Chapter Summaries

Miracle City continued to expand its economy, population, security, aerospace program, universities, and Miracle System while avoiding open conflict with the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy. After the Federation Grand Competition, Chen Xinjie brought the Shrek Seven Devils to Miracle City for the promised academic exchange, where Xu Xiaoyan received them and led them inside to begin testing.

• Miracle City’s trade, population, universities, aerospace program, and public security developed rapidly, while the Miracle System advanced to simulating the entire city and began pilot distribution.
• After the Federation Grand Competition, Chen Xinjie led the Shrek Seven Devils to Miracle City for academic exchange.
• Xu Xiaoyan received Chen Xinjie and the Shrek Seven Devils at Skysea City’s gate, accompanied by Gu Yuena and Lan Fuzi.
• Chen Xinjie noticed that Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fuzi had grown much stronger than the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Chen Xinjie chose to begin testing immediately, and Xu Xiaoyan led the group through the gate, where he was surprised by Miracle City’s improved Spatial Technology.

Xu Xiaoyan brought the Shrek Seven Devils to a Miracle City school to take their entrance examinations and explained the rules and available universities. The group began asking about the academies, but the Alchemy Technology Academy remained out of reach because it admitted no outsiders and required applicants to create a Spirit Tool comparable to One-Word Battle Armor.

• Xu Xiaoyan took the Shrek Seven Devils to a middle school, where she activated an anti-cheating barrier and gave them booklets about Miracle City's examination rules and universities.
• Xu Xiaoyan left Tang Wulin and the others to read for thirty minutes while Gu Yuena and Lan Fuzi teased her outside the classroom.
• Xu Xiaoyan returned with Gu Yuena and Lan Fuzi and invited the group to raise any objections before the examination.
• Tang Wulin asked about the Soul Tool Technology Academy, the Soul Master Academy, and the Alchemy Technology Academy.
• Xu Xiaoyan explained the academies' different focuses and said the Alchemy Technology Academy required applicants to create a Spirit Tool comparable to One-Word Battle Armor, which the Shrek Seven Devils could not do.

Tang Wulin challenged Xu Xiaoyan over the Shrek Seven Devils’ exam options, but she explained that Miracle City’s Alchemy Technology Academy was unavailable to outsiders. The group chose the Miracle City Soul Master Academy and began its written exam.

• Xie Xie fell silent when he realized he had no knowledge of making Spirit Tools, while Tang Wulin argued that the group should be allowed to choose the Alchemy Technology Academy.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Tang Wulin the academy enrolled internally, had no relevant textbooks, and was not covered by the exchange agreement; Gu Yuena confirmed it admitted students once every four years.
• Tang Wulin suppressed his anger and chose the Miracle City Soul Master Academy on behalf of the group, hoping they could learn about Miracle City's cultivation methods.
• Xu Xiaoyan had Gu Yuena and Lan Fuzi distribute the test papers, started the countdown, and chatted with them while the Shrek Seven Devils worked.
• Xu Xiaoyan clapped to end the exam as the Shrek Seven Devils were still writing.

The Shrek Seven Devils passed Miracle City’s written exam, though Tang Wulin and Dai Yun'er struggled with politics and history. After Xie Xie insisted on taking the practical test, Xu Xiaoyan arranged for herself, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fuzi to administer it, and transported everyone to an arena.

• Xu Xiaoyan collected and graded the exam papers, finding that Tang Wulin and Dai Yun'er passed mainly through their Soul Master subjects but failed politics and history.
• Xu Xiaoyan declared the written portion passed and offered to waive the practical test for the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Xie Xie rejected the waiver, so Xu Xiaoyan said she, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fuzi would conduct the practical test as instructors at Miracle City Soul Master Academy.
• Tang Wulin asked the three women to go easy on them, while resolving that the Shrek Seven Devils would face the consequences together.
• Xu Xiaoyan tapped the table and transported the group to an arena, startling Chen Xinjie and the Shrek Seven Devils.

Xu Xiaoyan offered the Shrek Seven Devils a choice between individual strength tests and a seven-against-three fight, refusing Tang Wulin’s request for a fairer assessment. The Devils reluctantly chose the group fight and discussed tactics before Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fuzi returned to the gymnasium.

• Xu Xiaoyan explained the two assessment options and said the examiners would not fight consecutively in the individual tests.
• Tang Wulin objected that the opponents were too powerful, but Xu Xiaoyan and Lan Fuzi dismissed his complaint and suggested alternative examiners.
• Tang Wulin agreed to the assessment and asked for thirty minutes to discuss the choice and tactics.
• Xu Xiaoyan recommended the group fight because the Devils had Xu Lizhi, a Food-type Soul Master, leading them to realize that seven against three was their best option.
• Xie Xie complained after the three women left, and Tang Wulin calmed him while the Devils struggled to devise a plan.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Gu Yuena, and Lan Fuzi returned after the Devils spent their discussion period preparing for the fight.

The Shrek Seven Devils faced Xu Xiaoyan’s test in Miracle City, but Xie Xie’s insult provoked Xu Xiaoyan, Lan Fuzi, and Gu Yuena into beating them. They were repeatedly healed and attacked, leaving them furious and humiliated as the punishment continued.

• Xu Xiaoyan offered the Shrek Seven Devils more time, but Tang Wulin said they were ready to begin.
• Xie Xie disparaged Miracle City, and Xu Xiaoyan mocked the group before starting the test.
• Xu Xiaoyan bound all seven with Starlight Chain, preventing them from using their Soul Power or Martial Souls.
• Lan Fuzi struck the helpless group with her spear shaft, leaving them badly bruised.
• Xu Xiaoyan healed them with her Spirit Mirror, then Gu Yuena joined Lan Fuzi in attacking them as Xu Xiaoyan repeatedly restrained and healed them.
• Tang Wulin tried to surrender, but another wave of blows stopped him, while the Shrek Seven Devils regretted provoking their hosts.

Xu Xiaoyan, Lan Fuzi, and Gu Yuena beat the Shrek Seven Devils after Xie Xie insulted them, leaving the group shaken and resentful. Afterward, Qian Gu Dongfeng sought An Ping’s advice about a problem at the Spirit Pagoda, and An Ping asked whether a family had defected to the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy.

• Xu Xiaoyan, Lan Fuzi, and Gu Yuena stopped beating Tang Wulin and the others after Chen Xinjie intervened, then vanished from the gymnasium.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Chen Xinjie to take the Shrek Seven Devils for treatment and said they could later obtain proof of admission from her or Ya Li.
• Chen Xinjie doubted whether the Shrek Seven Devils could shoulder responsibility for the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, while Tang Wulin resolved to obtain Miracle City's cultivation methods and Xie Xie vowed to control his speech.
• Xu Xiaoyan, Lan Fuzi, and Gu Yuena went strolling through Shrek City after their fight.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng told An Ping that something had happened at the Spirit Pagoda and asked for his opinion, prompting An Ping to ask whether a family had betrayed the Spirit Pagoda for terms from the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy.

An Ping and Qian Gu Dongfeng discussed Shrek Academy’s infiltration of Spirit Pagoda headquarters and planned restrictions and publicity in response. An Ping then revealed that the Shrek Seven Devils had chosen Miracle City Soul Master Academy for their academic exchange, leaving Qian Gu Dongfeng curious about why they would come away empty-handed.

• Qian Gu Dongfeng told An Ping that the Spirit Pagoda headquarters in Shrek City had been infiltrated, with traces found in its archives and Underground Research Institute, and suspected Shrek Academy.
• An Ping agreed that Shrek Academy had likely targeted Artificial Spirit Soul Technology during the Federation Grand Competition.
• An Ping ordered the Spirit Pagoda to close its Shrek City locations, stop selling Spirit Souls over a thousand years old, and shut down its Spirit Ascension Platforms.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng proposed staging attacks on Spirit Pagodas in other cities and broadcasting footage to the Federation.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng worried that the Shrek Seven Devils’ academic exchange might be an attempt to steal Miracle City’s secrets, but An Ping said they were destined to come away empty-handed.
• An Ping explained that Xiao Yan had reported the Shrek Seven Devils had chosen Miracle City Soul Master Academy for their exchange.

An Ping explained to Qian Gu Dongfeng that Miracle City Soul Master Academy would offer the Shrek Seven Devils little access to the training they wanted. The battered group then received their enrollment materials from Xu Xiaoyan and left to begin their academic exchange.

• An Ping told Qian Gu Dongfeng that the academy taught basic combat skills, while its key lessons and Meditation Method were provided through the Miracle System, which the Shrek Seven Devils could not access.
• Qian Gu Dongfeng left to handle Spirit Pagoda affairs as An Ping continued developing the Miracle System.
• After recovering enough to walk, Tang Wulin and the others visited Xu Xiaoyan, who gave them uniforms, supplies, and enrollment certificates.
• Xu Lizhi accidentally opened his disposable Storage Item in Xu Xiaoyan's office and spilled its contents across the floor before packing them away.
• Xu Xiaoyan told the Shrek Seven Devils to follow the Admission Guide and timetable, then sent them away; Xie Xie complained about her after they left.

The Shrek Seven Devils arrived at Miracle City Soul Master Academy after reflecting on Ya Li’s indifference and discovering that the academy’s rules discouraged practical combat. Student Council President Sun Qingyi welcomed them and began showing them around as they prepared to enroll.

• Ya Li passed the Shrek Seven Devils without acknowledging them, leaving Tang Wulin and the others feeling dejected.
• Xu Lizhi gave Tang Wulin the special-edition Admission Guide, and Tang Wulin explained that its rules restricted sparring and emphasized theoretical courses.
• The Shrek Seven Devils discussed why the academy had adopted those rules, then decided to investigate after arriving.
• Tang Wulin and the others reached the academy, where Sun Qingyi introduced herself as Student Council President and welcomed them.
• Sun Qingyi led the group inside and explained that the library held books collected from across Douluo Star and stayed open around the clock.

Sun Qingyi showed Tang Wulin and the Shrek Seven Devils around Miracle City’s Academic Affairs Office and explained how its Identity Cards and teleportation system worked. In the Archive Room, they saw that computers generated physical personnel files almost instantly.

• Sun Qingyi introduced the Academic Affairs Office and explained that Identity Cards controlled access, stored Academy records, and handled transactions.
• Sun Qingyi used a lobby Teleportation Device to bring Tang Wulin and the others to the Archive Room.
• A clerk corrected Tang Wulin’s guess about the computer’s purpose, explaining that it generated physical files from entered information.
• Miss Song dismissed the Shrek Seven Devils’ reputation, but Sun Qingyi asked them to complete their registration forms and led them farther into the Archive Room.
• Sun Qingyi showed Tang Wulin and the others a temporary-record cabinet as a document rapidly materialized inside it.

Tang Wulin and the others registered at Miracle City Soul Master Academy and discovered that the academy had detailed records of their confidential past. Sun Qingyi then led them to the accommodation area, leaving them to settle in among the academy’s villa-like residences.

• Tang Wulin and Dai Yun'er failed to learn how the file cabinet worked, so Tang Wulin asked Sun Qingyi to let them inspect their files.
• Sun Qingyi handed each visitor a file and identification card after the documents were generated.
• Tang Wulin and the others read records that included their secret use of the Golden Ancient Tree, then returned the files with displeased expressions.
• Tang Wulin declined Sun Qingyi’s offer of a campus tour and asked her to take them to their dormitories.
• Sun Qingyi guided them through campus to the accommodation area and warned them not to cause trouble.

Sun Qingyi settled Tang Wulin and the others into a comfortable courtyard, while Tang Wulin’s attempt to learn more about Miracle City through her failed. After Dai Yun’er shared her findings from the archives, the group suspected that Spatial Technology used in the room itself explained the strange filing cabinets.

• Sun Qingyi gave the Shrek Seven Devils a courtyard and said she was helping them as part of her duties as Student Council President.
• Tang Wulin tried to learn whether Sun Qingyi had ties to Shrek or the Tang Sect, then apologized when she denied it.
• Xie Xie teased Tang Wulin about liking Sun Qingyi, and Tang Wulin reassured a jealous Dai Yun’er that he had only been seeking information.
• The group settled into the courtyard, checked for surveillance devices, and asked Dai Yun’er to report what she had found in the archives.
• Dai Yun’er said her Spiritual Power could not pass through the filing cabinets, and she suggested Spatial Technology in the oversized archives room might explain the documents’ appearance.

Tang Wulin and the others failed to learn anything from the academy archives, so they considered seeking Miracle City’s cultivation methods from its students. Sun Qingyi and Xu Xiaoyan discussed the Shrek Seven Devils’ true purpose and decided not to restrict them, then Xu Xiaoyan mentioned a new Dream Realm feature.

• Dai Yun'er guessed that Miracle City’s products might explain the academy’s protected archives, but her Spiritual Power revealed nothing.
• Tang Wulin discussed obtaining Miracle City’s cultivation methods from Soul Master Academy students with his companions.
• Sun Qingyi told Xu Xiaoyan that Dai Yun'er had been exploring academy buildings, and Xu Xiaoyan inferred that the Shrek Seven Devils were searching for Miracle City technology.
• Xu Xiaoyan explained that the Shrek Seven Devils likely knew little about Soul Tool Technology and had chosen the Soul Master Academy because they could not enter the Soul Tool Technology Academy.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Sun Qingyi not to restrict Tang Wulin and the others as long as they caused no trouble, then asked whether she had tried Dream Realm’s new feature.

Xu Xiaoyan invited Sun Qingyi to try Dream Realm Special Edition, where they explored a cartoonish train station and learned how to board the Cat Coin Train. They set off for Silent Hut, while Sun Qingyi revealed she had rarely left her family estate before joining the academy.

• Sun Qingyi offered to try the two-player Dream Realm Special Edition with Xu Xiaoyan, and Xu Xiaoyan took her to her residence.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi entered the game and discovered that both of them had become cartoonish versions of themselves.
• A Cat Person introduced the Cat Coin Train and its destinations, and Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi selected Silent Hut to board.
• Xu Xiaoyan stopped Sun Qingyi from ordering food and drinks, explaining that they likely cost Cat Coin.
• Sun Qingyi told Xu Xiaoyan she had never ridden a train or left her family estate before Saint Spirit Douluo persuaded her family head to let her go.

Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi discussed Hidden Families and An Ping before their train finally announced its arrival at Silent Hut. They stepped into an abandoned, empty station, and the train immediately departed without them.

• Sun Qingyi explained that Hidden Families were not completely cut off from the world, and Xu Xiaoyan described An Ping’s categories of Hidden Families.
• Xu Xiaoyan said An Ping had been raised by the Myriad Demon King, but she withheld details about his identity.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi wondered why the train had not arrived, and an announcement said it was reaching Silent Hut.
• Xu Xiaoyan suggested An Ping might have made the train repeat scenery to amuse himself, then she and Sun Qingyi prepared to get off.
• The train stopped, and Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi disembarked before it quickly left them at a rundown, deserted station.

Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi searched the Silent Hut station, finding Cat Coins and fragments of a damaged logbook before realizing the station had once been called Silent Forest. They left the station to investigate the forest and reached its entrance.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi searched the station huts, finding scattered Cat Coins and a logbook that crumbled when Xu Xiaoyan touched it.
• Sun Qingyi discovered that the station had originally been called Silent Forest, while Xu Xiaoyan suggested the stations grew more difficult as they progressed.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi decided to find the Silent Hut and left the station through its gate.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi followed an overgrown road through the trees and reached a sign welcoming visitors to Silent Forest.

Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi entered the Silent Forest, found Little Red Riding Hood at the Red Garden, and learned that monsters threatened the woods at night. They followed her into the forest as she went to pick mushrooms before nightfall.

• Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi discovered that the Silent Forest silenced all sounds, then used hand signals to navigate it.
• They followed arrows through the forest to a wooden courtyard called the Red Garden beside a lake.
• A little girl named Hong Yu, known as Little Red Riding Hood, told them monsters had eaten her parents after they went out at night.
• Little Red Riding Hood insisted on picking mushrooms before nightfall so she could bring some to her grandmother, and Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi followed her into the silent forest.

Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi stayed with Little Red Riding Hood, shared her mushroom soup, and questioned the strange rules of her story world. After noticing the sky had not darkened despite the passage of time, they realized something was wrong with the day-night cycle.

• Little Red Riding Hood led Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi to gather mushrooms, then brought them back to the Courtyard House and made mushroom soup.
• Sun Qingyi and Xu Xiaoyan discussed the oddity of Little Red Riding Hood living alone, and Xu Xiaoyan defended An Ping against Sun Qingyi’s teasing.
• Little Red Riding Hood said her grandmother lived at her own house and warned that other places were dangerous too.
• Little Red Riding Hood arranged rooms for the two and told them not to leave the Courtyard House at night.
• Sun Qingyi suspected Little Red Riding Hood was meant to make them emotionally invested, but Xu Xiaoyan said An Ping wanted them to respect life.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Sun Qingyi realized the sky had not darkened since they arrived, despite the time that had passed.

Sun Qingyi and Xu Xiaoyan figured out that lying together on the bed triggered nighttime in the Courtyard House and expected Little Red Riding Hood to knock soon. Their teasing turned into a kiss, leaving Xu Xiaoyan embarrassed but still with Sun Qingyi in the Dream Realm.

• Sun Qingyi and Xu Xiaoyan debated why the sky remained at sunset, and Xu Xiaoyan guessed that a plot trigger condition was involved.
• Xu Xiaoyan realized that they needed to lie on the bed together, and the sky darkened after she joined Sun Qingyi.
• Sun Qingyi asked what would happen next, and Xu Xiaoyan predicted Little Red Riding Hood would soon knock on the door.
• Sun Qingyi teased Xu Xiaoyan for trying to ask An Ping for help, then pulled her close and kissed her.
• Xu Xiaoyan pushed Sun Qingyi away and called her a female hoodlum, while Sun Qingyi put an arm around her shoulders.