Chapter Summaries

Lin Yun won the New Student Assessment match by having Qing'er freeze Huo Yuhao's team, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized Qing'er as an Ice Jade Scorpion. After hearing the referee's description, Yan Shaozhe realized the Ice Jade Scorpion might be able to save Xiaotao.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm awakened at Qing'er's chill and recognized her as a royal Ice Jade Scorpion, then told Huo Yuhao he would gain an even stronger martial soul when he reached level twenty.
• The referee teacher declared Lin Yun the winner because the assessment rules did not forbid commanding soul beasts, then left to report the matter to the academy.
• Wang Dong accused Lin Yun of cheating, but Huo Yuhao calmed her and pointed out their team had already secured enough wins to pass the assessment.
• Lin Yun planned to take Xiao Xiao and Zheng Xiaolong to a meal, but Zheng Xiaolong tactfully left them alone.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned the referee teacher about Qing'er's appearance, then became excited when he recognized the Ice Jade Scorpion and said Xiaotao could be saved.

Yan Shaozhe planned to use Lin Yun’s Ice Jade Scorpion to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, while Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao enjoyed a walk beside Sea God Lake. The Ice Empress sensed someone approaching across the lake, and Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao saw an unnatural mist gathering over the water.

• Yan Shaozhe decided that the Ice Jade Scorpion’s Ultimate Ice could help Ma Xiaotao control her Evil Fire and began planning to persuade Lin Yun to hand it over.
• Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao strolled hand in hand beside Sea God Lake after sharing a lavish meal.
• The Ice Empress warned Lin Yun that someone was approaching across the lake.
• Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao looked toward the lake and noticed an unusual layer of mist despite the afternoon weather.

Lin Yun confronted the reason-blinded Ma Xiaotao by Sea God Lake, countering her fire attacks with his dragon abilities. As Ma Xiaotao charged again, Lin Yun brought out the Ice Jade Scorpion Qing'er, plunging the battlefield into cold and leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lin Yun spotted Ma Xiaotao approaching through the mist and told Xiao Xiao to flee before transforming his right arm into a golden dragon claw.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked with Phoenix Fire Line, but Lin Yun's Sky-Breaking Dragon Fist scattered the flames and knocked her back.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower, and Lin Yun's Sky-Rending Dragon Claw split the falling fireballs apart.
• Ma Xiaotao emerged from the flames and charged with Phoenix Wing Soaring and Phoenix Cloud Piercing Strike.
• Lin Yun summoned the Ice Jade Scorpion Qing'er, whose cold froze the lake's heated surface and chilled the battlefield.

Lin Yun's Ultimate Ice-wielding companion Qing'er froze Ma Xiaotao after she attacked him, halting her rampage and suppressing her Evil Fire. Yan Shaozhe arrived, confirmed Ma Xiaotao was safe, and apologized to Lin Yun.

• Qing'er struck Ma Xiaotao with Ice King's Wrath, freezing her solid and extinguishing her phoenix flames.
• Lin Yun caught Ma Xiaotao before she fell and realized Qing'er's Ultimate Ice could suppress Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire.
• Lin Yun assessed his own strength after the fight and concluded he could defeat Ma Xiaotao even without using his amplification skills.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived, examined Ma Xiaotao, and recognized that the Ice King's Wrath had suppressed her Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe apologized to Lin Yun for Ma Xiaotao's attack.

Lin Yun confronted Yan Shaozhe over Shrek Academy’s treatment of him and Xiao Xiao, then announced that they would leave. The Ice Empress’s threatening aura forced Yan Shaozhe to deny that Shrek would use force to keep them.

• Yan Shaozhe apologized for his disciple’s reckless actions, but Lin Yun warned that Shrek had made him fear for his safety and said he would report the academy’s conduct to his sect.
• Xiao Xiao rushed from the bushes, checked Lin Yun for injuries, and agreed that they should leave Shrek Academy.
• Lin Yun invited Xiao Xiao to join his sect, prompting Yan Shaozhe to object urgently.
• Lin Yun challenged Yan Shaozhe’s apparent attempt to keep them at Shrek, while the Ice Empress’s aura made Yan Shaozhe feel threatened.
• Yan Shaozhe denied that he intended to bully them with force, and Lin Yun asked what the dean wanted to say.

Lin Yun pressured Yan Shaozhe into compensating him and Xiao Xiao with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and a Thousand Year Spirit Herb. After inspecting the gifts, Lin Yun deemed the soul bone worthless but recommended that Xiao Xiao eat the herb, and she embraced him suggestively.

• Yan Shaozhe offered Lin Yun a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and a Thousand Year Spirit Herb to make up for Ma Xiaotao’s wrongdoing and keep Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao at Shrek.
• Lin Yun accepted the deal, and Yan Shaozhe handed him two boxes before leaving with Ma Xiaotao.
• Lin Yun gave both boxes to Xiao Xiao and told her he did not need the gifts.
• Lin Yun identified the soul bone as a low-quality Tiger Demon Cat left arm bone and the herb as a Pure Moon Flower useful for Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Xiao stored the gifts, wrapped herself around Lin Yun, and asked how she should thank him.

After the New Student Assessment, Lin Yun’s Class 8 celebrated its high pass rate and prepared for class reassignment and the New Student Ranking Tournament. Lin Yun reassured Wu Feng that Qing’er could compete again, while Ma Xiaotao finally broke free of the Ultimate Ice.

• Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao arrived in a half-empty Class 8, where Zheng Xiaolong thanked Lin Yun for helping him pass the assessment.
• Mu Jin congratulated Class 8 on having the highest pass rate and announced that the Lin Yun Team and Ning Tian Team had each won ten straight matches.
• Mu Jin explained the upcoming class reassignment and the seven-day New Student Ranking Tournament, where freshmen would compete for the top three and a chance to become core disciples.
• Wu Feng asked Lin Yun whether the academy had punished him for using his beast-taming method, and Lin Yun told her Qing’er could fight in the tournament.
• Ma Xiaotao finally dissolved the Ultimate Ice that had frozen her.

Ma Xiaotao woke after Lin Yun’s Ice Jade Scorpion suppressed her Evil Fire and learned she could cultivate safely for half a year to a year. Yan Shaozhe warned her against trying to take the scorpion, but agreed to ask Lin Yun whether she could seek his help if the Evil Fire returned.

• Ma Xiaotao recalled losing control of her Evil Fire and remembered Lin Yun and his Ice Jade Scorpion.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Lin Yun was unharmed and that his Ice Jade Scorpion had suppressed her Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao asked whether Lin Yun possessed Ultimate Ice, and Yan Shaozhe explained that the Ice Jade Scorpion had suppressed her flames.
• Ma Xiaotao suggested making Lin Yun hand over the Ice Jade Scorpion, but Yan Shaozhe sternly forbade her from pursuing the idea.
• Ma Xiaotao asked if she could seek Lin Yun’s help when her Evil Fire returned, and Yan Shaozhe said he would ask him.

Lin Yun’s team advanced through the New Student Ranking Tournament, crushing old acquaintances and defeating their next opponents. They reached the top four, where Lin Yun drew Zhou Sicheng and Cao Jinxuan’s team.

• Yan Shaozhe warned Ma Xiaotao to stop cultivating and inform him immediately if her Evil Fire flared up again, while Ma Xiaotao coveted Lin Yun’s Ice Jade Scorpion.
• Lin Yun’s team defeated Huang Chutian’s team, with Lin Yun beating Huang Chutian until he surrendered and Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo fled the arena.
• Lin Yun’s team advanced through the next two tournament rounds, with Lin Yun defeating three opponents and Xiao Xiao beating two opponents from Class 8.
• Lin Yun’s team reached the top eight alongside Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s team, as all four Soul Elder teams remained in the tournament.
• Lin Yun drew Zhou Sicheng and Cao Jinxuan’s team in the top-four match and pulled an emerald-green scorpion from his collar when facing Zhou Sicheng’s summoned soul beasts.

Lin Yun brought Qing'er into the semifinal match against Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, and Long Xiangyue, overwhelming their team with her Soul Beast aura. Cao Jinxuan’s time-control skill triggered a mysterious enlightenment in Lin Yun, and he opened his eyes three seconds later with no idea why Cao Jinxuan had collapsed.

• Zhou Sichen summoned a golden bear and a flaming tiger, while Cao Jinxuan and Long Xiangyue revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Lin Yun brought out Qing'er, whose aura suppressed Zhou Sichen and his summoned Soul Beasts.
• The referee teacher ruled that Qing'er’s assistance was allowed, and Lin Yun ordered her to use Ice King's Wrath.
• Cao Jinxuan used Time Stasis, but Qing'er broke its effect; the backlash shattered his Clock of Fleeting Time and left him unconscious.
• Lin Yun entered an unexplained enlightenment about the power of time while Qing'er protected him, then awoke and asked what had happened to Cao Jinxuan.

After Cao Jinxuan’s soul skill backfired and shattered his Martial Soul, Lin Yun’s team advanced to the semifinals without a fight. Lin Yun began pursuing the mysterious Power of Time, while Dai Huabin’s reckless use of the Hell White Tiger left the semifinal teams decided.

• Yan Shaozhe examined Cao Jinxuan, found that a severe soul-skill backlash had shattered his Martial Soul, and took him away for treatment after Zhou Sichen surrendered the match.
• Lin Yun returned to his dormitory and tried to understand the time-related power he had sensed through the Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• Huo Yuhao’s team drew three Soul Grandmasters and advanced with a win, while Dai Huabin’s team faced Xie Huanyue’s team.
• After Xie Huanyue’s defense overwhelmed him in close combat, Dai Huabin lost his temper and unleashed the Hell White Tiger, using up the Martial Soul Fusion Skill he had saved for the finals.
• The four semifinal teams were Lin Yun’s and Ning Tian’s teams from New Student Class Eight, and Wang Dong’s and Dai Huabin’s teams from New Student Class Four.

Lin Yun defeated Ning Tian's team by freezing Wu Feng with Qing'er, while Huo Yuhao used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's power to knock out Cui Yajie and help Wang Dong strike Dai Huabin. The semifinal battle remained underway, with Huo Yuhao's revenge against Dai Huabin within reach.

• Lin Yun used Qing'er to freeze Wu Feng before the match could properly begin, and Ning Tian conceded for her team.
• Qing'er withdrew the Ultimate Ice from Wu Feng, and Ning Tian helped the shivering Wu Feng leave the arena.
• Huo Yuhao called on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, which briefly unsealed its origin power and guided it into Huo Yuhao's eyes.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock to knock Cui Yajie unconscious.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed another Soul Shock at Dai Huabin, leaving him vulnerable to Wang Dong's Winged Scythe strike.

Dai Huabin’s fury at Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong drove him to attack recklessly, but Huo Yuhao’s concealed weapons struck a vulnerable spot and ended the match. Dai Huabin’s injury gave Ning Tian’s team third place and left Lin Yun’s and Wang Dong’s teams to compete for the title.

• Dai Huabin used White Tiger Body Barrier and White Tiger Vajra Transformation before charging at Wang Dong, who evaded him and countered his attack.
• Huo Yuhao threw concealed weapons at Dai Huabin while Wang Dong kept him occupied, and one Bone-Penetrating Needle struck his testicle.
• Dai Huabin’s injury forced the match to end, and his team was declared the loser.
• Doctors saved Dai Huabin’s penis but could not save one of his testicles, earning him the nickname “Solitary Hero.”
• Ning Tian’s group took third place by default, while Lin Yun’s team and Wang Dong’s team advanced to decide the champion.
• Lin Yun heard about Dai Huabin’s injury in the cafeteria and considered it a form of revenge.

Lin Yun and Qing'er won the New Student Ranking Tournament, and Lin Yun claimed the championship’s dragon-type left leg soul bone. After classes were reassigned, Zheng Xiaolong chose Class 3, while Lin Yun kept Ning Tian at a distance and Dai Huabin’s hostility toward Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong continued to grow.

• Lin Yun sent Qing'er into the final, where her Ice King's Wrath swiftly defeated the Daydreaming Trio and left Huo Yuhao’s team in second place.
• Huo Yuhao, Zheng Xiaolong, and Nanmen Yun'er received core disciple trial cards rather than core disciple positions.
• Du Weilun gave Lin Yun’s championship team a dragon-type left leg soul bone, which Lin Yun kept without objection from Xiao Xiao or Zheng Xiaolong.
• Zheng Xiaolong decided to join Class 3 instead of following Lin Yun to Class 1, while Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao joined Class 1 with Ning Tian and Wu Feng sitting nearby.
• Lin Yun gave Wang Dong the assault-type class monitor position after his name received the most support, further angering Dai Huabin.
• Dai Huabin continued to target Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong and developed murderous intent toward Huo Yuhao.

Lin Yun and Electrolux spent eight months creating and refining the Solar Scripture, which increased Lin Yun’s cultivation speed and brought him to the level forty bottleneck. As Shrek Academy’s break approached, Lin Yun planned to seek help from Di Tian and investigate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for a treasure that could restore Electrolux’s divine consciousness.

• Electrolux emerged from seclusion and worked with Lin Yun to devise a cultivation technique that could stimulate Lin Yun’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline and absorb Sun Force.
• Lin Yun and Electrolux spent three months testing circulation routes, then established the foundation of the technique and named it the Solar Scripture.
• The early Solar Scripture increased Lin Yun’s cultivation speed by thirty percent, and they refined it until it could nearly circulate through all his meridians.
• Electrolux said he needed a treasure on the level of Life Gold to restore his divine consciousness, and Lin Yun considered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Yun decided to return to the Star Dou Great Forest during the break, call on Di Tian and other fierce beasts, and search the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Lin Yun reached the level forty bottleneck and wondered whether Di Tian had found the thing he had been asked to seek.

Mu Jin and Wang Yan announced the first-year students’ month-long vacation and the requirement to reach Soul Grandmaster rank before advancing. Huo Yuhao remained below Level 20, while Lin Yun arranged to keep the Ice Jade Scorpion clan in its territory, intending to prevent Huo Yuhao from gaining Ultimate Ice during the vacation.

• Mu Jin announced that the first-year studies would end in three days, and Wang Yan warned that students needed a second Soul Ring and Soul Grandmaster rank to enter the second year.
• Huo Yuhao worried that his Soul Power was only Level 18, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered to use its origin power to raise him to Level 20 despite the risk of an unstable foundation.
• Ice Empress told Lin Yun she had prepared her clansmen to stay in their territory for six months and stockpiled food as he had requested.
• Lin Yun decided to keep the Ice Jade Scorpions from becoming Huo Yuhao’s martial soul and looked forward to seeing how Huo Yuhao would fare without access to Ultimate Ice.
• Mu Jin concluded the class meeting by wishing the students a pleasant vacation and urging them to return ready to study.

Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao parted for a month as he returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring and retrieve important things. He arrived at the Lake of Life, where Di Tian and the other Great Beasts welcomed him back.

• Lin Yun invited Xiao Xiao to visit his home in Star Dou, but she misunderstood him as asking her to meet his parents and said she was too young.
• Lin Yun decided to wait before bringing Xiao Xiao to Star Dou and resolved to keep Shrek from turning her against the Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Xiao tearfully said goodbye to Lin Yun and asked him to wait for her return in a month.
• Myriad Demon King carried Lin Yun through the rain toward the Star Dou Great Forest, while Ice Empress appeared beside them.
• Di Tian bowed to Lin Yun at the Lake of Life, and Lin Yun announced that he had returned.

Lin Yun entered Deep Meditation beneath the rain as the soul beasts discussed his plans against Shrek Academy and his search for a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Di Tian revealed he had captured a wounded fifty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for Lin Yun’s fourth Soul Ring.

• Lin Yun stepped into the rain and entered Deep Meditation as sunlight shone down on him.
• Bijie praised Lin Yun, and Myriad Demon King and Ice Empress explained his year of schemes at Shrek Academy to the other soul beasts.
• The soul beasts admitted they could not understand Lin Yun’s plans and decided to follow his lead.
• Ice Empress asked Di Tian whether he had found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Lin Yun wanted for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Di Tian revealed a wounded fifty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger imprisoned in a cage of spatial power.

Di Tian returned with a captured Dark Demon Evil God Tiger for Lin Yun to absorb as a Soul Ring, after it threatened Bijie's clan. Lin Yun emerged from Deep Meditation with greater Golden Dragon King power and a scythe taking shape within him, then prepared to absorb the tiger's Soul Ring while Ice Empress went to check on Snow Empress.

• Bijie explained that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had targeted her clansmen, so Di Tian captured it after knocking it unconscious.
• Lin Yun emerged from Deep Meditation, praised Di Tian, and learned that Di Tian had captured the tiger for his Soul Ring.
• Ice Empress asked Lin Yun about his gains, and he explained that he could now awaken his Golden Dragon King Martial Soul earlier and sensed his future life-bound scythe taking shape.
• Lin Yun told Ice Empress to visit Snow Empress, who was nearing the end of her seclusion, and asked Bijie to escort her.
• Ice Empress left, secretly hoping to bring Snow Empress into a life together with Lin Yun.

Lin Yun killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to obtain its Soul Ring and Evil God Orb, then asked Electrolux to erase the tiger’s soul. Electrolux purified the orb, leaving its origin power intact for Lin Yun to claim.

• Lin Yun killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and seized its Evil God Orb as a black Soul Ring emerged from the corpse.
• Lin Yun asked Electrolux to erase the tiger’s soul from the orb so he could obtain its soul bone and origin essence.
• Electrolux took control of Lin Yun’s body and used Soul Fire to erase the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s final remnant of soul.
• Electrolux told Lin Yun that only the Evil God Orb’s pure origin power remained, then returned to the Spirit Sea.