Recaps

Su Chen and Gu Yue hunted in the Spirit Ascension Platform, where their Soul Spirits evolved and Su Chen gained new abilities. After Gu Yue woke, a mysterious influence drove her to attack Su Chen, but he stopped her from hurting him further and comforted her.

• Su Chen subdued Soul Beasts for Gu Yue and killed competing teams, helping her Soul Spirit evolve to ten thousand years before she left the platform.
• Su Chen stayed behind, raised his Soul Suppressing Pagoda Soul Spirit to ten thousand years, gained the Exorcism Domain, and brought his Void Chrono Dragon Soul Spirit to twenty thousand years.
• After leaving the platform, Su Chen found Gu Yue still evolving in her connection pod and waited beside her while Leng Yaozhu messaged him to seize his chance.
• Gu Yue woke, saw Su Chen, and kicked him before demanding to know what he had seen; while choking him, she was influenced by conflicting voices and pierced his neck with a dragon claw.
• Gu Yue came to her senses and panicked over injuring Su Chen, who reassured her and joked that she could kiss his wound to heal it.

Gu Yue’s bloodline reacted intensely to Su Chen’s blood, and she nearly lost control while tasting it. After they reconciled, she tested Su Chen’s loyalty with a hypothetical conflict, but his answer angered her, and she walked away.

• Gu Yue licked Su Chen’s neck wounds and became consumed by a craving for his blood, forcing him to stop her and seal the wounds.
• Gu Yue realized Su Chen’s bloodline was far stronger than she had expected and wondered whether his essence blood could evolve her own.
• Su Chen asked Gu Yue why she had lost control, then requested a kiss as compensation; Gu Yue apologized by licking his neck, and their affection grew.
• Gu Yue asked what Su Chen would do if they became enemies, and he said he would let her have her way.
• When Gu Yue asked whether he would side with her against all humanity, Su Chen said he would side with humanity, so Gu Yue angrily stepped on him and left.

Su Chen visited Leng Yaozhu after Gu Yue left, while Gu Yue wrestled with the possibility that she had fallen in love with him. After Na'er guessed her feelings, Gu Yue decided she needed to keep her distance from Su Chen.

• Su Chen went to Leng Yaozhu's office, where she urged him to make up with Gu Yue and told him to take Gu Yue back to Eastsea City the next day.
• Su Chen rested his head on Leng Yaozhu's lap and took pictures of her for his daily check-in.
• Gu Yue returned to her quarters and recalled how Su Chen cared for her, felt jealous when he dated other girls, and had trouble refusing him.
• Gu Yue messaged Na'er to ask what it felt like to like someone, and Na'er quickly guessed that Gu Yue had fallen for Su Chen.
• Gu Yue denied Na'er's guess, threw away her communicator, and resolved to avoid Su Chen so her feelings would fade.

Su Chen met Ye Xinglan while she searched Shrek City for Xu Lizhi and persuaded her to pose for photographs. The encounter earned him the Sword Heart Clarity talent, and Ye Xinglan exchanged contact information with him before Xu Lizhi called asking her to bail him out after he ate too much.

• Su Chen left a late-night snack outside Gu Yue's door, then brought her breakfast the next morning before exploring Shrek City alone.
• Ye Xinglan asked Su Chen whether he had seen Xu Lizhi, who had wandered off to eat after being eliminated from the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Su Chen convinced Ye Xinglan to model for a few photographs, and the collection system rewarded him with the Sword Heart Clarity talent.
• Ye Xinglan sensed Su Chen's powerful sword intent, discussed exchanging pointers with him, and traded contact information.
• Xu Lizhi called Ye Xinglan to say he had eaten too much and was being held until he paid, prompting her to angrily scold him.

Su Chen accompanied Ye Xinglan to Yunmo Restaurant to bail out Xu Lizhi, who had been forced to wash dishes after running up a huge bill. Ye Xinglan learned he owed ten thousand Federal Coins, more than she could readily afford.

• Ye Xinglan ended Xu Lizhi’s call and agreed to ask him where he was while Su Chen offered to help.
• Xu Lizhi told Ye Xinglan he was at Yunmo Restaurant, and Su Chen led her there.
• Ye Xinglan and Su Chen found Xu Lizhi scrubbing plates in the kitchen, where a kitchen worker grabbed him when he tried to run to her.
• Ye Xinglan offered to pay Xu Lizhi’s debt, but the worker said he still owed ten thousand Federal Coins.
• Ye Xinglan realized she had only eight thousand saved and could not cover the full amount immediately.

Su Chen paid for Xu Lizhi after Xu Lizhi ate an expensive Supreme Immortal Treasure Fish, earning Ye Xinglan's gratitude and more favorability. Back at his lodgings, he found Gu Yue hiding in her room and pressed her to explain what was troubling her, but she refused.

• Su Chen paid ten thousand Federal Coins to settle Xu Lizhi's restaurant bill, and Ye Xinglan promised to repay him.
• Ye Xinglan told Xu Lizhi that she and Su Chen had been discussing swordsmanship before Su Chen left.
• Su Chen returned to his lodgings and found that Gu Yue had eaten the breakfast he brought but was still refusing to come out of her room.
• Su Chen entered Gu Yue's unlocked room and found her under the covers; she scolded him for walking into a girl's room.
• Su Chen drew Gu Yue into his arms and asked what secret she was hiding, but Gu Yue said he could not help even if she told him.

Su Chen and Gu Yue made a five-year deal about her secret and the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts, then reconciled. The next day, Su Chen tested his natural sword talent before Ye Xinglan arrived to discuss the Sword Dao.

• Su Chen offered Gu Yue five years to reveal her secret and promised to accept the consequences if he could not give her an answer she liked, and Gu Yue agreed.
• Su Chen persuaded Gu Yue to kiss him, took her shopping and to dinner, then failed to get into her room that night.
• Ye Xinglan invited Su Chen to discuss the Sword Dao, and he agreed to meet her at a Spirit Pagoda training room.
• While waiting for Ye Xinglan, Su Chen used a newly purchased sword to unleash powerful sword aura that shattered and sliced through training dummies.

Su Chen practiced channeling spatial power through his sword, drawing Ye Xinglan to his training room. They sparred so she could experience his sword intent while he learned her techniques, and the chapter ended with Ye Xinglan preparing to use her Soul Skills against him.

• Su Chen infused his sword energy with spatial power, causing it to vanish and reappear to smash a training dummy.
• Ye Xinglan arrived, praised Su Chen’s sword intent, and regretted that his Martial Soul was not a sword.
• Su Chen proposed a spar so Ye Xinglan could study his sword intent while he learned her sword techniques, and she eagerly agreed.
• Ye Xinglan attacked with her Stargod Sword, and Su Chen initially struggled before quickly adapting to her swift, varied techniques.
• Ye Xinglan was overwhelmed by Su Chen’s strength and learned that he was a Soul Ancestor.
• Su Chen offered to fight without Soul Skills while Ye Xinglan used hers, and she prepared to test him.

Ye Xinglan pushed herself through repeated sparring with Su Chen and finally comprehended her own Sword Intent. After her powerful final strike was countered and she fainted, Su Chen caught her, and she awoke to food and his congratulations.

• Ye Xinglan insisted on continuing to spar with Su Chen despite exhausting her Soul Power, determined to improve her swordsmanship.
• Su Chen learned Ye Xinglan's sword techniques and forms while sparring with her throughout the day.
• Ye Xinglan forced herself into Unity of Man and Sword and, on her final strike, comprehended Sword Intent.
• Ye Xinglan's Sword Intent strengthened her attack, but Su Chen blocked it, and the counterforce knocked her unconscious and sent her Stargod Sword flying.
• Su Chen caught Ye Xinglan before she hit the ground, and after she awoke, he fed her and congratulated her on comprehending Sword Intent.

Ye Xinglan thanked Su Chen for helping her grasp sword intent, and he learned why she had rejected support from the Ye Family. After taking her back, Su Chen returned to Gu Yue, who greeted him affectionately and invited him to dinner as she tried to ease their tension.

• Ye Xinglan thanked Su Chen for practicing with her, then explained that she had refused the Ye Family’s support because she disliked its schemes and expectations.
• Su Chen told Ye Xinglan he attended Eastsea Academy, and offered to keep practicing with her over the next few days.
• Su Chen drove Ye Xinglan back, where Xu Lizhi questioned her about arriving with him; Ye Xinglan left to consolidate her sword intent, and Xu Lizhi felt jealous.
• Gu Yue clung to Su Chen when he returned, learned that he had practiced with a woman, and invited him to dinner after he showered.
• Gu Yue reflected that she wanted to cherish the present with Su Chen, then kicked him away when he suggested they shower together.

Su Chen and Gu Yue shared a luxurious dinner, where he explained his sword practice with Ye Xinglan and teased Gu Yue about his sword intent. After returning home with a tipsy Gu Yue, he laid her on her bed, but she clung to him and asked him to stay and sleep with her.

• Su Chen walked with Gu Yue to a restaurant and joked that his changed aura came from practicing swordsmanship.
• Gu Yue fed Su Chen crystal shrimp and teased him during their intimate dinner.
• Gu Yue asked about the girl Su Chen had trained with, and he explained how he had helped Ye Xinglan comprehend sword intent.
• Su Chen and Gu Yue playfully argued until she lunged at him with greasy hands.
• Su Chen used Teleportation to carry a tipsy Gu Yue home and laid her on her bed.
• Gu Yue wrapped her arms around Su Chen's neck and asked him to stay and sleep with her.

Gu Yue and Su Chen shared a bath after she brought him back, with Gu Yue shyly washing his back while he teased her. When she learned Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin had helped bathe him before, Gu Yue decided she could do the same.

• Gu Yue pushed Su Chen onto the bed and clung to him, but he suggested they bathe first because she had gotten grease on him.
• Su Chen carried Gu Yue to the bathroom and started filling the bathtub while she watched him undress.
• Gu Yue wrapped herself in a towel, climbed into the tub, and washed Su Chen's back and shoulders.
• Su Chen asked Gu Yue to wash his front, but she hesitated, so he held her instead.
• Gu Yue asked whether Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin had helped bathe Su Chen, then decided she would do it too.

Su Chen spent several days growing closer to Gu Yue, Leng Yaozhu, and Ye Xinglan, whose affection for him rose as they trained and spent time together. When Ye Xinglan prepared to return to Shrek, Su Chen gave her Spirit-Refined Sinking Silver as an investment in her future and promised they might meet again at the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.

• Su Chen spent his nights with Gu Yue and visited Leng Yaozhu, while training with Ye Xinglan during the day; their affection levels rose.
• Ye Xinglan told Su Chen she was returning to Shrek and lamented that they might not see each other for months.
• Su Chen said he planned to compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, where Shrek students might attend exhibition matches, and Ye Xinglan vowed to try for a spot.
• Su Chen gave Ye Xinglan a heavy jade box containing Spirit-Refined Sinking Silver, explaining that he had forged it himself.
• Ye Xinglan initially refused the precious metal, but Su Chen told her to keep or sell it to fund her cultivation.

Su Chen gave Ye Xinglan Spirit-Refined Sinking Silver to support her cultivation and encouraged her to reach Soul Ancestor within three years. After leaving her, he went to meet Leng Yaozhu at a private hot spring in the Spirit Pagoda.

• Ye Xinglan refused Su Chen's gift of Spirit-Refined Sinking Silver, but he persuaded her to accept it as an investment in her talent and a loan toward future Battle Armor work.
• Su Chen encouraged Ye Xinglan to reach Soul Ancestor before he joined Shrek Academy, and she agreed to work hard and try to catch up to him.
• Su Chen received a message from Leng Yaozhu inviting him to relax in a hot spring, so he used Teleportation to reach the Spirit Pagoda.
• Su Chen entered Hot Spring No. 8 and saw Leng Yaozhu waiting in the pool wearing a red swimsuit.

Su Chen spent time with Leng Yaozhu at a hot spring, where she warned him not to hurt Gu Yue. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin and Class Zero finished their vacation and final exam, and Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi left Eastsea Academy together.

• Leng Yaozhu asked Su Chen about his relationship with Gu Yue and warned him not to make her suffer.
• Su Chen offered to massage Leng Yaozhu, and her swimsuit came loose in the spring.
• Tang Wulin returned from the Tang Sect with Wu Zhangkong, having improved his strength and learned the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye.
• Tang Wulin's exhausted team lost the final exam battle, but Wu Zhangkong let them pass and later persuaded Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to join the Tang Sect.
• Wang Jinxi's Martial Soul evolved, preventing him from using a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Zhang Yangzi, and the two transferred to another academy.

Su Chen returned to the academy with Gu Yue, then met Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin for a meal after they complained that he had gone to Shrek City without them. He soothed their jealousy with gifts, leaving the three of them together at the restaurant.

• Su Chen piloted a Mecha back to the academy with Gu Yue asleep in his arms and brought her home.
• Gu Yue teased Su Chen about wanting to see his other girlfriends, then let him leave to meet them.
• Su Chen booked a private dining room and invited Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin to meet him.
• Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin scolded Su Chen for vacationing in Shrek City without them.
• Su Chen promised to take them along next time and gave each of them a Storage Soul Tool, easing their hurt feelings.

Su Chen shared an intimate meal and hot spring outing with Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin before returning to the academy with Ouyang. There, they ran into Xu Xiaoyu and his younger sister, and Xu Xiaoyu eyed Su Chen with suspicion.

• Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin fed Su Chen, and Mu Xi grew jealous when Ouyang used a more intimate way to feed him.
• Mu Xi and Su Chen shared bubble tea and kissed while Ouyang Zixin watched; Ouyang then slipped beneath the table.
• Su Chen took Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin to a hot spring, then returned to the academy with Ouyang while Mu Xi went back to the Blacksmith Association.
• Xu Xiaoyu brought Xu Xiaoyan to settle into the academy and ran into Ouyang Zixin and Su Chen.
• Xu Xiaoyu introduced Xu Xiaoyan to Ouyang Zixin, then asked who Su Chen was and studied him with suspicion.

Ouyang Zixin introduced Su Chen to Xu Xiaoyu and Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Xiaoyu recognized him as the person who had defeated him in the Spirit Ascension Platform four years earlier. After learning that Xu Xiaoyan was transferring into Zero Class, Su Chen encouraged her to face the required assessment, leaving her more confident and eager to know him.

• Ouyang Zixin introduced Su Chen as her junior, and Xu Xiaoyan recognized him as the person who had crushed Xu Xiaoyu in the Spirit Ascension Platform four years earlier.
• Xu Xiaoyu became frightened when Su Chen admitted he barely remembered defeating him, while Ouyang Zixin tried to smooth over the awkward encounter.
• Xu Xiaoyu revealed that Xu Xiaoyan was transferring into Zero Class, where Su Chen was the class monitor.
• Xu Xiaoyan worried she was too inexperienced for Zero Class, and Su Chen reassured her that her strong Soul Power made her promising.
• Xu Xiaoyan accepted Su Chen's encouragement and resolved to work hard for the teacher's test.

Su Chen returned to Gu Yue after spending the day with Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin, then went back to the academy with Gu Yue when classes began. At the training grounds, Xie Xie complained about his team’s defeat in the final exam before a blue-haired girl approached and asked whether they were Zero Class.

• Su Chen returned to his dormitory with a late-night snack and reunited with Gu Yue, who scolded him for coming back only after he was finished with Mu Xi and Ouyang Zixin.
• Gu Yue deliberately went without panties and asked Su Chen to hold her tighter, but he fell asleep without making a move.
• Two days later, Su Chen and Gu Yue arrived at the training grounds, where Xie Xie complained that his team had been bullied during the final exam.
• Gu Yue dismissed Xie Xie’s excuses and said that he and his teammates had lost because they were weak.
• A timid, light-blue-haired girl approached Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Su Chen, and Gu Yue and asked whether they were Zero Class.

Xu Xiaoyan joined Zero Class temporarily and met its students before Wu Zhangkong arranged a battle to assess their progress. The chapter left Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan facing Gu Yue, stunned by her three Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.

• Xu Xiaoyan told Su Chen, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie that Wu Zhangkong had allowed her to attend Zero Class for a month while she earned his approval.
• Wu Zhangkong arrived, introduced Xu Xiaoyan as a temporary member, and ordered her, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie to fight Gu Yue.
• Xie Xie protested that the three of them had little chance against Gu Yue, but Wu Zhangkong told them to prepare and begin.
• Tang Wulin revealed that his Soul Spirit had reached the Thousand-Year level, while Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan released their Soul Rings.
• Gu Yue revealed three black Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and rose into the air amid swirling elemental forces, leaving the others stunned.

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie fought Gu Yue, whose ten-thousand-year soul skills overwhelmed them until Xu Xiaoyan intervened and helped create an opening. Tang Wulin’s Purple Demon Eye then backfired against Gu Yue’s superior spiritual power, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Gu Yue chased Xie Xie with Wind Blades, and Tang Wulin used Blue Silver Bind to weaken them so Xie Xie could break through.
• Gu Yue bombarded Tang Wulin and Xie Xie with fireballs, but Xu Xiaoyan’s ice ability shielded them from the worst of the blasts.
• Tang Wulin charged Gu Yue with his Golden Dragon Claw and golden-patterned Blue Silver Grass while Xu Xiaoyan briefly froze Gu Yue’s legs.
• Xie Xie attacked Gu Yue from behind with Double Dragon Storm as Tang Wulin tried to disrupt her with Purple Demon Eye.
• Tang Wulin’s mental attack backfired because Gu Yue’s spiritual power far exceeded his, leaving him dizzy and disoriented.

Gu Yue defeated Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan in a trial, then Wu Zhangkong approved Xu Xiaoyan and announced that the class would enter the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition. After class, Su Chen invited Xu Xiaoyan to dinner while Gu Yue left alone.

• Gu Yue blocked Xie Xie’s attack and overwhelmed him and Tang Wulin with a fiery blast, while Xu Xiaoyan surrendered.
• Wu Zhangkong ended the battle, praised Xu Xiaoyan’s timing and control, and acknowledged Gu Yue’s remarkable strength.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that the academy wanted the students to compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, and Xie Xie welcomed the chance to rely on his powerful teammates.
• Wu Zhangkong kept Tang Wulin and Xie Xie after class to discuss matters and teach Xie Xie Tang Sect techniques.
• Su Chen invited Xu Xiaoyan to dinner, but Gu Yue declined and left; Xu Xiaoyan went with Su Chen.

Su Chen took Xu Xiaoyan to eat noodles, secretly photographed her, and gained the Astral Tyrant Body as a reward. After his new power accidentally shattered his chair, he left with Xu Xiaoyan and waited for nightfall to see her martial soul under the stars.

• Su Chen took a hungry Xu Xiaoyan to a noodle shop and secretly photographed her as she ate.
• Su Chen cataloged Xu Xiaoyan and received the Astral Tyrant Body, which greatly increased his strength.
• Su Chen lost control of his new power and shattered his chair, worrying Xu Xiaoyan before he stopped her from approaching.
• Su Chen paid for the meal and left with Xu Xiaoyan, then asked her to show him her martial soul's nighttime effect.
• Su Chen showed Xu Xiaoyan around the academy and introduced her to the other members of Zero Class as night fell.

Su Chen discovered that Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Wheel Chain could not restrain him because his Astral Tyrant Body absorbed its Star Power, turning her Soul Skill into a cultivation aid. After Xu Xiaoyan recovered and learned why he resisted it, Su Chen asked her to help him cultivate.

• Su Chen and Xu Xiaoyan went to a secluded lakeside so she could test her Star Wheel Chain on him.
• Xu Xiaoyan summoned the Star Wheel and bound Su Chen with its Star Chains, but his Astral Tyrant Body absorbed their Star Power and broke the Soul Skill.
• Xu Xiaoyan suffered backlash and fell, while Su Chen realized the absorbed Star Power had greatly boosted his cultivation.
• Su Chen helped Xu Xiaoyan recover and explained that his unusual constitution absorbed the Star Power sustaining her Soul Skill.
• Xu Xiaoyan admired Su Chen after learning he was the first person to break her Star Wheel Chain, and her affection for him increased.
• Su Chen asked Xu Xiaoyan to help him cultivate.

Su Chen arranged for Xu Xiaoyan to use her Star-gathering Soul Skill to help his cultivation and promised to forge her Battle Armor and help raise her Soul Ring's age. After taking her back to her dorm, he returned to the villa, where Gu Yue greeted him with jealousy.

• Su Chen asked Xu Xiaoyan to use her First Soul Skill on him each night, offering to forge her Battle Armor in return.
• Su Chen promised to take Xu Xiaoyan to the Spirit Ascension Platform and help increase her Soul Ring's age, and she reluctantly agreed not to refuse.
• Su Chen used Teleportation to take Xu Xiaoyan back to her dorm and then returned to the villa.
• Su Chen found Gu Yue awake, held her close, and asked whether she noticed a change in him.
• Gu Yue accused Su Chen of being more lecherous and womanizing as she sniffed him for Xu Xiaoyan's scent.