Vol. 1The Freshman Assessment

Wang Rui helped Huo Yuqing enter Shrek Academy and guided her through the freshman assessment while protecting An Wen and confronting the consequences of Shrek’s rules. After his team won, Wang Rui accepted a cursed Secret Method Soul Bone and recalled the conflict over its creation.

  • Wang Rui accepted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s offer to exchange destinies and was reborn as a golden cub in the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Wang Rui met Electrolux, who warned that Douluo Continent’s laws threatened both magical beasts and practitioners.
  • Wang Rui brought Huo Yuqing to Jade City, where she trained in alchemy and discovered a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him.
  • Huo Yuqing passed Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment after Tang Ya challenged her and she was disqualified for using a Soul Tool in their first match.
  • Wang Rui protected An Wen from Zhou Yi’s expulsion and helped Huo Yuqing prepare for the freshman assessment.
  • Wang Rui, Huo Yuqing, and Ning Tian won their points matches and advanced to the elimination tournament.
  • Wang Rui’s team defeated Dai Huabin’s squad in the final after Huo Yuqing fused her power with his and shattered the Hell White Tiger.
  • Wang Rui accepted Mù Jǐn’s cursed Secret Method Soul Left Arm Bone and recalled the conflict surrounding the technique’s creation.
Chapters 1–103 Read from ch. 1

Arc 1The Auspicious Beast’s Pact

Wang Rui was reborn as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and set out to help the soul beasts by joining Huo Yuqing’s path. After exchanging fortunes with her and guiding Tian Meng’s fusion, he encountered Electrolux, who warned that Douluo Continent’s laws threatened both soul beasts and practitioners.

  • Wang Rui accepted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s offer to exchange destinies, was sent fifteen thousand years into the past, and was reborn as a golden cub in the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • The Divine Realm investigated the new Auspicious Beast, while Di Tian and Dark Cloud took steps to protect and raise Wang Rui.
  • Five thousand years later, Huo Yuqing fled the Duke’s Mansion after killing a servant who attacked her, disguised herself as Huo Yuhao, and set out to seek a Soul Ring.
  • Wang Rui sent Tian Meng to make Huo Yuhao his host, then met Huo Yuqing by a river, where she cooked for Tang Ya and Beibei and learned about Beast Sect.
  • Wang Rui offered Huo Yuqing the soul beasts’ support if she became a god and sided with them, then infused her with Gold of Life and exchanged fortunes with her through their third eyes.
  • Wang Rui showed Huo Yuqing a memory of her killing the servant, then brought her into a vision of Dark Cloud’s failed attempt at Heavenly Forging, where she sacrificed herself to create a living metal weapon.
  • Wang Rui explained the failure of Dark Cloud’s forging and helped Huo Yuqing begin Tian Meng’s fusion, while Electrolux’s imprint entered his brow.
  • Electrolux met Wang Rui in his Spiritual World, learned that Wang Rui had glimpsed the future, and warned that Douluo Continent’s laws could lead to the disappearance of both magical beasts and practitioners.
Chapters 1–25 Summaries Read

Arc 2Huo Yuqing Enters Shrek

Wang Rui brought Huo Yuqing to Jade City, where she trained in alchemy and Soul Tools and discovered a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with him. They traveled to Shrek Academy, where Huo Yuqing passed its entrance assessment after Tang Ya challenged her, though the school left her disappointed.

  • Wang Rui showed Electrolux Tang Xiaoqi’s fragmented soul, and Tang San secretly kept the girl under his control after taking part of her soul to claim the Imperial Auspicious Beast’s fortune.
  • During a Joint Soul Hunt against Star Dou Great Forest, Niu Tian and Titan placed Tang San’s divine power on Wang Rui, while Wang Rui planned to use a Soul Fragment to influence Wang Dong’er.
  • Sky Dream Ice Silkworm helped Huo Yuqing gain Soul Power, Soul Skills, and an ice-attribute martial soul, and Wang Rui brought her to Jade City to find work and shelter.
  • Huo Yuqing trained in alchemy at Emerald Elixir Hall, grew closer to Jiang Nannan, and received a Heavenly Water Pill as Rouge began shedding.
  • Wang Rui studied Electrolux’s contract magic and later discovered that he and Huo Yuqing could synchronize their Soul Power and create a purplish-gold fusion state.
  • Wang Rui, Huo Yuqing, and Jiang Nannan traveled to Shrek City, where Huo Yuqing faced Tang Ya’s entrance challenge and was disqualified for using a Soul Tool before earning admission in a second match.
  • Wang Rui registered Huo Yuqing as a freshman, then told her and Jiang Nannan about Shrek’s founders as Ning Tian asked him about the first-generation Shrek Seven Devils and Bai Chenxiang lamented Ma Hongjun’s absence.
Chapters 26–50 Summaries Read

Arc 3Shrek’s First Assessment

Wang Rui protects An Wen from Shrek’s unfair discipline while helping Huo Yuqing prepare for the freshman assessment. His team wins its points matches and advances to the elimination tournament.

  • Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing enrolled at Shrek, where An Wen appeared as his reincarnated sister and challenged Wang Dong to a duel.
  • An Wen defeated Wang Dong, and Wang Rui learned that her Nether Extremity Spear had become her Spirit while arranging to investigate the circumstances of their class assignments.
  • Wang Rui investigated Jiang Lan’s strange lack of fortune and found Tang Ya using her Blue Silver Grass to devour living things for power.
  • Ning Tian and Wu Feng approached Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing, while Huo Yuqing vowed to defeat Dai Huabin fairly and make him apologize at her mother’s grave.
  • Zhou Yi expelled An Wen and tried to punish Wang Dong, but Long Xiaoyao confronted Du Weilun, who revoked An Wen’s expulsion and restricted teachers’ use of punishment and expulsions.
  • Over three months, Huo Yuqing advanced her training, and she and Wang Rui revealed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill before teaming with Ning Tian for the freshman assessment.
  • Huo Yuqing shared her Spiritual Detection with Ning Tian, and the three combined their abilities as Wang Rui warned Ning Tian not to use her third Soul Skill on him.
  • Wang Rui’s team defeated Class Six without using his Soul Skill, won its remaining points matches, and advanced to the elimination tournament.
Chapters 51–76 Summaries Read

Arc 4The Freshman Assessment

Wang Rui’s team won the freshman assessment after Huo Yuqing revealed her identity and joined him in a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill. As the students began their new classes, Wang Rui accepted a cursed Secret Method Soul Bone and recalled the conflicts surrounding its creation.

  • Wang Rui’s team advanced through the tournament as Wang Dong struggled with nightmares and a damaged soul that might be merging with a god-level Divine Sense.
  • Wang Rui, Huo Yuqing, and Ning Tian defeated their semifinal opponents, and Qian Duoduo invited Huo Yuqing to earn Soul Engineer certification.
  • Wang Rui’s team faced Dai Huabin’s squad in the final, where Huo Yuqing fused her power with Wang Rui’s and helped shatter Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger.
  • After the match, Huo Yuqing comforted Wang Rui, while the lingering effects of their fusion skill drove Du Weilun to confront Zhou Yi and accuse her of abusing her authority.
  • Huo Yuqing revealed her real name and told Wang Rui she had disguised herself as a boy for safety, then passed her Soul Engineer certification and became a Core Disciple of the Soul Tool Department.
  • Yan Shaozhe announced Wang Rui’s team as champions and assigned Wang Rui, Huo Yuqing, and Wu Feng to Class One, while Ning Tian joined Class Three.
  • Mù Jǐn offered the students an incomplete Secret Method Soul Left Arm Bone, and Wang Rui accepted it despite recognizing it as cursed.
  • Wang Rui recalled fighting against the creation of Secret Method Soul Bones and remembered the Silver Dragon King’s rebuke, the ensuing confinement, and the turmoil surrounding the technique’s origins.
Chapters 78–103 Summaries Read
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