Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao began the Shrek Academy New Student Assessment under Wang Yan’s supervision, facing a team from Freshman Class Three in their first match. Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao moved first while Huo Yuhao provided Spiritual Detection Sharing, and their opponents began revealing their abilities.

• Freshmen gathered at the assessment area, where the first matches were assigned and Wang Yan introduced himself as the assessment teacher.
• Wang Yan announced the first match between Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao of Freshman Class One and Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen of Freshman Class Three.
• After Wang Yan started the match, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao released their Martial Souls faster than their opponents, while Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Detection Sharing and stayed back.
• Wang Dong charged forward with her blue-purple wings unfurled as Zhao Haochen summoned two braised chicken drumsticks with his Martial Soul.

Wang Dong defeated Huo Yuhao's first opponents, and his team won its first five matches while Wang Yan remained unable to figure out Huo Yuhao's abilities. On the third day, Huo Yuhao's Team was named Area Thirty-Three's seeded team and began its sixth match against Huang Chutian's Team, which included the Lan Family Sisters.

• Zhao Haochen gave Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng chicken drumsticks that boosted their speed, but Wang Dong blocked both of their attacks and knocked them out of the fight.
• Wang Yan recorded Huo Yuhao's Team's victory and wondered why Huo Yuhao, who appeared to have a Ten-Year Soul Ring, was the team's core.
• Huo Yuhao's Team won all five matches over the first three days, though Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao mostly watched while Wang Dong fought.
• Wang Yan named Huo Yuhao's Team Area Thirty-Three's seeded team and scheduled them as the first competitors in the sixth round.
• Huo Yuhao's Team greeted Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo before both teams took their positions and Wang Yan started the match.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao fought Huang Chutian and the Lan Family Sisters, using Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing to gain the advantage. The Lan sisters then unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Heavenly Net and Earthly Web, leaving Wang Dong facing a much greater threat.

• Huang Chutian charged at Wang Dong, but she evaded him and led him into Xiao Xiao’s Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron.
• The Lan Family Sisters attacked Wang Dong with their Hair Net, while she cut through their hair and Xiao Xiao sent three cauldrons toward the opposing team.
• Huang Chutian used his Power Cannon Hammer against Xiao Xiao’s cauldron, but her Cauldron’s Sway weakened the attack and blasted the cauldron away.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao pressed the Lan sisters with help from Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing.
• The Lan Family Sisters joined forces and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Heavenly Net and Earthly Web.

Huo Yuhao's team defeated Huang Chutian's team in the New Student Assessment, and Wang Yan questioned Huo Yuhao about his Martial Soul. Huo Yuhao revealed that he had a Spirit Eyes Body Martial Soul and belonged to the Ming Sect, whose conflict with Shrek Academy he intended to pursue.

• Xiao Xiao disrupted the Lan Family Sisters' Heavenly Net and Earthly Web while Wang Dong kept Huang Chutian occupied, and the sisters suddenly collapsed unconscious.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao exploited Huang Chutian's distraction, and Wang Yan declared Huo Yuhao's team the winners.
• Huo Yuhao assured Wang Yan that the Lan Family Sisters were not seriously hurt, and Wang Yan helped them wake up.
• After the day's matches, Wang Yan congratulated Huo Yuhao's team and asked about Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul and Soul Skills.
• Huo Yuhao said his Martial Soul was the spiritual-type Body Martial Soul Spirit Eyes and told Wang Yan that he came from the Ming Sect.
• Wang Yan lamented that Huo Yuhao had not joined Shrek Academy earlier, and Huo Yuhao questioned whether he would have been admitted.

Huo Yuhao learned that Tian Meng planned to help him add the Ice Empress as his Second Martial Soul, and he and Wang Dong discussed the Lan Family Sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended with Wang Dong wondering whether she and Huo Yuhao could develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill of their own.

• Wang Yan avoided answering Huo Yuhao’s question about his first Soul Ring and told him to rest before they spoke again.
• Tian Meng explained that she planned to use the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion, Ice Empress, to help Huo Yuhao add his Second Martial Soul, and Huo Yuhao said they could go to the Extreme North after the assessments.
• Electrolux sensed Huo Yuhao’s hatred for Tang San and reflected on how Huo Yuhao still managed to restrain it.
• Wang Dong watched Huo Yuhao cultivate, then asked whether he had caused the Lan Family Sisters to faint after using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the sisters were inexperienced with their fusion skill, and Wang Dong asked whether she and Huo Yuhao could form one together.

Huo Yuhao questioned whether he and Wang Dong could develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Wang Dong embarrassed and uncertain about their relationship before she fell asleep. Meanwhile, Wang Yan urged Elder Xuan to pay attention to promising students, and Elder Xuan began teaching him how to judge Body Martial Souls.

• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that Martial Soul Fusion Skills required exceptional compatibility or an extremely intimate relationship, and he denied sensing a connection between them.
• Wang Dong admitted she had felt Huo Yuhao's aura was close to hers during Spiritual Detection Sharing and suggested they test their compatibility, but she gave up after his explanation.
• Wang Dong wondered what Huo Yuhao thought of her, then grew sleepy and fell asleep.
• Wang Yan urged Elder Xuan to recognize the potential of the students, including Huo Yuhao and the sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
• Elder Xuan dismissed hair Martial Souls as unworthy of special attention and told Wang Yan to judge a Body Martial Soul by how important it was to the body.

Xuan Zi identified Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Attribute Body Martial Soul as rare and considered bringing him into Shrek Academy. Huo Yuhao began teaching Wang Dong the Formless Skill, while an unknown figure in her Spiritual Sea struggled against her consciousness.

• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan that Huo Yuhao’s eyes and brain were likely his Body Martial Soul and planned to watch the New Student Assessment ranking matches.
• Wang Dong woke to find she had fallen asleep in Huo Yuhao’s bed, and realized he had carried her there after she passed out.
• Huo Yuhao began teaching Wang Dong the Formless Skill and guided her Soul Power through a full cycle.
• Wang Dong heard an illusory voice urging her to get close to Huo Yuhao, but she ignored it and focused on his guidance.
• A sea-blue figure in Wang Dong’s Spiritual Sea tried to rise from its throne, then suspected that her consciousness was excluding it.
• Wang Dong relaxed as Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power flowed through her, while Electrolux reflected on Huo Yuhao’s hidden capacity for attachment.

Zhou Yi announced that Class One had excelled in the New Student Assessment, then publicly apologized to Huo Yuhao and asked how to improve her teaching. Huo Yuhao advised her to examine her own methods, while the class learned that several undefeated teams included Soul Elders.

• Zhou Yi announced that thirty of the thirty-three teams passed the assessment and that the top sixty-four teams would advance to the elimination rounds.
• The students celebrated Class One’s strong results, while Zhou Yi privately felt that the achievement had not come from her teaching.
• Zhou Yi apologized to Huo Yuhao before the class and asked how she could change her teaching methods.
• Huo Yuhao told Zhou Yi to try her methods on herself and warned her that authority could not rely on a mask or fear.
• Zhou Yi announced that six teams had gone undefeated, including Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao’s team, and that three of the other undefeated teams had Soul Elders.

Huo Yuhao's team faced Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er in the afternoon elimination match, where Wu Feng and Wang Dong quickly clashed. The fight began with Nanmen Yun'er targeting Xiao Xiao, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Du Weilun announced the elimination schedule, and Huo Yuhao's team advanced through its morning match before drawing Area Eight for the afternoon.
• Ning Tian introduced herself as a level-thirty-one Support System Tool Soul Elder, while Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er revealed their levels and specializations.
• Wu Feng looked down on Huo Yuhao for having only one Soul Ring, prompting Wang Dong to grow angry on his behalf.
• Wang Dong and Wu Feng released their Martial Souls, revealing Wang Dong's butterfly wings and Wu Feng's Red Dragon transformation.
• Nanmen Yun'er manifested emerald-green wings and rushed toward Xiao Xiao as Wu Feng landed beside her.

Huo Yuhao's team fought Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian, whose Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda enhanced her allies and dispelled Xiao Xiao's stun. Wang Dong unleashed Light of the Butterfly God against Wu Feng's empowered attack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Xiao Xiao used Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Detection to block Wu Feng, while Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and boosted Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er's speed.
• Wang Dong defeated Nanmen Yun'er in a direct clash and charged toward Ning Tian, but Ning Tian dispelled the daze caused by Xiao Xiao's Cauldron's Tremor.
• Wu Feng used Dragon's Fire and Dragon's Rage to increase her strength and attack Wang Dong as Nanmen Yun'er moved to challenge Xiao Xiao.
• Wang Dong activated her second soul skill, Light of the Butterfly God, and unleashed exploding orbs of light from her wings.

Huo Yuhao's team defeated Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Nanmen Yun'er after Huo Yuhao disrupted Ning Tian's soul skill and left her seriously weakened. Ning Tian resolved to learn more about Huo Yuhao, while the story moved to the second day of the elimination matches and introduced the strange old man Xuan Zi in the stands.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao overwhelmed Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er, while Huo Yuhao prevented Ning Tian from activating her soul skill and later caused her enhancements to vanish.
• The invigilating teacher declared Huo Yuhao's team the winner, and Huo Yuhao assured Wu Feng that Ning Tian would recover.
• Ning Tian told Wu Feng that Huo Yuhao had defeated them with an unusual ability, and she refused to use her family's power to retaliate.
• Ning Tian decided to watch Huo Yuhao's match the next day to see whether another team could make him reveal his full strength.
• The second day of the elimination matches began, and the teachers' viewing platform included the disheveled old man Xuan Zi.

Xuan Zi dismissed Huo Yuhao as a candidate for Shrek Academy, despite Wang Yan arguing for him, while the New Student Assessment advanced to the semifinals. Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao began their match against Xie Huanyue’s team, whose opening attack sent Xie soaring into the air.

• Xuan Zi watched Huo Yuhao’s team win its matches and praised Xiao Xiao, but judged Huo Yuhao’s ten-year Soul Ring and apparent lack of potential as disqualifying.
• Wang Yan told Xuan Zi that Huo Yuhao had reached Level Twenty and possessed a Body Martial Soul, but Xuan Zi insisted that the Profound Water Pills explained his progress and refused to reconsider.
• Wang Yan doubted his judgment, then resolved to keep supporting Huo Yuhao because Body Martial Souls were rare.
• Huo Yuhao’s team reached the semifinals, where they faced Xie Huanyue, Luo Tianlong, and Luo Tianba; Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection exposed the brothers hiding behind Xie.
• Wang Dong shielded Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao as Xie Huanyue activated his first Soul Ring and launched himself high into the air.

Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao fought Xie Huanyue and the Luo brothers in the New Student Assessment. After the Luo brothers were eliminated, Xiao Xiao trapped Xie Huanyue with Cauldron's Tremor as Huo Yuhao struck him with Spiritual Impact.

• Wang Dong rushed the Luo brothers while Xie Huanyue charged toward her, and Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao vanished from his path.
• Xiao Xiao's Cauldron's Sway struck Xie Huanyue, and Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Impact stunned him long enough for him to crash to the ground.
• Wang Dong used the Light of the Butterfly God to overwhelm the Luo brothers, and the proctor removed them from the field.
• Xie Huanyue's third soul skill missed after Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong repositioned themselves.
• Xiao Xiao combined her soul skills into National Treasure, Cauldron's Tremor, trapping Xie Huanyue and draining his Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao struck Xie Huanyue with another Spiritual Impact and stopped Xiao Xiao from spending more Soul Power.

Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao won their semifinal with Huo Yuhao’s support, but Du Weilun refused to recommend Huo Yuhao as a Core Disciple, citing his one ring and Elder Xuan’s judgment. Zhou Yi left to seek Fan Yu’s help, while the students prepared for the afternoon final and third-place match.

• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Impact to help Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao control their opponents, and Wang Dong’s golden soul skill forced the proctor to rescue Xie Huanyue.
• Du Weilun congratulated Zhou Yi on Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s performance and offered to report them as Core Disciples.
• Zhou Yi argued that Huo Yuhao was the team’s and Class One’s core, but Du Weilun insisted that neither he nor Elder Xuan considered Huo Yuhao worthy of a Core Disciple slot.
• Du Weilun left without remembering why Huo Yuhao’s name sounded familiar, and Zhou Yi hurried off to find Fan Yu.
• After lunch, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao headed to the assessment area for the afternoon matches, and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao noticed that Huo Yuhao seemed troubled.

Yan Shaozhe attended the New Student Assessment final and praised the freshmen before Huo Yuhao’s team prepared to face Dai Huabin’s team. As the match began, Yan Shaozhe weighed the contestants’ potential and trusted Du Weilun’s recommendation against making Huo Yuhao a Core Disciple.

• Yan Shaozhe introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s dean and announced the third-place match and final.
• Huo Yuhao remembered Dai Huabin’s role in his mother Huo Yun’er’s death, while Dai Huabin failed to recognize him.
• Xie Huanyue Team defeated Zhou Sichen’s Team in the match for third place.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao entered the arena to face Dai Huabin and his two teammates.
• Yan Shaozhe reviewed the freshmen’s abilities and recalled that Du Weilun had advised against making Huo Yuhao a Core Disciple.

Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun discussed the New Student Assessment final, and Qian Duoduo arrived with Fan Yu to observe Huo Yuhao. The match between Huo Yuhao’s team and Dai Huabin’s team began, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Du Weilun which team he favored, and Du Weilun predicted Dai Huabin’s team would win.
• Qian Duoduo arrived with Fan Yu and bet that Huo Yuhao’s team would win.
• Fan Yu watched Huo Yuhao, whose Spirit Attribute Body Martial Soul had caught his interest, while Zhou Yi welcomed his arrival.
• The referee announced the final’s rules, and both teams introduced themselves and took their positions.
• Huo Yuhao’s team and Dai Huabin’s team released their martial souls when the referee started the match.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao faced Dai Huabin's team in the finals, where Huo Yuhao thwarted Cui Yajie's Charm and coordinated a plan to stop Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The fight continued with Huo Yuhao leaping toward Cui Yajie while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao held off the other two.

• Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie released their Beast Martial Souls and charged toward the opposing team.
• Cui Yajie's Charm failed against Huo Yuhao, who told Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to follow their plan to prevent Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu from using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Cui Yajie shifted her Charm toward Xiao Xiao as Dai Huabin attacked Wang Dong and Zhu Lu concealed herself to target Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao struck Cui Yajie's weakened spiritual defenses with Spiritual Impact, while Wang Dong dodged Dai Huabin's attack and Xiao Xiao shielded herself and Huo Yuhao with her cauldrons.
• Huo Yuhao used one of Xiao Xiao's cauldrons as a springboard to leap toward Cui Yajie as Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao moved to hold back Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu.
• Wang Dong activated Wing Blade Guillotine and charged toward Dai Huabin.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao used coordinated tactics to remove Cui Yajie and Zhu Lu from the arena while wearing down Dai Huabin. Dai Huabin remained transformed and enraged, but his Soul Power and strength were rapidly draining as the fight continued.

• Wang Dong struck Dai Huabin and Cui Yajie with Light of the Butterfly God while Xiao Xiao restrained Zhu Lu with her cauldrons.
• Cui Yajie tried to take Huo Yuhao out with Fox Tail Needle, but the referee rescued her after Huo Yuhao evaded her attack.
• Dai Huabin's White Tiger Body Barrier broke under Wang Dong's assault, so he activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation as Huo Yuhao disrupted his vision.
• Huo Yuhao seized Zhu Lu and threw her toward Wang Dong, who threatened her with Wing Blade Guillotine until the referee removed her from the arena.
• Xiao Xiao blocked Dai Huabin with her cauldrons while Huo Yuhao provoked him, and Dai Huabin continued fighting as his Soul Power and strength drained.

Huo Yuhao's team won the New Student Assessment, and Huo Yuhao rebuked Dai Huabin after the referee stopped the fight. At the awards assembly, Du Weilun named Wang Dong captain, but Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, the Class One students, and Zhou Yi insisted that Huo Yuhao had been registered as the captain.

• Wang Dong nearly struck Dai Huabin's neck with her Wing Blade Guillotine, but the referee intervened after Dai Huabin's White Tiger Body Barrier shattered.
• Du Weilun declared Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao the elimination-round champions, and Huo Yuhao mocked Dai Huabin for making excuses after losing.
• Huo Yuhao supported Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao as they left, and he teased Wang Dong when she asked whether Zhu Lu's hand was soft.
• At the next morning's assembly, Du Weilun announced the top three teams and named Wang Dong's team champions, but called Wang Dong the captain.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao said Huo Yuhao was their captain, twenty-seven Class One students backed them, and Zhou Yi confirmed that Huo Yuhao had been listed as the team's core and captain.

Du Weilun announced the New Student Assessment results and the new Core Disciples, leaving Huo Yuhao off every list despite his team’s championship. Wang Dong challenged the decision in public and defended Huo Yuhao as the team’s captain and driving force.

• Class One students, Zhou Yi, and Wang Yan corrected Du Weilun when he announced the champions under the wrong name, and Du Weilun recognized Huo Yuhao's Team as the winners.
• Du Weilun announced that the top three teams would receive standard Soul Ring assistance and that Huo Yuhao's Team would also receive a confidential special reward.
• Du Weilun named the official and temporary Core Disciples, but Huo Yuhao appeared on neither list, prompting Dai Huabin to mock him inwardly.
• Tian Meng complained in Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Sea about his omission, while Huo Yuhao remained calm and reassured him.
• Wang Dong questioned Du Weilun about Huo Yuhao's exclusion and insisted that Huo Yuhao was their captain and the soul of the team.
• Wang Dong compared Huo Yuhao favorably to Ning Tian, and Wu Feng grew angry at the remark.