Chapter Summaries

Wu Changkong assigned Bai Yushan and Gu Yue to lead the seven-person event at the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition. After Bai Yushan struck Gu Yue during their argument, her hidden power awakened, and the chapter ended as she charged at him in a rage.

• Wu Changkong assigned Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan to the three-person event and made Bai Yushan and Gu Yue the core of the seven-person team.
• Bai Yushan taunted Gu Yue, then used Lightning Flash Step to punch her into an alloy wall.
• Gu Yue awakened a powerful bloodline state, while Tang Wulin felt his Golden Dragon King Bloodline react to her presence.
• Gu Yue attacked Bai Yushan with all six elements, and Bai Yushan grinned instead of dodging.

Bai Yushan defeated Gu Yue with his railgun attack and carried her unconscious body back to her dormitory. While waiting for her to wake, he ate her snacks and recalled that their sparring sessions during vacation had often ended the same way.

• Bai Yushan melted his profound iron ring and used a railgun to break through Gu Yue's six-element charge, knocking her unconscious.
• Bai Yushan caught Gu Yue before she hit the ground and carried her away, while Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan reacted to his strength.
• Wu Changkong judged that Bai Yushan had restrained his attack and dismissed the remaining students from training.
• Bai Yushan opened Gu Yue's dormitory lock with electricity, carried her to bed, and searched her cabinets for snacks.
• Bai Yushan ate Gu Yue's snacks while waiting for her to wake and recalled how Leng Yaozhu had made him stay with her after their vacation sparring matches.

Gu Yue woke in her bedroom after Bai Yushan had brought her back from the training grounds, and the two traded insults while he helped her drink water. Bai Yushan left with her snacks, while Gu Yue vowed to get revenge once she recovered.

• Bai Yushan waited for Gu Yue to wake, then mocked her for being too weak to last during their fight.
• Gu Yue tried to attack Bai Yushan with ice, but her Soul Power faltered before she managed to form a few needles.
• Bai Yushan brought Gu Yue warm water and steadied the glass when her weak hands nearly spilled it.
• Gu Yue choked on the water, and Bai Yushan patted her back before mocking her again.
• Gu Yue flung ice needles at Bai Yushan, but he dodged and taunted her about their repeated fights.
• Bai Yushan took the remaining dried mango as his errand fee and left, while Gu Yue vowed to settle the score after she recovered.

Hu Yuxiu returned to Eastsea City and basked in his clan’s praise before going with Hu Feng to the city’s underground fighting arena to vent his frustrations. There, he asked who the arena’s best fighter was.

• Hu Zhentao and the Hu Clan elders welcomed Hu Yuxiu home and praised him for attending Shrek Academy.
• Hu Yuxiu boasted about Shrek during a banquet and enjoyed the deference he received from the clan.
• Hu Feng suggested taking Hu Yuxiu to the underground fighting arena, and Hu Yuxiu agreed.
• Hu Feng used a token to bring Hu Yuxiu underground, where they surveyed the crowded arena.
• Hu Yuxiu grabbed a wealthy merchant and asked who the arena’s best fighter was, and the man named Sea Tiger.

Hu Yuxiu challenged Sea Tiger, convinced that his Shrek Academy strength would let him dominate Eastsea City's underground arena. After brutally defeating a scheduled fighter, he attacked Bai Yushan, the masked Sea Tiger, and the chapter ended as his killing strike raced toward Bai Yushan's throat.

• Hu Feng beat the fat chamber of commerce president for insulting Hu Yuxiu, who then demanded information about Sea Tiger.
• The fat man said Sea Tiger had arrived a year earlier and defeated every arena fighter, including a Soul Ancestor from Skysea City.
• Hu Yuxiu ordered Hu Feng to find Sea Tiger within three days so he could challenge him publicly, but Sea Tiger appeared in the arena that night.
• Hu Yuxiu jumped into the ring and challenged Bai Yushan, while the scheduled challenger attacked him and revealed himself as a Three-Ring Soul Elder.
• Hu Yuxiu revealed four purple Soul Rings and crippled the burly fighter with three attacks, then turned his attention to Bai Yushan.
• Bai Yushan remained unfazed as Hu Yuxiu used Gale Step to launch a killing strike at his throat.

Bai Yushan effortlessly dodged Hu Yuxiu’s attacks, then used his speed and strength to defeat him. He left Hu Yuxiu pinned and mocked him for being from Shrek Academy.

• Hu Yuxiu attacked Bai Yushan with Wind Blades, but Bai Yushan dodged every strike without fighting back.
• Hu Yuxiu used his third soul skill, Gale Bite, and Bai Yushan slipped through the blades unharmed.
• Hu Yuxiu unleashed his fourth soul skill, Wind Howl Critical Strike, but Bai Yushan escaped with Lightning Flash Step.
• Bai Yushan appeared behind Hu Yuxiu, struck him in the abdomen, and grabbed his head.
• Bai Yushan mocked Hu Yuxiu and Shrek Academy as Hu Yuxiu struggled to break free.

Bai Yushan defeated Hu Yuxiu with a devastating throw in the underground fighting arena, leaving the Shrek student unconscious. When Hu Feng tried to threaten Sea Tiger on behalf of the Hu Clan and Shrek Academy, Bai Yushan suddenly vanished from sight, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Bai Yushan slammed Hu Yuxiu into the alloy floor with Seabed Drop, knocking him unconscious and winning the fight.
• The crowd erupted in cheers for Sea Tiger while Hu Feng feared the consequences of Hu Yuxiu's defeat.
• Hu Feng called out to Bai Yushan and demanded that he stay, invoking Hu Yuxiu's ties to Shrek Academy and the Hu Clan.
• Hu Feng threatened to blacklist Bai Yushan and demanded that he kneel and become the Hu Clan's dog.
• Bai Yushan vanished in a violet-blue afterimage before Hu Feng could finish speaking.

Bai Yushan knocked Hu Feng unconscious in the underground arena and openly challenged Shrek Academy. After leaving, he remembered his threat against the Hu Clan and followed the injured men to their residence, where he leapt over the wall.

• Bai Yushan punched Hu Feng into the arena wall, leaving him unconscious and badly injured.
• Bai Yushan told Hu Feng’s companions to pass his challenge on to him and Shrek Academy, then left the arena unopposed.
• The arena manager had staff remove Hu Feng and Hu Yuxiu and take them to the hospital as spectators discussed Sea Tiger’s victory.
• Bai Yushan remembered he had promised to trouble the Hu Clan, put his white tiger mask back on, and followed the men carrying Hu Feng and Hu Yuxiu.
• Bai Yushan found the Hu Clan’s residence and vaulted over its courtyard wall toward the brightly lit central hall.

Bai Yushan, masked as Sea Tiger, stormed into the Hu Clan residence and challenged Hu Zhentao after the clan threatened to blacklist him. He defeated the Hu Clan’s guards and four Four-Ring Soul Ancestors, leaving Hu Zhentao facing him in the wrecked hall.

• Bai Yushan smashed through the roof of the Hu Clan’s main hall and confronted Hu Zhentao, identifying himself as Sea Tiger.
• Hu Zhentao ordered the guards to attack, but Bai Yushan disarmed them and knocked down all seven or eight in moments.
• Hu Zhentao sent four Four-Ring Soul Ancestors to attack Bai Yushan together with their Soul Skills.
• Bai Yushan evaded their attacks, broke through their restraints, and killed one elder while gravely wounding the other three.
• Bai Yushan asked whether the Hu Clan had anything that could stop him, declaring that they could not take a beating.

Bai Yushan defeated Hu Wanshan and Hu Zhentao with a single punch, then discovered that his overwhelming will had awakened a new power he called Haki. He unleashed it across the Hu Clan hall, knocking out the guards, servants, and remaining descendants.

• Hu Wanshan and Hu Zhentao attacked Bai Yushan together with their fifth Soul Skills.
• Bai Yushan struck back with his Tiger Roar Mountain-Crushing Fist, crushing Hu Wanshan’s attack, shattering Hu Zhentao’s rock cage, and knocking both men unconscious.
• Bai Yushan savored the power he held and resolved to break every rule or restraint that stood in his way.
• An overwhelming force erupted from Bai Yushan’s will, and he recognized it as his Haki.
• Bai Yushan’s black-and-red pressure spread through the hall and caused the guards, servants, and remaining Hu Clan members to collapse unconscious.

After Bai Yushan awakened Haki and overwhelmed the Hu Clan, Hu Yuxiu was inspired to seek the same strength and freedom. Back in his dormitory, Bai Yushan tried to summon Haki again and began recalling the convictions that had first awakened it.

• Hu Yuxiu awoke under Bai Yushan’s Haki and was overwhelmed by the young man’s dominating will.
• Bai Yushan left the Hu Clan hall, inviting anyone who wanted revenge to find him.
• Hu Yuxiu’s fear turned to longing, and he vowed to pursue Haki and live by his own will.
• Bai Yushan returned to his Eastsea Academy dormitory but could not reactivate Haki despite several attempts.
• Bai Yushan recalled the battle and his beliefs, and felt something begin to heat deep within his sea of consciousness.

Bai Yushan confronted a blue-white electric copy of himself in a boundless white space, defending his choice to pursue many paths instead of focusing solely on Electric Current Push. Their brutal duel escalated as Bai Yushan fired a Railgun at his opponent, and the chapter ended before its impact was shown.

• Bai Yushan entered a pure white space and faced an identical figure who accused him of abandoning Electric Current Push for Haki and other martial arts.
• Bai Yushan declared that every cultivation path was a weapon in his hands, and the two began fighting with deadly techniques.
• Bai Yushan and his opponent traded Five Beast Way attacks, repeatedly suffering injuries that quickly healed.
• The opponent unleashed Swift Thunder Strikes, and Bai Yushan met the lightning shock wave with Thunder Dragon's Roar.
• Bai Yushan insisted his will and choices formed his foundation, then launched a Railgun projectile toward the opponent's forehead.

Bai Yushan battled his reflection, awakening and merging Haki with Electric Current Push as he rejected the reflection’s warnings. After breaking beyond the fighting style the reflection knew, Bai Yushan realized he needed a stronger killing move, and a new technique began to take shape in his mind.

• Bai Yushan charged through the reflection’s lightning storm in Lightning Armor and struck him with Thunder Dragon's Iron Hammer.
• Bai Yushan and the reflection fought at close range, regenerating from severe injuries as Bai Yushan’s Haki awakened and merged with Electric Current Push.
• Bai Yushan fused the five beast powers into Tiger Roar Mountain-Crushing Fist and clashed with the reflection’s full-strength punch.
• Bai Yushan attacked the reflection with Lightning Flash Step and traded injuries with him, then mocked the reflection for relying on old moves and rigid foundations.
• Bai Yushan pushed his voltage higher, declared that his fists and will were his foundations, and began shaping a new move after deciding his existing techniques were not enough to kill.

Bai Yushan defeated and erased his lightning reflection, absorbing its insights and firmly awakening Haki alongside Electric Current Push. Back in his dormitory, he unleashed his Conqueror's Haki across Eastsea Academy, awakening students beneath a storm-filled sky.

• Bai Yushan formed the Slaughter Path and attacked the reflection with black-and-red lightning.
• Bai Yushan overwhelmed the reflection with a palm blade, a punch, a kick, and his Body Becomes a Soul Nail technique.
• Bai Yushan repeatedly burned away the reflection's attempts to regenerate and erased its final trace of consciousness.
• Bai Yushan absorbed the reflection's will and insights, bringing his voltage to two hundred and ninety thousand volts and establishing Haki alongside Soul Power and Electric Current Push.
• Bai Yushan returned to his dormitory and laughed as his Conqueror's Haki spread across more than half of Eastsea Academy.
• Thunderclouds gathered over Eastsea Academy, and students were jolted awake by the thunder and the pressure of Bai Yushan's will.

As the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition began, Eastsea Academy’s team gathered in East Sea Plaza with hopes that Class Zero could improve the city’s poor record. Bai Yushan was still missing at assembly, leaving Yu Zhen and the others anxious about the junior team’s prospects.

• Bai Yushan withdrew his Conqueror’s Haki after it knocked out students across the academy, then went to sleep.
• A month later, Yu Zhen led Eastsea Academy’s teams to the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, confident that Bai Yushan and Gu Yue could deliver a strong result.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue assembled with Wu Changkong at East Sea Plaza, where Tang Wulin secretly watched Gu Yue.
• Xu Xiaoyu warned Xu Xiaoyan not to disgrace their family, and Xu Xiaoyan retorted that his youth division team had better make it past the preliminaries.
• Gu Yue asked where Bai Yushan was, while Yu Zhen, Long Hengxu, and Wu Changkong waited anxiously for him to arrive.

Bai Yushan arrived dramatically and promised Yu Zhen he would bring back the trophy at the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition as Eastsea Academy’s team departed for Skysea City. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy’s exhibition team traveled toward the city, where Shen Yi briefed them on their upcoming match and the students confidently dismissed their opponents.

• Bai Yushan crashed into the square, reassured Yu Zhen, and claimed he would bring back the trophy.
• Bai Yushan and Gu Yue resumed their usual bickering before Yu Zhen sent Eastsea Academy’s teams toward Skysea City.
• Bai Yushan rode with the Eastsea Academy convoy and looked forward to the competition.
• Shen Yi told Shrek Academy’s exhibition team that they would face the previous youth division champions after the opening ceremony.
• The Shrek students joked that the local champions would be easy to defeat while Ye Xinglan watched the scenery and Xu Lizhi ate a bun.

Hu Yuxiu faced Yu Lin’s contempt on the carriage ride into Eastsea territory, but his changed outlook and improved strength kept him from backing down. Shen Yi stopped their confrontation, and Hu Yuxiu reflected on how his ambitions had grown since meeting Sea Tiger.

• Yu Lin demanded that Hu Yuxiu treat the group to a meal, and Hu Yuxiu calmly clarified that Eastsea City was his hometown, not Skysea City.
• Hu Yuxiu recalled how meeting Sea Tiger had changed his understanding of strength and made him realize his ambitions had been too small.
• Yu Lin insulted Hu Yuxiu and released his Soul Ancestor pressure, but Hu Yuxiu manifested his Gale Leopard Martial Soul and revealed his stabilized rank-forty-three cultivation.
• Hu Yuxiu and Yu Lin’s wind and lightning clashed until Shen Yi ordered them to stop and reminded them to protect Shrek’s reputation at the exhibition match.
• Yu Lin withdrew and walked away angrily, while Hu Yuxiu laughed and remembered his own earlier insecurity after entering Shrek Academy.

Hu Yuxiu reflected on how seeing Sea Tiger had inspired him to transform through a month of punishing training. As Shrek’s students arrived in Skysea City for the Skysea Alliance Grand Competition, Hu resolved to earn recognition through his own strength rather than the academy’s reputation.

• Hu Yuxiu remembered Sea Tiger’s words and credited them with driving his month of intense training, which consolidated his cultivation and strengthened his Gale Leopard Martial Soul techniques.
• Xu Lizhi, Ye Xinglan, and Shen Yi noticed how much Hu Yuxiu’s bearing had changed during the journey.
• Shen Yi announced that the group had arrived in Skysea City, where the students saw the tournament arena that would host the opening ceremony and exhibition matches.
• A staff member welcomed Shen Yi and the seven students on behalf of the city lord and led them toward the arena.
• As people stared at the Shrek uniforms and praised the academy, Hu Yuxiu decided that he would make others remember his name through his own fists.

Hu Yuxiu and the Eastsea City delegation arrived in Skysea City for the tournament, while Gu Yue became curious when Bai Yushan left their hotel and secretly followed him toward the harbor.

• Hu Yuxiu looked forward to meeting the masked Sea Tiger and testing his strength in the arena.
• The Eastsea City competitors settled into their lounge, where students discussed the exhibition match and prepared for the tournament.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan arrived at a seaside hotel with the Eastsea City delegation, and Wu Changkong reminded them that the opening ceremony and drawing lots were tomorrow.
• Gu Yue worried about coordinating with the five senior Soul Elders who would complete their seven-person team and decided Bai Yushan was the only teammate she could rely on.
• Bai Yushan left the hotel shortly after arriving, and Gu Yue followed him through the busy streets toward the harbor.

Gu Yue stopped Bai Yushan from attacking her by claiming Na'er wanted to see him, then grew jealous of his tender reaction. Bai Yushan explained that he was heading to Skysea City's underground fighting, which he described as a more regulated live-combat competition.

• Bai Yushan caught Gu Yue following him through an alley and restrained her when she tried to escape.
• Gu Yue mentioned Na'er, and Bai Yushan immediately released her and asked what Na'er wanted.
• Gu Yue claimed Na'er missed him and had left him something, making Bai Yushan eagerly ask where it was.
• Gu Yue said the item was in her hotel room and asked why Bai Yushan had left so late.
• Bai Yushan told Gu Yue he was going to enter Skysea City's underground fighting and explained that it hosted regulated live-combat matches involving students and naval personnel.