Chapter Summaries

Zhou Sichen defeated Dugu Xianmeng in the Inner Court Assessment and was officially admitted to Shrek Academy’s Inner Court. As the new students crossed Sea God Lake to Sea God Island, he rode his sword through the air and arrived first.

• Dugu Xianmeng fired three poison arrows, but Zhou Sichen’s Ice Jade Scorpion froze and stopped them.
• Dugu Xianmeng conceded, and Du Wilun announced that Zhou Sichen had passed the assessment and become the Inner Court’s youngest genius.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo learned that Zhou Sichen was Zhou Zhenxuan’s grandson and marveled at his Extreme Ice Soul Beast and unused contracted beasts.
• Du Wilun welcomed Zhou Sichen and the other successful students as Inner Court Disciples and sent them with senior students to Sea God Island.
• Dugu Xianmeng challenged the new students to cross Sea God Lake, and Zhou Sichen used a Light Attribute Longsword to fly across and reach the island first.

Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo argued over how Shrek Academy should nurture Zhou Sichen, while Zhou Sichen impressed the new Inner Court disciples by crossing Sea God Lake with a powerful Soul Tool. Dugu Xianmeng led him toward a villa Ye Guyi had prepared, and Zhou Sichen learned more about Dugu Xianmeng's Jade-Scaled Serpent Martial Soul.

• Yan Shaozhe told Qian Duoduo that Zhou Sichen should be trained by the Martial Soul Department, and Beibei praised Zhou Sichen's character and reliability.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Beibei to grow closer to Zhou Sichen, then left to share the news with his teacher.
• Zhou Sichen reached Sea God Island with a Fourth-Grade Soul Tool, impressing Dugu Xianmeng and the other new Inner Court disciples.
• Dugu Xianmeng told Zhou Sichen that Ye Guyi had cleared a room for him months earlier and led him toward it.
• Dugu Xianmeng explained that her Jade-Scaled Serpent Martial Soul brought deadly poison and a curse that kept its lineage from living past thirty.

Zhou Sichen settled into Ye Guyi’s villa at Shrek Academy and learned from Dugu Xianmeng how the Inner Court’s rank system governed meals. The chapter left him heading into the Inner Court’s competitive life, newly aware of Ye Guyi’s standing among its strongest students.

• Dugu Xianmeng showed Zhou Sichen the villas near the Golden Tree and told him Ye Guyi was away on a mission.
• Zhou Sichen moved into Ye Guyi’s villa, found it arranged much like their childhood home, and spent a restful night there.
• Dugu Xianmeng visited Zhou Sichen the next morning and offered to show him around the Inner Court.
• Dugu Xianmeng explained that Inner Court students’ Soul Arena ranks determined their cafeteria food after their first month.
• Dugu Xianmeng told Zhou Sichen that Ye Guyi was one of only four people allowed to eat in the teachers’ cafeteria.

Zhou Sichen learned about the Inner Court Soul Arena rankings and wagered with Dugu Xianmeng that he could earn a Red Rank Soul Arena Badge within a year. Dugu Xianmeng accepted, confident he would fail, while Zhou Sichen hoped to gain the Academy’s attention and access to Red Rank delicacies.

• Dugu Xianmeng explained the Soul Arena badge ranks, point requirements, match formats, and win-streak bonuses to Zhou Sichen.
• Zhou Sichen asked about trying Red Rank food, and Dugu Xianmeng reminded him that new students received one chance to eat it but said she could not accompany him upstairs.
• After breakfast, Zhou Sichen suggested visiting the Soul Arena, but Dugu Xianmeng urged him to tour the Inner Court instead.
• Zhou Sichen told Dugu Xianmeng he wanted to reach Red Rank so he could bring her its delicacies, and she doubted he could manage it.
• Zhou Sichen proposed that they bet on whether he could earn a Red Rank badge within a year, with the loser granting the winner one request.
• Dugu Xianmeng accepted the wager and sealed it with a high-five, privately believing Zhou Sichen had no chance of winning.

Dugu Xianmeng took Zhou Sichen to the Soul Dueling Arena, where Ma Xiaotao defeated Ling Luochen and then challenged him. Zhou Sichen accepted despite the gap in their ranks and stepped onto the platform, leaving the spectators stunned and Ma Xiaotao amused by his confidence.

• Dugu Xianmeng brought Zhou Sichen to register for a Soul Arena Badge and watched Ma Xiaotao duel Ling Luochen.
• Ma Xiaotao defeated Ling Luochen and challenged Zhou Sichen, offering him thirty points if he satisfied her.
• Dugu Xianmeng tried to stop Zhou Sichen from accepting, but he reassured her and pressed her back into her seat.
• Zhou Sichen accepted Ma Xiaotao's challenge, explaining that he wanted points for Red Rank Delicacies.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed that she knew Zhou Sichen had stayed in Ye Guyi's room, shocking the spectators.

Zhou Sichen faced Ma Xiaotao in an Inner Court duel while Shrek Academy’s leaders watched, eager to see his Contracted Soul Beasts. After Ma Xiaotao offered to count surviving for fifteen minutes as a loss, Zhou Sichen summoned three rare beasts, leaving her to question whether they were the source of his confidence.

• Yan Shaozhe, Cai Meier, Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, and Xuan Zi arrived to watch Zhou Sichen duel Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao revealed her Level 63 Evil Fire Phoenix and offered to concede if Zhou Sichen lasted fifteen minutes.
• Zhou Sichen revealed his Book of Contracts and three purple Soul Rings, stunning Ma Xiaotao and the watching students.
• Zhou Sichen summoned his Ice Jade Scorpion and Hellfire Bird, both close to the Ten Thousand Year Level.
• Zhou Sichen summoned a Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear, and Ma Xiaotao asked whether his three powerful beasts were his confidence.

Zhou Sichen’s three Contracted Soul Beasts countered Ma Xiaotao’s attacks, leaving the Soul Emperor unable to reach him. He then revealed a modified Level 4 Soul Tool Cannon and fired at her, while the observers recognized his Soul Engineer potential.

• Ma Xiaotao attacked Zhou Sichen with her Soul Skills, but Ah Da froze her Phoenix Meteor Shower with Extreme Ice while the other Soul Beasts kept her at bay.
• Ma Xiaotao’s remaining Soul Power fell below thirty percent as she struggled against Zhou Sichen’s coordinated Soul Beasts.
• Ling Luochen grew interested in Ah Da’s Extreme Ice and considered whether an Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring could evolve her own Ice Element.
• Zhou Sichen summoned a modified Level 4 Soul Tool Cannon, prompting Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er to suspect he was a high-ranking Soul Engineer.
• Zhou Sichen fired a tracking cannonball at Ma Xiaotao, who prepared to destroy it with a flick of her finger.

Zhou Sichen used his contracted Soul Beasts and modified Level 4 Soul Tools to suppress Ma Xiaotao despite their difference in rank. As Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Evil Fire threatened to erupt, Yan Shaozhe stopped the spar and helped her regain control.

• Ma Xiaotao intercepted Zhou Sichen’s first cannonball, but he assembled a Level 4 Soul Tool Cannon Platform while his three Soul Beasts kept her at bay.
• Zhou Sichen fired repeated cannon barrages, forcing Ma Xiaotao to spend nearly all her remaining Soul Power defending herself.
• Ma Xiaotao realized Zhou Sichen’s Soul Tools and Contracted Beasts consumed little of his Soul Power, and Hellfire attacked once she could no longer mount strong counterattacks.
• Ma Xiaotao’s flames changed as she neared her limit, so Yan Shaozhe knocked Hellfire away and seized her before her Phoenix Evil Fire erupted.
• Yan Shaozhe reprimanded Ma Xiaotao and used his Power of Light to calm her, while she admitted she could barely suppress the evil fire.

Zhou Sichen used his contracted Ice Jade Scorpion’s Extreme Ice to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire after it began erupting. He left her stable for about three months, though he warned that the treatment did not solve the underlying problem.

• Yan Shaozhe stopped Ma Xiaotao from drawing on her evil fire and asked Zhou Sichen to use his Ice Jade Scorpion’s Extreme Ice to help her.
• Zhou Sichen revealed that he could fuse with his contracted soul beasts, then merged with Ah Da and gained the Ice Jade Scorpion’s powers.
• Zhou Sichen used Extreme Ice to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, easing her pain and restoring her awareness.
• Zhou Sichen told Ma Xiaotao that her evil fire would remain suppressed for roughly three months but said that fully removing it was the only lasting solution.
• Yan Shaozhe thanked Zhou Sichen for helping Ma Xiaotao.

After impressing Shrek Academy’s leaders with his strength, Zhou Sichen was invited to accompany them to Sea God Pavilion. The chapter left him arriving at the academy’s revered pavilion on only his second day.

• Yan Shaozhe gave Zhou Sichen a Soul Nourishing Pill, and Zhou Sichen cultivated until his strength had fully recovered and increased.
• After Ma Xiaotao left, Zhou Sichen recalled his Contracted Soul Beasts and greeted Xuan Zi and the three deans.
• Xuan Zi praised Zhou Sichen’s talent and invited him to come along, and Zhou Sichen agreed.
• Yan Shaozhe spoke with Zhou Sichen about his grandfather, Zhou Zhenxuan, as the group crossed Sea God Island.
• Xuan Zi and the others brought Zhou Sichen to Sea God Pavilion.

Zhou Sichen was summoned to the Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En and the other elders assessed his talent, composure, and suitability for Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Mu En asking Zhou Sichen what he thought of the academy.

• Yan Shaozhe explained that the Sea God Pavilion was a central place Zhou Sichen could enter only because the academy valued him highly.
• Xuan Zi led Zhou Sichen and the deans into the Sea God Pavilion to meet Mu En and the pavilion elders.
• The elders observed Zhou Sichen’s cultivation and composure, and Mu En invited him to sit among them.
• Mu En praised Zhou Sichen’s qualities and asked whether he understood why he had been summoned.
• Zhou Sichen said the meeting was likely due to his talent and was also a test, so Mu En asked what he thought of Shrek Academy.

Zhou Sichen explained his honest impression of Shrek Academy, then demonstrated how his Book of Contracts and Contracted Soul Beasts strengthened him in a spar with Yan Shaozhe. The elders saw that even at Rank 38, Zhou Sichen could reach the power of a high-ranking Soul Emperor.

• Zhou Sichen told Mu En and the elders that his favorable impression of Shrek Academy came from what he had heard and read, rather than personal experience.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Zhou Sichen to demonstrate his Martial Soul and its fusion abilities, and Zhou Sichen requested an opponent.
• Zhou Sichen summoned the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear from his Book of Contracts and fused with Ah Da and Hellfire as he charged Yan Shaozhe.
• Zhou Sichen fused with the Darkgold Dreadclaw Bear and struck Yan Shaozhe with a Darkgold Dreadclaw, matching his strength in their clash.
• Yan Shaozhe judged Zhou Sichen's power after fusing with three Contracted Soul Beasts to be comparable to a high-ranking Soul Emperor, impressing the watching elders.

Zhou Sichen demonstrated the power of his fused soul-beast abilities while fighting Yan Shaozhe, impressing Mu En and the other elders. After Mu En ended the match, Zhou Sichen accepted three Soul Nourishing Pills from Yan Shaozhe as compensation.

• Zhou Sichen used his Ice Jade Pincer to freeze Yan Shaozhe's leg, but Yan Shaozhe shattered the ice and counterattacked with a Radiant Phoenix.
• Zhou Sichen blocked the Radiant Phoenix with his Shield of Tenacity, then dodged its weakened attack and launched a counterattack with his Darkgolden Dreadclaw and Ice Jade Pincer.
• Yan Shaozhe evaded Zhou Sichen's attack and sent him flying with a whip kick, while Zhou Sichen's Dark Gold Armor protected him from serious injury.
• Mu En stopped the fight, and Zhou Sichen bowed and said he did not hold a grudge against Yan Shaozhe.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Zhou Sichen three Soul Nourishing Pills, which Zhou Sichen accepted.

After demonstrating his strength and Soul Tool talent, Zhou Sichen entered the Golden Tree’s underground chamber to cultivate, while the Sea God Pavilion elders argued over whether he should focus on Soul Power or Soul Tools. The chapter left him immersed in cultivation and the elders still disputing which academy faction would claim his future.

• Mu En praised Zhou Sichen’s talent, then took him to the Sea God Pavilion’s underground cultivation chambers beneath the Golden Tree.
• Mu En explained that Zhou Sichen could use a room deep among the Golden Tree’s roots for deep meditation as an Inner Court Disciple.
• Zhou Sichen entered the room, sat down, and began cultivating amid the concentrated aura of light and life.
• Yan Shaozhe argued that Zhou Sichen should abandon Soul Tools and focus on cultivating his Martial Soul.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo insisted that Zhou Sichen’s Soul Tool talent must be nurtured, and Qian Duoduo accused Yan Shaozhe’s faction of taking the academy’s geniuses.

At the Sea God Pavilion Council, Mu En settled the dispute over Zhou Sichen by deciding that he could cultivate in both the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department. The council approved the arrangement, and Mu En then declared that Zhou Sichen could bring Shrek its fourth great rise.

• Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe argued over which department would take Zhou Sichen, until Elder Song reprimanded Xian Lin'er and Mu En called the council to order.
• Mu En reminded the elders that Shrek was founded to nurture exceptional talents and proposed letting Zhou Sichen continue studying both Martial Souls and Soul Tools.
• Xian Lin'er worried that pursuing both paths would overburden Zhou Sichen, but Mu En argued that the disciplines complemented each other and that Zhou Sichen should choose his path if his results declined.
• Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and the elders accepted Mu En's proposal to let Zhou Sichen cultivate both paths without pressure to choose.
• Mu En suddenly jolted, then declared that Zhou Sichen was a true monster whose presence could bring Shrek its fourth great rise.

While cultivating beneath the Golden Tree, Zhou Sichen awakened Electrolux, who shared Undead Summoning Magic guidance and asked to be called Elder Yi. Zhou Sichen then reached the level 40 bottleneck and raised his three Soul Rings to fifteen-thousand-year Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, impressing Mu En and Shrek Academy’s upper ranks.

• Zhou Sichen examined his ambitions in the Golden Tree’s Secret Chamber and recognized that he pursued power and control for his own desires.
• Electrolux awakened in Zhou Sichen’s Spiritual Sea after being nourished by life energy and shared memories of Undead Summoning Magic.
• Zhou Sichen accepted Electrolux’s guidance, and Electrolux agreed to help him as Elder Yi while his Divine Sense recovered.
• Zhou Sichen cultivated beneath the Golden Tree and raised his Soul Power from level 38 to the level 40 bottleneck.
• Zhou Sichen transformed the three purple Soul Rings around his Book of Contracts into black rings, each reaching fifteen thousand years, as Mu En watched.

After meditating beneath the Golden Tree for less than a day, Zhou Sichen reached the level 40 bottleneck and all three of his Soul Rings advanced to ten-thousand-year rank. Mu En announced that Shrek Academy would give Zhou Sichen its highest level of cultivation support, then convened the Sea God Pavilion Council to choose his Fourth Soul Ring.

• Mu En told Zhou Sichen that less than a day had passed and praised his talent and resolve.
• Zhou Sichen returned to the Sea God Pavilion with Mu En and thanked the senior elders and deans for their support.
• Mu En named Zhou Sichen a candidate for Shrek Academy's highest level of cultivation and promised support for both his Soul Tool studies and Martial Soul cultivation.
• Zhou Sichen displayed his Book of Contracts Martial Soul and three black Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking the elders and deans.
• Mu En convened the Sea God Pavilion Council to discuss Zhou Sichen's Fourth Soul Ring.

Shrek Academy’s elders discussed candidates for Zhou Sichen’s Fourth Soul Ring and sent two Super Douluo to the Star Dou Great Forest to secure one. Zhou Sichen waited at the academy, grateful for their help but mindful that he would not let Shrek’s support make him its puppet.

• Mu En and the others weighed top-tier soul beasts for Zhou Sichen’s Fourth Soul Ring, focusing on his need for a recovery ability and a soul beast around twenty thousand years old.
• Zhou Sichen said he would accept any top-tier soul beast whose abilities did not overlap with his existing powers.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi and Elder Song to go to the Star Dou Great Forest and obtain Zhou Sichen’s Fourth Soul Ring while he stayed behind to settle into the academy.
• Zhou Sichen thanked Xuan Zi and Elder Song and wished them safety, then privately rejoiced at receiving their help without having to hunt the soul beast himself.
• Yan Shaozhe asked about Zhou Sichen’s grandfather, and Zhou Sichen said his grandfather had urged him not to use personal connections at Shrek Academy.

Zhou Sichen returned to Sea God Island and spent the day with Dugu Xianmeng, while she told him about Ye Guyi’s mission and remarkable progress. The chapter left Zhou Sichen heading to the Soul Arena with Dugu Xianmeng after collecting his Inner Court uniform and supplies.

• After leaving the Sea God Pavilion, Zhou Sichen went to find Dugu Xianmeng, and she linked her arm through his as they walked to the cafeteria.
• Inner Court Disciples whispered about Zhou Sichen’s strength and the academy leaders’ interest in him, while the academy allowed the attention to test his character.
• Over a meal, Dugu Xianmeng told Zhou Sichen that Ye Guyi had left a month earlier for a Temporary Assessment Mission assigned by Elder Mu.
• Dugu Xianmeng explained that Ye Guyi was fifteen, had reached Soul Power Level 53, and had advanced rapidly through her talent, cultivation path, and the Golden Tree’s light.
• After eating, Zhou Sichen collected his Inner Court uniform and supplies, changed, and went with Dugu Xianmeng to the Soul Arena.

Mu En sent Yan Shaozhe to Tianyuan City to reconnect with an old friend and convey the academy’s intentions, while Zhou Sichen registered anonymously for Inner Court duels with a challenge open to anyone below Soul Saint. His reputation drew a crowd, including Golden Fairy Han Ruoruo, who came to watch him after hearing he had defeated Ma Xiaotao.

• Mu En told Yan Shaozhe to put aside his duties, visit Tianyuan City with gifts, and speak with his old friend on the academy’s behalf.
• Yan Shaozhe accepted Mu En’s criticism and left the Sea God Pavilion, determined to keep an eye on Zhou Sichen and Ma Xiaotao.
• Zhou Sichen registered anonymously for the Soul Dueling Arena and allowed opponents below Soul Saint to challenge him, startling the spectators.
• Zhou Sichen waited with Dugu Xianmeng as the arena filled with people eager to see his abilities.
• Han Ruoruo arrived, exchanged a smile with Zhou Sichen, and took a seat to watch the junior whose victory over Ma Xiaotao had caught her attention.