Chapter Summaries

After Jiang Ming and Ma Xiaotao returned to Shrek Academy injured, Mu En assigned their mission rewards and added them to the tournament roster. While they recovered, Zhang Lexuan led the team to crushing victories, and the chapter left her teammates anticipating an even stronger lineup in the next tournament.

• Xuan Zi brought Jiang Ming and Ma Xiaotao back to Shrek Academy, where Qian Duoduo and Fan Yu learned that Jiang Ming needed time to recover from an Evil Soul Master's spiritual attack.
• Xuan Zi presented the Undying Legion Leader's mutated Head Soul Bone, and Mu En awarded disposal rights to Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan while counting the mission as three missions with reduced rewards.
• Mu En added Jiang Ming and Ma Xiaotao to the tournament roster as they recovered from their injuries.
• Zhang Lexuan led the Reserve Team into a match and defeated all seven opponents in under a minute.
• Zhang Lexuan and her teammates expected the next tournament to be even more difficult for their opponents as their team members grew stronger.

Jiang Ming planned to make money by writing novels while continuing to suppress the evil Spiritual Power in his Sea of Consciousness, and Mu En wondered about his relationship with Zhang Lexuan. Ma Xiaotao finally woke from her coma, but she could no longer suppress her Evil Fire with the Thousand-Year Profound Ice alone.

• Jiang Ming told Mu En that resisting the evil Spiritual Power had improved his control over his own Spiritual Power.
• Jiang Ming decided to write novels from memory and seek the academy’s help publishing them.
• Mu En asked Jiang Ming what he thought of Lexuan, then recalled Xuan Zi suggesting the two might have a future together.
• Ma Xiaotao woke after several days unconscious, and Yan Shaozhe tested her condition.
• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe that the Thousand-Year Profound Ice could no longer suppress her Evil Fire.

Jiang Ming was summoned to help Ma Xiaotao when her Evil Fire erupted beyond the Thousand-Year Profound Ice’s ability to suppress it. With Little Ice’s power fused into him, he prepared to transfer an icy aura into Ma Xiaotao to calm the flames.

• Mu En awakened Jiang Ming from his Sea of Consciousness training as a golden light drove the evil Spiritual Power into hiding.
• Yan Shaozhe carried Jiang Ming to Sea God Island, explaining that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire could no longer be suppressed by Thousand-Year Profound Ice.
• Jiang Ming summoned Little Ice, whose icy aura briefly eased Ma Xiaotao’s pain before the Evil Fire violently rebounded.
• Little Ice warned that suppressing the flames from outside could hurt Ma Xiaotao and proposed infusing ice-attribute Soul Power through Jiang Ming after fusing with him.
• Jiang Ming agreed, and Little Ice fused into him, changing his hair and eyes to ice-blue and surrounding him with a powerful icy aura.

After fusing with Little Ice, Jiang Ming suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and realized that his ice attribute could only contain it, not eliminate it. He decided to draw the fire into his own body, leaving him to face its full impact.

• Jiang Ming fused with Little Ice and hurried to help Ma Xiaotao while Yan Shaozhe watched anxiously.
• Jiang Ming poured controlled ice-attribute soul power into Ma Xiaotao, overcoming the Evil Fire’s resistance and pushing it toward her dantian.
• Jiang Ming discovered that the Evil Fire had only retreated and remained undiminished, while Little Ice confirmed that ice could not dissolve it.
• Jiang Ming opened a path through Ma Xiaotao’s meridians and began drawing the Evil Fire into his own body.

Jiang Ming drew Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire into his own body to suppress it, but the fire overwhelmed his reason until Little Ice froze them both. After the danger passed, Jiang Ming and Ma Xiaotao woke up tangled together, and his reflexive grab tore her clothes.

• Jiang Ming endured the Evil Fire while filtering it through his body to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s condition.
• Yan Shaozhe sealed the cave and left after deciding not to remain present.
• The Evil Fire overwhelmed Jiang Ming, and Little Ice used Absolute Ice Seal to stop him from attacking Ma Xiaotao.
• Little Ice cleared the Evil Fire from Jiang Ming’s body and returned to his Sea of Consciousness.
• Jiang Ming and Ma Xiaotao woke up with Jiang Ming lying on top of her, and Ma Xiaotao shoved him away.
• Jiang Ming grabbed Ma Xiaotao’s clothes by reflex, tearing them.

Jiang Ming accidentally tore off Ma Xiaotao’s clothes after suppressing her Evil Fire, then fled when she attacked him. Yan Shaozhe mistook the scene for proof that the two had become a couple, left Jiang Ming to face Ma Xiaotao, and disappeared.

• Jiang Ming accidentally ripped off Ma Xiaotao’s clothes and saw her body, leaving both of them embarrassed and shocked.
• Ma Xiaotao confronted Jiang Ming, attacked him, and chased him when he ran from the cave.
• Jiang Ming called to Yan Shaozhe for help, while Yan Shaozhe reflected that pairing Jiang Ming with Ma Xiaotao could protect her from her Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe assumed Jiang Ming and Ma Xiaotao had become intimate and told Jiang Ming to treat his disciple well.
• Ma Xiaotao fired a Phoenix Fireline at Jiang Ming as Yan Shaozhe flew away, leaving Jiang Ming alone with her.

Jiang Ming suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, escaped her angry pursuit, and told Mu En about the Cockcomb Phoenix Sunflower as a possible cure. After reflecting on his parents’ murder and returning to Shrek Academy, he fell asleep in Zhou Yi’s class, where she explained why he was allowed to rest and reminded the students of his reputation.

• Jiang Ming tried to escape Ma Xiaotao across Sea God Lake, but she caught up with him; after he stopped running, she withdrew her punch and insisted he would owe her instead of settling the matter at once.
• Jiang Ming told Mu En that the Cockcomb Phoenix Sunflower had purified Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, and Mu En agreed to have people search for it.
• Jiang Ming reviewed his plan to avenge his parents, then went to the Soul Tool Department and worked through the night with Teacher Chen.
• Jiang Ming fell asleep in Zhou Yi’s class, and Zhou Yi let him rest after Li Boxuan tried unsuccessfully to wake him.
• Zhou Yi told the class that Jiang Ming had already mastered the Outer Court curriculum and was stronger than her, then said the students could sleep in class if they met either condition.

Jiang Ming returned to Zhou Yi’s class, revealed that he had reached Soul Emperor, and continued recovering from the damage to his Sea of Consciousness. Three years after the Soul Tool Production Line plan was approved, its first phase was complete, and Jiang Ming joined the Sea God Pavilion Conference where the Soul Tool Department would present its results.

• Jiang Ming woke during Zhou Yi’s lesson, then escaped his curious classmates by using his Golden Heart Martial Soul to accelerate their heartbeats and make them collapse temporarily.
• Jiang Ming apologized to Zhou Yi for falling asleep, said he did not regret missing the tournament, and surprised her by revealing he had reached Soul Emperor.
• Jiang Ming returned to rest as his Spiritual Power suppressed the evil force in his Sea of Consciousness and began overcoming the Snow Demon Wolf King’s backlash.
• Zhang Lexuan led Shrek Academy’s team to win the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, while the Soul Tool Department completed the first phase of its production line.
• The academy convened another Sea God Pavilion Conference, and Jiang Ming joined the Elders after the Soul Tool Department’s Deans recommended him.

Xian Lin'er presented the Soul Tool Department’s mass-production breakthrough and plan to fund further research by selling low-rank soul tools. Jiang Ming then introduced the department’s First Five-Year Plan to the Sea God Pavilion Conference.

• Mu En opened the Sea God Pavilion Conference and asked Xian Lin'er to preside over the discussion of soul tools.
• Xian Lin'er displayed a Rank 1 Soul Ray that the Soul Tool Department could mass-produce at a rate of one thousand a day without Soul Engineers.
• Xian Lin'er explained that the department would sell Soul Rays and Soul Shields to the Three Great Empires’ armies to earn funds for continued research.
• Jiang Ming distributed the Soul Tool Department’s First Five-Year Plan, outlining future research priorities and plans to train and recruit Soul Engineers.

At the Sea God Pavilion Conference, Jiang Ming persuaded the Elders to approve his five-year plan for the Soul Tool Department, then Yan Shaozhe pulled him into planning for the Martial Soul Department. Xuan Zi gave Jiang Ming the Undying Legion Leader’s Head Soul Bone to share with Zhang Lexuan, and Jiang Ming went to find her before deciding what to do with it.

• Elder Lin questioned whether Jiang Ming’s plan could generate enough Gold Soul Coins, and Jiang Ming explained how mass production and sales would provide stable income.
• Elder Song raised concerns about the plan harming low-level Soul Engineers and changing Shrek Academy’s standing with the Three Great Empires; Jiang Ming argued that the academy could sell its production-line technology after five years.
• Mu En approved the Soul Tool Department’s five-year plan and ordered Yan Shaozhe to prepare a five-year plan for the Martial Soul Department.
• Yan Shaozhe tried to take Jiang Ming to study the Martial Soul Department, but Xuan Zi stopped them and handed Jiang Ming a Head Soul Bone for him and Zhang Lexuan to decide how to use.
• Jiang Ming declined to absorb the Head Soul Bone immediately and went to find Zhang Lexuan, who was training outside her residence.

Jiang Ming showed Zhang Lexuan the powerful Head Soul Bone taken from the Undying Legion Leader, and she insisted that he absorb it because he had taken the brunt of the leader’s spiritual attack. After Zhang Lexuan asked him to repay his favor by training physical strength with her, Jiang Ming began absorbing the bone while she stood guard.

• Jiang Ming waited for Zhang Lexuan to finish exercising, then suggested she shower and change before they talked.
• Zhang Lexuan advised Jiang Ming to focus more on soul master cultivation, but he explained that studying Soul Tools would not hinder him.
• Jiang Ming showed Zhang Lexuan the Undying Legion Leader’s Head Soul Bone, and she urged him to keep it to treat the evil Spiritual Power in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Jiang Ming promised Zhang Lexuan a favor, and she asked him to train physical strength with her; he agreed after absorbing the Soul Bone.
• Zhang Lexuan stood guard as Jiang Ming began absorbing the Soul Bone, with Little Light, Little Dark, Little Ice, and Little Lotus suppressing the evil Spiritual Power while Little Wind and Little Spirit assisted him.

Jiang Ming absorbed a powerful Head Soul Bone and used its Spiritual Power to destroy the evil force lingering in his Sea of Consciousness. After waking, he kissed Zhang Lexuan, leaving both of them flustered and arguing over whether she could hit him for it.

• Jiang Ming absorbed the Head Soul Bone while Zhang Lexuan watched over him and worried about the growing gap between their strength.
• Jiang Ming used his new Spiritual Power and the six spirits to eradicate the evil Spiritual Power in his Sea of Consciousness.
• When Jiang Ming opened his eyes, Zhang Lexuan stumbled, and he caught her around the waist.
• Jiang Ming sensed Zhang Lexuan's chaotic emotions and kissed her, then lightly touched her lips with his tongue.
• Zhang Lexuan shoved Jiang Ming away and demanded that he let go; when he did, she complained that he had obeyed too readily.
• Zhang Lexuan said Jiang Ming deserved a punch for kissing her without permission, but he caught her fist and then offered to let her hit him.

After Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan shared their first kiss, he promised to wait while she resolved her unspoken concerns, and the two began spending time together. As they settled down to cultivate and chat, Jiang Ming brought up the sinister skill attached to the Spirit Bone he had absorbed.

• Jiang Ming tried to kiss Zhang Lexuan again, but she stopped him and asked to leave their relationship undefined for now.
• Jiang Ming told Zhang Lexuan he would wait until she was ready to explain her concerns, and she accepted his embrace.
• Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi secretly watched the pair, learned they had kissed, and left to speak with Mu En.
• Zhang Lexuan took Jiang Ming to her home to cultivate, but his six Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings disrupted her meditation.
• Zhang Lexuan suggested they chat instead, and Jiang Ming began explaining the sinister skill attached to his absorbed Spirit Bone.

Jiang Ming explained the Mind Control ability of his newly absorbed Head Soul Bone to Zhang Lexuan, then cultivated with her and broke through to Level Sixty-Five. After dinner and a night of meditation, Yan Shaozhe abruptly dragged Jiang Ming away before he could begin training Zhang Lexuan.

• Jiang Ming told Zhang Lexuan that his Head Soul Bone could forcibly control minds and corpses by placing Spiritual Imprints, and that the imprints lasted only one month.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan meditated together, and Jiang Ming’s Soul Power broke through to Level Sixty-Four and then Level Sixty-Five.
• Zhang Lexuan cooked Jiang Ming a vegetarian dinner, and he praised it despite finding the dishes merely edible.
• Zhang Lexuan declined Jiang Ming’s offer to sleep in her bedroom and spent the night cultivating with him in the living room.
• Jiang Ming prepared to train Zhang Lexuan’s body strength, but Yan Shaozhe appeared and dragged him away to get down to business.

Yan Shaozhe brought Jiang Ming to a Martial Soul Department meeting to help develop a five-year reform plan, and Jiang Ming listened to reports from the Outer Court teachers. After the meeting, Yan Shaozhe confronted Zhou Yi over student complaints, then realized that Jiang Ming’s position made Zhou Yi senior to him.

• Yan Shaozhe dragged Jiang Ming away from Zhang Lexuan and asked him to help devise a reform plan for the Martial Soul Department.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced Jiang Ming to the Outer Court teachers as an Inner Court core seed and his junior brother, shocking the gathered teachers.
• Jiang Ming questioned teachers about all six years of Outer Court instruction, taking notes and identifying the first, third, and sixth years as key points for reform.
• After the reports, Yan Shaozhe criticized Zhou Yi over her harsh treatment of students, but she refused to change her teaching style.
• Yan Shaozhe realized that because Zhou Yi had taught Jiang Ming, she was a generation senior to him.

Jiang Ming and Yan Shaozhe discussed the difficulties of reforming the Martial Soul Department and agreed to begin with small-scale changes. After Zhou Yi proposed a stricter trial for freshmen, Jiang Ming developed the idea into a freshman military training plan, which Yan Shaozhe took away to incorporate into the department’s plans.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Jiang Ming for his opinion on Zhou Yi’s approach, but Jiang Ming redirected the discussion to flaws in the Outer Court’s structure.
• Jiang Ming explained why the Martial Soul Department’s long-established teaching system would be difficult to reform, and Yan Shaozhe suggested testing small improvements first.
• Zhou Yi proposed a trial to curb freshmen’s arrogance, and Jiang Ming agreed that incoming students needed discipline and collective training.
• Jiang Ming drafted a framework for freshman military training, drawing on the Three Great Empires’ methods while proposing a distinct Shrek style.
• Yan Shaozhe accepted the plan’s direction and returned to his office to work on presenting it as part of the Martial Soul Department’s future Five-Year Plan.

Yan Shaozhe presented Mu En with the Martial Soul Department’s Five-Year Plan, and Jiang Ming ordered soul tools for Clear Water City before rushing to help Zhang Lexuan train. He proposed using layered soul-tool armor to strengthen her defenses, while a strange hurdle near Level Seventy remained unexplained.

• Yan Shaozhe gave Mu En the Five-Year Plan, and Mu En approved the idea while instructing him to send Bei Bei to next year’s military training with his identity concealed.
• Jiang Ming ordered a thousand sets of level-one soul tools for Clear Water City, and Teacher Yang arranged a discreet caravan to transport them.
• Jiang Ming reflected on his plans, cultivation, and relationship with Zhang Lexuan, then remembered his promise to help her train and flew to Sea God Island on his Flying Sword.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan discussed her difficulty strengthening her body, and Jiang Ming suggested making her lightweight inner and outer soul-tool armor.

Jiang Ming took charge of Shrek Academy’s freshman military training and used harsh “special treatment” to discipline students who ignored instructions or challenged his authority. After revealing that the girl sent into the sky had been wrapped in a blanket, he ordered everyone who had secretly looked up to step out.

• Yan Shaozhe persuaded Jiang Ming to serve as a military training instructor by offering him a ten-thousand-year Feather of Light.
• Jiang Ming began training more than four hundred freshmen and had the students who failed to wear their school uniforms dragged out.
• When a Son of a Count boasted about his status, Jiang Ming ordered Lao Zhao to repeatedly throw him into the air, frightening him into begging for help.
• A noble girl protested Jiang Ming’s methods, so Yal'er took her flying on a sword; Jiang Nannan, Xu Sanshi, and Bei Bei then challenged Jiang Ming.
• After a scream came from above, Jiang Ming showed Jiang Nannan that the girl was wrapped in a blanket and ordered the freshmen who had secretly looked up to step forward.

Jiang Ming used harsh military training to teach the freshmen that their status inside Shrek Academy was simply that of students. After one girl gave the correct answer and returned to change into her uniform, he left the assembled freshmen with a warning that disruptive nobles would be punished or expelled.

• Jiang Ming ordered the freshmen who had refused to wear their uniforms to undergo frightening aerial training, then divided the freshmen into five classes.
• Jiang Ming asked the punished freshmen to state their current identities, and he sent those who cited family rank or academic achievements back for more aerial training.
• A girl answered that she was a new student of Shrek Academy, so Jiang Ming spared her and gave her fifteen minutes to change into her school uniform.
• Jiang Ming made all four hundred freshmen loudly repeat that they were students of Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Ming declared that the freshmen were only students within the academy and warned that disruptive behavior could lead to his personal discipline or expulsion.

Jiang Ming began Shrek Academy’s military training by enforcing rules and placing the freshmen under the Soul Power Pressure of a dozen Soul Kings. As the students struggled to endure it, he started telling them a story about the academy’s First Generation Shrek Seven Devils, leaving the tale at the beginning of their journey to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Jiang Ming ordered the freshmen who had flown without uniforms to change into their School Uniforms within ten minutes, then warned the other students that military training had not truly begun.
• Jiang Ming introduced himself, laid out three training rules, and marked observations about all four hundred freshmen on his roster.
• Jiang Ming ordered the instructors to release their Martial Souls and maintain Soul King-level Soul Power Pressure over the five formations for half an hour.
• Xu Sanshi reported that the pressure was too much for the freshmen, so Jiang Ming singled him out and had Zhang Lexuan add her Soul Sage pressure while advising him about when to stand up for others.
• Jiang Ming began telling the freshmen how Flender led the early Shrek Academy members to Heaven Dou Royal Academy so they could enter the All-Continent Advanced Spirit Master Competition.