Chapter Summaries

Han Yuchen reflected Zhao Wuji’s gravity field back at him, then disrupted Zhao Wuji’s attacks while helping Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing. Zhao Wuji finally focused on Han Yuchen and reached for him with a bear paw, setting up a direct physical attack.

• Zhao Wuji’s gravity field pressed Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing to the ground, but Han Yuchen’s Restraint talent nullified the force on him and reflected it back at twice the power.
• The reflected pressure staggered Zhao Wuji and broke his gravity field, leaving him and the others confused about what had happened.
• Tang San rallied the group, and Han Yuchen disrupted Zhao Wuji’s attacks while quietly warning Xiao Wu to dodge a sweeping strike.
• Enraged by Han Yuchen’s interference, Zhao Wuji abandoned the others and reached for Han Yuchen with a powerful bear paw.
• Han Yuchen turned to face the incoming attack with an expression of terror and despair.

Han Yuchen’s Restraint nullified Zhao Wuji’s full-force palm and reflected twice its power, sending the Soul Sage crashing through trees. As everyone struggled to understand what happened, Zhao Wuji’s rage drove him to unleash his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Zhao Wuji struck Han Yuchen with a full-strength palm while Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others watched in alarm.
• Han Yuchen’s Restraint activated, nullified the attack, and reflected it at double strength, hurling Zhao Wuji through three trees and breaking his arm.
• Tang San and the others stared in shock as Zhao Wuji realized he had been sent flying by his own attack, while Han Yuchen sought comfort in Xiao Wu’s arms.
• Zhao Wuji, furious and humiliated, powered up and activated his seventh Soul Ring to use Martial Soul Avatar.

Han Yuchen activated his Origin Skill "Restraint" against Zhao Wuji’s Martial Soul Avatar, making Zhao Wuji slap himself unconscious and ending the test. Flender and two companions arrived to find the wrecked testing grounds, while Han Yuchen noticed an unfamiliar woman with immense Soul Power and planned to test her.

• Zhao Wuji transformed into his Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul Avatar and prepared to strike Han Yuchen.
• Han Yuchen shouted that Zhao Wuji was restraining him, activating his Origin Skill "Restraint" and causing Zhao Wuji’s paw to slap his own face.
• Zhao Wuji fell unconscious in a crater, and the incense used to time the test burned out as the other students stared in shock.
• Flender, Oscar, and an unfamiliar woman arrived and found Zhao Wuji unconscious and the testing grounds damaged.
• Han Yuchen sensed that the woman had immense Soul Power, secretly wrapped Spiritual Power around Xiao Wu’s arm, and claimed Zhao Wuji had hit himself.

After Zhao Wuji inexplicably beat himself during Han Yuchen’s entrance exam, Flender questioned Han Yuchen and accepted his explanation that it happened when he merely thought about it. Flender admitted Han Yuchen and the other four students to Shrek Academy, then granted Han Yuchen extraordinary protections, freedom, and unlimited resources.

• Zhao Wuji was taken for treatment while Han Yuchen, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Zhu Zhuqing were brought to Flender’s office.
• Flender asked Han Yuchen what had happened, and Han Yuchen claimed that Zhao Wuji had started hitting himself after Han thought about it.
• Flender accepted all five applicants as official Shrek Academy students.
• Flender banned anyone from sparring with Han Yuchen without his consent and exempted him from regular physical and team training.
• Flender placed Han Yuchen under a personal Special Observation Plan and promised him unlimited access to the academy’s cultivation resources.

Han Yuchen exposed Tang San’s hidden identity and warned him that Spirit Hall would target Xiao Wu in a coming Soul Hunting Operation. He recruited Tang San into his plans to protect her, leaving their fates bound together.

• Flender gave Han Yuchen a private courtyard because he considered him a monster among monsters.
• Tang San visited Han Yuchen at night and asked who he really was.
• Han Yuchen revealed that he knew Tang San had an adult soul from another world and warned that Spirit Hall would hunt hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, including Xiao Wu.
• Han Yuchen told Tang San that he had sealed Xiao Wu’s aura and gave him a bracelet to conceal it further.
• Tang San agreed to cooperate with Han Yuchen, who planned to turn Shrek’s other students into his workers.

Zhao Wuji remembered that Han Yuchen had forced him to slap himself, leaving the Immovable Ming King terrified, while Flender and Yu Xiaogang decided to accommodate Han Yuchen and seek his guidance. Han Yuchen settled into a private courtyard with his Star Fox, and the next morning Shrek’s training began as someone politely knocked at his door.

• Zhao Wuji woke in the infirmary, and Yu Xiaogang confirmed that Zhao Wuji had caused the palm-print injury to his own cheek.
• Zhao Wuji recalled Han Yuchen’s power taking control of his arm and making him strike himself, then broke down in fear.
• Flender and Yu Xiaogang concluded Han Yuchen’s ability was like a law and agreed to treat him well while seeking his guidance.
• Han Yuchen relaxed in his private courtyard and fed a cultivated crimson carrot to his Thousand-Year Soul Beast, a Star Fox.
• Flender summoned Shrek’s students to begin hellish training, while someone knocked politely at Han Yuchen’s courtyard door.

At Shrek, Han Yuchen strolled alongside the exhausted students during Flender’s weighted run and gave Xiao Wu a rare Crimson Flame Dragon Tongue Fruit. Master concluded that Han Yuchen had a Titled Douluo as his hidden teacher, leaving the others even more in awe of him.

• Flender ordered everyone except Han Yuchen to carry stone baskets and run twenty laps, while Han Yuchen followed at an easy pace eating candied hawthorns.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai were the only students still standing near the finish, and Oscar used his Recovery Great Sausage to help the exhausted group recover.
• Xiao Wu offered Han Yuchen a sausage, but he gave her a Crimson Flame Dragon Tongue Fruit instead.
• Flender and Master identified the fruit as a three-thousand-year-grade treasure, and Han Yuchen casually said he usually ate such fruits at home.
• Master declared that a Titled Douluo must be behind Han Yuchen, and the students’ awe of him deepened.

Han Yuchen gave the Shrek students precious Spirit Fruits, cementing their trust in him. Later, he explained a new theory of martial soul compatibility to Master Yu Xiaogang, who left determined to seek his guidance again.

• Han Yuchen gave Spirit Fruits to Dai Mubai, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Wu, dispelling their remaining doubts about him.
• Han Yuchen spent several days studying in Shrek Academy's library.
• Master Yu Xiaogang asked Han Yuchen to explain his Mimicry Cultivation Theory of martial souls.
• Han Yuchen explained that compatibility and resonance between a soul skill and a martial soul mattered more than Soul Ring age alone.
• Han Yuchen answered Master's questions about Spirit Mutation and Soul Bone Fusion, and Master bowed and asked to seek his guidance in the future.

Han Yuchen recruited Tang San to help investigate the Shadow Contract and gave him a thousand-year Calming Grass to strengthen his spiritual power. After Tang San left, Han Yuchen used a Shadow Contract badge to contact Madame Hong.

• Han Yuchen told Tang San that he had found signs of the Shadow Contract in Nuoding City and Suotuo City and suspected it was connected to Spirit Hall officials.
• Tang San agreed to help Han Yuchen expose the organization, and they arranged to investigate an unfamiliar Titled Douluo the next day.
• Han Yuchen gave Tang San a thousand-year Calming Grass and questioned whether the Gods truly protected the continent.
• Tang San left the library with the Calming Grass stored in Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night.
• Han Yuchen revealed his Shadow Contract badge and infused it with simulated energy, causing its Obsidian eye to glow as he prepared to contact Madame Hong.

Han Yuchen reported to Madame Hong that Leng Yuebai seemed dangerous, then received a poisoned Shadow Thorn to test whether she belonged to their group. When he tried to use it on Leng Yuebai, she destroyed it and revealed a familiar connection, leaving Han Yuchen convinced she was an ally and promising him individual combat training.

• Han Yuchen told Madame Hong that Tang San had Twin Martial Souls and warned her about the dangerous new instructor, Leng Yuebai.
• Madame Hong ordered Han Yuchen to test Leng Yuebai with a Shadow Thorn and kill her if she was not one of them.
• Han Yuchen approached Leng Yuebai during Devil Training and used Star Atlas to discover she was a Level 91 Titled Douluo.
• Leng Yuebai plucked the poisoned Shadow Thorn from Han Yuchen's fingers and crushed it, then warned him not to play with dangerous things.
• Han Yuchen sensed a familiar fluctuation in Leng Yuebai and concluded she was an ally with his Soul Fragment.
• Leng Yuebai accepted Han Yuchen's Ice Crystal Grape and offered to give him individual practical combat training the next day.

At Shrek Academy, Leng Yuebai overwhelmed Han Yuchen in a public spar, revealing that she possessed two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. After Han Yuchen collapsed from exhaustion, an arrogant girl arrived and demanded to see the headmaster.

• Han Yuchen challenged Leng Yuebai with his Soul Skills, but she shattered his Earth Dragon Armor with a touch and brushed off his Restraint with a harmless wave of air.
• Leng Yuebai revealed her Soul Rings, including two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking Shrek Academy’s teachers and students.
• Leng Yuebai repeatedly prevented Han Yuchen from building up Sword Dance and evaded his attacks until he ran out of Soul Power and lost.
• Leng Yuebai called Han Yuchen too weak and walked away, while he resolved to bring allies to raid Solonsen’s lair.
• After Han Yuchen returned to his dormitory, an arrogant girl outside Shrek Academy demanded that the headmaster come out.

Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy expecting special treatment, but Han Yuchen and the other students demanded that she follow the academy’s rules. After Han Yuchen and the Little White Fox subdued her guards, Ning Rongrong agreed to take the test and joined the group, while her curiosity about Han Yuchen began to grow.

• Ning Rongrong arrived at Shrek Academy and demanded to see the person in charge and receive better lodging.
• Dai Mubai told Ning Rongrong that she had to follow Shrek’s rules, and Han Yuchen backed him up by calling the students his companions.
• One of Ning Rongrong’s guards released Soul Power pressure at Han Yuchen, but it vanished as the Little White Fox’s presence made both guards kneel in terror.
• Han Yuchen gave Ning Rongrong the choice to take the test or leave, and she reluctantly agreed to stay.
• Flender welcomed Ning Rongrong, dismissed her guards, and sent her for a make-up test as she left wondering who Han Yuchen was.

Ning Rongrong resisted Shrek’s grueling training until Han Yuchen challenged her pride, prompting her to join the weighted run. After she fell and injured herself, Han Yuchen secretly healed her with a leaf, and she resumed running with a new determination to observe the academy and him.

• Ning Rongrong complained that the students’ weighted run was pointless, while Han Yuchen headed off to fish instead of training.
• When Ning Rongrong demanded to know why Han Yuchen could skip training, he said he could defeat the teacher who set the rules in one move and asked what she could do.
• Ning Rongrong discarded her ornaments, shouldered a stone basket, and struggled to follow the other students on the run.
• Ning Rongrong fell, injured her knee, and was left behind as the others continued without stopping.
• Han Yuchen passed Ning Rongrong and let a life-filled leaf fall beside her, healing her exhaustion and wound when she picked it up.
• Ning Rongrong got back to her feet and continued the run, looking at Shrek Academy and Han Yuchen with new curiosity.

Ning Rongrong confronted Flender over Shrek’s harsh conditions and threatened to leave, but Han Yuchen’s mockery of her dependence on her support abilities drove her to tears. In the girls’ dormitory, Oscar brought her a Recovery Great Sausage, and his awkward kindness softened her anger slightly.

• Ning Rongrong demanded special treatment from Flender because of her status as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Flender told her she could leave.
• Flender opened the office door and challenged Ning Rongrong to choose whether to stay at Shrek or go home.
• Han Yuchen mocked Ning Rongrong’s delicacy as a Support System Soul Master, and she shoved past him and ran to the dormitory crying.
• Oscar left a Recovery Great Sausage for Ning Rongrong and said Flender had reminded him that crying used stamina.
• Ning Rongrong stopped crying, recognized Oscar’s gesture as sincere kindness, and felt a small crack in her resentment.

Ning Rongrong, shaken by the day's rejection, sought Han Yuchen for guidance on becoming stronger. He told her that the others did not look down on her as a person but saw her princess attitude as a battlefield liability, and he bluntly described her as a child unable to use her powerful martial soul.

• Unable to sleep, Ning Rongrong resolved to stay at Shrek Academy and prove her worth rather than return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong went to Han Yuchen's courtyard and witnessed him drawing starlight into himself as he cultivated with Star Fox.
• Han Yuchen noticed Ning Rongrong waiting outside and asked what she needed.
• Ning Rongrong stepped forward, lowered her head, and asked what she had to do so Han Yuchen would not look down on her.
• Han Yuchen said they looked down on princesses because they became burdens on the battlefield, then compared Ning Rongrong's present ability to a three-year-old playing with a toy.

Han Yuchen confronted Ning Rongrong about her selfish attitude, then gave her a miraculous healing ointment that helped her rethink her place on the Shrek team. The next morning, she apologized to Oscar and supported Ma Hongjun during training, while Flender announced a trip to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena.

• Han Yuchen told Ning Rongrong to stop relying on her status and to support her teammates consistently, then gave her ointment for her injured knee.
• Ning Rongrong applied the ointment and watched her wound heal completely within seconds, resolving to change her behavior.
• Ning Rongrong arrived early for training, apologized to Oscar, and ran without complaining.
• During the weighted run, Ning Rongrong used her Strength Amplification skill to help Ma Hongjun when he began to tire.
• Flender praised the team's growing unity and announced that he would take them to Suotuo City's Great Soul Arena that night.

At the Great Soul Arena, the Shrek Seven Devils registered as a team while Han Yuchen chose to compete separately under the name Star. The Seven Devils faced the Fierce God Team, and Han Yuchen entered the arena against the much stronger Rage Battle Bear as both matches were about to begin.

• Flender explained the Great Soul Arena's ranking system and set earning Silver Soul Master badges within a year as the students' goal.
• Dai Mubai registered the team as the Shrek Seven Devils, while Han Yuchen registered separately under the name Star.
• The arena scheduled the Shrek Seven Devils against the Fierce God Team and Han Yuchen against Rage Battle Bear.
• The Shrek Seven Devils entered Arena Seven in green masks and were mocked by the crowd as their opponents revealed they were all Soul Grandmasters.
• Han Yuchen entered Arena Thirteen carrying Little White Fox, and Rage Battle Bear took his slight build and appearance as an insult.

Han Yuchen instantly defeated the Rage Battle Bear in the arena while the Shrek Seven Devils won a grueling team battle. Afterward, Tang San told Han Yuchen that the Nuoding Academy gatekeeper he had defeated was watching them from the stands.

• Han Yuchen defeated the charging Rage Battle Bear with one use of Blade of Flowing Water and was declared the victor under the name Star.
• The Shrek Seven Devils struggled against the Fierce God Team before Tang San and Xiao Wu coordinated attacks that secured their victory.
• Han Yuchen waited at the gathering point while the wounded Shrek Seven Devils returned from their match.
• Tang San told Han Yuchen that he had spotted the Nuoding Academy gatekeeper in the stands, apparently watching them.

Han Yuchen arranged for information on the suspicious gatekeeper from Nuoding Academy while drawing Spirit Hall’s attention away from Tang San. A Soul King confronted him in an alley, and Han Yuchen prepared to fight.

• Han Yuchen convinced Tang San that the suspicious observer was targeting him, and they agreed that Tang San would draw attention while Han Yuchen investigated in secret.
• Ning Rongrong admitted her support had fallen behind and promised to coordinate better, earning the Shrek Seven Devils’ acceptance as a true teammate.
• Han Yuchen entered Suotuo City’s Night Owl Tavern, froze a brawler’s arm to silence the room, and paid the owner to find information about the gatekeeper.
• After leaving the tavern, Han Yuchen encountered a black-robed man whose pure darkness resembled Solonsen’s and whose power marked him as a Soul King.
• The black-robed man demanded to know who Han Yuchen was, and Han Yuchen raised a hand to gather blue water threaded with starlight.

Han Yuchen defeated Night Bat, a Soul King sent by Shadow Contract to investigate him, and stripped memories from him. The memories revealed a Six-winged Archangel emblem associated with Spirit Hall, leaving Han Yuchen with a clue to a larger connection.

• Night Bat confronted Han Yuchen in an alley and attacked him with his Shadow Hand Soul Skill, but Han Yuchen blocked and severed its connection.
• Night Bat unleashed his ten-thousand-year Shadow Assault, but Han Yuchen's Restraint talent reflected the attack and badly injured him.
• Han Yuchen used Soul Intimidation to stop Night Bat from retaliating and knock him unconscious.
• Han Yuchen stripped Night Bat's memories and learned he was a leader of Shadow Contract's Suotuo City outpost, codenamed Night Bat.
• Han Yuchen found a Spirit Hall emblem of the Six-winged Archangel in Night Bat's memories.