Chapter Summaries

Ye Qingchen battled Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie in the semifinals, overwhelming them until Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Ye Qingchen transformed with Silver Dragon Transformation and faced the charging fusion head-on, leaving the match at the moment of their imminent collision.

• Ye Qingchen resisted Cui Yajie's Charm and used Gravity Field and Ice Seal to slow Dai Huabin's team as the semifinal began.
• Dai Huabin protected Zhu Lu while Ye Qingchen used Space Imprisonment and fireballs, forcing the proctor to remove the injured Cui Yajie from the arena.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger and charged at Ye Qingchen.
• Ye Qingchen activated Martial Soul Avatar and Silver Dragon Transformation, astonishing the teachers with his physical strength as he pressed toward the Hell White Tiger.

Ye Qingchen defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then faced Huo Yuhao’s team in the championship match. He overcame their coordinated attacks to win the New Student Assessment Knockout Tournament and received system rewards.

• Ye Qingchen used his Silver Dragon Domain to shatter Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger, securing victory in their match.
• Du Weilun announced the championship match between Ye Qingchen and Huo Yuhao’s team, and Ye Qingchen agreed to continue fighting.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao coordinated their attacks, but Ye Qingchen evaded their control and shattered Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao’s combined golden blade.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong admitted defeat, and Du Weilun announced Ye Qingchen as the tournament champion.
• The system rewarded Ye Qingchen with two Enhancement Points, Secret Art One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, and Extremely Cold Twin Lotus, then raised his enhancement level to 23+.

After winning the New Student Assessment, Ye Qingchen invited Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to join his planned Cold Sect. At Shrek Academy’s awards ceremony, he declined a Soul Bone prize and asked for land to establish his sect, leaving Dean Yan Shaozhe prepared to support him.

• Ye Qingchen invited Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to join the Cold Sect, and all three agreed.
• Ye Qingchen used three Enhancement Points to raise his enhancement level to 26+ and learned that the God Slaying Spear was 26% refined.
• Du Weilun announced Ye Qingchen as champion, awarded the top three teams academy assistance in obtaining a soul ring, and named Ye Qingchen for a confidential special reward.
• Du Weilun announced the new core disciples and assigned Ye Qingchen, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to Class One.
• Ye Qingchen rejected the Soul Bone and requested land for his sect, and Du Weilun promised to seek approval.
• Yan Shaozhe told Du Weilun to grant Ye Qingchen a patch of land and said he wanted to keep him at Shrek Academy.

Ye Qingchen used the system to create an incarnation, Ye Qingyu, and sent him to the Prehistoric World to cultivate. Back at Shrek Academy, Ye Qingchen made Huo Yuhao class monitor and spent the next eight months preparing for the end-of-year advancement examination.

• Ye Qingchen had the system create Ye Qingyu with chosen talents, cultivation methods, bloodline, and the Primordial Measuring Ruler, then sent him to the Prehistoric World after transmitting his memories.
• Zhou Yi gave Ye Qingchen a secret-art Soul Bone, which he found useless.
• Wang Dong dragged Ye Qingchen to class, where he appointed Huo Yuhao class monitor despite Dai Huabin and other students objecting.
• Over the next eight months, Ye Qingchen obtained a roughly five-thousand-year soul ring for Huo Yuhao, reached enhancement level twenty-eight, studied Soul Tools, and received land to establish his sect.
• As the school year ended, Ye Qingchen and the other students prepared for the one-month holiday and the advancement examination that followed.

Ye Qingchen prepared to leave Shrek Academy for the holiday after succeeding in inscribing a third-level core. Before departing, he arranged for Electrolux to teach Huo Yuhao and absorbed Ice Silkworm Skydream into Electrolux, leaving Huo Yuhao unaware of the change.

• Ye Qingchen succeeded in inscribing a third-level core, and Fan Yu asked him and He Caitou about their holiday plans.
• Ye Qingchen met Wang Dong in the rain, walked back to the dormitory with her, and found that the divine sense in her body was nearly gone.
• Wang Yan announced a class advancement assessment, and Zhou Yi told Ye Qingchen, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao to return early to prepare.
• Ye Qingchen privately asked Electrolux to teach Huo Yuhao in exchange for true resurrection.
• Ye Qingchen sent Ice Silkworm Skydream's soul into Electrolux, then carried the unconscious Huo Yuhao back to the dormitory and departed.

Ye Qingchen reunited with Ice Empress and helped her overcome her four-hundred-thousand-year Thunder Tribulation. After she broke through, she agreed to accompany him to the human world to search for Snow Empress.

• Ye Qingchen traveled to the Far North and called out to Ice Empress.
• Ye Qingchen recalled how he had once sacrificed his cultivation to help Ice Empress and Snow Empress survive a Thunder Tribulation, then promised to return.
• Ice Empress recognized Ye Qingchen, embraced him, and listened as he explained what had happened to him.
• Ye Qingchen gave Ice Empress an Extremely Cold Twin Lotus and said he had returned to help her overcome her four-hundred-thousand-year limit.
• Ye Qingchen used the God Slaying Spear to destroy the gathering thunderclouds, allowing Ice Empress to break through and cleanse her potential.

Ye Qingchen returned to Shrek Academy after creating the Azure Wave Realm and giving the Ice Empress a mark that let her enter it to cultivate. As the new term approached, he reunited with Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao, then accepted Dai Huabin’s wager on the upcoming advancement assessment.

• Ye Qingchen created the Azure Wave Realm, gave the Ice Empress access through a mark on her brow, and told her she could cultivate there with a ten-to-one time flow.
• Ye Qingchen and the Ice Empress returned to Shrek Academy after a leisurely journey, and Ye Qingchen cleaned the dormitory before falling asleep.
• Wang Dong returned to the dormitory, and Ye Qingchen woke her with a piece of ice the next morning before they met Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.
• Dai Huabin challenged Ye Qingchen to bet on their advancement assessment results, wagering Ye Qingchen’s New Student Assessment reward against Dai Huabin kneeling and apologizing.
• Ye Qingchen and Dai Huabin sealed the wager with three high-fives, and Ye Qingchen’s group continued to the second-year Class One classroom.

Ye Qingchen attended the first-year advancement assessment, where students faced soul beasts in the Beast Fighting Zone. After Wang Dong and Dai Huabin completed their tests, Ye Qingchen revealed his extraordinary power, passed with full marks, and challenged Dai Huabin to admit his mistake.

• Zhou Yi explained the advancement assessment, and Dean Yan Shaozhe came to observe the students in the Beast Fighting Zone.
• Wang Dong defeated a thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Bear and passed with a score of one hundred after losing points for relying on a single attack.
• Dai Huabin killed a thousand-year Wind Tiger, received a warning to compensate the academy, and provoked Ye Qingchen's anger.
• Ye Qingchen chose ten ten-thousand-year soul beasts and froze them all with Ice Seal, revealing five soul rings and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Du Weilun announced that Ye Qingchen had passed with 150 points, and Ye Qingchen challenged Dai Huabin to kneel and admit his mistake.

Dai Huabin admitted defeat to Ye Qingchen, then left after asking Zhu Lu to request leave for him. At a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, the elders debated which department should guide Ye Qingchen and ultimately decided to let him develop freely; he later passed the Martial Soul Department assessment and his Fourth Level Soul Tool Master assessment.

• Dai Huabin spat blood after Ye Qingchen’s words, then knelt and admitted he was wrong in front of the students.
• Dai Huabin asked Zhu Lu to request leave for him and left, concealing his plans.
• Yan Shaozhe described Ye Qingchen’s abilities and background at the Sea God Pavilion Meeting, while Xian Lin'er argued that the Soul Tool Department should respect his choice to study there.
• The person at the head of the table proposed letting Ye Qingchen develop as he wished, and the meeting accepted that approach.
• Ye Qingchen passed the Martial Soul Department assessment and his Fourth Level Soul Tool Master assessment.

Ye Qingchen took Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao to Shrek City's Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where he bought Wang Dong a costly Soul Bone and Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue. Back at Shrek Academy, Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Ye Qingchen had awakened Ultimate Ice, and she rushed to find him so he could suppress her Evil Fire.

• Ye Qingchen returned to the dormitory, where Wang Dong showed him an invitation to the Treasure Appreciating Assembly.
• Ye Qingchen, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao went to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and browsed its displays.
• Wang Dong found a golden-red Soul Bone that suited her, and Ye Qingchen paid 9.5 million Gold Soul Coins for it with his Unlimited Black Card.
• Ye Qingchen also bought Ten Thousand Year Whale Glue and considered recruiting Jiang Nannan into the Cold Sect after seeing Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi approach her.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that Ye Qingchen had awakened Ultimate Ice, and Ma Xiaotao flew off to ask him to suppress her Evil Fire.

Ye Qingchen was ambushed after leaving Shrek City with Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao, but he killed all six attackers with the God Slaying Spear. Shrek Academy investigated the attack, while the assassins’ connection to Dai Huabin remained hidden.

• Ice Empress warned Ye Qingchen that assassins were waiting ahead, so he sent Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao running toward the city.
• Ye Qingchen trapped the six masked attackers in his Silver Dragon Domain and killed them with Mystic Ice Dragon Flight and the God Slaying Spear.
• Ye Qingchen received an enhancement point for eliminating the attackers and raised his enhancement level to 34+.
• Old Lin praised Ye Qingchen’s strength, and Yan Shaozhe ordered an investigation into who had attacked people on Shrek territory.
• The academy questioned Ye Qingchen until dawn but found no clues, as Dai Huabin’s assassins had erased evidence of their identities.

Ye Qingchen confronted Dai Huabin over the failed assassination attempt, then left class to help Ma Xiaotao control her Evil Fire. He transformed it into Ultimate Fire, curing her and leaving her with an Ultimate Attribute, while he pretended to be weakened.

• Ye Qingchen warned Dai Huabin not to provoke him again, or the White Tiger Duke's bloodline would be destroyed.
• Ye Qingchen expanded the Azure Wave Realm during class until he sensed Ma Xiaotao's dangerous condition and left with Wang Dong's help.
• Ye Qingchen took Ma Xiaotao to Sea God Lake, where Yan Shaozhe and the Venerable Elders helped restrain her Evil Fire.
• Ye Qingchen used his Ultimate Fire to consume and transform Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire into pure Ultimate Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao gained an Ultimate Attribute and carried the seemingly weakened Ye Qingchen to shore, where his nosebleed worsened as she held him.

Ye Qingchen consumed Whale Glue in the Azure Wave Realm, where its effects combined with the lingering Evil Fire in his body and overwhelmed his reason. After spending ten days there with the Ice Empress, he regained full awareness and left, while she resolved not to let him leave her behind.

• Ma Xiaotao worried over Ye Qingchen after he helped her cultivate, and he received five Enhancement Points for changing her fate.
• Ye Qingchen learned that second-year Core Disciples had to enter a selection tournament, and Zhou Yi warned him that he would face consequences if he failed to reach the top eight.
• Wang Dong began fusing with her left-arm Soul Bone while Ye Qingchen entered the Azure Wave Realm to consume Whale Glue under the Ice Empress's watch.
• The Whale Glue intensified the Evil Fire lingering in Ye Qingchen's body, leaving him overwhelmed and without control of his actions for ten days.
• Ye Qingchen regained his awareness, kissed the sleeping Ice Empress, and left the Azure Wave Realm; she vowed not to let him leave her behind.

Ye Qingchen and Huo Yuhao led a team of core disciples through Elder Xuan’s free-for-all assessment, using their coordination and a Martial Soul Fusion Skill to secure the final eight places. After the battle, Xuan Zi questioned Ye Qingchen about the fusion skill and learned that he could form one with anyone at a perfect fusion rate.

• Wang Dong completed his Golden Mang Arm Bone fusion, and Ye Qingchen spent the next two days helping Fan Yu make a Soul Tool.
• Elder Xuan gathered the core disciples and announced a free-for-all assessment in which the final eight survivors would pass.
• Ye Qingchen assembled a team with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou’s opening barrage eliminated several opponents.
• Huo Yuhao and Ye Qingchen unleashed the Martial Soul Fusion Skill Word Spirit Manipulation, immobilizing twelve opponents while their teammates defeated the rest.
• Xuan Zi ended the assessment with eight students remaining, then asked Ye Qingchen about his coordination and fusion skill.
• Ye Qingchen told Xuan Zi that he could form a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with anyone at a one-hundred-percent fusion rate and could purify or strengthen their martial souls.

After Shrek’s new reserve members celebrated their victory, Ye Qingchen recruited He Caitou and Jiang Nannan into the Cold Sect while urging Bei Bei to reconsider the Tang Sect’s future. The group then trained under Xuan Zi for two weeks, and Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao neared breakthroughs.

• Bei Bei thanked Ye Qingchen for helping the team win and proposed that the new Shrek Reserve Team work toward the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duel Tournament.
• Ye Qingchen claimed the Cold Sect had an ancient inheritance and revealed that he could perform Martial Soul Fusion Skills with anyone, prompting Bei Bei to warn the others to keep the ability secret.
• He Caitou joined the Cold Sect, and Ye Qingchen privately urged Bei Bei to consider the Tang Sect’s decline; Jiang Nannan later joined as well, and Xu Sanshi celebrated by clinging to Ye Qingchen’s leg.
• Ye Qingchen used the system’s two Enhancement Points to raise his enhancement level to 41+.
• Xuan Zi put the eight reserve members through harsh actual-combat training, during which Huo Yuhao neared rank twenty-nine and Xiao Xiao came within one step of rank thirty.

The Shrek students met to introduce themselves and test their abilities ahead of the tournament, where Ye Qingchen stunned the Inner Courtyard team with his strength and Silver Dragon Domain. As the group prepared to leave for Star Luo City, Huo Yuhao reacted uneasily to the destination, and Ye Qingchen sensed his emotional shift.

• Xuan Zi gathered the official and reserve teams, and Ye Qingchen introduced himself as a second-year Soul King and Fourth Level Soul Tool Master.
• The students split into teams for a sparring match, and Ye Qingchen predicted Ma Xiaotao's side would win.
• Huo Yuhao and Ye Qingchen's Martial Soul Fusion Skill helped Ma Xiaotao's team defeat Dai Yueheng's team, leaving four members standing.
• Chen Zifeng asked Ye Qingchen to demonstrate his abilities, and Ye Qingchen revealed his Martial Soul Avatar, Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Silver Dragon Domain.
• Xuan Zi ordered the students to gather at the academy gates the next morning for the trip to Star Luo City, and Ye Qingchen sensed Huo Yuhao's unease at the destination.

Shrek Academy’s team traveled to the Star Luo Empire and entered a battle against Evil Soul Masters, where a trap made corpses explode. Ye Qingchen’s timely spatial teleportation helped the team survive, though the Inner Courtyard Disciples were injured.

• Ye Qingchen opened a spatial passage that brought the group to the Star Luo Empire’s border, where Dai Yueheng borrowed Flying Soul Tools from the garrison.
• Dai Yueheng explained how to operate the Flying Soul Tools as the group headed toward the Evil Soul Masters’ encampment.
• The group arrived to find a bloody battle underway, with Ma Xiaotao and the Inner Courtyard Disciples fighting the enemy.
• Huo Yuhao warned everyone of danger, and Ye Qingchen teleported the group as corpses exploded throughout the cavern.
• Xuan Zi arrived after the blasts; Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Chen Zifeng, and Gongyang Mo were injured, but the Inner Courtyard’s Seven Monsters all survived.

After the Evil Soul Masters’ attack left Shrek Academy’s tournament team badly weakened, Elder Xuan took responsibility and resigned from his posts. Wang Yan led the remaining students to Star Luo City, where they prepared to compete without reinforcements.

• Wang Yan took the surviving tournament team toward Star Luo City while Elder Xuan returned to the academy with the injured Inner Courtyard Disciples.
• Ye Qingchen accepted the System’s reward and raised his enhancement level to 43, reaching Second Level God Peak cultivation.
• After the injured students’ condition stabilized, Elder Xuan told the Sea God Pavilion Meeting he would resign as Shrek Supervisory Group Vice Leader and withdraw from the Sea God Pavilion.
• Wang Yan and the Shrek Academy delegation arrived in Star Luo City, where the tournament was set to begin the next day without reinforcements.
• Wang Yan introduced the tournament procedures to the team and urged the students to rest before the competition.

Ye Qingchen challenged Xiao Hongchen to bet a hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone on whether Shrek Academy or the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy would win the tournament. The academies gathered in Star Luo City, and the Star Luo Emperor officially opened the competition.

• Ye Qingchen confronted Xiao Hongchen and proposed a championship bet, which Xiao Hongchen accepted while Meng Hongchen warned him against it.
• Ye Qingchen introduced himself and left, telling Xiao Hongchen that his name might throw the continent into turmoil.
• The academies assembled at Star Luo Square for the knockout tournament, and the young Shrek Academy lineup drew astonished looks from the other competitors.
• The Star Luo Emperor welcomed the delegations and declared the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament officially begun.

Ye Qingchen led Shrek Academy’s young reserve team into the tournament’s opening knockout match and overwhelmed Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy with a display of fabricated soul rings and the Silver Dragon’s Roar. Shrek left the arena after the victory, while the Star Luo Emperor ordered an investigation into Ye Qingchen and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy was shaken by his power.

• The host introduced Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy as the tournament’s first opponents, and the crowd loudly welcomed Shrek.
• Ye Qingchen replaced Xiaoxiao in Shrek’s lineup and told his teammates to relax before the match began.
• Ye Qingchen revealed five apparent soul rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and used his Fifth Soul Skill, Silver Dragon's Roar, to incapacitate Tianling’s team.
• Ye Qingchen asked the stunned referee to announce the result, then returned to Shrek’s group and dismissed concerns that he had been too harsh.
• Ye Qingchen led Shrek away from the arena, prompting the Star Luo Emperor to order an investigation and Xiao Hongchen to insist Ye Qingchen was fake.