Chapter Summaries

Chen Junting, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao discussed the Tang Sect’s decline and Huo Yuhao’s hopes of attending Shrek Academy. At the Nine Treasures Pavilion, Chen Junting laid out a plan for Huo Yuhao to reach the admission requirement before registration closed.

• Beibei and Tang Ya said goodbye to Chen Junting and the others outside Shrek City, and the group headed to the Nine Treasures Pavilion.
• Ning Tian explained that the Tang Sect had declined because it failed to adapt, and Huo Yuhao praised the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s strength.
• Ning Tian revealed that the sect had a Shrek Academy admission slot that required no exam, but Chen Junting warned Huo Yuhao that he could face suspicion if he used it.
• Chen Junting advised Huo Yuhao to take his remaining Profound Water Pills and reach level fifteen before registration closed.
• Huo Yuhao was amazed by the Nine Treasures Pavilion’s riches, and Chen Junting warned him to take the Millennium Whale Rubber away from women because it was an aphrodisiac.
• Chen Junting sent Wu Feng to help Huo Yuhao eat and strengthen his body while he and Ning Tian went elsewhere.

Chen Junting used Electrolux’s power to completely purify the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife. The knife revealed its true form as the Gold of Life, while Chen Junting asked Electrolux to leave its Fierce Aura behind.

• Chen Junting opened the Soul Sealing Soul Guidance Device and prepared to purify the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife after two and a half years of gradual cleansing.
• Chen Junting used his Dark Golden Dreadclaw, blood energy, and Seven Kills Sword to resist the knife’s cold force and Fierce Aura until Electrolux awakened.
• Electrolux told Chen Junting that the knife could stabilize his Divine Sense and agreed to remove its evil thoughts and curse.
• Chen Junting asked Electrolux to preserve the Fierce Aura so he could try to combine it with the Seven Kills Sword’s killing intent.
• Electrolux unleashed gray spiritual power that became holy white, purified the knife, and revealed the Gold of Life.

Electrolux regained his memories and used the Gold of Life to transform Chen Junting, who later accompanied Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao to Shrek Academy. After Huo Yuhao chose to study both Soul Master and Soul Engineer paths, the group headed to register at the Martial Soul Department.

• Electrolux absorbed vitality from the Gold of Life, remembered that he was the Holy Necromancer, and asked Chen Junting to call him Elder Yi.
• Electrolux used the Gold of Life to strengthen Chen Junting’s body and Sea of Spirit, breaking through to Rank 34, then returned the sphere containing the Fierce Aura before leaving.
• Ning Tian checked that Chen Junting was safe, and several days later she, Chen Junting, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao arrived at Shrek Academy’s admissions gate.
• The admissions disciple confirmed the four students’ ages, recommendation letters, and Soul Power levels, then welcomed them into the academy.
• Chen Junting asked Huo Yuhao whether he wanted to become a Soul Engineer or a Soul Master, and Huo Yuhao chose both.
• The four headed to the white Teaching Building to register, with Chen Junting planning to show Huo Yuhao the Soul Engineer Department afterward.

Chen Junting and the other freshmen arrived at Shrek Academy, where he met his new roommate, Dugu Xin, a descendant of Dugu Bo whose poisonous Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul had driven away previous roommates. Chen Junting chose to stay with him, while privately wondering whether the Dugu Clan could lead him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Chen Junting noticed Wang Dong was missing from Freshman Class One's roster, while a pink-haired young man registered after Huo Yuhao and headed to the dormitory.
• At the dormitory entrance, Wu Feng complained about Shrek Academy, and Chen Junting recognized the sleeping Dormitory Manager as Mu En; the group apologized before going inside.
• Chen Junting left Huo Yuhao at Dormitory 171 and found Dugu Xin cultivating in Dormitory 161, where the smell of snake venom lingered.
• Dugu Xin expected Chen Junting to move out because of his poisonous Martial Soul, but Chen Junting accepted him as a roommate and introduced himself.
• Dugu Xin told Chen Junting he had come to Shrek to find a way to fix his Martial Soul's flaws and would leave if he failed within a year; Chen Junting wondered whether the Dugu Clan knew the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's location.

Chen Junting intervened as Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's dormitory dispute escalated into a confrontation with Wu Feng, then considered whether God King Tang had arranged for the two roommates to meet. The fight ended with Wang Dong admitting defeat and Huo Yuhao leaving with Chen Junting and the others.

• Chen Junting left Dugu Xin in Dormitory 161 and went to investigate the commotion outside.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock against Wang Dong, who avoided the attack with her Light Goddess Butterfly Martial Soul.
• Wu Feng attacked Wang Dong to defend Huo Yuhao, but Chen Junting used his aura to stop the confrontation.
• Chen Junting speculated that God King Tang had ensured Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong would become roommates while other parts of Huo Yuhao's future could still change.
• Wang Dong admitted she had lost, and Huo Yuhao left with Chen Junting, Wu Feng, and the others.

Chen Junting, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao visited Shrek Academy’s Soul Engineer Department so Huo Yuhao could begin studying soul engineering. They met He Caitou and Dean of Instruction Fan Yu, who considered Huo Yuhao’s plan to study both disciplines.

• Chen Junting said he would take Huo Yuhao to the Soul Engineer Department and help him find guidance so he could become a Level One Soul Engineer that academic year.
• The four students reached the department’s teaching building, found the Teaching Area, and asked He Caitou for help.
• He Caitou brought them to his Teacher, Fan Yu, the Soul Engineer Department’s Dean of Instruction.
• Chen Junting explained that Huo Yuhao wanted to study both disciplines, and Fan Yu examined Huo Yuhao without refusing the request.

Fan Yu showed Huo Yuhao and the others the Soul Tool testing area, where Chen Junting examined Soul Guidance Arrays and components. After speaking with Electrolux about Magic Runes, Chen Junting conceived an Array Formation that could draw on Heaven and Earth Elemental Energy, and decided to try it.

• Fan Yu recognized Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Eye Martial Soul, then led the group to the Soul Guidance Device Testing Area.
• He Caitou showed Huo Yuhao the Soul Tool workshop while Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Chen Junting looked around.
• Chen Junting examined a Soul Tool component and wondered whether Soul Guidance Arrays could be combined with Magic Runes.
• Electrolux appeared in Chen Junting's Sea of Spirit, explained Magic Runes, and compared them with Soul Guidance Arrays.
• Chen Junting realized that patterns drawing on Heaven and Earth Elemental Energy could form an Array Formation, and resolved to explore the idea.

Chen Junting, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao visited the Soul Guidance Device Testing Area, where He Caitou demonstrated the power of a Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon. They later gathered by Sea God Lake for Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, while Chen Junting and Ning Tian discussed the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda’s possible link to an Immortal Herb.

• Chen Junting arrived as He Caitou tested a Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon with Huo Yuhao’s assistance, and Fan Yu invited Huo Yuhao to learn to make Soul Tools.
• Chen Junting reassured Wu Feng that she could combine Soul Tools with her own abilities, and Wu Feng joked that she would commission Huo Yuhao to make her a huge blade.
• Wu Feng suggested eating Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, so the group went to Sea God Lake with fish and seasonings she had prepared.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian discussed a possible connection between an Immortal Herb obtained by Ning Rongrong and Dugu Bo, and Ning Tian resolved to secure any relevant clues for her sect.
• Wu Feng began eating the grilled fish and offered a piece to Ning Tian before a familiar voice remarked that it smelled delicious.

Tang Ya introduced Jiang Nannan to Chen Junting and the others over Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, then Xu Sanshi appeared and was rejected by Jiang Nannan. After Jiang Nannan left, Tang Ya explained their relationship, and Xu Sanshi argued with her.

• Tang Ya found Huo Yuhao grilling fish and asked Wu Feng if she could have some.
• Jiang Nannan arrived, accepted grilled fish, and was introduced as a talented Outer Academy Core Disciple from a commoner family.
• Chen Junting sensed someone hiding nearby and threw a bamboo skewer, which Xu Sanshi caught as he emerged.
• Jiang Nannan coldly told Xu Sanshi there was no possibility between them and left with Tang Ya.
• Tang Ya told the others that Xu Sanshi was devoted to Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi argued with her after she said she might have accepted him if she had not had Beibei.
• Wu Feng called Xu Sanshi a pathetic simp, and the others agreed.

Chen Junting fought Xu Sanshi in the Soul Fighting Arena after stopping him from striking Wu Feng, and defeated the Fifth Year student with his Seven Kills Sword. He revealed the name of his finishing technique, leaving the crowd astonished by the new student's strength.

• Chen Junting stopped Xu Sanshi from attacking Wu Feng and accepted his challenge to fight in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Ning Tian scolded Wu Feng, while Beibei explained that Xu Sanshi's Profound Nether Turtle was an exceptionally powerful defensive Martial Soul.
• Chen Junting and Xu Sanshi began their match, and Chen Junting's Sword Qi broke through Xu Sanshi's defenses and trapped him in the Profound Nether Shield Array.
• Chen Junting broke the Shield Array and used Heavy Sword Without Edge to shatter Xu Sanshi's shield and injure his right arm, winning the match.
• Chen Junting gave Xu Sanshi a healing pill and named his technique the Seven Kills Sword Art, First Sword: Heavy Sword Without Edge.

After defeating Xu Sanshi, Chen Junting helped Dugu Xin connect with his new classmates and joined Freshman Class Nine. Their teacher, Mu Jin, appointed Chen Junting as class monitor.

• Chen Junting accepted Beibei's praise after defeating Xu Sanshi, and Beibei explained that Xu Sanshi lost his temper over Jiang Nannan.
• Chen Junting asked Huo Yuhao for grilled fish to fulfill his promise to Dugu Xin.
• Chen Junting introduced Dugu Xin to Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong, whose acceptance eased Dugu Xin's guardedness.
• The six students entered Freshman Class Nine together and drew their classmates' attention, while Ning Tian linked her arm with Chen Junting's.
• Mu Jin warned the class to prove themselves in the Freshman Assessment and named Chen Junting Class Nine's monitor.

Mu Jin brought Class Nine to the Soul Guidance Device Testing Area to assess the students with newly built instruments, after appointing Ning Tian as Class Monitor. The testing was about to begin as the students received forms measuring their abilities.

• Chen Junting declined Mu Jin's offer to become Class Monitor and recommended Ning Tian, whom Mu Jin appointed instead.
• Mu Jin arranged for Chen Junting to handle challenges to Ning Tian's position, and the freshmen backed down.
• Mu Jin led Class Nine away from the occupied square and took them to the Soul Guidance Device Testing Area.
• Ning Tian and Chen Junting explained that Soul Guidance Testing Instruments could assess students, while Wang Dong expressed disdain for Soul Tools.
• He Caitou welcomed Mu Jin and Class Nine, and Fan Yu confirmed that he had completed the testing instruments before leaving after clarifying that he and Mu Jin were only colleagues.
• Mu Jin distributed forms for paired tests of strength and physical toughness, while many students focused on her exchange with Fan Yu.

Chen Junting impressed the students and Mu Jin with his level-ten strength and ability to endure level-fifty Soul Power pressure. After the tests ended, he asked Electrolux for a way to cultivate mental strength and received a Meditation Method, which Electrolux allowed him to share; Chen Junting planned to offer it to his sect at a suitable time.

• Wu Feng and Ning Tian discussed Mu Jin's feelings for Fan Yu while the students waited for their tests.
• Chen Junting struck the Strength Soul Guidance Instrument and earned a level-ten result, astonishing He Caitou and the others.
• During Mu Jin's physical-strength test, Chen Junting endured Soul Power pressure until it reached level fifty, exceeding her expectations.
• After the tests ended, Chen Junting entered his Sea of Spirit and asked Electrolux how to improve his mental strength.
• Electrolux taught Chen Junting a Meditation Method and permitted him to share it, and Chen Junting said he intended to give it to his sect when the time was right.

Mu Jin shared her new students’ records with Wang Yan, whose discovery that Dugu Xin possessed the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul led him to seek Xuan Zi’s help. Xuan Zi revealed the Dugu Clan’s poison doomed its members to short lives and dismissed Wang Yan’s hopes of saving the boy, leaving him wondering if the clan’s curse was truly hopeless.

• Mu Jin welcomed Wang Yan, who asked to study her students’ Martial Souls after she finished compiling their records.
• Mu Jin showed Wang Yan her most talented students’ profiles, and he became alarmed when he saw Dugu Xin’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.
• Wang Yan hurried to Sea God Lake and told Xuan Zi about Dugu Xin, hoping to find a way to save him.
• Xuan Zi explained that the Dugu Clan’s poison worsened with cultivation and that its members generally lived no longer than twenty-five.
• Xuan Zi advised Wang Yan to tell Dugu Xin to return home and leave an heir, while Wang Yan wondered whether any hope remained.

Huo Yuhao and Chen Junting used Soul Tools to create a classroom Mimetic Cultivation Ground, surprising Wang Dong and impressing Mu Jin. Later, Mu Jin summoned Dugu Xin to her office, and he returned to the dormitory claiming he was fine despite looking troubled.

• Chen Junting asked Mu Jin if the students could build a Mimetic Cultivation Ground in the classroom, and she agreed.
• Chen Junting and the others set up four Soul Tools, including Huo Yuhao's spiritual pendant, and their cultivation speed exceeded that of the other students.
• Wang Dong reacted with surprise to the Soul Tools, while Mu Jin recognized their potential to change the students' attitudes toward them.
• After class, Mu Jin returned and called Dugu Xin to her office, leaving Chen Junting and Ning Tian wondering whether his poison or an Immortal Herb was involved.
• Dugu Xin returned to the dormitory looking bitter, and after Chen Junting offered help, he said he was fine.

Mu Jin used a practical combat class to assess Class Nine’s skills, reaction speed, and battle experience by having students challenge Boss Chen. Wang Dong lost their first match, and Mu Jin sent Gao Ming up next with a Soul Guidance Ray Gun.

• Mu Jin explained the class’s assessment and chose Wang Dong to face Boss Chen first.
• Wang Dong fought with her Light Goddess Butterfly and used her first and second Soul Skills, but Boss Chen countered her attacks with the Seven Kills Sword and sent Sword Qi toward her.
• Mu Jin stopped Boss Chen’s final attack, while Ye Ye healed Wang Dong with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Mu Jin told Gao Ming, an Auxiliary Soul Master, to use a Soul Guidance Ray Gun and test his combat skills against Boss Chen.
• Boss Chen rushed at Gao Ming, who saw a flash of cold light.

Chen Junting won Class Nine’s final endurance test and received the highest ratings in every category, while Mu Jin learned about rival freshmen Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Xie Huanyue. In the following days, Class Nine trained intensely, and Chen Junting shared Electrolux’s spiritual-power Meditation Method with Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao, whose Spiritual Detection range grew to fifty meters.

• Chen Junting defeated Wu Feng using only his First Soul Skill, ending Class Nine’s practical battle.
• Mu Jin tested Class Nine’s endurance with weighted running under a Gravity-enhancing Soul Skill, and Chen Junting was the last student still moving.
• Teacher Zhao told Mu Jin about Xie Huanyue of Class Two and Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu of Class Five, prompting her to consider their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Chen Junting received the highest evaluation in all six categories and shared his superior herb packets with his companions.
• Mu Jin began targeted combat training, while Chen Junting gave Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao Electrolux’s spiritual-power Meditation Method.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection range increased to fifty meters after he practiced the Meditation Method.

Chen Junting prepared for the Freshman Assessment after three months of cultivation and training, then learned how Shrek Academy would assign students to classes and assess them. Mu Jin began forming the groups, starting with Chen Junting.

• Chen Junting returned from the Sea of Spirit, where Electrolux had taught him, and headed to class with Dugu Xin on the day groups were to be formed.
• Chen Junting discussed recruiting promising students for the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect with Ning Tian, while Wang Dong revealed he had chosen the Control System to stay with Huo Yuhao.
• Mu Jin distributed forms and explained the cultivation classes, the Round Robin and Elimination Tournament, and the option of taking the Soul Engineer Department's assessment.
• After the students chose their cultivation directions, Mu Jin began forming the assessment groups and announced, "Group One: Chen Junting..."

Mu Jin assigned the students to teams for the Freshman Assessment and warned them about the powerful Soul Elder teams they would face. Chen Junting’s group decided to seek training from Senior Brother Beibei and the others before the assessment began.

• Mu Jin announced the team assignments, placing Chen Junting, Qin Lan, and Gao Ming together and Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yuner in another group.
• Mu Jin told Chen Junting to bring back the championship and required Ning Tian’s team to finish in the top three, then revealed that Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu could use the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yuhao, Dugu Xin, and Wang Dong met Chen Junting’s group outside, where Wu Feng teased Wang Dong before they discussed preparing for the assessment.
• Chen Junting proposed having Senior Brother Beibei and the others train the teams, and Ning Tian agreed.

Chen Junting assembled a team for training and arranged a sparring match between the Shrek students and the Nine Treasures Pavilion group. As the match turned against Tang Ya, he advised Beibei that her Blue Silver Grass would be better suited to a vitality-focused path than poison, leaving Beibei conflicted about telling her.

• Chen Junting recruited Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and Xu Sanshi for training, and Jiang Nannan accepted a thousand Gold Soul Coins to join them.
• Chen Junting's group began sparring against Huo Yuhao's team while Beibei examined the Soul-Restricting Tool and learned that its gemstone could be destroyed by a burst of Soul Power.
• Qin Lan described his Ethereal Ghost Leopard abilities, Gao Ming explained his Ruyi Plate's support auras, and Chen Junting shared information about his Seven Kills Sword.
• Dugu Xin used his poison to suppress Tang Ya's Blue Silver Grass during the match, leaving Beibei worried about her chances.
• Chen Junting told Beibei that Blue Silver Grass should develop through plant-type Soul Rings and vitality rather than poison, and Beibei struggled with whether to tell Tang Ya.