Chapter Summaries

Chen Xinjie agreed to help Mo Yuan approach the Blood God Legion about the technical proposal and promised to shield Chen Qi from consequences for his match. At Shrek Academy, Xu Jing treated Ye Xinglan, and Shen Yi stopped Yu Tianlei and the other students from seeking revenge for her defeat.

• Chen Xinjie agreed to contact Zhang Huanyun through the Blood God Legion and asked Mo Yuan for detailed technical materials.
• Chen Xinjie said he would classify Chen Qi's match conduct as legitimate competition and find people at the front lines willing to cooperate.
• Xu Jing treated Ye Xinglan and determined that she needed at least half a month to recover from internal injuries and could not fight.
• Yu Tianlei and other Shrek students crowded into the lounge and demanded a response to Ye Xinglan's injuries.
• Shen Yi explained that Ye Xinglan had broken Shrek's rules by entering the competition and ordered the team to abandon any private revenge.

Wu Zhangkong told Shen Yi to leave Ye Xinglan’s injury to the Ye Family, then reunited with memories of his master. After Class Zero celebrated its advancement, Yu Tianlei challenged Chen Qi to a match the following morning, and Chen Qi accepted.

• Shen Yi told Wu Zhangkong that Ye Xinglan came from the Star Saint Sword Ye Family, but Wu Zhangkong said Shen Yi should not get involved and the family could come to him directly.
• Shen Yi told Wu Zhangkong that their master missed him, and Wu Zhangkong reacted with emotion.
• Tang Wulin worried that Chen Qi’s injury to Ye Xinglan might bring trouble, while Xie Xie defended Chen Qi and lamented that he was weaker than his teammates.
• Na'er told Gu Yue she missed her brother, but declined to make another body from the remaining Life Gold.
• Yu Tianlei, captain of Shrek Academy’s representative team, confronted Chen Qi and challenged him over Ye Xinglan’s defeat.
• Chen Qi accepted Yu Tianlei’s challenge for the morning after the individual matches.

Chen Qi accepted Yu Tianlei’s challenge and fought him in the arena after his individual match. Yu Tianlei unleashed his fourth Soul Skill, Blue Lightning Dragon Fury, leaving Chen Qi engulfed in a blinding storm of lightning.

• Yu Tianlei paid Class Zero’s bill before leaving after challenging Chen Qi, and Chen Qi refused to reschedule their fight despite having an individual match the next morning.
• Chen Qi quickly won his individual match, then met Yu Tianlei at noon in the main arena.
• Yu Tianlei opened with Thunderclap Dragon Claw and Thunder Domain, but Chen Qi blocked the attacks and charged into close combat.
• Chen Qi and Yu Tianlei traded blows at close range, both taking damage, before Yu Tianlei expanded Thunder Domain and attacked with two dragon claws.
• Yu Tianlei concentrated the lightning beneath Chen Qi and unleashed Blue Lightning Dragon Fury, filling the arena with lightning as Chen Qi took the attack head-on.

Chen Qi survived Yu Tianlei’s Blue Lightning Dragon Fury but lost control and transformed into a savage, half-draconic creature. Gu Yuena calmed his Spirit Sea, and after recovering, Chen Qi insisted on continuing the tournament.

• Yu Tianlei exhausted his Soul Power with Blue Lightning Dragon Fury, but Chen Qi remained standing, badly scorched.
• Chen Qi transformed into a powerful half-dragon and attacked Yu Tianlei, breaking his arm and knocking him down.
• Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi intervened; Shen Yi removed Yu Tianlei from the arena while Wu Zhangkong froze Chen Qi.
• Gu Yuena soothed Chen Qi’s Spirit Sea, stabilizing the Super Mutation Factor and reversing his transformation.
• Chen Qi regained his senses and apologized to Wu Zhangkong and Yu Tianlei.
• Chen Qi refused to withdraw from the remaining matches, and Wu Zhangkong agreed to let him continue.

Mo Yuan discussed Chen Qi’s outburst with Gu Yuena, then promised Na’er he would take her to other continents and began planning a trip to the Dragon Tomb. He also envisioned turning the Dragon Tomb into a Celestial-Grade Computer, but when Zhenhua contacted him about Anti-Entropy’s impact on blacksmithing, Mo Yuan chose to leave him waiting.

• Gu Yuena told Mo Yuan that Chen Qi had gone berserk after clashing with Yu Tianlei, and Mo Yuan told her to keep an eye on Chen Qi while the competition continued as usual.
• Na’er took control of Gu Yuena’s body to speak with Mo Yuan and persuaded him to promise a future visit to the other two continents.
• After ending the call, Mo Yuan decided he needed to visit the Dragon Tomb on Star Luo Continent to obtain the Dragon God Core and explore transforming the plane into a Celestial-Grade Computer.
• Mo Yuan planned to power the computer with the Star of Eden and Imaginary Energy, then began researching useful technologies.
• Amber told Mo Yuan that Zhenhua had contacted him, and Mo Yuan ordered Amber to ignore the Divine Craftsman for now.

Mo Yuan and Ling Zichen finalized the designs for the multifunctional vessel Chronos, then began building it inside a mountain near Eastsea City. As the ship’s skeleton took shape, Mo Yuan ignored Ling Zichen’s warning that the Blacksmith Association was growing increasingly angry.

• Ling Zichen brought Mo Yuan her preliminary spacecraft designs, and they argued over the blueprints before finalizing the plans and naming the vessel Chronos.
• Mo Yuan chose a mountain about twenty-five kilometers west-southwest of Eastsea City and used [Reconstruction] to create machinery that excavated and prepared a hidden construction space.
• Mo Yuan spent the first days supervising the excavation, and by the third day a reinforced main interior space had formed inside the mountain.
• Mo Yuan began assembling the Chronos with rare metals, Soul Tool components, robots, and Magic Arrays, while Ling Zichen asked to study powerful Soul Tool cannon shells.
• By the seventh day, the Chronos’s keel and support structures were taking shape, and Mo Yuan dismissed Ling Zichen’s warning that the Blacksmith Association might confront them.

Mo Yuan met with Zhenhua, Mu Ye, and Mu Chen after they came to Anti-Entropy Tower to challenge the effects of the Thousand-Refined Metal factory on blacksmiths. He refused to stop production and offered to retrain and hire Blacksmith Association members, leaving Zhenhua stunned.

• Mo Yuan found Zhenhua, Mu Ye, and Mu Chen waiting outside Anti-Entropy Tower and brought them inside.
• Zhenhua told Mo Yuan that the factory’s Thousand-Refined Metal output was harming blacksmiths and threatening the profession’s future.
• Mo Yuan said the factory would continue operating because it supplied the military and energy sector, and challenged Zhenhua’s assumptions about his technology.
• Mo Yuan offered to prioritize training and hiring Blacksmith Association members as operators, with salaries no lower than their previous income.
• Zhenhua stared at Mo Yuan in surprise at the unexpected offer.

Mo Yuan persuaded Zhenhua to consider transforming the Blacksmith Association with Anti-Entropy's support as traditional forging methods were displaced by technology. Zhenhua left to think over the offer, while Ling Zichen returned to Anti-Entropy and was sent away by Mo Yuan.

• Zhenhua described how machines had displaced traditional blacksmiths and questioned the future of the Blacksmith Association.
• Mo Yuan argued that forging had always evolved and offered Anti-Entropy's training, equipment, and orders if the Association transformed.
• Zhenhua said he would return and think about Mo Yuan's proposal, then left with Mu Chen and Mu Ye.
• Ling Zichen revealed she had returned from the secret base outside Eastsea City, and Mo Yuan sent her away after she protested about being exploited.

Class Zero won the Skysea Grand Competition’s team event, and Eastsea Academy rewarded its members for their unprecedented results. Na'er took control of Gu Yue’s body to visit Mo Yuan at the Anti-Entropy Tower, where he promised to show her what he had been working on.

• Class Zero defeated Skysea Academy’s team in the final, winning the team championship; Chen Qi had already won the individual event, while Tang Wulin placed sixth and Xie Xie reached the top sixteen.
• Dean Yu Zhen praised the team’s record-breaking performance and doubled their scholarships while promising extra cultivation resources.
• After leaving Yu Zhen’s office, Gu Yue let Na'er take control so she could visit her brother at the Anti-Entropy Tower.
• Na'er rode to the tower and rushed into Mo Yuan’s office, where she teased him for thinking she had competed in the individual event.
• Mo Yuan and Na'er shared a quiet embrace, and he told her he would take her to see the work he had just finished.

Mo Yuan took Na'er to a hidden mountain hangar and revealed Chronos, a massive multifunctional warship he had been building. Na'er and Gu Yue switched places, and Gu Yue fixated on Mo Yuan’s claim that Chronos could reach space.

• Mo Yuan took Na'er on Heavy Bunny to a concealed facility southwest of Eastsea City.
• Mo Yuan opened a hidden mountain hangar, where Na'er saw the nearly completed Chronos.
• Mo Yuan described Chronos’s capabilities, including its speed, propulsion systems, and long endurance.
• Gu Yue took over from Na'er, who appeared in a spiritual projection to complain about being kicked offline.
• Gu Yue asked Mo Yuan whether he had said Chronos could fly into space.

Mo Yuan and Ling Zichen prepared the Chronos for its first test flight, while Gu Yue reflected on her confinement on Douluo Continent and the restrictions preventing even powerful beings from leaving its atmosphere. The Chronos launched successfully, and Gu Yue and Na'er watched Eastsea City and the coastline from the cockpit.

• Gu Yue told Mo Yuan that the Plane Laws prevented even Limit Douluo and Di Tian from flying beyond the atmosphere.
• Ling Zichen reported that the Chronos had passed its system checks, and Mo Yuan ordered the test flight to begin.
• Mo Yuan, Gu Yue, and Ling Zichen boarded the Chronos, and Mo Yuan started the ship with Amber overseeing its systems.
• Three robots took control of the ship as the Chronos rose from its launch platform and left the mountain.
• The Chronos activated its main thrusters and climbed above Eastsea City, where Gu Yue and Na'er watched the coastline from the cockpit.

Xie Xie trained with Tang Wulin and Chen Qi at Eastsea Academy before they spotted a mysterious flying vessel passing overhead. Mo Yuan revealed that the vessel was Anti-Entropy’s new project, Chronos, and promised Zhu Ming he would give the Eastsea Legion advance notice next time.

• Xie Xie asked Tang Wulin and Chen Qi to spar with him, but Chen Qi and Tang Wulin repeatedly stopped his attacks.
• Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Chen Qi watched a large vessel fly over Eastsea City, and Chen Qi identified it as likely Anti-Entropy technology.
• The Eastsea Legion’s detection system flagged Chronos as an unidentified high-speed target, prompting Zhu Ming to mobilize forces and contact Mo Yuan.
• Mo Yuan told Zhu Ming that Chronos belonged to him and was conducting its maiden cruise test under an airspace plan he had already submitted.
• Zhu Ming asked Mo Yuan to provide advance notice before future maiden flights, and Mo Yuan promised, “Next time, for sure.”

Mo Yuan took the Chronos over the sea outside Eastsea City and explained that he wanted to explore the universe. When a pod of Evil Spirit Orcas attacked, he used the ship’s weapons to annihilate them.

• Zhu Ming ended his call with Mo Yuan, put the Eastsea Legion on alert, and recorded the approaching ship as Anti-Entropy.
• Mo Yuan piloted the Chronos away from Eastsea City and told Gu Yue he hoped to explore the universe beyond Douluo Star.
• Amber detected more than a hundred Evil Spirit Orcas approaching, including three Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Orca Kings.
• Mo Yuan ordered the Chronos to fire its Level-Eight Soul Guidance Cannons, destroying nearly half the pod and scattering the survivors.
• The remaining orcas gathered beneath the Chronos and attacked its defensive array, but Mo Yuan activated the Anti-Gravity Cannon and the resulting gravitational force tore apart the pod.

After the Chronos's test flight, Mo Yuan explained the gravitational attack and learned that Di Tian's group had a disguise in Star Luo City. The Chronos returned safely to its mountain base, and Mo Yuan invited Gu Yue to dinner.

• Gu Yue asked about Mo Yuan's gravitational attack, and he explained that it was a lesser effect created with the Antigravity Device that would eventually dissipate.
• Gu Yue told Mo Yuan that Demon Spirit had disguised the Soul Beasts as a reclusive family in Star Luo City, and Mo Yuan asked her to bring them to meet him.
• Mo Yuan ordered the Chronos to return and dismissed Gu Yue's suggestion to retrieve the three Evil Spirit Orcas' soul bones.
• The Chronos landed at the mountain base, and Ling Zichen hurried away after overhearing their conversation about Di Tian and the Soul Beasts.
• Mo Yuan offered to treat Gu Yue to a meal, and she took his hand.

Mo Yuan arranged for forty Blood God Legion soldiers to undergo Anti-Entropy’s Super Mutation Factor Technology experiment. As the testing began, Chen Xinjie relayed Zhang Huanyun’s request for help against the Deep Abyss’s immortality, and Mo Yuan revealed he had a new product that might help.

• Chen Xinjie told Mo Yuan that Zhang Huanyun had agreed to cooperate and provided forty qualified soldiers for the experiment.
• Mo Yuan teased Gu Yue about switching places with Na'er, and Gu Yue angrily left.
• Chen Xinjie brought the forty soldiers to Anti-Entropy Tower, where Mo Yuan explained the examination and serum injection process.
• The soldiers began their examinations while Chen Xinjie passed along Zhang Huanyun’s request for a way to counter the Deep Abyss’s immortality.
• Mo Yuan said he had a new product, prompting Chen Xinjie to react with excitement.

Mo Yuan showed Chen Xinjie a Plane Isolation Cage Bomb that could cut off Abyss creatures from their plane and prevent them from replenishing energy. They discussed terms for supplying the Federation, and Chen Xinjie proposed supporting Mo Yuan as a candidate for Federation Chairman in two years.

• Mo Yuan explained to Chen Xinjie that Abyss creatures’ ability to revive and return to the Abyss Plane made them difficult to defeat.
• Mo Yuan presented the Plane Isolation Cage Bomb and described how it could isolate an area from the Abyss Plane and suppress spatial abilities.
• Chen Xinjie asked how Mo Yuan planned to negotiate with the Federation, and Mo Yuan offered to manufacture the bombs for a price.
• Chen Xinjie suggested that Mo Yuan could seek the Federation chairmanship in the upcoming election, with Old Fu potentially supporting him.
• Mo Yuan agreed to Chen Xinjie’s proposal, and they sealed their deal.

Han Cheng, a Sea God Legion soldier, joined a secret experiment at Anti-Entropy Technology and received an injection of super mutation factor. He lost consciousness as the forty soldiers began the integration process, leaving Mo Yuan and Chen Xinjie to monitor their stable condition and await results.

• Han Cheng described his military service and his Shadow Shark martial soul, which suited him to the Sea God Legion's sea operations.
• Chen Xinjie gathered forty selected soldiers and brought them to Anti-Entropy Technology for a Federation experiment.
• Mo Yuan introduced the developer of super mutation factor technology, and Han Cheng underwent a physical examination before being called to the Injection Room.
• Han Cheng received the injection, felt his martial soul being reshaped, and lost consciousness.
• Mo Yuan reported that all forty soldiers had stable vital signs and no rejection, while Chen Xinjie said he would stay to monitor them and meet with Zhu Ming.

Han Cheng and the other test subjects woke after their injections with stronger bodies and sharper senses. Chen Xinjie reassured Zhu Ming about Mo Yuan’s power and technology, then revealed he planned to support Mo Yuan in the next election before leaving with five pounds of Zhu Ming’s tea.

• Han Cheng woke in the laboratory and noticed that his strength and senses had improved.
• Mo Yuan checked the subjects’ vital signs, and Chen Xinjie told the forty awakened soldiers to rest and follow Mo Yuan’s arrangements.
• Zhu Ming asked Chen Xinjie whether he trusted Mo Yuan, voicing concerns about his unregistered ship and advanced weapons.
• Chen Xinjie said Mo Yuan pursued technological progress rather than power and revealed that he would support him in the next election.
• Chen Xinjie demanded five pounds of Zhu Ming’s tea, prompting Zhu Ming to call him a robber.

Ye Zhenghong asked Cai Yue'er to intervene after Chen Qi badly injured Ye Xinglan, and she agreed to investigate. Convinced Chen Qi might be an Evil Soul Master, Cai Yue'er ordered an inquiry into him and Anti-Entropy.

• Ye Zhenghong showed Cai Yue'er photos of Ye Xinglan's injuries and explained that her recovery would delay her cultivation by at least half a year.
• Cai Yue'er noted that Ye Xinglan had broken the rules by replacing the original contestant, while Ye Zhenghong argued that Chen Qi had gone too far.
• Cai Yue'er told Ye Zhenghong she would handle the matter, and he left the courtyard.
• After considering Chen Qi's strength and strange Martial Soul, Cai Yue'er suspected he was an Evil Soul Master.
• Cai Yue'er ordered an investigation into Anti-Entropy and Chen Qi from Eastsea Academy, demanding results within two days.

Cai Yue'er urged the Sea God Pavilion to respond to Anti-Entropy after Shrek students were injured at the Skysea Grand Competition, but Yun Ming and Yu Zhenshan opposed retaliation. The meeting ended with Yun Ming forbidding anyone from targeting Anti-Entropy privately.

• Cai Yue'er raised the Skysea Grand Competition injuries and questioned Chen Qi's strength and Anti-Entropy's influence.
• Yu Zhenshan said Yu Tianlei had challenged Chen Qi and accepted his loss, while Yun Ming argued Shrek had crossed the line by letting Xinglan compete against the rules.
• Cai Yue'er argued that Shrek's public reputation required a response, but Yu Zhenshan reaffirmed that the academy should not use its power to avenge a fair defeat.
• Yun Ming asked Ya Li to escort the agitated Cai Yue'er back to rest, and she left the council chamber.
• Yun Ming declared the matter closed and warned the elders against privately acting against Anti-Entropy.