Chapter Summaries

Shiyu reassured Jiang Nannan that the academy had cleared him, while Yan Shaozhe revealed that Mu En had accepted Shiyu as his disciple. Shiyu comforted Jiang Nannan when she considered dropping out over the gossip she expected to face, and urged her to stay and face it with him.

• Shiyu told Jiang Nannan that the academy had put the matter behind them, then thanked Zhang Lexuan for standing up for him.
• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan that Shiyu was Mu En’s disciple and their Junior Uncle-Master, and revealed that Xu Sanshi had been brought back to life.
• Shiyu explained the situation to Jiang Nannan, who was relieved at first but soon grew upset again.
• Jiang Nannan told Shiyu she wanted to drop out because she feared gossip and slander.
• Shiyu held Jiang Nannan’s hands, encouraged her to stay, and promised to face the rumors at her side.

After comforting Jiang Nannan, Shiyu stood by her as Outer Court gossip spread and learned that Huo Yuhao had likely helped Xu Sanshi during their fight. The chapter leaves Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong wary of Shiyu, while Dai Huabin acknowledges Shiyu’s strength.

• Jiang Nannan decided to stay at school and face the gossip, and Shiyu promised to support her.
• Shiyu cursed out students who mocked Jiang Nannan, while Yan Shaozhe announced that Xu Sanshi was recovering and the academy gave Shiyu only a verbal reprimand.
• Shiyu confronted Huo Yuhao about helping Xu Sanshi react faster during their fight; Huo Yuhao denied it, but Shiyu took his reaction as confirmation.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong worried that Shiyu might retaliate against them and decided to be more careful.
• Dai Huabin praised Shiyu for defeating a Soul Ancestor, and Shiyu explained that his tactics and Xu Sanshi’s mistakes had helped him win.

Shiyu rejected Dai Huabin’s renewed offer to join the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, then supported Jiang Nannan as rumors spread before the Freshman Assessment. He entered the first day’s team match with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu, facing a group from Freshman Class One.

• Dai Huabin again invited Shiyu to become a Guest Official and offered protection from Xu Sanshi, but Shiyu declined because he wanted to remain free.
• Dai Huabin accepted the rejection with anger and disappointment but resolved to maintain a good relationship with Shiyu.
• Shiyu spent the next two days practicing with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu and keeping Jiang Nannan company while academy students gossiped about them.
• Shiyu and Jiang Nannan discussed the next day’s Freshman Assessment, and she said she believed he could win the championship.
• The freshmen drew their matchups, and Shiyu joined Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu at the Ninth Trial grounds to face Qin Liwei’s team from Freshman Class One.

Shiyu, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu won their freshman assessment match by turning the opposing team's Thorn Vines against them. Afterward, Shiyu and Jiang Nannan visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where Shiyu learned he could claim one item for free every six months but chose to save the privilege.

• Dai Huabin and Shiyu used their strength and Substitution Skill to disrupt the opposing team's Thorn Vine formation during the assessment.
• Zhu Lu helped eliminate the Thorn Vine Spirit Master, and Dai Huabin defeated Qin Liwei and the remaining Agility Attack System Spirit Master despite the lingering vines.
• Dai Huabin invited Shiyu and Jiang Nannan to a lavish meal, hoping to build a closer relationship with Shiyu.
• Shiyu and Jiang Nannan visited the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where a Staff Member explained Shiyu's privileged access and free item allowance.
• Shiyu browsed the pavilion's treasures but decided to save his free selection for something he wanted more.

Shiyu searched Treasure Gathering Pavilion for Space-type Treasures and discovered a mysterious ore whose energy seemed connected to the Dragon God. He used his clearance to acquire it, hoping it could help him locate Dragon Valley Space.

• Shiyu asked a staff member for Space-type Treasures and reviewed the fifteen items available to him.
• Shiyu became interested in a Mysterious Space Ore described as possibly having fallen from an unknown Small Space.
• Shiyu touched the ore and felt a strong connection through his left hand, concluding it was related to the Dragon God and might have come from Dragon Valley Space.
• Shiyu used his clearance to take the ore despite the staff member warning that its purpose was unknown.
• Shiyu and Jiang Nannan left Treasure Gathering Pavilion with the ore, and Shiyu told her he would study it further.

Shiyu discovered that the Mysterious Space Ore resonated with him and pointed toward Dragon Valley, while his team swept through the Freshman Assessment and Elimination Tournament matches. His team advanced through the Top 8 as a championship favorite.

• Shiyu sensed a resonance with the Mysterious Space Ore and felt that Dragon Valley lay in a certain direction.
• Shiyu's team won all nine of its group matches and secured first place, advancing to the Elimination Tournament.
• Shrek Academy eliminated students who failed the Freshman Assessment, while Shiyu's team drew a Class Two team for the Top 64.
• Shiyu used his Substitution Skill to remove an opponent, and his team defeated the Class Two team and advanced.
• Shiyu's team defeated its Class One opponents in the round of 32, Top 16, and Top 8, becoming a favorite to win the championship.

Shiyu's team defeated their semifinal opponents and advanced to the Freshman Assessment finals against Huo Yuhao's team. As both teams prepared for the match, Shiyu recognized Huo Yuhao's hidden strength despite his seemingly unimpressive Soul Ring.

• Shiyu swapped places with the opposing Soul Elder, allowing Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to ambush and badly injure him while Shiyu held off the two Soul Grandmasters with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Shiyu's team won the semifinal, and Huo Yuhao's team won the other semifinal to become their opponents in the finals.
• The expanded arena filled with cheering students from Class One and Class Five as both teams took their positions for the championship match.
• Huo Yuhao stared intensely at Dai Huabin, driven by their longstanding grudge, while Shiyu understood the hostility and resolved to compete without holding back.
• Wang Dong released her Light Goddess Butterfly and Xiao Xiao revealed her Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron, while Huo Yuhao showed a white Soul Ring that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu looked down on.
• Shiyu recognized that Huo Yuhao's apparent lack of power concealed great value, including his potential Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Wang Dong.

Shiyu watched Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong unleash their Martial Soul Fusion Skill while Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into a Hell White Tiger. Their skills collided, and the Hell White Tiger began to be overwhelmed by the Golden Road.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong began fusing their Martial Souls as the match started, prompting Shiyu to try to Replace Huo Yuhao.
• Tian Meng disrupted Shiyu's Replacement, allowing Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong to complete their Golden Road fusion skill.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into a Hell White Tiger, stunning the spectators with the second Martial Soul Fusion Skill of the match.
• Dai Huabin ignored Shiyu's warning and had the Hell White Tiger confront the Golden Road head-on.
• The Golden Road struck the Hell White Tiger, driving it backward and turning its body golden as Shiyu and Xiao Xiao braced against the energy gusts.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Golden Road overwhelmed Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger, while Shiyu eliminated Xiao Xiao and then attacked the exhausted pair. The match continued with Shiyu dodging Wang Dong’s Butterfly God’s Light and clashing with her in midair.

• Shiyu used his spatial powers to restrain and strike Xiao Xiao, forcing her to withdraw from the match.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s Golden Road defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger, and referee Du Weilun removed the badly injured pair.
• Dai Huabin left Shiyu to carry on as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong ended their fusion state, exhausted and with little Soul Power remaining.
• Shiyu struck Huo Yuhao with a spatial palm, and Wang Dong retaliated with Butterfly God’s Light, which Shiyu evaded using Teleportation.
• Shiyu attacked Wang Dong from behind, but she turned to meet his spatial palm with her own, and the collision forced them both back.

Huo Yuhao called on the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to help him defeat Shiyu, unleashing a powerful spiritual attack during the match. Shiyu redirected it onto Wang Dong, whose hidden power retaliated against Huo Yuhao, leaving both in agony.

• Shiyu used the Power of Space to seize Huo Yuhao and sent his Eight Spider Lances toward him.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm for help, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm lent him power for a Spirit Eyes spiritual attack.
• Shiyu used the Power of Time to slow the attack and substituted positions with Wang Dong, causing the spiritual strike to hit her.
• Golden energy inside Wang Dong erased the attack and struck back at Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm struggled to protect Huo Yuhao as he fell to the ground, screaming in pain.

Shiyu won the Freshman Assessment for Freshman Class Five after Huo Yuhao’s mental attack backfired and left him unconscious, while Wang Dong was too injured to continue. In the infirmary, Yan Shaozhe suspected that Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Eyes Martial Soul was undergoing an incomplete Second Awakening.

• Huo Yuhao’s mental attack triggered a backlash that injured him and Wang Dong, while Shiyu remained unharmed.
• Du Weilun confirmed that Huo Yuhao had only fainted, and Wang Dong conceded defeat after declaring that her team would win next time.
• Du Weilun announced Freshman Class Five as the champions, and Shiyu celebrated with Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Jiang Nannan, and their classmates.
• The champions received notice that their rewards would be distributed later, and Dai Huabin treated the group to a celebratory dinner.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned Huo Yuhao about his sudden burst of power and concluded that his Spirit Eyes might be undergoing an incomplete Second Awakening.

After the Freshman Assessment, Shiyu and several others were named Core Disciples, and Huo Yuhao’s unexpected selection reflected the teachers’ newfound interest in his spiritual power. Shiyu, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu then received their championship reward: a speed-enhancing Left Leg Bone that Shiyu judged unsuitable for himself and considered in terms of its value to Dai Huabin.

• Wang Dong and their friends comforted Huo Yuhao after his loss, and he resolved to defeat both Dai Huabin and Shiyu next time.
• Du Weilun announced the Core Disciples, including Shiyu, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao.
• Du Weilun assigned Shiyu to Class One despite his abilities leaning toward the Agility Attack System.
• Du Weilun summoned Shiyu, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu to his office and gave Dai Huabin the championship reward.
• Dai Huabin opened the pouch and found a Left Leg Bone, while Shiyu assessed its value and considered how much Dai Huabin should compensate him.

Shiyu sold his share of the Freshman Assessment soul-bone reward to Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu for 1.2 million Gold Soul Coins, then helped them decide its ownership by rock-paper-scissors. After failing to find a single dormitory, he used his teleportation ability to enter Shrek City directly and was confronted by city enforcers for violating the academy’s wall-crossing rules.

• Du Weilun explained that the Ten-Thousand-Year Void Spirit Demon Leopard Left Leg Bone was worth about 1.5 to 2 million Gold Soul Coins and warned Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Shiyu not to let it damage their relationship.
• Dai Huabin offered to buy Shiyu’s share of the soul bone, and he and Zhu Lu agreed to pay Shiyu 1.2 million Gold Soul Coins, giving him 500,000 each and promising the remaining 200,000 later.
• Shiyu suggested settling ownership through rock-paper-scissors, and Zhu Lu won six to three after their first set ended in a tie.
• Shiyu found that the academy’s single dormitories were full and decided to look for a place in the city.
• Shiyu teleported over the academy’s perimeter wall into Shrek City, where two city enforcers confronted him for entering or leaving the academy that way.

After being caught climbing a wall, Shiyu was offered a single residence in the Inner Court and moved out of the Outer Court dormitory. He settled beside Zhang Lexuan, while arranging to spend more time with Jiang Nannan as her sparring partner.

• Yan Shaozhe offered Shiyu a single residence in the Inner Court, and Shiyu accepted.
• Shiyu told Dai Huabin he was moving out and finished his final cafeteria shift that evening.
• Shiyu offered Jiang Nannan payment to be his sparring partner, and she agreed to train with him in exchange for meals.
• Shiyu flew to Sea God Island and found that his new residence was beside Zhang Lexuan's house.
• Shiyu saw Zhang Lexuan cultivating on her roof and quietly left without disturbing her.

Zhang Lexuan broke through to Soul Douluo in Shrek Academy's Inner Court, drawing the attention of Xuan Zi, Mu En, and the teachers. She emerged safely and remained modest, determined to keep pursuing her goal of becoming like Mu En.

• Shiyu noticed Zhang Lexuan's energy turning chaotic as she cultivated, and Xuan Zi arrived to guard her breakthrough.
• Xuan Zi recognized that Zhang Lexuan was close to reaching Level Eighty and silently protected her while Shiyu watched.
• Zhang Lexuan's breakthrough caused a Moonlight Anomaly, drawing Inner Court students, teachers, and Mu En to observe from nearby.
• Xuan Zi wondered whether Zhang Lexuan was awakening a domain, and Shiyu was astonished that she might awaken one before reaching Title Douluo.
• After more than two hours, Zhang Lexuan stabilized her energy, opened her eyes, and greeted the gathered teachers before modestly saying she still had far to go.

Shiyu settled into life in the Inner Court, warned Zhang Lexuan to stay alert when obtaining her Soul Ring, and secretly studied a Soul Tool textbook from ten thousand years in the future. The chapter left him sparring with Jiang Nannan and feeling pressured by her attacks.

• Xuan Zi agreed to lead Zhang Lexuan and other Inner Court Disciples to obtain Soul Rings, while Shiyu recalled the danger Zhang Lexuan would face in the Star Dou Forest.
• Zhang Lexuan offered to help Shiyu if anyone bullied him, and Shiyu warned her to make sure the Teacher leading her Soul Ring trip stayed alert.
• Shiyu settled into his new residence, cultivated, and explored the Inner Court during the half-month vacation.
• Shiyu encountered Zhang Lexuan after she had cultivated all night, then ate breakfast in the Inner Court Cafeteria.
• Shiyu hid under his covers and spent the morning studying an introductory Soul Tool textbook from ten thousand years in the future.
• Shiyu had lunch with Jiang Nannan and sparred with her, struggling to handle her Agility Attack System fighting style.

Shiyu spent the days after his spar with Jiang Nannan studying Soul Tools while Zhang Lexuan went to Star Dou Forest with Elder Xuan and other Inner Court students. When Elder Xuan returned, he rushed Shiyu to Sea God Pavilion, where Zhang Lexuan lay badly injured and the Elders said they needed Shiyu’s fresh blood to save her.

• Shiyu lost his long spar with Jiang Nannan when his Soul Power ran out, though he had successfully evaded her attacks.
• Shiyu spent the next several days reading about Soul Tools and considered finding a place to practice making them.
• Zhang Lexuan traveled to Star Dou Forest with Elder Xuan and several Inner Court students to obtain Soul Rings.
• After Elder Xuan returned to Sea God Island, he hurried Shiyu to Sea God Pavilion and told him Zhang Lexuan needed his help.
• Shiyu saw Zhang Lexuan lying covered in blood as Mu En and the other Elders gathered around her.
• Elder Xuan tried to draw Shiyu’s blood, but Mu En stopped him and said he had frightened his disciple.

Shiyu agreed to let Shrek Academy use his blood to treat the critically injured Zhang Lexuan in exchange for blood-replenishing medicine and free Inner Court meals. His blood helped her recover somewhat, and Elder Zhuang estimated that ten more treatments could fully heal her, though he could only promise a ninety percent chance.

• Elder Zhuang explained that Zhang Lexuan had survived a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast attack but severely damaged her body and Martial Soul Origin while absorbing its Soul Ring.
• The teachers proposed using Shiyu’s blood, which might retain the healing properties of the Nine Star Begonia he had consumed, and Mu En offered compensation for each blood draw.
• Shiyu agreed to give an amount of blood equal to the thickness and length of one finger each week, provided the academy kept its promises even if the blood proved useless.
• Elder Zhuang used Shiyu’s blood to treat Zhang Lexuan, and after half an hour confirmed that it was working.
• After two hours of treatment, Elder Zhuang said Zhang Lexuan had partially recovered and would need at least ten more treatments for a chance at full recovery.

Shiyu learned Zhang Lexuan would recover with weekly blood treatments, then met her after she woke and accompanied her toward the outer court. Zhang Lexuan remained grateful for his help and agreed to watch his sparring match with Nannan.

• Elder Zhuang said Zhang Lexuan could wake by noon and warned her not to use soul power for a month or two, while Xuan Zi asked Shiyu to give blood daily and was refused.
• Shiyu ate a thousand-year blood nourishing flower delivered to his room.
• Shiyu met Zhang Lexuan, who was walking with Ma Xiaotao, and accepted her invitation to eat together.
• Zhang Lexuan described how her group encountered a hundred-thousand-year star moon dragon wolf, and Shiyu and Ma Xiaotao reassured her that the disaster was not her fault.
• Shiyu said he planned to spar with Nannan, and Zhang Lexuan offered to watch and advise him.
• Shiyu used spatial power to support Zhang Lexuan without touching her as they walked toward the outer court.

Shiyu trained with Jiang Nannan under Zhang Lexuan’s guidance, then visited Wang Yuan’s workshop and assembled his first entry-level Soul Tool. The chapter ended before the newly assembled tool was tested.

• Shiyu met Jiang Nannan, and Zhang Lexuan watched their sparring before giving both of them combat advice.
• Over the following days, Zhang Lexuan continued guiding Shiyu and Jiang Nannan, and Shiyu gave Zhang Lexuan blood in exchange for a second Blood Nourishing Flower.
• The day before the new term began, Shiyu visited Wang Yuan’s Soul Tool Workshop to gain practical experience.
• Shiyu quickly polished the components for an entry-level Soul Tool and carefully carved Soul Guiding Arrays onto all seven parts.
• Shiyu assembled the Soul Tool smoothly after completing the arrays.