Chapter Summaries

Chen Ping prepared to deliver Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to a new student at Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Ning Tian and Xiao Feng waiting at the dormitory, where they planned to meet Chen Ping and sample his cooking before registering.

• Chen Ping reflected on Xuan Zi's instructions and Mu En's role in how Shrek judged Evil Soul Masters.
• A new customer called Chen Ping and asked him to deliver Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to the dormitory building.
• Chen Ping agreed to meet the customer there and felt eager to earn money with his cooking.
• Ning Tian told Xiao Feng they would meet Senior Chen, arrange their room, and register the next day.
• Xiao Feng agreed to call Ning Tian her sister, then blushed as she held Ning Tian's hand.

Chen Ping followed Ning Tian and Wu Feng across Shrek Academy, unaware that they believed he was stalking them. When Wu Feng attacked him and Chen Ping prepared to defend himself, both girls revealed they were Soul Grandmasters, leaving him facing two opponents.

• Chen Ping followed Ning Tian and Wu Feng while thinking about his earnings and wondering why Wu Feng kept looking back at him.
• Wu Feng warned Ning Tian that Chen Ping was following them, and the two girls grew alarmed when he continued after them toward the dormitory.
• Wu Feng attacked Chen Ping with a kick and then transformed, covering part of her body in dragon scales as she pursued him.
• Chen Ping dodged Wu Feng's attacks, activated his Image Retaining Pearl, and brought out the Insect Staff - Touch Dragon when she rejected his attempt to explain.
• Chen Ping prepared to frighten the girls, but Wu Feng and Ning Tian each revealed two yellow Soul Rings, leaving him facing two Soul Grandmasters.

Chen Ping used Ning Tian’s speed boost and repeated pole-vaulting tricks to evade Wu Feng and take the boosts for himself. After the fight paused, they argued over whether Shrek had a girls’ dormitory, and Chen Ping pointed them toward an old man lying outside it.

• Wu Feng attacked Chen Ping with Dragon’s Fire while Ning Tian summoned her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to support her.
• Chen Ping tricked Wu Feng into looking away, vaulted over her on his Touch Dragon Staff, and caught Ning Tian’s Speed Boost.
• Chen Ping repeated the maneuver to take another Speed Boost, enraging Wu Feng until she activated Dragon’s Wrath.
• Chen Ping jabbed Wu Feng in the waist, then argued that Shrek’s dormitories were mixed-gender and that the building ahead was not a girls’ dormitory.
• Ning Tian challenged Chen Ping’s claim, and he told the girls that an old white-bearded man was lying outside the girls’ dormitory and dared them to confront him.

Chen Ping settled the misunderstanding with Ning Tian and Wu Feng after they mistook a mixed-gender dormitory for a girls' dormitory and attacked him. The girls apologized and paid him, while they left wondering how a one-ring Soul Master had become a senior at Shrek Academy.

• Chen Ping revealed his single Century Soul Ring and warned Ning Tian and Wu Feng that his Image Retaining Pearl had recorded their fight.
• Chen Ping showed the girls the mixed-gender dormitory, and they realized they had misunderstood the building and had attacked him without cause.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng explained that a meal delivery arranged through Chen Ping's communicator had reinforced their mistaken assumption about a girls' dormitory.
• Chen Ping charged the girls one thousand Gold Soul Coins for Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and returned the recording after Ning Tian erased it.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng left, curious about how Chen Ping could be a one-ring Soul Master and still be a senior at Shrek Academy.

After reaching Level 15, Chen Ping delivered Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to Mu En at Shrek's Student Dormitory. Mu En accepted the food and warned Chen Ping that he would hold him to his boast about children who ate it coming first in their exams.

• Chen Ping broke through to Level 15 and worried that his Soul Power was far below that of Shrek's most talented freshmen.
• Chen Ping hurried to Shrek's Student Dormitory to deliver the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Xuan Lao had ordered for Mu Lao.
• Mu En teased Chen Ping for being dishonest and revealed that he knew about Chen Ping's earlier actions and remarks.
• Chen Ping claimed the dish helped children come first in exams, so Mu En said he would test the claim and talk to him if he failed.
• Mu En told Chen Ping to bring him Buddha Jumps Over the Wall whenever it was ready and sent him away.

Mu En recognized the benefits of Chen Ping’s medicinal cuisine and ordered an investigation into his background. Chen Ping weighed his chances in the New Student Competition and ended the chapter hoping to unlock powerful tonic formulas before it began.

• Mu En praised Chen Ping’s Buddha Jumps Over the Wall for easing his damaged body and decided to investigate Chen Ping’s background.
• Chen Ping considered the competition’s Martial Soul Fusion Skills and judged the Hell White Tiger the hardest to face.
• Chen Ping planned to seek out Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu as teammates if he was assigned to their class, while keeping other possible teams in mind.
• Chen Ping anticipated academy life and hoped to earn enough Scholar Points to unlock gold-quality tonic formulas that required dragon blood.

Chen Ping considered how to obtain dragon blood for his Nine Dragon Protection cultivation, then arrived at Shrek Academy, collected his monthly allowance, registered, and moved into his dorm. After cleaning the small room, he wondered whether his roommate would tolerate its cramped conditions.

• Chen Ping considered whether the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's spring water could count as dragon blood, while ruling out seeking blood from powerful dragons.
• Chen Ping greeted Bei Bei and Tang Ya as they handled freshman reception and went inside to collect his monthly Gold Soul Coin.
• Chen Ping realized that academy officials could personally benefit when soul masters neglected to collect their allowances.
• Chen Ping paid ten Gold Soul Coins, received his dormitory key and freshman uniform, and greeted Mu En before entering the dormitory building.
• Chen Ping found his room in the middle of the hallway, aired it out, cleaned it, and wondered whether his roommate would move elsewhere.

Chen Ping confirmed he had been assigned to Mu Jin’s class, then befriended the impoverished new student Huo Yuhao in the cafeteria. Though Chen Ping hoped to stay clear of trouble by avoiding Zhou Yi’s class, he was already on a path that would eventually put him against her.

• Chen Ping saw that he had been assigned to Freshman Class Nine under Mu Jin and felt relieved he had avoided Zhou Yi’s class.
• Chen Ping charmed the Eighth Window chefs into serving him Soul Beast dishes and extra Crystal White Corn.
• Chen Ping invited a thin boy eating in the cafeteria corner to share his table and introduced himself.
• The boy introduced himself as Huo Yuhao and offered to treat Chen Ping to grilled fish after he started selling it.
• Chen Ping realized the boy was Huo Yuhao, while the story noted that Huo Yuhao would later buy his supplements and that Chen Ping would ultimately oppose Zhou Yi.

Chen Ping arrived early at Shrek’s Teaching Building and studied in Class Nine, triggering a wave of anxious studying that spread through the freshman classes. The chapter ended as Zhou Yi introduced herself and warned Class One that she considered every student in it trash.

• Chen Ping enjoyed having his dormitory to himself, then went early to the Teaching Building and chose a front-row seat in Class Nine.
• Chen Ping reviewed his textbook and planned to learn material beyond the Five Three before spending more time studying Soul Tools.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng saw Chen Ping studying, remembered their earlier defeat by him, and began previewing their lessons beside him.
• The other students in Class Nine copied Chen Ping, and the studying spread through Class Ten and the rest of the freshman corridor.
• Zhou Yi announced that she was Class One’s homeroom teacher and declared that every student in her class was trash.

Mu Jin welcomed Class Nine with a gentle teaching style, then began the first lesson on Soul Masters, Soul Engineers, and Soul Tools. As Class Nine settled in, Zhou Yi ordered nearly all of Class One to run one hundred laps around the Sports Field.

• Mu Jin introduced herself as Class Nine's homeroom teacher and explained that she preferred treating students as friends.
• Zhou Yi shouted at Class One and ordered all but two students to run one hundred laps or face expulsion.
• Class Nine students watched the freshmen from Class One begin running, while Mu Jin shut the classroom doors and expressed sympathy for them.
• Mu Jin praised Chen Ping and the two students seated beside him, Ning Tian and Wu Feng, for studying early.
• Mu Jin wrote “Soul Masters, Soul Engineers, Soul Tools” on the blackboard and began explaining the three terms, pointing out an Unranked Soul Tool called an Image Retaining Pearl.

Mu Jin taught Freshman Class Nine about balanced and extreme Soul Master team lineups, then asked why extreme tactics had regained popularity. Chen Ping explained that Soul Tools could compensate for a lineup’s weaknesses, impressing Mu Jin with his knowledge.

• Mu Jin described different Soul Master team formations and asked why extreme lineups were attracting renewed interest.
• Ning Tian answered that their resurgence was connected to Soul Engineers and Soul Tools.
• Mu Jin called on Chen Ping to explain Ning Tian’s answer more clearly.
• Chen Ping explained how Soul Tools could give an extreme team control, defense, and ranged attacks, using a seven-member Agility Attack team as an example.
• Chen Ping questioned whether a lineup supported by Soul Tools could still be considered extreme, and Mu Jin was impressed by his reasoning.

Chen Ping earned Scholar Points while Mu Jin encouraged Class Nine to accept Soul Tools, as Zhou Yi pushed Huo Yuhao through an exhausting run. Wang Dong used her butterfly wings to help Huo Yuhao finish on time, but the field soon erupted into chaos when blood appeared on him and Wang Dong, leaving Chen Ping alarmed by the consequences of his changes to the story.

• Chen Ping earned 140 Scholar Points by listening, answering questions, asking follow-up questions, and cultivating Soul Power during Mu Jin's lesson.
• Mu Jin told Class Nine that Soul Tools would become essential companions to Soul Masters and encouraged the students to try using them.
• Zhou Yi made Class One run one hundred laps without providing water, while Huo Yuhao struggled to finish after being kept behind to talk with her.
• Wang Dong used her Light Goddess Butterfly wings to carry Huo Yuhao through his remaining laps before the countdown ended.
• Blood appeared across the Sports Field, on Wang Dong's back, and at Huo Yuhao's mouth, prompting Chen Ping to fear that his changes had altered Huo Yuhao's fate.

After Huo Yuhao collapsed from completing Zhou Yi’s hundred-lap punishment, a Soul Saint healed him enough to recover, while Zhou Yi expelled the nine students who had tried to cut corners. Her refusal to consider Huo Yuhao’s condition and her threats turned the other teachers against her, leaving them surrounding her on the sports field.

• A middle-aged Soul Saint used his cypress Soul Skill to treat Huo Yuhao and told Wang Dong that Huo needed quiet rest and food to replenish his blood and qi.
• Zhou Yi refused to reconsider expelling Tai Long and the other eight students, insisting that Huo Yuhao had completed the hundred laps while they had not.
• Tai Long argued that Huo Yuhao could not have finished without help, and Chen Ping recognized that Zhou Yi’s rigid ruling had undermined students’ trust in her.
• Zhou Yi threatened the nine students, who left for the Academic Affairs Office to file a complaint.
• Zhou Yi shouted at the gathered students, and Mu Jin and the other Class Teachers stepped forward to shield them and confront her.

Mu Jin and the other Class Teachers confronted Zhou Yi over her conduct, while Chen Ping realized the New Student Competition would decide not only class assignments but also who became Freshman Grade director. He resolved to win first place to keep Zhou Yi from gaining authority over him, though he feared victory might not stop her from becoming director.

• Mu Jin criticized Zhou Yi for ordering students from other classes around and reminded her that she was not yet the Freshman Grade director.
• A middle-aged Class Teacher accused Zhou Yi of training Huo Yuhao until he vomited blood and urged her to report the incident as a teaching accident.
• Chen Ping watched the teachers argue while Ning Tian and Wu Feng joined him in observing the confrontation.
• Chen Ping realized the New Student Competition would determine which teacher led the Elite Class and became Freshman Grade director.
• Seeing the blood still at Huo Yuhao's mouth, Chen Ping decided he had to win first place to avoid being tormented under Zhou Yi, but wondered whether victory would actually prevent her appointment.

Chen Ping decided to test a plan to earn money and undermine Zhou Yi by offering massages to exhausted students. He began with a Class One boy, whose reaction drew the attention of their classmates.

• Zhou Yi dismissed Class One and warned that she would punish any student who secretly defied her orders.
• Chen Ping formed a plan to make money while trying to bring down Zhou Yi, then headed to the Sports Field.
• Chen Ping approached an exhausted Little Fatty and offered him a five-minute massage for one silver soul coin.
• Chen Ping massaged the Little Fatty's calf, easing his soreness, then stopped before the boy wanted him to.

Chen Ping massaged Class One students and used the conversation to sow distrust of Zhou Yi, whose harsh expulsions alarmed the newcomers. He then promoted his planned massage shop and supplements, while deciding that defeating Zhou Yi would require the Freshman Grade to act together over time.

• Little Fatty felt much better after Chen Ping massaged him, prompting other Class One students to line up for massages.
• While massaging the students, Chen Ping told them that Zhou Yi had expelled most of her previous class and had already expelled nine newcomers.
• The students began to suspect that Zhou Yi targeted weaker students, and Chen Ping's remarks erased the fear and authority she had established.
• Chen Ping decided to gradually rally the entire Freshman Grade against Zhou Yi rather than act hastily.
• Chen Ping advertised his planned massage shop and supplements, including Purple Sweet Potato Essence Power, which made runners turn purple.

Chen Ping promoted his supplements to Shrek students while preparing to open a massage shop, then agreed to sell them to Wang Dong for her roommate Huo Yuhao. He left the encounter planning to build ties with Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao so he could follow their progress and potentially oppose Tang San in the future.

• Chen Ping explained that massages would attract customers, while effective supplements would bring in profits and protect his business from imitators.
• A Class One student asked whether Chen Ping’s supplements could improve running, and Chen Ping recognized that his pitch had begun to work.
• Wang Dong approached Chen Ping to buy supplements for her roommate and demanded that he deliver them to her dorm.
• Chen Ping refused to deliver the supplements and told Wang Dong to visit his Class Nine dorm or the future shop to buy them.
• Chen Ping gave Wang Dong his dorm number and decided that keeping in touch with her and Huo Yuhao could help him prepare for a future clash with Tang San.

During physical training, Chen Ping used a medicinal supplement and Movement Meditation to turn Mu Jin’s endurance run into intense body refinement, pushing his blood toward the Blood Like Lead and Mercury stage. He stopped after 188 laps, while Wu Feng left with a stitch after racing him.

• Mu Jin assigned the students different lap counts and taught them to maintain a steady running rhythm.
• Chen Ping drank a medicinal supplement he had prepared at noon and ran faster as Movement Meditation drew in Heaven and Earth Vitality.
• Wu Feng accelerated to compete with Chen Ping, while other students struggled to keep pace with them.
• Chen Ping’s blood thickened and his body heat rose as he continued running beyond his assigned 85 laps.
• Chen Ping slowed after 188 laps when the supplement’s effects were spent, and Wu Feng left the field clutching her side with a stitch.

Chen Ping discovered that the Tree of Life's healing could restore stamina but not repair hidden injuries caused by overtraining, and he concluded that Zhou Yi's training methods were seriously damaging her students. He became certain that Zhou Yi would soon pay for the harm she had caused.

• A Soul Saint teacher from the Healing System restored the students' stamina with the Tree of Life's Green Physical Fitness Aura.
• Chen Ping spoke with the teacher and learned that the Tree of Life healed acute injuries and exhaustion, but not damage from overtraining.
• Chen Ping concluded that Zhou Yi's repeated high-intensity drills were draining students' physical potential and causing lasting hidden injuries.
• Chen Ping contrasted his carefully monitored overexertion with Zhou Yi's reckless training and judged her methods worse than his own.
• Chen Ping became certain that Zhou Yi would soon face consequences for her training methods.

Chen Ping was praised for his physical training despite having only Level Fifteen Soul Power, then maneuvered Wu Feng into becoming Class Nine’s monitor. After seeing Zhou Yi push Class One back into training despite Huo Yuhao’s poor condition, Chen Ping tried to speak with her, but she dismissed him.

• Mu Jin praised Chen Ping’s performance and asked him to introduce himself, and he revealed that he was a Tool Soul Master with Level Fifteen Soul Power.
• Chen Ping refused the class monitor position and recommended Ning Tian, who also declined and redirected the role to Wu Feng.
• Chen Ping persuaded Mu Jin to appoint Wu Feng as Class Nine’s monitor and Nanmen Yun'er as vice class monitor.
• Chen Ping saw Zhou Yi take Class One back to the Sports Field, including the still-pale Huo Yuhao, and grew angry at her disregard for the students’ health.
• Chen Ping asked Zhou Yi to hear his suggestion, but she dismissed him and walked past.