Chapter Summaries

Ye Xinglan collapsed after her match, and Ya Li treated her while Xie Xie stayed by her side. After the lower-grade team won four matches, Third Grade forfeited the team battle, so Xie Xie challenged Li Qiankun to a final one-on-one fight, which began at the chapter’s end.

• Ye Xinglan lost consciousness in Xie Xie's arms, and Ya Li cleansed the dark elements from her body and treated her wounds.
• Xie Xie carried Ye Xinglan back, and Xu Lizhi stopped trying to take her when she clutched Xie Xie's clothes.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue won the two-on-two match, giving the lower-grade team four consecutive victories.
• Song Lin forfeited Third Grade's team battle after seeing her classmates' confidence collapse, but Li Qiankun insisted on fighting.
• Xie Xie offered Li Qiankun a one-on-one match, and Long Yeyue allowed the two students to settle the contest themselves.
• Ya Li started the final match between Xie Xie and Li Qiankun.

Xie Xie unleashed a barrage of fast attacks against Li Qiankun, then struck his layered defenses with a massive Annihilation-powered Rasengan. After their attacks detonated, both fighters remained airborne, with Li Qiankun clad in his One-Word Battle Armor and displaying twice his earlier Soul Power.

• Xie Xie attacked Li Qiankun with rapid Light Dragon and Shadow Dragon techniques, but Li Qiankun's Qiankun Ball barrier absorbed the blows.
• Xie Xie surrounded Li Qiankun with clones, chains, and a Light Dragon Storm, but Li Qiankun used his Qiankun Rebound Pattern to reflect damage and break the restraints.
• Xie Xie mocked Li Qiankun's reflection ability and formed a giant Rasengan infused with the Shadow Dragon's Annihilation breath.
• Li Qiankun deployed his Dry Lock Cage and ten-meter Qiankun Ball to protect himself from the Rasengan.
• The Rasengan and Qiankun Ball clashed and exploded, and when the dust cleared, Li Qiankun hovered in his One-Word Battle Armor with greatly increased Soul Power while Xie Xie remained airborne opposite him.

Xie Xie overwhelmed Li Qiankun in the final one-on-one match, broke the Qiankun Ball with a fused dragon attack, and secured a complete victory for the joint First and Second Grade team.

• Xie Xie revealed his four pieces of Spirit-Conscious Alloy battle armor fused with his twin Martial Soul skills, impressing Feng Wuyu and silencing the Third Grade spectators.
• Xie Xie summoned Light Cub and Shadow Cub to assist him and relentlessly attacked Li Qiankun, draining his Soul Power and weakening his defenses.
• Xie Xie used Twin Dragon Destruction, and the fused dragon breath passed through Li Qiankun's barrier and shattered the Qiankun Ball before Ya Li restored it.
• Long Yeyue announced Xie Xie's victory and declared the joint First and Second Grade team the winner of the challenge match.

After First Grade Class One defeated Third Grade Class One, Xie Xie carried the injured Ye Xinglan back onto the arena, drawing teasing cheers from their friends. Ye Xinglan denied that she would ever hurt Xie Xie and insisted she had her own rhythm, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• First and Second Grade celebrated First Grade Class One's victory over Third Grade Class One, and Xie Xie went to bring Ye Xinglan to the arena.
• Ye Xinglan took Xie Xie's hand but collapsed from exhaustion, so he caught her and carried her in a bridal carry.
• Their classmates teased Xie Xie and Ye Xinglan as they returned to the stage, and Luo Guixing teleported away when Xie Xie offered him Ye Xinglan to carry.
• Zheng Yiran joked that Xie Xie might get skewered, and Ye Xinglan hurriedly insisted she would not do that to him.
• Xu Lizhi brought up Ye Xinglan stabbing Xie Xie four years earlier, and Ye Xinglan called it an accident before declaring that she had her own rhythm.

After the joint team’s victory, the academy announced a year-long exchange program to the Star Luo Continent, and Tang Wulin’s group discussed preparing for the trip. Yuan En Yehui urged them to make One-Word Battle Armor for all nine members, while Xie Xie revealed he had become a sixth-rank Mecha Manufacturer.

• Ye Xinglan earnestly asked Xie Xie to look at her more and teach her more, prompting Yuan En Yehui, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yue to move in to separate them.
• Long Yeyue announced that selected students from the First and Second Grade classes would travel to the Star Luo Continent for a one-year exchange beginning in six months.
• Tang Wulin gathered his companions to discuss the trip, and Yuan En Yehui changed her mind about going after Xie Xie said he would go.
• Yuan En Yehui proposed forging enough Spirit-Conscious Alloy for the group to make One-Word Battle Armor, and Ye Xinglan said she would work toward becoming a sixth-rank Mecha Manufacturer.
• Xie Xie revealed that he had recently reached the sixth rank, boosting the group’s confidence, and everyone except Yue Zhengyu and Xu Lizhi demanded he put out his hands.

Xie Xie spent half a year making Battle Armor with Ye Xinglan while waiting for his cultivation to break through, then joined Tang Wulin and Na'er for an outing. He mistook their rivalry over a doll made in his likeness for sibling affection and remained unaware of their tension.

• Xie Xie's cultivation stayed stuck at level forty-nine, so he and Ye Xinglan devoted themselves to researching and making Battle Armor.
• The exchange team for the Star Luo Continent was announced, with Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Ye Xinglan, Xu Xiaoyan, Wu Sidu, Xu Lizhi, Yuan En Yehui, and Yue Zhengyu selected under Wu Zhangkong and Cai Yue'er.
• After half a year, Tang Wulin pulled Xie Xie into visiting Na'er, and the two walked with Xie Xie sandwiched between them.
• When Xie Xie went to buy drinks, Tang Wulin and Na'er fought over a plush doll made in Xie Xie's likeness and ordered the stall owner to make another.
• Na'er took the original doll, Tang Wulin kept the new one, and both hid their rivalry when Xie Xie returned with drinks.

Xie Xie tried to give Na'er advice about pursuing someone she liked, but she mistook his words for a confession of his own feelings. After Gu Yue challenged Na'er’s attachment to Xie Xie, Na'er accused Gu Yue of caring for Tang Wulin because of the powers and Dragon God origin within him.

• Tang Wulin left after receiving an urgent call from his master, leaving Xie Xie and Na'er together.
• Xie Xie advised Na'er to be proactive and keep a close eye on someone she liked, while Na'er took his words as a hint that he loved her.
• Na'er asked Xie Xie for a hug before he left, and he embraced her warmly.
• Gu Yue confronted Na'er and said that she and Xie Xie were impossible, then offered to give Na'er independence by reclaiming her power.
• Na'er challenged Gu Yue to consider whether she would still care for Tang Wulin without the Dragon powers and origin within him, leaving Gu Yue unable to respond.

Na'er confronted Gu Yue over whether her feelings for Xie Xie were genuine or tied to his value, leaving Gu Yue questioning her own identity and affection. Exhausted, Xie Xie went to Wu Zhangkong for comfort and fell asleep in her arms, while Wu Zhangkong regarded herself as his home.

• Na'er told Gu Yue that her feelings for Xie Xie were purer, then left Gu Yue alone to question whether she or the Silver Dragon King loved him for himself or his value.
• Xie Xie went to Wu Zhangkong's lounge, where he found her dressed in loungewear and glimpsed a book titled "How to Seduce."
• Xie Xie embraced Wu Zhangkong, and she soothed him by stroking his hair.
• Wu Zhangkong led the exhausted Xie Xie to bed, where he fell asleep holding her.
• Wu Zhangkong watched Xie Xie sleep and thought of herself as the home he would return to.

Xie Xie and the Shrek Academy delegation reunited in Skysea City for an exchange program, where their enormous appetites and teasing over old grudges dominated a group meal. After Ye Xinglan paid the bill, the students checked into the Skysea Grand Hotel, and Xie Xie collapsed onto his bed.

• Wu Zhangkong announced that seven students would finish classes and leave for the Star Luo Continent on an exchange program.
• Two years later, Cai Yue'er and Wu Zhangkong led nine Shrek students to Skysea City, where Tang Wulin treated the group to a meal.
• Xie Xie recalled Ye Xinglan stabbing him during the Sky Sea Grand Competition, and Ye Xinglan quietly fed him peeled shrimp while Yuan En Yehui challenged her to spar.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie ate so much that the restaurant had to bring out extra ingredients, and Ye Xinglan paid the 16,000-Federal-Coin bill.
• The delegation checked into the Skysea Grand Hotel, where Tang Wulin followed Xie Xie to their room and Xie Xie flopped onto the bed.

As the delegations prepared to sail to the Star Luo Continent, Xie Xie discovered that the Little White Tiger he had been petting was Wu Sidu in her transformed form. The group boarded the Star Luo, where Cai Yue'er learned that Star Luo Royal Academy members would be aboard for an exchange.

• Xie Xie accidentally pressed Wu Sidu's tailbone while petting her tiger form, prompting her to transform back into a girl and scold him.
• Wu Sidu transformed into a Little White Tiger again, perched on Xie Xie's head, and chewed his hair while swatting him with her tail and paw.
• Lin Yuhan greeted Tang Wulin and asked whether the person who had accompanied him to the Blacksmith Association had come too.
• Pan Wen organized the delegations' departure from the Skysea Grand Hotel to Skysea Pier, where they boarded two mixed-group liners.
• Pan Wen told Cai Yue'er that Shrek Academy would sail aboard the Star Luo with Star Luo Royal Academy members, and Cai Yue'er recalled that the academy's earlier exchange visit had been refused.

Shrek Academy boarded the ship for their journey, and Xie Xie’s playful feud with the Star Luo Royal Academy students revealed his companions’ antics. On neighboring balconies, Tang Wulin asked Xie Xie to meet him on deck that night so he could tell him something, and Xie Xie agreed.

• Pan Wen personally escorted Elder Cai and the Shrek Academy students aboard the ship.
• Xie Xie sent Little White Tiger and Golden Hong to trip and scratch the Star Luo Royal Academy students who had been mocking them.
• Little White Tiger slapped Xie Xie with her tail after he praised Golden Hong, and later carried a room key card away in her mouth.
• Xie Xie opened his balcony curtains and enjoyed the sea breeze from his room aboard the ship.
• Tang Wulin asked Xie Xie to come to the deck that night so he could tell him something, and Xie Xie agreed.

Xie Xie reunited with Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Elder Yun when the Xie Family delegation arrived for the Star Luo Continent exchange event. He accepted his role as chief representative while remaining with Shrek, then met the delegation’s seven young members.

• Tang Wulin was delighted when Xie Xie agreed to his request and promised to wait for him.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi arrived and told Xie Xie that they represented the Xie Family delegation.
• Zhang Yangzi brought Xie Xie to meet Elder Yun, who explained the delegation’s goals and the Xie Family’s new branch on Star Luo Continent.
• Xie Xie agreed to serve as chief representative and asked Elder Yun to arrange outfits for Shrek’s members for the welcome reception.
• Zhang Yangzi introduced Xie Xie to seven young delegates, who greeted him as their Young Master.

Xie Xie joined the Xie Family’s young members aboard the Star Luo ocean liner before they prepared for the welcoming banquet. At the ballroom, Xu Xiaoyan, Yuan En Yehui, Wu Sidu, and Ye Xinglan drew everyone’s attention, while Xu Lizhi arrived ready to eat.

• Xie Xie introduced himself to seven promising Xie Family juniors and received Elder Cai’s approval to stay with them.
• Xie Xie and the others chatted about the family, cultivation, and the exchange event until the ship announced its formal reception.
• Xie Xie led the group to change into formal clothes and head to the ballroom.
• Yue Zhengyu entered the ballroom and was stunned when he saw Xu Xiaoyan in a blue-and-white gown.
• Yuan En Yehui, Wu Sidu, and Ye Xinglan arrived in formal dresses and drew admiring looks from the crowd.
• Xu Lizhi entered with a plate of food and began eating.

Gu Yue arrived at the banquet, where the guests were introduced to several contests and the dancing began. Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi led a formal entrance that revealed Wu Zhangkong in a striking gown, followed by an imposing, handsome man whose identity remained unrevealed.

• Gu Yue entered the banquet in a white-and-purple evening gown and joined the others, who noticed that Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Wu Zhangkong were absent.
• Sima Lanxiao welcomed the guests and announced contests for the best-dressed and most attractive guests and the most beautiful dance.
• As the banquet began, Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi led seven formally dressed people to the entrance and stepped aside to welcome someone.
• Wu Zhangkong emerged in a moon-white gown, stunning the guests and surprising Cai Yue'er, who had never seen him dressed that way.
• A mysterious man in a black-and-gold suit stepped from the shadows, his striking eyes and commanding presence silencing the hall.

Xie Xie and Wu Zhangkong made a striking entrance at the banquet as representatives of Shrek Academy and the Mecha Xie Family, leaving their companions stunned by Xie Xie's aristocratic bearing. As the group gathered around him, Gu Yue watched from a distance with conflicted feelings, and Wu Sidu asked Xie Xie to dance.

• Sima Lanxiao welcomed Xie Xie and Wu Zhangkong after they introduced themselves as representatives of the Mecha Xie Family and Shrek Academy.
• Yue Zhengyu mistook Xie Xie's transformed demeanor for something supernatural and slapped holy light onto his forehead, telling him to get off his brother.
• Xu Xiaoyan praised Xie Xie's appearance, and he affectionately complimented her dress and rubbed her head.
• Ye Xinglan, Wu Sidu, and Yuan En Yehui stared at Xie Xie in stunned admiration while Gu Yue declined dance invitations and watched him from afar with conflicted emotions.
• Xie Xie explained that he was acting formally because he represented both Shrek and the Xie Family, then Wu Sidu asked him to dance.

Xie Xie danced with Xu Xiaoyan, Yuan En Yehui, Wu Sidu, and Ye Xinglan before Gu Yue drew him into a slow, emotionally charged dance. At the end, Gu Yue pulled him close and kissed the corner of his mouth, leaving him stunned.

• Xu Xiaoyan asked Xie Xie to dance, and they completed a smooth first dance together.
• Yuan En Yehui danced awkwardly with Xie Xie and repeatedly stepped on his feet.
• Wu Sidu and Ye Xinglan each danced with Xie Xie, stomping on his feet as they struggled through their turns.
• Gu Yue pulled Xie Xie onto the dance floor and led him through a slow dance that revealed her conflicted emotions.
• Gu Yue drew Xie Xie close at the final note and brushed her lips against the corner of his mouth, leaving him frozen.

After Gu Yue confessed her feelings, Xie Xie reciprocated and then spent the evening networking with influential guests until he was exhausted. Wu Zhangkong comforted him and took over the next round of introductions, leaving the chapter as a delegation noticed their clasped hands.

• Gu Yue confessed that she truly liked Xie Xie, then left the banquet, and Xie Xie murmured that he liked Gu Yue too, not Gu Yuena.
• With Elder Yun's guidance, Xie Xie spent half an hour greeting prominent figures and deflecting their attempts to probe the Xie Family and Shrek.
• Exhausted, Xie Xie spotted Wu Zhangkong alone in a corner and hurried over to her.
• Wu Zhangkong caressed Xie Xie's cheek, tucked his hair behind his ear, and told him to rest while she handled the rest of the guests.
• Wu Zhangkong took Xie Xie's hand and greeted the next delegation, whose representative noticed their clasped hands.

Wu Zhangkong took charge of the negotiations at the banquet while Xie Xie played the part of her agreeable companion. After Tang Wulin summoned him to the deck, Xie Xie encountered a masked girl who seemed familiar.

• Wu Zhangkong impressed the visiting representatives by negotiating efficiently and firmly, while Xie Xie stood beside her and agreed with her.
• The Mecha Pilot Association's representative praised Xie Xie's talent and said its president would visit to discuss cooperation with his family.
• The representative mistook Wu Zhangkong for Xie Xie's wife and wished them a long and happy marriage, prompting Wu Zhangkong to usher Xie Xie aside and handle the conversation herself.
• Xie Xie saw Tang Wulin's message reminding him to meet on the deck and hurried out of the banquet hall.
• On the deck, Xie Xie met a beautiful, masked black-haired girl who looked familiar, as a voice announced, "True love has arrived!"

Xie Xie met a masked girl on the deck and said he would marry Tang Wulin if his brother turned out to be a girl. Tang Wulin revealed herself to be the girl and delighted in his promise, while Xie Xie waited in vain for her to arrive.

• Xie Xie spoke with a masked girl who asked what he would do if his close friend were a girl who liked him.
• Xie Xie declared that he would marry her and bring her home as his wife, and the girl excitedly told him to keep his word before vanishing.
• Tang Wulin returned to her room, revealed her face, and giddily replayed Xie Xie's promise as she hid beneath the bedding.
• Xie Xie waited on the deck for Tang Wulin and grew angry when she failed to appear.

Xie Xie danced with Wu Zhangkong at the banquet, growing increasingly flustered by his feelings for his teacher. At the song’s climax, he tossed her into the air, and she turned the move into a graceful aerial dance that stunned the hall.

• Xie Xie asked Wu Zhangkong to dance, and she accepted, teasing him by calling him Little Obedient.
• Wu Zhangkong led Xie Xie across the dance floor as he struggled to understand his racing heart and wondered about the mysterious girl’s question.
• As the music reached its climax, Xie Xie tightened his hold on Wu Zhangkong’s waist and tossed her into the air.
• Wu Zhangkong spun and danced gracefully in midair while the banquet guests stopped to watch.