Chapter Summaries

Xu Mengqing cared for his animals in the Holy Dragon Pearl Space and cultivated his Spiritual Power overnight. The next morning, he attended his first official classes at Shrek Academy, where Wu Zhangkong introduced mecha studies as a foundation for becoming a Battle Armor Master.

• Xu Mengqing freed Big Yellow, Little Parrot, and the two Big Rabbits, fed them, then remembered and fed the starving Little Spider.
• Xu Mengqing cultivated the Spirit Devouring Chapter of the Heaven-Swallowing Spirit-Devouring Art, and the first level of his Spirit Tower began to solidify.
• Xu Mengqing left the Holy Dragon Pearl Space in the morning, ate breakfast with Tang Wulin, Gu Yuena, and the others, and went to class.
• Shen Yi told the class representatives to tally students in their specialties and arrange association membership, explaining that joining was optional and contribution points were required for study.
• Wu Zhangkong taught that mecha studies combined forging, design, manufacturing, and repair, and served as a foundation for becoming a Battle Armor Master.

Tang Wulin and the other class committee members divided the students into balanced groups by secondary profession, then Tang Wulin submitted the assignments to Teacher Shen. Xu Mengqing took Gu Yuena around Shrek City to buy supplies and look for animals for the Holy Dragon Pearl Space.

• After class, Shen Yi assigned the five class committee members to form balanced groups using the students’ profession and enrollment records.
• Tang Wulin proposed assigning stronger students to the group with the Level One blacksmith, and Xu Mengqing and Luo Guixing agreed to distribute their professions evenly.
• Gu Yuena requested to be grouped with her brother, and the five committee members completed the assignments before Tang Wulin left to deliver them to Teacher Shen.
• Xu Mengqing took Gu Yuena to stroll through Shrek City and buy food for the animals in the Holy Dragon Pearl Space.
• Xu Mengqing planned to visit a pet shop to search for suitable animals, including artificially bred low-level Soul Beasts.

Xu Mengqing bought a pair of every kind of artificially bred soul beast at Shrek Pet Store, using the Holy Dragon Pearl Space to take them away. Gu Yuena was troubled by seeing soul beasts caged and sold, and she asked Xu Mengqing what he planned to do with them.

• Xu Mengqing stocked up on grain with Gu Yuena before taking her to Shrek Pet Store.
• Xu Mengqing and Gu Yuena toured the soul beast breeding area, where Gu Yuena struggled with her emotions at the sight of the caged soul beasts.
• Xu Mengqing ordered a pair of every kind of soul beast, and the manager discounted the order to more than three million Federal Coins.
• Xu Mengqing paid with Yang Tian's black card and stored the cages and fish tanks in the Holy Dragon Pearl Space.
• The manager gave Xu Mengqing books and pet food and escorted him and Gu Yuena out of the store.
• Gu Yuena questioned Xu Mengqing about why he had bought so many soul beasts.

Xu Mengqing brought the soul beasts he had purchased into the Holy Dragon Pearl Space and used Dragon Curl and his blood to form Peaceful Symbiosis Contracts with them. After laying down a rule against the creatures killing one another, he returned to his room and collapsed into an exhausted sleep.

• Xu Mengqing refused to explain his secret to Gu Yuena, and she agreed to wait until he was ready to tell her.
• After leaving Xu Mengqing, Gu Yuena summoned Di Tian and ordered him to deal with the soul beasts being caged and sold.
• Xu Mengqing entered the Holy Dragon Pearl Space and contracted the Snow Moon Spirit Foxes and the other purchased soul beasts, transforming them with Dragon Curl and his blood.
• Xu Mengqing ordered the soul beasts not to kill one another, then returned to his room and fell asleep from exhaustion.

Xu Mengqing and his classmates learned that every artificially bred low-level soul beast had been stolen from Shrek City’s largest pet shop, and he realized Gu Yuena was responsible. In class, Wu Zhangkong assigned the students to build personal Mechas in groups before the final exams, warning that unfinished projects and poor competition results would lead to expulsion.

• Xu Mengqing met Xie Xie and Tang Wulin outside his apartment, then joined them and Gu Yuena and Xu Xiaoyan for breakfast.
• Xu Xiaoyan reported that every soul beast in Shrek City’s largest pet shop had been stolen, and Xu Mengqing suspected Gu Yuena had taken them.
• Gu Yuena left the cafeteria after hearing about the theft, and Xu Mengqing hurried after her as Tang Wulin and Xie Xie followed.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that the students had to build their own Mechas in assigned groups before the final exams.
• Wu Zhangkong warned that groups with unfinished Mechas would be eliminated and that the ten lowest-ranked students in the class competition would leave the academy.

Xu Mengqing and his teammates discussed how to prepare for their final exam, and Gu Yuena proposed making One-Word Battle Armor instead of Mecha. The group decided to take the risk, though they still faced tight deadlines and manufacturing challenges.

• Xu Mengqing reassured Xu Xiaoyan that she should focus on reaching rank thirty before they decided what kind of Mecha she would need.
• Tang Wulin assigned the group’s secondary professions and promised to Thousand Refine every piece of rare metal to Grade One.
• Gu Yuena proposed that the group make One-Word Battle Armor instead of Mecha, with her and Xu Mengqing designing it.
• Luo Guixing warned that manufacturing Battle Armor alone would be too difficult to finish in one semester, while Wu Siduo offered to help and argued that even a few pieces could give them an advantage.
• Tang Wulin acknowledged the risks but agreed that making Battle Armor would be valuable training, and Xu Mengqing agreed to try.

Tang Wulin’s group agreed to begin making Battle Armor in secret, starting with one component at a time and using metals suited to their abilities. Xu Mengqing decided to begin with a helmet that could enable direct mental control of a Mecha, though he had not yet worked out how to build his design.

• Tang Wulin told Gu Yuena, Xu Mengqing, Luo Guixing, and Wu Sidu to find suitable rare metals, which he would help Thousand Refine.
• Xu Mengqing proposed that the group design and make one Battle Armor component at a time, beginning with right forearm armor, and Luo Guixing agreed.
• Tang Wulin and Xu Mengqing cautioned the group against choosing metals too powerful for their cultivation to use.
• Xu Mengqing considered his choice of metal and the first component to design, then decided to start with the helmet.
• Xu Mengqing outlined five levels of Mecha control and planned to use the helmet to create a spiritual link for synchronized control, with Man-Machine Unity as a possible future goal.

Xu Mengqing searched for materials to design a spiritual-linkage Battle Armor helmet, while Gu Yuena secretly gathered resources and ordered her followers to rescue captive soul beasts. Yang Tian gave Xu Mengqing the Spirit Ascension Platform transport-pod blueprints as he began work on his design.

• Xu Mengqing and Gu Yuena went to the library, where Gu Yuena chose Demon Silver and offered him Starry Sky Divine Iron from her family’s reserves.
• Gu Yuena met Di Tian, Bi Ji, Xiong Jun, Zi Ji, and the Myriad Demon King, received Starry Sky Divine Iron and a Life Crystal, and ordered them to rescue imprisoned soul beasts in major cities.
• Xiong Jun questioned why Gu Yuena helped Xu Mengqing, but Di Tian told him to obey her orders.
• Xu Mengqing told Yang Tian about his spiritual-linkage mecha plan, and Yang Tian showed him the Spirit Ascension Platform transport-pod blueprints.
• Yang Tian excused Xu Mengqing from lessons so he could focus on the Battle Armor design and submit his completed drawings for review.

Xu Mengqing received Starry Sky Divine Iron and Life Gold from Gu Yuena, then entered the Holy Dragon Pearl Space to refine the Life Gold with his Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron. As the metal dissolved and released its vast Life Origin, the plants and small animals around him began absorbing the energy.

• Xu Mengqing returned to the dormitory, where Gu Yuena gave him Starry Sky Divine Iron for his Battle Armor helmet.
• Gu Yuena revealed a piece of Life Gold, and Xu Mengqing explained its properties while concealing what he knew about its true use.
• Xu Mengqing accepted the Life Gold, believing its Life Origin could evolve his Blue Silver King Martial Soul into the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Gu Yuena left Xu Mengqing alone, and he entered the Holy Dragon Pearl Space to refine the Life Gold with the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron.
• The Life Gold melted into emerald liquid as its released life energy nourished nearby animals and caused the plants to grow rapidly.

Xu Mengqing absorbed the life force refined from Life Gold, transforming his body and Martial Souls while the Holy Dragon Pearl’s artifact spirit secretly took some of the energy. After the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron finished refining the Life Gold, Xu Mengqing emerged from his transformation with the remaining life force stored for continued nourishment.

• Xu Mengqing absorbed the Life Gold’s life force through the Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron, strengthening and cleansing his body while the Spirit-Devouring Pagoda’s first floor became more substantial.
• Xu Mengqing’s Blue Silver King Martial Soul and three Spirit Souls absorbed life force and began transforming, while the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Martial Soul awakened and covered him with platinum scales.
• The Holy Dragon Pearl’s artifact spirit awakened, saw Xu Mengqing refining the Life Gold, and secretly diverted some of its life energy for itself.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Cauldron completed its refinement, storing most of the remaining life force and gaining an emerald dragon pattern on its outer wall.
• Xu Mengqing opened his eyes as the azure-green and golden light receded, and the platinum scales sank beneath his skin.

After cleansing his body, Xu Mengqing discovered that the Life Gold had greatly empowered the plants and Spirit Beasts in the Holy Dragon Pearl Space and brought his Blue Silver King Martial Soul close to the Blue Silver Emperor level. The artifact spirit concealed his aura from Ah Yin, and Xu Mengqing found that all his Spirit Beasts had grown stronger before the chapter ended.

• Xu Mengqing washed away the impurities from his marrow cleansing and returned to the Holy Dragon Pearl Space, where he found its plants had grown and some had become Hundred-Year Spirit Beasts.
• Xu Mengqing’s Blue Silver King Martial Soul appeared, and the Blue Silver Grass around him formed a formation and sent reverent thoughts and faith power toward him.
• Xu Mengqing sensed that his Martial Soul remained just short of becoming a Blue Silver Emperor and worried that Ah Yin might detect its transformation.
• The Holy Dragon Pearl’s artifact spirit told Xu Mengqing it had concealed his aura from Ah Yin, then explained that Tang San’s damaged divine consciousness was asleep and saw Xu Mengqing as an ordinary genius.
• Xu Mengqing discovered that his Spirit Beasts had grown several times larger and stronger, with Big Yellow awakening a fire attribute and other beasts displaying elemental energy or improved cultivation.

Xu Mengqing watched his soul beasts display their improved intelligence, then learned that Tang Wulin had missed class while cultivating under Elder Feng and had broken through to Soul Elder. Wu Zhangkong brought Xu Mengqing and Tang Wulin to the Inner Court to meet their grandmaster, and they reached Sea God Lake by the chapter’s end.

• Xu Mengqing saw Big Yellow mistake Big Rabbit for food and chase Little Parrot after Xu Mengqing asked for chicken legs.
• Xu Mengqing and Gu Yuena noticed Tang Wulin was absent from class, and a messenger said Elder Feng had asked for leave while Tang Wulin cultivated.
• Wu Zhangkong summoned Xu Mengqing and Tang Wulin and told them their grandmaster wanted to see them at the Inner Court.
• Tang Wulin told Xu Mengqing that Elder Feng had prepared and refined a spiritual treasure for him, and Xu Mengqing recognized that Tang Wulin had reached rank thirty and become a Soul Elder.
• Xu Mengqing and Tang Wulin met Wu Zhangkong at the Inner Court entrance and followed him to Sea God Lake, where a small boat waited.

Xu Mengqing and Tang Wulin visited Sea God Island and told Zhuo Shi about their recent gains in Bloodline Power and Soul Power. Zhuo Shi recognized Xu Mengqing’s transformed Blue Silver Grass as the result of Life Gold, then Wu Zhangkong took Tang Wulin to make up missed lessons while Xu Mengqing stayed behind.

• Wu Zhangkong took Xu Mengqing and Tang Wulin by boat to Sea God Island, where Xu Mengqing sensed the Golden Ancient Tree calling to him.
• Zhuo Shi examined Xu Mengqing and was astonished by the surge in his Bloodline Power.
• Xu Mengqing explained how he absorbed a jade-green crystal, then showed Zhuo Shi his life-energy-rich Blue Silver Grass.
• Zhuo Shi suspected the crystal was Life Gold and explained its legendary rarity to Tang Wulin and Wu Zhangkong.
• Tang Wulin attributed his increased Bloodline Power to eating nutritious food and described his recent cultivation to Zhuo Shi.
• Wu Zhangkong led Tang Wulin away to make up missed lessons and told Xu Mengqing not to go too far.

Zhuo Shi angrily confronted Feng Wuyu for taking Tang Wulin as his disciple, while Feng Wuyu discovered another promising student to recruit. Xu Mengqing was pulled into a strange space, where Elder Tree revealed a Plane Core Fragment and claimed Xu Mengqing’s soul had reached the Douluo Continent ten thousand years earlier.

• Zhuo Shi called Feng Wuyu and demanded an explanation for taking Tang Wulin as his disciple, but Feng Wuyu refused to give him up.
• Feng Wuyu reviewed the enrollment records, noticed Xu Mengqing’s talent, and planned to persuade him to learn Forging.
• A spatial rift appeared as Xu Mengqing left his room and pulled him into a tranquil, lake-like space.
• Xu Mengqing met Elder Tree, who identified himself as the consciousness of the Golden Ancient Tree and said he already knew of Xu Mengqing.
• Elder Tree revealed a seven-colored Plane Core Fragment, and the Holy Dragon Pearl’s artifact spirit identified it.
• Elder Tree told the stunned Xu Mengqing that his soul had been sent to the Douluo Continent ten thousand years earlier.

Elder Tree explained how the Plane Core encountered the Holy Dragon Pearl and learned the secrets contained in Xu Mengqing’s soul. The memory-sharing revealed the Douluo saga’s destined events to the Plane Core, which realized Tang San had manipulated its efforts.

• Elder Tree told Xu Mengqing that the Plane Core detected the Holy Dragon Pearl when Xu Mengqing arrived on Douluo Star, after Huo Yuhao’s ascension.
• The Holy Dragon Pearl confirmed that it had voluntarily revealed itself to the Plane Core, which demanded proof it posed no threat to Douluo Star.
• The Holy Dragon Pearl offered to share Xu Mengqing’s memories in exchange for an oath of secrecy, and the Plane Core swore to the Great Universe Will.
• Xu Mengqing learned that Elder Tree had witnessed the encounter, then watched the Holy Dragon Pearl display his past-life memories and the destined events of the Douluo stories.
• The Plane Core recognized the memories as an enormous revelation and cursed Tang San for manipulating it, while Tang San sneezed in the God Realm and continued tormenting Huo Yuhao.

The Plane Core and Elder Tree explained how Tang San’s interference had endangered Douluo and why Xu Mengqing was the only variable who could change its future. Xu Mengqing refused the prospect of becoming a chosen figure, only to learn that the Plane consciousness had already drawn him into its plans and helped him meet Gu Yuena.

• The Plane Core recounted how Tang San’s rise, the spread of Evil Soul Masters, and the decline of soul beasts had forced it to create Huo Yuhao, while Tang San later sought control of the Plane.
• The Holy Dragon Pearl called out Elder Tree, who ended the vision and explained that he and the Plane Core could not oppose Tang San and the God Realm for long.
• Elder Tree told Xu Mengqing that he was the sole person capable of rewriting the continent’s hopeless future.
• Xu Mengqing asked whether he was a Child of Fortune or a Child of Nature, then rejected both roles because he did not want to face Tang San.
• Elder Tree revealed that the Plane consciousness had secretly arranged Xu Mengqing’s early encounter with Gu Yuena, whose dragon aura had also drawn her to him.

Elder Tree revealed that Xu Mengqing’s connection to Gu Yuena and the Plane had been arranged, then gave him a Plane Core Fragment. The Holy Dragon Pearl explained its ancient bargain with the Plane Core and why Xu Mengqing had ended up on Douluo Continent, leaving Xu Mengqing aware that the Pearl’s journey had failed for lack of power.

• Elder Tree told Xu Mengqing that his powerful dragon aura and meeting with Gu Yuena were part of the Plane’s arrangements, forcing him to confront his inevitable conflict with Tang San and his feelings toward Tang Wulin and Na'er.
• Elder Tree passed the Plane Core Fragment to Xu Mengqing, and it entered his sea of consciousness.
• Elder Tree explained that the Plane Core had made a ten-thousand-year transaction with the being inside Xu Mengqing, asking the future Xu Mengqing to resolve the Plane’s crisis in exchange for nourishing the being’s damaged body.
• The Holy Dragon Pearl told Xu Mengqing that it had refused the Plane Core’s request to kill Tang Hao and Ah Yin because it lacked the strength to intervene.
• The Holy Dragon Pearl explained that the Plane Core had insisted on preserving Xu Mengqing’s Blue Silver Grass bloodline, which constrained his Martial Soul awakening and Innate Soul Power.
• When Xu Mengqing questioned why the Holy Dragon Pearl had not taken him to a stronger world, it fell silent, having been forced to settle on Douluo Continent after its power ran out.

Elder Tree gave Xu Mengqing a Plane Core Fragment and a blazing piece of wood that the Holy Dragon Pearl identified as a fragment of the Fusang Divine Tree. The next morning, Zhuo Shi demonstrated Dragon Shocking the Heavens to Xu Mengqing and Tang Wulin, leaving them to study the technique.

• Elder Tree explained that the Plane Core Fragment could prevent Tang Hao from completely controlling the Douluo Plane and gave it to Xu Mengqing.
• After Xu Mengqing asked for another reward, Elder Tree gave him an unidentified piece of wood filled with true solar fire.
• The Holy Dragon Pearl identified the wood as a fragment of the ancient Fusang Divine Tree and suggested Xu Mengqing let his lover study it as a possible fourth Spirit Soul.
• Elder Tree sent Xu Mengqing back to Zhuo Shi's courtyard, where Xu Mengqing meditated until evening.
• The next morning, Zhuo Shi demonstrated Dragon Shocking the Heavens to Xu Mengqing and Tang Wulin and told them to comprehend the technique.

Tang Wulin and Xu Mengqing practiced Zhuo Shi’s Dragon Shocking the Heavens and developed enormous appetites from circulating their bloodline energy. At the cafeteria, Feng Wuyu approached Xu Mengqing and asked him to become his disciple, leaving Xu to decide whether to accept.

• Zhuo Shi explained to Wu Zhangkong that Tang Wulin and Xu Mengqing had the bloodline power needed to learn Dragon Shocking the Heavens, and he worried Feng Wuyu might claim Tang Wulin as a disciple.
• Xu Mengqing practiced the palm movements and learned to circulate his bloodline energy, while Tang Wulin also gained insight into the technique.
• Tang Wulin and Xu Mengqing became intensely hungry and ate nearly all the food in Zhuo Shi’s building before Wu Zhangkong took them to the cafeteria.
• Feng Wuyu met the group at the cafeteria, examined Xu Mengqing, and led him aside to discuss Forging.
• Xu Mengqing admitted he had considered learning Forging, and Feng Wuyu eagerly asked him to become his teacher’s disciple.

Xu Mengqing negotiated with Feng Wuyu to become his apprentice in exchange for forging his Starry Sky Divine Iron, then returned to class and joined his team in resuming their Battle Armor plans. The group agreed to visit the Heavenly Spirit Pagoda the next day so Xu Xiaoyan could choose a Spirit Soul after reaching rank thirty.

• Xu Mengqing asked Feng Wuyu to get Yang Tian's consent before taking him as a disciple and requested that Feng Wuyu forge his Starry Sky Divine Iron.
• Feng Wuyu accepted the forging request, gave Xu Mengqing two cafeteria meal cards, and left with the divine iron.
• Xu Mengqing gave Tang Wulin one meal card in the cafeteria, and the two arrived at class nearly late after eating.
• Tang Wulin apologized to his team for missing three days, and Xu Mengqing agreed to begin forging the first Battle Armor components that day.
• Gu Yuena announced that Xu Xiaoyan had reached rank thirty, and the team planned to visit the Heavenly Spirit Pagoda together the next day.