Chapter Summaries

Xu Xiaoyan and Mu Xi refined immortal herbs, evolving their Martial Souls and increasing their Soul Power. Three years later, Su Mo and Xu Xiaoyan left Eastsea City for Shrek City, where Wu Sidu was waiting for them.

• Xu Xiaoyan refined the Star Luo Spirit Pearl first, evolving her Martial Soul into the Star Staff, gaining Starlight Feedback, and reaching level twenty-four.
• Mu Xi refined the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, evolving her Radiant Sun Martial Soul into Blazing Sun with Ultimate Fire and reaching level thirty-eight.
• Mu Xi and Xu Xiaoyan both embraced Su Mo and competed over who would let go first until the Ice Empress urged them on.
• Three years later, Su Mo woke Xu Xiaoyan, and they prepared to travel to Shrek City to meet Wu Sidu.
• Su Mo and Xu Xiaoyan left their home, got into a Soul Guidance Car, and headed for the Soul Guidance Train Station.

Su Mo and Xu Xiaoyan arrived in Shrek City, where Wu Sidu met them at the station. As they settled in, Xu Xiaoyan teased Su Mo about Gu Yue and teased Wu Sidu about her feelings for him, leaving Wu Sidu flustered.

• Su Mo and Xu Xiaoyan rode the Soul Guidance Train to Shrek City and took in the city’s striking sights.
• Wu Sidu met them at the station despite having agreed to wait at the hotel.
• After they checked in, Su Mo messaged Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan pressed him to explain their relationship.
• Xu Xiaoyan teased Wu Sidu by groping her and urging Su Mo to touch her too, but Su Mo stopped Xu Xiaoyan instead.
• Xu Xiaoyan hurried out to check whether Gu Yue had arrived.

Gu Yue reunited with Xu Xiaoyan, Su Mo, and Wu Sidu before Shrek Academy’s admissions began, and Xu Xiaoyan led the group into Shrek City for sightseeing. They arrived downtown, where the group admired the bustling streets and Xu Xiaoyan insisted her research would keep them from being scammed.

• Gu Yue arrived at the hotel, where Xu Xiaoyan greeted her and complained that Su Mo had threatened to break her legs.
• Gu Yue noticed Wu Sidu’s disheveled appearance, and Xu Xiaoyan clarified that they had only been fooling around.
• Su Mo agreed to let Xu Xiaoyan choose what to do, and she announced that she had prepared a sightseeing guide for Shrek City.
• Su Mo and the others rode a taxi downtown while the driver described Shrek’s admissions assessments and offered them advice.
• The group arrived in Shrek City’s crowded downtown, where Xu Xiaoyan promised to use her guide to avoid getting scammed and Wu Sidu teased her.

Gu Yue questioned whether she should help Di Tian exterminate humanity, and Su Mo reassured her that she could save him after humans defeated him. The group visited Shrek Old Street to try Huo-style Grilled Fish, where Xu Xiaoyan’s bravado about spicy food ended in embarrassment.

• Gu Yue told Su Mo she doubted whether wiping out humanity was right, and Su Mo suggested letting Di Tian face humans before rescuing him.
• Gu Yue felt relieved by Su Mo’s advice, then Xu Xiaoyan consulted the itinerary and led the group to Shrek Old Street for Huo-style Grilled Fish.
• Su Mo and the others sampled street snacks before finding the crowded grilled-fish shop and ordering fish at different spice levels.
• Xu Xiaoyan claimed she could handle an insanely spicy grilled fish, but after one bite she flushed and begged Su Mo for water.
• Xu Xiaoyan drank herbal tea, and Su Mo, Wu Sidu, and Gu Yue laughed when they saw her red lips.

Su Mo prepared to infiltrate Shrek and help the Spirit Pagoda and Holy Spirit Cult bring Eternal Heaven into the city so he could destroy the Golden Ancient Tree and claim its Seed of Life. As Shrek’s admissions day approached, Ya Li dressed up in hopes of meeting Su Mo and taking him as her godson, while Na'er planned to see Tang Wulin.

• Su Mo and his companions left Shrek’s old district, and Tang Wulin thought he heard Gu Yue’s voice before Xie Xie reminded him she would likely attend Shrek’s admissions the next day.
• Su Mo contacted the Ice Empress, who admitted nothing about Dragon Valley or Ha Luosa and quickly ended the call.
• Su Mo considered how to help the Spirit Pagoda and Holy Spirit Cult smuggle Eternal Heaven into Shrek City so he could destroy the Golden Ancient Tree and take its Seed of Life.
• Ya Li asked Na'er to help choose an outfit, then agreed to accompany her to the admissions day so she could see her brother, Tang Wulin.
• Ya Li revealed that she had dressed up to make a good impression on Su Mo and hoped to take him as her godson by choice rather than because of her status.

Su Mo, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Sidu arrived at Shrek Academy for the entrance examinations and were assigned to a group with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie. Gu Yue ignored Tang Wulin, leaving him heartbroken, as Wu Zhangkong led their group to begin the assessment.

• Su Mo registered for the entrance examination, and the registrar recognized him and reported his arrival to Director Cai.
• Su Mo and Gu Yue found Tang Wulin and Xie Xie in Group C, then learned that several of their companions had been assigned to the same group.
• Wu Sidu noticed that many of the candidates grouped with them were on the Youth Genius Ranking and suspected the assignments were deliberate.
• Xie Xie greeted Su Mo and Gu Yue, but Gu Yue ignored Tang Wulin, leaving him visibly distressed.
• Wu Zhangkong arrived as the group's guide and led the ten candidates toward the examination grounds.

Su Mo and the other Shrek freshmen faced the first assessment, where Tang Wulin suppressed the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King's pressure with his bloodline. The students were then transported to a primeval forest for the second assessment, where Su Mo encountered a ten-thousand-year Diamond Gorilla.

• Wu Sidu asked Su Mo if he knew the teacher leading them, and Su Mo said he had taught him in Class Zero.
• The group arrived beneath a mural of the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon, and Tang Wulin's Bloodline Power suppressed its pressure.
• An elderly examiner gave Tang Wulin full marks and everyone else nine points, then sent the group on to the next round.
• Tang Wulin stumbled after noticing Gu Yue was not paying attention to him, and Zheng Yiran caught him and introduced herself.
• Wu Zhangkong led the students into the second assessment palace, where they vanished and appeared in a primeval forest.
• Su Mo found himself facing a ten-thousand-year Diamond Gorilla as Wu Zhangkong watched from the monitoring room.

Su Mo defeated a ten-thousand-year Diamond Gorilla with Scorch Release, shocking Cai Yue'er and prompting her to order Shrek to reassess his Martial Soul. After Su Mo returned from the simulation, Cai Yue'er questioned him about the attack, but he kept its secret.

• Cai Yue'er joined Wu Zhangkong as they watched Su Mo face a simulated Diamond Gorilla.
• Su Mo used Earth Core Rising to lift the Diamond Gorilla, then killed it with Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder.
• Cai Yue'er, shocked by the one-strike defeat, ordered Wu Zhangkong to copy Su Mo's battle footage.
• After the simulation ended, Su Mo instinctively dodged Cai Yue'er's approach, impressing her further.
• Cai Yue'er asked Su Mo to explain his attack, but he refused and called it a secret.

After the second trial, Su Mo received the highest score, while Gu Yue learned that Wu Sidu had also excelled. Wu Zhangkong led the group to a deadly guillotine-blade course for the third trial, testing their adaptability and nerve.

• Tang Wulin and Wu Sidu emerged together, and Su Mo greeted Tang Wulin before Gu Yue appeared and asked Su Mo about Wu Sidu's Martial Soul.
• Xu Yucheng, Yang Nianxia, Xie Xie, Zheng Yiran, Luo Guixing, and Xu Xiaoyan emerged, with Xu Xiaoyan telling Wu Sidu and Gu Yue how she had survived an Earth Demon Rhinoceros.
• Wu Zhangkong awarded Su Mo ten points, Wu Sidu and Tang Wulin nine, Gu Yue eight, four others seven, and Luo Guixing and Xu Xiaoyan six.
• Wu Zhangkong led the group to a passage filled with moving guillotine blades and explained the scoring rules and the risk of death.
• Wu Zhangkong activated the blades and asked who would attempt the third trial first.

Xie Xie, Wu Sidu, Tang Wulin, and the others took Shrek’s blade-array test, while Su Mo demonstrated how to navigate it safely. Xu Xiaoyan followed his example and passed, ending the chapter celebrating with Su Mo.

• Xie Xie, Wu Sidu, Tang Wulin, and Luo Guixing cleared the blade array with full marks, while Xu Yucheng, Yang Nianxia, and Zheng Yiran earned lower scores.
• Su Mo reassured the frightened Xu Xiaoyan and told her to watch how he handled the test.
• Gu Yue used her spatial ability to cross the passage in one second and earn full marks.
• Su Mo calmly walked through the blades without activating his Martial Soul or using a soul skill, finishing in thirty-six seconds for four points.
• Xu Xiaoyan copied Su Mo’s movements, passed in thirty-six seconds, and excitedly threw herself into his arms.

Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu watched footage of Su Mo instantly killing a Diamond Gorilla and were baffled by his fire control. At the next assessment, Xie Xie demonstrated his abilities and earned full marks, leaving the others confused about what he had done.

• Shen Yi brought Zhuo Shi footage of Su Mo's battle with the Diamond Gorilla at Cai Yue'er's request.
• Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu watched Su Mo kill the Diamond Gorilla with a single strike and could not understand how he had evaporated all the water in its body so quickly.
• Wu Zhangkong led Su Mo and the others to a white room, where Cai Yue'er explained that the assessment would score their demonstrated abilities.
• Xie Xie used his third soul skill to create two clones that attacked Cai Yue'er, then canceled the skill before they could reach her.
• Cai Yue'er gave Xie Xie full marks, and when Xu Xiaoyan and others questioned the score, Cai Yue'er rebuked them for failing to notice what he had done.

Su Mo explained how Xie Xie had secretly restrained two Shrek teachers, then Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xu Xiaoyan demonstrated their abilities for Cai Yue'er. Su Mo began his own display by shaping fire elements into insects, astonishing the observers.

• Su Mo explained that Xie Xie had used five clones, including three invisible ones, to distract everyone and capture the two Shrek teachers behind Cai Yue'er.
• Cai Yue'er confirmed Su Mo's analysis, reprimanded the teachers, and ordered them to write ten-thousand-word self-reflection reports.
• Tang Wulin revealed his powerful bloodline strength and struck Cai Yue'er, who stopped his punch with one finger and gave him full marks.
• Gu Yue combined wind, fire, water, and earth into a balanced wreath, earning full marks from Cai Yue'er.
• Xu Xiaoyan explained that her Martial Soul had changed and that her Absolute Establishment no longer had a time restriction; Cai Yue'er offered to take her as a disciple, but Su Mo refused on her behalf.
• Su Mo shaped gathered fire elements into various insects, demonstrating control that astonished Gu Yue and the Shrek teachers.

Su Mo earned full marks in the fire-control test, then joined Tang Wulin for the fifth test, which assessed their second professions. After the other students left, Su Mo and Tang Wulin reunited awkwardly, and Tang Wulin asked about Su Mo’s relationship with Gu Yue.

• Cai Yue'er reluctantly gave Su Mo full marks, then left while privately resolving to make him regret humiliating her.
• Wu Zhangkong led the group to the fifth test, where students were assessed on their second professions.
• Tang Wulin presented his Level Five Blacksmith badge and received full marks, while Gu Yue showed no reaction to his achievement.
• Su Mo and the other students reported their second professions, including Su Mo and Tang Wulin as blacksmiths.
• After the others left, Su Mo greeted Tang Wulin, and Tang Wulin asked what his relationship with Gu Yue was.

Su Mo explained his supposed childhood betrothal to Gu Yue, while Tang San warned Tang Wulin away from him. After the candidates completed the sixth and seventh assessments, Su Mo chose a familiar-looking red-haired Shrek student as his opponent for the eighth test.

• Tang San told Tang Wulin that Gu Yue could not have been betrothed to Su Mo and urged him to stay away from Su Mo.
• Su Mo explained that his family had arranged a betrothal with Heavenly Phoenix Douluo, but Tang Wulin dismissed his story.
• Xu Xiaoyan celebrated her full marks by embracing Su Mo, prompting Gu Yue to glare at them.
• The candidates passed the steamed-bun test, then completed or forfeited the endurance test according to their scores and stamina.
• Wu Zhangkong introduced the eighth assessment, a battle against second-year Shrek students, and Su Mo chose a familiar-looking red-haired boy as his opponent.

Su Mo was excused from the interview test because of his level-forty-seven Soul Power, so Gu Yue challenged Yuanen Yehui in his place. Their battle began with Gu Yue’s blizzard and Yuanen Yehui’s powerful attacks, leaving Gu Yue recognizing Yuanen Yehui’s lineage and feeling killing intent.

• Wu Zhangkong exempted Su Mo from the test, explaining that his level-forty-seven Soul Power made him too strong for the available opponents.
• Su Mo asked Wu Sidu to test Yuanen Yehui, but Gu Yue stepped forward to challenge her instead.
• Gu Yue and Yuanen Yehui began fighting, and Gu Yue concealed herself in a blizzard while attacking Yuanen Yehui with wind blades and ice spikes.
• Yuanen Yehui used her Titan Giant Ape Martial Soul, gravity control, and Tungsten Steel Forging Hammers to disperse the blizzard and attack Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue blocked the hammers with an earthen wall, recognized Yuanen Yehui as the descendant of a Titan Giant Ape traitor, and felt killing intent.

Gu Yue won her examination match against Yuanen Yehui after preparing a powerful wind-infused Rasengan that Wu Zhangkong interrupted. Later, Gu Yue asked Su Mo about Xu Xiaoyan’s Martial Soul, and he agreed to explain everything when she came to his room that night.

• Gu Yue gathered wind elements into a Rasengan, and Wu Zhangkong stopped the attack before declaring her the winner over Yuanen Yehui.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that even he could not have withstood Gu Yue’s attack, and Yuanen Yehui left after losing ten thousand contribution points.
• Gu Yue told Su Mo that she had independently developed the Rasengan’s nature transformation through cultivation and research.
• Tang Wulin lost focus while watching Su Mo and Gu Yue talk, took a hit from his opponent, and then suppressed the opponent with his Golden Dragon King’s power.
• Wu Zhangkong noticed Tang Wulin’s lingering feelings for Gu Yue and decided to speak with him after the examination.
• Gu Yue questioned Su Mo about Xu Xiaoyan’s Martial Soul, and Su Mo invited her to his room that night to tell her everything.

Xu Xiaoyan defeated her opponent with a controlled Soul Tool combination, and the group passed the eighth trial with perfect scores. In the next trial, Su Mo, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Sidu entered a forest while Tang Wulin’s group was separated from them.

• Xu Xiaoyan immobilized a Shrek student with Star Brilliance and Star Wheel Chains, then defeated her with three shots from a Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon.
• Su Mo praised Xu Xiaoyan, while Gu Yue recognized how much stronger she had become and Wu Sidu also defeated her opponent.
• Everyone passed the eighth trial with perfect scores, earning Wu Zhangkong’s approval before he led them into the final trial.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that the trial resembled the Spirit Ascension Platform and required the students to survive as long as possible among real Soul Beasts.
• A white light separated the group, leaving Su Mo, Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Sidu in a forest; after hearing a Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear roar, they followed the sound.
• In the monitoring room, Zhuo Shi criticized Su Mo’s group for moving without formation, then praised Tang Wulin for organizing his team.

Su Mo led Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Sidu through the trial and recognized that the wounded Three-Eyed Golden Lion was the real test. After yielding it to Tang Wulin’s group, Su Mo explained that the trial tested whether they could resist greed, and the group left without fighting.

• Su Mo reassured Xu Xiaoyan that the ten-thousand-year Dark-Gold Terrorclaw Bear would leave, and the group watched it fight a Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Wu Sidu identified the golden Soul Beast as the Emperor Auspicious Beast and explained its history and connection to Huo Yuhao.
• Su Mo led the others into a cave, where they found a wounded juvenile Three-Eyed Golden Lion and bound it with Xu Xiaoyan’s Star Wheel Chains.
• Tang Wulin and Xie Xie arrived, and Su Mo agreed to let them have the Three-Eyed Golden Lion before leaving with his companions.
• Su Mo told Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Sidu that the trial tested their ability to resist greed, since fighting Tang Wulin’s group would have eliminated them.

After Shrek revealed that the ninth test had been a simulated test of character, Tang Wulin's group received full marks while Su Mo's group awaited the elders' decision. Cai Yue'er gave Su Mo's group a choice: become work-study students or leave the academy.

• Wu Zhangkong explained that Shrek had simulated the ninth test to judge whether the students would act fairly when competing for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Soul Bone.
• Wu Zhangkong awarded Tang Wulin's group full marks for sharing the Soul Bone without conflict and sent Su Mo's group to the final test.
• Su Mo's group met the three elders, who evaluated the students' performances and awarded Tang Wulin full marks and Xie Xie nine points.
• Cai Yue'er offered Su Mo's group the choice of becoming work-study students or leaving Shrek Academy.

Su Mo and Cai Yue'er confronted each other over Shrek's authority until Ya Li and Na'er arrived, prompting Tang Wulin to reunite with his younger sister. Ya Li recognized Su Mo, whose memories revealed that he had once raised her before faking his death and leaving.

• Su Mo refused Cai Yue'er’s attempt to control him, and Gu Yue, Xu Xiaoyan, and Wu Sidu stood with him.
• Ya Li entered with Na'er, and Tang Wulin recognized his younger sister and embraced her.
• Ya Li introduced Na'er’s adopted older brother Tang Wulin, and Zhuo Shi was delighted by their family connection.
• Ya Li looked at Su Mo with warmth and sorrow, then stopped Feng Wuyu and Zhuo Shi when they tried to reprimand him.
• Su Mo avoided Ya Li’s touch and recalled finding her as a child, staying to raise her, and eventually faking his death to leave.