Chapter Summaries

After finding Jiang Mingyuan naked in a room filled with charcoal, Tang Wulin accidentally kissed her and then lost control under the influence of his dragon blood, leaving her unconscious and himself consumed by guilt. He feared Jiang Mingyuan would reject him and reached for his own neck as Old Terrifying sensed the Golden Dragon King nearing a breakthrough.

• Jiang Mingyuan woke naked amid a pile of charcoal, while Tang Wulin waited outside the room.
• Tang Wulin fell through the doorway and accidentally kissed Jiang Mingyuan.
• Tang Wulin's dragon instincts took over, and he forced himself on Jiang Mingyuan until she lost consciousness.
• Tang Wulin carried Jiang Mingyuan to his room, apologized, and reflected on wanting their relationship to become more than friendship.
• Tang Wulin feared Jiang Mingyuan would hate him and reached for his neck with the Golden Dragon Claw as Old Terrifying panicked over the Golden Dragon King's seal.

Tang Wulin nearly took his own life under the Golden Dragon King's influence, but Jiang Mingyuan stopped him and helped him regain his will. After they reconciled, Tang Wulin encouraged Jiang Mingyuan to keep his hair long as a disguise.

• The Golden Dragon King's negative influence drove Tang Wulin to cut himself, while Old Tang struggled to restrain the sealed consciousness.
• Jiang Mingyuan slapped Tang Wulin, healed his wound with life energy, and reminded him of their friends and family until he abandoned the attempt.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Tang Wulin embraced and cried, then Jiang Mingyuan gave him a quiet second slap as payback for nearly suffocating him earlier.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked Tang Wulin to fetch water and food, then complained privately that he could not change back because of the egg.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked Tang Wulin to cut his hair, but Tang Wulin suggested he grow it long to make his disguise easier.

Jiang Mingyuan nearly had his disguise exposed when Xu Xiaoyan noticed his changed height, but Tang Wulin covered for him. As Class Zero faced Tianhai Academy in the seven-person final, Jiang Mingyuan’s blood-red flames countered Zhou Hanyou’s freezing attack, and the match began with both teams ready to clash.

• Xu Xiaoyan noticed Jiang Mingyuan’s longer hair and questioned whether he had become shorter, so Tang Wulin claimed Jiang Mingyuan wore height-boosting insoles.
• Xie Xie teased Jiang Mingyuan about his height, and Jiang Mingyuan punched him while threatening to assign him the next match’s strongest opponent.
• Wu Changkong warned Class Zero that Tianhai Academy’s team was stronger overall, while Jiang Mingyuan stayed back in earlier matches to support his teammates.
• Tang Wulin encouraged Jiang Mingyuan before the final, and the two bumped fists as Eastsea Academy and Tianhai Academy took the stage.
• The teams introduced themselves, and Zhou Hanyou, captain of Tianhai Academy, revealed her ice-element martial soul and rank 32 soul power.
• Zhou Hanyou’s freezing attack swept toward Class Zero, but Jiang Mingyuan’s golden flames turned blood-red and warmed his shivering teammates.

Eastsea Academy’s Class Zero battled Tianhai Academy as Tang Wulin eliminated Liu Fei, while Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian’er prepared and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended with their ice-tree attack threatening Tang Wulin as Jiang Mingyuan’s black Lie Yan engulfed the arena.

• Tang Wulin used his Golden Dragon Claw to overpower Liu Fei while Zhang Yangzi, Wang Jinxi, and Wei Xiaofeng fought Wang Dongqi and Li Xian’er.
• Xie Xie slipped on Zhou Tian’er’s slickened ground and was bound by vines, while Hu Gao injured Zhang Yangzi and Li Xian’er wounded Wang Jinxi.
• Jiang Mingyuan healed Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi with golden flames, revealing another ability.
• Hu Gao joined Liu Fei against Tang Wulin, who switched to his Thousand Refinement Silver Hammers and struck Liu Fei out of the arena with help from Xu Xiaoyan’s Ice Wheel.
• Zhou Hanyou and Zhou Tian’er activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, summoning an ice-blue tree whose branches thrust toward Tang Wulin.
• Jiang Mingyuan shouted a warning and unleashed black Lie Yan across the arena.

Jiang Mingyuan lost control of his Phoenix Domain during the Tianhai Grand Competition, and Tang Wulin risked the flames to embrace him and draw them back into a strange egg. Eastsea Academy's Class Zero won the competition, and the chapter ended with Jiang Mingyuan awake in the hospital as Ya Li explained that his powerful Martial Soul was beyond his current control.

• Jiang Mingyuan's Phoenix Domain overwhelmed the Arena, and Ya Li and Wu Changkong tried to contain the flames while Tang Wulin approached him through the fire.
• Tang Wulin embraced Jiang Mingyuan, and golden light intertwined with the flames until a patterned egg drew them back inside.
• Tang Wulin rescued Hu Gao from the worst of the fire, while the flames left the Arena devastated and badly injured Hu Gao.
• The Red-Haired Woman arranged for recordings of the incident to be destroyed, and Eastsea Academy's Class Zero emerged as the junior division's winners.
• Hu Gao survived but suffered damage to his Martial Soul and accepted compensation from the Skysea Alliance.
• Ya Li examined the awake Jiang Mingyuan in the hospital and said his Martial Soul was too powerful for him to control completely.

After Jiang Mingyuan recovered, his friends and mentors fussed over him while Gu Yuena grew jealous of his closeness with Tang Wulin. Three days later, Gu Yuena fought for Eastsea Academy in his place, and Xie Xie secured a victory over Shrek Academy.

• Leng Yaozhu advised Jiang Mingyuan to train harder, while Na'er fed him and Gu Yuena quietly grew jealous of his bond with Tang Wulin.
• Wu Changkong assured Jiang Mingyuan's worried friends that he was fine, and Gu Yuena joined Na'er in teasing him at his bedside.
• Leng Yaozhu and Ya Li kept Jiang Mingyuan from competing, while Yun Ming asked Wu Changkong to remain as a teacher at Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yuena overwhelmed Shrek Academy's team with her elemental attacks, and Tang Wulin knocked down their captain while trying to advance.
• A clash of water and fire knocked Tang Wulin down, but Xie Xie landed the decisive blow on Ye Xinglan and won the match for Eastsea Academy.

Jiang Mingyuan returned to his long-neglected home with Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin, who helped him clean before he cooked them egg fried rice. The meal left Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin wondering where Jiang Mingyuan had gotten the egg.

• Wei Xiaofeng left Class Zero, and Gu Yuena joined as the trio traveled to Aolai City for a school holiday.
• Jiang Mingyuan, Gu Yuena, and Tang Wulin arrived at Jiang Mingyuan's dusty home, where Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin cleaned while Jiang Mingyuan rested.
• Jiang Mingyuan found no ingredients except rice and scallions, so he used an egg from his Storage Soul Tool to make fried rice.
• Jiang Mingyuan served the fried rice, and Gu Yuena and Tang Wulin praised it as they ate.
• Gu Yuena asked when Jiang Mingyuan had bought eggs, and Jiang Mingyuan blushed without answering.

Jiang Mingyuan reflected on his fading memories of his former life and the dangers ahead, then tried to put his worries aside for the night. He discovered Gu Yuena waiting in his bedroom, where she restrained him and began reading him an erotic story.

• Jiang Mingyuan gave Tang Wulin the guest room and worried that he was becoming less like himself.
• Jiang Mingyuan recalled the threats he would face and resolved to stop worrying and be himself.
• Jiang Mingyuan entered his bedroom and found Gu Yuena waiting for him in a revealing nightdress.
• Gu Yuena used ice and wind to push Jiang Mingyuan onto the bed and held him in her arms.
• Gu Yuena showed Jiang Mingyuan her book and began reading a suggestive story about a green tangerine.

Jiang Mingyuan tried to sleep while Gu Yuena cuddled and teased her, but a mysterious creature crawled inside her clothes during the night. After Gu Yuena pulled it free, the fiery red, winged snake transformed into a chubby little figure resembling Jiang Mingyuan.

• Gu Yuena pulled Jiang Mingyuan close in bed and cuddled her as they went to sleep.
• Gu Yuena secretly teased Jiang Mingyuan while she slept, then woke in alarm when Jiang Mingyuan began crying.
• Jiang Mingyuan asked Gu Yuena to turn on the light and revealed that something was wrapped around her inside her clothes.
• Gu Yuena pulled a long, red-scaled creature from Jiang Mingyuan's clothes and realized it was a winged snake.
• The snake transformed into a chubby little figure that resembled Jiang Mingyuan.

Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena discovered that the ancient snake soul beast egg Jiang Mingyuan bought had hatched after absorbing his life force, and the baby called him “Mama.” The next morning, Tang Wulin brought breakfast, and Jiang Mingyuan began to tell him something.

• Gu Yuena questioned Jiang Mingyuan about the red-haired baby, who grabbed his finger and called him “Mama.”
• Jiang Mingyuan explained that he had bought the egg at an Eastsea City auction, and he and Gu Yuena concluded that his life force had revived and changed the hatchling.
• Gu Yuena teased Jiang Mingyuan by calling herself the baby’s Dad, then offered to be Mom if Jiang Mingyuan would be Dad; they argued over the roles.
• Tang Wulin dreamed of meeting a red-haired girl named Jiang Mingyuan at an amusement park and living a happy life with her before waking at 6:00.
• Tang Wulin returned from his morning run with breakfast, and Jiang Mingyuan, exhausted after caring for the baby, started to tell him something.

Jiang Mingyuan named and adopted the child who hatched from the egg, then visited his parents’ graves with her. Two and a half years later, he and Gu Yuena arrived in Shrek City for the academy entrance examination but went separately from Tang Wulin’s group to visit the Spirit Pagoda.

• Jiang Mingyuan decided to raise the child, and Gu Yuena suggested naming her Jiang Xiaoyue.
• Jiang Mingyuan brought Jiang Xiaoyue to his parents’ graves and told them about his life and his new adopted child.
• Two and a half years later, Class Zero arrived at Shrek City station to take the Shrek Academy entrance examination.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena arranged to meet Tang Wulin and the others at the academy entrance the next morning while they visited the Spirit Pagoda.
• Jiang Mingyuan rode his motorcycle with Gu Yuena and Jiang Xiaoyue, and Gu Yuena teased him on the way.

Jiang Mingyuan and his companions surprised the candidates by revealing their high Soul Power levels and Gu Yuena’s status as a Soul King. As the Shrek assessment began, Luo Guixing joined their group and introduced several other Young Genius Ranking candidates.

• Luo Guixing asked to join Jiang Mingyuan’s team and explained that he was ranked seventeenth on the Young Genius Ranking.
• Xie Xie’s surprise revealed that Gu Yuena was a level-fifty-one Soul King, while Jiang Mingyuan disclosed his own level-forty-nine cultivation and his teacher’s position as Spirit Pagoda vice chairman.
• The candidates were summoned to Spirit Ice Plaza, where Wu Changkong and Shen Yi organized them into groups of twenty for the entrance assessment.
• Luo Guixing followed Jiang Mingyuan’s team and introduced the ranking candidates who had gathered behind them: Yang Nianxia, Zheng Yiran, Xu Yucheng, and Wu Siduo.

Jiang Mingyuan and the other examinees toured Shrek Academy and learned about its history before facing a powerful test in the Shrek Building. Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena resisted the pressure of a mural depicting Di Tian, leaving Wu Siduo and the other examinees impressed by their strength.

• Shen Yi guided the examinees around Spirit Ice Plaza and explained Huo Yuhao's legacy and the memorial statues outside the Shrek Building.
• Shen Yi described the building's historical murals, while Gu Yuena grew angry at Shrek Academy's record of fighting the Star Dou Great Forest.
• An immense pressure struck the examinees beneath a mural of Di Tian, causing several of them to collapse as Wu Changkong and Shen Yi disappeared.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena unleashed their auras and forced back the mural's pressure, surprising an observing elder who revealed it had been made with Di Tian's true dragon golden blood.
• Luo Guixing, Yang Nianxia, and Wu Siduo reacted to Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena's strength, and Wu Siduo acknowledged that her aura was weaker than theirs.

Elder Li revealed that the first test measured resistance to Di Tian’s dragon pressure and awarded Jiang Mingyuan, Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Wu Siduo full marks. In the next test, the students faced four powerful soul beasts in a virtual arena, and Jiang Mingyuan assigned teams to fight them as he and Gu Yuena attacked the One-Eyed Giant.

• Elder Li explained the first test and gave Jiang Mingyuan, Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin, Wang Jinxi, and Wu Siduo ten points each.
• Zhuo Shi spoke with a red-haired man about Jiang Mingyuan and the promising students he had trained.
• Tang Wulin bound Class Zero together with his blue silver grass as the students entered a virtual combat arena.
• Jiang Mingyuan gathered the students at the arena’s center and identified four soul beasts emerging from the gates.
• Jiang Mingyuan assigned Yang Nianxia to fight the Golden Hawksbill Turtle, Tang Wulin’s group to face the Earth Demon Rhino, and the other students to battle the King Kong Baboon.
• Jiang Mingyuan and Gu Yuena attacked the One-Eyed Giant with a phoenix strike and a barrage of elemental orbs.