Chapter Summaries

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.

Ji Lin unleashed his Soul Skills against Wang Qiuer, but her Golden Perception let her evade his attacks and identify the flaw in his flaming sword qi storm. After they lost their weapons and resumed fighting barehanded, both suddenly froze in the arena.

• Ji Lin used his fourth Soul Skill, Heavenly Fire Holy Flame, and attacked Wang Qiuer with sword qi, but she dodged each strike with Golden Perception.
• Ji Lin combined his Soul Skills into a wide-area flaming sword qi storm, but Wang Qiuer found its flaw and shattered it with the Golden Dragon Spear, knocking away his sword and grazing his cheek.
• Ji Lin realized Wang Qiuer could help him find flaws in his Soul Skills, while Wang Qiuer sensed his suspicious attention.
• Wang Qiuer and Ji Lin exchanged powerful barehanded attacks after losing their weapons, and Ji Lin used Chi Yuan's footwork to appear behind her.
• Wang Qiuer turned toward Ji Lin as he reached for her shoulder, and both of them suddenly stiffened, leaving the arena silent.

Ji Lin accidentally touched Wang Qiuer and faced her furious counterattack, then revealed his second Martial Soul, the Snow Empress, and a seven-pattern red Soul Ring. Wang Qiuer recognized the ring’s connection to the Snow Empress and was left questioning how much she truly knew about Ji Lin.

• Ji Lin accidentally squeezed Wang Qiuer’s hand, provoking her to unleash a golden dragon attack that blasted him across the field.
• Ji Lin summoned Heavenly Fire Holy Judgment but put it away, then called forth the Snow Empress phantom as his second Martial Soul.
• Ji Lin’s appearance caused the Assessment Area to freeze, and a red Soul Ring with seven golden patterns rose around him.
• Wang Qiuer recognized the Soul Ring as belonging to a seven-hundred-thousand-year Fierce Beast and suspected it came from the Snow Empress.
• Yan Shaozhe and the other teachers reacted in shock to Ji Lin’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while Yan Shaozhe recalled that Chi Yuan had been secretly protecting him in Shrek City.

Ji Lin defeated Wang Qiuer in the New Student Assessment finals by freezing her body and thoughts with his Soul Skill, securing the championship for Team Ji Lin. After the victory, the group celebrated with an outdoor meal, while Yan Shaozhe continued considering how to bring Ji Lin and Ma Xiaotao together.

• Ji Lin immobilized Wang Qiuer with Above Heaven and Below Earth, I Alone Am Supreme and placed an ice sword against her shoulder.
• Wang Qiuer learned how Ji Lin's Soul Skill had defeated her, accepted the loss, and the referee declared Team Ji Lin the winners of the finals.
• Xiao Xiao rushed to celebrate with Ji Lin, but Wang Qiuer stepped between them and ended up being hugged instead.
• Yan Shaozhe watched Ji Lin and strengthened his resolve to bring him and Ma Xiaotao together for her sake and Shrek Academy's.
• After the results spread through the academy, Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya shared an outdoor meal, while Ji Lin invited Wang Qiuer, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao.

At Shrek Academy’s class assignment ceremony, Du Weilun announced the New Student Assessment results and the rewards for the top three teams. Ji Lin’s team received the championship and a confidential special reward, and the story left off as Du Weilun began naming the new Outer Court Core Disciples.

• Du Weilun announced Dai Huabin’s team had placed third and Wang Qiuer’s team had placed second in the New Student Assessment.
• Du Weilun named Ji Lin, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao the champions, and the three stepped forward to receive the crowd’s congratulations.
• Du Weilun announced that all three top teams would receive academy assistance in obtaining a suitable Soul Ring.
• Du Weilun awarded Ji Lin’s undefeated team a confidential special reward to be claimed after class assignments.
• Du Weilun began announcing which freshmen had been approved as Outer Court Core Disciples.

Shrek Academy announced its Core Disciples, and Huo Yuhao was named only a provisional one, leaving him disappointed but resolved to keep working toward official status. The first-year class assignments placed him in Class One, where Wang Yan and Zhou Yi would be his homeroom teachers.

• Du Weilun announced the official Core Disciples, and Huo Yuhao's name was absent from the list.
• Du Weilun named Huo Yuhao and four others provisional Core Disciples until the end of the academic year, with advancement dependent on next year's promotion examination.
• Huo Yuhao blamed his low cultivation for missing official status, while Xiao Xiao and Ji Lin tried to comfort him and Ji Lin suggested the Soul Tool Department as an option.
• The Academy divided the first-year students into four classes, placing most Core Disciples in Class One.
• Du Weilun announced Wang Yan and Zhou Yi as Class One's homeroom teachers, which eased Huo Yuhao's disappointment.