Chapter Summaries

Tang Wulin and his companions settled into the Work-Study Student dormitory and used their abilities to clean Spirit Ice Plaza. The chapter left them aware of the academy’s demanding competition and determined to improve quickly.

• Tang Wulin and his companions cleaned their dormitory and learned how limited the Work-Study Student facilities were.
• At the water pipe, Tang Wulin greeted the powerful second-ranked student, who turned out to be a Work-Study Student.
• Gu Yue used a Wind and Water Elemental Vortex to clean one-third of Spirit Ice Plaza, then Su Hao used Mind Power to finish the rest.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan improved the dormitory, bought toiletries, and kept their living arrangements plain.
• After the plaza was clean, the group cultivated in their dormitory, with Tang Wulin and the others recognizing the need to grow stronger at Shrek Academy.

Tang Wulin’s enormous appetite drew attention at the academy cafeteria, while Xie Xie treated the group to drinks as they explored Shrek City. At the Beverage Bar, they overheard a well-dressed stranger arrogantly asking a server for her Soul Tool Communication number.

• Su Hao and the others learned their Shrek Contribution Points would cover meals for only four of them, while Tang Wulin ate enough food for thirty people.
• Tang Wulin finished eating despite the cafeteria supervisor’s astonishment, then joined Su Hao and the others as they left together.
• Xie Xie offered to buy drinks and led the group to a busy Beverage Bar, where the girls ordered ice cream.
• Xie Xie told Tang Wulin about the Sea God's Fate Matchmaking Convention and its long tradition at Shrek Academy.
• A handsome stranger in a white suit demanded the server's Soul Tool Communication number, drawing the group's attention.

Su Hao and his companions witnessed a confrontation between a blond youth with a Holy Angel Martial Soul and a Work-Study Student with a Fallen Angel Martial Soul, then went to the Academic Affairs Office to submit tasks and choose more. They headed to Shrek Academy’s Opening Ceremony, where Su Hao reflected on the academy’s small student body and demanding costs.

• A blond youth bought the Beverage Bar to demand a waitress’s contact information, but she resigned and left, prompting Xie Xie to chase after them as Tang Wulin followed.
• Su Hao told Xu Xiaoyan that Shrek would side with the maiden and punish the youth, and Tang Wulin and Xie Xie later reported that Shrek Law Enforcers had stopped their fight after revealing their Holy Angel and Fallen Angel Martial Souls.
• The group returned to their dormitory and meditated, though Xie Xie remained unsettled.
• At the Academic Affairs Office, Tang Wulin asked for additional tasks, Yuanen submitted a completed blueprint, and Su Hao and the others chose tasks while learning they had to pay monthly tuition in Contribution Points.
• The group left for the Opening Ceremony at Spirit Ice Plaza, where Su Hao considered Shrek’s limited enrollment and the burdens placed on Work-Study Students.

Su Hao and his classmates began their first day at Shrek Academy, where Cai Yuer assigned their teachers and Shen Yi explained the academy’s rules and Battle Armor studies. At lunch, Tang Wulin worried about paying for food and tried to find someone willing to cover his meals.

• Shrek’s teachers descended before the freshmen, and Cai Yuer became Su Hao’s class’s homeroom teacher alongside Wu Changkong and Shen Yi.
• Shen Yi assigned Su Hao, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie seats together in the front row.
• Cai Yuer and Shen Yi explained Shrek’s approach to cultivation, its rules, and the difference between Battle Armor Masters and Mecha Masters.
• Tang Wulin realized his one hundred Contribution Points might not cover his enormous appetite and told his friends to eat without him.
• Tang Wulin stood at the cafeteria entrance holding up a handwritten appeal for someone to pay for his meals, prompting Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan to react.

Su Hao went to complete a Spirit Forging commission and registered with Shrek’s Blacksmith Association. His Level 4 Blacksmith Medal revealed his exceptional credentials, leaving Hao Ren to realize Su Hao might already be a Level 5 Master.

• Tang Wulin told Xie Xie that his deal with Yuanen had secured only a one-time meal arrangement so far.
• Su Hao sent Gu Yue and the others to finish their chosen tasks, cleaned Spirit Ice Plaza, and contacted the client for his Spirit Forging commission.
• Hao Ren met Su Hao at the plaza and took him to the Blacksmith Association, where Su Hao joined using his professional Medal.
• The Association’s staff verified that Su Hao was a Level 4 Forging Master and had developed the Heaven and Earth Forging Method.
• Hao Ren realized that Su Hao’s confidence in completing Spirit Forging meant he might be a Level 5 Master.

Su Hao revealed that he had created the Heaven and Earth Forging Style and arranged to demonstrate Spirit Forging for the Blacksmith Association. He forged Hao Ren’s Starfall Iron to Thousand Refinements First Grade, earning the chance to proceed toward the Level 5 Blacksmith Assessment.

• A young Blacksmith Association member recognized Su Hao’s Heaven and Earth Forging Style and became more courteous after learning Su Hao was a thirteen-year-old Level 4 Forging Master.
• Su Hao asked for a Forging Room and said he planned to take the Level 5 Blacksmith Assessment after completing Hao Ren’s Spirit Forging commission.
• The association member arranged for an assessor to observe Su Hao’s work and led Su Hao and Hao Ren to Workshop Number Nine.
• Hao Ren presented his Starfall Iron, and the assessor inspected it before Su Hao began forging.
• Su Hao used the Heaven and Earth Forging Style to forge the Starfall Iron, completing Hundred Refinements with one strike and achieving Thousand Refinements First Grade after further strikes.

Su Hao successfully completed the Spirit Forging, passed his Level 5 Blacksmith assessment, and collected his Contribution Points. At dinner, Yuanen explained the Work-Study Students’ dwindled numbers, and Yue Zhengyu joined the group while demanding to know where the red-haired maiden was.

• Su Hao finished forging Hao Ren’s Starfall Iron, which bonded with Hao Ren’s bloodline, and Hao Ren praised his work before leaving.
• The assessor confirmed Su Hao had passed the Level 5 Blacksmith assessment, and Su Hao received his medal and collected his Contribution Points.
• Su Hao returned to the dormitory, cultivated alongside Tang Wulin, and later joined Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Gu Yue for dinner.
• Yuanen told the group that only she had remained among the Work-Study Students before the five newcomers arrived.
• Yue Zhengyu confronted Yuanen about the red-haired maiden, then sat at the group’s table and offered to pay for dinner.

Tang Wulin and his friends discussed Yue Zhengyu joining the Work-Study Students, their plans to earn Contribution Points, and the growing pressure of studying at Shrek. Su Hao and Gu Yue exchanged Spirit Pagoda points for Contribution Points, and the next day Shen Yi began selecting Class Cadres.

• Yue Zhengyu announced that he had become a Work-Study Student so he could search the dormitory area for the Fallen Angel Soul Master, and Tang Wulin tried to interest him in blacksmithing.
• Tang Wulin urged Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan to focus on their professions, while privately worrying that his group’s friendships might not last as their paths diverged.
• Su Hao and Gu Yue visited the Spirit Pagoda branch and exchanged Spirit Pagoda points for Shrek Contribution Points at a rate of two to one.
• Tang Wulin returned to the dormitory to plan his cultivation and work toward Rank 30 Soul Power and his Third Soul Ring.
• The next day, Shen Yi explained the class cadre system and its rewards while Wu Changkong watched the class.

Shen Yi announced Shrek Academy’s Class Cadre positions, rewards, and selection rules, naming Su Hao the Forging Committee Member because he was a Level 5 Blacksmith. The class prepared to compete in a free-for-all for the Class Monitor and Vice Class Monitor positions.

• Shen Yi explained that the class would have seven Class Cadres, who would earn extra Contribution Points and represent their classmates.
• Shen Yi named Su Hao the Forging Committee Member, and Yang Nianxia questioned why he did not have to compete.
• Shen Yi revealed that Su Hao was a Level 5 Blacksmith, and Yang Nianxia accepted that he could not challenge him for the position.
• Shen Yi announced that the other Class Cadre roles required competition and described a free-for-all to select the Class Monitor and two Vice Class Monitors.
• Shen Yi explained that the Class Monitor and Vice Class Monitors had academy obligations and a better chance of entering the Inner Court.

Su Hao formed a team with Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yang Nianxia for the Class Monitor contest, promising to clear the field with one move. The students were brought to a circular hall, where Shen Yi revealed pods for entering an illusory space, but the contest had not yet begun.

• Shen Yi gave the students fifteen minutes to form alliances before the Class Monitor contest.
• Su Hao told Tang Wulin he would eliminate the others with one move and asked him to stay close.
• Yang Nianxia joined Su Hao's group after learning he was Heavenly Dao Su Hao, the three-time Young Genius Ranking champion.
• Shen Yi and Wu Changkong led all 102 students to a circular hall and explained that the contest would take place in an illusory space.
• Shen Yi activated a mechanism that opened egg-shaped pods in the hall.

Su Hao and Tang Wulin entered the virtual forest assessment with their classmates, where Yang Nianxia defeated an ambusher who attacked him from behind. The group encountered three more students, led by an arrogant girl with a jade-green snake Martial Soul.

• Su Hao, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yang Nianxia chose nearby Simulation Pods and entered the virtual forest.
• Su Hao found Tang Wulin and Yang Nianxia after hearing Yang Nianxia shout for the others.
• A hidden student strangled Yang Nianxia from behind, but Yang Nianxia transformed, grabbed the attacker, and smashed him into the ground until he vanished in White Light.
• Yang Nianxia continued calling for Su Hao and the others while Su Hao and Tang Wulin watched from the shadows.
• A girl with a jade-green snake Martial Soul arrived with two identical male students, and Tang Wulin wondered whether the twins could use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Yang Nianxia fought Zheng Yiran and her two poisonous subordinates while Su Hao and Tang Wulin watched from hiding. Gu Yue helped Yang Nianxia defeat Zheng Yiran, then approached the two observers and told Yang Nianxia to keep going.

• Zheng Yiran ordered Zheng Long and Zheng Hu to attack Yang Nianxia with their poisonous Martial Souls.
• Yang Nianxia pretended to succumb to the poison, then revealed his resistance and defeated Zheng Long and Zheng Hu.
• Yang Nianxia charged Zheng Yiran, who wrapped around him and attacked with poison, but neither could gain the upper hand.
• Gu Yue struck Zheng Yiran with Ice Seal, allowing Yang Nianxia to break free and eliminate her.
• Gu Yue found Su Hao and Tang Wulin hiding in the shrubbery, then told Yang Nianxia to continue fighting.

Su Hao and Tang Wulin’s group cleared the remaining students from the Class Monitor competition with Su Hao’s large-scale Soul Skills. Wu Changkong explained that Su Hao was competing to claim the position openly, though he expected Su Hao to serve only for this cohort.

• Su Hao and Tang Wulin stopped two attackers, then joined Xie Xie, Xu Xiaoyan, and Yang Nianxia in the shrubbery.
• Su Hao told Yang Nianxia the match should end early and activated his Second Soul Ring, darkening the sky with a storm.
• Su Hao used lightning to eliminate most of the students still fighting, then unleashed Earthquake to bury those in hiding.
• Shen Yi questioned whether Su Hao’s overwhelming power made the competition unfair, and Wu Changkong defended letting him compete for the Class Monitor position.
• Wu Changkong told Shen Yi that Su Hao lacked a strong sense of belonging and would probably serve as Class Monitor only for this cohort.

Su Hao overwhelmed the forest competition with his Soul Skill, Heavenly Revelation Forecast, and returned with Tang Wulin and the others as the clear winners. Wu Changkong and Shen Yi speculated about Su Hao’s mysterious origins, while the students accepted that he was overwhelmingly stronger than them and were told to choose their Class Monitor and Vice Class Monitor.

• Wu Changkong told Shen Yi that Su Hao had grown far stronger over three years, excelled in his Second Professions, and had an unknown background that led Wu Changkong to a private guess about his identity.
• Su Hao descended after using one Soul Skill to eliminate every other student in the forest, leaving Tang Wulin and the others stunned by the devastation.
• Su Hao named the Soul Skill Heavenly Revelation Forecast and explained that he had used only one part of it before the skill transported the six students back to the hall.
• The eliminated students recognized Su Hao as the top-ranked genius on the Young Genius Ranking and abandoned their hopes of defeating him.
• The competition judge ended the contest and asked Su Hao’s group to decide who would become Class Monitor and Vice Class Monitor, while Tang Wulin and the others stepped aside.

Shen Yi confirmed Su Hao as Class Monitor, with Tang Wulin and Yang Nianxia as Vice Class Monitors, while Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue withdrew from the vice position contest. The remaining class cadre positions were decided by lunchtime, and Tang Wulin encouraged Xu Xiaoyan to keep working toward finding her place at Shrek Academy.

• Xu Xiaoyan, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue withdrew from the Vice Class Monitor contest and received two thousand Contribution Points to divide among themselves.
• Shen Yi appointed Tang Wulin and Yang Nianxia as Vice Class Monitors alongside Su Hao as Class Monitor.
• Tang Wulin left class with Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan, encouraged Xu Xiaoyan, and wondered why Wu Changkong had not guided them since they arrived at Shrek Academy.
• Gu Yue registered for a committee position, and Xie Xie hurried away to reflect on the Soul Skills he had seen.
• By lunchtime, Gu Yue had become the Mecha Design Committee Member, Luo Guixing the Mecha Manufacturing Committee Member, and Wu Sidao the Mecha Repair Committee Member.

As Shrek Academy’s official classes began, Yue Zhengyu moved into Yuanen’s dormitory, prompting Yuanen to seek a room change while Tang Wulin quietly arranged a swap. The chapter ended with Wu Changkong introducing Mecha Manufacturing as the class’s first lesson, while Su Hao focused on his plans for Dragon Valley and the Life Core.

• Su Hao prepared to forge his Two-word Emperor Armor, while Tang Wulin and Xu Xiaoyan prioritized improving their cultivation.
• Yue Zhengyu moved into Yuanen’s dormitory, and Yuanen left to request a room change because she disliked him.
• Tang Wulin and Yue Zhengyu each believed they had gained the better end of a deal involving Yuanen’s former dormitory, while Yuanen and Su Hao noticed their smug smiles.
• Shen Yi instructed the Committee Members to count students in their specialties and report to the relevant associations before Wu Changkong began teaching.
• Wu Changkong announced that the first lesson was Introduction to Mecha Manufacturing, surprising Tang Wulin and the others.
• Su Hao considered Dragon Valley and the Life Core essential to strengthening his Martial Soul and planned to obtain them by using the Tang Sect’s expedition and other methods.

Wu Changkong taught the class about the four fields of mecha development, and Shen Yi assigned the class committee to balance students into eight groups. Su Hao revealed his high profession levels, leaving Luo Guixing and Wu Sidao stunned when Gu Yue added that he was also a Level 6 Soul Tool Master.

• Wu Changkong taught the students how forging, design, manufacturing, and repair shaped mechas, and the class’s profession choices were tallied.
• Shen Yi asked Su Hao, Gu Yue, Luo Guixing, and Wu Sidao to register with the academy associations and divide the students into eight balanced groups.
• Su Hao proposed strengthening the group with the sole Level 1 Blacksmith, and Gu Yue, Luo Guixing, and Wu Sidao helped complete the assignments.
• Luo Guixing asked why Shen Yi had made Su Hao a group by himself, and Su Hao said he was a Level 5 Blacksmith and Designer and a Level 4 Mecha Repair and Manufacturing Master.
• After Su Hao left, Gu Yue told Luo Guixing and Wu Sidao that Su Hao was also a Level 6 Soul Tool Master, astonishing them.

Xie Xie reflected on his shortcomings beside Tang Wulin and Su Hao, then left the dormitory at night to clear his mind. He investigated a lit, supposedly empty room and began opening its window, unaware that Su Hao had quietly followed him.

• Wu Sidao lost confidence after learning that Su Hao had eliminated her in the Class Monitor contest and reached Level 4 in all four Second Professions.
• Shen Yi praised Su Hao for organizing the group list and reminded him that being Class Monitor would bring more responsibilities.
• Gu Yue returned to the Work-Study Student Dormitory Area after spending the day outside the academy.
• Xie Xie slipped out of the dormitory while Tang Wulin cultivated, and Su Hao quietly followed him.
• Xie Xie thought about improving his combat strength and combining the Light Dragon Dagger and Shadow Dragon Dagger into a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xie Xie approached a lit room he thought was empty, silently opened its window latch with his Shadow Dragon Dagger, and lifted the curtain.

Xie Xie secretly went to Yuanen's dormitory and was caught peeping at the red-haired maiden, who attacked him with overwhelming force. Yue Zhengyu and Tang Wulin intervened to protect him, and the red-haired maiden still threatened to kill Xie Xie.

• Xie Xie saw the red-haired maiden bathing in Yuanen's room, and she caught him outside the window.
• The red-haired maiden attacked Xie Xie, sent him crashing into a dormitory wall, and prepared to pursue him.
• Yue Zhengyu blocked the red-haired maiden and challenged her, while she revealed a third Soul Ring.
• Su Hao told Tang Wulin and the others not to join the fight at first, explaining what he had witnessed.
• Tang Wulin saw Xie Xie was injured, rushed to help him, and joined Yue Zhengyu against the red-haired maiden.
• The red-haired maiden pointed her sword at Xie Xie and vowed to kill him.

Tang Wulin and Yue Zhengyu tried to stop the furious Yuanen from attacking Xie Xie, and the fight revealed her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul. Before they could settle the misunderstanding, powerful auras descended and forced the group to the ground, leaving Tang Wulin on one knee.

• Yuanen attacked Xie Xie, while Yue Zhengyu unleashed Holy Light and Judgment Light and Tang Wulin restrained her with his Golden Dragon bloodline.
• Xie Xie begged them not to hurt Yuanen, but she struck at him again and Tang Wulin pulled him clear with Blue Silver Grass, leaving him wounded.
• Tang Wulin used Golden Dragon Poison Claw against Yuanen, who transformed into a giant Titan Giant Ape and suffered poisoned wounds.
• Tang Wulin urged Yuanen to calm down after realizing Xie Xie had likely encountered her bathing at night.
• Powerful auras suppressed Yue Zhengyu and Xie Xie, while Tang Wulin resisted with Golden Dragon Body and fell to one knee.