Chapter Summaries

Lin Xi and her companions encountered the Vulture Mercenary Group while leaving the Soul Hunting Forest. After Vulture threatened them and demanded their belongings and the girls, Lin Xi offered him one chance to leave with both arms broken.

• Tang San reflected on his new strength as he, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang followed Lin Xi through the forest.
• Lin Xi sensed hidden observers and exposed the Vulture Mercenary Group, who surrounded the four travelers.
• Yu Xiaogang identified the notorious group and warned that its leader, Vulture, was a level forty-three Soul Ancestor.
• Vulture demanded their Soul Tools and the two girls, while his seven men revealed their martial souls and soul rings.
• Tang San prepared to defend Xiao Wu and Lin Xi, but Lin Xi stepped forward and ordered Vulture to break both his arms and leave.

Lin Xi punished Vulture and his mercenaries after they threatened her and Tang San, revealing the power of her Ten Thousand Year second Spirit Ring. She killed Vulture and left the other mercenaries blinded and howling.

• Vulture mocked Lin Xi, threatened her and Tang San, and reached to touch her face.
• Lin Xi broke both of Vulture's arms without a visible move, then revealed her Ten Thousand Year second Spirit Ring and forced the mercenaries to their knees.
• Lin Xi used Dark Gold Dreadclaw to gouge out the eyes of the mercenaries one by one while Tang San watched without pity and Yu Xiaogang hid behind a tree.
• Vulture begged for his life and offered money and his group's treasure vault, but Lin Xi dismissed him and crushed his head beneath her foot.

After Lin Xi slaughtered the men who attacked them, she defended her actions to Xiao Wu and Tang San and left the Soul Hunting Forest with them. She then erased the bodies with pale flames, terrifying a Spirit Hall patrol squad that mistook the display for divine punishment.

• Lin Xi killed the eight attackers, while Xiao Wu and Tang San reacted with shock and Yu Xiaogang hid nearby.
• Lin Xi explained that her violence was fair retaliation, and Tang San agreed that showing mercy to enemies could be fatal.
• The three left the forest, and Yu Xiaogang vomited and began to doubt whether he wanted Lin Xi as his master.
• Tang San worried that Spirit Hall would discover the bodies, but Lin Xi said she had left them as a warning and summoned the Soul Suppressing Needle.
• Lin Xi burned the corpses and all traces of them with pale white flames, prompting the Spirit Hall Soul Emperor and his squad to kneel and beg forgiveness.

Lin Xi, Tang San, and Xiao Wu returned to Nuoding Academy after the slaughter in the forest, and Lin Xi used malt candy to comfort her companions. Tang San resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside her, while Yu Xiaogang returned to the city determined to discover the source of Lin Xi’s power.

• Lin Xi reminded Xiao Wu and Tang San about curfew, and the three left the forest without discussing the corpses behind them.
• Tang San asked Lin Xi about her Dark Gold Dreadclaw soul skill and soul ring, but Lin Xi told him to focus on his own cultivation.
• Lin Xi bought malt candy and gave a piece each to Xiao Wu and Tang San as they entered Nuoding City.
• The dorm supervisor let the three into the academy after recognizing Lin Xi, and they returned to Dorm Seven.
• Tang San reflected on the day and resolved to catch up with Lin Xi, while Yu Xiaogang returned to Nuoding City determined to investigate her power.

After the previous day's battle shattered Yu Xiaogang's beliefs, he knelt before Lin Xi and begged to learn the truth about the world's laws and Soul Master cultivation. Lin Xi agreed to teach him if he spread her theories, leaving Tang San convinced that she would change the entire continent.

• Tang San found Lin Xi training beneath a tree and greeted her before Yu Xiaogang arrived, exhausted from a sleepless night.
• Yu Xiaogang knelt before Lin Xi and admitted he could not explain the powers he had witnessed, asking her to reveal the world's true laws.
• Lin Xi offered to teach Yu Xiaogang on the condition that he compile her demonstrations and theories into books and spread them across the continent.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted and pledged the rest of his life to Lin Xi, while the watching students and academy staff stared in shock.
• Lin Xi assigned Yu Xiaogang papers on awakening a second Martial Soul without Soul Rings and attaching a second Soul Ring more than twice the age of the first, both due in three days.
• Lin Xi left for breakfast with Tang San and Xiao Wu, and Tang San realized she might soon change the world.

Yu Xiaogang became consumed by the possibility of awakening a second martial soul and strengthening its Soul Ring, while Lin Xi demonstrated that Tang San’s Divine Grace Parasite could restore life. Lin Xi then told the Dean that she, Tang San, and Xiao Wu would leave for Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.

• Yu Xiaogang rushed back to his cabin to research the possibilities Lin Xi had raised, and the Dean ordered special treatment for Lin Xi, Tang San, and Xiao Wu.
• Lin Xi, Tang San, and Xiao Wu received an extravagant breakfast, and Tang San asked whether Lin Xi’s claims about second martial souls and Soul Rings were true.
• At the back mountain, Tang San used Divine Grace Parasite to channel life energy into a withered tree and restore it, learning that his Blue Silver Emperor could create as well as devour.
• The Dean tried to persuade Lin Xi to stay at Nuoding Academy, but Lin Xi said it was too small and announced that they would go to Shrek Academy in Suotuo City.

Lin Xi and Tang San prepared to leave the academy for Shrek, and she strengthened Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer with the Violent Vajra Ape’s origin power. The hammer gained weight and armor-piercing abilities, while Lin Xi’s intervention increased the worldline alteration rate and unlocked more system rewards.

• Lin Xi declined the dean’s money and asked him to waive their work-study fees before telling Xiao Wu to return to the dorm and leading Tang San away.
• Lin Xi asked Tang San to summon his Clear Sky Hammer and explained that she knew of his twin Martial Souls and the warning from Tang Hao.
• Lin Xi used her Mysterious Sky Soul Suppressing Needle to channel the Violent Vajra Ape’s origin power into the Clear Sky Hammer while Tang San guided the energy with his Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• The Clear Sky Hammer cracked and reformed with dark-gold patterns, growing heavier and gaining the attributes of weight and armor-piercing.
• Lin Xi called the strengthened hammer her parting gift, and her system reported a 5% worldline alteration and awarded her 5,000 Subversion Points and expanded mall access.

Lin Xi, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Nuoding Academy and set out for Suotuo City, where Lin Xi dismissed Suo Tuo’s attempt to apologize. As they continued toward Shrek Academy, Tang San looked forward to meeting the monsters waiting there.

• Yu Xiaogang presented Lin Xi with his paper on twin martial souls and soul ring attachment, and she told him to keep refining it into a textbook.
• Lin Xi, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Nuoding Academy after Wang Sheng and the work-study students gave Tang San travel food.
• Lin Xi decided the group would walk to Suotuo City so Tang San could get used to his new strength.
• Suo Tuo knelt before Lin Xi and offered gifts to apologize, but she told him to take them back and leave.
• Tang San felt eager to reach Shrek Academy and meet the monsters there.

Lin Xi, Tang San, and Xiao Wu stopped at an inn on their way to Suotuo City, where Lin Xi challenged a group of arrogant young nobles over a table. Tang San broke one noble’s arm and confronted Fike, revealing a thousand-year soul ring as the chapter ended.

• Lin Xi led Tang San and Xiao Wu on a walking journey she described as cultivation, and they stopped at a town to eat.
• Lin Xi claimed the only available table, which Fike and his companions had occupied despite barely touching their food.
• A sharp-faced young man threatened Lin Xi and Tang San with his ten-year soul ring, but Tang San seized his wrist.
• Lin Xi ordered Tang San to break the young man’s arms and legs and throw him out.
• Tang San broke the young man’s arm, then faced Fike as a thousand-year soul ring rose at his feet.

Tang San defeated Fike with his Thousand-Year First Soul Ring and used the energy he absorbed to heal a young man's broken arm. As Lin Xi called for their meal, a level-thirty-five Soul Elder from the Lei Family arrived and demanded to know who had injured Fike.

• Tang San revealed his Thousand-Year First Soul Ring and used Divine Grace Parasite to bind Fike, drain his life force and Soul Power, and leave him barely alive.
• Xiao Wu stopped Fike's two fleeing companions, and Tang San used the energy absorbed from Fike to repair a young man's broken arm.
• Tang San returned to Lin Xi, who criticized him for taking too long and asked the waiter to serve their food.
• A middle-aged Lei Family man entered with more than a dozen guards, found Fike gravely injured, and demanded that the culprit step forward as three Soul Rings appeared around him.

Tang San faced Lei Bao, a level thirty-five Soul Elder, and used the Clear Sky Hammer at Lin Xi’s urging to defeat him with one blow. The battle left Tang San nearly drained, while Lin Xi remained untouched by the blast.

• Lei Bao arrived at the inn, threatened Tang San and the girls, and demanded an explanation for his nephews’ injuries.
• Lin Xi told Tang San to use his hammer, and Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer despite Lei Bao’s mockery.
• Lei Bao attacked Tang San with his third soul skill, Frenzied Thunder Claw.
• Tang San struck Lei Bao’s claw with the Clear Sky Hammer, shattering his arm and leaving him crippled.
• Tang San put away the hammer, and Lin Xi praised it as interesting.

After Tang San defeated Lei Bao, Lin Xi restored his Soul Power and explored the System Mall, where she obtained a one-day divine-grade cooking skill from a blind box. The chapter ended with Lin Xi deciding to cook dinner for Tang San and Xiao Wu.

• Lei Bao's guards carried their unconscious master out of the ruined inn, and Lin Xi restored much of Tang San's exhausted Soul Power.
• Xiao Wu asked Lin Xi to restore her too, and Lin Xi tapped her forehead before the three left town.
• Xiao Wu praised Tang San's hammer strike and asked about his Clear Sky Hammer, while Lin Xi said she had sharpened it for him.
• Lin Xi opened the System Mall, found most goods beyond her Beginner permissions, and bought a Random Skill Trial Blind Box for 100 Subversion Points.
• Lin Xi opened the blind box and received one day of Divine Grade Culinary Mastery.
• When Xiao Wu said she was hungry, Lin Xi announced that she would cook dinner.

Lin Xi cooked a meal that restored Tang San and Xiao Wu after their battle, then the three traveled to Suotuo City. After Lin Xi injured a young man who harassed Xiao Wu, she entered the city with Tang San and Xiao Wu, looking forward to Shrek Academy.

• Lin Xi prepared roasted rabbit and mushroom soup with her Culinary Mastery, and Tang San and Xiao Wu found the meal delicious and energizing.
• Xiao Wu begged Lin Xi to cook for them every day, but Lin Xi refused.
• After two more days of travel, Lin Xi, Tang San, and Xiao Wu arrived at Suotuo City.
• A young man on horseback harassed Xiao Wu, so Lin Xi shattered his kneecap with a stone and warned his companions to leave.
• Lin Xi looked toward Suotuo City and said she hoped Shrek Academy would not disappoint her.

Lin Xi led Tang San and Xiao Wu to the shabby Shrek Academy, where Dai Mubai tested applicants with overwhelming force. After he leered at Xiao Wu and challenged Tang San, Lin Xi confronted him and forced the arrogant Soul Elder to his knees with terrifying mental pressure.

• Lin Xi guided Tang San and Xiao Wu through Suotuo City to the rundown Shrek Academy, where they each paid the ten Gold Soul Coin enrollment fee.
• Dai Mubai defeated a twelve-year-old applicant with two Soul Skills after learning the boy had level twenty-one Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai leered at Xiao Wu and challenged Tang San, but Lin Xi stepped forward to face him instead.
• Lin Xi demanded that Dai Mubai kneel and apologize, then blocked his Soul Power pressure without moving.
• Lin Xi struck Dai Mubai with terrifying Mental Pressure, and he dropped to his knees before her.

Lin Xi forced Dai Mubai to kneel without touching him, then faced Zhao Wuji when he arrived to defend Shrek Academy. As Zhao Wuji attacked in his Martial Soul Avatar, Lin Xi revealed two red and black Soul Rings and stopped him in midair.

• Lin Xi kept Dai Mubai pinned to his knees, and he stopped resisting when she warned that she would ruin his legs.
• Zhao Wuji arrived, found Dai Mubai kneeling, and challenged Lin Xi to endure his test or face being barred from leaving Shrek Academy.
• Zhao Wuji revealed his seven Soul Rings and transformed with his Martial Soul Avatar before striking at Lin Xi.
• Lin Xi snapped her fingers and revealed red and black Soul Rings, suppressing Zhao Wuji and stopping his bear paw above her.
• Lin Xi asked Zhao Wuji, "Do you... want to dance too?"

Lin Xi revealed two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, overwhelming Zhao Wuji and securing direct entry to Shrek Academy for herself, Tang San, and Xiao Wu. She then announced that she would take over training the academy’s students and teachers, challenging everyone to attack her together.

• Lin Xi revealed her two red soul rings, and Zhao Wuji ended the test and apologized after her pressure suppressed him.
• Lin Xi allowed Dai Mubai to stand and told Zhao Wuji that he had only wanted to spar with them.
• Flender arrived, learned Lin Xi’s name, and offered to waive the group’s registration fees.
• Lin Xi refused to enroll as a student and criticized Shrek Academy’s strength and training methods.
• Lin Xi declared that she would take over training everyone and challenged them to attack her together, saying she would lose if they made her move one step.

Lin Xi forced Flender and the Shrek Academy students to attack her so she could begin guiding their cultivation. She defeated the entire group with one punch without moving from her spot, then declared that she was the rule.

• Lin Xi rejected Flender’s offer to make her an honored guest and threatened to destroy Shrek Academy unless he accepted her training terms.
• Flender agreed, and he ordered the students, Zhao Wuji, and himself to attack Lin Xi while sparing no effort.
• Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Tang San, and Xiao Wu joined the attack alongside Flender and Zhao Wuji.
• Lin Xi punched the ground, unleashing a shockwave that repelled every attack and knocked the entire group down.
• Lin Xi remained unmoved and asked the defeated Flender and Zhao Wuji whether they objected to her being the rule.

Lin Xi established herself as Shrek Academy’s Supreme Dean after overwhelming its staff and students, then moved into the girls’ dormitory with Tang San and Xiao Wu. That night, Tang San resolved to grow strong enough to stand beside her, while Zhu Zhuqing asked Lin Xi to train her.

• Flender surrendered Shrek Academy’s authority to Lin Xi, and she rebuked Ning Rongrong, praised Zhu Zhuqing, and ordered Oscar not to recite his soul incantation.
• Flender assigned Lin Xi and her companions the academy’s best dormitory, but Lin Xi insisted Tang San stay with the girls.
• Ning Rongrong questioned Lin Xi about her age and Hundred Thousand Year soul rings, but Lin Xi said she would answer only if Ning Rongrong beat her.
• Tang San reflected on Lin Xi’s strength and resolved to become strong enough to stand beside her.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to Lin Xi’s bed, knelt, and asked her to teach her how to become stronger.

Zhu Zhuqing revealed the deadly competition binding her family to Dai Mubai’s and asked Lin Xi to make her strong enough to control her fate. Lin Xi accepted Zhu Zhuqing’s loyalty but told her to live for herself, then began the first class at dawn.

• Tang San saw Zhu Zhuqing kneel before Lin Xi in the dormitory and ask to become stronger.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she and her sister were competing for their family’s succession, and that losing meant death.
• Zhu Zhuqing said Dai Mubai had given up, leaving her convinced she was doomed unless Lin Xi helped her.
• Lin Xi accepted Zhu Zhuqing’s loyalty but insisted that Zhu Zhuqing’s martial soul and life belonged to her alone.
• Lin Xi opened the window at daybreak, told everyone to get up, and announced that the first class was beginning.

Lin Xi began the Shrek students’ Heart Refining training by trapping them in visions of their deepest fears. Tang San escaped his nightmare first, while the others remained caught in theirs.

• Lin Xi announced that the students would practice Heart Refining in the mornings and Body Refining in the afternoons.
• Lin Xi used her First Soul Skill, Mirror Flower, Water Moon, to draw Dai Mubai, Oscar, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing into their mental worlds.
• Tang San watched visions of Tang Hao disappearing and Xiao Wu being bullied, leaving him desperate for the power to protect those he cared about.
• Tang San’s Spiritual Power surged, and he broke the illusion before the other students.
• Lin Xi told Tang San that the vision showed his deepest fears and that overcoming them was part of becoming strong.