Chapter Summaries

Chen Xing revealed his Twin Martial Souls and ten Soul Rings to Ah Yin and A-Zi, claiming the God Trial had granted him his second Martial Soul. After leaving the Blue Silver Forest with A-Zi, he arrived at Shrek Academy, where the Shrek Seven Devils wondered who the girl was.

• Chen Xing showed Ah Yin and A-Zi his Twin Martial Souls and ten Soul Rings, then explained that he had accepted a God Trial.
• Ah Yin warned A-Zi to keep Chen Xing’s secret and threatened to exile her from the Blue Silver Grass Clan if she told anyone.
• Ah Yin returned the drained Golden Grass Seed to Chen Xing and tearfully farewelled him and A-Zi as they left the Blue Silver Forest.
• Chen Xing and A-Zi traveled by carriage to Shrek Academy, where Xiao Wu sensed A-Zi’s Soul Beast presence despite her concealed aura.
• Chen Xing took A-Zi to meet Dean Flender, while the Shrek Seven Devils speculated about the girl’s relationship with him.

Chen Xing returned to Shrek Academy with A-Zi, introducing her as his younger sister and settling her into his dormitory. Ning Rongrong visited, learned A-Zi was his sister, and left reassured, while Oscar saw her smiling and Dai Mubai tried to console him.

• Flender questioned Chen Xing about the child with him, and Chen Xing introduced A-Zi as his younger sister and told Flender not to interfere with her cultivation.
• Chen Xing reminded A-Zi to call him Chen Nian at the academy, and she decorated his bare dormitory while asking when she could eat the Whale Rubber.
• Chen Xing had A-Zi answer Ning Rongrong’s knock, and Ning Rongrong gave the girl a bottle of perfume.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether A-Zi was Chen Xing’s younger sister, and Chen Xing confirmed it, relieving Ning Rongrong.
• Oscar saw Ning Rongrong leave Chen Xing’s room smiling, and Dai Mubai tried to cheer him up by suggesting that Fatty take him out that night.

Chen Xing helped A-Zi consume Whale Rubber and suppress its side effects with his Ultimate Ice. Meanwhile, the Shrek Seven Devils finished their matches in Suotuo City, where Oscar left for the city with Ma Hongjun, upset over Ning Rongrong’s feelings for someone else.

• Chen Xing fed A-Zi Whale Rubber and used his Ice Heaven Snow Spirit to help her refine its medicinal energy.
• Flender and the other teachers watched the Shrek Seven Devils’ matches and praised Zhu Zhuqing’s improved combat skills.
• Oscar decided to go into the city with Ma Hongjun after seeing Ning Rongrong ignore him.
• Flender lamented Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire, while Yu Xiaogang watched the group with renewed excitement.
• Oscar complained to Ma Hongjun that Ning Rongrong preferred a more handsome and stronger man, and Ma Hongjun tried to comfort him.

Bu Le and two Soul Ancestors ambushed Oscar and Ma Hongjun, then robbed them while Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire flared up. The trio left with all their money, and Oscar was left unable to afford the brothel he had hoped would help Ma Hongjun.

• Three bandits watched Oscar and Ma Hongjun leave, then Bu Le agreed to rob them with his two companions.
• Bu Le trapped Oscar and Ma Hongjun separately with his Heavenly Net Dual Covers, defeating them before they could fight back.
• Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire erupted, and Oscar pleaded with the bandits to take their money and let them go before his friend was harmed.
• Bu Le took their money pouches, then caught Oscar hiding ten more Gold Soul Coins and seized those too.
• The trio departed, leaving Oscar penniless as Ma Hongjun grabbed his pant leg and begged him for help.

Oscar gave Ma Hongjun two recovery sausages, worsening his out-of-control Evil Fire, and Ma Hongjun forced Oscar to help him release it. At Shrek Academy, A-Zi completed her first Soul Ring with Chen Xing’s guidance and gained a lightning-enhancement skill.

• Oscar gave Ma Hongjun two Super Recovery Big Sausages, restoring his strength but making his Soul Power more violent.
• Ma Hongjun pinned Oscar in an alley and demanded his help before his Evil Fire made him explode.
• Chen Xing helped A-Zi finish refining Whale Rubber, allowing her first Soul Ring to withstand a thousand years.
• Chen Xing showed A-Zi his Purple Imperial Sword Qi and advised her to choose a self-enhancement skill.
• A-Zi condensed a thirteen-hundred-year first Soul Ring and gained Purple Thunder Spear Momentum, which enhanced her lightning attribute and could slow enemies.

Chen Xing reassured A-Zi about her first Soul Ring and hid its power from Ning Rongrong, who tried to learn about him by bribing A-Zi with candy. At training, Ma Hongjun and Oscar were still absent despite promising to return that morning.

• Chen Xing told A-Zi to conceal her Martial Soul and Millennium First Soul Ring when Ning Rongrong knocked.
• Ning Rongrong arrived wearing heavy perfume, then admitted to A-Zi that she was pursuing Chen Xing.
• Ning Rongrong offered A-Zi candy in exchange for information about Chen Xing, and A-Zi considered making something up.
• Chen Xing interrupted the girls, warned A-Zi not to reveal anything she should not, and told them to cultivate after breakfast.
• At the training ground, Yu Xiaogang began the day's training with Chen Xing and the others, while Ma Hongjun and Oscar remained absent until noon.

Yu Xiaogang planned to win the Shrek Seven Devils’ respect by solving Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire problem, but Chen Xing’s younger sister called him ugly and exposed that he was the only one unaware of her arrival. The chapter ended with Yu Xiaogang storming into Flender’s room and smashing another of Flender’s tea sets.

• Yu Xiaogang decided that curing Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire would prove his theories and establish his authority at the academy.
• Chen Xing brought his younger sister, A-Zi, to the training ground, where she called Yu Xiaogang ugly after he questioned why she was there.
• Chen Xing took A-Zi away to train her, then whipped her with a bamboo rod for secretly eating candy and reading a novel instead of cultivating.
• Flender admired a newspaper article about Chen Nian’s success in the Spirit Fighting Arena and enjoyed the money Chen Xing had brought to his academy.
• Yu Xiaogang barged into Flender’s room to complain that nobody had told him about the newcomer, knocking Flender’s teapot to the floor and shattering it.

Yu Xiaogang claimed he had found a way to cure Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire and used the discovery to demand that Flender expel Chen Nian. Flender refused to accept the demand, and Yu Xiaogang left him choosing between Ma Hongjun’s future and keeping Chen Nian at the academy.

• Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang for repeatedly targeting Chen Nian and defended the child.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire could be completely eradicated, then withheld the solution to force a bargain.
• Flender offered Yu Xiaogang his assets and anything else he could provide in exchange for curing Ma Hongjun.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded that Flender expel Chen Nian and make him apologize before the academy.
• Flender questioned Yu Xiaogang’s grudge against Chen Nian, and Yu Xiaogang insisted he would not tolerate him.

Flender refused Yu Xiaogang’s demand to expel Chen Xing and angrily ordered him to stop discussing Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire. Ma Hongjun and an unconscious Oscar arrived at Shrek Academy, where their alarming condition and a foul smell shocked the students and teachers.

• Flender rejected Yu Xiaogang’s proposal and shouted at him to leave.
• Ma Hongjun collapsed at Shrek Academy’s gates with the unconscious Oscar on his back, and A-Zi spotted them.
• Chen Xing stopped A-Zi from approaching, while Zhao Wuji carried Ma Hongjun and Oscar away from the students.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai reacted to the smell by vomiting, and the girls realized something was wrong.
• Zhao Wuji brought the two men to Flender’s office and left Flender and Yu Xiaogang to examine them.

Flender dealt with the aftermath of Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire-driven assault on Oscar, then visited Chen Xing late that evening to discuss something. Chen Xing opened the door to find Flender waiting, leaving the reason for his visit unknown.

• Flender and Yu Xiaogang found unconscious Ma Hongjun and Oscar, and Oscar woke up and begged Flender to kill Ma Hongjun, calling him an Evil Soul Master.
• Flender sent Yu Xiaogang to fetch help, apologized to Oscar on Ma Hongjun’s behalf, and wept with him until a healing Soul Master arrived.
• A-Zi absorbed Whale Rubber during training, raising her Soul Power to level 14 and strengthening her body.
• That evening, Flender came to Chen Xing’s dormitory and asked to discuss something with him.

Flender begged Chen Xing to leave the academy so Yu Xiaogang could attempt to resolve Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire problem, but Chen Xing agreed because he believed the problem was impossible to solve. A hidden woman overheard their exchange and recognized Chen Xing’s name, while Chen Xing planned to watch Yu Xiaogang’s attempt.

• Flender took Chen Xing to the back mountain and begged him to leave the academy, explaining Yu Xiaogang’s plan to use Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire as grounds to expel him.
• Chen Xing agreed to leave and publicly apologize if Yu Xiaogang could resolve Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire problem, then left Flender in the clearing.
• A woman hiding in the bushes heard Chen Xing’s name and wondered why it sounded familiar.
• Chen Xing privately reasoned that nobody could eradicate Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire and decided to see what Yu Xiaogang would do.
• Chen Xing worried Yu Xiaogang might leave the academy with Tang San, then settled down beside the sleeping girl.

Flender and the other teachers searched Star Dou Forest for an Ice Scale Snake so Ma Hongjun could use an ice-attribute Soul Ring to suppress his Evil Fire. Ma Hongjun reached Soul Power Level 30 during his match with Xiao Wu, leaving Yu Xiaogang eager to put his plan into action and still expecting Chen Xing to leave the academy.

• Ning Rongrong asked Flender for leave to return home, and Yu Xiaogang arranged one-on-one duels at training.
• Chen Xing knocked Tang San unconscious in a brief fight and returned to the dormitory.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and Luo Qibin searched Star Dou Forest for an Ice Scale Snake for Ma Hongjun’s planned Soul Ring.
• Dai Mubai narrowly defeated Zhu Zhuqing, whose Soul Power Level had reached 29.
• Ma Hongjun broke through to Level 30 while fighting Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang celebrated the chance to test his theory.

Flender returned to the academy badly injured after seeking a Soul Ring for Ma Hongjun, and revealed that the Ice Scale Snakes they encountered lived in groups. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang stunned by the failure of the advice he had given Flender.

• Ma Hongjun excitedly discussed his upcoming Thousand-Year Soul Ring with Dai Mubai and Tang San during their run.
• Flender, Zhao Wuji, Li Yusong, and Luo Qibin returned from their search covered in wounds, with Flender suffering a severe injury to his right thigh.
• Ma Hongjun tried to fly off to find a healing Soul Master, but Flender restrained him and said he was fine.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned Flender about what had happened, while Zhao Wuji and the other two men left the office in silence.
• Flender told Yu Xiaogang that Ice Scale Snakes lived in groups, contradicting the advice Yu Xiaogang had given before the search.

Flender gave Ma Hongjun an Ice Scale Snake Soul Ring that Yu Xiaogang claimed would cure his Evil Fire. After Yu Xiaogang pressured him into killing the snake despite his Martial Soul’s rejection, its Soul Ring appeared, and Yu Xiaogang urged him to absorb it.

• Flender gave Ma Hongjun the Ice Scale Snake and explained that its ice attribute could neutralize his Evil Fire.
• Ma Hongjun hesitated because his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul instinctively rejected the Ice Scale Snake’s Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang shamed Ma Hongjun over Flender’s injuries and forced a dagger into his hand, urging him to kill the snake and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Ma Hongjun stabbed the unconscious Ice Scale Snake in the head, killing it as thunder roared outside.
• A purple Soul Ring emerged from the snake’s corpse, and Yu Xiaogang excitedly urged Ma Hongjun to absorb it.

Ma Hongjun absorbed an icy Thousand-Year Soul Ring despite Flender’s growing doubts, then collapsed unconscious as Yu Xiaogang blamed Flender for interrupting the process. Flender carried him through the rain to Chen Xing’s room and begged Chen Xing to save him.

• Ma Hongjun began absorbing the Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Yu Xiaogang watched with confidence and Flender grew worried.
• Flender tried to stop the absorption, but Yu Xiaogang argued that interrupting it would damage Ma Hongjun’s cultivation.
• Ma Hongjun spat out blood and fell unconscious after icy energy ravaged his fire-attributed meridians.
• Flender confronted Yu Xiaogang, blamed him for the disaster, and carried Ma Hongjun away despite the rain.
• Chen Xing sensed Flender at his door, opened it, and heard Flender beg him to save Ma Hongjun.

Chen Xing explained that Ma Hongjun’s Ice Scale Snake Soul Ring had clashed with his Evil Fire Phoenix and caused his Martial Soul to degenerate into a Grass Chicken. After leaving the devastated Ma Hongjun and Flender, Chen Xing noticed Zhu Zhuqing waiting nearby in the rain.

• Flender told Chen Xing that Yu Xiaogang had chosen an Ice Scale Snake Soul Ring for Ma Hongjun and forced him to absorb it.
• Chen Xing explained that the opposing ice and fire attributes had damaged Ma Hongjun and warned that he could be crippled or lose his fire attribute.
• Ma Hongjun woke and summoned a Grass Chicken instead of his Evil Fire Phoenix, leaving him and Flender in shock.
• Chen Xing explained that Ma Hongjun’s Evil Fire had been neutralized and his Martial Soul had reverted to its original form.
• Chen Xing left the wooden house with A-Zi and saw Zhu Zhuqing waiting with an umbrella.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Chen Xing after learning his true identity and offered to keep it secret in exchange for cultivation training. Chen Xing and A-Zi threatened her, then learned she had discovered his identity by overhearing Flender call him Chen Xing.

• Zhu Zhuqing asked Chen Xing to teach her how to cultivate and said she had a secret he would want to hear.
• Chen Xing let Zhu Zhuqing into his room, where Flender and Ma Hongjun were grieving over Ma Hongjun’s failed Soul Ring; they left after Chen Xing ordered them out.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she knew Chen Xing’s real name and offered to keep his identity secret in exchange for training.
• Chen Xing’s killing intent erupted, and A-Zi summoned her Purple Thunder Spear and held it to Zhu Zhuqing’s neck.
• Chen Xing asked how Zhu Zhuqing learned his identity, and she explained that she had overheard Flender address him as Chen Xing at the back mountain three days earlier.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Chen Xing after discovering his identity and begged him to teach her so she could escape the royal family’s deadly rules. Chen Xing spared her but refused to help, and the chapter ended with her stabbing herself on A-Zi’s spear.

• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that she knew Chen Xing was Chen Nian and begged him to teach her so she could gain freedom from the royal family.
• She explained that she had lost hope in Dai Mubai and wanted to defeat Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun through her own strength.
• Chen Xing ordered Zhu Zhuqing to swear on her Martial Soul that she would keep his identity secret, then told her he would not teach her.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Chen Xing, apologized for causing trouble, and said that everything was over.
• A-Zi called out as Zhu Zhuqing gripped the Purple Thunder Spear’s tip, and Chen Xing saw blood pouring from her throat.

Chen Xing healed Zhu Zhuqing after she deliberately impaled herself on A-Zi’s spear, then agreed to teach her during morning physical training. After Zhu Zhuqing left with renewed hope, Chen Xing lamented that the protagonist group’s troubles kept finding him.

• A-Zi denied stabbing Zhu Zhuqing and said Zhu Zhuqing had grabbed her spear and impaled herself.
• Chen Xing found Zhu Zhuqing near death and used a Golden Light Orb to heal her wound.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Chen Xing, and he told her to attend his physical training every morning while warning her not to disturb him otherwise.
• Chen Xing froze and removed the blood from his room, and Zhu Zhuqing left relieved and hopeful about escaping her family’s rules and marriage contract.
• Chen Xing sighed over the growing list of people whose troubles had reached him, including Zhu Zhuqing.

Chen Xing gave A-Zi a Golden Light Orb to refine and worried that Yu Xiaogang’s actions were causing Shrek’s group to fall apart. The chapter ended with Flender asking Ma Hongjun whether he could still use Martial Soul Possession after losing his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.

• A-Zi massaged Chen Xing’s temples and asked about his Golden Light Orb, revealing her intense interest in its power to evolve her Martial Soul and bloodline.
• Chen Xing promised to reward A-Zi for cultivating well and gave her the remaining Golden Light Orb to refine.
• Chen Xing reflected on how his presence had separated Oscar and Ning Rongrong, fueled Zhu Zhuqing’s resentment toward Dai Mubai, and led to Ma Hongjun losing his Martial Soul.
• Chen Xing worried that Flender might drive Yu Xiaogang away, causing Yu Xiaogang to leave with Tang San.
• Flender brought Ma Hongjun to the Dean’s Office and asked whether he could still complete Martial Soul Possession without his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul.