Recaps

Zhong Shenxiu returned to Eastsea City after half a month of destroying Holy Spirit Cult strongholds, having completed the Dragon Fighting Plane’s fourth charge. The charge awakened Aquarius Star Dragon, who joined Zhong Shenxiu aboard the train as they neared the city.

• Zhong Shenxiu dismissed a television report crediting the military and other groups for the Holy Spirit Cult operation, then reflected on his own role in the campaign.
• Zhong Shenxiu, Leng Yulai, Psychedelic Black Hand, and Badi Holy Dragon worked together to destroy Holy Spirit Cult strongholds before Zhong Shenxiu returned to Eastsea City after Wu Zhangkong called him back for Zero Class training.
• Zhong Shenxiu completed the Dragon Fighting Plane’s fourth charge by absorbing the life force of more than a hundred Evil Soul Masters, restoring the plane’s life and beginning to revive its stone-statue inhabitants.
• Psychedelic Black Hand fully restored his origin concept, and Zhong Shenxiu gained several new Fighting Dragon Cards.
• The completed charge awakened Aquarius Star Dragon, who greeted Zhong Shenxiu as Master and later happily ate candies on the train nearing Eastsea City.

Zhong Shenxiu returned to Eastsea Academy, where Wu Zhangkong and the Zero Class students waited anxiously to welcome him. Gu Yue reached him first and threw herself into his arms, leaving Xu Xiaoyan behind.

• Zhong Shenxiu arrived in Eastsea City alone after Leng Yulai departed and he stored Psychedelic Black Hand and Aquarius Star Dragon in the Dragon Fighting Plane.
• Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue waited outside Eastsea Academy for Zhong Shenxiu.
• Wu Zhangkong called out to Zhong Shenxiu with relief when he saw him approaching.
• Xu Xiaoyan ran toward Zhong Shenxiu, but Gu Yue teleported ahead of her.
• Gu Yue embraced Zhong Shenxiu and privately thought that she had won against Xu Xiaoyan again.

Gu Yue welcomed Zhong Shenxiu back with an embrace while Xu Xiaoyan watched with envy. Three years later, Zero Class trained together at Eastsea Academy against Zhong Shuiping, the Aquarius Star Dragon who had taken human form and stayed as Zhong Shenxiu’s protector.

• Gu Yue threw herself into Zhong Shenxiu’s arms and welcomed him back.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned Gu Yue’s embrace as Xu Xiaoyan protested that Gu Yue had cheated, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie watched.
• Three years passed as the members of Zero Class grew older at Eastsea Academy.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Zhong Shenxiu attacked Zhong Shuiping during special training.
• Zhong Shuiping, who had taken human form as the Aquarius Star Dragon, evaded the five-person siege in the training room.

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, and Zhong Shenxiu attacked Aquarius Star Dragon together, but he calmly evaded and deflected their assaults. He left Tang Wulin and Xie Xie staggered with his speed and strength, while the fight remained unresolved.

• Tang Wulin charged Aquarius Star Dragon with his Golden Dragon Claw, but Aquarius redirected his blows and nearly forced him to his knees.
• Xie Xie attacked with his twin daggers, but Aquarius evaded his strikes and blocked Twin Dragon Storm with a curtain of light from the Long Water Bottle.
• Xu Xiaoyan sent three ice spears at Aquarius, and he shattered all of them with a swift sweep of his hand.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie attacked Aquarius together, but he knocked Tang Wulin backward and struck Xie's dagger aside.

Tang Wulin and his teammates fought Aquarius Star Dragon, whose physical strength and defenses overwhelmed their opening attacks. Gu Yue then unleashed a relentless elemental barrage that forced him back, but he closed in and attacked her directly.

• Xu Xiaoyan's Blizzard failed to penetrate Aquarius Star Dragon's shield, and he struck Tang Wulin into the training room wall.
• Aquarius Star Dragon seized Xie Xie and began to throw him, but Gu Yue's fire dragon forced him to release Xie Xie and retreat.
• Gu Yue attacked Aquarius Star Dragon with combinations of fire, wind, earth, and ice, driving him backward as he blocked each attack.
• Gu Yue trapped Aquarius Star Dragon between earth spikes, ice needles, and wind blades, but he used the Long Water Bottle's light curtain and spun to deflect the attacks.
• Aquarius Star Dragon rushed toward Gu Yue and reached for her throat; she kicked at him and raised an ice wall, which he punched through.

Zhong Shenxiu joined the training-room battle and wounded Aquarius Star Dragon with a powerful slash. He then pressed him with relentless blade-and-spear attacks, leaving Aquarius Star Dragon struggling to counter.

• Gu Yue narrowly dodged Aquarius Star Dragon's punch, and Wu Zhangkong called Zhong Shenxiu into the battle.
• Zhong Shenxiu unleashed Holy Dragon Sky-Severing Slash, shattered Aquarius Star Dragon's crystal defenses, and wounded his left arm.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue regrouped with Zhong Shenxiu to surround Aquarius Star Dragon.
• Zhong Shenxiu attacked Aquarius Star Dragon with the Light-Imperial Ninja Blade and Sky Light Dragon Spear, forcing him to evade and abandon chances to counterattack.
• Aquarius Star Dragon realized Zhong Shenxiu anticipated his habits and tactics.

Zhong Shenxiu and the Aquarius Star Dragon fought at full strength in the training room, trading powerful attacks that devastated the arena. The battle remained unresolved as Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue watched, unable to intervene.

• Zhong Shenxiu and the Aquarius Star Dragon exchanged rapid blows, and the Aquarius Star Dragon suffered a shallow cut.
• The Aquarius Star Dragon summoned the Long Water Bottle and attacked with Light Edge Cannon and Hydro-Electric Strike, while Zhong Shenxiu narrowly evaded both.
• The Aquarius Star Dragon entered his Battle Dragon combat form and blocked Zhong Shenxiu's Holy Dragon Sky-Severing Slash with both fists.
• Zhong Shenxiu and the Aquarius Star Dragon struggled over the Sky Light Dragon Spear before Zhong Shenxiu threw his Light-Imperial Ninja Blade to force the Aquarius Star Dragon to release it.
• The Aquarius Star Dragon drove Zhong Shenxiu backward with a double-fisted attack as the damaged training room neared collapse.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue watched from the edge of the room, unable to find a way to join the fight.

Zhong Shenxiu fought the Aquarius Star Dragon while Tang Wulin and the others watched from the edge of the training room. The Aquarius Star Dragon armored himself and intensified his attacks, and the two continued battling as the room and its protective array were damaged.

• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie said they could not interfere, and Wu Zhangkong told them to watch and recognize how far they were from a real battle.
• Zhong Shenxiu combined blade feints with a spear thrust, cut the Aquarius Star Dragon’s cheek, and struck him hard enough to send him flying.
• The Aquarius Star Dragon formed a full suit of blue armor around himself and launched a faster, more powerful assault.
• Zhong Shenxiu and the Aquarius Star Dragon traded relentless attacks across the training room, breaking the floor and cracking the walls as the Protective Soul Guidance Array weakened.
• Tang Wulin and the others retreated to the room’s edge, acknowledging that they could not match the fighters.

Zhong Shenxiu and the other Zero Class students finished a training battle against the Aquarius Star Dragon, whose strength exposed the gap between them. As the group recovered, the Aquarius Star Dragon ended the chapter by telling Wu Zhangkong, “You don't understand.”

• Zhong Shenxiu finished the battle nearly drained of Soul Power, but the Aquarius Star Dragon praised his strength as far beyond that of a Soul King.
• Zhong Shenxiu dismissed his progress as insufficient, while Xie Xie protested that he was only thirteen.
• Tang Wulin envied Zhong Shenxiu’s strength and regretted that he would not join the Tang Sect; Zhong Shenxiu encouraged him not to belittle his own improvement.
• Xu Xiaoyan praised Zhong Shenxiu’s Dragon Dawn Evil-Breaking Stab, while Gu Yue watched him and reflected on her growing desire to win him over.
• Wu Zhangkong thanked the Aquarius Star Dragon for training the students, and the Aquarius Star Dragon said Wu Zhangkong did not understand.

Over three years, Zhong Shenxiu’s Dragon Fighting Clan infiltrated and took control of the East Sea region’s underworld while he focused on growing strong enough to protect the recovering Dragon Fighting Plane. Meanwhile, Wu Zhangkong decided to send Zero Class to Shrek Academy, though he remained uncertain about Gu Yue and Zhong Shenxiu’s hidden intentions.

• As the Dragon Fighting Clan awakened, Psychedelic Black Hand and Leng Yulai infiltrated the East Sea region and replaced the Holy Spirit Cult’s underworld network with Zhong Shenxiu’s forces.
• Leng Yulai established a secret base near Eastsea City to train newly awakened Dragon Fighting Clan members in concealment and missions.
• Zhong Shenxiu focused on cultivation because he feared the recovering Dragon Fighting Plane would attract the Sun-Moon Federation before he was strong enough to defend it.
• Wu Zhangkong told Yu Zhen that Zero Class needed to attend Shrek Academy before its next recruitment opportunity, and Yu Zhen agreed after asking the students to return as Battle Armor Masters and lecture.
• Wu Zhangkong left the principal’s office and wondered about Gu Yue and Zhong Shenxiu’s secrets as he considered Shrek Academy the best path for the students.

Wu Zhangkong told Zero Class that he planned to take them to Shrek Academy’s entrance examination, while wrestling with whether to let Zhong Shenxiu choose for himself. Zhong Shenxiu asked whether Wu Zhangkong wanted them to go, leaving the decision unresolved.

• Wu Zhangkong reflected that he should not pressure Zhong Shenxiu into attending Shrek Academy, despite hoping his student would go.
• Wu Zhangkong entered the classroom and found Tang Wulin practicing control of his Golden Dragon Claw while the others waited and talked.
• Wu Zhangkong told the five students that Shrek Academy’s admissions were approaching and that he intended to take them to the entrance examination.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin reacted eagerly to the news, while Xu Xiaoyan asked whether Zhong Shenxiu would go.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Wu Zhangkong whether he wanted them to go.

Wu Zhangkong chose to take the students to Shrek Academy, while Zhong Shenxiu's allies had already seized control of Eastsea City's underworld. The chapter ended as someone approached Zhong Shenxiu in his skyscraper office.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue clung to Zhong Shenxiu and competed for his attention while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie watched.
• Wu Zhangkong recognized the students' bond, smiled, and announced that they would leave in three days.
• Xie Xie celebrated their coming trip to Shrek Academy, while Tang Wulin studied the golden patterns beneath his skin.
• Zhong Shenxiu surveyed Eastsea City and reflected on how his allies had replaced the Holy Spirit Cult's influence in the region.
• Footsteps emerged from the shadows behind Zhong Shenxiu, but he did not turn around.

Zhong Shenxiu learned that the Dragon Fighting Clan had begun infiltrating cities while the Holy Spirit Cult investigated the East Sea region. Aquarius Star Dragon explained that awakening another Star Dragon would force the Dragon Fighting Plane to separate from Zhong Shenxiu before it was ready.

• Psychedelic Black Hand reported that new Dragon Fighting Clan members had settled in and infiltration had begun in Skysea City and Hailu City.
• Psychedelic Black Hand told Zhong Shenxiu that the Holy Spirit Cult had noticed anomalies in the East Sea region and might trace them within half a year.
• Zhong Shenxiu summoned Aquarius Star Dragon and asked when his siblings could awaken.
• Aquarius Star Dragon explained that the Dragon Fighting Plane lacked the carrying capacity to support another Star Dragon's awakening without separating from Zhong Shenxiu and exposing itself prematurely.

Aquarius Star Dragon explained that he had slowed the Origin Crystal’s growth to strengthen the plane, and Zhong Shenxiu approved while asking when they could invade the Douluo Plane. After Aquarius Star Dragon left, Leng Yulai surprised Zhong Shenxiu by embracing him in the dark bedroom.

• Aquarius Star Dragon confessed that he had interfered with the Origin Crystal to strengthen the plane and delay its growth.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Aquarius Star Dragon that delaying their plans was right and asked how soon they could invade the Douluo Plane.
• Aquarius Star Dragon said the invasion would not be long and then left, assuring Zhong Shenxiu that everything would get better.
• Zhong Shenxiu showered, returned to his dark bedroom, and sat on the bed to dry his hair.
• Leng Yulai came up behind Zhong Shenxiu and embraced him, leaving him stiff and uncomfortable.

Three years after Leng Yulai began pursuing him, Zhong Shenxiu struggled to suppress the desire stirred by his Fighting Dragon Bloodline as she teased him. The chapter ended with him pinning her down, his bloodline urges nearing control, while Leng Yulai continued to provoke him.

• Leng Yulai caressed Zhong Shenxiu and told him she had missed him every day.
• Zhong Shenxiu’s Fighting Dragon Bloodline flared as three years of suppressed desire and savagery surged within him.
• Zhong Shenxiu abruptly flipped Leng Yulai onto the bed and pinned her beneath him.
• Leng Yulai asked whether he wanted to punish her, while Zhong Shenxiu struggled to restrain his urges with the Clear Dragon Heart.
• The chapter recalled that Leng Yulai had repeatedly tried to tempt Zhong Shenxiu, but he had held back because he was thirteen.

Zhong Shenxiu pulled away from Leng Yulai despite his growing desire, and she promised to wait for him before leaving. Alone, he saw a Giant Dragon watching him from the darkness beyond his mirror.

• Zhong Shenxiu touched Leng Yulai as his dragon instincts stirred, while she admired the golden patterns appearing on his skin.
• Zhong Shenxiu regained control and moved away from Leng Yulai, who told him she would wait until he was ready.
• Leng Yulai said she would send everyone to Shrek in three days, then left Zhong Shenxiu alone.
• Zhong Shenxiu washed his face and saw a golden-scaled Giant Dragon with Light Gold Vertical Pupils watching him from beyond the mirror.

Zhong Shenxiu continued seeing the mysterious dragon in mirrors while traveling with Zero Class to Shrek City. The group arrived at the city and saw the towering Spirit Pagoda headquarters from the train.

• Zhong Shenxiu felt the Clear Dragon Heart pulse as the dragon's reflection blurred in the mirror, and he recognized himself as Zhong Shenxiu rather than a dragon.
• Three days later, Wu Zhangkong led the five Zero Class students aboard a business-class Soul Guidance Train bound for Shrek Academy.
• Xu Xiaoyan sat closely beside Zhong Shenxiu, while Wu Zhangkong reflected on his return to Shrek with his students.
• Zhong Shenxiu watched the scenery and thought about the dragon that had appeared to him in mirrors each night, sensing that their awaited moment was approaching.
• The train entered Shrek City, and the passengers saw the immense Spirit Pagoda headquarters rising above the city.

Tang Wulin and his companions arrived in Shrek City, where the Spirit Pagoda and the city’s grandeur impressed the students. Wu Zhangkong returned to the city with his students, carrying memories of his past, while the group prepared to register before visiting Shrek Academy.

• Tang Wulin and the others saw the Spirit Pagoda, and Zhong Shenxiu reflected that the Federation was dominated by powerful organizations.
• Wu Zhangkong confirmed that he had studied at Shrek Academy and said the group could visit after registration.
• The train passed through Shrek City’s prosperous streets and arrived at its enormous station.
• Xie Xie rushed out of the train, spread his arms, and shouted that he had arrived in Shrek.

Wu Zhangkong and his students arrived in Shrek City, where Zhong Shenxiu chose to pay for their stay at the Star Hotel. The group settled into their rooms overlooking the city, while Tang Wulin noticed the distant Spirit Pagoda.

• Wu Zhangkong led the students from the station and decided they would eat before going to Shrek Academy.
• The group crossed the plaza and admired the towering Shrek Guardian statue.
• Zhong Shenxiu pointed out the Star Hotel and insisted on paying despite Wu Zhangkong's warning that it was expensive.
• Zhong Shenxiu checked the group into three business suites using a black Federal Bank card.
• Zhong Shenxiu assigned rooms, with Xu Xiaoyan sharing with Gu Yue and Tang Wulin sharing with Xie Xie.
• The students settled into their rooms, and Tang Wulin watched the distant Spirit Pagoda.

Tang Wulin asked Wu Zhangkong to take him to an auction house so he could buy four spiritual items to awaken the bloodline power within him. After Tang Wulin explained his plan to Zhong Shenxiu, Zhong Shenxiu accepted that it was Tang Wulin’s decision and asked whether he had enough money.

• Wu Zhangkong reflected on his return to Shrek City while Tang Wulin arrived and urgently asked when they could leave for an auction house.
• Wu Zhangkong told Tang Wulin to wait until night and asked whether he was certain the four spiritual items would cause a beneficial bloodline mutation; Tang Wulin insisted they would.
• When Zhong Shenxiu emerged from the bathroom, Tang Wulin tried to flee, but Wu Zhangkong stopped him and ordered him back to the sofa.
• Tang Wulin told Zhong Shenxiu that he needed four spiritual items to activate his bloodline power and planned to seek them at an auction house that night.
• Zhong Shenxiu accepted Tang Wulin’s decision and asked whether he had enough money; Tang Wulin said he had savings and Wu Zhangkong was willing to lend him some.
• Zhong Shenxiu watched the sunset and remembered himself from three years earlier.

Zhong Shenxiu stayed behind to cultivate while Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin went to the auction. Xu Xiaoyan came to his room and boldly kissed him, leaving his response unresolved.

• Zhong Shenxiu asked when they would leave, and Wu Zhangkong said they would go after dark.
• Wu Zhangkong and Tang Wulin left for the auction, while Zhong Shenxiu stayed behind to cultivate.
• Xu Xiaoyan knocked on Zhong Shenxiu's door after he had been cultivating for a while.
• Xu Xiaoyan rushed into Zhong Shenxiu's arms and asked whether he would reject her.
• Xu Xiaoyan kissed Zhong Shenxiu before he could answer.

Xu Xiaoyan confessed her long-held desire for Zhong Shenxiu, and they spent the night together. The next morning, Zhong Shenxiu left her sleeping and stepped into the corridor, where the neighboring room’s door suddenly flew open.

• Xu Xiaoyan kissed Zhong Shenxiu and told him she had wanted to be close to him for three years.
• Xu Xiaoyan declared that Gu Yue would not return that night and kissed Zhong Shenxiu.
• Zhong Shenxiu and Xu Xiaoyan spent the night together, and she fell asleep in his arms.
• Zhong Shenxiu gently settled Xu Xiaoyan back to sleep, washed up, and left the room.
• The neighboring room’s door suddenly swung open as Zhong Shenxiu entered the corridor.

Gu Yue found Zhong Shenxiu outside his room and, after confirming he had not done anything improper to Xu Xiaoyan, pulled him toward the elevator, declaring that he was hers for the day. After they left, Wu Zhangkong emerged from a nearby room and watched the elevator descend, recalling why he had spent the night alone in another room.

• Gu Yue confronted Zhong Shenxiu and asked whether he had done anything improper to Xu Xiaoyan.
• Zhong Shenxiu shook his head, and Gu Yue accepted his answer.
• Gu Yue grabbed Zhong Shenxiu’s wrist and led him to the elevator, saying that he was hers today.
• Zhong Shenxiu went with Gu Yue, while an uneasy sense that he had forgotten something briefly crossed his mind.
• Wu Zhangkong emerged after the elevator doors closed and watched it descend.
• Wu Zhangkong recalled that he had booked a separate room after sensing the inappropriate lighting beneath his shared room’s door the previous night.

Wu Zhangkong began a new day alone while Zhong Shenxiu and Gu Yue walked through Shrek City together. Irritated by the attention Gu Yue received, Zhong Shenxiu stopped hiding his possessive feelings, leaving Gu Yue startled by his intense gaze.

• Wu Zhangkong opened his curtains, reflected on himself while holding the Sky Frost Sword, and went to bathe.
• Zhong Shenxiu and Gu Yue left the hotel holding hands and headed for the commercial district.
• Zhong Shenxiu grew irritated by passersby staring at Gu Yue and felt his Fighting Dragon bloodline stir.
• Zhong Shenxiu tightened his grip on Gu Yue's hand and openly looked at her with possessive intensity.
• Gu Yue felt her heartbeat skip as she met Zhong Shenxiu's unfamiliar gaze.

Zhong Shenxiu and Gu Yue walked through Shrek City close together, openly embracing and holding hands. At a fashion boutique, he told her he wanted beautiful things to complement her, his possessive feelings clear.

• Zhong Shenxiu drew Gu Yue into his embrace, and she relaxed against him and took his hand again.
• The two walked through Shrek City together while Gu Yue remembered Xu Xiaoyan borrowing her lip gloss the previous night.
• Zhong Shenxiu led Gu Yue to a fashion boutique near a plaza and stopped to look at its clothes.
• Gu Yue teased Zhong Shenxiu about buying her clothes, and he said he preferred having beautiful things to complement her.