Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiao recognized Zhou Yi’s disguise and decided to expose her in front of Freshman Class One. After he revealed her wig and fake facial skin, the students saw that their fierce elderly homeroom teacher was actually a beautiful young woman.

• Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao found Wang Xiao already seated in the classroom, and he claimed he had taken a shortcut.
• Zhou Yi arrived disguised as an elderly woman and introduced herself as the class’s new homeroom teacher.
• Wang Xiao stood up despite Zhou Yi’s stern manner and told her that her wig had fallen off.
• A gust of wind blew away Zhou Yi’s white wig, revealing her glossy black hair.
• Wang Xiao pointed out the fake skin peeling from Zhou Yi’s face, exposing her youthful and beautiful appearance to the class.

After Zhou Yi’s disguise was exposed, she ordered Freshman Class One to run one hundred laps and singled out Wang Xiao. The students struggled through the exercise, while Wang Xiao carried Wang Dong around the track to keep up appearances and promised to take her to the end.

• Zhou Yi sent the class to run one hundred laps and ordered Wang Xiao to stay behind, then added another hundred laps for him after he remained silent.
• Wang Xiao joined Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and the other students at the track, where he joked about Zhou Yi’s disguise and said he intended to provoke her.
• Zhou Yi caught Wang Xiao, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao talking and warned them that they could not return to Freshman Class One unless they finished the laps.
• As the students grew exhausted and stopped running, Wang Xiao told Wang Dong that Zhou Yi might be kinder once someone earned her approval.
• After Huo Yuhao collapsed but crawled onward, Wang Xiao carried Wang Dong while running and promised to take her all the way to the end.

Wang Xiao carried Wang Dong while running and later helped exhausted Xiao Xiao, inspiring the other students to join the exercise. After the class gathered in the classroom, Zhou Yi praised their effort and unity, while Huo Yuhao remained absent in the infirmary.

• Xiao Xiao introduced herself to Wang Xiao and Wang Dong, and Wang Xiao recognized her as the girl with Twin Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao crawled until he passed out, so Zhou Yi sent two students to take him to the infirmary.
• When Xiao Xiao collapsed, Wang Xiao carried her on his back while continuing to run with Wang Dong in his arms.
• Wang Xiao's example prompted the other students to join the running exercise, and Zhou Yi grew impressed with him.
• After the students stopped and entered the classroom, Zhou Yi praised their perseverance and unity, noting that none had completed one hundred laps.

After becoming Freshman Class One’s class monitor, Wang Xiao arranged an outing with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao to Shrek City, where Xiao Xiao’s roommate A Yun joined them. The group reached the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, eager to see its rare treasures and soul bones.

• Zhou Yi praised Wang Xiao for finishing the run and appointed him class monitor of Freshman Class One.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao invited Wang Xiao to explore Shrek City, and he suggested visiting the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to look for soul bones.
• Wang Dong woke Wang Xiao for their outing, and they met Xiao Xiao and her roommate A Yun at the academy gates.
• Wang Xiao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and A Yun walked to Shrek City, where A Yun explained the city’s prosperity and the protection Shrek Academy provided.
• The group arrived at the four-story Treasure Gathering Pavilion, and Wang Dong recognized it by its sign.

Wang Xiao brought Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and A Yun to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, where Wang Dong found a soul bone she wanted but could not afford. Wang Xiao left her believing she would have to wait, while secretly planning to buy it for her as a surprise.

• Wang Xiao led Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and A Yun into the Treasure Gathering Pavilion to browse its displayed treasures.
• Wang Dong spotted a Ten Thousand Year Golden Earth Dragon King Soul Bone and decided it suited her and she wanted to buy it.
• Xiao Xiao and A Yun discovered that the soul bone cost nine million five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, far beyond Wang Dong's means.
• Wang Xiao pretended there was no way to buy the soul bone and led the group away, intending to secure it for Wang Dong without revealing his plan.
• Xiao Xiao and A Yun bought inexpensive items, while Wang Xiao found a piece of Thousand-Year Whale Rubber priced at six thousand Gold Soul Coins.

Wang Xiao recognized a black piece of Whale Rubber as ten-thousand-year quality and persuaded Wang Dong to lend him money to buy it and a Soul Tool. Wang Dong left the Treasure Gathering Pavilion with only one Gold Soul Coin, while Wang Xiao promised to provide her with food and repay her.

• Wang Xiao told Wang Dong that the black Whale Rubber was naturally black because it was over ten thousand years old, not spoiled Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Wang Xiao admitted he had fewer than a hundred Gold Soul Coins and persuaded Wang Dong to lend him six thousand to buy the Whale Rubber.
• Wang Dong agreed, and Wang Xiao pulled her close and kissed her cheek, leaving her blushing and flustered.
• Wang Xiao borrowed more money from Wang Dong to buy a Soul Tool priced at 2,999 Gold Soul Coins.
• Wang Dong left the pavilion with one Gold Soul Coin and asked Wang Xiao to repay her and make sure she had food; Wang Xiao promised to feed her well.

Wang Xiao secretly bought the soul bone Wang Dong wanted, then went to a restaurant where Tang Ya worked. He approached Tang Ya and asked if she was her name, leaving her surprised by how he knew her.

• Wang Xiao returned to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion and bought the Ten Thousand Year Golden Earth Dragon King Soul Bone for Wang Dong.
• Wang Xiao left Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and A Yun, then headed to a nearby restaurant where Tang Ya worked.
• Wang Xiao considered Tang Ya’s loneliness, family history, weak cultivation, and future fall into the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Wang Xiao ordered several dishes at the restaurant and asked the waitress if she was Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya was surprised that the masked, red-robed Wang Xiao knew her name.

Wang Xiao confronted Tang Ya with her loneliness and lack of progress, then offered to help her strengthen her martial soul and cultivate faster. Tang Ya questioned his motives after he claimed to be her boyfriend and urged her to quit her restaurant job.

• Wang Xiao told Tang Ya that her ordinary Blue Silver Grass martial soul and weak talent made restoring the Tang Sect impossible, and she reluctantly sat down to hear him out.
• Wang Xiao exposed Tang Ya's insecurity, loneliness, and guilt about Beibei repeating the year with her, causing her to break down in tears.
• Wang Xiao comforted Tang Ya as she cried, but the restaurant owner interrupted and mistook Wang Xiao for her boyfriend.
• Wang Xiao corrected the owner about Beibei and claimed that he himself was Tang Ya's boyfriend, then Tang Ya returned to work.
• After Tang Ya brought over food, Wang Xiao told her to quit her job and promised to provide for her, but she demanded to know who he was and why he wanted to help.

Wang Xiao persuaded Tang Ya to meet him at Back Mountain Grove so he could help her grow stronger and revive the Tang Sect. Afterward, he returned to the dormitory, where Wang Dong questioned him about the scent of a woman on him.

• Wang Xiao offered to make Tang Ya stronger and help her revive the Tang Sect if she trusted him.
• Tang Ya agreed to meet Wang Xiao at the entrance to Back Mountain Grove behind Shrek Academy at half past midnight.
• Tang Ya recalled her parents' murder, the Clear Sky Sect's refusal to help, and her determination to gamble on Wang Xiao's offer.
• Wang Xiao returned to the dormitory and found Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao inside.
• Wang Dong smelled Tang Ya's scent on Wang Xiao and accused him of visiting a disreputable place.
• Wang Xiao said Tang Ya had hugged him, and Wang Dong believed him but warned him not to fool around with other women.

Wang Xiao met Mu En outside the freshman dormitory, then met Tang Ya at their midnight appointment and brought her into the Botanical Garden Space Ring. The chapter ended with Tang Ya asking where she had been taken.

• Wang Xiao recognized Mu En lying beneath a tree outside the dormitory and spoke to him about loneliness.
• Wang Xiao took Wang Dong out to eat, and she questioned him about his cryptic exchange with Mu En.
• Wang Xiao met Tang Ya at the back mountain and removed his Tiger Mask, revealing that he was Wang Xiao, Huo Yuhao's classmate.
• Wang Xiao told Tang Ya he would take her somewhere and transported her into the Botanical Garden Space Ring.
• Tang Ya looked around the unfamiliar space and asked Wang Xiao where they were.

Wang Xiao brought Tang Ya into the space inside his ring and showed her the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, warning that its extreme heat and cold were dangerous to her. After giving her Aromatic Silk Beauty to protect her, he helped her reach the well and left her with pills to strengthen her before they sought her fourth soul ring.

• Wang Xiao explained that Tang Ya was inside a divine-created space and showed her the volcano, iceberg, and Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Wang Xiao warned Tang Ya that her level-thirty-three physique could not safely withstand the well’s extreme heat and cold.
• Wang Xiao gave Tang Ya Aromatic Silk Beauty, and she broke down crying as he comforted her and encouraged her to live on while pursuing revenge.
• Tang Ya consumed Aromatic Silk Beauty, then accompanied Wang Xiao to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found its extreme auras blocked by a protective barrier.
• Wang Xiao gave Tang Ya seven Leveling Pills and said she could reach level forty in about seven days before they went to the Star Dou Great Forest for her fourth soul ring.

Wang Xiao helped Tang Ya and returned to the dormitory, where Ma Xiaotao soon dragged him away to seek his help with her Evil Fire Phoenix. He realized that a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower might cure her condition, leaving him alone with Ma Xiaotao in a secluded grove.

• Wang Xiao gave Tang Ya seven Leveling Pills and warned her not to touch or eat the dangerous immortal herbs by the spring pool.
• Wang Xiao learned the Windwalk Technique, returned to Dormitory 108, and reflected on his plans to win over other students and supplant Huo Yuhao's opportunities.
• Wang Dong questioned Wang Xiao about where he had gone, then grew flustered when he looked at her before turning over to sleep.
• Ma Xiaotao burst into Dormitory 108, grabbed Wang Xiao, and dragged him away while Wang Dong chased after them.
• Ma Xiaotao brought Wang Xiao to a secluded grove, and he considered how her Evil Fire Phoenix could be cured with a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

Ma Xiaotao confronted Wang Xiao in a grove and demanded that he suppress the evil fire in her body, but he rejected her and provoked her into a fight. The chapter ended as Wang Xiao revealed a disguised Thousand Year Soul Ring, stunning Ma Xiaotao.

• Ma Xiaotao questioned Wang Xiao about how he had extinguished her evil fire and asked whether his Martial Soul had an ice attribute.
• Wang Xiao explained that an ice-attribute Soul Ring had let him suppress her fire, and Ma Xiaotao embraced him and asked him to help her again.
• Wang Xiao pushed Ma Xiaotao away, making her fall, and taunted her when she threatened to attack him.
• Ma Xiaotao released her six Soul Rings and challenged Wang Xiao, who activated a huge Purple Soul Ring disguised as a Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ma Xiaotao was shocked that Wang Xiao's first Soul Ring was Thousand Year level.

Wang Xiao revealed his enormous materialized Humanoid Martial Soul and faced Ma Xiaotao in a duel. After surviving her Phoenix Fireline and striking back, he showed that his fire control and combat ability far exceeded what his Level Eleven Soul Power suggested, while the hidden observers considered recruiting him.

• Ma Xiaotao challenged Wang Xiao to release his martial soul, and he summoned a giant, lightning-wreathed Humanoid Martial Soul with a massive Purple Soul Ring.
• Two hidden observers recognized Wang Xiao's martial soul as an unprecedented materialized Super Martial Soul and discussed recruiting him before the Spirit Engineering Department could.
• Ma Xiaotao attacked with her First Spirit Skill, Phoenix Fireline, and Wang Xiao remained seated as the flames engulfed him.
• Ma Xiaotao believed she had killed Wang Xiao, but he appeared behind her and landed three blows that sent her crashing into a tree.
• Wang Xiao taunted Ma Xiaotao and attacked with fireballs, which she dodged, while the observers realized he had fought far beyond the level expected of a Level Eleven Spirit Master.

Wang Xiao effortlessly evaded Ma Xiaotao’s attacks, then countered her fifth spirit skill and drove her to unleash her final move. He ended the exchange by absorbing her meteor flames and trapping her in his Myriad Vine Manifestation, leaving her defeat apparent.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her second, third, and fourth spirit skills, but Wang Xiao dodged every attack without using a spirit skill of his own.
• Wang Xiao taunted Ma Xiaotao, who refused to accept that a level eleven Lesser Spirit Master could defeat her and used her fifth spirit skill, Phoenix Cloud Piercer.
• Wang Xiao activated his Invincible Golden Body, repelled the Flame Phoenix, and punched Ma Xiaotao, sending her crashing to the ground and spitting blood.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized Wang Xiao’s golden body skill as resembling one possessed by Tang San and Xiao Wu, while he and Zui Xiangsi speculated that Wang Xiao might have obtained it from a soul bone.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her sixth spirit skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower, and Wang Xiao answered with Myriad Vine Manifestation, whose vines absorbed the meteors and wrapped around her until she vanished from sight.

Wang Xiao defeated Ma Xiaotao and kept her bound after she refused to admit defeat. After Yan Shaozhe and Zui Xiangsi left them alone, Wang Xiao woke from a three-hour nap and began tickling Ma Xiaotao’s bare feet.

• Wang Xiao loosened the vines enough to reveal Ma Xiaotao unharmed, but kept her limbs restrained when she refused to admit defeat.
• Yan Shaozhe and Zui Xiangsi decided not to intervene, and Yan Shaozhe said Ma Xiaotao needed to learn humility and caution.
• Wang Xiao fell asleep while Ma Xiaotao remained suspended in the vines, then woke three hours later when she called out to him.
• Wang Xiao asked Ma Xiaotao again whether she admitted defeat, and she refused.
• Wang Xiao removed Ma Xiaotao’s shoes and began tickling her feet as she screamed.

Wang Xiao forced Ma Xiaotao to submit, carried her back after she twisted her ankle, and later encountered the hidden Mu En at Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with Wang Xiao openly identifying Mu En and giving him his own name.

• Wang Xiao tickled Ma Xiaotao until she shouted that she submitted, then demanded she call him Brother Xiao Xiao before carrying her back.
• Wang Xiao's Rose Martial Soul wrapped around him and Ma Xiaotao, and they both fainted; when Ma Xiaotao woke later, her ankle had healed and she felt drawn to Wang Xiao.
• Wang Xiao returned to Shrek Academy in the evening and found the frail old man beneath a tree.
• Wang Xiao told Mu En that he knew about his waist injury and identified him as the former strongest expert, then introduced himself as Wang Xiao.

Wang Xiao teased Wang Dong until she accidentally laughed in her female voice, then accompanied her to buy Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish. At the academy gate, he saw Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi, leaving him to witness their arrival and the students’ gossip about Xu Sanshi pursuing her.

• Wang Xiao told Mu En he could heal his back, but Mu En doubted that anyone could do so.
• Wang Xiao tickled Wang Dong until her laugh revealed her female voice, then let her change the subject by asking to buy grilled fish.
• Wang Xiao and Wang Dong went to Huo Yuhao’s stall, where Huo Yuhao explained that he was selling fish to cover his living expenses.
• Wang Xiao noticed Jiang Nannan arriving with Xu Sanshi and heard students discuss her beauty and Xu Sanshi’s persistent pursuit of her.

Wang Xiao intervened when Xu Sanshi harassed Jiang Nannan while she queued for Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, earning her gratitude and the support of the watching students. Xu Sanshi held back from confronting him in front of Jiang Nannan, while Wang Xiao waited for a chance to teach him a lesson.

• Wang Xiao gave Huo Yuhao a Profound Water Pill in exchange for extra grilled fish.
• Jiang Nannan joined the queue for grilled fish, and Xu Sanshi stood behind her and stared at her.
• Wang Xiao stepped between Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi, then openly condemned Xu Sanshi’s harassment.
• The students backed Wang Xiao and criticized Xu Sanshi, who restrained himself but planned to settle the score later.
• Wang Xiao considered using a Dragon Whisker Needle against Xu Sanshi if he made a move.

Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish stall drew a crowd, and Wang Xiao watched as Xu Sanshi’s attempt to seize a fish triggered a confrontation with Beibei. Wang Xiao secretly lodged Dragon Whisker Needles in Xu Sanshi and left with the fish, while Jiang Nannan went away empty-handed and was approached by Wang Xiao.

• Students praised Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, and Jiang Nannan tried to bargain before agreeing to buy one, only to be told the remaining fish were reserved.
• Xu Sanshi tossed a coin onto the grill and tried to snatch a fish, but Huo Yuhao took the remaining four away first.
• Xu Sanshi kicked Huo Yuhao, and Beibei intervened by shooting three Dragon Whisker Needles into Xu Sanshi.
• Wang Xiao secretly fired more Dragon Whisker Needles into Xu Sanshi, leaving thirty lodged in his body without his noticing.
• Huo Yuhao gave Wang Xiao the four fish, and Wang Xiao handed two each to Wang Dong and himself while refusing Huo Yuhao’s payment.
• Jiang Nannan left without a fish, and Wang Xiao approached her holding two grilled fish.