Chapter Summaries

Wang Rui discovered Tang Ya secretly using her Dark Blue Silver Grass to drain plants and kill an animal, and ordered Bai Chenxiang to monitor her rather than intervene. He returned to the freshmen dormitory, where he opened An Wen's door and was shocked by what he saw.

• Wang Rui found Tang Ya hidden in the greenery, devouring the vitality and blood of plants and a weasel with her Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Ya said she should have accepted her devouring talent earlier and linked gaining power to avenging her parents and restoring the Tang Clan.
• Wang Rui told Bai Chenxiang to monitor Tang Ya and alert him if she turned further toward violence or depravity.
• Bai Chenxiang flew to Beast Sect New City to carry out Wang Rui's order, while Wang Rui bought snacks and returned to the freshmen dormitory.
• Wang Rui knocked on An Wen's door, entered after her weak reply, and was shocked by the sight inside.

Wang Rui watched Wang Dong and An Wen deal with the aftermath of their bet before spending the night cultivating with Huo Yuqing. The next morning, after Huo Yuqing studied the purple qi and the three ate breakfast, Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing went to Class Nine, where someone approached them before class.

• Wang Rui found Dorm 108 soaked from Wang Dong's cleaning while An Wen sulked on her bed, then quickly dropped off snacks and left.
• Wang Rui cultivated through the night with Huo Yuqing and noticed their martial soul fusion had increased his cultivation speed.
• Huo Yuqing watched the sunrise, saw purple qi, and recorded experimental ideas about it in her notebook.
• Wang Rui, Huo Yuqing, and An Wen practiced hand-to-hand techniques beside Sea God Lake and ate breakfast together.
• Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing entered Class Nine and sat in the back row by the window, where an unknown student tapped on Wang Rui's desk.

Ning Tian introduced herself and Wu Feng to Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing, then discussed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan’s interest in recruiting Wang Rui. Wang Rui considered drawing the clan into the Beast Sect through soul-beast contracts, while Wu Feng hid her jealousy and turned her attention to Huo Yuqing.

• Ning Tian introduced herself and Wu Feng, and Wang Rui recognized her connection to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Clan.
• Wang Rui challenged Ning Tian about arranging their placement in the same class, and Ning Tian admitted that her clan had intervened and apologized for investigating him.
• Ning Tian offered the clan’s friendship to Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing, and mentioned its ties to the Body Sect.
• Wang Rui and Ning Tian probed each other’s intentions while discussing the clan and the Beast Sect.
• Wu Feng concealed her jealousy as she watched Ning Tian speak with Wang Rui, then shifted her gaze to Huo Yuqing.

Huo Yuqing met Wu Feng and learned that Dai Huabin, the freshman who killed her mother, was at Shrek Academy. Wang Rui offered to help kill him, but Huo Yuqing insisted on defeating him fairly before demanding an apology at her mother's grave.

• Wu Feng introduced herself to Huo Yuqing, examined her Storage Soul Tool, and inferred that she and Wang Rui came from a reclusive family.
• Ning Tian told Huo Yuqing and Wang Rui that Dai Huabin was a first-year Soul Elder and offered the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's help against his family.
• Huo Yuqing grabbed Wang Rui's arm when she heard Dai Huabin's name, and Wang Rui clasped her hand.
• Wang Rui offered to help Huo Yuqing kill Dai Huabin, but she said she wanted to defeat him fairly and make him apologize at her mother's grave before he died.
• An adult woman's angry shout rang out in the corridor, and the students in the classroom stopped to listen.

An Wen openly challenged Zhou Yi’s authority in Class One, resisted her Soul Emperor pressure, and exposed her harsh training and expulsion tactics to the freshmen. After Zhou Yi threw An Wen out through a window, she turned her attention to punishing Wang Dong.

• Zhou Yi pressured An Wen with her Soul Emperor power, but An Wen stood firm and mocked her cultivation and teaching ability.
• Zhou Yi ordered An Wen expelled and threatened the class with one hundred laps, but An Wen accused her of using the exercise to weed out students and protect her assessment record.
• An Wen warned Zhou Yi that a real fight would draw blood, unnerving the teacher, who hesitated to fight her directly.
• Zhou Yi grabbed An Wen by the collar and threw her through a classroom window; An Wen landed unharmed and left as the freshmen admired her.
• After her attempt to intimidate the class failed, Zhou Yi chose Wang Dong as her next target and ordered him to stand.

Wang Dong tried to resist Zhou Yi’s punishment but was overcome by a mysterious consciousness and ran laps with the other Class One students. In Freshman Class Nine, Mù Jǐn reassured her students that their teacher would not treat them the same way.

• Wang Dong recalled how she and An Wen had reconciled while cleaning their dorm room and decided not to admit they had fought.
• Zhou Yi ordered Wang Dong to run two hundred laps or leave the academy, and a foreign consciousness urging her to respect teachers triggered a severe headache.
• Wang Dong fled the classroom to run, and Zhou Yi sent the remaining Class One students out to do the same.
• Huo Yuqing worried about An Wen, but Wang Rui reassured her that he would not be expelled.
• Mù Jǐn appeared at Freshman Class Nine’s window and told the students their teacher would not punish them like Zhou Yi did.

Wang Rui’s first day at Shrek passed uneventfully, while Long Xiaoyao learned that Shrek had expelled An Wen and became furious at Zhou Yi. He prepared to confront the teacher who had insulted and expelled his cat.

• Mù Jǐn led Class Nine through introductions and appointed Ning Tian class monitor after Wang Rui declined the job.
• The students attended basic theory lessons, and Mù Jǐn gave them a timetable for the coming days.
• Long Xiaoyao finished handling Beast Sect paperwork at the Moon Shadow Merchant Guild and complained about his duties as sect master.
• Bai Chenxiang told Long Xiaoyao that Shrek had expelled An Wen for talking back to Zhou Yi.
• After hearing that Zhou Yi had insulted An Wen’s class before expelling her, Long Xiaoyao broke his mug handle in anger.

Du Weilun dismissed a parent’s request to discuss Zhou Yi expelling a student, only to find Long Xiaoyao waiting in his office. Long Xiaoyao revealed that the expelled student was from his family and asked Du Weilun what he thought of the expulsion.

• A teacher told Du Weilun that Zhou Yi had expelled ten students on the first day and that the parent of a student with the Nether Extremity Spear wanted to see him.
• Du Weilun refused to meet the parent, ordered the teacher to organize the expelled students’ files, and complained about Zhou Yi as he entered his office.
• Du Weilun found the room filled with an eerie, oppressive presence and saw a middle-aged man sitting at his desk.
• The man introduced himself as Long Xiaoyao, and Du Weilun recognized him as the legendary Dragon Emperor Douluo.
• Long Xiaoyao explained that a child from his family had been expelled after talking back to a teacher and asked Du Weilun what he thought about it.

Long Xiaoyao pressured Du Weilun into changing Shrek Academy’s expulsion rules and forbidding teachers from laying hands on students. After Long Xiaoyao left, Wang Dong encountered Senior Jiang Lan in the boys’ restroom and grew confused about his own appearance.

• Long Xiaoyao rejected Du Weilun’s proposals to transfer An Wen or dismiss Zhou Yi, and demanded that the academy address the unfair expulsion.
• Du Weilun agreed to remove Outer Academy teachers’ power to expel students and to improve the regulations.
• Long Xiaoyao made Du Weilun promise that Shrek Academy’s teachers would not lay hands on students, then left the office.
• Du Weilun recovered from Long Xiaoyao’s pressure and contacted someone with his voice-transmission Soul Tool.
• Wang Dong examined his unfamiliar short hair in the restroom mirror, then turned to find Senior Jiang Lan behind him.
• Wang Dong screamed when he realized Jiang Lan had entered the boys’ restroom.

Wang Dong confided in Jiang Lan that she was experiencing thoughts and feelings that did not seem to be her own, and Jiang Lan admitted she had similar unwanted thoughts. After three months of training and conflict at Shrek, the freshman assessment arrived, and Mù Jǐn kept Wang Rui, Huo Yuqing, and Ning Tian after school.

• Wang Dong told Jiang Lan that an unfamiliar consciousness seemed to be making her feel gratitude and respect toward Zhou Yi, and Jiang Lan said she also had unwanted thoughts about glory, protection, and obedience.
• A boy rushed into the restroom and began urinating without noticing Wang Dong and Jiang Lan, so Wang Dong screamed and then warned him that a senior sister was there.
• Wang Dong learned that An Wen's expulsion had been revoked, while Du Weilun ordered Zhou Yi to stop corporal punishment and expulsions or lose her job at Shrek.
• Over the next three months, Huo Yuqing improved her Soul Power, alchemy, and Soul Tools, while Wang Rui learned spells and helped develop the Zombie Tyrannosaurus Cannon.
• When the freshman assessment arrived, Mù Jǐn kept Wang Rui, Huo Yuqing, and Ning Tian after school.

Mù Jǐn arranged the freshman assessment teams and learned that Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, strengthening Class Nine’s chances of winning. Afterward, Wu Feng challenged Wang Rui to measure the gap between them, and he faced her without summoning his martial soul.

• Mù Jǐn proposed pairing Ning Tian with Wang Rui and asked Huo Yuqing to team with someone stronger, citing Class Five’s powerful Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuqing revealed that she and Wang Rui also had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Wang Rui confirmed it, delighting Mù Jǐn.
• Ning Tian complained that Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing had kept their fusion skill from her, then refused Huo Yuqing’s offer to get barbecue together.
• Wu Feng waited outside and challenged Wang Rui, insisting she wanted to know how much stronger he was despite Ning Tian’s reminder about their earlier agreement.
• Wu Feng activated her Red Dragon Martial Soul and attacked Wang Rui with her dragon claw while he stood casually without summoning his martial soul.

Wang Rui effortlessly stopped Wu Feng’s attack, and the group discussed coordinating their skills for the assessment. Ning Tian revealed that her third Soul Skill could boost Huo Yuqing’s Spiritual Power by forty percent, but Wang Rui warned her not to use it on him.

• Wu Feng attacked Wang Rui at full strength, but his dragon pressure extinguished her flames and weakened her Red Dragon Martial Soul.
• Wang Rui redirected Wu Feng’s charge, and she left determined to help Ning Tian’s team win first place.
• Ning Tian apologized for Wu Feng’s behavior, while Huo Yuqing worried about revealing her gender to Wang Rui.
• Ning Tian explained that her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could boost a Soul Master’s strongest attribute by forty percent.
• Wang Rui told Huo Yuqing not to use Ning Tian’s third Soul Skill on him, no matter how dire the match became.

Wang Rui explained why Ning Tian should not use her third soul skill on him, while Ning Tian inferred that he possessed Ultimate Fire and agreed to provide only her first two amplifications. Huo Yuqing demonstrated Spiritual Detection Sharing, and its range surged when Ning Tian amplified her and Wang Rui joined the connection, leaving the team focused on avoiding the opposing pair’s Hell White Tiger fusion skill.

• Wang Rui told Ning Tian that he did not need attribute amplification, avoiding the risk of her third soul skill harming either of them.
• Ning Tian inferred that Wang Rui possessed Ultimate Fire and agreed to use only her first and second soul skills on him.
• Huo Yuqing linked her Spiritual Detection Sharing to Ning Tian, letting Ning Tian experience its clear, data-like perception.
• Ning Tian used her third soul skill to amplify Huo Yuqing, expanding Spiritual Detection Sharing to nearly eighty meters in diameter.
• Huo Yuqing and Wang Rui joined hands and fused their Soul Power, increasing the detection range to two hundred meters and sharpening its clarity.
• Ning Tian concluded that the team could evade attacks with Huo Yuqing’s detection and her speed amplification, but needed to watch for the enemy’s Hell White Tiger fusion skill.

Wang Rui and his teammates entered Shrek Academy’s brutal freshman assessment, where half the students would be eliminated. Their first match began against a weaker Class Six team, and Wang Rui took to the air after both sides activated their abilities.

• Wang Rui reflected on the assessment’s psychological cost as Ning Tian joined Class Nine with Wu Feng’s teammates.
• The academy announced the three-day assessment format, and Wang Rui’s team was assigned to Venue Twenty-Three.
• Wang Rui, Ning Tian, and Huo Yuhao were called to face Qiao Zhaoxing, Luo Ling, and Zhou Yi from Class Six.
• The Class Six team activated their Martial Souls and Zhou Yi boosted Qiao Zhaoxing, who charged forward.
• Huo Yuhao shared Spiritual Detection, Ning Tian enhanced the team’s speed, and Wang Rui transformed into his dragon form and flew into the air.

Wang Rui’s team won its points matches with ease, as Wang Rui’s flight and strength overwhelmed their opponents. After the points matches ended, the elimination tournament began with Wang Rui ready to test his luck in the draw.

• The proctor recognized Wang Rui’s ability to fly and decided to report it, while Wang Rui charged Luo Ling as Qiao Zhaoxing attacked Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian dodged Qiao Zhaoxing, and Wang Rui knocked Luo Ling and Zhou Yi out of the arena without using a Soul Skill.
• Qiao Zhaoxing surrendered, and the proctor declared Wang Rui’s team the winner.
• Wang Rui’s team won its remaining points matches, and the points tournament ended three days later with the lowest-scoring students leaving Shrek.
• The sixty-four highest-ranked teams advanced to the elimination tournament, where Du Weilun hosted the draw and Wang Rui anticipated a lucky result.

Wang Rui drew lot twenty-eight, matching his team against Wu Feng’s, but Nanmen Yun’er’s team conceded before the fight began. Mù Jǐn then briefed Wang Rui on other teams as he considered the upcoming matchups, including Wang Dong’s team and the Clever Spirit Otter martial soul.

• Wang Rui drew lot twenty-eight and found that his team had been matched against Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun’er, and Yu Lan.
• Nanmen Yun’er and Yu Lan conceded, and Ning Tian agreed to treat them to a meal if her team won the championship.
• Wang Yan let the teams leave, while Mù Jǐn asked Wang Rui to stay and reviewed the other teams with him.
• Mù Jǐn warned Wang Rui about An Wen’s team, but Wang Yan explained that they had already drawn Xie Huanyue’s Soul Elder team.
• Wang Rui learned that Wang Dong’s undefeated team would face Huang Chutian’s team, which included the hair-martial-soul twins and Ta Lingling, a Soul Grandmaster with a Clever Spirit Otter martial soul.
• Wang Rui reflected on the strange killing behavior and strengthening abilities associated with weasel- and otter-type soul beasts.

Wang Dong’s team defeated the Lan Sisters’ team after Wang Dong shattered their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, though she fainted from the effort. She woke in the dormitory, where Jiang Lan had carried her back, and wondered whether she had been having a nightmare.

• Mù Jǐn and Wang Rui watched Wang Dong’s team fight the Lan Sisters’ team, while Ta Lingling and Xiao Xiao struggled to avoid their attacks.
• The Lan Sisters used Heaven's Net and Earth's Snare to trap Wang Dong, but Wang Dong broke free with a golden beam of light and fainted.
• The Lan Sisters also collapsed, and Xiao Xiao and Ta Lingling defeated Huang Chutian to advance their team into the top thirty-two.
• Wang Dong woke in the dormitory and learned from An Wen that her teammates had continued without her.
• Jiang Lan told Wang Dong she had carried her back, then asked whether she had been having a nightmare.

Wang Dong told An Wen and Jiang Lan about a disturbing dream in which a pink-and-blue-haired girl and a golden soul beast were fused into a monster that said, “Big brother, come play.” She kept the dream’s most frightening detail to herself until Jiang Lan comforted her, leaving Wang Dong feeling safe.

• Wang Dong recalled a girl in a pink dress who felt strangely familiar and wondered whether she was supposed to look like her.
• Wang Dong told An Wen that her dream continued with a golden soul beast and a monster formed from the beast and the girl.
• Wang Dong described the monster’s eerie appearance and repeated its words, “Big brother, come play.”
• Wang Dong silently recalled that the monster had replaced her among her friends, who accepted it as her.
• Jiang Lan covered Wang Dong’s eyes and reassured her that dreams were illusions, making Wang Dong feel safe.

Wang Rui learned from Electrolux that a powerful Divine Sense may be filling the wound in Wang Dong’s damaged soul and could eventually assimilate him into its owner’s will. The chapter left Wang Rui asking whether Wang Dong could be saved.

• Wang Dong woke from his nightmare, and the Soul Fragments drawn into Wang Rui’s Sea of Consciousness had partly mended his damaged soul.
• Wang Rui drew lot number seven and was matched against Huang Chutian and the injured Lan Sisters, effectively earning a bye.
• Wang Rui returned to the dormitory with Huo Yuqing and Ning Tian while Huo Yuqing held his hand and circulated their fused Soul Power.
• Electrolux warned Wang Rui that a god-level Divine Sense might have filled the gap in Wang Dong’s soul and could gradually fuse with it, making Wang Dong an extension of its owner.
• Wang Rui connected Electrolux’s warning to Tang Wutong’s nature and asked whether Wang Dong could be saved.

Wang Rui’s team faced Zhang Jingkun’s wind-themed team in the freshman assessment, whose maple leaves and coordinated martial soul abilities put Ning Tian under attack. Huo Yuqing’s Spiritual Detection Sharing helped Ning Tian evade the first strike, but Jiang Xin unleashed three concealed wind blades at the chapter’s end.

• Electrolux told Wang Rui that helping Wang Dong recover required healing his soul wounds and speeding the fusion of his Soul Fragments.
• Wang Rui and Huo Yuqing cultivated overnight, and Wang Rui was stopped from drawing lots before Ning Tian selected Zhang Jingkun’s team from Freshman Class Six.
• Zhang Jingkun filled the arena with maple leaves to conceal his teammates and obscure the opposing team’s vision.
• Ye Xuan played her Elegant Flute, boosting Jiang Xin’s Wind Whisper Sword and adding a lightning attribute to its attack.
• Huo Yuqing’s Spiritual Detection Sharing let Ning Tian dodge Jiang Xin’s sword, but Jiang Xin’s second Soul Skill sent three wind blades toward her.