Chapter Summaries

Cai Yue'er challenged Leng Yaozhu after summoning her Three-Word Battle Armor, but Leng Yaozhu overwhelmed her with Heavenly Phoenix True Fire. Cai Yue'er fled with her armor shattered after Leng Yaozhu ordered her to leave, threatening that Shrek would wait for her.

• Cai Yue'er unleashed her rank ninety-seven Soul Power and Silver Moon Underworld, declaring that Leng Yaozhu had insulted Shrek and challenging her.
• Bai Yuan sensed the disturbance from upstairs, judged that Cai Yue'er was asking to be crushed, and went to his room.
• Leng Yaozhu summoned her Heavenly Phoenix Martial Soul and struck at Cai Yue'er with Heavenly Phoenix True Fire.
• Cai Yue'er's Crescent Moon Barrier shattered, her armor melted and cracked, and the flames blasted her through a pillar.
• Leng Yaozhu told Cai Yue'er to leave while she could still control herself, and Cai Yue'er retreated, warning that Shrek would be waiting for her.

After Leng Yaozhu defeated Cai Yue'er, Bai Yuan anticipated Shrek would seek revenge, while Cai Yue'er returned to the hotel and rallied Shrek's geniuses by claiming she had defended their honor. Bai Yuan went back to practice the Chrysos Heirs' abilities, summoning a dark-gold spear as he focused on Mydei.

• Bai Yuan asked Leng Yaozhu whether Cai Yue'er would return to cause trouble, and Leng Yaozhu confirmed she would.
• Cai Yue'er returned to the Heavenly Sea Hotel badly injured and told Shrek's geniuses that Leng Yaozhu had attacked her after she demanded an explanation on their behalf.
• Yu Yuanheng and the other Shrek geniuses grew angry and vowed to restore Shrek's honor, while Ye Xinglan swore revenge on Bai Yuan.
• Cai Yue'er urged the young geniuses to keep working hard and win back Shrek's dignity before entering the elevator.
• Bai Yuan returned to the residence, summoned a dark-gold spear, and practiced the Chrysos Heirs' abilities while focusing on Mydei.

Bai Yuan felt the Spear of Divine Retribution’s conviction and resolved to use the Core Flame to protect what mattered, while Gu Yuena struggled to understand his power and reconsidered her plans. At Shrek Academy, Cai Yue'er received a warning from Sister Yue, and the Sea God Pavilion Council gathered to discuss the Spirit Pagoda incident.

• Bai Yuan absorbed the Spear of Divine Retribution’s power and returned to his room, determined not to let Mydei down.
• Gu Yuena sensed the power of Strife, wondered whether it came from Bai Yuan, and decided to build a better relationship with him for now.
• Cai Yue'er told Sister Yue her account of the Spirit Pagoda incident and was warned that she had few chances left.
• Sister Yue told Cai Yue'er to handle the matter properly and said she would deal with the Federation.
• Long Yeyue convened the Sea God Pavilion Council, where the members gathered to discuss the incident as Ya Li hurried back.

Long Yeyue ordered Shrek to suppress the public backlash and punish the seven students who lost to Bai Yuan, then privately decided he had to be eliminated. At the Spirit Pagoda, Leng Yaozhu received a call from Ya Li, who greeted her after a long absence.

• Shrek's elders discussed how Bai Yuan had dominated the fight and suspected someone had deliberately publicized the conflict between Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Long Yeyue ordered Zhuo Shi to go to the Federation and suppress the public discourse, while warning she might confront the minister herself.
• The elders acknowledged Bai Yuan's exceptional strength and agreed the seven defeated students should be sent to work-study.
• After the meeting, Long Yeyue watched the Golden Ancient Tree and decided Bai Yuan had to be eliminated to protect Shrek's glory.
• Leng Yaozhu answered a call from Ya Li, and the two exchanged greetings.

Leng Yaozhu refused to let Ya Li’s mediation weaken the Spirit Pagoda’s position after Shrek’s attempt to poach Bai Yuan. Meanwhile, Bai Yuan continued defeating Gu Yuena in training as Shrek’s online offensive gathered momentum, leaving Leng Yaozhu to warn them that Shrek would not let the dispute go.

• Ya Li asked Leng Yaozhu to help suppress the fallout from Cai Yue’er’s actions, but Leng Yaozhu said someone had deliberately set the conflict in motion and refused to treat the Spirit Pagoda as an easy target.
• Bai Yuan defeated Gu Yuena again in training, using varied powers to overwhelm her while she concealed her Silver Dragon King identity and vowed to get revenge.
• Bai Yuan reflected that Gu Yuena needed to learn that her bloodline was not invincible, while he prepared for Shrek’s expected public-opinion offensive and harder matches ahead.
• Leng Yaozhu told Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena that Shrek would not let the matter go and asked them to report any developments to her.
• Bai Yuan patted Gu Yuena’s head and invited her to eat, prompting her to slap his hand away and complain that he was not allowed to touch a dragon’s head.

Qiangu Dongfeng planned to consolidate the Qiangu Family’s control of Spirit Pagoda by marrying Qiangu Zhangting to Gu Yue and sending Bai Yuan to Shrek, which he expected to destroy. Meanwhile, Bai Yuan trained with Destruction and Strife and tested the power of belief, feeling invincible as the chapter ended.

• Qiangu Dongfeng questioned Qiangu Zhangting about Spirit Pagoda and learned that the Leng Family was gaining influence in the council.
• Qiangu Dongfeng proposed that Qiangu Zhangting get acquainted with Gu Yue so the Qiangu Family could draw Leng Yaozhu’s influence under its control.
• Qiangu Dongfeng ordered Qiangu Zhangting to investigate Bai Yuan and suggested sending him to Shrek, claiming Shrek would soon suffer a catastrophic blow.
• Qiangu Zhangting left the secret chamber after Qiangu Dongfeng appointed him to watch over Spirit Pagoda while he was away.
• Bai Yuan trained by cycling Destruction through his body, balancing it with the Power of Strife, and approaching level forty.
• Bai Yuan activated his abilities and tested Cipher’s Law of Trickery Divinity, which surged after he believed himself invincible.

Bai Yuan demonstrated his increased power before Qiangu Zhangting tried to recruit him into the Qiangu Family, only for Bai Yuan to challenge the family’s claim to continental dominance. Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yuena arrived, and Leng Yaozhu confirmed that Qiangu Zhangting had come at his grandfather’s request.

• Bai Yuan cleaved a distant wall and the ground with a sword strike, impressing Qiangu Zhangting, who had watched from the training ground entrance.
• Qiangu Zhangting introduced himself and tested Bai Yuan’s strength in a handshake, discovering that Bai Yuan’s physical strength rivaled or surpassed his own.
• Qiangu Zhangting invited Bai Yuan to join the Qiangu Family and help them dominate the continent.
• Bai Yuan questioned whether the Qiangu Family could actually dominate the continent, leaving Qiangu Zhangting unable to answer.
• Leng Yaozhu arrived with Gu Yuena, and Qiangu Zhangting admitted that his grandfather had sent him.

Qiangu Zhangting visited Leng Yaozhu’s training ground to assess Bai Yuan, but his attention was drawn to Gu Yuena. Qiangu Dongfeng arrived, tested Bai Yuan with his aura, and left with Zhangting, while Gu Yuena gave Bai Yuan an awkward excuse for hiding behind him.

• Qiangu Zhangting said his grandfather had sent him to see Bai Yuan’s abilities, but he kept glancing at Gu Yuena, who moved behind Bai Yuan to avoid his gaze.
• Leng Yaozhu told Qiangu Zhangting to leave and warned him with her aura when he defended his visit.
• Qiangu Dongfeng entered and stopped Leng Yaozhu’s pressure from crushing Zhangting.
• Qiangu Dongfeng tested Bai Yuan by pressing him with a carefully controlled aura, and Bai Yuan endured it without showing distress.
• Qiangu Dongfeng left with Qiangu Zhangting after praising Bai Yuan, and Leng Yaozhu checked that her disciple was all right.
• Bai Yuan teased Gu Yuena about standing behind him, and she insisted she had only been avoiding the strong wind.

Gu Yuena planned to use Qiangu Zhangting and the Ten Thousand Beast Platform to expand her influence, while Bai Yuan learned they would soon be sent to Shrek. Eager to seize Shrek’s resources and strengthen the Core Flame, he began training to master Godspeed.

• Gu Yuena saw Qiangu Zhangting as a pawn in her plan to gain control of the Ten Thousand Beast Platform and Soul Masters.
• Bai Yuan told Gu Yuena that Qiangu Dongfeng would likely send them to Shrek to weaken Leng Yaozhu’s position in the Spirit Pagoda.
• Bai Yuan imagined using Shrek’s resources and the Twelve Titan Laws to revive the Chrysos Heirs and challenge the God Realm’s plans.
• Bai Yuan practiced Godspeed with Dawnmaker, improving his speed and working to make the power his own.

Qiangu Dongfeng secured approval for Bai Yuan to lead Spirit Pagoda’s year-long exchange program at Shrek, framing the plan as a trap for Leng Yaozhu and the Leng Family. Leng Yaozhu accepted, while she and Bai Yuan resolved to turn the assignment into an opportunity to build their strength and influence.

• Qiangu Dongfeng called a meeting to discuss Spirit Pagoda’s exchange program with Shrek, and council members debated whether to send a Leng Family disciple.
• A middle-aged council member argued the exchange would benefit Qiangu Dongfeng whether Bai Yuan won, lost, or was poached by Shrek.
• Leng Yaozhu agreed to fully support the program and Bai Yuan’s participation, concealing her determination to counter Qiangu Dongfeng’s plan.
• Qiangu Dongfeng finalized a year-long exchange at Shrek Academy, with Bai Yuan leading the team.
• After the meeting, Leng Yaozhu told Bai Yuan to pack for their departure in a few days, and Bai Yuan planned to gain prestige at Shrek and eventually take Spirit Pagoda from the Qiangu Family.

Qiangu Dongfeng sent Spirit Pagoda students, including Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena, to Shrek Academy while planning to gather intelligence for his scheme to unify the continent. The exchange group arrived at Shrek, where Cai Yue'er waited with hostility and Bai Yuan announced his arrival.

• Qiangu Dongfeng arranged for people to infiltrate the exchange team and gather intelligence on Shrek Academy and the Sea God Pavilion.
• Qiangu Dongfeng gave the departing students a speech, and Leng Yaozhu warned Bai Yuan to contact her or Ya Li if trouble arose.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena traveled toward Shrek City, teasing each other on the bus.
• Cai Yue'er waited at Shrek's gates, vowing to endure Ya Li's warning and take revenge after the exchange year.
• Bai Yuan stepped off the bus at Shrek's gates and declared that he had arrived.

Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena arrived at Shrek Academy, where Bai Yuan repeatedly ignored and provoked Cai Yue'er while Ya Li arranged their stay and excused them from entrance testing. The two headed for their dormitories as Cai Yue'er vowed to make Bai Yuan suffer, and Ya Li worried that Shrek would not remain peaceful.

• Bai Yuan walked past Cai Yue'er without acknowledging her, humiliating her in front of the students at Shrek's gates.
• Ya Li welcomed Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena, gave Bai Yuan a Soul Guidance Communicator, and took responsibility for their stay.
• Gu Yuena teased Bai Yuan about the students watching him, and Bai Yuan covered her mouth and dragged her along the corridors.
• Ya Li gave Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena separate dormitory keys and said their talents did not need to be tested before classes began.
• Cai Yue'er tried to stop the pair for an entrance test, but Bai Yuan told her to check with Ya Li and walked past her.
• Ya Li watched Cai Yue'er confront Bai Yuan and worried aloud that Shrek would not be peaceful.

Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena attended their first morning class at Shrek Academy, where they encountered former rivals and met their classmates and teacher. Shen Yi began a lesson on Shrek’s history, leaving the students stirred by the academy’s heroic legacy while Gu Yuena viewed it as a record of Soul Beast slaughter.

• Bai Yuan woke Gu Yuena and escorted her to class, where they encountered Yu Yuanheng and unsettled him and his fellow students.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena entered their classroom, where Ye Xinglan recognized Bai Yuan from the Heavenly Sea Grand Competition and Xu Lizhi greeted him warmly.
• Shen Yi introduced herself as the class’s teacher and explained Shrek’s student cards, contribution points, and open education schedule.
• Shen Yi began teaching Shrek Academy’s history, inspiring many students while Bai Yuan recognized the lesson as brainwashing and Gu Yuena recalled the slaughter of Soul Beasts.

Shen Yi announced an in-class combat test, and Bai Yuan challenged Shrek’s students to face him and Gu Yuena all at once. The students gathered for a free-for-all as Shen Yi gave the signal to begin.

• Shen Yi announced an in-class test after noticing Gu Yuena and Bai Yuan ignoring her lecture.
• Gu Yuena took Bai Yuan’s hand and led him to the front to begin the test first.
• Bai Yuan called for a practical combat test and challenged however many Shrek students would come at them together.
• Shen Yi ordered the students to fight, and Yu Yuanheng, Ye Xinglan, and the rest of the class stood to face Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena.
• Shen Yi declared a no-restrictions free-for-all ending when someone fell or surrendered, then ordered the fight to begin.

Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena fought Mo Jue and more than thirty Shrek students in the classroom, overwhelming them with speed, swordsmanship, and elemental attacks. Mo Jue’s Cursed Spear failed against Bai Yuan’s Spear of Divine Retribution, leaving the Shrek students defeated and Shen Yi as the only one still standing.

• Mo Jue stepped forward and agreed to fight Bai Yuan, who proposed that he and Gu Yuena compete to see who could defeat their opponents faster.
• Mo Jue ordered Yu Yuanheng and the other Shrek students to attack Gu Yuena while she weakened Bai Yuan with curses, but Bai Yuan blitzed through their formation and knocked out more than half of them.
• Mo Jue revealed her Black Swan Martial Soul and launched a coordinated attack with Yu Yuanheng and eight Soul Elders, but Bai Yuan struck them down with Dawnmaker.
• Gu Yuena unleashed six elemental dragons and swept away the remaining Shrek students who were still resisting.
• Mo Jue hurled her Cursed Spear at Bai Yuan, but his Spear of Divine Retribution shattered it and caused her curses to backfire, knocking her into the podium.
• Bai Yuan recalled his spear as Mo Jue and the Shrek students lay defeated, leaving Shen Yi standing alone in the silent classroom.

Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena won the class test, and Bai Yuan returned to his dorm to cultivate using Shrek’s abundant life energy. Yun Ming secretly watched Bai Yuan from afar, while Gu Yuena went home to handle her affairs.

• Shen Yi announced that Bai Yuan and Gu Yue had won the class test, and the battered Shrek students gradually changed their fear of Bai Yuan into reverence.
• Bai Yuan walked out of the Teaching Building with Gu Yuena and warned her to think carefully before acting, leaving her confused.
• Gu Yuena headed home, while Bai Yuan returned to his residence and cultivated as his Soul Power neared a breakthrough at rank forty.
• Bai Yuan considered asking Ya Li for a chance to seek enlightenment beneath the Golden Ancient Tree, then settled down to meditate.
• Ya Li found Yun Ming watching Bai Yuan’s dormitory window and asked what had drawn his attention to the young man.

Yun Ming and Ya Li observed Bai Yuan and discussed his extraordinary, mysterious intent, while Bai Yuan sensed Yun Ming’s presence and wondered why he had come. As Bai Yuan resumed cultivating, the Core Flame suddenly flared and pulled his consciousness into a vision of Xiao Bai in a golden wheat field, beginning a new cycle.

• Ya Li covered Yun Ming’s eyes when she noticed his intense admiration for Bai Yuan, and Yun Ming explained that Bai Yuan had comprehended an unfamiliar intent.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li discussed Bai Yuan’s several intents, his apparent lack of interest in Shrek, and Cai Yue’er’s behavior toward him.
• After Yun Ming and Ya Li left, Bai Yuan sensed that a powerful observer had watched him and suspected it was Yun Ming.
• Bai Yuan decided to keep cultivating and avoid drawing attention while he considered why Yun Ming had observed him.
• The Core Flame blazed, showed Bai Yuan Xiao Bai standing in a golden wheat field, and dragged his consciousness into the light as the cycle began.

Bai Yuan entered the Grove of Epiphany and helped Anaxa strike down Black Calamity before Trianne could be hurt, but Black Calamity reassembled and recognized Bai Yuan as “Future.” He retreated through Trianne’s Hundred Realms Gate, leaving Bai Yuan to wonder whether the cycle could be changed.

• Bai Yuan recognized the Grove of Epiphany and shielded Castorice and Trianne as Black Calamity attacked.
• Bai Yuan deliberately drew Black Calamity’s attention, giving Anaxa the opening to pierce his chest and kill him.
• Black Calamity reassembled almost immediately, prompting Anaxa and Castorice to prepare another attack.
• Black Calamity charged Bai Yuan but stopped at the last moment and asked whether he was “Future.”
• Trianne opened the Hundred Realms Gate, and Black Calamity retreated through it after giving Bai Yuan a weary, complicated look.

Bai Yuan survived the destruction of the Grove of Epiphany and meditated beneath its colossal tree, where his wounds healed and an Emerald Sapling took root within him. Sersis and Anaxa joined their power with his Core Flame, and the Golden Ancient Tree at Shrek Academy responded to the change as Bai Yuan’s sapling continued to grow.

• The Grove of Epiphany vanished around Bai Yuan, leaving only its colossal tree and the people who had been there were drawn away.
• Bai Yuan sat at the tree’s roots and meditated, recovering from his injuries as an Emerald Sapling took root beside his Core Flame.
• Sersis and Anaxa appeared beside the meditating Phainon, then merged into a pillar of light that entered his Core Flame; Anaxa urged Phainon to reclaim himself.
• The Grove of Epiphany dissolved into golden motes that flowed into Bai Yuan, making the mark on his Core Flame shine brighter.
• Back in his Shrek Academy dormitory, Bai Yuan felt the Emerald Sapling grow and fuse with his body, meridians, and Soul Power.
• The Golden Ancient Tree gave off unusually pure life energy, drawing the attention of Zhuo Shi, Ya Li, and Yun Ming.

Yun Ming feared that he would vanish from the world and wondered whether Bai Yuan could change his fate. Bai Yuan woke to find the sapling in his dantian accelerating his cultivation, then arrived at class to find the Shrek students intimidated by him.

• Yun Ming sensed a future in which he disappeared without a trace and considered betting that Bai Yuan could alter his fate.
• Bai Yuan found that the sapling was healing and strengthening him while drawing in the Golden Tree's life energy, increasing his cultivation speed.
• Bai Yuan knocked at Gu Yuena's room but found she had not returned, then headed to the Teaching Building.
• Ye Xinglan hurried past Bai Yuan without meeting his eyes, leaving him wondering why she avoided him.
• Bai Yuan entered the classroom and found the Shrek students fall silent, prompting him to accept his reputation as Shrek's tyrant.