Chapter Summaries

Xu Zihuang, Tuoba Yu, and Nanmen Yun'er discussed their abilities at Senior Sister Qin’s flower shop, where Xu Zihuang discovered that Senior Sister Qin had been poisoned by her Jade Scale Snake Martial Soul. He suggested using a Soul Bone to draw out the toxins, and Nanmen Yun'er realized Senior Sister Qin had already known about the method but kept it from her and her parents.

• Senior Sister Qin invited Xu Zihuang, Tuoba Yu, and Nanmen Yun'er to discuss their abilities at her flower shop.
• Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er described their Martial Souls and soul skills, and Xu Zihuang revealed that his Golden Eye was a Spiritual Attribute Body Martial Soul.
• The three freshmen shared lunch and helped Senior Sister Qin at the flower shop through the afternoon and evening.
• Xu Zihuang noticed Senior Sister Qin’s condition and asked Nanmen Yun'er if she had been poisoned.
• Senior Sister Qin revealed that her Martial Soul was the Jade Scale Snake, and Xu Zihuang suggested using a Soul Bone to draw out her toxins.
• Nanmen Yun'er confronted Senior Sister Qin for already knowing about the treatment, and Xu Zihuang tactfully left them alone.

Qin Yin told Nanmen Yun'er about her lineage and the poison threatening her family, while Xu Zihuang learned the story and respected Qin Yin’s boundaries. Later, Xu Zihuang, Tuoba Yu, and Nanmen Yun'er received their New Student Assessment assignment, leaving them at Section Thirty-Six as the tense competition began.

• Qin Yin revealed that her branch descended from Dugu Bo and Yu Tianheng, and that Jade Scale Snake venom had gradually poisoned her family.
• Qin Yin explained that she knew how to force poison into a Soul Bone but did not want Nanmen Yun'er's family to bear the expense of obtaining one.
• Xu Zihuang gave Qin Yin and Nanmen Yun'er privacy, and the group later thanked him and Tuoba Yu for helping sell flowers before parting ways.
• Xu Zihuang, Tuoba Yu, and Nanmen Yun'er attended the New Student Assessment grouping and learned that their team was assigned to Section Thirty-Six.
• The students gathered at Section Thirty-Six, where the competition's stakes made their hostility and anxiety clear.

Xu Zihuang, Tuoba Yu, and Nanmen Yun'er began the New Student Assessment by facing Freshman Class One. Their overwhelming victory left the other teams in Area Thirty-Six wary of Yu Tianhuang's group.

• The examiner announced the first match between Long Feng, Xu Haolong, and Chen Rui of Freshman Class One and Yu Tianhuang, Tuoba Yu, and Nanmen Yun'er of Freshman Class Nine.
• Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er revealed that they were both Soul Grandmasters, startling their opponents with the gap in cultivation.
• Tuoba Yu defeated Xu Haolong in a direct clash, while Nanmen Yun'er swiftly overpowered Chen Rui.
• Long Feng attacked Xu Zihuang with a lightning strike, but Xu Zihuang crushed it with his Soul Power, and Long Feng admitted defeat.
• The examiner studied Xu Zihuang's golden Soul Power as the watching teams fell silent at the display of his strength.

Xu Zihuang's team defeated Long Feng's team in seconds, while Wang Dong's team also won its assessment match. After Long Feng mocked Huo Yuhao's low Soul Power, Huo Yuhao accepted the insult and buried his resentment as the teams prepared to continue the assessment.

• Xu Zihuang's team quickly defeated Long Feng's team, and the teacher recorded their victory.
• Wang Dong, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao won their match, with Huo Yuhao's Spirit Attribute Soul Skill helping them secure an easy victory.
• Xu Zihuang congratulated Huo Yuhao, then left after noticing that he was in low spirits.
• Wang Dong promised that her team would win the championship, and Long Feng mocked Huo Yuhao's low Soul Power and doubted their chances against Yu Tianhuang's team.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao tried to reassure Huo Yuhao, but he admitted that his Soul Power was only level eleven and buried his resentment.

Xu Zihuang's team swept the New Student Assessment without difficulty, finishing with five wins and securing a place in the top sixty-four. After the eliminated freshmen began leaving Shrek Academy, Du Weilun praised Mu Jin for Freshman Class Nine's results and said she could be promoted to Senior Teacher.

• Xu Zihuang declined to watch the remaining assessments and left with Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er to rest; Wang Yan watched him go, baffled by how he had stopped Long Feng's soul skill.
• Xu Zihuang's team won all four of their assessments on the second day, bringing their record to five straight victories as their opponents offered little resistance.
• The five-loss teams were eliminated, and after three days of assessments, the teams that reached the top sixty-four qualified for the ranking matches.
• Xu Zihuang saw Freshman Class Nine disciples packing to leave and did not offer them empty words of comfort; Tuoba Yu reflected on Xu Zihuang's clear-eyed view of reality.
• Du Weilun distributed the assessment results to the freshman head teachers and told Mu Jin that her class's strong performance could earn her a promotion to Senior Teacher.

The top sixty-four freshmen gathered for the knockout round as Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao learned they could face teams with Three-Ring Soul Elders. With Tang Ya and Beibei there to support him, Huo Yuhao prepared to do his best while Elder Xuan began watching from the high platform.

• Mu Jin and Zhou Yi argued over their classes’ promotion rates and chances in the New Student Assessment, with Mu Jin warning that Zhou Yi’s seeded team might be eliminated early.
• The surviving freshmen assembled for the knockout round, and Xiao Xiao told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong that five teams had perfect records and three teams included Three-Ring Soul Elders.
• Wang Dong declared that their team’s abilities could still let them compete, but Zhou Yi reminded the three students that losing was acceptable only if they gave everything they had.
• Tang Ya and Beibei arrived to cheer for Huo Yuhao, who was moved by their support and promised Beibei that he would do his best.
• Wang Yan pointed out Huo Yuhao to Elder Xuan on the high platform, but Elder Xuan waved him off and said he would look for himself.

The elimination-round draw matched Wang Dong's team against Yu Tianhuang's team, prompting Zhou Yi and Mu Jin to wager a Soul Bone and their positions at Shrek Academy on the outcome. Xu Zihuang revealed three purple Soul Rings and overwhelmed Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong as the match began.

• Du Weilun announced that Wang Dong's team would face Yu Tianhuang's team in Area One.
• Zhou Yi and Mu Jin wagered a Soul Bone and resignation from Shrek Academy on the match's outcome, with Du Weilun agreeing to witness the bet.
• Xu Zihuang sensed Xuan Zi's formidable Spiritual Power and decided to display his strength in the match.
• When the proctor started the match, Xu Zihuang revealed three purple Soul Rings, shocking the spectators.
• Xu Zihuang's Soul Power pressure made Huo Yuhao collapse unconscious and left Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong unable to respond; Wang Dong was trapped in a Dark Red Crystal.

Xu Zihuang defeated Xiao Xiao and stopped Wang Dong’s attack with Mirror Shatter, leaving Wang Dong stunned by the gap between them. In the stands, Mu Jin reminded Zhou Yi to prepare the promised Soul Bone and resignation letter as Zhou Yi stormed away.

• Xu Zihuang subdued Xiao Xiao with his aura and crystal spear, and Xiao Xiao admitted that their group could not win.
• Xu Zihuang released Wang Dong from Mirror Shatter, and Wang Dong angrily blamed Xiao Xiao for giving up while Huo Yuhao lay unconscious.
• Wang Dong attacked Xu Zihuang with Butterfly God's Light, but his Mirror Shatter barrier blocked the blast.
• Xu Zihuang asked Wang Dong whether she understood, and she realized the scale of his strength and Soul Rings.
• Zhou Yi ordered Wang Dong and the others to stop, then left the stands in anger as Mu Jin called after her about the Soul Bone and resignation letter.

Xu Zihuang stunned Shrek Academy by winning the assessment with three purple Soul Rings, drawing the attention of students and staff. Xuan Zi arranged to take him to Sea God Island, while Du Weilun planned to inform Dean Yan Shaozhe so the academy could offer him its best treatment.

• Xu Zihuang returned to Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er after defeating Wang Dong's team, leaving Tuoba Yu shaken by his three purple Soul Rings.
• Ning Tian decided Xu Zihuang was the ideal partner for the Sect Master Heir of the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Wu Feng watched in frustration.
• Tang Ya and Beibei discussed Xu Zihuang's strength, and Beibei identified his second soul skill as Evil Orca Magic Mirror Annihilation.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan to bring Xu Zihuang to Sea God Island and said Huo Yuhao's Body Martial Soul had little potential.
• Du Weilun announced Xu Zihuang's team had advanced and decided to inform Dean Yan Shaozhe about the young genius.

Dai Huabin resented Xu Zihuang for drawing attention away from him, while Wang Yan escorted Xu Zihuang to Sea God's Pavilion. When a ragged old man tried to seize him, Xu Zihuang activated a strange soul skill that seemed to distort space and time, leaving the man stunned.

• Dai Huabin glared at Xu Zihuang, while Zhu Lu and Cui Yajie reacted to Xu Zihuang's talent and Dai Huabin's jealousy.
• Wang Yan sent Tuoba Yu and Nanmen away, then told Xu Zihuang that someone from Sea God's Pavilion wanted to meet him.
• Wang Yan took Xu Zihuang by boat across Sea God Lake to Sea God Island and explained the academy's pavilion on the journey.
• Xu Zihuang used his Golden Eye to see Sea God's Pavilion through the mist and waited for Wang Yan on the island.
• A ragged old man tried to capture Xu Zihuang, but Xu Zihuang's third soul skill distorted the space around them and depleted his Soul Power.
• The old man realized Xu Zihuang's soul skill might be Space-Time Dislocation.

Xu Zihuang demonstrated his Third Soul Skill, Time Distortion, to Elder Xuan and Wang Yan, revealing that it could alter the flow of time within a domain. The chapter left Elder Xuan impressed as Xu Zihuang explained that affecting powerful targets consumed far more Soul Power.

• Elder Xuan grabbed Xu Zihuang and demanded that he demonstrate the Soul Skill he had used to evade him.
• Wang Yan introduced the old man as Elder Xuan, Taotie Douluo Xuan Zi, a Level 98 Super Douluo.
• Elder Xuan replenished Xu Zihuang's depleted Soul Power with his Origin Soul Power, and Xu Zihuang's Cultivation improved noticeably.
• Xu Zihuang activated his Third Soul Skill and caused a pebble to fall so slowly that it appeared to hover.
• Elder Xuan identified the skill as a rare Time Attribute domain-like ability, and Xu Zihuang named it Time Distortion and explained its limits.

Xu Zihuang’s power drew the attention of Sea God’s Pavilion, whose light guided his cultivation toward Rank 35. Elder Mu confirmed that Xu Zihuang was Yu Yangyan’s descendant and revealed that he possessed Twin Martial Souls, leaving the academy with a promising new student.

• Xu Zihuang’s cultivation advanced toward Rank 35 as golden light from Sea God’s Pavilion enveloped him, while Wang Yan’s bottleneck began to loosen.
• Xuan Zi hurried to Sea God’s Pavilion, where Elder Mu reprimanded him for suspecting Xu Zihuang belonged to the Body Sect.
• Elder Mu identified Xu Zihuang as Yu Yangyan’s descendant and said he was neither from the Body Sect nor the Sun Moon Empire.
• Elder Mu revealed that Xu Zihuang possessed Twin Martial Souls rather than a mutated Body Martial Soul, and Xuan Zi welcomed the academy’s good fortune.

Xu Zihuang gained a level after cultivating by Sea God Lake, met Zhang Lexuan, and hurried back to the New Student Assessment. He arrived just in time for his match, but his opponents forfeited when they saw him.

• Yu Yangyan had secretly approved the search for Xu Zihuang, though he did not know Xu Zihuang possessed Twin Martial Souls or sought the Sun Moon Empire's throne.
• Xu Zihuang's Soul Power rose to level 35 after he absorbed the Light Power while meditating by Sea God Lake.
• Zhang Lexuan told Xu Zihuang that Wang Yan had returned to cultivate in seclusion and that Xuan Zi had said he could leave when ready.
• Xu Zihuang declined Zhang Lexuan's offer to escort him and used his crystal mirrors to travel swiftly to the Assessment Area.
• Xu Zihuang arrived for his match against Freshman Class Eight, and the opposing team forfeited after seeing him.

After Freshman Class Eight surrendered, Xu Zihuang’s team advanced to the top sixteen, and he went to visit Huo Yuhao in the infirmary. Huo Yuhao learned what happened after his backlash, accepted Beibei’s encouragement and a Mysterious Water Pill, and the chapter ended with his recovery underway.

• Freshman Class Eight surrendered to Xu Zihuang’s team, sending them into the top sixteen as the Outer Court students recognized Xu Zihuang’s exceptional talent.
• Xu Zihuang advised Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er to show their individual strengths, then left to visit Huo Yuhao in the infirmary.
• Huo Yuhao woke and asked Beibei about the match, while Beibei encouraged him not to compare his talent with Xu Zihuang’s.
• Beibei gave Huo Yuhao a Mysterious Water Pill to support his cultivation.

Xu Zihuang visited Huo Yuhao in the infirmary after their assessment, then joined Huo Yuhao, Beibei, and Tang Ya for grilled fish by the river. As Tang Ya washed Xu Zihuang’s uniform, her kindness moved him, while Huo Yuhao’s hidden hatred for the White Tiger Duke remained unnoticed by the others.

• Xu Zihuang visited the infirmary and learned from Tang Ya that Huo Yuhao had recovered enough to resume cultivating because Xu Zihuang had held back during their assessment.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Beibei’s advice to befriend Xu Zihuang and pursue the Second Awakening of his Spirit Eyes, then briefly revealed his hatred for the White Tiger Duke.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Xu Zihuang and invited him, Beibei, and Tang Ya to eat grilled fish, and Xu Zihuang accepted despite suspecting Beibei had planned the invitation.
• The four left Shrek Academy for a riverbank, where Tang Ya teased Xu Zihuang and urged him to relax.
• Tang Ya noticed grease on Xu Zihuang’s uniform and washed it for him, moving him with her unconditional kindness.

Xu Zihuang stayed wary of Beibei and Huo Yuhao after their riverside barbecue, then prepared with Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er for the New Student Assessment. In the Round of 16 match, they faced Zhou Sichen, Long Xiangyue, and Cao Jinxuan, who planned to use Cao Jinxuan’s second soul skill to restrain Xu Zihuang.

• Xu Zihuang returned to the dormitory after the barbecue and traded teasing remarks with Tuoba Yu before beginning cultivation.
• The next morning, the sixteen surviving teams began the Round of 16 matches across eight arenas.
• Xu Zihuang told Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun'er to show their strength while he focused on controlling the field and supporting them.
• Xu Zihuang's team faced Zhou Sichen, Long Xiangyue, and Cao Jinxuan of Freshman Class Ten.
• Cao Jinxuan said his second soul skill could hold Xu Zihuang for one or two seconds, leaving the rest of the plan to Zhou Sichen and Long Xiangyue.

Xu Zihuang's team faced Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, and Long Xiangyue in the freshman semifinals, where their opponents focused their attacks on him. Xu Zihuang broke Cao Jinxuan's time-based control and used Mirror Shatter to immobilize the three incoming attacks, leaving the match in his team's favor.

• Xu Zihuang recognized Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, and Long Xiangyue as the team that had reached the semifinals through their unusual Martial Souls.
• Cao Jinxuan used Time Lock on Xu Zihuang, but Xu Zihuang broke free before the skill could restrain him for a full second.
• Zhou Sichen summoned a bear and a tiger with his Treasure Tome while Long Xiangyue hurled an enhanced boomerang at Xu Zihuang.
• Xu Zihuang used Mirror Shatter to encase the bear, tiger, and boomerang in dark-red crystal, astonishing the Outer Court teachers.

Xu Zihuang’s team defeated Zhou Sichen’s team and advanced to the top eight of the New Student Assessment. After the next round, Yu Tianhuang’s team, Dai Huabin’s team, Xie Huanyue’s team, and Ning Tian’s team remained to compete for the top three.

• Tuoba Yu unleashed Earth Dragon Formation while Nanmen Yun’er attacked the weakened Cao Jinxuan with Jade Slash.
• Zhou Sichen surrendered, and the proctor declared Yu Tianhuang’s team the winner.
• Du Weilun told Mu Jin that Yu Tianhuang would become a core disciple but that Tuoba Yu and Nanmen Yun’er were unlikely to qualify.
• Xu Zihuang drew lot number one for his team in the top-eight round.
• Yu Tianhuang’s team, Dai Huabin’s team, Xie Huanyue’s team, and Ning Tian’s team advanced to the final four.

Xu Zihuang and Tuoba Yu discussed the history of Tuoba Yu’s family and its old grudge with Dai Huabin’s lineage before heading to the freshman tournament semifinals. Shrek Academy president Yan Shaozhe arrived to watch the matches, and Xu Zihuang’s team drew its lot as the assessment began.

• Tuoba Yu told Xu Zihuang that his family descended from the Sacred Dragon Sect, whose descendants were purged and barred from Star Luo after the sect backed Spirit Hall, and that his clan sought to atone for its ancestors’ crimes.
• Tuoba Yu explained that seeing Dai Huabin had brought the family’s history to mind, and Xu Zihuang listened without taking offense.
• Xu Zihuang and Tuoba Yu joined Nanmen Yun'er and the other teams at the Assessment Area for the day’s freshman championship matches.
• Yan Shaozhe introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s president and said he would watch all the matches.
• Xu Zihuang drew a lot for his team after Yan Shaozhe urged them to show their true strength.

The semifinal draw matched Yu Tianhuang’s team against Dai Huabin’s and Ning Tian’s team against Xie Huanyue’s. Vice President Qian Duoduo arrived with Fan Yu, hoping to recruit Yu Tianhuang for the Soul Tool Department, but Yan Shaozhe warned him not to pursue the freshmen.

• Du Weilun announced that Yu Tianhuang’s team drew number one and Ning Tian’s team drew number two.
• Dai Huabin’s team also drew number one, setting the semifinals as Yu Tianhuang against Dai Huabin and Ning Tian against Xie Huanyue.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived to watch the assessment and discussed Yu Tianhuang’s talent and the first semifinal with Du Weilun.
• Qian Duoduo arrived with Fan Yu and said he had come to watch, while privately planning to recruit Yu Tianhuang for the Soul Tool Department.