Chapter Summaries

Chen Yuan returned to Small Lake Village, awakened the children’s Martial Souls, and caught up with Old Chen about life at Shrek Academy. He remembered the Evil Soul Masters who attacked the village and spent time with his companion Dali Gu before they went to catch fish.

• Chen Yuan awakened the village children’s Martial Souls, and Yaya revealed that she had Innate 2.5 Soul Power.
• Chen Yuan and Old Chen discussed how the village had changed and how Chen Yuan had become a Soul Ancestor and the Outer Court’s strongest student at Shrek Academy.
• Chen Yuan recalled how Evil Soul Masters had attacked Small Lake Village when he was eight, and how a mysterious power had killed them before he woke.
• Chen Yuan remembered using the attackers’ Storage Soul Tools to leave the village, obtain his first Soul Ring, and eventually enter Shrek Academy.
• Dali Gu appeared beside Chen Yuan, and the two went to catch fish for grilled fish.

Chen Yuan enrolled Yaya at Star Marsh Primary Spirit Master Academy, then set out for Nine Treasures City after finding no escort mission directly to Shrek City. He arrived late and planned to visit the Nine Treasures Pavilion the next day.

• Chen Yuan enrolled Yaya as a work-study student and left her pocket money, promising to help if anyone bullied her.
• Chen Yuan asked the Nine Treasures Pavilion in Star Marsh City for an escort mission to Shrek City, but the only available mission went to Nine Treasures City.
• Chen Yuan rejected the attendant’s suggestion and decided to travel to Nine Treasures City, where he expected to find a Soul Beast hunting mission.
• Chen Yuan discussed his plans and Dali Gu’s strength as he traveled to Nine Treasures City in less than a day.
• Chen Yuan admired the city’s enormous walls, then found a place to stay for the night before visiting the Nine Treasures Pavilion.

Chen Yuan accepted a Nine Treasures Pavilion mission to hunt a Millennium Strength-type Soul Beast for Ning Tian and Wu Feng. He learned that the two girls were Shrek freshmen, and the three set out for the Star Dou Great Forest together.

• Chen Yuan took the only Nine Treasures Pavilion mission near Shrek City, which offered 30,000 Gold Soul Coins for hunting a Millennium Strength-type Soul Beast.
• A Pavilion staff member brought the mission employers, Ning Tian and Wu Feng, to meet Chen Yuan.
• Chen Yuan introduced himself as a Level 44 Power Attack System Soul Ancestor and agreed to help them hunt the Soul Beast.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng recognized Chen Yuan as a Shrek senior, and the three left to travel toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Chen Yuan led Ning Tian and Wu Feng through the Star Dou Great Forest, where he helped Ning Tian find a suitable Soul Beast. After he defeated an Iron-Armed Ape and Ning Tian began absorbing its Soul Ring, Wu Feng was left trembling under the pressure of Chen Yuan’s Ultimate fire attribute.

• Chen Yuan warned Ning Tian and Wu Feng about a teacher who might be assigned to Freshman Class One, then noticed an injured Iron-Armed Ape suited to Ning Tian.
• Ning Tian chose the Iron-Armed Ape, and Chen Yuan summoned his Flame Gauntlet while Ning Tian boosted his speed with her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Chen Yuan broke the ape’s arm, hurled it from a tree, and struck it with Eighteen Arhat Fist until its fur was scorched black.
• Ning Tian killed the weakened Iron-Armed Ape and began absorbing its purple Soul Ring.
• Wu Feng trembled and could not summon her Martial Soul because Chen Yuan’s Ultimate fire aura suppressed her.

Chen Yuan guarded Ning Tian as she absorbed a Millennium Soul Ring, then survived a vast spiritual wave and received Electrolux's remnant soul in his Sea of Consciousness. He moved Ning Tian and Wu Feng to safety and waited nearby, intending to collect the thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Chen Yuan helped Wu Feng up, and she wondered why his Martial Soul made her feel such intense fear.
• Chen Yuan and Wu Feng guarded Ning Tian as she smoothly absorbed a Millennium Soul Ring and grew stronger.
• A vast spiritual fluctuation swept across the Star Dou Great Forest, but Chen Yuan's Fire Elephant Star Seal protected him.
• Chen Yuan took out the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife as a gray wisp of air entered his Sea of Consciousness and revealed itself as Electrolux's remnant soul.
• Chen Yuan told Dali Gu they had gained a teammate, then moved Ning Tian and Wu Feng beneath a tree and waited for them to wake.

After completing Ning Tian and Wu Feng’s soul-hunting mission, Chen Yuan escorted them toward Shrek City and reunited with Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao. The group camped together for the night, where Chen Yuan took the first watch after tasting Huo Yuhao’s unusually delicious grilled fish.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng woke, paid Chen Yuan for the mission, and promised him an additional reward for protecting them.
• Chen Yuan escorted Ning Tian and Wu Feng out of the Star Dou Great Forest and encountered Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao on the way to Shrek City.
• Chen Yuan introduced the two Nine Treasures Glazed Sect students to Bei Bei and Tang Ya, whose strained history with the sect left Tang Ya displeased.
• At Bei Bei’s invitation, the group camped together, and Huo Yuhao grilled fish while Bei Bei electrofished in the stream.
• Chen Yuan sampled Huo Yuhao’s grilled fish, found its flavor extraordinary, and stayed up to keep watch while the others attended to cultivation and Huo Yuhao.

After helping Huo Yuhao survive the night, Chen Yuan returned to Shrek Academy with Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and the others for freshman registration. He refused to help with the crowded admissions work, intending to slack off despite being paid one Gold Soul Coin a day.

• Bei Bei helped Huo Yuhao purge filthy blood through the night, and the group waited until sunrise to absorb the purple qi.
• Bei Bei and Tang Ya discussed Huo Yuhao's poor physical condition and considered buying him a Mystic Water Pill.
• Chen Yuan explained that he avoided revealing his Ultimate Fire and wanted to stay clear of Shrek's dangerous privileged elites.
• Chen Yuan, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Huo Yuhao, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian reached Shrek Academy and entered through its East City Gate.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei admired the academy's statues, while Ning Tian viewed the statues of Ning Rongrong and Tang San with disgust.
• When staff called on Chen Yuan to help with freshman registration, he refused and said he had come to slack off.

Chen Yuan helped Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng with freshman registration, then used his influence to keep Huo Yuhao out of Zhou Yi’s class. As he sorted records of powerful freshmen, Xiao Xiao arrived to register, and Chen Yuan recognized her as a future Twin Martial Souls owner but hesitated over whether to report it.

• Chen Yuan registered Huo Yuhao, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, arranged their dormitory keys, and kept Huo Yuhao from being assigned to Zhou Yi’s class.
• Chen Yuan told Bei Bei that he would handle the registration of Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then sent the group to the dormitory with Bei Bei.
• Chen Yuan planned to make sure Wang Dong was placed in the Female Dormitory when she arrived the next day.
• Chen Yuan finished meditating and sorted registration records to identify freshmen who had entered above Level 20.
• Xiao Xiao rushed to Chen Yuan’s registration station, where he checked her introduction letter and gave her forms to complete.
• Chen Yuan learned Xiao Xiao was a Level 19 Control System Soul Master with the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and wondered whether to report her Twin Martial Souls.

Chen Yuan brought new student Xiao Xiao to Dean Yan Shaozhe after she revealed that she had Twin Martial Souls. Yan Shaozhe was stunned when Xiao Xiao demonstrated both Martial Souls at once.

• Chen Yuan explained that the academy prioritized talented students with high cultivation, prompting Xiao Xiao to ask about meeting the director of studies.
• Xiao Xiao revealed her Twin Martial Souls to Chen Yuan, who promised to keep her secret and took her to meet Dean Yan Shaozhe.
• Chen Yuan introduced Xiao Xiao to Yan Shaozhe as a genius despite her being only level 19.
• At Chen Yuan's urging, Xiao Xiao released her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and Nine-Phoenix Flute simultaneously, shocking Yan Shaozhe.

Chen Yuan discovered a faint connection between his Flame Gauntlet’s Dragon Soul and Xiao Xiao’s two Martial Souls, while Yan Shaozhe made Xiao Xiao a Core Disciple and assigned Chen Yuan to help her. Chen Yuan warned Xiao Xiao against reckless Twin Martial Soul cultivation and left her hopeful about a possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill as he escorted her to the dormitory.

• Dali Gu pointed out a faint connection between Chen Yuan’s Martial Soul and Xiao Xiao’s Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and Nine-Phoenix Flute.
• Yan Shaozhe appointed Xiao Xiao a Core Disciple, asked Chen Yuan to take her to the dormitory, and gave him a Beast Fighting Arena token for her future Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan handed Yan Shaozhe the files for students above Rank 20 and left with Xiao Xiao, who thanked him for bringing her to the academy.
• Chen Yuan warned Xiao Xiao that cultivating her unrelated Twin Martial Souls together could make their origins clash and kill her.
• Xiao Xiao asked whether they could develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Chen Yuan urged her not to pin her hopes on it or give up her own choices.
• Chen Yuan offered to help Xiao Xiao at Dormitory 316 and escorted her to the dormitory, leaving her captivated by him.

Chen Yuan sold Xiao Xiao a Mystic Water Pill and arranged to help her find a suitable soul beast, then returned to the dorm and told Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi that he had a martial soul connection with a new junior sister. The three planned to visit the Treasure Appreciation Fair, where Chen Yuan intended to sell a “priceless treasure.”

• Chen Yuan sold Xiao Xiao a Mystic Water Pill for 800 Gold Soul Coins and told her to meet him the next afternoon so he could take her to Elder Gong at the Beast Fighting Arena.
• Chen Yuan returned to the dorm, where Xu Sanshi confronted him for missing their dinner plans and teased him about spending time with a new junior sister.
• Chen Yuan explained that his martial soul had a connection with the junior sister, prompting Xu Sanshi to envy the possibility of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill and Bei Bei to congratulate him.
• Chen Yuan, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi headed out to eat and then visit the Treasure Appreciation Fair, where Chen Yuan said he had a “priceless treasure” to sell.

Chen Yuan brought a rare Ten-Year Torso Soul Bone to Shrek City’s Treasure Appreciation Fair, where its rarity surprised Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi despite its lack of practical value. The fair offered him three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the chapter ended with the choice of accepting the offer or trying an auction.

• Chen Yuan, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi went to the Treasure Appreciation Fair to have their credit limits reassessed and look for discounted purchases.
• Chen Yuan revealed a Ten-Year Torso Soul Bone, astonishing Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi with its rarity.
• Xu Sanshi and Bei Bei learned that the Soul Bone came from a Wind Wolf and discussed its unusual collector’s value.
• A senior attendant examined the Soul Bone and offered Chen Yuan three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, noting that an auction might bring a higher price.

Chen Yuan registered Wang Dong and exposed her as a girl, then took Xiao Xiao to the Beast Fighting Arena to discuss her next Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Chen Yuan advising Xiao Xiao to develop her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron toward power attacks by increasing its weight.

• Chen Yuan decided to sell the ten-year Soul Bone at the Treasure Appreciation Fair, and he and his companions left after finding nothing else they wanted.
• Wang Dong arrived to register, but Chen Yuan identified her Light Goddess Butterfly as a Martial Soul found only in exceptionally beautiful girls and sent her to the Female Dormitory.
• Rumors spread through the academy that a pretty girl had tried to disguise herself as a boy to live in the Male Dormitory.
• Xiao Xiao asked Chen Yuan to take her to the Beast Fighting Arena so she could pursue her second Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan recommended that Xiao Xiao focus on the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron's power and use Soul Rings that increased its weight.

Chen Yuan advised Xiao Xiao on developing her control abilities and brought her to the Beast Pen to find a second Soul Ring. He defeated a Black Gold Ant for her, leaving Xiao Xiao to deliver the final blow.

• Chen Yuan advised Xiao Xiao to use the Nine-Phoenix Flute for control and learned that her first Soul Skill could damage and stun nearby enemies.
• Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao visited Gong Changlong, who checked Xiao Xiao’s cultivation and selected a Black Gold Ant with metal and earth attributes for her Soul Ring.
• Chen Yuan entered the Beast Fighting Arena and stunned Xiao Xiao by revealing his four Soul Rings, including a black one.
• Chen Yuan activated Flame Pattern, swiftly broke the Black Gold Ant’s exoskeleton, and called Xiao Xiao into the arena to kill it.
• Dali Gu complained that Chen Yuan had not let him fight, and Chen Yuan promised to let him participate next time.

Xiao Xiao absorbed a Black Gold Ant Soul Ring and gained Thousand-Jun Suppression, while Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao’s connection deepened after they left the Beast Fighting Arena. Dali Gu discovered that the Pillar of Courage was forcing it to mediate between the Soul Power in their bodies.

• Chen Yuan defeated a Black Gold Ant, and Xiao Xiao killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring while Gong Changlong complained about the damaged floor.
• Gong Changlong discussed Chen Yuan’s unusual Martial Soul and his plans for future Soul Rings, offering to help him hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xiao Xiao completed her absorption and revealed Thousand-Jun Suppression, which doubled the weight of her cauldrons and slowed Soul Power in targets she struck.
• Chen Yuan grabbed Xiao Xiao and fled the Beast Fighting Arena, then sensed their connection strengthening as Soul Power from their bodies collided and weakened their auras.
• Dali Gu noticed the Pillar of Courage glowing more strongly and found that it had forced Dali Gu between Chen Yuan’s power and the foreign force entering his body.

Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao's Soul Power fused, and Chen Yuan suspected the Pillar of Courage had helped stabilize Dali Gu's fate. After finding Xiao Xiao unconscious, he carried her to his dormitory, where Mu En advised him to keep their Soul Power fused through the night.

• Dali Gu's Soul Power fused with Xiao Xiao's within his body, and he felt that the world had acknowledged him before returning to Chen Yuan's Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Yuan reassured Dali Gu and speculated that Xiao Xiao's Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron had stabilized his fate, while their connected fates might also protect Chen Yuan.
• Chen Yuan woke outside with Xiao Xiao unconscious on top of him and discovered their fused Soul Power had raised him to level 45 and could strengthen his meridians.
• Unable to take Xiao Xiao to her dormitory after the academy gates closed, Chen Yuan carried her toward his own dormitory.
• Mu En sensed the fused Soul Power and told Chen Yuan to keep it flowing between them through the night for their mutual benefit.

Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao’s Soul Power fused unexpectedly, leaving Xiao Xiao unconscious and Chen Yuan to care for her overnight while continuing their cultivation. The fusion strengthened both of their meridians and raised their levels, and they planned to ask a teacher about their unusual connection after class.

• Chen Yuan brought the unconscious Xiao Xiao to his dormitory, where Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi helped make room for him to maintain their fused Soul Power overnight.
• Chen Yuan circulated the fused Soul Power through both their meridians, strengthening his own foundation and nourishing Xiao Xiao’s meridians.
• Xiao Xiao woke in Chen Yuan’s dormitory and discovered that her cultivation had reached level twenty-three and her meridians had become tougher.
• Xiao Xiao briefly fused Soul Power with Chen Yuan again and realized that the fusion increased the speed of its circulation, though it had not produced a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Chen Yuan and Xiao Xiao agreed to attend their first freshman class and consult a teacher about their connection afterward, and he told her to meet him by the cafeteria at noon.

Chen Yuan, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi prepared for Shrek's Upgrade Assessment, while Chen Yuan reflected on his goals and the choices facing students advancing to Fourth Grade. The chapter ended as the students arrived at the Beast Fighting Arena to begin the assessment.

• After Xiao Xiao left, Chen Yuan told Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi to stop pretending to be in Deep Meditation and get ready for the exam.
• Chen Yuan said he planned to ask Mu En about the Martial Soul Fusion Skill he shared with Xiao Xiao, while Xu Sanshi worried about having angered the academy's higher-ups.
• Chen Yuan reflected that he wanted to grow strong enough to protect Small Lake Village and ordinary people, and the three rushed to class without breakfast.
• Chen Yuan explained that Fourth Grade students could choose between the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department, then Xu Sanshi decided he would repeat a year to stay classmates with Jiang Nannan.
• A teacher led the students to the Beast Fighting Arena and explained that the assessment required them to face Soul Beasts at least a thousand years old, though they did not have to defeat them.

Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and Chen Yuan completed their upgrade assessments, earning 125, 70, and 140 points respectively. After congratulating Chen Yuan, Bei Bei asked him to check how Huo Yuhao was doing in Class Nine, and Chen Yuan left to handle his own matters.

• Bei Bei arranged the order of battle, and Jiang Nannan defeated a Millennium Black Panther with her speed and Soul Skills to score 125 points.
• Tang Ya struggled against an airborne Rock Bird, used Blue Silver Grass and hidden weapons to try to bring it down, and received 70 points after the proctor ended the match.
• Chen Yuan activated Heart of Flame and blasted a Flame Lion away with one Ligu Fireball, earning 140 points.
• Bei Bei comforted Tang Ya, then congratulated Chen Yuan and asked him to find out how Huo Yuhao was getting along in Class Nine.
• Chen Yuan agreed and left the assessment venue, reflecting critically on Tang Ya and the Tang Sect's reliance on Bei Bei and Huo Yuhao.

Chen Yuan confronted Zhou Yi after seeing her make freshmen run one hundred laps, reminding them of her past abuse of students and exposing her poor standing. He left to look into Mu Jin, a teacher in another freshman class, while Wang Dong'er began questioning whether she should change classes.

• Chen Yuan watched Zhou Yi make the freshmen run one hundred laps and greeted Wang Dong'er after she finished.
• Zhou Yi recognized Chen Yuan, who mocked her teaching and challenged her to offer useful cultivation advice or defeat him before walking away.
• The freshmen saw Zhou Yi back down from Chen Yuan, and Wang Dong'er wondered whether she should switch classes.
• Chen Yuan considered visiting Mu Jin's class and recalled that her younger brother studied alongside him at Shrek.