Chapter Summaries

After twenty-seven days of special training, Ye Feng declared the group had graduated, while Zhu Zhuqing asked to keep sparring with him and tried to hide her feelings. Ye Feng sensed someone had been watching them, but could not identify who.

• Ye Feng's training left Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, Jiang Zhu, Ning Rongrong, and the boys battered, and Ning Rongrong resented receiving fewer Thousand Kills than Jiang Zhu.
• Ma Hongjun told Tai Long he believed the girls had fallen for Ye Feng, prompting Zhu Zhuqing to blush and reconsider Ye Feng after her breakup with Dai Mubai.
• Ye Feng ended the twenty-seven-day special training and praised the group's combat skills and progress.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Ye Feng to continue sparring so she could improve her Spirit Cat Nine Styles, then left before he could answer.
• Ye Feng noticed someone had been watching them, but he could not tell Xiao Wu who it was.

Hu Liena learned that Ye Feng had reached Soul Emperor and dismissed him as a pervert, while Shrek Academy arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground for the tournament. Ye Feng pulled Flender aside and warned him to stop expanding his real estate business before its debts caused a crisis.

• Hu Liena recalled Ye Feng using Thousand Kill on a woman, learned he had six soul rings and had reached Soul Emperor, and decided her Bewitchment could control him.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Flender compared the Royal Hunting Ground with Shrek Academy, whose rapid growth had made it one of the continent’s strongest academies.
• Ye Feng asked the others to go ahead and stayed with Flender and Liu Erlong outside the Royal Hunting Ground.
• Ye Feng noted Liu Erlong’s pregnancy and realized his ties to Flender and the Shrek group meant he could not ignore Flender’s financial risks.
• Ye Feng warned Flender to stop the real estate expansion, explaining that presales and loans against unfinished properties could break the capital chain.

Ye Feng learned that Flender planned to sell Shrek Real Estate to wealthy investors before its debts became a problem. At the Royal Hunting Ground, Ye Feng greeted Xue Qinghe and once again made an inappropriate advance, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Ye Feng urged Flender to stop developing properties and sell them before the real estate business collapsed, but Flender said he planned to sell Shrek Real Estate to investors when prices neared their peak.
• Flender dismissed Ye Feng's concerns about the investors' losses, and Liu Erlong assured Ye Feng that Flender was too shrewd to need his help.
• Ye Feng, Flender, and Liu Erlong reached Shrek Academy's resting area at the Royal Hunting Ground, where Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and the others were speaking with Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and Sword Saint Chen Xin.
• Ye Feng greeted Xue Qinghe, put an arm around his shoulder, and commented on his buttocks.
• As Xue Qinghe stepped away, Ye Feng slapped his buttocks and insisted that his assessment was accurate, shocking Xue Qinghe and everyone watching.

Xue Qinghe grew increasingly frustrated with Ye Feng’s teasing while Ning Fengzhi arranged for Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples to study at Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Ye Feng withholding Xue Qinghe’s true identity from Chen Xin and Xue Qinghe unable to stop thinking about Ye Feng.

• Xue Qinghe complained to Ning Fengzhi after Ye Feng teased him again, and Ning Fengzhi urged Ye Feng to keep his horseplay within bounds.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Flender to accept young Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples at Shrek Academy, and Flender agreed to discuss the arrangement after the tournament.
• Ning Fengzhi encouraged Xiao Wu, Ye Feng, and Ma Hongjun to perform well, while Flender realized the sect wanted its disciples to befriend Shrek’s talented students.
• Xue Qinghe left with Ning Fengzhi because Ye Feng’s persistent gaze made him uncomfortable, while Chen Xin stayed behind to question Ye Feng about his behavior toward the crown prince.
• Ye Feng refused to explain the reason for his teasing because he would not reveal that Xue Qinghe was Qian Renxue, and later Xue Qinghe struggled to focus on government affairs because Ye Feng remained on his mind.

Liu Erlong announced that Shrek Academy’s first Promotion Tournament match was against Barak Academy, prompting Flender to recall the kingdom’s past exclusion of Shrek. Ye Feng assigned Tai Long to fight, and after the tournament began, Huo Wu defeated seven opponents before Shrek’s team encountered the now-respectful Barak Academy members, while Ye Feng confirmed their plan against the kingdom would continue.

• Liu Erlong told Shrek Academy that its first Promotion Tournament match would be against Barak Academy, and Flender recalled how Barak’s nobles had once kept Shrek from qualifying.
• Ye Feng rejected Ma Hongjun’s offer to fight and chose Tai Long instead, who agreed to take the match.
• At the Royal Hunting Ground, Huo Wu defeated all seven opponents from Auckland Academy and challenged Ye Feng.
• Ma Hongjun told Ye Feng that Shui Bing’er and Shui Yue’er’s parents were coming, and Ye Feng said he would prepare gifts.
• Luo Fuji invited Flender to return to Suotuo City, explaining that Shrek Academy had been restored and offered a ten-year tax exemption.
• Tai Long asked whether Shrek would continue its plan, and Ye Feng confirmed that their retaliation against Barak Academy would proceed.

Tai Long led Shrek Academy to a one-against-seven sweep over Barak Academy in the first Preliminary Competition match. After the victory, Xue Ye became interested in Ye Feng and considered meeting him.

• Tai Long defeated Luo Fuji and several Barak Academy contestants, brushing aside their protests and the referee’s warning.
• A Barak Academy Soul Ancestor used his Sunflower spirit to daze and attack Tai Long, but Tai Long resisted the sleep effect with pain and blocked the assault.
• Tai Long empowered himself with his third and fourth soul skills and struck the Barak Academy Soul Ancestor so severely that he suffered irreparable injuries.
• The referee declared Shrek Academy the winner after Tai Long swept all seven Barak Academy opponents, astonishing the spectators.
• Xue Ye asked Ning Fengzhi about Ye Feng, heard of his guidance and Spirit Yin Yang Theory, and decided he should meet him.

Ye Feng led Shrek Academy to victory, then agreed to face Huo Wu in the arena when their academies met. Afterward, Xue Qinghe brought him to meet Emperor Xue Ye, who questioned him about his Spirit Yin Yang Theory and offered him a position as an imperial son-in-law.

• Ye Feng’s decision to send Tai Long into battle led Shrek Academy to defeat Barak Academy, earning him six distributable Attribute Points.
• Huo Wu challenged Ye Feng to a fair fight, and he promised to give his all if they met in the arena.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Feng that Shrek Academy would face Blazing Academy the next day.
• Xue Qinghe took Ye Feng to meet Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Saint Chen Xin.
• Ye Feng explained his Spirit Yin Yang Theory to Xue Ye and declined an offer to become an official.
• Xue Ye offered Ye Feng the chance to become his imperial son-in-law by marrying Xue Ke.

Your Majesty Xue Ye tried to make Ye Feng an Imperial Son-in-Law, but Ye Feng repeatedly refused and claimed he wanted to marry Crown Prince Xue Qinghe instead. That night, Ye Feng entered Xue Qinghe's tent and discovered a woman bathing there.

• Your Majesty Xue Ye proposed that Ye Feng marry Princess Xue Ke, and Ye Feng refused because he wanted to remain free.
• Your Majesty Xue Ye promised to let Ye Feng share Princess Xue Ke's bed whenever he wished, but Ye Feng still refused.
• Ye Feng claimed he had taken a liking to Xue Qinghe and asked Your Majesty Xue Ye to give the Crown Prince to him in marriage.
• Your Majesty Xue Ye left angrily while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Saint Chen Xin stood by Ye Feng.
• That night, one of Xue Qinghe's men summoned Ye Feng to the Crown Prince's tent, where Ye Feng found a woman bathing.

Ye Feng discovered that the woman bathing in Xue Qinghe’s tent was Princess Xue Ke and deduced that Emperor Xue Ye had arranged their meeting to pressure him into becoming the Heaven Dou Empire’s Imperial Son-in-Law. After Xue Ke confirmed that her father had dismissed everyone nearby, she gave Ye Feng a mysterious crystal he recognized as the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

• Ye Feng entered the tent and saw Princess Xue Ke bathing, then tried to leave before she noticed him.
• Xue Ke spotted Ye Feng, screamed, and demanded to know who he was; he identified himself and explained his suspicion that Emperor Xue Ye had arranged the encounter.
• When no maids or guards answered Xue Ke’s calls, she accepted that her father had dismissed them and arranged the meeting without her knowledge.
• After Xue Ke dressed, she tossed Ye Feng a blue crystal, and he recognized it as the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Ye Feng accepted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Princess Xue Ke, a gift arranged by Your Majesty Xue Ye to win his support. After discussing the emperor’s motives with Xiao Wu, Ye Feng prepared for Shrek Academy’s next Promotion Tournament match against Blazing Academy.

• Princess Xue Ke gave Ye Feng the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud on behalf of Your Majesty Xue Ye, and Ye Feng accepted it.
• Ye Feng walked Princess Xue Ke through the military camp and noticed Your Majesty Xue Ye watching from an arrow tower.
• Xiao Wu confronted Ye Feng about meeting Princess Xue Ke, and Ye Feng explained the emperor’s attempt to win him over.
• Ye Feng showed Xiao Wu the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and said it would help protect her identity as a Soul Beast.
• The next day, Shrek Academy faced Blazing Academy in its second Promotion Tournament match.

Ye Feng faced Blazing Academy captain Huo Wu Shuang in the first Promotion Tournament match and revealed his breakthrough to Soul Emperor. After easily defeating Huo Wu Shuang, Ye Feng was left to face Dai Mubai as Blazing Academy sent its next contestant.

• Flender and Liu Erlong noted that Huo Wu, Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Huo Wu Shuang had grown stronger, and Flender expected Tang San to surprise Ye Feng.
• Huo Wu Shuang attacked Ye Feng using compressed fire-attributed Soul Power, but his strongest blow only forced Ye Feng back half a step.
• Ye Feng revealed his six Soul Rings, including a light-red ring that Tang San identified as nearly one hundred thousand years old, shocking Huo Wu and the others.
• Ye Feng froze Huo Wu Shuang in ice and punched him off the arena, securing Shrek Academy's first match victory.
• Dai Mubai entered the arena to face Ye Feng next.

Ye Feng defeated Dai Mubai in the tournament match after provoking him with doubts about why he had left Shrek Academy. After Blazing Academy’s next three contestants also fell to Ye Feng, Tang San was called to the stage.

• Ye Feng questioned Dai Mubai’s choice to join Blazing Academy and suggested Tang San had persuaded him to serve Yu Xiaogang’s ambitions, making Dai Mubai doubt his decision.
• Dai Mubai used his Fourth Soul Skill, but Ye Feng attacked from above, knocked him down, and kicked him off the arena to win the match.
• Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi praised Ye Feng, while Salas linked his talent to the Pope’s visit and left Xue Ye worried about whether Ye Feng would support the Heaven Dou Empire or Spirit Hall.
• Tang San told the injured Dai Mubai that Ye Feng had deliberately shaken his resolve; Dai Mubai grew enraged, spat blood, and fainted, while Zhu Zhuqing mocked him.
• Ye Feng easily defeated Blazing Academy’s next three contestants, and Tang San was called to the stage.

Ye Feng faced Tang San in the Promotion Tournament, accusing him of betraying Shrek Academy and revealing that he possessed a Three Lives Martial Soul. After Ye Feng wounded Tang San and outmaneuvered his Blue Silver Grass, the fight continued as Ye Feng unleashed his Nine Heart Profound Tang.

• Ye Feng and Tang San exchanged accusations before agreeing to fight, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar urged Ye Feng to punish Tang San.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed to Xue Ye and Salas that Ye Feng had a Three Lives Martial Soul, and Tang San demanded to know why his eye martial soul had no soul rings.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xue Ye that Tang San had stolen his movement technique, and the discussion left Tang San distracted by memories of stealing Tang Sect techniques in his previous life.
• Ye Feng struck Tang San in the chest, drawing blood, then dodged Tang San's Blue Silver Grass and pressed the attack.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to evade Ye Feng, who summoned the Nine Heart Profound Tang and activated its second soul skill, Ice Seal.

Ye Feng and Tang San escalated their Promotion Tournament fight, revealing their powerful hidden abilities and martial souls. Ye Feng interrupted Tang San’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with a ground-shattering soul skill, leaving Tang San stunned as the battle continued.

• Ye Feng froze Tang San, then battered him with powerful punches that cracked his Mystic Jade Hand and sent him flying.
• Tang San deployed his Eight Spider Lances, but Ye Feng blocked them with his Dragon Phoenix Ancient Wings and knocked him back.
• Tang San declared that he would reveal his true strength, then summoned the Clear Sky Hammer with four black ten-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Ye Feng revealed the Xuanyuan Sword and its three black ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, while Sword Saint Chen Xin recognized Ye Feng’s sword aura as a minor accomplishment.
• Tang San attacked with Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Ye Feng used Mountain Collapse and Earth Crack to interrupt it and launch Tang San into the air.

Ye Feng and Tang San continued their arena match, with Tang San trying to exploit Ye Feng’s flight and then lure him into a direct clash. Ye Feng overwhelmed him with Sword and Man as One, leaving Tang San defeated and the Xuanyuan Sword established as the Number One Under Heaven weapon martial soul.

• Ye Feng called his martial soul the Xuanyuan Sword, while Tang San tested him with phrases from his previous life and failed to find evidence that Ye Feng was a transmigrator.
• Tang San attacked with Deterrence Strike and Hurricane Hammer, but Ye Feng evaded the blows using sword qi, Burst Step, and his Dragon Phoenix Ancient Wings.
• Tang San and Ye Feng argued over whether their standoff counted as a draw, and Ye Feng descended after Tang San provoked him.
• Tang San launched another Deterrence Strike, but Ye Feng used Sword and Man as One to smash the Clear Sky Hammer and knock Tang San into the arena floor.
• Tang San tried to rise but collapsed after spitting blood, and Ye Feng asked whose martial soul was the Number One Under Heaven before listing his advantages over Tang San.

After Ye Feng defeated six Blazing Academy fighters, Huo Wu entered the arena determined to protect her academy’s honor. Ye Feng left mid-match to give her time to study his Burst Step and his advice about compressing energy, and Huo Wu began comprehending the technique.

• The referee announced Ye Feng’s sixth consecutive victory, and Huo Wu stepped forward as Blazing Academy’s final contestant.
• Liu Erlong recognized Huo Wu’s resolve and worried that Ye Feng’s six battles had depleted much of his strength.
• Huo Wu steadied herself, summoned her martial soul, and faced Ye Feng with determination despite his Fire Immunity.
• Ye Feng explained that Huo Wu needed to understand Energy Compression and used the image of an erupting volcano to advise her.
• Ye Feng claimed he urgently needed to relieve himself, then used Burst Step repeatedly to leave the competition grounds.
• Huo Wu watched Ye Feng’s movements, sat cross-legged, and began comprehending his Burst Step and advice.

Ye Feng deliberately lost to Huo Wu after helping her prepare a powerful compressed-fire attack, and Shrek later won the match through Xiao Wu. Huo Wu approached Ye Feng afterward and asked to talk.

• After returning from a long absence, Ye Feng faced Huo Wu, whose strengthened Repelling Fire Ring countered his Soul Skills.
• Huo Wu launched ten compressed fireballs, and Ye Feng blocked them with his Dragon Phoenix Ancient Wings before admitting defeat.
• Ye Feng healed his wings and gained nine distributable Attribute Points for preventing the original storyline’s sweep of Blazing Academy.
• Xiao Wu wore down Huo Wu until she conceded, giving Shrek Academy the match victory.
• Huo Wu found Ye Feng afterward and asked to talk.

Huo Wu privately asked Ye Feng about his romantic preferences, and their teasing conversation revealed that she had fallen for him. Just as Huo Wu kissed Ye Feng’s cheek, Xiao Wu appeared, and Huo Wu fled after whispering that she liked men like him.

• Liu Erlong encouraged Huo Wu to speak with Ye Feng alone while Feng Xiaotian saw them together and secretly followed.
• In a grove, Huo Wu asked Ye Feng why he had held back and what kind of girls he liked, and he joked that he liked pretty girls of every kind.
• Huo Wu mistook Ye Feng’s teasing for interest in dating her, while Ye Feng realized she probably liked him and prepared to leave.
• Huo Wu hurried after Ye Feng, collided with him, and kissed his cheek as she recognized her feelings for him.
• Xiao Wu interrupted them, and Huo Wu blushed, ran away, and whispered to Ye Feng that women liked fickle men who doted on them.

Ye Feng and Xiao Wu went into the wilderness together, where Xiao Wu kissed him and became his second woman. Back at camp, Xiao Wu fled in embarrassment, while Shrek Academy prepared to face Plant Academy with Ma Hongjun aiming to defeat all seven opponents.

• Huo Wu fled the forest after speaking to Ye Feng, and Ye Feng realized she had fallen for him.
• Ye Feng questioned Xiao Wu about her bad mood, and Xiao Wu kissed him before insisting he give in to her.
• Two hours later, Ye Feng and Xiao Wu returned to camp, where Xiao Wu blushed and fled after Jiang Zhu asked if she had a fever.
• Shrek Academy faced Plant Academy, and Shui Bing'er explained that Ye Feng had chosen Ma Hongjun to avenge Blazing Academy's humiliation.
• Shui Yue'er asked Shui Bing'er what she thought of Ye Feng, and Shui Bing'er looked toward him without answering.

Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er's parents confronted Ye Feng over his claim that the sisters would be his future wives. Ye Feng agreed to face them alone, and Shui Xin'er offered him a one-incense-stick challenge, which he rejected as too short.

• Shui Ruohan and Shui Xin'er arrived at Shrek Academy's camp and demanded to know which student was Ye Feng.
• Shui Bing'er urged her parents to let the matter go, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong realized the confrontation concerned Ye Feng's public claim about the sisters.
• Shui Ruohan challenged Ye Feng to leave the camp, and Liu Erlong warned Ye Feng that Shui Bing'er's parents might have reached the Soul Saint realm.
• Ning Rongrong brought Sword Saint Chen Xin to the confrontation, but Ye Feng insisted that his master stay out of the fight and that he face Shui Ruohan and Shui Xin'er alone.
• Shui Xin'er offered to let Ye Feng off if he lasted one incense stick against her, but Ye Feng said the time was too short for him to enjoy the fight.