Chapter Summaries

Zhu Ziyang’s group fought Zhou Tianhe’s team in the freshman assessment, while Yan Shaozhe watched and praised Zhu Ziyang’s control and powerful light aura. Zhu Ziyang’s team defeated all three opponents, revealing his Time Stop ability and leaving the match decided.

• Zhou Tianhe charged Zhu Ziyang as Su Li used Charm and Yang Yumeng trapped Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya in her cauldron.
• Su Li’s Charm backfired against Zhu Ziyang’s stronger Spiritual Power, and Zhu Ziyang used Time Stop to evade Zhou Tianhe’s attack and reach Su Li.
• Zhu Ziyang smashed Yang Yumeng’s Cauldron Wall and knocked Su Li out, then struck Yang Yumeng and sent her flying.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya freed themselves when Yang Yumeng turned away, then teamed up to bind and slam Zhou Tianhe into the ground, ending his ability to fight.

Zhu Ziyang’s team won its morning match after he used a time-based ability, drawing Yan Shaozhe’s and Mu En’s attention. After recovering, Zhu Ziyang joined the other semifinalists as Yan Shaozhe arrived to watch their matches, and the semifinal draw began.

• Zhu Ziyang’s team defeated Zhou Tianhe’s team, and Yan Shaozhe identified a time-attribute fluctuation as the cause of the sudden reversal.
• Zhu Ziyang returned to the Dormitory to meditate while Yan Shaozhe reported the match to Mu En, who told him to keep observing Zhu Ziyang.
• Zhu Ziyang recovered his Spiritual Power and met Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya for lunch before they went to the assessment area.
• Yan Shaozhe addressed the twelve semifinalists, praised their class, and announced that he would watch their matches.
• Du Weilun began the semifinal draw, and Chu Hua’s team drew Number One.

Beibei’s team drew Zhu Ziyang’s team in the semifinals, and their long-awaited match began. Zhu Ziyang revealed his World-Pacifying Death Scythe and Ultimate Light, stunning Yan Shaozhe, who left to report the discovery at the Sea God Pavilion.

• The semifinal draw paired Beibei’s team with Zhu Ziyang’s team while the other two teams celebrated their chance to reach the final.
• Du Weilun and Yan Shaozhe discussed the fighters’ strengths before Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Xue Weiwei faced Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya in Arena Two.
• Beibei and Zhu Ziyang exchanged eager words, then both teams released their martial souls as the match began.
• Xue Weiwei revealed her Yellow Crystal Mysterious Deer, and Zhu Ziyang told Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya to target her first.
• Zhu Ziyang revealed his World-Pacifying Death Scythe and its one yellow and two purple Soul Rings, and Yan Shaozhe recognized its Ultimate Light attribute.
• Yan Shaozhe left for the Sea God Pavilion to tell his teacher, Mu En, about Zhu Ziyang’s supreme martial soul.

Yan Shaozhe hurried back to the Inner Court after witnessing Zhu Ziyang's extraordinary Martial Soul and Soul Ring configuration. In the assessment battle, Xue Weiwei slowed Zhu Ziyang's group, but Zhu Ziyang overwhelmed Beibei and Xu Sanshi with his Soul Skills and declared the fight over.

• Yan Shaozhe lost his composure and hurried back to the Inner Court, while Du Weilun guessed why he had gone.
• Xue Weiwei spread her Light of Slowness across the arena, reducing the speed of Zhu Ziyang's team by thirty-five percent.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya moved to confront Xue Weiwei as Beibei and Xu Sanshi pressed Zhu Ziyang with coordinated attacks.
• Zhu Ziyang activated Light Blessing and Exorcism Slash of Light, sending Beibei staggering back and knocking Xu Sanshi more than twenty meters away.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi got back up and prepared to attack again, but Zhu Ziyang said the match was over.

Zhu Ziyang’s team defeated Beibei and Xu Sanshi’s team after he unleashed his self-created Golden Crescent, while Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya took down Xue Weiwei. Yan Shaozhe hurried to Sea God Pavilion to tell Mu En that freshman Zhu Ziyang possessed an Ultimate Martial Soul.

• Zhu Ziyang used Golden Crescent to carve a massive gash across the arena, and the examiner rescued Beibei and Xu Sanshi before the attack hit them.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya defeated Xue Weiwei, and the examiner declared Zhu Ziyang’s team the winner.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi congratulated Zhu Ziyang, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi praised Zhu Ziyang’s rare second Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Yan Shaozhe rushed to Sea God Pavilion, where he told Mu En that Zhu Ziyang had an Ultimate Martial Soul.

Mu En learned that Zhu Ziyang possessed an Ultimate Light Martial Soul and arranged to meet him after the Freshman Assessment. Zhu Ziyang’s team won the championship, celebrated with Xia Yu, and was announced as the first-place team at the award ceremony.

• Yan Shaozhe told Mu En that Zhu Ziyang had an Ultimate Light Martial Soul, and Mu En asked him to bring Zhu Ziyang to Sea God Pavilion after the assessment.
• Xia Yu congratulated Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya on their performance and promised them a celebration banquet if they won the final.
• Zhu Ziyang’s team defeated Chu Hua’s team to claim the Freshman Assessment championship, while Beibei’s team took third place.
• Xia Yu celebrated with the champions at Tianying Pavilion and told them they were likely to become Core Disciples.
• Du Weilun announced Beibei’s team in third place, Chu Hua’s team in second, and called Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya forward as champions.

After the Freshman Assessment, Zhu Ziyang's team received the champion team's special reward and learned which freshmen became Core Disciples. The team was assigned to Class 1, then visited Du Weilun's office to collect their reward, whose nature remained unknown.

• Du Weilun announced that the top three teams could request Academy help obtaining a suitable Soul Ring and that Zhu Ziyang's champion team would receive an additional reward.
• Du Weilun named eight Outer Court Core Disciples and granted seven other freshmen Core Disciple treatment for one year.
• The Academy assigned Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya to Class 1 with Xia Yu and Liu Xue as homeroom teachers.
• Zhu Ziyang speculated that the special reward would be a Soul Bone, and Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya eagerly agreed to find out.
• After class, Zhu Ziyang led Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya to Du Weilun's office, where Du Weilun left to retrieve their reward.

Yan Shaozhe presented Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya with Soul Ascension Pills and a Moon Shadow Rabbit Right Leg Bone as rewards for winning the Freshman Assessment. After learning it matched Jiang Nannan’s Soul Ring and enhanced her speed, they agreed she should receive it, and Yan Shaozhe offered a second Soul Bone as compensation for his mistake.

• Yan Shaozhe praised Zhu Ziyang, Jiang Nannan, and Tang Ya, then gave them three Soul Ascension Pills and a Soul Bone Pouch.
• Zhu Ziyang opened the pouch and revealed a five-thousand-year Moon Shadow Rabbit Right Leg Bone that increased speed and granted an Attribute Amplification-type skill.
• Tang Ya explained that Jiang Nannan’s First Soul Ring also came from a Moon Shadow Rabbit, and Jiang Nannan said her First Soul Skill doubled her speed.
• Yan Shaozhe decided Jiang Nannan should receive the Soul Bone, and Zhu Ziyang and Tang Ya agreed.
• Zhu Ziyang reassured Jiang Nannan that he wanted her to have the Soul Bone, and Tang Ya urged her to accept it.
• Yan Shaozhe praised their friendship and produced another Soul Bone Pouch as compensation.

Yan Shaozhe gave Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya soul bones, then took Zhu Ziyang to Sea God Island to meet his teacher. Zhu Ziyang reached the Sea God Pavilion, where Yan Shaozhe announced his arrival.

• Yan Shaozhe offered the trio a Scaled Demonic Crocodile left arm bone, and Zhu Ziyang gave it to Tang Ya because she needed to improve her physique and aptitude.
• Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya began fusing their soul bones in Du Weilun's office while Yan Shaozhe asked Zhu Ziyang to accompany him.
• Zhu Ziyang followed Yan Shaozhe to Sea God Island, where they met Xuan Zi and continued toward the island's highest point.
• Yan Shaozhe brought Zhu Ziyang to the Sea God Pavilion and respectfully announced him to his teacher.

Zhu Ziyang met Mu En, the Dragon God Douluo and Sea God Pavilion Master, who recognized the potential of his Ultimate Light and Death Martial Soul. Mu En accepted Zhu Ziyang as his disciple and began cleansing and strengthening his meridians, while Yan Shaozhe left to summon the Elders.

• Yan Shaozhe brought Zhu Ziyang to meet his teacher, Mu En, in Sea God Pavilion.
• Zhu Ziyang recognized Mu En as the legendary Dragon God Douluo and expressed his admiration for him.
• Zhu Ziyang summoned his World-Pacifying Death Scythe, revealing its fused Ultimate Light and Death attributes to Mu En and Yan Shaozhe.
• Mu En asked Zhu Ziyang to become his disciple, and Zhu Ziyang knelt and accepted.
• Mu En infused Zhu Ziyang with Soul Power to strengthen his meridians, while Yan Shaozhe left to summon the Elders.

Beibei obtained a Wood Spirit Pill for Tang Ya, while Mu En finished strengthening Zhu Ziyang’s meridians and learned that his second Martial Soul was Ultimate Ice. Recognizing Zhu Ziyang as a possessor of Twin Ultimate Martial Souls, Mu En took him to meet the other elders and students at Shrek Academy.

• Beibei received a Wood Spirit Pill from his family’s people and looked forward to using it to repair Tang Ya’s foundation.
• Mu En finished opening Zhu Ziyang’s meridians and discovered that Zhu Ziyang had unusually strong meridians and a second strand of Soul Power with dragon might.
• Zhu Ziyang awakened from his cultivation at Rank 37 and thanked Mu En for strengthening his meridians and acupoints.
• Zhu Ziyang revealed that his second Martial Soul, the Heavenly Frost Holy White Dragon, possessed Ultimate Ice, shocking Mu En with the discovery of Twin Ultimate Martial Souls.
• Mu En assured Zhu Ziyang that Shrek Academy would reward his trust, then took him to meet the other elders and students.

Yan Shaozhe introduced Zhu Ziyang to the Sea God Pavilion Elders after Mu En took him as a disciple, and the elders learned that Zhu Ziyang possessed Ultimate Light. The elders welcomed him with gifts, while Xian Liner and Qian Duoduo worried that his talent would draw resources away from the Soul Tool Department.

• Yan Shaozhe told the Sea God Pavilion Elders that Mu En had accepted a new disciple and revealed that Zhu Ziyang possessed Ultimate Light.
• Mu En brought Zhu Ziyang into the hall, where he introduced himself as an eleven-year-old, 37th-rank Battle Soul Elder with the World-Pacifying Death Scythe martial soul.
• Xuan Zi offered Zhu Ziyang help at the academy, and Lin Huiqun gave him a Soul Guidance Ring after Mu En told him to accept it.
• Zhuang Qingzhai gave Zhu Ziyang a Hundred Cures Pill, and Song Lan presented him with a Storm Ghost Roc Left Arm Bone.

Mu En granted Zhu Ziyang red-level secrecy and Pavilion Master-level treatment, then discussed his gifts and cultivation with him. The chapter ended with Zhu Ziyang choosing to exchange a poorly matched Soul Bone through the academy.

• Yan Shaozhe introduced Xian Liner, Qian Duoduo, and Cai Meier as Zhu Ziyang’s senior siblings, and they gave him a defensive Soul Tool and a Spirit Heart Warm Jade.
• Mu En ordered Zhu Ziyang’s records raised to red-level secrecy and his treatment set at Pavilion Master level, and the other Sea God Pavilion members accepted.
• Mu En arranged for Yan Shaozhe to find Zhu Ziyang a room inside the Golden Tree.
• Zhu Ziyang named his living-storage Rose Gold Ring Star Flame and learned that Elder Zhuang’s Hundred Cures Pill could save his life.
• Mu En advised Zhu Ziyang that the Storm Ghost Roc Left Arm Bone was a poor match, and Zhu Ziyang chose to exchange it with the academy.

Zhu Ziyang received Mu En’s Light Attribute notebook and explored the Golden Ancient Tree and Sea God Island with Yan Shaozhe. After learning how the island was arranged, he followed his senior brother toward the Treasure Pavilion.

• Mu En praised Zhu Ziyang’s cultivation, gave him a Light Attribute notebook, and agreed that he could move to the island after reaching four rings.
• Yan Shaozhe showed Zhu Ziyang his treehouse room on the Golden Ancient Tree and explained the tree’s origins and its role at Shrek Academy.
• Zhu Ziyang inspected his room and noticed the unusual spacing between the rooms of the senior disciples and teachers.
• Yan Shaozhe toured Sea God Island with Zhu Ziyang and described its living, central, and work areas.
• Yan Shaozhe told Zhu Ziyang that he had permission to visit the Treasure Pavilion and led him there.

Zhu Ziyang visited Shrek Academy’s Treasure Pavilion with Yan Shaozhe and chose two soul bones for his parents, only to realize the danger they could bring. Yan Shaozhe suggested safer alternatives, and they went to the second floor to look for herbs or pills.

• Yan Shaozhe explained the Treasure Pavilion’s floors and told Zhu Ziyang he could choose an item from the first four floors.
• Zhu Ziyang found an Ice Tyrannosaurus Right Arm Bone and a Light Spirit Mane Tiger Left Arm Bone that he thought would help his parents.
• Zhu Ziyang offered his Storm Ghost Roc Left Arm Bone in exchange for the two soul bones, and Yan Shaozhe warned that they did not suit him.
• Zhu Ziyang explained that he intended the soul bones for Zhu Changhe and Liang Ying, and Yan Shaozhe cautioned that possessing them could put his parents in danger.
• Zhu Ziyang accepted Yan Shaozhe’s advice to seek herbs or pills instead, and they went to the Treasure Pavilion’s second floor.

Zhu Ziyang chose spirit medicines for Zhu Changhe and Liang Ying before leaving Sea God Island, where he met Inner Court disciple Ma Xiaotao. After she flew him across the lake, Ma Xiaotao found that being near him calmed her Martial Soul, and Yan Shaozhe encouraged her to spend more time with him.

• Zhu Ziyang selected a Thousand-Year Snow Lotus and an Earth Essence Fruit, then stored them in his Soul Guidance Ring, Star Flame.
• Yan Shaozhe told Zhu Ziyang that he could freely return to Sea God Island, and Zhu Ziyang headed for Sea God Square to go back to the Outer Court.
• Ma Xiaotao introduced herself to Zhu Ziyang and offered to carry him across the lake despite his refusal.
• Ma Xiaotao flew Zhu Ziyang to the opposite shore with her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, then left with a flushed face.
• Ma Xiaotao told Yan Shaozhe that contact with Zhu Ziyang had calmed her Martial Soul, and Yan Shaozhe advised her to spend more time with him.

After returning from Sea God Island, Zhu Ziyang reunited with Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya, who had fused with their Soul Bones. Jiang Nannan worried that another woman’s scent on him meant a rival, then learned he had met a master on Sea God Island without realizing he had become Dean Yan’s junior brother rather than his disciple.

• Zhu Ziyang returned to Du Weilun’s office, where Tang Ya reported rising to level 23 and Jiang Nannan said her First Soul Skill had strengthened without raising her level.
• Jiang Nannan smelled an unfamiliar fragrance on Zhu Ziyang and worried he had been intimate with another woman, but he explained that an Inner Court senior sister had helped him leave Sea God Island.
• Tang Ya told Beibei that she and Jiang Nannan had received Soul Ascension Pills and Soul Bones, while keeping Jiang Nannan’s Soul Bone a secret.
• After dinner, Jiang Nannan privately embraced Zhu Ziyang and reassured herself that he would not leave her.
• Zhu Ziyang told Jiang Nannan that he had taken a teacher as his master, and she mistakenly believed he had become Dean Yan’s disciple instead of his junior brother.

Zhu Ziyang studied Mu En’s notes on applying the light attribute, then attended the Nine Treasures Merchant Association’s exchange meeting with Beibei, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan. At the herb stalls, he found a rare Clear Heart Flower that could strengthen Spiritual Power and decided to choose it.

• Zhu Ziyang read Mu En’s notes and practiced gathering light, reflecting on how his Ultimate Light made the techniques easy to perform.
• Tang Ya urged Zhu Ziyang, Beibei, and Jiang Nannan to hurry to the exchange meeting, while Jiang Nannan agreed they should go early.
• Beibei’s Wood Spirit Pill and Profound Water Pill helped Tang Ya advance from rank 23 to rank 26 and improved her aptitude.
• The four reached the Nine Treasures Merchant Association, where Zhu Ziyang and Jiang Nannan split up to browse the stalls.
• Zhu Ziyang examined the spirit herbs and chose the high-grade Clear Heart Flower for its ability to enhance Spiritual Power and strengthen a Martial Soul.

Zhu Ziyang ran into Ma Xiaotao at the Nine Treasures Merchant Association, where she found that being near him calmed her unstable Martial Soul. Jiang Nannan showed him a Bright Flame Pill for her mother and a strange crystal, prompting Zhu Ziyang to hurry back to the academy with her.

• Zhu Ziyang bought a Clear Heart Flower and then met Ma Xiaotao at a nearby stall.
• Ma Xiaotao's Martial Soul settled when she approached Zhu Ziyang, but she grew flustered and hurried away after he woke her from a daze.
• Jiang Nannan showed Zhu Ziyang a Bright Flame Pill she had bought for her mother's heart illness using a merchandise allowance and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Jiang Nannan also showed Zhu Ziyang a faintly glowing, warm crystal that resembled a Moonlight Crystal, and he suspected it might be something unusual.
• Zhu Ziyang stored the crystal in his Starflame Ring and took Jiang Nannan back to the academy without waiting for Xiaoya and Beibei.

Zhu Ziyang discovered that Jiang Nannan’s supposed Moonlight Rock Crystal was actually a rare Moonlight Spirit Diamond, a treasure that could evolve her Martial Soul. He told her to wait until the next full moon to absorb it.

• Zhu Ziyang suspected Jiang Nannan’s Moonlight Rock Crystal was not what it appeared to be and reassured her that she had not been cheated.
• Zhu Ziyang showed Jiang Nannan the ore’s unusual warmth and glow, then asked her to pour Soul Power into it.
• The ore shed its Solidified Lunar Essence and transformed into a radiant Moonlight Spirit Diamond.
• Zhu Ziyang identified the diamond as a Peerless Immortal Grade treasure whose value rivaled a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Zhu Ziyang explained that the Moonlight Spirit Diamond could evolve Jiang Nannan’s Martial Soul, but she had to wait until the full moon to absorb it.