Chapter Summaries

Na'er defeated Ye Xinglan in a fierce duel, then reached out to make peace with her. The two introduced themselves as the crowd hailed Na'er, who ran toward Tang Linyuan in the stands.

• Ye Xinglan used her Third Soul Skill, Sword Star Fall, to rain starlight sword qi over the arena, but Na'er evaded it and searched for an opening.
• Na'er used Silver Dragon Flash to bypass the sword rain and begin a close-quarters duel with Ye Xinglan.
• As Ye Xinglan's strength faded, Na'er deflected her sword and stopped the Silver Dragon Spear just before her throat.
• Ye Xinglan admitted defeat, and the crowd cheered for Na'er as the Dragon Spear Goddess.
• Na'er and Ye Xinglan introduced themselves and clasped hands, ending their conflict.
• Na'er turned from the arena and ran toward Tang Linyuan in the stands.

After Na'er defeated Ye Xinglan, she sought Tang Linyuan’s praise and left the arena with him. Tang Wulin and the others organized first-year teams for the exchange tournament, and a tall figure approached their table just as they finished.

• Na'er affectionately clung to Tang Linyuan and asked what he thought of her fight; he praised her spear technique, making her blush and hurry out with him.
• Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin remembered Shen Yi’s team-registration assignment, so they stayed to complete it rather than risk punishment.
• Tang Wulin announced the tournament team rules and called the first-years to register, while Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan helped manage the process.
• The students formed teams and submitted their information, and Tang Wulin spent nearly two hours checking and recording the registrations.
• As Tang Wulin and the others prepared to leave with the completed register, a tall figure walked through the remaining crowd toward their table.

Ye Xinglan challenged Tang Linyuan to meet her at the next day's selection, while Tang Linyuan revealed he planned to leave the Outer Court for the Inner Court. Na'er officially moved into the Class Zero Villa.

• Ye Xinglan told Tang Wulin and the others that she would wait for Tang Linyuan at the internal selection arena to measure the gap between them.
• Tang Wulin returned to the villa with Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan and found Tang Linyuan and Na'er sharing an elaborate dinner.
• Xie Xie told Tang Linyuan that Ye Xinglan had specifically registered to challenge him, and Tang Linyuan agreed to let her wait onstage.
• Tang Linyuan said he had no intention of joining the exchange event and would go to the Inner Court to find worthy opponents.
• Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie pledged to handle the Outer Court while Tang Linyuan pursued his next challenge.
• Na'er moved into the Class Zero Villa and settled into the master bedroom.

Tang Linyuan gave Class Zero tactical advice before the first-year internal selection battles and threatened to double their special training if they repeated his warnings' mistakes. He then traveled by boat with Na'er to Sea God Island, where their childhood affection began to shift into romantic feelings.

• Tang Linyuan pointed out combat weaknesses to Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Siduo before the selection battles.
• Tang Linyuan warned Class Zero that their special training would double if they repeated those mistakes or lost, and Na'er wished them luck.
• Tang Wulin and the others headed to the competition grounds while Tang Linyuan and Na'er walked to Sea God Lake.
• Na'er asked Tang Linyuan to take a boat across the lake, and he helped her aboard.
• Na'er leaned against Tang Linyuan as they crossed the lake, and the two felt their sibling affection changing into romantic attraction.

Tang Linyuan and Na'er returned to Sea God Island with their feelings for each other quietly deepening, then visited Yun Ming and Ya Li. Yun Ming approved Tang Linyuan's request to spar with Inner Court fighters, while Na'er went inside with Ya Li, hoping to confide in her about her feelings.

• Tang Linyuan and Na'er stepped ashore together and walked toward the Purple Bamboo Courtyard as he planned to seek stronger sparring partners.
• Tang Linyuan and Na'er found Yun Ming and Ya Li relaxing together on a swing and interrupted their intimate moment.
• Tang Linyuan asked Yun Ming to arrange Inner Court sparring matches, and Yun Ming agreed to raise the pressure on the Inner Court students.
• Na'er teased Yun Ming and Ya Li, then took Ya Li inside so she could seek advice about her growing feelings for Tang Linyuan.

Na'er sought Ya Li’s advice about her changing feelings for a childhood companion, and Ya Li reassured her that she was falling in love. Meanwhile, Tang Linyuan tested his combat limits against Yun Ming, then agreed to an Inner Court arena challenge that would begin that afternoon.

• Na'er described her supposed friend’s growing romantic feelings to Ya Li, who told her the change was natural and she should follow her heart.
• Yun Ming proposed an arena on Sea God Island and asked Tang Linyuan what restrictions should apply to the matches.
• Tang Linyuan summoned the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear and sparred with Yun Ming, pushing himself through dozens of exchanges before declaring he had reached his limit.
• Yun Ming assessed Tang Linyuan as capable of defeating ordinary low-level Soul Douluos, and Tang Linyuan set the sole restriction at Soul Power below level eighty.
• Yun Ming announced that Inner Court disciples below level eighty could challenge Tang Linyuan for a chance to choose a ten-thousand-year spiritual item from the Sea God Pavilion Treasury.

Tang Linyuan discussed Shrek’s political strategy and his spear path with Yun Ming before sharing a family-like lunch with him, Ya Li, and Na'er. He and Na'er then arrived at the crowded Martial Arts Arena, where Tang Linyuan was about to begin his sparring matches against the Inner Court disciples.

• Yun Ming asked Tang Linyuan to assess the continent’s political situation and Shrek’s future, and Tang Linyuan proposed that Shrek deepen its ties with the Tang Sect, gain influence in the Federal Council, and counter the Spirit Pagoda’s monopoly.
• Tang Linyuan told Yun Ming that he planned to break down and rebuild himself, engraving his spear insights into his body until his physical form and Spear Soul became inseparable.
• Ya Li and Na'er joined Yun Ming and Tang Linyuan for lunch, and Na'er openly showed Tang Linyuan her affection while serving him food.
• After lunch, Tang Linyuan asked Yun Ming about the arena, and Yun Ming told him that Inner Court disciples had gathered to watch him compete for a ten-thousand-year spirit treasure.
• Tang Linyuan and Na'er reached the packed Martial Arts Arena, where the students turned their attention to them as Tang Linyuan prepared to begin his Inner Court sparring matches.

Tang Linyuan stood ready to defend his arena challenge, whose winner would earn a ten-thousand-year spiritual treasure from the Sea God Pavilion Treasury. Rampaging Bear Tai Yue became the first Inner Court disciple to challenge him, and the two faced off as the battle began.

• Tang Linyuan reassured Na'er before stepping into the Martial Arts Arena.
• The referee announced that both combatants had to remain below level eighty and that the winner could choose a ten-thousand-year spiritual treasure from the Sea God Pavilion Treasury.
• The Inner Court disciples hesitated to challenge Tang Linyuan, while some recognized him as Yun Ming's personal disciple and the heir to the Sea God Pavilion Pavilion Master position.
• Tai Yue leaped into the arena, introduced himself as a level-sixty-eight Soul Emperor, and summoned his Earth-Splitting Mountain Rock Bear Martial Soul.
• Tai Yue challenged Tang Linyuan to show his strength, while Tang Linyuan stood firm without releasing his Martial Soul.

Tang Linyuan sparred with Tai Yue in the Basalt Arena, overpowering the senior with teleportation and ancient martial arts despite not summoning his Martial Soul. Tai Yue unleashed his strongest Soul Skills but was battered and left struggling to keep up.

• Tai Yue yielded the first move, and Tang Linyuan teleported across the arena and struck him with Collapse Fist, sending him nearly off the edge.
• Tai Yue activated Mountain Rock Armor and Earth-Splitting Berserk, then charged Tang Linyuan into a close-quarters fight.
• Tang Linyuan used Ancient Martial Footwork and precise strikes to evade Tai Yue’s attacks and exploit his weak points.
• Tai Yue activated Domain of Heavy Rock and Mount Tai Meteorite Fall, but Tang Linyuan blocked his descent and countered with Inch Power.
• After more than a dozen exchanges, Tai Yue lay battered and exhausted while Tang Linyuan remained composed.

Tang Linyuan defeated Tai Yue after overpowering his Two-Word Battle Armor with a spear technique, then faced a new challenge from Sword Fanatic Chen Feng. Chen Feng revealed himself as a level-seventy-three Soul Saint wielding the Seven Kill Sword.

• Tai Yue donned his Mountain-Splitting Battle Armor and launched Mount Tai Meteorite Fall at Tang Linyuan.
• Tang Linyuan countered with Falling Star, deforming Tai Yue’s arm guard until Tai Yue surrendered.
• Tang Linyuan stopped his spear a hair’s breadth from the armor and spared Tai Yue, who accepted defeat and left the arena.
• The Inner Court disciples reconsidered challenging Tang Linyuan after witnessing Tai Yue’s loss.
• Chen Feng leaped into the arena, revealed seven Soul Rings, and summoned his Seven Kill Sword.

Tang Linyuan faced Chen Feng in the Inner Court’s second match, where their spear-and-sword duel tested Chen Feng’s swordsmanship against Tang Linyuan’s overwhelming strength and Spear Intent. The battle continued as an evenly matched contest of technique, with neither gaining a decisive advantage.

• The referee offered Tang Linyuan time to recover, but he declined, and the second match began.
• Chen Feng’s Bone-Piercing Sword Qi struck Tang Linyuan’s spear, but Tang’s Spear Intent shattered Chen Feng’s Sword Intent and forced him back, injuring his hand.
• Chen Feng, ignited by the challenge, charged again with his third and fifth Soul Rings activated.
• Chen Feng circled Tang Linyuan with a rapid, relentless barrage of sword strikes, while Tang blocked and countered with refined spear techniques.
• Tang Linyuan and Chen Feng continued trading attacks across the arena as the Inner Court disciples watched their skillful duel.

Chen Feng’s strength waned against Tang Linyuan’s spear, so he summoned his Two-Word Battle Armor and fused with his Seven Kill Sword to charge a decisive attack. Tang Linyuan began charging his own spear strike, leaving the arena poised for their final clash.

• Tang Linyuan broke through Chen Feng’s Sword Shadow Chain and drove him to the arena’s edge with a powerful spear blow.
• Chen Feng grew exhausted while Tang Linyuan remained composed, and the audience saw the growing gap between them.
• Chen Feng summoned his Two-Word Battle Armor, Po Sha, and activated his Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tang Linyuan planted his feet, closed his eyes, and poured his essence, energy, spirit, and blood vitality into the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear.
• The two fighters charged their ultimate attacks as the arena fell silent before their clash.

Tang Linyuan countered Chen Feng’s Heaven Burial with Dust Settles, Truth Revealed, drawing on the resonance and momentum of Sea God Island to shatter Chen Feng’s Seven Kill Greatsword. Chen Feng survived the defeat and gained enlightenment about transforming his Sword Intent.

• Chen Feng unleashed Seven Kill Absolute Sword: Heaven Burial, while Tang Linyuan answered with an apparently plain thrust of the Tyrant Profound Divine Spear.
• The spear initially bent under the force of Chen Feng’s descending greatsword, leading the spectators to believe Tang Linyuan was losing.
• Tang Linyuan’s Dust Settles, Truth Revealed awakened the resonance of Sea God Island and drew the momentum of heaven and earth into his spear.
• Tang Linyuan reversed the clash and shattered Chen Feng’s Seven Kill Greatsword, causing Chen Feng to fall and suffer severe backlash.
• Chen Feng replayed Tang Linyuan’s thrust, then meditated amid the arena’s rubble as he gained enlightenment into transforming his Sword Intent.

After Tang Linyuan defeated Chen Feng in the arena, Chen Feng entered Deep Meditation, forcing the spar to end while the ruined arena was closed for repairs. Tang Linyuan left Sea God Island’s arena with Na'er, planning to return the next day for more sparring.

• An Inner Court instructor ended the arena spar because the fight had destroyed the Basalt Arena and Chen Feng had entered Deep Meditation.
• The instructor confirmed Tang Linyuan had severely injured Chen Feng but spared his foundation, and said Chen Feng must not be disturbed while his Sword Heart was reforged.
• Tang Linyuan realized news of Chen Feng’s enlightenment could draw more powerful Inner Court disciples to challenge him after the arena reopened.
• Na'er joined Tang Linyuan, and he told the instructor he would return the next day to seek instruction in the Inner Court’s peerless arts.
• Tang Linyuan and Na'er left the ruined arena together as the instructor remained behind to guard Chen Feng.

Tang Linyuan recounted his arena victories over Tai Yue and Chen Feng, and Yun Ming analyzed their strengths and flaws. After dinner, Ya Li persuaded Tang Linyuan and Na'er to stay overnight in the Purple Bamboo Courtyard and arranged for them to share a room, leaving them alone in an awkward, charged silence.

• Tang Linyuan described defeating Tai Yue by exploiting his slow force transmission and overpowering his battle armor with Falling Star.
• Tang Linyuan recounted how Chen Feng’s Heaven Burial sword technique shattered against his Return to Simplicity spear, sending Chen Feng into deep meditation.
• Yun Ming analyzed Tai Yue’s reliance on gravity and armor and praised Chen Feng’s exceptional comprehension after entering deep meditation.
• Ya Li insisted Tang Linyuan and Na'er stay in the courtyard, and Na'er supported her suggestion by saying they would otherwise disturb Class Zero’s preparations.
• Ya Li sent Tang Linyuan and Na'er into the only available bedroom together, and the two sat at opposite ends of the bed in embarrassed silence.

Na'er took the initiative to overcome Tang Linyuan's awkward restraint, following Mistress Ya Li's advice to seduce him. The chapter ended as Na'er turned his face and kissed him, leaving both of them at the point where their restraint collapsed.

• Tang Linyuan and Na'er sat stiffly at opposite sides of the bed, unable to break the silence.
• Na'er removed her shoes and stockings, then crawled behind Tang Linyuan and wrapped her arms around his waist.
• Na'er rested her chin on Tang Linyuan's shoulder and teasingly asked whether he would keep facing away from her.
• When Tang Linyuan still did not turn, Na'er cupped his face and forcibly turned him toward her.
• Na'er closed her eyes and kissed Tang Linyuan, and their remaining restraint vanished.

Na'er and Tang Linyuan shared a passionate kiss, then fell asleep together without going further. The next morning, they discovered Yun Ming and Ya Li had spent the night keeping watch outside Na'er's room.

• Na'er kissed Tang Linyuan, who pulled her into his arms and returned the kiss passionately.
• The next morning, Na'er woke in Tang Linyuan's embrace and tried to sneak another kiss, but he opened his eyes.
• Na'er covered Tang Linyuan's mouth to stop him teasing her about the previous night, then panicked at the thought of Yun Ming and Ya Li finding out.
• Tang Linyuan helped Na'er straighten their clothes and remake the bed before they left the room.
• Na'er and Tang Linyuan found Yun Ming and Ya Li awkwardly waiting outside the door, revealing that the two elders had kept watch all night.

Tang Linyuan spent half a month defeating Inner Court Soul Saints and tempering his Spear Soul before receiving a rare spiritual fruit from Yun Ming. With the Outer Court's first-year final assessments approaching, he and Na'er returned to rejoin Class Zero, and Tang Linyuan planned to make the exams more intense.

• Na'er realized Yun Ming and Ya Li had listened outside her door the previous night, while the four shared an awkward breakfast without discussing it.
• Tang Linyuan learned that Chen Feng's Sword Heart had been reforged and accepted the Inner Court students' challenges at the Martial Arts Arena.
• Over half a month, Tang Linyuan defeated every Inner Court Soul Saint who challenged him, refining his Spear Soul as Na'er grew closer to him at night.
• Yun Ming gave Tang Linyuan the Nine-Turn Spirit-Tracing Divine Fruit and sent him back to help oversee the Outer Court final assessments.
• Tang Linyuan told Yun Ming he intended to make the assessments more intense, then left Sea God Island with Na'er to return to the Outer Court.

Tang Linyuan and Na'er returned from Sea God Island to the Outer Court after sharing an intimate kiss on their boat. Tang Linyuan then met Zhuo Shi to discuss the first-years' final assessment, leaving the matter unresolved.

• Na'er asked Tang Linyuan to kiss her before they returned to the crowded Outer Court, and he embraced and kissed her on the boat.
• The boat reached the Outer Court pier, and Na'er struggled to stand after the kiss before leaning against Tang Linyuan.
• Tang Linyuan and Na'er waited on the pier for Na'er to recover, then walked together to the Outer Court Dean's office.
• Zhuo Shi warmly welcomed Tang Linyuan and Na'er, praised Tang Linyuan's Inner Court arena victories, and asked what he wanted to discuss.
• Tang Linyuan raised the rules for the first-years' final assessment and began explaining his important concern to Zhuo Shi.

Tang Linyuan identified loopholes in Shrek Academy’s first-year final assessment and persuaded Zhuo Shi to replace its rules with a safer, more comprehensive system. After Zhuo Shi called an emergency meeting to revise the assessment, Tang Linyuan and Na'er returned to Class Zero and found the students working on forging and Battle Armor components.

• Tang Linyuan warned Zhuo Shi that the old assessment could push students into illegal street fights as they sought stronger opponents without money or support.
• Tang Linyuan proposed willing and fair challenges backed by academy rewards, limited instructor assistance with penalties, formal inter-academy matches, team challenges, and bonus points for fighting criminals.
• Zhuo Shi approved Tang Linyuan’s plan and summoned the homeroom teachers to revise the assessment rules overnight.
• Tang Linyuan and Na'er left Zhuo Shi’s office and returned to Class Zero’s residence.
• Tang Linyuan and Na'er found Tang Wulin forging metal, Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan polishing components, Gu Yue inscribing arrays, Wu Sidu purifying materials, and Ye Xinglan finishing a Battle Armor shoulder plate.