Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Zhuo Shi teaches Tang Wulin the first form of the Red Dragon Nine Forms. Tang Wulin’s first punch shatters a huge rock, showing that the technique strongly amplifies his Bloodline Power.
• Tang Wulin spends the next half month on Sea God Island, mastering the first three forms. Na’er repeatedly challenges him, loses each time, but keeps returning.
• Their frequent sparring brings them closer, and they become sworn siblings.
• Yun Ming initially regrets teaching the technique to a Spirit Pagoda student, but Ya Li persuades him that Tang Wulin is worth befriending and investing in. Yun Ming agrees.
• Shrek Academy proposes a ten-year joint training class with the Spirit Pagoda. Young students would alternate between the two institutions each year, with both contributing teachers and resources.
• Leng Yaozhu considers the plan and recognizes its risks and benefits. Qiangu Dongfeng suspects Shrek is trying to win over Spirit Pagoda students, but Leng argues that the Spirit Pagoda could benefit from Shrek’s strengths too.
• Gu Yue and Tang Wulin are identified as the Spirit Pagoda’s likely candidates. Qiangu hesitates to send either, especially given their exceptional potential, and postpones his decision.

Character developments

• Tang Wulin shows an immediate aptitude for the Red Dragon Nine Forms and grows more confident in his potential. He also develops a warm, protective bond with Na’er.
• Na’er remains determined despite repeated defeats; her persistence helps deepen her relationship with Tang Wulin.
• Yun Ming shifts from feeling that Shrek has given away a valuable technique to seeing Tang Wulin as a promising long-term connection.
• Ya Li demonstrates a strategic, generous outlook, emphasizing personal relationships over institutional rivalry.
• Leng Yaozhu balances loyalty to the Spirit Pagoda with a pragmatic view of the educational opportunity.
• Qiangu Dongfeng remains distrustful of Shrek and protective of the Spirit Pagoda’s promising children.

Significant themes

• Rivalry and cooperation: Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda compete, yet consider a partnership that could benefit both.
• Investment in the next generation: Both institutions see young prodigies as future assets, while the children’s eventual loyalties remain uncertain.
• Talent and opportunity: Tang Wulin’s rapid progress highlights how the right teacher and training can unlock a student’s potential.
• Personal bonds beyond institutions: Yun Ming and Ya Li value Tang Wulin as an individual, while Tang and Na’er form a sibling-like connection.

Character interactions

• Zhuo Shi encourages Tang Wulin’s practice and recognizes his aptitude.
• Tang Wulin and Na’er develop closeness through repeated sparring, eventually calling each other brother and sister.
• Ya Li challenges Yun Ming’s regret and persuades him to take a longer-term view of Tang Wulin.
• Leng Yaozhu and Qiangu Dongfeng debate whether the joint class is an opportunity or a Shrek attempt to poach Spirit Pagoda talent.
• Tang Wulin discusses the proposal with Leng Yaozhu, while Gu Yue quietly watches over him as he eats.

Key plot points and events

• Spirit Pagoda Master Qiangu Dongfeng signs off on a joint Youth Genius Class with Shrek Academy, but privately sees it as a chance to exploit Shrek’s trust and find an opening to destroy it.
• Tang Wulin and Gu Yue are chosen as the Spirit Pagoda’s representatives. They will spend their first year training at Shrek Academy before returning.
• Tang Wulin welcomes the chance to reunite with Na’er and learn from Shrek’s powerful teachers. Remembering that Qiangu will later destroy Shrek and the Tang Sect with Soul Guidance weapons, he resolves to grow strong enough to prevent the catastrophe.
• Gu Yue accepts the assignment for a different reason: she wants to meet Na’er, who is her separated other self.
• The pair travel safely to Shrek City. Tang Wulin shows Gu Yue around, points out Sea God Lake and Sea God Island, and leads her to the newly built facility for their class.

Character developments and interactions

• Qiangu Dongfeng presents the program as cooperation while secretly viewing it as a strategic opportunity against Shrek.
• Tang Wulin shifts from excited anticipation to serious resolve when he considers the future disaster. His sense of responsibility, rather than personal attachment alone, drives him.
• Gu Yue remains outwardly calm but is inwardly unsettled and curious about what meeting Na’er might mean—whether they will reunite or something else will happen.
• Tang Wulin acts as Gu Yue’s guide in Shrek City and tells her about his bond with Na’er; Gu Yue recognizes Na’er’s description as confirmation of her other self.

Significant themes

• Hidden motives and political distrust: The joint class masks competing agendas.
• Responsibility and prevention: Tang Wulin feels compelled to protect innocent lives, even though he is not yet strong enough to confront the threat.
• Identity and divided selves: Gu Yue’s impending encounter with Na’er raises questions about their connection and possible reunion.
• Growth through opportunity: The class may help Tang Wulin gain the strength and knowledge he needs.

Key plot points and events

• Tang Wulin enters Shrek Academy’s elite genius class and reunites with Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, both already guaranteed places at the academy.
• He introduces Gu Yue, the Spirit Pagoda’s representative and his junior sister. Ye Xinglan senses that Gu Yue is unusually formidable.
• Na’er arrives and greets Tang Wulin as her “big brother.” Na’er and Gu Yue immediately recognize one another, but conceal it and compete over who will sit beside him. Xu Lizhi suggests combining their desks, leaving Tang Wulin seated between them.
• Wu Changkong enters as the class’s homeroom teacher. Zhuo Shi is in overall charge, with Sea God Pavilion Master Yun Ming also expected to guide the students.
• Yuanen Yehui arrives as the sixth student. She is quiet, disciplined, and appears cold and self-contained.
• Wu Changkong warns that talent alone does not guarantee success, then announces three assessments—soul power, strength, and spiritual power—beginning with soul power.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin is pleased to see familiar friends but becomes flustered by the rivalry between Gu Yue and Na’er. He is also surprised that Wu Changkong is his teacher.
• Gu Yue and Na’er remain outwardly polite while their intense, unspoken rivalry over Tang Wulin hints at their deeper connection.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi welcome Tang Wulin and observe the newcomers; Xu Lizhi’s practical suggestion eases the awkward seating dispute.
• Wu Changkong establishes his authority and sets high expectations for the class.
• Yuanen Yehui makes a reserved first impression, briefly studying Tang Wulin before taking a seat.

Significant themes

• Talent versus effort: Wu Changkong stresses that exceptional ability is only a starting point and must be matched by hard work.
• Rivalry and belonging: The students’ first interactions mix camaraderie with competition, especially in Gu Yue and Na’er’s contest for Tang Wulin’s attention.
• Fate and connection: Tang Wulin sees Wu Changkong becoming his teacher as another remarkable coincidence in their relationship.

Chapter Summary

Plot and events

Wu Changkong tests his students’ soul power, physical strength, and spiritual power.

• Soul-power results range from Xu Lizhi’s level 21 and Ye Xinglan’s 23 to Tang Wulin’s level 31. Na’er and Gu Yue each reach level 28.
• In the strength test, the students’ results rise sharply: Gu Yue records 2,000 jin, Ye Xinglan 4,200, Yuanen Yehui 6,500, and Na’er an astonishing 10,000 jin.
• Tang Wulin’s punch produces a reading of 50,000 jin, stunning the class and leaving Wu Changkong briefly speechless.
• The spiritual-power test reveals another exceptional result: Gu Yue reaches 710, while Tang Wulin records 520 and Na’er 350. The chapter ends with Wu Changkong realizing how demanding it will be to teach such an extraordinary group.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin confirms that his abilities far exceed what his age suggests. He deliberately restrains himself during the strength test, yet still overwhelms the machine’s expectations.
• Gu Yue remains composed throughout, even as her spiritual-power score surpasses everyone else’s.
• Na’er’s strength and spiritual power reflect her remarkable talent and the power of her Silver Dragon Spear Martial Soul.
• Yuanen Yehui begins to regard Tang Wulin more seriously after seeing his strength.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi react with open disbelief to the highest readings; Wu Changkong is impressed by the entire class and particularly by Tang Wulin and Gu Yue.

Significant themes

• Extraordinary talent and competition: Every student is gifted, but the tests reveal striking differences in their abilities.
• Hidden limits and restraint: Tang Wulin holds back, hinting that even his staggering results do not show his full power.
• Responsibility of mentorship: The students’ potential inspires Wu Changkong, but also makes him recognize the heavy responsibility of guiding them.

Plot points and events

• After a round of tests, the students are stunned by their classmates’ abilities—especially Tang Wulin’s immense strength and Gu Yue’s exceptional spiritual power.
• Wu Changkong appoints Tang Wulin class monitor. Yuanen Yehui objects, arguing that she is qualified and should be allowed to challenge him for the position.
• Wu approves a sparring match, with the winner becoming class monitor.
• Yuanen first fights using her Titan Giant Ape martial soul. Though powerful and well-defended, she cannot land a clean hit on Tang Wulin. When he meets her head-on with a single punch, he sends her sliding backward and overwhelms her in strength.
• Yuanen then reveals a second martial soul: a fallen angel. Its release changes her appearance, exposing that she is a girl despite having appeared boyish before. The chapter ends as she uses a dark, corrosive soul skill against Tang Wulin.

Character developments

• Yuanen Yehui shows ambition and confidence, then frustration as Tang Wulin outmatches her. She reveals her rare twin martial souls—and her concealed sex—rather than accept defeat.
• Tang Wulin remains relaxed and composed throughout, demonstrating that he can control the fight without needing to use his full power.
• Wu Changkong allows the challenge to determine the class monitor instead of simply dismissing Yuanen’s objection.
• The other students reassess their own abilities after seeing the gap between themselves and their strongest peers.

Significant themes

• There is always someone stronger or more gifted, prompting humility and self-reflection.
• Leadership is presented as something to be earned through a contest, not assigned solely by reputation.
• Hidden identities and abilities can reshape how others understand a person.
• Raw strength matters, but different powers and tactics may offer a way to challenge it.

Character interactions

• The classmates accept Tang Wulin’s appointment, while Yuanen alone challenges it.
• Tang Wulin treats Yuanen’s challenge casually, but their clash exposes the vast difference in their strength.
• The students react with surprise to Yuanen’s twin martial souls and feminine appearance; Yuanen responds with embarrassment and irritation.
• Yuanen warns Tang Wulin about her fallen angel’s dark, control-focused abilities just before attacking.

Plot points and events

• Tang Wulin defeats Yuanen Yehui in a spar, overcoming her Shadow Domain and ending the match with a restrained Eight-Stage Throw. Wu Changkong declares him class president.
• Wu explains the genius class’s ten-year requirements: every student must reach eight rings and become a Three-Word Battle Armor Master.
• The students are stunned by the goals, but Wu says the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek Academy will provide priority access to resources and expert guidance. They must pass annual assessments; failing twice consecutively means expulsion.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin demonstrates overwhelming strength and control, winning without killing Yuanen. He is pleased by the prospect of abundant rare metals and treasures, which could help him break the Golden Dragon King seals.
• Yuanen Yehui is shaken by the defeat and recognizes Tang Wulin’s superiority for now, though she remains ambitious and is encouraged by the promised resources.
• Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi voice the class’s disbelief at the demands, then react with excitement to the material support.
• Na’er takes Tang Wulin’s victory in stride; Gu Yue stays outwardly composed but considers the challenge.
• Wu Changkong establishes a demanding, high-stakes training program and makes clear that resources come with strict performance expectations.

Significant themes

• Strength and leadership: Tang Wulin earns authority through demonstrated ability.
• Ambition versus pressure: Extraordinary opportunities are paired with severe standards and the threat of expulsion.
• Preparation for future trials: The class’s growth depends on both cultivation and technical mastery, while Tang Wulin sees the program as a way to address his personal need for rare treasures.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Changkong sets the group a long-term goal: within ten years, they should work together, reach five rings, and create their own One-Word Battle Armor.
• Tang Wulin reveals that he is already a fifth-rank blacksmith and offers to forge the group’s armor components. The revelation impresses his classmates and makes the ambitious goal feel more attainable.
• Gu Yue and Na’er both insist on designing Tang Wulin’s armor, each arguing that she understands him best. Tang Wulin defuses the dispute by proposing they work together; both reluctantly agree.
• Later, by Sea God Lake, Gu Yue and Na’er discuss human technological advances, including soul spirits and Battle Armor, and acknowledge that humanity’s rapid development helped bring about the soul beasts’ defeat.
• Na’er asks about the Golden Dragon King bloodline within Tang Wulin. Gu Yue admits she has considered eventually devouring him to gain power and possibly become the Dragon God, but neither she nor Na’er seems able to act against him. Gu Yue ends by asking Na’er when she will return.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin’s skills extend beyond combat: his blacksmithing achievement reveals a major practical contribution to the team. He also shows tact by resolving Gu Yue and Na’er’s rivalry with a compromise.
• Gu Yue and Na’er display a competitive, possessive attachment to Tang Wulin, but their argument gives way to cooperation. Their later conversation reveals a deeper conflict between their purpose as soul beasts and their growing reluctance to harm him.
• Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and Yuanen Yehui react to the confrontation in different ways: the first two retreat rather than intervene, while Yuanen watches with amusement.

Significant themes

• Cooperation and shared ambition: The group’s Battle Armor goal depends on developing skills and working together.
• Technology and human advancement: Gu Yue and Na’er recognize that human innovation has reshaped the balance between humans and soul beasts.
• Duty versus personal attachment: Gu Yue and Na’er consider Tang Wulin a potential source of power, yet their emotional ties make the idea of killing him difficult.
• Identity and divided selves: Gu Yue and Na’er’s rivalry is especially ironic because they are avatars of the same being.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Yue urges Na’er to reunite with her, saying they were once one and have been apart long enough. Na’er prefers the freedom of having her own body and consciousness, and escapes by changing the subject and leaving. Gu Yue watches her go, troubled.
• Tang Wulin discovers that academy resources cost points, though Genius Class students can buy them at half price. He accepts the system as a way to encourage effort and responsible spending, and decides to earn points through blacksmithing.
• At Shrek’s Blacksmith Association, Tang Wulin corrects students’ forging techniques. They doubt his claim that he can Spirit Forge, so he demonstrates: in five minutes, he advances heavy silver through refinement stages and successfully Spirit Forges it.
• The students are stunned to learn he is only seven and a half and already a Level Five Blacksmith. Elder Feng, Shrek’s sole Level Eight Blacksmith and a Sea God Pavilion Elder, arrives and recognizes Tang Wulin from the Youth Genius Class.

Character developments

• Na’er asserts her independence and enjoys living separately from Gu Yue, despite Gu Yue’s desire for them to reunite.
• Gu Yue reveals a strong wish to restore their former unity, but keeps her complicated feelings to herself.
• Tang Wulin shows confidence in his extraordinary abilities and chooses to display his talent openly to gain resources and advance quickly.
• The student blacksmiths move from skepticism to awe and self-doubt after witnessing Tang Wulin’s skill.

Significant themes

• Independence versus unity: Na’er values her separate identity, while Gu Yue longs for reunion.
• Effort and earned advancement: Resources must be purchased with points, linking progress to work and sound judgment.
• Talent, ambition, and competition: Tang Wulin’s exceptional skill disrupts the other students’ sense of standing and motivates his rapid pursuit of growth.

Character interactions

• Gu Yue presses Na’er to return; Na’er evades the conversation and leaves.
• Tang Wulin offers forging advice, but the students challenge his credibility until his demonstration convinces them.
• The students react with astonishment and envy to Tang Wulin’s age and ability.
• Elder Feng pushes through the crowd, addresses the students, and identifies Tang Wulin by name.

Key plot points and events

• Feng Wuyu learns that Tang Wulin belongs to the Shrek–Spirit Pagoda Youth Genius Class and recognizes his extraordinary potential as a fifth-rank blacksmith. Hoping to keep him from becoming the Spirit Pagoda’s Divine Craftsman, Feng recruits him as a disciple with promises of discounted metals, generous payment for his work, and free meals.
• Tang accepts, adding Feng to an already formidable list of mentors that includes Zhen Hua, Leng Yaozhu, the Body Sect Master, and Zhuo Shi. Feng’s first meal with his new disciple costs him hundreds of thousands of federal coins, and he immediately regrets offering to cover Tang’s food.
• The Youth Genius Class begins intensive training. Wu Changkong manages the students, while Sea God Pavilion elders—each a Titled Douluo and Three-Word Battle Armor Master—take turns teaching them. Tang suspects the program reflects Shrek Academy’s desire to counter the Spirit Pagoda’s growing influence and build a powerful next generation.
• Over three months, Tang cultivates by day, studies battle armor designs with Gu Yue and Na’er by night, and occasionally earns points through blacksmithing. His soul power rises to rank 34.
• Tang breaks the Golden Dragon King’s fourth seal, gaining the Blood Essence Soul Ring skill Golden Dragon Tyrant Body, which boosts defense and recovery and grants strong resistance to control. His strength now exceeds eighty thousand jin.
• With his cultivation established in Shrek City, Tang has saved two million federal coins and bought a home for his family. He heads to the station to meet his parents, Tang Ziran and Lang Yue, who are arriving from Aolai City.

Character developments and interactions

• Feng Wuyu shifts from doubting the joint genius program to recognizing Tang’s value and aggressively recruiting him. His pride in gaining a disciple is quickly tested by Tang’s enormous appetite.
• Tang remains modest and somewhat awkward about attracting powerful mentors, but accepts Feng’s offer and continues working hard across cultivation, blacksmithing, and battle armor design.
• Gu Yue and Na’er frequently clash, yet their disagreements give way to unexpectedly effective cooperation when they work on designs together.
• Tang’s coming reunion with his parents marks a personal milestone: after establishing himself in the city, he is finally able to bring his family to live with him.

Significant themes

• Competition for talent: Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda vie to cultivate gifted young people and secure future strength.
• Mentorship and investment: Tang’s many teachers reflect the immense promise others see in him—and the institutions’ desire to shape his future.
• Discipline and ambition: Tang balances rigorous training with practical work and long-term goals.
• Family and belonging: His new home and the awaited reunion show that, alongside power and achievement, Tang is focused on building a life with his family.

Plot points and events

• Tang Wulin waits at the station for his parents, then finds them arguing with Wang Yu, an arrogant young man who claims Tang Ziran dirtied his expensive custom outfit.
• Tang Wulin sees that Wang Yu cut in line, bumped into his father, and broke the gift his parents brought him. Wang Yu refuses to admit fault and demands 100,000 Federal Coins.
• When Tang Wulin insists that Wang Yu apologize, Wang Yu boasts of his Shrek Academy credentials, Soul King and Battle Armor status, and powerful relatives—including a grandfather among the War God Temple’s Eighteen War Gods.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue urge their son to leave rather than provoke someone so influential. Tang Wulin refuses, determined to defend them and spare them further humiliation.
• Wang Yu threatens to make the family suffer for crossing him. Tang Wulin declares he will beat him until he apologizes, then strikes first, sending the experienced Soul King flying and leaving the crowd stunned.

Character development

• Tang Wulin shows loyalty, courage, and growing confidence. His painful memories of his parents’ fate in his previous life strengthen his resolve to protect them.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue remain protective and peace-seeking, even when they are the ones being wronged. Their concern is chiefly for their son’s safety.
• Wang Yu is revealed as entitled and contemptuous of people he considers socially inferior, relying on his status and connections to intimidate others.

Character interactions

• Wang Yu tries to dominate Tang Ziran and Lang Yue through insults and financial demands.
• Tang Wulin calmly challenges Wang Yu’s account, then confronts him directly when he refuses to apologize.
• His parents try to restrain him, but he chooses to stand by them despite the risks.
• The bystanders initially sympathize with the family but expect Wang Yu’s powerful connections to make resistance futile; his defeat overturns their expectations.

Significant themes

• Family loyalty and protection: Tang Wulin refuses to let his parents bear an injustice alone.
• Abuse of status and power: Wang Yu uses wealth, rank, and connections to bully people he sees as beneath him.
• Justice versus intimidation: The chapter pits a straightforward demand for an apology against a threat backed by institutional and family prestige.
• Hidden strength and reversal: The apparent power imbalance collapses when Tang Wulin’s strength proves far greater than the crowd—or Wang Yu—expected.

Plot points and events

• Wang Yu, humiliated after Tang Wulin’s earlier attack, reveals his Flame Lion King martial soul and fights using his five soul rings. He launches flame-based attacks, but Wulin dodges with Teleportation and withstands the flames using Golden Dragon Body and Golden Dragon Tyrant Body.
• Wulin charges through Wang Yu’s Flame Storm and knocks him down repeatedly, demanding an apology. Wang Yu refuses and is beaten until his martial soul and soul power are disrupted.
• Enraged by his public defeat, Wang Yu summons his One-Word Battle Armor, which greatly boosts his strength. Onlookers fear Wulin cannot overcome the armored Soul King.
• Wulin avoids a direct contest of strength. Using Teleportation, he gets behind Wang Yu and begins the Eight-Stage Throw, slamming him into the ground repeatedly despite the arrival of a man in military uniform demanding that he stop.
• The excerpt ends as Wulin delivers the eighth and final slam.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin demonstrates striking power, resilience, tactical judgment, and resolve. Rather than retreat from a stronger armored opponent, he exploits his mobility and commits to finishing the throw.
• Wang Yu shifts from boastful confidence to humiliation, rage, and murderous intent. His reliance on status and armor fails to intimidate Wulin.
• Tang Ziran and Lang Yue initially rush to protect their son, then watch in stunned disbelief as he defeats an opponent vastly older and stronger.
• The crowd moves from shock at Wulin’s victory to sympathy and fear when Wang Yu dons his armor.
• The uniformed man attempts to intervene, but Wulin ignores his order.

Significant themes

• Power versus judgment: Wang Yu depends on rank, status, and armor; Wulin combines strength with a clever refusal to fight on his opponent’s terms.
• Pride and humiliation: Wang Yu’s wounded ego escalates a defeat into a deadly confrontation.
• Exceptional potential: Wulin’s abilities astonish even his parents and the watching crowd.
• Escalating consequences: What begins as a demand for an apology becomes a dangerous fight, ending on a cliffhanger as intervention arrives too late.

Plot points and events

• After Tang Wulin defeats Wang Yu, a military major confronts him and accuses him of assault. Tang says Wang Yu attacked his parents and tried to kill him after putting on One-Word Battle Armor.
• Tang displays the Star Emblem he received for saving passengers from an Evil Soul Master, but the major refuses to recognize its authority. To protect his own position and appease Wang Yu’s powerful family, he brands Tang a suspected Evil Soul Master and orders his arrest.
• Two Black-Grade Mecha and more than a dozen Purple-Grade Mecha arrive, while soldiers restrain Tang’s parents. Lang Yue urges her son to run.
• Feeling the authorities have abandoned justice, Tang enters a furious, bloodline-powered state and attacks. He rapidly demolishes the Purple-Grade Mecha, then survives a direct laser strike using his Invincible Golden Body.
• Tang cripples one Black-Grade Mecha and turns toward the remaining pilot, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin shifts from controlled self-defense to open fury when the major abuses his authority and his parents are threatened. His extraordinary strength, speed, and durability become unmistakable.
• The major prioritizes his career and ties to Wang Yu’s family over fairness. His confidence turns to fear as Tang overwhelms the military force.
• Tang’s parents are helplessly caught in the arrest attempt; Lang Yue’s plea shows her fear and concern for her son.
• Wang Yu’s powerful family connections shape the major’s response, even though Wang Yu initiated the violence.

Significant themes

• Justice versus authority: officials distort the truth and use power to shield the well-connected.
• Power and responsibility: Tang initially explains himself, but injustice and danger to his family push him toward lethal retaliation.
• Family and loyalty: Tang’s anger is driven by the attack on his parents as much as the threat to himself.
• The danger of unchecked strength: the chapter presents Tang as both a victim of corruption and a frightening force capable of inflicting devastating harm.

Key plot points and events

• After destroying the last Black-Grade Mecha, the exhausted Tang Wulin faces a growing force of Federation mechas. A Lieutenant General arrives and hears the Major accuse Tang of being an Evil Soul Master who attacked Wang Yu and resisted law enforcement.
• The General orders the mechas to kill Tang, deciding to cover up the incident rather than risk consequences for the officers involved.
• Wu Changkong arrives with a Sea God Pavilion Token and orders the forces to stop. He identifies Tang as a student in the Shrek Academy–Spirit Pagoda Youth Genius Class and says the Sea God Pavilion is watching over him.
• The General hesitates but insists Tang must answer for the damaged mechas and Wang Yu’s injuries. The Major sticks to his accusation, while Wu recognizes the General’s hostility toward Shrek Academy.
• As Wu prepares to challenge the General, Tang calmly asks his teacher to let the Federation take him away.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin is physically spent but remains composed and defiant. His unsettling smile fades as he prepares to fight, yet he later chooses to submit, suggesting deliberate confidence rather than fear.
• Wu Changkong intervenes decisively, invoking Shrek’s authority to protect his student. He sees through the General’s stated concern for justice and understands the political motive behind it.
• The Major doubles down on his false account to protect himself and his allies, even after Shrek’s involvement makes the danger of his actions clear.
• The Lieutenant General initially weighs the consequences, then prioritizes Federation authority, his own standing, and political opposition to Shrek over a fair investigation.
• The confrontation pits Wu’s protective authority against the General’s coercive power, while Tang’s calm request interrupts their standoff.

Significant themes

• Abuse of authority and scapegoating: Officials exploit their power to blame Tang and conceal their own wrongdoing.
• Politics versus justice: The General frames his decision as law enforcement, but personal alliances, institutional pride, and factional rivalry shape his actions.
• Power and protection: Shrek’s status and the Sea God Pavilion Token can restrain the Federation’s forces, revealing the influence of powerful institutions.
• Composure under pressure: Despite exhaustion and overwhelming odds, Tang remains controlled and purposeful.

Plot points and events

• Tang Wulin lets the Federation take him into custody after privately reassuring Wu Changkong that he will be safe. He asks Wu to contact Leng Yaozhu, Zhuo Shi, and Zhen Hua.
• Wu trusts him and comforts Tang Wulin’s worried parents, predicting that the Federation will regret its decision.
• At a military base, General Li questions Tang about destroying Federation mechas. Tang calmly says he expects to be released and explains that Wang Yu started the conflict: he cut in line, injured Tang’s parents, broke their gift, and attacked first in Battle Armor.
• Tang also reveals his powerful connections: he is a personal disciple of Leng Yaozhu and a student of several other influential masters. General Li is alarmed, but doubts Tang’s claims because Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda are rivals.
• Seeking protection from blame, General Li contacts Wang Yu’s grandfather, War God Wang Shi. After the call, he boasts that Wang Shi will take responsibility and that no one can help Tang.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin remains composed and strategic in custody, using both the facts of the incident and his influential mentors to warn General Li without losing his confidence.
• Wu Changkong shows trust in Tang’s judgment, while remaining concerned for his safety and reassuring Tang’s parents.
• General Li shifts from smug confidence to alarm as he learns more about Tang, then regains his confidence after contacting Wang Shi.
• Tang Wulin and General Li engage in a contest of leverage: Tang challenges the Federation’s one-sided account, while Li tries to secure backing from the War God Temple.

Significant themes

• Power and influence: Tang’s ties to major figures may matter as much as the evidence.
• Justice versus institutional loyalty: General Li acted on an incomplete account, while Wang Shi’s willingness to assume responsibility suggests the War God Temple may protect its own.
• Calm under pressure: Tang’s composure contrasts with the adults’ shifting anxiety and confidence.

Plot points and events

• Tang Wulin remains under arrest after General Li dismisses his claim that the injured grandson attacked first. Wulin stays untroubled, asking for food and saying they can wait.
• The next morning, Shrek Academy escalates the dispute: it orders all Federation personnel out of Shrek City within a day and suspends cooperation with the Federation across research, rare-metal supplies, and advanced training.
• The Federation Chairman and Parliament Members condemn Shrek’s move and consider retaliating.
• Their response is thrown into confusion when the Spirit Pagoda triples soul-spirit prices for Federation personnel, Divine Craftsman Zhen Hua refuses to forge four-word battle armor for them until his disciple is released, and a chef-clad man arrives to challenge Lieutenant General Li Tian and War God Wang Shi.
• Federation leaders suspect Shrek, the Spirit Pagoda, and other powerful figures may be acting together, but they do not know what triggered the sudden pressure campaign.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin remains calm and even playful in custody, contrasting with General Li’s dismissive, authoritarian attitude.
• General Li assumes Wulin’s claimed connections are nonsense and leaves him guarded while reporting the arrest to higher-ups.
• The Federation Chairman shifts from vacationing to furious and then bewildered as successive reports reveal the scale of the crisis.
• Parliament Members initially unite in urging a forceful response, but their confidence gives way to alarm and uncertainty.
• Shrek Academy, the Spirit Pagoda, Zhen Hua, and the challenger exert pressure on the Federation through coordinated-looking actions, though their motives and actual coordination remain unclear.

Significant themes

• Power and leverage: Institutions target the Federation’s dependence on cooperation, soul spirits, and elite equipment.
• Escalation and miscalculation: General Li underestimates Tang Wulin, while the Federation’s leaders react before understanding the cause.
• Political uncertainty: Old rivalries make the apparent alliance between Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda seem implausible, leaving the Federation unable to interpret events.

Key plot points and events

• The Federation Chairman, already under pressure from several powerful groups turning against the Federation, orders an investigation into a mysterious chef-uniformed man and demands answers from Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Outside Federation headquarters, the man reveals himself to be Mu Ye, the Body Sect Master and Tang Wulin’s master. He has come to demand justice after Tang Wulin’s arrest.
• Lieutenant General Li Tian claims Tang is an Evil Soul Master and threatens to arrest Mu Ye as well. Mu Ye challenges him rather than leave.
• Li Tian deploys a divine-grade mecha, but Mu Ye produces one of his own—larger and more imposing—and declares that he will show Li Tian what a true divine-grade mecha can do.
• Three hours later, the Chairman learns that Mu Ye has defeated five Federation lieutenant generals. Though his soul power is only level 94, his battle armor and powerful blood essence give him combat strength comparable to a Level 99 Limit Douluo.
• Realizing the Federation cannot handle him alone, the Chairman orders the War God Temple to intervene.

Character developments and interactions

• Mu Ye is introduced as a calm but formidable protector. His concern for Tang Wulin outweighs the risk of confronting the Federation, and his confidence is proven by his victories.
• Lieutenant General Li Tian dismisses Mu Ye based on his appearance and escalates the confrontation by deploying his mecha. His confidence gives way to alarm once Mu Ye reveals his own.
• The Chairman struggles to preserve the Federation’s authority while facing a crisis beyond its control. He ultimately turns to the War God Temple for help.
• The encounter between Mu Ye and Li Tian centers on Tang Wulin’s arrest: Mu Ye demands justice, while Li Tian insists the Federation acted lawfully.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and protection: Mu Ye risks a direct clash with the Federation to defend his disciple.
• Appearance versus reality: Mu Ye’s chef’s uniform conceals immense power and expertise.
• Authority and justice: The Federation’s attempt to label and detain Tang Wulin is challenged by Mu Ye, who questions its treatment of a child.
• Power and institutional limits: The Federation’s military force proves insufficient against a single individual, exposing the fragility of its authority.

Tang Wulin refused to leave the Federation branch unless the Federation Chairman personally apologized, while Mu Ye held his ground outside headquarters. Vast Sea Douluo Chen Xinjie arrived to confront Mu Ye, and the Chairman believed the Federation was now safe.

• Li Tian told Tang Wulin he was being released, but Tang Wulin refused and demanded a personal apology from the Federation Chairman.
• Li Tian left in anger, while Tang Wulin continued eating and waited for the Federation to respond.
• Mu Ye stood outside Federation headquarters after fighting five lieutenant generals as citizens and reporters gathered to watch.
• Chen Xinjie arrived at headquarters, and the crowd recognized him as the Vast Sea Douluo and master of the War God Temple.
• The Chairman saw Chen Xinjie arrive and celebrated, believing the Federation was secure.

Mu Ye faced Chen Xinjie over the Federation’s seizure of Tang Wulin, but Zhen Hua, Zhuo Shi, and Leng Yaozhu arrived to demand the boy’s release. As Chen Xinjie refused to back down, Yun Ming and Ya Li appeared, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Chen Xinjie assessed Mu Ye as no match for him and identified him as a member of the Body Sect.
• Zhen Hua, Zhuo Shi, and Leng Yaozhu arrived and declared they had come to demand an explanation for the Federation seizing their disciples.
• Zhen Hua and Zhuo Shi claimed Tang Wulin as their disciple and demanded his release, while Leng Yaozhu threatened to fight for hers.
• Chen Xinjie warned that the four powerhouses were not enough to defeat him if they went to war with the Federation.
• Yun Ming arrived with Ya Li and challenged Chen Xinjie to face him as well.

Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda confronted the Federation over Tang Wulin’s arrest, while Chen Xinjie learned that the incident had begun with abuse of power by people connected to the War God Temple. The chapter ended with Chen Xinjie furious at his own organization.

• Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu accused the Federation of unjustly arresting Tang Wulin, a Shrek student and holder of the Star Emblem, and explained why Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda were pressuring the Federation.
• Leng Yaozhu revealed that she had forced Qiangu Dongfeng to let the Spirit Pagoda join Shrek Academy’s protest.
• Zhen Hua demanded an explanation for the arrest of his apprentice, and Chen Xinjie questioned the Chairman about the Federation’s treatment of a hero.
• An investigator reported that Wang Yu had attacked Tang Wulin after a dispute, then Wang Yu’s father had used the Soul Guidance Corps to arrest and falsely brand Tang Wulin an Evil Soul Master, with War God Wang Shi applying pressure afterward.
• Chen Xinjie slammed the table and condemned the people from his War God Temple who had caused the scandal.

Chen Xinjie promised Yun Ming that the War God Temple would investigate the wrongful arrest of Tang Wulin, and the Federation’s leaders went to release him. Tang Wulin staged an abuse scene in front of them, prompting Chen Xinjie to strike Li Tian while the chairman offered compensation to Shrek Academy, the Spirit Pagoda, and Tang Wulin.

• Chen Xinjie admitted the War God Temple was at fault and ordered the chairman to investigate Lieutenant General Li Tian and War God Wang Shi.
• Yun Ming and the others went to the detention room to fetch Tang Wulin, while Li Tian begged him to leave first.
• Tang Wulin knocked the food to the floor, messed up his appearance, and pretended that Li Tian had abused him.
• The chairman saw Tang Wulin’s staged distress, and Chen Xinjie struck Li Tian across the face.
• Yun Ming challenged the chairman over the Federation’s treatment of Tang Wulin, and the chairman offered twenty billion each to Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda, a three-year tax exemption, and five hundred million to Tang Wulin.