Chapter Summaries

Yan Shaozhe asked Mu En whether Shrek Academy should trade a complete set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for an Immortal Herb from Lin Yun, hoping to help Ma Xiaotao overcome her Evil Fire. Mu En weighed the cost against the herb’s legendary benefits and decided Shrek must make the trade.

• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Lin Yun possessed other Immortal Herbs and had agreed to trade one to Shrek.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Lin Yun demanded six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones, one for each position, and asked Mu En to decide whether the price was worth paying.
• Mu En considered the Soul Bones’ rarity and the Immortal Herbs’ legendary reputation, while recognizing how much the exchange would cost Shrek.
• Mu En decisively told Yan Shaozhe that Shrek must trade for the Immortal Herb.

Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God Pavilion that Lin Yun owned Immortal Herbs and wanted six distinct Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for one that could transform Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire into Ultimate Fire. The elders reacted with outrage and curiosity, and Elder Song unexpectedly asked Zhang Lexuan whether she wanted to meet Lin Yun.

• Mu En summoned a Sea God Pavilion Meeting and had Yan Shaozhe explain the urgent matter to the elders.
• Yan Shaozhe revealed that Lin Yun possessed Immortal Herbs and had given one to his girlfriend, prompting surprise among the elders.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that he sought an Immortal Herb to cure Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Evil Fire and reported Lin Yun’s demand for six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Xuan Zi angrily called Lin Yun greedy and suggested taking the Immortal Herbs by force, while Elder Song asked Yan Shaozhe how he learned about them.
• Elder Song teased Zhang Lexuan about meeting Lin Yun, and Zhang Lexuan stared back in surprise.

At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, the elders tried to make Zhang Lexuan approach Lin Yun so Shrek could obtain Immortal Herbs without paying their full price. Mu En condemned their scheme, disciplined Yan Shaozhe, and ordered Shrek to trade a full set of soul bones instead, while giving Zhang Lexuan a new leadership role.

• Elder Song, Xuan Zi, and the other elders urged Zhang Lexuan to win Lin Yun over so Shrek could obtain Immortal Herbs without surrendering six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Zhang Lexuan realized the elders wanted to use her as a pawn, while Yan Shaozhe supported the scheme because he hoped Ma Xiaotao could later receive the soul bones.
• Mu En interrupted Zhang Lexuan and angrily rebuked the elders for considering theft, coercion, and underhanded tactics instead of an honorable transaction.
• Mu En removed Yan Shaozhe as dean and ordered him to reflect beneath the Golden Tree, while appointing Cai Meier permanent vice dean and Zhang Lexuan as vice dean.
• Mu En ordered Lin Huiqun to select a full set of soul bones from the academy's secret treasury and asked the elders who supported or opposed his decisions.

Mu En reshaped Shrek’s leadership and protected Zhang Lexuan from being used to win Lin Yun over, but Zhang Lexuan decided to pursue Lin Yun anyway, turning her feelings away from Beibei. Lin Yun’s Immortal Herb had already stirred major turmoil at Shrek, and he planned to keep exploiting the academy’s arrogance.

• Mu En ordered Yan Shaozhe to step down as dean and enter seclusion, while Lin Huiqun went to select Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and Cai Meier became dean.
• Zhang Lexuan became the Outer Academy’s vice dean and an assistant instructor for the Inner Academy, then reflected on Mu En’s protection of her.
• Zhang Lexuan resolved to sever her feelings for Beibei and make herself fall in love with Lin Yun so she could win him over for Shrek.
• Lin Yun’s Immortal Herb caused turmoil at Shrek, and he intended to wear down the academy’s elders by exploiting their arrogance.

Zhang Lexuan met Lin Yun in the vice dean’s office, where their first encounter left them both unexpectedly drawn to each other. Lin Yun realized Shrek had sent Zhang Lexuan to negotiate for the Immortal Herbs, while Zhang Lexuan considered that growing close to him could repay Mu En without forcing her to offer herself to someone she disliked.

• With Mu En's approval, Lin Huiqun selected six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for Zhang Lexuan to exchange for the Immortal Herbs.
• Zhang Lexuan summoned Lin Yun to the vice dean’s office, hoping to secure a way to resolve Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire problem before the tournament.
• Lin Yun mistook Zhang Lexuan for Cai Meier and was struck by her voice, appearance, and temperament.
• Zhang Lexuan was momentarily captivated by Lin Yun, whose resemblance to Beibei rekindled her attachment in a new form.
• After Zhang Lexuan introduced herself, Lin Yun realized who she was and suspected Shrek had sent her as a honey trap.
• Zhang Lexuan felt comfortable around Lin Yun and considered that getting close to him might repay Mu En while sparing her from giving herself to someone she disliked.

Lin Yun met Zhang Lexuan to exchange the Infernal Delicate Apricot for six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones. After presenting the herb and confirming the bones were genuine, he prepared to complete the trade, while Zhang Lexuan struggled to look away from the rare treasures.

• Zhang Lexuan summoned Lin Yun to discuss the academy's agreement with Dean Yan and offered the six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for his Immortal Herb.
• Lin Yun explained that the Infernal Delicate Apricot could help a fire-attributed soul master evolve their martial soul to Ultimate Fire.
• Lin Yun opened a jade box and showed Zhang Lexuan the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Zhang Lexuan gave Lin Yun a Soul Tool Storage Ring containing the six Soul Bones, and he inspected them in their lead boxes.
• Zhang Lexuan admired the six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones but turned away, afraid she might become greedy for them.

Lin Yun traded an Immortal Herb to Shrek Academy for six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones and considered which ones could suit Xiao Xiao. After deciding she could absorb the Aromatic Silk Beauty Soul Bone to stabilize her evolved Martial Soul, he took her out of the academy the next day.

• Lin Yun confirmed the six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones were genuine and completed the trade with Shrek Academy for the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Zhang Lexuan stored the Immortal Herb and reflected on leaving Shrek behind after one final service to the academy.
• Lin Yun noticed Zhang Lexuan had become the Martial Soul Department Vice Dean, then left without investigating the academy's internal changes.
• Lin Yun assessed the six Soul Bones and decided only the Azure Sea Spirit Ape King Head Soul Bone and Gale Wolf Demon King Left Arm Bone suited Xiao Xiao among Shrek's offerings.
• After the next morning's theoretical lesson, Lin Yun took Xiao Xiao out of Shrek Academy and skipped afternoon physical training so she could absorb the Aromatic Silk Beauty Soul Bone.

Lin Yun took Xiao Xiao on a rare date in Shrek City, then brought her to a hotel, where she mistook his intentions for intimacy. He revealed that he had brought her there to give her a Hundred Thousand Year Aromatic Silk Beauty Right Leg Bone.

• Xiao Xiao and Lin Yun strolled through Shrek City, shared candied hawthorns, and spent the afternoon enjoying food and each other's company.
• Lin Yun stopped outside a luxurious hotel, and Xiao Xiao blushed as she assumed he wanted to become intimate with her.
• At the hotel, Xiao Xiao kissed Lin Yun and told him she was ready, but he laughed and reassured her by presenting a lead box.
• Lin Yun opened the box to reveal a Hundred Thousand Year Aromatic Silk Beauty Right Leg Bone.

Lin Yun gave Xiao Xiao the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, and she absorbed it successfully, reaching level forty. The new Soul Bone skills let her draw in energy and transform her Cold Phoenix Flute into a Beast Martial Soul, leaving her ready to become a Soul Ancestor once she obtained another Soul Ring.

• Lin Yun gave Xiao Xiao the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone and helped conceal the Soul Power fluctuations as she absorbed it.
• Xiao Xiao completed the absorption without trouble and broke through to level forty, gaining two hundred-thousand-year soul skills.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that her first skill, Embrace the Heavens, absorbed nearby energy to replenish her Soul Power and temporarily boost her combat strength.
• Xiao Xiao used her second skill to transform the Cold Phoenix Flute into a Beast Martial Soul that could possess her, but the Nine Dragon Cauldron could not transform.
• Lin Yun noted that Xiao Xiao only needed another Soul Ring to become a Soul Ancestor.

Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao spent the night together, and he planned to take her away to obtain a Soul Ring rather than join Shrek's mission. Ma Xiaotao refined the Infernal Delicate Apricot, lost her Evil Fire, and transformed into a true Fire Phoenix with Ultimate Fire.

• Xiao Xiao tore her dress, took the initiative with Lin Yun, and the two spent the night together.
• Lin Yun carried Xiao Xiao back toward Shrek Academy and planned to use her Soul Ring hunt as an excuse to avoid the Death God Emissary mission.
• Ma Xiaotao consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot, causing her Evil Fire to fade as her flames turned gold-red and her fire attribute became Ultimate Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao's Soul Power Level fell from rank sixty-six to rank sixty-two as her power compressed.
• Ma Xiaotao manifested gold-red flames, declared herself a true Fire Phoenix, and flew over Sea God Island to celebrate her transformation.

Ma Xiaotao transformed into a true Fire Phoenix with Ultimate Fire, easing the Sea God Pavilion elders’ fears about Shrek’s future. At Shrek, Mu Jin announced a task for the core disciples, and Lin Yun explained that they would compete to join the Shrek Seven Monsters Reserve Team.

• Ma Xiaotao displayed her Ultimate Fire, and the Sea God Pavilion elders and Mu En felt reassured about Shrek’s safety.
• Mu Jin let Lin Yun’s absence from class go unchallenged, while the other students assumed his strength had grown considerably.
• Mu Jin announced that the core disciples would go to the Soul Fighting Arena for an academy task that afternoon.
• Ning Tian asked Lin Yun what the task was, and Xiao Xiao joined in as Wu Feng listened nearby.
• Lin Yun explained that the core disciples would compete for seven Reserve Team places ahead of the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament.

Lin Yun and Xiao Xiao went to Shrek’s Soul Fighting Arena for the selection gathering, where Lin Yun spotted He Caitou and decided to target him out of jealousy over Xiao Xiao’s future in the original story. He Caitou sensed the malice and grew wary, while Ning Tian accepted that the selection might not concern her and Wu Feng.

• Ning Tian reasoned that Lin Yun’s strength had likely influenced Shrek’s decision to include second-year students in the selection, and Lin Yun told her they would find out more at the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Ning Tian told Wu Feng that the selection did not matter much to them, though she privately regretted having fewer chances to spend time with Lin Yun.
• Lin Yun arrived at the Soul Fighting Arena and recognized He Caitou as Xu He, a prince of the Sun Moon Empire who had been adopted by Fan Yu.
• Lin Yun, remembering that He Caitou later became Xiao Xiao’s partner in the original story, decided to turn up the heat on him despite He Caitou having done nothing to him.
• He Caitou sensed a powerful surge of malice, searched for its source without finding it, and reminded himself that he could not die before exacting his revenge.

Xuan Zi announced a free-for-all to choose seven core disciples for a secret mission, and the students began forming groups and preparing to fight. When Huo Yuhao called Lin Yun his godfather for help, Lin Yun unleashed King's Descent, leaving the arena under crushing pressure.

• Xuan Zi arrived in the Soul Fighting Arena, ate chicken drumsticks, and explained that the last seven disciples standing would be selected for the mission.
• Xuan Zi started the competition and vanished, prompting the core disciples to release their Martial Souls and form groups.
• The students targeted the upperclassmen first, and Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and the others gathered to defend themselves.
• Huo Yuhao called Lin Yun his godfather and asked him for help.
• Lin Yun decided Huo Yuhao was scheming against him, then released King's Descent and flooded the arena with a dragon's roar and overwhelming pressure.

Lin Yun revealed his Golden Dragon Martial Soul and overwhelming Soul Ring configuration, provoking fear and jealousy from Xuan Zi. When thirty-four students attacked him together, Lin Yun activated Golden Dragon Demonic Flash, and Xuan Zi tried to counter it with Evil God Slash.

• Lin Yun transformed with Sovereign's Descent, revealing three ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings that shocked the students and Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi suspected Lin Yun had received a Divine Examination and grew resentful that Shrek had not inherited one.
• Xie Huanyue stepped forward to challenge Lin Yun, inspiring the other students to attack him together.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi joined the assault, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong stayed back; thirty-four people attacked Lin Yun.
• Lin Yun activated Golden Dragon Demonic Flash and vanished at extreme speed, prompting Xuan Zi to unleash Evil God Slash.

Lin Yun used Golden Dragon Demonic Flash against Xuan Zi’s group, forcing Xuan Zi to shield the thirty-four marked people. Lin Yun’s enhanced slash pierced the weakened shield and gravely mutilated He Caitou, leaving him screaming in the air.

• Lin Yun marked thirty-four people with Golden Dragon Demonic Flash and detonated the marks after Xuan Zi pulled them into the sky.
• Xuan Zi shielded the group and blocked the first thirty-three slashes, though they carved marks into his defense.
• Lin Yun’s enhanced slash pierced Xuan Zi’s shield, cut his wine gourd, wounded his face, and clipped his hair.
• The slash struck He Caitou in the crotch and destroyed his Soul Tool Shield before inflicting a severe wound.
• He Caitou watched his severed treasure fall and be crushed on the arena floor, then screamed from the pain.

After Lin Yun injured Xuan Zi and He Caitou during the arena battle, Xuan Zi tried to learn the secret of Lin Yun’s power but backed down when an unseen Ultimate-level presence threatened him. Lin Yun realized the Ice Empress had used Gu Yuena’s scale to protect him, and Xuan Zi left without pressing his demands.

• He Caitou screamed after being injured, and the onlookers’ pitying looks enraged Dai Huabin, who vowed to kill Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi examined his wounds, dismissed He Caitou, and confronted Lin Yun about the Golden Dragon Demonic Flash Soul Skill.
• Lin Yun reminded Xuan Zi that he had told the students to use their abilities without holding back.
• An unseen aura locked onto Xuan Zi, making him suspect an Ultimate-level expert was guarding Lin Yun.
• Xuan Zi lowered everyone from the sky and left without demanding Lin Yun reveal how he had strengthened his Soul Rings or whether he had received a Divine Examination.
• Lin Yun praised the Ice Empress, recognizing that Gu Yuena’s scale had amplified her aura enough to frighten Xuan Zi.

Lin Yun’s overwhelming strength ended the selection match, leaving the students stunned and revealing that only six had avoided elimination. Xuan Zi returned to the Sea God Pavilion and called a meeting, suspecting Lin Yun’s growth and Soul Rings might be connected to a Divine Examination.

• Lin Yun left the Soul Fighting Arena with Xiao Xiao after defeating the students who had attacked him and wounding Xuan Zi.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi were shaken by Lin Yun’s power, while the other students recovered from the pressure he had exerted.
• Huo Yuhao counted six students who had neither attacked Lin Yun nor been eliminated by him: Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Jiang Nannan.
• The students realized that their failed attack had secured places on the Shrek Seven Monsters Reserve Team for the six who remained untouched, while Beibei and Xu Sanshi were left out.
• Xuan Zi returned to the Sea God Pavilion and convened a meeting, suspecting Lin Yun’s extraordinary cultivation and Soul Ring configuration might involve a Divine Examination.

Xuan Zi called a Sea God Pavilion Meeting after Lin Yun shocked and injured him, and he suspected Lin Yun had obtained a divine inheritance and received a Divine Examination. The meeting ended with Xuan Zi announcing his suspicion to the gathered elders.

• Xuan Zi summoned the Sea God Pavilion Meeting while hiding that Lin Yun had injured him and stirred his greed with the possibility of a Divine Examination.
• Elder Song arrived, noticed Xuan Zi's disheveled state, and questioned whether a powerful enemy had attacked him.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo demanded to know why He Caitou had been so badly injured during the reserve team selection.
• Mu En asked Xuan Zi to explain why he had convened the meeting.
• Xuan Zi told the Sea God Pavilion that he suspected Lin Yun had obtained a Divine Inheritance and received a Divine Examination.

Xuan Zi persuaded the Sea God Pavilion elders that Lin Yun’s extraordinary growth came from a Divine Examination, not Evil Soul Master methods. The elders began to see Lin Yun as a source of divine inheritance and other valuable gains, while Mu En grew suspicious of Xuan Zi’s intentions.

• Xuan Zi recounted Lin Yun’s selection tournament performance and claimed he had received a Divine Examination, exciting the Sea God Pavilion elders.
• Elder Song questioned whether Lin Yun could instead be an Evil Soul Master who had raised his Soul Ring ages through killing.
• Xuan Zi argued that Lin Yun’s Golden Dragon Martial Soul, condensed Soul Power, and lack of a bloody or evil aura ruled out Evil Soul Master methods.
• Xuan Zi suggested that a Divine Examination, an Immortal Herb, or a soul bone explained Lin Yun’s strength and Soul Rings.
• Mu En grew increasingly wary of Xuan Zi as the elders focused on what Lin Yun might offer Shrek.

Xuan Zi urged the Sea God Pavilion elders to seize the secret of Lin Yun’s Divine Examination, tempting them with the promise of godhood. Mu En condemned their willingness to exploit a student and left the pavilion elders cowed, while Xuan Zi still believed Shrek was entitled to pursue the opportunity.

• Xuan Zi told the Sea God Pavilion elders that uncovering Lin Yun’s Divine Examination could let them follow Tang San and the other ancestors into godhood.
• Most of the elders grew eager to act, while Mu En became increasingly appalled by their reaction.
• Mu En slammed the Golden Tree conference table and rebuked the elders for treating Shrek like a force that could plunder its students.
• Mu En warned that Shrek would become an enemy of the continent if it kept using trickery and force, then restrained the elders with his Limit Douluo pressure.
• Xuan Zi stayed silent under Mu En’s pressure but privately insisted that Shrek was more entitled than anyone to investigate Lin Yun’s Divine Examination.