Chapter Summaries

Situ Xuan challenged Shrek’s students after unleashing his intimidating aura, and Shen Yi explained the academy’s rules to the visiting Sun Moon students. The tense morning class ended with Situ Xuan leading his classmates toward the dining hall, while his resolve about Shrek’s rules quietly grew.

• Situ Xuan unleashed his aura and challenged Shrek’s first-year students to prove they were not boring.
• Cai Yue'er withdrew her Soul Power pressure, acknowledged Situ Xuan’s stance, and left Shen Yi to continue the lesson.
• Shen Yi explained that Shrek could punish its students independently of Federation law, unsettling the Sun Moon students.
• Shen Yi covered the academy’s schedules and facilities as the Sun Moon students remained guarded and Situ Xuan silently considered the rules.
• After class, Situ Xuan led the twenty-nine Sun Moon students in an orderly group toward the dining hall.

Situ Xuan found Tang Wulin trying to trade blacksmithing for meals and brought him to eat with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy students. The tense standoff with Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan gave way to an uneasy but peaceful shared lunch.

• Situ Xuan saw Tang Wulin soliciting meals outside the cafeteria and recognized him as Tang Ziran's son.
• Situ Xuan patted Tang Wulin's shoulder and pushed him into the cafeteria, insisting that he come eat.
• Xie Xie, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan tried to intervene, but the Sun Moon students blocked their way and a standoff formed.
• Situ Xuan waved the three Shrek students over, and the Sun Moon students let them join the group for lunch.
• Tang Wulin happily ate the food piled before him and called Situ Xuan a true friend.

Tang Wulin ate lunch with Situ Xuan and his Shrek companions, then heard Situ Xuan argue that Shrek’s contribution-point system would waste his talents and invite him to join Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Tang Wulin was left weighing the offer in stunned silence.

• Tang Wulin explained that he and Situ Xuan had been junior academy classmates from the same hometown, while Situ Xuan quieted A Jie’s provocation toward Xie Xie.
• Tang Wulin thanked Situ Xuan for the meal and promised to give him Thousand Refinements Grade One metal.
• Situ Xuan invited Tang Wulin to Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy, saying Shrek Academy was not right for him.
• Situ Xuan argued that Shrek’s contribution-point rules would force Tang Wulin to spend time earning basic resources instead of cultivating and forging.
• Tang Wulin thought about his empty contribution-point account and the pressure of earning resources, then fell silent as he considered Situ Xuan’s offer.

Tang Wulin refused Situ Xuan’s offer to study at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and reaffirmed his choice to pursue Shrek’s Inner Court. Situ Xuan left him with advice, then returned to his students, who resumed their brutal training and eagerly prepared for a barbecue.

• Tang Wulin recalled the people and bonds that tied him to Shrek, then told Situ Xuan he wanted to enter Shrek Academy’s Inner Court.
• Situ Xuan accepted Tang Wulin’s decision and advised him to be himself without overthinking or ceasing to think.
• The Sun Moon students left the cafeteria with Situ Xuan, while Tang Wulin remained behind, reflecting on his words.
• Situ Xuan told his students to rest during the afternoon break, announced training would continue, and promised them a barbecue that night.
• Nearly thirty Sun Moon students, led by Wang Dongchen and other core leaders, performed punishing high-intensity drills in their courtyard.

Situ Xuan’s grueling self-discipline inspired his students to endure their punishing training, and they gathered afterward for a medicinal bath. When Situ Xuan joined them, his scarred, perfectly tempered physique silenced the pool and stunned everyone.

• Situ Xuan pushed himself through punishing body-tempering regimens, setting an example for the students he trained.
• Wang Dongchen and the other students finished their exhausting drills and unfolded a Soul Tool into a large medicinal bath.
• The students added boiling water and herbs, then relaxed in the pool and traded jokes about one another’s physiques.
• Situ Xuan approached the pool and removed his shirt, revealing his powerful, scarred body.
• Wang Dongchen, A Jie, and the female officers fell silent and stared at Situ Xuan’s physique.

Situ Xuan’s presence subdued the playful mood during a medicinal bath, while Yuanen Yehui struggled to find work and returned to her dormitory hungry and alone. Drawn by the smell of roasted Soul Beast meat, she approached the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy students’ gathering but watched from the shadows without joining them.

• Situ Xuan entered the medicinal bath and meditated, impressing the other officers and quieting their teasing.
• Yuanen Yehui returned to her dormitory after failing to find work, suspecting Yue Zhengyu or the Holy Angel Family had blocked her job search.
• Yuanen Yehui’s hunger grew as she realized her savings were nearly exhausted and her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul consumed a great deal of energy.
• Yuanen Yehui followed the smell of roasted meat to a gathering at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy students’ residences.
• Yuanen Yehui watched the lively meal from a tree’s shadow, feeling isolated and unable to afford the food.

Yuanen Yehui, hungry and in her Vajra Titan state, struck Li Dong out of the grove after he provoked her. Embarrassed by the camp’s laughter, Li Dong transformed with his Mountain Shaking Rhinoceros Martial Soul and charged her again.

• Lily and another officer spotted Yuanen Yehui watching the barbecue from the grove, and Li Dong went to bring her out.
• Yuanen Yehui struck Li Dong and sent him flying back into the courtyard.
• The camp mocked Li Dong, who insisted he had been careless and had not lost.
• Li Dong used his Mountain Shaking Rhinoceros Martial Soul and Rhinoceros Armor Body Protection before charging Yuanen Yehui again.

Yuanen Yehui fought Li Dong in her Vajra Titan form, but her hunger and depleted reserves weakened her until he threw her down and her transformation ended. She lay exhausted in the grass as Li Dong and the watching Crows stared at her revealed, slender form.

• Li Dong used his Rhinoceros Armor Body Protection to withstand Yuanen Yehui's strike, then disrupted her footing with Shockwave Stomp and hit her ribs with Rhinoceros Horn Thrust.
• Yuanen Yehui grew enraged and attacked with a barrage of punches and Air Cannons, while Li Dong dodged and countered as she gradually weakened.
• Li Dong noticed Yuanen Yehui's slowing attacks and exhausted her further by avoiding her blows.
• Li Dong seized Yuanen Yehui's arm, used her unstable balance to throw her over his shoulder, and slammed her into the grass.
• Yuanen Yehui's Vajra Titan transformation receded, leaving her pale and limp as the Crows stared in shock.

After Li Dong defeated Yuanen Yehui, the Crows discovered she was starving and welcomed her to their bonfire meal. As Yuanen Yehui ate, the Crows abruptly shifted into a fierce, eager mood, leaving the reason for their tension unclear.

• Li Dong defeated Yuanen Yehui after a grueling fight, then lifted her by the collar and praised her strength.
• Situ Xuan asked whether Yuanen Yehui was hungry, and her growling stomach revealed that she had been lured by the smell of roast meat.
• Wang Dongchen brought Yuanen Yehui to the bonfire, and Li Dong offered her a large piece of Soul Beast meat as an apology.
• Yuanen Yehui accepted the food and ate quickly as the Crows treated her with unexpected warmth.
• The Crows fell silent and began preparing for a fight, with Wang Dongchen, Lily, and Li Dong displaying eager hostility toward one another.

Yuanen Yehui watched the Crows erupt into a fierce hand-to-hand fight and learned from Situ Xuan that they used combat to exchange techniques and improve. Their approach stirred her own battle-hungry instincts, leaving her curious about the outsiders.

• Li Dong attacked a burly young man, triggering a chaotic melee in which Wang Dongchen, Lily, and the others fought without using martial souls or soul skills.
• Yuanen Yehui watched the Crows trade controlled but ferocious blows and wondered whether their brawl was normal academy life.
• Situ Xuan sat beside Yuanen Yehui, gave her grilled meat, and explained that the Crows considered their fight a normal exchange of experience.
• Situ Xuan pointed out how A Jie and another officer were testing defensive flexibility and attacks against an opponent's weak points.
• Yuanen Yehui recognized that the Crows were refining their techniques through combat and felt their fighting spirit awaken her own curiosity.

Yuanen Yehui watched the Crows finish their joyful brawl and listened as Situ Xuan explained that soul skills should support a broader combat system, not serve as a fighter’s only tools. The night ended with Yuanen feeling unexpectedly welcomed and at peace among the Crows.

• Yuanen Yehui ate roasted meat and watched the exhausted Crows laugh and trade taunts after their brawl.
• Situ Xuan encouraged Yuanen Yehui to join the fight, but she declined because she was tired from her battle with Li Dong.
• Situ Xuan told Yuanen Yehui that soul skills should serve a combat system and that relying on them alone would leave a Soul Master third-rate.
• Yuanen Yehui reflected on the Crows’ skillful fighting and began to understand Situ Xuan’s advice, though she said she needed time to rest and think.
• The Crows’ brawl ended beneath the moonlight, and Yuanen Yehui felt relaxed, fulfilled, and warmed by her unexpected connection with them.

Yuanen Yehui followed the sounds of battle into the woods and found Situ Xuan fighting the Crows in a fierce, real combat. As the Crows surged back at him after he injured several of them, the chapter left Situ Xuan surrounded by their coordinated assault.

• Yuanen Yehui woke early, noticed battle sounds and Soul Power fluctuations near the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy dormitories, and went to investigate.
• Yuanen Yehui hid at the edge of the woods and saw Situ Xuan besieged by twenty-nine Crows led by Li Dong, Wang Dongchen, and Lily.
• Situ Xuan caught Li Dong, struck him, and hurled him into Lily before knocking Wang Dongchen down with a spinning elbow.
• The Crows grew more aggressive after their companions were injured, while Li Dong recovered and attacked again.
• The remaining Crows coordinated attacks from every direction, surrounding Situ Xuan in a net of Soul Power and combat techniques.

Situ Xuan defeated the Crow cadres in a brutal, all-out fight, showing Yuanen Yehui the Crows’ ruthless way of training. Watching them made her resolve to prove herself and join them.

• Situ Xuan countered the Crow cadres’ attacks with precise, powerful strikes, injuring and knocking them back.
• The remaining Crows abandoned defense and swarmed Situ Xuan, trading injuries for attacks until he too began to bleed.
• Situ Xuan defeated the last standing cadre, leaving himself as the only one still upright in the clearing.
• Situ Xuan noticed Yuanen Yehui watching and asked whether she now understood what a crow was.
• Yuanen Yehui recognized the Crows’ brutal training as a path to the strength she wanted and decided to prove herself worthy of joining them.

Yuanen Yehui accepted Situ Xuan’s challenge to pursue strength without hiding herself, then revealed her true form and began awakening her power before the Crows. The chapter ended as she transformed into a giant ape using her Third Soul Skill, Vajra Titan.

• Yuanen Yehui recalled Yue Zhengyu’s judgment and the resentment and desire for strength she had suppressed.
• Yuanen Yehui stepped out to face Situ Xuan and declared that she wanted to become as strong as the Crows.
• Yuanen Yehui changed from her concealed male appearance into her red-haired female form, drawing the Crows’ attention.
• Yuanen Yehui released her bloodline power and activated her Third Soul Skill, Vajra Titan.
• Yuanen Yehui grew over four meters tall and transformed into a giant ape.

Yuanen Yehui challenged Situ Xuan in her Vajra Titan form, but he effortlessly withstood her attacks and countered with a single punch that left her badly hurt. She lay on the ground in human form, clutching her abdomen and struggling to breathe.

• Yuanen Yehui unleashed a full-power punch, but Situ Xuan caught it with one hand without moving.
• Yuanen Yehui furiously attacked with a barrage of punches while Situ Xuan blocked, dodged, and struck her weak points.
• The watching Crows noted Yuanen Yehui's poor control and praised her resilience and bloodline power.
• Situ Xuan seized an opening and punched Yuanen Yehui in the abdomen, overwhelming her defenses.
• Yuanen Yehui collapsed, reverted from her Vajra Titan form, and curled up in pain.

Yuanen Yehui endured Situ Xuan’s crushing punch and was welcomed by the Crows after proving she wanted to keep fighting. At Shrek Academy, Wu Zhangkong noticed an unregistered red-haired girl among the Sun Moon exchange students just as Shen Yi announced a free-for-all for class officers.

• The injured Crows laughed with Yuanen Yehui and welcomed her after she survived Situ Xuan’s punch.
• Yuanen Yehui struggled back up and asked Situ Xuan if she could try again, and he told her to return that night and not be late the next morning.
• Shen Yi announced that students would compete in a free-for-all for class monitor and vice monitor.
• Wu Zhangkong counted thirty-one Sun Moon students instead of the thirty registered and noticed an unfamiliar red-haired girl with powerful bloodline energy.
• A bespectacled Sun Moon student’s interest flared when he heard about the free-for-all.

Shen Yi announced a free-for-all to choose the class monitor and deputies, provoking Shrek’s students with the promise of greater access to the Inner Court and energizing the Sun Moon Academy students with the prospect of a fight. As the students prepared, Yuanen Yehui embraced the battle as a chance to test her chosen way of fighting.

• Shen Yi explained that the last three students standing would become class monitor and deputy class monitors, and said the class monitor had a better chance of entering Shrek’s Inner Court.
• Shrek’s students grew determined to win, while the Sun Moon Academy students focused on defeating their rivals in the coming brawl.
• Yuanen Yehui recalled the pain of Situ Xuan’s punch and saw the free-for-all as a chance to practice the Crows’ fighting style.
• Shen Yi gave the students fifteen minutes to prepare, and the Shrek students formed groups to discuss tactics.
• The Sun Moon Academy students scanned and sized up their opponents, while Yuanen Yehui felt her Titan Giant Ape bloodline awaken and resolved to fight for victory.

Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi brought the first-year students to a hall to begin a virtual forest selection for class monitor and vice monitor. Situ Xuan ordered the Sun Moon students to hunt independently, even targeting one another, and Yuanen Yehui embraced the chance to fight without restraint as the students entered their simulation pods.

• Shen Yi led the 101 students to a circular hall and explained that they would compete in an illusory forest using simulation pods.
• Shrek students chose nearby pods to coordinate with their companions, while the Sun Moon group waited for Situ Xuan's instructions.
• Situ Xuan told the Crows to spread out and freely hunt any prey they chose, including one another.
• The Crows eagerly accepted the rule and deliberately selected pods far apart, rejecting teamwork and allowing infighting.
• Wu Zhangkong watched Situ Xuan and Yuanen Yehui, recognizing Yuanen as a student of the Yuanen clan and questioning her closeness to the Sun Moon group.
• Yuanen Yehui welcomed the individual hunt and chose an isolated simulation pod near the edge of the hall.

Yuanen Yehui entered the Primal Hunting Forest simulation and sought out opponents to sharpen herself in combat. After instantly defeating a concealed Soul Master, she headed toward a stronger target as battles erupted across the forest.

• Shen Yi activated the Simulation Pods and loaded the Primal Hunting Forest for the students.
• Yuanen Yehui concealed herself, assessed the forest, and sensed an Agility Attack System Soul Master hiding nearby.
• Yuanen Yehui charged the concealed opponent and knocked him out with a single punch.
• Yuanen Yehui decided to hunt stronger opponents and stealthily moved toward a powerful Soul Power fluctuation.
• Shrek students encountered aggressive Sun Moon students, while some Sun Moon students also fought one another.

Situ Xuan used the simulated Primal Hunting Forest to reflect on how to unite his four martial inheritances and find a path of his own. As familiar Soul Power rose across the forest and battles began, he remained by the giant tree, listening.

• Situ Xuan crossed the forest canopy with Wind Walk and Violent Foot, heading for its tallest tree.
• He considered how his four martial arts differed and recognized that he could apply them together but had not truly fused them.
• Situ Xuan weighed the possible paths offered by his arts, seeking a core conception that could let them coexist and resonate.
• He sensed familiar Soul Power rising across the forest as others initiated battles and murmured, "Has it begun..."