Recaps

After absorbing the Silver Dragon Wolf’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone, Zhu Ziyang examined his new powers and inherited fortune before returning home. He reunited with Liang Ying and Jiang Nannan, then heard an aged voice speak as he began cultivating that night.

• Zhu Ziyang gained two soul skills from the Silver Dragon Wolf’s hundred-thousand-year soul ring and two more from its right arm bone, including the ability to stop time for three seconds.
• Zhu Ziyang learned that the Silver Dragon Wolf’s fortune had passed to him and tested his growing control over light and ice.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to Beihe Village, where Liang Ying scolded him for staying out all night before noticing how much he had grown and arranging new clothes for him.
• Zhu Ziyang changed into clothes borrowed from his father, saw his altered appearance in a mirror, and visited Jiang Nannan while she practiced Soft Technique.
• As Zhu Ziyang began cultivating that night, an aged voice declared that its lingering remnant soul had survived.

Zhu Ziyang discovered that a remnant soul named Electrolux had entered his Spiritual Sea, drawn by the Silver Dragon Wolf’s sacrifice. He accepted Electrolux as his teacher, but Electrolux needed to sleep and stabilize his soul before teaching him.

• Zhu Ziyang sensed a voice in his Spiritual Sea and used the Eye of the Luminous Heart to confirm the remnant soul meant him no harm.
• The remnant soul identified himself as Electrolux, the Scourge of the Undead and the Holy Necromancer, from another world.
• Electrolux recognized Zhu Ziyang’s Light and Death Attributes and offered to teach him Light Magic, Necromantic Magic, and how to fuse the two powers.
• Zhu Ziyang accepted Electrolux as his teacher and asked when he could learn to fuse light and death.
• Electrolux said he needed to sleep to stabilize his soul and would awaken within a year, leaving Zhu Ziyang to practice releasing light and death separately.

After the Silver Dragon Wolf's sacrifice greatly strengthened Zhu Ziyang's Sea of Consciousness, he and Jiang Nannan left home for Shrek Academy. On their journey south, they stopped at a village near Heaven Dou City and were welcomed into an elderly woman's home for the night.

• Zhu Ziyang examined the changes to his Sea of Consciousness, including the Silver Dragon Wolf's presence in a crystal and the reflections of his Ultimate Martial Souls.
• Zhu Ziyang spent several days cultivating with improved efficiency while keeping his breakthroughs secret from his family and Jiang Nannan.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan said goodbye to Zhu Changhe, Liang Ying, and Bai Xinyi, then set out for Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan traveled south toward Heaven Dou City, planning to continue on to Shrek Academy for its admissions period.
• Jiang Nannan spotted a village near the road, and Zhu Ziyang asked an elderly woman there if they could stay the night; she let them in.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan stayed with Yang in Zhangyang Village and learned that poverty had left its children without access to martial soul awakenings. Before leaving, Zhu Ziyang promised to return the following year and awaken her granddaughter Nannan’s martial soul, as well as those of the other eligible village children.

• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan learned from Yang that most Zhangyang Village residents had moved away because they could not afford the Soul Master Association’s awakening fee or serve a noble estate.
• Yang told them that her son and daughter-in-law were dead and offered them her son’s wedding room for the night.
• The next morning, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan met Yang’s timid granddaughter, Nannan.
• Yang pleaded with Zhu Ziyang to awaken her granddaughter’s martial soul, and he agreed to return in a year and awaken the other eligible village children as well.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan left Zhangyang Village with heavy hearts.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan traveled to Shrek City to register for Shrek Academy. After completing the registration and paying the assessment fee, they headed to the testing room, where Zhu Ziyang remained confident about getting in.

• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan stayed overnight in Heaven Dou City, then continued their journey the next morning.
• Near Sunset Forest, Zhu Ziyang recognized that it held the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and decided to explore it only after becoming stronger.
• After traveling through Suotuo City, Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan arrived in Shrek City and went to the academy's east gate to register.
• Zhu Ziyang filled out the registration form, presented a recommendation letter from the lord of Dragon City, and paid ten Gold Soul Coins.
• A young Shrek student stamped Zhu Ziyang's form and directed him to the assessment room, and Zhu Ziyang confidently said he would pass.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan passed Shrek Academy’s entrance assessment and entered the academy as provisional students. As they headed to the Freshman Teaching Building to register, Zhu Ziyang reflected on what he had learned about Tang San.

• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan impressed the sixth-year examiners with their ages, Soul Power levels, and Soul Rings, earning provisional student status.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan entered Shrek Academy and paused to look at the statues of the first-generation Shrek Seven Devils.
• Zhu Ziyang recalled books and Qian Renxue’s diary about Tang San, and questioned Tang San’s character and conduct as a god.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan walked past Sea God Lake and Shrek Plaza, then entered the Freshman Teaching Building to register.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan completed their enrollment at Shrek Academy and settled into the freshman dormitory. Zhu Ziyang recognized the elderly man at the entrance as a powerful figure, then he and Jiang Nannan headed to the freshman dining hall.

• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan registered, collected their uniforms and badges, and went to the dormitory building.
• Zhu Ziyang cleaned his sparse dorm room and waited for his roommate, who had not yet arrived.
• Zhu Ziyang sensed the old man's immense Light Element aura and suspected he was a Sea God Pavilion Elder.
• The old man spoke briefly with Zhu Ziyang, then remarked that the perceptive boy was worth cultivating after Zhu Ziyang left with Jiang Nannan.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan went to the freshman dining hall, where students had to eat their food inside.

Zhu Ziyang settled into Shrek Academy and met Yu Beibei and Tang Ya, two students he recognized from memories of a book from his previous life. The chapter ended as Jiang Nannan and Zhu Ziyang prepared for their morning run while Tang Ya and Yu Beibei went to eat.

• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan discovered they had been assigned to Freshman Class 4, then returned to their dormitory after a walk through Shrek City.
• Zhu Ziyang found that he had no roommate and began cultivating, then waited outside the dormitory the next morning for Jiang Nannan.
• Yu Beibei introduced himself to Zhu Ziyang, and the two chatted while waiting for the girls they knew.
• Jiang Nannan came downstairs with Tang Ya and introduced her to Zhu Ziyang, while Tang Ya introduced Yu Beibei to Jiang Nannan.
• Jiang Nannan declined Tang Ya's invitation to eat before exercising, so Tang Ya and Yu Beibei went to breakfast while Jiang Nannan and Zhu Ziyang prepared to run.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan began their routine at Shrek Academy as classes officially started, and Tang Ya invited Zhu Ziyang to join the declining Tang Sect. The group reached Freshman Class 4, where Tang Ya quickly secured a seat beside Jiang Nannan.

• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan ran two laps around Sea God Lake using Gravity Wristbands, then spent the day exploring Shrek Academy.
• On the first day of classes, Tang Ya invited Zhu Ziyang to join the Tang Sect, but he declined because he had no plans to join a sect.
• Tang Ya revealed that only she and Beibei remained in the Tang Sect and that their old grounds had been taken; Beibei and Jiang Nannan encouraged her to rebuild it.
• Zhu Ziyang asked Tang Ya about her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, and Beibei studied him thoughtfully.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan entered Freshman Class 4 and took two seats; Tang Ya then persuaded another student to give up her seat so she could sit beside Jiang Nannan.

Xia Yu warned Class Four that freshmen faced repeated assessments and that the Freshman Assessment would eliminate half of them, then revealed their class included a twelve-year-old Soul Elder. The students began introducing themselves, with Tang Ya announcing that she was the Tang Sect’s current Sect Master before Xia Yu invited Jiang Nannan to speak.

• Xia Yu introduced himself as Class Four’s homeroom teacher and warned that he could expel students before the Freshman Assessment.
• Xia Yu said the Freshman Assessment in three months would eliminate half the freshmen and that Class Four had the widest gap in Soul Power cultivation.
• Xia Yu revealed that the class’s strongest student was a three-ringed Soul Elder, and Jiang Nannan confirmed to Tang Ya that Zhu Ziyang was that student.
• Xia Yu asked the students to introduce themselves, and Tang Ya introduced herself as the current Sect Master of the Tang Sect.
• Xia Yu praised the Tang Sect and invited Jiang Nannan to introduce herself.

Xia Yu chose Zhu Ziyang as Class Four's Class Monitor and announced that anyone who defeated him could take the position. Wang Qiao challenged Zhu Ziyang, and their duel was postponed until the afternoon class at the Soul Duelling Arena.

• Jiang Nannan and Zhu Ziyang introduced themselves to the class, and Xia Yu commented on all one hundred students.
• Zhu Ziyang volunteered to be Class Monitor, and Xia Yu selected him while inviting the other students to challenge him for the position.
• Tang Ya learned from Jiang Nannan that Zhu Ziyang was a Soul Elder.
• Wang Qiao challenged Zhu Ziyang after morning class, and Xia Yu moved their duel to the afternoon so she could explain the Soul Duelling Arena rules.
• Wang Qiao declared that he would take the Class Monitor position from Zhu Ziyang and complained that a commoner was riding roughshod over him.

Zhu Ziyang accompanied Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Yu Beibei to watch as Freshman Class 4 learned the rules of Shrek Academy’s Soul Duelling Zone. His match against Wang Qiao began with Wang Qiao revealing his powerful Martial Soul, while Zhu Ziyang still held back his own.

• Zhu Ziyang confidently told Tang Ya and Yu Beibei that he expected to beat Wang Qiao in their afternoon match.
• Xia Yu explained Soul Duelling fees, points, and advancement requirements to Freshman Class 4 at the Soul Duelling Zone.
• Xia Yu treated the class to watch Zhu Ziyang and Wang Qiao’s match, and the two students entered the arena.
• Wang Qiao insulted Zhu Ziyang, then summoned his Blazing Flame Lion Martial Soul and announced that he was a Level 23 Soul Grandmaster.
• Zhu Ziyang told Wang Qiao to make the first move and said he would release his Martial Soul only if necessary.

Zhu Ziyang defeated Wang Qiao in a soul duel without using his Martial Soul, then pointed out flaws in Wang Qiao’s fighting style. Xia Yu praised Zhu Ziyang and considered reporting the eleven-year-old three-ring Soul Elder to Director Du as the freshmen returned to class.

• Wang Qiao attacked Zhu Ziyang with his Chain Fire Soul Skill, but Zhu Ziyang dodged the fireballs and advanced.
• Wang Qiao used Fire Lion Blast, but Zhu Ziyang dashed past its explosion and threw Wang Qiao to the ground, ending the duel.
• The freshmen marveled at Zhu Ziyang’s victory, while Jiang Nannan refused to tell Tang Ya what his Martial Soul was.
• Zhu Ziyang advised Wang Qiao to use his lion Martial Soul’s physical strengths, and Wang Qiao accepted the advice.
• Xia Yu praised Zhu Ziyang, warned Wang Qiao to improve his combat skills for the Freshman Assessment, and dismissed the freshmen to class.

Xia Yu introduced Freshman Class 4’s Soul Power rankings and announced a demanding schedule of practical battles, with expulsion awaiting students who failed to win. After revealing that Zhu Ziyang was a level 35 Soul Elder and exempt from the battles, Xia Yu led the class to the open ground for their first matches.

• Zhu Ziyang posted the class’s Soul Power rankings, and Xia Yu ordered students to gain at least one level before the Freshman Assessment.
• Xia Yu announced five rounds of battles during the first month and said students with no victories would be expelled; Ling Xiaodong chose the Soul Tool Department and received its recommendation slot.
• Zhu Ziyang announced the matchups, including Jiang Nannan versus Li Yue, while Xia Yu warned students against collusion and retaliation.
• Xia Yu revealed his seven Soul Rings and demonstrated that he was a Soul Saint; Zhu Ziyang resisted his pressure.
• When Luo Tianyou questioned Zhu Ziyang’s exemption, Xia Yu explained that Zhu Ziyang was a level 35 Soul Elder, then led the class to the open ground.

Jiang Nannan defeated Li Yue in the first group match by using her second Soul Skill, Empty Moon Throw, while Xia Yu rescued Li Yue before she hit the ground. Lin Ziwei later beat Luo Tianyou in a close second-group match.

• Jiang Nannan and Li Yue entered the arena as the first group, and the students learned that Jiang Nannan was a Level 25 Soul Grandmaster.
• Jiang Nannan used Moon Shadow Body to evade Li Yue's Ink Cloud Rope and slipped free after being bound.
• Jiang Nannan caught Li Yue and used Empty Moon Throw to hurl her toward the ground, but Xia Yu intercepted her and declared Jiang Nannan the winner.
• Lin Ziwei and Luo Tianyou fought in the second group, trading attacks with their Tiger Soul Blade and Rock Armored Bear Martial Souls.
• Lin Ziwei used his strength-boosting second Soul Skill to break through Luo Tianyou's defenses and win.

Tang Ya won her practical combat match using Blue Silver Grass and the Tang Sect's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track. At dinner, Yu Beibei learned that Zhu Ziyang was the Soul Elder freshman, and the group decided to stroll by Sea God Lake.

• Tang Ya defeated Yang Linmu after evading his attacks with Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and binding him with Blue Silver Grass.
• Xia Yu ended class, and Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Zhu Ziyang headed to the cafeteria.
• Yu Beibei joined them, and Tang Ya teased him about the Soul Elder freshman in her class.
• Tang Ya revealed that Zhu Ziyang was the Soul Elder freshman, surprising Yu Beibei and prompting him to resolve to work harder.
• Tang Ya suggested a stroll by Sea God Lake, and everyone agreed.

Zhu Ziyang and Yu Beibei encountered Zhang Lexuan, Beibei’s beloved older sister who had raised him, during a walk by Sea God Lake. Tang Ya grew uneasy about their closeness and left with Jiang Nannan, while Zhang Lexuan was left heartbroken as Beibei hurried after Tang Ya.

• Zhu Ziyang, Yu Beibei, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya walked along Sea God Lake and encountered Zhang Lexuan, an Inner Court student who knew Beibei.
• Yu Beibei greeted Zhang Lexuan happily and introduced his companions, explaining that she had raised him from childhood.
• Tang Ya became uncomfortable with Zhang Lexuan’s closeness to Beibei and left with Jiang Nannan.
• Yu Beibei cut his conversation with Zhang Lexuan short and chased after Tang Ya, leaving Zhang Lexuan in tears.
• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan returned to the Dormitory, followed later by Zhu Ziyang and Yu Beibei.

Zhu Ziyang spent the evening with Jiang Nannan before cultivating and noticing that the mutation in his right eye was steadily developing. The next day, he attended classes and practiced his scythe techniques, making progress while remaining limited in several of them.

• Zhu Ziyang read about Mu En before Jiang Nannan visited his dormitory, collected his changed uniform, and left.
• Zhu Ziyang cultivated and sensed that the connection between his right eye and Spiritual Sea was continuing to grow, with completion expected in one to two months.
• The next morning, Zhu Ziyang met Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and Yu Beibei before splitting up with them for their usual morning routines.
• Zhu Ziyang attended Soul Master theory class, then rented a practice field to train with his Golden Sickle.
• Zhu Ziyang practiced all five scythe techniques, improving the Four-Directional Union Style while remaining unable to fuse light and death or advance several other techniques.

Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan attended the Treasure Appreciation Fair in Shrek City, where they found rare soul bones and expensive pills. The pill display gave Zhu Ziyang an idea for making money.

• Zhu Ziyang and his classmates attended a lesson on the history of soul tools before Beibei invited them to the Treasure Appreciation Fair.
• Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, Beibei, and Tang Ya visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and split up to browse the fair.
• Zhu Ziyang spotted a seven-thousand-year Ethereal Demon Leopard Left Leg Bone that suited Jiang Nannan, but its million Gold Soul Coin price put it out of reach.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan examined the pill display and were shocked by the high prices.
• Zhu Ziyang came up with a way to make money while looking at the pills.

Zhu Ziyang began studying alchemy to profit from lost pill formulas, then discovered that his mutated Silver Right Eye had gained the power to stop time. Tang Ya broke through and prepared to obtain a Ghost Vine Soul Ring with Yu Beibei, while Zhu Ziyang’s new ability and the old man Mu En’s interest in him left the story poised for further developments.

• After the Treasure Appreciation Fair, Zhu Ziyang decided to study alchemy and make money by refining pills, then began reading Foundations of Alchemy.
• The next morning, Zhu Ziyang studied alchemy while waiting for Jiang Nannan, and Mu En recognized him as an interesting young man.
• After a month, Zhu Ziyang’s right-eye mutation finished, granting his Silver Right Eye the ability to stop a target’s time for one second.
• Tang Ya announced that she had broken through, and Yu Beibei offered to help her obtain a Ghost Vine Soul Ring.
• Zhu Ziyang congratulated Tang Ya, and the group headed toward Sea God Lake.

Zhu Ziyang warned Tang Ya that imitating Tang San’s Soul Ring configuration was hindering her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul because Tang San had possessed the Blue Silver Emperor. Tang Ya left to reconsider her path, and Mu En confirmed Zhu Ziyang’s advice to Yu Beibei.

• After their run, Zhu Ziyang told Tang Ya that the Soul Ring configurations of past Tang Sect leaders were unsuitable for her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Zhu Ziyang explained that Tang San had possessed the Blue Silver Emperor, a top-tier Martial Soul, and advised Tang Ya to choose powerful plant-type Soul Beasts for future Soul Rings.
• Tang Ya realized her Man-faced Demon Spider first Soul Ring could be a problem and left, while Yu Beibei thanked Zhu Ziyang and followed her.
• Jiang Nannan worried that Tang Ya might not heed the advice, and Zhu Ziyang said her path depended on her own choice.
• Yu Beibei reported Zhu Ziyang’s advice to Mu En, who agreed and suggested finding Heavenly Star Vine in Yunhe Grand Canyon for Tang Ya’s second Soul Ring.

Zhu Ziyang received permission for Tang Ya to miss practical combat lessons and got the Soul Guidance Ring and alchemy supplies from Xia Yu. Back in his dormitory, he discovered Xia Yu had provided far more valuable ingredients than he had requested, and prepared to refine his first pills.

• Xia Yu gave Zhu Ziyang the new monthly grouping list, told him to remove Tang Ya's name, and lent him a Soul Guidance Ring.
• Jiang Nannan asked Zhu Ziyang whether Xia Yu had blamed Tang Ya, and Zhu Ziyang assured her he had not.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to his dormitory and unpacked the alchemy ingredients Xia Yu had supplied through the Flowing Cloud Merchant Association.
• Zhu Ziyang found that Xia Yu had provided ingredients worth far more than the materials he had originally requested.
• Zhu Ziyang turned to the alchemy furnace and began preparing to refine pills.

Zhu Ziyang began refining an Essence Gathering Pill while Tang Ya chose to absorb a second Soul Ring, and a mysterious blue-haired man worried that the World Will had noticed his plans. The pill was still being condensed when the chapter shifted to the man preparing to wait for his scheme to unfold.

• Zhu Ziyang purified the Essence Gathering Flower and Sacred Origin Fruit, combined them with the supporting ingredients, and spent two hours fusion refining the mixture.
• Zhu Ziyang began carefully controlling the furnace flames to condense the medicinal liquid into pills.
• Yu Beibei asked Tang Ya whether she was certain about absorbing her second Soul Ring, and Tang Ya reaffirmed her decision to follow a new path for the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya began absorbing the yellow Soul Ring above the uprooted vine as Yu Beibei and the elderly man watched.
• A blue-haired man wondered whether the World Will had interfered after his connection to the Tang Sect weakened, then decided to lie low while awaiting his plans' results.
• The blue-haired man revealed a pale-blue orb containing a little girl and said his daughter's coming-of-age gift depended on a beast taking the bait.

Zhu Ziyang refined Essence Gathering Pills, tested one to break through to Rank 36, and shared some with Jiang Nannan. After producing 137 pills, he brought them to Xia Yu, who offered to buy them for 50,000 Gold Soul Coins each on behalf of the Flowing Cloud Merchant Association.

• Zhu Ziyang completed his first batch of Essence Gathering Pills, swallowed one, and broke through to Rank 36.
• Jiang Nannan brought Zhu Ziyang lunch, and he gave her five pills to use one per week.
• Over the following week, Zhu Ziyang refined 137 Essence Gathering Pills and set aside pills for his parents, cultivation, and Xia Yu.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan visited Xia Yu, who identified the pills as low-grade and estimated their market value at at least 30,000 Gold Soul Coins each.
• Xia Yu offered to purchase the batch for 50,000 Gold Soul Coins per pill as an investment, then reacted with astonishment at the number of pills Zhu Ziyang produced.

Zhu Ziyang sold Essence Gathering Pills to Xia Yu for five million Gold Soul Coins, then reunited with Tang Ya after she returned from obtaining her Second Soul Ring. Tang Ya explained how she followed Zhu Ziyang’s advice and gained a powerful Heavenly Star Vine ring, leaving her stronger and deeply grateful to him.

• Zhu Ziyang persuaded Xia Yu to buy one hundred Essence Gathering Pills for five million Gold Soul Coins, and Xia Yu gave him a card to collect the money.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan collected the payment, enjoyed a lavish meal, and sent Essence Gathering Pills, a letter, and two million Gold Soul Coins to Zhu Changhe and Liang Ying.
• Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan ran into Tang Ya and Yu Beibei after the pair returned from obtaining Tang Ya’s Second Soul Ring.
• Tang Ya told Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan that she had followed his advice and chosen a six-hundred-year Heavenly Star Vine for her ring.
• Tang Ya’s Soul Power rose to rank 22, her First Soul Skill evolved into Blue Silver Net, and she gained the Blue Silver Star Chain skill.