Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao struggled with the Evil Fire, while Xu Tinglan learned that Mu En had reached the end of his lifespan and suspected Huo Yuhao would infiltrate Sun Moon Academy. At the exchange students’ arrival in Maple Leaf City, Xu Tinglan questioned a disguised Huo Yuhao about his name.

• Yan Shaozhe told Ma Xiaotao that her Evil Fire had damaged her martial soul and that she had to master it or be consumed by it.
• Long Xiaoyao waited with powerful Soul Masters at Returning Phoenix Pavilion and greeted an old friend.
• More than a year later, Xiao Hongchen told Xu Tinglan that Shrek’s Dragon God Douluo, Mu En, had reached the end of his lifespan.
• Xu Tinglan suspected Huo Yuhao would use his freedom to infiltrate Sun Moon Academy and traveled with Jing Hongchen and Elder Ma to meet Shrek’s exchange students.
• At Maple Leaf Square, Xu Tinglan noticed an ordinary-looking young man beneath a maple tree and asked him his name; Huo Yuhao’s heart clenched as his disguise was tested.

Huo Yuhao joined Shrek’s exchange students under a false appearance, but Xu Tinglan recognized enough to provoke him and expose old secrets about Shrek. The confrontation ended without violence, while Xu Tinglan sensed that someone among the students was hiding something.

• Huo Yuhao concealed his identity and aura, but Xu Tinglan singled him out and mocked his past tricks beneath the stage.
• He Caitou delivered Xu Sanshi’s letter to Xu Tinglan as Ye Xiaosheng and the other students gathered around them.
• Xu Tinglan accused Yan Shaozhe of expelling students to protect Ma Xiaotao, and Yan Shaozhe realized Xu Sanshi had revealed Shrek’s secrets.
• Xu Tinglan challenged Yan Shaozhe about Mu En’s Bright Dragon Core inheritance, provoking the dean and leaving him furious.
• Jing Hongchen watched the exchange and reflected on Xu Tinglan’s divination, while Xu Tinglan sensed that one of the people hiding behind the others was not as simple as he seemed.

As the exchange students traveled to the Sun Moon Empire, Meng Hongchen refused to leave, and Jing Hongchen agreed to send another student in her place. Xu Tinglan continued to suspect Huo Yuhao and planned to have the Shrek students closely watched once they reached Sun Moon Academy.

• Meng Hongchen embraced Xu Tinglan and said she did not want to go to Shrek, so Jing Hongchen agreed to send another student instead.
• Jing Hongchen carried the group toward the Sun Moon Empire on his golden wings, impressing Fan Yu with his Soul Tool.
• Xu Tinglan scrutinized Huo Yuhao, who met his gaze while wondering how he had attracted suspicion.
• Xu Tinglan decided to report his suspicions to Jing Hongchen and arrange strict surveillance of the exchange students.
• The group arrived at Ming Capital, where Huo Yuhao admired the city's lights and busy streets.

Lin Jiayi welcomed the Shrek exchange students to Sun Moon Academy and brought them to its Physical Testing Room. The tests revealed that Shrek’s Soul Tool Department students were physically stronger than Sun Moon Academy students of the same level.

• Jing Hongchen left with Fan Yu while Xu Tinglan stayed to watch the Shrek students.
• Lin Jiayi greeted the exchange students, explained their study opportunities, and distributed identity cards and maps through the teachers.
• Lin Jiayi led the students to the Physical Testing Room and explained that teachers would record their physical condition.
• Ye Xiaosheng underwent a scan that measured more than thirty details, including Soul Power, strength, flexibility, and Soul Bone information.
• The Shrek students took turns being tested, and Lin Jiayi grew grave as their physical strength surpassed that of Sun Moon Academy students at comparable levels.

Xu Tinglan watched He Caitou and Huo Yuhao undergo physical testing at Mingde Hall, where their extraordinary results exposed them as monsters by Shrek’s standards. After Huo Yuhao praised Shrek and dismissed Sun Moon Academy, Xu Tinglan challenged him, leaving a confrontation about to begin.

• He Caitou’s test revealed Soul Power Level 51, powerful physical attributes, and a torso Soul Bone, astonishing the gathered students.
• Huo Yuhao stepped onto the tester while Xu Tinglan watched, and the results showed Soul Power Level 48, formidable physical strength and resilience, and a right arm bone.
• Huo Yuhao abandoned his simple act, introduced Shrek as Monster Academy, and took pride in being called a monster.
• Xu Tinglan described Sun Moon Academy’s opportunities for commoners and its research into Civilian Soul Tools, but Huo Yuhao still insisted that Shrek’s tradition was superior.
• Xu Tinglan released an overwhelming aura, took a fighting stance, and told Huo Yuhao he would teach him how to behave.

Ye Xiaosheng challenged Xu Tinglan after boasting about Shrek, then learned Xu had led Sun Moon Academy to victory over Shrek and killed its vice-captain. The students gathered in the arena, where Xu rejected the friendly-exchange framing and vowed to shatter Shrek’s confidence, leaving Ye worried about the fight ahead.

• Ye Xiaosheng defended Shrek’s honor, insulted Xu Tinglan, and accepted his challenge to fight in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Huo Yuhao warned Ye that Xu had captained Sun Moon’s team two years earlier, won the championship from Shrek, and killed Dai Yueheng, but Ye still chose to fight.
• Ye told his companions to observe Xu’s Soul Tools, while Huo Yuhao and He Caitou discussed how the academy’s testing had exposed their strength.
• Lin Jiayi began the friendly exchange, but Xu Tinglan interrupted and declared that he would shatter Shrek’s belief that they were invincible.
• The Sun Moon students cheered for Xu as Ye asked Huo Yuhao whether he could still make it back for dinner.

Xu Tinglan defeated Ye Xiaosheng brutally in the tournament match, then called Huo Yuhao onto the platform for a spar. Huo Yuhao agreed, hoping to measure the gap between them after taking the Divine Pill.

• Lin Jiayi started the match, and Xu Tinglan used the Four-Winged Patrol Angel to evade Ye Xiaosheng's cannon fire and smash through his defenses.
• Xu Tinglan struck Ye Xiaosheng repeatedly, knocked him down, and broke his limbs after Ye Xiaosheng challenged him to kill him.
• Fan Yu apologized to Director Lin and Xu Tinglan for the trouble, and Ye Xiaosheng was carried away unconscious.
• Xu Tinglan reflected that Ye Xiaosheng remained on his death list and worried about Xiao Hongchen's time at Shrek.
• Xu Tinglan called Huo Yuhao onto the platform, and Huo Yuhao agreed to spar so he could assess his strength after taking the Divine Pill.

Huo Yuhao fought Xu Tinglan in an exchange match at Sun Moon Academy, but Xu Tinglan overwhelmed him and beat him badly. Xu Tinglan let the old grudge go for now after Huo Yuhao apologized, though Huo Yuhao privately remained intent on using underhanded methods again.

• Huo Yuhao convinced himself the match was reconnaissance and entered the arena against Xu Tinglan.
• Huo Yuhao opened with a heavy cannon, but Xu Tinglan dodged the shot and battered him in close combat.
• Huo Yuhao used Sovereign of the World, but Xu Tinglan countered with Emperor Sword—Treading the Empyrean and sent him crashing onto the platform.
• Xu Tinglan pursued Huo Yuhao, struck him repeatedly, and explained that he was retaliating for Huo Yuhao's cheating two years earlier.
• Xu Tinglan warned Huo Yuhao to stop sneaking around and said he would let the old incident go, while Huo Yuhao apologized and privately rejected that promise.

Xu Tinglan exposed Huo Yuhao’s disguise after defeating him and reported his identity to Jing Hongchen. Jing Hongchen realized Huo Yuhao had come to Mingde Hall to steal blueprints and might eventually destroy it.

• Xu Tinglan dismissed Huo Yuhao’s excuses as he left with He Caitou, while Fan Yu told Shrek’s students to accept the loss and win fairly in the future.
• Xu Tinglan reassured Lin Jiayi that he had controlled his strength, then accompanied him to Jing Hongchen’s office.
• Lin Jiayi reported the exchange students’ abilities, and Jing Hongchen instructed him to proceed with their lessons as usual.
• Xu Tinglan told Jing Hongchen that he had beaten two Shrek students and discovered that Mu Qing was actually Huo Yuhao.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi out, then discussed Huo Yuhao’s disguise, his ability to copy Core Arrays, and his plans for Mingde Hall.

Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan planned to lure Huo Yuhao into stealing fake Soul Tool designs, then kill him after the exchange. Recovering from his beating, Huo Yuhao secretly inspected his dormitory for surveillance and prepared to continue his espionage.

• Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan decided to attack Huo Yuhao on the way back after the exchange, provided no students died beforehand.
• Xu Tinglan proposed feeding Huo Yuhao fake Core Arrays, and Jing Hongchen agreed to use traps and anti-detection systems to mislead Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan discussed the Sun Moon Empire's ambition to reclaim its lost territory and former name.
• Huo Yuhao recovered in the medical room, worried about the still-unconscious Xiao Sheng, then asked He Caitou to take him to the dormitory building.
• Huo Yuhao searched his dormitory for surveillance devices and decided he would betray Sun Moon Academy's trust.

Xu Tinglan discovered that Jiang Nannan had turned his childhood explanation of a steam engine into a working invention and credited him as its first developer. At the Sixth-Year Experimental Zone, Huo Yuhao objected to being assigned a Level 6 teacher while the other exchange students received Level 7 instructors.

• Xuan Ziwen showed Xu Tinglan the steam engine blueprint and praised the invention as a new path for people without Soul Power.
• Xu Tinglan remembered explaining the steam engine’s basic principle to Jiang Nannan years earlier and realized she had developed it herself.
• Xu Tinglan learned that Xuan Ziwen would not be teaching Shrek’s exchange students and headed to the Experimental Zone.
• Lin Jiayi assigned the nine exchange students teachers, giving Huo Yuhao a Level 6 instructor because he wore a Level 3 badge.
• Huo Yuhao challenged the assignment, and Lin Jiayi pointed out that a Level 6 teacher was sufficient for a Level 3 student.

Xu Tinglan visited Jiang Nannan's laboratory and saw the steam engine she had built from his earlier idea. He then agreed to help Lan Xiu find a spiritual Soul Beast and set out with Jiang Nannan and Ju Zi to test the All-Terrain Self-Propelled Soul Tool.

• Xu Tinglan visited Jiang Nannan and inspected her completed steam engine, which she credited to his guidance.
• Ju Zi arrived with oranges, and Jiang Nannan invited Xu Tinglan to join the delayed test of the All-Terrain Self-Propelled Soul Tool.
• Lan Xiu told Xu Tinglan that Huo Yuhao had revealed his Soul Engineer abilities and was secretly using spiritual fluctuations.
• Xu Tinglan agreed to help Lan Xiu find a spiritual-type Soul Beast and accepted his Hunting Order.
• Jiang Nannan and Ju Zi met Xu Tinglan outside the dormitory, and the three left to test the Soul Tool.

Xu Tinglan, Ju Zi, and Jiang Nannan traveled to the Jingyang Mountain Range to test a new Soul Tool and search for a Soul Beast. After sharing a meal with two young orphans, they reached the dangerous mountain range and set up camp.

• Xu Tinglan considered the Golden Hawksbill as his ideal Soul Beast but recognized that obtaining one from the Star Dou Forest was nearly impossible.
• During a rest on their journey, Ju Zi cooked while Jiang Nannan shared her ambition to become a Level 9 Soul Master and raise her family’s status.
• Ju Zi gave meat to a young man and girl who said they were orphans, and Xu Tinglan reflected on their circumstances before the group continued traveling.
• Xu Tinglan, Ju Zi, and Jiang Nannan reached the Jingyang Mountain Range at sunset and quickly set up camp.

Xu Tinglan subdued a Golden-Maned Flame Lion, named it Dahuang, and used its presence to frighten away two Red Gold Tigers pursuing Sun Moon soldiers. After hearing about a previously unknown Soul Beast estimated to be eighty thousand years old, he considered investigating it.

• Xu Tinglan defeated the Golden-Maned Flame Lion with his bare hands and made it submit, then named it Dahuang.
• Ju Zi suggested slaughtering the lion for food and materials, but Xu Tinglan said it did not meet the Hunting Order's requirements.
• Xu Tinglan, Ju Zi, and Jiang Nannan rode toward the mountain ridge and encountered two Red Gold Tigers chasing a five-man military squad.
• Xu Tinglan's arrival on Dahuang frightened the Red Gold Tigers into fleeing, and the squad's captain, Luo Yu, thanked him.
• Luo Yu told them that a gray-black rift had appeared near a mining site and released an unknown Soul Beast, triggering a riot estimated to involve an eighty-thousand-year beast.
• After Luo Yu and his injured teammates withdrew, Ju Zi asked Xu Tinglan whether he intended to investigate the Soul Beast.

Xu Tinglan used Fate Judgment to assess the danger of pursuing the Gray Rift’s eighty-thousand-year Soul Beast and chose to investigate while Ju Zi and Jiang Nannan accompanied him. They reached the Ninth Garrison Legion’s territory, where a stern officer ordered them to leave.

• Xu Tinglan glimpsed danger and opportunity through Fate Judgment, then decided to investigate the Gray Rift while Ju Zi and Jiang Nannan reported to the academy.
• Jiang Nannan insisted on joining Xu Tinglan, and Ju Zi offered the Fire Dragon Token as a way to call on the Ninth Garrison Legion if needed.
• Xu Tinglan released Dahuang, and the three traveled deeper into the mountains inside the concealed All-Terrain Detection Soul Tool.
• Xu Tinglan used the Eye of Distant Star Judgment to monitor the surroundings while the group meditated overnight inside the vehicle.
• After two days, the group reached the Ninth Garrison Legion’s territory, where Xu Sheng approached with nine soldiers and ordered them to leave.

Xu Tinglan and Ju Zi used the Crown Prince’s tokens to command Xu Sheng to lead them to the Soul Beast that had devastated the Ninth Army’s camp. Xu Tinglan identified it as a Chaos Beast and charged forward in his Two-Word Battle Armor, Martial Venerable, leaving Xu Sheng stunned by his sudden rise to Soul Douluo-level power.

• Xu Tinglan and Ju Zi showed Xu Sheng their tokens, and Ju Zi ordered him to guide them to the Eighty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xu Sheng led the group through the Jingyang Mountain Range, where they found corpses and a rift beside a strange black Soul Beast.
• Electrolux identified the creature as a young Chaos Beast whose combat strength rivaled a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and offered to help Xu Tinglan suppress it.
• Xu Tinglan decided to fight the Chaos Beast and told Xu Sheng to direct his men according to the situation.
• Xu Tinglan donned his Two-Word Battle Armor, Martial Venerable, and his Soul Power surged from level sixty to level eighty, astonishing Xu Sheng.

Xu Tinglan and Ju Zi used the crown prince’s tokens to order Xu Sheng to lead them to the Eighty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast terrorizing the Jingyang Mountain Range. There, Xu Tinglan learned the beast was a Chaos Beast and charged it in his Two-Word Battle Armor, revealing Soul Douluo-level Soul Power.

• Xu Tinglan showed Xu Sheng the Sun Moon Crown Prince Token, while Ju Zi presented the Eight Desolations Fire Dragon Token and ordered Xu Sheng to guide them to the beast.
• Xu Sheng recounted how the mysterious Soul Beast had killed his soldiers, but he obeyed Ju Zi’s command to hunt it down.
• Xu Sheng led the group through a trail of mangled corpses to a black beast beside a rift in the air.
• Electrolux identified the creature as a juvenile Chaos Beast whose combat power rivaled a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and offered to help suppress it.
• Xu Tinglan charged the Chaos Beast in his Two-Word Battle Armor, Martial Venerable, and his Soul Power surged from level sixty to level eighty, stunning Xu Sheng.

Xu Tinglan absorbed the Chaos Beast’s Soul Ring, gained the Chaos Descent skill, and returned to Sun Moon Academy with his companions. There, he learned that a freshman named Di Xi was fighting the Snow Empress and headed to find out more.

• Xu Tinglan stored the Chaos Beast’s Soul Ring and corpse, then recovered for a day and a night before absorbing the ring with Electrolux’s guidance.
• Xu Tinglan gained the Sixth Soul Skill, Chaos Descent, and his Black Tortoise Shield transformed into the Chaos Black Tortoise Shield.
• Xu Tinglan led his companions to Fifth Peak, where they killed a Ten-Thousand-Year Chaos Silver Wolf King suitable for Lan Xiu’s Fifth Soul Ring, then returned to the academy.
• Xu Tinglan learned from Huang Hao that a freshman called Di Xi was fighting the Snow Empress and that the battle had moved from the cafeteria to the Soul Fighting Zone.
• Xu Tinglan asked where the fighters were and gave Huang Hao a piece of rare metal as payment for the information.

Xu Tinglan interrupted a fierce fight between the Snow Empress and the Golden-Haired Girl, whom he recognized as the Emperor Auspicious Beast. After they went to eat, the girl angrily accused him of still wanting to ride her, and bit him when he tried to hush her.

• Xu Tinglan flew to the Soul Fighting Zone and found the Snow Empress battling a Golden-Haired Girl whose power rivaled hers.
• The Snow Empress and the girl shattered the Frost Sword and strained the arena’s protective barriers with their attacks.
• Xu Tinglan used his sixth Soul Ring to appear between them, seize the Snow Empress’s wrist and the Golden Dragon Spear, and suppress both women’s powers with black mist.
• The Snow Empress blamed the girl for starting the fight, while the girl warned Xu Tinglan that the Golden Dragon Spear could drain his life force.
• Xu Tinglan invited the two women to eat, and the group went to Mingde Hall’s cafeteria with Ju Zi and Jiang Nannan.
• Xu Tinglan asked the Golden-Haired Girl to turn back, prompting her to accuse him of wanting to ride her and bite his hand when he covered her mouth.

Xu Tinglan spent time with Xi Yue before the story shifted to Huo Yuhao secretly copying Sun Moon Academy’s Soul Tool blueprints for Shrek. Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan caught Fan Yu as he tried to carry the blueprints away, leaving Fan Yu to conceal his mission.

• Xu Tinglan and Xi Yue shared a meal with Ju Zi, and Xu Tinglan gave the golden-haired girl the codename Xi Yue.
• Lan Xiu reached Soul King, He Caitou entered the Inner Court, and Huo Yuhao also reached Soul King with Sun Moon Academy’s help obtaining his Soul Ring.
• Four months later, Huo Yuhao gave Fan Yu dozens of Soul Tool blueprints he had secretly copied and asked him to send them to Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen noticed Fan Yu’s location marker moving away from Sun Moon Academy and invited Xu Tinglan to go after him.
• Jing Hongchen and Xu Tinglan caught up with Fan Yu in the air, and Fan Yu stopped and claimed he had urgent business at Shrek.