Chapter Summaries

Ye Xinglan sought to speak with Zhong Shenxiu, prompting Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan to question their relationship while Xu Lizhi watched in confusion. After sending his classmates away, Zhong Shenxiu asked Ye Xinglan whether she would compete individually, leaving her puzzled about how the question related to their promise.

• Ye Xinglan reached out to Zhong Shenxiu, and Xu Lizhi froze as he watched her show him a shy expression.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan confronted Ye Xinglan, emphasizing that they had known Zhong Shenxiu for months while Ye Xinglan had known him for only a week.
• Ye Xinglan asked to speak privately with Zhong Shenxiu, but Gu Yue challenged her until Zhong Shenxiu told them to stop and agreed to talk after the exhibition match.
• Zhong Shenxiu sent Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Lizhi back to their gathering point.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Ye Xinglan whether she would take part in the individual competition, and she wondered what the question had to do with their promise.

Ye Xinglan decided to enter the individual competition after learning Gu Yue might participate, then recognized Xu Lizhi’s determination and left with him for their team. Before departing, she promised Zhong Shenxiu she would find him after the exhibition match.

• Ye Xinglan asked Zhong Shenxiu whether Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan would compete individually, and he said Gu Yue might.
• Ye Xinglan declared that she would participate because Gu Yue might be there.
• Xu Lizhi urged Ye Xinglan to join their waiting teammates and told her he wanted the chance to compete and prove himself.
• Ye Xinglan agreed to leave with Xu Lizhi and gently patted his shoulder.
• Ye Xinglan turned back and told Zhong Shenxiu she would find him after the exhibition match.

Ye Xinglan challenged Zhong Shenxiu, and Zero Class reacted to the news before the Skysea Alliance announced an exhibition match between its adult youth champions and Shrek Academy’s junior team. The Skysea Academy team took the stage, while Tang Wulin judged them less intimidating than Zhong Shenxiu.

• Ye Xinglan challenged Zhong Shenxiu, and Xu Lizhi watched him warily as he followed her away.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie about the challenge, and he promised to take the fight seriously.
• The broadcast announced that the Skysea Alliance’s seven-member youth division champions would challenge Shrek Academy’s junior team.
• Seven adult students from Skysea Academy took the stage, and Tang Wulin sensed little threat from them compared with Zhong Shenxiu.

Zhong Shenxiu dismissed both the Skysea Academy and Shrek Academy competitors as ordinary, while Tang Wulin and the others watched Shrek’s exhibition match begin. Xu Lizhi supplied steamed buns as Shrek’s fighters powered up, and the chapter ended with a thunderous clash on the stage.

• Xu Xiaoyan spotted Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi entering the arena with Shrek Academy’s team.
• Gu Yue declared that Shrek Academy could not surpass the five of them, and Zhong Shenxiu called both teams ordinary.
• Xu Xiaoyan overcame her envy of Ye Xinglan and resolved to grow stronger beside Zhong Shenxiu.
• Tang Wulin urged the others to study Shrek Academy’s battle before acting.
• The referee started the match, and Xu Lizhi distributed steamed buns while Shrek’s fighters activated their Soul Rings.
• Shrek’s front-line youth charged with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as a thunderous boom erupted.

Tang Wulin struggled to see Shrek Academy overwhelm Skysea Academy with a lightning attack, and Zhong Shenxiu urged him not to feel inferior to the academy’s students. Gu Yue grew jealous of their closeness and pulled them apart as the match continued.

• Shrek Academy’s team surrounded Skysea Academy’s seven members with controlled lightning, leaving them unable to counterattack.
• Tang Wulin asked Zhong Shenxiu what was happening, and Zhong Shenxiu called it a complete power gap.
• Zhong Shenxiu told Tang Wulin that Shrek Academy’s strength came from its resources and encouraged him to believe in his own abilities.
• Tang Wulin thanked Zhong Shenxiu and covered his hand with his own.
• Gu Yue pulled Tang Wulin and Zhong Shenxiu apart, telling them to watch the match instead of pulling each other around.

Shrek Academy defeated Skysea Academy’s seven-member team in under a minute, leaving Tang Wulin determined to prove himself. That night, Zhong Shenxiu went to meet Ye Xinglan while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan secretly followed him.

• Shrek Academy’s seven fighters defeated all seven Skysea Academy members, and the referee declared Shrek the winner.
• Tang Wulin recalled Zhong Shenxiu’s encouragement and resolved to prove that he was no worse than anyone else.
• Zhong Shenxiu left the hotel at night to meet Ye Xinglan at the address she had given him.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan waited until Zhong Shenxiu entered the elevator, then left their rooms to follow him.

Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan agreed to follow Zhong Shenxiu and stop Ye Xinglan from supposedly luring him away. Xie Xie and reluctant Tang Wulin joined them as they headed for the elevator.

• Gu Yue persuaded Xu Xiaoyan to unite against Ye Xinglan and follow Zhong Shenxiu.
• Xie Xie joined the girls, and Gu Yue approved his plan to expose Ye Xinglan's supposed scheme.
• Xie Xie convinced Tang Wulin to come along, despite Tang Wulin saying Zhong Shenxiu was only meeting someone.
• Gu Yue led Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin toward the elevator to follow Zhong Shenxiu.

Gu Yue led Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Tang Wulin through Skysea City to find Zhong Shenxiu, whom they discovered meeting Ye Xinglan at a plaza. Ye Xinglan asked Zhong Shenxiu about her match and then said she had something important to tell him.

• Gu Yue reassured Xu Xiaoyan that Zhong Shenxiu was unlikely to notice them following him, and Xie Xie said they could claim they were exposing a conspiracy.
• Gu Yue realized Zhong Shenxiu had left the hotel and used her perception to track his aura through Skysea City.
• Gu Yue and the others found Zhong Shenxiu standing beside a fountain with Ye Xinglan.
• Ye Xinglan asked Zhong Shenxiu whether he had watched her match, and he gave her a stiff but positive reply.
• Ye Xinglan thanked Zhong Shenxiu for the compliment, then told him she had asked him out to say something.

Gu Yue became jealous when she saw Zhong Shenxiu talking with Ye Xinglan and sent Xie Xie to separate them. Xie Xie approached the pair and claimed Teacher Wu was looking for Zhong Shenxiu.

• Ye Xinglan began to speak to Zhong Shenxiu, then noticed someone near the street corner.
• Gu Yue watched Zhong Shenxiu and Ye Xinglan from around the corner while Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan reacted to her anger.
• Gu Yue ordered Xie Xie to separate Zhong Shenxiu and Ye Xinglan, threatening him with a flame until he agreed.
• Xie Xie approached Zhong Shenxiu and Ye Xinglan and said Teacher Wu was looking for Zhong Shenxiu.

Xie Xie interrupted Zhong Shenxiu and Ye Xinglan’s conversation with a false excuse, giving Ye Xinglan a chance to leave. The next day, Zhong Shenxiu prepared for his individual match in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, ignoring his opponent’s attempts to provoke him as they awaited the referee’s signal.

• Xie Xie falsely told Zhong Shenxiu that Teacher Wu needed him to return for a tactics discussion, and Ye Xinglan left after asking Zhong Shenxiu to consider what she had mentioned.
• Xie Xie followed Zhong Shenxiu toward the hotel while Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin also headed back.
• The Skysea Alliance Grand Competition began the next day, and Zhong Shenxiu entered the sixth arena in the second round of the individual matches.
• Zhong Shenxiu’s opponent tried to provoke him, but Zhong Shenxiu kept his eyes closed and waited for the referee to start the match.

Zhong Shenxiu defeated his opponent on Platform Six with a single lightning-fast slash that shredded the young man's shirt without injuring him. He returned to the hotel before the afternoon team match, where Gu Yue asked how the fight had gone.

• The referee explained the rules and started Zhong Shenxiu's match against a young man with a black saber and two yellow soul rings.
• The young man charged, but Zhong Shenxiu struck and sheathed the Light-Imperial Ninja Blade in less than a second, leaving his opponent unharmed but shirtless and stunned.
• The referee declared Zhong Shenxiu the winner, while the spectators quickly turned their attention back to the other platforms.
• Zhong Shenxiu left the platform as his opponent trembled and tried unsuccessfully to speak to him.
• Zhong Shenxiu returned to the hotel, where Gu Yue asked about his opponent, and he calmly called the fight average.

Gu Yue insisted that Zhong Shenxiu go shopping with her, and his flustered agreement made her suspect the block of wood was finally warming to her. She led him through Skysea City and into a clothing store, where his repeated bland approval of dresses tested her patience.

• Gu Yue linked arms with Zhong Shenxiu and firmly refused to let him decline her invitation to go shopping.
• Zhong Shenxiu agreed awkwardly, and Gu Yue delightedly took him out of the hotel and along Skysea City's busiest shopping street.
• Gu Yue brought Zhong Shenxiu into a clothing store and asked his opinion of several dresses.
• Zhong Shenxiu called every dress “okay,” so Gu Yue asked him to use a different word, and he replied, “Not bad.”

Gu Yue and Zhong Shenxiu spent the morning shopping, while Zhong Shenxiu declined to compete in the team matches. Before the afternoon match, Ye Xinglan approached him and declared that she would work harder to catch up to him.

• Gu Yue gave up buying a dress after Zhong Shenxiu failed to compliment it, then continued shopping with him and bought a few trinkets.
• Gu Yue asked Zhong Shenxiu what he wanted to eat, and he took her to get ice cream.
• Long Hengxu told Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xiaoyan to enter the first three-person match, while Zhong Shenxiu said he would not compete unless needed.
• Xie Xie boasted about their chances in the individual matches, then fled when Ye Xinglan asked to speak with Zhong Shenxiu alone.
• Ye Xinglan told Zhong Shenxiu that she had watched his match and resolved to work harder to catch up to him.

Ye Xinglan asked Zhong Shenxiu to return to Shrek Academy after the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, but he refused because he had promised to stay with his friends at Eastsea Academy. Ye Xinglan remained determined to pursue him, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan watched from afar and decided to deal with her after the competition.

• Zhong Shenxiu told Ye Xinglan that anyone had the right to pursue him, making her blush and push him away.
• Ye Xinglan offered to take Zhong Shenxiu back to Shrek Academy after the competition and help him enter its Inner Court early, but he firmly refused.
• Zhong Shenxiu explained that his friends at Eastsea Academy mattered more to him than either academy and that he had promised to stay.
• Ye Xinglan asked whether she was his friend, and Zhong Shenxiu said she was but that friends were not meant to be compared.
• Ye Xinglan said she believed Zhong Shenxiu would come to Shrek Academy one day, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan watched and agreed to deal with her after the competition.
• Tang Wulin noticed the tension between the group and quietly stepped away to avoid getting involved.

Zhong Shenxiu and Ye Xinglan were paired against each other in the youth division quarterfinals, while the Holy Spirit Cult prepared a device in Skysea City's sewers to seize a newborn minor plane. The chapter ended with Zhong Shenxiu and Ye Xinglan facing each other, ready to begin their match.

• Xie Xie joined Tang Wulin and noticed Zhong Shenxiu standing beside Ye Xinglan while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan watched from a distance.
• Gu Yue told Xu Xiaoyan to prepare for her match as the youth division competition continued.
• In a sewer hollow, Holy Spirit Cult members activated a device and declared that a newborn minor plane had appeared in Skysea City.
• The competition chart paired Zhong Shenxiu against Ye Xinglan in the quarterfinals, surprising Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.
• Zhong Shenxiu asked Ye Xinglan to show her true strength, and she focused herself as they prepared to fight.

Ye Xinglan fought Zhong Shenxiu despite knowing he was stronger, and he pushed her to her limits while secretly helping her improve. As the exhausting duel continued, Ye Xinglan activated two soul rings to keep from losing.

• Ye Xinglan barely blocked Zhong Shenxiu’s opening strike and refused to back down.
• Zhong Shenxiu pressed Ye Xinglan with swift, controlled attacks while she parried and countered.
• Gu Yue explained to Xu Xiaoyan that Zhong Shenxiu was feeding Ye Xinglan moves to help her break through.
• Ye Xinglan realized Zhong Shenxiu was helping her but fought harder to prove her own strength.
• Exhausted by the relentless sword exchange, Ye Xinglan activated two century-old soul rings.

Zhong Shenxiu defeated Ye Xinglan in the tournament quarterfinals after narrowly grazing her neck with a precisely controlled strike. Ye Xinglan accepted the loss and vowed to improve, while Zhong Shenxiu offered her a small lie about catching up to him.

• Ye Xinglan and Zhong Shenxiu exchanged their strongest sword attacks, and Zhong Shenxiu narrowly cut a strand of her hair without injuring her.
• Ye Xinglan conceded, and the referee declared Zhong Shenxiu the winner and advanced him to the quarterfinals.
• Xie Xie and Tang Wulin admitted they could not block Zhong Shenxiu's strike, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan praised his strength.
• Ye Xinglan thanked Zhong Shenxiu, asked whether she could catch up to him, and he told her, "If you work hard enough."
• Ye Xinglan headed back to Shrek Academy's rest area as Zhong Shenxiu returned to Eastsea Academy's rest area.

Eastsea Academy’s students reached the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition finals, while Zhong Shenxiu won the youth individual championship. As the three-person team final approached, Zhang Zhenpeng asked Long Huantian for a rare Shrek Academy Inner Court application slot.

• Dark Phoenix infused the sphere with Soul Power, pushing the device’s value to 100%.
• Zhong Shenxiu defeated Gu Yue in the individual final, while Tang Wulin fell to him in the semifinals and Xie Xie was eliminated in the top eight.
• Eastsea Academy advanced to the youth division’s three-person team final against Hailu Academy, drawing a packed crowd.
• In Box No. 1, Hailu Academy principal Zhang Zhenpeng asked Skysea Academy principal Long Huantian for three recommendation slots.
• Zhang Zhenpeng clarified that he wanted an Inner Court application slot, and Long Huantian reacted with shock.

Hailu Academy’s Zhou Hanyou, Zhou Tian’er, and Wang Dongqi prepared to face Eastsea Academy’s Zhong Shenxiu, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin in the youth division. Just as the referee was about to start the match, a piercing howl descended from the sky.

• Zhang Zhenpeng asked Long Huantian for five Inner Court application slots and urged him to watch Hailu Academy’s students compete before deciding.
• Zhang Zhenpeng introduced Wang Dongqi, Zhou Hanyou, and Zhou Tian’er, while Long Huantian noticed that Eastsea Academy had also won all four of its matches.
• Shen Yi asked Wu Zhangkong about Zhong Shenxiu’s strength, and Wu Zhangkong described him as unfathomably deep.
• The three Hailu Academy students took their positions against Zhong Shenxiu, Gu Yue, and Tang Wulin on the competition platform.
• As the referee prepared to start the match, a piercing howl came from the sky and grew louder.

Holy Spirit Cult attacked the stadium during the competition, and Wu Zhangkong, Zhang Zhenpeng, and Long Huantian prepared to fight as academy teachers resisted the assault. Dark Phoenix Leng Yulai descended and revealed herself as a Super Douluo, leaving the three powerhouses facing a far stronger enemy.

• Wu Zhangkong, Shen Yi, Zhang Zhenpeng, and Long Huantian sensed the threat and readied their martial souls and soul rings as pressure shook the stadium.
• Evil Soul Masters blasted through the stadium dome, descended into the arena, and slaughtered spectators and contestants.
• Academy teachers fought back, killing and suppressing the attackers while helping protect those in the stands.
• Zhang Zhenpeng, Long Huantian, and Wu Zhangkong flew into the center of the stadium and challenged the powerful presence above them.
• Leng Yulai descended with black wings spread and revealed herself as a Super Douluo; Long Huantian condemned the Holy Spirit Cult, and she answered that they dared to attack.