Recaps

Three years after Bai Yushan returned, he had trained Na'er to control her immense power and fight with a spear. As she attacked him in the estate’s training ground, he judged that she had the makings of a great emperor.

• Bai Yushan comforted Na'er, who clung to him, and carried her to dinner with Bi Ji.
• Three years passed, and the estate’s back garden became a battered training ground.
• Na'er attacked Bai Yushan with the Silver Dragon Spear while he dodged with his hands bound behind his back.
• Bai Yushan criticized Na'er's technique as she adjusted her attacks and grew faster and more precise.
• Bai Yushan reflected on how he had spent three years teaching Na'er to control her power and fight, and judged that she had the makings of a great emperor.

Na'er trained with Bai Yushan, whose strength let him stop her Silver Dragon Spear barehanded. After they headed inside to eat, Bi Ji watched them and reflected on the growing attraction caused by Bai Yushan's Electric Current Push.

• Na'er demonstrated her rapidly improving spearmanship against Bai Yushan during their training session.
• Bi Ji arrived at the garden and watched as Na'er and Bai Yushan continued fighting.
• When Bi Ji called them to eat, Bai Yushan caught the Silver Dragon Spear's head with his bare hand and ended the training.
• Na'er asked Bai Yushan how she had done, then clung to him and rubbed against his comforting scent.
• Bai Yushan led Na'er toward the villa while she held his sleeve, and Bi Ji watched them go.
• Bi Ji reflected that Bai Yushan's Electric Current Push had begun to make people feel naturally drawn to him.

Bi Ji told Bai Yushan that she and Na'er had to part from him, leaving him confused and resisting the separation. The chapter ended with Na'er embracing him in tears while Bi Ji remained silent about the reasons.

• Bi Ji suppressed her turmoil and joined Bai Yushan and Na'er, then told Bai Yushan over dinner that they might have to move away.
• Bai Yushan assumed Bi Ji and Na'er would move with him to Eastsea City, where he would attend Eastsea Academy.
• Bi Ji told Bai Yushan that she and Na'er had to part from him for a while.
• Bai Yushan demanded to know why they could not come with him, but Bi Ji refused to explain.
• Na'er hugged Bai Yushan and sobbed that she did not want to leave him.

Bai Yushan struggled to accept Na'er and Bi Ji leaving for Shrek Academy, but learned he could not enroll this year. He promised to wait three years, grow stronger, and reunite with them there.

• Bai Yushan tried to stop Na'er from leaving, but she insisted she needed to become stronger so she could stay by his side forever.
• Bai Yushan considered going with Na'er, then Bi Ji explained that Shrek Academy admitted students only once every three years and he did not meet this year's requirements.
• Bi Ji comforted Bai Yushan as he learned that Na'er was going to Shrek Academy, where admission places were scarce and fiercely contested.
• Bai Yushan accepted the separation and promised Bi Ji and Na'er that he would come to Shrek Academy in three years.
• Bi Ji agreed to wait for Bai Yushan, and Na'er asked him to make sure he came.

Bai Yushan arrived in Eastsea City with Chen Qingquan to enroll at Eastsea Academy, after resolving to spend three years becoming strong enough to protect Na'er and Bi Ji. At the station, Chen Qingquan reunited with his former subordinate Yu Zhen, who welcomed them and lamented Chen Qingquan's fall from favor.

• Bai Yushan vowed to grow strong over the next three years so he could protect Na'er and Bi Ji.
• Chen Qingquan woke Bai Yushan on the train and took him to register at Eastsea Academy.
• Bai Yushan and Chen Qingquan arrived at Eastsea City station, where Bai Yushan studied his new surroundings.
• Chen Qingquan spotted Yu Zhen, and the two greeted each other warmly after years apart.
• Yu Zhen expressed sorrow that Chen Qingquan had been relegated to Aolai City after taking a stand against corruption in the Federation.
• Chen Qingquan said he could not tolerate the Federation being corrupted, and Yu Zhen warned that he carried too much concern for others and neglected himself.

Bai Yushan arrived in Eastsea City with Chen Qingquan and met Yu Zhen, the headmaster of Eastsea Academy. Yu Zhen mistook him for a new applicant and offered an enrollment form, but Chen Qingquan clarified that Bai Yushan was already enrolled and had come to report in.

• Chen Qingquan introduced nine-year-old Bai Yushan, who had rank-sixteen Soul Power, to Yu Zhen at the station.
• Yu Zhen drove Chen Qingquan and Bai Yushan to Eastsea Academy while Bai Yushan thought about Shrek Academy, Na'er, and Bi Ji.
• Chen Qingquan and Bai Yushan looked over Eastsea Academy before Yu Zhen led them to his office.
• Yu Zhen set aside an advanced academy admission notice and gave Bai Yushan an intermediate academy application form.
• Chen Qingquan stopped Bai Yushan from filling in the form and told Yu Zhen that Bai Yushan was already enrolled and had come to report in.

Yu Zhen learned why Bai Yushan had received Eastsea Academy’s special student contract and invited him to choose an instructor. Long Hengxu brought the five incoming-class homeroom teachers, leaving Bai Yushan to consider them.

• Chen Qingquan explained that Long Hengxu had personally assessed Bai Yushan and signed him to Eastsea Academy’s exclusive special student admissions contract.
• Yu Zhen recognized Bai Yushan as the extraordinary student Long Hengxu had praised, while Bai Yushan teased Chen Qingquan and was pinned to the sofa.
• Yu Zhen offered to summon the incoming-class instructors so Bai Yushan could choose whom to study under.
• Yu Zhen called the instructors, then caught up with Chen Qingquan about their old friends and acquaintances.
• Long Hengxu arrived with Ye Yingluo, Qin Zhixu, Ye Yingrong, Kong Hanwen, and Wu Changkong and introduced them to Yu Zhen.

Bai Yushan questioned Eastsea Academy’s five teachers about whether they could take him to Shrek, dismissing four of them before Wu Changkong’s candid answer caught his interest. After learning Bai Yushan had rank-three Innate Soul Power and rank-sixteen cultivation, Wu Changkong asked about his actual strength, and Bai Yushan invited Yu Zhen to watch him perform.

• Yu Zhen let Bai Yushan choose among the five teachers, despite Long Hengxu having already assigned him to Class One.
• Bai Yushan asked Ye Yingluo if she could take him to Shrek, then dismissed her when she could not promise that.
• Bai Yushan rejected Qin Zhixu, Ye Yingrong, and Kong Hanwen before approaching Wu Changkong.
• Wu Changkong said Bai Yushan would need to prove he had what it took, then asked about his cultivation and actual strength.
• Bai Yushan revealed his rank-three Innate Soul Power and rank-sixteen cultivation, then asked Yu Zhen to watch his performance.

Bai Yushan challenged Wu Changkong to test his strength in Eastsea Academy’s indoor training ground. Wu Changkong discovered that Bai Yushan’s bioelectricity and raw power exceeded his expectations, and their fight continued with Wu Changkong parrying Bai Yushan’s relentless attacks.

• Yu Zhen, Chen Qingquan, Long Hengxu, and the teachers accompanied Bai Yushan to the indoor training ground.
• Bai Yushan singled out Wu Changkong as the strongest person present and challenged him to a fight.
• Wu Changkong summoned the Heavenly Frost Sword, while Bai Yushan revealed his bioelectricity Martial Soul.
• Bai Yushan charged with Lightning Rushing Thunder Fist, and Wu Changkong blocked the blow but felt his hand go numb.
• Bai Yushan followed with a sweeping kick and rapid punches, while Wu Changkong used the Heavenly Frost Sword to parry his attacks.

Bai Yushan fought Wu Changkong, whose attacks revealed the boy’s extraordinary physical ability and electric power. After Bai Yushan broke free of Wu Changkong’s frost and demanded to continue, Wu Changkong unleashed his first Soul Ring skill, Frost Mark, straight at Bai Yushan’s chest.

• Bai Yushan attacked Wu Changkong with a fierce barrage, but Wu Changkong dodged and blocked while assessing his abilities.
• Wu Changkong judged Bai Yushan’s strength and speed remarkable for a nine-year-old and recognized his electric current as a unique power fused with his body.
• Wu Changkong switched to offense and struck Bai Yushan repeatedly with the Heavenly Frost Sword, covering him in frost and slowing his movements.
• When Wu Changkong asked whether he wanted to continue, Bai Yushan melted the frost with his electric current and insisted on fighting, raising his power to fifty-five thousand volts.
• Wu Changkong released his full chill and used his first Soul Ring skill, Frost Mark, firing an ice blade toward Bai Yushan’s chest.

Bai Yushan fought Wu Changkong through the freezing mist and sword strikes, enduring a full-powered blow from Wu Changkong’s Heavenly Frost Slash. The pressure drove Bai Yushan’s electricity up to sixty thousand volts, and the two faced each other amid lightning and cold as the spectators watched in shock.

• Wu Changkong’s ice blade cut Bai Yushan and spread frost across his chest, but Bai Yushan charged him with a fifty-five-thousand-volt punch.
• Wu Changkong released Frost Mist, slowing Bai Yushan and repeatedly repelling his attacks with the Heavenly Frost Sword.
• Wu Changkong enlarged his sword with his third soul ring and brought Heavenly Frost Slash down on Bai Yushan, who caught the blow with his bare hands.
• Bai Yushan pushed back against the giant sword as electricity surged through him, raising his power from fifty-five thousand to sixty thousand volts and shattering the frost on his body.
• Bai Yushan and Wu Changkong stood facing each other amid colliding lightning and cold while Ye Yingluo, Qin Zhixu, Kong Hanwen, and Ye Yingrong watched in shock.

Bai Yushan used his first Soul Skill, Electromagnetic Clarity, to sharpen his perception and fight Wu Changkong on even terms despite the gap in their cultivation. Wu Changkong broke Bai Yushan’s attack and defeated him, leaving Bai Yushan eager to learn from him.

• Bai Yushan activated Electromagnetic Clarity, gaining heightened perception and precise control over his movements and Soul Power.
• Bai Yushan launched a relentless lightning assault, then formed a thunder axe with Lightning Whirlwind Cleave as Wu Changkong defended with the Heavenly Frost Sword.
• Wu Changkong used his fifth Soul Skill, Frost Whisper Ice Wheel, to trap Bai Yushan, but Bai Yushan shattered it with a concentrated lightning sphere.
• Wu Changkong moved behind Bai Yushan and touched his neck with the Heavenly Frost Sword, declaring that Bai Yushan had lost.
• Bai Yushan accepted the defeat and asked Wu Changkong if he would teach him, while Wu Changkong regarded him with surprise and appreciation.

After Bai Yushan defeated Wu Changkong, he asserted that none of Eastsea Academy’s first-year homeroom teachers could teach him and explained that he planned to attend Shrek Academy to find his sister. He described power as the force that determines everything, and Wu Changkong warned him that a path built on domination could eventually destroy him.

• Bai Yushan declared that the teachers at Eastsea Academy were not qualified to teach him, and Wu Changkong asked whether he truly wanted to study under him.
• Wu Changkong asked why Bai Yushan wanted to go to Shrek Academy, and Bai Yushan said he had made a three-year agreement with his little sister and planned to find her there.
• Wu Changkong asked how Bai Yushan viewed power, and Bai Yushan said power was the root of everything and let the strong control their fate and rewrite the rules.
• Chen Qingquan realized that Bai Yushan’s convictions had not changed despite three years of guidance, while Wu Changkong regarded the boy’s beliefs as extreme.
• Wu Changkong warned Bai Yushan that relying on power to dominate others and disregard rules and bonds could eventually bring about his downfall.

Bai Yushan rejected Wu Changkong’s advice and demanded that no teacher interfere with his cultivation, while Yu Zhen granted him the freedom and resources he wanted. Wu Changkong abandoned the idea of taking Bai Yushan as his disciple, leaving their paths at odds.

• Wu Changkong earnestly advised Bai Yushan against his extreme approach to cultivation, but Bai dismissed him as talking nonsense.
• Bai Yushan asked Yu Zhen to assign him to a class where the teacher would not dictate how he cultivated.
• Yu Zhen agreed to give Bai the academy’s best class resources and leave his cultivation decisions entirely to him.
• Bai reflected that his deliberate defiance had secured attention, resources, and protection by making the academy recognize his talent and strength.
• Wu Changkong decided Bai’s beliefs and conduct were incompatible with his principles and gave up on taking him as a disciple.

Bai Yushan received special freedom at Eastsea Academy and said goodbye to Chen Qingquan as he left for a new job. That night, Bai Yushan went into downtown Eastsea City while Yu Zhen and Long Hengxu discussed Eastsea Academy’s chances in the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.

• After the training-ground confrontation, Yu Zhen assigned Bai Yushan to Freshman Class One and ruled that no teacher could interfere with his cultivation or combat training.
• Chen Qingquan said farewell to Bai Yushan at the train station and entrusted him to Yu Zhen’s care before leaving.
• Bai Yushan quoted a line of poetry as Chen Qingquan departed, then admitted he had copied it.
• Bai Yushan left Eastsea Academy late at night for downtown Eastsea City, and security staff reported his departure to Yu Zhen.
• Yu Zhen asked Long Hengxu about Bai Yushan’s late-night outing, then turned their discussion to the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition.
• Long Hengxu argued that Bai Yushan and the academy’s other gifted students could contend for prizes, and he hoped to win both the individual and three-person team championships.

Yu Zhen and Long Hengxu faced a dilemma over Bai Yushan’s overwhelming advantage in the Class Promotion Tournament until Long Hengxu announced that he had a plan. Meanwhile, Bai Yushan entered Eastsea City’s secret underground fighting arena in disguise, preparing to test himself against stronger opponents.

• Yu Zhen and Long Hengxu discussed how Bai Yushan could dominate the Class Promotion Tournament and humiliate Eastsea Academy’s upper grades.
• Long Hengxu told Yu Zhen that he had a plan, but the chapter did not reveal its details.
• Bai Yushan wore a white mask, altered his voice, and used an antique black token to gain entry to the auction house’s underground fighting arena.
• Bai Yushan recalled his years fighting in Aolai City and remembered a defeated opponent’s challenge to prove himself in Eastsea City.

Bai Yushan entered Eastsea City's underground fighting arena under the name Sea Tiger and instantly defeated the veteran Rock Bear. After the crowd learned his strength, Bai Yushan asked what would happen if he defended the arena or stepped down.

• Bai Yushan registered as Sea Tiger and waited for his first match at the East Sea Fighting Arena.
• Bai Yushan used Electromagnetic Clarity to assess the combatants in a match between an Iron Arm Ape fighter and an Azure Scaled Snake fighter.
• Bai Yushan entered the arena to face Rock Bear, a rank-twenty-seven Power Attack System Soul Grandmaster.
• Bai Yushan dodged Rock Bear's charge, struck a gap in his armor with bioelectricity, and defeated him in one second.
• Bai Yushan asked the referee what his options were if he defended the arena or stepped down.

Bai Yushan chose to defend his ring and faced Night Falcon, a fast tier-three challenger. Using Electromagnetic Clarity to anticipate Night Falcon’s movements, Bai Yushan paralyzed and subdued him in seconds, leaving the arena stunned after another decisive win.

• The referee explained the arena’s points and ring-defense rules, and Bai Yushan chose to defend his ring.
• Night Falcon entered the ring and challenged Bai Yushan, confident his speed would overcome the newcomer.
• Bai Yushan used Electromagnetic Clarity to read Night Falcon’s movements and evade his wind-blade attacks.
• Night Falcon launched a rear ambush, but Bai Yushan caught his wrist and struck him with 60,000 volts of bioelectricity.
• Bai Yushan pinned Night Falcon to the floor, and the referee declared Sea Tiger the winner.

Bai Yushan continued defending his ring after defeating Rock Bear and Night Falcon, drawing a challenge from the level-three veteran Shi Gang. Their battle began with Shi Gang unleashing his rock defenses and heavy fist, and Bai Yushan chose to meet the attack head-on.

• Bai Yushan announced that he would keep defending the ring after his two swift victories.
• Shi Gang entered the ring and activated his Colossal Rock Body, resolving to crush Bai Yushan with his defense and brute strength.
• Bai Yushan used Electromagnetic Clarity to assess Shi Gang and recognized that the veteran's earth-type defenses would weaken his bioelectricity.
• Bai Yushan drew electricity into his body to strengthen himself and decided to fight Shi Gang physically.
• Shi Gang activated Rock Barrier and Rock-Shaking Heavy Fist, then charged at Bai Yushan with a heavy punch.
• Bai Yushan read the attack's trajectory and punched toward Shi Gang's incoming fist.

Bai Yushan defeated Shi Gang in a brutal close-quarters fight, breaking through the defensive Soul Master’s rock armor with his Lightning Rushing Thunder Fist. After the arena declared him the winner as Sea Tiger, Bai Yushan called for his next challenger.

• Bai Yushan stopped Shi Gang’s Rock-Shaking Heavy Fist with a punch and forced him backward through sheer physical strength.
• Shi Gang used Ten-Thousand-Jun Rock Pressure, but Bai Yushan broke through its restraint and charged into close combat.
• Bai Yushan overwhelmed Shi Gang with relentless strikes, using Electromagnetic Clarity to anticipate and interrupt his counterattacks.
• Bai Yushan shattered Shi Gang’s rock armor with Lightning Rushing Thunder Fist, leaving him injured and unable to rise.
• The referee announced Sea Tiger as the winner, and Bai Yushan called for the next challenger.

After winning six consecutive fights in the underground arena, Bai Yushan returned to his dormitory and slept through his first day of classes. Ye Yingluo, convinced he would lead her class to victory, discovered his absence and decided to discipline him after school.

• Bai Yushan won six consecutive bouts in the underground fighting arena and returned to his dormitory without concern for school or fame.
• Ye Yingluo resolved to win the Class Promotion Tournament and prove herself to Wu Changkong, whom she resented for rejecting her.
• Ye Yingluo entered Class One, Year One's first lesson and found Bai Yushan's seat empty.
• Ye Yingluo taught the class while deciding that Bai Yushan's disregard for school rules needed to be corrected.
• Ye Yingluo planned to confront Bai Yushan after school, though he had shown no willingness to submit even to Wu Changkong.

After recovering from his arena fight, Bai Yushan ate at Eastsea Academy and confronted Xie Xie for calling him a rice bucket. He slapped Xie Xie to the floor, and Xie Xie began summoning his Martial Soul to fight back.

• Bai Yushan woke at noon fully recovered and went to the cafeteria for several Grade A meals.
• Bai Yushan overheard Xie Xie teasing Tang Wulin about being a rice bucket and approached them.
• Xie Xie mistook Bai Yushan for a senior and apologized when Bai Yushan challenged him about the remark.
• Tang Wulin recognized Bai Yushan from their childhood and froze in fear of him.
• Bai Yushan slapped Xie Xie to the floor and sarcastically repeated his apology.
• Xie Xie erupted with rank-eighteen Soul Power and began summoning his Light and Dark Twin Dragon Daggers to attack Bai Yushan.

Tang Wulin restrained Xie Xie after Bai Yushan struck him and warned him not to seek revenge, revealing how deeply he feared Bai Yushan. Bai Yushan dismissed the incident and went to the athletic field to begin his physical training.

• Tang Wulin pinned Xie Xie down to stop him from fighting Bai Yushan and apologized to Bai Yushan for their earlier remarks.
• Bai Yushan asked Tang Wulin if he knew him, then lost interest and left the cafeteria without further confrontation.
• After Bai Yushan departed, Tang Wulin released Xie Xie and told him that Bai Yushan was a new student in their year whom they could not afford to provoke.
• Xie Xie backed down and agreed to let the incident go, though he remained wary of Bai Yushan.
• Bai Yushan arrived at the athletic field and began training his body rather than cultivating Soul Power.

Bai Yushan trained under tenfold gravity at Eastsea Academy, refining his body and form-imitation combat techniques with his first Soul Skill. Ye Yingluo approached him after watching, but he dismissed her attempts to discuss his absence and encourage him to socialize.

• Bai Yushan used his gravity bracelets and bioelectricity to complete an hour of intense bodyweight exercises under tenfold gravity.
• Bai Yushan practiced form-imitation boxing and used Electromagnetic Clarity to refine his movements and eliminate wasted effort.
• After training, Bai Yushan was approached by Ye Yingluo, who had watched his extraordinary physical control and combat techniques.
• Ye Yingluo asked why Bai Yushan had missed class and urged him to get along with his classmates, but he repeatedly asked what it had to do with her.

Ye Yingluo attacked Bai Yushan after he mocked her, but he dodged most of her strikes before she wounded his chest. Bai Yushan retaliated by punching and breaking her nose, leaving both of them injured on the training field.

• Bai Yushan insulted Ye Yingluo and mocked her for her age, cultivation, and combat ability.
• Ye Yingluo lost her temper, activated her Nether Orchid Cat Martial Soul, and attacked Bai Yushan.
• Bai Yushan used Electromagnetic Clarity to evade Ye Yingluo’s first strike, but her relentless attacks eventually cut his chest.
• Ye Yingluo realized she had seriously injured a student and froze in panic as Bai Yushan turned on her.
• Bai Yushan used Electric Current Push to rush Ye Yingluo and punched her in the face, breaking her nose and knocking her to the ground.