Chapter Summaries

Bai Yuan left class after Gu Yuena summoned him with an urgent message, only to discover she had gotten lost and was too proud to admit it. After they went to the cafeteria, a blond young man from the Holy Angel Family approached Bai Yuan, intending to use him as a stepping stone.

• Bai Yuan left Shen Yi's class and answered Gu Yuena's message, which claimed the Spirit Pagoda faced a life-or-death crisis.
• Gu Yuena secretly hoped Bai Yuan would guide her to her classroom, but she pretended she was heading to the cafeteria when he pointed out she was going the wrong way.
• Bai Yuan agreed to go to the cafeteria with Gu Yuena without exposing that she was lost.
• A blond young man approached Bai Yuan and said he intended to use him as a stepping stone for the Holy Angel Family.
• Bai Yuan asked who the young man was and told him to get lost.

Le Zhengyang challenged Bai Yuan in the cafeteria, hoping to use the fight to boost his own reputation and defend Shrek's honor. Bai Yuan agreed to meet him that afternoon, and the challenge spread through the academy as Le Zhengyang convinced himself he could win.

• Le Zhengyang introduced himself as tenth on the Youth Genius Ranking and challenged Bai Yuan, but Bai Yuan ignored his grandstanding and continued eating.
• Gu Yuena dismissed Le Zhengyang as boring, and Bai Yuan told him they would settle things in class that afternoon.
• When Le Zhengyang pursued Bai Yuan, Bai Yuan's aura made Le Zhengyang's Holy Angel Martial Soul tremble, though Le Zhengyang blamed it on his own condition.
• Le Zhengyang told nearby students to spread the news that Yue Zhengyu was challenging Bai Yuan to reclaim Shrek's honor.
• Bai Yuan returned to class as students reacted to the widely circulated challenge, while Gu Yuena, Yu Yuanheng, and Mo Jue regarded Le Zhengyang's plan with disdain.

Bai Yuan faced Yue Zhengyu in a crowded Shrek Outer Court plaza after Yu Yuanheng warned him about Yue’s flight advantage. Yue took to the air and demanded Bai Yuan admit defeat, leaving the fight poised to begin.

• Yu Yuanheng warned Bai Yuan that Yue Zhengyu’s ability to fly gave him a major advantage, and Bai Yuan left with Gu Yuena.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena reached Spirit Ice Plaza, where a crowd had gathered to watch Yue Zhengyu challenge him.
• Yue Zhengyu anticipated that winning would boost his standing and planned to wear Bai Yuan down from the air before striking.
• Yun Ming and Ya Li watched from a Teaching Building window as Bai Yuan and Yue Zhengyu faced off.
• Yue Zhengyu summoned his three purple Soul Rings, spread his white wings, rose into the air, and told Bai Yuan to admit defeat because he could not hit him.

Bai Yuan effortlessly defeated Yue Zhengyu in a spar at Spirit Ice Plaza, then faced a challenge from Li Qiankun, Shrek’s third-ranked youth genius. He accepted, declaring that he would claim the top spot on the Youth Genius Ranking.

• Yue Zhengyu attacked Bai Yuan with his Holy Sword, but Bai Yuan dodged his strikes with minimal movement.
• Bai Yuan used Godspeed to appear behind Yue Zhengyu and knock him into a crater with one punch.
• Yue Zhengyu conceded respectfully and vowed to challenge Bai Yuan again; Gu Yuena privately questioned why she felt pleased by Bai Yuan’s victory.
• As Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena prepared to leave, Li Qiankun stepped forward and asked to spar with him.
• Bai Yuan accepted Li Qiankun’s challenge and announced that he would take the top spot on the Youth Genius Ranking.

Bai Yuan fought Li Qiankun in Spirit Ice Plaza, cracking the famed defensive Universe Shield with one sword strike. As Li Qiankun unleashed his trump-card soul skill, Bai Yuan drew on the opposing forces of destruction and life and launched a devastating slash.

• Li Qiankun introduced himself as the four-ringed class monitor of Grade 2 Class 1 and challenged Bai Yuan, while Yu Yuanheng worried that Bai Yuan might be angry.
• Bai Yuan revealed three Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings, drew Dawnmaker, and struck Li Qiankun's Universe Shield hard enough to crack it and force him back.
• The crowd, including Yue Zhengyu, Mo Jue, and Yu Yuanheng, reacted with shock at Bai Yuan's strength, while Gu Yuena watched him and Yun Ming called his power interesting.
• Li Qiankun abandoned passive defense and unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Fixing the Universe, sending the expanding Qiankun Sphere at Bai Yuan like a meteor.
• Bai Yuan drew power from the Core Flame and Tree of Life, solidified his wings, and swung a slash filled with the will of countless reincarnations.

Bai Yuan defeated Li Qiankun with a restrained sword strike, neutralizing the reflected damage and leaving Shrek’s students impressed by his strength. Afterward, he teased Gu Yuena on the way back, provoking her into chasing him.

• Li Qiankun used Universe Tremor to reflect Bai Yuan’s sword strike, but Bai Yuan dissolved the backlash with the Emerald Sapling’s life force and sent Li Qiankun crashing into a pit.
• Li Qiankun admitted defeat, reassured his classmates, and vowed to fight Bai Yuan again after becoming stronger.
• Ya Li considered intervening, but Yun Ming told her Bai Yuan was holding back and said Shrek would benefit from testing its young talents against him.
• Bai Yuan walked away with Gu Yuena, who praised his fight before he teased her by calling her an Elemental Dog.
• Gu Yuena chased Bai Yuan after he flicked her forehead, and he stopped suddenly, causing her to crash into his back and threaten him.

Leng Yaozhu and Qiangu Dongfeng reacted to Bai Yuan’s growing reputation at Shrek, while Bai Yuan discovered that his sapling had absorbed Li Qiankun’s backlash and used the stored power to break through his level-forty bottleneck. He decided to return to Spirit Pagoda the next day to raise his Soul Ring.

• Leng Yaozhu learned that Bai Yuan had defeated Yue Zhengyu, claimed First Defense of the Youth Genius Ranking, and sent gifts back to Spirit Pagoda.
• Leng Yaozhu recognized that Bai Yuan had turned his exile to Shrek into a public triumph, while Qiangu Dongfeng worried that Bai Yuan would strengthen the Leng Family’s position.
• Qiangu Dongfeng contacted an ally about a plan involving Shrek and wondered whether the academy could withstand the strongest Soul Guidance technology in the human world.
• Bai Yuan discovered that his sapling had absorbed and stored the backlash from Li Qiankun’s sword as pure energy, leaving Li Qiankun weakened.
• Bai Yuan absorbed the stored energy, broke through his level-forty bottleneck, and decided to return to Spirit Pagoda the next day to raise his Soul Ring.

Bai Yuan returned to the Spirit Pagoda with Gu Yuena after drawing attention at Shrek Academy, and Leng Yaozhu welcomed him and praised his progress. As Bai Yuan prepared to leave, Qiangu Zhangting arrived and congratulated him, leaving Bai Yuan wary of his intentions.

• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena left Shrek Academy and returned to the Spirit Pagoda amid staff members' attention to Bai Yuan's victories.
• Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu that he planned to upgrade his Soul Spirit and fuse another Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Leng Yaozhu urged Bai Yuan to rest and invited him to dinner that evening.
• Gu Yuena declined Bai Yuan's invitation to visit the Spirit Ascension Platform, saying she had matters to handle.
• Qiangu Zhangting stepped out of the elevator, congratulated Bai Yuan on his achievements at Shrek, and made Bai Yuan suspect a scheme.

Bai Yuan rejected Qiangu Zhangting’s attempt to recruit him into the Qiangu Family and later discussed Battle Armor with Leng Yaozhu. When she warned that he needed Battle Armor to compete for the top of the Genius Ranking, Bai Yuan revealed that his Martial Soul had already given him the Black Calamity Battle Armor.

• Qiangu Zhangting stared at Gu Yuena, but she ignored him and left after Bai Yuan stepped between them.
• Qiangu Zhangting asked Bai Yuan to join the Qiangu Family, and Bai Yuan mocked the idea before leaving in the elevator.
• Bai Yuan considered how Gu Yuena might use Qiangu Zhangting and decided to upgrade his Soul Spirit before handling other Spirit Pagoda business.
• After Bai Yuan left the Spirit Ascension Platform, Leng Yaozhu praised his progress and explained that Battle Armor was essential for reaching the top of the Genius Ranking.
• Bai Yuan told Leng Yaozhu that he already had Battle Armor connected to his Martial Soul and called it the Black Calamity Battle Armor.

Bai Yuan revealed his Black Calamity Battle Armor to Leng Yaozhu, then used rare delicacies she had prepared to strengthen himself and steady the clashing powers within his Core Flame. He left resolved to claim the Genius Ranking’s top spot and eventually grow powerful enough that the Douluo Plane could not stop him.

• Bai Yuan summoned the Black Calamity Battle Armor, and Leng Yaozhu recognized its powerful, growing nature and praised how well it matched him.
• Bai Yuan went to train, while Leng Yaozhu planned to use his future success to strengthen the Leng Family’s standing and deal with its rivals.
• Bai Yuan returned to find rare foods and Ten-Thousand Year Cold Spring Brew prepared for him, and their energy raised his Soul Power by two levels.
• Bai Yuan used the Emerald Sapling’s life force to stabilize Reason and Strife, keeping both separate from each other and the Authority of World-Burden.
• Bai Yuan decided he would take the top spot on the Genius Ranking, seek a reward from the Plane Spirit, and eventually make the Core Flame illuminate the Twelfth Law Pattern.

Gu Yuena postponed her operation and ordered Zi Ji to investigate Qiangu Zhangting, while Zi Ji mistook the order for a grand plan to control Spirit Pagoda and the God Realm. After Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena left Spirit Pagoda for Shrek, Bai Yuan sensed a dangerous visitor and found Lord Yun Ming waiting for him.

• Gu Yuena postponed the operation and told Zi Ji to investigate everything about Qiangu Zhangting.
• Zi Ji interpreted Gu Yuena's order as a plan to seize the Qiangu Family, control Spirit Pagoda, and eventually rule the God Realm, and Gu Yuena played along.
• Gu Yuena went to Bai Yuan's room to probe his strange life-and-destruction power, but Bai Yuan appeared behind her and stopped her from sensing it.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena told Leng Yaozhu they were returning to Shrek and left Spirit Pagoda.
• Bai Yuan sensed a dangerous presence inside a room, entered, and recognized the visitor as Lord Yun Ming.

Yun Ming visited Bai Yuan to tell him about a tournament for the top two places on the Youth Genius Ranking, with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone at stake, and tried to recruit him by offering a path to becoming a Sword God. Bai Yuan agreed to compete but deferred the offer, while Yun Ming and Ya Li left worrying that Shrek might face danger in the future.

• Yun Ming told Bai Yuan that in four days he would face the Youth Genius Ranking’s first- and second-place holders at once in a tournament for a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Bai Yuan asked why Yun Ming had come personally, and Yun Ming revealed that he hoped to recruit him by helping him find a teacher who could guide him toward becoming a Sword God.
• Bai Yuan agreed to attend the tournament and said they could discuss the Sword God matter after he took first place on the Genius Ranking.
• Yun Ming left Bai Yuan’s room and told Ya Li that Bai Yuan had avoided stating his position, then suggested they forge a good connection with him.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li that Bai Yuan might be Shrek’s last hope if something happened to the academy, though he hoped his foreboding was mistaken.

Bai Yuan prepared to challenge the top two defenders on Shrek's Youth Genius Ranking after Yun Ming visited him and his power continued to grow. As the arena match began, Bai Yuan set out to claim first place and prove himself against Shrek's geniuses.

• Bai Yuan considered Yun Ming's late-night visit and decided not to tie himself to Shrek, while resolving to take advantage of what the academy could offer.
• Gu Yuena sensed a powerful aura near Bai Yuan's room and wondered why Yun Ming had visited him, then returned to thinking about her plan at Shrek.
• Li Qiankun told Bai Yuan that the academy was watching him and described the top-ranked opponents: spiritual-type Soul Master Nangong Yao and ultimate-ice Soul King Tang Dong.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena discussed his upcoming challenge, and Bai Yuan said he felt little pressure despite the formidable opponents.
• During several days of cultivation, Bai Yuan strengthened his control over the authorities of Reason, Strife, and World Burden as the academy publicized his match against both ranking leaders.
• Bai Yuan left his room to meet Gu Yuena, determined to top the Youth Genius Ranking.

Bai Yuan faced Nangong Yao in the first match of the Youth Genius Ranking challenge, with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone offered as the prize. Nangong Yao launched her Bewitchment Art, but Bai Yuan remained calm as the battle began.

• Li Qiankun warned Bai Yuan that Nangong Yao and Tang Dong were formidable opponents.
• The host announced that the arena match's reward was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Bai Yuan resolved to claim it.
• Tang Dong stepped aside and let Nangong Yao fight Bai Yuan first.
• Nangong Yao demonstrated her Bewitchment Art, making a student in the crowd fall into an infatuated daze.
• Nangong Yao summoned her five Soul Rings and spread her Phantom Demon Mist, but Bai Yuan stood calmly within it.

Bai Yuan defeated Nangong Yao before she could use her One-Word Battle Armor, then faced Tang Dong, the Heaven Ranking's top-ranked Soul King. He revealed four Ten-Thousand Year Soul Rings, and Tang Dong challenged him to prove he was the future.

• Bai Yuan blocked Nangong Yao's Phantom Demon Mist with Destruction Fire, then appeared behind her and forced her to surrender before she could equip her One-Word Battle Armor.
• Bai Yuan called Tang Dong to fight, and Tang Dong activated his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, revealing three purple and two black Soul Rings.
• Bai Yuan revealed four black Soul Rings, shocking the plaza and drawing a renewed, flirtatious look from Nangong Yao.
• Gu Yuena's icy gaze struck Nangong Yao's Sea of Consciousness, nearly making her fall, before Gu Yuena turned away.
• Tang Dong suppressed his shock at Bai Yuan's rings and invited him to show whether he was the future.

Bai Yuan and Tang Dong fought a fierce arena battle, with Bai Yuan overpowering Tang Dong’s Ice Jade Pincer and breaking through his Extreme Ice Blizzard domain. Tang Dong rose again, exhilarated and determined to continue fighting.

• Bai Yuan met Tang Dong’s Ice Jade Pincer head-on and knocked him back with a single sword strike.
• Bai Yuan pressed his advantage in a series of clashes, cracking Tang Dong’s Diamond Ice Crystals and eventually shattering his Ultimate Ice defense.
• Li Qiankun accepted his earlier defeat to Bai Yuan, while Nangong Yao watched Bai Yuan with growing interest.
• Tang Dong unleashed his Extreme Ice Blizzard domain and attacked Bai Yuan from within the blizzard.
• Bai Yuan broke through Tang Dong’s ice shield and sent him crashing to the arena floor, but Tang Dong stood up and demanded another round.

Bai Yuan defeated Tang Dong in the Youth Heaven Ranking final by combining Destruction and Strife to destroy his Extreme Ice Fury and One-Word Battle Armor. He was declared the ranking’s first-place winner, while Tang Dong survived but passed out.

• Tang Dong charged Bai Yuan with Frost Body Protection and his Jade Tail Hook, but Bai Yuan’s attacks cracked his armor and drove him back.
• Tang Dong unleashed his fifth soul skill, Extreme Ice Fury, and boosted it with his One-Word Battle Armor’s chest piece.
• Bai Yuan formed the Spear of Divine Retribution and combined the Powers of Destruction and Strife to tear apart Tang Dong’s beam and strike his chest armor.
• Tang Dong was blasted out of the arena and passed out, and a treatment Soul Master confirmed he was alive.
• The referee declared Bai Yuan the winner and first on the Youth Heaven Ranking as the crowd hailed his achievement.

After Bai Yuan won first place on the Youth Genius Ranking, he ignored Shrek students’ sudden praise and left Spirit Ice Plaza with Gu Yuena. At Shrek, Yun Ming revealed that he and Long Yeyue planned to win Bai Yuan over and use his future position in the Spirit Pagoda to divide it and benefit Shrek.

• Shrek students praised Bai Yuan after his victory, but Gu Yuena reminded him that their attitude had changed from before.
• Bai Yuan dismissed the students’ flattery, believing they worshipped the ranking rather than him, and left with Gu Yuena.
• Yun Ming told Ya Li that Shrek lacked a suitable heir to become Sea God Pavilion Master and that Bai Yuan could help the academy.
• Ya Li questioned whether Bai Yuan would feel any belonging toward Shrek, while Yun Ming argued that shared interests would win him over.
• Yun Ming revealed that Long Yeyue also intended to divide the Spirit Pagoda, and Ya Li worried that Bai Yuan might eventually become Shrek’s enemy.

Leng Yaozhu contacted Qiangu Dongfeng to propose cooperation after Bai Yuan reached the top of the Youth Genius Ranking, while Qiangu began investigating Bai Yuan and considered his secret plan. Ya Li delivered Bai Yuan a Hundred Thousand Year spatial Soul Bone and asked him to accompany her to the Golden Ancient Tree before absorbing it.

• A Spirit Pagoda official told Leng Yaozhu that Bai Yuan had defeated Tang Dong and claimed first place on the Youth Genius Ranking.
• Leng Yaozhu told Qiangu Dongfeng that Bai Yuan had reached the summit and proposed cooperation, prompting Qiangu to order an investigation into Bai Yuan and consider how to use the situation for his own ambitions.
• Ya Li visited Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena, then presented Bai Yuan with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone from a Thorn Dragon Emperor.
• Ya Li explained that the Soul Bone's spatial attribute could help Bai Yuan comprehend space and eventually form a second Soul Core.
• When Bai Yuan said he would wait to absorb the Soul Bone, Ya Li told him to come with her to the Golden Ancient Tree first.

Bai Yuan visited Sea God Island with Gu Yuena and met Yun Ming and Ya Li, who offered him the Golden Ancient Tree’s protection while he absorbed the Hundred Thousand Year Thorn Dragon Emperor Soul Bone. The absorption proceeded effortlessly, leaving Yun Ming convinced that Bai Yuan was an extraordinary talent he needed to win over.

• Ya Li led Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena to Sea God Island, where Gu Yuena examined the Golden Ancient Tree and Ya Li explained its history.
• Bai Yuan and Gu Yuena met Yun Ming at the wooden house, and Ya Li introduced him as her husband.
• Yun Ming asked when Bai Yuan would absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and suggested doing so beneath the Golden Ancient Tree with him and Ya Li standing guard.
• Bai Yuan agreed and began absorbing the Thorn Dragon Emperor Soul Bone while Gu Yuena, Yun Ming, and Ya Li watched.
• The absorption went smoothly as the Soul Bone’s aura submitted to Bai Yuan’s Core Flame, and Yun Ming resolved to win the gifted boy over.