Chapter Summaries

After cultivating with Ma Xiaotao, Chen Feng advanced the Yin-Yang Art to its first layer and realized that she could greatly speed up his cultivation. Meanwhile, Xu Sanshi told Bei Bei that he had seen Tang Ya walking with Chen Feng, leaving Bei Bei angry and the two friends plotting together.

• Chen Feng returned to his dormitory, reviewed his cultivation with Ma Xiaotao, and found that her assistance had doubled his cultivation speed.
• The trace of Yin Energy from Ma Xiaotao helped Chen Feng reach the first layer of the Yin-Yang Art, Yin-Yang Attraction.
• Xu Sanshi went to Bei Bei's dormitory and told him he had seen Tang Ya walking with Chen Feng near Sea God Lake.
• Bei Bei recognized Chen Feng as the man he had met before and grew furious, though he insisted Tang Ya had only taken a walk with him.
• Xu Sanshi teased Bei Bei about Tang Ya changing her affections, then the two friends began whispering together.

Chen Feng resumed cultivating a Self-Created Soul Skill, trying to fuse his Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and Blade Intent. As his Blade Intent grew more terrifying, Wu Yue fled the dormitory, while Chen Feng continued edging toward success.

• Wu Yue returned to the dormitory, admired Chen Feng's diligence, then abandoned his own cultivation and left to visit friends.
• Ma Xiaotao washed and folded Chen Feng's clothes, stored them in her Storage Soul Tool, and began cultivating now that her Evil Fire no longer troubled her.
• Chen Feng tried to cultivate a Self-Created Soul Skill again, combining his Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and intent after his cultivation had advanced.
• Chen Feng repeatedly failed and tried again, gradually making his Soul Power and Spiritual Power merge more harmoniously with his Blade Intent.
• Wu Yue returned, felt overwhelmed by Chen Feng's domineering Blade Intent, and fled to a hotel in Shrek City.
• An old man in gray robes watched from a recliner at the Dormitory Building entrance, golden light flickering in his eyes.

Chen Feng perfected his Blade Intent into a Self-Created Soul Skill during seven days of cultivation, attracting Mu En’s attention as a possible successor to protect Shrek Academy. After recovering from his exhaustion, Chen Feng headed to the opening day with Wu Yue, while Mu Jin prepared to teach his Freshman Class Nine.

• Mu En reviewed Chen Feng’s background and decided he could be nurtured, then considered him alongside Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Bei Bei as a potential heir to his Dragon Core.
• Chen Feng merged his Spiritual Power, Soul Power, and intent into a personal Soul Skill, then used the Soul Breaking Blade to carve a deep gully in the cultivation room floor.
• Chen Feng returned to the dormitory exhausted, stopped Wu Yue from fussing over him, and went to sleep under the watch of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• On Shrek Academy’s opening day, Chen Feng and Wu Yue put on their new-student uniforms and set out for class.
• Mu Jin reviewed the Freshman Class Nine roster, including Chen Feng, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, and headed to the teaching building, determined to compete with Zhou Yi.

After refusing Wu Yue and his friends’ attempts to win his favor, Chen Feng ate at Shrek Academy’s canteen with Wu Yue and went to Freshman Class Nine. His arrival drew the class’s attention, including that of Ning Tian, Nanmen Yun’er, and Wu Feng.

• Chen Feng declined Wu Yue and his friends’ offers to pay for his meals, while Wu Yue decided to follow him anyway.
• Chen Feng and Wu Yue ate premium dishes at the canteen, where Chen Feng noted how quickly the expense could drain his savings.
• Chen Feng and Wu Yue arrived at Freshman Class Nine and entered the classroom despite the good seats already being taken.
• The students reacted to Chen Feng’s appearance, and Nanmen Yun’er asked Wu Feng what she thought of him.
• Wu Feng called Chen Feng merely all right, prompting Nanmen Yun’er to question her standards and Ning Tian to regard her uncertainly.

Mu Jin warned Class Nine about the Freshman Assessment and appointed Chen Feng class monitor because of his Soul Elder cultivation. Chen Feng challenged every male student to fight him at once, leaving the class furious and the female students impressed.

• Mu Jin introduced herself as Class Nine’s homeroom teacher and warned that Shrek Academy would eliminate more than half of the new students in the Freshman Assessment.
• Mu Jin named Chen Feng class monitor after announcing that he had the highest cultivation in the class and was already a Soul Elder.
• Chen Feng rejected the idea of facing challengers one by one and invited all the male students to fight him together.
• Mu Jin tried to restore order, but Chen Feng said no one his age could match him without forcing him to use his full strength.
• Several male students insisted that they wanted to fight Chen Feng.

Mu Jin took Freshman Class Nine to the Soul Battle Zone for practical combat, where Chen Feng prepared to face every male student in the class alone. As the boys arranged themselves against him, the referees learned that the match was one against many.

• Mu Jin changed the class to practical combat and led the students to the Soul Battle Zone.
• Chen Feng escaped the girls crowding around him while the male students vowed to defeat him, and Nanmen Yun'er worried about his chances.
• Wu Feng told Ning Tian that even a Soul Elder would struggle against so many skilled students, while Ning Tian trusted Chen Feng's confidence.
• Wu Yue, Xiao Shan, and the other nonparticipants stayed in the stands and predicted that Chen Feng would prove his strength.
• Chen Feng faced the male students as they arranged a formation, and Mu Jin told the two referees that he would fight them all alone.

Chen Feng faced more than forty male students of Freshman Class Nine in a spar and revealed a powerful Blade Intent that shocked the referees and Mu Jin. After the students rallied and launched a coordinated ranged attack, Chen Feng vanished and reappeared in the middle of their formation.

• Mu Jin confirmed Chen Feng was her class's Class Monitor, and the referees agreed to oversee the one-against-forty match.
• Chen Feng unleashed his Blade Intent, frightening the male students and astonishing Mu Jin, the referees, and the spectators.
• A Soul Grandmaster student rallied Class Nine, and their support Soul Masters strengthened the group as nearly thirty students attacked Chen Feng with ranged Soul Skills.
• Chen Feng charged into the incoming attacks and vanished just before they struck him.
• Chen Feng reappeared in the middle of the male students' formation.

Chen Feng used his Void Blade illusion, Teleportation, and Blade Intent to defeat Freshman Class Nine’s forty-odd male students by himself. After the referee declared him the winner, Chen Feng recovered in the stands while Ning Tian and Nanmen Yun'er eyed each other over their feelings for him.

• Chen Feng misled the male students with an illusion, then charged past their control skills and attacked the Support System Soul Masters.
• Chen Feng knocked out the Support System Soul Masters with punches infused with Blade Intent, then challenged the remaining male students.
• Chen Feng evaded the students’ attacks with Teleportation and false images, defeating them one by one until the last student fainted before his punch landed.
• The referee declared Chen Feng the winner, and the crowd cheered as Mu Jin arranged for Elder Wang to treat the fallen students.
• Chen Feng meditated in the stands to recover his Soul Power while Ning Tian watched him and exchanged a tense look with Nanmen Yun'er.

Chen Feng completed his first day of practical training at Shrek Academy, drawing admiration from his classmates and attention from several girls. As he left the teaching building that evening, an unexpected woman appeared and smiled warmly at him.

• After Chen Feng recovered his Soul Power, his classmates praised him for defeating the Class Nine boys, and Mu Jin began the class's practical matches.
• Ning Tian sat beside Chen Feng, and after Wu Feng and Nanmen Yun'er fought, the three girls joined him in conversation.
• Chen Feng ate with Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Nanmen Yun'er, then returned to the dormitory and told Wu Yue to cultivate properly.
• That afternoon, Chen Feng attracted attention from girls around the academy while Mu Jin observed the students' matches and prepared for the Freshman Assessment.
• As Chen Feng left the teaching building beneath the moonlight, he saw an aloof woman whose expression softened into a smile when she noticed him.

Ling Luochen found Chen Feng, admired his self-created soul skill, and took him away from the academy to relax. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao started selling Tang Ya’s grilled fish outside Shrek East City Gate, and his first batch quickly sold out.

• Ling Luochen reproached Chen Feng for not visiting her, then learned he had been cultivating a Self-Created Soul Skill and became interested.
• Ling Luochen grabbed Chen Feng’s hand and led him away, saying she would show him around Shrek and help him relax.
• Tang Ya brought Huo Yuhao to Shrek East City Gate and told him to sell grilled Green Fish for five copper coins each.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eyes to control the grilling, and a student in purple bought a fish and devoured it.
• Other students queued up and bought the remaining three fish from Huo Yuhao’s first batch.

Jiang Nannan rejected Xu Sanshi after he seized Huo Yuhao’s last two grilled fish, and Xu Sanshi then insulted Chen Feng and Ling Luochen. Chen Feng challenged him to a Soul Battle Arena match for five thousand Gold Soul Coins, and Xu Sanshi accepted.

• Jiang Nannan and her friends approached Huo Yuhao’s stall, where she asked about the grilled fish.
• Xu Sanshi rushed in, grabbed the last two fish, and offered them to Jiang Nannan, who told him to stop following her.
• Ling Luochen laughed at Xu Sanshi, and he turned his anger toward her and Chen Feng.
• Chen Feng challenged Xu Sanshi to a Soul Battle Arena fight, offering five thousand Gold Soul Coins as the wager.
• Xu Sanshi accepted the challenge and headed for the Soul Battle Arena with Chen Feng.

After Xu Sanshi challenged Chen Feng to a soul battle, word spread through Shrek Academy and drew a growing crowd to the Soul Battle Arena. Huo Yuhao and Tang Ya joined the spectators as students from every year hurried to see the duel.

• Xu Sanshi took Huo Yuhao's grilled fish and accepted Chen Feng's challenge, then headed with him to the Soul Battle Arena.
• Tang Ya learned Xu Sanshi had taken her fish and that Chen Feng was fighting him, then hurried to watch.
• Huo Yuhao pocketed the Gold Soul Coin Xu Sanshi had tossed him, packed his stall, and followed Tang Ya to the arena despite the admission fee.
• The dormitory broadcast announced the duel, prompting new students—including Dai Huabin—and upper-year students to head for the Soul Battle Zone.
• Bei Bei broke through level forty while cultivating, then heard the announcement and went to watch the match.
• The stands filled with nearly a thousand spectators, and students arriving from the East Gate spread word of Chen Feng and Xu Sanshi's wager.

Chen Feng and Xu Sanshi prepared to settle their dispute in the Soul Battle Zone, where a large crowd gathered to watch. As the match began, Xu Sanshi realized Bei Bei had badly underestimated Chen Feng’s power.

• Students debated whether Chen Feng or Xu Sanshi would win and placed bets on the match.
• Bei Bei visited Xu Sanshi and offered to cover part of his debt, then learned how their challenge had started.
• Bei Bei warned Xu Sanshi that Chen Feng had defeated more than forty classmates and advised him to beware of Chen Feng’s skills.
• Chen Feng and Xu Sanshi entered the arena before a packed crowd and released their Martial Souls.
• Chen Feng unleashed terrifying Blade Intent, leaving Xu Sanshi to wonder how outdated Bei Bei’s information was.

Chen Feng struck Xu Sanshi with a powerful Blade Glow, forcing back the Shrek defender despite his enhanced shield. As Xu Sanshi regained confidence, Chen Feng charged with Blade Sharpening active and vanished just before reaching him.

• Chen Feng fused his Blade Intent into the Soul Breaking Blade and sent a black Blade Glow at Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi activated the Power of the Profound Nether and braced his enlarged shield, but Chen Feng's attack drove him backward several meters.
• Bei Bei and the students in the stands reacted with shock, while Dai Huabin abandoned his claim to being the strongest new student.
• Chen Feng considered the strike a preliminary attack and decided to fight seriously at close range.
• Chen Feng activated Blade Sharpening and charged Xu Sanshi; when they were ten meters apart, Chen Feng vanished.

Chen Feng overwhelmed Xu Sanshi until the pressure shattered the seal on Xu Sanshi's Martial Soul, awakening his Black Tortoise Shield. Chen Feng then revealed his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion form and froze Xu Sanshi, leaving their renewed fight about to begin.

• Xu Sanshi used Profound Nether Shock and Profound Nether Shield Array, but Chen Feng cut through both defenses with repeated strikes from the Soul Breaking Blade.
• As Chen Feng's blade lights threatened to defeat him, Xu Sanshi shattered the seal on his Martial Soul and awakened the Black Tortoise Shield.
• Xu Sanshi empowered himself with the Black Tortoise bloodline and expanded Power of the Profound Nether into an embryonic water domain, astonishing the spectators.
• Chen Feng said he would get more serious and unleashed Ultimate Ice, freezing Xu Sanshi before revealing his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion armor.
• Xu Sanshi broke free of the ice, and Chen Feng announced that the second round had begun.

Chen Feng defeated Xu Sanshi by splitting his Black Tortoise Shield with a powerful blade strike, but Xuan Zi intervened before the attack could kill him. After Chen Feng was declared the winner, Xuan Zi praised him at a Sea God Pavilion meeting as a genius who surpassed Mu En in his youth.

• Chen Feng revealed his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul and combined its power with his Soul Breaking Blade to attack Xu Sanshi.
• Xu Sanshi used the Black Tortoise Roar and an enlarged Black Tortoise Shield to meet Chen Feng’s strike, but Chen Feng’s blade split the shield and severely injured him.
• Xuan Zi caught Chen Feng’s blade light and saved Xu Sanshi, who then lost consciousness.
• The referee declared Chen Feng the winner, and the crowd celebrated as Bei Bei worried about how he could catch up.
• Chen Feng escaped the crowd with Ling Luochen and resumed their outing while Xu Sanshi was taken to the infirmary.
• At the Sea God Pavilion meeting, Xuan Zi praised Chen Feng as even more outstanding than Mu En had been in his youth.

At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Xuan Zi described Chen Feng’s extraordinary abilities, leaving the elders astonished and Mu En convinced the boy’s talent surpassed his own. The meeting continued after tensions between Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe were checked.

• Xuan Zi identified Chen Feng as a newly enrolled student, and Mu En recognized him as the youth who had created a Soul Skill of his own.
• Xuan Zi recounted how Chen Feng defeated Xu Sanshi and emphasized his Twin Martial Souls, Ultimate Ice Martial Soul, and Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Yan Shaozhe expressed disbelief at Chen Feng’s gifts, while Xian Lin'er mocked him and Qian Duoduo joined in.
• Cai Mei'er defended Yan Shaozhe’s astonishment, prompting Xian Lin'er to become angry until an old woman ordered her to stop making a scene.
• Mu En quieted the elders and told Xuan Zi to continue.

The Sea God Pavilion Elders discussed how to recruit and nurture Chen Feng, agreeing that Shrek Academy needed to act quickly. Meanwhile, Ling Luochen toured Shrek City with Chen Feng and invited him to stay with her after the dormitory gates closed.

• Elder Xuan praised Chen Feng's extraordinary twin martial souls and Mu En agreed that his talent was unparalleled.
• Mu En led the Sea God Pavilion Elders in discussing how Shrek Academy should nurture Chen Feng and secure his loyalty.
• Xian Lin'er urged caution, but Mu En told her that Shrek needed to recruit Chen Feng before another faction did.
• Ling Luochen accompanied Chen Feng on a nighttime tour of Shrek City and grew increasingly shy around him.
• Ling Luochen invited Chen Feng to find somewhere to stay with her because the dormitory gates were closing.

Ling Luochen took Chen Feng to the luxurious Weisi Hotel, claiming they would stay there because the dormitory was closed. Xixi saw them together and mistakenly assumed Chen Feng was Ling Luochen’s boyfriend.

• Ling Luochen invited Chen Feng to spend the night with her at a hotel in Shrek City, and he agreed.
• Ling Luochen led Chen Feng into the lavish Weisi Hotel and ordered a superior room and a meal.
• The hotel manager recognized Ling Luochen and arranged her usual Blue Flower Sea Room on the third floor.
• Xixi entered the lobby, noticed Ling Luochen going upstairs with Chen Feng, and grew curious about the unfamiliar student.
• Chen Feng sensed Xixi watching, briefly met her gaze, and continued upstairs with Ling Luochen.
• Xixi assumed Chen Feng was Ling Luochen’s handsome junior boyfriend and imagined the pair were secretly fooling around.

Chen Feng and Ling Luochen shared a luxurious suite, where Ling Luochen tried to seduce him into cultivating together. As their cultivation began, Chen Feng pulled her into his embrace and suggested they take it a step further.

• Chen Feng and Ling Luochen ate and drank together in the Blue Flower Sea Room.
• Ling Luochen bathed while plotting to win Chen Feng's affection, and Chen Feng waited outside in meditation.
• After bathing, Ling Luochen urged Chen Feng to cultivate with her because their ice attributes could help them improve faster.
• Chen Feng and Ling Luochen sat facing each other and began circulating their Soul Power, strengthening Ling Luochen's Ice Element Martial Soul.
• Chen Feng pulled Ling Luochen into his embrace and told her they could take their cultivation a step further.