Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao assembled a team with Wang Dong'er, Xi Er, Xiao Xiao, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie to challenge the Soul Spirit Tower and went to find Tang Wulin. They arrived as Tang Wulin fought a thousand-year Flame Lion, where he revealed a strange ability that Wang Jin called Soul Spirit Skill Integration.

• Huo Yuhao agreed to team up with Wang Dong'er and Xi Er, and suggested recruiting Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.
• Huo Yuhao found Xie Xie, who agreed to join and explained that Tang Wulin was helping classmates clear the Soul Beast Tower.
• Huo Yuhao and Xie Xie headed to the Soul Beast Tower, where Wang Dong'er, Xi Er, Xiao Xiao, and Xu Xiaoyan were waiting.
• Wang Jin showed the group a live feed of Tang Wulin facing a thousand-year Flame Lion alongside Ye Xinglan, Xu Lizhi, and two other freshmen.
• Tang Wulin summoned a golden snake that merged with his Blue Silver Grass vine, and Wang Jin identified the ability as Soul Spirit Skill Integration.

Wang Jin explained Soul Spirit Skill Integration as Tang Wulin’s group defeated a Millennium Flame Lion and helped a student absorb it as a thousand-year second soul ring. Huo Yuhao reunited with Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi, learned they were Inner Court students, and prepared to enter the Soul Beast Tower, where soul spirit attributes could be selected.

• Wang Jin explained how soul spirits could fuse with soul skills, while Huo Yuhao wondered whether the technique could strengthen his Spirit Eye abilities.
• Tang Wulin’s group immobilized the Millennium Flame Lion, and Ye Xinglan defeated it with Star God Slash so a nervous student could absorb it as a Millennium Soul Spirit.
• Tang Wulin agreed to team up with Huo Yuhao and the others for a tower run, then ate a Recovery Meat Bun from Xu Lizhi.
• Huo Yuhao thanked Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi for bringing him to the academy, learned they studied in the Inner Court, and vowed to enter it himself.
• Wang Jin explained that students could choose the attribute of their target soul spirit, and Wang Dong'er, Xi Er, and Huo Yuhao selected light, darkness, and spiritual attributes respectively.

Huo Yuhao and his teammates fought through the Soul Beast Tower until Wang Dong'er chose to absorb a four-thousand-year Golden Glow Moon Butterfly. The absorption succeeded, and she gained a new Soul Spirit and her third soul skill, Moon Radiance Butterfly Slash.

• Huo Yuhao shared Spirit Detection as the group defeated waves of Light Horn Wolves, Radiant Lions, and Light Eagles in the tower.
• Wang Dong'er rejected the earlier soul beasts and chose the four-thousand-year Golden Glow Moon Butterfly as her third soul ring.
• Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Xie Xie worked together to bring down the Golden Glow Moon Butterfly.
• Wang Dong'er absorbed the butterfly's Soul Spirit successfully, aided by her strengthened physical condition from the academy's resources.
• Wang Dong'er gained Moon Radiance Butterfly Slash, a ranged light-element attack that could briefly stiffen enemies.

Tang Wulin’s group recovered their strength in the Soul Beast Tower and continued through its stages, where Xi Er gained a Shadow Night-Blade Moth Soul Spirit. Tang Wulin explained that a sufficiently compatible Soul Spirit could provide multiple evolving soul rings, and Huo Yuhao chose to seek a four-thousand-year Soul Spirit.

• Tang Wulin explained that the tower’s Spirit Gathering Array restored everyone’s Soul Power and eased their mental exhaustion, though it did not satisfy his hunger.
• The group defeated a wave of Shadow Leopards, then fought ten Shadow Night-Blade Moths and left one for Xi Er to absorb.
• Xi Er successfully gained a purple soul ring and a Shadow Night-Blade Moth pattern on her scythe, unlocking Shadow Scythe Strike and shadowy Flash Step movement.
• Tang Wulin revealed that Soul Spirits could provide multiple soul rings as their owners grew stronger and demonstrated that Golden Light had supplied all three of his rings.
• After consulting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Huo Yuhao chose to seek a four-thousand-year Soul Spirit, and Tang Wulin trusted his decision.

Huo Yuhao and his companions cleared three tower stages, and Huo Yuhao gained a Spirit-Eyed Giant Ape Soul Spirit with a group-control skill. After leaving the tower, they were summoned to the main hall, where Ye Zhi, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian awaited them.

• Tang Wulin's group defeated the Ice Silkworms, and Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection to find and finish the one hiding with Simulation.
• The group overcame the Soul-Absorbing Demon Eyes' Mental Shock and cleared the second stage.
• Tang Wulin defeated the Spirit-Eyed Giant Ape, allowing Huo Yuhao to guide it into becoming his Soul Spirit.
• Huo Yuhao gained the group-control skill Mental Weakness, which weakened multiple targets' attack power and speed while boosting his strength by ten percent.
• Wang Jin told the group to go to the main hall, where they found Ye Zhi, Wu Feng, and Ning Tian.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng took an entrance assessment against Huo Yuhao and Xi Er, expecting an easy win because the pair were only Level 20. Huo Yuhao and Xi Er defeated them in under a minute, while the dean’s system awarded rewards for the two newcomers recognizing Shrek Academy as a monster academy.

• Ye Zhi assigned Ning Tian and Wu Feng to choose two of seven students for a combat test, with a week without cafeteria access as punishment if the students held back or lost.
• Ning Tian chose Huo Yuhao and Xi Er, and the two sides introduced themselves before the test began.
• Huo Yuhao used Spirit Detection Sharing and Mental Weakness while revealing his thousand-year second soul ring, disrupting Wu Feng’s attack and weakening Ning Tian.
• Xi Er revealed her own thousand-year second soul ring, struck Wu Feng down with Shadow Scythe Strike, then used Shadow Flash Step to hold her scythe to Ning Tian’s neck.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng were defeated in under a minute, and the dean’s system granted seven sets of growth-type battle armor and 100 kilograms of Star Silver.

Huo Yuhao and Xi Er defeated Ning Tian and Wu Feng in under a minute, shocking the visitors with their thousand-year second soul rings and Huo Yuhao’s powerful soul skill. Ye Zhi denied Ning Tian and Wu Feng entry to the Inner Court but offered them a chance to qualify for the Outer Court, while the seven students received Contribution Points for the assessment.

• Huo Yuhao and Xi Er defeated Ning Tian and Wu Feng, and Ning Tian’s support skill failed to remove Huo Yuhao’s Mental Weakness effect.
• Huo Yuhao told Ning Tian and Wu Feng that he and Xi Er were the weakest students there, deepening their shock.
• Ye Zhi gave Ning Tian and Wu Feng zero points and ruled that they could not enter the Inner Court.
• Ye Zhi offered Ning Tian and Wu Feng the ninth test as a chance to enter the Outer Court, and they agreed to take it.
• Ye Zhi awarded the seven students one thousand Contribution Points each, and Tang Wulin urged them to go eat.

Yun Ming used his God Origin Realm spiritual power to locate the Snow Empress in the Far North and found her near death after her failed attempt to form a Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core. He offered her a gift from Dean Lin Feng, and the chapter ended with her discovering it was a Soul Tool filled with Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

• Yun Ming spread his God Origin Realm spiritual power across the Far North and detected the Snow Empress's unstable aura.
• Yun Ming ignored the Ice Empress and Titan Snow Demon King and teleported to reach the Snow Empress before she died.
• The Snow Empress prepared to use her Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus to seal her damaged origin and rebuild herself as a human.
• Yun Ming appeared before the injured Snow Empress, who threatened to fight him despite having less than one-tenth of her strength.
• Yun Ming said Dean Lin Feng had sent him to invite the Snow Empress to Shrek Academy, but she refused.
• Yun Ming gave the Snow Empress a Soul Tool, and she discovered it contained Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.

Snow Empress accepted Yun Ming’s invitation to visit Shrek Academy after he gave her a Soul Tool filled with Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow. She began using the treasure and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus to heal and strengthen herself while Yun Ming stood guard, and Lin Feng received a reward for her growing recognition of the academy.

• Snow Empress realized the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow could help her surpass Di Tian and become the Beast God, then questioned Yun Ming about why he had given it to her.
• Yun Ming said he had come only on Dean Lin Feng’s orders to invite Snow Empress to visit Shrek Academy.
• Snow Empress accepted the treasure and agreed to visit, resolving to remember Yun Ming’s favor.
• Yun Ming urged Snow Empress to heal while he guarded her, and she began absorbing the marrow with the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus as a catalyst.
• Snow Empress’s aura surged as she absorbed the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow, while Lin Feng received the Myriad-Year Mysterious Ice Grotto as a reward.

Yun Ming persuaded Snow Empress and Ice Empress to go to Shrek Academy by offering Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow and a chance to survive Ice Empress’s next tribulation. Ice Empress agreed, while Lin Feng received a Thunder Hell Vine as a system reward.

• A Sun Moon Empire exploration squad approached Snow Empress’s ice valley, but Yun Ming blocked them and ordered them to leave.
• After Snow Empress stabilized her injuries, Yun Ming explained that Ice Empress faced a deadly four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation and persuaded Snow Empress to lead him to her.
• Snow Empress found Ice Empress at a hidden ice cliff and showed her the remaining Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow.
• Ice Empress accepted Snow Empress’s invitation to go to Shrek Academy after hearing the marrow could improve her chances of surviving the tribulation.
• Lin Feng received a Thunder Hell Vine after Ice Empress’s recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

Lin Feng examined the Thunder Hell Vine reward and considered building a Thunder Pool to support it, then continued studying the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. In class, Ning Tian and Wu Feng joined the first-year students and discovered that the academy’s exchange mall stocked the Aromatic Silk Beauty, leaving Ning Tian determined to earn enough Contribution Points to obtain it.

• Lin Feng kept the Thunder Hell Vine in system space because it needed a steady supply of lightning, and he considered creating a Thunder Pool.
• Lin Feng returned to his research into how the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could grant someone a Second Martial Soul.
• Shen Yi introduced Ning Tian and Wu Feng as new first-year students and distributed Personal Terminal Bracelets that tracked Contribution Points and offered academy services.
• Shen Yi explained that the Exchange Mall recommended resources based on each student’s Martial Soul and needs.
• Ning Tian found the Aromatic Silk Beauty listed in the mall and learned it was in stock, then resolved to earn enough Contribution Points to exchange for it.

Huo Yuhao learned that Electrolux considered the Life Gold carving knife on the academy’s exchange list a priceless opportunity, and he resolved to earn enough Contribution Points to obtain it. Shen Yi then explained that students could earn Contribution Points through their secondary professions, prompting Huo Yuhao to focus on his Soul Engineer training.

• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm found the Blade of Life Watch listed for three hundred million Contribution Points and wondered why it cost so much.
• Electrolux awoke from the gray sphere, identified the blade as Life Gold, and said it would be the greatest fortune of Huo Yuhao’s life.
• Electrolux explained that Life Gold contained immense life force, dismissed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s boast about his million years of cultivation, and praised the academy’s extraordinary resources.
• Huo Yuhao believed Electrolux and decided to save enough Contribution Points to obtain the knife.
• Shen Yi explained that students could earn Contribution Points through secondary professions, and Huo Yuhao recognized that he needed to prioritize his Soul Engineer training.

Shen Yi offered students Contribution Points for demonstrating Secondary Profession skills, and Tang Wulin eagerly volunteered to show his forging ability. The class followed Shen Yi to the Forging Teaching Area for the demonstration.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng felt out of place because they knew little about Shrek Academy’s Secondary Professions, but Ning Tian resolved to learn whatever was necessary to earn Contribution Points for Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Shen Yi announced an off-campus-style visit to learn about Secondary Professions and offered students 100 to 5,000 Contribution Points for successful demonstrations.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er regretted not having practiced a Secondary Profession, while Tang Wulin eagerly recognized the chance to earn Contribution Points.
• Shen Yi invited students to demonstrate forging, and Tang Wulin immediately volunteered as Yang Nianxia lowered his hand.
• Shen Yi accepted Tang Wulin’s offer and led the class to the Forging Teaching Area.

Tang Wulin demonstrated rank-five Spirit-Forging to Shen Yi’s class, earning five thousand Contribution Points and astonishing his classmates. Wang Dong’er tried to lift his hammers but could not move them, and Feng Wuyu revealed that each now weighed at least four hundred kilograms.

• Tang Wulin Spirit-Forged a piece of Sinking Silver before the class, creating living metal with a golden dragon aura.
• Shen Yi explained the nine blacksmith ranks, identified Tang Wulin as a master-level rank-five blacksmith, and awarded him five thousand Contribution Points.
• Wang Dong’er, encouraged by her growing strength and her Clear Sky Hammer martial soul, volunteered to try forging and attempted to lift Tang Wulin’s hammers.
• Feng Wuyu arrived and explained that Spirit-Forging had increased the hammers’ weight from one hundred and fifty kilograms each to at least four hundred kilograms each.
• Tang Wulin said he had thought the hammers were light, leaving Wang Dong’er and the class stunned.

Tang Wulin’s classmates learned that his 400-kilogram forging hammers were made for his exceptional strength, while Feng Wuyu warned them that blacksmithing demanded perseverance. Mu Xi arrived to use a forging room, reunited with her junior Tang Wulin, and left Wang Dong’er confused by her protective reaction to their closeness.

• Wang Dong’er failed to lift Tang Wulin’s Sinking Silver hammers, and Feng Wuyu explained that each weighed 400 kilograms and was meant for someone with extraordinary strength.
• Feng Wuyu challenged the students to endure blacksmithing’s hardship and warned that he would not tolerate anyone giving up.
• Mu Xi arrived and asked Feng Wuyu to use Forging Room Number Four; he introduced her as a Level Three blacksmith.
• Mu Xi congratulated Tang Wulin on reaching Level Five, patted his shoulder, and promised she would catch up to him.
• Wang Dong’er felt irritated seeing Mu Xi’s closeness with Tang Wulin and wondered why she wanted to protect him like a foolish younger brother.

Shen Yi showed Huo Yuhao and the others the mechas at Shrek Academy, explaining their grades and the power of Red-Grade God-Grade Mechas. Huo Yuhao became inspired to develop a mecha that could surpass Four-Word Battle Armor, while the dean received rewards as the students' recognition of Shrek Academy increased.

• Shen Yi showed the group a White-Grade Mecha and explained that even ordinary people could pilot one.
• Shen Yi described how Purple-Grade and Black-Grade Mechas enhanced Soul Masters and could work with their Soul Spirits.
• Shen Yi explained that Red-Grade God-Grade Mechas could teleport, fight autonomously, and evolve, but still fell short of Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Huo Yuhao imagined combining a mecha's firepower and defense with battle armor's flexibility and decided to study both disciplines.
• The dean received rewards after Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao increased their recognition of Shrek Academy.

The Far North exploration team reported meeting a powerful man named Yun Ming, who claimed to represent Shrek Academy. Meng Hongchen connected him to a newly founded Shrek Academy and Jing Hongchen decided to investigate the faction and verify the rumors before acting.

• The Far North exploration team rushed to Mingde Hall to report urgent intelligence about Shrek Academy.
• Jing Hongchen questioned the team captain, who said a powerful man named Yun Ming had stopped their search for a treasure in the Far North.
• Meng Hongchen revealed rumors that a floating island above the Star Dou Forest housed a new academy also called Shrek Academy.
• Meng Hongchen said the new academy's people had beaten Yan Shaozhe senseless when he came to confront them.
• Jing Hongchen considered whether Yun Ming belonged to the new Shrek Academy and decided to investigate and verify the reports.

After being reprimanded by Mu En for expelling Ning Tian and Wu Feng, Xuan Zi met Shrek City's City Lord, who feared an audit would expose a 100-million-Gold-Soul-Coin shortfall. Xuan Zi proposed selling overpriced medicinal cuisine made from high-year soul beasts, leaving the City Lord to agree and Xuan Zi considering how to obtain herbs from Pirated Shrek Academy.

• Mu En scolded Xuan Zi for expelling Ning Tian and Wu Feng, so Xuan Zi went to Shrek City to clear his head.
• Shrek City's City Lord pulled Xuan Zi aside and asked what had happened to the 100 million Gold Soul Coins Lin Huiqun withdrew from the treasury.
• The City Lord explained that the withdrawal had left a deficit he could not cover before his retirement audit.
• Xuan Zi proposed capturing high-year soul beasts and selling their meat as medicinal cuisine at enormous prices, using his Taotie Douluo reputation to attract buyers.
• The City Lord agreed to Xuan Zi's plan, and Xuan Zi began considering how to acquire herbs and raid Pirated Shrek Academy.

Shen Yi showed the students Shrek Academy’s Mecha District, where they learned they could earn free Purple-Grade Mechas by passing the piloting course and practical assessment. After several students demonstrated their secondary skills, three powerful presences suddenly descended on the plaza as the class left the hangar.

• Ning Tian admired the Mechas and considered how a Purple-Grade Mecha could support her as an auxiliary soul master.
• Shen Yi announced that students who passed the basic piloting course and final assessment would receive a Purple-Grade Mecha for free, while higher-grade Mechas required Contribution Points or materials.
• Wu Siduo demonstrated repairing a Mecha joint, Luo Guixing demonstrated polishing core components, and Xu Xiaoyan demonstrated Mecha design.
• Shen Yi reassured Ning Tian and Wu Feng that the students with prior experience could be caught up to through hard study.
• Shen Yi led the class toward the Soul Tool Manufacturing District, but three terrifying waves of pressure descended on the plaza, making Huo Yuhao wonder who had arrived.

Three powerful figures arrived at the academy, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized Snow Empress and Ice Empress among them. Their presence ruined his plan to make Ice Empress Huo Yuhao’s second martial soul, but Huo Yuhao remained confident that the academy could help him grow stronger.

• Three figures with overwhelming auras flew over the plaza, and Shen Yi told the students they were top academy experts and future teachers.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm identified the white-haired woman as Snow Empress and the green-haired girl as Ice Empress, both Far North ferocious beasts.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed he had planned to take Huo Yuhao to the Far North and persuade the dying Ice Empress to become his second martial soul.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm admitted that he wanted Ice Empress to become Huo Yuhao’s martial soul partly because he loved her.
• Huo Yuhao reassured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the academy could help him become stronger without a second martial soul, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm renewed his confidence in Huo Yuhao’s future.