Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin and Jiang Mingyuan enjoyed the voyage until a confrontation between Shrek Academy and Monster Academy students forced Tang Wulin and Yuanen Yehui to break it up. When a formal reception was announced, Mu Ye appeared and gave Tang Wulin an outfit, leaving him to try it on.

• Tang Wulin and Jiang Mingyuan admired the sea from the deck of the Courage.
• Xie Xie, Ye Xinglan, and Yue Zhengyu argued with students from Monster Academy, and Tang Wulin and Yuanen Yehui intervened to separate the groups.
• Cai Yue'er criticized Tang Wulin for directing his anger at his own people, while Zhuo Shi defended his actions.
• The ship announced a formal reception that evening, and Tang Wulin worried that he had nothing suitable to wear.
• Mu Ye arrived on deck and handed Tang Wulin a men's formal outfit he had brought for him.

Jiang Mingyuan arrived at the banquet in a striking burgundy gown, revealing his female identity to the gathered guests. He and Tang Wulin danced together under the spotlight, and Jiang Mingyuan explained that he had long wanted to stop hiding his appearance.

• Mu Ye gave Tang Wulin a formal outfit, and Jiang Mingyuan promised to buy him an even better one someday.
• Tang Wulin joined his friends at the banquet, where the students arrived in formal clothes and Yue Zhengyu boasted about his appearance before Yuanen Yehui kicked him aside.
• Tang Wulin waited anxiously for Jiang Mingyuan, who had asked him to go to the banquet without him.
• Jiang Mingyuan entered in a burgundy gown, drawing the guests' attention and leaving Xie Xie stunned by his resemblance to the woman he saw.
• Jiang Mingyuan took Tang Wulin's hand, and they became the banquet's most eye-catching dancing pair.
• Jiang Mingyuan told Tang Wulin that he had wanted to reveal his female identity for a long time and that they could not keep their secret forever.

At the banquet, Tang Wulin danced with Jiang Mingyuan until Jiang Mingyuan felt unwell, and their friends teased them about their closeness. After the guests voted for the best-dressed pair, the group gathered around Jiang Mingyuan, whose identity as a girl surprised the younger students.

• Tang Wulin led Jiang Mingyuan around the dance floor until Jiang Mingyuan stopped to rest because his stomach hurt.
• Yuanen Yehui recognized Jiang Mingyuan's condition and urged Tang Wulin to support him, while Xu Xiaoyan teased them about their relationship.
• Jiang Mingyuan steadied himself, then went with Tang Wulin to find food as Xu Xiaoyan and Yuanen Yehui returned to dancing.
• Xie Xie arrived to gossip about Tang Wulin and Jiang Mingyuan, then felt a chill as the banquet drew to a close.
• Tang Wulin and Ya Li voted for each other in the best-dressed poll, and Yuanen Yehui punched Yue Zhengyu after he teased Jiang Mingyuan.
• Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi gathered around Jiang Mingyuan in surprise at learning that their former captain was a girl.

At the banquet, Tang Wulin and Jiang Mingyuan won separate awards, then shared a quiet moment at the ship’s bow before Mu Ye interrupted them. Back in their cabin, Jiang Mingyuan urged Tang Wulin to study under Mu Ye and considered other chances to help him grow stronger.

• Zhuo Shi announced Tang Wulin as the best-dressed gentleman, Jiang Mingyuan as the best-dressed lady, and Yuanen Yehui and Xu Xiaoyan as the best dancing pair.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin met late at night and went to the bow, where Tang Wulin embraced him as they watched the sea.
• Mu Ye leaped from the water with a huge fish and ruined their private moment by offering Tang Wulin a late-night meal.
• Jiang Mingyuan sulked back in Tang Wulin’s room, then advised him to accept Mu Ye’s offer to study body tempering and Bloodline Power.
• Jiang Mingyuan reflected on future opportunities for Tang Wulin and worried that his powers and techniques might eventually leave him with little of his own.

Yuanen Yehui and Xu Xiaoyan heard cries from the sea and discovered Tang Wulin being forced to fight Demon Soul Great White Sharks as part of Mu Ye’s extreme training. After battling predators until dawn, Tang Wulin returned exhausted, while Jiang Mingyuan went back to wake Jiang Xiaoyue.

• Xu Xiaoyan asked Yuanen Yehui about strange noises, and Yuanen Yehui heard someone shouting about sharks behind the ship.
• Yuanen Yehui found Mu Ye and Jiang Mingyuan fishing at the stern while Tang Wulin swam with a line tied to him and fought Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Tang Wulin used his Blue Silver Grass and Golden Dragon abilities against the sharks, but his wound attracted more marine predators.
• Tang Wulin fought until nearly dawn, and Jiang Mingyuan pulled him aboard when he could no longer continue.
• Xie Xie saw Tang Wulin looking pale and exhausted, and Tang Wulin said he had trained all night.
• Jiang Mingyuan returned to his room, where Jiang Xiaoyue woke and asked what time it was.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin reached the Star Luo Continent with the Douluo delegation, where Sima Lanxiao proposed that Shrek’s students enter a young Soul Master competition. Zhuo Shi and Mu Ye rejoined the group after fighting, and Zhuo Shi admitted that Mu Ye had beaten him in hand-to-hand combat.

• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin visited a Star Luo fisherman’s boat and spoke with him about the peaceful delegation traveling to the Star Luo Continent.
• Sima Lanxiao and Pan Wen observed the fisherman, while Jiang Mingyuan reflected on the political systems of the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Federation.
• The delegation arrived on the Star Luo Continent, rested in a coastal city, and traveled by train toward Star Luo City.
• Sima Lanxiao asked Cai Yue'er to let the Shrek students compete in Star Luo City’s young Soul Master competition.
• Zhuo Shi and Mu Ye returned to the train after their fight, and Zhuo Shi told Wu Changkong that Mu Ye had bested him in close combat.

Tang Wulin and the delegation came under a coordinated attack by mechas and ambushing Soul Masters while traveling by train to Star Luo City. With the Titled Douluos occupied and the guards overwhelmed, Wu Changkong charged at the mechas and left Jiang Mingyuan to protect the others.

• Tang Wulin told the group they would compete in the Youth Soul Master Exchange Tournament, and Yuanen Yehui agreed to inform the second-years.
• Yue Zhengyu spotted mechas approaching the train, and Wu Changkong led the students onto the roof as missiles began striking.
• Cai Yue'er, Zhuo Shi, and Mu Ye intercepted the missiles while the delegation evacuated the train and more than a hundred ambushing Soul Masters attacked from the forest.
• Tang Wulin tried to jump down to protect the ordinary passengers, but Jiang Mingyuan held him back as a missile exploded where he had been about to land.
• A Red-Grade Mecha broke through Zhuo Shi and Mu Ye's assault, while Black-Grade Mechas moved toward the train and Wu Changkong charged to stop them, leaving Jiang Mingyuan to defend the group.

Jiang Mingyuan unleashed his Phoenix power to protect the train, then recovered in Star Luo City while Tang Wulin vowed to become stronger. After waking, Jiang Mingyuan teased Tang Wulin into an intimate delay, and they arrived at breakfast late with Jiang Mingyuan blaming his odd behavior on a cramp.

• Jiang Mingyuan expanded a fiery domain that incinerated the attackers and destroyed a Purple-Grade Mecha, then collapsed after the Star Luo Empire's army drove off the terrorists.
• Jiang Mingyuan woke in a Star Luo City hotel and learned that Green Skull had attacked them, while Tang Wulin watched over him and resolved to grow stronger.
• Tang Wulin cultivated through the night as Jiang Mingyuan watched, then Jiang Mingyuan tried to ease his anxiety by teasing him.
• Jiang Mingyuan kept Jiang Xiaoyue under the covers while he and Tang Wulin delayed going to the restaurant, then told the others he had a cramp when they asked why he was acting strangely.

Tang Wulin reached Soul Power Level 40 and went with Jiang Mingyuan to choose a Soul Spirit in Star Luo City. After Xie Xie was rejected by Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin and Jiang Mingyuan explored Spirit Ice Avenue, where Tang Wulin bought them sugar figures and whispered to Jiang Mingyuan about his.

• Wu Changkong told the group the tournament would begin in three days and asked Tang Wulin and the other Tang Sect members to register at the local branch.
• Tang Wulin said he had reached Soul Power Level 40, and Wu Changkong allowed him and Jiang Mingyuan to visit the Spirit Pagoda before registering.
• Xie Xie tried to pair up with Xu Xiaoyan, but she rejected him and walked away.
• Tang Wulin and Jiang Mingyuan visited a sugar-figure stall on Spirit Ice Avenue and asked the vendor to make a dragon and a phoenix.
• Tang Wulin gave Jiang Mingyuan the dragon sugar figure, then whispered something to him as he licked it.

Tang Wulin defended himself after a burly man attacked him, then left with Jiang Mingyuan before the confrontation could escalate. At the Luo Cheng Spirit Pagoda branch, Tang Wulin began reviewing Soul Spirits while Jiang Mingyuan found an embarrassing book and secretly read one of its tips.

• Tang Wulin caught the burly man's punch and forced him to his knees, then confronted the man's three companions.
• A girl in a yellow dress emerged from the shop and blamed Tang Wulin, but she froze when she saw him; a nimble red figure stepped between them, and Tang Wulin soothed her before they left.
• Jiang Mingyuan contacted his teacher, and he and Tang Wulin visited the Luo Cheng Spirit Pagoda to browse its Soul Spirit selection.
• Manager Lü showed them into a lounge and provided a tablet listing Soul Spirits under eighty thousand years old.
• While Tang Wulin studied the tablet, Jiang Mingyuan found a book titled One Hundred Tips for Girls' Breast Development and memorized one tip.

Tang Wulin received the Nine-Leaf Dragon Flourishing Grass as his fourth Soul Spirit after Jiang Mingyuan reassured him that she wanted to support him. Three days later, the Star Luo Continent Youth Soul Master Tournament was about to begin, and Jiang Mingyuan registered for the two-on-two and seven-person team events.

• Tang Wulin examined the 7,500-year-old Nine-Leaf Dragon Flourishing Grass and worried that he could never repay Jiang Mingyuan for her help.
• Jiang Mingyuan told Tang Wulin she supported him because of her special feelings for him, then embraced him and whispered something that made him blush.
• With the staff's help, Tang Wulin contracted with the Nine-Leaf Dragon Flourishing Grass and gained his fourth Soul Ring, whose skill created nine leaves that each restored ten percent of a Soul Master's Soul Power.
• Tang Wulin and Jiang Mingyuan checked in at the Tang Sect and spent the next three days shopping in Star Luo City.
• With the tournament about to begin, Jiang Mingyuan registered for the two-on-two and seven-person team events.

Tang Wulin entered the Star Luo Empire’s Youth Soul Master Tournament and defeated Ling Wuxie with a single blow, drawing the attention of the spectators and the Star Luo Imperial Family. Emperor Dai Tianling and Imperial Preceptor En Ci discussed whether Tang Wulin’s two golden Soul Rings were Ferocious Beast Soul Rings, and En Ci judged that they were not.

• Tang Wulin entered the one-on-one event and faced Ling Wuxie of the Tyrant Blade Sect in the opening round.
• Tang Wulin dodged Ling Wuxie’s Tyrant Blade Slash, then used his Golden Dragon Claw to catch and crush the Nine-Ring Silver Blade.
• Tang Wulin’s single strike sent Ling Wuxie flying and shattered his Martial Soul, stunning the packed stadium.
• Dai Yun’er recognized Tang Wulin in the imperial viewing suite and excitedly told her father, Emperor Dai Tianling, about him.
• Dai Tianling asked Imperial Preceptor En Ci whether Tang Wulin’s golden Soul Rings were Ferocious Beast Soul Rings, and En Ci said their color and Tang Wulin’s age made that unlikely.

Jiang Mingyuan woke from a half-month coma with his spiritual power transformed and his body improved, then reunited with Jiang Xiaoyue. He realized the damaged Divine Core had absorbed destruction power and changed from creation into destruction.

• Jiang Mingyuan collapsed after chaotic information flooded his mind, and Tang Wulin and Xie Xie found him unconscious.
• Jiang Mingyuan woke in the hospital after half a month and learned that he and Tang Wulin had advanced in the doubles competition.
• Jiang Mingyuan discovered that his senses and spiritual power had risen to the Divine Origin Realm, and he used [Elemental Affinity] to form an ice mirror.
• Jiang Xiaoyue visited Jiang Mingyuan, and after his discharge they left the hospital together on Meteor.
• Jiang Mingyuan sensed that the Divine Core within him had absorbed destruction power, turning half of his Sea of Consciousness dark and transforming creation into destruction.

Jiang Mingyuan realizes his damaged Divine Core will become fatal within five years unless he finds rare materials, and decides he needs his maternal family’s help locating Devil Island. He joins Shrek Academy’s team battle and reveals overwhelming power against Far Ocean Academy.

• Jiang Mingyuan considers four possible places to restore his divinity and decides to seek help finding Devil Island through his mother’s family.
• At the Star Luo Grand Stadium, Luo Guixing introduces Monster Academy’s Eight Heavenly Kings, led by Long Yue, after they quickly win their match.
• Jiang Mingyuan asks to replace Xu Xiaoyan in Shrek Academy’s upcoming team battle, and Wu Changkong approves.
• Far Ocean Academy’s captain Wang Yang dismisses Jiang Mingyuan as weak, while Shrek’s other six competitors remain still when the match begins.
• Jiang Mingyuan reveals six crimson Soul Rings, takes to the air, warns Far Ocean Academy to flee, and unleashes Phoenix Hundred-Crack Fist.

Dai Tianling and En Ci debated whether Star Luo Empire could recruit Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin, while misunderstanding Jiang Mingyuan’s gender led to an awkward discussion about Prince Yan’er. After Jiang Mingyuan effortlessly defeated every opponent with one Phoenix Hundred-Crack Fist, Dai Yun’er and Long Yue watched him from the stands.

• Dai Tianling asked En Ci whether Jiang Mingyuan’s unusual soul rings were an illusion, and En Ci judged that Jiang Mingyuan was likely a mental-attribute soul master.
• Dai Tianling decided to try befriending Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin, believing Star Luo Empire needed powerful allies and promising talent.
• Dai Tianling assumed Jiang Mingyuan was a girl and suggested that Yan’er get acquainted with him, but En Ci pointed out that Jiang Mingyuan was probably a boy.
• Dai Tianling and En Ci agreed that the prince and princess should build relationships with Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin, who could become Shrek’s next leading figure.
• Dai Yun’er identified Tang Wulin as the man her guard had offended, while Long Yue said he would test Jiang Mingyuan when their teams faced Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Mingyuan cleared the opposing team with a single Phoenix Hundred-Crack Fist and left the arena at ease.

Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin faced Monster Academy’s Dai Yueyan and Su Mu in the two-on-two round of sixteen. Jiang Mingyuan’s domain and support helped Tang Wulin overwhelm Dai Yueyan, sending both opponents off the field and securing the victory.

• Jiang Mingyuan noticed Su Mu’s hostility toward Tang Wulin and learned Tang Wulin had badly injured him in their earlier one-on-one match.
• Dai Yueyan and Su Mu used their Martial Souls and One-Word Battle Armor, while Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin prepared to fight together.
• Jiang Mingyuan spread his Phoenix Domain across the field, weakening Dai Yueyan and boosting Tang Wulin.
• Su Mu’s five control abilities failed to affect Tang Wulin after Jiang Mingyuan cleansed them, and Su Mu suffered backlash.
• Jiang Mingyuan empowered Tang Wulin’s attack with high-temperature flames, and Tang Wulin broke through Dai Yueyan’s defenses with a punch.
• Dai Yueyan flew into Su Mu, and both opponents crashed off the competition field.

During the tournament’s three-day break, Jiang Xiaoyue coaxed Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion into sneaking out of the hotel while Jiang Mingyuan was away. Scarlet King recognized the pair on the street and identified Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion as the Auspicious Beast.

• Ye Lingxing said Devil Island existed and continued searching for it by submarine.
• Jiang Mingyuan left the hotel to check on Tang Wulin, telling Jiang Xiaoyue and Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion to stay inside.
• Jiang Xiaoyue persuaded Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion to sneak out with her before Jiang Mingyuan returned.
• The two girls packed their belongings and left the hotel, heading down to the street.
• Scarlet King sensed a familiar presence, found the girls in the crowd, and recognized Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion as the Auspicious Beast.

Jiang Mingyuan infiltrated the Tang Sect branch to learn where Tang Wulin had gone and found a map that might lead to Dragon Valley. Meanwhile, Tang Wulin declined a dangerous mission, while Jiang Xiaoyue and Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion took a cake shop job and forgot they needed to return to the hotel.

• Jiang Mingyuan used his knowledge of the Tang Sect branch to sneak into Dou Hall and discovered that Dai Yun'er and most of Monster Academy's great heavenly kings had joined the Tang Sect.
• Jiang Mingyuan found a map marking a site west of Star Luo City, suspected it might be Dragon Valley, and took immortal herbs from the Tang Sect treasury before leaving.
• Tang Wulin heard that the Tang Sect wanted volunteers to investigate an alternate space that had slipped out of its control, but he chose not to risk himself.
• Jiang Xiaoyue and Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion tried to trade pretty stones for cakes, then agreed to attract customers for the shop owner in exchange for cakes.
• Jiang Xiaoyue and Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion ran outside to promote the cakes, forgetting to return to the hotel before Jiang Mingyuan came back.

Jiang Mingyuan found Jiang Xiaoyue and the Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion after they sneaked out to earn desserts, then learned Tang Wulin had refused a mission to a place that restricted Soul Power cultivation. At the arena, Ye Xinglan continued fighting Long Yue despite being badly outmatched.

• Jiang Xiaoyue and the Little Three-Eyed Golden Lion drew customers to a cake shop and received a bag of desserts as a reward.
• Jiang Mingyuan caught the two little ones eating cake, forgave them, and told them not to sneak out again.
• Tang Wulin told Jiang Mingyuan he had skipped a dangerous mission to a place that restricted Soul Power cultivation, which Jiang Mingyuan suspected was Dragon Valley.
• Dai Yun'er urged Long Yue to stop going easy on Ye Xinglan, while Xu Lizhi supported Ye Xinglan with Augmentation Buns.
• Ye Xinglan charged at Long Yue with her Stargod Sword.

Ye Xinglan woke in the hospital after Long Yue defeated her, while spectators began comparing Tang Wulin, Long Yue, and Sima Xian as the “three dragons” of the tournament. Tang Wulin then faced Dai Yun'er in the individual round of thirty-two, where both fighters prepared to battle.

• Long Yue’s first Soul Skill overwhelmed Ye Xinglan, who awoke later in the Star Luo Empire Capital First Hospital with Xu Lizhi watching over her.
• Cai Yue'er warned the students not to sully Shrek’s glory, and Wu Changkong and the other classmates left Ye Xinglan to recover.
• Ye Xinglan blamed Xu Lizhi’s weak support for her loss and imagined that another Support System Soul Master could have helped her beat Long Yue.
• Yue Zhengyu and Yuanen Yehui narrowly defeated Sima Xian, while Tang Wulin defeated Wolf King Hua Lantang and Tower King Ye Zhi; spectators began calling Tang Wulin, Long Yue, and Sima Xian the three dragons vying for supremacy.
• Tang Wulin faced Dai Yun'er in the round of thirty-two, and she completed her Hell Spirit Cat possession as both fighters sensed an inexplicable chill.