Chapter Summaries

Bai Yushan accompanied Chen Qingquan to an underground illegal boxing arena, where Chen showed him the violence and corruption hidden in Aolai City. After Chen urged him to recognize the good as well as the evil in the world, Bai Yushan laughed loudly.

• Bi Ji called Bai Yushan and Na'er to eat, and Na'er stayed close to her big brother.
• Bai Yushan left Na'er at home and met Chen Qingquan at Red Mountain Academy as agreed.
• Chen Qingquan gave Bai Yushan a mask and drove him to the slums near the docks, where they entered a hidden illegal boxing arena.
• Bai Yushan watched a bloodied fighter get dragged from the ring as spectators celebrated or mourned their bets.
• Chen Qingquan told Bai Yushan that the world held both darkness and light and warned him not to focus only on evil.
• Bai Yushan suddenly laughed loudly.

Bai Yushan entered the underground fighting arena and challenged a hulking Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster, mocking him until the man attacked. Bai Yushan stopped the man’s hammer with one hand, and the enraged fighter launched a far stronger second strike.

• Bai Yushan sprang into the wire-cage arena and beckoned for an opponent as the audience jeered.
• A bald, muscular man entered the cage and demanded that Bai Yushan kneel and kowtow.
• Bai Yushan mocked the man, who revealed two Yellow Soul Rings and summoned an iron hammer.
• The man swung at Bai Yushan, but Bai Yushan caught the hammerhead with one hand as blue-white electricity surged around it.
• The man activated his first Soul Skill and brought the hammer down again with greatly increased force.

Bai Yushan defeated a Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster in the underground bare-knuckle arena, demonstrating how quickly he adapted to its violence. Chen Qingquan realized that Bai Yushan saw strength as a way to control the dark world, while the crowd began demanding another fight.

• Bai Yushan dodged and countered the burly man's iron hammer, using the fight to grow accustomed to his own strength.
• Bai Yushan evaded the burly man's final hammer swing and knocked him unconscious with an electrified punch.
• Bai Yushan taunted the spectators to send in another opponent, but no one dared enter the cage.
• Chen Qingquan recalled Bai Yushan's belief that strength would let him do whatever he wanted and realized the arena was confirming that belief.
• Bai Yushan charged himself with electricity, and the increasingly feverish crowd began shouting for someone to enter the cage.

Bai Yushan defeated a two-ring Soul Master with one electrified punch in the underground fighting arena, sending the crowd into a frenzy and demanding another opponent. Later, Chen Qingquan drove him to an estate on Aolai City's eastern outskirts, suspecting that someone had already taken an interest in the boy.

• Bai Yushan challenged a tall, thin man from the stands, who entered the cage with two Ten-Year Soul Rings and a dagger Martial Soul.
• Bai Yushan dodged the man's attack and knocked him unconscious with a single electrified punch.
• Bai Yushan shouted that he was invincible, and the spectators erupted into madness as he called for another opponent.
• On the drive that night, Bai Yushan restrained the electricity surging inside him while Chen Qingquan drove in silence.
• Chen Qingquan took Bai Yushan to an estate on Aolai City's eastern outskirts and considered the boy's extraordinary potential and the powerful future he might have.

Bai Yushan returned to the manor with Bi Ji after Chen Qingquan discovered his extraordinary physical strength and learned that the Spirit Pagoda was caring for him. At home, Na'er rushed into Bai Yushan's arms, leaving him awkwardly adjusting to the affection of his new family.

• Chen Qingquan questioned who had recruited Bai Yushan, and Bi Ji identified herself as his guardian and a Spirit Pagoda healing-type Soul Master.
• Chen Qingquan told Bai Yushan to stay home the next day, but Bai Yushan said he could find his way back to the dangerous district himself.
• Bi Ji smacked Bai Yushan on the head and apologized to Chen Qingquan before he drove away from the manor.
• Bi Ji took Bai Yushan by the hand and led him home, while he quietly savored the unfamiliar warmth of being welcomed back.
• Na'er rushed into Bai Yushan's arms and complained that he had come home late, leaving him stiff and unsure where to put his hands.

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.