Chapter Summaries

Bai Yuan and his classmates met the arrogant students from Monster Academy, who had come to Shrek for a selection match tied to an exchange trip to the Star Luo Continent. As the teams entered the Soul Fighting Arena, Gu Yuena volunteered to fight and bristled at the Star Luo Chess Soul King's taunts.

• Shen Yi warned Bai Yuan that Cai Yue'er did not mean him well and explained that the match would help select Shrek's representatives for the Star Luo Continent.
• Gu Yuena asked Bai Yuan about the exchange, while both privately considered the Dragon God-related opportunities hidden on the Star Luo Continent.
• Li Qiankun complained about Monster Academy's students, and Bai Yuan heard their leader dismiss Shrek and boast that Monster Academy would defeat them.
• Bai Yuan assessed the opposing team's Spirit King leaders, then Li Qiankun, Mo Yu, and Gu Yuena volunteered to fight for Shrek.
• The Star Luo Chess Soul King taunted Shrek's students in the arena, and Gu Yuena declared that she could not stand his arrogance.

Shrek Academy’s three fighters faced the Star Luo delegation in an exchange match, and Gu Yuena’s elemental and spiritual attacks overwhelmed the opposing team. Shrek won after Su Mubai was blasted out of the arena.

• Su Mubai mocked Shrek for sending only three fighters, and Gu Yuena rebuked him before Teacher Shen started the match.
• Gu Yuena ordered Li Qiankun to tie up Luo Xingyun and Su Mubai while Mo Yu supported them, then struck down two students who charged her.
• Luo Xingyun used her Nebula Fan and spiritual power against Gu Yuena, but Gu Yuena repelled the attack and defeated her with a direct spiritual strike.
• Mo Yu’s curse incapacitated the opposing support members while Li Qiankun kept Su Mubai trapped with his Qiankun Sphere.
• Su Mubai was blasted out of the arena, and Teacher Shen declared Shrek Academy the winner.

After Shrek defeated the Star Luo delegation, Yun Ming recognized Gu Yuena’s unprecedented spatial combat skill, while Bai Yuan agreed to meet the continent’s geniuses and resolved to help Leng Yaozhu rise to power. Back in his room, Bai Yuan felt the space mark in his Core Flame respond and set his sights on Tribios, the Chrysos Heir who stole the “Gateway” Core Flame.

• The Star Luo teacher conceded defeat to Teacher Shen and led his students out of the arena after rebuking them for their poor training.
• Yun Ming praised Gu Yuena’s spatial position-swapping technique and resolved to bring her and Bai Yuan into Shrek.
• Gu Yuena asked Bai Yuan whether she had impressed him, then took his criticism of her spatial timing seriously before he left the arena with her.
• Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu he would accept the exchange opportunity and wanted to see the other continent, while also helping her ascend to power.
• Bai Yuan sensed the space mark in his Core Flame resonate and named Tribios, the Chrysos Heir who stole the “Gateway” Core Flame, as his next target.

Bai Yuan met Tribios, who empowered him with the Janus Secret Path and helped him sever Tang San’s fate-thread. Tang San sensed the break in the God Realm and resolved to deal with the disruption after handling the God Realm’s internal conflicts.

• Tribios emerged from a door created by the Core Flame and learned from Bai Yuan that Amphoreus had not been saved.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Tribios, who accepted Bai Yuan as Xiao Bai’s partner and granted him the Janus Secret Path.
• The Janus Secret Path severed the fate-thread Tang San had planted in Bai Yuan, and the Life Core noticed that Bai Yuan had created a new road.
• Tang San felt the fate-thread snap and suffered a brief injury as he realized he had lost his connection to Bai Yuan.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu that something had changed on Douluo Planet and resolved to settle matters there after dealing with the God Realm’s disobedient factions.

After awakening with a deeper command of space, Bai Yuan met Tribbie, Trianne, and Tining and learned that the Core Flame could carry the authority of all Twelve Titans. Tribbie and the others returned to the Core Flame, leaving Xiao Bai and Bai Yuan to seek a way off Douluo Planet and bring them home.

• Bai Yuan woke and discovered that his understanding of space had deepened, then asked Xiao Bai where Tribios was.
• Xiao Bai told Bai Yuan that Tribios was safe but tired, as Trianne, Tining, and Tribbie appeared before him.
• Bai Yuan identified the three girls and recited a rhyme about their personalities, prompting Tribbie to ask who he was.
• Tribbie learned that the others were in the Core Flame and that Douluo Planet could not sustain their awakening for long.
• Xiao Bai explained that Bai Yuan needed to grow strong enough to leave the plane so they could find a way home, and Tribbie agreed to work with him.
• Tribbie, Trianne, and Tining faded back into the Core Flame after Tribbie told Xiao Bai to bring them home next time.

Bai Yuan sought a way to help Xiao Bai and cultivated while the Life Core used the leaf from Bai Yuan to probe a possible escape from the Blue Silver Empress's control. Gu Yuena learned basic Space Severing and received Star Luo Royal Academy's invitation to an academic exchange, then entered Bai Yuan's room and attacked him after he teased her.

• Xiao Bai told Bai Yuan to protect himself and keep moving forward before his manifestation dispersed, and Bai Yuan resolved to grow stronger.
• The Life Core let the leaf's aura seep into its wounded foundation, hoping the unfamiliar force would help it escape control and avoid being replaced.
• Gu Yuena practiced Space Severing after studying Bai Yuan's techniques and reached a basic level of the skill.
• Star Luo Royal Academy students invited Gu Yuena and Bai Yuan to an academic exchange in the Star Luo Empire, and Gu Yuena agreed to pass along their request.
• Gu Yuena used Space Teleportation to enter Bai Yuan's room, where he surprised her by flicking her forehead; she retaliated with a Space Rift.

Bai Yuan demonstrated a powerful space-based attack to Gu Yuena, who wondered whether Aeon had taught him his mastery of space. After Star Luo invited him to Monster Academy for an exchange, Bai Yuan agreed and asked Leng Yaozhu to send support as he prepared for the trip.

• Gu Yuena showed Bai Yuan her Space Severing, but he demonstrated a vortex of shattered space that carved a pit into the wall.
• Gu Yuena speculated that Bai Yuan might represent a powerful being named Aeon, then told him that Star Luo had invited him to Monster Academy for an exchange.
• Bai Yuan accepted the invitation because he wanted to test Monster Academy and pursue opportunities in Dragon Valley.
• Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu about the trip and asked her to send people so he would have authority and support in Star Luo.
• Gu Yuena waited for Bai Yuan after his call, asked how soon they could leave, and finally asked whether Aeon had taught him to use space.

Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena joined Shrek Academy’s exchange delegation to the Star Luo Empire, while Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu prepared for the trip in their own ways. As the selected students boarded for Tianhai, Gu Yuena began planning how to get close to Tang Wulin and claim both the divine artifact and the Golden Dragon King.

• Yun Ming selected Gu Yue and Bai Yuan for the Star Luo exchange, and Ya Li began arranging the remaining candidates.
• Leng Yaozhu ordered the Leng Family to prepare a response team on the Star Luo Continent to protect Bai Yuan.
• Bai Yuan shook hands with the Star Luo Teacher, whose spiritual power was stung by a trace of aura from Bai Yuan’s Core Flame.
• Bai Yuan agreed to visit Monster Academy and asked to enter seclusion for a few days before the trip.
• Bai Yuan met the seven selected students, including Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena privately planned to approach him in Star Luo.
• Teacher Shen told the delegation to board the Soul Guidance Bus and depart for Tianhai.

The Shrek delegation arrived in Skysea City to board a ship for Star Luo Continent, where Mu Ye joined the exchange as a Spirit Pagoda guest. After Mu Ye praised Bai Yuan’s overwhelming bloodline power and judged Tang Wulin less impressive by comparison, the group boarded amid Shrek’s dismissive attitude toward Star Luo Royal Academy.

• Bai Yuan traveled with Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena, while Gu Yuena privately plotted to absorb the Golden Dragon King and awaited the chance to advance her plan for the Soul Beasts.
• The Shrek group reached Skysea City without incident and headed to the heavily armed oceangoing liner that would carry them across the sea.
• Pan Wen introduced Mu Ye, the Body Sect’s Sect Master and a Spirit Pagoda guest, to Red Dragon Douluo Zhuo Shi, whose brief handshake revealed Mu Ye’s formidable bloodline power.
• Mu Ye examined Bai Yuan and marveled at his blood energy, then said Tang Wulin had potential but still fell short of Bai Yuan.
• Zhuo Shi led the Shrek group aboard without showing much regard for Pan Wen’s invitation to meet Star Luo Royal Academy, leaving Mu Ye and Pan Wen to follow.

Bai Yuan discovered that he could combine the Power of Destruction with the Power of Space while preparing for the shipboard ball. At the reception, Tang Wulin drew attention alongside Yue Zhengyu, Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue finally appeared.

• Bai Yuan and Gu Yue watched the ship leave port, and Bai Yuan traded barbs with students from Monster Academy before speaking with a Star Luo Royal Academy student.
• Bai Yuan cultivated in his cabin and found that he could fuse a strand of the Power of Destruction with the Power of Space.
• The ship announced a formal ball, and Yue Zhengyu dressed for the reception but was overshadowed by Tang Wulin.
• Ye Xinglan, Yuanen Yehui, and Xu Xiaoyan entered the ballroom, drawing the crowd's attention while Xie Xie and Xu Lizhi teased each other.
• Tang Wulin wondered whether Gu Yue would attend, then watched a figure emerge from the shadows as someone exclaimed that she had come.

Bai Yuan arrived at the ballroom with Gu Yuena, drawing attention and stirring jealousy among Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Yue Zhengyu, and Xu Lizhi. Ye Xinglan and Yuanen Yehui approached Bai Yuan, prompting Gu Yuena to intervene before she walked away, upset that he had not complimented her.

• Gu Yuena and Bai Yuan entered the ballroom together, captivating the guests and leaving Tang Wulin and Yue Zhengyu dismayed.
• Xie Xie realized Yuanen Yehui was heading toward Bai Yuan, while Xu Lizhi grew distressed when Ye Xinglan did the same.
• Gu Yuena stepped in front of Ye Xinglan and Yuanen Yehui when they said they wanted to see Bai Yuan.
• Bai Yuan complimented Ye Xinglan and Yuanen Yehui, then told Gu Yuena they knew each other too well for fake politeness.
• Gu Yuena walked away, complaining that Bai Yuan had not complimented her.

At the banquet, Bai Yuan drew attention from the Star Luo Delegation while Mu Ye reflected on protecting him and the Body Sect’s future. When the dance began, Ye Xinglan invited Bai Yuan to dance, provoking Gu Yuena.

• Yuanen Yehui and Ye Xinglan admired Bai Yuan from a distance but hesitated to approach him.
• Bai Yuan encouraged Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan to eat and socialize, while the students became the center of attention at the banquet.
• The Eight Heavenly Kings of Monster Academy learned of Bai Yuan, and the Dragon King looked forward to challenging him.
• Mu Ye praised Bai Yuan’s appearance and privately considered how protecting him could benefit the Body Sect.
• Ye Xinglan asked Bai Yuan to dance, and Gu Yuena grew jealous and vowed not to let her take him.

At the banquet, Ye Xinglan invited Bai Yuan to dance, and their graceful performance captivated the room. Gu Yuena then claimed the next dance, leaving the other women watching as she led Bai Yuan across the floor.

• Xu Lizhi and Xie Xie noticed Ye Xinglan inviting Bai Yuan to dance, while Yuanen Yehui watched and regretted not asking him first.
• Bai Yuan accepted Ye Xinglan's invitation and guided her through a dance that ended with applause from the banquet guests.
• Gu Yuena confronted Bai Yuan about flirting, then took his hand and led him into the next dance.
• Gu Yuena's possessive gaze discouraged other women from approaching Bai Yuan as the room fell silent to watch them dance.
• Xu Lizhi suggested eating to Tang Wulin, who stopped watching the dance, while Ye Xinglan and Yuanen Yehui reacted from the sidelines.

After the ball, Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena returned to their rooms, where Gu Yuena asked him to help her obtain a pass for her family’s arrival in Star Luo. Bai Yuan treated her sore feet and left, while Gu Yuena privately celebrated her plan to create an excuse for physical contact.

• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena returned to Shrek’s group after their dance, where their friends praised Bai Yuan and Tang Wulin watched Gu Yuena quietly.
• The ball ended with Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena named its best dancers, and the delegations from the two continents left on friendlier terms.
• Gu Yuena claimed her feet hurt and asked Bai Yuan to carry her to her room, where she asked him to get a pass from his teacher for her family’s three or four visitors.
• Bai Yuan agreed to help Gu Yuena’s family move around Star Luo, then noticed her heels were rubbed raw and applied ointment to them.
• After Bai Yuan left, Gu Yuena privately congratulated herself on using her sore feet to create physical contact with him.

Mu Ye offered to train Bai Yuan during the voyage to Star Luo, while Xiao Bai appeared from the changing Core Flame to assess Bai Yuan’s spatial abilities. Xiao Bai sensed an unidentified watcher near the ship and used his spiritual power to search for it.

• Mu Ye teased Bai Yuan, then proposed a training schedule of Mecha manufacturing, Battle Armor forging, body cultivation, combat practice, and sea hunts; Bai Yuan accepted.
• Bai Yuan noticed a change in the Core Flame, and Xiao Bai emerged from it with a more solid form.
• Xiao Bai asked Bai Yuan to demonstrate his spatial attribute, then showed him a smoother Space Rift.
• Xiao Bai warned that someone was watching Bai Yuan and suggested it might be checking whether he was the person it sought.
• Xiao Bai spread his spiritual power across the ship and surrounding waters and announced that he had found the watcher.

The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Soul Great White Shark King led Sea Soul Beasts toward the ocean liner, but Xiao Bai’s spiritual power drove them away. Bai Yuan then asked Xiao Bai to reshape part of the Black Calamity Set into Battle Armor, and Xiao Bai began extracting its power.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and the Demon Soul Great White Shark King sensed powerful humans aboard the ocean liner and prepared to attack.
• Xiao Bai spread his spiritual power across the sea, injuring the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and forcing the Sea Soul Beasts to retreat.
• Bai Yuan considered who might have arranged the attack, then asked Xiao Bai whether Black Calamity’s power could be forged into Battle Armor.
• Xiao Bai inspected the Black Calamity Set and warned Bai Yuan that separating and reshaping it would cause severe pain.
• Xiao Bai sealed the cabin and extracted energy from Bai Yuan’s Black Calamity Set, while Bai Yuan struggled against its corrosive power.
• Xiao Bai told Bai Yuan to close his eyes and said he would help him master the power.

Xiao Bai guided Bai Yuan in adapting the Core Flame and Black Calamity’s destructive power, then helped him use his body as a seed for Battle Armor rather than relying on metal. The process stabilized with armor forming over Bai Yuan’s right hand and forearm as his Core Flame Domain spread across the room.

• Bai Yuan endured the Core Flame’s painful process of devouring and reshaping his body while Xiao Bai stabilized the surrounding black energy.
• Xiao Bai touched Bai Yuan’s forehead and used the Authority of Reason to clarify his understanding of Battle Armor, then guided him in forming its structure through spiritual power.
• Bai Yuan and Xiao Bai confirmed that the rare metals Leng Yaozhu had prepared could not withstand Black Calamity’s power, and Xiao Bai proposed making that power grow within Bai Yuan instead.
• Bai Yuan offered his body as the seed for the armor, and Xiao Bai placed a phantom of the Core Flame in his chest and channeled the broken-down treasures into him.
• Bai Yuan’s body stabilized as Battle Armor formed on his right hand and forearm, and his Core Flame Domain spread across the room.

Bai Yuan fused Black Calamity's right gauntlet into his body while resisting the destructive wills inside it, then discovered its power and sword technique. The next morning, his Soul Power had reached Level fifty, and Gu Yuena insisted on joining his training with Teacher Mu Ye.

• Bai Yuan used Xiao Bai's help and the Core Flame's power to withstand Black Calamity's destructive wills and complete the fusion of its right gauntlet.
• Bai Yuan learned that the gauntlet could corrode opponents' Sea of Consciousness, grant him Black Calamity's sword technique, and grow stronger with him.
• Bai Yuan thanked Xiao Bai and promised to find an energy supply to awaken the Chrysos Heirs inside the Core Flame sooner.
• Bai Yuan tested the gauntlet's sword technique with Dawnmaker, then sensed a trace of God Calamity's aura within the armor.
• Bai Yuan woke to find his Soul Power at Level fifty and a Soul Ring forming, then agreed to let Gu Yuena accompany him to train with Teacher Mu Ye.
• Gu Yuena said her Brain felt empty and her spiritual power was overflowing, while Bai Yuan privately recognized that she had given her power to him.

Mu Ye, Bai Yuan, and Gu Yuena lured a wounded Deep Sea Demon Whale to the surface with the blood of a high-level sea Soul Beast. As the whale charged at them, Mu Ye told Bai Yuan to attack first and promised to protect him.

• Gu Yuena joined Mu Ye and Bai Yuan for a sea hunt, eager to slay the Soul Beasts.
• Mu Ye led them to unusually still waters where sea Soul Beasts were hiding deep below.
• When no creatures surfaced, Mu Ye baited the sea with blood from a jade bottle.
• A wounded Deep Sea Demon Whale emerged, and Bai Yuan spotted its old injuries as an opportunity.
• The enraged whale charged at them, and Mu Ye told Bai Yuan to attack while he protected him.

Bai Yuan fought the Deep Sea Demon Whale with his Core Flame Domain and Spear of Divine Retribution, overcoming the beast’s domain and striking its spiritual core through an existing wound. The whale collapsed into the sea, and a black soul ring emerged from its body.

• Bai Yuan activated his growth-type battle armor and Core Flame Domain before charging the Deep Sea Demon Whale.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale spread its Demon Whale Sea Domain, but Bai Yuan’s domain dispersed its effects and let him approach unhindered.
• Bai Yuan used the Spear of Divine Retribution to pierce the whale’s flank, while Mu Ye caught the dragon blood that sprayed from the wound.
• Bai Yuan struck the unhealed wound again and sent the Will of Destruction into the whale, suppressing its spiritual power and reaching its core.
• The Deep Sea Demon Whale lost its strength and sank toward the sea as a pitch-black soul ring emerged from its body.