Recaps

Zhou Yi explained the New Student Assessment and assigned First-Year Class One into teams, naming Ji Lin, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao as Team One. After class, she kept Ji Lin and Xiao Xiao behind, leaving the reason for her summons unresolved.

• Zhou Yi explained that teams would compete for advancement through combat victories and that the top sixty-four would enter elimination matches.
• Zhou Yi nominated Song Qinghan for direct admission to the Soul Tool Department, and he eagerly accepted.
• Zhou Yi assigned Ji Lin, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao to Team One, while Wang Qiuer and Wang Dong'er were placed on separate teams.
• Zhou Yi warned the class to prepare for the assessment and ordered everyone to submit their cultivation preference sheets.
• Zhou Yi stopped Ji Lin and Xiao Xiao after class, took their sheets, and called them to account as Xiao Xiao hid behind Ji Lin.

Zhou Yi questioned Ji Lin and Xiao Xiao’s proposed roles for the New Student Assessment, and both revealed they had Twin Martial Souls. After Ji Lin declined Zhou Yi’s offer to team with Wang Qiuer, he and Xiao Xiao left to prepare for the competition, where she hoped to show him her second Martial Soul.

• Zhou Yi challenged Ji Lin’s Assault-Control System designation and asked why Xiao Xiao had listed herself as a Control System soul master.
• Xiao Xiao explained that her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron focused on offense and defense, then revealed she had a second Martial Soul for support and control.
• Ji Lin revealed his Twin Martial Souls, Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Ice, and explained that his second Martial Soul let him attack and control.
• Zhou Yi offered to pair Ji Lin with Wang Qiuer, but Ji Lin refused, saying Wang Qiuer would rather fight him.
• Zhou Yi urged Ji Lin and Xiao Xiao to win the New Student Assessment championship, then they left the classroom together.
• Xiao Xiao asked Ji Lin to talk, but he said he needed to prepare for the competition and invited her to show him her second Martial Soul during the assessment.

After Ji Lin revealed his Twin Martial Souls and Ultimate Ice, news of his talent reached Yan Shaozhe, who sent Ma Xiaotao to find him. Ma Xiaotao met Ji Lin while trying Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, then took Ji Lin aside to talk.

• Zhou Yi told Du Weilun that Ji Lin and Xiao Xiao possessed Twin Martial Souls, and that Ji Lin’s second martial soul was Ultimate Ice.
• Du Weilun reported Ji Lin’s Ultimate Ice to Yan Shaozhe, who decided to notify Ma Xiaotao and pursue Ji Lin for Shrek Academy.
• Ji Lin accompanied Huo Yuhao to sell grilled fish, where Xu Sanshi and a crowd of customers gathered.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived, causing Xu Sanshi and the other customers to react nervously, and asked Huo Yuhao for grilled fish.
• Ma Xiaotao praised Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, introduced herself, and asked Ji Lin to talk with her privately.

Ji Lin accompanied Ma Xiaotao to Sea God Island so he could use his Ultimate Ice to suppress the evil fire tormenting her. After she brought him to her bedroom and explained how to purify her Soul Power, they prepared to begin.

• Ma Xiaotao asked Ji Lin to use his Ultimate Ice Martial Soul to help suppress the evil fire in her Evil Fire Phoenix, and he agreed.
• Ma Xiaotao hurried Ji Lin across Sea God Lake to Sea God Island, where her status allowed him to enter without being stopped.
• Ma Xiaotao brought Ji Lin to her lakeside cabin and showed him the quiet home where she lived.
• Ma Xiaotao embraced Ji Lin in her bedroom and told him to purify the Soul Power she sent into his body before returning it to her.
• Ji Lin agreed to begin, while resolving not to take advantage of Ma Xiaotao's vulnerability.

Ji Lin used his Ultimate Ice to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, leaving her comfortable and his own body strengthened but his soul power depleted. The next morning, he joined Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao to prepare for the assessment, which would begin that afternoon.

• Ji Lin released his Heavenly Snow Woman martial soul and channeled his soul power into Ma Xiaotao, suppressing her Evil Fire while her soul power tempered and strengthened him.
• After Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire was suppressed for a long time, she thanked Ji Lin by helping him back to the boys’ dormitory, where Huo Yuhao checked on him.
• Ma Xiaotao left, and Huo Yuhao admired Ji Lin’s popularity with women while focusing on his own goal of seeking justice for his mother.
• The next morning, Ji Lin and Huo Yuhao met Wang Qiuer and went to class, where they found the students preparing for the assessment.
• Xiao Xiao told Ji Lin and Huo Yuhao that the assessment began that afternoon, and Ji Lin reassured her before they agreed to discuss their martial souls and Soul Skills.

Huo Yuhao, Ji Lin, and Xiao Xiao revealed their abilities and practiced together before the New Student Assessment began. Their team arrived at Section Thirty-Three, where they faced the pressure of competing for a place among the students who would remain at Shrek Academy.

• Huo Yuhao, Ji Lin, and Xiao Xiao described their martial souls and skills, and Xiao Xiao revealed that she possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Zhou Yi announced that the assessments would begin that afternoon and urged the students to defeat anyone who stood in their way.
• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao practiced against Ji Lin, but their control skills could not overcome his strength and Mental Power.
• The New Student Assessment began with three hundred and eleven teams competing for one hundred and fifty places, and Ji Lin's team was assigned to Section Thirty-Three.
• Ji Lin, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao arrived at their section and saw students from other classes preparing to compete.

Wang Yan began the New Student Assessment in Area Thirty-Three and oversaw Ji Lin, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao's first match. Their swift victory left the other teams wary, while Wang Yan began to suspect the nature of Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul.

• Wang Yan introduced himself as the assessment teacher, reminded the students not to seriously injure their opponents, and announced the first match.
• Ji Lin, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao faced Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen of First-Year Class Three.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference to disrupt Ouyang Junyi, and Xiao Xiao's cauldron knocked him down.
• Ji Lin shattered Chen Junfeng's flexible sword and kicked him into Zhao Haochen, defeating all three opponents without serious injury.
• Wang Yan recorded Ji Lin's team as the winner and privately guessed at Huo Yuhao's Martial Soul after noticing his purple eyes and facial patterns.

Ji Lin’s team maintained its undefeated record and entered the next round of the New Student Assessment as Area Thirty-Three’s seeded team. Their first new opponents were Huang Chutian and the twin sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo, whose Martial Soul Fusion Skill forced Ji Lin to reveal his strength.

• Ji Lin’s team won all four matches on the second day, reaching five wins in five matches.
• Wang Yan warned Ji Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao that the next day’s five matches could bring stronger opponents.
• Ji Lin’s group met Wang Qiuer and Wang Dong’er, whose team had also won all five matches, then returned to the dormitory together.
• Wang Yan announced that Ji Lin’s team would face Huang Chutian’s team in the first match of the sixth round.
• Huang Chutian and the twins released their Martial Souls, and Ji Lin revealed his Heavenly Fire Greatsword.
• Ji Lin met Huang Chutian’s charge with a punch and forced the Soul Grandmaster backward.

Ji Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao fought Huang Chutian and the Lan sisters in the New Student Assessment, forcing the opposing team to reveal its Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended with Xiao Xiao’s Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron shaking Heavenly Net Earth Net from within.

• Xiao Xiao struck Huang Chutian with the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron, then split it into three to attack again.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo trapped the cauldron with their Hair Net while Huang Chutian retreated into its strands.
• Ji Lin drew Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment and cut through the Hair Net with sword energy, wounding Huang Chutian despite using no Soul Skill.
• Huo Yuhao’s Purple Demon Eye and first Soul Skill disrupted the Lan sisters, giving Xiao Xiao an opening to use Cauldron’s Swing against Huang Chutian’s Power Cannon Hammer.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo embraced and unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Heavenly Net Earth Net, swallowing Xiao Xiao’s three cauldrons.
• Xiao Xiao used Cauldron’s Tremor from inside Heavenly Net Earth Net, shaking the fusion skill into disarray.

Ji Lin's team completed the New Student Assessment round-robin undefeated, and Huo Yuhao agreed to help Wang Yan research his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul. Wang Yan then discussed the promising students with Elder Xuan, who questioned his understanding of Body Martial Souls.

• Ji Lin defeated Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo's Heavenly Net Earth Net with a sword aura, and Huang Chutian surrendered, giving Ji Lin's team the victory.
• Wang Yan revived the Lan sisters, and Ji Lin removed the lingering sword energy from Huang Chutian's wounds.
• Teams that faced Ji Lin's team surrendered quickly, while Huang Chutian's team lost a match before the Lan sisters recovered and helped them win their final three matches.
• Ji Lin's team finished the round-robin with ten wins, and Huo Yuhao agreed to cooperate with Wang Yan's research on his Spirit Eyes Martial Soul in exchange for cultivation resources.
• Wang Yan told Elder Xuan about the students, and Elder Xuan said Wang Yan's understanding of Body Martial Souls was poor.

Xuan Zi told Wang Yan to protect and train Huo Yuhao, whose rare Body Martial Soul might attract the Body Sect. Meanwhile, Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer accidentally fell asleep embracing after cultivating together, leaving Wang Qiuer embarrassed and Wang Dong'er curious the next morning.

• Xuan Zi explained Huo Yuhao's potential and warned Wang Yan that the Body Sect might try to seize him.
• Wang Yan promised to do everything he could to nurture Huo Yuhao.
• Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer cultivated together by Sea God Lake, their Soul Power forming a cycle that enclosed them in a golden-red cocoon.
• At dawn, Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer woke up embracing; Wang Qiuer hurried back to the dormitory, embarrassed.
• Wang Qiuer ignored Ji Lin at breakfast, while Wang Dong'er suspected something had happened between them and remained curious on the way to class.

Zhou Yi announced that all twenty-three teams in First-Year Class One had passed the New Student Assessment round-robin, with Ji Lin's and Wang Qiuer's teams among the seven undefeated teams. After class, Ji Lin met Zhang Lexuan for their date, shared news about his recent life, and walked with her beside Sea God Lake.

• Zhou Yi announced that all twenty-three First-Year Class One teams had passed the round-robin stage and identified Ji Lin's and Wang Qiuer's teams as undefeated.
• Zhou Yi explained that fourteen teams from the class still had to compete in the elimination rounds and discussed the strong opponents they might face.
• Ji Lin left Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao after class and went to meet Zhang Lexuan at their agreed café.
• Ji Lin told Zhang Lexuan about his second martial soul, helping Ma Xiaotao suppress her evil fire, and his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Wang Qiuer.
• Ji Lin and Zhang Lexuan chatted about their lives, then walked together beside Sea God Lake as evening fell.

Ji Lin's team advanced through the first elimination match and prepared to face three girls in the next round of the New Student Assessment. The chapter ended just as their afternoon match was about to begin.

• Zhang Lexuan advised Ji Lin to rest before the assessment, and he returned to his dormitory to cultivate.
• Du Weilun called roll, and Ji Lin's team drew their opponents for the first elimination round.
• Ji Lin's team defeated three students from First-Year Class One, with Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao doing most of the fighting.
• Ji Lin watched Wang Qiuer quickly win her match, then spent the break with Wang Qiuer and Wang Dong'er.
• Ji Lin's team drew three girls for the round of thirty-two to sixteen and arrived at Area Eight as Zhou Yi observed the matches from the spectator platform.

Ji Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao faced Ning Tian’s team in the freshman tournament, where Ji Lin revealed his Level forty-four cultivation. The match began with Wu Feng attacking Ji Lin and Nanmen Yun'er targeting Xiao Xiao as Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Exuding Glaze.

• Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian introduced themselves as First-Year Class Nine, revealing Ning Tian’s Level thirty-one cultivation.
• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao introduced themselves, and Wu Feng showed contempt for Huo Yuhao’s Level fifteen cultivation.
• Ji Lin announced that he was a Level forty-four Battle Soul Sect Master, shocking both teams and the proctor.
• The proctor started the match, and Wu Feng charged Ji Lin with her Scarlet Dragon Martial Soul.
• Ji Lin repelled Wu Feng’s strike with one hand while Nanmen Yun'er rushed toward Xiao Xiao.
• Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasures Exuding Glaze and raised its three soul rings.

Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er as Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao struggled to counter Nanmen Yun'er's speed, while Ji Lin dominated Wu Feng. Ji Lin finally revealed his crimson greatsword and knocked Wu Feng down, leaving Ning Tian to rush to her side.

• Ning Tian used her Seven Treasures pagoda to increase Nanmen Yun'er's speed, and Huo Yuhao used Mental Interference to help Xiao Xiao escape Nanmen Yun'er's attack.
• Xiao Xiao dropped the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron and used Cauldron's Tremor, while Huo Yuhao's Mental Interference stopped Nanmen Yun'er from dodging.
• Ning Tian used Release to dispel Nanmen Yun'er's daze, allowing her to retreat before the cauldron struck.
• Ji Lin continued to overpower Wu Feng without using his Martial Soul, so Wu Feng charged him with Dragon's Fire and Dragon's Wrath while Ning Tian boosted her speed and strength.
• Ji Lin drew a flaming crimson greatsword and sent Wu Feng flying with a slash, and Ning Tian covered her exposed chest with her coat as she checked that Wu Feng was conscious.

Ji Lin’s team defeated Ning Tian’s team and advanced to the top sixteen after Xiao Xiao revealed her Twin Martial Souls. The next morning, Ji Lin learned that Wang Dong’er’s team had been eliminated in the top thirty-two.

• Ji Lin’s team restrained Nanmen Yun’er with Huo Yuhao’s Mental Interference and Xiao Xiao’s Nine Phoenixes Presenting Auspiciousness Flute, then knocked her unconscious with the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron.
• Ning Tian conceded, and the proctor announced Ji Lin’s team as the winner, advancing them to the top sixteen.
• Ning Tian comforted Wu Feng and said Ji Lin’s team could become their greatest rivals in the Outer Court.
• Huo Yuhao took Ji Lin and Xiao Xiao to sell grilled fish, and the three returned to their dormitory after dark.
• At breakfast, Wang Dong’er told Ji Lin that her team had lost to a Soul Elder team with an Evil Eye White Tiger martial soul and been eliminated in the top thirty-two.

Ji Lin's team faced Xie Huanyue and the Luo brothers in the top-sixteen knockout round. Ji Lin revealed his full strength, defeated all three opponents in one attack, and secured his team's advance.

• Ji Lin and his companions attended the second day of the New Student Assessment, where the top sixteen teams drew their matchups.
• Ji Lin recognized Xie Huanyue as one of the other three Soul Elders when his team faced Xie Huanyue, Luo Tianlong, and Luo Tianba.
• Xiao Xiao slowed the opposing team with her Nine Phoenixes Presenting Auspiciousness Flute as Xie Huanyue and the Luo brothers launched their attack.
• Ji Lin summoned the Heavenly Fire Greatsword and revealed his four soul rings, including one black ring.
• Ji Lin kicked Xie Huanyue away and struck the Luo brothers with a crimson sword aura, while the proctor intervened and carried the brothers out of the arena.

Ji Lin defeated Xie Huanyue’s team with a forty-meter flaming greatsword, and the teachers discussed which of his classmates deserved Core Disciple status. Huo Yuhao was passed over by the Martial Soul Department, but Fan Yu offered him a place in the Soul Tool Department after his advancement assessment.

• Xie Huanyue made one last charge at Ji Lin, who raised a forty-meter flaming sword to strike him.
• Du Weilun stopped Ji Lin’s attack and Xie Huanyue, then declared Ji Lin’s team the winner.
• Xiao Xiao praised Ji Lin’s attack, and the group left the arena joking together.
• Du Weilun recommended Ji Lin, Xiao Xiao, Wang Qiuer, and Wang Dong'er as Outer Court Core Disciples, but rejected Huo Yuhao because he had only one ring and lacked cultivation potential.
• Fan Yu offered Huo Yuhao a Core Disciple place in the Soul Tool Department, while Zhou Yi asked to wait until after his advancement assessment.

Ji Lin’s team and Wang Qiuer’s team advanced to the semifinals of the New Student Elimination Tournament, setting up a likely clash between the two Class One teams. As the final four gathered, Shrek Academy’s dean Yan Shaozhe arrived to watch their matches.

• Wang Yan asked Xuan Zi to assess Huo Yuhao, but Xuan Zi judged that Huo Yuhao lacked the potential and combat mutations he sought in a Body Martial Soul.
• Ji Lin’s team defeated its First-Year Class Nine opponents quickly, while Wang Qiuer also swept her opponents, putting both Class One teams into the semifinals.
• Ji Lin skipped his usual evening cultivation with Wang Qiuer and cultivated alone in the dormitory with Huo Yuhao.
• Ji Lin, Wang Qiuer, Wang Dong’er, and Xiao Xiao had breakfast together and walked beside Sea God Lake before the final four matches.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s dean and said he had come to watch the talented new students compete.

Ji Lin’s team and Dai Huabin’s team drew the same semifinal arena, and Dai Huabin’s appearance stirred Huo Yuhao’s hatred over his painful past. Ji Lin and Xiao Xiao supported Huo Yuhao, while he resolved to endure and pursue his revenge without endangering his friends.

• Yan Shaozhe personally oversaw the lots, and Ji Lin’s team drew number two.
• Dai Huabin appeared to draw for his team, and Huo Yuhao reacted with shock and intense hatred.
• Ji Lin and Xiao Xiao comforted Huo Yuhao and promised to help him face Dai Huabin in the arena.
• Dai Huabin’s team also drew number two, making them Ji Lin’s team’s next opponent.
• Huo Yuhao restrained his desire for immediate revenge, determined to grow stronger and fulfill his mother’s wish.
• Wang Qiuer’s First-Year Class Ten team drew number one, and the remaining teams appeared likely to leave the final as an internal First-Year Class One battle.

Ji Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao faced Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie in a match that pitted their team against Dai Huabin’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As the teams charged into battle, Cui Yajie’s Charm failed to affect Ji Lin, whose Mental Power overwhelmed it.

• The referee explained the match rules and sent both teams to opposite ends of Assessment Area Two.
• Ji Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao introduced themselves opposite Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie.
• At the referee’s signal, both teams charged toward each other, with Ji Lin wielding Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment and Xiao Xiao readying her Nine Phoenixes Presenting Auspiciousness Flute.
• Dai Huabin transformed through White Tiger possession while Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie released their martial souls.
• Cui Yajie used her Charm Soul Skill on Ji Lin, but his Mental Power scattered the spiritual attack.

Ji Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao gained the upper hand against Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu withdrew toward each other to summon the Hell White Tiger, while Ji Lin let them proceed so he could face it.

• Xiao Xiao slowed the opposing team as Ji Lin’s sword aura met Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, while Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie targeted Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.
• Ji Lin used Flame Tornadoes to pressure all three opponents, then met Dai Huabin’s White Tiger Vajra Transformation with a direct sword strike and wounded his hands.
• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao trapped Zhu Lu in a defensive deadlock with the Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldrons and Mental Interference, while Ji Lin’s Flame Tornadoes kept Cui Yajie on the run.
• Seeing his team suppressed, Dai Huabin called to Zhu Lu and ran toward her; Zhu Lu broke away from Xiao Xiao and followed him.
• Ji Lin chose not to stop them, confident that he could defeat the famed Hell White Tiger.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Ji Lin, who answered with powerful fire attacks and revealed a domain that suppressed them. Du Weilun intervened to stop their final clash, breaking the fusion and leaving Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu defeated.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger and charged at Ji Lin.
• Ji Lin used his Soul Skills to summon a Flame Divine Dragon, whose collision with the Hell White Tiger scorched it but did not end the fusion.
• Ji Lin spread a fire domain across the Assessment Area, suppressing the Hell White Tiger as he advanced.
• The Hell White Tiger pounced again, and Ji Lin swung a massive crimson sword qi at it.
• Du Weilun blocked both attacks, shattered the Hell White Tiger's fusion, and left Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu collapsed while Ji Lin's sword qi dispersed.

Ji Lin's team defeated Dai Huabin's team and advanced to the New Student Assessment final against Wang Qiuer. Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer chose to settle the championship in a one-on-one duel, which began as a fierce contest of weapons and physical strength.

• Du Weilun stopped Ji Lin's attack, declared Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu defeated, and announced Ji Lin's team as the winner after Cui Yajie surrendered.
• Huo Yuhao resolved to take revenge on Dai Huabin himself someday and thanked Ji Lin for helping him reach the match.
• Wang Qiuer won the other semifinal, setting up a final between two teams from First-Year Class One.
• Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer agreed to fight one-on-one, and Yan Shaozhe approved their decision.
• Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer charged at each other with Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment and the Golden Dragon Spear, trading rapid blows that stunned the watching teachers and students.

Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer escalated their arena battle with Soul Skills and powerful dragon attacks, but Ji Lin’s teasing turned the fierce match into an angry exchange. Wang Qiuer continued attacking him with her Golden Dragon Spear after he apologized.

• Ji Lin and Wang Qiuer traded rapid sword and spear attacks until the arena began to collapse, then briefly separated.
• Wang Qiuer activated Golden Dragon Body and Dragon's Strength, and Ji Lin used his first two Soul Skills before launching Dragon-shaped Sword Qi.
• Wang Qiuer pierced Ji Lin's crimson dragon with her Golden Dragon Spear and charged at him with her Golden Dragon Head fist, but he dodged.
• Ji Lin joked about Wang Qiuer damaging his face, provoking her into punching at him as spectators watched their fight turn into bickering.
• Wang Qiuer realized Ji Lin had teased her, grew furious, and struck at him with her spear while he apologized and blocked.