Chapter Summaries

Lu Guan defeated Gu Yue in a fierce training-ground battle, then let her heal his wounds. Gu Yue drew close and said she looked forward to learning from him, while Na'er watched from above, furious.

• Lu Guan survived Gu Yue's fused elemental explosion and launched a relentless assault using the Five Forms of the Heart Method.
• A Nightmare Wraith interrupted Gu Yue's attempted spatial shift, allowing Lu Guan to pin her with his Qiu spear and declare her defeated.
• Gu Yue healed Lu Guan's wounds and told him she looked forward to learning from him.
• Na'er watched Gu Yue press close to Lu Guan and angrily called her a vixen.

Wu Changkong invited Lu Guan and Gu Yue to join Eastsea Academy’s new Class Zero, offering them resources and a path to Shrek Academy, but both rejected him. Leng Yaozhu arrived, claimed Lu Guan for the Spirit Pagoda and took Gu Yue as her disciple, then led them away with Na’er.

• Wu Changkong invited Lu Guan and Gu Yue to join Class Zero and promised personal guidance and a route to Shrek Academy.
• Lu Guan rejected the offer, and Gu Yue refused to join without him.
• Leng Yaozhu arrived with Na’er, and Long Hengxu identified her as the Spirit Pagoda’s Deputy Pagoda Master.
• Leng Yaozhu dismissed Wu Changkong’s pitch, declared Lu Guan belonged to the Spirit Pagoda, and took Gu Yue as her disciple.
• Gu Yue followed Leng Yaozhu, while Na’er clung to Lu Guan and led him along.

Wu Changkong invited Tang Wulin and Xie Xie to join Class Zero after Gu Yue and Lu Guan were taken to the Spirit Pagoda. During the journey, Gu Yue and Na'er argued through their shared spiritual connection over the Silver Dragon King's fate and Lu Guan, while Gu Yue treated his injuries and Na'er grew jealous.

• Wu Changkong told Tang Wulin and Xie Xie that they would join Class Zero starting the next day, and they eagerly accepted.
• Leng Yaozhu flew with Gu Yue, Na'er, and Lu Guan toward the Spirit Pagoda's Eastsea City branch.
• Gu Yue told Na'er that she had met the Golden Dragon King, but insisted they were destined to reunite and revive the Dragon God.
• Na'er rejected the idea of fusing with Gu Yue and accused her of getting close to Lu Guan; Gu Yue teased her about being interested in him.
• Gu Yue grabbed Lu Guan's arm and cleared lingering elemental turbulence from his meridians, while Na'er regretted bringing him to Gu Yue.

Gu Yue became Leng Yaozhu’s personal disciple, with Na'er appointed as her senior sister. Back at the Lu family home, Lu Guan discovered that their guest Auntie Yang’s daughter was Xu Xiaoyan, who arrived just as he recognized her name.

• Leng Yaozhu gave Gu Yue her personal token and named Na'er her senior sister, delighting Na'er.
• Lu Guan and Na'er went home together, teasing and bickering on the way.
• At the Lu family home, Xu Ran introduced Lu Guan and Na'er to their guest, Auntie Yang.
• Auntie Yang told Xu Ran that her children had awakened ice staff martial souls and had little innate soul power.
• Lu Guan guessed that Auntie Yang's daughter was Xu Xiaoyan, and Auntie Yang was astonished that he knew her name.
• Xu Ran opened the door to Xu Xiaoyan, who arrived wearing her Eastsea Academy junior division uniform.

Lu Guan welcomed Auntie Yang and Xu Xiaoyan into his home, where Na'er grew jealous of the new girl. While cooking lunch with Xu Xiaoyan, Lu Guan learned about her Star Wheel Ice Staff and offered to help her attend Heavenly Starry Sky Academy; the chapter ended with Na'er claiming her place as Lu Guan's sister at the dinner table.

• Auntie Yang introduced Xu Xiaoyan to Lu Guan and Na'er, and Na'er immediately felt threatened by her.
• Na'er tattled to Xu Ran about Lu Guan, and Xu Ran punished him by making him cook lunch for everyone.
• Xu Xiaoyan volunteered to help Lu Guan cook, while Na'er worried that the two would be alone together.
• Lu Guan asked Xu Xiaoyan about her mutated Star Wheel Ice Staff and offered to help her pursue study at Heavenly Starry Sky Academy.
• Lu Guan cooked four dishes and soup, and Na'er served him a rib before challenging Xu Xiaoyan with a smug look.

Xu Xiaoyu recognized Lu Guan as the terrifying fighter he had witnessed at Eastsea Academy and urged his mother to strengthen her bond with Auntie Xu. Later, Gu Yue visited Na'er at the Lu family home and joined her and Lu Guan on a trip to the snack street, where a commotion interrupted their meal.

• Xu Xiaoyu arrived at Auntie Xu's home, recognized Lu Guan from the battle at Eastsea Academy, and was left speechless.
• On the way home, Xu Xiaoyu told Ms. Yang that the Xu family's future rested on her keeping her bond with Auntie Xu strong.
• Leng Yaozhu gave Gu Yue time off and called Na'er, asking her to get along with Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue visited the Lu family home, used Leng Yaozhu's instructions to gain entry, and went out with Na'er and Lu Guan.
• Lu Guan ordered beef pots and flatbreads at the snack street, but a distressed vendor's cries interrupted them.

Lu Guan beat Guang Long and his two companions after they attacked Uncle Li’s shop, then stayed to wait for Guang Biao. The chapter ended with Guang Biao arriving in a purple mecha and demanding to know who had hurt his brother.

• Guang Long and his two men wrecked Uncle Li’s shop and beat him over unpaid protection money.
• Lu Guan used his Battle Mist and demon-body arms to break Guang Long’s arm and knock out the other two men.
• Lu Guan crippled Guang Long with further blows, then helped Uncle Li up as the crowd watched in shock.
• Uncle Li warned Lu Guan that Guang Biao, captain of Eastsea City’s Mecha Brigade, would seek revenge, but Lu Guan chose to wait for him.
• Na’er and Gu Yue questioned why Lu Guan left Guang Long alive, and Lu Guan explained that he wanted to raise the stakes before calling the police.
• Guang Biao arrived in a purple mecha, saw his injured brother, and demanded to know who had attacked him.

Lu Guan’s clash with Guang Biao and Guang Long ended with Leng Yaozhu destroying their mechas and the brothers being arrested. That night, Lu Guan killed them in prison, and officials covered up their deaths as suicide while investigating Guang Biao’s crimes.

• Guang Biao sent mechas to attack Lu Guan, but Leng Yaozhu arrived and destroyed them, leaving Guang Biao gravely injured.
• Leng Yaozhu identified Guang Biao’s crimes, and public security officers arrested him, Guang Long, and the mecha squad.
• In prison, Guang Biao promised revenge on Lu Guan and the girls, but Lu Guan entered their cell during a blackout and strangled both brothers with his demonic arms.
• The next morning, Eastsea City’s news reported Guang Biao’s hidden assets and criminal cases, then announced that he and Guang Long had committed suicide in prison.

Gu Yue revealed her plan to preserve soul beasts by trapping humanity in a virtual paradise and returning the real Douluo Continent to the soul beasts. She asked Na'er to merge with her someday, but Na'er withheld her agreement.

• Na'er entered the Spirit Ascension Platform to meet Gu Yue in its virtual forest.
• Gu Yue explained that the Spirit Ascension Platform showed how a complete virtual world could sustain life, then proposed creating one for humans.
• Gu Yue said she would keep humanity in the virtual world forever and give the real Douluo Continent back to the soul beasts.
• Gu Yue asked Na'er to merge with her and restore the Silver Dragon King's full power so they could carry out the plan.
• Gu Yue said she would control Lu Guan and make him humanity's king in the new world, while Na'er questioned whether humans would accept captivity.
• Na'er said they could talk if Gu Yue truly managed to carry out her plan.

Lu Guan brought Xu Xiaoyan to Heaven Dou City, where Mu Ye arranged for her to visit Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy’s observatory. The observatory’s stellar power triggered a rare beneficial mutation in her Martial Soul.

• Xu Xiaoyu persuaded Xu Xiaoyan’s parents to send her with Lu Guan, and she joined Lu Guan, Na'er, and Gu Yue on the train with Leng Yaozhu.
• Xu Xiaoyan hid behind Lu Guan during the journey, while Na'er grew jealous and Gu Yue teased her.
• After arriving in Heaven Dou City, Lu Guan declined Leng Yaozhu’s offer of help and met his master, Mu Ye.
• Mu Ye brought the group to Heavenly Starry Sky Soul Master Academy’s Dome Star Observatory to examine Xu Xiaoyan’s star-related Martial Soul.
• The observatory’s stellar power caused Xu Xiaoyan’s Ice Staff to develop golden star wheels and drew a mass of starlight around her.
• Li Zhilong recognized that Xu Xiaoyan’s Martial Soul was undergoing an exceptionally rare beneficial mutation.

Xu Xiaoyan underwent a dramatic evolution, gaining a transformed Star Wheel Ice Staff and a powerful control skill, while Mu Ye decided to teach her. Meanwhile, Di Tian relayed the lord’s order for the soul beasts to befriend the Federation, and Bi Ji announced her run for Federal Councilor.

• Xu Xiaoyan evolved, and her Star Wheel Chain immobilized Li Zhilong before Mu Ye declared that he would take her on as a student.
• Gu Yue told Na'er that she needed time to prepare before slowly taking the Golden Dragon King's blood.
• Di Tian told the gathered beasts that their lord had ordered them to build friendly relations with humans, then specified that they should approach the Federation.
• Xu Xiaoyan showed Lu Guan news that Bi Ji had applied to become a Federal Councilor and planned to represent the Star Dou Great Forest's soul beasts.

Gu Yue sent Bi Ji to seek a seat in the Federal Parliament, hoping to use humanity’s own political rules to weaken its defenses. The parliament accepted Bi Ji’s candidacy, while Lu Guan turned his attention to entering the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.

• Lu Guan watched Bi Ji’s speech and wondered what the soul beasts were planning.
• Gu Yue told Na'er that Bi Ji’s candidacy was a first step toward using human rules to break down humanity’s defenses.
• Lei Jun opposed Bi Ji’s candidacy, while Mo Wu argued that the Federation should welcome her.
• Zhao Mingyu said Bi Ji’s application was a test by Di Tian and argued that accepting it could help ease tensions with the soul beasts.
• More than two-thirds of the parliamentarians voted to accept Bi Ji’s application to run for parliament.
• Lu Guan told Mu Ye that he planned to enter the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.

Lu Guan decided to use the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition to restore the Body Sect’s reputation, and Mu Ye brought him and Xu Xiaoyan to Tianhai Academy to request places on its championship team. The dean agreed to test them against two former team members, with Mu Ye’s month-long stint as a visiting professor at stake if they lost.

• Lu Guan told Mu Ye that the Body Sect needed to win fame through battle and declared he would make its return known at the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.
• Mu Ye agreed to accompany Lu Guan and took him and Xu Xiaoyan to meet Tianhai Academy dean Long Huan Tian.
• Mu Ye asked Long Huan Tian to add Lu Guan and Xu Xiaoyan to the academy’s championship team for an exhibition match against Shrek Academy.
• Long Huan Tian demanded a strength test, promising to add them to the starting lineup if they won and asking Mu Ye to teach at the academy for a month if they lost.
• At the No. 1 Advanced Simulation Training Hall, Wang Heng and Zhou Ming mocked Lu Guan and Xu Xiaoyan before preparing to fight them.

Lu Guan defeated Wang Heng with a single blow and helped Xu Xiaoyan defeat Zhou Ming, impressing Long Huan Tian. Long Huan Tian agreed to add the two children to Tianhai Academy’s exhibition match lineup and went to contact Shrek Academy.

• Wang Heng challenged Lu Guan and attacked him with his strongest enhancement skills, but Lu Guan stopped his fist with one hand.
• Lu Guan struck Wang Heng with his demon body arm, sending him into an alloy wall and leaving him unconscious.
• Zhou Ming attacked Lu Guan with wind blades, but Lu Guan called on Xu Xiaoyan to restrain him with her Star Wheel Chain.
• Lu Guan punched the immobilized Zhou Ming out of the arena, ending the battle.
• Long Huan Tian agreed to put Lu Guan and Xu Xiaoyan on Tianhai Academy’s exhibition match roster and went to contact Shrek Academy.

Lu Guan’s publicity plan made Shrek’s exhibition match the focus of Skysea City, while Wu Changkong told Shen Yi that he would bring his students to Shrek. The arena fell silent when the Skysea Alliance team appeared, led by two very young children and followed by five older champions.

• Shrek’s promotional campaign stirred up Skysea City with news that its under-fifteen team would face the Skysea Alliance’s previous youth division champions.
• Lu Guan watched the publicity spread and believed Shrek’s hype would ultimately benefit the Body Sect.
• Shen Yi met Wu Changkong at Tianhai Stadium, and Wu Changkong said he would take his students to Shrek to pass its entrance examination.
• Shrek’s team entered the arena, led by Yu Chenxiao, a Soul Ancestor, with Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi among the other six members.
• The Skysea Alliance team emerged with a young boy and a timid little girl leading the five older champions, leaving the crowd stunned and Wu Changkong wide-eyed.

Lu Guan countered Shrek’s opening attack by filling the arena with Battle Mist, giving Tianhai Academy’s fighters a clear view while Shrek lost track of one another. Tianhai’s five members ambushed two isolated Shrek contestants, leaving the match in a one-sided brawl.

• Spectators booed Tianhai Academy for fielding two young children, while Shen Yi mocked Wu Changkong and Wu Changkong watched Lu Guan closely.
• Yu Chenxiao taunted Tianhai’s lineup, and Lu Guan reminded his five teammates of their assigned tasks before the exhibition match began.
• Yu Chenxiao spread lightning across the arena, but Lu Guan’s Battle Mist swallowed it and obscured the field.
• Ye Xinglan called for Shrek to regroup, while Lu Guan’s mist let Tianhai’s five fighters locate all seven opponents.
• Liu Feng led his teammates in surrounding and attacking two isolated Shrek contestants.

Lu Guan confronted Yu Chenxiao and Ye Xinglan in the mist and revealed his four-eyed, six-armed War Lord Demon Body. After overpowering Yu Chenxiao’s boosted attacks, Lu Guan faced the Shrek team’s renewed assault with five ancient weapons summoned.

• Yu Chenxiao left Lin Kong behind and charged with Ye Xinglan toward the cries for help, but Lu Guan blocked their way and challenged them.
• Ning Susu boosted Yu Chenxiao with her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda as Ye Xinglan moved through the mist to attack from the flank.
• Lu Guan activated his War Lord Demon Body and caught both of Yu Chenxiao’s lightning-powered punches, then forced him back with his strength.
• Xu Lizhi restored Yu Chenxiao with a Recovery Meat Bun, Ning Susu boosted him again, and Lin Kong took a guarding position with his Jade Shield.
• Yu Chenxiao charged again at greater speed, and Lu Guan summoned five ancient weapons and formed a fist seal.

Yu Chenxiao activated his fourth soul skill, Body-Burning Tyrant Thunder, and finally drove Lu Guan back with a lightning-charged punch. Lu Guan realized Yu Chenxiao feared nothing, while the battle continued with Shrek still struggling against him.

• Lu Guan repelled Yu Chenxiao, Lin Kong, and Ye Xinglan, stopping Ye Xinglan's surprise attack and holding off all five Shrek fighters.
• Shen Yi revealed that Yu Chenxiao's fourth soul skill, Body-Burning Tyrant Thunder, boosted his strength and speed while suppressing his pain.
• Yu Chenxiao activated his black ten-thousand-year soul ring and drew his lightning into his body, burning his blood to power himself.
• Yu Chenxiao crossed the arena in a flash and punched Lu Guan backward more than ten meters.
• Lu Guan noticed that Yu Chenxiao's Nightmare Wraith had vanished because Yu Chenxiao feared nothing.

Lu Guan and Xu Xiaoyan turned back Shrek’s attack with her Star Wheel Chain and his Five Weapons: Profound Calamity. The devastating technique defeated Ye Xinglan and Yu Chenxiao, leaving Lu Guan’s team poised to win.

• Yu Chenxiao relentlessly attacked Lu Guan while Ye Xinglan prepared a surprise strike, and Xu Xiaoyan watched anxiously from the edge of the Battle Mist.
• Xu Xiaoyan used her Star Wheel Chain to pin Yu Chenxiao, letting Lu Guan strike with four weapons.
• Lin Kong shielded Yu Chenxiao from Lu Guan’s attack, but Lu Guan shattered his Jade Shield and knocked him unconscious.
• Ye Xinglan attacked Lu Guan from behind as Yu Chenxiao charged from the front, but Lu Guan drew the Battle Mist into his five weapons and unleashed Five Weapons: Profound Calamity.
• Lu Guan’s technique damaged Ye Xinglan’s Stargod Sword and knocked her unconscious, while it tore apart Yu Chenxiao’s thunder body and broke his bones.
• Xu Xiaoyan peeked out from behind Lu Guan and gave him a V sign as he smiled, confident that victory was assured.

Lu Guan led Tianhai Academy to a decisive victory over Shrek and announced that he was a disciple of the Body Sect, marking the sect’s public return. Meanwhile, Gu Yue sent Di Tian to Eastsea City to prepare a move against the human who claimed the Dragon God’s power, and told Na'er that her own move would come in two days.

• Lu Guan and Xu Xiaoyan celebrated Tianhai Academy’s victory as Shen Yi struggled to accept Shrek’s defeat and Wu Changkong left without speaking.
• Long Huan Tian ordered the media to spread footage of the match across the continent, while Lu Guan used the broadcast to declare himself a disciple of the Body Sect.
• Mu Ye heard Lu Guan’s declaration and celebrated the first public sign of the Body Sect’s revival.
• Gu Yue met Di Tian outside Shrek City, gave him a silver ring, and ordered him to go to Eastsea City and put its contents in place.
• Gu Yue returned to the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters and told Na'er she planned to make her move in two days.