge its old master again.

• The killing intent overwhelmed Tang Wulin and threatened to erase Gu Chen's consciousness, but Gu Chen chose to risk letting the bloodlines combine.
• Gu Chen resisted the two bloodlines as their power ran wild through him and turned his Sea of Consciousness blood-red.
• Gu Chen used the God-Slaying Art to suppress his Martial Soul and dim the bloodlust overwhelming him.
• Gu Chen regained control of his body, sensed Tang Wulin was still unconscious, and declared that he would challenge the old bastard on Sea God Island again.

A mysterious white-robed figure stood atop a vast cauldron on the River of Time and found someone in a water mirror. He promised Nuwa he would help that person one last time, then faced her with a golden sword as battle approached.

• A mysterious figure standing on a red-gold cauldron raised drops from the River of Time and formed a water mirror.
• The figure saw someone in the mirror, surfaced with buried memories, and whispered, “Found... you...”
• The figure told Nuwa he would help the person one last time.
• The figure drew a golden longsword and pointed it at Nuwa, while sword qi severed the River of Time and Space.

Gu Chen learned that he had received the Heavenly Emperor’s Blessing and Nuwa’s Gaze years earlier, though the system could not explain how or why. After confirming the gaze had no negative effects, he returned to working on his weapon designs and considered where to go next to improve his strength.

• The system told Gu Chen that he had received the Heavenly Emperor’s Blessing and Nuwa’s Gaze.
• Gu Chen questioned why the system had waited years to tell him about Nuwa’s Gaze, and the system said it did not know the details.
• The system explained that Nuwa’s Gaze had marked Gu Chen so she could find him if they met in the future, and assured him it had no negative effects.
• Gu Chen dismissed his worries about the Primordial World and turned back to his weapon parts and blueprints.
• Gu Chen considered visiting the Heavenly Abyss Secret Realm or the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to improve his strength.

After Yun Ming defeated and badly injured Gu Chen and Tang Wulin, Gu Chen returned to the dormitory and left Tang Wulin with Xie Xie before going to find Gu Yue. Xie Xie suspected Gu Chen was heading toward trouble as he left for his date.

• Yun Ming savagely beat Gu Chen despite their fused Martial Souls, and Gu Chen accepted the defeat as a reason to train harder.
• Gu Chen returned to the dormitory carrying an unconscious Tang Wulin, whose injuries had worsened after Yun Ming scattered his Martial Soul and bloodline.
• Xie Xie asked what had happened, but Gu Chen tossed Tang Wulin into his arms and told him to bathe and change him.
• Gu Chen said he would not return that night and left to find Gu Yue, slamming the dormitory door behind him.
• Xie Xie thought Gu Chen was on the Path to Death for leaving him to care for Tang Wulin before going on a date.

Gu Chen followed a mysterious earth-related scent to a lit dorm and accidentally saw Yuanen Yehui while looking through the walls with his Double Pupils. He dispelled his Martial Soul Possession and tried to calm down, but an angry voice inside the dorm demanded to know who was there.

• Gu Chen returned to Shrek Academy with snacks after bathing, his hair still damp.
• Gu Chen caught a faint scent of soil and earth veins coming from a lit dorm room.
• Gu Chen used his Double Pupils to look through the dorm walls and saw a snow-white expanse.
• Gu Chen quickly dispelled his Martial Soul Possession, blushed, and reassured himself that he had not been noticed.
• Someone inside the dorm angrily called out, asking who was there.

Gu Chen accidentally saw Yuanen Yehui bathing, and she burst through the dormitory wall in anger. His instinctive attraction to her earth-element Martial Soul left Yuanen Yehui wondering if he was treating her as food or might be an Evil Soul Master.

• Yuanen Yehui smashed through the wall and confronted Gu Chen, who told her she would have to pay for the damage.
• Gu Chen admitted to himself that he felt only slight guilt for having seen her and noticed droplets of water on her body.
• Yuanen Yehui struck at Gu Chen, but he scattered her Soul Power and realized her Martial Soul’s earth origin was attracting him.
• Gu Chen told Yuanen Yehui that she smelled good, and she wondered whether he was an Evil Soul Master or thought of her as food.

Gu Chen apologized to Yuanen Yehui for what happened and promised to fulfill a reasonable request, then learned he had to pay part of the compensation. He descended a set of steps while dancing in despair, as strange ripples stirred somewhere unknown.

• Gu Chen admitted fault to Yuanen Yehui and offered to meet a reasonable request she made.
• Yuanen Yehui calmed down, flew back toward her dormitory, and heard Gu Chen reaffirm his promise.
• Gu Chen called the dorm manager and learned he had to pay part of the compensation.
• Gu Chen descended the steps while dancing in despair, and ripples stirred in an unknown place.

Wu Changkong assigned the students to build Mecha for their practical groups, but Gu Yue proposed making Battle Armor instead. Gu Chen revealed his bracelet-form Battle Armor and told the group to manufacture theirs using its Core Array design.

• Wu Changkong assigned Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Luo Guixing, Wu Sidao, and Gu Chen to Group One and warned that the ten lowest-ranked students would be expelled.
• Tang Wulin divided the group's work among its members and suggested choosing suitable Mecha and materials.
• Gu Yue proposed building One-Word Battle Armor instead of Mecha, arguing that it would better prepare them for their futures as Battle Armor Masters.
• Gu Chen placed his violet-gold bracelet on the table and revealed that it was his modified Battle Armor.
• Gu Chen told Tang Wulin and the others to manufacture their Battle Armor according to the Core Array drawn on his design, and Tang Wulin agreed.

Gu Chen named his Two-Word Battle Armor Chenyue Huanglong and let Tang Wulin and the others study it. Tang Wulin missed Wu Changkong’s lecture while cultivating with Elder Feng, as Gu Chen’s attention turned to a mysterious exchange in the void.

• Tang Wulin asked Gu Chen about his battle armor’s name, and Gu Chen revealed it was called Chenyue Huanglong and would eventually become Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Gu Chen allowed Tang Wulin and the others to examine the battle armor after class, explaining that it was unusually powerful and difficult to upgrade.
• Gu Yue called the class to order when Tang Wulin was absent, and Wu Changkong marked him absent until a messenger relayed that Elder Feng Wuyu had requested leave for him.
• Gu Chen stared blankly out the window as a black-haired masked man and a mist-shrouded figure argued in the endless void about using people as pieces and whether their actions would be fatal.

Tang Wulin struggled to forge Battle Armor components while learning how exacting their Core Arrays had to be. After Gu Chen explained a way for Xu Xiaoyan to obtain a suitable thousand-year Soul Spirit, Gu Yue revealed she already knew about Tower Rush.

• The narrator criticized claims that humans had been oppressed by Soul Beasts and described the protagonist as a villain who would kill or subdue his enemies.
• Tang Wulin spent several days imitating Battle Armor Core Arrays and ruining some metal as he practiced forging precise components.
• Tang Wulin returned to the dormitory late after Wu Changkong punished him for skipping class by making him clean the grounds.
• Xu Xiaoyan reached rank 30 and needed a thousand-year Soul Spirit for her third Spirit Ring.
• Xie Xie rushed out of the dormitory and clung to Gu Chen, begging him to save him from Tang Wulin.
• Gu Chen told Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan that the Spirit Pagoda offered Tower Rush as an alternative way to obtain a high-quality Soul Spirit, and Gu Yue said she already knew about it.

Gu Chen and the others traveled to the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, where Gu Yue stumbled after her legs went numb from serving as his pillow. The group arrived and took in the enormous, modern tower, while Leng Yaozhu's appearance was teased for a later chapter.

• Gu Chen rested his head on Gu Yue's lap during the drive as the others exchanged knowing looks.
• The Soul Guidance Car reached the Spirit Pagoda headquarters after more than forty minutes on the road.
• Gu Yue's numb legs gave way as she stepped out, and Gu Chen caught her and helped her stand.
• Gu Yue reproached Gu Chen for causing her discomfort, and he apologized before letting her go.
• The group looked up at the towering Spirit Pagoda, whose modern mechanical style differed from Shrek and the Butian Sect.

Gu Chen and his companions visited the Spirit Pagoda headquarters, where a mural of Tang Wutong’s Light Goddess Butterfly stirred Gu Yue’s hatred over the Imperial Auspicious Beast’s death. Gu Chen steadied her, and the group remained inside the headquarters.

• The group registered at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters and entered its enormous mural-covered hall.
• Gu Chen glimpsed Huo Yuhao in the eye painted at the center of the dome.
• Xu Xiaoyan pointed out a mural of Tang Wutong’s Light Goddess Butterfly and praised her legendary Martial Soul Fusion Skills with Spirit Ice Douluo.
• Gu Yue recalled Di Tian’s account of Tang Wutong and Tang San killing the Imperial Auspicious Beast and felt an intense urge for revenge.
• Gu Chen called Gu Yue back to herself and held her hand as she struggled with her anger.

Gu Yue healed her injured palm through Gu Chen’s touch, then led the group through a restricted Spirit Pagoda elevator to a room overlooking a sea of clouds. The group arrived at their destination, while the chapter ended with an author’s note asking readers whether Leng Yulai should be killed off.

• Gu Chen took Gu Yue’s bleeding hand, and a flash of white light healed her palm.
• Gu Yue and Gu Chen’s companions teased them, and Gu Yue told everyone to focus on business.
• Gu Yue used her badge to open a red elevator, prompting Yue Zhengyu to ask about her status in the Spirit Pagoda.
• The elevator carried the group to a high floor with a view of Shrek City above the clouds.
• Gu Yue called someone, led the group along a corridor, and opened the door to a spacious, carefully furnished room.

Gu Chen reunited with Leng Yaozhu, Gu Yue’s teacher, who welcomed the Shrek Academy group to the Spirit Pagoda and led them to the Soul Spirit Tower. The group reached a vast hall centered on a gigantic golden gate of light.

• Gu Chen recognized Leng Yaozhu, and she greeted him as they reunited after a long time.
• Leng Yaozhu introduced herself as Gu Yue’s teacher, surprising the group, and Gu Chen called her his sister.
• The group respectfully greeted Leng Yaozhu, who offered to guide them to the Soul Spirit Tower.
• Leng Yaozhu led the group through the Spirit Pagoda and took them in a golden elevator to a vast circular hall.
• The group saw a towering golden gate of light standing on an altar at the center of the hall.

Leng Yaozhu sent Gu Yue and the others into the Soul Spirit Tower for their first trial, while privately reflecting on her long separation from Gu Yue. Inside, Gu Chen led the group toward the trial gates and urged them to rely on themselves.

• Leng Yaozhu warned Gu Yue and the others that the Soul Spirit Tower was dangerous and promised to monitor their trial.
• Gu Yue and the others entered the golden door, and Leng Yaozhu reflected that she had not seen Gu Yue for seven years.
• Gu Chen entered the tower and found himself in a vast ancient hall with the others.
• A towering image of the Soul Spirit Tower appeared and vanished, then eight enormous metal doors opened with roars from within.
• Gu Chen told the others the first trial was simple and that they could leave if they could not endure it, then approached a door with his arm transformed into a dragon claw.