Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan became Class One Freshman’s provisional class monitor and led the students through Zhou Yi’s exhausting training, helping them all last until the bell. Afterward, he shared his restorative bath with Wang Dong, who questioned how much he could do despite being only eleven.

• Zhou Yi appointed Lin Yuan provisional class monitor after announcing that his cultivation was the highest in the freshman year, and Lin Yuan revealed that his Soul Power was Level thirty-nine.
• Zhou Yi ordered the class to run laps in Iron Suits until dismissal, and Lin Yuan put on twenty suits before setting a pace that helped the other students keep going.
• Lin Yuan adjusted his rhythm so Huo Yu Hao could stay with the group, and the class completed the two-hour training without anyone being eliminated.
• A white-clothed Soul Sage healed the students with emerald leaves, and Zhou Yi credited Lin Yuan’s leadership before taking his Iron Suits to have a custom one made.
• Lin Yuan returned to his dorm with Wang Dong and Huo Yu Hao, then let Wang Dong use his Water of Life bath while they teased each other and Wang Dong asked whether he was really eleven.

Lin Yuan helped Huo Yu Hao raise the price of his grilled fish and attract a crowd of customers outside Shrek Academy. When Xu San Shi attacked Huo Yu Hao over a refused sale, Lin Yuan struck Xu San Shi with a palm, and Jiang Nannan and another person rushed to intervene.

• Lin Yuan told Wang Dong that he had to grow stronger because of a heavy burden, then reassured her that his words about dying had been a figure of speech.
• Lin Yuan bought Huo Yu Hao's grilled fish and advised him to charge more, while Wang Dong backed the advice.
• Lin Yuan and Huo Yu Hao gave free samples to students, drawing a long line and helping Huo Yu Hao sell all thirty fish.
• Jiang Nannan tried to haggle for a grilled fish, but Huo Yu Hao refused and she left disappointed.
• Xu San Shi angrily attacked Huo Yu Hao, but Huo Yu Hao dodged his first grab and Lin Yuan struck Xu San Shi with a palm.
• Jiang Nannan shouted at Xu San Shi as another person rushed in and struck toward him.

Lin Yuan challenged fifth-year Xu San Shi in the Soul Duel Zone after Xu San Shi bullied Huo Yu Hao, and defeated him in moments without releasing his Martial Soul. The referee declared Lin Yuan the winner, leaving the stunned crowd to witness his overwhelming strength.

• Bei Bei and Tang Ya confronted Xu San Shi for bullying Huo Yu Hao, and Lin Yuan asked to take the duel himself.
• Lin Yuan and Xu San Shi went to the Soul Duel Zone, where hundreds of students gathered to watch their match.
• Xu San Shi released his Martial Soul and attacked, but Lin Yuan's Earth Authority tremor forced him back.
• Lin Yuan used Space Strangulation to immobilize Xu San Shi and carve marks into his armor and shield.
• Lin Yuan rushed Xu San Shi, pinned him to the platform, and drained his Soul Power until he could not fight back.
• The referee ended the match and declared Lin Yuan the winner.

Lin Yuan defeated Xu San Shi, then spent the night in his room with Wang Dong, who woke in his arms the next morning. During their walk by Sea God Lake, Ma Xiao Tao, overcome by her Evil Fire, charged toward them and attacked.

• Lin Yuan defeated Xu San Shi by folding space to concentrate his force, then returned to the dorms with Wang Dong and Huo Yu Hao.
• Wang Dong brought her quilt to Lin Yuan's room because Huo Yu Hao was cleansing his meridians with the Mysterious Water Pill, and she stayed the night.
• Wang Dong woke in Lin Yuan's embrace, blushed and scolded him, then joined him for breakfast and a walk by Sea God Lake.
• Lin Yuan recognized the approaching red-clad Inner Court student as Ma Xiao Tao and used his spatial ability to take Wang Dong into the shore woods.
• Ma Xiao Tao's heat scorched the nearby plants, and she slammed a massive hand toward Lin Yuan and Wang Dong.

Lin Yuan subdued Ma Xiao Tao during her Evil Fire outbreak by absorbing the flames, then pretended to faint with Wang Dong so they could avoid questions. After the academy staff treated them and gave them Soul Ascension Pills, the students returned to class, and Wang Dong arranged to move into Lin Yuan’s dormitory; meanwhile, Ma Xiao Tao awoke with her Evil Fire gone, while Yan Shao Zhe warned her to stop cultivating.

• Ma Xiao Tao’s Phoenix Evil Fire erupted, and Lin Yuan fought her before grabbing her and absorbing the flames with his Dragon God's Heart.
• Lin Yuan knocked Wang Dong unconscious and pretended to faint; academy staff arrived, treated the students, and gave them Soul Ascension Pills as compensation.
• Lin Yuan and Wang Dong returned to class, where they attended lessons on Martial Soul classifications and soul beast ages.
• Wang Dong secured approval to move into Lin Yuan’s Dormitory 107, while Lin Yuan headed out to meet Huo Yu Hao’s grilled-fish customers.
• Ma Xiao Tao woke in a chamber on Sea God Lake’s central island and learned from Yan Shao Zhe that her Evil Fire had been completely depleted; he urged her to suspend cultivation.

Ma Xiao Tao rejected Yan Shao Zhe’s plan to find her a suitable match, while Lin Yuan settled into academy life and led his class toward its first assessment. After Zhou Yi revealed the teams, she erupted over the students’ cultivation preferences, and Lin Yuan calmly explained that he had listed both control and assault.

• Yan Shao Zhe warned Ma Xiao Tao that her Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul could endanger her life and urged her to accept a suitable match, but she refused to marry someone she did not like.
• Lin Yuan and Wang Dong returned to their dormitory, where they meditated and cultivated with a Soul Ascension Pill.
• Over three months, Lin Yuan became known as the freshman year’s combat power ceiling and earned the respect of Class One Freshman, while Zhou Yi’s training left sixty-seven students in the class.
• Zhou Yi explained the Freshman Assessment rules, announced Song Qing Han’s direct pass, and grouped Lin Yuan, Huo Yu Hao, and Wang Dong together.
• After class, Zhou Yi discovered that Lin Yuan and Wang Dong had both listed Control System as a cultivation direction and angrily confronted them.
• Lin Yuan told Zhou Yi that he had also written Assault System because his Elemental Dragon Martial Soul fell between control and assault.

Zhou Yi reviewed the students’ chosen systems, learned that Xiao Xiao had Twin Martial Souls, and urged the four students to prepare for the Freshman Assessment. Afterward, Lin Yuan and Wang Dong joined Huo Yu Hao for grilled fish, where Ma Xiao Tao appeared and scrutinized Lin Yuan over his earlier suppression of her Evil Fire.

• Zhou Yi corrected Wang Dong’s system choice and discovered that Xiao Xiao possessed the Nine Phoenixes Arrival Flute as her second Martial Soul.
• Zhou Yi praised Lin Yuan, Huo Yu Hao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao, then encouraged them to earn strong results in the Freshman Assessment.
• Xiao Xiao asked Lin Yuan to talk, but he left with Wang Dong to get food, leaving Huo Yu Hao to comfort her.
• Huo Yu Hao set up her grilled-fish stall, where Lin Yuan and Wang Dong waited for food and Xu San Shi joined the line.
• Ma Xiao Tao arrived to ask Xu San Shi to help suppress her returning Evil Fire, then glanced at Lin Yuan as she passed.
• Wang Dong asked why Ma Xiao Tao had looked at Lin Yuan, and he joked that she probably thought he was handsome.

Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yu Hao began their freshman assessment match in Area Thirty-Three against Class Three Freshman. Their coordinated abilities gave them an early advantage, leaving their opponents' next move unresolved.

• Lin Yuan planned a formation that used Wang Dong as the attacker, Huo Yu Hao's Spiritual Detection to expose opponents, and his own powers to control the field.
• Zhou Yi announced the assessment rules, and Lin Yuan's team prepared for the ten-match round robin.
• At Area Thirty-Three, Teacher Wang Yan called Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yu Hao to face Ouyang Junyi, Chen Junfeng, and Zhao Haochen.
• Huo Yu Hao shared his Spiritual Detection with Lin Yuan and Wang Dong as both teams released their Martial Souls.
• Lin Yuan raised earthen walls to stop Ouyang Junyi and Chen Junfeng, while Wang Dong struck them with Winged Scythe and Lin Yuan used wind to knock Chen Junfeng down.
• Lin Yuan used Space Authority to trap and destroy Zhao Haochen's chicken drumsticks before they could reach his teammates.

Lin Yuan’s team overwhelmed their opponents in the freshman assessment, then Ma Xiao Tao confronted Lin Yuan and Wang Dong about the mysterious person who had suppressed her Evil Fire. Lin Yuan concealed that he was the one who helped her, and he and Wang Dong left Ma Xiao Tao still searching for a way to solve her cultivation problem.

• Lin Yuan defeated Zhao Haochen with an air cannon, securing his team’s victory and leaving the other freshmen in the thirty-third zone wary of them.
• Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yu Hao won all five of their matches, while Wang Yan remained frustrated that he could not discern Huo Yu Hao’s abilities.
• Lin Yuan and Wang Dong ran into Ma Xiao Tao and the depleted Xu San Shi, then followed Ma Xiao Tao to Sea God Lake after she sent Xu San Shi away.
• Ma Xiao Tao asked Lin Yuan and Wang Dong to identify the person who had devoured her Evil Fire, but Lin Yuan and Wang Dong claimed they had been unconscious and knew nothing.
• After Ma Xiao Tao left, Wang Dong teased Lin Yuan for lying so naturally, and Lin Yuan explained that suppressing Ma Xiao Tao’s Evil Fire would not cure its underlying cause.

Lin Yuan's team faced Huang Chu Tian and the Lan twins in the sixth-round assessment, where the twins' Martial Soul Fusion Skill trapped Wang Dong. Lin Yuan freed her and used Space Folding to dismantle the skill, leaving Wang Yan stunned.

• Huo Yu Hao asked Lin Yuan and Wang Dong whether the Inner Court senior sister had troubled them, and they said they had only talked with her.
• Wang Yan announced Lin Yuan's team as the seeded team for Area Thirty-Three and matched them against Huang Chu Tian's team.
• Lan Su Su and Lan Luo Luo revealed that they were Lin Yuan fans before both teams released their Martial Souls and began fighting.
• Wang Dong cut through the twins' hair net and attacked them, but their Martial Soul Fusion Skill trapped her and blocked Huo Yu Hao's Spiritual Detection.
• Lin Yuan opened a Space Rift, crushed Huang Chu Tian's Cannon Hammer of Strength, and pulled Wang Dong free from the twins' net.
• Lin Yuan used Space Folding to compress and break apart the Lan sisters' Martial Soul Fusion Skill, astonishing Wang Yan.

Lin Yuan Team defeated Huang Chu Tian Team and dominated the remaining Freshman Assessment matches, finishing the round-robin stage with a perfect record. Wang Yan questioned Huo Yu Hao and Lin Yuan about their abilities, then left in a hurry as Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yu Hao returned to the dormitories.

• Lin Yuan defeated Huang Chu Tian after the Lan sisters’ Martial Soul Fusion Skill was interrupted, then comforted the sisters and gave them medicine for their disordered Soul Power.
• Lin Yuan Team began the next round against three Class Four Freshmen, and Lin Yuan defeated all three Agile Assault System Soul Masters with Extreme Wind, Meteor Kill.
• Lin Yuan Team won its next three matches with ease and finished the round-robin stage undefeated with ten victories.
• Wang Yan asked Huo Yu Hao about his Martial Soul, and Huo Yu Hao identified it as the Spiritual Eye while keeping his soul skills confidential.
• Lin Yuan told Wang Yan that his Elemental Dragon Martial Soul gave him control over basic elements and Space Power, after which Wang Yan hurried away.
• Wang Dong teased Lin Yuan about Wang Yan’s questions, and Lin Yuan playfully scolded her before the three teammates headed back to the dormitories.

Lin Yuan explained to Wang Dong why his Dragon God Martial Soul could not fuse with another, while Elder Xuan became interested in Huo Yu Hao’s Spiritual Eye. Zhou Yi announced Class One Freshman’s assessment results and prepared Lin Yuan’s undefeated team for the elimination rounds.

• Lin Yuan told Wang Dong that his supreme Dragon God Martial Soul could not resonate with another for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and reassured her that their teamwork was strong.
• Elder Xuan dismissed the Lan sisters’ hair as an unremarkable Body Martial Soul and decided to watch Huo Yu Hao, whose Spiritual Eye he believed had exceptional potential.
• Zhou Yi announced that all twenty-two teams from Class One Freshman passed the assessment and praised Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yu Hao for finishing undefeated.
• Zhou Yi explained the single-loss elimination format and warned Lin Yuan’s team that they could face other undefeated teams with Soul Elders from the third round onward.
• Lin Yuan declared that he was ready to fight the stronger teams, and Zhou Yi instructed the students to gather at the assessment area the next day.

Lin Yuan's team advanced through the Freshman Assessment, and Lin Yuan's Level Thirty-Nine Soul Power stunned their opponents. He single-handedly defeated Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian's team, leaving Zhou Yi to warn the trio that stronger opponents awaited.

• Lin Yuan's team defeated their Class One Freshman opponents in under five minutes and advanced to the top thirty-two.
• Lin Yuan's team faced Wu Feng, Nanmen Yun'er, and Ning Tian in the afternoon match, and Lin Yuan revealed he was a Level Thirty-Nine Soul Elder.
• Lin Yuan's Dragon God Bloodline suppressed Wu Feng and disrupted her Red Dragon Martial Soul, while his Stone Spikes forced Nanmen Yun'er back.
• Lin Yuan seized Wu Feng's fireball, empowered it, and sent it exploding against her before using Space Power to subdue Nanmen Yun'er.
• Ning Tian surrendered, giving Lin Yuan's team the victory, and Zhou Yi praised the trio while warning them that future opponents would be stronger.

Lin Yuan's team fought Xie Huan Yue's team in the Freshman Assessment's top-sixteen round, with Lin Yuan overwhelming Xie Huan Yue and Wang Dong defeating the Luo brothers. Xuan Zi intervened to stop Lin Yuan's Great Wind Hand Seal from hitting the proctor, and Lin Yuan's team advanced to the top eight.

• Lin Yuan's team drew Xie Huan Yue, Luo Tian Long, and Luo Tian Ba in the top-sixteen match.
• Lin Yuan dodged Xie Huan Yue's attacks and struck him hard enough to send him crashing into the arena barrier.
• Wang Dong used Butterfly God's Light to defeat the Luo brothers, and the proctor removed them from the match.
• Xie Huan Yue unleashed his third soul skill, prompting Lin Yuan to use Great Wind Hand Seal against him.
• Xuan Zi redirected Lin Yuan's hand seal with a fiery red giant hand to protect the proctor and Xie Huan Yue.
• The proctor declared Lin Yuan's team the winners and advanced them to the top eight.

After Lin Yuan’s team advanced to the semifinals with a nine-second victory, the academy’s instructors debated Huo Yu Hao’s potential and declined to choose him as a Core Disciple. The next morning, the top four gathered for the final-stage draw, overseen by a powerful elder whose arrival surprised Wang Dong.

• Du Wilun praised Zhou Yi’s two excellent students but rejected Huo Yu Hao as a Core Disciple because his spiritual attribute and single Soul Ring limited his prospects; Fan Yu offered to take him into the Soul Tool Department instead.
• Elder Xuan dismissed Huo Yu Hao as a candidate despite Wang Yan’s defense, while Wang Yan resolved to keep supporting him.
• Lin Yuan drew lot number three for his team, matching them against three Soul Grandmasters from Freshman Class Nine.
• Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yu Hao defeated their opponents in nine seconds, with Lin Yuan using Space Power, Wang Dong attacking, and Huo Yu Hao disrupting their minds.
• Lin Yuan’s team advanced to the semifinals, and the next morning Wang Dong recognized the elderly man overseeing the final-stage draw as the teacher who had led the response to Ma Xiao Tao’s rampage.

At the Freshman Assessment semifinals, Lin Yuan’s team defeated Class Ten with his Time Authority and Wang Dong’s attack, while Huo Yu Hao recognized his half-brother Dai Hua Bin as one of the men responsible for his mother’s death. Both Lin Yuan’s team and Dai Hua Bin’s team advanced, setting up a final between them.

• Yan Shao Zhe personally oversaw the drawing, and Lin Yuan’s team drew slot two while Dai Hua Bin’s team drew slot one.
• Huo Yu Hao recognized Dai Hua Bin as his half-brother and the man he blamed for his mother’s death, but he steadied himself and prepared to compete.
• Lin Yuan’s team faced Zhou Si Chen, Long Xiang Yue, and Cao Jin Xuan in the semifinals as Dai Hua Bin’s team competed in the other arena.
• Lin Yuan released his Dragon God Bloodline pressure and Time Authority, slowing Class Ten’s team and shattering their attacks as Wang Dong struck Zhou Si Chen and Huo Yu Hao disrupted Cao Jin Xuan.
• Lin Yuan’s team defeated Class Ten and advanced to the finals, while Dai Hua Bin’s team also won its match, prompting Yan Shao Zhe to anticipate their final.

Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yu Hao entered the Freshman Assessment final against Dai Hua Bin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Ya Jie. Lin Yuan quickly eliminated Cui Ya Jie, leaving Dai Hua Bin’s team at a disadvantage as Dai and Zhu Lu launched their counterattack.

• Huo Yu Hao told Lin Yuan and Wang Dong that they needed to win the final because Dai Hua Bin was his inner demon, and they promised to help him.
• The final drew Shrek Academy’s dean Yan Shao Zhe, Soul Tool Department vice dean Qian Duo Duo, and many teachers, who gathered to watch the unusually powerful freshmen compete.
• The referee explained the final’s rules, and both teams introduced themselves before retreating to opposite edges of the field.
• At the start, both teams charged forward, Wang Dong took to the air, and Dai Hua Bin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Ya Jie activated their Martial Soul Possessions.
• Lin Yuan used spatial control to seize Cui Ya Jie and throw her out of the field, defeating her within two breaths.
• Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu adjusted to the resulting two-against-three disadvantage, with Zhu Lu lunging at Wang Dong and Dai Hua Bin firing a mass of white Soul Power toward Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan dominated Dai Hua Bin while Wang Dong held Zhu Lu back, then taunted them into unleashing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu fused into Hell White Tiger and charged at Lin Yuan and his allies.

• Lin Yuan dodged Dai Hua Bin’s attack and struck him with a wind handprint, while Wang Dong repelled Zhu Lu’s assault.
• Lin Yuan’s dragonized arm overpowered Dai Hua Bin’s claws, and he crushed Dai Hua Bin’s White Tiger Blazing Light Wave in his palm.
• Wang Dong, aided by Huo Yu Hao’s Spiritual Detection, kept Zhu Lu from reaching Huo Yu Hao as both opponents began to tire.
• Lin Yuan mocked Dai Hua Bin and invited him to use Hell White Tiger, while Yan Shao Zhe recognized that Lin Yuan was testing its power.
• Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu reunited and fused their Martial Souls, forming the enormous Hell White Tiger.
• Hell White Tiger charged toward Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yu Hao.

Lin Yuan defeated Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his Elemental Dragon, winning the freshman assessment elimination round for his team. The academy’s teachers celebrated his strength, while Dai Hua Bin vowed to win next time.

• Lin Yuan blocked the Hell White Tiger’s charge with his dragon-scaled hand and threw it back, shocking Du Wilun and Yan Shao Zhe.
• Lin Yuan summoned eight Elemental Dragons and fused their powers into a giant dragon that overwhelmed the Hell White Tiger.
• The Hell White Tiger’s fusion broke apart, leaving Dai Hua Bin and Zhu Lu unable to fight, and the referee declared Lin Yuan’s team the champions.
• The teachers applauded Lin Yuan, and he reassured Huo Yu Hao before Wang Dong and Zhou Yi joined them in celebration.
• Dai Hua Bin remained hostile and vowed that he would not lose next time.

After winning the Freshman Assessment, Lin Yuan’s team learned about their rewards, Core Disciple status, and class assignments at Shrek Academy. Huo Yu Hao was named a temporary Core Disciple and resolved to improve, while Lin Yuan’s group entered First-Year Class One under Zhou Yi and Wang Yan.

• Huo Yu Hao hosted Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, Bei Bei, and Tang Ya for grilled fish, and Tang Ya welcomed Wang Dong into the Tang Sect while Lin Yuan declined to join.
• Huo Yu Hao said she wanted to study Soul Tools, but Tang Ya explained that becoming a Martial Soul Department Core Disciple could prevent her from taking Soul Tool electives.
• Du Wilun announced the assessment results, granting the top three teams academy assistance in obtaining their next Soul Rings and reserving a confidential special reward for Lin Yuan’s team.
• The academy named Lin Yuan, Wang Dong, and several other freshmen formal Core Disciples, while Huo Yu Hao and four others received temporary Core Disciple treatment.
• Huo Yu Hao accepted her temporary status with renewed determination, and Lin Yuan and Wang Dong comforted her after she was not made a formal Core Disciple.
• The freshmen were divided into four classes, and Lin Yuan, Huo Yu Hao, and Wang Dong were assigned to First-Year Class One with Zhou Yi and Wang Yan as homeroom teachers.