Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao obtained his first Soul Ring and met Han Yu, whose disdain for him and the Tang Sect quickly irritated Tang Ya. Tang Ya invited both boys to join the Tang Sect, but Han Yu challenged its legacy and mocked Bei Bei’s movement technique, leaving Tang Ya furious.

• Bei Bei introduced Han Yu to Huo Yuhao, and the two exchanged brief greetings.
• Huo Yuhao gained a white Soul Ring from a Wind Baboon and learned it granted him four soul skills.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei learned Huo Yuhao had no family left, and Tang Ya blurted out that it was wonderful before inviting him to join the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya also invited Han Yu to join, but he dismissed the Tang Sect as a declining relic of the past.
• Bei Bei defended the Tang Sect’s secret arts, and Han Yu mocked his movement technique, angering Tang Ya.

Han Yu copied the Tang Sect’s techniques and used Huo Yuhao’s Mental Detection Sharing to enhance his own perception. He defeated a thousand-year Mandala Snake with his Sharingan illusion, allowing Tang Ya to absorb its soul ring, and left Huo Yuhao stunned by his strength.

• Tang Ya gave Huo Yuhao the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, while Han Yu revealed that he had already copied several Tang Sect techniques.
• Tang Ya defeated a group of God Devourers, Wind Baboons, and Han Yu copied her hidden weapon technique.
• Bei Bei asked Han Yu to help fight a thousand-year Mandala Snake and offered him two thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Huo Yuhao shared his Mental Detection with Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Han Yu, whose Spiritual Power extended its range to around a hundred and fifty meters.
• Han Yu used his Sharingan to mentally control the Mandala Snake and left it for Tang Ya to kill and absorb.
• Bei Bei paid Han Yu, and Huo Yuhao asked whether Han Yu’s technique had been a soul skill.

Tang Ya reached Soul Elder after absorbing a new Soul Ring, and Han Yu traveled with her, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao toward Shrek Academy. When they arrived, Han Yu remained skeptical about the academy and said he would leave if it failed to meet his expectations.

• Han Yu refused to teach Huo Yuhao his Spiritual Power technique, then startled him with his Sharingan before returning to the tree.
• Tang Ya successfully absorbed her Soul Ring and thanked Han Yu, who asked her to stop calling him little brother.
• At dawn, Han Yu used the Purple Demon Eye’s cultivation method to learn its Spiritual Power circulation and decided to study it further with Shadow Clone.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei led Han Yu and Huo Yuhao toward Shrek Academy while Tang Ya described its reputation and Han Yu remained unconvinced.
• At Shrek Academy’s east gate, Han Yu said he might withdraw if the academy disappointed him, and Bei Bei went inside to get assessment qualifications for him.

Han Yu passed Shrek Academy’s assessment and challenged Tang Ya’s beliefs about Tang San and Blue Silver Grass, revealing that her cultivation was slowing. The chapter left Tang Ya crying in Bei Bei’s arms as Bei Bei questioned Han Yu about Tang San.

• Bei Bei arranged for Han Yu to take the assessment, and Han Yu displayed a thousand-year second Soul Ring and passed with soul power level twenty-nine.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya led Han Yu and Huo Yuhao into Shrek Academy, where Tang Ya identified the statue of Tang San as the founder of the Tang Sect.
• Han Yu disputed the claim that Tang San’s martial soul was Blue Silver Grass and questioned why Tang Ya’s own Blue Silver Grass was considered useless.
• Han Yu said Tang Ya’s cultivation would keep slowing, and Tang Ya admitted she had noticed the decline and feared she would stop at Soul King.
• Bei Bei comforted Tang Ya and asked Han Yu how he knew about her cultivation, while Han Yu said Blue Silver Grass was widely regarded as useless.

Han Yu told Bei Bei that Tang Ya’s weak Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul could evolve only with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, giving Bei Bei a slim hope of helping her. Han Yu and Huo Yuhao then reached Shrek’s freshman dormitory, where Han Yu met his presumptuous new roommate.

• Han Yu challenged Bei Bei’s belief that there were no useless Martial Souls and explained that Tang Ya needed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone to evolve her Martial Soul.
• Bei Bei promised Tang Ya he would find what she needed, and he offered Han Yu a favor in return for the information.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei showed Han Yu and Huo Yuhao around Shrek Academy and warned them that Zhou Yi, their Freshman Class One homeroom teacher, was strict and often expelled students.
• Han Yu and Huo Yuhao reached the freshman dormitory, where Mu En checked their badges and assigned them adjacent rooms.
• Han Yu began arranging his bedding in his dormitory, and his sturdy roommate arrived and asked him to clean the room while claiming he would protect him at Shrek Academy.

Han Yu intimidated Tai Long into cleaning their dormitory, then clashed with Dai Huabin over a table in the cafeteria. The chapter ended with Dai Huabin transforming into his White Tiger Avatar and preparing to fight.

• Tai Long threatened Han Yu over the dormitory, but Han Yu used an illusion to frighten him into cleaning and fixing the broken door.
• Han Yu and Huo Yuhao went to the cafeteria, where Han Yu bought a large meal and set it on his own table.
• Dai Huabin demanded Han Yu's table, and Han Yu refused and told him to get lost.
• Dai Huabin smashed the table and spilled Han Yu's food, so Han Yu demanded double compensation and mocked him.
• Dai Huabin attacked, but Han Yu dodged and kicked him down.
• Dai Huabin rose in anger and activated his White Tiger Avatar, revealing two yellow Soul Rings and one purple Soul Ring.

Han Yu impaled Dai Huabin with his lengthening Tachi, then trapped him in a Sharingan illusion that made him experience his greatest fear. After demanding compensation and returning to his dormitory to cultivate, Han Yu was startled awake by a low roar.

• Han Yu used Thousand Birds Blade to extend his Tachi and run Dai Huabin through when Dai Huabin charged him.
• Dai Huabin activated White Tiger Vajra Transformation, but Han Yu cast a Sharingan illusion that made him believe his father had stripped him of his inheritance and ordered his cultivation crippled.
• Dai Huabin emerged pale and confused, while Zhu Lu and the watching students reacted in fear; Han Yu demanded two thousand Gold Soul Coins as compensation and left the cafeteria.
• Han Yu returned to a repaired dormitory, praised Tai Long's work, and sent him away before creating two Shadow Clones to study the Purple Demon Eye and Chidori while he cultivated Soul Power.
• A low roar startled Han Yu awake, and an author’s note said five chapters had been updated that day.

Han Yu challenged Zhou Yi’s claim that students should cause trouble by having Tai Long recount the consequences of provoking someone stronger. Zhou Yi defended her stance, and Han Yu left the class to judge for itself as the students questioned her logic.

• Han Yu entered class and learned that Zhou Yi would be teaching the students for the coming year.
• Zhou Yi ordered everyone who had not fought since registration to run a hundred laps or face expulsion, while Han Yu, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong stood among the few who had fought.
• Han Yu questioned Zhou Yi’s claim that students who avoided trouble were mediocre and called on Tai Long to explain what happened after provoking him.
• Tai Long admitted that Han Yu had beaten him and made him clean the dormitory, and said he regretted provoking someone stronger.
• Zhou Yi argued that the academy would intervene if students were harmed outside its grounds, and Han Yu asked the class whether revenge could make up for a student’s death.

Han Yu clashed with Zhou Yi over her harsh teaching methods and requested a transfer from her class. When Zhou Yi challenged him to a fight to decide whether he would be expelled, Han Yu faced the threat without backing down.

• Zhou Yi ordered the students to run laps, and Han Yu resisted her Soul Emperor pressure while the others went outside.
• Han Yu asked Du Weilun to transfer him from Zhou Yi's class, and Du Weilun agreed to arrange it by the next lesson.
• Zhou Yi noticed Han Yu was absent from the plaza, then confronted him when he arrived after the students had run many laps.
• Han Yu criticized Zhou Yi's training methods and Shrek Academy, prompting her to threaten expulsion.
• Zhou Yi challenged Han Yu to defeat her without soul skills before an incense stick burned, or be expelled.

Han Yu accepted Zhou Yi’s challenge and wounded her with his lightning-charged Tachi, leaving her to dismiss the strike as a Soul Tool trick. He then formed Chidori in his left hand and charged at her, surprising her because his Soul Rings had not lit up.

• Han Yu ignored Zhou Yi’s threat to expel him until her repeated insults provoked him into accepting her challenge.
• Zhou Yi lit a stick of incense and agreed to fight Han Yu without using Soul Skills.
• Han Yu revealed his Sharingan and Soul Rings, then attacked Zhou Yi with his lightning-charged Tachi.
• Han Yu extended the blade to cut Zhou Yi’s arm, but she dismissed his technique as a Soul Tool trick.
• Han Yu formed Chidori in his left hand and charged at Zhou Yi, who wondered how he could use it without activating his Soul Rings.

Han Yu fought Zhou Yi after she tried to cripple him, then clashed with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong over their defense of her teaching. He decided Shrek Academy was not a place for him and planned to withdraw.

• Zhou Yi attacked Han Yu with killing intent, but Han Yu used his Sharingan to control her briefly and stabbed her in the chest with Chidori.
• Students gathered as Zhou Yi bled on the ground, and Han Yu told them she had been injured during their sparring match.
• Huo Yuhao criticized Han Yu for injuring Zhou Yi and defended her strict teaching methods, so Han Yu rebuked him and said he would not help him.
• Wang Dong also defended Zhou Yi, and Han Yu called her lazy and mocked her poor performance despite her talent.
• Wang Dong tried to attack Han Yu, but Huo Yuhao held her back; Han Yu taunted Wang Dong about having lost to Huo Yuhao before.

After Han Yu severely injured Zhou Yi in retaliation for her actions, Fan Yu confronted him while Director Du Weilun tried to manage the dispute. The chapter ended with Han Yu challenging Fan Yu’s claim that he had struck too ruthlessly.

• Wang Dong broke free of Huo Yuhao and summoned the Light Goddess Butterfly before the teachers arrived.
• A seven-ring teacher healed Zhou Yi, but explained that the lightning damage to her chest could leave her permanently disfigured.
• Fan Yu arrived, learned the extent of Zhou Yi’s injuries, and demanded to know who had caused them; the students pointed to Han Yu.
• Du Weilun summoned Han Yu and Fan Yu to his office, privately assuring Han Yu that the academy would not unfairly blame him.
• Fan Yu burst into the office and demanded severe punishment for Han Yu, who retorted that Zhou Yi’s inability to defend herself was not his fault.

After Shrek Academy punished Han Yu for injuring Zhou Yi, he decided to win the New Student Assessment before leaving the academy. The system offered him a Purple Treasure Chest for the victory, and he began attending Mu Jin’s Class Nine.

• Yan Shaozhe ruled that Zhou Yi was at fault but gave Han Yu a major demerit, and Han Yu resolved to leave Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe told Du Weilun to transfer Han Yu to Mu Jin’s Class Nine and investigate his background, believing Han Yu would appreciate the academy’s offer of core disciple status.
• Han Yu accepted the system mission to win the New Student Assessment and then leave Shrek Academy, with a Purple Treasure Chest as the reward.
• After Du Weilun informed him of the transfer, Han Yu went to Class Nine, where Mu Jin welcomed him as her new student.

Han Yu transferred into Class Nine, where Mu Jin began a lesson on how Soul Tools had blurred the distinction between attack and defense. Han Yu argued that Soul Tools could not erase the natural advantage of assault-system soul masters, leaving the class to consider his view.

• Han Yu introduced himself to Class Nine, and Ning Tian decided that his strength and bearing made him someone worth befriending.
• Mu Jin asked the class which soul master series excelled at attack and defense, and Wu Feng gave a muddled answer before identifying the assault and defense systems.
• Han Yu said control, agility attack, and assault-system soul masters were suited to offense, while defensive martial souls were suited to defense.
• Ning Tian pointed out that Soul Tools had changed the balance, and Mu Jin explained that they let even auxiliary and defense-system soul masters take on other roles.
• Han Yu argued that assault-system soul masters remained naturally superior attackers, comparing a soul master with a weapon to a wolf and a sheep holding the same weapon.

Mu Jin explained that soul masters needed strong Soul Power and physical fitness to use Soul Tools effectively, then showed Han Yu her custom training equipment for Class Nine. She rallied the class to train for the New Student Assessment, where half of the first grade would be eliminated.

• Han Yu agreed with Mu Jin that Soul Tools could boost strength but could not replace a soul master's own abilities.
• Mu Jin told Class Nine to prepare for physical and combat training ahead of the New Student Assessment, then asked Han Yu to help move equipment.
• Mu Jin explained that students with stronger endurance would use specialized training tools instead of relying only on running.
• Mu Jin showed Han Yu her level-two Soul Tools, including the White Tiger Rod and Soul Tool Bag, and complained that Zhou Yi and Qian Duoduo had rejected her gravity-room proposal.
• Mu Jin warned Class Nine that half of the first grade would be eliminated in three months and urged the students to work hard, inspiring them to train.

Mu Jin introduced the students to training Soul Tools, and Wu Feng struggled to bend a White Tiger Rod that Mu Jin had secretly set to maximum toughness. Han Yu bet Ning Tian that Wu Feng could not bend it, leaving the stakes undecided as Ning Tian accepted the wager.

• Mu Jin gave the students specially designed Soul Tools and demonstrated how a White Tiger Rod could bend.
• Wu Feng claimed she could bend ten rods, then transformed with her Red Dragon Martial Soul and tried to bend the reinforced rod.
• Han Yu told Ning Tian that he had rank-five Innate Soul Power and was an orphan, but she suspected he was hiding his background.
• Han Yu bet that Wu Feng could not bend the rod, and Ning Tian wagered that Feng Mei could; she asked what the stakes would be.

Han Yu bet Ning Tian two thousand Gold Soul Coins that Wu Feng could not bend the White Tiger Rod, knowing it was set to a difficulty meant for Soul Ancestors. Wu Feng strained until she accidentally farted, then learned she had managed to move the rod despite its extreme setting; Han Yu ended the chapter by reminding Ning Tian of their bet.

• Han Yu and Ning Tian wagered two thousand Gold Soul Coins on whether Wu Feng could bend the White Tiger Rod.
• Wu Feng used her second Soul Skill, Dragon's Wrath, and managed to bend the rod slightly before reaching her limit.
• A sudden fart sent the watching students scattering as they argued over who had made the sound.
• Mu Jin explained that the rod was set to its fourth level, which only a Soul Ancestor could bend, and told Wu Feng to lower it to the third level.
• Wu Feng looked to Ning Tian for praise but found her talking with Han Yu, who admitted he had known the rod was at its highest difficulty and asked whether Ning Tian would honor their bet.

Ning Tian offered Han Yu up to ten million Gold Soul Coins to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, but he refused and experienced a breakthrough in Soul Power. Mu Jin offered to help him obtain a Soul Ring, and Han Yu instead resolved to win the New Student Assessment championship while keeping his own plans for his third ring.

• Ning Tian paid Han Yu two thousand Gold Soul Coins and offered him increasingly large sums to join her sect, but Han Yu refused even ten million.
• After Ning Tian admired his resolve, Han Yu privately reflected on his past and felt newly at home in Douluo Continent, then broke through in cultivation.
• Mu Jin noticed Han Yu's breakthrough to rank thirty and offered to take him to hunt for a Soul Ring, but he declined because he had his own plans for his third ring.
• Mu Jin admitted that winning the New Student Assessment championship would benefit her and help her challenge Zhou Yi, and Han Yu confidently agreed to take the championship.

Han Yu demonstrated his strength in Class Nine by bending a White Tiger Rod, surprising the students and winning a bet against Wu Feng. Ning Tian realized Han Yu had tricked her again, while his true strength remained a mystery to the class.

• Han Yu considered the limits of his Sharingan illusion and wondered whether he could find someone whose martial soul would resonate with his for a fusion skill.
• Mu Jin warned Han Yu about the other strong students in Class Nine and asked him to test his strength with a White Tiger Rod.
• Wu Feng challenged Han Yu's ability to bend the rod, and Han Yu proposed a bet of two thousand Gold Soul Coins with Mu Jin as witness.
• Han Yu bent the White Tiger Rod into a U shape after pretending to struggle, leaving Wu Feng stunned and winning the bet.
• Ning Tian realized Han Yu had tricked her again when he claimed he had used only fifty percent of his strength.

Han Yu tricked Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then used his ability to control Wu Feng until Ning Tian released her. After the students dispersed, Han Yu tested the resilient Soul Tool Bag, and Mu Jin asked whether he wanted to learn about soul tools despite his concerns about Zhou Yi’s husband.

• Han Yu took another two thousand Gold Soul Coins from Ning Tian, and Wu Feng challenged him to a duel.
• Han Yu controlled Wu Feng, who embraced a pillar and mourned his imagined separation from Ning Tian until Ning Tian used her Seven Treasures Pagoda to free her.
• Wu Feng learned what had happened and accused Han Yu of a sneak attack, but Ning Tian warned her to remember that they were only sisters.
• Mu Jin sent the onlookers to train, while Han Yu tested the Soul Tool Bag and found that it absorbed his punches without damage.
• Mu Jin asked Han Yu whether he wanted to learn about soul tools, and he worried that Zhou Yi’s husband might prevent him from being accepted.