Chapter Summaries

Yu Tianxiao urged Shen Yi to seek the thirty-thousand-year soul bone for his team, while Xu Yue agreed to lead Eastsea Academy in the Skysea Alliance Grand Tournament. Later, Gu Yue met Xu Yue by the lake and asked about his blood essence cultivation system, leaving him about to explain its principles.

• Yu Tianxiao rallied his teammates to claim the soul bone, and Shen Yi contacted the academy about requesting it from the Skysea Alliance.
• Shen Yi told the students that the academy would consult the Skysea Alliance, but warned them not to force the issue.
• Yu Zhen asked Xu Yue to compete in the Skysea Alliance Grand Tournament, and Xu Yue agreed to lead the team for an additional academy reward.
• Eastsea Academy improved Zero Class's meals while Wu Zhangkong intensified their lessons over the next two days.
• Gu Yue visited Xu Yue by the lake instead of Xu Xiaoyan and asked about the blood essence martial path he was developing.
• Xu Yue agreed to explain the system and began describing it as a cultivation path centered on humanity.

Xu Yue explained that the Blood Essence Martial Path could let anyone grow stronger without soul beasts, making Gu Yue fear it would doom her people. He then proposed a way for humans and soul beasts to share their strengths and grow together, leaving Gu Yue stunned by the possibility of coexistence.

• Xu Yue told Gu Yue that the Blood Essence Martial Path relied on a person's own blood essence and required no soul rings, soul bones, or soul beasts.
• Xu Yue and Gu Yue realized that a human power system independent of soul beasts could upset the balance between the races and endanger soul beasts.
• Xu Yue recalled how humans and demons in another world had eventually reached peaceful development, and wondered whether the two races could benefit from each other.
• Xu Yue proposed that humans gain soul beasts' blood essence talents while soul beasts developed their intelligence alongside humans.
• Gu Yue stared at Xu Yue in shock as his idea replaced a fight to the death with the possibility of coexistence.

Xu Yue proposed using god-backed contracts to restrain human desires and build cooperation between humans and soul beasts, then asked Gu Yue to help him. After she agreed, he considered how the Blood Essence Martial Path and expanded living space could ease the conflict on Douluo Star.

• Gu Yue questioned whether humans and soul beasts could truly coexist, citing the Spirit Pagoda’s original purpose and the drastic decline in soul beast numbers.
• Xu Yue argued that unchecked desire caused harm and proposed using laws and binding contracts to prevent it.
• Xu Yue suggested becoming a God of Contracts, and Gu Yue agreed to help him despite the lost path to godhood.
• Xu Yue sealed the agreement with Gu Yue, who blushed, complained about his soy-sauce-colored dragon bloodline, and hurried away.
• Xu Yue reflected that the Blood Essence Martial Path and artificial soul spirits could address the soul master system’s flaws, while pocket realms or new continents could solve the problem of living space.

Zero Class prepared to travel to Skysea City for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, with Xu Yue named captain and Gu Yue vice-captain. As the academy teams boarded their bus, Xu Yue’s companions reacted to Gu Yue quietly taking the seat beside him.

• Wu Zhangkong named Xu Yue captain and Gu Yue vice-captain of Zero Class’s competition team, and confirmed that Tang Wulin could also enter the Blacksmith Association competition.
• Xu Yue said he would not enter the blacksmith competition because Mu Xi would represent the association.
• At the meeting point, Xu Xiaoyu revealed he had become a four-ring Soul Ancestor, then learned Xu Yue would compete and predicted the tournament would have little suspense.
• Mu Xi directed the students to board the bus, where Xu Yue sat in the last row and Gu Yue used spatial power to take the seat beside him.
• Mu Xi suppressed her reaction to Gu Yue’s move, sat on Xu Yue’s other side with Xu Xiaoyan, and received an awkward smile and hand squeeze from Xu Yue.

Xu Yue and the others arrived in Skysea City for the Skysea Alliance Tournament, where he reassured Mu Xi about his relationship with Gu Yue. At the tournament’s opening, the crowd and livestream buzzed over the soul bone prizes, and Xu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue settled in to watch the exhibition match.

• Xu Yue noticed Yu Zhen among the officials greeting their convoy in Skysea City.
• Xu Yue told Mu Xi that Gu Yue was his junior sister, and Mu Xi kissed him before leaving for an association meeting.
• Xu Yue and the Zero Class members attended the Skysea Alliance Tournament opening ceremony at Skysea Stadium.
• Gu Yue showed Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan the livestream comments, which argued over the tournament’s prestige and soul bone prize.
• Xu Yue formed a small table and phone stand from earth element, and he, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue watched the tournament livestream from inside the stadium.

Xu Yue shared Teacher Muye’s preserved fruit with Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue while they watched the exhibition match. When Ye Xinglan argued with Zero Class over Xu Lizhi accepting food, Xu Yue intervened, and Ye Xinglan recognized him and apologized before leaving with Xu Lizhi.

• Xu Yue used spiritual power to quiet the crowd around him, then fed preserved fruit to Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue.
• Xu Lizhi accepted food from Tang Wulin, and Ye Xinglan scolded him for taking food from strangers.
• Ye Xinglan’s warning angered Wei Xiaofeng, who argued that Xu Lizhi had asked Zero Class for food himself.
• Xu Yue recognized Ye Xinglan from the Spirit Ascension Platform and went to settle the dispute, followed by Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue.
• Ye Xinglan recognized Xu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, apologized to Zero Class, and left with Xu Lizhi.

Xu Yue and the Zero Class students watched Shrek Academy dominate an exhibition match at the Skysea Alliance Tournament, while Xu Xiaoyan recognized Ye Xinglan and hoped to face her. Shrek’s overwhelming victory impressed the crowd but left Skysea officials confronting harsh criticism of their alliance’s strength.

• Xu Xiaoyan told Gu Yue that Ye Xinglan had once accused her and Xu Yue of stealing a spirit beast, and said she wanted to teach Ye Xinglan a lesson if they met in the tournament.
• Xu Yue cautioned Xu Xiaoyan against judging Shrek students by their spirit rings and explained that Shrek preserved the old tradition of hunting spirit beasts for rings.
• Yu Tianxiao led Shrek’s seven-man team to defeat the previous Skysea Tournament champions in under a minute.
• Xu Yue explained that Yu Tianxiao’s unusual spirit-ring configuration likely came from hunting spirit beasts, and Gu Yue watched him with open hostility.
• The crowd cheered Shrek’s victory, while officials and academy leaders watched Federation citizens ridicule the Skysea Alliance’s weak competitors.

Yu Zhen persuaded Ling He to approve Shrek’s entry in the Skysea Alliance Youth Division by showing him footage of Xu Yue’s battle with Wu Zhangkong. Shrek’s team celebrated its admission, while Shen Yi reminded them to uphold the academy’s dignity and show restraint against local teams.

• Long Huantian questioned why Ling He had approved Shrek’s participation, and Ling He warned Yu Zhen not to undermine the Alliance’s goals.
• Yu Zhen showed Ling He footage of Xu Yue fighting Wu Zhangkong, and Ling He praised Yu Zhen for securing the chance to showcase the Alliance’s talent.
• Shen Yi announced that the Shrek Exhibition Team had been accepted into the Youth Division Seven-Man Team Competition.
• Yu Tianxiao promised to buy each teammate a Yellow-rank battle armor component if they won the championship, and the team cheered.
• Ye Xinglan wondered whether Xu Yue would compete, while Xu Lizhi noticed her distraction.
• Shen Yi told the team to represent Shrek with dignity and hold back when appropriate against the Skysea Alliance’s local teams.

Xu Yue went shopping with Mu Xi, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue, but they stopped to resolve a dispute between Tang Wulin and Xu Lizhi over an unpaid meal. Before leaving, Xu Yue agreed to face Ye Xinglan in every event, and Ye Xinglan turned her anger back toward Xu Lizhi.

• Xu Yue met Mu Xi, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue dressed up for their shopping trip in Skysea City.
• Mu Xi spotted Tang Wulin arguing with Xu Lizhi at a seafood restaurant because Xu Lizhi had invited him to dinner but forgotten his money.
• Ye Xinglan arrived, heard what happened, and became angry with Xu Lizhi.
• Xu Yue told Tang Wulin and Xu Lizhi to split the bill, and Ye Xinglan accepted the arrangement as fair.
• Ye Xinglan asked which events Xu Yue would compete in, and Xu Yue said he would enter all of them before leaving with the three girls.

Ye Xinglan refused to keep covering for Xu Lizhi and confronted him over treating her as his caretaker, then left him to settle the restaurant bill himself. Shen Yi went to meet her but ran into Wu Zhangkong and followed him to his room, leaving Xu Lizhi waiting and washing dishes to pay his debt.

• Ye Xinglan refused Xu Lizhi’s pleas to pay his bill and threatened to report the incident to Shen Yi.
• Xu Lizhi insisted Ye Xinglan had always handled his problems because they were partners, prompting her to denounce the arrangement and assert her right to choose her own life.
• Ye Xinglan told Xu Lizhi she would report what happened, apologized to the waiter, and left him to pay the bill himself.
• Shen Yi answered Ye Xinglan’s call, then encountered Wu Zhangkong in the corridor and followed him to his room to talk.
• Xu Lizhi waited for Shen Yi at the seafood restaurant, but when she did not arrive, he washed dishes to pay off his debt.

Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi discussed Shrek’s confidence in the tournament and his possible return to the academy, while Wu Zhangkong privately worried about Xu Yue’s strength. Shen Yi then hurried off to check on Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, and Xu Yue’s group ended the evening after dinner.

• Wu Zhangkong withheld his warning that Xu Yue could defeat him, though he urged Shen Yi to be cautious about facing Eastsea Academy’s team.
• Shen Yi dismissed the possibility that Shrek could lose, citing her team’s third-year elites, Yu Tianxiao, and a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda soul master.
• Shen Yi asked Wu Zhangkong to return to Shrek, and he said he might come back in a few years with his talented students.
• Shen Yi remembered Ye Xinglan’s message that Xu Lizhi had gotten into trouble and hurried away to check on them.
• Xu Yue noticed Shen Yi leaving the hotel lobby, then saw Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Mu Xi back to their rooms before returning to his own.

Xu Yue and the Zero Class students began their individual matches in the Skysea Alliance Tournament. Xu Yue won his first match in under a second by making his opponent fall asleep, then returned to the hotel with Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan.

• Xu Yue sent the Zero Class contestants to their assigned venues and headed to his own arena for the second round.
• A burly two-ringed opponent charged Xu Yue, but Xu Yue made him lose consciousness before he could land a blow.
• The referee confirmed Xu Yue's victory and gave him his number plate.
• Xu Yue met Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan outside the stadium, where Xu Xiaoyan reported that a girl from Shrek had entered the individual matches.
• Xu Yue, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan returned to the hotel while discussing the Shrek girl's potential and Xu Yue's own age.

Gu Yue took the lead for Zero Class in the youth division’s seven-person team match, arguing that Xu Yue should be saved as their trump card. Their opponents, Rising Wave Team, underestimated the much younger children until the Zero Class members revealed their thousand-year soul rings.

• Xu Yue agreed to let Gu Yue lead Zero Class in the first seven-person team match after she said she was strong enough to handle the early rounds.
• Gu Yue led her teammates into the arena, shocking the crowd and the Shrek team because Zero Class’s members were far younger than the youth division’s competitors.
• Rising Wave Team mocked Zero Class, and Gu Yue calmly assigned her teammates to restrain three opponents while she and Xu Xiaoyan handled the remaining five.
• Rising Wave Team’s captain ordered his team to attack Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan, and the referee started the match.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls, and the crowd was stunned when Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Tang Wulin revealed thousand-year soul rings, including Gu Yue’s three thousand-year rings.

Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan led Zero Class to a swift victory over Rising Wave Team by disrupting their attacks and unleashing Gu Yue’s three-element fusion skill. After the match, Wu Zhangkong revealed that Zero Class’s captain was only a tiny bit stronger than Gu Yue.

• Ye Xinglan watched Gu Yue’s three thousand-year Soul Rings and felt more determined to challenge herself.
• Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan drew the five charging Rising Wave Team members into their trap.
• Xu Xiaoyan disrupted the opponents’ Soul Skills with Starlight Feedback and restrained their captain with Starwheel Chains.
• Gu Yue unleashed Solar Storm, blasting the five attackers backward, while the rest of Zero Class defeated the two remaining opponents.
• Wu Zhangkong explained Gu Yue’s Elemental Envoy abilities to Shen Yi and said Zero Class’s captain was only a tiny bit stronger than Gu Yue.

After Zero Class won its opening match, Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan drew attention for their strength, while Yu Tianxiao dismissed the team as too young. On the third day, Xu Yue replaced the injured Xie Xie against seed-level Sea-Land Academy, but the crowd jeered when he appeared to have only one yellow soul ring.

• Yu Tianxiao called Zero Class's talented members too young to threaten Shrek, though Ye Xinglan worried that he was being careless and arrogant.
• Xu Yue congratulated Zero Class on its first-round victory, praised Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue, and sent everyone back to rest.
• As the tournament advanced, Xie Xie was injured in battle, so Xu Yue replaced him in the youth division's seven-man team match.
• Zero Class faced Sea-Land Academy, whose captain Zhang Yun was a level forty-two Soul Ancestor, and Xu Yue told Gu Yue to lead the others against the opposing team while he handled its captain and vice-captain.
• Xu Yue revealed amber dragon scales and golden horns but appeared to have only one yellow soul ring, prompting jeers from the spectators.

Xu Yue led Eastsea Academy Zero Class against Sea-Land Academy, revealing overwhelming strength as he defeated the opposing captain and vice-captain in three punches. After Zero Class won, the crowd began speculating that Xu Yue would earn a place in the Young Genius Rankings and wondering what his codename should be.

• Spectators and Shrek Team members questioned why Xu Yue appeared to have only one soul ring, while Shen Yi told them to keep watching.
• Gu Yue shielded Zero Class with crystallized water energy, and Xu Yue charged at the Sea-Land Team.
• Xu Yue suppressed Zhang Yun’s martial soul and knocked him unconscious with two punches.
• Xu Yue defeated the Sea-Land Team’s vice-captain with a third punch, and Gu Yue led Zero Class in clearing the remaining opponents.
• The referee declared Zero Class the winner, and spectators cheered and debated Xu Yue’s possible codename.

After Xu Yue’s team eliminated Sea-Land Academy, Eastsea Academy’s principal Yu Zhen considered how the victory might raise the academy’s profile. Mu Xi brought Xu Yue to meet her grandfather Yuan Hua, blacksmith association president Duan Xuan, and Mu Chen, where the elders questioned him about his sixth-rank blacksmithing skill and challenged him to demonstrate it.

• Zhang Zhenpeng lamented Sea-Land Academy’s early elimination, while Long Huantian acknowledged Xu Yue’s talent and Yu Zhen celebrated Eastsea Academy’s newfound attention.
• Xu Yue returned to the hotel after the team match, and Mu Xi arrived to take him somewhere to meet someone.
• Mu Xi brought Xu Yue to the Skysea City Blacksmith Association, where he met Duan Xuan, Yuan Hua, and Mu Chen.
• Yuan Hua prompted Xu Yue to call him Grandpa, and Xu Yue’s decisive greeting pleased the elder and embarrassed Mu Xi.
• Duan Xuan asked why Xu Yue had skipped the Skysea Alliance Blacksmithing Competition, then insisted on seeing his true skill level.

Xu Yue demonstrated his skill by forging a living Star Silver Alloy with a 95% fusion rate, impressing Duan Xuan and Yuan Hua. Mu Chen revealed he had become a Title Douluo and asked Xu Yue to support promoting the Blood Essence Martial Path through the Blacksmith Association; Xu Yue agreed, and the Association pledged its backing.

• Xu Yue forged Star Silver Alloy in half an hour, infusing it with spirituality and achieving a 95% fusion rate.
• Duan Xuan and Yuan Hua praised Xu Yue’s achievement and offered him the admiration they would give a future Divine Craftsman.
• Mu Chen revealed that he had broken through to Title Douluo after condensing the Blood Essence Soul Ring.
• Mu Chen explained that he, Duan Xuan, Yuan Hua, and Zhen Hua wanted to promote Xu Yue’s Blood Essence Martial Path within the Blacksmith Association.
• Xu Yue supported the plan but said the system needed further development before it could be freely taught.
• Duan Xuan and Yuan Hua promised the Blacksmith Association’s resources and support for Xu Yue.

Xu Yue faced Ye Xinglan in the Skysea Alliance Tournament’s round of sixteen and agreed to match her swordsmanship with his Peak-Cutting Blade. He repeatedly intercepted her attacks with precise counters, leaving Ye Xinglan unable to overcome his defense.

• Xu Yue, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan were the only Zero Class students to advance to the individual tournament’s round of sixteen.
• Xu Yue met Ye Xinglan on Ring Three, where she challenged him to reveal his strength after their encounter at the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Ye Xinglan summoned the Stargod Sword and, angered that Xu Yue chose to fight with a Soul Power blade, charged at him with her body and sword as one.
• Xu Yue used the Peak-Cutting Blade to strike the weak points in Ye Xinglan’s sword attacks, disrupting her momentum and blocking her successive strikes.
• Ye Xinglan activated her first soul skill, Sword God Star, increasing the Stargod Sword’s speed and power.

Xu Yue defeated Ye Xinglan’s sword techniques with his superior skill, then used his Rock Sword Intent to help her break through and comprehend her own Sword Intent. Ye Xinglan conceded, giving Xu Yue the match, and called out to him as he left the arena.

• Xu Yue easily deflected Ye Xinglan’s Stargod Sword attacks, leaving her astonished by his swordsmanship.
• Xu Yue revealed his Rock Sword Intent, and its pressure forced Ye Xinglan to struggle to hold her sword.
• Ye Xinglan’s spiritual power transformed under the pressure, and Xu Yue adjusted his Sword Intent to help her breakthrough.
• The referee began to intervene, but Xu Yue told him that Ye Xinglan was at a critical breakthrough and the referee stepped back.
• Ye Xinglan comprehended her own Sword Intent and reached Soul Power level twenty-eight, then conceded the match to Xu Yue.
• The referee declared Xu Yue the winner, and Ye Xinglan called out to him as he walked toward the exit.