Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin wrongly accused Su Mo of betraying Na'er in the simulation, but Na'er appeared and denied it. The chapter left Tang Wulin still unaware that Na'er had deliberately eliminated Su Mo, while Na'er tried to stop him from spreading the accusation.

• Shen Yi noticed Wu Zhangkong had left to comfort Tang Wulin after his elimination.
• Tang Wulin learned that Na'er and Su Mo had also been eliminated and assumed Su Mo had betrayed Na'er.
• Tang Wulin confronted Su Mo, while Ye Xinglan defended him and Xie Xie and Xu Lizhi held Tang Wulin back.
• Na'er arrived, and Tang Wulin accused Su Mo of betraying her.
• Na'er told Tang Wulin that Su Mo had not betrayed her.

Tang Wulin’s accusation against Su Mo collapsed when Na’er stayed silent, turning the students against Tang Wulin until Wu Zhangkong took him away. Na’er apologized to the crowd and Su Mo, while Su Mo concealed his own motives; afterward, Xu Xiaoyan emerged from the Simulation Pod and asked how she had won.

• Na’er lowered her head and said nothing when Tang Wulin demanded an explanation, and the students began to suspect and ridicule him.
• Tang Wulin sank to the ground in shock, and Wu Zhangkong arrived and ordered him to come along.
• Na’er apologized to the students on Tang Wulin’s behalf, then bowed to Su Mo and apologized for her brother.
• Su Mo accepted Na’er’s apology magnanimously while privately considering how to use the misunderstanding to his advantage.
• Xu Xiaoyan emerged from the Simulation Pod and asked Su Mo and Gu Yue how she had become the final winner.

Shen Yi announced Xu Xiaoyan as class monitor and Su Mo and Gu Yue as vice monitors, then explained that their positions could be challenged. Ye Xinglan challenged Gu Yue to a soul fight, while Na'er stayed behind with Su Mo and invited him for coffee.

• Shen Yi named Xu Xiaoyan class monitor and Su Mo and Gu Yue vice monitors, and warned that students could challenge their positions at midterms and finals.
• Ye Xinglan challenged Gu Yue to a soul fight over Gu Yue's earlier ambush, and Gu Yue accepted.
• Gu Yue took Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Sidu to the Soul Fighting Arena, leaving Su Mo alone with Na'er.
• Na'er apologized to Su Mo for involving him in her attempt to take Gu Yue down, and Su Mo pretended not to mind.
• Na'er invited Su Mo to coffee as an apology, and he accepted.

Na'er tried to draw closer to Su Mo at a café, then invented a tragic story about her relationship with Gu Yue and her past. Su Mo used a tale about the Sharingan's evolution to gain Na'er's sympathy and undermine Tang Wulin's future attempts to win people over with self-pity, but he suddenly sensed something at Shrek and rushed toward Sea God Island.

• Na'er took Su Mo to a café, where he teased her by ordering sweetened black coffee, then dominated their conversation with stories from beyond Shrek.
• Su Mo asked about Gu Yue, and Na'er claimed they were biological sisters who could not both survive and that Gu Yue had abandoned her as a child.
• Su Mo pretended to sympathize with Na'er and told her that killing someone closest could awaken his Sharingan's Mangekyō form.
• Na'er felt pity for Su Mo, while he intended his story to make her and others less receptive to Tang Wulin's future appeals for sympathy.
• Su Mo's expression changed as he sensed something at Shrek, and he hurried toward Sea God Island.

Su Mo sensed life energy gathering at Sea God Island and hurried toward it as a pillar of golden light erupted from the Golden Ancient Tree. The display alarmed Shrek’s rivals and allies, while Shrek locked down the academy, leaving its intentions and the consequences of the tree’s weakened state uncertain.

• Su Mo explained that life energy was gathering toward Sea God Island, and Infernal Delicate Apricot confirmed the faint flow.
• A golden pillar of light rose from Sea God Island, drawing the attention of factions across Shrek City.
• Qiangu Dongfeng sensed the Golden Ancient Tree’s life energy and decided to advance his plan, then welcomed the spectacle as a chance to see Shrek lose the tree’s protection.
• Zang Xin realized the Golden Ancient Tree would be weakened for decades and hurried to Shrek Academy, fearing the danger to Shrek and the Tang Sect.
• Shrek Academy declared a full lockdown and warned that anyone approaching without authorization would be killed without mercy.

Long Yeyue ordered Yun Ming to remove the spies from Shrek City, then went to investigate the Golden Ancient Tree’s release of life energy around Tang Wulin. Outside the sealed Inner Court, Na’er reunited with Su Mo, whose reputation among the students suffered when they learned he was associated with five famous beauties.

• Long Yeyue scolded Yun Ming for allowing spies into Shrek City and ordered him to clear them out the next day.
• Yun Ming told Long Yeyue that the Golden Ancient Tree’s anomaly seemed connected to Tang Wulin, and she went to investigate.
• Zhuo Shi explained that Tang Wulin had entered deep meditation after practicing the Nine Styles of the Red Dragon, and Long Yeyue asked Yun Ming to consult Elder Jin.
• Su Mo found the Inner Court sealed off, and Na’er caught up with him outside the entrance.
• A freshman told the surrounding students that Su Mo was involved with Na’er, Wu Sidu, Xu Xiaoyan, Ye Xinglan, and Gu Yue, provoking the male students’ hostility.

Su Mo told everyone that Na'er was Gu Yue's biological younger sister, forcing Gu Yue to accept the claim and explain Na'er's connection to Tang Wulin. After learning how Na'er had portrayed her, Gu Yue decided to use Na'er's invitation to meet Tang Wulin to twist the knife.

• Xu Xiaoyan accused Su Mo of hitting on Na'er, and Su Mo claimed Na'er was Gu Yue's biological younger sister.
• Gu Yue confirmed the claim and explained that Na'er had lost her memory after running away from home and had been raised as Tang Wulin's sworn younger sister.
• Xu Xiaoyan realized Na'er might let her stop being the youngest, but Cai Yue'er arrived and scattered the crowd.
• Gu Yue took Su Mo aside, and he told her how Na'er had described Gu Yue as a jealous, vicious older sister.
• Gu Yue recognized that Na'er was entering their bet, then received Na'er's request to meet Tang Wulin and decided to twist the knife.

Na'er struggled with whether to arrange a meeting between Gu Yue and Tang Wulin, while Gu Yue delighted in leaving her conflicted. On Sea God Island, Zang Xin learned that Tang Wulin was descended from Tang San, though Tang Wulin remained unconscious as the Golden Ancient Tree helped him awaken his Martial Soul and compress his Soul Power.

• Na'er and Gu Yue argued over Na'er's attempt to set up a meeting, and Na'er hesitated to blame Tang Wulin because she feared what his choice might reveal about her place in his heart.
• Gu Yue decided Na'er was too conflicted to act and went back to the dormitory with Su Mo.
• Zang Xin arrived on Sea God Island and saw that every plant had turned golden.
• Liang Xiaoyu told Zang Xin that the Golden Ancient Tree had revealed Tang Wulin's origins: he was descended from Tang San.
• Zang Xin considered contacting Cao Dezhi but remembered that communications from Blood God Camp required Federation approval.
• Liang Xiaoyu told Zang Xin that Tang Wulin was stable and that the Golden Ancient Tree was helping him awaken his Martial Soul and compress his Soul Power.

Zang Xin learned that the Golden Ancient Tree had awakened Tang Wulin's Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and urged Yun Ming to take him as a disciple. After Yun Ming agreed and learned Na'er was Tang Wulin's sworn younger sister, Tang Wulin woke and discovered that Yun Ming was Na'er's teacher.

• Zang Xin visited Tang Wulin in the Sea God Pavilion's secret chamber and asked Yun Ming to provide him greater support.
• Zang Xin told Yun Ming that Na'er was Tang Wulin's sworn younger sister, easing Yun Ming's concern about taking Tang Wulin as his disciple.
• Zang Xin raised Ya Li, and he and Yun Ming argued over their stalled romantic relationships before Zang Xin left.
• Tang Wulin woke in the secret chamber and learned that Yun Ming was the Pavilion Master of the Sea God Pavilion.
• Yun Ming asked Tang Wulin about Na'er, revealed he was her teacher, and told Tang Wulin to come with him.

Yun Ming brought Tang Wulin to the Sea God Pavilion Conference Room and told him he might one day succeed him as Pavilion Master. After Zang Xin, Liang Xiaoyu, and Long Yeyue arrived, Long Yeyue tested Tang Wulin and found that his blood reacted to her Soul Power.

• Yun Ming led Tang Wulin into the Sea God Pavilion Conference Room, where Tang Wulin was awed by its history and significance.
• Yun Ming told Tang Wulin he would become a regular at the meetings and might someday take his seat as Pavilion Master, leaving Tang Wulin overwhelmed.
• Zang Xin and Liang Xiaoyu entered, and Tang Wulin greeted them before Long Yeyue arrived with Zhuo Shi following behind her.
• Long Yeyue called Tang Wulin over, pressed a finger between his brows, and told him to empty his mind and not resist.
• Long Yeyue sent a thread of Soul Power into Tang Wulin, whose blood stirred as a deep dragon's roar sounded and the Soul Power disappeared.

Yun Ming accepted Tang Wulin as his disciple after Long Yeyue identified his dragon bloodline as divine-level. When Tang Wulin revealed his Blue Silver Emperor, it fused with the Golden Ancient Tree and formed a mysterious fourth Soul Ring, which Su Mo recognized as Sage Mode.

• Long Yeyue sensed Tang Wulin's overwhelming dragon bloodline and judged it to be divine-level.
• Yun Ming asked Tang Wulin to become his disciple, and Tang Wulin accepted and kowtowed to him.
• Tang Wulin asked whether he could be Na'er's senior brother, but Yun Ming told him to convince Na'er himself.
• Yun Ming asked Tang Wulin to release his Blue Silver Emperor, and a Golden Ancient Tree phantom appeared beside it.
• The Blue Silver Emperor and Golden Ancient Tree fused, releasing life energy that strengthened Long Yeyue's life origin and formed a green-gold fourth Soul Ring around Tang Wulin.
• Su Mo sensed the change from the Work-Study Student Dormitory, and he and Infernal Delicate Apricot identified it as Sage Mode and Son of Nature.

Su Mo learned that Tang Wulin had become a second Son of Nature, an anomaly Infernal Delicate Apricot linked to the Golden Ancient Tree and the Seed of Nature. The next morning, Su Mo and the others headed to class while Ya Li made another attempt to see him.

• Infernal Delicate Apricot explained that Sons of Nature were meant to preserve ecological stability and normally appeared only after the previous one died.
• Su Mo concluded that Tang Wulin was the new Son of Nature and wondered why Tang San had allowed it, while Infernal Delicate Apricot suggested the Golden Ancient Tree had given him the Seed of Nature to plant.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot asked Su Mo to plant her seed near the Seed of Nature so she could benefit from its protection, and Su Mo agreed while privately planning to modify the Seed of Nature.
• The next morning, Ya Li waited outside Su Mo's door, but he mocked her claim to be the continent's number one beauty, and she left saying she would return the next day.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Wu Sidu were surprised by Ya Li's teasing behavior, while Gu Yue said it was her true nature and Su Mo hurried everyone toward class to check on Tang Wulin.

Su Mo attended Shen Yi’s lesson on Soul Power compression, then visited Sea God Island with his companions and discovered that the Golden Ancient Tree’s spirit had fallen asleep. He began considering how to exploit the opportunity to steal the Seed of Nature, while Ye Xinglan fled after seeing the work-study students’ shared bed.

• Shen Yi taught the class about compressing Soul Power, while Su Mo slept through most of the lecture.
• Su Mo led his companions to Sea God Island after the Inner Court lockdown was lifted, and they saw its golden plants.
• Su Mo used his Sharingan to observe the Golden Ancient Tree and discovered that its tree spirit was asleep.
• Su Mo considered distracting Yun Ming and the other Limit Douluo so he could take the Seed of Nature with Flying Thunder God.
• Ye Xinglan saw the huge shared bed in the Work-Study Student Dormitory and hurried away in embarrassment.

After returning from more than two months on Sea God Island, Tang Wulin challenged Su Mo for the class monitor position, surprising their classmates. Shen Yi had announced that failed challenges would cost challengers ten percent of their final exam score, and she questioned whether Tang Wulin was sure he wanted to face the much stronger Su Mo.

• Su Mo arrived at class and found Tang Wulin back in his seat, looking more confident than before.
• Shen Yi announced that students could challenge the three class monitors, but failed challengers would lose ten percent of their final exam score.
• Luo Guixing, Yang Nianxia, and Zheng Yiran signed up to challenge Xu Xiaoyan, while Xu Yucheng challenged Gu Yue.
• Tang Wulin stood and challenged Su Mo, startling the class and prompting Xie Xie to warn him about the difference in their ranks.
• Tang Wulin insisted he would be fine, and Shen Yi asked him to confirm his challenge.

At the first-year final exam, Xu Xiaoyan defeated Luo Guixing and Yang Nianxia with her unexpected offensive skills, while Zheng Yiran conceded. Tang Wulin still intended to challenge Su Mo, and the remaining exam matches had yet to take place.

• Shen Yi brought the first-year students to the Soul Fighting Arena, where Ya Li arrived to oversee medical support.
• Shen Yi called the ten exam participants to stay and had Xu Xiaoyan face Luo Guixing first.
• Luo Guixing underestimated Xu Xiaoyan and teleported close to her, where she hit him with a Rasengan; Ya Li rescued him, and Shen Yi declared Xu Xiaoyan the winner.
• After Ya Li restored her Soul Power, Xu Xiaoyan challenged Yang Nianxia and pinned him with Star Brilliance before striking him with a Rasengan.
• Ya Li rescued Yang Nianxia, and Zheng Yiran conceded after seeing Xu Xiaoyan's attack.

Xu Xiaoyan defended her class monitor position, and Gu Yue easily defeated Xu Yucheng before Shrek’s elders and students gathered to watch Su Mo face Tang Wulin. Tang Wulin revealed that he had reached Soul Ancestor, surprising Su Mo and leaving the match underway.

• Xu Xiaoyan tricked Luo Guixing and defeated her opponents to defend her position as class monitor.
• Gu Yue crushed Xu Yucheng and won their match after Ya Li intervened.
• Long Yeyue arrived with Shrek’s Outer Court leaders as students filled the Soul Fighting Arena to watch Su Mo and Tang Wulin.
• Shen Yi started the match, and Su Mo used his Sharingan to examine Tang Wulin.
• Tang Wulin revealed his Soul Ancestor cultivation and greatly increased Soul Power density, shocking Su Mo and Xie Xie.

Tang Wulin tested his newly awakened Blue Silver Emperor against Su Mo, but Su Mo easily cut through his vines and formation. Their fight shifted to close combat, where Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King strength sent Su Mo flying, though Su Mo landed unharmed.

• Tang Wulin unleashed his Blue Silver Emperor vines, and Su Mo sliced through them with a net of wind.
• Tang Wulin summoned Jinyu to form the Blue Silver Golden Light Array, but Su Mo’s wind net cut through it and wounded Jinyu.
• Tang Wulin tore apart the wind net with his bare hands, then charged Su Mo with his Golden Dragon King strength and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Su Mo met Tang Wulin’s heavy punch with a Chakra-enhanced fist and was knocked backward by the clash.
• Su Mo steadied himself in midair with Chakra, while Tang Wulin and the spectators were astonished that he had endured the strike.

Su Mo used his weight-control techniques and secret arts to challenge Tang Wulin, surprising the spectators with his power and speed. After Tang Wulin activated Golden Dragon Tyrant Body, Su Mo’s attack struck him, but Su Mo was sent flying into the barrier, leaving the match’s outcome uncertain.

• Su Mo used the Light-Weight and Heavy-Weight Rock Techniques to send Tang Wulin flying, shocking the spectators.
• Long Yeyue identified Su Mo’s technique as the Body Sect’s Innate Secret Method, though she privately suspected another source of his strength.
• Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Earth-Shaking attack collided with Su Mo’s Wind Style: Pressure Damage, and Su Mo gained the upper hand in their close-quarters fight.
• Su Mo opened the Gate of View and Seventh Activation, then rushed Tang Wulin through the dust cloud.
• Tang San warned Tang Wulin to use Golden Dragon Tyrant Body, and Su Mo’s knife-hand strike made the arena collapse before Su Mo was hurled into the barrier.
• Gu Yue stood up in alarm when she saw the injured Su Mo.

Su Mo survived Tang Wulin’s strongest attack, prompting Tang Wulin to reveal his Battle Armor as his final trump card. The spectators learned Tang Wulin had forged his own Spirit Metal One-Word Battle Armor, leaving Ya Li worried for Su Mo as the match continued.

• Su Mo let Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon Startling Heaven hit him to test Golden Dragon Tyrant Body, then walked out of the explosion unharmed.
• Zhuo Shi worried Tang Wulin had used his strongest attack, while Feng Wuyu and Long Yeyue assured him Tang Wulin still had a chance to win.
• Su Mo recognized that Tang Wulin had not used his final trump card, and Tang Wulin summoned his golden dragon-shaped Battle Armor.
• The spectators realized Tang Wulin’s armor was One-Word Battle Armor made entirely from Spirit Metal, and Feng Wuyu revealed Tang Wulin had forged it himself as a Level 6 Blacksmith.
• Ya Li worried that Su Mo could not overcome Tang Wulin’s Battle Armor and resolved to have Zhen Hua forge armor for Su Mo after the match.

Tang Wulin challenged Su Mo with his one-word Battle Armor, but Su Mo defeated him after revealing the power of his flames and overwhelming physical techniques. Tang Wulin was left injured and bewildered, asking why his Battle Armor had not been enough.

• Tang Wulin showed off his one-word Battle Armor, while Su Mo admitted he had no Battle Armor and said he would get serious.
• Tang Wulin attacked Su Mo with Golden Dragon Startling Heaven, and their clash shattered the stage and Soul Guidance Barrier before Long Yeyue stopped the shock wave.
• Su Mo used fireballs that bypassed Tang Wulin's defenses and scorched him from within, but withdrew them to demonstrate that he could win easily.
• Su Mo opened Gate of Wonder, moved too quickly for Tang Wulin to track, and struck him with a technique Zhuo Shi recognized as Red Dragon Startling Heaven.
• Su Mo broke through Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon Tyrant Body with Daytime Tiger, sending him flying and damaging his Battle Armor.
• Tang Wulin struggled up after his Battle Armor deactivated and asked Su Mo why he had lost despite wearing it.