Chapter Summaries

After recovering from the previous ordeal, Huo Yuhao cultivated through the night and fell into a terrifying dream of a cursed forest, a mysterious girl, and consuming flames. He woke at daylight shaken but captivated by the girl, while Wang Dong and Ye Buqun were already up.

• Huo Yuhao reassured Wang Dong that he could recover, then returned to his dormitory and began cultivating as she and Ye Buqun rested.
• Huo Yuhao drifted to sleep while cultivating and dreamed that a powerful soul skill trapped him in a dark forest and filled him with unbearable pain.
• A beautiful girl with white wings and a seven-colored butterfly appeared to Huo Yuhao before vanishing as fire engulfed the forest.
• Huo Yuhao awoke as black mist and terrifying cries surrounded him in the dream, then realized it had been a nightmare.
• Huo Yuhao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and remembered the girl with longing as Wang Dong called him to breakfast.

Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong encountered a terrifying red female monster racing across Sea God Lake from Shrek Academy’s Inner Court. The monster overwhelmed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s defenses and struck Ye Buqun, who rose from the rubble to confront it again.

• Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong walked beside Sea God Lake, where Ye Buqun glimpsed the Inner Court through the mist.
• Huo Yuhao spotted a red figure racing toward them, and Ye Buqun chose to approach it while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong prepared to defend themselves.
• The red monster broke through Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s soul skills and sent them flying, revealing its faceless, skinless female form.
• Ye Buqun charged the monster, but it grabbed him and smashed him into the rocks before Wang Dong attempted to pull him clear.
• Huo Yuhao recognized the monster’s spiritual awareness as it charged again, and Ye Buqun broke free of the rubble to meet it head-on.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ye Buqun struggled against the formidable Red-Clothed Woman, whose strange movement and blood-red attacks overwhelmed them. As she pursued the vanished Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao gathered Soul Power and began to radiate golden light.

• Wang Dong and Ye Buqun attacked the Red-Clothed Woman but could not land a hit, while Huo Yuhao recognized that her blood-red mist resisted his Soul Power.
• The Red-Clothed Woman fired a red beam at Wang Dong and Ye Buqun, and Wang Dong countered with a blue pillar of light before the attacker charged at Huo Yuhao.
• Ye Buqun tried to protect Huo Yuhao, but the Red-Clothed Woman struck him and then attacked Huo Yuhao with enormous legs, leaving him injured.
• Wang Dong warned Huo Yuhao to run after Ye Buqun disappeared, and the Red-Clothed Woman chased toward the spot where he had vanished.
• Huo Yuhao watched the Red-Clothed Woman pursue Ye Buqun, then gathered his Soul Power as golden light and strange ripples appeared around him.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong faced the Red-Clothed Woman as she relentlessly targeted Ye Buqun, whose counterattack failed to stop her. The woman began moving toward Ye Buqun even faster, leaving Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong shocked as the battle continued.

• Wang Dong urged Ye Buqun to leave, but the Red-Clothed Woman reappeared and attacked him with a claw that tore a deep ravine into the ground.
• The Red-Clothed Woman vanished and teleported directly in front of Ye Buqun, grabbing him and disrupting his spiritual power.
• Wang Dong struck the Red-Clothed Woman, but she barely reacted and continued seizing Ye Buqun.
• Ye Buqun punched the Red-Clothed Woman without using Soul Power, but she threw him into the grass, where he spat blood.
• The Red-Clothed Woman drifted toward Ye Buqun at increasing speed, making Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's expressions change drastically.

Ye Buqun fought the Red-Clothed Woman while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong watched, overwhelmed by her power. After revealing herself as a Soul Emperor, she faced Ye Buqun’s defenses and attacks, then appeared behind him with black flames in her eyes as he launched another assault.

• The Red-Clothed Woman attacked Ye Buqun with claws and a powerful kick, but he blocked her and sent her tumbling into the grass.
• Ye Buqun charged the Red-Clothed Woman with his fists, but she vanished and reappeared to slash at him.
• The Red-Clothed Woman revealed fiery wings and six Soul Rings, exposing herself as a Soul Emperor and suppressing Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Ye Buqun secretly fused Qian Xunji's card into his body and used a pale golden barrier to withstand the Red-Clothed Woman's red mist and attacks.
• Ye Buqun traded blows with the Red-Clothed Woman until she disappeared and appeared behind him with black fire in her eyes.
• Ye Buqun retreated, then turned and charged the Red-Clothed Woman with deep blue light shooting from his eyes.

After Ma Xiaotao’s rampage left Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ye Buqun unconscious, the academy treated them and paid them to keep quiet. Back at the dorm, they discussed the valuable Soul Ascension Pills, and Tang Ya offered Huo Yuhao another Profound Water Pill while making Wang Dong’s entry into the Tang Sect depend on his assessment results.

• Ma Xiaotao’s attack sent her flying and knocked Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong unconscious, while Ye Buqun pretended to be unconscious.
• A white-robed elder had a Tree of Life teacher heal Ma Xiaotao and the others, then ordered Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ye Buqun to keep the incident secret and gave each of them a Soul Ascension Pill.
• Wang Dong explained that Soul Masters had to refine Soul Ascension Pills and should wait until at least Rank 30 to take them, but Huo Yuhao wanted to use one to improve his low Soul Power.
• Wang Dong agreed that Huo Yuhao and Ye Buqun could try taking their pills that night.
• Tang Ya gave Huo Yuhao another Profound Water Pill and told Wang Dong that he could join the Tang Sect if he performed outstandingly in the new student assessment.

After Ma Xiaotao woke from her rampage, her teacher explained that a powerful consciousness linked to a stone tablet had drawn her in and that ice had suppressed her evil fire. He warned her to avoid using her power carelessly, while Ma Xiaotao resisted his suggestion that she be matched with an ice wielder.

• Wang Dong joined the line at the grilled fish stall and bought fish for Ye Buqun and Huo Yuhao as a token of goodwill.
• Ma Xiaotao woke in a secret chamber and told her teacher about the fiery desert and ocean she had experienced during her rampage.
• Ma Xiaotao's teacher said a powerful consciousness from the stone tablet had affected her, and advised her to cultivate to control her evil fire.
• Ma Xiaotao decided to cultivate at the academy and learned that pure ice power had suppressed her Phoenix Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao's teacher identified Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong as possible suspects and suggested matching her with an ice wielder, but she refused to be with someone she did not like.

Xu Sanshi pressured Jiang Nannan to accept his advances, but she repeatedly rejected and condemned him. When he blocked her from leaving, Ye Buqun intervened by striking him with a pebble, leaving Xu Sanshi furious and ready to confront him.

• Xu Sanshi confessed his feelings to Jiang Nannan and threatened her when she rejected him.
• Jiang Nannan stood firm, called Xu Sanshi a spoiled bully, and ordered him to stop harassing her.
• Xu Sanshi apologized and pleaded with Jiang Nannan, but she accused him of shamelessly denying something filthy and tried to leave.
• Xu Sanshi blocked Jiang Nannan and insisted he would not give up on her.
• Ye Buqun struck Xu Sanshi on the head with a pebble and challenged him to fight.

Ye Buqun rescued Jiang Nannan from Xu Sanshi, then teased Tang Ya as they returned to Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s grilled fish stall. The stall drew a growing crowd of customers, leaving Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya delighted by the prospect of earning enough to open a shop.

• Ye Buqun struck Xu Sanshi with a pebble to stop him pestering Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi fled rather than fight him.
• Jiang Nannan thanked Ye Buqun before leaving, and Tang Ya led him back toward the grilled fish stall while teasing him about staring at girls.
• Ye Buqun and Tang Ya bickered on the way, and Tang Ya blushed when he leaned closer to hear her.
• At the stall, Wang Dong and Tang Ya praised Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish and said they would return often.
• Returning customers and new patrons crowded the stall, and Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya looked forward to earning enough to open a shop.

After a meal of grilled fish, Ye Buqun brought two skewers to Jiang Nannan, who enjoyed them before Xu Sanshi began pestering her again. A mysterious force knocked Xu Sanshi to his knees and warned him to leave her alone.

• Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ye Buqun shared grilled fish after a successful day of business.
• Huo Yuhao prepared grilled fish that Wang Dong praised and eagerly ate.
• Ye Buqun gave Jiang Nannan two grilled fish as thanks for what happened with Xu Sanshi.
• Jiang Nannan ate the fish, then rejected Xu Sanshi's offer to take her for a drink.
• Xu Sanshi grabbed Jiang Nannan's arm and threatened to keep hold of her even if she called for help.
• A mysterious force pressed Xu Sanshi to his knees and warned him to stop pestering Jiang Nannan.

Jiang Nannan was rescued from Xu Sanshi by a mysterious, powerful presence, while Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ye Buqun absorbed their pills in Dormitory 108. Huo Yuhao experienced a dramatic increase in spiritual power and sensed that his cultivation had begun to transform.

• An unseen force overwhelmed Xu Sanshi and drove him away from Jiang Nannan, who wondered whether Ye Buqun or another person had protected her.
• Tang Ya and Beibei gave Huo Yuhao a Profound Water Pill, and he, Wang Dong, and Ye Buqun swallowed their pills to cultivate.
• The pills’ effects enveloped the three freshmen in mist and energy as they absorbed the medicinal power.
• Huo Yuhao’s eyes opened with a burst of sharp energy that pierced the roof and disturbed the clouds and sky.
• Huo Yuhao sensed that his spiritual power, spiritual sea, and Soul Core had strengthened, and he believed his cultivation could advance far beyond an ordinary soul master’s.

Huo Yuhao’s cultivation with Wang Dong helped strengthen their cultivation and life force, and two months of hard work raised him to Level Seventeen and made him class monitor. As the freshman assessment approached, Zhou Yi explained its elimination rules and encouraged Huo Yuhao, who returned to his dormitory to continue cultivating.

• Huo Yuhao sensed his spiritual sea and spiritual power growing as he cultivated alongside Wang Dong, while Ye Buqun noticed their cultivation was linked.
• Over the next two months, Huo Yuhao trained diligently and expanded his spiritual power’s range from about thirty meters to fifty meters.
• Huo Yuhao reached Level Seventeen, while Ye Buqun reached Level Eighteen, and Huo Yuhao became the class monitor of Freshman Class One.
• Zhou Yi explained that the freshman assessment would use a draw-based competition, warned students that elimination meant expulsion, and forbade interference and private fights.
• Zhou Yi praised Huo Yuhao’s progress, and he returned to his dormitory and resumed cultivating.

Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong entered the new student assessment and faced Chen Junfeng, Ouyang Junyi, and Zhao Haochen. After Wang Dong disrupted the attackers and seized Chen Junfeng’s sword arm, the fight was still underway.

• Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong were assigned to the same group, and Wang Dong declared that they would win the championship.
• The three students entered Section Twenty-Two and faced Chen Junfeng, Ouyang Junyi, and Zhao Haochen.
• Wang Dong released her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul, while Zhao Haochen summoned chicken drumsticks that strengthened Chen Junfeng and Ouyang Junyi after they ate them.
• Chen Junfeng and Ouyang Junyi charged at Wang Dong, but her chilly aura slowed their bodies and Soul Power.
• Wang Dong blocked Chen Junfeng’s sword, injured his grip with a burst of light, and seized his sword arm.

Wang Dong used her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul and Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to outmaneuver the opposing team. After knocking Ouyang Junyi and Zhao Haochen down, she faced Ouyang Junyi again and vanished behind him to strike his back.

• Wang Dong dodged attacks from Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Ye Buqun, while Huo Yuhao activated Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to help his teammates.
• Wang Dong spun through pink mist, struck Chen Junfeng, and formed a spear of Soul Power that Ouyang Junyi smashed apart before he charged at her.
• Wang Dong sent Ouyang Junyi flying into Zhao Haochen, and the crowd praised her performance.
• Ouyang Junyi returned to the fight and launched a pointed-cone sneak attack at Wang Dong’s neck.
• Wang Dong’s hands passed through Ouyang Junyi’s attack as if she were an illusion, then she appeared behind him and elbowed his back.

Wang Dong and Ye Buqun’s team defeated Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng in the assessment, though Zhou Yi warned them that they needed another win to advance. At their grilled fish stall, Jiang Nannan returned and addressed Ye Buqun by name, leaving the others wondering about their connection.

• Wang Dong overwhelmed Chen Junfeng and drove him out of the arena, then faced Ouyang Junyi as he burned his Soul Power for a final attack.
• Ye Buqun interrupted Ouyang Junyi’s desperate strike with his Overlord Tiger Roar Fist, knocking him unconscious and securing the team’s victory.
• Wang Dong bragged about the match until Zhou Yi reminded the team that they needed to win again the next day to reach the top sixty-four.
• Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong opened their grilled fish stall, where Jiang Nannan returned and asked Ye Buqun for a fish by name.
• Ye Buqun grilled Jiang Nannan’s fish himself while Tang Ya and Wang Dong watched in surprise, and he handed Jiang Nannan the finished fish.

At Shrek Academy, Ma Xiaotao arrived at Ye Buqun and Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall, drove away the waiting customers with her killing intent, and paid extra to buy fish. Jiang Nannan grew jealous of Ye Buqun’s attention to Ma Xiaotao, but his whispered warning made her notice that Ma Xiaotao ate without leaving any fish bones or grease.

• Jiang Nannan thanked Ye Buqun for the grilled fish and remained curious about the power she suspected he had unleashed against Xu Sanshi.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived at the stall and demanded all the grilled fish, while Huo Yuhao explained that their supply was limited.
• Ma Xiaotao released an intimidating aura that scattered the customers and forced Jiang Nannan backward, so Ye Buqun caught her by the arm.
• Tang Ya confronted Ma Xiaotao, who revealed herself as the Inner Court elite and paid Ye Buqun three Gold Soul Coins for the fish.
• Jiang Nannan became displeased as Ye Buqun watched Ma Xiaotao eat, then noticed that Ma Xiaotao left no fish bones or grease behind.

Ma Xiaotao sampled Ye Buqun and Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, inspected their Martial Souls, and left the group wondering why she had come. The next day, Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong began their second freshman assessment match against Yang Aqi’s team, and the battle was still underway when the chapter ended.

• Ma Xiaotao ate eleven or twelve greenfish, asked Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong to show their Martial Souls, then left after saying she would return often.
• Jiang Nannan encouraged Ye Buqun to work hard on his freshman assessment, and Tang Ya, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao teased him about her interest in him.
• Ye Buqun redirected the group’s attention to why Ma Xiaotao had come to see them, but they left the question unresolved as they packed up their stall.
• The next day, Ye Buqun’s team began its second assessment match against Yang Aqi, Chen Yida, and Ma Ling in Division Ten.
• Wang Dong dodged Chen Yida’s attack and countered Yang Aqi, while Ye Buqun joined her and sent Yang Aqi flying before he landed safely.

Wang Dong battled Chen Yida and Yang Aqi while Huo Yuhao supported his team with Spiritual Sharing. Ma Ling entered the fight and used his Flute of Inspiration to strengthen his teammates, leaving the boosted Yang Aqi preparing another attack.

• Wang Dong taunted Chen Yida and evaded his attacks as Ye Buqun and Yang Aqi clashed nearby.
• Wang Dong used her speed and wings to fight Yang Aqi, dodging his sword and palm strikes while continuing to provoke him.
• Chen Yida called on Ma Ling to help, and Ma Ling activated his Flute of Inspiration to raise Chen Yida and Yang Aqi's Soul Power and strength.
• Wang Dong tried to destroy the phantom banner with Wing Blade Guillotine, but the illusory projection vanished without disrupting Ma Ling's support.
• Ma Ling drew the banner's power back into his mouth, and Yang Aqi's Jade Blood Snake Blade brightened as a thin green line emerged from its tip.

Wang Dong battled Chen Yida while Ma Ling’s support martial soul strengthened Chen Yida and Yang Aqi. As the match continued, Jiang Nannan watched Ye Buqun from the stands, still wondering whether he had been the source of the force that pinned Xu Sanshi down.

• Yang Aqi and Chen Yida used their first soul skills against Wang Dong, and Ma Ling’s support allowed them to meet her attacks.
• Wang Dong struck back with powerful claw attacks and drove Chen Yida toward the edge of the arena.
• Chen Yida transformed into a giant tiger and repeatedly charged Wang Dong, but she evaded his attacks and forced him back.
• Chen Yida summoned a huge tiger phantom and boosted his aura with its golden light as spectators discussed his strength.
• Jiang Nannan watched Ye Buqun from the stands, hoping to judge his strength, while another pair of beautiful eyes also watched the match.

Ye Buqun helped his team defeat Ma Ling’s team with a powerful punch, then spoke with Jiang Nannan, who had come to watch his match and question him about his strength. The chapter left them sharing steaming grilled fish as Jiang Nannan’s interest in Ye Buqun grew.

• Ma Ling used his thousand-year second Soul Skill, Flute of Decadence, to drain Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong’s Soul Power and pull them toward his banner.
• Ye Buqun used Overlord Tiger Roar Fist to knock Chen Yida and Yang Aqi off the stage and send Ma Ling flying, winning the match for his team.
• Huo Yuhao admitted that Ye Buqun had carried the fight, and Ye Buqun urged him to rest after overusing his abilities.
• Jiang Nannan stopped Ye Buqun to praise his match and ask about the tremendous power behind his final punch, while he credited Huo Yuhao and concealed the truth.
• Ye Buqun gave Jiang Nannan two hot grilled fish he had stored in Mirror Space, and she gladly accepted them.