Chapter Summaries

Ning Wuque and Tang Ya competed to recruit Huo Yuhao, but he accepted Ning Wuque’s help hunting a soul ring after seeing his strength. Ning Tian agreed that their group could hunt together with Tang Ya and Bei Bei before heading back to the academy.

• Wu Feng shared her grilled fish with Ning Tian while Ning Wuque offered Huo Yuhao a chance to join the Body Clan, and Tang Ya countered by promoting the Tang Sect.
• Huo Yuhao hesitated to join either group, so Ning Wuque offered to help him hunt a soul ring without demanding that he choose a faction afterward.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng vouched for Ning Wuque, who demonstrated his strength by punching through a small tree.
• Impressed by Ning Wuque and reassured by his offer, Huo Yuhao thanked him and accepted his help.
• Bei Bei invited Ning Wuque’s group to hunt soul beasts together, and Ning Tian agreed.

Ning Wuque resisted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual attack and watched it become Huo Yuhao’s Wisdom Soul Ring. Electrolux chose Ning Wuque instead, entering his heart and leaving him ravenously hungry; afterward, the author added notes explaining the revised plot and other chapter changes.

• The group traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest while Bei Bei and Ning Wuque reassured Huo Yuhao about finding a First Soul Ring.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual attack knocked the others unconscious, but Ning Wuque resisted it through his willpower and spirit soul.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm entered Huo Yuhao and became his Wisdom Soul Ring.
• Electrolux appeared and chose Ning Wuque over Huo Yuhao and Ning Tian, entering Ning Wuque’s heart and increasing his body’s energy demands.
• Ning Wuque recovered enough to feed himself, keep watch over Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and tell the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm he would discuss what happened with it and Huo Yuhao later.
• The author explained the revised choice of Electrolux’s host, a correction to Wu Yan’s soul bones, and plans for extra chapters.

After a mental shockwave knocked the group unconscious, Ning Wuque helped Huo Yuhao conceal how he had obtained his first soul ring and arranged for him to attend Shrek Academy. The group left the forest after Tang Ya gained her third soul ring, and Tang Ya agreed to trade her academy admission quota for one hundred Gold Soul Coins if Huo Yuhao joined the Tang Sect as a registered disciple.

• Ning Tian and the others awoke to find Ning Wuque watching over them, and Ning Wuque asked Ning Tian to wait until they reached the academy for an explanation.
• Ning Wuque told the group that Huo Yuhao had already obtained his first soul ring, and Ning Tian persuaded everyone to let the matter rest.
• Tang Ya hunted a thousand-year Mandala Snake and obtained her third soul ring.
• Ning Wuque asked Tang Ya to trade her Shrek Academy admission quota so Huo Yuhao could study there, saying the Body Clan might find promising Body Spirit users at the upcoming competition.
• Tang Ya agreed to give Ning Wuque the quota for one hundred Gold Soul Coins, provided Huo Yuhao became a registered disciple of the Tang Sect.

Ning Wuque and Huo Yuhao reached Shrek City, where the group enrolled in the academy and learned their class and dorm assignments. After Ning Wuque arrived at the dormitory building, he watched Huo Yuhao fight another student and predicted Huo Yuhao would win.

• Ning Wuque paid Tang Ya one hundred Gold Soul Coins, and Tang Ya gave the money to Huo Yuhao to cover his enrollment fee.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei took Huo Yuhao to the special admissions office while Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Ning Wuque waited in the regular admissions line.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng were admitted with Soul Power Levels of thirty and twenty-four, while Ning Wuque was admitted with a Soul Power Level of twenty-two.
• The three were assigned to New Student Class 9, and Ning Wuque received Dormitory 107 beside Huo Yuhao's room.
• Ning Tian suggested buying a house in Shrek City, but Ning Wuque declined to move out of the dormitory.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Ning Wuque found Huo Yuhao fighting another student; Ning Wuque predicted Huo Yuhao would win, and Wu Feng complained when the fight ended without serious injuries.

Mu En recognized Ning Wuque’s unusual will and connection with his martial soul, then rewarded him with a beast-hide scroll after asking how he had achieved it. Ning Wuque reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, helped Huo Yuhao, and headed with the girls to settle into their Shrek Academy dorms.

• Mu En observed Ning Wuque and recognized his firm will and early progress toward merging with his martial soul.
• Ning Wuque gave Huo Yuhao twenty Gold Soul Coins and advised him to sell grilled fish or snacks to improve his physical condition.
• Ning Wuque reunited with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and Mu En asked him how he had connected with his martial soul.
• Ning Wuque said he had established the connection after entering deep meditation, and Mu En gave him a beast-hide scroll in return.
• Ning Wuque changed into an oversized academy uniform to conceal his training gear, while Wu Feng complained about hers.
• Ning Wuque agreed to help Wu Feng buy a larger uniform the next day, and the three hurried to arrange their dormitory rooms.

Ning Tian arranged a house near Shrek Academy and asked Ning Wuque about Huo Yuhao’s soul bone, while Ning Wuque began an extreme training routine that lasted through the day. The chapter left him heading toward the Great Soul Arena after training, apparently intending to fight matches.

• Wu Feng complained about the freshmen dormitories, so Ning Tian arranged a furnished house near the academy for herself and Wu Feng.
• Ning Wuque explained that he had protected Huo Yuhao because he could gain benefits from him, and he told Ning Tian that neither Huo Yuhao nor he had obtained a soul bone.
• Ning Wuque trained through the night and into the next day using Ning Tian’s Soul-Nourishing Jade and weighted exercises.
• After a day of training, Ning Wuque headed toward the Great Soul Arena, leaving onlookers to wonder whether he planned to fight matches.

Ning Wuque registered for a wager match at Shrek Academy’s Great Soul Arena and agreed to fight Xu Sanshi, a Level Forty defense-system Soul Elder, under conditions that barred Xu Sanshi from using soul skills. While they waited, Ning Wuque revealed he was only Level Twenty-Two and served as the personal guard of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan’s young female clan head.

• Ning Wuque deposited one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and requested wager matches against Beast Soul Masters below Level Thirty-Three who would fight him head-on.
• Xu Sanshi approached Ning Wuque and offered to fight without soul skills, wagering a Beautifying Pill.
• Ning Wuque accepted the challenge, saying he had someone to give the pill to, and the two registered their match.
• While waiting, Ning Wuque told Xu Sanshi he was a Level Twenty-Two assault-system Soul Grandmaster from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Clan.
• Ning Wuque revealed he was the personal guard of the clan’s young female clan head, prompting Xu Sanshi to guess she was the person Ning Wuque liked.

Ning Wuque overwhelmed Xu Sanshi in a soul duel, using his strength and soul skills to beat him until he surrendered. Afterward, Ning Tian warmly praised Ning Wuque and invited him to bathe and eat with her, leaving Xu Sanshi stunned.

• Ning Wuque and Xu Sanshi entered the Soul Duel Stage for their wagered match, and Ning Wuque revealed two thousand-year soul rings.
• Ning Wuque activated his Blood Activating Body and Dark Gold Ant Strength soul skills, then sent Xu Sanshi flying with a punch against his shield.
• Ning Wuque repeatedly battered Xu Sanshi, using his second soul skill to break through his defense, until Xu Sanshi surrendered after seven minutes.
• Xu Sanshi asked about Ning Wuque's soul ring, and Ning Wuque said his Martial Soul was the Dark Gold Terror Ant and that his first soul ring came from the same species.
• Ning Tian met Ning Wuque outside the Soul Duel Area, praised his performance, and invited him to bathe and share a meal.

Ning Wuque gave Ning Tian the Beautifying Pills he won from Xu Sanshi, then secured permission from Mu Jin to skip classes. That night, he studied Mu En’s early notes on Reign Over All and devised a way to use his Martial Soul to perform the technique.

• Ning Wuque gave Ning Tian the Beautifying Pills, and Ning Tian introduced herself to Xu Sanshi before leaving with Wu Feng and Ning Wuque.
• Xu Sanshi lamented his defeat to Bei Bei, who invited him to eat and talk with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.
• Ning Tian told Ning Wuque she had found Mu Jin, and Ning Wuque went with Ning Tian and Wu Feng to get permission to skip classes.
• Ning Tian took Ning Wuque and Wu Feng to a restaurant after finding Shrek Academy’s cafeteria lacked tables and chairs.
• Ning Wuque studied Mu En’s beast-hide scroll and realized Reign Over All used willpower, Spiritual Power, and Soul Power to attack an enemy’s mind.
• Ning Wuque entered his Sea of Consciousness and proposed that his Martial Soul carry his will and release Reign Over All through physical contact.

Ning Wuque trained and built a reputation for his brutal, mostly unarmed battles at Shrek's Great Soul Arena. Before the term began, he warned Huo Yuhao about the danger of others learning about Tian Meng's hundred-thousand-year soul beast secret and offered to be someone Huo Yuhao could trust and confide in.

• Ning Wuque spent several days training and fighting at Shrek's Great Soul Arena, drawing crowds and gaining a small following for his head-on brawling style.
• Ning Wuque met Huo Yuhao and Tian Meng in a small forest, asking Tian Meng to check that no one was nearby.
• Ning Wuque warned Huo Yuhao that others might covet Tian Meng's cast-off shell because they believed it indicated a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and said he would arrange for the Body Clan to take Huo Yuhao away from Shrek the following year.
• Ning Wuque cautioned Huo Yuhao against letting Shrek's ideas or his hatred shape his judgment, while promising to listen and offer support without imposing his own beliefs.
• Huo Yuhao was moved by Ning Wuque's reassurance and began to open up, but Ning Wuque told him to speak when he was ready.

On Shrek Academy’s first day, Ning Wuque skipped class to train while Zhou Yi expelled nine students after a hundred-lap test. Huo Yuhao disliked her arbitrary decision but chose to observe the academy longer before asking Ning Wuque for help.

• Ning Wuque continued his extreme training with the Soul-Nourishing Jade on his back, and Zhou Yi left him alone after he said his teacher had approved his absence.
• Students resting after the hundred laps discussed Ning Wuque’s strength and noticed a Radiant Goddess Butterfly martial soul; Ning Wuque considered telling Huo Yuhao about it.
• Zhou Yi expelled Cheng Cheng, Qiu Jianrao, Tang Dao, Shangguan Chentian, Lin Zeyu, Zhuge Yun, Tai Long, Tang Ling, and Yun Xiaopiao, while Ning Wuque stayed out of the matter.
• Huo Yuhao felt disgusted by Zhou Yi’s decision but did not intervene, thinking he would ask Ning Wuque for help after experiencing Shrek Academy for a few more days.
• Zhou Yi dismissed the students and told them to gather in the classroom in fifteen minutes, while Ning Wuque continued training alone.

Ning Wuque spent a day off with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, showing off his progress with a technique that projected will through Spiritual Power. After they left for the Great Soul Arena, Elder Xuan approved adding Ning Wuque to Shrek’s reserve team and warned Shaozhe not to pressure him.

• Ning Tian, Ning Wuque, and Wu Feng walked beside Sea God Lake, where Wu Feng spotted a burst of fire-attribute Soul Power in the distance, but Ning Wuque chose not to investigate.
• Ning Wuque told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that he had developed a way to use a technique involving will and Spiritual Power after dozens of arena fights.
• Ning Wuque recited a boastful poem, and Ning Tian praised him while Wu Feng admitted she did not understand it.
• Ning Tian led Ning Wuque and Wu Feng toward the city for lunch and then the Great Soul Arena.
• Elder Xuan told Shaozhe to put Ning Wuque on the Shrek Seven Devils Reserve Team, avoid trying to recruit him through rigid rules, and handle Xiaotao and Wang Dong carefully.

Ning Wuque fought a series of fist-only matches at the Great Soul Arena and used his martial soul to empower a devastating punch. After defeating Xia Zhi, he returned to the waiting room ready to keep fighting.

• Ning Wuque arrived at the Great Soul Arena with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, where his fan club of muscular upperclassmen eagerly gathered around him.
• Ning Wuque entered the arena and faced fourth-year student Xia Zhi, who activated his Stone Armor Elephant martial soul.
• Ning Wuque and Xia Zhi traded punches without defending until Ning Wuque infused his fist with willpower through his Dark Gold Terror Ant martial soul.
• Ning Wuque struck Xia Zhi in the chest, making him collapse, and the referee declared Ning Wuque the winner.
• Ning Wuque rested and reflected on how the empowered punch drained his mental energy before inviting the waiting challengers to fight him one at a time.

Ning Wuque dominated the Great Soul Arena with his newly refined combat technique, then spent the evening with Ning Tian and Wu Feng eating food from Huo Yuhao’s stall. As Ning Tian discussed recruiting students, she offered to tell Ning Wuque what her investigation had uncovered about Huo Yuhao.

• Ning Wuque defeated challenger after challenger, impressing the freshmen and astonishing Ning Tian and Wu Feng with his combat technique.
• Ning Tian welcomed Ning Wuque after his final fight with chilled fruit tea and wiped the sweat from his face while Wu Feng watched jealously.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Ning Wuque visited Huo Yuhao’s busy food stall, where Huo Yuhao gave them their barbecue and repaid Ning Wuque the twenty Gold Soul Coins he had borrowed.
• The three ate barbecue and ice cream nearby, and Wu Feng called Huo Yuhao a good guy after noticing he had repaid the loan.
• Ning Tian complained that she had found few promising students to recruit, then offered to share an interesting discovery from her investigation of Huo Yuhao.

Ning Wuque, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng discussed Huo Yuhao’s painful past before Huo Yuhao confided in Ning Wuque about the contradictions he had witnessed at Shrek Academy. Ning Wuque began helping him understand that people and the world were not simply good or bad.

• Ning Tian told Ning Wuque and Wu Feng the details she had uncovered about Huo Yuhao’s background and his connection to Dai Hao.
• Huo Yuhao arrived at the ice cream shop with Wang Dong, and Ning Tian invited them to join the others.
• Huo Yuhao asked Ning Wuque why an unreasonable teacher helped him and why the academy tolerated a senior student attacking juniors.
• Huo Yuhao placed the compensation pills Yan Shaozhe had given him on the table and admitted he could not bring himself to accept them.
• Ning Wuque explained that Zhou Yi had helped Huo Yuhao because he fit her ideal of a student and because he had value, and urged him to recognize people’s many sides.

Ning Wuque explained to Huo Yuhao how strength shaped justice and urged him to turn his anger into motivation to grow stronger. Huo Yuhao left encouraged, while Ning Wuque walked Ning Tian and Wu Feng back through Shrek City.

• Ning Wuque asked Huo Yuhao about the incident at Sea God Lake and told him that strength determined who could enforce their version of events.
• Ning Wuque advised Huo Yuhao to remember what had happened, accept the academy's compensation, and prioritize his life while striving to become stronger.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Ning Wuque and resolved to train hard and take revenge, seeing him as a mentor and a man worthy of becoming his godfather.
• Wang Dong listened but struggled to comfort Huo Yuhao, then left with him after he had calmed down and started eating ice cream.
• Ning Wuque watched Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong leave, then walked Ning Tian and Wu Feng along Shrek City's main road and explained that his focus on strength came from his circumstances.

Nearly three months after term began, Ning Wuque returned to class as students prepared for Shrek Academy’s Freshman Assessment. He, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng formed a team, and the assessment began the next morning with Ning Tian’s team taking the first match.

• Mu Jin explained that the Freshman Assessment would use three-person teams, determine rankings by victories, and decide whether students could continue at Shrek Academy.
• Ning Wuque, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng formed a team, with Ning Wuque planning to sit out most matches because Soul Tools were forbidden.
• Ning Tian offered to help Ning Wuque obtain better training gear through her brother’s trade connections, and he agreed.
• The Freshman Assessment began at Shrek Academy the next morning, and Ning Tian’s team faced three students from Freshman Class Three with only two members present.

Wu Feng dramatically removed her Soul Guidance Training Gear before defeating New Student Class 4 with Ning Tian’s support. After the win, she reunited with Ning Wuque and returned with him and Ning Tian to wait for their next match.

• Wu Feng staged a dramatic entrance by removing her training gear after the referee warned that Soul Tools were not allowed.
• Ning Tian used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Martial Soul to boost Wu Feng’s speed and strength as the match began.
• Tiger activated his Martial Soul Possession and charged Wu Feng, but she dodged him and knocked him unconscious with one punch.
• Wu Feng threw Bu Le and Xiao Ming off the arena, and the referee declared Ning Tian’s team from New Student Class 9 the winners.
• Wu Feng re-equipped her training gear with a Soul Guidance array and joined Ning Tian and Ning Wuque in the waiting area for the next assessment.

Ning Wuque's team faced Huo Yuhao's team in the Top 32 to Top 16 round, with Ning Wuque joining the match despite expecting Wu Feng and Ning Tian to be enough. Huo Yuhao's trio began their coordinated defense, and Wu Feng charged at Wang Dong under Ning Tian's enhancements.

• Wu Feng continued crushing her opponents, and she, Ning Tian, and Ning Wuque advanced to the Elimination Round undefeated.
• Ning Wuque watched Huo Yuhao's matches and noticed that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong had developed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ning Wuque insisted on taking the stage against Huo Yuhao's team, while Wu Feng and Ning Tian accepted his decision.
• The teams introduced themselves, revealing Ning Wuque's level 23 and Huo Yuhao's team's resolve to defeat Wu Feng despite expecting to lose.
• Ning Tian enhanced Wu Feng as Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection and Spirit Sharing, Xiao Xiao restricted Wu Feng with her cauldron, and Wu Feng activated her soul skills before attacking Wang Dong's wings.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao worked together to defeat Wu Feng, but Ning Wuque intervened before their final attacks could land. Ning Wuque then faced the three and demanded their surrender, while Huo Yuhao refused and prepared to fight on.

• Wu Feng attacked Wang Dong with increasing rage, but Wang Dong evaded her strikes with Huo Yuhao's Spirit Detection and Xiao Xiao's battlefield support.
• Huo Yuhao struck Wu Feng with Mental Shock as Wang Dong hit her with Butterfly God's Light, and Xiao Xiao followed with Cauldron Tremor.
• Ning Wuque rushed in, knocked aside Xiao Xiao's cauldron, and took Wang Dong's Wing Guillotine while standing between Wu Feng and the others.
• Wu Feng collapsed and retreated to Ning Tian, while Ning Wuque acknowledged how the trio's abilities had worked together to defeat her.
• Ning Wuque offered Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao the chance to surrender, but Huo Yuhao refused and prepared to fight.