Chapter Summaries

Du Weilun changed the advancement assessment for the entire Outer Academy into a class assessment, and second-year Class One learned that they would face a difficult team trial. The students prepared for the individual selection while Dai Huabin and Huo Yuhao each focused on Chen Junting and their own chance to settle old scores.

• Du Weilun revised the second-year advancement assessment into a class assessment, and Yan Shaozhe approved it before extending the model to every Outer Academy grade.
• Chen Junting returned to Class One, where he and Cao Jinxuan discussed the students who had left after joining the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Dai Huabin, now a Soul Ancestor after absorbing a Soul Bone and a six-thousand-year soul ring, watched Chen Junting with hostility, while Huo Yuhao also watched Dai Huabin and sought revenge.
• Wang Yan and Mu Jin told Class One that the advancement assessment would involve all four second-year classes selecting twenty-eight candidates for a team trial.
• Wang Yan explained that the teams would protect their badges in the Soul Beast Forest for two hours while facing soul beasts and Inner Academy students; students were told to prepare for the individual assessment that afternoon.

Chen Junting dominated the individual assessment and proposed reshaping the special assessment teams so Huo Yuhao could use Spiritual Detection to help them evade pursuit. Chen Junting’s real plan was more ambitious than protecting his team: he intended to defeat all seven Inner Academy students one by one.

• Chen Junting defeated a ten-thousand-year wind baboon in two moves and earned full marks, while Huo Yuhao revealed his second martial soul and gained dual Core Disciple status.
• Wang Yan announced that soul tools would be allowed in the special assessment and suggested placing the seven strongest students together while the other teams acted as bait.
• Chen Junting asked to remove Huo Yuhao from his team so Huo Yuhao could lead another team, use Spiritual Detection to help it evade pursuit, and reunite with the strongest team.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated his Spiritual Detection to the students, winning their agreement to Chen Junting’s proposal.
• Chen Junting explained that he did not actually intend to settle for a seventy-percent completion rate, and Huo Yuhao realized they planned to defeat all seven Inner Academy students one by one.

Chen Junting’s group ambushed Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo during the Soul Beast Forest trial, and Chen Junting began a duel with Chen Zifeng. The other Inner Academy students had split up to hunt the Outer Academy groups while worrying about Ma Xiaotao joining the main team and displacing Wang Lian.

• Dai Yueheng told the Inner Academy students that this year’s Second Grade included three Soul Ancestors and students with the Seven Kills Sword and Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Souls.
• Xixi said Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire problem seemed resolved, prompting the group to realize Wang Lian might lose his main-team position and Dai Yueheng might lose the captaincy.
• After receiving word that the Outer Academy students had started moving, Dai Yueheng split the seven Inner Academy students into four groups to pursue them.
• Chen Junting sensed Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo approaching, so Ning Tian placed Soul Tools around the area and the group hid.
• Chen Junting’s group triggered the Soul Tool ambush and attacked; Wang Dong and Dai Huabin struck Gongyang Mo while Chen Junting blocked Chen Zifeng’s Soul Chasing Sword.
• Chen Zifeng introduced his Soul Chasing Sword, Chen Junting named his Seven Kills Sword, and the two swords clashed again.

Chen Junting’s team defeated Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo through coordinated attacks and Soul Tools, then learned information about their teammates. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao’s group turned the tables on Xixi and Wang Lian, trapping Xixi in an Electric Net.

• Ning Tian boosted Chen Junting, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Dai Huabin as they combined their attacks to wound Chen Zifeng and knock away his Soul Chasing Sword.
• Chen Junting defeated Chen Zifeng and took his Inner Court Badge, while the captured Gongyang Mo had already lost his badge.
• Chen Zifeng and Gongyang Mo revealed what they knew about their teammates after Chen Junting warned them they would not want to be the only ones embarrassed.
• Zhao Gang observed the juniors’ victory and reconsidered the threat posed by Soul Tools.
• Huo Yuhao’s group encountered Xixi and Wang Lian, but Huo Yuhao’s hidden plan trapped Xixi in a contracting Electric Net.

Chen Junting’s group ambushed Wang Lian and Xixi, using Soul Tools and coordinated attacks to defeat the two Inner Academy seniors. After earning 28 points, they faced a stronger arrival whose golden-white pillar destroyed Chen Junting’s sword wave, while a sudden ice attack trapped three members of the group.

• Chen Junting and the others sprang their prepared ambush, cutting off Wang Lian’s Soul Guidance Ray Guns and restraining him with coordinated attacks.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Shock on Xixi, and Wu Feng struck her with a flame-wreathed dragon claw amplified by Ning Tian.
• Chen Junting shattered Wang Lian’s defensive Soul Guidance Shield and attacked the newcomers with Sword Domain Raging Waves and Six Paths Sword Qi.
• Chen Junting’s group collected the two seniors’ badges, bringing their score to 28 points.
• A golden-white pillar destroyed Chen Junting’s sword wave, and Dai Huabin recognized the possible arrival of his elder brother.
• An ice attack raised Ice Prisons around the group, trapping three weaker members inside.

Chen Junting’s team used Ning Tian’s illusion and coordinated attacks to eliminate Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan, then trapped Dai Yueheng as the match reached its two-hour limit. A golden feather dispersed Chen Junting’s killing intent, and he declared the fight over.

• Dai Yueheng, Yao Haoxuan, and Ling Luochen confronted Chen Junting’s team, but Ning Tian cast Space of Illusion to disrupt them and connect her allies’ minds.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu used Hell White Tiger to attack Dai Yueheng while Xiao Xiao and Cao Jinxuan slowed him, and Huo Yuhao froze Ling Luochen so Chen Junting could eliminate her.
• Chen Junting and his allies overwhelmed Yao Haoxuan, while Dai Yueheng broke Hell White Tiger and tore open the illusion.
• Ning Tian used two Invincible Barriers to protect herself and trap Dai Yueheng, as Chen Junting unleashed his Seven Kills Sword Momentum.
• A golden feather dispersed Chen Junting’s killing intent, and he announced that the two-hour fight was over.

After Tang Ya was eliminated from the assessment, Chen Junting urged Beibei to focus on building strength as the answer to the Tang Sect’s problems. The chapter ended with Chen Junting receiving an invitation to the Gathering Treasure Pavilion’s Treasure Appreciation Fair and wondering what Shrek Academy would offer there.

• The Second Grade earned 27 points by defeating five Inner Academy seniors, while Tang Ya was eliminated and planned to leave Shrek City for Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Junting told Beibei that strength was essential to the Tang Sect’s future, and Beibei considered persuading Tang Ya to stay.
• Yan Shaozhe reprimanded six Inner Academy students for losing to the Second Grade, and Gongyang Mo and Xixi suggested taking Soul Tools seriously.
• Qian Duoduo celebrated the Soul Tools’ role in the assessment and hurried to seek support for the Soul Engineer Department.
• A representative of the Gathering Treasure Pavilion invited Chen Junting to its Treasure Appreciation Fair, and he wondered what Shrek Academy would present.

Chen Junting and Ning Tian attended the Treasure Appreciation Fair at the Gathering Treasure Pavilion, where they bought a gemstone-type soul bone for the Nine Treasures Pavilion. They encountered Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Wu Feng looking at another soul bone, and Chen Junting offered Wang Dong money to buy it before an unfamiliar voice interrupted.

• Wang Dong separated Huo Yuhao from Chen Junting and Ning Tian so the pair could attend the fair alone.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian explored Shrek City together and arrived at the Gathering Treasure Pavilion.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian received black cards granting them one million Gold Soul Coins in credit and a twenty-five percent discount.
• Chen Junting bought the gemstone-type soul bone Ning Tian had spotted and arranged for it to be sent to the Nine Treasures Pavilion.
• Chen Junting met Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Wu Feng examining a Golden Radiance Soul Bone, then offered Wang Dong his Black Gold Card so she could buy it.
• A sly-sounding voice behind them asked whether Wang Dong was really worried that Chen Junting would not have enough money.

Chen Junting and Ning Tian visited the Gathering Treasure Pavilion, where they decided to buy a Golden Ancient Tree Branch and several other treasures. Watching them, Mu En resolved to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting and change how Shrek Academy was governed.

• Xu Sanshi said Beibei and Jiang Nannan had agreed to help Xiao Ya and Mother Jiang, and Jiang Nannan surprised everyone by greeting him warmly.
• Wang Dong led the group to a Golden Ancient Tree Branch, and Chen Junting and Ning Tian decided to buy it for its life and light attributes and research potential.
• Lin Huiqun questioned Mu En about selling the branch, and he explained that Shrek should secure allies and remember its purpose as an academy.
• Mu En told Lin Huiqun to convene a Sea God Pavilion Meeting so they could replace reliance on a single Sea-Stabilizing Needle with an enduring system.
• Wang Dong learned how wealthy the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's members were and blushed when Ning Tian joked that she could join too.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian bought the branch, Soul Bones, research materials, and other treasures in a transaction exceeding forty million Gold Soul Coins.

Chen Junting and Electrolux extracted the Sea God's Light from the Golden Ancient Tree Branch, and Electrolux used it to nourish Chen Junting's Sea of Spirit and Eye of Life. Later, Chen Junting went to Mu Jin's office and found five other Core Disciples gathered there, leaving the reason for their meeting about to be revealed.

• Chen Junting let Electrolux possess his body and draw the Sea God's Light from the Golden Ancient Tree Branch.
• Electrolux bound the Sea God's Light and began analyzing its power while sharing its insight with Chen Junting.
• Chen Junting used the Gold of Life to preserve the branch's remaining life after it wilted.
• Ning Tian told Chen Junting that Mu Jin wanted to see him, and he went to her office after lunch.
• Chen Junting arrived at Mu Jin's office and found Wu Feng, Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu gathered there.

Mu Jin told Chen Junting and his classmates to prepare for the Core Disciple Selection Competition, while Beibei and the others speculated that its seven winners would become a reserve team for the upcoming Soul Master Tournament. Tang Ya overheard their talk and briefly felt bitter about her own prospects before hiding her feelings and returning to help serve dinner.

• Mu Jin informed Chen Junting, Dai Huabin, Huo Yuhao, and their classmates that they would compete for seven places in the Core Disciple Selection Competition in three days.
• Beibei hosted Chen Junting and the others for dinner at Tang Ya's new home, and he explained that Tang Ya had reheated restaurant food to make it seem as though she had cooked it herself.
• Wu Feng made Wang Dong call her Big Sister, then Ning Tian suggested that the competition's age limit and seven places might relate to the upcoming Soul Master Tournament.
• Chen Junting guessed that the seven selected students would form a reserve team, while Inner Academy students would make up the main team.
• Tang Ya overheard the conversation, felt bitter about her own cultivation prospects, then concealed her sadness and went to help Jiang Nannan carry the dishes.

Chen Junting prepared to forge a true Formation Artifact and Formation Pattern Soul Guidance Device while the Core Disciples gathered for the selection tournament. Xuan Zi explained the rules, and the Grand Melee began with all twenty-three students still on the field.

• Chen Junting used Electrolux's help to study the Golden Ancient Tree Branch's patterns and gathered metal materials with help from Wang Dong and Wu Feng.
• Wang Yan summoned Class One's Core Disciples to the Soul Fighting Zone, where Ning Tian and Xie Huanyue joined their group and the other years' contestants arrived.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou greeted Chen Junting, who considered how his allies might divide the seven available spots.
• Xuan Zi arrived, received respectful greetings from the teachers, and led the twenty-three Core Disciples into the arena.
• Xuan Zi ordered the students to fight until only seven remained, then called for the Grand Melee to begin.

Chen Junting and his teammates overwhelmed the Core Disciples in a one-minute battle, leaving nine people on the arena. They stopped fighting despite the rule that only seven would be ultimate winners, and Jiang Nannan worried about whether that would count.

• Ning Tian revealed her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and enhanced six teammates, while Jiang Nannan eliminated an opponent behind Xu Sanshi's defense.
• Chen Junting stopped an attacker from reaching Ning Tian, and Xuan Zi eliminated the fourth-year student.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu transformed into the Hell White Tiger, but Wu Feng, Huo Yuhao, and Chen Junting broke their fusion skill and Xuan Zi removed them from the arena.
• Chen Junting unleashed a torrent of swords as Huo Yuhao shared his Spiritual Detection with the team, and the others joined in to eliminate nearly everyone else.
• Xu Sanshi announced that the team had won in one minute, but Jiang Nannan asked whether the nine remaining contestants needed to fight until only seven were left.

Xuan Zi selected seven students from the nine finalists for Shrek’s Reserve Team, leaving He Caitou and Wu Feng out. Chen Junting argued that the two remaining students could serve as rotation members, and Xuan Zi postponed his decision until their first training session.

• Xuan Zi ordered the eliminated students to leave and kept the nine finalists to choose seven Reserve Team members.
• Xuan Zi named seven students, leaving He Caitou and Wu Feng unselected, while Huo Yuhao tried to comfort He Caitou.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian asked Xuan Zi to make an exception, and Chen Junting proposed keeping the two as rotation members.
• Xuan Zi told the nine to keep the Reserve Team secret and said he would decide about rotation members at their first weekly training session.

After Chen Junting asked Xuan Zi to let additional students join the Soul Duelling Competition, Mu En approved the request and considered the risks surrounding the Sun Moon Empire’s proposal to include sects. The chapter ended with Mu En worrying about how long his body would last and hoping Lexuan would mature before his death.

• Chen Junting explained that including Little Feng and Senior Student He in the Soul Duelling Competition was worth the risk of Xuan Zi’s displeasure.
• Xu Sanshi teased Jiang Nannan, who kicked him, and Beibei invited everyone to celebrate the Reserve Team selection at his house.
• Xuan Zi reported Chen Junting’s request to Mu En, who approved it because the competition had no limit on participants.
• Mu En told Xuan Zi that the Sun Moon Empire wanted to add sects to the next Soul Duelling Competition and might use it to prepare for a future war.
• Xuan Zi left to prepare specialties for training, while Mu En worried about his remaining time and hoped Lexuan would mature.

Chen Junting and the other Reserve Team members reunited with the Main Team for joint preparation ahead of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Duelling Competition. Xuan Zi explained that the reserves might compete this year, leaving both teams to learn one another’s abilities with only ten days remaining.

• Xuan Zi approved Chen Junting’s proposal and put He Caitou and Wu Feng into weekly special training alongside the seven Reserve Team members.
• The nine endured brutal combat training, then fought Xuan Zi and displayed powerful techniques that impressed him.
• Chen Junting and the others met the Main Team at the Soul Fighting Zone and exchanged greetings and conversations about their abilities.
• Dai Yueheng told Beibei, He Caitou, and Xu Sanshi that Ma Xiaotao’s return had displaced Wang Lian and made Ma Xiaotao captain, revealing tension within the Main Team.
• Xuan Zi said the competition was ten days away and that the Reserve Team might enter matches against weaker academies for training.

Chen Junting’s Reserve Team and the Inner Academy seniors introduced their martial souls and cultivation before Elder Xuan arranged a training match between teams led by Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng. Dai Yueheng chose Ning Tian and Gongyang Mo, while Ma Xiaotao chose Huo Yuhao; Chen Junting then urged Dai Yueheng to select Ling Luochen despite her vulnerability to Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice.

• He Caitou introduced himself as a rank 41 Food System Soul Master and Class Four Soul Engineer, surprising the Inner Academy seniors with his Cigar martial soul and supportive skills.
• Chen Junting, Ning Tian, and the rest of the Reserve Team introduced their cultivation and martial souls, and the Inner Academy seniors shared their own.
• Elder Xuan assigned a friendly match, excluded He Caitou and Wu Feng, and had Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng alternately choose teammates.
• Dai Yueheng picked Ning Tian and Gongyang Mo, while Ma Xiaotao chose Yao Haoxuan and Huo Yuhao.
• Dai Yueheng selected Chen Junting, and Chen Junting advised him to pick Ling Luochen even though Huo Yuhao’s Ultimate Ice could suppress her martial soul.

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng selected their teams for a Soul Fighting Arena battle, and Chen Junting devised a plan to split the fight into one-on-ones. Dai Yueheng’s team divided the arena with sword barriers, but the battle grew dangerous for Ma Xiaotao’s side as Chen Junting and the others pressed their advantages.

• Xuan Zi assigned Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng their teams and set the punishment for the losing side.
• Chen Junting proposed splitting the battle into individual fights, and Dai Yueheng’s team planned matchups using their auxiliary Soul Masters and soul tools.
• Dai Yueheng and Ma Xiaotao clashed as Ning Tian’s illusion disrupted Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection and Chen Junting’s sword attack divided the arena into five zones.
• Xixi attacked Wang Dong, while Jiang Nannan stepped in to protect him, and Beibei blocked Xu Sanshi from crossing the barrier.
• Huo Yuhao tried to reach Wang Dong, but Chen Junting intercepted him and warned him against getting distracted before launching Thirteen Strings in a Cup.

Chen Junting’s team overwhelmed the opposing fighters and won the match. Huo Yuhao was rescued after Chen Junting’s Sword Qi nearly defeated him, while Ma Xiaotao was left alone and forced to concede.

• Chen Junting’s Sword Qi broke through Huo Yuhao’s defenses, but Xuan Zi rescued Huo Yuhao and purged the killing intent from his body.
• Yao Haoxuan told Huo Yuhao that Ling Luochеn had eliminated him after Ning Tian’s illusion separated the fighters.
• Chen Junting defeated Chen Zifeng in a sword duel, and Chen Zifeng acknowledged his loss before leaving the arena.
• Chen Junting learned that Xu Sanshi, Beibei, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong had been eliminated, leaving Ma Xiaotao as the opposing team’s last fighter.
• Chen Junting dispersed the Sword Qi barrier, and Ling Luochеn weakened Ma Xiaotao with Ice Mist Chill until Ma Xiaotao conceded.

Xuan Zi led the teams through a final round of sparring and announced their departure for Star Luo City, then explained the Shrek Monitoring Group to the Outer Academy students. The group learned that Inner Academy students had sacrificed themselves while acting against evildoers, and set out with a new understanding of the academy’s mission.

• Xuan Zi gave the students two hours to recover, then arranged a second sparring match in which He Caitou and Wu Feng took part; each team won one round.
• Xuan Zi appointed Chen Junting captain and Beibei vice-captain of the Reserve Team, then ordered everyone to gather early the next morning for the trip to Star Luo City.
• Chen Junting gave Ning Tian a pair of improved Formation Pattern Soul Guidance Device bracelets, which she activated and wore.
• The eighteen travelers left Shrek Academy in the morning, and Xuan Zi stopped shortly after leaving Shrek City to address the nine Outer Academy students.
• Xuan Zi revealed the Shrek Monitoring Group and explained that some Inner Academy disciples had been unable to graduate because they died carrying out its mission.