Chapter Summaries

Luo Ze used a taunt and his Kirin Pressure to secure an easy victory in the eighth assessment, while his teammates also earned their passing points. Shen Yi then led them to the ninth assessment, a survival trial resembling the Spirit Ascension Platform but populated by real Soul Beasts.

• Luo Ze provoked the second-grade students into choosing an opponent, and Su Cheng stepped forward to fight him.
• Luo Ze immobilized Su Cheng with Kirin Pressure, winning the match and advising his teammates to use the same approach.
• Gu Yue and Tang Wulin quickly defeated their opponents, while Xie Xie stalled against a Titan Giant Ape for ten minutes.
• Xu Xiaoyan chose Number Five, who admitted defeat, and the team earned ten points each in the eighth assessment.
• Shen Yi led the group to a metal room for the ninth assessment, which required them to survive among real Soul Beasts.

Luo Ze and the others began the ninth assessment, a survival test set at the highest difficulty, and cautiously explored the forest together. After reaching a hilltop scouting point, they heard a deafening roar that stirred the entire forest.

• Luo Ze asked Shen Yi whether the team would appear together, and she confirmed that the five of them would take the assessment as a group.
• Cai Yue'er and Zhuo Shi discussed the students, with Cai Yue'er insisting she wanted Gu Yue as her student, while Zhuo Shi set the assessment at the highest level.
• Luo Ze, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, and Xu Xiaoyan entered the forest together and formed their usual formation.
• Luo Ze ordered the team to rest for more than two hours before exploring, while Gu Yue's Azure Bird scouted the area and Xie Xie watched nearby.
• The team climbed a hill to survey the forest, where a deafening roar sounded and sent the forest into commotion.

Luo Ze and his companions investigated two powerful Soul Beasts fighting in a valley and recognized one as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Imperial Auspicious Beast. They took shelter in a nearby cave, where Xie Xie wondered whether it might be the beast’s home.

• Luo Ze and the others followed the roars to a valley, where a huge Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear fought a golden Soul Beast.
• Luo Ze suggested they leave the dangerous area, and Gu Yue checked a cave beneath the cliff before the group entered it.
• Xie Xie recognized the golden Soul Beast as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Luo Ze recalled it was the Imperial Auspicious Beast with the power of destiny.
• Gu Yue questioned why the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had sacrificed herself for Spirit Ice Douluo, while Xie Xie said she had been in love with him.
• Xie Xie asked Luo Ze whether they should explore farther into the cave because it might be the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s home.

Luo Ze and his companions entered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s cave and encountered a young cub. After the group spared it, the cub submitted to Luo Ze, astonishing the elder commentators watching the virtual world.

• Luo Ze led Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan deeper into the cave to explore its treasures.
• A young Three-Eyed Golden Lion attacked Luo Ze, but Tang Wulin blocked its charge and Gu Yue shielded the group.
• Luo Ze used Kirin Possession to suppress the cub, while Xie Xie learned the others would not claim its Head Soul Bone.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yue refused to harm the cub, and Luo Ze prepared to release his suppression.
• The cub vanished from under Luo Ze’s suppression, then reappeared and affectionately rubbed against him, leaving the watching elders stunned.

The Five Little Ones passed the character test after refusing to regret giving up the Three-Eyed Golden Lion soul bone, then faced Shrek Academy’s final tribunal. Luo Ze and his friends were admitted, but Gu Yue was rejected by Elder Cai, prompting Luo Ze to stand up for her.

• Shen Yi revealed that the ninth trial had tested character, and the five passed because they had chosen to give up the soul bone without regret.
• Shen Yi led the Five Little Ones to the joint tribunal, where the elders evaluated their performances in the first nine trials.
• Zhuo Shi gave Luo Ze and Tang Wulin ten points each, while the elders assessed Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan and admitted the four boys to the academy.
• Elder Cai gave Gu Yue one point, bringing her total to fifty-nine, and recommended that the academy reject her.
• Zhuo Shi offered Luo Ze a place as an Inner Court disciple and said he would take Changkong as his disciple again, but Luo Ze pulled Gu Yue behind him and declared, “I refuse to accept this!”

Luo Ze rejected Shrek Academy after its elders suppressed Gu Yue, revealing his powerful identity and warning them of the consequences. As Luo Ze and Gu Yue prepared to leave with their friends, Saint Spirit Douluo arrived.

• Luo Ze challenged the elders over Shrek's fairness, gave up his admission, and warned them against making enemies of him and Gu Yue.
• Luo Ze revealed that he was Dragon Abyss Douluo's grandson and the Spirit Pagoda Tower Master's heir, shocking the elders and his companions.
• Luo Ze took Gu Yue's hand and prepared to leave, but told Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan not to give up their places for his sake.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan each declared that they would leave Shrek with Luo Ze and Gu Yue.
• Luo Ze thanked Shen Yi and said goodbye as the group prepared to depart.
• Saint Spirit Douluo entered the hall, and the elders and Shen Yi greeted her.

Holy Spirit Douluo apologized to Luo Ze and offered him the positions of inner courtyard dean and Sea God Pavilion Master Heir, but he remained unsure because of the conflict with his Spirit Pagoda inheritance. After leaving Sea God Island with Shen Yi and the others, he began learning about Shrek Academy’s student classifications and payment system.

• Holy Spirit Douluo apologized to Luo Ze and offered him the positions of inner courtyard dean and Sea God Pavilion Master Heir, leaving him stunned.
• Luo Ze told Tang Wulin that accepting the offer could jeopardize his position as future Spirit Pagoda Master because of the Qian Gu Family and Shrek’s rivalry with the Spirit Pagoda.
• Luo Ze changed the subject to completing his One-word Battle Armor and resolved to raise his Soul Power to at least rank thirty-six.
• Luo Ze woke beside Gu Yue, then joined Zhuo Shi and the others for breakfast and gave each of his companions a piece of the black ration food.
• Shen Yi took Luo Ze and the others from Sea God Island to the Academy, explained student classifications, and heard Luo Ze ask about the wrist devices used for payments.

Shen Yi explained Shrek Academy’s Contribution-point system and brought Luo Ze and the others through enrollment, where they received demanding work-study duties and rundown shared housing. Luo Ze organized the group to improve their dormitory, while the team faced the challenge of cleaning Spirit Ice Plaza before nightfall.

• Shen Yi explained that work-study students had to earn Contribution points through academy assignments and said their yearly duties were demanding.
• Shen Yi enrolled the five students in New Student Class One, and an Academic Affairs Office teacher gave them dark green uniforms and ordered them to clean Spirit Ice Plaza before nightfall.
• The group found their shared work-study dormitory in poor condition, with broken windows, dusty floors, and bare bunk frames.
• Luo Ze measured the room and assigned the others jobs to clean and renovate it, while Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan went to buy necessities.
• The group discovered that their residential area had almost no facilities and that they had to fetch water and cross much of Spirit Ice Plaza to reach the main Teaching Building.

Luo Ze and his companions cleaned their dormitory, ate at Shrek Academy, and visited a crowded drink bar, where a domineering young man in a white suit demanded a waiter’s contact number. The chapter ended with the group turning to inspect him.

• Luo Ze greeted a powerful student at the water station and learned that he was an Auditing student.
• Luo Ze, Xie Xie, Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan finished cleaning their dormitory and went to the cafeteria.
• Tang Wulin devoured a mountain of nutritious food while Luo Ze ate ramen he had brought from outside.
• The group visited a drink bar, where Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan enjoyed ice cream and Tang Wulin asked for more food.
• A handsome, golden-haired young man in a white suit ordered a waiter to give him their contact number, and the group turned to look.

At a drink bar in Shrek City, a blond-haired youth harassed a red-haired worker and used his wealth to take over the establishment. When she revealed her Fallen Angel martial soul and he attacked her with his Divine Angel, Xie Xie intervened.

• The blond-haired youth demanded the red-haired worker's contact information, and the owner sold the drink bar to him after his butler offered a gold card.
• The red-haired worker quit and walked away, but the blond-haired youth followed her while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie decided to pursue them.
• The blond-haired youth revealed his Divine Angel martial soul and three Soul Rings, while the red-haired girl revealed her Fallen Angel and two Soul Rings.
• The red-haired girl merged into the darkness to escape, but the blond-haired youth used his Soul Rings to drive the darkness away and attack her.
• Xie Xie blocked the attack with Light Dragon Storm and challenged the blond-haired youth for bullying someone with fewer Soul Rings.

Xie Xie defended a red-haired girl from Yue Zhengyu, who was defeated by Tang Wulin and Gu Yue. Back at the academy, the group wondered why work-study students were treated warily, while Xie Xie teased Luo Ze about Shrek’s blind date convention and was knocked unconscious by Gu Yue.

• Xie Xie confronted Yue Zhengyu and dodged his attacks while warning him not to provoke Luo Ze.
• Yue Zhengyu challenged Luo Ze, then Tang Wulin and Gu Yue attacked him; bloodline pressure stopped his escape, and his butler took him to the hospital.
• Xie Xie advised the red-haired girl to be careful working alone, and she thanked the group before leaving after looking at Luo Ze.
• Luo Ze returned to the work-study dormitory with the others and told Xie Xie they should focus on fitting in at Shrek before investigating why work-study students were shunned.
• Xie Xie described the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Convention and teased Luo Ze about attracting admirers, so Gu Yue knocked him unconscious.

Luo Ze and the others collected work assignments and attended Shrek Academy’s brief opening ceremony, where Elder Cai laid out the rules for exams and expulsion. The new students began the year knowing that they would have to pass regular assessments to remain at the academy.

• Luo Ze asked the Academic Affairs Office teacher for additional tasks, and the group chose assignments suited to their Second Professions.
• Luo Ze learned that the Number Two student was named Yuan En and noticed that Yuan En looked back at him with a complicated expression.
• Luo Ze observed the students gathered for the opening ceremony and spotted Wu Changkong and Shen Yi among the teachers.
• Elder Cai addressed the students as dean of the Outer courtyard and explained that students would be expelled after failing two minor exams or one major exam.
• The teachers led their classes back to their classrooms after the brief opening ceremony.

Elder Cai became the freshmen's homeroom teacher, with Shen Yi and Wu Changkong as assistant instructors, and assigned Luo Ze and his friends seats at the front of the class. After Shen Yi explained Shrek Academy's strict rules and graduation requirements, the group realized they lacked enough Contribution points to pay for lunch, and Gu Yue suggested Luo Ze could help.

• Elder Cai announced that she would personally lead the freshmen, with Shen Yi and Wu Changkong assisting, leaving Luo Ze and his friends stunned.
• Shen Yi assigned Luo Ze, Gu Yue, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan to the first five seats in the front row, upsetting Luo Ze's plans to keep a low profile.
• Elder Cai outlined the freshmen's studies and left, while Shen Yi explained student cards, Contribution points, the last-place elimination rule, and Battle Armor graduation requirements.
• After class, Luo Ze and his friends realized they did not have enough Contribution points to buy lunch, and Gu Yue said they should rely on Luo Ze.

Luo Ze joined Yuan En at the cafeteria, where she offered him an expensive meal in exchange for forging Deep Silver. Before they could visit the forging stations, a powerful red-haired man took Luo Ze to his room and demanded to see him perform Spirit Forging.

• Luo Ze and his companions spent their contribution points carefully on lunch, while Luo Ze ate only steamed buns and soup.
• Yuan En offered Luo Ze her Meal B in return for a favor, and asked him to forge Thousand-stage First-grade Deep Silver; he agreed after learning she would pay for the forging station.
• A red-haired man entered the cafeteria, identified Luo Ze, and carried him to a room filled with rare metals.
• The red-haired man asked whether Luo Ze was the association's youngest Level Five Blacksmith and ordered him to demonstrate Spirit Forging.
• Luo Ze confirmed his rank but eyed the man's rare metals, considering how he might profit from them.

Luo Ze completed Spirit Forging with Starfall Iron, prompting Feng Wuyu to force him into the Blacksmith Association and try to claim him as a disciple. After escaping, Luo Ze met Yuan En, and the two encountered Yue Zhengyu searching for a red-haired girl near the work-study dormitories.

• Luo Ze bargained with Feng Wuyu for four pieces of Rare Metal and thirty thousand contribution points, then Spirit Forged two pieces of Starfall Iron.
• Feng Wuyu declared Luo Ze a member of the Blacksmith Association and demanded that he become his disciple, but Luo Ze fled.
• Luo Ze met Yuan En outside the Teaching Building and gave him Thousand-stage First-grade Deep Silver.
• Yue Zhengyu stopped Luo Ze and Yuan En to ask about a red-haired girl, and Yuan En denied knowing her.
• Yue Zhengyu tried to press Yuan En, who answered with a powerful punch before Yue Zhengyu unfolded his white wings.

Yue Zhengyu confronted Yuan En over an alleged Evil Soul Master, while Yuan En denied that a red-haired girl lived among the work-study students. On the freshmen’s first day of class, Tang Wulin became the Forging Committee Member as the class officer contest began.

• Yuan En ordered Yue Zhengyu to leave the work-study dormitory area, and Yue Zhengyu challenged him to spar while insisting he had seen an Evil Soul Master.
• Luo Ze asked Yuan En about a red-haired girl, and Yuan En firmly denied that she was a work-study student before leaving.
• Luo Ze told Mu Chen that he and Tang Wulin had entered Shrek Academy, and Mu Chen congratulated him and promised to visit.
• Shen Yi announced a contest for class officer positions and named Tang Wulin the candidate for Forging Committee Member after Luo Ze pointed to him.
• Tang Wulin stood to greet his classmates, while Luo Ze felt relieved that he had avoided the appointment because Gu Yue would have been angry.

Shen Yi announced the freshman class leadership competition and revealed Tang Wulin was a Level Five Blacksmith, prompting the students to form teams for the coming free-for-all. Luo Ze’s group agreed to stay together and accepted Yang Nianxia, whose Dark Gold Bear martial soul could strengthen their defense.

• Yang Nianxia protested Tang Wulin’s appointment as Forging Committee Member, but Shen Yi explained that Tang Wulin was a Level Five Blacksmith, and a cold look from Luo Ze silenced him.
• Shen Yi announced that students would compete in a free-for-all for class leader and vice class leader positions, with fifteen minutes to form alliances.
• Luo Ze assigned roles to his companions and explained why their group should stay together rather than recruit unfamiliar students.
• Yang Nianxia approached Tang Wulin, confirmed his blacksmith rank, and offered to join the team as a strength-type Battle Soul Master with a Dark Gold Bear martial soul.
• Luo Ze welcomed Yang Nianxia after recognizing that his strength and defense would fill the team’s need for a shield.

Luo Ze and his classmates began a simulated forest competition, where Luo Ze secretly aided Yang Nianxia against Zheng Yiran and her companions. The fight ended with Zheng Yiran’s group eliminated, while Luo Ze remained concealed.

• Luo Ze gathered his teammates near one another before the competition began and entered a simulation pod.
• After arriving in the forest, Luo Ze hid in the bushes and followed Yang Nianxia’s loud calls to find him.
• Yang Nianxia defeated a student who ambushed him, then continued calling for his teammates.
• Zheng Yiran and two boys confronted Yang Nianxia and fought him, gradually gaining the advantage.
• Luo Ze used Kirin Pressure to immobilize Zheng Yiran, allowing Yang Nianxia to eliminate her and the two boys.

Luo Ze and Gu Yue joined the fight against Xu Yucheng, using Yang Nianxia to engage him while they coordinated from behind. As the selection battle continued, Wu Changkong predicted Luo Ze would become class monitor because of his leadership and foresight, and Tang Wulin arrived to protest being called scheming.

• Yang Nianxia redirected Xu Yucheng’s scythe attack toward Luo Ze, but Gu Yue appeared and blocked it with an Ice Wall.
• Luo Ze told Gu Yue about Xu Yucheng’s Dark Demon Scythe and suggested wearing him down while the other students fought.
• Wu Changkong told Shen Yi that Luo Ze would become class monitor because of his leadership, planning, and ability to unite others.
• Yang Nianxia warned Luo Ze and Gu Yue that Xu Yucheng was a famous Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy student whose scythe could backlash against him.
• Luo Ze persuaded Yang Nianxia to engage Xu Yucheng while Gu Yue supported him and Luo Ze prepared to control their opponent.
• Tang Wulin arrived with his companions, heard Luo Ze and Gu Yue call him scheming, and denied it.

Yang Nianxia identified Luo Guixing and Wu Sidao as major threats and explained the Young Genius List to Luo Ze’s group. After Yang Nianxia went to wait for an opening, Luo Ze assigned opponents for the next battle and learned Tang Wulin had once been invited to the list.

• Yang Nianxia recognized Luo Guixing’s team and warned Luo Ze that Luo Guixing was a powerful space-type control Soul Master with a strong team around him.
• Yang Nianxia described the Douluo Continent Grand List, revealed his own rank as Dark Bear, and identified Nether Wu Sidao as a top-ranked genius in their class.
• Luo Ze concluded the contestants’ lack of trust and teamwork could be exploited by defeating them individually.
• Yang Nianxia volunteered to act as the team’s shield against Luo Guixing and went ahead to wait for an opportunity.
• Luo Ze assigned Gu Yue to face Luo Guixing, Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie to handle his teammates, and himself to fight Wu Sidao.
• Tang Wulin told Luo Ze that the Spirit Pagoda had invited him to join the Young Genius List two years earlier, but he had ignored the invitation.