Chapter Summaries

Long Yao woke after a day and night unconscious, bringing relief to the survivors and giving Wang Dong hope again. As the camp prepared food for him, he hid his extreme exhaustion and began a difficult recovery.

• Wang Dong woke when Long Yao stirred, clung to him in tears, and learned that he wanted food and that her injured knees needed treatment.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, and Ning Xue confirmed Long Yao had awakened and that the camp held eight incomplete teams with around thirty-seven survivors.
• Xiong Ba acknowledged that Long Yao had saved everyone and vowed to punish any Class Six student who disrespected him.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu watched Long Yao’s tent in silence, their hatred complicated by gratitude for his rescue.
• Wang Dong announced that Long Yao was awake and hungry, prompting the survivors to prepare food together.
• After Wang Dong left, Long Yao revealed his severe exhaustion and began meditating to repair his depleted soul and consciousness.

After absorbing the Spring of Life and eating the camp’s prepared meal, Long Yao recovered enough to emerge from his tent and rejoin the survivors. With four days and five hours left in the assessment, he began preparing to decide the camp’s next steps.

• Long Yao absorbed the Spring of Life, rapidly restoring his body, soul origin, and Soul Power while the True Vast Sea Ring concealed the recovery.
• He Caitou, Xiong Ba, Wang Dong, and the other students prepared food for Long Yao as the camp waited through the night.
• Wang Dong brought Long Yao roasted meat, and he ate the entire plate before emerging from the tent at sunrise.
• Huo Yuhao reported that all thirty-eight members of the temporary first year Survivor Camp were present, and Long Yao told them there was no need for formality.
• Long Yao asked Huo Yuhao how much time remained in the assessment, and Huo Yuhao reported four days and five hours.

Long Yao laid down rules to unite the Survivors, prevent lethal infighting, and organize teams to explore for points with Signal Guns as a safeguard. When Ling Yue asked how rescue calls should be judged, Huo Yuhao clarified the rules and declared that anyone who abused a distress signal would face joint judgment by Class One.

• Long Yao urged the Survivors to unite, protect one another, and settle grudges without killing.
• Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, and Ning Xue pledged to support Long Yao’s rules, and Xiong Ba bowed to Long Yao and swore loyalty.
• Long Yao ordered teams to explore within a hundred-kilometer radius, return before sunset, collect Signal Guns, and compete for points without taking lives.
• Ling Yue asked whether encounters with overwhelming Spirit Beasts counted as life-threatening danger warranting a distress signal.
• Huo Yuhao defined when teams could call for help, required the two nearest teams to respond, and warned that Class One would jointly judge anyone who misused a Signal Gun.

Long Yao reassured the Survivors and sent them into the Star Dou Forest in teams, while Dai Huabin departed alone with Zhu Lu to prove his strength. After Huo Yuhao returned with maps and eyewitness reports, the group learned that the Jackal Four preyed on weakened teams and possessed a dangerous combined skill called the Bloody Cage.

• Long Yao told the Survivors that he would be their final safeguard, inspiring them to form teams and prepare for the hunt.
• Xiao Xiao gave each team captain one Signal Gun and warned them to reserve its single flare for fatal danger.
• Dai Huabin rejected the teams and Signal Gun, then left with Zhu Lu to hunt alone and prove he was Shrek Academy's strongest first-year student.
• After the teams departed, Huo Yuhao searched the abandoned camps while He Caitou and Ning Xue guarded the camp; Long Yao teased Wang Dong as she clung to him.
• Huo Yuhao brought Long Yao maps and notes identifying Black Wind Canyon as the last known location of the Jackal Four, about seventy kilometers east of camp.
• Huo Yuhao reported that the Jackal Four ambushed exhausted teams, injured or crippled survivors, and used a combined Spirit Skill called the Bloody Cage.

After a student reported that a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider had trapped Xiao Ya and Chen Feng in its web, Long Yao rushed into the forest to rescue them. He found the pair cocooned in the spider’s death-covered lair as the monster revealed itself, while Huo Yuhao organized the camp’s defenses and Wang Dong took to the air.

• Long Yao reassured Huo Yuhao that they were friends, but a desperate cry from the forest interrupted them.
• Long Yao and Wang Dong rushed toward the scream as Huo Yuhao followed with Spirit Detection activated.
• A fleeing Shrek student told Long Yao that a ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider had trapped Xiao Ya and Chen Feng in its web.
• Long Yao ordered Xiao Xiao to treat the survivor and instructed Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and He Caitou to guard the camp.
• Huo Yuhao organized the camp’s defenses while Wang Dong provided aerial surveillance and He Caitou prepared ranged firepower.
• Long Yao reached the spider’s lair and found Xiao Ya and Chen Feng trapped in cocoons as the ten-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider emerged.

Long Yao rescued Xiao Ya and Chen Feng from a Man Faced Demon Spider by revealing his Chaos Holy Dragon Martial Soul and overwhelming power. He returned to camp with the students, where Wang Dong embraced him and Xiao Xiao treated the pair’s poison; they were expected to wake in about two hours.

• Long Yao sensed that Xiao Ya and Chen Feng were alive, then demanded that the Man Faced Demon Spider release them.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider attacked Long Yao, but his Chaos Holy Dragon Possession sent it crashing into the cave wall.
• Long Yao blocked its corrosive poison and revealed a Rose Gold Soul Ring, terrifying the spider into freeing Xiao Ya and Chen Feng before fleeing.
• Long Yao carried the unconscious students back to camp, where Wang Dong rushed to embrace him.
• Huo Yuhao recognized how far Long Yao surpassed his expectations, while Xiao Xiao gave the poisoned students an antidote and said they should wake in about two hours.

After rescuing Xiao Ya and Chen Feng, Long Yao learned that the Jackal Four had trapped three Shrek Academy students and was luring rescuers into an ambush. He reached their clearing alone and confronted the four Soul Ancestors, who prepared to capture him alive.

• Xiao Xiao treated Xiao Ya and Chen Feng while Huo Yuhao and He Caitou detected coordinated Soul Power fluctuations and suspected the Jackal Four were nearby.
• Huo Yuhao detected trapped students about five kilometers northeast, and Long Yao left the camp to investigate while the others stayed behind.
• Long Yao found three Shrek Academy students confined in a Blood Cage as Jackal Man and his companions waited to ambush anyone who came to rescue them.
• Long Yao recognized the four as the Class Four attackers from the Whispering Reeds and challenged them from a tree.
• The Jackal Four surrounded Long Yao and prepared to capture him alive, unaware that his true strength exceeded the Soul Grandmaster level they sensed.

Long Yao revealed his Soul Ancestor strength and defeated the Jackal Four, rescuing Lin Feng, Zhang Wei, and Wang Xiaoming. On the final day of training, the students counted in at camp, and Huo Yuhao detected a strong bloody smell and chaotic Soul Power Fluctuations six kilometers southeast, leaving the group concerned that classmates were in danger.

• Long Yao summoned his Soul Breaking Spear and used Thousand Spirit Spear Rain to overpower the Jackal Four and free the three students trapped in their Blood Cage.
• Long Yao ordered the defeated Jackal Four to crush their Distress Jade Talismans, and all four teleported away while the rescued Lin Feng, Zhang Wei, and Wang Xiaoming thanked him.
• Long Yao returned to camp with the three students, where Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, and the others welcomed them and prepared care for the wounded.
• On the final day, Long Yao ordered the students to count everyone, and Huo Yuhao reported that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu were camped three kilometers away while some other students remained unaccounted for.
• Huo Yuhao detected a strong bloody smell and chaotic Soul Power Fluctuations six kilometers southeast, alarming Long Yao’s group and prompting them to prepare for a possible rescue.

Long Yao and Wang Dong searched the southeastern forest, where they fought and killed a four-thousand-year Shadow Leopard but discovered that two classmates had died. Back at camp, Huo Yuhao reported the rescue results, and the students began counting their points as the chapter ended.

• Huo Yuhao, Ning Xue, and Xiao Xiao stayed at camp to coordinate the rescue effort while Long Yao and Wang Dong headed southeast.
• Long Yao and Wang Dong found a Shadow Leopard among the remains of Shrek students and fought it with Huo Yuhao's Spirit Detection support.
• Wang Dong weakened the Shadow Leopard with Butterfly God's Light, and Long Yao killed it with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Long Yao and Wang Dong returned to camp with two student badges, and Huo Yuhao reported that two classmates had died in the southeast.
• Long Yao called for the teams to count their points, and Huo Yuhao began tallying the core groups' spoils with Xiao Xiao, Ning Xue, and Wang Dong.

After the New Student Assessment, Long Yao accepted a thirty-percent deduction from his team’s score because students had died, despite still holding an overwhelming lead. Yan Shaozhe declared every first-year student a victor and awarded Long Yao restored points, the title of First-Year Chief, Temporary Inspector authority, and access to a Sea God Pavilion reward.

• Long Yao accepted the thirty-percent penalty, and Huo Yuhao calculated his groups’ final score as 1,361.5 points.
• Zhou Yi and the other teachers arrived to find the students united and disciplined, with Long Yao at their center.
• Zhou Yi reported Long Yao’s rescue efforts and the students’ consolidation to Yan Shaozhe at Shrek Academy’s Central Plaza.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Long Yao why he had saved competitors, and Long Yao answered by asking about Shrek Academy’s motto.
• Yan Shaozhe declared all first-year students victors and granted Long Yao 1,945 points, the title of First-Year Chief, Temporary Inspector authority, ten thousand Sea God Pavilion Contribution Points, and access to choose one item from the library’s first floor.

After Long Yao was named First-Year Chief and accepted Shrek’s rewards, he saw through the academy’s attempt to bind him and left the celebration to handle an undisclosed matter. His friends organized the celebration without him, while Moon recognized that Long Yao had been underestimated and was following his own path.

• Yan Shaozhe ended the New Student Assessment, named Long Yao First-Year Chief, and awarded him Shrek’s recognition as the students celebrated.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao noticed Long Yao’s subdued reaction, while Dai Huabin left the plaza in defeat and Zhou Yi warned her class that tomorrow’s training would be doubled.
• Long Yao thanked Zhou Yi for her past support, then his team planned a feast at Vast Sea Cloud Sky; he surprised them by leaving to attend to something else.
• Huo Yuhao divided the group into two teams and arranged for them to meet at a barbecue restaurant, while Wang Dong resolved to work toward standing beside Long Yao.
• Moon told Yan Shaozhe that the academy had underestimated Long Yao, who had seen through their attempt to win him over and continued on his own path.

Long Yao reported to Mu En that Tang Wan'er had revealed the Holy Spirit Cult’s plan to create a vessel named Tang Huo'er, and identified Ye Xishui as the cult’s Sect Master. Mu En ordered Shrek to investigate and gave Long Yao unrestricted access to Sea God Pavilion resources so he could gather more intelligence.

• Long Yao entered Sea God Pavilion and told Mu En and Yan Shaozhe that he had obtained answers from Tang Wan'er.
• Long Yao explained that Tang Huo'er was a vessel made from ancient extreme fire and a god’s remains, meant to absorb souls and negative emotions, and named Ye Xishui as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Sect Master.
• Yan Shaozhe reacted with fury to the threat and questioned Long Yao about the methods he had used to interrogate Tang Wan'er.
• Mu En stopped Yan Shaozhe, acknowledged the need for intelligence, and revealed his painful history with Ye Xishui.
• Mu En ordered the Sea God Pavilion to enter its highest alert, seal information about the Evil Soul Masters, and investigate its records on Ye Xishui.
• Mu En granted Long Yao free access to Sea God Pavilion and tasked him with uncovering more about Tang Huo'er, Ye Xishui, and the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans.

Long Yao accepted the Sea God's Eye from Mu En, gaining the Shrek Supervisory Group's highest authority to use covert methods against the Holy Spirit Cult. He left Sea God Pavilion and reunited with his companions at a celebration banquet, where Wang Dong embraced him and the group welcomed him into their circle.

• Long Yao told Mu En he would investigate the Holy Spirit Cult by any means necessary, and Mu En approved his resolve.
• Mu En gave Long Yao the Sea God's Eye, granting him authority to bypass regular departments, mobilize the Inspection Team, and execute first before reporting.
• After Long Yao left, Mu En explained to Yan Shaozhe that Shrek's upright methods had failed to stop Ye Xishui's evil research, and Yan Shaozhe reluctantly accepted his teacher's decision.
• Long Yao arrived at the Golden Bull BBQ Restaurant, where Wang Dong rushed into his arms and the companions resumed their celebration.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya toasted Long Yao and welcomed him into the Tang Sect's inner circle, while Huo Yuhao felt that he had finally found a home.
• Xiao Xiao and Xu Sanshi urged Long Yao to drink three jars of Fire Burning Cloud as his punishment for arriving late.

Long Yao drank two jars of Fire Burning Cloud at the celebration banquet, then let go of his usual restraint and shared a playful, affectionate evening with Wang Dong and their companions. The group returned to Shrek Academy beneath the moonlight, with Long Yao and Wang Dong walking hand in hand.

• Long Yao drained two five-pound jars of Fire Burning Cloud, astonishing the others while Huo Yuhao sensed that the alcohol was tempering and refining Long Yao’s body.
• Wang Dong tried to stop Long Yao from drinking more, and he pulled her into his embrace and lifted her above his head before setting her safely back down.
• Long Yao’s companions laughed, ate, and celebrated together as Wang Dong cared for him and quietly wiped barbecue sauce from his mouth.
• After the feast, the group walked through Shrek City toward Shrek Academy, with Wang Dong supporting the tipsy Long Yao.
• Long Yao clasped Wang Dong’s hand at a quiet street corner, and she squeezed his hand back as they continued walking together.

After returning to their dorm, Wang Dong realized she had fallen in love with Long Yao, while Long Yao quietly accepted her feelings and let her keep her secrets. The next morning, they headed to Shrek Academy’s New Student Assembly, where they were summoned to the platform as the session’s chiefs.

• Long Yao wished Wang Dong good night by name and fell asleep, leaving her to reflect on their growing closeness and admit her love for him.
• Wang Dong tucked Long Yao in, then lay facing him until they both fell asleep; Long Yao woke at dawn and watched her sleep without disturbing her.
• Long Yao woke Wang Dong for the assembly, and she panicked at the memory of sharing a bed before getting dressed and leaving with him.
• Long Yao and Wang Dong walked through Shrek Academy as new students whispered about them and their relationship.
• The new students gathered at the Central Plaza, where Yan Shaozhe opened the assembly and called Long Yao and Wang Dong to the platform as the chiefs.

Long Yao and Wang Dong walked hand in hand to the High Platform, where Yan Shaozhe named them joint Newcomer Chiefs and announced their rewards, including a shared courtyard. As Elder Xuan prepared to verify their martial souls, Wang Dong feared he would uncover her secret, while Long Yao reassured her.

• Long Yao encouraged Wang Dong, and they walked together across the plaza as students and teachers watched.
• Long Yao and Wang Dong clasped hands and ascended the High Platform, prompting Elder Xuan to perceive their intertwined forces of light and darkness.
• Yan Shaozhe praised their actions in the assessment and declared them joint Newcomer Chiefs, citing their unprecedented ninety-nine-percent martial soul compatibility.
• Yan Shaozhe announced the pair's honors and resources, including access to a Chief Exclusive Suite in an independent courtyard, drawing cheers and teasing from the crowd.
• Yan Shaozhe invited Elder Xuan to verify their martial souls and present their Chief Emblems, making Wang Dong fear her secret would be exposed as Long Yao comforted her.

At the Shrek Academy investiture ceremony, Elder Xuan certified Long Yao and Wang Dong as the freshman Chiefs, protecting Wang Dong’s secret after sensing her connection to the Clear Sky Sect. The ceremony gave way to announcements about new classes and courses, then left Long Yao and Wang Dong facing the academy-wide Chief Challenge.

• Elder Xuan arrived dramatically, awarded Long Yao his Chief Emblem, and sensed the Golden Holy Dragon hidden within Long Yao’s soul.
• Elder Xuan recognized a sacred scent on Wang Dong and mentioned the Clear Sky Sect, frightening her, but Long Yao steadied her and Elder Xuan publicly vouched for her male identity before awarding her emblem.
• Yan Shaozhe ended the investiture ceremony and confirmed Long Yao and Wang Dong as the Outer Court Freshman Chiefs, while their friends gathered around them.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that the new students would be reorganized into twelve official classes and that elective courses would begin the following Monday.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced the monthly Chief Challenge, allowing Outer Court students to challenge Long Yao and Wang Dong and potentially replace them after three consecutive victories.
• Wang Dong grew anxious at the challengers’ hungry attention, while Long Yao calmly comforted her and appeared amused and excited by the coming competition.

Long Yao steadied Wang Dong as Shrek Academy announced that the newly crowned Chiefs would face a challenge from Outer Court students, and their companions pledged to stand with them. The six moved into the luxurious Courtyard One by Sea God Lake, where they discovered a single exclusive room upstairs, leaving Wang Dong flustered by what it might mean.

• Long Yao calmed Wang Dong, while Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and Xu Sanshi explained that the Chief Challenge would use the Outer Court students to test the new Chiefs.
• Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, Ning Xue, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi promised to support Long Yao and Wang Dong against challengers.
• Xian Lin'er announced that the Chief Challenge rules would be posted in three days, ordered the students to avoid private fights, and assigned Long Yao, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, and Ning Xue to move to Courtyard One.
• Long Yao led the group to their former dormitory, where they packed their few belongings, then Zhou Yi guided them through the Sea God Lake area to their new home.
• Long Yao unlocked Courtyard One, and the group explored its spacious grounds, luxurious rooms, and private hot spring before Xiao Xiao spotted a single large bedroom door upstairs.
• The companions teased Long Yao and Wang Dong about the exclusive upstairs room, and Wang Dong blushed as she wondered whether it had only one bed.

Long Yao teased Wang Dong about sharing the upstairs suite, then offered it to the team as a public training room, leaving Wang Dong hurt when he chose a distant room. At the class assignment board, he took her hand again and led the group to lunch while wondering whether Lin Aotian was another transmigrator.

• Long Yao drew the team's laughter by suggesting anyone could use the upstairs room, then proposed turning its cultivation facilities into a shared training room.
• Long Yao chose Room Six, and Wang Dong mistakenly took his distance as a sign that he wanted to separate from her.
• Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection Sharing to reveal that Long Yao, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, He Caitou, and Ning Xue were assigned to Class One under Zhou Yi, while Lin Aotian was in Class Two.
• Long Yao took Wang Dong's hand at the assignment board, easing her distress, and the group agreed to celebrate at Begonia Pavilion with Long Yao paying.
• Long Yao suspected Lin Aotian might be another transmigrator and resolved to visit him after lunch.

Long Yao treated his companions to a lavish meal, then learned that Lin Aotian was a transmigrator whose system had marked Wang Dong as its top conquest target. At Shrek Academy’s training grounds, Long Yao’s group faced Lin Aotian and Dai Huabin as the Chief Challenge rivalry came into view.

• Long Yao led Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and Ning Xue to Begonia Pavilion and paid for an extravagant feast.
• Wang Dong fed Long Yao a piece of lotus root, and Long Yao’s system revealed Lin Aotian’s Overlord System and its plan to target Wang Dong.
• Long Yao crushed his chopsticks in anger, learned that Lin Aotian had not detected him, and hid his reaction from Wang Dong.
• Long Yao’s group went to Shrek Academy’s public training grounds, where students watched them as potential opponents in the Chief Challenge.
• Lin Aotian arrived with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, eyed Wang Dong possessively, and exchanged a tense stare with Long Yao.