Chapter Summaries

After Chen Yan’s song impressed his classmates, the Class One students returned from their camping trip and learned that the Western Alliance Grand Competition was approaching. At the competition venue, Heaven Dou City’s principals argued over their schools’ rivalry and the Second Academy’s loss of talent to Shrek.

• Chen Yan let Wu Man post a video of his song online after Gu Yuena approved, and Gu Yuena promised to compensate him for the lost earnings.
• Wang Zihan played a bamboo flute for the group during the camping trip.
• The students returned to school, where Chen Yan was whisked into the classroom by Gu Yuena before the crowd could surround him; the other eight classmates were mobbed and returned later.
• Qin Man welcomed the students back and told them to prepare for the upcoming Alliance Grand Competition.
• At the Western Alliance Grand Competition venue, Principal Qin avoided predicting whether his academy would retain its top position, while the Second Academy’s principal challenged him.
• Heaven Dou City’s top education official scolded the Second Academy’s principal for sending government-funded talent to Shrek, and the principal promised to change.

Qin Yan reluctantly accepted that two Spirit Pagoda students would leave for Shrek, then watched Heaven Dou First Soul Guidance Academy win its opening match. Chen Yan drew attention from the crowd, prompting Gu Yuena to fend off admirers and question his interest in them.

• Qin Yan told Old Class Monitor that two talented Spirit Pagoda students planned to attend Shrek, and Old Class Monitor agreed to let them go.
• Li Xuanya identified Heaven Dou Eleventh Soul Guidance Academy as their opponent, and Chen Yan reminded his teammates to prepare carefully.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena adjusted their Soul Power to Level 29 before the match, and Qian Jin disrupted the opposing formation while Chen Yan, Li Mingxuan, and Wang Zihan attacked.
• Heaven Dou First Soul Guidance Academy defeated Heaven Dou Eleventh Soul Guidance Academy, and the principals of the two academies discussed the team's strength.
• Female students asked Chen Yan for his contact information, but Gu Yuena turned them away and then questioned Chen Yan about watching them leave.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena rose to fame after winning the Western Alliance Grand Competition, where Gu Yuena led their team to victory while Chen Yan slept through the match. Three years later, Gu Yuena welcomed Li Xuanya and the others to her enormous home.

• Gu Yuena smashed her phone after seeing online comments and a fake wedding picture claiming Chen Yan was already married to a fan.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena’s team won their group undefeated and secured a place in the top eight, while speculation about their relationship spread online.
• Chen Yan napped through the match against Second Academy as Gu Yuena organized the team’s tactics.
• Gu Yuena led the team through a difficult final and won the championship; she forfeited the individual final to Chen Yan, and they became famous as the competition’s twin stars.
• Three years later, Li Xuanya and the others visited Gu Yuena’s large home.

Chen Yan hosted a farewell gathering for his classmates, shared his collection and sang for them before several students left Heaven Dou City. Wang Zihan, Yang Sheng, Wu Man, and Qian Jin stayed behind, while letters and a complaint set off consequences for people elsewhere.

• Li Xuanya and Xu Hao admired Chen Yan’s villa and collection, and Xu Hao failed to persuade him to lend out the Iron Man armor Gu Yuena had given him.
• Chen Yan toasted his classmates, spoke about their three years together, and sang “Farewell” at their last gathering in Heaven Dou City.
• Wang Zihan, Yang Sheng, Wu Man, and Qian Jin stayed behind as the Soul Guidance Train departed with the others.
• Wang Zihan asked Wu Man why she had stayed, and she teased him instead of answering directly.
• Principal Qin puzzled over Gu Yuena’s compensation letter and the three million she had paid for a smashed door.
• Aunt Yang read a letter about Chen Yan’s success, while Qin Man smashed her desk after receiving Chen Yan’s complaint about his classmates’ gossip.

Chen Yan and his companions arrived at Shrek Inner City to register for the entrance examination, drawing attention before being led to a hall with a pressure test. The group resisted the power emanating from a mural of Di Tian, and the test was still underway.

• Gu Yuena's driver brought Chen Yan and his group to Shrek Inner City's gates, where they joined the registration line.
• Chen Yan and his companions attracted a crowd, and an enforcer silenced everyone before staff led the applicants into the city.
• The staff guided the applicants through Shrek's plaza and into a grand hall, where they saw a mural of a black dragon identified by Gu Yuena as Di Tian.
• The mural's pressure made many students collapse or struggle, while Chen Yan remained steady and Gu Yuena grew angry that Shrek used Di Tian's blood in the test.
• Chen Yan's four companions resisted the pressure, with Li Xuanya doing best and Xu Hao struggling most.

Chen Yan and his companions passed the pressure test and entered the second trial, where they faced a five-thousand-year Earth Demon Rhino in a recreated arena. As the beast charged, Chen Yan had Xu Hao lead the defense and told the unfamiliar auxiliary-type girl to stay near Gu Yuena.

• Old Li told a staff member that Silver Moon Douluo might make Chen Yan and Gu Yuena’s trial difficult, then watched the examinees finish the first assessment.
• Chen Yan gave Xu Hao a pill to recover, and Li Xuanya shared pills with the other three companions.
• The examinees entered a darkened hall in groups of seven and were transported into a primitive beast arena.
• Chen Yan’s group encountered a five-thousand-year Earth Demon Rhino that Xu Hao recognized from the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Chen Yan ordered Xu Hao to take the lead and told the unfamiliar auxiliary-type girl to stay by Gu Yuena as the rhino charged.

Chen Yan directed his team in a fight against a five-thousand-year Earth Demon Rhino, letting them defeat it without his help. The team celebrated their victory, while an outside staff member decided their rating should be raised.

• Gu Yuena slowed the charging Earth Demon Rhino with Ice Crystals, but it broke free and startled the team with its strength.
• Chen Yan assigned Xu Hao to draw the rhino's attention while Li Mingxuan and Sun Siyuan attacked from the sides, with Gu Yuena and Li Xuanya providing support.
• Gu Yuena slowed the rhino again and turned the ground to mud, allowing Li Mingxuan and Sun Siyuan to strike it before they retreated from its counterattack.
• Chen Yan sent Xu Hao to attack the rhino's exposed rear, and Xu Hao's shield blow made it stagger and fall.
• Li Mingxuan and Sun Siyuan pinned the rhino with vines and drove a sword into its neck, killing it.
• Xu Hao celebrated with Li Mingxuan and Sun Siyuan, while a staff member outside decided to raise the team's rating.

Chen Yan’s group completed the Earth Demon Rhino assessment and prepared for a guillotine course, where Chen Yan heard others call a boy Xie Xie and began to suspect Tang Wulin was missing. The chapter left him wondering whether he had taken Tang Wulin’s place and how to prevent Tang San from killing the Soul Beasts.

• After Xu Hao admitted he had scraped the Earth Demon Rhino with his shield, Li Mingxuan and Sun Siyuan reacted with disgust, and the group received their scores for defeating it.
• Chen Yan’s group was teleported to the third assessment, where an examiner explained the rules for crossing rows of falling guillotine blades.
• Gu Yuena tested a blade with an ice spike and estimated its force at about three thousand kilograms, while Li Mingxuan studied the blades’ timing.
• Chen Yan heard a group discussing Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan, then realized none of the boys appeared to be Tang Wulin.
• Chen Yan suspected he might have taken Tang Wulin’s place and worried that Tang San could later turn against the Silver Dragon King and the Soul Beasts.

Chen Yan and his friends passed the Guillotine Forest assessment before moving on to the specialty evaluation. The chapter ended as their group entered the assessment room and met an elderly examiner and two middle-aged men.

• Chen Yan worried about his lack of a Super Artifact, and Gu Yuena comforted him while their friends teased them.
• Chen Yan assigned Sun Siyuan to help Song Ya, and the group formed teams for the Guillotine Forest.
• Gu Yuena climbed onto Chen Yan's back, and he carried her through the falling guillotines without being struck.
• Chen Yan's group earned ten points each, while fear and injuries eliminated one-third of the examinees.
• The staff led the successful examinees to the second floor and explained that they would be judged on one specialty.
• Chen Yan's group entered the assessment room and saw a silver-haired old woman with two middle-aged men.

Chen Yan, Xu Hao, Sun Siyuan, and the others demonstrated their martial souls and abilities before Cai Yue'er and the examiners, who awarded them full marks. They then moved on to the fifth assessment, which tested their second professions.

• Xu Hao explained how his Whirlwind Turtle shell served as both a shield and a weapon, and Cai Yue'er advised him to address his lack of offensive methods.
• Sun Siyuan introduced his Earth Splitting Bear martial soul and said his main strengths were power and a big appetite.
• Chen Yan demonstrated the Golden Dragon's overwhelming Dragon Might, impressing Cai Yue'er and the other examiners.
• Gu Yuena showed her Silver Dragon's control over wind, earth, and fire, earning praise from Cai Yue'er.
• Cai Yue'er ordered the examiners to give Chen Yan and the others full marks, then the candidates learned the fifth assessment would test their second professions.

Chen Yan and his companions completed the fifth assessment and faced a steamed-bun eating challenge at the sixth site. They passed after helping one another finish their food, and the proctor sent them onward.

• After the fifth assessment, Chen Yan teased Xu Hao about his low repair skill, and the group laughed at Xu Hao as they headed to the next site.
• At the sixth assessment, the group learned that eating fifteen steamed buns in thirty minutes earned a passing score, with extra buns granting more points.
• Chen Yan ate steamed buns with Chili Sauce and pickled cabbage, while Gu Yuena joined him and Xu Hao fetched pickled cabbage for himself.
• Xu Hao finished his share and ten buns for Li Xuanya, who had eaten twenty-four; Sun Siyuan helped Song Ya finish her portion.
• Chen Yan ate the final bun, and after a voice instructed the proctor to let them pass, the group proceeded to the next stage.

Chen Yan and the others completed the endurance assessment, with Song Ya earning only two points and Li Xuanya barely reaching the passing range. They then faced a combat trial against senior Shrek Academy students and began choosing opponents without knowing their abilities.

• Chen Yan urged Song Ya to finish the run and told the others to complete the endurance assessments at their own pace.
• Xu Hao, Sun Siyuan, and Li Mingxuan finished quickly, while Chen Yan and Gu Yuena ran at a relaxed pace and Li Xuanya struggled through the strength tests.
• Li Xuanya barely reached the ten-point range, and Song Ya earned two points after finishing only the run.
• The examiner announced that each examinee had to face a senior Shrek Academy student, pass by lasting over ten minutes, and could earn up to ten points by winning.
• Chen Yan advised Xu Hao and Sun Siyuan to judge the candidates by their bearing and avoid choosing scrawny students, while Li Xuanya searched for a weaker-looking opponent.

Chen Yan and the others entered a survival test in a forest where the soul beasts were real, after the examiners set the test to its highest level. They followed two roars to a valley and found a Ten Thousand Year Level Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear fighting the Emperor Rui Beast.

• Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, Sun Siyuan, and Li Mingxuan received full marks in the previous round, while Xu Hao, Song Ya, and Li Xuanya scored less.
• Silver Moon Douluo and Zhuo Shi arrived as the four students entered their hibernation pods, and Old Cai ordered the survival test set to its highest level.
• Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, Xu Hao, and Li Xuanya explored a quiet forest, with Gu Yuena sending wind birds ahead to scout.
• The group heard two roars and followed them to a valley, where a Ten Thousand Year Level Dark Gold Terror Claw Bear battled the Emperor Rui Beast.

Chen Yan’s team completed the highest-level test by sparing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, then faced the final stage of their academy exam. Three elders scored the team, leaving Song Ya worried that she might not pass.

• Chen Yan led the team into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s cave and knocked its young lion unconscious with a single strike.
• Chen Yan and Gu Yuena declined the young lion, and the others refused it as well, so the team left it unharmed.
• The adult Three-Eyed Golden Lion appeared at the cave entrance and engulfed the team in golden flames, returning them to their hibernation pods and completing the test.
• The proctor awarded the team full marks for sparing the Golden Lion and sent them to the final assessment.
• Three examiners scored the students: Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, and Li Mingxuan received ten points, while Song Ya received four and remained three points short of passing.

Chen Yan and the others were admitted to the academy, but all except Song Ya became Work-Study Students and were assigned a run-down dormitory and a cleaning task. Chen Yan revealed he had brought supplies to repair and clean the dormitory, and put the others to work.

• The academy admitted Chen Yan, Xu Hao, Li Mingxuan, Li Xuanya, Gu Yuena, and Sun Siyuan as Work-Study Students, while Song Ya was not assigned to the group.
• The Academic Affairs Office gave the students their uniforms and ordered them to clean Spirit Ice Plaza before nightfall.
• Song Ya accompanied the group to the Work-Study Student dormitories despite Chen Yan telling her she did not need to help.
• Chen Yan and the others found their rooms in a dilapidated dormitory with dusty floors, broken windows, and bare bunk bed frames.
• Chen Yan took wood, glass, and cleaning tools from his ring, explained he had expected to be assigned there, and told the others to begin cleaning.

Chen Yan and his friends renovated their dormitories and settled in, while Gu Yuena and Chen Yan completed academy tasks and sold Spirit Forged metals for Contribution Points. After learning Shrek had halved their compensation, the group grew upset, but Chen Yan offered to support them and they reassured Gu Yuena that the academy’s decision was not her fault.

• Chen Yan, Gu Yuena, Li Xuanya, and the others cleaned and renovated the dormitories, with Gu Yuena using her Water Element to clean a floor instantly.
• Chen Yan and the group moved into the finished dormitories, where Xu Hao kept trying to talk after the lights went out while the others blocked out his voice.
• Gu Yuena used her Soul Skill to clean the plaza, and Chen Yan sold his Spirit Forged metals at a low price for Contribution Points.
• At the cafeteria, Chen Yan explained that Shrek’s Academic Affairs Office had cut their compensation in half, angering Xu Hao, Li Mingxuan, and the others.
• Chen Yan offered to support his friends, and the group comforted Gu Yuena when she blamed herself for their predicament.

Chen Yan and Gu Yuena grew closer as they held hands back to her dormitory, while their friends teased them. The next day, Shrek Academy opened the academic year with a display of its teachers’ power, and Old Cai warned students that failing examinations meant expulsion.

• Chen Yan paid Gu Yuena’s Contribution Points, then held her hand as they walked from the cafeteria to her dormitory.
• Chen Yan returned to his dorm, where Xu Hao boasted about impressing the association, and Li Xuanya questioned Gu Yuena about Chen Yan.
• That night, Gu Yuena blushed as she stared at her palm after Li Xuanya fell asleep.
• At the Opening Ceremony, more than twenty teachers descended into Spirit Ice Plaza, including Old Cai, the Silver Moon Douluo.
• Old Cai told the students that Shrek’s examinations could lead to expulsion and warned them to make the most of their time at the academy.

At Shrek Academy’s opening ceremony, Chen Yan listened selectively as Old Cai welcomed the first-years and introduced their counselors, Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong. Shen Yi explained the Academy’s rules, Contribution Points, and elimination system, leaving the students to explore or take assignments.

• Old Cai finished her speech and sent the teachers back with their grades, leaving the first-years in the square.
• Old Cai named herself homeroom teacher and introduced Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong as counselors, surprising Chen Yan to see Wu Zhangkong there without Tang Wulin.
• Wu Zhangkong led the first-years to their classroom, where Shen Yi assigned seats by calling their names.
• Shen Yi explained that Contribution Points paid for Academy resources and services and could only be earned through assignments.
• Shen Yi warned that lateness and absences could lead to expulsion, outside purchases were restricted, and the bottom five students in each year's major examination would be expelled.
• Shen Yi dismissed the first-years to explore the Academy or try assignments, noting that failed assignments cost points and a balance of negative one thousand meant expulsion.

After the opening ceremony, Chen Yan took his group to Gourmet Street, where he and Gu Yuena shared food. When three hooligans harassed Gu Yuena, Chen Yan struck one down and confronted their boss.

• Chen Yan reassured Sun Siyuan that the group’s classroom decorations would not be traced to Contribution Points, then left with Gu Yuena.
• Chen Yan took his group to Gourmet Street, where Gu Yuena fed him grilled tofu and shared skewers with him.
• A hooligan spotted Gu Yuena and made lewd remarks while his boss watched.
• Chen Yan warned the hooligans to watch their mouths, then punched one so hard he flew into a wall.
• The boss panicked and threatened that the enforcers would discover Chen Yan’s actions and Shrek would expel him, but Chen Yan advanced and said he feared trash who harmed good people.

Chen Yan protected Gu Yuena from trouble on Gourmet Street, then spent the night killing his targets while she watched from a rooftop. The next morning, Shen Yi introduced the students to battle armor and explained its importance to their futures at Shrek Academy.

• Chen Yan defeated the hooligans who caused trouble at the shop, paid two million to compensate the neighboring shop, and left with Gu Yuena.
• Gu Yuena teased Chen Yan about his anger and protective instincts as they shopped, and Xu Hao gave up shopping because Shrek City was too expensive.
• Chen Yan used his divine artifact’s concealment to enter a hospital and kill two men, then continued hunting targets through the night as Gu Yuena watched from a rooftop.
• Shen Yi explained that students needed to become One-Word Battle Armor Masters to graduate or qualify for the Inner Courtyard assessment.
• Shen Yi described battle armor as equipment for high-level Soul Masters and said only Two-Word Battle Armor, made with Spirit Forging, could truly merge with its wearer.