Chapter Summaries

Huang Fei absorbed a Thirty-Two Thousand Year Soul Ring from the ancient tree, reached Level Thirty-Five, and gained a powerful Life Domain. The system upgraded his abilities and set a goal of reaching Level Forty within half a year, while Song Yunzhi noticed his strengthened Life Aura.

• Huang Fei absorbed the ancient tree's Thirty-Two Thousand Year Soul Ring, endured a reduced Soul Shock, and advanced to Level Thirty-Five.
• Huang Fei gained the Third Soul Skill Life Domain, which protected allies and drained and slowed enemies within its range.
• The system increased Huang Fei's Wood Affinity and Life Origin, expanded his domain, unlocked the Flower Leaf Stage and One Thought Flower Blooms, and gave him a Skill Enhancement Card.
• The system set Huang Fei the objective of reaching Level Forty and completing his Fourth Martial Soul Evolution within half a year.
• Song Yunzhi sensed Huang Fei's stronger Life Aura, and Huang Fei told her that his Third Soul Ring granted a Domain Type Soul Skill and passive enhancements.

Huang Fei revealed his new Life Domain and thirty-two-thousand-year third Soul Ring to Song Yunzhi, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng as he prepared for the Promotion Tournament. The night before the tournament, he used a system card to advance his Soul Tool craft to Third-level Soul Engineer.

• Song Yunzhi learned about Huang Fei’s Life Domain and told him to master his new abilities before the Promotion Tournament.
• Huang Fei returned to the academy at level thirty-five and told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that his third Soul Ring was thirty-two thousand years old.
• Huang Fei practiced his Life Domain, One Thought Flower Blooms, and the Flower Leaf Stage of the Wood Breathing Technique.
• On the night before the Promotion Tournament, Huang Fei demonstrated his Life Domain and considered the dangers of his upcoming trip to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huang Fei used the Random Skill Enhancement Card to advance from Level Two Soul Craftsman to Third-level Soul Engineer.

Huang Fei absorbed the knowledge of a Third-level Soul Engineer the night before the Promotion Tournament, while the academy changed the event to arena battles after dangerous Soul Beast disturbances. He arrived at the tournament with Ning Tian and Wu Feng as Yan Shaozhe announced the rules and began the draw.

• Huang Fei gained Third-level Soul Engineer knowledge but decided he lacked time to practice before the tournament.
• The academy canceled the wilderness survival segment because of Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast riots and switched the tournament to arena battles.
• Huang Fei told Ning Tian and Wu Feng he had advanced to Third-level Soul Engineer, surprising them with his rapid progress.
• Huang Fei arrived at the assembly plaza wearing his Second-level Soul Tools, where students and instructors watched him and Huo Yuhao learned that his Life Aura had grown stronger.
• Yan Shaozhe announced the tournament rules and ordered each team to send a representative to draw lots.

Huang Fei, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian dominated their first two Promotion Tournament matches, setting up a final-round clash with Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao dreading that his low Soul Power would make him the weak link against Huang Fei’s team.

• Mu Jin named Huang Fei, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian Class Nine’s First Team, and they drew Class Four’s First Team as their first opponents.
• Huang Fei defeated Class Four’s three members in three breaths with his Blue Silver Vines, giving Class Nine’s team an overwhelming first-round victory.
• Wu Feng battled Class Seven’s Purple Lightning Eagle Soul Master while Huang Fei’s vines immobilized the other two opponents, securing the team’s second win.
• Class Nine’s team took the points lead and learned that their final-round opponents would be Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.
• Huang Fei judged that his team’s strength would overcome Class One’s coordination, while Huo Yuhao worried that his Level Fifteen Soul Power would make him a liability.

Huo Yuhao struggled with anxiety about facing Huang Fei in the Promotion Tournament final, while Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao resolved to fight despite the odds. The teams gathered at the Arena the next morning, and Huang Fei warned his teammates not to underestimate Class One.

• Wang Dong encouraged Huo Yuhao to focus on Spirit Detection Sharing and reminded him that their team would face the match together.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao discussed Huang Fei's strength and agreed they would fight rather than admit defeat.
• At Sea God's Pavilion, Mu En hinted to Song Yunzhi that Wang Dong's identity was far from simple.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reassured Huo Yuhao about his progress, but Huo Yuhao remained anxious and resolved not to let Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao down.
• The next morning, Class One and Class Nine gathered for the Promotion Tournament final as Xu Sanshi opened a betting pool and Tang Ya bet on Huang Fei.
• Ning Tian estimated Class One's strength, Wu Feng volunteered to defeat Huo Yuhao quickly, and Huang Fei warned her not to underestimate the enemy.

Huang Fei revealed his formidable Soul Rings at the start of the match between Class Nine and Class One, then used his Life Domain to support his teammates as they attacked. The battle continued with Wang Dong under pressure from Wu Feng, Xiao Xiao fighting Huang Fei’s vines, and Huo Yuhao tracking the field with Spirit Detection Sharing.

• Huang Fei, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng agreed that Huang Fei would use his domain immediately while Wu Feng targeted Wang Dong and Huang Fei handled Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao.
• Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao prepared for the match, while Yan Shaozhe and Mu En watched from elsewhere.
• Both teams entered the arena, and the referee started the match.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao revealed their Soul Rings, while Huo Yuhao activated Spirit Detection Sharing.
• Huang Fei revealed one purple and two black Soul Rings, astonishing the spectators and prompting Wang Dong to continue fighting.
• Huang Fei activated Life Domain as Wu Feng and Ning Tian pressured Wang Dong and vines forced Xiao Xiao to defend herself.

Huang Fei used his Life Domain and overwhelming power to defeat Class One’s team in the Promotion Tournament. After the victory, Yan Shaozhe placed him on the Outer Academy’s Special Cultivation List, and his name began spreading through the academy.

• Huang Fei’s Life Domain drained Wang Dong and trapped Xiao Xiao while Huo Yuhao struggled to maintain Spirit Detection Sharing.
• Huang Fei struck Wang Dong with One Thought Flower Blooms, overwhelming her with Life Energy and forcing her to her knees before she could use the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Huang Fei stopped the vines near Xiao Xiao and pressured Huo Yuhao, and the referee declared Class Nine’s First Team the winner.
• Yan Shaozhe ordered Huang Fei placed on the Outer Academy’s Special Cultivation List, while Mu En and Song Yunzhi watched his victory through Water Mirrors.
• Huang Fei left the arena with Wu Feng and Ning Tian as Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao helped Huo Yuhao back toward Class One.

The Freshman Elite Class gathered under Mu Jin, who announced that the students would choose a class monitor through a challenge. Dai Huabin challenged Huang Fei, and Huang Fei quickly overwhelmed him with his Soul Ring pressure and Blue Silver Grass vines.

• Huo Yuhao saw Dai Huabin's name on the Freshman Elite Class roster and reminded himself that the time to confront him had not yet come.
• Huang Fei, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, and Dai Huabin joined the new Elite Class, where Huo Yuhao thanked Huang Fei for showing mercy in their match.
• Mu Jin introduced herself as the class's homeroom teacher and said the students would choose a class monitor by challenging Huang Fei.
• Dai Huabin challenged Huang Fei, declaring that he refused to accept Blue Silver Grass being stronger than the Evil Eye White Tiger.
• Huang Fei released one purple and two black Soul Rings, shattered Dai Huabin's White Tiger Light Wave with Life Energy, and bound him with rapidly regrowing vines.

Huang Fei defeated Dai Huabin with a terrifying vine attack and was confirmed as class monitor after no one else dared challenge her. The class accepted her authority, while Huo Yuhao resolved to pursue the Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor's inheritance to close the gap.

• Huang Fei trapped Dai Huabin in vines and forced him to submit, then released him after warning him she had held back.
• Mu Jin named Huang Fei class monitor, and Huang Fei ordered the class to follow her arrangements during training, competitions, and assessments.
• No students accepted Huang Fei's renewed challenge, and Dai Huabin left the classroom with Zhu Lu.
• Huang Fei told Wu Feng that her attack could kill someone but that she had only frightened Dai Huabin; Wang Dong realized Huang Fei had also been merciful to her.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Huo Yuhao not to lose heart and said they would leave for the Extreme North Land when vacation began so he could seek the Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor's inheritance.
• Hong Yu recalled his past challenge to Huang Fei and concluded he was no longer qualified to compare himself with her.

Mu Jin announced the month-long vacation and the upcoming Single Beast Combat Promotion Assessment, while Huang Fei prepared to visit Qingyun Village. Before he left, Song Yunzhi gave him a contact there, warned him about the attention his abilities had attracted, and supplied valuable pills and materials.

• Mu Jin named Huang Fei class monitor and warned the students to train during their month-long vacation before the Second Year promotion assessment.
• Huang Fei left the classroom with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then decided to visit Qingyun Village.
• Huang Fei packed for his trip and visited Song Yunzhi at Sea God's Pavilion before departing.
• Song Yunzhi gave Huang Fei a token for Meng Shu, a Seven-ring Soul Saint who ran a Materials Shop near Qingyun Village.
• Song Yunzhi warned Huang Fei that others might target him because of his revealed abilities and gave him Gathering Origin Pills, Wood Element Crystal Cores, and Mysterious Soul-Stabilizing Pills.

Before leaving Shrek Academy, Huang Fei spoke with Song Yunzhi about his Wood Burial Explosion and then set out for Qingyun Village. On the road, four Soul Kings ambushed him to steal his possessions, but his vines overwhelmed their attacks.

• Huang Fei explained to Song Yunzhi how he had developed Wood Burial Explosion, and she praised his Soul Skill while urging him to cultivate his Spiritual Power and Soul Condensing Secret Art.
• Huang Fei left Shrek Academy after three months of training, now a Level Thirty-Five Soul Elder and Third-level Soul Engineer, and traveled east toward Qingyun Village.
• At a Tea Stall, Huang Fei sensed four powerful figures watching him and continued along the road into a forest.
• Four masked Soul Kings surrounded Huang Fei and demanded his possessions, but he revealed his Soul Rings and faced their coordinated attack.
• Huang Fei unleashed Wood Burial Explosion, and his jade-green vines swallowed the four Soul Kings' attacks and forced them back.

Huang Fei used Wood Burial Explosion to defeat four men who had followed him, then returned to Qingyun Village after four years and reunited with Blacksmith Zhou and the villagers. He revealed that he had reached Soul Elder level at age eleven and ended the night reflecting on how good it felt to be home.

• Huang Fei unleashed Wood Burial Explosion, overwhelmed the four attackers, and left them badly injured after warning them to conceal their Soul Power fluctuations.
• Huang Fei reached Qingyun Village and was recognized by Grandpa Sun, who led him to Blacksmith Zhou.
• Huang Fei reunited with Blacksmith Zhou and visited the villagers who had helped raise and teach him, leaving them generous gifts.
• Huang Fei attended a village feast, told the villagers he was Level Thirty-Five, and stunned them by revealing he was an eleven-year-old Soul Elder.
• Huang Fei sat alone beneath the stars after the feast and savored being home.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s families recognized Huang Fei’s extraordinary potential and advised them to maintain sincere friendships with him. In the Extreme North, Huo Yuhao finally encountered the Ice Empress after a Ten Thousand Year Ice Snow Giant Bear nearly attacked him.

• Ning Tian told Ning Zhiyuan that Huang Fei was talented, disciplined, and clear-headed, and advised the sect to befriend him without pressuring him.
• Ning Zhiyuan agreed to let Ning Tian decide how to handle the relationship, and Ning Tian said Wu Feng had returned to her clan for special training.
• Wu Feng fought three Soul Elder guards, then told her father, Wu Zhan, that Huang Fei was extraordinarily strong; Wu Zhan urged her to keep him as a friend.
• Huo Yuhao traveled through the Extreme North for five days, following Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s directions toward the Ice Empress.
• Huo Yuhao stumbled while retreating from a Ten Thousand Year Ice Snow Giant Bear, but the Ice Empress appeared and drove the bear away.

Sky Dream Ice Silkworm brought Huo Yuhao to the Ice Empress and persuaded her to sacrifice herself despite the deadly risks. Huo Yuhao survived the sacrifice, awakened his Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor Martial Soul, and reached Level 26 as he prepared to return to Shrek Academy in one month.

• The Ice Empress confronted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and rejected its request to sacrifice herself to Huo Yuhao.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm argued that Huo Yuhao’s talent and fortune could give the Ice Empress a chance to overcome her cultivation bottleneck.
• The Ice Empress asked Huo Yuhao whether he dared accept her sacrifice, and he agreed despite knowing he might die.
• The Ice Empress agreed to sacrifice herself on the condition that Huo Yuhao revive her if he became a God and avoid courting death beforehand.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm helped Huo Yuhao endure the sacrifice, which raised his Soul Power to Level 26 and awakened his Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor Martial Soul.
• Huo Yuhao tested his new Extreme Cold Power and looked south toward Shrek Academy, planning to return in one month.

Huang Fei returned to Qingyun Village, reconnected with the villagers, and learned that his fight against four Soul Kings had drawn attention. As Ning Tian and Wu Feng advanced their cultivation and Huo Yuhao left the Extreme North Land, Huang Fei stayed in the village and awaited their reunion.

• Huang Fei shared breakfast with Blacksmith Zhou and welcomed Old Li and the village youths, who asked about Shrek Academy and his cultivation.
• Huang Fei visited the villagers and gave generous gifts to those who had helped him, without holding grudges against those who had looked down on him.
• Meng Shu visited Huang Fei, confirmed that the four Soul Kings who attacked him were nearly dead, gave him a Jade Token, and warned that several groups were asking about him.
• Huang Fei thought about Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng as they prepared to meet again in a month.
• Ning Tian began breaking through her level thirty-two bottleneck, Wu Feng broke through hers, and Huo Yuhao left the Ice Cave to travel south from the Extreme North Land.
• Huang Fei started a new day in Qingyun Village with Blacksmith Zhou.

After spending the holiday cultivating and visiting Qingyun Village, Huang Fei set out for Shrek Academy with Meng Shu. They reached Shrek City as the others prepared to return and Huo Yuhao traveled back from the Extreme North.

• Huang Fei said he could make most Soul Tools below the fourth level, and Blacksmith Zhou praised how far his former apprentice had come.
• Ning Tian stabilized her breakthrough to Level Thirty-Three, Wu Feng strengthened her power to the peak of Level Thirty-Two, and Huo Yuhao headed toward the academy at Level Twenty-Six.
• Huang Fei bade farewell to Blacksmith Zhou and the villagers, then met Meng Shu on the road and agreed to travel with him to Shrek.
• At an inn, Huang Fei explained that his Wood Burial Explosion compressed Life Energy into seeds that sprouted inside an enemy, requiring great Spiritual Power and precise control.
• Huang Fei and Meng Shu arrived at Shrek City after two more days of travel.

Huang Fei returned to Shrek Academy with Meng Shu after spending a month in his hometown, where he stabilized his cultivation and advanced his Soul Engineer skills. He caught up with Song Yunzhi and classmates, revealing that he had defeated four Soul Kings on the journey back.

• Huang Fei and Meng Shu entered Shrek City and passed the academy gates using their identity tokens.
• Huang Fei encountered Hong Yu, who appeared nervous around him because Huang Fei had beaten him before.
• Huang Fei and Meng Shu visited Song Yunzhi, and Huang Fei reported stabilizing at Level Thirty-Five and mastering Third-level Core Magic Arrays.
• Meng Shu told Song Yunzhi that Huang Fei had dealt with four Soul Kings who tried to rob them, and Huang Fei said he had used Wood Burial Explosion.
• On his way to the Dormitory Area, Huang Fei told Cui Yajie, Zhou Sichen, Long Xiangyue, and Cao Jinxuan that the robbers had been Soul Kings.

Huang Fei returned to the academy after a month away and waited as Huo Yuhao remained in the Extreme North Land. Huo Yuhao came back at Level 26, and the new semester was about to begin.

• Huang Fei told his classmates he had defeated four Soul Kings and later told Wang Dong that Huo Yuhao would return changed.
• Huang Fei met Ning Tian and Wu Feng at dinner and said he had stayed at Level Thirty-Five while advancing to a Third-level Soul Engineer.
• Over the following days, Huang Fei saw students return, while Dai Huabin and Hong Yu’s group avoided him; Ning Tian and Wu Feng shared their cultivation progress.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the academy at Level 26 with a bone-deep chill from the Extreme North Land, drawing the crowd’s attention.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Huang Fei for not pressing him about his month away, while Wang Dong watched and wondered what he had experienced.

Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy at Level 26 after a month away, and the chill surrounding him led Wang Dong and Ning Tian to suspect he had awakened a second Martial Soul. Huang Fei remained unshaken by his progress, and Huo Yuhao began revealing his new Martial Soul to Ning Tian and Wu Feng.

• Huo Yuhao returned to Shrek Academy at Level 26, astonishing students and instructors with his ten-level increase and icy aura.
• Hong Yu and Dai Huabin reacted with disbelief, while Dai Huabin sensed that Huo Yuhao's chill surpassed his own Martial Soul's aura.
• Wang Dong guessed that Huo Yuhao had awakened a Second Martial Soul and noticed Huang Fei calmly watching from the Cafeteria entrance.
• Huang Fei told Huo Yuhao that his progress was his own opportunity, then went into the Cafeteria; Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress sensed Huang Fei's powerful Life Aura and solid foundation.
• Huo Yuhao entered the Cafeteria, where Ning Tian and Wu Feng joined him and asked about his suspected Ice Attribute Second Martial Soul.
• After Ice Empress said it would be exposed sooner or later, Huo Yuhao raised his right hand to show them his Martial Soul.

Huo Yuhao revealed a chilling second Martial Soul, while Huang Fei remained unfazed as the freshmen gathered for their Promotion Assessment at the Colosseum. Class One’s students won their early matches, and Huang Fei was called up next.

• Huo Yuhao summoned the aura of a Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor in the cafeteria, startling Wu Feng and Ning Tian while Huang Fei continued eating calmly.
• Over the next two days, Huo Yuhao’s rapid advancement and second Martial Soul became the talk of the Outer Academy, but Huang Fei showed no reaction.
• Yan Shaozhe announced that the Promotion Assessment would be held at the Colosseum, where students would each face a Soul Beast alone.
• Wang Dong defeated a Thousand-Year Shadow Demon Wolf and scored ninety-five points, followed by Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, and Zhu Lu winning their matches.
• Wu Feng defeated a Red Flame Lion Tiger for ninety-six points, and Ning Tian beat a Jade-eyed Spirit Fox for ninety-four points.
• The referee called Huang Fei for his match.