Chapter Summaries

Zhong Shenxiu endured the Diamond Baboon Leader’s assault, then transformed into a Dragon Fighting Warrior and turned the battle around. He charged the wounded Soul Beast leader and continued attacking.

• The Diamond Baboon Leader battered Zhong Shenxiu into a crater while Ye Xinglan watched and counted its blows.
• Zhong Shenxiu emerged from the crater in Dragon Fighting Form, wielding an enlarged golden Dragon Spear.
• Zhong Shenxiu smashed the Diamond Baboon Leader’s arms, fracturing its bone and forcing fear into its eyes.
• Zhong Shenxiu struck the Diamond Baboon Leader’s temple, wrenched his spear free, and scorched its palm with the weapon.
• The Diamond Baboon Leader sent a shockwave toward Zhong Shenxiu, who charged through it and knocked aside its punch with his Dragon Spear.

Zhong Shenxiu defeated the Diamond Baboon Leader in battle and killed the two fleeing Diamond Baboons with Taurus Star Dragon. The forest fell silent, and he recalled his Dragon Spear.

• Zhong Shenxiu wounded the Diamond Baboon Leader and kept fighting as its Berserk state began to fade.
• Zhong Shenxiu used his perfected spear technique and Dragon powers to withstand the leader’s attacks and wear it down.
• Zhong Shenxiu pierced the Diamond Baboon Leader’s chest and heart, killing it.
• The two remaining Diamond Baboons fled, and Zhong Shenxiu summoned Taurus Star Dragon to strike them down with lightning.
• Zhong Shenxiu confirmed that none of the Diamond Baboons had escaped and recalled his Dragon Spear.

After defeating the Diamond Baboons, Zhong Shenxiu collapsed from the mental strain of maintaining his complete Dragon Fighting Warrior form. Ye Xinglan helped him rest and was startled by how quickly his wounds healed, while Spirit Power Halos began emerging from the baboon corpses.

• Zhong Shenxiu's Dragon Fighting Warrior form faded, and mental exhaustion made him stagger and drop to one knee.
• Ye Xinglan rushed to support Zhong Shenxiu and helped him sit against a fallen tree when he could not stand steadily.
• Ye Xinglan noticed Zhong Shenxiu's wounds were rapidly healing, though he did not explain the cause.
• Ye Xinglan sat beside Zhong Shenxiu as he rested, then noticed Spirit Power Halos emerging from the Diamond Baboon corpses.

Zhong Shenxiu absorbed the Diamond Baboons’ spirit power, strengthening himself and raising his Soul Spirits’ cultivation. As Ye Xinglan watched him recover, she began to fall for him, mistaking his curious gaze for passionate interest.

• The Diamond Baboons dissolved into Spirit Power Halos that Zhong Shenxiu absorbed, nourishing his body, Soul Spirits, and Dragon Fighting Plane.
• The Diamond Baboon Leader’s spirit power pushed the Earth Dragon past nine thousand years and raised the Red Flood Dragon’s cultivation to two thousand eight hundred years.
• Ye Xinglan watched Zhong Shenxiu recover and remembered his courage and strength in battle.
• Ye Xinglan realized she was attracted to Zhong Shenxiu, blushed, and interpreted his gaze as passionate interest.
• Zhong Shenxiu and Ye Xinglan held each other’s gaze without looking away.

Ye Xinglan became flustered under Zhong Shenxiu’s gaze, introduced herself, and learned his name. She followed him through the Spirit Ascension Platform, gaining spirit power from the Soul Beasts he defeated as his recovery continued.

• Ye Xinglan blushed and asked Zhong Shenxiu to stop looking at her, then introduced herself as a Shrek Academy student and a three-ringed Soul Master with the Stargod Sword martial soul.
• Zhong Shenxiu gave Ye Xinglan his name and rested beside her in silence.
• Zhong Shenxiu led the way through the Spirit Ascension Platform while Ye Xinglan followed behind him.
• Zhong Shenxiu swiftly defeated Soul Beasts that blocked their path, and Ye Xinglan absorbed the scattered spirit power, bringing her Soul Spirit close to five thousand years of cultivation.
• Ye Xinglan watched Zhong Shenxiu fight with direct, relentless force and thought his style resembled a dragon.

After ten hours together in the Spirit Ascension Platform, Ye Xinglan asked Zhong Shenxiu where he was from and promised to find him again. They misunderstood each other’s intentions—she meant to seek him out, while he took it as a challenge—and both returned to Shrek City, where Ye Xinglan emerged from the platform.

• Zhong Shenxiu stopped in a meadow to recover from mental exhaustion, and Ye Xinglan realized they were about to part.
• Ye Xinglan asked Zhong Shenxiu which academy he attended, and he answered that he was from Eastsea Academy.
• Ye Xinglan told Zhong Shenxiu she would come find him, and he replied that he would be waiting, each interpreting the exchange differently.
• Zhong Shenxiu and Ye Xinglan activated their Signal Devices and left the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Ye Xinglan emerged from a room at the Spirit Pagoda headquarters in Shrek City, where a middle-aged man and a youth waited nearby.

Ye Xinglan returned from the Spirit Ascension Platform with her Soul Spirit raised to the five-thousand-year level and asked her teacher about Eastsea Academy. Meanwhile, Zhong Shenxiu told Wu Zhangkong he had met Shrek students and arranged a match, then asked whether everyone from Shrek was like him.

• Ye Xinglan's teacher and Xu Lizhi welcomed her anxiously after she stayed in the platform for nearly ten hours.
• Ye Xinglan revealed that her Soul Spirit had reached the five-thousand-year level, surprising the teacher, Xu Lizhi, and Xie Xie.
• Ye Xinglan asked her teacher whether he knew Eastsea Academy before leaving with him.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Wu Zhangkong that he had met Shrek students and arranged a match with someone around his age.
• Wu Zhangkong struggled to explain Shrek Academy's faults, and Zhong Shenxiu teased him until he smacked the boy on the head.
• As they headed back to Eastsea Academy, Zhong Shenxiu asked Wu Zhangkong whether everyone from Shrek Academy was like him.

Wu Zhangkong warned Zhong Shenxiu that the Shrek Academy challenger could grow stronger between their encounters, but Zhong welcomed the prospect. A month into training, the students’ abilities had advanced, and their coordinated sparring with Zhong reached a moment of opportunity for Gu Yue.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Wu Zhangkong that he believed the Shrek challenger was not yet his match, and Wu warned him that Shrek students excelled at breaking through in battle.
• Xu Xiaoyan joined the team and reached level eighteen within a month, while Gu Yue’s Soul Power rose to level twenty-seven and Tang Wulin remained below level seventeen.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue trained together against Zhong Shenxiu, using coordinated attacks to test his defenses.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin pressured Zhong Shenxiu at close range as Xu Xiaoyan’s ice chain caught his Light-Imperial Ninja Blade.
• Zhong Shenxiu shattered the ice chain, but the delay gave Gu Yue an opening.

Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan coordinated their attacks to force Zhong Shenxiu to use his Third Soul Skill, the Prison-Suppressing Wisdom King Seal. The four celebrated their progress after a month of training, though their strike had not defeated him.

• Gu Yue combined ice and fire to blast Zhong Shenxiu, then attacked alongside Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan.
• Xie Xie drew Zhong Shenxiu's attention while Gu Yue used her spatial ability to detonate compressed ice and fire directly in front of him.
• Zhong Shenxiu activated the Prison-Suppressing Wisdom King Seal, and his Wisdom King Dharma Image absorbed the explosion.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue celebrated forcing Zhong Shenxiu to reveal his Third Soul Skill.
• Gu Yue recalled how the team's carefully planned sequence had connected each of their attacks.

After Zhong Shenxiu praised his companions, Wu Zhangkong announced that they would compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition and ordered Tang Wulin to stay behind. Outside the training ground, Xu Xiaoyan invited Zhong Shenxiu to dinner, and she and Gu Yue argued over who had the stronger claim to his company.

• Zhong Shenxiu watched Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue recover from their training and told them they had done well.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that the group would leave for Skysea City to compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, aiming for at least third place in the youth team competition.
• Wu Zhangkong dismissed Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue but told Tang Wulin to stay behind.
• Xu Xiaoyan invited Zhong Shenxiu to dinner at her family's home, and he quietly agreed.
• Gu Yue challenged Xu Xiaoyan for monopolizing Zhong Shenxiu, then clung to his other arm.
• Xu Xiaoyan insisted that Zhong Shenxiu would come to her house, arguing that her family's restaurant served better food than the cafeteria.

Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan argued over whether Zhong Shenxiu would cultivate with Gu Yue or have dinner at Xu Xiaoyan’s house. Zhong Shenxiu made them release his arms and continued walking, with both girls following at his sides.

• Gu Yue told Xu Xiaoyan that Zhong Shenxiu would cultivate with her that night, provoking Xu Xiaoyan with suggestive remarks about their private practice.
• Xu Xiaoyan insisted Zhong Shenxiu had agreed to dinner at her house, while Gu Yue argued that his assent meant he had agreed to cultivate with her too.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan challenged each other to ask Zhong Shenxiu what he planned to do that night.
• Zhong Shenxiu told both girls to let go of his arms and walked on alone.
• Gu Yue caught up and walked beside Zhong Shenxiu, and Xu Xiaoyan followed on his other side without grabbing his arm again.

Xie Xie watched Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan walk with Zhong Shenxiu and teased him for being outmatched by Tang Wulin, while Tang Wulin showed little interest in their rivalry. The next morning, Zero Class headed to East Sea Square for the competition, where Xu Xiaoyan openly clung to Zhong Shenxiu despite her brother Xu Xiaoyu’s disapproval.

• Xie Xie fled after Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan each grabbed Zhong Shenxiu’s arm, then watched them from a classroom window.
• Xie Xie told Tang Wulin that Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan were competing for Zhong Shenxiu, but Tang Wulin dismissed it as their business.
• Gu Yue’s interference caused Xu Xiaoyan’s dinner plan to fall through.
• Wu Zhangkong and Long Hengxu led Zero Class to East Sea Square the next morning, where they met the academy’s Advanced Division competitors, including Xu Xiaoyu and Liu Yuxin.
• Xu Xiaoyu warned Xu Xiaoyan to tell him if anyone bullied her and glared at Zhong Shenxiu, but Xu Xiaoyan mocked her brother’s chances in the preliminaries.
• Xu Xiaoyan wrapped herself around Zhong Shenxiu’s arm and urged him to board the bus with her.

As Zero Class prepared for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, Tang Wulin learned how badly Eastsea Academy had performed in the past and why the academy desperately needed a strong showing. Long Hengxu entrusted the team to Wu Zhangkong, who set a top-three finish as the minimum goal, and the students boarded the bus.

• Tang Wulin watched Xu Xiaoyu despair as Xu Xiaoyan left with Zhong Shenxiu, then considered Eastsea Academy's poor competition record.
• The chapter explained how Eastsea Academy's limited resources and lack of talented recruits had led to repeated failures and growing pressure to improve Eastsea City's reputation.
• Long Hengxu asked Wu Zhangkong to lead Zero Class, and Wu Zhangkong silently accepted while confident in Zhong Shenxiu.
• Long Hengxu urged the children to gain experience, but Wu Zhangkong insisted that reaching the top three was the minimum standard.
• Xu Xiaoyan saved a seat beside her for Zhong Shenxiu, Gu Yue chose a seat where she could see him, and Xie Xie pulled Tang Wulin to the back row to avoid getting caught between them.

Zhong Shenxiu traveled to the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition with Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue, while Ye Xinglan remained preoccupied with the boy who had saved her. The chapter left Ye Xinglan thinking about Zhong Shenxiu as Shrek Academy’s group headed to Skysea City for an exhibition match.

• Zhong Shenxiu sat beside Xu Xiaoyan on the bus, making her happy and prompting Gu Yue to plan to win him over during the competition.
• Gu Yue reasoned that Zhong Shenxiu had only accommodated Xu Xiaoyan’s martial soul and decided Xu Xiaoyan was no real romantic rival.
• Shen Yi and Shrek Academy students traveled by Soul Guidance Train to Skysea City, dismissing the local competition as beneath them.
• Xu Lizhi offered Ye Xinglan fruit, but she ignored him as she had repeatedly since returning from the Intermediate Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Ye Xinglan remembered the boy who had saved her in the Spirit Ascension Platform and the striking, solitary gaze he had given her.

Ye Xinglan thought about Zhong Shenxiu and hoped he would compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, while Xu Lizhi sensed that her feelings had changed. The Eastsea City delegation arrived in Skysea City, where Zhong Shenxiu and the other Zero Class members settled into a seaside hotel.

• Ye Xinglan remembered Zhong Shenxiu's strength and confidence, and decided she wanted to see him again at the competition.
• Ye Xinglan recognized that she could not return Xu Lizhi's feelings, while Xu Lizhi noticed her change and grew uneasy.
• Ye Xinglan overheard Outer Court team members discussing Eastsea Academy's Radiant King Dragon genius and hoped he was Zhong Shenxiu.
• The Eastsea City delegation reached Skysea City and checked into a hotel overlooking the sea.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie shared a room, Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan shared another, and Zhong Shenxiu received a room to himself.

Zhong Shenxiu sensed that a great calamity was approaching Skysea City and ordered the Badi Holy Dragon to protect him while he cultivated. As the night before the competition deepened, Tang Wulin and Xie Xie discussed their nerves, while Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue talked in a nearby room.

• Zhong Shenxiu summoned the Badi Holy Dragon and asked him to guard him over the next few days because the Clear Dragon Heart had warned of an impending calamity.
• The Badi Holy Dragon vowed to protect Zhong Shenxiu with his life, seeing the task as both his mission and a chance at redemption.
• Zhong Shenxiu watched the sunset over Skysea City, resolved to face whoever came, and began cultivating while the Badi Holy Dragon kept watch.
• Tang Wulin admitted to Xie Xie that he was nervous about representing Eastsea Academy in the competition, and Xie Xie reminded him that Zhong Shenxiu was with them.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue talked quietly in a nearby room as the contestants settled in for the night.

Xu Xiaoyan questioned Gu Yue about her cultivation, while Gu Yue secretly revealed her confidence in competing for Zhong Shenxiu. After putting Xu Xiaoyan to sleep, Gu Yue went to Zhong Shenxiu’s room and found him fresh from cultivating.

• Xu Xiaoyan asked Gu Yue why her cultivation was so high despite rarely seeming to cultivate, and Gu Yue gave her a casual answer.
• Gu Yue used her soul glow to lull Xu Xiaoyan to sleep, then quietly dressed and left their room.
• Gu Yue walked down the corridor to Zhong Shenxiu’s ocean-view suite.
• Zhong Shenxiu finished cultivating and prepared to change for bed when Gu Yue opened his door.
• Gu Yue saw Zhong Shenxiu’s bare-chested physique and sensed the Myriad Creation Dragon God Qi overflowing from him.

Gu Yue approached Zhong Shenxiu in his room and flirted with him, while he retreated until he was cornered. She realized Badi Holy Dragon had been watching from the shadows, and Zhong Shenxiu told her to turn around, leaving her mortified when she faced him.

• Gu Yue entered Zhong Shenxiu's room and teased him as she moved closer, prompting him to retreat until his back hit the wall.
• Gu Yue pinned Zhong Shenxiu against the wall, lifted his chin, and asked whether he thought she was pretty.
• Zhong Shenxiu noticed Badi Holy Dragon hiding by the door and signaled that Gu Yue was not a threat.
• Gu Yue sensed someone behind her and asked Zhong Shenxiu to tell her no one was there.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Gu Yue to turn around, and she reluctantly faced Badi Holy Dragon watching from the shadows.

Gu Yue was embarrassed after Badi Holy Dragon caught her with Zhong Shenxiu and warned her to focus on cultivation. At the tournament, Zero Class watched preparations for an exhibition match before Tang Wulin went to help a hungry boy.

• Badi Holy Dragon warned Gu Yue not to go too far with Zhong Shenxiu, then left them alone to talk.
• Gu Yue slumped in embarrassment, and Zhong Shenxiu smiled at her until Gu Yue snapped, “Go die!”
• Zero Class attended the tournament opening ceremony, and Xie Xie explained that Shrek Academy experts would face the Skysea Alliance's previous seven-man champions in an exhibition match.
• Zhong Shenxiu sensed a familiar aura and walked away from the group.
• Tang Wulin saw a hungry little fatty asking people for food and offered him something to eat.

Zhong Shenxiu and Ye Xinglan reunited at the competition venue, where she happily reached for his hand. Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan stepped in to stop her, while Xu Lizhi recognized Ye Xinglan in shock.

• Tang Wulin gave the hungry Xu Lizhi a piece of dried fish.
• Zhong Shenxiu spotted Ye Xinglan in the crowd, and she recognized him and called out to him.
• Ye Xinglan met Zhong Shenxiu and thanked him for remembering their promise.
• Ye Xinglan reached to take Zhong Shenxiu's hand, but Gu Yue warned her to let go of him.
• Xu Lizhi recognized Ye Xinglan and reacted with disbelief.