Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong and Ye Xinyu passed Shrek Academy’s entrance test, and Ye Xinyu learned that Grandmaster’s remarkably powerful disciple was named Tang Chuan. She left the testing area relieved that Tang Chuan’s Martial Soul was not an Ice Jade Scorpion, while Ning Rongrong pressed her to reveal her family background.

• Ning Rongrong introduced the shy boy with a Paramecium Martial Soul, then tested at level 35 and displayed her Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda with two thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Ye Xinyu tested at level 43 and revealed her mutated swan Martial Soul and two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, stunning Ning Rongrong and the testing teacher.
• The teacher said Grandmaster’s disciple Tang Chuan was nearly a Soul King before turning thirteen, prompting Ye Xinyu to wonder if Tang San had survived under a new name.
• Ye Xinyu asked whether Tang Chuan had an Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, and the teacher clarified that he had an ice-attributed toad Martial Soul.
• Ye Xinyu collected her academy supplies and left the testing area, where Ning Rongrong asked which family she came from.

Ye Xinyu turned down Ning Rongrong’s offer to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the two enrolled at the academy together. Flender returned with Ma Hongjun and Oscar after their arrest, punished them, and assigned them duties for the upcoming entrance test.

• Ye Xinyu told Ning Rongrong that she had no family and explained how she had obtained resources and a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong invited Ye Xinyu and her mother to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Ye Xinyu declined and agreed to remain friends.
• Ning Rongrong and Ye Xinyu submitted their enrollment information and received keys to Dormitory 302.
• Flender returned with Ma Hongjun and Oscar, scolded them for disgracing Shrek Academy, and told them they owed one hundred Gold Soul Coins each for bail.
• Flender ordered Ma Hongjun and Oscar to run one hundred laps and then notify Mu Bai and the others that they would handle the upcoming entrance test.

Ye Xinyu and Ning Rongrong discussed Shrek Academy’s graduation requirements before dark flames erupted from the lake, which Ye Xinyu extinguished with her sacred soul skill. She struck the hidden Ma Hongjun with a stone and left with Ning Rongrong, while Ma Hongjun realized the stone’s Soul Power had suppressed his Evil Fire.

• Ye Xinyu reflected on how Shrek Academy and its students differed from her memories, and wondered how Tang Chuan had cultivated so quickly.
• Ning Rongrong explained that inner academy students needed to reach Soul King, possess a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and earn a Gold Soul Fighting Badge to graduate.
• Dark crimson flames burst from the lake, and Ye Xinyu protected Ning Rongrong with a sacred barrier that extinguished them.
• Ye Xinyu threw a Soul Power-wrapped stone at the figure in the lake, then left with Ning Rongrong as the figure shouted and sank underwater.
• Ma Hongjun realized that the Soul Power from the stone had suppressed his Evil Fire.
• The next morning, Ye Xinyu, Ning Rongrong, and the other students who passed the preliminary assessment arrived at the classroom.

Dai Mubai announced that the students who passed the preliminary test had to face a combat assessment, and Ning Rongrong chose Ye Xinyu as her teammate. Meanwhile, Flender and Zhao Wuji discovered something shocking in the enrollment documents.

• Dai Mubai told the students that they had to last against him in a combat test, with Ning Rongrong required to find a teammate and endure twice as long.
• Ning Rongrong chose Ye Xinyu, confident that her Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda would help them win against Dai Mubai.
• Liu Mang offered to team up with Ning Rongrong, but she refused and stayed with Ye Xinyu.
• Zhao Wuji and Flender discussed the academy's new investment and Grandmaster's influence through his connection to the Pope.
• Flender handed Zhao Wuji the enrollment documents, and Zhao Wuji dropped his chicken leg in shock after reading them.

Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed Liu Ruyan’s extraordinary soul rings and decided to keep her at Shrek Academy, then Flender remembered the practical combat assessment. During the assessment, Ye Xinyu defeated Dai Mubai in a test of strength, and he took Ye Xinyu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to meet the dean.

• Zhao Wuji and Flender examined Liu Ruyan’s unusual rankings and wondered how she had obtained two Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Flender decided Shrek Academy should keep Liu Ruyan, then realized the practical combat assessment was taking place that day.
• Ye Xinyu defeated Dai Mubai in a contest of strength without releasing her Martial Soul, and Dai Mubai conceded.
• Ma Hongjun teased Dai Mubai about keeping two sisters as mistresses, provoking Zhu Zhuqing to question him.
• Dai Mubai took Ye Xinyu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to meet the dean and arrange their future classes.

Ye Xinyu told Dai Mubai that her Soul Power was level 43 and explained how hard she had cultivated. At Shrek Academy, Flender ordered Ning Rongrong to run thirty laps and told the others to gather that night for further arrangements.

• Dai Mubai asked Ye Xinyu her Soul Power level, and she revealed she was level 43, one level above him.
• Ye Xinyu explained that Innate Full Soul Power and years of diligent cultivation had helped her advance, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing reflected on the demands of cultivation.
• Flender arrived with Teacher Zhao, welcomed the three new students, and assigned Ning Rongrong thirty laps around the field.
• Flender told Ye Xinyu and Zhu Zhuqing to have one of them supervise Ning Rongrong, then ordered them to gather outside the office building that night.
• Dai Mubai led them to the field, and Ye Xinyu asked where the academy's other students were.

Ye Xinyu and Ning Rongrong began training at Shrek while Ye Xinyu tried to learn more about Tang Chuan, whom she suspected might be Tang San. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong exhausted from running laps while Ye Xinyu stayed ahead of her.

• Dai Mubai told Ye Xinyu that Tang Chuan was away leading students on a soul beast hunt, and she asked him to let her know when Tang Chuan returned.
• Dai Mubai told Ye Xinyu and Ning Rongrong to pay tuition, and Ye Xinyu paid for both of them with a purple card.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Ye Xinyu's bracelet, and Ye Xinyu demanded repayment for money she had previously lent her.
• Ning Rongrong tossed Ye Xinyu a bag of Gold Soul Coins, then stormed off to run laps.
• Ye Xinyu teased Ning Rongrong as they ran, and Ning Rongrong used her speed-enhancing soul skill before finally stopping from exhaustion.

Ye Xinyu demonstrated her recovery skill to Ning Rongrong and explained the rest of her abilities, including that she had no attack skill and planned to fight with her fists. Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun told Flender that someone at the academy could suppress his Evil Fire, leaving Flender questioning whether it was true.

• Ye Xinyu used Light of Restoration to replenish Ning Rongrong's Soul Power and stamina, surprising her with its rapid recovery.
• Ye Xinyu explained that her second soul skill boosted her attributes and her fourth strengthened her other soul skills, but she had no attack skill yet.
• Ning Rongrong questioned how Ye Xinyu would fight in the Soul Fighting Arena, and Ye Xinyu said she would rely on her strength, speed, and Ning Rongrong's boosts.
• Ning Rongrong smacked Ye Xinyu and ran ahead, prompting Ye Xinyu to chase her.
• Ma Hongjun told Flender that he had sent the would-be recruits to the outer academy and then described how someone could suppress his Evil Fire.
• Flender asked Ma Hongjun whether he was sure someone at the academy could suppress his Evil Fire.

Ma Hongjun told Flender that a woman’s pure Soul Power had restrained his Evil Fire, and Flender suspected she was Liu Ruyan. Flender agreed to approach her, while warning Ma Hongjun that she would decide for herself.

• Ma Hongjun admitted he had not seen the person who suppressed his Evil Fire, but recalled that she was a woman who could withstand his Phoenix Flames.
• Flender narrowed the possible candidates to Liu Ruyan, whose martial soul was the Emerald Swan, and said he would test the waters with her.
• Flender warned Ma Hongjun that Liu Ruyan was level 43 and that he could not force her to help him.
• After Ma Hongjun left, Zhao Wuji suggested abducting Liu Ruyan, and Flender rebuked him for treating the academy like a bandits’ den.
• Zhao Wuji boasted about surviving Spirit Hall’s pursuit, and Flender joked that Spirit Hall’s six-hour workday had saved him.

Tang Chuan led the Shrek students on a Soul Hunting Forest expedition, helping one student obtain a Soul Ring while Xiao Wu questioned his killing of Soul Beasts. Back in Suotuo City, Flender sent the others ahead and asked Ye Xinyu what she thought of Ma Hongjun.

• Zhao Wuji suggested forcing Ye Xinyu to help Ma Hongjun, but Flender warned him not to provoke her because her background was likely powerful.
• Tang Chuan froze a Thousand-Year Swift Wind Wolf so a student could absorb its Soul Ring and reach level thirty-two.
• Tang Chuan stored the wolf's corpse in his Soul Tool and explained to Xiao Wu that he killed attacking Soul Beasts to gain power for revenge and protect her.
• Flender led Ye Xinyu, Ning Rongrong, and the others back from Suotuo City, then asked Ye Xinyu to stay behind after Ma Hongjun signaled him.
• After Ning Rongrong left, Flender asked Ye Xinyu what she thought of Ma Hongjun, and she cautiously said he was alright.

Ye Xinyu asked Flender for a graduation certificate so she could leave Shrek Academy, but he gave her a day to reconsider. On her way back, she stepped in after Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong.

• Ye Xinyu told Flender she was Level 43 and wanted to graduate and transfer closer to home, but Flender urged her to stay and promised better resources and Grandmaster's training.
• Flender gave Ye Xinyu one day to think over her decision, and she left, relieved that he had not refused outright.
• Ma Hongjun asked Dai Mubai to let him have one of his two beauties, prompting Dai Mubai to angrily warn him and Zhu Zhuqing to ignore the remark.
• Ning Rongrong warned Zhu Zhuqing about Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing gave Dai Mubai a cold look before walking away.
• Dai Mubai threatened Ning Rongrong, then struck her with a burst of aura and sent her flying.
• Ye Xinyu caught Ning Rongrong before she hit the ground, and Ning Rongrong tearfully told her that he had bullied her.

Ye Xinyu admitted that she had reported Dai Mubai and Oscar, and the confrontation ended without a fight. She told Ning Rongrong she planned to leave Shrek Academy, but Ning Rongrong stayed because she had come to learn the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Ning Rongrong revealed that she had seen Ye Xinyu report Dai Mubai and Oscar to Spirit Hall.
• Ye Xinyu admitted reporting them, and Dai Mubai left with Oscar instead of confronting her.
• Ning Rongrong worried that Dai Mubai and Oscar might seek revenge, while Ye Xinyu rebuked her for exposing the report.
• Ye Xinyu told Ning Rongrong she would leave Shrek Academy because its environment did not suit her, and asked whether Ning Rongrong would come along.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she would stay to learn the Golden Iron Triangle’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which Grandmaster had promised to teach her.

Ye Xinyu accepted Ning Rongrong’s decision to stay with her sect and prepared to leave Shrek Academy. Flender agreed to give Ye Xinyu a graduation certificate if she led several outer academy students to Sunset Forest to obtain soul rings, and she set the group’s departure for that day.

• Ye Xinyu decided not to stop Ning Rongrong or provide her with hidden weapons, and warned her to be careful without the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect nearby.
• Flender told Ma Hongjun that Ning Rongrong had made up her mind to leave, and Ma Hongjun asked him for one last favor.
• Ye Xinyu visited Flender the next morning to confirm her departure and request her graduation certificate.
• Flender offered Ye Xinyu a choice between leading outer academy students to obtain soul rings or helping Ma Hongjun solve his Evil Fire problem; Ye Xinyu chose the first option.
• Flender required Ye Xinyu to lead the students to Sunset Forest, and she ordered the group to prepare to leave that day.
• Flender told Zhao Wuji he would be away for several days and left academy matters in his care.

Ye Xinyu led Ning Rongrong and Shrek’s outer court disciples toward Sunset Forest, where the group’s first night at an inn brought them into conflict with Blue Sunshine Academy. After Shrek’s drunken students harassed the other academy’s students, Ye Xinyu left their punishment to Blue Sunshine’s leader, Ye Zhiqiu, and refused to rescue them.

• Ye Xinyu asked Ning Rongrong to reconsider joining the trip to Sunset Forest, but Ning Rongrong insisted on coming.
• Ye Xinyu led the group by carriage to an inn about a hundred li from Sunset Forest and told everyone to rest before setting out the next morning.
• Ye Xinyu considered Ning Rongrong’s increased rank, her Essence Souls, and whether she could recruit Ning Fengzhi.
• Ye Zhiqiu confronted Ye Xinyu about Shrek’s drunken disciples harassing Blue Sunshine Academy’s students and demanded an explanation.
• Ye Xinyu told Ye Zhiqiu to punish the disciples as he saw fit, as long as he did not cripple them, while the Shrek students protested that the dean had encouraged them to cause trouble.

Ye Xinyu rejected responsibility for Shrek’s trouble and made the students apologize, while learning how much Shrek charged for tuition. She agreed to travel to Sunset Forest with Ye Zhiqiu’s group and paid for their lodging and food, leaving the group ready to depart together.

• Ye Xinyu refused to settle Shrek’s dispute and told the students who caused it to handle the consequences.
• The students explained they could not afford compensation, and Ye Xinyu learned that Shrek charged far more than ordinary academies.
• Ye Zhiqiu waived the students’ personal compensation but required them to pay for the damaged furniture and warned them about causing trouble.
• Ye Zhiqiu invited Ye Xinyu’s group to travel with his party to Sunset Forest, and Ye Xinyu accepted.
• Ye Xinyu paid the clerk for rooms, cleanup, and food, then told the students she would not help them again if they caused more trouble.

Ye Xinyu tried to persuade Ning Rongrong to leave Shrek Academy by offering her Essence Souls and asking her to carry a proposal to Ning Fengzhi. Ning Rongrong agreed to deliver the message, but she firmly rejected the idea of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect pledging allegiance to Spirit Hall.

• Ye Xinyu asked Ning Rongrong to leave Shrek Academy, but Ning Rongrong said she wanted to learn the group Martial Soul Fusion Skill and meet Grandmaster first.
• Ye Xinyu showed Ning Rongrong a Ten-Thousand-Year Essence Soul, and Ning Rongrong guessed that Ye Xinyu was connected to Spirit Hall.
• Ye Xinyu gave Ning Rongrong twelve Essence Souls and asked her to go home after settling her business at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Rongrong accepted the Essence Souls as a gift and agreed to deliver Ye Xinyu's message to Ning Fengzhi.
• Ye Xinyu asked whether Ning Fengzhi would pledge allegiance to Spirit Hall and offered at least thirty Essence Souls per year for fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins each.
• Ning Rongrong rejected the allegiance proposal, then softened when Ye Xinyu said her Titled Douluo mother could influence the Pope.

Ye Xinyu and Ning Rongrong traveled with Ye Zhiqiu’s group toward Sunset Forest, but Flender confronted them over a distorted account of an earlier dispute. Flender attacked Ye Zhiqiu and drove his group away, leaving Ye Xinyu convinced the encounter had been deliberately arranged to stop her from leaving.

• Ye Xinyu and Ning Rongrong set out with Ye Zhiqiu’s group for Sunset Forest, while a young man secretly left a mark behind them.
• After the group made camp, the young man reported an embellished version of the earlier incident to Flender.
• Flender accused Ye Xinyu of betraying Shrek and threatened her and Ning Rongrong, prompting Ning Rongrong to defend her friend.
• When Ye Zhiqiu objected to Flender’s threats, Flender attacked him and badly injured him, forcing the Canghui Academy group to leave.
• Ye Xinyu told Flender she believed he had staged the confrontation to prevent her from leaving.

Flender threatened Ye Xinyu and Ning Rongrong, then tried to force them to eat Gu Worms that he claimed would make them submit to Ma Hongjun. Ye Xinyu’s response left Flender stunned, while Lingyuan watched nearby and stayed ready to intervene.

• Flender threatened to take Ye Xinyu by force and make her Ma Hongjun’s plaything, but Ye Xinyu warned him to leave before he paid the price.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that Ye Xinyu was from Spirit Hall, prompting Flender to raise his killing intent to protect himself.
• Ye Xinyu explained that Ning Rongrong’s revelation had made her a potential witness Flender might silence, and Flender admitted she was right.
• Flender summoned Ma Hongjun, gave him two female Gu Worms to swallow, and offered to let the girls go if they ate the others.
• Lingyuan recognized the worms as Love Gu and realized Yu Xiaogang had used them on His Majesty, but she stayed back when she saw Ye Xinyu’s faint smile.
• Ye Xinyu took Ning Rongrong’s worm and asked Flender for more so she could stir-fry them for dinner.

Ye Xinyu and Ning Rongrong fled through Sunset Forest to escape Flender, who pursued them after they refused to swallow his control bug. Flender caught up and attacked them, leaving Ye Xinyu’s barrier shattered as the confrontation continued.

• Ye Xinyu refused Flender’s demand to swallow the bug and fled deeper into the forest with Ning Rongrong.
• Flender pursued the girls while carrying Ma Hongjun, and the Rakshasa God watched from Ye Xinyu’s Spiritual Sea without intervening.
• Ye Xinyu used the aura of her Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone to deter nearby soul beasts and gave Ning Rongrong Whale Rubber to restore her stamina.
• Flender caught up with the girls, and Ma Hongjun suggested they be crippled so he could assault them.
• Ye Xinyu released her martial soul and used her third soul skill to create a barrier, but Flender shattered it with his attack.

Flender attacked Ye Xinyu, but Lingyuan arrived and overpowered him before he could harm her further. Ye Xinyu then prepared to test the surviving Gu Worm on Flender and Ma Hongjun.

• Flender broke through Ye Xinyu's defense and sent her crashing into a tree, but her soul bone helped block his attack.
• Ye Xinyu revealed that her bracer was a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and used her first soul skill to protect herself and Ning Rongrong.
• Lingyuan arrived, healed Ye Xinyu, and suppressed Flender and Ma Hongjun with her immense power.
• Lingyuan dismissed Flender's claim that he and the others were allies, then burned Ma Hongjun unconscious and subdued Flender.
• Ye Xinyu showed Lingyuan the surviving Gu Worm and suggested testing it on Flender and Ma Hongjun, and Lingyuan agreed.