Chapter Summaries

Yin Hao and the others faced the final Shrek Academy test, in which they had to survive Zhao Wuji’s attacks for one Incense Stick. After Dai Mubai explained Zhao Wuji’s formidable strength, the five introduced themselves and prepared to coordinate.

• Zhao Wuji announced that the five applicants had to withstand his attacks for one Incense Stick, then lit it and began the test.
• Dai Mubai explained that Zhao Wuji was a level seventy-six Soul Sage with the Vajra Bear Martial Soul and warned that his power and defense made the test extremely dangerous.
• Xiao Wu declared her confidence in Yin Hao, while Dai Mubai watched Zhu Zhuqing and she glared at him.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Bright King and recalled his escape from sixteen Spirit Hall bishops.
• Yin Hao, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing stated their names, Martial Souls, levels, and roles so they could plan together.

Yin Hao arranged the team’s tactics for their trial against Zhao Wuji and led their coordinated attacks. The fight continued as Xiao Wu and Yin Hao combined their skills to slam Zhao Wuji headfirst into the ground.

• Ning Rongrong introduced her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and explained that she could boost the team’s strength and speed.
• Yin Hao assigned positions and warned Xiao Wu to retreat quickly and avoid using her Charm soul skill against Zhao Wuji.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced the team, and Zhao Wuji’s opening shockwave was blocked by Yin Hao’s ice wall while the others dodged or pulled themselves clear.
• Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing launched probing attacks, but Zhao Wuji broke Tang San’s vines and nearly grabbed Xiao Wu before Yin Hao pulled her away.
• Yin Hao expanded his Blue Silver Domain and attacked with ice spikes while Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing distracted Zhao Wuji.
• Yin Hao lifted Zhao Wuji with Blue Silver Grass as Xiao Wu used her soft skill, sending Zhao Wuji headfirst into the dirt.

Yin Hao and the others continued their trial against Zhao Wuji, who unleashed his martial soul and drove them back with his strength. After Yin Hao protected Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong enhanced him, he used the Blue Silver Domain to hinder Zhao Wuji, but Zhao Wuji broke through the Blue Silver Emperor vines with his second soul skill.

• Zhao Wuji transformed with his martial soul and warned Dai Mubai that he would attend practical combat class the next day.
• Yin Hao, Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing attacked Zhao Wuji, but he released his first soul skill and shattered Tang San's bindings, sending Zhu Zhuqing flying.
• Yin Hao caught Zhu Zhuqing and protected her from the attack, while Dai Mubai tried to speak to her and she coldly ignored him.
• As the trial continued, Ning Rongrong focused her remaining enhancement on Yin Hao, while Tang San and Xiao Wu tried to distract Zhao Wuji.
• Yin Hao used Blue Silver Area Entanglement to slow Zhao Wuji, who unleashed his second soul skill and snapped apart the Blue Silver Emperor vines.

Yin Hao and his companions passed Zhao Wuji’s entrance test after the incense burned out, despite Yin Hao exhausting his Soul Power to protect Ning Rongrong. That night, Yin Hao settled into a single dormitory and Zhao Wuji rushed outside to confront an unknown visitor.

• Zhao Wuji pursued Ning Rongrong with his Fourth Soul Skill, but Yin Hao rescued her, then hit Zhao Wuji with an Ice Dragon after his Blue Silver Grass net was smashed.
• Xiao Wu pointed out that the incense had burned out, so Zhao Wuji ended the test and told Dai Mubai to arrange dorms before giving him a combat lesson.
• A scruffy middle-aged man watched Yin Hao leave and said that his son could now use the Blue Silver Domain, then glared after Zhao Wuji.
• Xiao Wu helped Yin Hao to the male dormitory, where he chose a single room, kissed her, and considered how to earn more money.
• Zhao Wuji sensed someone outside his room, heard a hoarse voice, and leapt out to confront the visitor.

Tang Hao confronted Zhao Wuji over beating Tang San and Yin Hao, then thrashed him while Flander watched. The next morning, Yin Hao went to Suotuo City with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, where they encountered Ma Hongjun grabbing Cui Hua, and Xiao Wu intervened.

• Tang Hao revealed his nine soul rings and challenged Zhao Wuji, saying he wanted justice because Zhao Wuji had beaten his sons, Tang San and Yin Hao.
• Flander recognized Tang Hao as the Clear Sky Crown, but Tang Hao ordered him aside and offered Zhao Wuji a chance to endure an Incense Stick's time without Tang Hao using his martial soul.
• Tang Hao struck Zhao Wuji repeatedly, while Flander turned away rather than watch.
• The next morning, Ning Rongrong thanked Yin Hao for saving her and invited him and Xiao Wu to a meal in Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu, Yin Hao, and Ning Rongrong encountered Ma Hongjun arguing with Cui Hua, and Xiao Wu stepped in when Ma Hongjun grabbed her.

Yin Hao intervened when Ma Hongjun tried to force Cui Hua Guniang to be his girlfriend, then beat and pinned him while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong cheered him on. Ma Hongjun failed to explain that he was a Shrek Academy student before someone called out to Yin Hao, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong.

• Xiao Wu confronted Ma Hongjun for pressuring Cui Hua Guniang, and Yin Hao challenged him after Ma Hongjun insulted him.
• Yin Hao kicked Ma Hongjun, who transformed and attacked Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong with Phoenix Fire Line.
• Yin Hao blocked the flames with a Blue Silver Grass Ice Wall, pinned Ma Hongjun to a tree, and began punching and slapping him.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong encouraged Yin Hao as Ma Hongjun repeatedly tried and failed to explain himself.
• Cui Hua Guniang asked Yin Hao to stop and said she and Ma Hongjun had broken up, but Yin Hao struck Ma Hongjun again when he spoke.
• A voice behind them asked what Yin Hao, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong were doing there.

After Ma Hongjun was mistaken for a lecher and beaten by Yin Hao, Dai Mubai identified him as a Shrek student, and Yin Hao made amends with medicine and breakfast. At the academy’s assembly, Flander welcomed the new students and assigned Oscar and Ning Rongrong to run, while Yin Hao left for Suotuo City to buy cultivation supplies.

• Dai Mubai recognized the battered Ma Hongjun, explained that he was Shrek Academy’s last student, and Yin Hao released him from the Blue Silver Grass Ice Spikes.
• Yin Hao apologized to Ma Hongjun with two bottles of medicine, then paid for breakfast with Dai Mubai and gained system rewards from his transactions.
• Yin Hao returned to the dormitory, claimed rewards, brought food to Tang San, and received a kiss from Zhu Zhuqing.
• At the Great Playground, Flander welcomed the students and instructed each to pay one hundred Gold Coin; he then sent Oscar and Ning Rongrong running for training.
• Yin Hao told Flander he was going to Suotuo City to buy cultivation supplies and set off.

Yin Hao accompanied Ning Rongrong to Suotuo City after she fled training, then joined her punishment when Flander discovered what they had done. After Flander’s words left Ning Rongrong in tears, Yin Hao tried to encourage her with a lesson about a swordsman’s resolve.

• Yin Hao stopped Ning Rongrong on the road and persuaded her to let him accompany her to Suotuo City.
• Ning Rongrong and Yin Hao ate at an upscale restaurant and spent the afternoon wandering around the city before returning to Shrek Academy.
• Flander confronted Ning Rongrong and Yin Hao about skipping training and ordered Yin Hao to run laps with Oscar.
• Ning Rongrong challenged Flander over Yin Hao’s punishment, but Flander’s speech made her doubt herself and she ran to her dormitory in tears.
• Yin Hao went to Ning Rongrong’s dormitory and told her that a swordsman’s strength depended on an unbroken sword heart as well as the sword in hand.

Yin Hao encouraged Ning Rongrong to ignore others' judgments, then formed the Rong Hao Combination with her at the Great Spirit Arena. As Xiao Wu prepared for her solo match, Yin Hao borrowed one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from Ning Rongrong to bet.

• Yin Hao took Ning Rongrong to the Great Spirit Arena and encouraged her to prove her critics wrong.
• Yin Hao and Ning Rongrong registered as a team named the Rong Hao Combination, leaving Ma Hongjun without a partner.
• Xiao Wu asked Yin Hao to accompany her to her solo Spirit Battle, and they returned to the resting area with Ning Rongrong.
• Yin Hao asked Ning Rongrong to lend him money so he could bet at the arena.
• Ning Rongrong agreed and took out a Gold Card after Yin Hao asked to borrow one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Yin Hao wagered Ning Rongrong’s one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on Xiao Wu’s victory, trusting her to win her upcoming arena match. As the seventy-eighth match approached, Xiao Wu accepted Shrek’s encouragement and went out to fight, while Yin Hao promised to watch.

• Ning Rongrong gave Yin Hao a Gold Card, and he joked that if he lost the money, he would repay her by joining the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Yin Hao asked the betting attendant about payouts and placed one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins on Xiao Wu to defeat Qing Bao.
• Yin Hao noticed that Na Na was scheduled for the next match and smiled at the thought of her.
• Yin Hao showed Xiao Wu his betting slip, and she embraced him and promised she would not lose.
• When Xiao Wu’s match arrived, Shrek’s companions encouraged her, and she hugged Yin Hao before heading out to fight.

Yin Hao collected nearly five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins after Xiao Wu won her match, then spotted a masked Soul Ancestor who seemed to be Hu Liena. He used a Sharingan illusion to make Dai Mubai wager all his remaining money on Tang San against Zhu Zhuqing, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Xiao Wu defeated Qing Bao, and Yin Hao collected his winnings while Dai Mubai decided to start betting at the Great Spirit Arena.
• Yin Hao noticed that the masked Soul Ancestor Na Na resembled Hu Liena and could not sense her with his Blue Silver Domain.
• Yin Hao collected nearly five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins from his winning bet on Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai chose the match between Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing and said he would bet on Tang San.
• Yin Hao cast a subtle Sharingan illusion on Dai Mubai, who decided to wager all fifty-five thousand of his Gold Soul Coins.

Yin Hao bet heavily on Zhu Zhuqing and received letters from BiBi Dong and Hu Liena before Zhu Zhuqing faced Tang San in the Soul Duel Arena. Zhu Zhuqing gained the upper hand, and her claws cut a long wound across Tang San’s face.

• Yin Hao encouraged Dai Mubai to wager all his money and borrow more, then bet 210,000 Gold Soul Coins on Zhu Zhuqing to win.
• Tang San gave Yin Hao an envelope from a masked woman, which contained BiBi Dong’s letter and an eight-million-Gold-Soul-Coin card, as well as Hu Liena’s invitation to meet at the Suotuo City Spirit Hall.
• Dai Mubai approached Zhu Zhuqing, but she left for her match, and Tang San followed her to the Soul Duel Stage.
• Zhu Zhuqing dodged Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and tore through his attacks with Netherworld Hundred Claws.
• Yin Hao used the System to claim 20% of Tang San’s comprehension of Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, disrupting Tang San’s attempt to evade Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s claws struck Tang San’s face as he dodged, leaving a long wound from the corner of his eye to his jaw.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Tang San after his poisoned hidden-weapon attack mysteriously vanished and she exploited his stumble to wound him. Tang San conceded and returned to the Shrek group, where he found Dai Mubai distraught over losing ninety thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Zhu Zhuqing injured Tang San's cheek, but she withdrew her martial soul and approached him to check the wound.
• Tang San secretly prepared poisoned silver needles, then threw them at Zhu Zhuqing when she charged him; the final needle vanished just before it struck her.
• Zhu Zhuqing rushed Tang San, but he stumbled while using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, allowing her Hell Stab to tear through his Blue Silver Grass and slash his chest.
• Tang San conceded, and Flander noticed the poisoned needles embedded in the ground and frowned at Tang San's conduct.
• Zhu Zhuqing registered her points while Tang San returned to the Shrek group and asked Dai Mubai what was wrong; Dai Mubai remained silent, upset over losing ninety thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Yin Hao collected his winnings at the Great Spirit Arena, used his Sharingan to make a gang of gamblers let him leave, and later won a two-person match with Ning Rongrong. After Ma Hongjun invited Dai Mubai to a brothel, Dai Mubai tried to go along out of spite toward Zhu Zhuqing but stopped when he realized he had no money.

• Yin Hao collected his winnings on Zhu Zhuqing's victory, then refused to place another bet after noticing the arena staff had taken an interest in him.
• A burly gambler grabbed Yin Hao, but Yin Hao used his Sharingan to make the man slap the bald gambler and order the others to let Yin Hao pass.
• Yin Hao met Tang San, who left for his two-person match with Dai Mubai; they won, as did Ma Hongjun, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Yin Hao and Ning Rongrong defeated a Soul Elder two-person team, surprising Flander and earning his praise.
• Ma Hongjun invited Dai Mubai to a brothel, and Dai Mubai agreed in a bid to provoke Zhu Zhuqing, who continued to ignore him.
• Dai Mubai stopped after a couple of steps, checked his pocket, and walked over to Yin Hao looking embarrassed.

Yin Hao gave Dai Mubai money, then went to the Spirit Hall Sub-Hall in Suotuo City and reunited with Hu Liena. The chapter ended with Hu Liena teasing him and asking what gift he wanted from her.

• Yin Hao gave Dai Mubai a pouch containing 17 Gold Soul Coins, and his system offered him 1.5 levels of Dai Mubai's Soul Power in return.
• Yin Hao left the others and went to the Spirit Hall Sub-Hall, where he used the Holy Son Token BiBi Dong had given him to gain entry.
• Hu Liena attacked Yin Hao from behind, but he dodged and restrained her with his Blue Silver Grass Ice Spike.
• Hu Liena asked whether Yin Hao had missed her or their Master more, and Yin Hao teased her about matching Master's gift of eight million Gold Soul Coins.
• Hu Liena leaned close to Yin Hao and asked what he wanted her to give him.

Yin Hao teased Hu Liena before learning that BiBi Dong had another Black Box prepared alongside Gold Soul Coins, which deepened his suspicions about his past. After leaving Spirit Hall, he caught Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong following him and learned they had come to check whether he had visited a brothel.

• Yin Hao flirted with Hu Liena, then asked why BiBi Dong had sent her with the card.
• Hu Liena recalled that BiBi Dong had another Black Box and later had someone prepare Gold Soul Coins, but she did not know what was inside.
• Yin Hao wondered whether his father or a future version of himself knew his secrets, then asked the System if it could send him back in time and learned it could not.
• Yin Hao spotted Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong hiding by the road and demanded to know why they had followed him.
• Xiao Wu admitted that Ning Rongrong had told her Yin Hao might have gone to a brothel, and the two had come to find out; Yin Hao then told them to return to the academy.

Yin Hao took leave from Shrek under the pretense that his grandfather was seriously ill, then traveled with Ni Huang to Sunset Forest to find Dugu Bo and try to recruit him. After searching from the air, Yin Hao detected a possible location several kilometers to the southeast.

• Yin Hao told Flander that his grandfather was ill, obtained leave, and departed Shrek alone after refusing Xiao Wu's offer to accompany him.
• Yin Hao met Ni Huang in a carriage and told her Dugu Bo was hiding in Sunset Forest, while she warned him about Dugu Bo's poison.
• Yin Hao and Ni Huang reached the area near Heaven Dou City, stayed overnight, and set out for Sunset Forest the next day.
• Ni Huang carried Yin Hao above the forest while he searched with his Blue Silver Domain.
• Yin Hao sensed a location about four kilometers to the southeast, and Ni Huang flew them toward it.

Yin Hao reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Neon Phoenix, harvested its rare herbs, and prepared fake Immortal Herbs for Dai Mubai and the others. He then ate the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Delicacy to cultivate, and the opposing ice and fire forces began transforming his body.

• Yin Hao had Neon Phoenix scout the poisonous area before they descended into the valley and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yin Hao explained the spring’s nature to Neon Phoenix and harvested its rare herbs, leaving the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Delicacy untouched.
• Yin Hao asked the System for convincing fake Immortal Herbs, then confirmed that Neon Phoenix could not distinguish a fake Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum from the real one.
• Yin Hao asked Neon Phoenix to keep watch while he cultivated at the spring.
• Yin Hao used Blue Silver Emperor vines to seize the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Delicacy, ate them, and began alternating between icy blue and fiery red.

Yin Hao endured the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s opposing forces, bought painkillers from the System, and refined the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Delicacy. Dugu Bo arrived seeking the spring to suppress his toxins, and Yin Hao emerged to introduce himself as Spirit Hall’s Saint Child.

• Yin Hao entered the spring and used the System’s painkillers to withstand its freezing and scorching currents.
• Yin Hao circulated his Soul Power to refine the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Blazing Apricot Delicacy.
• Dugu Bo hurried toward the spring as toxins flared within him, while Neon Phoenix waited anxiously nearby.
• Neon Phoenix stalled Dugu Bo by telling him that the Saint Child wanted to speak with him.
• Yin Hao emerged from the mist, concealed himself with Blue Silver Grass, dressed, and approached Dugu Bo.
• Yin Hao greeted Dugu Bo and introduced himself as Yin Hao.

Yin Hao confronted Dugu Bo with detailed knowledge of the Azure Serpent Family’s poison backlash and claimed he could cure it. After Dugu Bo suppressed the poison at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yin Hao made clear that he would only help if Dugu Bo changed his relationship with Spirit Hall.

• Ni Huang warned Yin Hao that Dugu Bo was suppressing something with his Soul Power, and Yin Hao identified it as a backlash from the toxins in his body.
• Dugu Bo’s poison flared when Yin Hao listed his symptoms, but Ni Huang blocked Dugu Bo’s burst of Soul Power.
• Yin Hao said he could resolve the Azure Serpent Family’s martial soul flaw, and Dugu Bo agreed to suppress his condition at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• After Dugu Bo returned, he saw that Yin Hao had picked the flowers and grass, then sat with him to discuss the promised cure.
• Yin Hao told Dugu Bo he could not help an enemy of Spirit Hall, leaving Dugu Bo to consider Yin Hao’s implied demand.