Chapter Summaries

Long Yao renewed Zhou Yi’s hope by promising to challenge Shrek’s rules, then led his companions toward a barbecue dinner. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu provoked them into a confrontation, but the group left after the Law Enforcement Team intervened, and Dai Huabin vowed to remember the insult.

• Long Yao promised Zhou Yi that he and his companions would take back twice what they had lost and change Shrek’s rules, giving her a glimmer of hope.
• Bei Bei invited Long Yao, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong to eat barbecue after they left Zhou Yi’s classroom.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu mocked the group, and Long Yao insulted Dai Huabin until he erupted in rage and released his White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong prepared to defend Long Yao, but he told them to leave rather than fight.
• The Law Enforcement Team stopped the confrontation, and Dai Huabin watched Long Yao’s group depart while vowing to remember the debt.

Long Yao left the academy confrontation with Dai Huabin behind and took Wang Dong, Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao to Golden Bull BBQ Restaurant. When Xiao Yanfeng harassed Wang Dong, Long Yao used his Inspector's Token to force the City Lord's third young master to kneel and beg for mercy; the group later returned to Shrek Academy, where Long Yao's friends urged him to keep the token's power discreet.

• Long Yao defused the confrontation at the academy gates, and his group went to Golden Bull BBQ Restaurant to celebrate.
• At the restaurant, Xiao Yanfeng arrived with attendants, insulted Wang Dong, and threatened her friends.
• Long Yao struck Xiao Yanfeng with the Inspector's Token, revealing its authority and leaving him badly injured.
• Xiao Yanfeng knelt, returned the token to Long Yao, and fled with his attendants after Long Yao spared him.
• Long Yao's group resumed their meal, then walked back toward Shrek Academy as Bei Bei and Tang Ya warned him not to publicize the Inspector's Token.

Long Yao and Wang Dong spent a tender evening and morning together before joining Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan for breakfast. Xu Sanshi questioned Long Yao about his Inspector's Token, then warned that a coming practical exercise in Star Dou Forest could be dangerous because Spirit Beasts had grown unusually aggressive.

• Wang Dong and Long Yao shared a quiet evening in Dorm 101, then lingered in an embrace the next morning before getting ready for class.
• Long Yao and Wang Dong met Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan at breakfast with Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao.
• Xu Sanshi welcomed Long Yao, praised his recent victories, and asked how he had obtained the Sea God Pavilion's Inspector's Token.
• Bei Bei redirected the conversation, and Xu Sanshi reported that Spirit Beasts in Star Dou Forest had become more violent during his and Jiang Nannan's recent mission.
• Jiang Nannan left after telling Xu Sanshi that his share of the mission reward had nothing to do with her, and Xu Sanshi hurried after her.
• Bei Bei warned Long Yao, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao to prepare for a possible practical combat exercise in Star Dou Forest and not underestimate the Spirit Beasts.

Zhou Yi announced a seven-day wilderness combat exercise on the outskirts of Star Dou Forest, and Long Yao, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao were assigned to form a team with a thirty-percent points penalty. Xiao Xiao introduced her twin Martial Souls and asked Long Yao whether she could join their team.

• Bei Bei warned Tang Ya that Long Yao's power could attract hidden enemies, especially the Holy Spirit Cult, during the Star Dou Forest trip.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Long Yao encountered Xiao Xiao, whose spiritual defenses blocked Huo Yuhao's Spirit Detection.
• Zhou Yi announced that first-year students would train in the Star Dou Forest outskirts for seven days and earn points by hunting Spirit Beasts.
• Zhou Yi assigned Long Yao, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao as a team and deducted thirty percent of their points because of their strength.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu formed a group with revenge on Long Yao in mind, while Xiao Xiao approached Long Yao and offered her twin Martial Souls as an asset to the team.

Long Yao bypassed the three-person team limit by forming two allied groups, then invited classmates to fill the remaining spots. He chose He Caitou and Ning Xue, completing a six-person alliance as the practical assessment approached.

• Long Yao proposed splitting the original group into two teams that could cooperate, and Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao agreed.
• After ruling out upperclassmen Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan, Long Yao invited students to fill the two open spots, and He Caitou and Ning Xue stepped forward.
• Long Yao accepted He Caitou and Ning Xue, while Zhou Yi listened from outside the classroom and approved of his initiative.
• Wang Dong welcomed the new teammates, Huo Yuhao asked He Caitou about his unusual cigar Martial Soul, and Xiao Xiao introduced her Nine Phoenixes Come to Ceremony Flute Martial Soul.
• The six students gathered as an alliance combining assault, control, support, defense, Spirit Detection, and ranged firepower.

Long Yao arranged the six students into two cooperating groups and spent the days before the Star Dou Forest exercise preparing with Wang Dong. The students assembled at Shrek Academy and began the seven-day practical exercise, leaving the story at the start of their journey into the forest.

• Long Yao assigned Wang Dong and He Caitou to his assault group while Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Xue formed a scouting, defense, and control group.
• The students agreed to cooperate, and Long Yao told them to prepare before gathering at the academy gates in three days.
• Long Yao and Wang Dong spent three days together, including training at the academy's rear mountain, while the others prepared for the exercise.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, and Ning Xue assembled at the academy gates with maps and equipment before Long Yao and Wang Dong arrived.
• Teacher Wang explained the exercise's safety rules and seven-day duration, then announced the students' departure for Star Dou Forest.

Long Yao led his six-person alliance into Star Dou Forest, where they defeated a pack of five Hundred-Year Shadow Wolves in their first coordinated battle. After dividing the points to motivate Huo Yuhao’s group, they gathered materials and prepared to continue deeper into the forest.

• Long Yao and his companions set out for Star Dou Forest while Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu plotted to lure dangerous Spirit Beasts toward them.
• At the forest’s edge, Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection as Long Yao arranged the six companions into a hunting formation.
• Huo Yuhao detected five approaching Hundred-Year Shadow Wolves, and Ning Xue and Xiao Xiao slowed them with their Soul Skills.
• Wang Dong killed the leading wolf, He Caitou blasted another with his Soul Tool Cannon, and Long Yao killed the remaining wolves with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Long Yao awarded thirty points to Huo Yuhao’s group and twenty to his own, then ordered the team to collect Shadow Wolf materials before advancing deeper into the forest.

Long Yao's team encountered and defeated a Thousand-Year Jade-Eyed Phantom Toad after its mental illusion attack nearly incapacitated them. Long Yao gave its Spirit Ring to Huo Yuhao and kept the Soul Bone for later distribution as Huo Yuhao began absorbing his second Spirit Ring.

• Long Yao activated point tracking, and the two squads' scores appeared as they advanced deeper into Star Dou Forest.
• Huo Yuhao detected spiritual interference near a swamp, where a Jade-Eyed Phantom Toad ambushed the group with an illusion attack.
• Huo Yuhao used Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's spiritual power to break the illusions, and the group worked together to kill the toad.
• A Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and a left leg Soul Bone emerged from the toad's corpse, and Long Yao offered the Spirit Ring to Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the Spirit Ring, while Long Yao kept the Soul Bone for distribution after the exercise and had the others guard as Huo Yuhao prepared to absorb it.

Huo Yuhao absorbed a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, gained the Soul Impact skill, and rose to level 24 with help from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. As the team ventured into the Mixed Zone, a flock of Emerald Demon Birds ambushed them, and Long Yao killed their Thousand-Year king.

• Huo Yuhao meditated while Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Ning Xue, and He Caitou formed a defensive perimeter around him.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm crushed the Jade-Eyed Phantom Toad's residual soul, allowing Huo Yuhao to absorb its Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and advance to level 24.
• Huo Yuhao tested his new Soul Impact skill by reducing a boulder to powder, then continued deeper into the forest with the team.
• Long Yao stopped the team near a bone-strewn clearing, and Huo Yuhao's focused Spirit Detection revealed an Emerald Demon Bird flock waiting overhead.
• The Emerald Demon Birds attacked the team's heads, and Huo Yuhao's area Soul Impact stunned the flock while Long Yao killed the Thousand-Year Emerald Demon Bird King with his Soul Breaking Spear.

Long Yao purified the battlefield after his team wiped out an Emerald Demon Bird flock, earning 430 points and an external Spirit Bone. Dai Huabin demanded the spoils and attacked, but Huo Yuhao disrupted his Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Long Yao's team to defeat Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and their companion in seconds.

• Long Yao used his Chaos Aura to cleanse the battlefield's deathly atmosphere, and Huo Yuhao counted 430 points from the Emerald Demon Birds and their king.
• Huo Yuhao found a Thousand-Year External Spirit Bone, the Emerald Demon Skull Piercing Bone, beside the bird king's corpse.
• Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and a male student emerged, and Dai Huabin demanded Long Yao hand over the Spirit Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu released their Evil Eye White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat Martial Souls and began their Hell White Tiger fusion skill.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Impact to interrupt the fusion, allowing Ning Xue, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, and Wang Dong to attack the three opponents.
• Ning Xue pinned Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu with ice cones, Xiao Xiao disrupted the male student's movements, He Caitou blasted him away, and Wang Dong struck at Dai Huabin.

Long Yao’s team left Dai Huabin defeated, tallied 640 assessment points, and rested together in the Star Dou Forest. As night fell, the team’s morale and confidence in Long Yao grew while they took turns keeping watch.

• Long Yao ordered Wang Dong to stop attacking Dai Huabin, then led the team away as Dai Huabin screamed in humiliation and passed out.
• Zhu Lu tried to wake Dai Huabin while the injured axe-wielding student prepared to crush his Distress Jade Talisman, but approaching Spirit Beasts closed in on them.
• Long Yao checked the Live Stream System and learned that the two squads had earned 640 points in total.
• Long Yao chose a sheltered spot for the team to rest, and Xiao Xiao prepared dinner while Ning Xue and He Caitou stood guard.
• Huo Yuhao tallied the team’s points, and the others celebrated the total as Wang Dong voiced her confidence in Long Yao.
• After nightfall, He Caitou and Xiao Xiao took the first watch while Long Yao rested with Wang Dong and the others recovered.

Long Yao took over the night watch while his companions rested, and his Soul Breaking Spear’s inherited will startled Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. As a gravely wounded Zhu Lu crawled into the camp and collapsed, Wang Dong stirred in her sleep, leaving Long Yao to face an unexpected arrival.

• Long Yao sent Xiao Xiao and He Caitou to rest, then silently climbed a tree to guard the sleeping camp.
• Long Yao’s Soul Breaking Spear released a terrifying inherited will, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that such will could overwhelm a mental-system Soul Master.
• Huo Yuhao resumed cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill, determined to grow strong enough to catch up with Long Yao.
• Long Yao sensed a dying woman approaching and focused his perception on her desperate will to survive.
• Zhu Lu crawled into the camp, collapsed beside the fading campfire, and reached toward its light.
• Wang Dong trembled in her sleep and murmured Long Yao’s name as Zhu Lu fell to the ground.

Long Yao rescued Zhu Lu with the Fountain of Life and learned that Dai Huabin had stayed behind to let her escape from Soul Devouring Spiders and Carrion Vultures. He organized the camp’s defenses, then set out alone to find Dai Huabin.

• Long Yao rushed to Zhu Lu and healed her mortal wounds with the Fountain of Life, waking her from unconsciousness.
• Zhu Lu told Long Yao that Li Mo had been killed by Soul Devouring Spiders and Carrion Vultures, while Dai Huabin had drawn the beasts away so she could flee east.
• Zhu Lu begged Long Yao to save Dai Huabin, and Xiao Xiao urged him to go after him.
• Long Yao assigned Huo Yuhao to monitor approaching beasts and ordered Wang Dong, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Xue to protect the camp and Zhu Lu.
• Long Yao left alone, racing through the forest toward the place where Zhu Lu had last seen Dai Huabin.

Long Yao used Star Ring to reach the spider-infested clearing and rescued Dai Huabin by killing the Soul Devouring Spider King with Armor Breaking Spiral. Dai Huabin survived, shaken by Long Yao’s power and tormented by the fact that his sworn enemy had saved him.

• Long Yao used Star Ring to travel rapidly through the forest and return to the clearing where Dai Huabin was trapped in a spider cocoon.
• Long Yao released his Soul Power Pressure, causing the Soul Devouring Spiders to panic, while Dai Huabin’s sudden struggle prompted the Spider King to attack him.
• Long Yao launched his Soul Breaking Spear with Armor Breaking Spiral and killed the Soul Devouring Spider King in one strike.
• The other Soul Devouring Spiders froze in terror as Dai Huabin realized Long Yao had rescued him and possessed two Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Dai Huabin was overwhelmed by fear, humiliation, and confusion as he wondered why Long Yao had saved him.

Long Yao rescued Dai Huabin and returned him alive to camp, where the exhausted group recovered and learned that Long Yao planned to find and save their scattered classmates. The chapter left the team preparing to continue through Star Dou Forest and help others despite the danger.

• Long Yao cut Dai Huabin free, challenged him not to surrender, and carried him back after giving him a drop of Spring of Life.
• Huo Yuhao detected Long Yao and Dai Huabin approaching camp, and the others rejoiced when they learned both were alive.
• Long Yao returned Dai Huabin to Zhu Lu, who broke down crying beside him, while Wang Dong scolded Long Yao in relief and Huo Yuhao collapsed from maintaining Spirit Detection.
• Long Yao gave Huo Yuhao an Energy Recovery Potion and ordered the group to rest for three hours.
• Long Yao declared that the team would gather and rescue weaker classmates, and Ning Xue, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and He Caitou supported his decision.

Long Yao used the Live Stream System to locate three endangered groups of Shrek students and organized a rescue operation from the camp. He sent Huo Yuhao and He Caitou northeast and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao south, while Ning Xue guarded the camp; he then turned his attention to the unconscious Dai Huabin.

• Long Yao decided to search the Star Dou Forest’s outer perimeter for scattered students, and Huo Yuhao estimated that between 220 and 240 students were taking part in the assessment.
• Wang Dong affirmed her trust in Long Yao, while He Caitou raised concerns about the group’s supplies and limited ammunition.
• Long Yao used the Live Stream System to find three vulnerable student teams nearby and ordered the rescue groups to return to the camp within three hours.
• Long Yao sent Huo Yuhao and He Caitou northeast and Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao south, giving them recovery potions and signal guns.
• Long Yao assigned Ning Xue to defend the camp and protect Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, and Ning Xue accepted the duty.
• After the others departed, Long Yao looked toward the unconscious Dai Huabin.

Long Yao rushed into the forest to rescue a pursued student while his companions searched for other students in danger. He killed the fifteen-hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider pursuing Su Yu and left her alive and recovering in the swamp.

• Long Yao sped toward the northwest, leaving Ning Xue to guard the camp and wait for the others to return.
• Huo Yuhao located two badly injured students hiding in a hollow tree and planned an ambush with He Caitou against three Ghost Face Demon Spiders.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao followed a blood trail into a cave, where they found three wounded students from another class and were recognized as rescuers.
• Long Yao appeared between Su Yu and the Man Faced Demon Spider, then killed it with a rapid spear attack and subdued its emerging Spirit Ring.
• Long Yao gave Su Yu a Recovery Potion and comforted her; after crying, she introduced herself and asked his name.

Long Yao rescued Su Yu and two trapped students, then reached Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao’s camp and saved the mortally wounded Wang Li with a Spring of Life. After the students began recovering, his detection system found another student in immediate danger, and Long Yao prepared to continue the rescue.

• Long Yao sent Su Yu toward camp, and she left determined to survive and repay him.
• Long Yao flew to the Dark Dense Forest, killed three Ghost Face Demon Spiders, and left two trapped students recovery pills and a map to camp.
• Long Yao reached Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, who had been treating Wang Li and two other injured Class Three students.
• Long Yao gave each of the three injured students a drop of Spring of Life, and Wang Li regained consciousness.
• Long Yao’s detection system identified a trapped Class Two student threatened by a Swamp Giant Python and an ambushing team of four Class Four students.

Long Yao left Wang Dong in charge of leading the rescued students back to camp and used his spatial power to rescue another student from a trap in the Reed Swamp. After learning that Class Six and Class Seven survivors were fighting in Mist Canyon, he arrived to forcibly stop the battle with his Soul Ancestor-level pressure.

• Long Yao entrusted Wang Dong with the map and the survivors before teleporting away to rescue others.
• Long Yao pulled a Class Two student from the Swamp Giant Python and the Jackal Four’s trap, healed him with a pill, and sent him toward camp with the map.
• Long Yao learned that Class Six and Class Seven students were fighting in Mist Canyon and went to intervene.
• Long Yao appeared in the canyon, stopped the battle with a shockwave, and forced most of the students to their knees with his Soul Ancestor-level pressure.

Long Yao stopped the battle between Class Six and Class Seven, gave the survivors recovery pills and maps, and spent the next day rescuing students across Star Dou Forest. He returned to camp utterly exhausted and collapsed, where Ning Xue and a distraught Pink Blue girl rushed to him.

• Long Yao revealed that Li Mo had been killed by Soul Devouring Spiders and warned that the teams’ fighting would attract more Spirit Beasts.
• Xiong Ba conceded, and Long Yao gave each survivor a recovery pill and gave maps to Xiong Ba and Ling Yue before leaving.
• Throughout the ninth day, Long Yao searched Star Dou Forest, rescued endangered students, and guided survivors toward camp.
• After the camp’s last critical Life Signal disappeared, Long Yao returned before dawn and collapsed at the entrance from exhaustion.
• Ning Xue rushed to Long Yao, and the other survivors came out of their tents to see him lying unconscious.
• A Pink Blue girl ran to Long Yao, held his head in her arms, and pleaded for him to wake; his furrowed brows relaxed as he sensed her familiar presence.