Chapter Summaries

Bai Yuan tested his strength against A Ruheng, effortlessly evading his attacks and breaking apart his strongest punch with the Dark-Gold Dreadclaw Bear Right Palm Bone. Mu Ye decided to cultivate a connection between A Ruheng and Bai Yuan, while Bai Yuan accepted the Body Sect’s interest because he needed A Ruheng’s strength too.

• A Ruheng attacked Bai Yuan with a powerful punch, but Bai Yuan caught it without moving.
• A Ruheng unleashed a barrage of punches, and Bai Yuan dodged each one with precise footwork.
• A Ruheng used his full strength, but Bai Yuan split his air-column attack with his dark-gold claws.
• A Ruheng accepted defeat and agreed to support Bai Yuan in the competition.
• Mu Ye considered how a bond with Bai Yuan could give the declining Body Sect a future ally.
• Bai Yuan recognized that Mu Ye was betting on him and decided the arrangement suited his own needs.

Mu Ye sent A Ruheng to spend time with Bai Yuan, and the three went to a restaurant where A Ruheng devoured the meal. There, Bai Yuan ran into Tang Wulin and his companions, and Tang Wulin blushed when Bai Yuan revealed Gu Yue was in the private room.

• Mu Ye prompted A Ruheng to follow Bai Yuan, while Leng Yaozhu tacitly accepted Mu Ye's plan to bring the Body Sect closer to the Leng Family.
• A Ruheng caught up with Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena, then took them to try Skysea City's specialties.
• A Ruheng rapidly ate most of the restaurant's dishes, leaving Bai Yuan to order more while Gu Yuena ate delicately.
• Tang Wulin found Bai Yuan in the corridor and asked whether he had come for the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition.
• Bai Yuan told Tang Wulin that Gu Yue was in the private room, and Tang Wulin blushed as he tried to deny that he had been asking about her.

Tang Wulin met Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena at a meal, where A Ruheng tested his strength and Gu Yuena’s cold glare left him convinced she cared about him. Bai Yuan hurried away to escape the cost of feeding A Ruheng and Tang Wulin, but outside he confronted a group from Shrek Academy.

• Bai Yuan welcomed Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan into the private room, where Tang Wulin met Gu Yuena and stared at her.
• A Ruheng tested Tang Wulin’s strength with a handshake and judged him talented but far weaker than Bai Yuan.
• Tang Wulin mistook Gu Yuena’s glare for a sign that she cared about him, while Bai Yuan worried about the meal’s cost.
• Bai Yuan pulled Gu Yuena out of the restaurant, and A Ruheng followed with boxes of leftover food as Tang Wulin vowed to catch up to them.
• A group of Shrek students blocked Bai Yuan outside, and their arrogant leader accused him of disrespecting them.

Bai Yuan, Gu Yuena, and A Ruheng confronted Shrek students who first provoked them and then demanded an apology. Yu Yuanheng invoked Shrek's honor and challenged them to settle things at the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition.

• A Ruheng intimidated the Shrek students who had confronted Bai Yuan, and the group continued down the street.
• A Ruheng asked who the students were, and Bai Yuan identified them as Shrek students.
• The first Shrek student called after them when Yu Yuanheng arrived with other students.
• Bai Yuan recognized Yu Yuanheng as a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan genius ranked fifth on Shrek's Youth Genius Ranking.
• Yu Yuanheng accused Bai Yuan's group of insulting Shrek's honor and demanded an apology.
• A Ruheng stepped between Yu Yuanheng and Bai Yuan, and Yu Yuanheng promised to show them what Shrek's honor meant at the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition.

After Shrek students insulted Bai Yuan and his companions, Bai Yuan reported the incident to Leng Yaozhu and prepared to challenge them at the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition. As he settled down to recover, a mysterious voice called him “Savior,” and his consciousness reached toward a Core Flame linked to Mydei.

• Bai Yuan, Gu Yuena, and A Ruheng left the Shrek group, and Bai Yuan warned them not to expect anything from Shrek.
• Bai Yuan recounted the confrontation with Shrek students and Yu Yuanheng to Leng Yaozhu and Mu Ye, while Mu Ye urged A Ruheng to fight well at the competition.
• Leng Yaozhu said she would take Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena to greet the Skysea Alliance the next day.
• Gu Yuena asked Bai Yuan how confident he was against Yu Yuanheng, and Bai Yuan joked that Yu Yuanheng was not worth taking seriously.
• Bai Yuan began resting with the Core Flame, but a distant voice called him “Savior” and his consciousness reached toward a Core Flame connected to Mydei.

Bai Yuan received Mydei’s power through the Core Flame, enduring a brutal transformation that gave him the strength of an undying berserker. He left determined to show Shrek what true battle meant at the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition.

• Bai Yuan recalled Mydei’s history, his hatred of meaningless war, and his choice to wield the Core Flame of Strife against the Black Tide.
• The Core Flame erupted with golden-red light and pulled Bai Yuan’s consciousness into a burning wilderness.
• A violent surge of blood energy remade Bai Yuan’s body as memories of Mydei and the power to burn life for strength entered his mind.
• Bai Yuan held on through the pain until the infusion ended, sensing Mydei’s dormant strength within him and seeing a new dark-red pattern form beside the engraving.
• Bai Yuan drew in the Core Flame’s light and vowed to show Shrek what true battle was at the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition.

Bai Yuan discovered that Destruction could repeatedly devour Mydei’s blood-and-vitality power, permanently strengthening his body until the power ran out. He went with Gu Yuena to a Skysea Alliance conference, where the governor welcomed him as Leng Yaozhu’s disciple, while Leng Yaozhu and Shrek’s representatives had yet to arrive.

• Bai Yuan tested combining Mydei’s blood-and-vitality power with Destruction and found that Destruction devoured it, absorbing its essence.
• Bai Yuan repeatedly condensed and let Destruction devour the blood-and-vitality power, gaining permanent physical enhancements until the power stopped recovering.
• Bai Yuan met Gu Yuena in the corridor and followed her to the conference hall.
• The Skysea Alliance governor welcomed Bai Yuan and led him and Gu Yuena to the Spirit Pagoda’s seats.
• Bai Yuan noticed that Shrek’s seats were empty, while A Ruheng and Mu Ye were present for the Body Sect; Leng Yaozhu had not yet arrived.

Leng Yaozhu, Mu Ye, Cai Yue'er, and representatives of the major factions gathered to finalize arrangements for the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition. The meeting ended with Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda agreeing to have their match broadcast publicly, setting the stage for a public contest between them.

• Leng Yaozhu and Mu Ye arrived and waited for Shrek's representatives before beginning the meeting.
• Cai Yue'er arrived with Shrek's group and exchanged restrained greetings with Leng Yaozhu.
• The governor read the competition's procedures and rules while Bai Yuan watched the tense exchange between Leng Yaozhu and Cai Yue'er.
• Cai Yue'er proposed broadcasting the Shrek-versus-Spirit Pagoda match, and Leng Yaozhu agreed.
• The governor added the public broadcast to the arrangements as the meeting continued toward the upcoming competition.

Bai Yuan insulted Cai Yue'er after the meeting, and Leng Yaozhu joined in, provoking Cai Yue'er to leave with a threat. Later, Gu Yuena canceled Zi Ji's plan to seize Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King power, choosing to wait while Bai Yuan built his reputation at the competition.

• Cai Yue'er warned Bai Yuan to perform well at the competition, and Bai Yuan called her an old hag.
• Leng Yaozhu pretended to reprimand Bai Yuan while worsening the insult, and Cai Yue'er left in anger after vowing to see them tomorrow.
• Gu Yuena met Zi Ji in private and canceled their operation because the competition would draw too much attention to Skysea City.
• Gu Yuena told Zi Ji to withdraw everyone and decided to let Tang Wulin live for now, intending for him to make a name for himself at the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition.

Bai Yuan, Gu Yuena, and A Ruheng arrived at the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition, where they encountered Tang Wulin and the East Sea Zero Class team before heading toward their own match against Shrek. Gu Yuena insulted Shrek’s team with a rude gesture, provoking their outrage as the competition began.

• Bai Yuan, Gu Yuena, and A Ruheng entered Heavenly Sea Stadium and took in the packed venue.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan met Bai Yuan, and Tang Wulin said East Sea Zero Class was about to compete.
• Bai Yuan encouraged Tang Wulin to fight well, and Tang Wulin left with his team determined to become stronger.
• Bai Yuan spotted Yu Yuanheng and the Shrek team entering to loud cheers as he headed toward the arena with Gu Yuena and A Ruheng.
• Gu Yuena raised her middle finger at Shrek’s team and called one of its protesting students an idiot.
• Bai Yuan asked Gu Yuena where she learned the gesture, and she replied that she learned it from him.

The Heavenly Sea Grand Competition opened with an exhibition match between the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy, though the Spirit Pagoda sent only Bai Yuan, Gu Yuena, and A Ruheng against Shrek’s seven members. The match began with both teams revealing their Soul Rings, and the spectators were stunned when Bai Yuan displayed three black rings.

• The host announced the Spirit Pagoda versus Shrek Academy exhibition match, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Bai Yuan, Gu Yuena, and A Ruheng entered the arena for the Spirit Pagoda, while Yu Yuanheng led Shrek’s seven-member team.
• Shrek’s students mocked the smaller team, and Gu Yuena and A Ruheng asked Bai Yuan to let them fight; Bai Yuan told them to go one at a time.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, revealing mostly purple rings, with Yu Yuanheng and A Ruheng each showing one black ring.
• Bai Yuan revealed three ink-black Soul Rings, leaving the hundred thousand spectators in stunned silence.

Bai Yuan revealed three Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings, stunning Shrek's camp before the exhibition match began. Shrek launched a coordinated attack on Gu Yuena, but she stopped it effortlessly with ultimate ice.

• Bai Yuan displayed three Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking Yu Yuanheng, Cai Yue'er, and the spectators.
• Yu Yuanheng rallied Shrek's teammates and prepared to prove their strength in the match.
• A Ruheng challenged Shrek as Gu Yuena readied her elemental powers and Bai Yuan urged his teammates to stay calm.
• Yao Yue, Chu Yan, and Ning Xian coordinated an enhanced opening attack aimed at Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena froze Yao Yue's Ghost King Vine and extinguished Chu Yan's flames, leaving the arena and spectators stunned.

Gu Yuena stopped Shrek's opening attack, and both teams regrouped before launching a fierce assault. As Gu Yuena went after Shrek's support members, Bai Yuan faced four attackers alone and showed that his Dark Gold Sharp Claws could overpower them.

• Gu Yuena blocked Shrek's opening combination with a wall of ice, forcing Yu Yuanheng and his teammates to reform their battle array.
• Shrek's seven members charged together, while A Ruheng used Berserk Vajra to engage Ye Xinglan.
• Bai Yuan sent Gu Yuena to attack Ning Xian and Xu Lizhi, then faced Yu Yuanheng, Chen Feng, Chu Yan, and Yao Yue himself.
• Bai Yuan repelled Yu Yuanheng's dragon claws and slashed through Chen Feng's Golden Wolf Emperor fur with his Dark Gold Sharp Claws.
• Bai Yuan challenged his opponents to hold out against him for one minute.

Bai Yuan continued to overwhelm Shrek’s fighters while Gu Yuena froze Ning Xian and then used mixed fire and ice elements to defeat Yao Yue. The chapter ended with Yao Yue thrown out of the arena as Gu Yuena faced the remaining Shrek students.

• Gu Yuena froze Ning Xian and her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, then threatened Xu Lizhi with a growing ball of fire.
• Bai Yuan taunted the Shrek fighters while forcing Yu Yuanheng back and restraining Chu Yan, as Chen Feng and the others struggled against him.
• Yu Yuanheng overcame his humiliation and called for another attack, and Bai Yuan charged at him with three Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings revolving around him.
• Gu Yuena appeared before Yao Yue, trapped him and his Ghost King Vines in fireballs, and combined fire and ice elements to destroy the vines.
• Gu Yuena’s exploding fireballs blasted Yao Yue out of the arena, and Bai Yuan watched her turn toward the remaining Shrek fighters.

A Ruheng overwhelmed Chen Feng with his physical strength, while Bai Yuan defeated Yu Yuanheng, Ye Xinglan, and Chu Yan with a single sword strike. Shrek’s remaining fighters were left battered, and Bai Yuan walked away after declaring the contest decided.

• A Ruheng battered Chen Feng with relentless punches and knocked him down, earning cheers for the Body Sect.
• Chen Feng forced himself to stand after his defeat, while the crowd celebrated A Ruheng and Mu Ye took pride in his disciple.
• Bai Yuan escaped the three-man encirclement and announced that he would stop playing around.
• Yu Yuanheng, Ye Xinglan, and Chu Yan launched their strongest attacks together against Bai Yuan.
• Bai Yuan used Dawnmaker to split all three attacks and blast the Shrek fighters away with one strike.
• Bai Yuan spared the defeated fighters, told them they were still far too lacking, and walked toward Gu Yuena.

Yu Yuanheng refused to accept his defeat to Bai Yuan and lost control of his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon power, forcing Bai Yuan to counter his lethal attack with the Spear of Divine Retribution. Yu Yuanheng was left unconscious in a crater, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Shrek had both lost.

• Yu Yuanheng, devastated by Bai Yuan's dismissive victory, let his anger and uncontrolled Soul Power awaken a dangerous full-body Dragon Transformation.
• Chu Yan was blasted away when he tried to stop Yu Yuanheng, while Ye Xinglan and the others could not approach through the wild lightning.
• Yu Yuanheng charged Bai Yuan and unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Blue Lightning Divine Dragon Annihilation, as teachers prepared to intervene.
• Bai Yuan summoned the Spear of Divine Retribution and pierced through the Blue Lightning Divine Dragon and Yu Yuanheng's chest with one thrust.
• Yu Yuanheng fell unconscious into a crater as his Dragon Transformation faded, confirming the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Shrek's defeat.

Bai Yuan and his Spirit Pagoda teammates defeated Shrek’s seven in the exhibition match, leaving several Shrek students injured and Cai Yue'er humiliated. As reports spread across the continent, public opinion began questioning Shrek’s status as the top power, and Cai Yue'er vowed revenge on Bai Yuan.

• Cai Yue'er watched medics carry away Shrek's injured students after Bai Yuan said he had held back enough to keep them alive.
• Leng Yaozhu taunted Cai Yue'er with a toast before leaving the arena, while Bai Yuan returned to the Spirit Pagoda resting area with Gu Yuena and A Ruheng.
• News outlets and forums across the continent publicized Shrek's seven-against-three defeat and praised the Spirit Pagoda's new generation.
• Leng Yaozhu read the headlines in her office as the Spirit Pagoda's victory damaged Shrek's public standing.
• Cai Yue'er smashed her Soul Guidance Screen and vowed to make Bai Yuan pay.

After the Spirit Pagoda trio defeated Shrek, Leng Yaozhu considered how the victory would strengthen the Leng Family and prepared for Shrek’s response. Bai Yuan reviewed the headlines and rankings, then went to Gu Yuena’s room to ask about dinner and their next plan.

• Leng Yaozhu praised Bai Yuan, Gu Yuena, and A Ruheng, and resolved to support and protect them as the Leng Family’s rising generation.
• Bai Yuan asked Leng Yaozhu what came next, and she told him to rest at the Spirit Pagoda and wait for Shrek to make a move.
• Gu Yuena asked Bai Yuan about the mysterious spear he had summoned, but he kept its nature secret, prompting her to consider cooperating with him.
• Bai Yuan read the exaggerated reports about Shrek’s defeat and saw that he had risen to fifth place on the Youth Genius Ranking while Gu Yuena entered the top ten.
• Bai Yuan dismissed the ranking and its limits, then knocked on Gu Yuena’s door to ask what she wanted for dinner and probe their next plan.

Bai Yuan planned to take Gu Yuena out of the Spirit Pagoda Outpost to lift her spirits, while Cai Yue'er decided to recruit him for Shrek after Shrek's tournament defeat. Cai Yue'er secretly waited outside the outpost to avoid Leng Yaozhu, but Leng Yaozhu caught her.

• Bai Yuan learned that Gu Yuena planned to return to the Spirit Pagoda because Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts were still recovering, then told her he would take her somewhere the next day.
• Cai Yue'er, shaken by Shrek's public defeat, decided to approach Bai Yuan and offer him a place at Shrek.
• Cai Yue'er went alone to the Spirit Pagoda Outpost and hid nearby when she worried Leng Yaozhu might still be inside.
• Leng Yaozhu sensed Cai Yue'er waiting outside, approached her, and asked what she was doing there.

Cai Yue'er approached Leng Yaozhu to propose an alliance between Shrek and the Leng Family, with Bai Yuan attending Shrek as her condition. Leng Yaozhu rejected the proposal and struck Cai Yue'er, who erupted in soul power and moonlight as the confrontation escalated.

• Leng Yaozhu caught Cai Yue'er near the Spirit Pagoda entrance and warned her not to interfere with Bai Yuan.
• Cai Yue'er appealed to Leng Yaozhu's conflict with the Qiangu Family and proposed cooperation with Shrek in exchange for Bai Yuan attending the academy.
• Leng Yaozhu rejected Shrek as a backer and ordered Cai Yue'er to leave, warning her not to return.
• Cai Yue'er threatened Leng Yaozhu and the Leng Family, so Leng Yaozhu slapped her and sent her crashing into a wall.
• Cai Yue'er rose in humiliation and released a powerful surge of soul power as moonlight shot into the sky.