Chapter Summaries

Song Yunzhi took Huang Fei into the Star Dou Great Forest so he could seek a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring in Moonflower Valley. Huang Fei reached the Ancient Spirit Tree and began preparing to approach it before the Full Moon Night.

• Song Yunzhi gave Huang Fei a Calming Spirit Pill and a Storage Bracelet, then left the academy with him in secret.
• Song Yunzhi guided Huang Fei through the forest and drove off a six-thousand-year Iron Armored Earth Dragon without killing it.
• Song Yunzhi set up a Warning Barrier around Moonflower Valley and instructed Huang Fei to rely on his willpower and Breathing Technique when facing Soul Shock.
• Huang Fei entered Moonflower Valley, followed the map to the Ancient Spirit Tree, and sensed its powerful Life Energy.
• Huang Fei sat ten zhang from the Ancient Spirit Tree and used the Wood Breathing Technique to adjust his Soul Power to match the tree's aura.

Huang Fei absorbed the Ancient Spirit Tree’s 10,300-year Soul Ring, breaking through to Level 23 and gaining the Life’s Praise soul skill. He left Moonflower Valley with Song Yunzhi to return to the academy.

• Huang Fei cut into the Ancient Spirit Tree’s life core, causing the tree to vanish and leave behind a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Huang Fei endured the Soul Shock as he absorbed the ring, and Mu En’s Soul Power Mark protected his heart and consciousness.
• Huang Fei broke through to Level 23, raised his Innate Soul Power from Level 3 to Level 6, and gained the Life’s Praise soul skill.
• Huang Fei tested Life’s Praise, healing his injuries and restoring his Soul Power and mental strength while drawing in nearby Wood Attribute Spiritual Energy.
• Huang Fei bowed toward the Ancient Spirit Tree’s former location and met Song Yunzhi outside the valley, where he showed her his purple and black Soul Rings.
• Song Yunzhi and Huang Fei left Moonflower Valley to return to the academy.

Huang Fei returned to Shrek Academy after absorbing a ten-thousand-year Second Soul Ring, while Song Yunzhi warned him to keep it secret. He received system rewards that made him a First-level Soul Engineer and granted new abilities, leaving him stronger and ready to continue his journey.

• Song Yunzhi had Huang Fei fight several thousand-year Soul Beasts on the way back, and he tested how quickly his Second Soul Skill healed a serious wound.
• Song Yunzhi warned Huang Fei not to reveal his ten-thousand-year Second Soul Ring before he could protect himself, then left him outside Shrek City.
• Huang Fei returned to his room and inspected his stable level 23 Soul Power, two Soul Rings, and evolved Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• The system rewarded Huang Fei for completing the second stage of the hidden achievement, granting him a Random Skill Upgrade Card, increased Wood Affinity, improved Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring Adaptability, and Life Resonance Perception.
• Huang Fei used the card to become a First-level Soul Engineer and activated Life Resonance Perception, sensing powerful sources of vitality around Shrek Academy and beyond.

Huang Fei returned to Shrek Academy at Soul Power level 23, discussed the coming Newborn Assessment with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, and prepared for its wilderness-survival segment. After Ning Tian and Wu Feng told him their practical combat class would be a Three-Team Battle, he planned their team's strategy.

• Huang Fei returned to Class Nine, where Ning Tian and Wu Feng noticed his rapid breakthrough to level 23.
• Mu Jin questioned Huang Fei about his Second Soul Ring, advised him to restrain his aura, and sent him to practical combat class.
• Huang Fei reunited with Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong, learned that the Newborn Assessment might include three days of wilderness survival, and agreed to arrange a spar between their teams.
• Huang Fei began listing supplies and Soul Tools to prepare for the assessment's wilderness segment.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng told Huang Fei their team would face a Three-Team Battle, and he outlined a strategy for them.

Huang Fei revealed a ten-thousand-year second Soul Ring during a Three-Team Battle and used his Blue Silver Grass to defeat both opposing teams. The match ended with his teammates standing victorious and the spectators stunned by his strength.

• Tie Shan announced the Three-Team Battle rules, and Huang Fei entered the field with Ning Tian and Wu Feng against teams led by Hong Yu and a balanced trio.
• Both opposing teams focused their attacks on Huang Fei, but he used his Blue Silver Grass to break the swamp and stop their advance.
• Huang Fei revealed his black ten-thousand-year second Soul Ring, shocking Hong Yu, the other fighters, and the spectators.
• Hong Yu ordered his team to attack anyway, and Huang Fei used Life's Praise to heal and enlarge the vines until they bound all six opponents.
• Huang Fei's team remained as the only team standing, while Tie Shan called him a monster and Hong Yu struggled to respond.

After Huang Fei revealed his ten-thousand-year Second Soul Ring in battle, Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao were shaken by the gap between them, while Song Yunzhi watched over him with amused concern. The chapter ended with Song Yunzhi asking Huang Fei where the restraint he had promised to show had gone.

• Huang Fei left the Training Ground with Ning Tian and Wu Feng after winning the students' awe.
• Wang Dong watched Huang Fei's ten-thousand-year Second Soul Ring and left feeling urgent pressure to catch up.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reacted in shock to Huang Fei's powerful ring and unusual Soul Beast.
• Wang Dong visited Huang Fei's dormitory, asked if he truly had Blue Silver Grass, and challenged him to meet her at the Newborn Assessment.
• Huo Yuhao chose not to ask about Huang Fei's Soul Ring, saying Huang Fei could share the secret when he wished.
• Song Yunzhi listened to the battle recording, decided to keep watch over Huang Fei, and spoke to him through the Voice Transmission Soul Tool about hiding his edge.

Huang Fei told Song Yunzhi he had accidentally revealed his Second Soul Ring, and she warned him to handle any challengers without killing them. The next evening, he found Tie Xiong bullying Huo Yuhao over a made-up stall fee and stepped in, telling Huo Yuhao to pack up as the confrontation began.

• Huang Fei explained to Song Yunzhi that he had unintentionally exposed his Second Soul Ring, and she advised him to claim it came from a fortunate opportunity.
• Song Yunzhi warned Huang Fei that students and instructors would test him, telling him to go easy on challengers and not cause any deaths.
• Huang Fei went for a walk along Shrek Academy’s Commercial Street and spotted Huo Yuhao selling grilled fish.
• Tie Xiong and two Senior Students harassed Huo Yuhao, demanded ten Gold Soul Coins as a venue fee, and threatened to take his Storage Soul Tool.
• Huang Fei questioned whether the fee was an academy rule, then told Huo Yuhao to pack up his stall.

Huang Fei protected Huo Yuhao from Tie Xiong by revealing his ten-thousand-year second Soul Ring, then Tang Ya decided he could lead the Tang Sect better than she could. She formally invited Huang Fei to join and offered him the Sect Master position, leaving his response unknown.

• Huang Fei stopped Tie Xiong from attacking Huo Yuhao and revealed his ten-thousand-year second Soul Ring, forcing Tie Xiong to abandon his demand for a venue fee.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Huang Fei and asked when he could become like him, and Huang Fei encouraged him by saying he had cultivated for four years to reach his current strength.
• News of Huang Fei's Soul Ring spread through the Outer Academy, and students became reluctant to provoke him.
• After discussing the Tang Sect's decline with Beibei, Tang Ya decided to take Beibei and Xu Sanshi to meet Huang Fei.
• Tang Ya formally invited Huang Fei to join the Tang Sect and offered to give up the position of Sect Master so he could lead it back to glory.

Huang Fei refused Tang Ya’s offer to become Tang Sect Master, explaining that he would not tie his fate to the sect’s legacy. The next day, Tang Ya asked him to guide her in adopting his Extreme Life Flow, but Huang Fei told her that her Soul Ring choices had put her on the wrong path from the beginning.

• Tang Ya asked Huang Fei to lead the Tang Sect, but he refused and questioned the sect’s reliance on Tang San’s legacy.
• Tang Ya accepted Huang Fei’s reasoning, renewed her resolve to cultivate, and received Beibei’s support.
• Xu Sanshi teased Beibei and Tang Ya as they left, while Mu En listened to Beibei’s report and remarked that Huang Fei was hard to fool.
• The next day, Tang Ya asked Huang Fei to teach her the Extreme Life Flow for Blue Silver Grass.
• After hearing Tang Ya’s yellow, yellow, purple Soul Ring configuration, Huang Fei said she had chosen the wrong path from the start.

Huang Fei explained why Tang Ya could not pursue the Extreme Life Flow with her current Soul Rings and warned that restarting cultivation by destroying her Soul Power was extremely dangerous. Tang Ya chose to continue her existing path, but Huang Fei offered to help her develop her dark and poison-leaning Blue Silver Grass.

• Huang Fei told Tang Ya that her three Control Type and Poison System Soul Rings had fixed her Blue Silver Grass away from the Life System.
• Huang Fei said Tang Ya could restart on the Life System only by destroying her Soul Power, a process with fewer than one in ten surviving and succeeding.
• Tang Ya decided she lacked the courage to gamble her life and chose to keep cultivating alongside Beibei.
• Huang Fei suggested Tang Ya could pursue the corrosion and devouring potential of Dark Blue Silver Grass and offered to advise her on future Soul Skill bottlenecks.
• Tang Ya thanked Huang Fei, and he urged her not to attempt destroying her Soul Power.

After Huang Fei warned Tang Ya that destroying her cultivation would leave less than one-tenth of her Soul Power, she spent a painful night confronting her failures and her responsibility as Tang Sect Master. She resolved to keep following her chosen path, and the next morning she told Beibei she would begin extra training.

• Huang Fei reflected on Tang Ya's decision to keep her cultivation, while Tang Ya walked away in silence with Beibei and Xu Sanshi.
• Tang Ya asked Beibei to leave her alone, then sat by herself in her dormitory and questioned whether she deserved to lead the Tang Sect.
• Beibei waited alone by Sea God Lake Shore, realizing that some choices and roads were Tang Ya's to face without him.
• Tang Ya spoke to the portrait of Sea God Tang San, admitted she believed her path had been wrong, and vowed not to give up or bring shame upon the Tang Sect.
• Beibei waited outside Tang Ya's dormitory the next morning, and Tang Ya emerged smiling and announced she would add extra training.

Tang Ya began training alone at Shrek Academy after Huang Fei bluntly told her she could not follow his cultivation path, while Beibei watched from a distance. The chapter ended with Tang Ya struggling to understand the Tang Sect’s Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record and Huang Fei continuing his lessons.

• Mu En warned Beibei that Tang Ya had to walk her own road, and Beibei accepted that he should not interfere.
• Huang Fei told Ning Tian that Tang Ya could not follow the Extreme Life Flow and watched Tang Ya train alone on the Training Ground.
• Tang Ya pushed herself through physical training while Beibei silently watched; they exchanged a warm wave when she paused.
• Tang Ya studied the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record but remained unable to understand its instructions, and she resumed reading on her own.
• During class, Ning Tian questioned Huang Fei about his talent and progress, but he said different talents and opportunities could not be compared.

Tang Ya regained her resolve through training with Beibei, while Huang Fei prepared for the Promotion Tournament and continued strengthening his Soul Power. With the tournament a little over two months away, Tie Shan imposed weekly combat assessments and began intensive coordination training for Huang Fei, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng.

• Ning Tian told Huang Fei that Tang Ya had spent the morning training, and he admitted he did not know whether she could overcome her difficulties.
• Tang Ya sparred with Beibei, then told him she had realized she had taken the wrong road but could still find a way forward.
• Huang Fei meditated and assessed his Level 24 Soul Power, aiming to reach Level 30 and obtain his Third Soul Ring before the Promotion Tournament.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng learned that Huang Fei had compressed his Soul Power, making it denser than Wu Feng's despite her higher level.
• Tie Shan announced weekly Combat Assessments, disqualifications for repeated failures, and two hours of daily basic coordination training for Huang Fei, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng.

Huang Fei spent two months training with Tie Shan, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, raising his Soul Power from Level 23 mid-stage to Level 27 Peak and strengthening his body and teamwork. The Mechanical Voice calculated his results, confirming his intense cultivation and steady gains as three weeks remained until the Promotion Tournament.

• Huang Fei, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng endured Tie Shan’s skill-less sparring and agreed to keep training together.
• Huang Fei cultivated and crafted Soul Tools, advancing to Level 26 Mid-Stage over the first month of training.
• Huang Fei broke through to Level 27 Peak with three weeks remaining before the Promotion Tournament.
• Huang Fei and his teammates improved their strength and coordination until they could spar with Tie Shan for half an hour without losing.
• The Mechanical Voice reported Huang Fei’s two-month results, including 1,242 cultivation hours, a 4,500-jin increase in physical strength, 48 combat-training wins, and eleven Level 1 Soul Tools.

Huang Fei received monthly system rewards, including an advanced Soul Condensing Secret Art, a Second-level Soul Tool Armguard blueprint, and an Energy Recovery Potion recipe. He gathered the ingredients, refined twenty pills, and began cultivating toward Level 28, confident he could reach Level 30 before the Promotion Tournament.

• The system gave Huang Fei an S-rank monthly settlement, rewarding him with increased Wood Affinity, an advanced Soul Condensing Secret Art, a Second-level Soul Tool Armguard blueprint, and an Energy Recovery Potion recipe.
• Huang Fei bought Refreshment Grass and Calm Heart Flowers, then asked Song Yunzhi for help obtaining Hundred-year Tree Dew; she gave him a Green Token to enter the Inner Court's Spiritual Plant Garden.
• The garden apothecary showed Huang Fei a Green Paulownia Tree and explained how to collect its dew at sunrise.
• Huang Fei collected the dew and spent three days refining the potion, ultimately producing twenty First-grade Energy Recovery Potions.
• Huang Fei took a potion and then used another while cultivating in his dormitory, aiming to reach Level 28 and eventually Level 30 before the Promotion Tournament.

Huang Fei broke through to Level 28 Peak and completed a Second-level Core Formation while practicing for the system’s Soul Tool Armguard task. After buying Hundred-year Ironwood, he obtained permission to go to the Star Dou Great Forest alone to hunt for the missing Soul Beast Tendon.

• Huang Fei advanced from Level 27 Peak to Level 28 Peak with the help of an Energy Recovery Potion.
• Huang Fei shattered eight cores while practicing the Second-level formation, then successfully completed a Second-level Core Formation on the ninth.
• Huang Fei learned that the academy had no Hundred-year Soul Beast Tendons in stock and used Elder Song’s token to obtain permission to hunt one himself.
• Huang Fei bought a piece of Hundred-year Ironwood from the academy material repository.
• Huang Fei asked Tie Shan for leave to hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest, declined a recommendation to join a Fourth Year Soul Hunting Team, and set out alone.

Huang Fei gathered Soul Beast tendons in the Star Dou Great Forest and crafted a Second-level Soul Tool armguard, then received valuable cultivation resources from Song Yunzhi. He showed her the armguard, and she recognized it as a Second-level Soul Tool.

• Huang Fei entered the Star Dou Great Forest and collected tendons from an Ironback Wolf, a Green Scale Snake, and a Gale Leopard.
• Huang Fei spent the night crafting an armguard that enhanced his strength and stored the Blue Silver Spear soul skill.
• Song Yunzhi summoned Huang Fei to Sea God's Pavilion and gave him Gathering Origin Pills, Ten-Thousand-Year Crystal Cores, and Wood Attribute Soul Master Cultivation Insights.
• Song Yunzhi asked whether Huang Fei could reach Level 30 before the Promotion Tournament, and he confidently said he could.
• Huang Fei presented his newly crafted armguard to Song Yunzhi, who recognized it as a Second-level Soul Tool.

Huang Fei revealed his Second-level Soul Tool Armguard to Song Yunzhi, who praised his skill and advised him on improving it. After ten days of intensive cultivation, Huang Fei broke through from Level 28 Peak to Level 29 Peak, leaving him one step from Level 30.

• Huang Fei told Song Yunzhi that he had made the Second-level Soul Tool Armguard himself, and she examined it, praised its quality, and pointed out an improvement to its Array Pattern.
• Song Yunzhi allowed Huang Fei to test the armguard in the Promotion Tournament but warned him not to rely on it or harm other students.
• Huang Fei returned to his dormitory, put on the armguard, and began nourishing its Array Patterns with Soul Power as Song Yunzhi had instructed.
• Huang Fei spent the next ten days cultivating with Gathering Origin Pills, Ten-Thousand-Year Crystal Cores, and Energy Recovery Potions while training and attending classes.
• Huang Fei broke through the level twenty-nine bottleneck and stabilized at Level 29 Peak.

With ten days remaining until the Promotion Tournament, Huang Fei’s teammates Ning Tian and Wu Feng reached Level 30 and became stronger, but he defeated them both in training. Huang Fei then broke through to Level 30 and triggered the system’s S-rank reward distribution.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng told Huang Fei they had reached Level 30 and obtained powerful Third Soul Rings.
• Tie Shan had Ning Tian and Wu Feng fight Huang Fei together, and Huang Fei defeated them despite still being at Level 29 Peak.
• Huang Fei reflected that his teammates’ growth made his own breakthrough more urgent, then used his final Gathering Origin Pill and Ten-Thousand-Year Crystal Core to cultivate overnight.
• Huang Fei broke through to Level 30 and received a system notification that he had completed his mission and qualified for an S-rank reward.

Huang Fei reached Level 30 and received guidance to absorb a thirty-two-thousand-year Life Ancient Tree as his third Soul Ring. Song Yunzhi accompanied him to the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Ancient Tree recognized his Ancient Spirit Tree aura, and she prepared to guard him as he began.

• Huang Fei received rewards including the Soul Condensing Secret Art, five Level 2 Soul Tool blueprints, and guidance to a thirty-two-thousand-year Life Ancient Tree in the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone.
• Huang Fei told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that he had reached Level 30 and planned to hunt his third Soul Ring within a few days.
• Huang Fei told Song Yunzhi his target was a thirty-two-thousand-year Life Ancient Tree, and she agreed to accompany him.
• Three days later, Huang Fei and Song Yunzhi entered the valley in the Core Zone and found the Life Ancient Tree.
• Song Yunzhi explained that the tree recognized Huang Fei’s Ancient Spirit Tree aura, then stepped back to guard him as he prepared to begin absorption.