Chapter Summaries

Wang Dong'er joined Xiao Xiao, Xi Er, and Xu Xiaoyan on a trip to Shrek Academy's free cafeteria, where she concealed why she had no dormitory and reassured Xiao Xiao about hiding her second martial soul. In the dean's office, the host received rewards as the girls' recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

• Wang Dong'er left to wait for Da Ming and Er Ming, then joined Xiao Xiao, Xi Er, and Xu Xiaoyan on their way to the cafeteria.
• Xu Xiaoyan asked where Wang Dong'er planned to stay, and Wang Dong'er vaguely blamed her family’s worries rather than explaining that her Big Dad and Second Dad had gotten her barred from the dormitories.
• Wang Dong'er asked Xiao Xiao about her second martial soul, and Xiao Xiao admitted she had hidden that she had Twin Martial Souls.
• Wang Dong'er reassured Xiao Xiao that keeping secrets was normal, while privately noting that she also had Twin Martial Souls.
• The four girls entered the cafeteria and marveled at its lavish free ingredients.
• The host received a Ye Zhi teacher template, ten Thousand-Year Life-Giving Fruits, and two pill formulas as Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Xi Er's recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

Xi Er, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Xu Xiaoyan shared a meal and discussed why they had chosen New Shrek Academy over the famous Shrek Academy. Xu Xiaoyan revealed that first-year students might each get a Title Douluo as a personal master, leaving the girls thrilled and eager to learn more.

• Xi Er, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er agreed that New Shrek Academy's facilities and student benefits surpassed those of the other Shrek Academy.
• Xi Er and Xiao Xiao explained that they had considered the other academy before changing their minds, while Wang Dong'er said her family had once planned to send her there.
• Xu Xiaoyan said she knew the school well because she had arrived a few days earlier, then explained that upperclassmen had not returned from cultivation.
• Xu Xiaoyan claimed the academy had many Title Douluo and that every first-year student could take one as a personal master.
• Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Xi Er reacted with excitement at the prospect of receiving private guidance from a Title Douluo.

Da Ming and Er Ming worried when Wang Dong'er was late leaving Shrek Academy, then discovered that its free cafeteria had greatly increased her Bloodline Power. Their growing recognition of the school as Monster Academy earned the host two Limit Douluo teachers.

• Da Ming and Er Ming feared Wang Dong'er had been targeted at school, but she soon appeared unharmed.
• Da Ming sensed Wang Dong'er's greatly increased Bloodline Power, and she credited the Red Jade Shrimp, Jade Cabbage soup, and Moonlight Rice she ate in the cafeteria.
• Da Ming and Er Ming worried that Wang Dong'er had spent her enrollment money or gone into debt, but she explained that the school provided unlimited food for free.
• Da Ming asked Wang Dong'er to tell them about Shrek Academy, while the host received Dong Zi'an and Yuan'en Zhentian as special teachers after Da Ming and Er Ming recognized the school as Monster Academy.

After a freshman died in Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire outbreak, Yan Shaozhe feared Mu En’s reaction, but Xuan Zi proposed concealing the truth by blaming an Evil Soul Master. Yan Shaozhe agreed to follow Xuan Zi’s lead, leaving the academy poised to fabricate the student’s death as a heroic sacrifice.

• Xuan Zi urged Yan Shaozhe to retaliate against the Pirated Shrek Academy, but Yan Shaozhe cited Mu En’s order and the academy’s losses as reasons to stay cautious.
• A teacher reported that Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire had killed a first-year freshman beside Sea God Lake.
• Yan Shaozhe panicked about Mu En discovering the death, while the teacher said he was the only witness who had reported it.
• Xuan Zi offered to resolve the crisis if Yan Shaozhe would stop resisting him, and Yan Shaozhe promised to follow his lead.
• Xuan Zi proposed claiming that an infiltrating Evil Soul Master had killed the freshman, who would be honored as a hero and exceptionally admitted to the Shrek Inspection Team.
• Yan Shaozhe praised Xuan Zi’s scheme and relaxed when Xuan Zi said he controlled the Inspection Team’s records.

After half a month of intensive lessons and training, Huo Yuhao had grown stronger and advanced to Soul Power Level eighteen. Shen Yi handed the class over to Wu Zhangkong, who led the students into the virtual forest for his first lesson.

• Huo Yuhao reflected on his rapid growth in Soul Power and physical strength after half a month at the academy.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm praised Huo Yuhao's improved condition and promised to help him obtain a Second Martial Soul and soul ring after he reached level twenty.
• Shen Yi announced that Wu Zhangkong would teach the class instead of her.
• Wu Zhangkong told the students to follow him and led them to the Virtual Pods.
• The students entered the virtual space and found themselves in a forest that replicated their appearances, martial souls, and soul skills.

Wu Zhangkong taught the students that soul skills and spiritual power could be applied in varied ways, demonstrating his Frost Mark before attacking Huo Yuhao with a spiritual strike. Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized the attack as Soul Shock, leaving them stunned that Wu Zhangkong could use the same skill.

• Wu Zhangkong explained that soul skills were not fixed abilities and could take many forms through control and understanding.
• Wu Zhangkong used his first soul skill, Frost Mark, to slice a leaf cleanly, form a barrier, and create a destructive icy tornado.
• Huo Yuhao realized that Wu Zhangkong had shown several applications of one soul skill, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm admitted the display was impressive.
• Wu Zhangkong called on Huo Yuhao and said he would demonstrate a controlled spiritual attack on him.
• Wu Zhangkong struck Huo Yuhao with a piercing spiritual attack, and Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized it as Soul Shock.

Wu Zhangkong taught the students about Mental Shock, demonstrating how a brief spiritual attack could decide a battle. As Huo Yuhao and the others began to recognize Shrek Academy as Monster Academy, the system granted the host several rewards, including the Long Bing teacher template.

• Wu Zhangkong used Mental Shock on Huo Yuhao and introduced it as a basic skill the students would need to master.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm protested that Mental Shock was one of the soul skills he had bestowed on Huo Yuhao, then questioned how an ice-attributed sword master could use a spiritual attack.
• Wu Zhangkong explained that a momentary disruption to an opponent's thoughts and Soul Power could change the outcome of a fight.
• Wu Zhangkong released a controlled group Mental Shock, making the students—including Wang Dong'er—feel intense pain and understand its combat value.
• Huo Yuhao comforted the dejected Sky Dream Ice Silkworm by reminding him that he had received four soul skills.
• The system rewarded the host as Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Xi Er increasingly recognized Shrek Academy as Monster Academy.

Wu Zhangkong and Shen Yi taught the students the basics of spiritual power, then assigned Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan to face the rest of the class in a team sparring match. The chapter ended as the lopsided battle began, with Wang Dong'er eager to take revenge on Tang Wulin.

• Wu Zhangkong explained that soul skills could be varied and introduced the fundamentals of Mental Shock and spiritual power.
• Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong guided the students in sensing their Sea of Consciousness, and Huo Yuhao found the systematic instruction useful.
• Wu Zhangkong called Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan forward, and Wang Dong'er was stunned when Xu Xiaoyan called Tang Wulin her captain.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered the three students to fight the rest of the class, with the losing side assigned extra training and Xie Xie given double extra training for protesting.
• Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao watched the opposing sides take their places, and Wu Zhangkong started the match.

Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan overwhelmed a group of twenty-nine students, using brute force, speed, and a sweeping blizzard to clear most of the battlefield. As the remaining fighters emerged, Huo Yuhao activated Spirit Detection Sharing to support Luo Guixing and the others.

• Wang Dong'er warned her allies to spread out and avoid Tang Wulin, while Huo Yuhao retreated into the woods.
• Tang Wulin charged the advancing students and eliminated five with a single punch, and Xie Xie swiftly took out several more before Tang eliminated Wei Xiaofeng.
• Xu Xiaoyan revealed her third soul ring and unleashed Ice Bear Blizzard, allowing her and her teammates to eliminate most of the remaining students; she then eliminated Xi Er with Ice Wheel.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan remained unscathed as Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, Luo Guixing, Wu Siduo, and Yang Nianxia emerged as the remaining survivors.
• Huo Yuhao activated Spirit Detection Sharing to support Luo Guixing and the others.

Huo Yuhao’s team battled Luo Guixing’s group in the virtual space, where Xu Xiaoyan’s nighttime martial soul and Tang Wulin’s newly unlocked Golden Dragon King abilities turned the fight around. Huo Yuhao’s Soul Shock backfired against Tang Wulin, and he ended up captured alongside him, leaving Sky Dream Ice Silkworm baffled by how outmatched Huo Yuhao seemed.

• Xu Xiaoyan’s Ice Staff transformed into its nighttime Star Wheel form as Yang Nianxia charged her and Wu Siduo revealed her Hell Spirit Cat and Hell White Tiger fusion.
• Xu Xiaoyan immobilized Yang Nianxia with Star Wheel Chain, and Tang Wulin used Golden Dragon Body to knock him out with one punch.
• Wu Siduo, Wang Dong’er, and Xiao Xiao attacked Tang Wulin, but he endured their assault with Golden Dragon Tyrant Body while Xu Xiaoyan’s starlight skills controlled the opponents.
• Huo Yuhao tried to stun Tang Wulin with Soul Shock, but Tang Wulin’s stronger spiritual power caused backlash and cut off Spirit Detection Sharing.
• Luo Guixing restrained Tang Wulin, Wu Siduo switched places with Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan, and Huo Yuhao’s side took Tang Wulin out before Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wondered why Huo Yuhao had become Prisoner Huo.

Wu Zhangkong reviewed the students’ crushing defeat by Tang Wulin’s team and announced the Freshman Grand Competition, offering enormous rewards and the chance to be taught by powerful instructors. The students left focused on training and hopeful of winning a place on a team that could claim the prizes.

• The academy’s system rewarded the host with new items and students as Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Xi Er grew more convinced that Shrek Academy was Monster Academy.
• Wu Zhangkong ordered the defeated students to undergo extra training and criticized their reckless attacks, poor teamwork, and lack of combat experience.
• Wu Zhangkong announced that the Freshman Grand Competition would take place in two and a half months, with teams formed by lottery after two weeks.
• Wu Zhangkong promised Contribution Points and soul bones to the top three teams, including a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones for every member of the winning team.
• Wu Zhangkong revealed that standout competitors could attract personal instructors, most of whom were Title Douluo or stronger, and Huo Yuhao hoped to earn Mu Ye’s recognition.

Tang Wulin and his friends joined the losing students for extra training, while Huo Yuhao recovered from Soul Shock with Wu Zhangkong’s help. After dinner, Xu Xiaoyan explained her friendships to Wang Dong’er and the others, and Wang Dong’er told Da Ming and Er Ming that Tang Wulin had defeated her; Tang San then asked them to find out more about him.

• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan volunteered to undergo extra training with the losing group, and Wu Zhangkong gave Huo Yuhao a Spirit Nourishing Pill to recover.
• Xu Xiaoyan told Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, and Xi Er that she had trained with Tang Wulin and Xie Xie at Eastsea Academy under Wu Zhangkong, and said she had teamed up with them because she wanted to be friends with the girls.
• Wang Dong’er met Da Ming and Er Ming after dinner and explained that Tang Wulin had beaten her using his bloodline power and golden dragon claw rather than Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang San overheard Wang Dong’er discussing Tang Wulin and told Da Ming and Er Ming to gather information about him.

Er Ming and Da Ming discussed Tang San’s request to investigate Tang Wulin, while Tang San grew alarmed by the boy’s golden soul rings and planned to draw him out of Shrek Academy. He reassured Xiao Wu that Tang Qi was thriving and vowed to eliminate any threat to his plans.

• Er Ming worried that Tang San had heard him call Blue Silver Grass a trash martial soul, and Da Ming told him to focus on gathering information about Tang Wulin.
• Tang San considered Tang Wulin’s dragon bloodline and two golden soul rings a dangerous variable beyond his control.
• Tang San reflected that his divine imprint could no longer observe Wang Dong'er inside the new Shrek Academy and assumed the academy’s resources were rightfully owed to his family.
• Tang San decided to learn more about Tang Wulin and lure him outside the academy so he could deal with him.
• Xiao Wu asked about Tang Qi, and Tang San reassured her that their daughter was happy at the academy while promising to crush any hidden danger.

At Shrek Academy, Zhou Yi expelled Wu Feng for questioning her authority and expelled a classmate who mentioned Wu Feng’s connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Wu Feng left in fury, and Zhou Yi ordered the remaining students to run one hundred laps.

• Zhou Yi ordered Wu Feng to withdraw from the academy because she had questioned her homeroom teacher’s decision.
• Wu Feng challenged Zhou Yi’s authority and threatened to report her, but Zhou Yi insisted she could expel Wu Feng and ordered her out.
• A student tried to persuade Zhou Yi to reconsider by mentioning Wu Feng’s ties to Ning Tian and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhou Yi accused the student of using sect influence to pressure her and expelled him too.
• Wu Feng denounced Zhou Yi and left, while Zhou Yi sent the remaining students to the training field to run one hundred laps.

Ning Tian appealed to Director Du Weilun to reverse Zhou Yi’s expulsion of Wu Feng, but Zhou Yi refused to reconsider her decision. The dispute was interrupted when a disheveled man carrying a wine gourd barged into the office.

• Mu Jin told Ning Tian that Zhou Yi had expelled Wu Feng and urged her to seek help from Director Du Weilun.
• Ning Tian asked Du Weilun to reconsider Wu Feng’s expulsion, warning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would be disappointed if the academy treated students unfairly.
• Du Weilun summoned Zhou Yi and Wu Feng, then proposed giving Wu Feng a demerit and a self-criticism instead of expelling her.
• Zhou Yi refused to reverse her decision and insisted that Wu Feng must be expelled, even if Sea God Tang San intervened.
• A disheveled man carrying a wine gourd barged into the Academic Affairs Office and demanded to know why everyone was making a racket.

Xuan Zi backed Zhou Yi’s decision to expel Wu Feng and insulted Ning Tian and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, prompting both students to leave Shrek Academy. After hearing a rumor about a powerful Shrek Academy floating above the Star Dou Forest, Ning Tian decided to investigate.

• Xuan Zi arrived at the office, and Zhou Yi accused Ning Tian and Wu Feng of using the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s influence to challenge her expulsion decision.
• Xuan Zi supported Zhou Yi and ordered Wu Feng expelled, dismissing Du Weilun’s warning about offending the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Tian declared she would leave with Wu Feng, and Xuan Zi insulted the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and its seven-ring limit.
• Wu Feng took the humiliated Ning Tian out of the office, and they left Shrek City by carriage.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng heard a rumor about a powerful Shrek Academy floating near the Star Dou Forest, and Ning Tian suggested they go see it.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng searched the Star Dou Forest for the rumored Shrek Academy in the sky but found themselves cornered by three powerful Green Rock Lizards. A mysterious woman saved them with a gun and revealed a Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, leaving Ning Tian stunned and wondering who she was.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng failed to find Shrek Academy and considered returning to the sect.
• Three nearly thousand-year-old Green Rock Lizards ambushed Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and Wu Feng fought to protect Ning Tian.
• A mysterious woman told Wu Feng to dodge, then instantly killed all three Green Rock Lizards with her handgun.
• Ning Tian thanked the woman and introduced herself as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The woman revealed a Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and Ning Tian wondered whether she was descended from Ancestor Ning Rongrong.

Lin Zhi revealed her Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda to Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then offered them a chance to test for admission to Shrek Academy. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao reached Soul Power Level twenty and prepared to obtain a Soul Ring.

• Lin Zhi introduced herself as a Shrek Academy teacher and confirmed that the academy floated in the sky, while Ning Tian and Wu Feng reacted with astonishment to her Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng asked to enroll, and Lin Zhi offered them a chance to take an admission test despite the enrollment period having ended.
• Lin Zhi summoned a hovering Soul Guidance Sports Car and took Ning Tian and Wu Feng toward Shrek Academy.
• Lin Feng received rewards for Ning Tian and Wu Feng recognizing Shrek Academy as Monster Academy, including Yuanen Yehui and ten Thousand-Year Artificial Soul Spirits.
• Huo Yuhao reached Soul Power Level twenty, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered to take him to obtain a Soul Ring.

After reaching level twenty, Huo Yuhao asked Shen Yi for permission to leave Shrek Academy to obtain his second soul ring. Shen Yi revealed the Soul Spirit Tower, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized that the soul-spirit method he thought he had pioneered was already established at the academy.

• Huo Yuhao celebrated reaching level twenty after rapidly advancing with the academy’s resources and decided to seek a second soul ring.
• Huo Yuhao asked Shen Yi how he could leave the floating academy, and she told him that students did not need to leave to obtain soul rings.
• Wang Dong'er and Xi Er arrived and told Shen Yi that they had reached levels thirty and twenty, respectively.
• Shen Yi explained that students could challenge the Soul Spirit Tower and contract with soul spirits that retained their consciousness and could fight alongside them.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm realized that Shrek Academy had already systematized the living soul-ring method he had believed was his unique achievement.
• The academy’s recognition system rewarded the host with Wang Jin, six one-hundred-thousand-year wind-attribute Spirit Bones, and Zheng Yiran.

Huo Yuhao agreed to enter the Soul Spirit Tower challenge after Shen Yi explained that its latest Artificial Soul Spirits could match wild soul beasts. Meanwhile, Lin Feng sent Yun Ming to the Far North to invite Ice Empress and Snow Empress to Shrek Academy.

• Shen Yi explained that teams of up to seven could challenge the Soul Spirit Tower and obtain Soul Spirits.
• Wang Dong'er and Xi Er decided to join the challenge, while Huo Yuhao consulted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about whether to go to the Far North.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm advised Huo Yuhao to enter the challenge and grow stronger before they later pursued Ice Empress.
• Lin Feng summoned Yun Ming and gave him a Storage Soul Tool filled with Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Yun Ming departed for the Far North to invite Ice Empress and Snow Empress to Shrek Academy.