Recaps

After dying in a fire, Zhao Xuan’s soul was pulled toward Heaven, caught in a clash involving the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, and swept into Chaos. A young man rescued him and tossed him into another Reincarnation Pond, where Zhao Xuan began his journey toward rebirth.

• Zhao Xuan watched from above as people discussed his death in a fire at Purple Bamboo Community.
• Zhao Xuan was pulled upward through a strange realm toward rosy clouds, then swallowed by a spreading crack and battered by the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.
• Two consciousnesses argued over the damaged Reincarnation Pond, and the young man realized a soul had survived in Chaos.
• The young man pulled Zhao Xuan’s soul from Chaos and tossed it into another Reincarnation Pond.
• Zhao Xuan fell into the pond as divine power and its laws wore away at each other, and his vision went dark.

Reborn in Sacred Soul Village with his memories intact, Zhao Xuan showed off his extraordinary strength while sparring with his father, Zhao Shi. He spent the morning with Tang San, who tried to teach him cultivation, and wondered why his body was so powerful as he awaited the children's martial-soul awakening.

• Zhao Xuan easily caught Zhao Shi's punch and stomped on his leg, then watched Mu Qin chase Zhao Shi around the courtyard with a Wok Spatula.
• Zhao Xuan reflected on his new life with Zhao Shi and Mu Qin and looked forward to the martial-soul awakening in a few days.
• Zhao Xuan went to the hill where Tang San was practicing a cultivation method by watching the sun.
• Tang San offered to teach Zhao Xuan the method, but Zhao Xuan declined and joked about Tang San's name before asking to spar.
• Tang San fled using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, recalling Zhao Xuan's frightening strength, while Zhao Xuan wondered why his body was so powerful.

Zhao Xuan and Tang San underwent martial soul awakening in Sacred Soul Village, where Tang San revealed innate full Soul Power despite awakening Blue Silver Grass. Zhao Xuan then began his own awakening, and a square object appeared in his right hand.

• Old Jack brought Zhao Xuan and Tang San to the village Spirit Hall for their martial soul awakening.
• Su Yuntao awakened the other village children, whose farm-tool or Blue Silver Grass martial souls showed no Soul Power.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and demonstrated innate full Soul Power when he touched the crystal ball.
• Zhao Xuan entered the awakening formation, felt something emerge, and saw a square object appear in his right hand.

Zhao Xuan awakened a phone Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, then discovered he also had a computer Martial Soul. His parents agreed that he should attend the Soul Master Academy, while Su Yuntao planned to investigate the unusual awakenings.

• Zhao Xuan awakened a phone Martial Soul and demonstrated Innate Full Soul Power, while Su Yuntao recorded his and Tang San’s rare results.
• Old Jack learned that Tang San and Zhao Xuan had Soul Power and offered them work-study places at the Soul Master Academy.
• On his way home, Zhao Xuan summoned a computer Martial Soul and realized he possessed two Martial Souls.
• Zhao Xuan told Zhao Shi and Mu Qin about his phone Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power but concealed his Second Spirit.
• Zhao Shi decided that Zhao Xuan would attend the academy, while Mu Qin stopped him from testing the phone by smashing nuts.

Zhao Xuan and Tang San arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where Master recognized Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls and accepted him as a disciple. Zhao Xuan revealed that he also had two unusual Martial Souls, but declined Master’s offer to teach him, leaving Master with Tang San as his student and Zhao Xuan available for future research.

• Zhao Shi gave Zhao Xuan Gold Soul Coins, and Old Jack took Zhao Xuan and Tang San from Sacred Soul Village to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• The gatekeeper insulted Old Jack and the boys, but Master intervened, verified their certificates, and apologized for the gatekeeper’s conduct.
• Master deduced from Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and Innate Full Soul Power that he possessed another Martial Soul, and Tang San accepted Master as his teacher.
• Zhao Xuan revealed that he had two Martial Souls, a cellphone and a computer, prompting Master to examine and record them.
• Master offered to teach Zhao Xuan, but Zhao Xuan refused and suggested Master focus on Tang San while calling him for future research.

Tang San and Zhao Xuan arrived at the Seventh Dormitory, where Tang San defeated Wang Sheng and agreed to protect the Work-Study Students from bullies. A new student, Xiao Wu, then defeated Tang San and became the dormitory’s boss.

• Tang San and Zhao Xuan enrolled at the academy and were assigned to the Seventh Dormitory, where Wang Sheng challenged them to obey him as boss.
• Tang San swiftly defeated Wang Sheng, who then explained that he needed someone strong to protect the Work-Study Students from bullying; Tang San agreed to take responsibility.
• Xiao Wu arrived, and Wang Sheng told her that newcomers had to fight the dormitory boss.
• Xiao Wu fought Tang San with her Soft Skill techniques and defeated him after he held back.
• The dormitory students accepted Xiao Wu as their new boss and called her Sister Xiao Wu.

Tang San, Zhao Xuan, and Xiao Wu settled into the Seventh Dormitory, where Zhao Xuan offered to cover meals for Tang San and Xiao Wu. At the cafeteria, Zhao Xuan provoked older students, but Hermione intervened and left him annoyed with her.

• Teacher Mo delivered bedding for Tang San and Zhao Xuan, praised the Master’s knowledge, and encouraged Tang San to study under him.
• Xiao Wu claimed one set of bedding as the dormitory’s new boss, and Zhao Xuan took the other before Tang San could claim it.
• Tang San declined to go to dinner, but Zhao Xuan offered to pay for his meals; Zhao Xuan then offered to cover Xiao Wu’s meals for two days as well.
• At the cafeteria, older students mocked Wang Sheng and the Work-Study Students, and Zhao Xuan challenged them to come down and fight.
• Hermione stopped the confrontation, warned Xiao Lang against bullying Work-Study Students, and advised Zhao Xuan not to provoke older students before heading upstairs.

Master took Tang San and Zhao Xuan to the Soul Hunting Forest to find a suitable Spirit Beast, giving them Soul Tools and introducing them to his martial soul, Luo San Pao. The chapter ended with Zhao Xuan effortlessly killing a pack of Shadow Wolves, leaving Tang San and Master shocked by his strength.

• Tang San woke Zhao Xuan, and the two joined Master on a journey to the Soul Hunting Forest, where Master explained basic soul master knowledge and discussed Zhao Xuan's unknown martial souls.
• Master gave Tang San a twenty-four-space Soul Tool and Zhao Xuan a five-cubic-meter storage ring, while again offering to take Zhao Xuan as his disciple.
• After entering the forest, Master summoned Luo San Pao, and the group encountered a ten-year Striped Cat before continuing their search for a suitable Spirit Beast.
• At their campsite, Luo San Pao detected approaching Shadow Wolves, and Zhao Xuan charged at the pack despite Master's warning.
• Zhao Xuan killed the Shadow Wolves with his bare hands, leaving Tang San and Master stunned by his strength.

Zhao Xuan and Tang San encountered a poisonous Mandala Snake in the Soul Hunting Forest, and Tang San killed it to absorb his first soul ring. While Tang San absorbed it, Zhao Xuan discovered a giant turtle and knocked it unconscious, revealing another yellow soul ring.

• Luo San Pao's fart drove a poisonous creature from the bushes, and a Mandala Snake lunged at him.
• Zhao Xuan battered the Mandala Snake while Tang San struck its eye with a Hidden Sleeve Dart.
• The master chose the nearly four-hundred-year-old Mandala Snake as Tang San's first soul ring, and Zhao Xuan willingly gave it to him.
• Zhao Xuan guarded Tang San while he absorbed the soul ring, then went to a stream and stumbled into a giant turtle.
• Zhao Xuan punched the turtle's head, and a yellow soul ring appeared above it.

Tang San and Zhao Xuan both absorbed their first soul rings, and the Master witnessed their new abilities. Zhao Xuan’s six-hundred-year Stone Turtle ring gave him a one-second imprisonment skill called Immovable.

• The Master discovered Zhao Xuan absorbing a six-hundred-year Stone Turtle soul ring and recorded his observations while guarding him and Tang San.
• Tang San woke after absorbing a Mandala Snake soul ring and found that his Mysterious Heaven Skill had broken through.
• Tang San demonstrated Blue Silver Grass vines that trapped and paralyzed a bird, confirming the Master’s theory about soul rings shaping martial souls.
• Zhao Xuan awoke successfully and used his first soul skill to immobilize the Master within a ten-meter range, regardless of the target’s Soul Power Level.
• Zhao Xuan named his imprisonment skill Immovable.

After returning to Nuoding City, Tang San and Zhao Xuan visited Spirit Hall to test their Soul Power and register for their monthly subsidy. Zhao Xuan received two Gold Soul Coins and learned that the Work-Study Students were being drawn into a challenge against Boss Xiao, prompting him to investigate.

• Master sent Tang San and Zhao Xuan to Spirit Hall to test their Soul Power and register for the Empire's monthly subsidy.
• Su Yuntao recognized the two boys at Spirit Hall and brought them to Master Ma Xiuno for their advancement appraisal.
• Tang San revealed his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and Hundred-Year Mandala Snake Soul Ring, while Master Ma Xiuno's reaction and Master's conflict with Spirit Hall affected Tang San's impression of it.
• Zhao Xuan summoned his mobile phone martial soul and Six-Hundred-Year Stone Turtle Soul Ring, then tested at level sixteen Soul Power.
• Zhao Xuan collected his two Gold Soul Coins and heard students say the Work-Study Students planned to challenge Boss Xiao, so he went to find out more.

Zhao Xuan arrived at the back mountain and single-handedly defeated Boss Xiao’s group, securing Xiao Wu’s place as their boss. Hermione reported him for hurting fellow students, and the chapter left Master angrily leaving the headmaster’s office after being accused of organizing a brawl.

• Zhao Xuan hurried to the back mountain, where Xiao Wu’s Work-Study Students were watching Wang Sheng lose a fight against the upperclassmen.
• Zhao Xuan arrived and joked that Tang San had been pawned off for food before challenging Boss Xiao’s group to fight him together.
• Zhao Xuan revealed his Level 16 Weapon Soul Master strength and quickly knocked down Liu Long and more than twenty upperclassmen.
• Hermione confronted Zhao Xuan for hurting fellow students, but the upperclassmen got up and claimed they were fine under his intimidating gaze.
• Zhao Xuan made Boss Xiao’s group acknowledge Xiao Wu as their boss, while Hermione went back to the academy and Master later complained about her accusation of a brawl.

Zhao Xuan returned to Sacred Soul Village for the holiday and learned that Tang Hao had left, leaving Tang San only a letter. He comforted Tang San by suggesting Tang Hao had gone to resolve a long-standing problem, and Tang San decided to become strong enough to find out what his father was facing.

• Zhao Xuan, Tang San, and Xiao Wu left Nuoding Academy for the holiday, and Zhao Xuan returned to his parents in Sacred Soul Village.
• Zhao Shi told Zhao Xuan that Tang Hao had visited days earlier, asked them to look after Tang San, and then left to handle something.
• Zhao Xuan found Xiao Wu waiting outside Tang San's house and entered to see Tang San standing stunned with Tang Hao's letter.
• Zhao Xuan threw away the letter and speculated that Tang Hao had left to resolve the cause of his long-standing despair, possibly putting himself in danger.
• Zhao Xuan and Xiao Wu reassured Tang San that he still had them, and Tang San resolved to grow strong enough to discover what his father was facing.

Five years later, Zhao Xuan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Hermione arrived in Suotuo City and entered the Rose Hotel, where Tang San fought Dai Mubai. The chapter left Zhao Xuan stepping forward to take on Dai Mubai after seeing his three Soul Rings.

• Zhao Xuan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Hermione arrived in Suotuo City, and Zhao Xuan teased Hermione about following him there.
• Xiao Wu chose the Rose Hotel, where Tang San and Xiao Wu argued with Dai Mubai and two sisters.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai fought hand to hand, impressing each other with their skill.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Possession and revealed two yellow Soul Rings and one purple Soul Ring.
• Zhao Xuan stepped forward and told Tang San that Dai Mubai was his opponent.

Zhao Xuan sparred with Dai Mubai and decisively defeated him using his overwhelming strength and unusual soul skills. Dai Mubai left after promising to spar with Zhao Xuan and Tang San again.

• Dai Mubai challenged Zhao Xuan and Tang San, but Tang San stepped aside when Zhao Xuan revealed he was a Rank 34 Tool Soul Elder.
• Zhao Xuan kicked Dai Mubai across the room before Dai Mubai could land a blow, then sent him flying again when he attacked with two White Tiger soul skills.
• Zhao Xuan explained that his Third Soul Skill created a clone and used his Second Soul Skill to cut off Dai Mubai's Soul Power, stopping his own Third Soul Skill.
• Dai Mubai acknowledged his defeat, promised Zhao Xuan and Tang San they would spar again, and left with the two beauties.

Zhao Xuan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Hermione reached the shabby Shrek Academy and witnessed its strict admissions process. After learning that it accepted only unusually talented students, Zhao Xuan became interested in enrolling.

• Zhao Xuan teased Tang San and Xiao Wu about their stay at the Rose Hotel, while Hermione joined in the teasing.
• The group arrived at a village outside Suotuo City and discovered the rundown Shrek Academy entrance.
• Zhao Xuan judged the admissions elder to be at least a Soul King, surprising Hermione with his assessment.
• The elder rejected an over-age applicant, and Dai Mubai revealed his three soul rings to deter the applicant's angry father.
• The elder explained that Shrek Academy accepted only monsters under thirteen with Soul Power of at least level twenty-one, prompting Zhao Xuan to take an interest in the academy.

Zhao Xuan and his companions registered at Shrek Academy after witnessing the registration examiner reveal his Soul Emperor strength. Zhao Xuan passed the test with an unexpectedly powerful body and three Soul Rings, and Dai Mubai led the group onward after becoming fixated on a cold, beautiful girl in black.

• The registration examiner revealed six Soul Rings, including a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and frightened most applicants into leaving.
• Dai Mubai welcomed Zhao Xuan's group and directed them to register as the crowd dwindled.
• The examiner was shocked by Zhao Xuan's physical strength, then tested Hermione, Xiao Wu, and Tang San.
• Zhao Xuan and his companions released their Martial Souls, revealing that Zhao Xuan had three Soul Rings, including a purple one.
• A cold, beautiful girl in black appeared behind the group, drawing Zhao Xuan's praise and Dai Mubai's attention.
• The examiner urged Dai Mubai to take the applicants to the next stage, and Dai Mubai led them inside while repeatedly looking back at the girl.

Zhao Xuan and the others entered Shrek Academy, where they met Oscar, a fourteen-year-old student with a Food System Martial Soul who sold sausages made through an embarrassing Soul Incantation. After passing the academy’s tests, the group reached the final checkpoint alongside the two girls Dai Mubai had noticed.

• Dai Mubai said the black-clad girl’s aura might complement his Martial Soul and hurried after her.
• The group met Oscar at his sausage stall, where he claimed he was fourteen and introduced himself as a Shrek student.
• At Dai Mubai’s insistence, Oscar summoned a sausage with his Soul Incantation, shocking the group and driving the girls away.
• Dai Mubai explained that Oscar had a powerful Food System Martial Soul and innate full Soul Power.
• Zhao Xuan, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Hermione, Dai Mubai, and the black-clad girl passed the tests and arrived at the final checkpoint.

Zhao Xuan and the others reached Shrek Academy’s final assessment, where Teacher Zhao Wuji challenged them to survive against him for one incense stick. After learning about Zhao Wuji’s formidable strength, the group introduced their abilities and prepared to coordinate under Tang San’s command.

• Dai Mubai brought the six candidates to Teacher Zhao, who lit an incense stick and announced that they had to last against him for its duration.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Teacher Zhao was Zhao Wuji, a Level 76 Soul Saint with the Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul and the title Immoveable King.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Zhao Wuji had once escaped a siege by sixteen Spirit Hall bishops, and Dai Mubai described his powerful Soul Rings.
• The candidates introduced their Martial Souls and abilities, including Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and Hermione’s wand.
• Zhao Xuan announced that he was a Rank 34 Control System Soul Elder and left command of the group to Tang San.

Zhao Xuan and the others fought Zhao Wuji in their entrance test, using their skills and teamwork to gain an advantage. After Xiao Wu was hurt by backlash, Zhao Xuan struck Zhao Wuji and Tang San stepped in, setting up a furious counterattack as the incense still burned.

• Ning Rongrong boosted the group's strength and speed while Zhao Xuan disrupted Zhao Wuji's attempt to target her.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji, but his Gravity Enhancement slowed her until Hermione's spell removed the effect.
• Tang San bound Zhao Wuji with Blue Silver Grass, and Xiao Wu's Charm failed against Zhao Wuji's greater Soul Power, leaving her injured.
• Zhao Xuan used his bracelet's skill to appear before Zhao Wuji, immobilized him, and punched him across the field.
• Zhao Wuji got back up and insisted the battle continue, but Tang San stopped Zhao Xuan after settling Xiao Wu down.

Tang San and the others recovered after their test against Zhao Wuji, and Zhao Wuji declared that they had passed. The chapter ended with Tang San offering to remove his hidden weapons from Zhao Wuji before they caused worse injuries.

• Zhao Xuan checked on Zhao Wuji after the final clash, then carried the injured Tang San over while Hermione used her First Soul Skill to purge Zhao Wuji's toxins.
• Dai Mubai summoned Oscar, whose healing sausage Zhao Xuan fed to Tang San, helping his bruises fade.
• Oscar mistook Zhao Wuji's swollen face for a pig's head, then awkwardly gave him a sausage and a Small Sausage to heal his injuries.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether they had passed, and Zhao Wuji confirmed that the group had passed the test.
• Tang San offered to remove the hidden weapons lodged in Zhao Wuji's body before Zhao Wuji had to cut out the affected flesh.

Dai Mubai showed the new students Shrek Academy’s shabby campus and explained that it had only three students before this year’s arrivals. Zhao Xuan and Tang San settled into their dormitory, while the others reacted to their new living conditions and to tensions between Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

• Dai Mubai told the group that Shrek Academy had only three students, then led the girls to their old wooden dormitory.
• Tang San carried Xiao Wu inside and, with Zhao Xuan’s help, made her bed; Hermione watched Zhao Xuan before turning away.
• Dai Mubai took Zhao Xuan and Tang San to their cabin, where he explained that Oscar shared it and that the dean had gone to earn money by opening a shop.
• Dai Mubai told Zhao Xuan and Tang San where and when to get meals, then left them to settle in.

Tang San, Zhao Xuan, Xiao Wu, and Hermione went looking for breakfast and stumbled into Xiao Wu interrupting Ma Hongjun and Cuihua’s argument. Dai Mubai explained Ma Hongjun’s situation, leaving the group embarrassed as Ma Hongjun hurried off to eat.

• Tang San retrieved his Hidden Weapons, then he and Zhao Xuan found Oscar asleep and went to get Xiao Wu and Hermione for breakfast.
• The group searched for the cafeteria, and Hermione suggested poaching Shrek Academy’s teachers for Nuoding Academy.
• Xiao Wu stepped in when she saw Ma Hongjun arguing with Cuihua, but Cuihua clarified that Ma Hongjun was her boyfriend.
• Dai Mubai arrived and introduced Ma Hongjun as a student whose martial soul was the Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Dai Mubai explained Ma Hongjun’s situation, and Ma Hongjun blushed and hurried away to eat.

Dai Mubai explained why Shrek Academy’s teachers lived in poverty, then introduced Zhao Xuan and the others to the academy’s formidable faculty over breakfast. Afterward, the students gathered near the dormitories, where Ma Hongjun noticed the girls and immediately gave up on his chances.

• Hermione asked Dai Mubai why Shrek Academy was so run-down, and he explained that its teachers had rejected wealth and status to live freely.
• Dai Mubai introduced Li Yusong, Lu Qibin, and Shao Xin, revealing that the academy employed two Soul Emperors and two Soul Sages.
• The students ate a humble breakfast, and Dai Mubai took steamed buns to Zhu Zhuqing while Xiao Wu and Hermione brought food to the girls.
• Tang San asked whether they should bring food for Oscar, but Zhao Xuan dismissed the idea and left the cafeteria.
• Ma Hongjun joined the group near the dormitories, saw the girls, and concluded that he had no chance with them.
• Two figures arrived late as the students waited on the field.

Zhao Xuan, Tang San, and the others met Shrek Academy’s headmaster, Flender, who welcomed the new students and announced their next instructions. Flender asked Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Tang San to stay behind, leaving Tang San wondering why he had been singled out.

• Ma Hongjun learned from Dai Mubai that Zhao Xuan and Tang San had defeated Zhao Wuji, and Dai Mubai warned him not to provoke Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Xuan and Tang San noticed that Zhao Wuji appeared more injured than before and wondered what had happened to him.
• Xiao Wu recognized the man following Zhao Wuji as the merchant who had cheated her and Tang San, then learned he was Shrek Academy’s headmaster, Flender.
• Tang San recognized the sausage-eating newcomer as Oscar, whose appearance surprised him and Xiao Wu.
• Flender welcomed the six new students, told them to pay one hundred Gold Soul Coins, and asked Dai Mubai to explain the academy rules.
• Flender told Ning Rongrong, Oscar, and Tang San to stay behind after the others were dismissed.