Chapter Summaries

Wu Yang Jin reunited with Na'er, treated her to a meal, and promised to protect and support her. After taking her to her destination, he parted from her for two days and resolved to pass Shrek's entrance test so they could meet again.

• Wu Yang Jin took Na'er to a restaurant and ordered a large meal for them.
• Na'er offered to help pay, but Wu Yang Jin reassured her and learned that she had far more money than he and Wulin.
• Na'er said she wanted to spend her money on Wu Yang Jin, and he promised to bring her food after he passed Shrek's entrance test.
• Na'er asked to stay with Wu Yang Jin for the rest of her life, and he promised to support and protect her.
• Wu Yang Jin took Na'er to her destination, urged her to take care of herself, and reminded her they could contact each other while he prepared for the test.

Wu Yang Jin and his companions traveled with Shen Yi to take Shrek Academy’s entrance test, while learning about the academy’s inner city and the consequences of arriving late. They reached the academy grounds, and Shen Yi explained that Tang Wu Lin’s timely decision had spared the group from a harder assessment and possible work-study status.

• Wu Yang Jin promised Na'er that they could call or message over the next two days, and they parted happily.
• Shen Yi visited the group at their hotel during the two days before the entrance test to get to know them and Wu Yang Jin.
• Shen Yi drove the group to Shrek Academy, explaining that Wu Zhangkong was away and would meet them after they passed the test.
• Shen Yi entered Shrek Inner City through a concealed gate and told the group that the academy managed the city and controlled access to its inner grounds.
• Shen Yi explained that Tang Wu Lin’s decision to avoid a delay had kept the group from facing a tighter assessment schedule and being assigned work-study status.

Shen Yi brought Tang Wu Lin, Wu Yang Jin, Xie Xie, and the others to Shrek Academy’s Outer Court for a test, introducing them to Frost Spirit Plaza and its historic statues. In a circular hall, a mural of a black-and-gold dragon exerted overwhelming pressure, but Wu Yang Jin and Old Long countered it as the group faced the apparent first test.

• Tang Wu Lin discussed the cost of becoming a work-study student, and Shen Yi explained how work-study students offset tuition at Shrek Academy.
• Shen Yi led the group to Frost Spirit Plaza and described its statues of Huo Yuhao and Long Shuang Han and the history of the site.
• Shen Yi brought the group into a circular hall, where they saw a lifelike mural of a massive black-and-gold dragon.
• The mural’s oppressive force struck the group, but Wu Yang Jin recovered quickly while Gu Yue also gradually steadied herself.
• Old Long helped Wu Yang Jin resist the pressure, and Wu Yang Jin’s power overwhelmed the dragon’s force around him and his companions.

Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin withstood the pressure of a mural depicting the Black-Eyed Golden Dragon King, while the others struggled. Elder Li explained the mural’s origin and scored the group’s first test, leaving them to continue their Shrek Academy assessment.

• Hu Meier, Tang Wu Lin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan struggled against the mural’s pressure, while Wu Yang Jin identified it as depicting Di Tian.
• Wu Yang Jin faced the mural and appeared to draw its pressure into his body; Shen Yi and Elder Li noticed his resistance.
• Elder Li confirmed that a Titled Douluo had painted the mural using a drop of the Black-Eyed Golden Dragon King’s blood.
• Elder Li gave Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin full marks and assigned scores to the other four students, completing their willpower test.
• Elder Li encouraged the six students to do their best in the tests ahead and try to enter Shrek Academy.

Shen Yi explained the first assessment’s scoring and led the group to the second test, where they were confronted by a powerful Earth Demon Rhinoceros. Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin defeated the beast, leaving the group awaiting the assessment’s outcome.

• Shen Yi told the group that each assessment section was scored separately and that Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin had earned perfect scores in the first round.
• Shen Yi led the group to a grand hall and left them there without explaining the second assessment.
• The hall went dark and transformed into an arena, where Gu Yue identified a giant Earth Demon Rhinoceros with at least three thousand years of cultivation.
• Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin moved forward to fight the charging beast while the others provided support.
• Tang Wu Lin drew the rhinoceros’s attention, allowing Wu Yang Jin to stab it from beneath with the Emperor Sword, and Tang Wu Lin struck its head with the Golden Dragon Claw.
• Wu Yang Jin tore open the rhinoceros with his sword and kicked it away, killing it as the arena’s cheers faded.

Shen Yi announced the team’s scores for defeating the Earth Demon Rhinoceros and led them to a third assessment involving deadly guillotine gates. The team planned their passage and began the timed run, with Xie Xie and Hu Meier getting Gu Yue through first while Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin followed.

• Shen Yi gave Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin ten points each, Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan nine each, and Xie Xie and Hu Meier eight each, then explained that the previous test had only required them to survive for one minute.
• Shen Yi introduced the third assessment, where the team had to pass through six guillotine gates within thirty seconds and risked injury or negative points.
• Gu Yue tested a falling blade with an ice cone and estimated its force at about three thousand kilograms.
• Wu Yang Jin and the others agreed that Xie Xie and Hu Meier would lead, Hu Meier would take Gu Yue, and Wu Yang Jin would carry the frightened Xu Xiaoyan.
• When Shen Yi started the test, Wu Yang Jin, Gu Yue, and Tang Wu Lin used their abilities to block the blades while Xie Xie and Hu Meier rushed ahead with Gu Yue.
• Xie Xie and Hu Meier got Gu Yue through quickly, while Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin carrying Xu Xiaoyan continued behind them as their defenses began to weaken.

Zero Class cleared the Guillotine Gate test after Wu Yang Jin threw aside the final three blades and carried Xu Xiaoyan to safety. Shen Yi led them to the specialty test area, where they rested and prepared to demonstrate their talents as three instructors arrived.

• Gu Yue held up the Guillotine Gates with elemental power as Tang Wu Lin, Wu Yang Jin, and Xu Xiaoyan advanced.
• Wu Yang Jin shoved Tang Wu Lin through the fourth gate, then used his strength to fling the final three blades aside and carried Xu Xiaoyan through with six seconds remaining.
• Shen Yi awarded Zero Class full marks for the stage and led them upstairs to the specialty test area.
• Shen Yi explained that each student could demonstrate only one specialty, and the students discussed what to present while they rested.
• Shen Yi returned with two middle-aged men and an elderly woman, who took the central seat at the back.

Cai Lao assessed Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan before Tang Wu Lin demonstrated his bloodline-powered strength. When Cai Lao sent Tang Wu Lin flying, he crashed into Wu Yang Jin, who barely managed to withstand the impact.

• Cai Lao gave Xie Xie feedback on his martial souls, Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Spiritual Power, then awarded him seven points.
• Xu Xiaoyan explained that her Starwheel Ice Staff only appeared at night, and Cai Lao awarded her eight points based on her earlier demonstration.
• Tang Wu Lin chose to demonstrate his strength before Yang Jin and revealed his golden scales and Blood Essence Soul Ring.
• Cai Lao told Tang Wu Lin to attack her, and he threw three increasingly powerful punches.
• Cai Lao sent Tang Wu Lin flying into Wu Yang Jin, who activated Ice Emperor Body Protection and barely endured the collision.

Gu Yue displayed her elemental control during the examination, impressing Cai Lao by forming a flower from six elements. She then made the flower appear before Cai Lao and detonated it, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Wu Yang Jin recovered from being struck by Tang Wu Lin, while Shen Yi treated them and Cai Lao ordered the examinations to continue.
• Gu Yue stepped forward and formed a flower from earth, water, wind, and fire, then added light and dark elements.
• Cai Lao praised Gu Yue’s six-element control and excitedly recognized her talent.
• Gu Yue concealed an addition to the flower, teleported it in front of Cai Lao, and made it explode.

Gu Yue suppressed Cai Lao’s explosive flower and impressed the Silver Moon Douluo, who offered to take her as a disciple and admit her directly to the inner court. Gu Yue refused, citing Cai Lao’s treatment of Wu Yang Jin and her wish to stay with her friends and existing teacher.

• Cai Lao used her moonlight and a hundred-thousand-year soul ring to suppress Gu Yue’s exploding flower.
• Cai Lao praised Gu Yue’s talent, noted her Seven Elements Control, and decided she could enter the inner court without further examinations.
• Wu Yang Jin recovered and hurried to support Gu Yue, who told him she had acted for his sake.
• Cai Lao asked Gu Yue to become her disciple, but Gu Yue refused because Cai Lao had hurt Wu Yang Jin and shown no concern.
• Shen Yi explained Cai Lao’s status as Silver Moon Douluo, and Cai Lao defended her actions by citing Wu Yang Jin’s Golden Dragon bloodline and the danger of his strike.
• Wu Yang Jin urged Gu Yue to consider her future, but Gu Yue said she would stay with him and the others, would not enter the inner court without them, and already had a teacher.

Gu Yue refused Cai Lao’s offer of mentorship and chose to stay with her companions, prompting Cai Lao to give all six applicants zero points for the fourth assessment. Shen Yi led them to the fifth assessment, which tested their second professions.

• Gu Yue rejected Cai Lao’s offer because Leng Yaozhu was already her master and she would not leave her companions; Cai Lao angrily walked out.
• Wu Yang Jin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan supported Gu Yue, while Hu Meier privately wished she had been the one receiving comfort.
• Shen Yi returned and told the group they could continue the assessment, though Cai Lao’s decision meant their fourth-round scores were all zero.
• Xie Xie protested the unfair scores, and Shen Yi explained that Cai Lao’s authority in the Sea God Pavilion made the zeroes final and barred them from entering the inner courtyard.
• Wu Yang Jin comforted Gu Yue, and Shen Yi led the group to the fifth assessment, which tested their second professions.

Cai Lao took over the fifth assessment and gave Wu Yang Jin, Tang Wu Lin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, Hu Meier, and Gu Yue zero points, leaving their chances of entering Shrek Academy’s Outer Court in jeopardy. The group had five tests left and would need high scores to pass.

• Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin celebrated finding a Forging Table, expecting to excel at the fifth assessment.
• Cai Lao appeared as the examiner and declared the assessment over, awarding all six students zero points.
• Wu Yang Jin pulled Gu Yue back before she could confront Cai Lao, while the elders in his Sea of Consciousness condemned Cai Lao’s treatment of the group.
• Shen Yi objected to Cai Lao’s decision, but Cai Lao upheld the zeros and said the students could try for the Outer Court only if their remaining scores reached a passing total.
• The students’ scores stood at thirty for Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin, twenty-six for Xie Xie, twenty-seven for Xu Xiaoyan and Hu Meier, and twenty-eight for Gu Yue, with five tests remaining.

Zero Class passed the sixth assessment after Tang Wu Lin ate nearly all the steamed buns, then cleared the endurance test with the group’s tasks divided according to their strengths. They had three major stages remaining in the Shrek Academy assessment.

• The six members of Zero Class reached the sixth stage, where Shen Yi set a steamed-bun eating test requiring fifteen buns to pass.
• Tang Wu Lin ate enough buns for everyone to earn perfect scores, and he packed the leftovers into his Storage Ring.
• Cai Lao learned that all six had received perfect scores and was pleased that they might still reach sixty points.
• Shen Yi explained that the seventh stage tested endurance through a ten-thousand-meter run, weighted squats, and pull-ups, with Soul Power allowed but soul skills forbidden.
• Tang Wu Lin and Wu Yang Jin arranged the endurance tasks so the girls could conserve strength, while Hu Meier chose to do the weighted squats.
• All six completed their assigned endurance events and cleared the seventh stage, leaving three major stages remaining.

Zero Class arranged their opponents and began the eighth trial, a series of one-on-one battles against Shrek Academy students. Tang Wu Lin won his match and secured sixty points, while Xie Xie's fight began with his opponent nearly controlling him.

• Shen Yi explained that each student had to last ten minutes against a randomly selected opponent to pass, and a victory earned ten points.
• Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin planned the battle order, placing Xu Xiaoyan last because her Martial Soul was stronger at night.
• The students chose their opponents, and Wu Yang Jin selected the tall, delicate-looking male student numbered two.
• Tang Wu Lin defeated female student number ten, whose Snow Leopard Martial Soul had strong control abilities, earning full points and reaching sixty total.
• Xie Xie charged at female student number nine, but her Martial Soul nearly brought him under control.

Wu Yang Jin faced Student Number Two, who was revealed to be Tai Long, and used his ice abilities to draw the powerful close-combat fighter into a decisive clash. As their fists collided, Wu Yang Jin disrupted Tai Long with Asura Golden Eyes and began releasing another surge of power, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xie Xie earned six points after holding his opponent back, while Gu Yue and Hu Meier won their battles and raised their scores to forty-nine and fifty-one points.
• Wu Yang Jin met Student Number Two, who warned him that he would regret choosing him as an opponent.
• Student Number Two charged with Titan Strength and Vajra Avatar, but Wu Yang Jin used Ice Shard to block him before retreating and activating the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain.
• Student Number Two endured Wu Yang Jin's Emperor Sword attack and revealed strong defenses, then accepted Wu Yang Jin's challenge to fight at close range.
• Wu Yang Jin and Student Number Two clashed with their enhanced fists, but Wu Yang Jin's Asura Golden Eyes disrupted Tai Long and weakened his strength as black light began to flare around their fists.

Wu Yang Jin defeated Trainee Number Two and earned a perfect score, while Xu Xiaoyan tricked her opponent into forfeiting, allowing Zero Class to advance to the ninth survival trial in the Spirit Ascension Platform. After the students entered, Zhe Shi and Silver Moon Douluo arrived, and Zhe Shi praised Wu Yang Jin’s performance.

• Wu Yang Jin defeated Trainee Number Two, caught him before he hit the ground, and carried him to Shen Yi for treatment.
• Shen Yi awarded Wu Yang Jin a perfect score, bringing his total to sixty points and qualifying him for the Outer Court.
• Xu Xiaoyan fooled her opponent with her acting and a fake forging hammer, making him forfeit and raising her total to fifty-one points.
• Shen Yi explained the rules for the ninth survival trial in the Spirit Ascension Platform, and the members of Zero Class entered their metal drawers to begin it.
• Silver Moon Douluo and Zhe Shi arrived after the students entered, and Zhe Shi praised Wu Yang Jin after learning he had earned perfect scores in the previous trials.

Cai Lao and Zhe Shi argued over which Zero Class students they wanted to take as disciples, while the class began its highest-difficulty survival assessment. After two hours without encountering a Soul Beast, the students followed distant roars into a valley, where they found a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear battling a mysterious golden, three-eyed beast.

• Cai Lao insisted that Gu Yue and Wu Yang Jin should become her disciples, but Zhe Shi argued that they were his granddisciples and might refuse to go with her.
• Zhe Shi ordered Shen Yi to set the ninth assessment to the highest difficulty, and Shen Yi activated it.
• Wu Yang Jin, Tang Wu Lin, and the rest of Zero Class entered the Spirit Ascension Platform together and waited on a slope for Soul Beasts to appear.
• After two hours of silence, distant roars stirred the forest, and Wu Yang Jin led the group to investigate.
• The students reached a valley and saw a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear fighting a golden, crystal-bodied beast with three eyes.

A Three-Eyed Golden Lion seized Wu Yang Jin and carried him to a cave, where he met a friendly young Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Wu Yang Jin realized the young lion was the giant beast’s child and stayed with it as his friends searched for him.

• Gu Yue and Hu Meier discussed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s resemblance to Qiu'er while Wu Yang Jin recalled her.
• Tang Wu Lin and the others decided to look for treasures in the beasts’ territory, but the giant Three-Eyed Golden Lion charged in and carried Wu Yang Jin away.
• The giant Three-Eyed Golden Lion left Wu Yang Jin at a cave entrance and signaled for him to go inside.
• A young Three-Eyed Golden Lion pounced on Wu Yang Jin, then grew affectionate after recognizing him.
• Wu Yang Jin learned the young lion was the giant beast’s child and gently urged it to protect its mother when it grew up.

Wu Yang Jin found no treasure in the cave and reunited with Tang Wu Lin and the others, who met the Three-Eyed Golden Lion cub he had befriended. The group considered whether the cub might be the treasure, but agreed they would not harm it for a possible Soul Bone.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion cub warned Wu Yang Jin that someone was approaching, and they hid inside the cave.
• Tang Wu Lin, Xie Xie, Hu Meier, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan discussed why the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had carried Wu Yang Jin away before finding the cave.
• Wu Yang Jin reunited with his companions and introduced them to the cub, which let Xu Xiaoyan pet it after Wu Yang Jin asked.
• Wu Yang Jin told the group that the cave held no treasure, and Xu Xiaoyan suggested that the cub itself might be the treasure because it could have a Soul Bone.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yue, Hu Meier, Tang Wu Lin, Xie Xie, and Wu Yang Jin said they would not take a possible Soul Bone from the cub.

Wu Yang Jin and his friends completed the ninth Spirit Ascension Platform trial after choosing not to take the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Soul Bone. Shen Yi explained that the Humanity Gate tested their character and revealed their scores before the final joint trial.

• The giant Three-Eyed Golden Lion and its young returned to the cave, and Wu Yang Jin said goodbye to them before the group completed the ninth trial.
• Shen Yi praised Wu Yang Jin’s bond with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and explained that the assessment tested survival, courage, kindness, and their decision to give up the Soul Bone.
• Shen Yi awarded the group full marks, explaining that failing the Humanity Gate would have disqualified them regardless of their earlier scores.
• Shen Yi said Wu Yang Jin and Tang Wu Lin had reached seventy points and would basically pass, while Hu Meier and Xu Xiaoyan had nearly secured admission and Xie Xie and Gu Yue still needed the final joint trial.