Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao’s team lost to Ning Tian’s team in the round-robin stage, costing Zhou Yi a bet with Mu Jin over a Soul Bone. In the first elimination round, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao drew Chen Feng’s team and entered the arena expecting a difficult fight.

• Ning Tian’s Second Soul Skill removed Huo Yuhao’s Weakness effect, and Wu Feng and Zhang Mengmeng helped defeat Huo Yuhao’s team.
• Zhou Yi and Mu Jin bet a Soul Bone on their teams’ match, with Yan Shaozhe witnessing the wager.
• Wu Feng knocked Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao out of the arena, giving Mu Jin the victory and leaving Zhou Yi furious.
• Zhou Yi left the platform, apparently heading to the Soul Tool Department to find Fan Yu.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao drew Chen Feng’s team in the first elimination round, and Wang Dong urged her teammates to fight.

Chen Feng’s team faced Huo Yuhao’s team in the academy assessment, and his Level 39 strength stunned the students and teachers. Wang Dong attacked with her Light of the Butterfly God, but Chen Feng froze her in place as Huo Yuhao fought Wu Yue with Tang Sect techniques and hidden weapons.

• Chen Feng introduced himself as a Level 39 Assault System Soul Elder, shocking Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and the proctor.
• After both teams revealed their martial souls, Wu Yue chose Huo Yuhao and Nanmen Yun'er chose Xiao Xiao, while Chen Feng took Wang Dong as his opponent.
• Mu Jin taunted Zhou Yi over the matchup and proposed another bet, but Zhou Yi refused to engage and left the stands.
• Wang Dong unleashed Light of the Butterfly God at Wu Yue and Nanmen Yun'er as they charged past her toward Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.
• Chen Feng caught and shattered Wang Dong’s light attacks, then froze her in midair before she could escape.
• Wu Yue attacked Huo Yuhao, who used Purple Demon Eyes and Mysterious Jade Hands before unleashing Celestial Maiden Scattering Flowers with hidden weapons.

Chen Feng's team defeated Huo Yuhao's team in the New Student assessment and advanced, leaving Wang Dong soaked after Chen Feng thawed her from the ice. After Zhou Yi scolded the defeated students, teacher Wang Yan approached Huo Yuhao, recognized his Spirit Eyes as a body Martial Soul, and hurried away in excitement.

• Wu Yue defeated Huo Yuhao, and Nanmen Yun'er defeated Xiao Xiao after Wang Dong had already been frozen by Chen Feng, allowing Chen Feng's team to advance to the top thirty-two.
• Chen Feng thawed Wang Dong and lent her a coat, while his team left to rest before their afternoon match.
• Zhou Yi summoned Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to her office, scolded them, and sent them back to rest.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao left Huo Yuhao behind as they returned to their dormitories, while Huo Yuhao planned to resume selling grilled fish.
• Wang Yan stopped Huo Yuhao, confirmed that his Spirit Eyes were a spiritual-attribute Martial Soul, and excitedly asked whether he belonged to the Body Sect.
• After Huo Yuhao denied knowing about the Body Sect, Wang Yan called him a valuable discovery and hurried off, telling him he would visit later.

Wang Dong worried that Chen Feng had discovered she was a girl and went to confront him while he trained. After Chen Feng denied knowing, he threw her out of the training room, and Wang Dong left convinced her secret was safe as he resumed cultivating.

• Wang Dong realized her wet uniform had revealed her identity and went looking for Chen Feng to ask what he had seen.
• Chen Feng trained alone with the Soul Breaking Blade, trying to combine its Origin Power with his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul, but the powers clashed.
• Wang Dong persuaded a Teacher to lead her to Chen Feng's private training room by claiming they were good friends and that he had offered to guide her cultivation.
• Wang Dong asked Chen Feng whether he had seen her secret during the match and why he had given her a coat; Chen Feng pretended not to know and told her to leave.
• Chen Feng grabbed Wang Dong and threw her out of the training room, and she left believing he had not discovered she was a girl.

Chen Feng’s team faced Dai Huabin’s team in the freshman assessment final, and Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unleashed their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Chen Feng readied his Soul Breaking Blade to face the enormous tiger, leaving the battle poised to begin.

• Ning Tian conceded to Chen Feng in the semifinals, while Dai Huabin defeated Xie Hanyue and advanced to the final.
• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun discussed Chen Feng’s strength and the threat of Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The final began with Chen Feng’s team facing Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie across the expanded arena.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger and challenged Chen Feng to defeat them.
• Chen Feng raised his Soul Breaking Blade as pitch-black Blade Qi cut through the arena, and he declared that the Hell White Tiger was no match for him.

Chen Feng defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger with one slash, securing the Freshman Assessment championship for his team. The next morning, Du Weilun announced the final rankings and rewards, while Wu Yue snapped back at students who mocked him for coasting to victory.

• Chen Feng unleashed his Soul Breaking Blade Intent and destroyed Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger with one slash, leaving Dai Huabin kneeling and Zhu Lu unconscious.
• Cui Yajie conceded, and the referee declared Chen Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Wu Yue the champions; Dai Huabin then fainted.
• Ning Tian’s team defeated Xie Huanyue’s team in the battle for third place, completing the assessment rankings.
• The next morning, Du Weilun announced Ning Tian’s team in third place, Dai Huabin’s team in second, and Chen Feng’s team as champions.
• When students criticized Wu Yue for coasting to the championship, Wu Yue retorted that luck was part of strength.

Chen Feng's team received the New Student Assessment championship reward, and Chen Feng kept the Soul Bone after Wu Yue and Nanmen Yun'er declined their shares. The freshmen were assigned to classes, where Chen Feng became Class One's monitor and Zhou Yi immediately threw Wu Yue out of Class Two.

• Du Weilun announced the assessment rewards and named Chen Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Wu Yue's team as champions, then listed the official and temporary core disciples.
• Shrek Academy assigned the freshmen to four classes and appointed Mu Jin and Wang Yan as Class One's teachers and Zhou Yi as Class Two's teacher.
• Du Weilun gave Chen Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Wu Yue a thousand-year Left Leg Bone, and Wu Yue and Nanmen Yun'er insisted that Chen Feng keep it.
• Chen Feng became Class One's monitor, while Wu Yue joined Class Two and questioned Zhou Yi's punishment for students who stood up too slowly.
• Zhou Yi grabbed Wu Yue by his clothes and flung him out of the classroom.

Mu Jin confronted Zhou Yi over her harsh treatment of students, and the two teachers fought until Chen Feng stepped in. Chen Feng defeated Zhou Yi in a direct clash, leaving the students and Mu Jin stunned.

• Mu Jin caught a Freshman Class Nine student thrown from Zhou Yi's classroom and went inside to challenge Zhou Yi for punishing her former students.
• Zhou Yi threw Nanmen Yun'er out of the classroom, then struck Mu Jin after their argument escalated into a fight.
• Chen Feng arrived, pulled Mu Jin out of danger, and challenged Zhou Yi when she threatened him.
• Zhou Yi attacked Chen Feng, but his Soul Breaking Blade Intent battered her spirit and overwhelmed her Soul Power techniques.
• Chen Feng knocked Zhou Yi through desks and chairs, stunning Mu Jin and the students watching outside.

Chen Feng defeated Zhou Yi in a duel after she challenged him for humiliating her, leaving Shrek Academy’s leaders to confront her over her conduct. Yan Shaozhe announced that Zhou Yi had abused her position and would be dealt with.

• After Chen Feng knocked Zhou Yi down in class, she revealed her six Spirit Rings and challenged him to fight outside, while Mu Jin and many students followed them to the training field.
• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun watched from above and chose to observe the duel, with Yan Shaozhe confident Chen Feng would not be harmed.
• Zhou Yi attacked with her Silver Blade and Soul Skills, but Chen Feng crushed her Blade Qi, evaded her Sixth Soul Skill with Teleportation, and held his Soul Breaking Blade to her neck.
• Chen Feng mocked Zhou Yi’s blade technique, while Mu Jin, the students, and the Academy leaders were shocked by how quickly he had defeated her.
• Yan Shaozhe and Du Weilun intervened, and Yan Shaozhe accused Zhou Yi of abusing her authority, punishing students over personal grudges, and attacking Mu Jin and Chen Feng.

Yan Shaozhe dismissed Zhou Yi after students exposed her misconduct, and Chen Feng returned to class before heading toward Sea God Island to fuse his reward Soul Bone. Ning Tian offered to help Wu Feng pursue Chen Feng and build a connection with the future leader of Shrek Academy.

• Zhou Yi defended her actions and called for Chen Feng's expulsion, but students contradicted her account and described her punishments and attack on Mu Jin.
• Yan Shaozhe dismissed Zhou Yi from her homeroom role and teaching duties, appointed Wang Yan to cover Class Two, and told Du Weilun to warn Fan Yu about her conduct.
• Yan Shaozhe checked that Chen Feng had not fused with his assessment reward, and Chen Feng reassured him before returning to class.
• Chen Feng sat beside Wu Feng in Class One, where Ning Tian noticed Wu Feng's growing affection for him and considered using it to connect her sect with Chen Feng.
• After class, Chen Feng headed toward Sea God Island to fuse with the Ethereal Demon Leopard Left Leg Bone, while Ning Tian told Wu Feng she would help her pursue him with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect's support.

After refining the new students assessment’s soul bone, Chen Feng broke through to rank forty and sought a fourth soul ring. Yan Shaozhe arranged a Star Dou Great Forest expedition led by Xuan Zi, who warned the group that he would not intervene unless their lives were in danger.

• Chen Feng refined the thousand-year Ethereal Demon Leopard Left Leg Bone and absorbed its Soul Power Essence, breaking through to rank forty.
• Ma Xiaotao noticed Chen Feng’s breakthrough and accompanied him to Yan Shaozhe to request help obtaining a fourth soul ring.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged for Chen Feng to travel with Wu Ming and several other students, with Xuan Zi leading the expedition alongside auxiliary teachers.
• Yan Shaozhe told Chen Feng that he could transfer to the Inner Courtyard after returning with his soul ring, while Ma Xiaotao was ordered to stay behind.
• Xuan Zi arrived with Zhang Lexuan and told the group to follow her orders, adding that he would only act in a life-or-death crisis.

Zhang Lexuan led Chen Feng and the other Shrek students into the Star Dou Great Forest to find their fourth or seventh soul rings. As the team traveled, Wu Ming grew increasingly attracted to Chen Feng but reminded herself that Ma Xiaotao liked him.

• Zhang Lexuan, Wu Ming, Jiang Nannan, Jiang Shuiyun, Sun Jian, Zhang Yan, and Chen Feng introduced themselves and stated their martial souls and cultivation levels.
• Zhang Lexuan revealed that she was a Level 82 Soul Douluo, and Chen Feng demonstrated his powerful Soul Power after Zhang Yan questioned his Level 40 cultivation.
• After checking their supplies, the group set off with Zhang Lexuan leading and Wu Ming guarding the rear beside Chen Feng.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group straight toward the Star Dou Great Forest, slowing down to accommodate the less powerful students.
• Chen Feng and Wu Ming chatted during the journey, and Wu Ming found herself increasingly impressed by him.
• Wu Ming silently urged herself to stay composed because Ma Xiaotao liked Chen Feng.

Chen Feng’s group entered the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Zone to find soul beasts for Jiang Nannan and the others, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress learned that Chen Feng had reached Rank 40. After Chen Feng killed a Ghost Tiger and the group found suitable soul beasts, five black-robed figures appeared near seven frightened Soul Masters.

• Wu Ming asked Chen Feng whether he had any brothers or cousins, then fell silent after learning he was an only child.
• Zhang Lexuan led the group into the Mixed Zone and assigned Wu Ming to guard the rear while Chen Feng protected the middle.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress woke in Chen Feng’s Sea of Spirit, discovered his Rank 40 cultivation, and Sky Dream began searching for a suitable Fourth Soul Ring.
• Chen Feng killed a five-thousand-year Ghost Tiger with a single Blade Glow as the group advanced through the Mixed Zone.
• Zhang Lexuan’s group found suitable soul beasts for Jiang Nannan, Jiang Shuiyun, Sun Jian, Zhang Yan, and the others before night fell.
• Five black-robed figures confronted seven Soul Masters twenty kilometers away and discussed extracting their souls.

Myriad Souls and the other Evil Soul Masters turned seven murdered Soul Masters into Resentful Spirits, while Chen Feng’s group left the Star Dou Great Forest to rest. That night, Wu Ming asked Chen Feng to cultivate with her, discovering that his Ultimate Ice greatly accelerated her cultivation.

• Myriad Souls converted the seven victims’ souls into Resentful Spirits for his Myriad Souls Banner while the other Evil Soul Masters divided up their remains.
• Zhang Lexuan led Chen Feng and the others out of the Star Dou Great Forest and chose a safe place to camp for the night.
• Zhang Lexuan went to rest, leaving Chen Feng and Wu Ming to keep watch while Xuan Zi secretly guarded the group nearby.
• Wu Ming asked Chen Feng to cultivate with her, and they circulated their Soul Power together using his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul.
• Wu Ming found that cultivating with Chen Feng increased her cultivation speed by at least thirty percent.

Wu Ming struggled with her attraction to Chen Feng as Zhang Lexuan led them into the Star Dou Great Forest Core Zone to find soul rings. They encountered a suitable Ancestral Flame Sparrow for Wu Ming and a soul beast for Chen Feng, while a hungry three-eyed soul beast left the Lake of Life with a three-headed Ferocious Beast following it.

• Wu Ming resisted thoughts of pursuing Chen Feng, then cultivated with him through the night and continued to feel drawn to him the next morning.
• Jiang Shuiyun, Jiang Nannan, Sun Jian, and Zhang Yan departed for Shrek Academy, while Zhang Lexuan, Chen Feng, and Wu Ming continued toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhang Lexuan learned that Chen Feng's physique could support a Thirty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and agreed to find him one in the Core Zone.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm located soul beasts for Chen Feng and Wu Ming, and the group encountered a forty-thousand-year Ancestral Flame Sparrow suited to Wu Ming.
• The Ancestral Flame Sparrow attacked, and Zhang Lexuan used her sixth soul skill to crush its flames and strike it.
• At the Lake of Life, a hungry three-eyed soul beast awakened and left the Land of Great Danger, followed by a three-headed Ferocious Beast.

Chen Feng and Zhang Lexuan helped Wu Ming secure the Ancestral Flame Sparrow’s soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. Wu Ming began absorbing it, while Zhang Lexuan questioned Chen Feng about Wu Ming’s feelings and his relationship with Ma Xiaotao.

• The wounded Ancestral Flame Sparrow tried to flee, but Chen Feng Teleported behind it and endured its Blazing Flame Burst with Ice Emperor’s Protection.
• Chen Feng combined the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul with the Soul Breaking Blade to sever the Ancestral Flame Sparrow’s wing and spine, leaving it helpless.
• Wu Ming caught Chen Feng as he fell, then killed the resisting Ancestral Flame Sparrow and watched its black soul ring appear.
• Zhang Lexuan told Wu Ming to absorb the soul ring while she and Chen Feng stood guard; Chen Feng concealed their figures and auras with Void Blade.
• Zhang Lexuan told Chen Feng that Wu Ming seemed to like him and reminded him that he already had Ma Xiaotao; Chen Feng promised not to make Ma Xiaotao sad and said he would handle Wu Ming properly.

Wu Ming became a Soul Saint, and Chen Feng absorbed a thirty-thousand-year Golden Odd Beast Soul Ring, reaching Level 42 and gaining a strengthening skill. He then discovered and began absorbing a rare External Soul Bone as a golden lion-like beast chased an ape through the forest and five black-robed Soul Masters entered the Core Zone.

• Wu Ming absorbed the Ancestral Flame Sparrow's Soul Ring and became a Soul Saint, but found no Soul Bone in its remains.
• Following Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's guidance, Chen Feng and the others found and defeated a thirty-thousand-year Golden Odd Beast.
• Chen Feng absorbed the Golden Odd Beast's Soul Ring, reached Level 42, and gained the Fourth Soul Skill Golden Odd Transformation.
• Chen Feng found a golden wing-shaped External Soul Bone in the Golden Odd Beast's remains and began absorbing it.
• A golden lion-like Soul Beast chased an ape-like Soul Beast through the forest while five black-robed Soul Masters entered the Core Zone.

After absorbing the Golden Wings External Soul Bone, Chen Feng and his companions encountered the Imperial Auspicious Beast Three-Eyed Golden Lion and its guardian, Scarlet King, in the Star Dou Great Forest. Xuan Zi intervened against Scarlet King, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion noticed Chen Feng before leaving to summon Di Tian.

• Chen Feng absorbed the thirty-thousand-year External Soul Bone, named it Golden Wings, and reached Level 43.
• Wu Ming killed a Ten-Thousand Year Radiant Spirit Ape with her Golden Crow Fire, provoking the arrival of the Imperial Auspicious Beast Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion attacked Chen Feng's group, and Zhang Lexuan's Moonfall met its beam in a massive explosion.
• Ice Empress warned Chen Feng that harming the Three-Eyed Golden Lion could endanger the entire Star Dou Great Forest, and Scarlet King appeared to protect it.
• Scarlet King attacked the group, but Xuan Zi blocked the attack and transformed into his Godly Taotie Bull Martial Soul to fight Scarlet King.
• Scarlet King sent the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to tell Di Tian about the fight, and the Auspicious Beast's Eye of Destiny briefly trembled as it looked at Chen Feng.

Xuan Zi fought Scarlet King while Zhang Lexuan led Chen Feng and Wu Ming toward Shrek Academy, and five Evil Soul Masters encountered them on the way out of the Star Dou Great Forest. When the Evil Soul Masters blocked their path, Chen Feng struck first and pierced the fifth one’s heart with his Black Blade.

• Three-Eyed Golden Lion flew toward the Land of Great Danger as Xuan Zi battled Scarlet King and ordered Zhang Lexuan to take Chen Feng and Wu Ming away.
• Xuan Zi imprisoned Scarlet King in an earthen cage and beat him while Scarlet King waited for Di Tian to rescue him.
• Wan Hun led four Evil Soul Masters out of the Star Dou Great Forest after they sensed the battle between Xuan Zi and Scarlet King.
• Chen Feng’s group ran into the five Evil Soul Masters in the Mixed Zone, where the group blocked their path and eyed Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming as targets.
• Chen Feng vanished and pierced the fifth Evil Soul Master through the heart with his Black Blade.

Chen Feng fought the fifth Evil Soul Master while Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming engaged the others in separate battles across the Star Dou Great Forest. Zhang Lexuan unleashed her hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Skill against Wan Hun’s Myriad Souls Domain, while Wu Ming remained under pressure from her opponent.

• The fifth Evil Soul Master escaped Chen Feng’s blade with Blood Leech Substitute, then transformed into his Blood Leech Martial Soul Avatar and attacked with several blood-based Soul Skills.
• Chen Feng activated both Martial Souls and layered his enhancements to meet the fifth Evil Soul Master’s attacks as the five Evil Soul Masters charged his group.
• Zhang Lexuan confronted Wan Hun and two Evil Soul Saints; when they saw her hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, they coveted her Soul Bone, while the two Saints grew wary of Wan Hun’s intentions.
• Wan Hun unleashed his Myriad Souls Avatar and Myriad Souls Domain, but Zhang Lexuan activated a secret technique and countered with her Martial Soul Avatar and hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Skill, Moon Essence.
• Zhang Lexuan’s moonlight destroyed a third of Wan Hun’s resentful spirits and injured the two Evil Soul Saints, forcing them to join the fight in support of Wan Hun.
• Wu Ming struggled to hold off the second Evil Soul Master, who used negative emotions and his greater Soul Power to wear her down and planned to use Burning Desire on her.