Chapter Summaries

Yun Chen challenged seven troublemaking upperclassmen to a fight at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy after they tried to drive him and his companions from the dining hall. As the match was about to begin, Director Xu Yan told the referee to allow injuries as long as nobody died, seeing the fight as a chance to correct the academy’s atmosphere.

• Seven upperclassmen confronted Yun Chen, Na'er, and Xu Xiaoyan in the dining hall and demanded that they apologize and leave.
• Yun Chen revealed his Soul Emperor cultivation, lifted the ringleader by the face, and challenged all seven to fight him on the Soul Fighting Platform.
• The upperclassmen accepted, and the commotion drew students toward the platform, where many recognized Yun Chen from recordings of his group’s victory over Shrek Academy.
• Director Xu Yan instructed the referee to let the match proceed without interference as long as nobody died, explaining that the academy would take responsibility.

Yun Chen defeated seven upperclassmen Soul Kings in a short Soul Fighting match without summoning his Martial Soul. Back at the dormitory, he began researching rare metals to remake his Battle Armor and told Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er to start making theirs.

• Yun Chen waited for the upperclassmen to put on their Battle Armor, then rushed through their formation and knocked out their support-system Soul Master.
• Yun Chen shattered a Power Attack System Soul Master's arm and armor with one punch, then quickly defeated the rest of the team.
• Yun Chen tossed aside the last upperclassman and was declared the winner after the match ended in less than five minutes.
• Yun Chen returned to the dormitory with Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er, where Xu Xiaoyan activated the Star Soul Tool and playfully tussled with him.
• Yun Chen read about rare metals and told Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er to begin making their Battle Armor.

Yun Chen planned Battle Armor materials for Xu Xiaoyan, Na'er, and himself, then sought Zhen Hua’s advice on their alloy designs. The next day, Yun Chen went to the academy’s Blacksmith’s Association, where its president had arranged a private forging room and rare metals for him.

• Yun Chen considered Star Iron for Xu Xiaoyan’s Battle Armor and Dragon Gold Iron for Na’er’s, while planning a three-metal alloy for his own armor.
• Yun Chen sent his and Na’er’s alloy plans to Zhen Hua, who recommended a life-infused metal for Na’er and explained that Yun Chen’s third-metal medium was unnecessary.
• The next day, Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er went to the Starry Platform to cultivate together while Yun Chen went to the academy’s Blacksmith’s Association.
• A senior sister led Yun Chen to a private forging room prepared by the association’s president, which was stocked with new equipment and rare metals.
• The senior sister asked to watch and learn from Yun Chen as he forged, and he agreed.

Yun Chen reworked his damaged One-Word Battle Armor at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy while Shrek Academy struggled with the fallout from Cai Yue'er's scandal. Yun Ming sent Zhuo Shi to negotiate with Zhen Hua and assess the Body Sect as Shrek faced growing withdrawals and a loss of access to rare metals.

• Yun Chen reworked every damaged Battle Armor component to the Thousand Refinement stage, impressing the senior student who watched him forge.
• Yun Chen met Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er at the Starry Platform, and the three went to the cafeteria after Xu Yan arranged for more food supplies.
• Yun Ming learned that 120 Outer Court students had submitted withdrawal applications, while Zhuo Shi warned that someone was spreading news to damage Shrek Academy's reputation.
• Long Yeyue threatened to retaliate against those behind the uproar, but Yun Ming warned that her actions could push Shrek Academy into ruin.
• Yun Ming ordered Zhuo Shi to negotiate with Zhen Hua about compensation for Yun Chen and to investigate the Body Sect's attitude.

Ya Li visited the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to apologize to Yun Chen and Na'er on Shrek Academy’s behalf and learn why Yun Chen hated Shrek. Yun Chen challenged her apology and questioned her understanding of Shrek’s wrongs, leaving her question unanswered.

• Ya Li hesitated outside the academy, worried that Na'er and Yun Chen’s hostility toward Shrek Academy would deepen if left unaddressed.
• Dean Xu Yan told Yun Chen that Ya Li had come to visit, and Yun Chen agreed to meet her with Na'er at the Starry Platform.
• Ya Li apologized for Cai Yue'er’s actions, but Yun Chen reminded her that she had threatened Shrek’s enmity and criticized her for arriving without any gesture of remorse.
• Ya Li asked Yun Chen why he was so hostile toward Shrek Academy, and Yun Chen reflected that her kindness had kept her from seeing Shrek’s failings clearly.

Yun Chen explained to Ya Li that he considered Shrek Academy part of the disorder he sought to eradicate and refused reconciliation, while Ya Li offered help she could not guarantee on Shrek’s behalf. Later, Zhuo Shi met Zhen Hua at the Blacksmith’s Association, where Zhen Hua’s cold reception signaled a break from their former cordiality.

• Yun Chen told Ya Li that his parents’ killers were criminals who disrupted society’s order, and he regarded Shrek Academy’s repeated disturbances as part of the same disorder.
• Yun Chen rejected Ya Li’s invitation and said Cai Yue’er’s attack had made reconciliation impossible, while warning that Shrek students might someday fall into his hands.
• Ya Li offered Yun Chen personal help but could not promise anything on Shrek Academy’s behalf; Yun Chen dismissed the offer, and Ya Li left the academy.
• Zhuo Shi waited more than three hours at the Blacksmith’s Association before meeting Zhen Hua, who addressed him formally as Red Dragon Douluo and asked why he had come.

Zhen Hua rejected Zhuo Shi’s attempt to repair relations between Shrek Academy and the Blacksmith’s Association after Cai Yue’er’s attack on Yun Chen. As Yun Chen, Na'er, and Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Power training steadily improved their cultivation, a somber atmosphere fell over Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

• Zhuo Shi tried to persuade Zhen Hua to discuss Cai Yue’er’s actions, but Zhen Hua refused to associate with Shrek Academy.
• Mu Ye entered Zhen Hua’s office, drove Zhuo Shi out, and Zhen Hua said he had only considered extracting compensation for Yun Chen.
• Yun Chen, Na'er, and Xu Xiaoyan cultivated with Star Power on the Starry Platform, improving their bodies and cultivation over more than half a year.
• Yun Chen walked with Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er toward class and noticed that the academy felt unusually somber.

Yun Chen learned that Shrek Academy students would travel to Mingdu for their final exams, while Shrek's leaders sent a team to challenge Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Yun Ming worried about the plan but could not stop Long Yeyue, and the chapter ended with reassurance that the students had been told not to provoke Yun Chen.

• Yun Chen's instructor warned the class that Shrek Academy students would visit Mingdu and advised them not to watch the exam challenges.
• Yun Chen ignored his classmates' attention and went to the cafeteria with Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er before continuing to cultivate at the Starry Platform.
• Yun Ming lamented that the Sea God Pavilion elders had rejected his proposal to reform Shrek Academy's final exams.
• Yun Ming reflected that Shrek Academy had lost students and business after Cai Yue'er's incident, while the Tang Sect had helped it stay afloat.
• Long Yeyue arranged for seven first- and second-year students to challenge Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in Mingdu, despite Yun Ming's objections.
• An unnamed speaker reassured Yun Ming that Zhuo Shi had told the teachers to keep the challenges normal and avoid provoking Yun Chen.

Yun Chen successfully condensed a Blood Essence Core under Mu Ye’s watch, then began condensing a Soul Core. As Soul Power surged into him, a crack appeared in the sphere of light in his Spirit Sea, and a vortex began devouring the power around him.

• Mu Ye arrived at the Starry Platform after Yun Chen’s cultivation questions suggested he might be attempting to condense a Blood Essence Core.
• Yun Chen smoothly condensed a Blood Essence Core while Xu Xiaoyan, Na'er, and Mu Ye watched.
• Yun Chen continued cultivating and began condensing a Soul Core, guided by the Plane Spirit’s Blessing within his Spirit Sea.
• A cracking sound came from the sphere of light in Yun Chen’s Spirit Sea, and a crack appeared in its shell.
• A vortex erupted around Yun Chen and rapidly drew in the surrounding Star Power and Soul Power.

Yun Chen successfully condensed a Blood Essence Core and a Soul Core, strengthening and compressing his Soul Power despite only being a Soul Emperor. Xu Yan approved Star Iron for Yun Chen and asked him to accept rare-metal forging orders, while Mu Ye reported Yun Chen’s breakthrough to Han Tianyi.

• Mu Ye worried as Yun Chen absorbed a huge amount of energy without increasing his cultivation, and Xu Yan hurried to the Star Observation Platform after teachers reported the disturbance.
• Yun Chen awakened after condensing both cores, and Mu Ye realized the absorbed energy had compressed his Soul Power and improved its quality.
• Xu Yan learned that Yun Chen had condensed a Soul Core at the Soul Emperor stage but chose not to question his secrets.
• Xu Yan told Yun Chen that his Star Iron allocation had been approved and asked him to forge rare metals for academy students; Yun Chen agreed.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er went to sleep while Yun Chen continued meditating, and Mu Ye told Han Tianyi about the breakthrough on his way back to Heaven Dou City.

Yun Chen reviewed Long Chen’s Battle Armor order and found that the selected metals did not suit his light attribute. After Long Chen explained that he could not obtain the right rare metals, Yun Chen agreed to forge them, completing a high-quality set of alloys by evening.

• Yun Chen examined Long Chen’s order and warned that the chosen metals did not properly match his light-attribute needs.
• Long Chen explained that he had settled for unsuitable metals because no one would take an order for the rare metals he needed.
• Yun Chen offered to Fusion Refine the suitable metals for Long Chen’s Battle Armor.
• Long Chen stayed in the forging room to help Yun Chen and ordered matching alloys for the other armor components.
• Yun Chen completed Spirit Refined alloys for an entire set of One-Word Battle Armor, leaving Long Chen thrilled.

Yun Chen discussed Sentient Alloy Battle Armor with Long Chen and his classmates, then learned of unrest in Mingdu that he suspected Shrek students had caused. The next morning, he went to the Spirit Pagoda to use the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, unaware that Qiangu Dongfeng was quietly trying to draw him into the Qiangu Family’s faction.

• Long Chen introduced Yun Chen to Kuang Zhantian, Jian Mochen, and Weng Daimin, who asked Yun Chen to forge Sentient Alloy for them.
• Yun Chen agreed to their paid forging requests after explaining the challenges of making One-Word Battle Armor from Sentient Alloy.
• Yun Chen, Na'er, and Xu Xiaoyan discussed a report about unrest in Mingdu and suspected Shrek students were responsible.
• Yun Chen left the sleeping Na'er and Xu Xiaoyan the next morning and traveled to the Mingdu Spirit Pagoda to use the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• The Spirit Pagoda staff accommodated Yun Chen because Qiangu Dongfeng had ordered them to quietly draw him in.

After Shrek students arrived in Mingdu for their final exam, Yun Chen learned that a seven-person team planned to challenge Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy. Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er volunteered to fight them, and the challengers arrived the next afternoon.

• Yun Chen left the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform, ate at a restaurant, and overheard Shrek students debating their exam and whether to challenge the Spirit Pagoda or seek help from the Tang Sect.
• Yun Chen chose not to confront the students and returned to Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, where Xu Xiaoyan told him that a Shrek team had challenged the school’s strongest students under twenty.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Na'er announced that they would take the stage, with Na'er eager to test her new Soul King strength.
• Shrek Academy’s seven-person team arrived the next afternoon, and all seven challengers were Soul Ancestors.

Shrek Academy faced Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy in a televised match, and Na'er’s Golden Dragon Roar neutralized Shrek’s opening support skill. Na'er then charged at the Bright Silver Spear Soul Master, leaving Long Chen stunned as the fight began.

• Long Chen learned that Xu Xiaoyan was a level forty-five Control System Soul Elder and Na'er was a level fifty-two Power Attack System Soul King.
• The fourteen competitors took the stage, while Yun Ming realized that Na'er’s presence made Shrek Academy’s defeat likely.
• Shrek Academy’s captain taunted Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy because Yun Chen was absent, and Na'er warned him to keep quiet.
• The teams activated their Martial Souls, and Shrek’s Jade Flute Soul Master began boosting her allies and controlling her opponents with music.
• Na'er used Golden Dragon Roar to drown out the flute, then charged at the Bright Silver Spear Soul Master who had insulted Yun Chen.

Na'er defeated the Shrek Academy team by herself after its captain attacked her and the team unleashed their soul skills. The match ended with Shrek's fighters incapacitated or conceding, while Na'er returned to her teammates and Yun Chen left the stands.

• Na'er broke the Shrek Academy captain's Bright Silver Spear and pierced him with her Golden Dragon Spear.
• The Shrek Academy team attacked Na'er, but her five golden Soul Rings and defensive abilities allowed her to withstand their soul skills.
• Na'er shattered the arena with a shockwave, knocking out six Shrek Academy members while Xu Xiaoyan used Star Chain to stop the two flying Soul Masters from escaping.
• The Jade Flute Soul Master conceded, and the referee declared Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy the winner.
• Na'er told Long Chen and the others that she had shown no mercy because the captain had spoken badly of her brother, then waved to Yun Chen as he left the stands.

After Na'er revealed her transformed golden spear and overwhelming strength, Shrek Academy's elders discussed their defeat and regretted driving her away. At Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, Director Xu Yan promised to provide Na'er with dragon meat, and Yun Chen offered to cook her a celebratory meal.

• In Sea God Pavilion, Yun Ming guessed that Na'er's Martial Soul had mutated and that the change had enhanced her Soul Rings, soul skills, and strength.
• The elders blamed Long Yeyue's insistence on challenging Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy for the defeat, while Yun Ming left with Ya Li without arguing.
• Yun Chen, Na'er, Xu Xiaoyan, and their companions ate in the academy cafeteria, where the others admired Na'er but refrained from asking about her Martial Soul.
• Director Xu Yan praised the team's victory and asked Na'er whether she liked the food; she requested dragon tendons and meat.
• Yun Chen asked Xu Yan to prepare ingredients so he could cook a reward meal for Na'er, who eagerly welcomed the offer.

Yun Chen cooked a lavish meal for Na'er and Xu Xiaoyan, then spent a peaceful evening with them in the dormitory. As Na'er showed her growing affection for him, Yun Chen considered how she might lead the Spirit Beast Clan differently from Gu Yue, while Shrek Academy's latest defeat stirred unrest across the continent.

• Yun Chen prepared a meal from high-grade ingredients, and Na'er and Xu Xiaoyan eagerly helped serve it and ate with him.
• Na'er and Xu Xiaoyan washed the dishes, then Na'er playfully charged at Yun Chen and settled into his arms.
• Xu Xiaoyan said she wished they could always stay together, and Na'er echoed her before Yun Chen agreed.
• Yun Chen reflected that Gu Yue's plan to restore the Spirit Beast Clan by destroying humanity would fail, but he might help the clan if Na'er led it.
• Na'er rested against Yun Chen and brushed his neck with her lips, revealing her affection despite pretending to doze.
• As the uproar over Shrek Academy's latest defeat grew, its first- and second-year students in Mingdu began to form an idea because Yun Chen had not joined the match.

Yun Chen helped Xu Xiaoyan practice Mecha Crafting and learned from Zhang Yangzi about Class Zero and Gu Yue. At dinner, Na'er accidentally revealed that she knew something about Gu Yue, leaving Xu Xiaoyan and Yun Chen questioning her.

• Shrek Academy students plotted to ambush Yun Chen and challenge him to restore the academy's reputation.
• Xu Xiaoyan completed a Soul Guidance Array on Spirit Refined metal for her Battle Armor headpiece, and Yun Chen took her and Na'er to eat and cultivate.
• Zhang Yangzi called Yun Chen to check on him and said he and Jin Xi would visit Shrek Academy before deciding whether to study there.
• Zhang Yangzi told Yun Chen that Class Zero had lost strength, new students had failed Wu Zhangkong's tests, and Gu Yue had been taking frequent leave.
• Xu Xiaoyan speculated that Gu Yue's teacher had arranged something for her, but Na'er dismissively said Gu Yue was just messing around and then became flustered when asked how she knew.

Yun Chen and his friends continued their quiet days at Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy while Shrek students attacked one of his classmates to draw him out. Yun Chen left to confront the situation, and the academy head authorized a response to Shrek’s malicious attack.

• Na'er avoided discussing Gu Yue, and Yun Chen reassured her with food while Xu Xiaoyan accepted her explanation.
• Yun Chen completed forging work for Long Chen and his other clients, and Xu Xiaoyan finished constructing her head Battle Armor.
• Shrek students attacked Yun Chen’s classmate near the academy and said they were trying to force Yun Chen to appear.
• Yun Chen promised the injured student he would make the attackers pay and left the infirmary despite Xu Yan’s warning.
• Xu Yan reported the attack to the academy head, who decided Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy would respond to Shrek’s provocation.

Yun Chen left Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy to confront the Shrek Academy students who had attacked its students. After crippling two students and killing another during the clash, he faced their teacher, and the fight continued.

• Xu Yan learned Yun Chen had left the academy and asked the Mingdu Security Department to arrest the Shrek Academy students.
• Yun Chen went to the outskirts of Mingdu, where five Shrek Academy students confronted him.
• Yun Chen broke one student's knee and twisted another student's arm off when they attacked him.
• A middle-aged Shrek Academy teacher appeared, but Yun Chen attacked him and his punch struck a student hiding behind him, killing him.