Chapter Summaries

Xue Xiao Ran returned to the dorm after a week away, where Wang Dong'er confronted him and announced she would live with him. As Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy's exchange students arrived, Xue Xiao Ran learned the Tang Sect would gather that afternoon and expected to fight Xu Sanshi.

• Wang Dong'er questioned Xue Xiao Ran about his week-long absence, and he explained that he had entered the Inner Court to treat a senior sister's injuries before collapsing from depleted Soul Power.
• Wang Dong'er told Xue Xiao Ran that the class tournament had been won and that Meng Hong Chen and Xiao Hong Chen were coming to Shrek Academy; she also revealed she had switched dorms to live with him.
• Xue Xiao Ran resumed working on his Soul Tools while Wang Dong'er cultivated and resolved to catch up to him.
• Yan Shaozhe led Xiao Hong Chen and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy exchange students into Shrek Academy, while Meng Hong Chen searched for Xue Xiao Ran.
• Bei Bei told Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er that the Tang Sect would mobilize that afternoon and insisted they attend.
• Xue Xiao Ran predicted Xu Sanshi would challenge him and told Wang Dong'er he was confident he could win despite Xu Sanshi's stronger Soul Power and defensive Martial Soul.

Xue Xiao Ran joined Bei Bei and the others at the Tang Sect, where Bei Bei announced that Elder Xuan had named him a lifelong Shrek Seven Devils member for curing Ma Xiaotao's corruption. After Xu Sanshi refused to put aside his grudge, Xue Xiao Ran challenged him to a one-on-one fight and gained the upper hand.

• Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong visited the Tang Sect, where Bei Bei introduced Xue Xiao Ran to the members present.
• Bei Bei explained that Xue Xiao Ran had cured Ma Xiaotao's corruption and had been granted lifelong Shrek Seven Devils status.
• Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan welcomed Xue Xiao Ran, but Xu Sanshi continued to show hostility toward him.
• Xue Xiao Ran challenged Xu Sanshi to a one-on-one fight after confronting him about his repeated snide remarks.
• Xu Sanshi attacked through a cloud of black water, but Xue Xiao Ran vanished into smoke and struck him from behind with the Sword Cannon.

Xue Xiao Ran defeated Xu Sanshi with Cold Poison and Extreme Ice, then his friends helped Xu Sanshi regain his confidence and offered advice for improving his fighting style. Afterward, Xue Xiao Ran reunited with Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen, and explained that he had returned to Shrek for his brother.

• Xu Sanshi charged Xue Xiao Ran repeatedly, but Xue Xiao Ran used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and poison to wear him down and knock him unconscious.
• Bei Bei carried Xu Sanshi to a stone bench, and Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong discussed why Xu Sanshi had lost and how he could improve.
• Xu Sanshi woke up dejected, but Jiang Nannan encouraged him, and Bei Bei offered to teach him the essence of Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Xue Xiao Ran met Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen, and they went to a nearby shop for drinks.
• Xiao Hong Chen expressed surprise that Xue Xiao Ran had joined Shrek, and Xue Xiao Ran said he had returned for his brother.

Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen told Xue Xiao Ran that their grandfather might let them leave the Hongchen Family to avoid being drawn into Xu Tian Ran’s political plans. Xue Xiao Ran worried they would be bound to the royal family if they returned, and resolved to discuss their situation with Xuan Zi.

• Xiao Hong Chen explained that Jing Hong Chen had grown close to Xu Tian Ran and was considering a marriage alliance involving Meng Hong Chen.
• Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen said they were considering leaving the Hongchen Family, though they had not decided whether to stay at Shrek after the exchange program.
• Wang Dong joined Xue Xiao Ran and warned Xiao Hong Chen that the Sun Moon Empire might start a continent-wide war within ten years.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong returned to the Tang Sect, where Bei Bei was preparing to teach Xu Sanshi Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Xue Xiao Ran worried that the Hongchen siblings would become tools of the royal family if they returned and decided he still needed to speak with Xuan Zi.

After two months of growing tensions between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, Xue Xiao Ran was ordered to teach his classmates about Soul Tools. He demonstrated his skill by blasting the defiant Dai Hua Bin with a concealed Soul Tool, leaving the class stunned.

• A clash between students from the two academies during a Martial Soul class left a Sun Moon exchange student seriously injured and deepened their hostility.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Nana continued their Soul Tool work at Shrek Academy, where Nana demonstrated assembly alongside Teacher Fan Yu.
• Shrek Academy announced a Soul Tool Competition and arranged a training lesson for students from four classes.
• Zhou Yi and Wang Yan persuaded Xue Xiao Ran to teach the lesson because of his extensive Soul Tool knowledge.
• Dai Hua Bin challenged Xue Xiao Ran's authority, and Xue Xiao Ran blasted the ground at his feet with a concealed Soul Tool, warning that he could have lost a leg.

Xue Xiao Ran demonstrated Soul Tools to Shrek's students and revealed an armory of weapons he had made himself. He let the students practice with them and gave Wang Dong a fast Soul Ray, while doubting Shrek could catch up to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy.

• Dai Hua Bin warned Xue Xiao Ran that charging forward during the demonstration could have cost him a leg.
• Xue Xiao Ran revealed five racks of Soul Tools he had made and promised to give each student one as a personal weapon.
• Xue Xiao Ran explained how Soul Rays worked, then fired four Rank 4 Soul Rays at Iron Man targets using fan-shaped fire.
• The students lined up to handle the Third-rank Soul Rays and practiced aiming and shooting at the targets.
• Xue Xiao Ran gave Wang Dong his faster Soul Ray to try, then worried that Shrek would struggle to catch up with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy.

Xue Xiao Ran arranged for Xiao Hong Chen to demonstrate Soul Tool attacks so Shrek’s students could learn how to evade them. After Xiao Hong Chen’s costly barrage stunned the observers, he and Xue Xiao Ran discussed his techniques and Xue Xiao Ran’s desire to avoid becoming a pawn.

• Wang Yan asked to examine the Soul Tools Xue Xiao Ran had gathered, and Xue Xiao Ran let him inspect them.
• Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen arrived, and Xue Xiao Ran introduced Xiao Hong Chen as an example for teaching the students how to defend against Soul Tools.
• Xiao Hong Chen fired over thirty shells from more than ten Fixed Soul Cannons, then rapidly switched to Soul Rays and struck the iron dummies.
• Wang Yan and the Shrek students were stunned by the barrage and its enormous cost, while Xue Xiao Ran praised Xiao Hong Chen’s rapid switching technique.
• Xiao Hong Chen offered to teach Xue Xiao Ran the technique, and Xue Xiao Ran said he did not want to become anyone’s pawn or sword.
• Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen left after exchanging farewells with Xue Xiao Ran.

After Xue Xiaoran’s display at the Soul Fighting Arena, Zhou Yi and Wang Yan learned about his connection to Xiao Hong Chen and his transfer from Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy to Shrek Academy. At the Canteen, Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luo Chen confronted him because Ling Luo Chen’s ice abilities had weakened since their fight, and Xue Xiaoran discovered the Ice Empress was responsible.

• Wang Yan and Zhou Yi learned that Xue Xiaoran and Xiao Hong Chen had a long-distance communication Soul Tool and had once been classmates at Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy.
• Xue Xiaoran left the office, and Wang Yan told Zhou Yi that Elder Xuan had said Xue Xiaoran seemed to be an Inner Court member.
• Xue Xiaoran joined Wang Dong at the Canteen, where Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luo Chen were waiting to speak with him.
• Ling Luo Chen told Xue Xiaoran that her control of ice and snow had weakened since he defeated her, and the Ice Empress admitted she had taken away part of Ling Luo Chen’s perception of the ice element.

Xue Xiao Ran reassured Ling Luo Chen that her martial soul was no longer restricted, though he maintained that his elemental advantage meant she could never surpass him. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Three-eyed Golden Rui took human form and wondered whether Xue Xiao Ran would like her true appearance.

• Xue Xiao Ran told Ling Luo Chen that his Extreme Ice had previously affected her martial soul but that the restriction was now gone.
• Xue Xiao Ran said Ling Luo Chen could not surpass him in martial souls because of absolute elemental suppression, and Ma Xiaotao comforted her.
• Three-eyed Golden Rui emerged from a waterfall in the Star Dou Great Forest, transformed into a girl, and asked whether her human form would do.
• Bi Ji visited Three-eyed Golden Rui and recognized that she had taken on an unfamiliar appearance.
• Three-eyed Golden Rui asked Bi Ji whether her original appearance was pretty, and Bi Ji assured her that she was the prettiest.

Three-eyed Golden Rui wanted to leave the Star Dou Great Forest to find Xue Xiao Ran, but Bi Ji insisted she first learn to control her emotions. At Shrek Academy, Xue Xiao Ran and Wang Dong'er grew closer, and the chapter ended with them hurrying to Teacher Zhou's class.

• Bi Ji warned Three-eyed Golden Rui that traveling alone was dangerous and promised to teach her about controlling her emotions.
• Wang Dong'er grew jealous of Ma Xiaotao's closeness to Xue Xiao Ran, and Xue Xiao Ran reassured her until she accepted his feelings.
• Xue Xiao Ran noticed that more of his hair had turned silver and reflected on how peaceful life with Wang Dong'er had become.
• Xue Xiao Ran woke Wang Dong'er and reminded her to put on the jade plaque before they rushed to class.

Tang Ya disappeared from Shrek Academy, leaving Bei Bei distraught as he searched for her. Xue Xiao Ran reasoned that she had deliberately left without telling anyone, then encouraged Jiang Nannan to focus on improving herself.

• Bei Bei learned that Tang Ya had left the academy the previous evening and had not returned, and he set out to search for her.
• Xue Xiao Ran recalled Tang Ya’s recent low spirits and concluded that she had left without wanting anyone to follow or make a commotion.
• Wang Dong suggested Tang Ya might have gone to find her parents, and Bei Bei revealed that they had died long ago before leaving to search again with Xu Sanshi.
• Xue Xiao Ran told Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan that searching the continent was futile and that they should wait for Tang Ya to return.
• Jiang Nannan admitted she wanted to defeat Xue Xiao Ran, and he urged her to train her speed and make use of her competitive nature.
• Xue Xiao Ran later told Wang Dong he had challenged Jiang Nannan so she would stop dwelling on her defeat and keep progressing toward the Inner Court.

Xue Xiao Ran confronted Dai Yueheng after he insulted Senior Sister Nana and forced him to apologize. Dai Yueheng left in anger, while Xue Xiao Ran and Nana returned to discussing a new Soul Tool shell experiment.

• Xue Xiao Ran asked Senior Sister Nana about crafting Level 5 Soul Tools and proposed innovating a Soul Tool shell.
• Dai Yueheng confronted Xue Xiao Ran over refusing Ma Xiaotao's repeated invitations to join the Inner Court.
• Xue Xiao Ran explained that he would enter the Inner Court only after graduating, and Dai Yueheng insulted Nana as a lackey of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xue Xiao Ran demanded that Dai Yueheng return and apologize to Nana, and Dai Yueheng briefly released his six soul rings before backing down.
• Dai Yueheng apologized to Nana and left, and Xue Xiao Ran arranged to test his new Soul Tool shell with her the next day.

As the Friendship Exchange Tournament approached, Xue Xiao Ran struggled with a cultivation bottleneck and the Angel God Swords sealed in his Sea of Consciousness while helping Wang Dong celebrate her achievement. He grew overwhelmed by Soul Tool Department assignments, and Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen helped train him as they discussed Shrek’s chances against their academy.

• Xue Xiao Ran wondered why Qian Ren Xue had sealed two Angel God Swords in his Sea of Consciousness and worried that drawing them would make him become the Angel God.
• Wang Dong returned from Sea God Island, told Xue Xiao Ran she had become a lifelong member of the Shrek Seven Devils, and received a pinkish-blue gemstone necklace from him.
• Wang Dong kissed Xue Xiao Ran, and a nearby female student saw them; the next day, rumors that they were having an affair spread through their grade.
• As the Friendship Exchange Tournament drew closer, Xue Xiao Ran’s classes and Soul Tool assignments kept him working late, so Xiao Hong Chen and Meng Hong Chen came to help him practice.
• Xiao Hong Chen taught Xue Xiao Ran rapid switching and said Shrek’s chances against them were uncertain because Shrek was renowned for its Martial Soul Department.

Xue Xiao Ran entered seclusion rather than joining Shrek Academy's friendly match against the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy, leaving Wang Dong to lead Shrek. The first duel began with Dai Hua Bin fighting Cao Po Tian, who took to the sky and prepared a Soul Shield as Dai Hua Bin pursued him.

• Xue Xiao Ran told Xuan Zi that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy was favored to win because its students could use Soul Tools freely, then said Wang Dong could lead Shrek in his absence.
• Wang Dong led Shrek's students into the one-on-one match series against Xiao Hong Chen's team, while Xue Xiao Ran went to train in seclusion.
• Dai Hua Bin volunteered to fight Shrek's first match and entered the arena carrying a third-rank giant Soul Blade.
• Cao Po Tian activated his Soul Tool Flight Devices after the match began, and Dai Hua Bin used his own flying device to pursue him.
• Dai Hua Bin unleashed the White Tiger Blazing Light Wave at close range, but Cao Po Tian raised a Soul Shield to counter it as Xuan Zi and Xian Lin'er watched anxiously.

Dai Hua Bin defeated Cao Po Tian in a brutal match, giving Shrek Academy its tenth win and setting up the final bout between Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen. Xiao Hong Chen opened with a barrage of Soul Cannons, while Xue Xiao Ran prepared a formation of floating Soul Tool Swords.

• Dai Hua Bin endured Cao Po Tian's Invincible Golden Shield and Soul Ray, then destroyed their Soul Tools in a final clash.
• Cao Po Tian admitted defeat, and Yan Shaozhe declared Shrek Academy the winner of the match.
• Xiao Hong Chen considered whether to defeat Shrek in the final bout as Xue Xiao Ran arrived and challenged him.
• Xiao Hong Chen and Xue Xiao Ran exchanged remarks about their Soul Tool abilities before Yan Shaozhe began the fight.
• Xiao Hong Chen deployed dozens of Soul Cannons and ordered them to fire as Xue Xiao Ran raised more than a dozen floating Soul Tool Swords.

Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen fought an intense Soul Tool duel, each reveling in the freedom to battle without academy rules. Their match left them bloodied but smiling, as Xue Xiao Ran recognized Xiao Hong Chen as a kindred spirit and hoped they would someday stand together at the summit.

• Xiao Hong Chen unleashed a barrage of Level Five Fixed Soul Cannons, and Xue Xiao Ran survived the blast with an Invincible Golden Body Shield.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen exchanged blows with Level 5 Soul Tool swords while discussing their desire for unrestricted combat.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen summoned Soul Rays and poured their Soul Power into a direct contest of firepower.
• Xuan Zi and Xian Lin'er praised the duel and discussed Xue Xiao Ran's hidden abilities and his future place among Shrek's lifelong Shrek Seven Devils.
• Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen ended the exchange bloodied but exhilarated, recognizing each other as confidants.

Xue Xiao Ran defeated Xiao Hong Chen in the final match, giving Shrek Academy an overall victory over the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Academy. Back in class, Xue Xiao Ran learned that Mu En wanted to meet with everyone after class.

• Xue Xiao Ran and Xiao Hong Chen fought with their Soul Tools, each predicting the other's attacks because they knew each other so well.
• Xue Xiao Ran's red cannon beam overcame Xiao Hong Chen's black lightning, and Yan Shaozhe intervened to protect Xiao Hong Chen before declaring Xue Xiao Ran the winner.
• Shrek Academy won the friendly match, finishing with ten victories and ten losses; Xiao Hong Chen kept his trump card unused and acknowledged that he owed Xue Xiao Ran a favor.
• Xue Xiao Ran returned to class injured and learned that Mu En wanted to see everyone after class.
• Xue Xiao Ran hoped Wang Dong would receive a good reward and thought that Wang Dong'er's happiness would make him happy too.

Xue Xiao Ran and the others traveled to Sea God Pavilion, where Yan Shaozhe named them the Shrek Seven Devils for life. Mu En explained that Xue Xiao Ran’s rare martial souls had drawn the academy’s interest and assigned him, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to train under him on Sea God Island.

• Elder Xuanzi took Xue Xiao Ran, Wang Dong, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao by boat to Sea God Island.
• At Sea God Pavilion, Xue Xiao Ran declined the seat offered to him and stood before the academy’s leaders.
• Yan Shaozhe granted the group the title of Shrek Seven Devils for life.
• Mu En told Xue Xiao Ran that his two Extreme Martial Souls were one reason for the academy’s rewards, and promised to explain more if Xue Xiao Ran became his student.
• Mu En ordered Xue Xiao Ran, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to remain on Sea God Island for his instruction, while Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi would train under Elder Xuanzi and Jiang Nannan under Cai Mei’er.

Mu En brought Xue Xiao Ran and the others to the Golden Tree’s carved interior beneath the Sea God Pavilion, where Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao were sent to meditate. Alone in a white room, Xue Xiao Ran answered Mu En’s questions about justice and Spiritual Power, while Mu En revealed how little he could understand about Xue Xiao Ran’s powers and origins.

• Mu En used the Golden Tree’s power to bring Xue Xiao Ran, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao into a vast hall beneath the Sea God Pavilion and explained that the pavilion had been carved from the tree.
• Mu En sent Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to separate rooms to cultivate, then directed Xue Xiao Ran to a room of his own.
• Xue Xiao Ran entered the empty white room, sensed the Life Tree’s aura, and began meditating as Mu En questioned him about justice.
• Xue Xiao Ran said that not everyone in the Holy Spirit Cult was evil, but those who forced others into it deserved to die; Mu En concluded that Xue Xiao Ran’s third Martial Soul had not influenced him.
• Mu En asked about Spiritual Power and examined Xue Xiao Ran’s Soul Rings, noting a seal in his first ring and wondering about his connection to the Extreme North and the Carefree Sword Sect.
• Mu En compared Xue Xiao Ran with Huo Yu Hao and wondered whether their differences were fated, and Xue Xiao Ran replied that perhaps only the gods knew.

After passing both Inner Court entrance examinations, Xue Xiao Ran discussed his ambitions and fighting style with Mu En at Sea God Pavilion. He called Mu En “Teacher” after revealing his third martial soul, as Mu En appeared ready to pass Shrek’s legacy to the next generation.

• Xue Xiao Ran told Mu En that he had entered the Inner Court after surviving the Martial Soul Department’s examination and creating a Level 5 Soul Tool for the Soul Tool Department’s test.
• Mu En asked Xue Xiao Ran what path he would follow, and Xue Xiao Ran said he would forge his own path to the heavens.
• Xue Xiao Ran explained that he wanted to preserve every martial soul and fighting method, while promising to fight for Shrek as one of the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Mu En asked to see Xue Xiao Ran’s third martial soul, and Xue Xiao Ran transformed, revealing silver-white hair, Golden Eyes, and six white wings before kneeling and calling him “Teacher.”