Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen told Bei Bei and the others about the opportunity to enter Dragon Valley and invited them to join him in the Sun Moon Empire, where they could also search for Tang Ya. Everyone agreed to go, and as the group celebrated, Wang Dong'er suspected Ye Chen was plotting to make someone suffer the next day.

• Ye Chen explained that Dragon Valley would open in two and a half months and that only Soul Masters below seven rings could enter.
• Huo Yuhao, Xu Sanshi, and Bei Bei agreed to join Ye Chen, and Bei Bei declared that the whole group would go together.
• Ye Chen warned that Jing Hongchen might send other young Soul Masters into Dragon Valley and planned to find Gu Yuena in Mingdu beforehand.
• Ye Chen poured out a cup of wine as a toast, then challenged everyone not to use Soul Power to sober up during the celebration.
• Wang Dong'er drank a little wine and suspected that Ye Chen was planning trouble for someone the next day.

Song Xiaoxiao overslept and hurried with Mu Yiyi to the new classroom, where Chen Bing welcomed the seven Reserve Team Members as their homeroom teacher. The chapter ended with Qin Mo confidently declaring that he would enter the Inner Court early.

• Song Xiaoxiao slept through the morning until Mu Yiyi came to wake her and remind her that Chen Bing had told them to gather in the new classroom.
• Song Xiaoxiao and Mu Yiyi hurried to class, apologized to Chen Bing, and took seats together despite arriving after everyone else.
• Chen Bing told the seven Reserve Team Members that she would be their homeroom teacher through sixth grade unless they entered the Inner Court early.
• Qin Mo stood up and boldly vowed to enter the Inner Court early, easing the classroom's tense atmosphere.

Song Xiaoxiao overslept on the morning of the Reserve Team’s first class, but Mu Yiyi brought her to the classroom before they were late. Chen Bing welcomed the seven students as their homeroom teacher, while the author’s note explained the recent update delay and promised regular updates would resume the next day.

• Song Xiaoxiao slept through the morning while her roommate left for the assessment area without waking her.
• Mu Yiyi knocked on Song Xiaoxiao’s door and hurried her toward the new classroom after she realized she had overslept.
• Mu Yiyi and Song Xiaoxiao arrived before class began, apologized to Chen Bing, and took adjacent seats among the seven Reserve Team members.
• Chen Bing introduced herself as their homeroom teacher until graduation, unless they entered the Inner Court early.
• Qin Mo declared that the students would enter the Inner Court early, easing the classroom’s tense mood.
• The author explained that illness had interrupted updates and said regular updates were expected to resume the next day.

Chen Bing warned the Shrek Preparatory Team that they could be replaced unless they worked hard, then described Ye Chen’s extraordinary training and discipline as an example. She revealed that a special teacher would soon join Class One to teach practical combat, leaving the students wondering about Ye Chen’s long stay and their new instructor.

• Chen Bing reminded the newly selected Preparatory Team that they had to work far harder than other students to keep their places and represent the academy in the tournament.
• Yuan Feng and the others praised Ye Chen’s talent, and Chen Bing said his strength was so great that she was not confident she could defeat him.
• Chen Bing recounted Ye Chen’s demanding training from childhood, including his studies, cultivation, and Soul Tool research, and said his later experiences had been legendary.
• The seven Preparatory Team members resolved to work harder after hearing about Ye Chen’s discipline, while wondering why he would spend a long time with them.
• Chen Bing told the students that a special teacher would join Class One to teach practical combat courses.

Chen Bing warned the seven members of the Shrek Preparatory Team that they would need to work much harder to keep their places, then described Ye Chen’s grueling training as an example. She revealed that Ye Chen would remain with them until the next tournament and announced that a special teacher would soon lead their practical combat classes.

• Chen Bing explained that the preparatory team would receive preferential academy resources but could be replaced if its members failed to work hard.
• When Chen Bing asked about Ye Chen, Yuan Feng and the others praised his talent, and Chen Bing said she was not sure she could defeat him.
• Chen Bing recounted how Ye Chen studied and trained from age six, later balancing classes, cultivation, and Soul Tool research.
• Chen Bing said Ye Chen’s experiences during the year and a half after the previous tournament were legendary, and the team resolved to keep striving.
• Chen Bing told the students they were now second-years and that a special teacher would join Class One to teach practical combat.

Unnatural snow and overwhelming Ice Attribute energy suddenly engulfed Shrek City, alarming Chen Bing, Du Weilun, Ye Chen, and Mu En. Ye Chen hurried toward the assessment area to protect the gathered students, while he and Mu En separately suspected a terrifying beast was behind the phenomenon.

• Chen Bing and her students felt a sudden chill before discovering that heavy snow had begun falling across Shrek City.
• Du Weilun sensed that the snowfall was an abnormal natural phenomenon and feared something bad was about to happen.
• Ye Chen recognized that the Ice Attribute energy exceeded the limits of Douluo Continent, then rushed with Wang Dong'er toward the assessment area to protect the new students.
• Mu En sensed the energy from Sea God's Pavilion, ruled out Zi Kun's involvement, and suspected a terrifying beast had appeared.

Unnatural, intensely pure ice energy brought heavy snow and freezing temperatures to Shrek City, alarming Chen Bing, Ye Chen, and Mu En. Ye Chen hurried toward the assessment area to protect the new students, while he and Mu En independently suspected the same terrifying being was behind the phenomenon.

• Chen Bing noticed that she and most of her students had felt an unnatural chill before seeing huge snowflakes cover the ground.
• Du Weilun sensed that the sudden snowfall across Shrek City was an ominous anomaly that ordinary human power could not have caused.
• Ye Chen and Wang Dong'er saw snow and ice cover the Outer Court and Sea God Lake, and Ye Chen recognized that the ice energy came from beyond Douluo Continent.
• Ye Chen took Wang Dong'er toward the assessment area because the new students could not withstand the gathering ice energy.
• Mu En sensed the energy outside Sea God's Pavilion, ruled out Zi Kun, and suspected a terrifying beast was responsible.

Ye Chen recognized that the sudden, extreme cold signaled a grave crisis and instructed Du Weilun to evacuate the students. As Ye Chen hurried toward the academy gates, Han Yue stopped Mu En from investigating, insisting that the matter belonged to Ye Chen alone.

• Ye Chen reached the assessment area, warned Du Weilun to evacuate the students to their classrooms, and then vanished toward the source of the cold.
• Du Weilun ordered class teachers to lead students out and told the remaining teachers to gather with him.
• Han Yue blocked Mu En outside Sea God's Pavilion and said no one else could interfere in Ye Chen's matter.
• Mu En recalled Zi Kun's similar remark and concluded that Ye Chen was involved.
• Ye Chen sent Wang Dong'er back to the Inner Court and continued toward the academy gates, intending to alert Bei Bei and the others.

A sudden supernatural cold swept across Shrek Academy, and Ye Chen hurried to respond while arranging for the freshmen to be evacuated. As Ye Chen rushed toward the academy gates, Han Yue blocked Mu En from investigating, insisting that the matter belonged to Ye Chen alone.

• Ye Chen recognized that the unnatural icy energy likely came from beyond the Douluo Continent and urged Du Weilun to evacuate the students to their classrooms.
• Du Weilun organized the students' orderly departure and gathered the remaining teachers to address the crisis.
• Han Yue stopped Mu En outside Sea God's Pavilion and said that no one else could interfere in Ye Chen's matter.
• Mu En recalled Zi Kun's similar remark and concluded that Ye Chen was involved.
• Ye Chen sent Wang Dong'er back to the Inner Court and raced toward the academy gates, intending to notify Bei Bei and the others.

Two years earlier, Han Yue struggled with whether to leave the Star Dou Forest after seeing Ye Chen’s memories, which had changed her view of humanity. A mysterious old man appeared beside the Lake of Life and declared that he would choose for her.

• Han Yue recalled the peaceful human world and Ye Chen’s life that she had seen in his memories after eating the golden fruit.
• Han Yue felt torn between leaving the Star Dou Forest to find Ye Chen and staying with the soul beasts who had raised her.
• A mysterious voice spoke to Han Yue at the Lake of Life, and she discovered an old man standing behind her.
• The old man touched Han Yue’s shoulder and said that he would choose for her, adding that eating the fruit had already made the choice for her.

Han Yue recalled the two years earlier, when Ye Chen’s memories from before his arrival changed how she viewed humans and left her torn between seeing the outside world and staying in the Star Dou Forest. A mysterious old man appeared beside the Lake of Life and said that eating the golden fruit had already made her choice for her.

• Han Yue remembered seeing Ye Chen’s past-life memories and the people he encountered after arriving in this world.
• Han Yue struggled with whether to leave the Star Dou Forest, where she had lived for nearly ten thousand years, or remain with Di Tian and the other soul beasts.
• A mysterious voice spoke to Han Yue at the Lake of Life, and she discovered an old man standing behind her.
• The old man reached for Han Yue’s shoulder and said he would help her choose because eating the fruit had left her with no choice.

Han Yue left the Star Dou Forest with the old man, while Ye Chen waited at Shrek for the mysterious black-robed youth behind the icy weather. The youth introduced himself as Candlelight, leaving his purpose unclear.

• Han Yue vanished with the old man, and the beasts of the Star Dou Forest sensed that the forest's fortune had disappeared.
• Ye Chen sensed dense Ice Attribute energy near Shrek and concluded that the black-robed youth he had met before was approaching.
• As snow turned to ice and a mist formed, Ye Chen waited alone at the academy gates, believing the youth had no intention of killing him.
• Candlelight appeared before Ye Chen and warned that Ye Chen's undeveloped Ice Attribute could not match his strength.
• Ye Chen asked the youth's name, and he introduced himself as Candlelight.

Han Yue left the Star Dou Forest with the old man, while Ye Chen waited at Shrek Academy for the powerful black-clad youth whose ice abilities had unsettled him. The youth introduced himself as Candlelight, leaving Ye Chen uncertain about his purpose.

• The old man took Han Yue away, and the beasts of the Star Dou Forest sensed that the forest's fortune had vanished.
• Ye Chen sensed the growing Ice Attribute energy near Shrek Academy and prepared for the black-clad youth's arrival.
• Ye Chen reasoned that the youth had spared him before and chose to wait alone rather than alert Mu En.
• Candlelight appeared through the icy mist and challenged Ye Chen about his confidence and fear of being killed.
• Ye Chen asked the youth's name, and the youth introduced himself as Candlelight.

Ye Chen confronted Candlelight in Shrek City and learned that the strange cold came from Candlelight’s unstable power. Candlelight revealed that Ye Chen’s Netherworld had opened, called him his only true enemy, and said he needed Ye Chen’s help, leaving Ye Chen wary and searching for answers.

• Ye Chen introduced himself to Candlelight and noticed the young man’s volatile aura, which suggested the freezing weather was an unintended effect of his unstable Soul Power.
• Candlelight said the Netherworld had opened and wondered aloud what tens of thousands of souls would make as a delicacy, shocking Ye Chen with his knowledge.
• Candlelight refused to explain how he knew about the Netherworld, saying Ye Chen would understand later, and admitted that something was wrong with his body.
• Candlelight said Ye Chen was his only true enemy but that restrictions prevented him from attacking, while warning that Ye Chen was still too weak to defeat him.
• Ye Chen asked why Candlelight needed his help and why he should agree, while Candlelight glanced toward the teaching building where Xuan Zi was hiding and revealed that he had detected him.

Ye Chen confronted Candlelight, who revealed that the Netherworld had opened and that he needed Ye Chen’s help despite calling him his only true enemy. Candlelight left Ye Chen wary of the Netherworld and his own weakness, while also discovering Xuan Zi’s hiding place.

• Ye Chen introduced himself to Candlelight and noticed that Candlelight’s unstable Soul Power had caused Shrek City’s extreme cold.
• Candlelight teased Ye Chen about the Netherworld and the tens of thousands of souls it had absorbed, unsettling him with how much he knew.
• Candlelight refused to explain how he knew about the Netherworld, then admitted that his body was troubled and that he had come to ask Ye Chen for help.
• Candlelight declared Ye Chen his only true enemy but said restrictions prevented him from attacking, and Ye Chen judged himself too weak to fight him.
• Candlelight glanced toward a nearby teaching building and exposed Xuan Zi, who had been hiding there.

Candlelight told Ye Chen to meet him at the Extreme North Core Circle in a year to learn why the Douluo Continent’s survival was at stake, then vanished from Shrek City. Ye Chen agreed to prepare for the encounter, kept Candlelight’s origins secret from Xuan Zi, and arranged for the Freshman Assessment to resume.

• Candlelight said he could not leave the Douluo Continent and asked Ye Chen to meet him at the Extreme North Core Circle in a year.
• Candlelight claimed Ye Chen had brought him into this world and said he could not kill Ye Chen despite wanting to.
• Candlelight vanished as the dark clouds and extreme cold over Shrek City faded.
• Ye Chen decided to meet Candlelight in a year and use the time to strengthen himself.
• Ye Chen told Xuan Zi that Candlelight was dangerous and uncertain but withheld his identity.
• Ye Chen asked Xuan Zi to inform Director Du Weilun that the situation was resolved and the Outer Court's Freshman Assessment could resume.

Candlelight told Ye Chen that Douluo Continent’s survival was at stake and asked him to meet at the Extreme North Core Circle in a year, while hinting that Ye Chen had brought him to this world. After Candlelight vanished, Ye Chen resolved to grow stronger and keep the encounter secret for now; the Freshman Assessment was set to resume.

• Candlelight said he could not leave Douluo Continent and asked Ye Chen to meet him at the Extreme North Core Circle in a year.
• Candlelight claimed Ye Chen had brought him to this world and said he could not kill Ye Chen despite wanting to.
• Candlelight vanished, and the dark clouds and extreme cold over Shrek City receded.
• Ye Chen decided to meet Candlelight in a year and use the time to improve his strength.
• Ye Chen told Xuan Zi to stay cautious about Candlelight but withheld the details of his identity.
• Ye Chen asked Xuan Zi to inform Du Weilun that the danger had passed and the Freshman Assessment could resume.

After Candlelight’s strange storm passed, Ye Chen reunited with Wang Dong'er and the others at Shrek Academy. He then asked Bei Bei and the group to help him train the seven newly selected Shrek Preparatory Team members.

• Ye Chen reflected on Candlelight’s words and waited near the academy gates for Wang Dong'er.
• A hidden girl watched Ye Chen at the gates before leaving, while academy staff resumed the freshmen’s assessment and warned Shrek City residents not to discuss the storm.
• Wang Dong'er arrived with Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao, and the others, relieved to find Ye Chen unharmed.
• Ye Chen asked Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao to help him, then invited the group to meet the seven junior members he had been assigned to instruct.

Ye Chen recovered from Candlelight’s strange appearance and reunited with Wang Dong'er and the others after the storm over Shrek City ended. He asked Bei Bei and the group to accompany him to meet the new Shrek Preparatory Team members and help train them.

• Ye Chen reflected on Candlelight’s claim that he had brought her there and her reference to the Netherworld, while a hidden figure watched him leave the academy gates.
• The academy and Shrek City warned residents about the storm, and the freshmen’s class placement assessment resumed after the cold and snow vanished.
• Wang Dong'er arrived with Bei Bei, Huo Yuyao, and the others, relieved to find Ye Chen unharmed; the group teased her for her concern.
• Ye Chen asked Bei Bei and the others to join him as he served as practical combat instructor for the seven new Shrek Preparatory Team members.

Ye Chen explained the strange weather to Bei Bei and the others by claiming a Title Douluo who knew Mu En had visited Shrek City. He then arrived at Chen Bing’s classroom as the reserve team’s new combat teacher, leaving the seven students stunned by how young he was.

• Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi reluctantly agreed to help train the junior students, while Xiao Xiao, Jiang Nannan, and Wang Dong'er supported Ye Chen’s decision.
• Ye Chen told Bei Bei and the others that a Title Douluo acquainted with Mu En had caused the weather anomaly and then departed.
• Chen Bing and the reserve students wondered about the strange chill as the academy ordered students not to discuss the incident.
• Chen Bing introduced Ye Chen as the second teacher responsible for the students’ combat training.
• Ye Chen entered the classroom, and the seven students—including Ye Yu—were astonished that someone so young would teach them.