Chapter Summaries

Tang Ya ended her relationship with Bei Bei after he refused to help Huo Yuhao, who remained confined and questioned at Shrek Academy. As Zhou Yi argued against expelling him, Huo Yuhao prepared himself for the possibility of leaving and traveling to the Far North.

• Tang Ya accused Bei Bei of refusing to use his connections to help Huo Yuhao and broke up with him.
• Du Weilun questioned Huo Yuhao again about the deaths of the two third-year students, and Huo Yuhao repeated his vague account of the fight.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reassured Huo Yuhao that expulsion would not stop them from traveling to the Far North, where Huo Yuhao could pursue his second Martial Soul.
• Zhou Yi argued that the third-year students had provoked Huo Yuhao and urged Du Weilun to investigate them rather than expel Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao felt grateful to Zhou Yi but privately admitted that he had killed the two students and did not regret it.

Huo Yuhao was expelled from Shrek Academy after Du Weilun refused to investigate the deaths of two third-year students, and he prepared to leave Shrek City. He set his sights on the Far North, while Tang Ya and Ao Yao learned of his departure.

• Du Weilun declared that Huo Yuhao had to leave Shrek Academy, and Zhou Yi offered to leave with him.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the expulsion, thanked Zhou Yi, and agreed to leave Shrek Academy and Shrek City before the day ended.
• Huo Yuhao asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm where they should go, and it directed him toward the Far North.
• Ao Yao saw Huo Yuhao carrying his belongings toward the main gate and realized that he had been expelled.
• Tang Ya caught up with Huo Yuhao, who reassured her that he still belonged to the Tang Sect and promised to return after making a name for himself.

After Huo Yuhao was expelled from Shrek Academy, Ao Yao discussed Soul Tools with Ning Tian and encouraged her to become a Soul Engineer. He planned to keep his Heavenly Demon Puppet close for protection and hoped the Wish Come True Diary would provide more bodyguards.

• Ao Yao left after watching Huo Yuhao disappear from Shrek Academy and accepted that the academy had expelled him.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng linked arms with Ao Yao, and he told Ning Tian he would send some Soul Tool materials to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ao Yao realized that the sect’s Heart Separation Control could suit Soul Engineers and asked Ning Tian whether she wanted to learn Soul Tool technology; she agreed.
• Ao Yao considered sending his Heavenly Demon Puppet to abduct a Level Nine Soul Master from the Sun Moon Empire, but decided to keep the puppet nearby and wished the diary would give him more bodyguards.
• Ao Yao told Ning Tian she could attend Martial Soul Department classes with him and study in the Soul Tool Department afterward, making her eager to pursue both.

Meng Hongchen, an exchange student from the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, found Ao Yao in Shrek Academy’s dining hall and introduced herself. Ao Yao was stunned by her unexpected arrival and wondered whether she had come early because she could see his diary.

• Meng Hongchen wandered around Shrek Academy after failing to find Ao Yao between classes.
• Meng Hongchen spotted Ao Yao in the dining hall, approached his table, and asked to get acquainted.
• Meng Hongchen introduced herself as an exchange student, and Ao Yao was surprised to see her at Shrek Academy before the expected exchange program.
• Ao Yao shook Meng Hongchen’s hand and wondered whether she had arranged the early exchange to obtain rewards from his diary.
• Meng Hongchen explained that her grandfather had wanted her and her brother to experience Shrek Academy, so the exchange program had begun.

Meng Hongchen explained her sudden arrival at Shrek Academy and offered to teach Ning Tian Soul Tool technology, while Ao Yao considered using his charm to recruit a more advanced instructor. The chapter ended with Meng Hongchen becoming so captivated by Ao Yao that she barely noticed his offer to supply crafting materials.

• Meng Hongchen told Ao Yao that Shrek Academy had hastened the exchange program, concealing that she had asked her grandfather to arrange it.
• Ning Tian challenged Meng Hongchen, who offered to teach her Soul Tool crafting and privately recognized Ning Tian and Wu Feng from Ao Yao's diary.
• Ao Yao decided Meng Hongchen could teach Ning Tian and considered having her lure a powerful Soul Engineer, possibly Xuan Ziwen, to Shrek Academy.
• Meng Hongchen said she would teach Ning Tian because she was Ao Yao's friend, then agreed to his offer to cover their Soul Tool materials.
• Ao Yao said he already had the needed materials, but Meng Hongchen was too absorbed in his face to pay attention.

Ao Yao planned to help Ning Tian learn soul tool technology and obtain a ranked carving knife, while Huo Yuhao left Shrek City and considered joining the Body Sect. Huo Yuhao and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm decided to seek the sect after their planned trip to the Far North.

• Xiao Hongchen pulled Meng Hongchen away from Ao Yao and reminded her to focus on studying at Shrek Academy.
• Ao Yao explained to Ning Tian that Meng Hongchen was a gifted soul tool expert and promised to find her a ranked carving knife.
• Ao Yao remembered the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife and realized Electrolux might be able to cleanse it and turn it into the Blade of Life's Watch.
• Huo Yuhao left Shrek City, reflected on losing his home at Shrek Academy, and told the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Zhou Yi had suggested he seek out the Body Sect.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm agreed that the Body Sect might suit Huo Yuhao, but they decided to go to the Far North first.