Chapter Summaries

Wu Xuan encouraged the fearful students before criticizing Huo Yuhao for breaking the assessment rules, and Huo Yuhao vowed to prove himself. Huo Yuhao passed the promotion assessment by revealing a second martial soul and challenging a Thousand Year Soul Beast, though his classmates offered him little support.

• Wu Xuan rallied the students, then told Huo Yuhao that interfering in Dai Huabin's assessment had violated the rules and challenged him to prove his ability with dignity.
• Huo Yuhao chose to face a Thousand Year Soul Beast despite warnings from Du Weilun and the proctor.
• Huo Yuhao revealed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, shocking Wu Xuan and Du Weilun, and faced a Terrorclaw Lion.
• Huo Yuhao trapped the Terrorclaw Lion with Mysterious Ice Prison and attacked it with Octagonal Ice Arrows, but the beast escaped and nearly reached him before Du Weilun intervened.
• Du Weilun awarded Huo Yuhao a score of one hundred and announced that he had passed the promotion assessment.
• Wang Yan called for the class to applaud Huo Yuhao, but the scattered applause sounded cold as Huo Yuhao glanced toward Wu Xuan.

Wu Xuan, Qian Gu Ming, and Xiao Xiao attended the Treasure Appraisal Gathering after Wu Xuan learned that Huo Yuhao would remain a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department. At the pavilion, Wu Xuan received an exceptionally rare guest card granting him a free treasure each year and a forty percent discount.

• Xiao Xiao told Qian Gu Ming that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong were unusually close and possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Yan Shaozhe told Du Weilun that Huo Yuhao would remain in the Soul Tool Department as a core disciple, while Wu Xuan was already enough of an Extreme Martial Soul for the Martial Soul Department.
• Wu Xuan found an invitation to the Treasure Appraisal Gathering, and he and Qian Gu Ming decided to attend.
• Wu Xuan and Qian Gu Ming met Xiao Xiao in Shrek City, and she joined them on the way to the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Wu Xuan, Qian Gu Ming, and Xiao Xiao completed the pavilion’s assessment; Qian Gu Ming and Xiao Xiao received purple cards with one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coin credit limits.
• Xiao Hong gave Wu Xuan a red top-tier guest card that granted him one free item each year and a forty percent discount, and Wu Xuan led the group to browse the gathering.

Wu Xuan and his companions saw a ninety-thousand-year Hurricane Eagle Falcon left leg bone at the Treasure Appraisal Gathering, while Beibei and Xu Sanshi joined them. Jiang Nannan rejected Xu Sanshi again, and his embarrassment hinted at a painful history between them.

• Wu Xuan, Xiao Xiao, and Qian Gu Ming found a wind-attribute soul bone priced at ninety million Gold Soul Coins, and the Ice Empress identified it as a ninety-thousand-year treasure.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi greeted Wu Xuan, and Xu Sanshi praised his victory over a nine-thousand-year Azure Sea Spirit Ape.
• Xu Sanshi asked Wu Xuan for advice on winning over Jiang Nannan and proposed joining the Tang Sect if she did.
• Jiang Nannan ignored Xu Sanshi and warned she would leave Shrek Academy if he followed her again.
• Xu Sanshi dodged questions about his past with Jiang Nannan and left to look around elsewhere.

Wu Xuan rejected a valuable soul bone at the Treasure Appraisal Gathering, bought the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber he had been seeking, and earned Elder Lin’s admiration. Half a month later, he learned that second-year core disciples would join a selection tournament, and Mu Jin told him the Inner Court elders expected him to place in the top seven.

• Wu Xuan refused to claim the ninety-thousand-year wind-attribute soul bone, then bought medicinal supplies with Qian Gu Ming and Xiao Xiao.
• The Ice Empress identified a piece of weathered whale rubber as the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber Wu Xuan wanted, and he purchased it for six thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Elder Lin watched Wu Xuan leave and praised his restraint, calling him a worthy successor for Mu En.
• Half a month later, Mu Jin told the Class One core disciples that a tournament in three days would select seven students for a mission.
• After the other students left, Mu Jin told Wu Xuan that Inner Court elders had ordered him to place among the top seven, and Wu Xuan agreed.

Wu Xuan joined thirty Outer Court core disciples for Xuan Zi’s battle royale selection tournament. He revealed his four-ring cultivation and swiftly eliminated several upper-year students, leaving the remaining fighters shocked.

• Wang Yan gathered the core disciples after class and brought them to the Soul Fighting Area, where Xuan Zi announced that the final seven survivors would pass the assessment.
• Xuan Zi started the battle royale, and the students quickly formed groups, including Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong joining Beibei’s team.
• Several upper-year students confronted Wu Xuan, who revealed four Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year ring.
• Wu Xuan used Jadeite Wind to trap and defeat two fourth-year students, whom Xuan Zi removed from the arena.
• Wu Xuan struck down several more Soul Elder-level students, eliminating six or seven fighters and shocking the others.

Wu Xuan and Xiao Xiao fought Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan during the melee, while He Caitou’s Soul Tool barrage eliminated several students. After Wu Xuan and Xiao Xiao advanced, Wu Xuan urged Huo Yuhao to use the competition as a chance to defeat Dai Huabin.

• He Caitou and Huo Yuhao fired a barrage of Soul Tool Rays, eliminating Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, Qian Gu Ming, and four other students with Xuan Zi’s help.
• Wu Xuan and Xiao Xiao charged Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao’s flute slowed Jiang Nannan as Wu Xuan knocked Beibei away.
• Wu Xuan grabbed Jiang Nannan’s leg and threw her toward Xu Sanshi, then Xiao Xiao struck them both with her cauldron and they surrendered.
• Wu Xuan’s Wind Dragon shattered He Caitou’s Soul Tools, and Xuan Zi intervened to eliminate He Caitou before he could be seriously injured.
• Wu Xuan and Xiao Xiao stood aside after advancing, and Wu Xuan encouraged Huo Yuhao to defeat Dai Huabin during the melee.

The selection match ended with Wu Xuan, Xiao Xiao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong chosen as Shrek Academy’s reserve team for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. Ten days before the tournament, Elder Xuan introduced them to the main team and assigned Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to lead teams for a friendly match.

• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to turn Dai Huabin and the other core disciples into golden statues, leaving seven students in the Soul Fighting Area.
• Elder Xuan named the seven remaining students the reserve team, explained their role in the tournament, and ordered them to keep the selection confidential.
• Wu Xuan left the arena with Xiao Xiao, determined to represent Shrek Academy and lead the new generation of Shrek Seven Devils.
• Ten days before the tournament, Elder Xuan brought the reserve and main teams together so they could introduce themselves and learn about each other's abilities.
• The reserve members introduced themselves, and Wu Xuan's Level 47 cultivation startled the Inner Court disciples; the main team then introduced Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xixi, Ling Luochen, Yao Haoxuan, and Gongyang Mo.
• Elder Xuan assigned Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng to lead teams for a friendly match, giving Ma Xiaotao priority in choosing members despite having only two main team members in the first round.

Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng selected teams for a seven-on-seven sparring match, then planned their tactics before the battle began. Wu Xuan’s wind abilities suppressed Yao Haoxuan’s and Ling Luochen’s control skills as Ma Xiaotao’s flames surged against Dai Yueheng, leaving the clash underway.

• Ma Xiaotao chose Gongyang Mo and Wu Xuan, while Dai Yueheng selected Chen Zifeng and Xu Sanshi; the two captains continued drafting until their seven-member teams were complete.
• Xuan Zi gave both teams ten minutes to plan and declared that the losing side would have to shout, “I'm a pig.”
• Ma Xiaotao assigned Wu Xuan and Xiao Xiao to help counter Chen Zifeng and Xu Sanshi, while Beibei and Jiang Nannan would hold off Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan.
• At Xuan Zi’s signal, both teams charged; Gongyang Mo boosted Ma Xiaotao’s team, while Yao Haoxuan and Ling Luochen launched their control abilities.
• Wu Xuan used his First Soul Skill, Spirit Gathering Wind, to dispel Yao Haoxuan’s effects and Ling Luochen’s freezing currents, while his breeze strengthened Ma Xiaotao’s flames enough to drive Dai Yueheng back.

Wu Xuan’s battlefield control helped the reserve team seize the advantage and defeat Dai Yueheng’s group in the Battle Soul match. Xuan Zi stopped the fight before Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower could strike the weakened opponents.

• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng clashed while Beibei attacked Yao Haoxuan and Xixi charged toward the enemy back line.
• Chen Zifeng and Xu Sanshi pressed Wu Xuan, but Xiao Xiao’s cauldron attack disrupted the battlefield and Wu Xuan trapped both attackers in Jadeite Crystals.
• Wu Xuan kicked Xu Sanshi out of the arena, then fought Chen Zifeng with a Wind Dragon and a jadeite spear until Xuan Zi intervened and eliminated them both.
• Ma Xiaotao’s team overwhelmed the remaining opponents as Xixi eliminated Wang Dong and Jiang Nannan attacked Ling Luochen.
• Xuan Zi ended the match before Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower could hit the weakened opponents, and Dai Yueheng recognized Wu Xuan’s decisive role.

Xuan Zi arranged a second exchange battle between Dai Yueheng's team and Ma Xiaotao's team, changing the lineups and starting the fight before the students could prepare together. Wu Xuan's support and the combatants' attacks shaped the opening clashes, which continued as Dai Yueheng reached Ma Xiaotao while Chen Zifeng's Soul Chasing Sword threatened her.

• After Dai Yueheng's team lost, Xuan Zi made its members shout that they were pigs and gave everyone an hour to recover.
• Xuan Zi changed the teams, with Dai Yueheng choosing Wu Xuan, Xiao Xiao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Yao Haoxuan, and Chen Zifeng, while Ma Xiaotao chose Gongyang Mo, Xixi, Ling Luochen, Jiang Nannan, Wang Dong, and Huo Yuhao.
• Wu Xuan enhanced his allies' speed and elemental power as Ling Luochen trapped Dai Yueheng in an ice cage.
• Beibei attacked Jiang Nannan, while Xu Sanshi swapped places with Wang Dong and tried to strike Ling Luochen; Huo Yuhao's ice prison blocked Xu Sanshi's attack.
• Chen Zifeng sent his Soul Chasing Sword at Ma Xiaotao, who used Phoenix Bathing in Fire and a Phoenix Fireline to defend herself.
• Dai Yueheng charged toward Ma Xiaotao while the Soul Chasing Sword continued flying at her.

Wu Xuan’s Soul Scattering Wind defeated Ma Xiaotao, and his Soul Breaking Spear overcame Xixi as the battle shifted in his team’s favor. Ling Luochen then froze much of the arena, but Wu Xuan unleashed Extreme Wind to melt the ice, leaving Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ling Luochen facing Dai Yueheng’s attack.

• Wang Dong’s Butterfly God’s Light failed to stop Chen Zifeng, and Ma Xiaotao launched her Phoenix Meteor Shower with Gongyang Mo’s support.
• Wu Xuan struck Ma Xiaotao with Soul Scattering Wind, causing her to fall unconscious and be removed from the Battle Soul Platform.
• Xiao Xiao slowed Xixi, and Wu Xuan used his Soul Breaking Spear and Spirit Lock to defeat her.
• Ling Luochen froze Xu Sanshi and most of the arena with her Ice Radiance Ring, leaving three students on each side.
• Wu Xuan unleashed Extreme Wind, melting Ling Luochen’s ice, while Huo Yu and Wang Dong were weakened by the struggle.
• Dai Yueheng charged at Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Ling Luochen and attacked them with his White Tiger Meteor Shower.

After the reserve team defeated the official team in their second friendly match, Xuan Zi appointed Wu Xuan captain and Huo Yuhao the main control-type soul master. The teams set out for Star Luo City to compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Battle Soul Tournament, while Wu Xuan and Xiao Xiao declined Beibei’s invitation to join the Tang Sect.

• Xuan Zi stopped the battle, praised Wu Xuan and Huo Yuhao, and officially named Wu Xuan reserve team captain and Huo Yuhao its main control-type soul master.
• Ma Xiaotao’s team paid off their bet by calling themselves pigs, then Xuan Zi told everyone to leave for Star Luo City the following morning.
• Dai Yueheng welcomed Wu Xuan as a comrade, and the teams later departed Shrek Academy with Xuan Zi and Wang Yan.
• Beibei offered to teach Wu Xuan and Xiao Xiao Tang Sect techniques and invited them to join, but both declined.
• Xu Sanshi asked Jiang Nannan to be with him, and she rejected him and hurried away.

Xuan Zi explained the Shrek Supervisory Group’s responsibility to control evil Soul Masters, and the seven reserve disciples chose to join. He then assigned them their first mission: eradicate a vicious bandit group led by an Evil Soul Master near the border of the Star Luo Empire and the Sun Moon Empire.

• Xuan Zi told the seven reserve disciples that Inner Court students served as Shrek Observers and completed supervisory missions to restrain evil Soul Masters.
• All seven reserve disciples agreed to join the Shrek Supervisory Group.
• Wang Yan distributed Observer’s Rings, and Ma Xiaotao explained how the rings, equipment, masks, and emergency flares worked.
• Ma Xiaotao described the mission to find and kill a bandit group of fewer than three hundred people hiding in the mountains along the Star Luo Empire and Sun Moon Empire border.
• Ma Xiaotao warned the team that the bandits’ leader, the Death God's Envoy, was a powerful Evil Soul Master and ordered them to leave none alive; Wu Xuan remained calm about killing.

Shrek Academy’s teams traveled toward the Ming Dou Mountain Range to investigate the bandits called Death’s Hand. Along the way, Ma Xiaotao suppressed her Evil Fire with Wu Xuan’s help, and Wu Xuan refined Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber before the group reached a military camp at the border.

• Ma Xiaotao explained the mission and the Ming Dou Mountain Range’s strategic importance, then divided the students for the journey.
• Wu Xuan used Light Spirit Wind to speed up the reserve team, and they kept pace with the Inner Court students during the trip.
• At the midday rest, Huo Yuhao cooked game while Wu Xuan took Ma Xiaotao aside and used Spirit Gathering Wind to suppress her Evil Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao refined Wu Xuan’s Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber with Phoenix Flame, and Wu Xuan swallowed it and absorbed its effects.
• The group reached a military camp on the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires’ border, where Dai Yueheng obtained more than a dozen military Flying Soul Tools.

Wu Xuan and the Shrek Academy group traveled to the Star Luo Empire’s western border, where Dai Yueheng reunited with his father, the White Tiger Duke. After receiving military intelligence, they set out for the Ming Dou Mountain Range, while Huo Yuhao was shaken by Dai Yueheng’s remarks about his parents.

• Dai Yueheng explained how to use Flying Soul Tools, and the group flew toward the western border before Xuan Zi carried them the rest of the way at high speed.
• Dai Yueheng identified the group to White Tiger Duke soldiers, who escorted them to the military camp after they recovered from the rough flight.
• Dai Yueheng greeted his father, Dai Hao, and Wang Yan introduced the Shrek Academy group before Dai Hao assigned Old Du to assist them.
• Wu Xuan’s remarks about Dai Hao’s devotion to his wife distressed Huo Yuhao, who silently recalled his mother while Wang Dong comforted him.
• After resting and receiving intelligence and a map from Old Du, the group flew to the designated entrance and entered the Ming Dou Mountain Range on foot.

Led by Ma Xiaotao and Wang Yan, the Shrek team tracked Death's Hand through the Ming Dou Mountain Range and attacked its cave. Wu Xuan warned the group about Evil Soul Masters' poison and self-destruction, then charged ahead in rage after seeing the bandits' victims.

• Wang Yan found a Wenlan Tree stripped of its heartwood and used the clue to track Death's Hand through the forest.
• Wu Xuan sensed a nearby base, and the group found a cave with signs of frequent traffic.
• Wu Xuan warned the team to beware of Evil Soul Masters' poison and self-destruction, so Wang Yan ordered everyone to equip their Observer gear.
• Ma Xiaotao led the assault on the cave, where the team confirmed Death's Hand's identity and fought the bandits.
• Wang Yan's reserve team entered the cave and found human skins and an impaled infant's corpse, prompting Wu Xuan to rush deeper inside.

Wu Xuan helped Shrek Academy’s Inner Court students fight the Death God's Envoy Bandit Group, but the enemy’s corpse explosions badly injured several students before Xuan Zi killed the bandit leader. With three key fighters sent back for treatment, Wang Yan’s reserve team was ordered to represent the academy at the tournament until reinforcements arrived.

• Wu Xuan joined Ma Xiaotao and the other Inner Court students in battle, using Jadeite Wind to restrain bandits and erase corpses.
• Death God's Envoy sent twelve corpse slaves to block the group’s retreat, then triggered chain Corpse Explosions that wounded the students and poisoned several of them.
• Xuan Zi rushed into the cave, killed Death God's Envoy, destroyed the corpse slaves, and removed the poison from the survivors.
• Xuan Zi took Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, and Xixi back to Shrek Academy for treatment while Wang Yan prepared to lead the others to the tournament.
• Xuan Zi told the seven Outer Court students to fill in for the injured fighters, and Wang Yan urged them to hold out until reinforcements arrived.

At Shrek Academy, Xuan Zi and Mu En decide to reform the curriculum after the students’ injuries expose the dangers of dismissing Soul Tools. In Star Luo City, the injured Shrek team prepares for the tournament with no reinforcements, leaving the reserve team to shoulder the opening matches.

• Yan Shaozhe tells Xuan Zi that Yao Haoxuan needs about seventy days to recover, while Gongyang Mo and Xixi need around twenty.
• Xuan Zi explains that he and Mu En will require all students to learn Soul Tool operation and use defensive and flying Soul Tools.
• Star Luo City fills with visitors ahead of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament, and Shrek Academy’s team is housed at the Star Emperor hotel.
• Wang Yan tells the eleven students that the first round is a seven-versus-seven direct elimination, followed by a Round Robin with randomly selected match formats.
• Wang Yan says the reserve team will start the team battles, with Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng available if needed, while Chen Zifeng and Ling Luochen continue recovering.

Wu Xuan persuaded Wang Yan to let Shrek’s reserve team fight the opening elimination match while the injured main-team members recovered. Meanwhile, Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s leaders and students discussed Shrek’s unusual lineup and prepared for the tournament.

• Wu Xuan insisted that he and the reserve team take Shrek’s first elimination match, claiming he had a trump card, and Wang Yan agreed to his plan.
• Wang Yan warned Huo Yuhao and the other reserve members that the opening match could involve casualties, then sent them to rest before the next day’s competition.
• Outside the hotel, Wu Xuan reassured Xiao Xiao that Shrek would not lose as long as he was there.
• At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s meeting, Old Ma interpreted Shrek’s young lineup as an insult and threatened Ma Rulong if he lost the tournament.
• Xiao Hongchen questioned whether Shrek’s lineup resulted from an accident, then asserted that his only opponent was himself as Old Ma began assigning the first-round lineup.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament officially opened in Star Luo City, and Shrek Academy was announced as the first opponent for Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy. Shrek’s students steadied themselves under the crowd’s overwhelming cheers as Heavenly Spirit’s contestants were called to the stage.

• Star Luo City prepared the plaza and imperial city for the tournament, and officials completed the draw for the first-round matches.
• Wu Xuan and the Shrek Academy team waited among the contestants as spectators filled the plaza and the Star Luo Emperor arrived.
• The Star Luo Emperor welcomed the academies and declared the tournament officially open.
• The host announced the elimination-round rules and named Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy and Shrek Academy as the first matchup.
• Beibei, Jiang Nannan, and the other Shrek students reacted nervously to the crowd, while Dai Yueheng and Chen Zifeng encouraged them.
• The host called Heavenly Spirit Advanced Soul Master Academy onto the stage.