Chapter Summaries

Bai Yushan used Lightning Refinement Shaping to escape Shen Yi’s Phantasmal Mimosa Domain and knock her into the beach before retreating. Shen Yi was left furious but intrigued by the young fighter’s abilities.

• Shen Yi trapped Bai Yushan in her Phantasmal Mimosa Domain and attacked him with leaves, vines, and whip strikes.
• Bai Yushan realized his Soul Power was running low and used Lightning Refinement Shaping to melt his iron bracelets into two swords.
• Bai Yushan controlled the swords with electromagnetic force to cut through the domain, then used Lightning Flash Step to reach Shen Yi.
• Bai Yushan shattered Shen Yi’s Closed Leaf Barrier with Tiger Roar Mountain-Crushing Fist and knocked her into the beach.
• Bai Yushan recalled his swords as bracelets and fled, while Shen Yi cursed him and then acknowledged his promise as a fighter.

At Tianhai Stadium, Bai Yushan faced Tianhai Academy’s seeded contender, Lin Hao, and defeated him with a single lightning-fast kick. The victory stunned the spectators and competitors, while the chapter left Meng Ruoxu watching from the VIP seats three minutes before the match.

• Bai Yushan entered the arena to face Lin Hao, a Three-Ring Soul Elder from Tianhai Academy with a Mysterious Iron Saber Martial Soul.
• Lin Hao mocked Eastsea Academy while Bai Yushan stood with his hands in his pockets and did not reveal his Soul Rings.
• When the match began, Bai Yushan used Lightning Flash Step and struck Lin Hao in the chest with one kick.
• Lin Hao flew into the defensive barrier, lost consciousness, and was declared the loser by the referee.
• The crowd and nearby competitors reacted with disbelief as Bai Yushan was announced the winner.
• Three minutes earlier, Meng Ruoxu sipped tea in the VIP seats overlooking the stadium.

At the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, Bai Yushan of Eastsea Academy defeated Tianhai Academy’s Lin Hao in a single, unseen strike, shocking Meng Ruoxu and delighting Yu Zhen. After his match, Bai Yushan headed back to the hotel, where a white-haired figure stopped him and asked whether he was from Eastsea Academy.

• Yu Zhen joined Meng Ruoxu in the VIP seats and humbly praised Tianhai Academy while Meng Ruoxu boasted about Lin Hao.
• Lin Hao faced Bai Yushan in the first round, but Bai Yushan struck him down before the spectators could see what happened.
• The referee declared Bai Yushan the winner, and Yu Zhen teased Meng Ruoxu about Lin Hao’s defeat.
• Meng Ruoxu marveled at Bai Yushan’s strength and asked Yu Zhen where the student had come from; Yu Zhen said Bai Yushan was in Class Zero and received casual instruction.
• Bai Yushan headed toward the hotel after his match, and a white-haired figure stopped him to ask whether he was from Eastsea Academy.

Bai Yushan escorted Shen Yi to see Wu Changkong, teasing him by calling her his old lover before leaving them alone. Shen Yi and Wu Changkong reunited after many years, and the chapter recalled his past romance with Long Bing.

• Shen Yi stopped Bai Yushan and asked whether he knew Wu Changkong, explaining that she had come to visit her senior brother.
• Bai Yushan agreed to lead Shen Yi to Wu Changkong, privately wondering whether she had once been his lover.
• Bai Yushan unlocked Wu Changkong’s hotel room with electromagnetic force and walked inside with Shen Yi.
• Bai Yushan introduced Shen Yi as Wu Changkong’s old lover, then left while Wu Changkong angrily called after him.
• Shen Yi greeted Wu Changkong, and he reflected on how she had grown into a Soul Saint since he left Shrek.
• The chapter recalled Wu Changkong and Long Bing as celebrated Inner Court geniuses who had once been an admired couple.

Wu Changkong recalled how Long Bing’s death transformed him and how he later found a measure of purpose teaching Class Zero. He told Shen Yi that Bai Yushan was self-taught and beyond his ability to teach.

• Wu Changkong remembered how Long Bing, exposed as a Holy Spirit Cult spy, died saving him after he refused Dark Hummingbird’s demand to betray Shrek.
• Wu Changkong returned Long Bing’s body and the intelligence to Shrek, then left for Eastsea Academy and became a teacher.
• Shen Yi tried to comfort Wu Changkong, but he said Long Bing’s death was in the past while privately continuing to live with his grief.
• Shen Yi asked about Class Zero, and Wu Changkong reflected that teaching its students had softened him and inspired him to take them to a higher stage.
• When Shen Yi asked whether Bai Yushan was in Class Zero, Wu Changkong said Bai was self-taught and that he was not qualified to teach him.

Shen Yi learned more about Bai Yushan from Wu Changkong and considered whether Shrek should recruit him, while Bai Yushan reviewed his fighting abilities and recognized their limits against opponents with Battle Armor or control over the battlefield. The chapter left Bai Yushan questioning how he would handle fights that were not truly one-on-one.

• Wu Changkong told Shen Yi that Bai Yushan had a master connected to the Spirit Pagoda, but insisted the boy fought honestly and had a good heart.
• Shen Yi asked about Bai Yushan's Martial Soul and wondered if he was the lightning-wielding masked fighter she had met by the sea, then dismissed the possibility.
• Shen Yi suggested sending Bai Yushan to Shrek if he performed well in the tournament, but Wu Changkong said the choice belonged to the boy and praised the children's strength.
• Back in his room, Bai Yushan examined the cold-iron bracelets Wu Changkong had given him and considered how his electric current could melt and shape metal into weapons.
• Bai Yushan assessed his combat abilities and the vast advantage Battle Armor provided, then considered how he might fare against someone like Shen Yi in a fight without a fair one-on-one setup.

Bai Yushan simulated ways to use Lightning Refinement Shaping for crowd battles, then met the five support teammates Yu Zhen had chosen for the team competition. He insisted they buff him and let him handle the fight, while Gu Yue demanded ten opponents despite there being only seven.

• Bai Yushan used Electromagnetic Clarity to simulate metal weapons and formations for wide-area attacks and defense.
• Yu Zhen introduced Bai Yushan and Gu Yue to five fifth-year support teammates: Zhang Lei, Lin Xiaoxiao, Wang Hao, Zhao Qing, and Zhou Tong.
• Bai Yushan told the five support teammates to buff him and leave the arena, then silenced their objections with his imposing will.
• Bai Yushan asked Gu Yue how many opponents she wanted to fight, and she boldly answered that she wanted ten.
• Bai Yushan smacked Gu Yue on the back of the head and pointed out that the competition had only seven opponents.

Bai Yushan and Gu Yue entered the seven-person competition against Tianhai Second Academy with only five supporting teammates, who buffed them and left the arena. Bai Yushan opened the match by knocking out captain Zhou Hong with a single kick, leaving the fight underway.

• Gu Yue demanded three opponents for herself, and Bai Yushan promised Yu Zhen he would bring Eastsea Academy the championship.
• Eastsea Academy faced Tianhai Second Academy, whose experienced team was led by the rank-forty-one Zhou Hong.
• Zhang Lei and the other four supports applied five buffs to Bai Yushan and Gu Yue, then jumped off the platform.
• Bai Yushan rushed Zhou Hong and struck him with a kick that sent him into the barrier unconscious.

Bai Yushan quickly defeated four members of the opposing team before leaving the remaining three to Gu Yue. Gu Yue unleashed an Elemental Storm and took down all three, ending the fight with the opposing team defeated.

• Bai Yushan used his awareness and precise counterattacks to knock out the Black Bear power attacker and Azure Wolf power attacker.
• Bai Yushan broke through the earth spikes and struck down the earth-type control Soul Master, leaving four opponents defeated.
• The war drum support, ice-type control Soul Master, and Shadow Swallow agility attacker launched a coordinated attack on Bai Yushan, but Gu Yue intercepted them.
• Gu Yue summoned an Elemental Storm that shattered the ice walls and the war drum support's shield, knocking him out and injuring the agility attacker.
• Gu Yue struck the last ice-type control Soul Master with a fireball before he could concede, defeating the remaining opponents.

Eastsea Academy's Class Zero students continued dominating the junior division, and Bai Yushan and Gu Yue secured places in the individual finals. As Eastsea Academy prepared to face Tianfeng Academy in the seven-person semifinal, its opponents' Seven-in-One Fusion Skill emerged as a serious threat.

• At dinner, Gu Yue asked about Tianfeng Academy's Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and Bai Yushan declared that he was not afraid of it.
• Gu Yue told Bai Yushan she would catch up to him, and he said he would be waiting.
• The next morning, Bai Yushan defeated Tianhai Academy's second seed in under ten seconds, while Gu Yue also won her semifinal, guaranteeing Eastsea Academy the top two places in the individual competition.
• That afternoon, Eastsea Academy drew Tianfeng Academy in the seven-person semifinal, where the obscure academy's Seven-in-One Fusion Skill had made it a championship favorite.

Eastsea Academy faced the Seven Brothers of the Yang Family, whose Spectral Siren Martial Souls could create a powerful Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. After their support students enhanced Bai Yushan and Gu Yue, they jumped off the arena, leaving the pair to face the opponents alone.

• Zhang Lei explained that the Seven Brothers of the Yang Family used a hallucinogenic mist through their Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Bai Yushan and Gu Yue remained unconcerned as the teams prepared for the semifinal.
• The Seven Brothers of the Yang Family entered to loud applause, followed by an even louder reception for Eastsea Academy.
• The match began, and five support students applied enhancements to Bai Yushan and Gu Yue.
• Zhang Lei led the five support students off the arena, leaving Bai Yushan and Gu Yue to fight the Seven Brothers.

The Seven Brothers of the Yang Family trapped Bai Yushan and Gu Yue in their Nether Sea Bewildering Barrier, but Bai Yushan resisted its illusions and struck back. The chapter ended with Yang Chen realizing the barrier had enraged Bai Yushan rather than incapacitated him.

• The five Eastsea Academy supports left the stage, leaving Bai Yushan and Gu Yue to face the seven Yang brothers.
• Yang Chen and his brothers joined their Soul Power to unleash the Nether Sea Bewildering Barrier, filling the arena with disorienting mist.
• The barrier showed Bai Yushan visions of Na'er, Bi Ji, and Chen Qingquan, and Yang Chen attacked his neck with his claws.
• Bai Yushan blocked Yang Chen's attack with his forearm, then resisted the brothers' intensified illusion and released a wave of Haki that sent Yang Chen reeling.
• Bai Yushan's lightning and Electromagnetic Clarity countered the hallucinogenic mist and tracked all seven brothers, while Yang Chen realized the barrier had enraged him.

Bai Yushan brutally defeated Yang Chen and his six brothers, crippling all seven in moments. When Yang Xuan intervened and attacked him, Bai Yushan stood his ground and challenged whether the elder was worthy to teach him a lesson.

• Yang Chen ordered the seven brothers to attack Bai Yushan, but Bai Yushan broke Yang Chen's arm and crippled the others in seconds.
• The audience saw the seven brothers sprawled across the arena, and Tianfeng Academy's accompanying teacher demanded that the referee penalize Bai Yushan.
• Yang Xuan, the Yang Clan's former patriarch, landed on the arena and confronted Bai Yushan with the pressure of a Six-Ring Soul Emperor.
• Yang Xuan summoned a sea demon claw and struck at Bai Yushan, while Gu Yue prepared to intervene.
• Bai Yushan faced Yang Xuan without flinching and asked whether he was worthy to teach him a lesson.

Bai Yushan overwhelmed Yang Xuan with a powerful punch, but Yang Xuan retaliated with a lethal attack before Wu Changkong intervened. Long Huantian stopped the fight, and Yang Xuan tried to blame Bai Yushan for the conflict while Wu Changkong challenged his account.

• Bai Yushan struck Yang Xuan's shield with Tiger Roar Mountain-Crushing Fist and forced the Six-Ring Soul Emperor back several steps.
• Yang Xuan unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and sent a massive siren claw toward Bai Yushan as Gu Yue prepared to intervene.
• Wu Changkong arrived and shattered Yang Xuan's attack, then declared that he would fight Yang Xuan to protect his student.
• Long Huantian stepped between Wu Changkong and Yang Xuan and ordered them to stop fighting at the grand tournament.
• Yang Xuan accused Bai Yushan of viciously injuring his seven grandsons and claimed he had only acted to teach the boy a lesson.
• Wu Changkong mocked Yang Xuan's excuse and pointed out that the Soul Emperor had tried to kill a nine-year-old child.

Wu Changkong defended Bai Yushan from Yang Xuan, and the confrontation escalated until Gu Yue revealed that Leng Yaozhu was her teacher. Long Huantian bowed to Leng Yaozhu’s authority and turned on Yang Xuan, leaving the dispute to be settled in the students’ favor.

• Yang Xuan accused Bai Yushan of destroying his grandsons’ cultivation paths and demanded his disqualification, but Wu Changkong attacked Yang Xuan with his sword.
• Long Huantian released his Soul Emperor pressure to separate Wu Changkong and Yang Xuan as the spectators watched three Soul Emperors face off.
• Gu Yue approached Long Huantian and handed him a Communication Soul Tool, saying he was probably the lowest-ranking official her teacher knew in Skysea City.
• Leng Yaozhu identified herself over the call and demanded that Long Huantian address Yang Xuan’s attempt to kill a nine-year-old student.
• Long Huantian promised Leng Yaozhu he would handle the matter, then scolded Yang Xuan for attacking a junior in the tournament.

After Leng Yaozhu intervened, Long Huantian reprimanded Yang Xuan and confirmed Eastsea Academy’s results, while Bai Yushan and Gu Yue left the arena as celebrated finalists. Back at the hotel, Bai Yushan received a brief message from his teacher telling him to come to the lobby.

• Long Huantian sided with Bai Yushan, Wu Changkong, and Gu Yue, forcing Yang Xuan to leave and confirming that Eastsea Academy advanced to the seven-person tournament finals.
• Long Huantian dismissed the crowd and promised Yang Xuan would not trouble them again; Wu Changkong told Bai Yushan and Gu Yue to rest before leaving the arena.
• Bai Yushan and Gu Yue walked out together as spectators watched them, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan also advanced to the three-person tournament finals.
• Class Zero returned to the hotel after reaching the finals in all three events, and Bai Yushan received a message from Teacher telling him to come downstairs to the lobby.

Leng Yaozhu arrived to protect Bai Yushan and Gu Yue after Bai Yushan was nearly attacked, then took them for a drive to the coast. When Bai Yushan mocked their destination, Leng Yaozhu rapped him on the head.

• Bai Yushan and Gu Yue went downstairs after Leng Yaozhu summoned them and found her waiting in the hotel lobby.
• Gu Yue embraced Leng Yaozhu, who said she had rushed over after hearing that Yang Xuan had tried to kill Bai Yushan.
• Leng Yaozhu scolded Bai Yushan for underestimating the danger, then led him and Gu Yue out of the hotel in her sports car.
• Leng Yaozhu drove Bai Yushan and Gu Yue to a dark beach by the sea.
• Bai Yushan complained that the beach was nothing special, and Leng Yaozhu struck him on the head.

Leng Yaozhu took Gu Yue and Bai Yushan by yacht to Tianhai Coral Reef, where glowing marine life lit the sea like a river of stars. The three watched the spectacle, and Bai Yushan quietly admitted to himself that it was beautiful.

• Leng Yaozhu scolded Bai Yushan for his sharp words, then invited Gu Yue to see something beautiful.
• Leng Yaozhu led Gu Yue and Bai Yushan to a yacht and sailed out to sea.
• Leng Yaozhu stopped the yacht at Tianhai Coral Reef, where glowing organisms revealed the colorful reef and fish below.
• Gu Yue admired the glowing sea, while Bai Yushan watched in silence and privately acknowledged its beauty.

Bai Yushan quietly watched the glowing sea and reflected on the gentle memories of Na'er and Bi Ji, letting his usual madness fall silent. Leng Yaozhu watched him and found him unexpectedly charming and handsome when he was quiet.

• Bai Yushan paused to observe the fish, corals, stars, and sea without thinking about cultivation or battle.
• Bai Yushan remembered carefree moments with Na'er, including telling her stories and comforting her.
• Bai Yushan recalled resting in Bi Ji's lap while she soothed his exhausted body with life energy.
• Leng Yaozhu watched Bai Yushan and reflected on his unruly behavior and the headaches he had caused her.
• Leng Yaozhu admired Bai Yushan's quiet, handsome appearance but thought his mouth would ruin the effect.

Bai Yushan entered an epiphany while standing on the sea and practiced a fist art in harmony with the water and sky. He emerged with a deep inner change and laughed freely as Leng Yaozhu and Gu Yue watched.

• Gu Yue watched Bai Yushan in unusual silence until he stepped onto the sea and began walking across it.
• Leng Yaozhu stopped Gu Yue from calling out, recognizing that Bai Yushan had entered an epiphany and must not be disturbed.
• Bai Yushan recalled people and places from his past as his soul and body settled into harmony.
• Bai Yushan grasped the Dao of a single thought and practiced a fist art on the sea, moving in harmony with the waves, fish, and stars.
• Bai Yushan finished practicing, opened his eyes with newfound tranquility, and laughed freely.