Chapter Summaries

Shiyu used his Substitution skill to drop the Great Strength Demon Ape from a great height, but the injured beast awakened its demonic nature and became stronger. When Shiyu could no longer land the skill, he kept his distance and waited for the poison to weaken it.

• The Great Strength Demon Ape struck Shiyu with an energy blast, but he teleported away and recovered in the air.
• Shiyu swapped the Great Strength Demon Ape with a stone, sending the beast more than two hundred meters up before it crashed to the ground.
• The fall seriously injured the Great Strength Demon Ape, but it got back up and awakened its demonic nature.
• Xuan Zi told Elder Gong not to stop the assessment and remained ready to rescue Shiyu.
• The berserk Great Strength Demon Ape disrupted Shiyu's attempts to use Substitution again, so he dodged its attacks and waited for the poison to take effect.

Shiyu defeated the Ten Thousand Year Great Strength Demon Ape by evading its attacks until the potent poison from his Soul Bone weakened it. Elder Gong stopped the examination and restrained the ape so Shiyu could approach without being attacked.

• Wang Dong challenged Shiyu to fight the Great Strength Demon Ape directly, and Shiyu rebuked her for trying to provoke him.
• Huo Yuhao, Yan Shaozhe, and Xuan Zi realized that poison from Shiyu's Soul Bone wounds was weakening the Great Strength Demon Ape.
• Shiyu kept flying out of the ape's reach as the poison and the end of its berserk state left it staggering and in agony.
• Elder Gong ended the examination and asked Shiyu to detoxify the Great Strength Demon Ape, effectively declaring Shiyu the winner.
• Shiyu agreed to approach only after Elder Gong restrained the ape.

Shiyu earned a perfect score after defeating the Great Strength Demon Ape, securing his team’s one-point victory in the assessment bet. Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao disputed the result but ultimately received their promised slaps, while Shiyu questioned whether Huo Yuhao would honor the agreement to end their grievances.

• Shiyu absorbed the toxins from the Great Strength Demon Ape, and Elder Gong praised his abilities before taking the beast away.
• The assessment teacher awarded Shiyu a perfect score, giving his team a one-point victory over Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s team.
• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao protested that Shiyu’s flight advantage made the score unfair, but the teacher said the perfect score already accounted for deductions.
• Dai Huabin slapped Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao twice each after they lost the bet.
• Shiyu slapped Wang Dong twice, then asked Huo Yuhao whether the slaps would end their grievances before slapping him twice as well.

After the wager, Shiyu and Huo Yuhao settled their grievances at Yan Shaozhe’s request, though Huo Yuhao refused to reconcile with Dai Huabin. Ma Xiaotao then asked whether Shiyu’s dual-attribute Soul Bone could help with her Evil Fire.

• Huo Yuhao left with Wang Dong after the wager, while Shiyu arranged the remaining assessments and went to recover from his injuries.
• Yan Shaozhe summoned Shiyu and Huo Yuhao, and Elder Zhuang treated Shiyu, Dai Huabin, and Wang Dong.
• Shiyu agreed not to cause Huo Yuhao trouble or interfere in his grudge with Dai Huabin.
• Huo Yuhao reluctantly agreed to let his grievances with Shiyu go but would not explain or abandon his enmity toward Dai Huabin.
• Ma Xiaotao caught up with Shiyu and asked whether his fire-and-ice Soul Bone could help with her Evil Fire.

Shiyu used the Extreme Cold Energy in his Eight Spider Lances to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire for three months, and she apologized for her earlier attitude. He suggested that he might be able to extract the Evil Fire entirely, but Yan Shaozhe warned that doing so could harm Shiyu and weaken Ma Xiaotao’s potential, so Shiyu did not pursue the idea.

• Shiyu offered to test whether his ice and fire attributes could suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, and Zhang Lexuan asked Yan Shaozhe to supervise.
• Yan Shaozhe questioned Shiyu about the origins of his External Soul Bone’s attributes, but Shiyu declined to reveal his secret.
• Shiyu pierced Ma Xiaotao with an Eight Spider Lance and used its Extreme Cold Energy to suppress her Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Shiyu and apologized, while Shiyu teased her and insisted on calling her his Nephew-Disciple.
• Shiyu proposed extracting Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, but Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao rejected the risk, and Shiyu agreed not to insist.

Shiyu’s venomous Eight Spider Lances drew alarm after permanently damaging a Great Strength Demon Ape, while Mu En urged the Academy to earn Shiyu’s loyalty rather than pry into his secrets. Half a month later, Shiyu joined a combat assessment to select reserve members for the Soul Master Academy Competition, where he met Dai Huabin’s brother and other participants.

• An Academy poison expert reported that Shiyu’s venom had permanently damaged the Great Strength Demon Ape, and Yan Shaozhe warned Mu En that Shiyu might threaten much stronger opponents.
• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe not to press Shiyu about his secrets and to focus on strengthening his sense of belonging to Shrek Academy.
• Shiyu continued his studies and cultivation as his victory over a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Beast made him famous throughout the Outer Court.
• Du Weilun summoned Shiyu, Dai Huabin, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao and announced a combat assessment to select reserve members for the Soul Master Academy Competition in Star Luo City.
• Shiyu and Jiang Nannan arrived at the assessment, where Dai Huabin introduced his elder brother Dai Yueheng to Shiyu.
• Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao joined the gathering, and Zhang Lexuan explained that she had come to watch rather than compete.

Shiyu reunited with Beibei, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong at the assessment gathering, where Beibei still struggled with hostility toward him. Xuan Zi assigned Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to lead opposing teams in a Free-for-All, with the losing team required to call themselves pigs.

• Ma Xiaotao offered to protect Shiyu, and he confidently said she would have to catch him first if they became opponents.
• Beibei arrived with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, and his sight of Shiyu stirred up the resentment he had tried to put aside.
• Zhang Lexuan fell quiet when Beibei appeared, while Shiyu noticed her apparent unease.
• Xuan Zi gathered the students and chose Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Shiyu, Jiang Nannan, Beibei, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, He Caitou, and Dai Huabin for the assessment.
• Xuan Zi made Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng captains and set a Free-for-All, declaring that the losing team would have to shout that they were pigs.
• Ma Xiaotao chose Shiyu first, and the captains took turns picking teammates until Dai Yueheng's team had four Inner Court Disciples and Ma Xiaotao's had three.

Xuan Zi began a free-for-all match between Ma Xiaotao’s team and Dai Yueheng’s team, with the losers required to call themselves pigs. Shiyu used his substitution ability to eliminate Huo Yuhao early, leaving the battle without Huo Yuhao’s detection support.

• Xuan Zi gave the teams ten minutes to get acquainted before sending them into the Battle Arena.
• Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection and Mental Sharing to help Dai Yueheng’s team, while both sides charged into battle with support from their teammates.
• Ma Xiaotao fought Dai Yueheng, Wang Dong faced Dai Huabin, Jiang Nannan confronted Beibei, and Xixi engaged Chen Zifeng.
• Shiyu vanished and attacked Huo Yuhao, but Ling Luochen blocked his first strike with ice.
• Shiyu used his Substitution Skill to swap Huo Yuhao with a stone, then caught Huo Yuhao in midair and threw him out of the arena.
• Xuan Zi caught Huo Yuhao, declared him eliminated, and ordered him to withdraw his detection skill.

Shiyu eliminated Yao Haoxuan and forced Ling Luochen to concede as he dominated the battle. When he fought Beibei, Shiyu discovered that activating his faint Dragon God Blood suppressed Beibei's strength, and he knocked him off the Battle Platform.

• After Huo Yuhao's Mental Sharing ended, the fighters struggled to adjust, and Shiyu used Teleportation and the Substitution Skill to send Yao Haoxuan out of the arena.
• Shiyu blocked Ling Luochen's ice attack with his Eight Spider Lances and pierced through her ice defenses, stopping short of injuring her and prompting her to step down.
• Shiyu intervened when Beibei attacked Jiang Nannan and sent Beibei flying with a punch that left him weakened by a strange palpitation.
• Shiyu suspected his Dragon God Blood affected Beibei, activated it on his left hand, and struck Beibei again, blasting him off the Battle Platform.

Shiyu’s Void Slash helped Ma Xiaotao defeat Dai Yueheng, and his dominance in a second team battle confirmed his place on the tournament Reserve Team. Xuan Zi finalized the Inner Court selections and began a one-week evaluation period for the remaining candidates.

• Shiyu used Void Slash to break Dai Yueheng’s White Tiger Protective Barrier, allowing Ma Xiaotao to defeat him and end the first battle.
• Xuan Zi arranged another battle after the teams argued over who would get first pick, and Dai Yueheng later won the choice and selected Shiyu.
• Shiyu used Teleportation to eliminate the opposing team’s support Spirit Masters and other fighters, leaving Ma Xiaotao to concede.
• Xuan Zi selected Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, and Ling Luochen as Inner Court candidates and confirmed Shiyu for the Reserve Team.
• Xuan Zi placed Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Beibei, Jiang Nannan, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu on the alternate list for a one-week evaluation.

Jiang Nannan worried that her talent would not earn her a place on the Reserve Team, and Shiyu took her to a private room to give her an Immortal Herb. She accepted the Water Immortal Jade Bone, which Shiyu said could increase her Soul Power and possibly improve her talent.

• Jiang Nannan told Shiyu that she feared she would not be selected for the Reserve Team because her abilities seemed inferior to the other candidates'.
• Shiyu admitted that Jiang Nannan's chances were low but said she could change her circumstances, then led her to a hotel room in Shrek City.
• Shiyu revealed that he had brought Jiang Nannan a precious gift that could improve her strength.
• Shiyu gave Jiang Nannan the Water Immortal Jade Bone and explained its potential benefits.
• Jiang Nannan initially refused the Immortal Herb, but Shiyu placed it in her hand and reassured her that she no longer needed to worry about her talent.

After Jiang Nannan absorbed the Water Immortal Jade Bone and joined Shrek’s Reserve Team, Shiyu set out with the academy’s tournament teams on an inspection mission to the Ming Dou Mountain Range. When they found an Evil Soul Master hideout full of corpses, Shiyu warned Ma Xiaotao that the bodies might be traps.

• Jiang Nannan absorbed the Water Immortal Jade Bone, raising her Soul Power to level forty-seven and improving her cultivation speed.
• Xuan Zi questioned Jiang Nannan about her sudden improvement, and she kept the treasure’s identity and source private.
• Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Beibei, He Caitou, and Xiao Xiao were selected for Shrek’s Reserve Team, while Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu were not.
• Xuan Zi told the assembled tournament teams about the Shrek Inspection Corps, and Shiyu accepted an identification badge while resolving to prevent casualties.
• The teams traveled to the Star Luo Empire’s Western Group Army, borrowed Flight Soul Tools, and followed clues to an Evil Soul Master hideout in the Ming Dou Mountain Range.
• Shiyu stopped Ma Xiaotao from entering the cave and warned that the corpses inside might be weapons used to attack them.

Shiyu's suspicions about the corpses saved the group from a deadly explosion, and Xuan Zi captured the Evil Soul Master hiding in the cave. On the way to Star Luo City, a gigantic green fist attacked the group, and Xuan Zi prepared to hold off their powerful assailants while the others fled.

• Shiyu moved the corpses away from the cave and warned the others just before they exploded, allowing everyone to escape unharmed.
• Xuan Zi arrived, confirmed that nobody was hurt, then entered the cave and captured the Evil Soul Master, whom he killed after an interrogation yielded no useful information.
• The group resumed its journey toward Star Luo City, stopping overnight before setting out again the next morning.
• When Xuan Zi sensed danger, he ordered the group to land and told Zhang Lexuan to take Shiyu, Huo Yuhao, and the others to Star Luo City while he held off their attackers.
• A massive green energy fist struck toward the descending Flight Soul Tools, leaving the group facing an overwhelmingly powerful threat.

Shiyu and the Shrek Academy team were attacked by Du Busi while traveling to Star Luo City, and Xuan Zi fought to protect them. After helping the group survive a fall and escape two Body Sect pursuers, Shiyu rushed ahead with Xiao Xiao and Jiang Nannan, leaving the others stunned by his speed.

• Xuan Zi clashed with Du Busi’s Green Fist, and the shockwave damaged the Flight Soul Tools and threw the students from the sky.
• Zhang Lexuan shielded the group while Shiyu used his Aeronautics Technique to slow the falling students, and everyone landed safely.
• Du Busi revealed that two Body Sect Soul Douluo were nearby and sent them after the students as Xuan Zi ordered the group to flee toward Star Luo City.
• Shiyu grabbed Xiao Xiao and carried Jiang Nannan, using repeated Teleportation to race ahead while Zhang Lexuan and the others stayed behind.
• The pursuers, Xuan Zi, Du Busi, and the fleeing students were stunned by the speed Shiyu displayed.

Zhang Lexuan and the Shrek students fought two Body Sect Soul Douluo after Shiyu disappeared. Zhang Lexuan held Yu Tao back while Ma Xiaotao and the others turned to confront Lang Ya.

• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao doubted that Shiyu would return, but Zhang Lexuan insisted on trusting his promise as Yu Tao struck her.
• Yu Tao challenged Zhang Lexuan while Lang Ya pursued Ma Xiaotao and the other students, forcing Zhang Lexuan to fight Yu Tao instead of stopping him.
• Zhang Lexuan struggled against Yu Tao’s overwhelming physical strength but kept him at a distance, while Lang Ya easily destroyed Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower with spiritual energy.
• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Xixi, Chen Zifeng, Gongyang Mo, Beibei, and He Caitou turned back to attack Lang Ya, while Huo Yuhao stayed back to provide Mental Detection with Wang Dong.
• Lang Ya landed to face the group, and the students prepared to attack despite realizing how formidable he was.

Lang Ya overwhelmed the Shrek team with his mental attacks and hardened head, leaving the students unable to fight back. The chapter ended with most of the group incapacitated as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong tried to flee.

• Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, and the others surrounded Lang Ya and attacked with support from Huo Yuhao's Mental Detection.
• Lang Ya used Soul Shock to incapacitate Beibei, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, and Dai Yueheng.
• Zhang Lexuan tried to reach Beibei, but Yu Tao stopped her, and Xuan Zi was kept from intervening by Du Busi.
• Lang Ya hardened his head with his Fourth Soul Skill, broke through Ma Xiaotao's flames, and struck her down with a headbutt and a mental attack.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, Ling Luochen, and He Caitou attempted to flee, but Lang Ya pursued them and incapacitated several of them.

Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong survived Lang Ya’s spiritual attack, but Lang Ya trapped them and prepared to kill them. Shiyu returned with a Title Douluo from the Star Luo Empire, arriving just as the two were in danger.

• Lang Ya’s spiritual attack was neutralized by the power within Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, while Wang Dong’s hidden power struck back and severely injured Lang Ya.
• Huo Yuhao tried to escape with the dazed Wang Dong, but Lang Ya restrained them with Soul Power and moved in to kill them.
• Shiyu reached Star Luo City with Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao, broke into the imperial palace, and persuaded the Star Luo Emperor to send reinforcements.
• Shiyu returned with a Title Douluo, and Lang Ya saw the powerful newcomer as Shiyu rushed toward Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong.

Imperial Shrine Guardian Xu Yuan arrived to support Shiyu, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong, overwhelming Lang Ya with his Star Crown defenses. Zhang Lexuan killed Yu Tao with her hundred-thousand-year soul skill, but Du Busi struck at her in retaliation, leaving her facing an attack as Xuan Zi and Xu Yuan rushed to intervene.

• Xu Yuan shielded Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong from Lang Ya’s physical attack and protected Shiyu from a mental assault with his Star Crown soul skills.
• Lang Ya and Yu Tao tried to retreat as Xu Yuan suppressed Lang Ya and Xuan Zi pursued Du Busi.
• Zhang Lexuan used her eighth, hundred-thousand-year soul skill to overpower Yu Tao’s attack and kill him, though she was badly weakened.
• Du Busi attacked Zhang Lexuan in fury, and Xuan Zi and Xu Yuan rushed to save her but arrived too late to stop the incoming strike.

Shiyu rescued Zhang Lexuan from Du Busi’s attack, while Xu Yuan killed Lang Ya and joined Xuan Zi in confronting Du Busi. Du Busi unleashed his powerful Ninth Soul Skill as Xuan Zi and Xu Yuan prepared to meet it.

• Shiyu used his Second Soul Skill to switch Zhang Lexuan with a stone, saving her from Du Busi’s attack, then fled with her and the fallen Ma Xiaotao.
• Xu Yuan rejected Du Busi’s warning and, with Xuan Zi’s approval, killed the injured Lang Ya.
• Du Busi vowed revenge for the deaths of his Body Sect disciples and chose to retreat, but Xu Yuan moved to block him alongside Xuan Zi.
• Du Busi activated his near-two-hundred-thousand-year Ninth Soul Ring and unleashed Fist Shatters Heaven and Earth at Xuan Zi and Xu Yuan.
• Xuan Zi charged at Du Busi’s attack with his Ninth Soul Skill active, while Xu Yuan used Starry Brilliance, Shelter All Spirits to protect him.

Du Busi defeated Xuan Zi in a devastating clash and retreated rather than risk a fatal fight. After the battle, Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan found Beibei unresponsive, and Shiyu suspected he had died.

• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Shiyu, and the others fled farther from the battle as Du Busi, Xuan Zi, and Xu Yuan unleashed their power in the sky.
• Xu Yuan exhausted the stellar energy he had stored, withdrew from the fight, and left Xuan Zi to face Du Busi alone.
• Du Busi struck Xuan Zi away, then retreated instead of pursuing a fight that could leave them both dead.
• Xuan Zi recovered his human form, vowed to kill Du Busi, and went to check on Beibei and the others.
• Xuan Zi and Zhang Lexuan tried to revive Beibei, but his body rejected the Soul Power they infused, while Shiyu watched from a distance and suspected Beibei was dead.