Chapter Summaries

Zhen Hua told Situ Xuan that the medicinal bath and Cloud Force had greatly eased his injuries and loosened his Soul Power bottleneck. Determined to repay the favor, he gave Situ Xuan a lifetime of free forging services and a Divine Craftsman Token, which Situ Xuan accepted.

• Zhen Hua described how the treatment had eased his pain, reduced the backlash against his spiritual power, and improved his prospects for advancing in forging.
• Zhen Hua insisted that he owed Situ Xuan and the Body Sect a debt, despite Situ Xuan telling him he did not need to repay the gift.
• Zhen Hua promised to forge equipment for Situ Xuan free of charge and to provide full support when Situ Xuan developed his Battle Armor.
• Zhen Hua gave Situ Xuan a Divine Craftsman Token that granted access to most of the Blacksmith's Association's resources.
• Situ Xuan accepted the token and promised to remember Zhen Hua's kindness, while Zhen Hua and Mu Ye celebrated the agreement.

Situ Xuan and Gu Yue walked to class after his recovery from the Golden Lion Mastiff’s attack, and Gu Yue accepted his refusal to join her. They parted as potential future opponents, while Situ Xuan concluded that their paths would not make them fellow travelers.

• Gu Yue found Situ Xuan nearly recovered and asked about his injuries from the Golden Lion Mastiff.
• Gu Yue said she would not force Situ Xuan to join her after he had refused her offer.
• Gu Yue stopped and offered Situ Xuan her hand, saying they might be opponents next time they met.
• Situ Xuan urged Gu Yue to pursue her potential, but she said everyone had their own difficulties.
• Situ Xuan decided Gu Yue had too many attachments to share his path, then continued with her toward the first-year teaching building.

Tang Wulin saw Gu Yue return with Situ Xuan and mistook their friendly interaction for a romantic betrayal. His jealousy stirred the Golden Dragon King bloodline, leaving him on the verge of losing control.

• Tang Wulin spotted Gu Yue standing beside Situ Xuan at the academy gates in a different uniform.
• Gu Yue smiled at Situ Xuan and shook his hand before they walked together toward the teaching building.
• Tang Wulin grew jealous and humiliated, imagining that Gu Yue had spent the night with Situ Xuan and hidden it from him.
• The Golden Dragon King bloodline awakened under Tang Wulin's intense emotions and whispered that Gu Yue had betrayed him.
• Tang Wulin's vision twisted their ordinary farewell into an intimate scene as golden-red light appeared in his eyes.

Tang Wulin mistook Gu Yue and Situ Xuan’s closeness for a betrayal and attacked Situ Xuan in a rage fueled by his Golden Dragon King Bloodline. Situ Xuan caught and restrained his first punch without using his martial soul, but Tang Wulin continued fighting.

• Tang Wulin saw Gu Yue with Situ Xuan and erupted in fury when Gu Yue hesitated to approach him.
• Tang Wulin charged at Situ Xuan with his Golden Dragon King-enhanced right arm and threw a lethal punch.
• Gu Yue tried to stop Tang Wulin with an ice wall, but Situ Xuan caught his punch with one hand and shattered the wall with the shockwave.
• Situ Xuan tightened his grip and cracked several of Tang Wulin’s scales as he told him to wake up.
• Tang Wulin roared, demanded to be released, and swung his scaled left fist at Situ Xuan’s face.

Tang Wulin attacked Situ Xuan under the influence of his bloodline, but Situ Xuan quickly subdued him and demanded an explanation. Gu Yue tried to stop the conflict, but Xie Xie attacked Situ Xuan in Tang Wulin’s defense, forcing Gu Yue to restrain him as she sought to prevent the situation from escalating.

• Situ Xuan struck Tang Wulin’s wrist, drove him to one knee, and seized him by the throat after Tang Wulin’s attack failed.
• Gu Yue pleaded with Situ Xuan to release Tang Wulin and promised to explain his bloodline-driven state.
• Xie Xie arrived and lunged at Situ Xuan with his daggers, ignoring Gu Yue’s warning.
• Gu Yue trapped Xie Xie in an Elemental Cage and disarmed him while he accused her of siding with an outsider.
• Gu Yue tried to calm herself and focus on getting Situ Xuan to release Tang Wulin.

Gu Yue tried to stop Situ Xuan from escalating his confrontation with Tang Wulin, then explained that she had met Situ Xuan for Spirit Pagoda business. When Tang Wulin remained consumed by jealousy and his bloodline, Gu Yue slapped him to break through his frenzy and began offering Situ Xuan an apology and compensation.

• Gu Yue pleaded with Situ Xuan to release Tang Wulin, and Situ Xuan let him fall before demanding an immediate explanation.
• Gu Yue told Tang Wulin that her meeting with Situ Xuan concerned Spirit Pagoda data testing, but Tang Wulin continued to doubt her.
• Gu Yue slapped Tang Wulin with an icy hand, and the pain and shock brought his frenzy to a halt.
• Gu Yue questioned why she felt protective of Tang Wulin, then pushed those thoughts aside to address Situ Xuan.
• Gu Yue apologized to Situ Xuan and offered to accept responsibility and provide compensation, but she was interrupted before finishing.

Xie Xie broke free of Gu Yue’s Elemental Cage and blamed Situ Xuan for Tang Wulin’s distress, demanding an explanation. Situ Xuan finally responded by releasing an overwhelming pressure that left Xie Xie shaken and stirred fear even in Tang Wulin.

• Xie Xie exploited a momentary lapse in Gu Yue’s control to break the Elemental Cage and shield Tang Wulin.
• Xie Xie accused Situ Xuan of causing Tang Wulin’s suffering and challenged him with his daggers drawn.
• Gu Yue tried to stop Xie Xie and explain, while Tang Wulin silently felt warmth and guilt at Xie Xie’s defense of him.
• Situ Xuan accepted Xie Xie’s demand for an explanation and stepped forward.
• Situ Xuan released a terrifying pressure that made Xie Xie’s Soul Power falter and caused Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King bloodline to tremble.

Situ Xuan punished Xie Xie for attacking him, then turned his anger on Tang Wulin. Luo Guixing’s Space Lock shattered against Situ Xuan’s punch, but the brief delay gave Tang Wulin a chance to react.

• Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie confronted Situ Xuan, who demanded an explanation for their attack.
• Xie Xie attacked Situ Xuan with his Light Dragon and Shadow Dragon clones, but Situ Xuan broke his dagger and injured him with one punch.
• Tang Wulin caught the injured Xie Xie as Situ Xuan announced that he was next.
• Situ Xuan moved in front of Tang Wulin and threw a punch at his face.
• Luo Guixing used Space Lock to try to stop Situ Xuan, but the skill shattered after briefly delaying his attack.

Situ Xuan overwhelmed the students who tried to stop him from attacking Tang Wulin, leaving Yang Nianxia and Xu Yucheng badly injured. The others could only stare at Situ Xuan, whose strength and resilience shocked them.

• Yang Nianxia blocked Situ Xuan’s punch while Xu Yucheng attacked from behind and Wu Sidu pulled Tang Wulin and Xie Xie away.
• Situ Xuan struck Yang Nianxia through his defensive shield, breaking his arms and sending him flying.
• Situ Xuan dodged Xu Yucheng’s scythe, grabbed his wrist, and hurled him into Wu Sidu.
• Wu Sidu staggered from the collision, while Xu Yucheng and Yang Nianxia fell unable to continue fighting.
• Luo Guixing, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, and the others watched Situ Xuan in shock.

Situ Xuan unleashed his killing intent and attacked Tang Wulin, forcing Gu Yue to reveal her extraordinary power to stop him. The chapter ended with Gu Yue displaying five black soul rings and overwhelming elemental energy as Situ Xuan bore down on Tang Wulin.

• Situ Xuan healed his shoulder and demanded to know whether anyone else would step forward, while Xie Xie continued shielding Tang Wulin.
• Situ Xuan released a tremendous pressure and Malevolent Qi that overwhelmed Luo Guixing, Wu Sidu, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yue recognized Situ Xuan's ancient killing aura and watched him reveal the power of the Fist of the North Star.
• Situ Xuan charged at Tang Wulin and vowed to tear off his scales.
• Gu Yue shouted for Situ Xuan to stop, then revealed five black soul rings and unleashed immense elemental energy.

Gu Yue revealed that she was a five-ring Soul King and tried to stop Situ Xuan from attacking Tang Wulin. Situ Xuan broke through her elemental restraints and used Black Tiger Xuan Sha to disrupt her follow-up attacks, leaving his assault on Tang Wulin underway.

• Gu Yue revealed five black soul rings and unleashed ice chains and earth-element suppression against Situ Xuan.
• Situ Xuan used Rock Body to shatter Gu Yue's restraints and reached for the golden scales on Tang Wulin's chest.
• Gu Yue prepared her third soul skill as Tang Wulin froze in fear of Situ Xuan's attack.
• Situ Xuan released his Black Tiger Xuan Sha and Malevolent Qi to disrupt Gu Yue's elemental assault.
• Gu Yue diverted her power to shield herself from the Malevolent Qi, interrupting her attacks on Situ Xuan.

Situ Xuan overwhelmed Tang Wulin and brutally stripped the golden scales from his arm while Gu Yue struggled to stop him. The chapter ended with Gu Yue holding back her attack because Situ Xuan kept Tang Wulin hostage.

• Situ Xuan struck Wu Sidu with one punch, breaking her wrist and knocking her out of the fight.
• Situ Xuan grabbed Tang Wulin by the hair and lifted him off the ground, leaving him unable to resist.
• Situ Xuan told Tang Wulin he liked the anger and hatred in his eyes, then scraped golden scales and flesh from his right arm.
• Gu Yue broke free of the baleful aura and prepared Spatial Strangulation, but stopped when Situ Xuan threatened Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yue demanded that Situ Xuan release Tang Wulin and warned that he would regret it.

Wu Zhangkong intervened as Situ Xuan held Tang Wulin and fought off his sword strike with a punch. Situ Xuan hurled Tang Wulin toward Wu Zhangkong, who caught him and ordered him taken to the Sea God Pavilion for treatment.

• Wu Zhangkong arrived and slashed at Situ Xuan's wrist to make him release Tang Wulin.
• Situ Xuan met Wu Zhangkong's sword light with a punch, shattering it and slightly wounding his fist.
• Wu Zhangkong demanded that Situ Xuan let Tang Wulin go, but Situ Xuan mocked him and then threw Tang Wulin toward him.
• Wu Zhangkong caught the unconscious, badly injured Tang Wulin and ordered the teachers to take him to the Sea God Pavilion for treatment.

After defeating several classmates who had attacked him, Situ Xuan faced Shrek Academy’s outraged teachers, who demanded he submit for investigation. He accused the academy of bias and defied them to punish him.

• Teachers rushed the unconscious Tang Wulin toward the Inner Court while Wu Zhangkong stayed behind to confront Situ Xuan.
• Nearly twenty Outer Court teachers arrived and saw Yang Nianxia, Xu Yucheng, Wu Sidu, Luo Guixing, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin seriously injured.
• Wu Zhangkong accused Situ Xuan of maiming his classmates and ordered him to surrender for an investigation.
• Situ Xuan argued that the others had attacked him first and accused the teachers of ignoring their assault while condemning his counterattack.
• As the teachers surrounded him, Situ Xuan refused to submit and challenged them to punish him.

Peng Yunze showed evidence that Shrek students had attacked Situ Xuan first, but Cai Yue'er revoked Situ Xuan's exchange-student status and sent him to Shrek's Disciplinary Department. Sun Moon Academy's exchange students stood up for him, and Cai Yue'er suppressed them with her Super Douluo pressure.

• Peng Yunze arrived and played a recording showing Tang Wulin and Xie Xie attacking Situ Xuan, followed by the fight's other events.
• Peng Yunze argued that Shrek should investigate both sides and punish them equally, leaving Wu Zhangkong conflicted over Tang Wulin's responsibility.
• Cai Yue'er appeared, listed the injuries Situ Xuan had caused, revoked his exchange-student qualification, sent him to the Disciplinary Department, and ordered him to pay the medical expenses.
• The thirty Sun Moon Academy exchange students defended Situ Xuan and protested Cai Yue'er's decision.
• Cai Yue'er released some of her pressure, injuring several students, but none of them backed down.

Mu Ye arrived to protect Situ Xuan from Cai Yue'er and challenged Shrek Academy's treatment of the students as a violation of Federation law. Cai Yue'er openly claimed Shrek Academy did not need Federation law, leaving the conflict poised to escalate into an open confrontation.

• Cai Yue'er released her Super Douluo pressure and threatened to punish Situ Xuan, forcing Peng Yunze and the Sun Moon Academy students to struggle against it.
• Mu Ye arrived and blocked Cai Yue'er's attack, then checked that his disciple Situ Xuan was unharmed.
• Mu Ye accused Cai Yue'er of hypocrisy and argued that Situ Xuan had acted in legitimate self-defense under Federation law.
• Mu Ye pressed Cai Yue'er to name the law Situ Xuan had violated, and she angrily declared that Shrek Academy did not need Federation law to manage its own affairs.
• Cai Yue'er realized she had exposed Shrek Academy's disregard for Federation law, while Mu Ye recognized that her words had turned the dispute into a broader political crisis.

After Cai Yue'er rejected federal oversight during a student conflict, Leng Yaozhu and powerful outsiders arrived as the remark threatened to give Shrek Academy’s enemies a pretext for action. Cai Yue'er tried to explain herself while Yue Feng demanded she repeat her words.

• Cai Yue'er declared that Shrek Academy governed itself by its own rules and did not need federal law to interfere.
• Leng Yaozhu arrived, recognized the danger of Cai Yue'er's statement, and tried to calm the situation.
• Zhen Hua, Yue Feng, and Qiangu Dongfeng appeared, and Qiangu Dongfeng mocked Cai Yue'er for her remark.
• Qiangu Dongfeng drew attention to Cai Yue'er's words, while Zhen Hua called them inappropriate and Yue Feng demanded she repeat them.
• Cai Yue'er trembled and tried to clarify that she meant only the academy's internal affairs were governed by its own rules.

After Cai Yue'er declared Shrek Academy above federal law, Yue Feng produced an unalterable recording and accused her of treason. Yun Ming arrived, healed the injured, and removed Cai Yue'er as dean, but Yue Feng objected that her punishment was too lenient.

• Yue Feng accused Cai Yue'er of treason after she claimed Shrek Academy did not answer to federal law.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and Mu Ye challenged Cai Yue'er's claim that she had misspoken, and Yue Feng played a recording that captured her words and spiritual fluctuations.
• Situ Xuan argued that Cai Yue'er had exposed the views held by many Shrek Academy elites rather than been framed.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li arrived, and Ya Li healed Tang Wulin and the other injured people.
• Yun Ming relieved Cai Yue'er of her Outer Court dean position and ordered her to cultivate in seclusion for three years.
• Yue Feng protested that confinement could not answer for Cai Yue'er's treasonous speech.

Yun Ming intervened in the dispute over Cai Yue'er’s remarks and Situ Xuan’s fight, suppressing the witnesses and destroying the recorder that held evidence. He declared the matter closed and warned outsiders not to interfere in Shrek’s affairs, prompting Mu Ye to openly challenge his handling of the incident.

• Yun Ming claimed Cai Yue'er’s statements came from a recurring mental ailment and said he would take her to the Sea God Pavilion to recover.
• Yun Ming’s aura overwhelmed those on the training field, while Situ Xuan resisted despite being wounded.
• Yun Ming questioned Situ Xuan about injuring Tang Wulin and criticized his vicious temperament, and Situ Xuan defended himself as having struck back against an attacker.
• Yun Ming took Yue Feng’s recorder and crushed it, then declared the matter ended and warned outsiders against interfering in Shrek Academy’s internal affairs.
• Mu Ye criticized Yun Ming for dismissing Cai Yue'er’s remarks and destroying the evidence, asking whether Situ Xuan would be treated the same way.

Mu Ye defended Situ Xuan against Yun Ming, while Situ Xuan openly refused to accept Yun Ming’s judgment of the day’s events. Yun Ming left after addressing the academy and its guests, and Yue Feng departed furious over the humiliation.

• Mu Ye threatened to kill anyone who harmed Situ Xuan and challenged Yun Ming, revealing eight black soul rings and one red soul ring.
• Yun Ming said Cai Yue'er had been punished and promised to discipline Tang Wulin and the others after they recovered, then warned Situ Xuan to rein in his edge.
• Situ Xuan told Yun Ming that Tang Wulin had tried to kill him, Cai Yue'er had tried to arrest him, and he did not accept Yun Ming's protection of Cai Yue'er or suppression of the evidence.
• Yun Ming let Situ Xuan's defiance stand, sent Ya Li away with Cai Yue'er, instructed Wu Zhangkong to bring the recovered students to him, and addressed Yue Feng, Qiangu Dongfeng, and Mu Ye before vanishing.
• Yue Feng roared that he would remember the humiliation and left, while Qiangu Dongfeng praised Situ Xuan and invited him to visit the Spirit Pagoda before departing.