Chapter Summaries

Leng Yang Jun explained how Shrek distributed resources and why its influence made the Federation resent it. He warned Qian Gu Huang Yu, Gu Yuena, and Qian Ren Xue not to trust the academy too much, while Qian Ren Xue defended her direct admission to its Inner Court.

• Leng Yang Jun said Shrek favored Sea God Pavilion elders’ children, Tang Sect members, and talented recruits, while ordinary students received little support.
• Leng Yang Jun warned Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena to return after taking Shrek’s entrance exam, and advised Qian Ren Xue to accept the benefits she could get there.
• Qian Ren Xue insisted Shrek was a good academy and said its hardships would prepare its students for work after graduation.
• Gu Yuena asked why people hated Shrek if its unequal treatment was its only flaw.
• Leng Yang Jun said Shrek overstepped its role by judging and obstructing the Federation, while Shrek graduates in government positions also supported the academy against the Federation.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena headed to Shrek Academy for their entrance exams while discussing the academy’s power and the prospects of its hopeful applicants. The chapter left them approaching the exams, as Di Tian secretly departed on a mission and Qian Gu Huang Yu joked about attracting more admirers than Gu Yuena.

• Leng Yang Jun explained that the Federation Parliament was controlled by major factions and families, and said Shrek’s legacy rested on its legendary figures rather than the academy itself.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu woke Gu Yuena, and the two checked out of their hotel and set off for Shrek Academy’s entrance exams.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu saw a father offer to take out a Soul Spirit Loan for his son and reflected that she had suggested the program to give ordinary families a chance to advance.
• Qian Gu Die Ting asked Di Tian to look after Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena, and Di Tian vanished into the shadows.
• Gu Yuena worried that most Shrek applicants would never truly belong to the academy, while Qian Gu Huang Yu said only a few would share in its glory.
• After both girls turned down requests for their Communication Soul Tool numbers, Qian Gu Huang Yu joked that more people had asked for hers than for Gu Yuena’s.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena arrived at Shrek Academy to take the Inner Court exam as part of their trial, while Qian Gu Huang Yu also planned to have Electrolux sense the Lord of the Plane. Zang Xin greeted them and brought them to the exam plaza, where they awaited the teachers’ instructions.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena joined the candidate line and discussed how weak the applicants seemed compared with themselves.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu reminded Electrolux to sense the Lord of the Plane once they entered Shrek Academy, and he agreed.
• Shrek students checked Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena’s recommendation letters and admitted them to the Inner Court exam despite their lack of Recommended Quotas.
• Zang Xin met Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena inside the gates, offered to ask Chen Yi for Recommended Quotas, and accepted their decision to take the exam unaided.
• Zang Xin led Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena to the exam plaza, then left them to follow the teachers’ arrangements.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena waited to take Shrek Academy’s outer court entrance examination, observing Spirit Ice Square and its commemorative statues. Wang Han led them into Shrek Building with the first batch of examinees, leaving them unsettled by statues of people who were still alive.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena surveyed Spirit Ice Square, where Qian Gu Huang Yu felt embarrassed by Huo Yuhao’s statue and Gu Yuena resented his legacy.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu comforted Gu Yuena, promising they would have chances to deal with Huo Yuhao if he returned alive.
• A bell rang, and Wang Han introduced himself, explained the examination rules and scoring, and announced that the examinees would enter in groups of twenty.
• Wang Han placed Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena in the first batch and led the group past statues honoring Shrek Academy’s inner court students.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena noticed statues of living figures, including Beddon, Long Yeyue, and Leng Yang Jun.
• Wang Han brought the examinees into Shrek Building and explained that its murals depicted events from the academy’s twenty-thousand-year history.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena walked through Shrek Academy’s Spiritual Power assessment without being affected by the pressure from Di Tian’s mural. Elder Ma awarded them full marks and told them to wait for the other examinees before proceeding to the next round.

• Wang Han led the examinees into a hall where Di Tian’s mural subjected them to intense pressure, causing some to faint and others to struggle to remain standing.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena crossed the hall unaffected, and Qian Gu Huang Yu joked about the mural’s depiction of Di Tian.
• Elder Ma stopped the two girls at the exit and explained that they had passed the Spiritual Power assessment with full marks.
• Elder Ma explained that a Titled Douluo had painted the mural using a drop of Di Tian’s blood, while Gu Yuena disdained Shrek’s claim to glory.
• Wang Han confirmed their scores, and Elder Ma told them to wait for the other examinees before going to the second round.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena took Shrek Academy's second examination, which tested the examinees' views on privileged soul spirit access for Titled Douluo and Federation Council Members. Qian Gu Huang Yu refused to oppose either policy and was awarded full marks, while Elder Ma mistook her answers for evidence of influential family ties.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu told Gu Yuena she had recognized the first examination's purpose from Di Tian's mural and had wanted to startle the other examinees.
• Wang Han led the examinees into a lecture hall and asked them to choose which of two soul spirit access policies they opposed, then write their reasons.
• Gu Yuena stood with those opposing advantages for Titled Douluo and their families, while Qian Gu Huang Yu stayed in the middle because she opposed neither policy.
• Wang Han called Qian Gu Huang Yu to the podium and gave her full marks, interpreting her answers as confidence in cultivation and loyalty to the Federation.
• Elder Ma, watching from the shadows, concluded that Qian Gu Huang Yu had influential relatives and could be a valuable ally for Shrek and the Tang Sect.

During the break in Shrek’s examination, Ha Luosa burst into the classroom and attacked the examinees with undead creatures. Qian Gu Huang Yu realized that he was an impostor and that the attack was a trial.

• Wang Han collected the examinees’ written answers and announced a ten-minute break before the next examination.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu asked Gu Yuena what she had written, and Gu Yuena explained that she had criticized unequal access to soul spirit resources.
• A hole was blasted through the classroom wall, and a figure claiming to be Ha Luosa entered, terrifying the examinees.
• Ha Luosa summoned skeletons and zombies while Elder Ma stepped forward to hold him off and urged the examinees to run.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena recognized that the attacker was not the real Ha Luosa and concluded that the attack was a trial.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena recognized that Ha Luosa’s attack was part of a Shrek examination and tried to help a frightened examinee escape. After Guan Yue led the candidates through the undead, an Abomination blocked their way, and Qian Gu Huang Yu headed for another exit.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena ran from the fake Ha Luosa, then Gu Yuena returned to bring a terrified girl with them.
• Guan Yue used his spear to defeat the undead and led the examinees toward an exit as Qian Gu Huang Yu recognized him from the Young Genius List.
• Elder Ma and Ha Luosa staged their battle while secretly judging the examinees’ courage and willingness to help others.
• Guan Yue blasted a hole through the wall, but a five-meter Abomination appeared and blocked the fleeing examinees.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu judged that the examinees could defeat the Abomination together, then took Gu Yuena in another direction to find a different exit.

Qian Gu Huang Yu escaped the assessment’s simulated Ha Luosa, earned full marks, and reunited with Gu Yuena. As they discussed recent Evil Soul Master activity, Guan Yue shared a cryptic saying about the cult’s upper ranks.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu led Gu Yuena and another examinee through a wall, then dodged a Clear Sky Hammer attack and knocked its wielder unconscious before escaping.
• Wang Han told Qian Gu Huang Yu that the assessment was over and awarded her full marks for her actions during the crisis.
• Gu Yuena told Qian Gu Huang Yu that she had also received full marks and explained that the assessment tested courage and human nature.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena discussed whether the assessment related to the March 3rd Headless Day attack and the rising activity of Evil Soul Masters.
• Guan Yue approached Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena, recited a saying about the Holy Spirit Cult’s upper ranks, and introduced himself.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu introduced herself as Gu Yue Yinhuang and presented Gu Yuena as her older sister.

Qian Gu Huang Yu’s punch against Tang Wanle led Elder Tai to protect him and impose a staged fight that would give him a chance to retaliate. Qian Gu Huang Yu accepted the provocation as a way to make Shrek expose its own wrongdoing while she and Gu Yuena continued toward Sea God Island.

• After learning Tang Wanle was ranked twelfth on the Young Genius List, Guan Yue praised Qian Gu Huang Yu’s strength and explained that he had stayed out of the rankings to test himself.
• Tang Wanle woke up and charged at Qian Gu Huang Yu, but Wang Han condemned his conduct and tried to disqualify him from the examination.
• Elder Tai overruled Wang Han, awarded Tang Wanle five points, and arranged a later examinee battle so Tang Wanle could challenge Qian Gu Huang Yu.
• Tang Wanle threatened Qian Gu Huang Yu, while Guan Yue and the girl she had helped stayed by her side rather than abandoning her.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu calmed Gu Yuena and decided to use Shrek’s unfair treatment as a reason to make trouble while pursuing their goal of reaching Sea God Island.

After Tai Po'e manipulated the assessment to target Qian Gu Huang Yu, he arranged a battle between her and Tang Wanle. The chapter ended as Tang Wanle summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and challenged her to fight.

• Elder Ma learned Tai Po'e had protected Tang Wanle and targeted Qian Gu Huang Yu, then sent the candidates to the next assessment venue.
• Electrolux reassured Qian Gu Huang Yu and advised her to keep her emotions while remaining rational.
• Tai Po'e changed the assessment to paired battles and announced Tang Wanle as Qian Gu Huang Yu's opponent before drawing any names.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu entered the arena despite Tai Po'e's threats and warnings, while Guan Yue and another candidate encouraged her.
• Tang Wanle summoned his Clear Sky Hammer and revealed four purple soul rings as he challenged Qian Gu Huang Yu.

Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed four Ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and defeated Tang Wanle with King's Descent and Dragon Thunder Gold Jade during the academy examination. She left Tang Wanle badly injured, while Elder Ma concluded that her mastery of King's Descent proved she was from the Tang Sect.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu ignored Tang Wanle and displayed four Ten-thousand-year Soul Rings as she activated her dragon-type Martial Soul, stunning the examinees and elders.
• Tang Wanle attacked Qian Gu Huang Yu with his Clear Sky Hammer, but she struck him with King's Descent and made him cough blood.
• Elder Ma identified the technique as King's Descent and concluded that Qian Gu Huang Yu must be from the Tang Sect.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu disguised Dragon Thunder Gold Jade as her first soul skill, then pierced Tang Wanle with her Thunderclap Nether Vine and left him severely burned.
• Tai Po'e rushed to save Tang Wanle as Qian Gu Huang Yu departed, telling him that the weak should train more.

Qian Gu Huang Yu received full marks after Elder Ma learned that Tang Sect Deputy Sect Master Chen Yi had come to Shrek, leading the examinees to assume the sisters had powerful backing. Gu Yuena then faced Luo He, whose confidence faltered when her four black Soul Rings appeared and his Space Element failed to answer his call.

• Tai Po'e tried to disqualify Qian Gu Huang Yu, but Elder Ma told him Chen Yi had arrived, and Tai Po'e gave her a perfect score instead.
• The examinees speculated about Qian Gu Huang Yu's powerful connections, while Elder Ma took over the remaining assessments.
• Elder Ma drew Gu Yuena and Luo He as the next pair, and Gu Yuena entered the arena in an irritable mood.
• Luo He revealed three purple Soul Rings and tried to rely on his spatial control, but Gu Yuena displayed four black Soul Rings and began merging water, fire, earth, and wind.
• Luo He tried to evade Gu Yuena's attack, but his Space Element did not respond to his soul skill.

Gu Yuena defeated Luo He with her Four Elements control, earning a perfect score and leaving the examinees wary of her and Qian Gu Huang Yu. After the remaining assessments concluded, Wang Han announced a ten-minute break, with Gu Yuena already fully recovered.

• Gu Yuena locked down Luo He's Space Element and blasted him out of the examination grounds with a Four-colored light sphere.
• Elder Ma found that Luo He had broken bones but no lasting injuries, then awarded Gu Yuena a perfect ten for her elemental control.
• Gu Yuena told Qian Gu Huang Yu she had hit Luo He because he mocked her the most, and Qian Gu Huang Yu felt specially favored.
• Wang Han resumed the assessment, and only Guan Yue, Qian Gu Huang Yu, and Gu Yuena earned perfect scores.
• Wang Han announced a ten-minute break after the assessments, and Gu Yuena had already recovered her energy.

Wang Han began the comprehensive combat assessment, in which examinees had to face Shrek Outer Court students admitted the previous year. Qian Gu Huang Yu chose Cai Yuer as her opponent, and their match began with Cai Yuer launching her Fourth Soul Skill.

• Wang Han explained the combat assessment rules and brought in thirty Shrek Outer Court students for the examinees to choose from.
• Cai Yuer confronted Qian Gu Huang Yu and vowed to make her score zero, while Wang Han clarified that examinees chose their own opponents.
• Wang Han called Qian Gu Huang Yu first, and she chose Cai Yuer to fight.
• Cai Yuer entered Martial Soul Possession and used her Fourth Soul Skill, Shattered Moon Slash, sending more than a hundred crescent blades toward Qian Gu Huang Yu.

Qian Gu Huang Yu defeated Cai Yuer with a single Proton Shriek, leaving Cai Yuer shaken and earning the arena’s astonished respect. After declaring Gu Yuena the next fighter and insulting the second-year Shrek students, Qian Gu Huang Yu meditated to recover from the power and Spiritual Power her attack had consumed.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu fired Proton Shriek at Cai Yuer, and Wang Han tackled Cai Yuer aside, taking a scorched wound to his left shoulder.
• Wang Han announced Gu Yue Yinhuang as the winner, while Cai Yuer lay unresponsive and he feared her Dao heart had been damaged.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu high-fived Gu Yuena, told her to follow her instincts, and called the second-year Shrek students weak.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu returned to meditate and recover the Soul Power and Spiritual Power she had spent during the match.

Wang Han brought the candidates to the Sea God Stairs assessment, where they were sent to Sea God Island to climb the steps for points. Tai Po'e secretly ordered Elder Ma to set the trial to its highest difficulty, and the candidates arrived at the island facing its 1,001 stairs.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu, Gu Yuena, and Guan Yue finished the previous assessment with forty, forty, and thirty-eight points respectively, while most other candidates scored poorly.
• Wang Han explained that the next test was to climb the Sea God Stairs and said the candidates would experience Sea God's Light on Sea God Island.
• Tai Po'e entered the testing room with Elder Ma and ordered him to use the highest difficulty despite Elder Ma's warning.
• The candidates appeared on Sea God Island and heard that the Sea God Hall stood atop Sea God Mountain, with 1,001 steps before them.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena began the Sea God assessment by crossing the Ring Sea, where Qian Gu Huang Yu discovered and defeated the Sea Soul Beasts blocking the way. They reached the Sea God Stairs, but Gu Yuena sensed something strange before Qian Gu Huang Yu began climbing.

• The candidates learned that the Sea God assessment required them to climb the stairs, while falling or pressing the button would withdraw them.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena flew over the Ring Sea, but a sawtooth shark attacked Qian Gu Huang Yu.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu unleashed lightning through the Ring Sea, incapacitating nearly a hundred Sea Soul Beasts and clearing the crossing for the candidates.
• Elder Ma and Tai Po'e watched Qian Gu Huang Yu clear the Sea Soul Beasts, and Tai Po'e said the true highest-difficulty test awaited on the Sea God Stairs.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena crossed the Ring Sea, but Gu Yuena stopped Qian Gu Huang Yu from climbing because she sensed something strange.

The examinees began climbing the Sea God Stairs, where a hidden spiritual trial forced them to relive painful regrets while resisting crushing pressure. Gu Yuena struggled with Tang San’s memories, but Qian Gu Huang Yu reached the tenth stair without showing any reaction.

• An examinee charged at the stairs, hit the Sea God's Light barrier, and was teleported out of the trial.
• Guan Yue explained the barrier and volunteered to test the stairs, then began crying as the stairs brought painful memories to the surface.
• Tai Po'e revealed that he had added spiritual fluctuations to make examinees relive their greatest regrets, and the trial forced everyone to begin climbing under threat of elimination.
• Gu Yuena felt Tang San's regret over Xiao Wu's sacrifice and struggled to suppress the memories as three examinees were bounced out.
• Tai Po'e noticed that Qian Gu Huang Yu showed no emotion and had already climbed to the tenth stair.

Qian Gu Huang Yu reached the Sea God Stairs’ tenth step without being affected by Tang San’s remorse because Electrolux had used the Heart of Undead Annihilation on her. On the eleventh step, ultimate Death Attribute Soul Power appeared in her Holy Necromancer martial soul, and Electrolux traced it to the lingering aura of Ha Luosa’s Child of Destiny.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu climbed to the tenth step while Gu Yuena and the other examinees struggled against the stairs’ emotional and physical pressure.
• Tai Po'e and Elder Ma realized Qian Gu Huang Yu had earned a perfect score and wondered why Tang San’s remorse had not affected her.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed through her thoughts that Electrolux had used the Heart of Undead Annihilation to keep her calm.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu climbed onto the eleventh step, where ultimate Death Attribute Soul Power emerged within her Holy Necromancer martial soul and clashed with the Life Attribute energy in her Spirit Eye.
• Electrolux explained that Ha Luosa’s lingering Child of Destiny aura had fused with Qian Gu Huang Yu’s destiny and martial soul, giving it the power of death.