Chapter Summaries

Ye Buqun and his teammates faced Huang Chutian and the twin sisters Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo in the Round of 64 advancement match. Wang Dong battled Huang Chutian while the twins intervened with a hair net, leaving the two teams locked in a fierce clash.

• Ye Buqun returned to Dormitory 108, where Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao teased him about Jiang Nannan before he reminded them of the next day's match.
• Ye Buqun's team met Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo in the assessment arena, and both sides revealed their martial souls.
• Wang Dong exchanged several powerful attacks with Huang Chutian, using her speed and strength to keep pace with him.
• Wang Dong formed a blue sickle with her Wing Blade Guillotine soul skill as Huang Chutian charged toward her.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo combined their long hair into a giant net that collided with Wang Dong's blue sickle, shaking the arena as the battle continued.

Wang Dong overwhelmed Huang Chutian in their Soul Battle Stage No. 25 match, but Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo trapped her in their blue hair net. Ye Buqun disrupted the sisters’ hold, allowing Wang Dong to escape and clash with Huang Chutian again, leaving both fighters exhausted and the battle unresolved.

• Wang Dong repeatedly struck Huang Chutian and urged him to admit defeat, but he refused and continued fighting.
• Huang Chutian used his first soul skill to attack Wang Dong, who evaded his blows and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo’s blue hair net trapped Wang Dong just as she charged Huang Chutian.
• Ye Buqun punched Lan Susu, loosening the net, and Wang Dong cut free with blades formed from her wings.
• Huang Chutian used his second soul skill, Great Strength Hammer Fist, to meet Wang Dong’s attack, shattering the net and Sickles as both fighters staggered back.

Wang Dong fought Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo on the Soul Battle Stage, resisting their attacks and trapping techniques with his own power. Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sharing was forcibly blocked, and the chapter ended as Huang Chutian and Ye Buqun’s soul skills collided in a violent blast.

• Wang Dong attacked Huang Chutian with Soul Power daggers, but Huang Chutian dodged until exhaustion left him vulnerable to a strike that slammed him into the stage.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo trapped Wang Dong with their Heaven and Earthly Web Martial Soul Fusion Skill and attacked him with blades formed from blue Soul Power.
• Wang Dong fought back with black mist and a powerful Soul Power fist, breaking a blue pillar before being sent flying by its impact.
• Wang Dong unleashed enough Soul Power to block Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Sharing, draining much of Huo Yuhao’s Soul Power in the process.
• Huang Chutian and Ye Buqun charged at each other with their first soul skills, and their fists collided in a storm of energy.

Ye Buqun's team defeated Huang Chutian's team to advance to the round of sixteen after Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Impact to incapacitate Huang Chutian and fainted from exhaustion. Afterward, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong discussed Jiang Nannan and the match, and Huo Yuhao explained how he had combined the Tang Sect's Purple Demon Eye with Spiritual Impact.

• Huo Yuhao supported Ye Buqun and Wang Dong with Spiritual Sharing as their team battled Huang Chutian, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo.
• Huang Chutian and Lan Luoluo joined forces for an attack, but Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Impact on Huang Chutian and collapsed from exhaustion.
• Ye Buqun and Wang Dong knocked Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo off the platform, securing their team's victory and a place in the round of sixteen.
• Huo Yuhao woke up in Dormitory 108 and asked Wang Dong whether Jiang Nannan liked Ye Buqun.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that he had combined the Purple Demon Eye with Spiritual Impact to make the attack stronger while consuming less Soul Power.

Ye Buqun and Jiang Nannan joked about becoming sworn siblings, while Jiang Nannan let him hold her hand and call her “Big Brother.” In Room 108, Huo Yuhao explained his Martial Soul’s evolving skills to Wang Dong and predicted she would join the Tang Sect.

• Ye Buqun joked with Jiang Nannan about marriage and suggested they become sworn siblings.
• Jiang Nannan accepted, but Ye Buqun tried to take back his suggestion, prompting her to chase and scold him.
• Ye Buqun caught Jiang Nannan’s hand and agreed to call her “Big Brother,” and she let him hold it.
• Huo Yuhao told Wang Dong that his Martial Soul could evolve new skills, including Spiritual Impact and Spiritual Sharing.
• Wang Dong asked about joining the Tang Sect, and Huo Yuhao said Teacher Tang Ya and Senior Brother Beibei had praised her and that she would eventually become their fellow disciple.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong discussed whether their Martial Souls could fuse further and improve their combat abilities. With Ye Buqun still absent late at night, Wang Dong suggested they test their compatibility by hugging and sensing each other’s auras.

• Huo Yuhao explained that Wang Dong’s Light Goddess Butterfly and his Purple Demon Eye combined to create their existing fused ability.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong considered whether their Spirit Eyes could fuse, but Wang Dong said their Martial Souls had conflicting aspects and little resonance.
• Wang Dong argued that a successful future fusion could greatly increase their combat strength, while Huo Yuhao doubted they could achieve it.
• Huo Yuhao glanced outside and noticed that Ye Buqun had not returned, though neither he nor Wang Dong felt sleepy.
• Wang Dong suggested that she and Huo Yuhao hug and sense each other’s auras to test whether their Martial Souls could fuse.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong attempted to sense each other’s auras while using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but the experiment triggered an unknown force that began drawing energy away from them. The chapter left them bewildered as Huo Yuhao’s pain suddenly vanished and neither could identify where the missing energy had gone.

• Wang Dong explained that she had sensed a strange fluctuation after fusing with Huo Yuhao and urged him to try feeling her aura.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong embraced, then activated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and sensed a powerful connection between them.
• Wang Dong felt her strength increase, while Huo Yuhao saw the Light Goddess Butterfly’s aura around her vanish and a darkness take its place.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that his Spirit Eyes’ innate energy was being pulled away, and Spiritual Sharing could not reveal where it went.
• Wang Dong noticed an abnormality around herself as the pain in Huo Yuhao’s body suddenly disappeared, leaving both confused.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Spiritual Sharing triggered a strange exchange of energy that altered their Spirit Eyes and drained their life forces. As Wang Dong's body took shape in a silvery-white glow, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that the transformation was a stroke of fortune.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's auras connected, and strange energy began flowing between them through their Spiritual Sharing.
• Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eyes grew stronger as golden energy from Wang Dong entered his body, while both of their life forces began to weaken.
• The energy transformed their eyes and gathered within Huo Yuhao, who sensed a powerful force he and Wang Dong somehow recognized.
• Wang Dong's body gradually took shape in a silvery-white glow, and Huo Yuhao was stunned by her beauty.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pulled Huo Yuhao's attention back and told him the experience was a stroke of fortune.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had nearly perfect martial-soul compatibility and urged Huo Yuhao to pursue a fusion with her. As their powers resonated, Sky Dream began guiding the process, and their transformation was still underway.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that his and Wang Dong’s martial souls had nearly perfect compatibility and that she might also possess Triple Martial Souls.
• Sky Dream warned Huo Yuhao that their martial souls were fusing rather than merging and advised him to cultivate with a different martial soul to avoid backlash.
• Sky Dream encouraged Huo Yuhao to seize the opportunity to fuse with Wang Dong, promising that their combined soul skills could grant them greater power.
• Warm energy flowed into Huo Yuhao, strengthening his Spiritual Detection as golden and blue lights and matching pairs of wings appeared around him and Wang Dong.
• Sky Dream chanted as images of a star and a butterfly formed above them, while Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s transformations intensified.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong continued fusing their spiritual power and martial souls, creating a golden Spiritual Sea that strengthened Huo Yuhao and seemed to help Wang Dong comprehend new things. The chapter left them enveloped in golden light as Wang Dong quietly cultivated.

• Huo Yuhao awoke from his illusion when explosions sounded in the Spiritual World, then continued absorbing the golden light as his fusion progressed.
• Wang Dong's Light Goddess Butterfly grew larger, and she formed a golden cocoon that enveloped both of them and merged their presences.
• The cocoon became a golden sphere containing a Spiritual Sea, which Huo Yuhao sensed through Spiritual Sharing and recognized as a source of pure consciousness power.
• Wang Dong's martial soul fusion advanced, and her aura grew stronger than Huo Yuhao's in some aspects.
• Huo Yuhao saw a phantom of Wang Dong's spiritual power within his Spiritual Sea as she sat cross-legged and began comprehending.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong discovered that their martial soul fusion had left a powerful golden-and-azure trace in their dormitory, then continued fusing and strengthened their martial souls. Ye Buqun interrupted them to remind them that class had started, and all three hurried to class, arriving late.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong woke after spending the night in martial soul fusion and found a deep ravine marked with golden and azure light in Dormitory 108.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fused their martial souls again, formed a controllable ball of light, and sensed its powerful ultimate ice and ultimate gold traits.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong continued fusing, improving Huo Yuhao's spiritual power and changing both of their martial souls.
• Ye Buqun rushed into the dormitory and told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong that class had already started.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ye Buqun hurried to the classroom and arrived late.

Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong arrived late to the top sixty-four draw but avoided losing their examination qualifications after Zhou Yi spoke for them. They faced three attack-type Soul Masters in the morning match, and the chapter left the teams clashing on Soul Battle Stage Seven.

• Ye Buqun reminded Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to stop cultivating and hurry to class, where Zhou Yi and Director Du punished them for being late.
• The freshmen drew their top sixty-four matchups, and Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong were assigned to Soul Battle Stage Seven.
• Jin Yu, Fan Chong, and Li Zheng revealed their martial souls, and Jin Yu dismissed Huo Yuhao after seeing his white soul ring.
• Wang Dong fought off Jin Yu and Li Zheng, while Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection and Spiritual Sharing to support her.
• Ye Buqun countered Fan Chong's meteor hammer with his Overlord Tiger Roar Fist, and the collision sent shockwaves across the stage.

Ye Buqun, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao defeated Li Zheng’s team to advance to the top thirty-two, and Zhou Yi warned them to reach the top sixteen in their next match. Jiang Nannan encouraged Ye Buqun with a sweet treat as they walked together, then reacted to the name he called her.

• Ye Buqun knocked Fan Chong off the stage with his Overlord Tiger Roar Fist, and Wang Dong sent Jin Yu flying.
• Li Zheng attacked with his Blade-Splitting Slash, but Ye Buqun and Wang Dong repelled his blades and defeated him.
• The host declared Ye Buqun’s team the winners, while the Red-Clothed Woman slipped away in a streak of red light.
• Zhou Yi told Ye Buqun, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao that they had advanced to the top thirty-two and warned them to win their top sixteen match.
• Jiang Nannan gave Ye Buqun a sweet treat and walked with him to see the next competition venue.
• Jiang Nannan said she disliked the attention they were drawing, then asked Ye Buqun what he had just called her.

Ye Buqun spent time teasing Jiang Nannan before joining Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong for a lavish lunch hosted by Zhou Yi. Zhou Yi explained how the costly dishes could strengthen young soul masters and give privileged students an advantage.

• Ye Buqun and Jiang Nannan flirted and traded teasing remarks before parting in the evening.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong questioned Ye Buqun about Jiang Nannan, and he told them about their relationship.
• Ye Buqun, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong met Zhou Yi at the cafeteria the next day, where she treated them to an expensive meal.
• Zhou Yi asked the students to identify the dishes, and Wang Dong recognized the Scale Armor Crocodile meat.
• Zhou Yi explained the meat and soup's benefits, then said two noble-born freshmen had reached Soul Elder partly because of their superior food and medicinal resources.

Zhou Yi encouraged Ye Buqun, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao over lunch before the new students’ round of sixteen matches began. As the students prepared to compete, Jiang Nannan watched from the stands and Ye Buqun sensed a familiar Flame Aura nearby.

• Zhou Yi warned Ye Buqun, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao not to grow arrogant and treated them to a meal made from Scale Armor Crocodile meat.
• Zhou Yi urged the students to work hard and said she hoped they would surpass her and earn a chance to enter the Inner Court.
• Wang Dong vowed to reach the Soul Elder rank before turning twelve, while Huo Yuhao and Ye Buqun joined her in setting their sights on winning the selection.
• The new students’ round of thirty-two to round of sixteen matches began, drawing a larger crowd of spectators.
• Jiang Nannan watched from the stands, and Ye Buqun sensed a familiar Flame Aura coming from a dark red figure in the shadows.

Ye Buqun and his teammates prepared to face Mu Jin’s students in the New Student Top Sixteen Advancement Match while Zhou Yi and Mu Jin renewed their rivalry. The teachers agreed to wager a soul bone on the result, leaving the match and the bet unresolved.

• Ye Buqun noticed Jiang Nannan in the stands, exchanged a wave with her, and entered Soul Battle Stage Number One with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.
• Zhou Yi watched the match as Mu Jin sat beside her and mocked her students and their progress in the tournament.
• Zhou Yi defended her class and challenged Mu Jin to settle their dispute with a wager.
• Zhou Yi offered a soul bone, and Mu Jin accepted the bet.

Ma Xiaotao’s growing Evil Fire agitation drew her into a dark-red illusion where a green Matchstick Man fought her with a changing weapon. He revealed a purple Soul Ring and an Eighteen-Foot Snake Lance, but Ma Xiaotao still did not learn who he was as their battle continued in the air.

• Jiang Nannan sensed a scorching aura and saw Ma Xiaotao meditating amid red light in the spectator stands.
• Ma Xiaotao entered an illusion over a sea of lava, where a fragrant wood transformed into a Phoenix Reborn from Fire and plunged into her body.
• A green Matchstick Man appeared and taunted Ma Xiaotao, who summoned her Evil Fire Phoenix and attacked him.
• The Matchstick Man stopped Ma Xiaotao’s fire attacks and struck back with a golden trident, then revealed an Eighteen-Foot Snake Lance and a purple Soul Ring.
• Ma Xiaotao evaded his aerial thrust, activated Phoenix Wing Sky Soar, and spread her enlarged wings across the crimson sky.

Ma Xiaotao fought the Matchstick Man in an illusion, but her Phoenix attacks failed to harm him and his ten-thousand-year soul skill countered her. He then summoned three martial souls in an Iron Triangle formation, revealing the legendary combination that founded Shrek Academy.

• Ma Xiaotao used Phoenix Wing Sky Soar and other fire attacks, but the Matchstick Man remained unharmed and blocked her strike with an Eighteen-Foot Snake Lance.
• The Matchstick Man survived being knocked beneath the lava and emerged uninjured, then clashed with Ma Xiaotao's Phoenix Sky-Howling Strike using his fifth soul skill, Thunderous Explosive Kill.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her ten-thousand-year Phoenix Cloud-Piercing Strike: Chaos, summoning a host of flaming phoenixes from the lava.
• The Matchstick Man summoned an owl, a Fire Dragon, and a Boar Beast, arranged them into a triangle, and invoked Sun and Moon Shine, Golden Revolve.
• Ma Xiaotao recognized the formation as the legendary Iron Triangle, the founders of Shrek Academy from ten thousand years earlier.

Ma Xiaotao woke from an illusion that had erased her agitation, still wondering who the Matchstick Man was. The Round of 16 began with Zhou Yi’s underleveled Class One team facing Mu Jin’s powerful Class Nine team, and Wu Feng attacked Wang Dong as their match opened.

• Inside Ma Xiaotao’s illusion, the Matchstick Man and the Iron Triangle’s Golden Saint Dragon defeated her with a Golden Saint Dragon Fist, shattering the illusion.
• Ma Xiaotao woke unharmed and found that her restless agitation had disappeared, though she remained confused about the dream and the Matchstick Man.
• The Round of 16 Advancement Match began, and Class One’s Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Ye Buqun faced Class Nine’s Nanmen Yun’er, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian, whose levels greatly surpassed theirs.
• Wang Dong activated her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul, while Wu Feng transformed into a fire dragon and charged at her.
• Wang Dong met Wu Feng’s dragon-claw strike with her wing.

Huo Yuhao’s team faced Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun’er, and Ning Tian in the New Student Top Sixteen Advancement Match, with Ning Tian’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda giving her teammates a speed boost. Despite the crowd’s mockery of Huo Yuhao’s low-ranked white Soul Ring, his Spiritual Detection Sharing helped Ye Buqun and Wang Dong keep pace, and Wu Feng began to suspect his involvement.

• Wu Feng struck Wang Dong back, while Nanmen Yun’er moved in to shield her and Ning Tian revealed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and boosted her teammates’ speed.
• The audience mocked Huo Yuhao’s ten-year Soul Ring, but he used Spiritual Detection Sharing to aid Ye Buqun and Wang Dong.
• Ye Buqun blocked Nanmen Yun’er’s attack and traded blows with Wu Feng, while Wang Dong and Nanmen Yun’er fought with their wing-blade skills.
• Ye Buqun used Overlord Tiger Roar Fist to drive Wu Feng back, prompting her and Mu Jin to notice Huo Yuhao using a Soul Skill from the rear.