Chapter Summaries

Class Zero traveled to Skysea City for the Tianhai Alliance Tournament, while Yun Chen discovered Gu Yue was secretly watching him and began planning to misdirect her. The chapter ended with Mu Xi inviting Yun Chen to a meeting of the Eastsea City blacksmiths.

• Mu Xi accepted Yun Chen’s eating challenge and walked off, while Ouyang Zixin visited Tang Wulin to wish him luck and hugged him goodbye.
• Class Zero boarded the Soul Guidance Bus, and Gu Yue sat beside Wu Zhangkong while the students teased Tang Wulin about Ouyang Zixin.
• During the trip, Yun Chen used his spiritual vision to discover Gu Yue was observing him with her Mental Power and decided to prepare a plan to divert her attention.
• The group reached Skysea City and checked into a hotel, where Yun Chen volunteered to share a room with Wu Zhangkong.
• Mu Xi arrived at Yun Chen’s room and invited him to a meeting for the Eastsea City blacksmiths competing in the tournament.

Yun Chen and Tang Wulin attended a blacksmith meeting, where their Level 4 and Level 3 badges surprised the Eastsea City blacksmiths. At the Tianhai Alliance Tournament’s opening ceremony, Yun Chen speculated about why Shrek Academy was competing and predicted that its team would win the exhibition match.

• Mu Xi, Yun Chen, and Tang Wulin arrived at the blacksmith meeting, where Tang Wulin showed his Level 3 badge and Yun Chen revealed his Level 4 badge.
• Cen Yue reflected that Yun Chen, Mu Xi, and Tang Wulin could help Eastsea City achieve a decent result in the tournament’s blacksmithing competition.
• Wu Zhangkong led Yun Chen and the others to watch the opening ceremony’s exhibition match, where Yun Chen suggested the Skysea Alliance might have accepted Shrek Academy’s entry in exchange for opportunities to study there.
• Xie Xie questioned Yun Chen’s lack of interest in Shrek Academy, while Wu Zhangkong overheard their conversation and frowned at Yun Chen’s attitude.
• Shrek Academy’s youth-division team appeared to face the older previous champions, and Yun Chen told Xu Xiaoyan that Shrek would win.

After assessing Shrek Academy’s exhibition team, Yun Chen told his companions that their own group could defeat them. The group shared a meal with Shrek student Xu Lizhi, but Ye Xinglan arrived and accused them of having questionable intentions.

• Yun Chen said Shrek Academy’s exhibition team was not especially strong and claimed his group would have won against them.
• Wu Zhangkong left to visit a friend, and Yun Chen led the others away from the noisy venue to find local food.
• Tang Wulin took the group to a grilled fish restaurant, where they ordered a large meal and teased Xie Xie into paying.
• The group agreed to share their table with Xu Lizhi, who had come to the restaurant alone.
• Ye Xinglan rebuked Xu Lizhi for sneaking out and warned him not to accept invitations from strangers, offending Yun Chen’s companions.

Yun Chen’s team ate after Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi left, then Yun Chen assured Wu Zhangkong that Class Zero could defeat Shrek Academy. Shrek’s team prepared to challenge the Alliance Grand Competition champion, with Shen Yi warning them that the likely champions were taught by her former senior brother.

• Yun Chen and the others drove Xu Lizhi from their table, and Ye Xinglan left the restaurant with him in embarrassment.
• Yun Chen ordered an expensive Salt-Grilled Bluefin Tuna, paid Xie Xie’s bill, and returned to find Wu Zhangkong waiting in their room.
• Yun Chen told Wu Zhangkong that Class Zero would defeat Shrek Academy, and Wu Zhangkong challenged him to prove it by winning the championship first.
• The next day, Class Zero eagerly prepared for the competition, while Xie Xie remained intimidated by Shrek’s reputation.
• Shen Yi told Shrek’s seven competitors that the likely champion team belonged to her former senior brother and reminded them to defend Shrek’s glory through victory.

Yun Chen, Mu Xi, and Tang Wulin entered the blacksmithing preliminaries, where Yun Chen finished the Hundred Refinement test in minutes. He then won his first individual Soul Master match effortlessly, leaving Class Zero more confident about the tournament.

• Yun Chen encouraged nervous Mu Xi and Tang Wulin to contact Mu Chen and Senior Sister Zixin before they entered the blacksmithing venue.
• Tang Wulin began the Hundred Refinement purification test on Blue Meteor Copper while Yun Chen used his Thousand Refinement Blood Marrow Gold hammers to finish quickly.
• A judge inspected Yun Chen's work and approved it, stunning the blacksmiths and attracting the officials' attention.
• Yun Chen left for the Soul Master arena, where Xie Xie and Tang Wulin remarked on his speed in completing the forging test.
• Yun Chen defeated a Demon Wolf Soul Master with one blow in his first individual match, easing Class Zero's concerns.

Yun Chen finished the first day of the Tianhai Alliance Tournament with easy wins and faced Shrek Academy’s students’ confidence in their own team. He also asked his teacher Zhen Hua to deal with blacksmiths trying to claim him as a disciple, then told Mu Xi he expected to win the youth division’s individual championship.

• Yun Chen returned from his matches, and he and his friends discussed how easily he had won the day’s competition.
• Yun Chen’s group overheard Shrek Academy’s students dismissing the Skysea Alliance competitors, and Yun Chen rebuked Xie Xie for doubting their ability to beat Shrek.
• Mu Xi told Yun Chen that blacksmiths in Skysea City were pressuring her for his contact information, so Yun Chen called Zhen Hua and explained the situation.
• Zhen Hua promised to handle the Blacksmith Association in Skysea City, leaving Yun Chen and Mu Xi relieved that Cen Yue would no longer need to deal with the dispute.
• Yun Chen told Mu Xi he expected to win the youth division’s individual championship, but she refused to bet him a meal.

Yun Chen took Zhen Hua’s warning to heart and advanced his Hundred Refinement Blue Pregnancy Copper through Thousand Refinement into Spirit Refinement during the competition. His achievement made him a nine-year-old Level 5 Blacksmith and left the officials celebrating a new milestone.

• Elder Duan reflected on the Skysea City Blacksmith's Association’s reduced rare-metal quota and recognized it as a warning from Zhen Hua.
• Yun Chen began the second round by forging his Blue Pregnancy Copper and, after completing Thousand Refinement, discovered that it had entered Spirit Formation.
• Yun Chen continued forging after the competition bell, while the officials held back the referee to watch him.
• Nearly half an hour later, Yun Chen completed Spirit Refinement, prompting Elder Duan to celebrate his achievement.
• Cen Yue wondered whether Mu Chen would regret not accepting Yun Chen as his disciple.

Yun Chen completed Spirit Refinement during the forging competition, but Skysea City officials voided his result for exceeding the time limit. The next day, Yu Longheng entered the Soul Master individual competition and waited for a chance to fight Yun Chen.

• Yun Chen left the forging venue after completing Spirit Refinement, and Elder Duan praised the quality of his work.
• Yun Chen won his three Soul Master individual matches, then learned that the tournament had voided his forging result.
• Yun Chen told Mu Xi that he had completed Spirit Refinement, and Mu Xi and Tang Wulin vowed to win the championship.
• Yun Chen told Zhen Hua about his achievement, and Zhen Hua promised to forge his level-five badge the next morning.
• Yun Chen spotted Yu Longheng, a level-forty-five Shrek Academy Soul Master, competing in the individual finals after using Shrek's privileges to enter.

Yun Chen defeated Yu Longheng with ease in the tournament, overwhelming the Shrek Academy student without using a Soul Skill. He left the arena unimpressed, while Wu Zhangkong hinted to Shen Yi that Yun Chen had shown only a fraction of his strength.

• Yun Chen and Yu Longheng began their match, and Yu Longheng charged at him with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yun Chen caught Yu Longheng's wrist and repeatedly smashed him into the arena floor before releasing him.
• Yu Longheng rose in a rage and used his fourth Soul Skill, but Yun Chen struck him out of the arena with a single punch.
• Wu Zhangkong told Shen Yi not to be too surprised by Yun Chen's strength, and Shen Yi wondered at the change in her Senior Brother.
• Zhang Yangzi asked Yun Chen how he had become strong enough to defeat a Shrek Academy genius so easily.

Yun Chen encouraged Xie Xie to face Shrek Academy without fear, then won the individual final and watched his classmates triumph in their first three-versus-three match. At Shrek Academy, Zhuo Shi celebrated Yun Chen as his grand-disciple, while its leaders decided to observe Wu Zhangkong’s students before choosing what to do next.

• Yun Chen told Xie Xie that cultivation meant striving for the top and that Teacher Wu was stronger than Yu Longheng, helping Xie Xie recognize his fear of competing.
• Yun Chen won the individual final and signed an autograph for his young opponent, drawing Xu Xiaoyan’s teasing when he returned to the stands.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi defeated their three Two Rings opponents, and Yun Chen urged them to keep winning and reach the finals.
• On Sea God Island, Zhuo Shi proudly called Yun Chen his grand-disciple and argued that Shrek should wait to assess Wu Zhangkong’s other students before making plans for them.

After Yun Chen and Class Zero celebrated his championship, Shen Yi sought out Wu Zhangkong to learn about Yun Chen. Instead, she was drawn into the curious students’ questions and followed them to the hotel rooftop to show off her Battle Armor, while the Shrek team watched in confusion.

• Yun Chen and Tang Wulin ate so much at the celebratory meal that Wu Zhangkong abandoned his plan to pay the bill.
• Shen Yi emerged from the infirmary and told the Shrek team that Yu Longheng’s injuries had stabilized after Yun Chen’s punch severely hurt him.
• Shen Yi spotted Yun Chen’s group with Wu Zhangkong at the hotel and called Wu Zhangkong her senior brother.
• Xie Xie and the others learned Shen Yi was a Shrek Academy teacher with Two-Word Battle Armor and pressed her to show it to them.
• Yun Chen led Shen Yi and the students toward the rooftop after Wu Zhangkong slipped away.
• The Shrek team saw Shen Yi enter the elevator with Yun Chen’s group and wondered whether she had been kidnapped.

Shen Yi showed Tang Wulin and the others her Battle Armor, then bet that if her Shrek Team won, they would participate in Shrek Academy’s admissions examination. Yun Chen accepted, wagering that Shen Yi would treat them to a feast if they won, while Wu Zhangkong warned her that feeding the children could be costly.

• Shen Yi summoned her Battle Armor, and Xu Xiaoyan touched it before Yun Chen stopped her.
• Shen Yi asked whether Yun Chen and the others had proposed challenging the Shrek Team, and Yun Chen defended their confidence and abilities.
• Shen Yi offered a bet: if the Shrek Team won, Yun Chen and the others would take part in Shrek Academy’s admissions examination.
• Yun Chen accepted and asked Shen Yi to treat them to a feast if they won; Shen Yi agreed as Wu Zhangkong listened from a hiding place.
• After Shen Yi left, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie celebrated their chance to try out for Shrek Academy, while Wu Zhangkong warned Shen Yi that the meal might be expensive.

Tang Wulin's team lost the three-on-three final to Xu Xiaoyan's team, whose precise control proved decisive. After the tournament matches ended, the students celebrated and agreed to invite Shen Yi, Wu Zhangkong's junior sister, to join them.

• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi defeated Hailu Academy's team with Xu Xiaoyan's control, without using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Xiaoyan's team beat Tang Wulin's trio after her abilities restrained Xie Xie and disrupted Gu Yue's buffs.
• Long Hengxu celebrated Eastsea Academy's prospects, while Shen Yi told Shrek Academy's students that the competitors were all under ten and taught by her friend.
• Shen Yi warned Yu Longheng and the others to prepare for their upcoming competition, reminding them of her bet with the students.
• Xu Xiaoyan suggested inviting Shen Yi to the celebration, and Wu Zhangkong agreed.

At a victory celebration, Yun Chen suggested that Wu Zhangkong might one day reverse time and make up for his regret over Long Bing. The idea gave Wu Zhangkong hope and helped him break through to the next rank.

• Shen Yi joined Wu Zhangkong, Yun Chen, and the students for their victory celebration and asked whether Wu Zhangkong would return to Shrek Academy to see their teacher.
• Yun Chen asked whether Wu Zhangkong had been expelled for a past mistake, and Shen Yi explained that he carried a regret.
• Yun Chen proposed that Wu Zhangkong might become a god and master time well enough to return to the past.
• Wu Zhangkong, shaken by Yun Chen’s suggestion, focused on cultivating so he could make up for his regret and broke through from the peak of Soul Emperor.
• Wu Zhangkong thanked Yun Chen after regaining his senses, and Yun Chen said he had only spoken what came to mind.

Yun Chen’s Blood Rage Lion Tiger transformed into the Golden Sword Lion Tiger and gave him a powerful new Soul Skill, while his Soul Rings shifted into an unprecedented arrangement. Two days later, Yun Chen and Class Zero faced Hailu Academy in the Tianhai Alliance Tournament’s seven-versus-seven final.

• Yun Chen’s Soul Spirit completed its second transformation, and he named it the Golden Sword Lion Tiger.
• The Golden Sword Lion Tiger gave Yun Chen a purple Soul Ring, which settled into the third position as his golden Soul Ring moved to fourth.
• Yun Chen discovered that his new Soul Skill, Lion Tiger’s Fang, ignored fifty percent of an enemy’s defense.
• Two days later, Class Zero entered the tournament final against Hailu Academy, whose team reacted with shock at Yun Chen’s Soul Rings.
• Long Hengxu told the other teams’ teachers that Yun Chen and his classmates were Eastsea Academy’s specially trained young talents.
• Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian’er prepared to avenge Hailu Academy’s narrow loss to Xu Xiaoyan’s team as the match began.

Yun Chen led his team into battle against Yu Longheng and Shrek Academy, planning to target their support and rely on their coordinated abilities. The fight began with both sides losing a member, while a buffed Shrek fighter charged into the clash between Yun Chen and Yu Longheng.

• After Eastsea Academy defeated Luhai Academy, Yun Chen's team waited on the arena to face Shrek Academy.
• Yun Chen reassured Xu Xiaoyan and assigned tactics, telling Xie Xie to target the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda user and Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill immediately.
• At the referee's signal, Yu Longheng charged at Yun Chen with support buffs, but Yun Chen overpowered him in their clash.
• Tang Wulin's control helped Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi drive back an opponent, while Xu Xiaoyan's Star Chain trapped Ye Xinglan in Zhang Yangzi's darkness.
• A Shrek student kicked Xie Xie out of the arena, then Xu Xiaoyan restrained her and followed with elemental attacks.
• Another buffed Shrek fighter charged into the battle between Yun Chen and Yu Longheng.

Yun Chen protected Xu Xiaoyan from Yu Longheng’s attack, then abandoned the plan to hold back and began eliminating Shrek Academy’s fighters. He knocked out Ye Xinglan and charged toward the Plate Armor Giant Rhino Soul Master.

• Yu Longheng and Ye Xinglan broke through the line, but Xu Xiaoyan bound Yu Longheng with her Star Scepter while Gu Yue struck both attackers with fire and ice.
• Yu Longheng survived Gu Yue’s assault and launched his fourth soul skill at Xu Xiaoyan, but Yun Chen stepped in and seized him.
• Yun Chen asked Yu Longheng to concede, then slammed him into the arena when he refused.
• Yun Chen used his first three soul skills to empower himself and charged at Ye Xinglan, knocking her unconscious with a punch.
• Yun Chen rushed toward the Plate Armor Giant Rhino Soul Master.

Yun Chen’s team defeated Shrek Academy in the Tianhai Alliance Tournament, ending the team’s ten-thousand-year undefeated record. The news spread across the continent as Shrek’s leaders convened to discuss the defeat.

• Yun Chen overpowered the Plate Armor Giant Rhino Soul Master while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi defeated their opponent, leaving most of Shrek’s team unable to fight.
• Yu Longheng refused to surrender, so Yun Chen hurled a scarlet crystal spear through his shoulder and pinned him to the spectator stand wall.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Master surrendered, and the referee declared Yun Chen’s team the winner.
• Yun Chen led his companions to the VIP area, where Wu Zhangkong praised them and announced they would celebrate before returning to East Sea the next day.
• News outlets across the continent reported Shrek’s defeat, and the Spirit Pagoda ordered its media to broadcast the match extensively.
• The Sea God Pavilion convened a meeting about the loss, where Yun Ming asked the attendees for their thoughts.

After Shrek Academy’s defeat, Yun Ming’s elders debated how to respond and decided to recruit Yun Chen and the other children, with Cai Yue'er chosen to make the offer. Before she could act, Long Hengxu of Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy arrived to meet the victorious students.

• An elder proposed admitting Shrek’s defeat and inviting Zhuo Shi’s seven grand-disciples into the academy, while Long Yeyue angrily opposed accepting the loss.
• Cai Yue'er called for Shrek to send another team to challenge the children, but Yun Ming dismissed her plan as foolish.
• Feng Wuyu warned that several of the children belonged to the Spirit Pagoda, and Long Yeyue offered to confront Qiangu Dongfeng before Yun Ming told her to be quiet.
• Ya Li argued that the children might refuse Shrek and would need attractive terms, so Yun Ming decided the academy should recruit them.
• Long Yeyue recommended Cai Yue'er handle the recruitment, and Yun Ming agreed.
• After the victory banquet, Yun Chen and the others returned to their hotel and found Long Hengxu waiting in the lobby.

Xu Yan offered Yun Chen and Xu Xiaoyan special admission to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and Yun Chen negotiated a later enrollment that let the siblings remain at Eastsea Academy until they turned twelve. Xu Yan agreed to prepare a written agreement with the Xu Family, while Wu Zhangkong realized Shrek Academy could not meet their conditions.

• Xu Yan offered Yun Chen and his classmates special admission to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, promising exceptional resources and a place on a flagship team.
• Yun Chen asked whether the academy could provide a suitable star-based cultivation environment for Xu Xiaoyan, and she demonstrated her Star Chain soul skill to Xu Yan.
• Xu Yan agreed to build a Star Observation Platform and provide Soul Tools to store Star Power for Xu Xiaoyan.
• Yun Chen agreed that he and Xu Xiaoyan would join after turning twelve, explaining that they wanted to continue studying at Eastsea Academy and repay its support first.
• Xu Yan accepted the delayed enrollment and requested a written agreement, which Yun Chen said the Xu Family could sign as their guardians.
• Long Hengxu accepted that Eastsea Academy would lose the siblings, while Wu Zhangkong abandoned the idea of recruiting them for Shrek Academy because it could not meet their conditions.