Chapter Summaries

Jin Tianming obtained memories from a necklace Ye Xishui had been carrying and learned that Shengyangyue had devised an extreme plan involving her. He told Tian Mucheng about the plan, while Shengyangyue’s current location remained unknown.

• Ye Xishui broke through Electrolux’s restraints when Jin Tianming took her necklace, but Electrolux reinforced his Necromantic Array and restrained her again.
• The necklace flew to Jin Tianming’s forehead, triggered violent spatial fluctuations, and flooded him with memories from Shengyangyue’s avatar.
• Jin Tianming left Ye Xishui in Electrolux’s custody and contacted Tian Mucheng through their Mental Link, asking him to sever his links with the other avatars.
• Tian Mucheng pressed the necklace to his forehead but received no memories, so Jin Tianming told him Shengyangyue’s plan was more extreme than they had expected.
• Tian Mucheng asked Jin Tianming to explain Shengyangyue’s plan.

Jin Tianming persuaded Ye Xishui to cooperate with him by promising to take her to see Shengyangyue. Ye Xishui signed a binding contract after learning she could also see Shengyangyue’s memories and his assessment of her.

• Tian Mucheng told Jin Tianming to recruit Ye Xishui by offering her a chance to see Shengyangyue and using that desire to control her.
• Jin Tianming returned to the Undead World and gave Ye Xishui her necklace back.
• Jin Tianming offered to help Ye Xishui meet Shengyangyue in exchange for her help taking the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ye Xishui offered to slaughter the imperial family, but Jin Tianming rejected the plan and presented her with the Book of Contract.
• Jin Tianming promised Ye Xishui access to Shengyangyue’s memories and his assessment of her, and she signed the contract.

At Shrek Academy, Mo Yan gave up probing Tian Mucheng and went to watch Mu En teach Bei Bei a lesson. Meanwhile, Bai Yu and Black told Ning Tian that the Holy Lord was a true dragon and that Lei Ze’s powerful Martial Soul had been chosen for him, then left the others doubting their claims.

• Mo Yan failed to establish a Mental Link with Tian Mucheng, briefly contacted him, then ended the conversation and decided to bring Dugu Luo to see Mu En confront Bei Bei.
• Ning Tian approached Lei Ze, Bai Yu, and Black and asked why Bai Yu had made those remarks about Lei Ze earlier.
• Black asked Ning Tian what she thought the Holy Lord was, and she answered that he was a god before Black declared that he was a true dragon.
• Bai Yu claimed true dragon Martial Souls could not awaken on their own and that Lei Ze had been chosen and saved by the Holy Lord because he was lucky.
• Black led Bai Yu away, leaving Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Lei Ze feeling that Bai Yu and Black had played them for fools.

Black learned that Wang Dong had been assigned as his roommate, while Bai Yu was paired with Huo Yutong. At Sea God Pavilion, Mu En punished Bei Bei for his obsession with Tang Ya, then reacted with lethal hostility when Yan Shao Zhe suggested Tang San should become Pavilion Master.

• Black told Bai Yu that Wang Dong was his roommate, and Bai Yu said Huo Yutong had been assigned as hers.
• Black and Bai Yu headed toward his dormitory to see Wang Dong.
• Yan Shao Zhe brought the dazed Bei Bei to Mu En at Sea God Pavilion.
• Bei Bei begged Mu En to drive Tang San out of Shrek Academy, so Mu En slapped him unconscious and ordered him sent to the Outer Court.
• Yan Shao Zhe suggested Tang San was better suited to lead Sea God Pavilion, but Mu En's murderous glare made him retreat.
• Mo Yan said she would show Yan Shao Zhe no mercy when the time came, and Mu En tacitly accepted her decision.

Black and Bai Yu met Black’s future roommate, Wang Dong, and helped him clean their dormitory. Wang Dong was horrified to learn that the boys’ dormitory had only one crowded, exposed toilet, while Tang San watched the siblings and hoped to train them as future allies.

• Wang Dong complained about the dirty dormitory as Black and Bai Yu arrived and found him cleaning.
• Black introduced himself as Wang Dong’s roommate and Bai Yu as his younger sister, and Wang Dong invited them to help clean.
• Wang Dong said he came from the Clear Sky Sect, while Black identified his family as the Immortal Family, prompting Wang Dong to recall Big Dad’s warning.
• After they finished cleaning, Black told Wang Dong that freshmen fought over the dormitory’s scarce toilets, and Bai Yu described the exposed stalls.
• Wang Dong, who was disguised as a boy, despaired over using the toilet with other boys and considered dropping out.
• Tang San watched through Wang Dong’s body, hoped Black and Bai Yu would become capable assistants, and left the siblings feeling an ominous chill.

Bai Yu teased Wang Dong about the dormitory’s shared bathroom before Tang San and Dai Huabin began fighting over a cleaning order. Wang Dong rushed in to prevent their clash from drawing trouble to the Clear Sky Sect, but an elemental slash forced the fighters apart.

• Wang Dong complained about sharing one toilet and bathroom with hundreds of students, and Bai Yu teased him about being a girl disguised as a boy.
• Black stopped Bai Yu’s teasing and apologized to Wang Dong, who felt a strange resonance between his martial soul and Black’s.
• Tang San and Dai Huabin fought from their dormitory into the corridor after Dai Huabin ordered Tang San to clean up and Tang San refused.
• Bai Yu reminded Wang Dong that Tang San wielded a Clear Sky Hammer, and Wang Dong charged in to prevent the fight from causing trouble for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Dai Huabin attacked Tang San with White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and Tang San dodged and swung his Clear Sky Hammer.
• An elemental slash struck toward Tang San and Dai Huabin, making both retreat and turn warily toward its source.

Wang Dong mistook Tang San for a Clear Sky Sect disciple but left when he identified himself as a member of the Tang Sect, leaving him to fight Dai Huabin alone. Black and Bai Yu blocked Buddha Tang’s divine sense, then joined Wang Dong and met Huo Yutong’s new friend, Xiao Xiao.

• Tang San recognized Wang Dong as Xiao Qi, but she left him to face Dai Huabin after learning he belonged to the Tang Sect.
• Dai Huabin attacked Tang San, who countered with his Blue Silver Grass as Buddha Tang lost and briefly regained his connection to Xiao Qi.
• Wang Dong returned to Black and Bai Yu, and Black suggested they leave the dormitory while Bai Yu reluctantly followed.
• Huo Yutong introduced Xiao Xiao to Black, Bai Yu, and Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao asked Huo Yutong which of them she liked.

After Dai Huabin crashed out of a dormitory window, Huo Yutong recognized the man who had killed her mother and asked Bai Yu to let her take revenge herself. Bai Yu agreed to help, then used her soul skill to free Dai Huabin, who knocked Tang San into the dormitory building.

• Dai Huabin fell through a shattered dormitory window after a fight, and Huo Yutong recognized him as her mother's killer.
• Bai Yu comforted Huo Yutong while Tang San confronted Dai Huabin and demanded that he yield.
• Huo Yutong asked Bai Yu to help her take revenge and promised to reveal her true ability in return.
• Black gave Bai Yu permission to act, and she used her soul skill to bind Dai Huabin and force him to stand.
• Dai Huabin activated his White Tiger form, punched Tang San into the dormitory building, and stunned the watching students.

Tang San fought Dai Huabin after Dai Huabin broke free of his paralysis, but Bai Yu’s control helped Dai Huabin defeat him with a vicious low blow. Both fighters collapsed unconscious, leaving Du Wilun to summon Yan Shao Zhe and the others to leave for the cafeteria.

• Tang San attacked Dai Huabin with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Dai Huabin used his White Tiger spirit abilities to withstand the blows and counterattack.
• Bai Yu controlled Dai Huabin to kick Tang San in the crotch, causing Tang San’s martial soul to disperse and leaving him in agony.
• Bai Yu released her control, and Dai Huabin collapsed from dizziness; Tang San also lost consciousness, leaving both fighters badly injured.
• Du Wilun arrived, saw the two unconscious fighters, and called Yan Shao Zhe to handle the incident.
• Bai Yu left with Huo Yutong, followed by Xiao Xiao, while Wang Dong and Black joined them to go eat; Wu Feng and Ning Tian commented on the fight as Lei Ze watched silently.

Black, Bai Yu, and their companions ate at a Shrek Street restaurant, where Wang Dong insisted on treating everyone and was stunned by the siblings’ enormous appetites. After Wang Dong paid, Little Black revealed he had a Free Meal Card, leaving Wang Dong feeling like a clown as the group left the restaurant.

• Wang Dong insisted on paying for the group’s meal, and Bai Yu and Black ordered enough food to astonish everyone.
• Huo Yutong explained that the siblings’ Dragon-type Beast Martial Souls and Soul Power use contributed to their appetites.
• Xiao Xiao asked about Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and Huo Yutong said she and her brother did not have one.
• Wang Dong returned after paying and complained that the meal had used up his allowance.
• Little Black gave Wang Dong a Shrek Street Free Meal Card and explained that he had planned to use it to treat the group.
• Black gathered Huo Yutong, Xiao Xiao, and the shaken Wang Dong, and they left the restaurant.

Bai Yu examined Huo Yutong to learn what she could see, then revealed that a sealed god’s mother inside the Golden Tree was devouring its fortune. Xiao Xiao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng had secretly listened outside, and Xiao Xiao tumbled into the room when the door opened.

• Bai Yu pinned Huo Yutong on the bed and pretended to inspect her, prompting Xiao Xiao to eavesdrop outside the dorm room.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng arrived and joined Xiao Xiao at the door, listening to Bai Yu and Huo Yutong.
• Bai Yu asked whether Huo Yutong could see things others could not, and Huo Yutong described seeing golden mist around her brother, Mo Yan, Bai Yu, and Brother Black.
• Bai Yu asked whether Huo Yutong could see the fortune around the Golden Tree, and Huo Yutong said she could see it changing shape.
• Bai Yu told Huo Yutong that the mother of the god targeting her and her brother was sealed inside the Golden Tree and was devouring its fortune.
• Xiao Xiao leaned against the door after the conversation went quiet, but it creaked open and she fell into the room.

Bai Yu confronted Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao for eavesdropping, then demanded that Ning Tian target Tang San in the freshman tournament. Ning Tian agreed, while Bai Yu kept Xiao Xiao behind to tease her.

• Bai Yu caught Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao outside her room and answered Ning Tian's question about her conflict with Lei Ze.
• Bai Yu locked the door and asked Ning Tian and the others to target Tang San during the freshman tournament.
• Bai Yu threatened Ning Tian and Wu Feng when Ning Tian questioned her request, and Ning Tian agreed to it.
• Bai Yu let Ning Tian and Wu Feng leave but stopped Xiao Xiao, teased her about being curious about Bai Yu's preferences, and then flicked her forehead.

Ning Tian warned Wu Feng against underestimating Bai Yu and the other young geniuses, while Sea God Tang San drew Black into a dream to arrange a Martial Soul Fusion opportunity. Black disrupted the dream with his clone, leaving Tang San furious and forced to hide his outburst from Xiao Wu.

• Ning Tian told Wu Feng that defeating one of the geniuses in the freshman tournament would earn her freedom to handle Lei Ze as she wished.
• Sea God Tang San used the divine consciousness inside Xiao Qi to draw Black into a dream intended to encourage a Martial Soul Fusion with Wang Dong.
• Black claimed his name was Tang San, then Tang Hao, before telling Sea God Tang San to introduce himself and calling himself Tang San again.
• As Sea God Tang San prepared to explain his plan, Black's clone destroyed the dream space.
• Sea God Tang San roared in anger, and Xiao Wu woke before he calmed himself and sent her back to sleep.

After recalling his clashes with Dai Huabin and considering how to gain power and allies, Tang San sneaked into Wang Dong and Black’s dormitory at night. Black caught him trying to touch Wang Dong and confronted him, leaving Tang San shocked by the era’s unusual soul ring configurations.

• Tang San remembered fighting Dai Huabin and vowed to cripple him, then considered asking Mu En to take him as a disciple and seeking the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to enter Wang Dong and Black’s dormitory after dark.
• Tang San recognized Wang Dong as Xiao Qi and reached toward her cheek while promising to protect her family.
• Black photographed Tang San and demanded to know why he had entered the dormitory.
• Black revealed his three purple soul rings, and Tang San was stunned by the era’s powerful Soul Elders and unfamiliar ring configurations.

Wang Dong and Black caught Tang San sneaking into Wang Dong’s room, and Wang Dong attacked him after seeing evidence of his intentions. The dorm supervisor took Tang San to Dean Yan, while Wang Dong revealed she was the Young Master of the Clear Sky Sect and demanded the academy handle the incident properly.

• Tang San was startled by the three purple rings of Black’s martial soul and tried to escape when Wang Dong woke and attacked him.
• Black bound Tang San with silver chains and showed Wang Dong a photograph that appeared to prove he had intended to touch her face.
• Wang Dong unleashed Butterfly God’s Light on the helpless Tang San, leaving him badly wounded and unconscious as his scream woke the freshman dormitory.
• The dorm supervisor arrived, and Wang Dong showed him the photograph and insisted Tang San’s case be handled openly rather than taken straight to Dean Yan.
• Wang Dong revealed her Clear Sky Sect Young Master token and warned that her elders would intervene if Shrek Academy failed to handle the matter properly.

Black restrained the unconscious Tang San after he allegedly tried to sneak into Wang Dong’s room, and the dorm supervisor rushed to report the incident to Yan Shao Zhe. Yan Shao Zhe learned that the Clear Sky Sect Young Master was involved and hurried to the dormitory in a fury.

• The dorm supervisor left Black and Wang Dong with the chained Tang San and went to inform Yan Shao Zhe.
• Wang Dong saw Black’s three Thousand-Year Spirit Rings, and Black sensed a dangerous power and obsessive ambition beneath Tang San’s concealed killing intent.
• Black joked that he could suppress his sister Bai Yu because his Light Element restrained her Dark Element, while Wang Dong wondered about their opposite attributes.
• Yan Shao Zhe reflected on Tang San’s earlier fight with Dai Huabin and his plans for the student when the dorm supervisor arrived with Wang Dong’s Clear Sky Sect Young Master token.
• After hearing that Tang San had allegedly tried to sneak into Wang Dong’s room, Yan Shao Zhe abandoned his letter and rushed to the dormitory.

Black told Tian Mucheng and Bai Yu that Tang San had broken into his dorm room and tried to touch Wang Dong, and he planned to use a photograph of the incident. When Yan Shao Zhe arrived to address the intrusion, Wang Dong demanded that Shrek Academy expel Tang San, leaving Yan Shao Zhe unable to accept her request.

• Bai Yu told Tian Mucheng about Tang San’s achievements at Shrek Academy, and Tian Mucheng guessed she had influenced events.
• Black said Tang San had entered his dorm room at night and that Buddha Tang had appeared in his dream; Black planned to let Wang Dong deal with Tang San and to stabilize the presence in his mental world.
• Black revealed that he had photographed Tang San trying to touch Wang Dong’s face, and Bai Yu asked to see the picture.
• Wang Dong considered summoning her fathers because the dorm supervisor had not responded, but Yan Shao Zhe arrived and apologized for what had happened.
• Wang Dong asked Yan Shao Zhe to expel Tang San instead of giving her compensation, and Yan Shao Zhe realized he could not agree because Tang San was his teacher’s chosen talent.

Yan Shao Zhe refused to expel Tang San but agreed to remove him from the Martial Soul Department and transfer him to the Soul Tool Department after Wang Dong confronted him. Black secured extra compensation for Wang Dong, and the chapter ended with Black warning that even Wang Dong’s fathers would protect Tang San.

• Yan Shao Zhe told Wang Dong that Tang San’s talent and ties to the Tang Sect meant he could not expel him from Shrek Academy.
• Wang Dong threatened to summon reinforcements, forcing Yan Shao Zhe to present a punishment plan for Tang San.
• Yan Shao Zhe transferred Tang San to the Soul Tool Department for life and ordered him to move out of the building the next day.
• Black approved the punishment and obtained two bottles of medicinal pills as compensation for Wang Dong.
• Yan Shao Zhe freed Tang San from Black’s Light Element chains, caught him as he fell unconscious, and carried him away.
• Black told Wang Dong that her Big Dad and Second Dad would also protect Tang San, then gave her the pills and went to sleep.

Dai Huabin refused Dai Yueheng's demand that he abandon Wen Yu, but agreed to avoid the Zhu Family and never use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill in exchange for his brother suppressing the recent scandal. The next morning, Wang Dong woke from a strange dream, ate breakfast Black brought her, and prepared to register at Shrek Academy as Black anticipated a lively day with Zhou Yi as their homeroom teacher.

• Dai Huabin woke in the infirmary and learned Dai Yueheng had concealed what he had done over the past few days.
• Dai Yueheng asked Dai Huabin to stop pursuing Wen Yu, but Dai Huabin refused and said he was ready to face the consequences.
• Dai Yueheng bargained for Dai Huabin to avoid women from the Zhu Family and never use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Dai Huabin accepted.
• Wang Dong woke after dreaming of a blue-haired man calling out "Xiao Qi" and found Black's bed empty.
• Black brought Wang Dong breakfast and waited in the corridor while she prepared to register for school.

Bai Yu warned Huo Yutong not to trust their homeroom teacher, Zhou Yi, and challenged Ning Tian to pass a threat to Mu Jin. Outside the girls’ dormitory, Black saw Mu En arrive in his wheelchair while Wang Dong regretted disguising herself as a boy.

• Bai Yu told Huo Yutong that Zhou Yi was an unqualified teacher and warned her not to listen to Zhou Yi.
• Xiao Xiao said her roommate had withdrawn from school after the murder the previous morning.
• Ning Tian told Bai Yu that she and Wu Feng had Teacher Mu Jin as their homeroom teacher, and Bai Yu threatened to make Mu Jin suffer at the freshmen tournament.
• Wu Feng criticized Bai Yu’s confidence, while Ning Tian warned her not to mention Lei Ze’s second personality casually.
• Wang Dong regretted disguising herself as a boy, and Black watched Mu En arrive before greeting them.