Chapter Summaries

Xue Nianbing, Wang Dong'er, and Jiang Nannan received their Jubao Pavilion assessment cards and browsed the Treasure Appraisal Fair, where Wang Dong'er chose a Soul Bone suited to her. Xue Nianbing invited Wang Dong'er and Jiang Nannan to visit his new home after the fair, while Wang Dong'er also asked him to visit the Clear Sky Sect.

• Wang Dong'er and Jiang Nannan received purple cards with a credit limit of one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and a ten percent discount, while Xue Nianbing received a golden card granting him three free items a year and a forty percent discount.
• Xue Nianbing found a Golden Radiance Left Arm Bone suited to Wang Dong'er and offered to trade for it, and she accepted.
• Xue Nianbing told Wang Dong'er that he would take her to their new home after the fair and introduce her to Xue'er and the others.
• Wang Dong'er invited Xue Nianbing to visit the Clear Sky Sect and meet Big Dad and Second Dad, and he agreed.
• Wang Dong'er asked Jiang Nannan to accompany her to the new home, and Jiang Nannan agreed before the three continued browsing.

Xue Nianbing found and claimed a concealed Bright Holy Dragon Core at the Treasure Appraisal Fair, realizing Mu En had likely left it for him because he was running out of time. While browsing, he confronted Beibei and Xu Sanshi, then corrected Beibei’s accusations about his relationship with Tang Ya.

• Xue Nianbing sensed a hidden pearl that he recognized as the Bright Holy Dragon Core, and he claimed it among his three free treasures.
• Xue Nianbing reasoned that Mu En had placed the Dragon Core for him because Mu En did not have much time left.
• Xue Nianbing browsed the fair with Wang Dong'er and Jiang Nannan, bought other items, and briefly encountered Ning Tian and Wu Feng.
• Xue Nianbing taunted Xu Sanshi and told Beibei that his connection with Tang Ya was a partnership, not a sexual relationship.
• Xue Nianbing reminded Beibei that he and Tang Ya had broken up, after which Beibei recognized his accusation was unfair and apologized.

Xue Nianbing brought Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong'er to the Ice and Snow Plane to fuse their Soul Bones, then refined the Bright Holy Dragon core instantly. The Snow Empress and Ice Empress discovered that Xue Nianbing belonged to the Dragon Clan.

• Xue Nianbing left Beibei and Xu Sanshi, who lamented their lost chances with Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan; Xu Sanshi headed to a bar while Beibei continued browsing the fair.
• Xue Nianbing took Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong'er into the Ice and Snow Plane and introduced them to the Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Little Blue.
• Little Blue explained that Xue Nianbing was her Master, prompting Wang Dong'er to tease him over the word's other meaning.
• Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong'er began fusing their Soul Bones while Xue Nianbing took out the Bright Holy Dragon core.
• Xue Nianbing refined the core instantly, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress realized from his dragon cry that he was a Dragon Clan member.

After the Dragon Core raised Xue Nianbing’s Extreme Cold Ice Wings and four Soul Rings to 200,000 years, he fused with the Snow Elf’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and reached Level 55. His new strength placed him around the Level 96 tier, leaving him confident he could defeat Yan Shaozhe.

• The Dragon Core’s energy raised Xue Nianbing’s Extreme Cold Ice Wings and four Soul Rings to 200,000 years and stabilized his foundation.
• Xue Nianbing explained that the Ice Blue Light Cluster was an Ice God Dragon and prepared to fuse with the Snow Elf’s Soul Ring.
• Jiang Nannan and Wang Dong’er completed their Soul Bone fusions, reaching Levels 46 and 36 respectively, then watched Xue Nianbing fuse with the Snow Elf’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Xue Nianbing’s Soul Power rose to Level 55, and he gained the soul skills Ice Dance and Ice Armor as the Snow Elf revived at Hundred-Year cultivation.
• Xue Nianbing told the others that he could defeat a Super Douluo and was around the Level 96 tier, prompting Wang Dong’er to marvel at his strength.

Xue Nianbing spent several days growing closer to the girls before joining the academy’s selection tournament. He received a direct advance, while the other Core Disciples began a free-for-all to determine the six remaining winners.

• Xue Nianbing embraced Wang Dong'er and became intimate with her, while Snow Empress and the other girls looked on.
• Several days later, Mu Jin gathered the Year Two Core Disciples after class and led them to the Soul Fighting Area for the tournament.
• Jiang Nannan greeted Xue Nianbing, and the Year Two students joined the upper-year Core Disciples, including Beibei and Xu Sanshi.
• Xuan Zi announced that Xue Nianbing advanced directly and challenged anyone who objected to withstand ten moves from him; no one stepped forward.
• Xuan Zi explained that the tournament was a free-for-all in which the last six students remaining would win, then started the contest.
• Students quickly attacked one another, leaving five eliminated as the competitors formed small alliances and the battle began.

Xue Nianbing watched the battle royale and challenged Xuan Zi over the Academy’s selection process as the contest ended with six winners. Xuan Zi explained the danger facing Shrek Academy and its role in the upcoming competition, then reminded the victors that contestants had to be no older than twenty.

• Xue Nianbing pointed out that the Academy had excluded him because it feared he would influence who won, and Xuan Zi admitted the higher-ups had wanted to prevent that.
• He Caitou eliminated three Soul Elders with his Soul Tools before several students knocked him off the platform, while Dai Huabin’s group eliminated Ning Tian and Wu Feng before Jiang Nannan’s group could reach them.
• Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Dai Huabin remained as the six winners when Xuan Zi ended the assessment.
• Xuan Zi defended the battle royale by recounting how eight of twelve Inner Court disciples died when they encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast without their Teacher.
• Xuan Zi told the victors that the Sun Moon Empire was Shrek Academy’s sole opponent in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Competition.
• Xu Sanshi asked whether they would compete, and Xuan Zi replied that contestants had to be no older than twenty.

Xue Nianbing was appointed captain of Shrek’s reserve team, but its members struggled to work together because of their grudges and divided loyalties. Xuan Zi brought them to meet the main team for new sparring, where Xue Nianbing and the Inner Court students, including Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen, observed one another.

• Xuan Zi announced that the seven students would serve as the reserve team and substitutes, named Xue Nianbing their captain, and warned them to keep the selection secret.
• After Xuan Zi left, Xue Nianbing joked and flirted with Wang Dong'er and Jiang Nannan, while Xiao Xiao reacted to their closeness and the group went out to eat.
• During two weeks of training, Xue Nianbing, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao coordinated well, while Beibei and Xu Sanshi paired together and Dai Huabin remained isolated.
• Xuan Zi urged Xue Nianbing to unite the team, then led the reserve students to the Assessment Area for a different kind of training.
• Xue Nianbing recognized Ma Xiaotao among the Inner Court students and noticed the aloof, Ice Blue-haired Ling Luochen, who was also curious about him.

Xuan Zi had the main and reserve teams introduce themselves, revealing the Inner Court members’ formidable cultivation and drawing attention to the reserve team’s standout talents. Xue Nianbing ended the introductions by revealing he was a Level 55 Soul King, leaving the assembled teams and Xuan Zi stunned.

• Xuan Zi asked the main team to introduce themselves, and Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, Ling Luochen, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo stated their names and levels.
• Dai Huabin introduced himself as a Level 37 second-year student, and Dai Yueheng praised his talent while privately resenting his younger brother’s past disgrace.
• Xu Sanshi and Beibei introduced themselves as Level 43 and Level 42 fifth-year students.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er introduced themselves as Level 29 and Level 36 second-year students, and Jiang Nannan revealed she was a Level 46 fifth-year student.
• Xue Nianbing introduced himself as a Level 55 second-year Soul King, shocking the gathered students and drawing Xuan Zi's attention.

Xue Nianbing stunned the assembled students by revealing that he was a level-fifty-five Soul King, then selected a team and prepared for a friendly match against Ma Xiaotao’s group. The teams began their confrontation, and Xue Nianbing’s Extreme Ice spread across the field as the spar started.

• Xue Nianbing’s level and cultivation shocked the main team, while Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Dai Huabin reacted with bitterness, anguish, and resentment.
• Xuan Zi announced a friendly team match, and Ma Xiaotao chose Dai Yueheng and Jiang Nannan before Xue Nianbing selected Ling Luochen and Wang Dong’er and filled out his team.
• Xue Nianbing assigned broad tactics, asking Ling Luochen to control the field while he strengthened her ice with Extreme Ice.
• Ma Xiaotao and Xue Nianbing led their teams into position, and Jiang Nannan’s black Fourth Soul Ring surprised the onlookers.
• Both teams released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and Xue Nianbing’s Frosty Ice Spear sent a suppressive wave of cold across the field.

Xue Nianbing revealed five simulated Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and helped Ling Luochen wield Extreme Ice during the sparring match against Ma Xiaotao’s team. Ling Luochen’s freezing attack slowed the opposing team, and Xue Nianbing charged at Dai Yueheng as the two groups fought on.

• Xue Nianbing revealed five Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking most of the onlookers.
• Ma Xiaotao launched Phoenix Meteor Shower at Xue Nianbing’s group, focusing on him and Ling Luochen.
• Xue Nianbing lent Ling Luochen his Extreme Ice, allowing her to suppress the meteor shower and freeze Ma Xiaotao’s group.
• Jiang Nannan used Instant Movement to reach Xue Nianbing, but Wang Dong’er appeared and blocked her attack.
• Xiao Xiao, Xixi, Beibei, and Yao Haoxuan attacked the slowed opponents while Dai Yueheng and the others broke free of the Extreme Ice.
• Xue Nianbing withdrew his hand from Ling Luochen and charged at Dai Yueheng’s group.

Xue Nianbing overwhelmed Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng with his first two soul skills and tested his new Sky Frost Fist, securing a decisive victory for his team. Xuan Zi then restricted Xue Nianbing from attacking in a second match so he could assess the other students.

• Ling Luochen rejoined Ma Xiaotao and helped suppress her with the Extreme Ice Xue Nianbing had left behind.
• Xue Nianbing single-handedly forced back Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng, who struggled against his strength and Extreme Ice.
• Dai Yueheng used his White Tiger Annihilation Strike, and Xue Nianbing countered with his new Sky Frost Fist, knocking him away while Chen Zifeng was swept aside by the Frosty Ice Spear.
• Xue Nianbing's team won the first sparring match, and Xuan Zi praised his strength before explaining that he had defeated a Soul Emperor as a level 40 pseudo-Soul Ancestor.
• Xuan Zi ordered a second match an hour later and forbade Xue Nianbing from attacking; the students chose teams and began a fierce seven-on-seven battle.

After a sparring match established Xue Nianbing’s strength and influence, Xuan Zi prepared the team to leave for the tournament in Star Luo City. Dai Yueheng rejected Dai Huabin’s plan to kill Xue Nianbing and decided the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion should try to win him over; the chapter ended as the team departed Shrek Academy.

• Xuan Zi tested Xue Nianbing against the main team and then all thirteen members, earning him the admiration of most of the team.
• Xuan Zi told everyone to pack for their early departure to Star Luo City, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen watched Xue Nianbing leave and then glared at each other.
• Dai Huabin proposed using the trip to Star Luo City to assassinate Xue Nianbing, but Dai Yueheng rebuked him and argued that the family should recruit Xue Nianbing instead.
• Dai Yueheng urged Dai Huabin to maintain his engagement with Zhu Lu for the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then wondered whether Xue Nianbing and Zhu Lu’s involvement could help him gain influence.
• Xue Nianbing and the others left Shrek Academy in formal clothes, with Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao looking at him fondly.

Xuan Zi led the divided Shrek team on its journey and explained that Inner Court disciples carried a special responsibility, offering the reserve team members a chance to turn back before revealing it. He began describing the danger of conflicts among powerful people, but had not yet explained the full responsibility.

• Xue Nianbing traveled surrounded by the six girls, while Beibei and Xu Sanshi argued over Xiao Ya and teased one another.
• Xuan Zi noticed that the travelers had split into four separate groups, and Wang Yan pointed out the team's lack of unity.
• Xuan Zi gathered the group and explained that some Inner Court disciples had died fighting for Shrek Academy and the continent.
• Xuan Zi told the reserve team that they could return to the Outer Court if they swore to keep the Inner Court's secret, but none of them left.
• Xuan Zi began explaining that Inner Court disciples bore an additional responsibility and described how conflicts among ordinary people were less destructive than struggles involving greater power.

Xuan Zi introduced the Shrek Inspection Team and its dangerous, unrewarded missions, while Xue Nianbing privately questioned Shrek’s authority and its idea of glory. Ma Xiaotao briefed the students on their first mission to wipe out the Death’s Emissaries bandits at the Star Luo–Sun Moon border, leaving the group facing its first chance to kill.

• Xuan Zi explained that Inner Court students had to complete thirty dangerous inspection missions and asked whether they would join; Beibei, the other two, Xue Nianbing, and his companions agreed.
• Xue Nianbing thought Shrek overreached by acting as a law enforcer without ruling the continent, and considered using Shrek’s name while rebuilding its power.
• Xuan Zi assigned the first inspection mission and told Ma Xiaotao to brief the students and Wang Yan to distribute their Observer’s Rings.
• Ma Xiaotao explained the rings’ verification, storage, and signal functions, then described the Death’s Emissaries bandits and ordered the team to leave none alive.
• Wang Dong’er and the others grew nervous at the prospect of killing, but Xue Nianbing told them to view the bandits as live combat targets and said he had never killed anyone.

Xue Nianbing carried Xiao Xiao during the journey and impressed the group with his stamina. When Ma Xiaotao called for someone to cook during their rest, he volunteered and organized everyone to gather ingredients, leaving the group waiting for his meal.

• Wang Dong'er arranged for Jiang Nannan to carry her, while Xue Nianbing picked Xiao Xiao up and carried her in his arms.
• Xue Nianbing teased Xiao Xiao about getting used to being carried, and she happily settled against him.
• The group traveled until noon, and everyone was shocked when Xue Nianbing kept pace while carrying three girls.
• Ma Xiaotao asked who could cook, and Xue Nianbing volunteered before directing the others to gather fish, game, and firewood.
• The hunters returned with more than a dozen fish and around ten living Soul Beasts frozen in ice.

Xue Nianbing prepared a lavish meal for the group, while Ma Xiaotao thanked him for helping control her Evil Fire and tried to grow closer to him. After traveling together, the group reached the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, where Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin borrowed military flying Soul Tools.

• Xue Nianbing released all but five of Ling Luochen's captured Soul Beasts and cooked a large meal for the group.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Xue Nianbing for suppressing her Evil Fire, but he avoided her request to call her by a less formal name.
• The group continued traveling, with Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao enjoying the pace while Beibei and Xu Sanshi struggled to keep up.
• The group reached the border between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire, and Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin entered a military camp to borrow several dozen flying Soul Tools.

Xue Nianbing carried Jiang Nannan, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er through a long flight toward the Ming Dou Mountain Range, while Xuan Zi secretly watched over the group. After a rest and a meal prepared by Xue Nianbing, Xuan Zi took charge of the journey, and the group discovered his high-speed flight was a nightmare.

• Xue Nianbing refused to use Flying Soul Tools and carried Jiang Nannan and Xiao Xiao into the sky, with Wang Dong'er following behind.
• Xue Nianbing later carried Wang Dong'er too, astonishing the group and Xuan Zi, while exhausted Dai Huabin fell from the sky and was rescued by Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi stopped the group to rest and said he would carry them for part of the journey, while Xue Nianbing told the three women to stay close to him.
• Xuan Zi asked Xue Nianbing to make chicken legs and was called Chicken Leg Douluo, then sent Yao Haoxuan flying again for protesting about the unequal treatment.
• Xue Nianbing prepared dinner, and after the group recovered, Xuan Zi carried them onward at terrifying speed, turning the flight into a nightmare.

Xue Nianbing and the Shrek group reached the Star Luo Empire’s western border, where Dai Hao welcomed them and apologized for Dai Huabin’s past offense. Xue Nianbing then revealed that he knew Dai Hao had another son, prompting Dai Hao to confirm Dai Luoli’s existence.

• Xue Nianbing used his Extreme Ice aura to shield Ling Luochen, Ma Xiaotao, and Xixi from the dangerous wind while the group traveled.
• Xuan Zi landed the group near the western border, and Dai Yueheng explained their arrival to Dureth after the landing alerted the army.
• Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin reunited with their father, the White Tiger Duke Dai Hao, at the military camp.
• Dai Hao welcomed Wang Yan and the students, apologized to Xue Nianbing for Dai Huabin’s behavior, and silenced Dai Huabin when he objected.
• Xue Nianbing asked whether Dai Huabin was Dai Hao’s youngest son, then said he had heard the duke had another son.
• Dai Hao confirmed that Dai Luoli, born to one of his concubines, was technically his youngest son.

Xue Nianbing taunted Dai Hao and implied he knew about Huo Yun'er, then turned down the White Tiger Duke’s invitation by joking that Dai Hao should join Shrek Academy instead. Afterward, Dai Hao questioned his sons about Xue Nianbing and decided the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion should try to recruit him.

• Xue Nianbing asked Dai Hao whether he knew Huo Yun'er, then secretly stored a recording stone in his Ice Snow Ring.
• Dai Hao invited Xue Nianbing to serve under him after graduation, but Xue Nianbing countered by suggesting Dai Hao retire and become Shrek Academy’s vice dean or head dean.
• Wang Yan told the group to eat, rest for three hours, and prepare to head for the Ming Dou Mountain Range once intelligence arrived.
• Dai Hao questioned Dai Huabin about Xue Nianbing, and Dai Yueheng tactfully confirmed that his account was mostly true.
• Dai Hao told Dai Huabin to train harder rather than punish him, then said the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion should try to recruit Xue Nianbing.

Dai Hao tried to persuade Dai Huabin to use Zhu Lu to win over Xue Nianbing, while Dai Huabin insisted their feud could not be resolved. In the Ming Dou Mountain Range, Ma Xiaotao’s team advanced toward the Death’s Head bandits, and Wang Yan began explaining what he had learned from the forest’s Wen Lan Trees.

• Dai Hao rejected Dai Huabin’s suggestion to secretly kill Xue Nianbing and argued that the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion should recruit him.
• Dai Yueheng proposed using Zhu Lu to approach Xue Nianbing, and Dai Hao slapped Dai Huabin when he angrily objected.
• Dai Hao urged Dai Huabin to offer Zhu Lu as a gesture of goodwill, but Dai Huabin privately remained convinced that Xue Nianbing would be their lifelong enemy.
• Ma Xiaotao organized the team’s formation as they traveled through the Ming Dou Mountain Range toward the Death’s Head bandits, with Xue Nianbing guarding the rear.
• Wang Yan told the gathered team that Wen Lan Trees indicated they had traveled deep into the forest and that their heartwood could support Soul Masters with cold-type Martial Souls.