Chapter Summaries

Mu En, Elder Lin, and Bei Bei arrived at Lin Feng’s floating academy, where Bei Bei urged the others to approach its staff peacefully and avoid questioning the academy’s legitimacy. As they headed to find Zhang Yang, a mysterious old man appeared before Mu En and Bei Bei, stirring a familiar feeling in their bloodlines.

• Mu En and Elder Lin marveled at the floating academy, while Elder Lin criticized its reliance on Soul Tools and worried about its safety.
• Mu En explained that the academy’s altitude made ordinary guards unnecessary and noticed Lin Feng’s statue in the plaza.
• Mu En asked Bei Bei for advice, and Bei Bei urged a sincere, peaceful approach without raising the matter of originals and counterfeits.
• Mu En praised Bei Bei’s observations and reminded Elder Lin not to act rashly.
• Bei Bei led Mu En and Elder Lin toward the Enforcement Office to find Zhang Yang, but a white-haired old man suddenly appeared and blocked their way, feeling familiar to Mu En and Bei Bei.

Mu En visited Lin Feng’s academy to apologize for Shrek’s misconduct and negotiate the release of its detained members. Bei Xin accepted the apology and led the group to the Confinement Room, where he revealed that he was a Rank 99 Limit Douluo with the Radiant Sacred Dragon martial soul, while Lin Feng received new system rewards.

• Mu En introduced himself as Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion Master and asked Bei Xin to arrange a meeting with Dean Lin Feng.
• Bei Xin said Lin Feng was unavailable but offered to convey Shrek’s message, and Mu En agreed despite Elder Lin’s displeasure.
• Mu En apologized for Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, Er Ming, and the others, then agreed to pay the price for their release.
• Bei Xin accepted Mu En’s apology and led Mu En, Elder Lin, and Bei Bei toward the Confinement Room.
• Bei Xin revealed that he was a Rank 99 Limit Douluo whose martial soul was the Radiant Sacred Dragon, shocking Mu En, Bei Bei, and Elder Lin.
• Lin Feng received system rewards including Yun Ming, Yue Zhengyu, and Long Yeyue, and reacted with surprise to Long Yeyue’s arrival.

Lin Feng reviewed Long Yeyue’s profile and saw that the system had removed her troubling traits. Meanwhile, Mu En realized Shrek Academy’s guards included formidable Title Douluo and followed Bei Xin to the Confinement Room, where three captives recognized him.

• Lin Feng recalled Long Yeyue’s reckless actions and noted that the system had removed her emotional memories and other harmful traits.
• Mu En sensed Bei Xin’s strength and concluded that the academy held several powerful fighters under the mysterious Dean Lin Feng.
• Bei Xin led Mu En and his companions to the Confinement Room, saying Zhang Yang would show them the prisoners before negotiations continued.
• Zhang Yang opened the Confinement Room, and Mu En entered with Bei Bei and Elder Lin.
• Three people inside the Confinement Room called out to Mu En at once.

Mu En arrived to rescue Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Xuan Zi, but Xuan Zi sabotaged the negotiations by demanding Shrek Academy’s secret method for increasing soul ring age limits. Long Yeyue struck him down, leaving him bloodied on the floor as she demanded he repeat his words.

• Mu En arrived with Bei Bei, and Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo apologized for failing their mission while Xuan Zi showed no remorse.
• Elder Lin warned that Shrek Academy would have to pay dearly to ransom them, but Xuan Zi objected and insisted their captors were at fault.
• Zhang Yang threatened that they would not leave unless the price satisfied Dean Lin Feng, and Xuan Zi responded by declaring the other academy had no right to use the Shrek name.
• Mu En tried to calm Bei Xin and Zhang Yang, but Xuan Zi demanded the method for increasing soul ring age limits as payment for Shrek Academy’s help.
• Long Yeyue rushed into the confinement room, slapped Xuan Zi into a metal wall, and demanded he repeat what he had said.

Long Yeyue struck Xuan Zi after his insulting remarks, and Mu En apologized to Bei Xin’s group to prevent the confrontation from escalating. Mu En agreed to negotiate compensation so Shrek Academy could take its three people back, while Xuan Zi remained furious after the group left the Confinement Room.

• Long Yeyue slapped Xuan Zi, knocking out more than a dozen of his teeth and stunning Bei Bei and the others.
• Mu En apologized to Bei Xin and his companions for Xuan Zi’s remarks and ordered Xuan Zi to shut up when he tried to protest.
• Long Yeyue warned that she would cut out Xuan Zi’s tongue if he spoke disrespectfully again.
• Mu En asked to negotiate compensation and promised to meet Bei Xin’s demands so Shrek Academy could take its people away.
• Bei Xin said Xuan Zi’s offense would increase the compensation, and Mu En agreed.
• After the Confinement Room door closed, Xuan Zi trembled with rage over the humiliation.

Mu En and Elder Lin reviewed the compensation terms Bei Xin presented for Shrek Academy’s offenses, and Mu En agreed to the enormous monetary payment and Soul Bone demand. The third demand for a quarter of the academy’s rare medicine stores left Elder Lin furious, and the negotiations remained unresolved.

• Long Yeyue ignored Mu En’s polite request for her name and left, while Mu En stopped Elder Lin from confronting her.
• Bei Xin showed Mu En, Elder Lin, and Bei Bei the compensation terms on a tablet computer.
• Elder Lin protested the demand for 100 million Gold Soul Coins, but Mu En agreed, saying Shrek’s injured pillars mattered more than the money.
• Mu En also accepted the demand for ten Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast Spirit Bones despite Elder Lin’s shock.
• Elder Lin erupted at the demand for one-quarter of Shrek Academy’s medicinal inventory and accused Bei Xin’s side of robbing them.

Mu En accepted Bei Xin’s demand for a quarter of Shrek Academy’s inventory to ransom the people held in the Confinement Room. Bei Xin revealed that a resource-audit drone would verify the supplies, and Elder Lin left to prepare them while Mu En and Bei Bei stayed at the academy.

• Mu En unsuccessfully tried to negotiate the required payment down from a quarter of Shrek Academy’s inventory to a tenth.
• Bei Xin refused to bargain and warned that Shrek’s people would remain in the Confinement Room if the academy rejected the terms.
• Mu En accepted the demand, explaining that saving Shao Zhe, Xuan Zi, and the other living pillars mattered more than preserving stored resources.
• Elder Lin privately planned to underreport the supplies, but Bei Xin introduced a drone that could scan and tally the entire inventory.
• Bei Xin told Elder Lin to take the drone back to Shrek Academy and prepare the supplies, while Mu En and Bei Bei remained to tour the academy.

Mu En and Bei Bei learned that Shrek Academy’s floating island ran on an Eternal Celestial Energy Matrix that absorbed energy from the sun and moon, deepening their admiration for the academy. In the Dean’s Office, Lin Feng received a fist-sized piece of Life Gold and three Soul Spirit Towers as rewards for their increased recognition.

• Mu En apologized to Bei Xin for the trouble Xuan Zi and the others had caused, and Bei Xin replied that they had posed no real threat to the academy.
• Mu En asked whether the floating island was a newly developed Soul Tool, and Bei Xin confirmed that Shrek Academy had built it with its advanced technology.
• Bei Bei worried that the island might run out of power or fall, so Bei Xin explained that its Eternal Celestial Energy Matrix absorbed energy from the sun and moon.
• Mu En and Bei Bei were astonished by the island’s power source and admired Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool technology.
• Lin Feng received a fist-sized piece of Life Gold after Mu En’s recognition increased, then received three Soul Spirit Towers after Bei Bei’s recognition increased.

Shen Yi brought the class to the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform and gave each student a Golden Pearl, or Mermaid’s Tear, as a welcome gift from Dean Lin. The students began using the pearls to nourish their spiritual power before entering the platform.

• Shen Yi led the students to the Spirit Ascension Platform and explained its three levels and the rules for entering the Primary level.
• Shen Yi gave each student a Golden Pearl and demonstrated how she controlled Soul Power to send one to each of them.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yu Hao that the pearl was an enormous tonic for his Spirit Eyes.
• Shen Yi explained that Golden Pearls contained a Sea Princess’s spiritual essence and could nourish the spirit, awaken intelligence, and extend a mortal’s lifespan.
• Shen Yi instructed the students to sit cross-legged, place the pearls against their foreheads, and guide their energy with Soul Power; Huo Yu Hao felt cool energy enter his Sea of Consciousness.

After fusing with Golden Pearls, Huo Yuhao and his classmates formed teams to enter the Spirit Ascension Platform. Inside its Star Dou Forest simulation, Shen Yi revealed that Soul Beasts could drop Spirit Bones, leaving the students astonished.

• Lin Feng received system rewards after the students’ recognition of Shrek Academy as a Monster Academy increased.
• Huo Yuhao and his classmates awoke from fusing with Golden Pearls, and Shen Yi explained how stronger spiritual power would help them in the Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Wang Dong'er formed a team with Xiao Xiao, Xi Er, and Xu Xiaoyan, while Tang Wulin invited Huo Yuhao to join his team with Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng.
• The students entered the Spirit Ascension Platform and discovered that its simulated forest felt real to Huo Yuhao.
• Shen Yi announced that some Soul Beasts in the Spirit Ascension Platform could drop Spirit Bones, stunning the students.

Shen Yi warned the students about the real pain and risks of the virtual Spirit Ascension Platform before sending them into the forest to hunt Soul Beasts. Wang Dong'er’s group learned that Xu Xiaoyan’s martial soul changed between day and night, then encountered three powerful Iron Wall Apes as the chapter ended with the team preparing to fight.

• Shen Yi explained that injuries and pain felt real in the Spirit Ascension Platform, warned students to avoid fatal attacks, and dismissed the groups to begin training.
• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Xi Er, and Xu Xiaoyan moved cautiously through the eastern forest as Wang Dong'er asked Xu Xiaoyan about her martial soul.
• Xu Xiaoyan revealed that her Ice Staff changed into the stronger control-focused Star Wheel Ice Staff at night and said she was a level-twenty-nine control-type Battle Soul Master.
• Wang Dong'er resolved to perform well and raise her Soul Ring age during the training.
• Three Iron Wall Apes, each at least three hundred years old, emerged from the thicket, and Wang Dong'er ordered the group to prepare for battle.

Wang Dong'er’s team defeated three Iron Wall Apes in the Spirit Ascension Platform and discovered that the energy from their kills increased their soul-ring ages. Their excitement strengthened their recognition of Shrek Academy, earning Lin Feng several rewards.

• Wang Dong'er, Xu Xiaoyan, Xiao Xiao, and Xi Er coordinated their attacks against three Iron Wall Apes, but Wang Dong'er realized their team lacked a defense-type Soul Master.
• Wang Dong'er ordered the team to focus on the injured ape, and they restrained it before she defeated it with Butterfly Goddess Light.
• The ape dissolved into energy that entered all four teammates, and Wang Dong'er sensed that her soul rings had gained around ten years of age.
• The team used the same strategy to defeat the other two Iron Wall Apes, then excitedly discussed how repeated gains could strengthen their soul rings.
• Lin Feng received Yellow-Grade Mechas, Indomitable Soul Spirits, and Soul Spirits containing Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones as the team’s recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

Huo Yuhao learned about his teammates’ abilities before Tang Wulin led the squad into battle against five hundred-year Wind Baboons. Tang Wulin annihilated most of them with his Golden Dragon Claw, leaving Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng to finish the rest and Huo Yuhao stunned by his strength.

• Huo Yuhao introduced his Spirit Eye and Spirit Detection Sharing, and Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng described their martial souls and roles.
• Tang Wulin revealed that his martial soul was Blue Silver Grass and explained that his golden claw came from his bloodline.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Huo Yuhao that Tang Wulin’s bloodline was terrifying and urged him to build a good relationship with Tang Wulin.
• The squad encountered five hundred-year Wind Baboons, and Huo Yuhao linked everyone with Spirit Detection Sharing.
• Tang Wulin shattered the baboons’ wind blades with his Golden Dragon Claw, killed two with powerful strikes, and called on Xie Xie and Wei Xiaofeng to finish off the others.
• Huo Yuhao watched the squad defeat all five Wind Baboons and wondered how Tang Wulin would fare against Tang San’s Blue Silver Entangle.

Huo Yuhao enjoyed an easy Spirit Ascension Platform session with Tang Wulin's team, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that he had sealed away the energy Huo Yuhao could not safely absorb. After the students left, Mu En sensed an inexplicable loss as Huo Yuhao passed, and Elder Lin returned with Shrek Academy's payment to redeem its dignity.

• Huo Yuhao fought alongside Tang Wulin's squad and learned from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the energy he gained had been sealed for later absorption.
• Shen Yi ended the Spirit Ascension Platform session, and Huo Yuhao agreed to go to the cafeteria with Tang Wulin and the others.
• Mu En saw Huo Yuhao pass and felt that Shrek Academy had lost something precious to its future.
• Elder Lin returned with the storage Soul Tool containing Shrek Academy's accumulated wealth and handed it over to Bei Xin.
• Bei Xin said they would go collect the person.

After Long Yeyue knocked out Xuan Zi’s teeth, Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo soothed his wounded pride with flattery and urged him to avoid provoking their captors. Mu En entered the confinement room and told them to go back, leaving Yan Shaozhe grateful and guilty.

• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo asked about Xuan Zi’s injuries while he stared at his bloodied teeth in silence.
• Yan Shaozhe blamed Xuan Zi’s beating on his sealed Soul Power and the opponents’ unfair tactics, restoring some of his confidence.
• Qian Duoduo joined in, claiming Xuan Zi could defeat even five Long Yeyues if he returned to peak condition.
• Xuan Zi vowed to make Long Yeyue and the academy pay, but Yan Shaozhe urged him to control his temper so Mu En would not face more trouble.
• Mu En entered the confinement room and told everyone to go back, prompting Yan Shaozhe to feel grateful and guilty.

Zhang Yang humiliated Xuan Zi once more as Mu En and the others left Pirate Academy, while Bei Xin gave Mu En a flying chair. After Elder Lin revealed the immense ransom Shrek Academy paid for their release, Xuan Zi tried to return and reclaim the resources, but Mu En stopped him and ordered the group back to the academy.

• Zhang Yang floated Xuan Zi's broken teeth to him, provoking Xuan Zi to attack until Mu En rebuked him and led the group away.
• Bei Xin gifted Mu En a Single-Person Mobile Flight Chair, which Mu En accepted before the group flew away from the academy.
• At the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, Elder Lin revealed that Shrek Academy had paid one hundred million Gold Soul Coins, ten intact ten-thousand-year soul beast Spirit Bones, and a quarter of its rare herbs and medicinal pills to ransom them.
• Xuan Zi angrily called the payment extortion and tried to fly back to reclaim the resources.
• Mu En ordered Xuan Zi to stop, and Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo restrained him as the group prepared to return to Shrek Academy.

Huo Yuhao explored Shrek Academy’s extravagant free cafeteria and received a nourishing Red Jade Shrimp, deepening his gratitude and resolve to cultivate. Meanwhile, the dean’s system rewarded the host with Mu Ye after Huo Yuhao’s recognition of the academy increased.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Wei Xiaofeng told Huo Yuhao that the academy’s cafeteria offered unlimited free food, then split up to choose their meals.
• Huo Yuhao entered the cafeteria and marveled at its rare ingredients and professional staff.
• A cafeteria worker explained the benefits and risks of Red Jade Shrimp and gave Huo Yuhao one as a new student.
• Huo Yuhao thanked the worker and vowed to cultivate diligently to repay Shrek Academy’s care.
• The system announced that Huo Yuhao’s recognition of Shrek Academy had increased and awarded the host the special teacher Mu Ye.

Huo Yuhao watched Tang Wulin devour a huge meal and learned that Tang Wulin could instantly absorb the energy in Red Jade Shrimp. After dinner, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin followed the aroma of grilled fish to a chef whose strength astonished Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

• Huo Yuhao arrived at the table and learned from Xie Xie that Tang Wulin had ordered the entire mountain of food for himself.
• Tang Wulin ate the food rapidly, and Xie Xie explained that he could instantly absorb the energy from Red Jade Shrimp with the dean's special permission.
• Huo Yuhao envied Tang Wulin's digestive ability and imagined how quickly he could grow stronger if he had it.
• After dinner, Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin followed the scent of grilled fish to an open-air plaza beside the cafeteria.
• The middle-aged chef turned around, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that the chef was probably stronger than his homeroom teacher.

Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin tasted the mysterious uncle’s grilled fish and were amazed by his skill. The uncle challenged Huo Yuhao to grill a fish well enough to earn a special reward, then led him to a stream to catch one.

• Wei Xiaofeng and Xie Xie declined the uncle’s grilled fish, while Tang Wulin and Huo Yuhao each ordered one.
• The uncle expertly grilled two ordinary grass carp, and Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin praised their flavor.
• Huo Yuhao asked how the uncle controlled the heat so evenly and admitted that he had practiced grilling fish himself.
• The uncle invited Huo Yuhao to demonstrate his cooking and promised a special reward if he made a fish the uncle deemed passable.
• The uncle led Huo Yuhao and the others to a stream and told Huo Yuhao to start by catching a fish.

Huo Yuhao passed Mu Ye’s grilled-fish test and was offered the chance to become his disciple by the Rank 94 Title Douluo and Four-Word Battle Armor Master. He accepted Mu Ye’s trials, while Lin Feng received ten Red-Grade Mechas as a reward for Huo Yuhao’s increased recognition of Shrek Academy.

• Huo Yuhao used his Spirit Eye to catch a fish, grilled it, and passed Mu Ye’s test.
• Mu Ye introduced himself as a Rank 94 Title Douluo, a Four-Word Battle Armor Master, and a Red-Rank Mecha Master with a body martial soul.
• Mu Ye offered Huo Yuhao a chance to become his disciple if he passed a series of trials, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged him to accept.
• Huo Yuhao agreed to take the trials and promised not to back down, and Mu Ye told him to meet him every night starting the next day.
• Mu Ye glanced at Tang Wulin’s vigorous Bloodline Power but said nothing, while Lin Feng received ten Red-Grade Mechas from the system.