Chapter Summaries

Wang Dong reached a hotel in Shrek City while Xue Nianbing explored the city and encountered Tang Ya working at a barbecue restaurant. He argued that her Blue Silver Grass’s devouring ability was not inherently evil, leaving Tang Ya stunned by his claim that her ancestor Tang San had also possessed a devouring ability.

• Wang Dong grew jealous when Xue Nianbing admitted he wanted to find more women, then entered a hotel alone after he left her there.
• Xue Nianbing explored a snack street and thought about visiting Zhang Lexuan and Jiang Nannan once he had settled into academy life.
• Xue Nianbing found Tang Ya working at a barbecue restaurant, ordered food to go, and asked whether Beibei was there.
• Tang Ya asked how Xue Nianbing knew her Blue Silver Grass could devour life force, and he said he had guessed.
• Xue Nianbing called Tang Ya’s devouring ability a positive Martial Soul mutation and argued that good and evil depended on how it was used.
• Xue Nianbing said Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances also had a devouring attribute, leaving Tang Ya shocked and questioning how he knew so much about events from ten thousand years ago.

Xue Nianbing advised Tang Ya to accept her Blue Silver Grass, helping her reconsider its devouring ability as a source of strength, then reunited with Wang Dong. While cultivating, he discovered that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could manifest outside his Sea of Consciousness and form a bond with him unlike a Martial Soul or Soul Spirit.

• Xue Nianbing told Tang Ya that Martial Souls had no good or evil and urged her to accept the uniqueness of her Blue Silver Grass, prompting her to reconsider her power.
• Xue Nianbing returned to ask Tang Ya whether Jiang Nannan was at the academy and confirmed that they were childhood friends, not a couple.
• Wang Dong waited for Xue Nianbing outside Starlight Hotel, and they returned to their dorm with barbecue from This Barbecue.
• Xue Nianbing examined the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Sea of Consciousness and asked him to try coming out.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm manifested as a miniature figure, and Xue Nianbing sensed a bond that let him perceive and control him but did not allow him to add Soul Rings.

Xue Nianbing learned from Electrolux that the Ice Blue Mist had revived Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as a growing Beast Taming pet, while Electrolux himself needed years before he could gain a physical body. The chapter ended with Xue Nianbing proposing that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm help a spiritual Martial Soul user, and Sky Dream guessed he meant Huo Yuhao.

• Xue Nianbing called on Electrolux and asked him to examine Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Electrolux explained that the Ice Blue Mist was reshaping Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, letting him switch between physical and soul forms while growing as Xue Nianbing's Beast Taming pet.
• Electrolux said he could not yet see the creature inside the Ice Blue Light Cluster, and explained that he needed several more years to obtain a physical body.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Xue Nianbing to let him leave the Sea of Consciousness occasionally.
• Xue Nianbing proposed that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm help a new master with a spiritual Martial Soul, and Sky Dream identified the youth as Huo Yuhao.

Xue Nianbing instructed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to guide Huo Yuhao toward revenge and keep him from serving Shrek Academy or the Tang Sect, while the silkworm recovered. At Shrek, Class Nine began its monthly cultivation program and learned about Soul Engineers and Soul Tools, and Xue Nianbing continued building friendships with his classmates.

• Xue Nianbing told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to reinforce Huo Yuhao's desire for revenge and prevent him from being controlled by Shrek's glory or the Tang Sect's revival.
• Xue Nianbing ordered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to recover to the level of a Century-Level Soul Beast over the next three or four months, while Electrolux watched and considered Xue Nianbing's suitability to inherit Necromancy.
• Mu Jin gave Class Nine individualized cultivation plans and warned students who slacked off that they would have to shout that they were idiots in front of the Teaching Building.
• Mu Jin introduced Soul Engineers and Soul Tools, and Xue Nianbing reflected that Soul Masters should learn to use Soul Tools rather than separate the two fields.
• Xue Nianbing grew closer to his classmates, while Wang Dong kept to herself apart from him; after class, Wang Dong eagerly asked what they would eat that evening.

Xue Nianbing reunited with Jiang Nannan at Shrek Academy and introduced her to Wang Dong, who became jealous of their closeness. As the three explored Shrek City, Xue Nianbing told Jiang Nannan that her mother was doing well and promised they would visit together during the academy break.

• Xue Nianbing waited with Wang Dong for an Outer Court student, and Jiang Nannan emerged from the Teaching Building and embraced him.
• Xue Nianbing introduced Wang Dong to Jiang Nannan and revealed Wang Dong's secret identity as a girl disguised as a boy.
• Xue Nianbing took Jiang Nannan's hand and led the group away while Wang Dong sulked and wondered if she should return to being a girl.
• The three wandered around Shrek City, where Wang Dong bought snacks with Xue Nianbing's money.
• Xue Nianbing told Jiang Nannan that her mother was healthy and that they could visit her together during the academy break.

Xue Nianbing told Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong that he had reached Soul Ancestor level, then met Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao at a grilled-fish stall. After buying fish and praising Huo Yuhao’s cooking, he discussed Zhou Yi’s suspension with Beibei.

• Jiang Nannan told Xue Nianbing that Zhang Lexuan had begun secluded cultivation to break through to Level 80 Soul Douluo.
• Xue Nianbing revealed that his Soul Power had reached Level 40, shocking Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong.
• Xue Nianbing led Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong to Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall and paid people in line to take the first three spots.
• Xue Nianbing bought grilled fish from Huo Yuhao, addressed him familiarly, and praised his cooking.
• Beibei asked Xue Nianbing about Zhou Yi’s suspension, and Xue Nianbing confirmed that it was related to him.

Xue Nianbing challenged Beibei’s defense of Zhou Yi’s teaching methods, then confronted Xu Sanshi when he interrupted Jiang Nannan and pursued her again. After Xue Nianbing kicked Xu Sanshi aside and traded insults with him, Beibei stepped between them to stop the fight.

• Xue Nianbing argued that Zhou Yi’s high advancement rate came from expelling students and that her teaching harmed their potential.
• Xu Sanshi approached Jiang Nannan, but Xue Nianbing blocked him as Jiang Nannan repeated that she had rejected Xu Sanshi and asked him to leave her alone.
• Xue Nianbing kicked Xu Sanshi flying when Xu Sanshi ignored his warning to leave.
• Xu Sanshi got up and charged at Xue Nianbing, who calmly taunted him.
• Beibei stepped in front of Xu Sanshi and warned him not to fight a new student.

Xue Nianbing provoked Xu Sanshi into agreeing to a wagered fight in the Soul Battle Area, despite Beibei warning him that Xu Sanshi was outmatched. Xue Nianbing then challenged both upperclassmen to accept a fight with him, leaving the gathered students watching in stunned silence.

• Xu Sanshi demanded that Xue Nianbing fight him in the Soul Battle Area, and Xue Nianbing revealed he knew Xu Sanshi’s level, background, and Martial Soul secrets.
• Xue Nianbing proposed that they wager their Storage Rings, and Xu Sanshi accepted after Xue Nianbing taunted him.
• Beibei warned Xu Sanshi about Xue Nianbing’s strength, making Xu Sanshi doubt the fight but feel unable to back down in front of the crowd.
• Xue Nianbing provoked Beibei and Xu Sanshi by suggesting they fight him together and framing their refusal as cowardice, drawing a crowd of curious students.

Xue Nianbing challenged Beibei and Xu Sanshi to a one-on-two Soul Battle, drawing a crowd and the attention of Shrek Academy’s leaders. As the fighters prepared in the Soul Arena, Yan Shaozhe, Ma Xiaotao, Cai Meier, and Mu En watched from above and nearby.

• Xue Nianbing challenged Beibei and Xu Sanshi, and Beibei agreed after Xu Sanshi urged him not to let the provocation go unanswered.
• Xue Nianbing declined to set a wager and headed to the Soul Arena with Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong, while Beibei and Xu Sanshi prepared to fight.
• Tang Ya and Huo Yuhao followed Beibei to the Soul Arena, where both paid their own entry fees.
• Students crowded into the Soul Arena after learning that the level thirty-six Xue Nianbing would challenge the Outer Court Twin Stars together.
• Yan Shaozhe, Ma Xiaotao, Cai Meier, and Mu En observed the coming battle, while Yan Shaozhe questioned whether Xue Nianbing would reveal his full abilities.

Xue Nianbing faced Beibei and Xu Sanshi in a wagered Soul Fight, shocking the arena by revealing Extreme Ice and three powerful Thousand Year Soul Rings. The match began with his opponents realizing his true Soul Power was likely higher than theirs.

• Cai Meier, Xian Lin'er, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo watched Xue Nianbing, while Ma Xiaotao wondered whether he was strong enough for her.
• Referee Lao Si announced Xue Nianbing's challenge against Beibei and Xu Sanshi and declared their Storage Rings part of the wager.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi released their Martial Souls and cautiously advanced on Xue Nianbing.
• Xue Nianbing summoned his Ice Blue Spear, unleashing Extreme Ice that astonished the spectators and Ma Xiaotao.
• Xue Nianbing revealed three purple Soul Rings, stunning the crowd and prompting Xu Sanshi to suspect his Soul Power exceeded Beibei's and his own.

Xue Nianbing overwhelmed Beibei and Xu Sanshi in the soul-fighting match, using his powerful Frosty Ice Spear skills to defeat Xu Sanshi and dominate Beibei. After the referee intervened, Xue Nianbing demanded Xu Sanshi’s Storage Ring.

• Xue Nianbing dodged Beibei and Xu Sanshi’s attacks with Swiftness of Ice and sent Xu Sanshi flying with Mark of Ice.
• Xue Nianbing toyed with Beibei while Electrolux studied Beibei’s Tang Sect techniques and offered to create peerless skills suited to Xue Nianbing’s Martial Soul.
• Beibei used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and Thunderous Force, but Xue Nianbing countered him with Vortex of Ice and knocked him back.
• Xu Sanshi charged Xue Nianbing with Dark Tortoise Power, but Xue Nianbing shattered his shield formation and struck him hard enough to make him spit blood.
• The referee rescued Xu Sanshi, conceding his loss, while Xue Nianbing kept battering Beibei and demanded Xu Sanshi’s Storage Ring.

Xue Nianbing defeated Xu Sanshi and humiliated Beibei while using their fight to learn Tang Sect skills. After mastering a new movement technique from Electrolux, he stunned the arena by appearing behind Beibei with Snow Dance Six Illusions.

• The referee took Xu Sanshi's Storage Ring and gave it to Xue Nianbing, who taunted Xu Sanshi until he fainted from anger.
• Xue Nianbing wounded Beibei with his Frosty Ice Spear and forced him to resist its freezing power.
• Beibei refused to concede after Xue Nianbing challenged him, and Electrolux told Xue Nianbing he had finished creating a movement technique based on Swiftness of Ice and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Xue Nianbing quickly mastered the technique and named it Snow Dance Six Illusions while Beibei charged him with Thunder Dragon Claw.
• Xue Nianbing used Snow Dance Six Illusions to appear behind Beibei, shocking the spectators, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao.

Xue Nianbing defeated Beibei after copying and improving his Tang Sect techniques, becoming famous throughout Shrek Academy’s Outer Court. Beibei’s surrender left Tang Ya questioning her duty to revive the Tang Sect, while academy leaders debated Xue Nianbing’s potential as a Soul Engineer.

• Xue Nianbing used a movement technique he had learned from Beibei and struck him with the Frosty Ice Spear, leaving Beibei badly hurt.
• Xue Nianbing admitted he had wanted to study the Tang Sect’s Peerless Skills, and Beibei conceded to prevent him from learning more.
• The Soul Fighting Arena erupted in praise for Xue Nianbing, while Xu Sanshi slipped away in disgrace.
• Beibei told Tang Ya that Xue Nianbing had copied and improved his movement technique, and Tang Ya admitted she doubted whether reviving the Tang Sect was worth her sacrifice.
• Huo Yuhao promised to help Tang Ya and Beibei revive the Tang Sect, though Tang Ya’s confidence remained shaken.
• Xian Lin'er suggested that Xue Nianbing should join the Soul Tool Department, but Yan Shaozhe argued that he had chosen the Martial Soul Department.

Yan Shaozhe discussed Ma Xiaotao’s growing acceptance of Xue Nianbing, while Xue Nianbing spent the day with Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan before learning a new Peerless Skill. He named the technique Control Ice Capture Snow and returned to cultivation.

• Xian Lin'er argued that Xue Nianbing might appreciate Soul Tools, while Yan Shaozhe doubted it and told Ma Xiaotao she should stop resisting him.
• Xue Nianbing treated Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan to an expensive meal and dessert after their trip around Shrek City.
• Xue Nianbing gave Jiang Nannan a Storage Ring and teased her until she blushed and hurried away.
• Wang Dong playfully scolded Xue Nianbing before the two returned to their dormitory and began cultivating.
• Xue Nianbing learned a new claw technique combining Vortex of Ice and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, named it Control Ice Capture Snow, and resumed cultivation.

Xue Nianbing enjoyed his classmates’ admiration, supervised their weighted laps, and was summoned by Dean Yan Shaozhe. Suspecting Yan wanted his help with Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, Xue Nianbing prepared to negotiate and hinted to Wang Dong that they might change dorm rooms.

• Xue Nianbing’s classmates praised him as the Outer Court’s top genius, and he promised to supervise their training diligently.
• Xue Nianbing teased Wu Feng and Ning Tian before Mu Jin led the class through weighted laps, which he enforced strictly.
• Du Wilun told Xue Nianbing that Yan Shaozhe wanted to speak with him.
• Xue Nianbing suspected Yan’s invitation concerned Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire and told Wang Dong to pack in case they could change dorm rooms.

Xue Nianbing met Dean Yan Shaozhe, who tried to win his help treating Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire with praise and promises of academy privileges. Xue Nianbing accepted the offer to make requests and began by asking for a larger private dormitory, while Yan Shaozhe pretended the request would be difficult.

• Du Wilun led Xue Nianbing to Yan Shaozhe’s office, where Ma Xiaotao was also present.
• Xue Nianbing joked with Yan Shaozhe and accepted his apology over Zhou Yi’s attempt to expel him.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Xue Nianbing’s talent and battle against Beibei and Xu Sanshi, hoping to persuade him to treat Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Yan Shaozhe offered to grant Xue Nianbing up to three requests, and Xue Nianbing complained that three was too few.
• Xue Nianbing requested a larger, quiet private dormitory with a bathroom, bedroom, and balcony, while Yan Shaozhe acted as if it would be difficult to arrange.

Xue Nianbing made demands of Yan Shaozhe in exchange for remaining at Shrek Academy, including access to Soul Tool research materials. Yan Shaozhe promised an answer within five days and agreed to let Xue Nianbing enter and leave both courts freely.

• Xue Nianbing requested a quiet place to live, and Yan Shaozhe offered him a room near the teachers' Dormitory Building.
• Xue Nianbing demanded all of Shrek Academy's Soul Tool materials from Rank One to Rank Eight, claiming he wanted to study Soul Tools.
• Yan Shaozhe objected to sharing Academy secrets, but Xue Nianbing threatened to leave for Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe said the request required discussion with the Sea God Pavilion Elders and promised a reply within five days.
• Xue Nianbing replaced his joke request for several hundred jin of Soul Bones with the right to freely enter and leave the Inner and Outer Courts, and Yan Shaozhe agreed to make him an Inner Court student.

Xue Nianbing declined to transfer to the Inner Court, and Yan Shaozhe tried to recruit his help with Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix problem. Xue Nianbing agreed that his Extreme Ice might suppress her Evil Fire but began negotiating for a genuine wild Soul Bone, leaving Yan Shaozhe’s response unresolved.

• Xue Nianbing rejected Yan Shaozhe’s Inner Court offer and said he wanted to remain in the Outer Court.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced Ma Xiaotao, and Xue Nianbing greeted her politely while Ma Xiaotao grew annoyed with him.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul had a flaw and asked Xue Nianbing to suppress it with his Extreme Ice.
• Xue Nianbing said he could help but raised conditions, citing the long-term effort and the danger posed by Ma Xiaotao’s stronger Soul Power.
• Xue Nianbing demanded a genuine, wild Soul Bone, clarifying that he did not want a secret-method Soul Bone.

Xue Nianbing demanded Soul Bones in exchange for suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire, then treated her during a dangerous flare-up without charge. After leaving the terms unchanged, he departed, leaving Yan Shaozhe to consider the deal and Ma Xiaotao to apologize.

• Xue Nianbing set treatment terms that required increasingly valuable Soul Bones for longer suppression, and Ma Xiaotao angrily challenged his demand.
• Xue Nianbing warned Ma Xiaotao that her temper worsened her Evil Fire, and her anger triggered a dangerous flare-up.
• Yan Shaozhe and Du Wilun struggled to stabilize Ma Xiaotao, so Yan Shaozhe asked Xue Nianbing to help and promised a Soul Bone.
• Xue Nianbing suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire with Extreme Ice, and she broke through from Level 64 to Level 65.
• Xue Nianbing waived payment for the treatment, repeated his conditions, and left; Yan Shaozhe stayed behind to consider the matter as Ma Xiaotao apologized.

Yan Shaozhe urged Ma Xiaotao to control her temper and encouraged her to pursue Xue Nianbing, then arranged for them to live near each other in the teachers' dormitory. Xue Nianbing and Wang Dong settled into Room 602, where their teasing turned into a tickling match.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Ma Xiaotao if she would pursue Xue Nianbing, and her blushing hesitation showed she was willing but too proud to say so.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged for Xue Nianbing to live in Room 602 and Ma Xiaotao to stay in Room 601 with her teacher's wife so she could get closer to him.
• Xue Nianbing and Wang Dong explored their spacious new apartment in the teachers' Dormitory Building.
• Wang Dong thanked Xue Nianbing for the new dorm, but he reminded her that she would have to clean everything except his bedroom.
• Wang Dong pounced on Xue Nianbing after he teased her, but he held her down and tickled her until she could not stop laughing.