Chapter Summaries

Shiyu awakened a Silver Vortex Martial Soul with the Space Attribute and Innate Full Soul Power, but his late awakening made Shrek Academy question his potential. Song Lingzhen offered him a chance to enter the academy, and Shiyu refused to explain why he had not awakened at six.

• Shiyu awakened a Silver Vortex Martial Soul and tested as having Innate Full Soul Power.
• The awakening hall’s Soul King identified the Silver Vortex as a rare Space Attribute Martial Soul and contacted Shrek Academy.
• Song Lingzhen arrived from Shrek Academy, examined Shiyu’s Martial Soul, and noted that his age lowered his prospects.
• Song Lingzhen asked why Shiyu had waited until twelve to awaken his Martial Soul, but Shiyu refused to answer.

Shiyu traveled with Song Lingzhen to Shrek City and earned special admission to Shrek Academy because of his pure Space Martial Soul. After enrolling, he went to the Soul Hunting Department to request his first Soul Ring, where a teacher questioned how someone with only level-ten Soul Power had been admitted.

• Song Lingzhen took Shiyu to Shrek City so Shrek Academy's higher-ups could assess his Space Martial Soul.
• At Shrek Academy, Beibei reassured Huo Yuhao as they waited in line to apply.
• Director Du examined Shiyu's Silver Vortex, approved his special admission, and Shiyu completed his enrollment.
• Song Lingzhen brought Shiyu to the Soul Hunting Department to register for a hundred-year Soul Ring.
• The registration teacher questioned Shiyu's level-ten Soul Power and asked how he had gotten into Shrek Academy.

Shiyu absorbed a five-hundred-year Space Attribute Soul Ring and awakened a second Martial Soul, triggering a strange event that transported him to a forest. There, he discovered he could teleport and was chased by a Man Faced Demon Spider as Tang San pursued it for its Soul Ring.

• Shiyu agreed to absorb the dying Sky Soaring Beast's Soul Ring on credit and signed a disclaimer before entering the Beast Fighting Arena.
• Shiyu killed the Sky Soaring Beast and endured five hours of pain before successfully absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Shiyu discovered a second Martial Soul within himself, and the resulting energy froze the world before transporting him through twisted space.
• Shiyu landed in a dark forest, realized he could briefly fly, and fled when an enormous spider attacked him.
• Shiyu teleported away from the Man Faced Demon Spider and called to a nearby person, but Tang San identified the Spirit Beast and pursued it for its Soul Ring.

Shiyu fought the Man Faced Demon Spider with his newly mastered Spatial Power and discovered that striking its human face from beneath dealt far more damage. After knocking the spider down, he began attacking it from a distance to kill it, while Tang San watched from the shadows.

• Shiyu used Spatial Energy to repel and strike the Man Faced Demon Spider, but his attacks against its shell did limited damage.
• Shiyu recognized the Man Faced Demon Spider and targeted the human face beneath its body, using Spatial Power to strike it from below.
• Shiyu repeatedly attacked the spider’s face and tried to pull apart its legs, but the Man Faced Demon Spider resisted and continued pursuing him.
• Tang San watched Shiyu’s strange abilities from the shadows and prepared as the spider weakened.
• Shiyu knocked the Man Faced Demon Spider to the ground and, hoping it would leave an External Soul Bone, continued attacking to kill it.

Shiyu realized he had arrived ten thousand years in the past after Tang San ambushed him and claimed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring. After they agreed Shiyu could keep the spider’s other spoils, Shiyu extracted its Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone, and Tang San considered taking it by force.

• Tang San emerged and asked Shiyu to give him the Man Faced Demon Spider’s Soul Ring after his crossbow ambush failed.
• Shiyu recognized Tang San and suspected he had traveled ten thousand years into the past.
• Tang San fired his Zhuge Crossbow at the Man Faced Demon Spider, killing it and producing a purple Soul Ring.
• Shiyu refused to forgive Tang San for taking his prey but agreed that Tang San could have the Soul Ring while he kept the spider’s other spoils.
• Shiyu used energy guidance to draw the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone from the Soul Ring, and Tang San gripped his Zhuge Crossbow as he considered attacking.
• Shiyu warned Tang San that he would fight back if Tang San tried to take the Soul Bone.

Shiyu fled with the Man Faced Demon Spider's External Soul Bone while Tang San and Zhao Wujin pursued him. He escaped Zhao Wujin's attacks with Spatial Power, but Zhao Wujin continued chasing him and struck with Great Strength Vajra Palm.

• Shiyu took the Man Faced Demon Spider's External Soul Bone and teleported away as Tang San called for help.
• Tang San pursued Shiyu with the Godly Zhuge Crossbow, then asked Zhao Wujin to recover the stolen Soul Bone.
• Tang San stopped chasing and returned with Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others to absorb the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring.
• Zhao Wujin caught up with Shiyu, but Shiyu escaped his landing attack by teleporting more than a hundred meters.
• Zhao Wujin used Position Tracking and Gravity Crush to pursue Shiyu, who provoked him by warning that the Titan Giant Ape could endanger Tang San's group.
• Zhao Wujin leaped at Shiyu and unleashed Great Strength Vajra Palm.

Shiyu escaped Zhao Wujin’s pursuit by using Space Movement and Time Power, but Zhao Wujin struck him into a deep fissure. Shiyu survived the fall and discovered a glowing nine-colored begonia flower that might save his life.

• Shiyu learned to use Time Power and Space Movement to evade Zhao Wujin and eventually force him backward during the pursuit.
• Shiyu found a massive fissure blocking his path and used Space Movement to try to cross it.
• Zhao Wujin struck Shiyu with the Great Strength Vajra Palm as he fell, then left believing he was dead.
• Shiyu used Spatial Energy and Time Power to slow his fall and survived at the bottom of the fissure, though he was badly injured.
• Shiyu spotted a glowing nine-leaved begonia flower and used his spatial power to bring it to himself, hoping it would save him.

Shiyu recovered from his injuries after eating the Nine-Colored Begonia Flower, then absorbed the Human-Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone and escaped the fissure. After emerging, he suddenly crossed over again and found himself back with the two teachers.

• Shiyu discovered that the Nine-Colored Begonia Flower had healed his wounds and granted him extraordinary recovery speed.
• Shiyu blamed Tang San and Zhao Wujin for nearly getting him killed and vowed to take revenge.
• Shiyu endured severe pain while absorbing the Human-Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone, gaining purple spider legs.
• Shiyu used Spatial Power to climb out of the deep fissure despite his hunger and weakness.
• Shiyu suddenly vanished and reappeared beside the two teachers, confused that he had returned again.

After returning to the time before his second transmigration, Shiyu learned that the Nine-Colored Begonia he had consumed was a rare Nine-Heart Begonia, then went to his dormitory at Shrek Academy. He arrived to find attendants preparing the room for a young master whose identity was still unknown.

• Shiyu confused his teachers by saying he had returned, and they took him to the infirmary, where the doctor found he was fine aside from hunger.
• The school doctor identified Shiyu's flower as a Nine-Heart Begonia and explained that it would speed his recovery, strengthen his resistance to ordinary toxins, and extend his lifespan.
• Shiyu refused the doctor's request to study his body and left the infirmary, where Song Lingzhen offered to show him to his dormitory.
• Shiyu smiled at Mu En near the dormitory entrance, and Mu En privately recognized Shiyu's space martial soul.
• Song Lingzhen directed Shiyu to dormitory One One Eight, where he found two attendants cleaning for their young master, who had gone to get food.

Shiyu moved into a dorm room with Dai Huabin, whose servants tried to recruit him into serving their Young Master. After finding a cafeteria job to cover his meals, Shiyu began settling into life at the academy.

• Shiyu helped clean the dorm room and learned that his roommate was Dai Huabin, the son of the White Tiger Duke.
• Dai Huabin's servant urged Shiyu to curry favor with his Young Master, but Shiyu ignored him and fell asleep.
• Dai Huabin arrived, sent his servants away, and cultivated while Shiyu slept.
• After waking, Shiyu greeted Dai Huabin, then left separately from him to find dinner.
• Shiyu spoke with Mu En on his way out and realized his remaining Copper Coins would not cover his meals for long.
• Shiyu asked about work in the cafeteria and accepted a job serving food and washing dishes for meals and ten Silver Soul Coins a month.

Shiyu began his part-time dishwashing job at the cafeteria, where he met Jiang Nannan and discovered they both carried painful family memories. After sharing a meal, he asked Jiang Nannan to show him around Shrek Academy, and she agreed.

• The supervisor put Shiyu to work washing dishes, and he met Jiang Nannan in the dishwashing area.
• Shiyu reacted with surprise when Jiang Nannan introduced herself, then joined her and the aunties in washing dishes.
• When the aunties asked about his home, Shiyu grew sad, and Jiang Nannan sympathized as she recalled her own family hardships.
• Shiyu lightened the mood with a joke, then placed chicken legs on Jiang Nannan's tray and ate with her.
• Shiyu invited Jiang Nannan to walk around the campus with him, and she agreed.

Shiyu and Jiang Nannan toured Sea God Lake before he returned to the dormitory and began cultivating. He wondered whether taking Tang San’s External Soul Bone in the past had changed the present, then asked Dai Huabin about the Eight Spider Lances.

• Shiyu and Jiang Nannan visited Sea God Lake and admired its night scenery before returning to the dormitories.
• A senior girl teased Shiyu about being single, and he joked that he would rather pursue Jiang Nannan before running off to say good night.
• Shiyu found Dai Huabin cultivating, then practiced the basic method Teacher Song Lingzhen had taught him; Dai Huabin noticed Shiyu’s Silver Vortex Martial Soul.
• After cultivating, Shiyu considered his time travel and worried that taking Tang San’s External Soul Bone might have changed the present.
• Dai Huabin warned Shiyu not to casually speak Tang San’s name, and Shiyu asked him whether he knew about the Eight Spider Lances Soul Bone.

Shiyu wondered whether changing the past had altered history, especially after learning Tang San obtained the Eight Spider Lances later than expected, and he suspected the black mark on his palm was a cost of time travel. At Shrek Academy, he provoked Xu Sanshi by arranging a walk with Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi flew into a rage and tried to attack him.

• Dai Huabin told Shiyu that Tang San had obtained the Eight Spider Lances in Sunset Forest while hunting a Man Faced Demon Spider for his Fourth Soul Ring, leading Shiyu to suspect history had changed.
• Shiyu found a new black dot on his palm and experienced headaches whenever he considered killing Tang San in the past; he spent a sleepless night wondering whether changing history carried a price.
• At the cafeteria, Xu Sanshi warned Shiyu to stop chatting with Jiang Nannan, but Jiang Nannan rejected Xu Sanshi's interference.
• Shiyu invited Jiang Nannan to walk by Sea God Lake after work, and she agreed, knowingly provoking Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi became furious, tried to climb through the serving window to attack Shiyu, and ignored Jiang Nannan when she stepped in to stop him.

Shiyu challenged Xu Sanshi to a three-move pact over Jiang Nannan and faced him outside the cafeteria. Xu Sanshi's first charge missed when Shiyu vanished and reappeared in his place, leaving the pact still underway.

• Shiyu proposed a three-move pact, wagering that Xu Sanshi would leave him and Jiang Nannan alone if Xu Sanshi failed to hit him.
• Xu Sanshi accepted and added that Shiyu would have to let him beat him every day if Xu Sanshi won; Shiyu countered that Xu Sanshi could never harass Jiang Nannan again if Shiyu won.
• Xu Sanshi insisted on fighting immediately, and Shiyu went with him to an open area outside the cafeteria as Jiang Nannan watched anxiously.
• Xu Sanshi released his Mysterious Nether Turtle Shell Shield and charged at Shiyu while spectators, including Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao, watched.
• Shiyu vanished just before Xu Sanshi struck and reappeared where Xu Sanshi had stood, then announced that Xu Sanshi had used one move.

Shiyu used his spatial abilities to evade Xu Sanshi’s attacks and argued that dodging did not violate their three-move agreement. The spectators and Jiang Nannan supported him, but Xu Sanshi attacked again with his Third Soul Skill, Mysterious Nether Power.

• Xu Sanshi unleashed Mysterious Nether Shock, but Shiyu used Space Movement to evade most of the attack and avoid being stunned.
• Shiyu explained that he was dodging because Xu Sanshi had greater Soul Power, attack power, and defense, then told Xu Sanshi to stop pursuing Nannan if he could not knock him down.
• Beibei argued that Shiyu’s repeated teleportation counted as more than three moves, but Shiyu demonstrated that he could treat each teleport as a step and refuted him.
• Jiang Nannan and several spectators agreed that Shiyu had not broken the three-move agreement.
• Xu Sanshi launched another attack with his Third Soul Skill, Mysterious Nether Power, surrounding Shiyu with dark water that interfered with his Soul Power circulation.

Shiyu used his first soul skill and an External Soul Bone to survive Xu Sanshi’s three attacks, winning their bet and making him promise to stop pestering Jiang Nannan. After Xu Sanshi left, Jiang Nannan thanked Shiyu and checked the injuries on his back.

• Shiyu used Aeronautics Technique to evade Xu Sanshi, then shielded himself from the Mysterious Nether Turtle Shell Shield with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Xu Sanshi’s shield cracked two spider legs and sent Shiyu flying, but Shiyu steadied himself and declared that Xu Sanshi had lost their three-move agreement.
• Xu Sanshi tried to provoke Shiyu into a rematch, but Shiyu refused and asked everyone present to remind Xu Sanshi to keep his promise to leave Jiang Nannan alone.
• Beibei stopped Xu Sanshi from attacking Shiyu, and Xu Sanshi left angrily with Beibei, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya.
• Jiang Nannan said she was glad Shiyu had stopped Xu Sanshi from pestering her and offered to treat him to a meal.
• Jiang Nannan lifted Shiyu’s shirt and saw red marks on his back from the shield’s impact on his Eight Spider Lances.

Shiyu discussed his rapid healing and spatial teleportation with Jiang Nannan, then faced Dai Huabin’s envy after Dai Huabin learned he possessed the Eight Spider Lances. The next morning, Shiyu joined Jiang Nannan on the way to his first class and settled into Freshman Class Five.

• Jiang Nannan asked how Shiyu’s back healed so quickly, and he explained that a special Begonia Flower had strengthened his recovery.
• Shiyu told Jiang Nannan that his Space Martial Soul let him teleport freely, then briefly encountered Mu En before returning to the dormitory.
• Dai Huabin questioned Shiyu about defeating an upper-year student and recognized his eight spider legs as the Eight Spider Lances; Shiyu kept how he obtained the External Soul Bone secret.
• The next morning, Shiyu declined Jiang Nannan’s offer of money and followed her to his classroom.
• Shiyu took a seat in Freshman Class Five, where Dai Huabin sat with Zhu Lu.

Shiyu attended the first lesson of Freshman Class Five, where Shao Wentao introduced his strict classroom rules and the students presented themselves and their Martial Souls. Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu stood out with their high Soul Power, while Shiyu introduced his Space Martial Soul without revealing his rank.

• Shiyu decided to keep his distance from Huo Yuhao to avoid drawing Tang San's attention.
• Shao Wentao introduced himself as the homeroom teacher and warned that he would punish unruly students with his Tickle Bee Martial Soul.
• Shao Wentao set classroom rules, monthly theory tests, and Tickle Bee stings for the ten students who ranked lowest.
• Dai Huabin introduced himself as a rank-29 Soul Grandmaster with a White Tiger Martial Soul, and Zhu Lu introduced herself as a Rank 26 Soul Grandmaster with a Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul.
• Shiyu introduced himself and his Space Martial Soul but withheld his Soul Power rank, drawing the class's interest.

Shiyu settled into his new class, learned about the Freshman Assessment and Soul Tool courses, and discussed forming a team with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu. He accepted Dai Huabin’s invitation in principle but wanted to clarify expectations before they teamed up.

• Shao Wentao praised Shiyu for defeating Xu Sanshi, then told the class to prepare for the Freshman Assessment and choose class monitors.
• Shiyu got to know classmates, attended a Spirit Beast lesson, and worked a long shift in the cafeteria.
• Jiang Nannan explained that Shiyu could study Soul Tool Crafting as an elective, but warned that it might distract him from preparing for the assessment.
• Dai Huabin invited Shiyu to join a three-person team with Zhu Lu, and Shiyu agreed in principle while asking to clarify their terms.

Shiyu formed a team with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, kept up an intense training and study schedule, and reached the Level 20 bottleneck just before the Freshman Assessment. He requested leave to obtain a Soul Ring, planning to buy the service on credit because he lacked money.

• Shiyu and Dai Huabin agreed to treat each other respectfully and split any Freshman Assessment rewards equally, then formed a team with Zhu Lu.
• Shiyu signed up for a basic Soul Tool elective and spent the next three months studying, working, and cultivating Soul Power.
• Shiyu broke through to Level 20, surprising Dai Huabin with how quickly his Soul Power had risen.
• Dai Huabin urged Shiyu to obtain a Soul Ring before their team entered the Freshman Assessment a week later.
• Shiyu asked Shao Wentao for leave and explained that he planned to buy a Soul Ring on credit and ask a teacher to help him obtain it.