Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan was mocked after his Soul Power tested at level three, and Xiao Yulü challenged him to a match for a recommendation letter to Shrek Academy. As Xiao Yan’s dormant Red Cloud Egg finally filled with the Soul Power it had absorbed for three years, a scorching force surged from within it.

• Xiao Yan tested at level-three Soul Power and endured the Xiao Clan members’ mockery.
• Xiao Yulü confronted Xiao Yan and challenged him to a match in three days, with a recommendation letter to Shrek Academy going to the winner.
• Xiao Yan recalled awakening a Red Cloud Egg with Innate Full Soul Power and watching his Soul Power and Soul Ring disappear as the egg absorbed his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan sensed the Red Cloud Egg was full when a scorching force surged through a crack in its shell.

Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul hatched into a shiny Little Fire Dragon, restoring his cultivation and giving him the idea to establish alchemy. After refining pills and taking one with Little Fire Dragon, he woke with greatly increased Soul Power, then noticed he had lost track of the date.

• Xiao Yan’s Martial Soul hatched into a golden Little Fire Dragon, and he learned they shared Soul Power and that his level had risen to five.
• Xiao Yan decided to try alchemy, put away the Crimson Flame Herb, and went to the clan storehouse for supplementary herbs.
• Xiao Yan used Little Fire Dragon’s flame to refine three pills after many failed attempts.
• Xiao Yan and Little Fire Dragon each ate a pill, and Xiao Yan cultivated through the surge of medicinal power.
• Xiao Yan woke refreshed with much stronger Soul Power, then saw the calendar and realized he did not know the date.

Xiao Yan arrived just before the duel was declared a forfeit and revealed that his Soul Power had risen to ten levels. He and Xiao Yulü began their contest, and the chapter ended as Xiao Yan formed a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus to counter Xiao Yulü’s attack.

• Xiao Yulü waited through several extensions while the crowd and clan elders mocked Xiao Yan for failing to appear.
• Xiao Yan rushed into the training ground at the last moment and revealed ten levels of Soul Power, astonishing the crowd and delighting Xiao Yulü.
• Xiao Yulü summoned his Flame Splitting Wave Devouring Ruler, while Xiao Yan revealed his Xiao Fire Dragon Martial Soul.
• Xiao Fire Dragon deflected Xiao Yulü’s ruler strike and forced him to dodge an Ember attack, but Xiao Yulü then unleashed a powerful flaming ruler-shadow.
• Xiao Yan recalled Xiao Fire Dragon, then summoned it to possess him and formed a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus as Xiao Yulü charged.

Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Yulü in a devastating arena battle, earning his respect and the recommendation letter for Shrek Academy. The clan elders acknowledged Xiao Yan as the officially sanctioned winner as the crowd reacted with shock and awe.

• Xiao Yulü unleashed his three years of accumulated Soul Power in a Flame-Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler strike as Xiao Yan sent his nearly completed Buddha Fury Fire Lotus toward him.
• The collision blasted a huge crater into the arena, shattered Xiao Yulü's manifested Giant Ruler, and left both Xiao Yulü and Xiao Yan exhausted.
• Xiao Yulü admitted defeat, gave Xiao Yan the recommendation letter for Shrek Academy, and vowed to earn admission himself and fight him again.
• The crowd erupted in astonishment, while some clan elders questioned whether Xiao Yan should receive the promised reward.
• The clan elder who had supported Xiao Yan rebuked the others and officially declared Xiao Yan the winner.

Xiao Yan departed with Xiao Yulü and a group of Xiao Clan Soul Masters, who were escorting Xiao Yulü to Star Dou Forest to hunt for a Soul Ring. Xiao Yulü insisted that Xiao Yan join the hunt, despite the escort team's misgivings, and the carriage set out toward the forest.

• Xiao Yan boarded the extravagant carriage and found Xiao Yulü and several Xiao Clan Soul Masters waiting inside.
• Xiao Yulü explained that he was going to Star Dou Forest to hunt a Soul Ring and invited Xiao Yan to hunt alongside him.
• Xiao Yulü pointed out that Xiao Yan's First Soul Ring had disappeared, and Xiao Yan realized he would need another ring to increase his Soul Power.
• A short-haired Soul Master objected to bringing Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yulü defended him as a direct descendant of the Xiao Clan and accepted that Xiao Yan had won the admission spot.
• Xiao Yulü ordered the carriage to depart, and the group headed toward Star Dou Forest.

Xiao Yan and the group escorting Xiao Yulü found a lake in Star Dou Forest whose apparent island turned out to be a gigantic Black Tortoise. As the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast attacked with waves, Xiao Yan fled and warned the guards that they could not fight it.

• The group traveled from the outskirts of Star Dou Forest toward the forest's interior, while Xiao Yan sensed an oppressive presence and warned the others.
• The short-haired scout used his Hunting Falcon Martial Soul to fly over the lake and reported that he saw no danger.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü realized the lake's huge waves were coming from the mountain-like island rising out of the water.
• The island revealed itself as an enormous Black Tortoise, whose pressure made the group believe it was a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Xiao Yulü and ran, but the short-haired young man ordered the guards to form a battle formation.
• The Black Tortoise roared and summoned violent waves as Xiao Yan warned the guards that they could not challenge a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü tried to stop the Kan-Water Profound Turtle’s towering waves with their strongest combined attack, but the flood swept them away. Xiao Yan awoke beside Huo Yuhao, Tang Ya, and Beibei, and introduced himself as an orphan from Xiao Family Village.

• The Kan-Water Profound Turtle overwhelmed the Soul Saint’s battle formation and killed its leader with Mystic Water Breath.
• Xiao Yulü stopped running and joined Xiao Yan in unleashing their strongest fire attacks against the approaching waves, but the torrent extinguished them and swept both away.
• Xiao Yan ended his Martial Soul Possession and shielded Little Fire Dragon as the darkness took him.
• Xiao Yan woke beside a bonfire, where Huo Yuhao was grilling fish with Tang Ya and Beibei nearby.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as an orphan from Xiao Family Village, leaving Tang Ya wondering whether he carried a blood feud.

Xiao Yan joined Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao as they traveled through Star Dou Forest to hunt Soul Beasts. The group found a thousand-year Datura Snake for Tang Ya, and Beibei attacked it while Xiao Yan commanded Xiao Fire Dragon to use Ember.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Fire-type Martial Soul, Xiao Fire Dragon, and told the group he had come to Star Dou Forest to obtain his first Soul Ring.
• Tang Ya verified Xiao Yan's Shrek Academy recommendation letter, and they agreed to hunt Soul Beasts together before returning to the academy.
• Huo Yuhao grilled fish for everyone, and the group rested before setting out through the forest the next morning.
• The group encountered only Ten-Year Wind Baboons before finding a thousand-year Datura Snake that Tang Ya wanted for her Soul Ring.
• Beibei attacked the Datura Snake with Thunder Dragon Claw and Thunderous Might, while Xiao Yan ordered Xiao Fire Dragon to use Ember.

Xiao Yan, Beibei, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya worked together to defeat a Datura Snake so Tang Ya could absorb its Thousand-Year Soul Ring. As Tang Ya began cultivating, a crimson shadow suddenly lunged at the group.

• Xiao Yan directed Little Fire Dragon in battle while Beibei controlled the Datura Snake, and Huo Yuyao used Spiritual Detection Sharing to help them evade its attacks.
• Xiao Yan used Blazing Fist, Heaven Blasting to stop the Datura Snake from escaping, and Tang Ya killed it with a flying knife through its open mouth.
• Tang Ya began absorbing the Datura Snake's purple Soul Ring while Beibei explained her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul to Huo Yuhao.
• As Tang Ya continued absorbing the Soul Ring, Xiao Yan played tic-tac-toe with Little Fire Dragon, then sensed danger when a crimson shadow lunged at them.

Xiao Yan and Beibei defended Tang Ya while she absorbed her Soul Ring, fending off a thousand-year Crimson Fire Boa. After Tang Ya woke with a new Soul Skill, the group attacked the boa and left it badly wounded.

• Xiao Yan used Spiritual Detection Sharing to evade the Crimson Fire Boa, then joined Beibei in guarding Tang Ya from it.
• Xiao Yan and Beibei drove the boa back with fire and thunder, then took his restorative pills while discussing his self-taught medicine-making and his refusal to join the Tang Sect.
• Tang Ya finished absorbing her Soul Ring and woke as a thirty-level Soul Elder with three Soul Rings.
• Tang Ya tested her new Shara Serpent Net Soul Skill on the boa, and Xiao Yan directed her and Beibei in a coordinated attack.
• Xiao Yan, Tang Ya, and Beibei wounded and restrained the boa, and Xiao Yan struck it with Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.

Xiao Yan killed the Crimson Fire Boa and began absorbing its thousand-year Soul Ring with the help of pills and his unusually strong constitution. In his Sea of Consciousness, he and Little Fire Dragon faced the Boa’s lingering will.

• Xiao Yan battered the wounded Crimson Fire Boa with repeated attacks while Beibei, Huo Yuhao, and Tang Ya watched in shock.
• After half a day of pursuit, Xiao Yan killed the Crimson Fire Boa and decided to absorb its thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Yan explained that his pills and strengthened body might let him withstand the Soul Ring, while his bond with Little Fire Dragon could help share the strain.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Dragon Blood Pill, sat down, and drew the purple Soul Ring onto himself as Beibei and the others guarded him.
• In his Sea of Consciousness, Xiao Yan and Little Fire Dragon confronted the Crimson Fire Boa’s spirit, and Xiao Yan blocked its fireballs with a wall of flame.

After absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring, Xiao Yan gained the powerful Blazing Sun Domain and prepared to return to Shrek with Tang Ya, Beibei, and Huo Yuhao. On the way, Huo Yuhao detected someone fighting wolves, and Xiao Yan recognized the person as Xiao Yulü.

• Xiao Yan completed his fusion with the thousand-year Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power level fifteen and gaining Smokescreen and Dragon Breath for Little Fire Dragon.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated his First Soul Skill, Blazing Sun Domain, explaining its boosts to fire damage, allies’ abilities, and its burning effect when enhanced with Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan, Tang Ya, Beibei, and Huo Yuhao set off for Shrek so Xiao Yan and Huo Yuhao could enroll.
• Xiao Yan coached Huo Yuhao to compress Spiritual Detection Sharing into a narrow line, and Huo Yuhao’s expanded detection revealed someone fighting a pack of wolves.
• Xiao Yan recognized the fighter as Xiao Yulü, hurried to the clearing, and called out to him; Xiao Yulü recognized Xiao Yan in return.

Xiao Yan and his companions rescued Xiao Yulü from a pack of Soul Wolves after Xiao Yulü was badly wounded. Xiao Yulü explained how he had survived by forcibly absorbing a five-hundred-year Soul Ring, and the group learned the strength of his new skill.

• Xiao Yulü answered Xiao Yan's call, letting a Soul Wolf tear a deep wound across his back.
• Xiao Yan sent Little Fire Dragon to protect Xiao Yulü with Blazing Sun Domain, and the group fought through the weakened wolves.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü drove off the remaining Soul Wolves, and Xiao Yan gave the wounded Xiao Yulü an Essence Replenishment Pill.
• Xiao Yulü told the group that he had killed a grievously wounded Scorched Earth Lizard and forcibly absorbed its five-hundred-year Soul Ring after the Kan-Water Profound Turtle's wave swept him away.
• Xiao Yulü demonstrated his Thousand Jun Momentum skill and revealed that his Soul Power had reached level twelve, leaving Huo Yuhao astonished by both boys.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü joined Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao on the journey to Shrek City, where they planned to enroll at Shrek Academy. Along the way, Xiao Yan devised the Flame Mantra and left the group to test it after Xiao Yulü reached the required Soul Power level.

• Tang Ya was surprised that nine-year-old Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü both met Shrek Academy's admission standards.
• Xiao Yan invited Xiao Yulü to enroll at Shrek Academy, and Xiao Yulü agreed rather than risk the long return journey through the Star Dou Forest.
• The five traveled around the Star Dou Forest through the Star Luo Empire, while Beibei and Tang Ya taught Huo Yuhao Tang Sect techniques.
• Xiao Yan devised the Flame Mantra as a way to gain resources and improve his cultivation by absorbing Heavenly Flames.
• The group reached Shrek City during the academy's recruitment season, and Xiao Yulü said he expected to reach level fifteen before enrollment ended.
• Xiao Yan parted ways with Beibei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao so he could test the Flame Mantra while Xiao Yulü continued cultivating.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü stayed in Shrek City so Xiao Yulü could cultivate before enrolling at Shrek Academy. Xiao Yan tested the Flame Mantra with Little Fire Dragon’s flames, formed a Core Flame, and left Xiao Yulü to keep cultivating while he explored the city.

• Xiao Yan parted ways with Beibei and Tang Ya so he could wait for Xiao Yulü to break through before enrolling with him.
• Xiao Yulü paid for two first-class rooms at the Cloud Arrival Inn, and Xiao Yan agreed to stay while he cultivated.
• Xiao Yan tried circulating the Flame Mantra, then used Little Fire Dragon’s flames to ease the process and completed five cycles.
• Xiao Yan absorbed Little Fire Dragon’s flame into his body, forming a Core Flame and strengthening his Soul Power.
• The next morning, Xiao Yulü told Xiao Yan he had reached level thirteen but needed about a week to reach level fifteen, so Xiao Yan went out to explore.

Xiao Yan searched Shrek City for fire-attribute ingredients but found everything beyond his means until Xiao Yulü left him money. After refining Purple Sun Pills, Xiao Yan gave a bottle to Xiao Yulü, who was struggling to break through a cultivation bottleneck.

• Xiao Yan went shopping in Shrek City for alchemy ingredients and fire-related treasures but could not afford them.
• Xiao Yan returned to the inn and found Xiao Yulü’s Storage Soul Tool and a note offering him money; he took five hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Yulü’s cultivation stalled at a bottleneck, so he went onto the balcony and saw Xiao Yan refining pills with Little Fire Dragon.
• Xiao Yan successfully refined Purple Sun Pills from a three-hundred-year-old Red Sun Flower after practicing with substitute ingredients.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yulü had hit a bottleneck and gave him a bottle of Purple Sun Pills.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü enrolled at Shrek Academy and settled into their shared dormitory. When they found Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fighting, Xiao Yulü intervened, and the academy’s powerful force stopped the confrontation from escalating.

• Xiao Yulü told Xiao Yan that a pill had helped him reach level 17, and Xiao Yan tested an inferior Purple Sun Pill on him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü paid for the inn wall they had damaged, enrolled at Shrek Academy, and were assigned to Freshman Class 9 and the same dormitory.
• Xiao Yan cleaned their sparse dorm room, then showed Xiao Yulü around the campus.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü returned to find Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong fighting outside their dormitory.
• Xiao Yulü accused Wang Dong of picking on Huo Yuhao, attacked her, and Wang Dong summoned her Martial Soul before a tremendous force stopped them both.

Mu En used his pressure to punish Xiao Yulü for using his Martial Soul against a classmate, while Xiao Yan resisted and challenged Shrek Academy’s unequal discipline. Mu En eventually released Xiao Yulü, who returned to the dormitory humiliated, and classes began the next day.

• Mu En’s pressure pinned Xiao Yulü down and nearly forced Xiao Yan to the ground, but Xiao Yan used Dragon Blood Pills to help them resist.
• Xiao Yulü shouted a challenge at his unseen attacker, so Mu En increased the pressure and left him unable to get up.
• Xiao Yan and Huo Yuhao dispersed the watching students, and Xiao Yan asked Mu En to release Xiao Yulü, citing the boy’s age, talent, and public humiliation.
• Mu En noticed Xiao Yan’s Thousand-Year First Soul Ring, praised his talent and temperament, and said Xiao Yulü deserved punishment for using his Martial Soul on campus.
• Xiao Yan challenged Shrek Academy’s fairness and warned against Inner Court students bullying Outer Court students without consequences.
• Xiao Yan brought bread to the pinned Xiao Yulü, and Mu En released him near evening; Xiao Yulü returned to the dormitory and hid under the covers until school began the next day.

On the first day of classes at Shrek Academy, Xiao Yan silenced students who mocked Xiao Yulü and challenged Freshman Class 9 to fight him for a bottle of Purple Sun Pills. He left the class facing their response to his offer.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü learned that classes had started and joined Freshman Class 9, where their teacher, Mu Jin, began introductions.
• Students teased Xiao Yulü with the nickname “Kiss-the-Ground Guy,” and Xiao Yan demanded that the class show his brother respect.
• When Xiong Hui challenged him, Xiao Yan struck him with chalk and used his aura to intimidate the class into silence.
• Xiao Yulü introduced himself and revealed that his Soul Power was level seventeen; Xiao Yan then said his was level fifteen.
• Xiao Yan offered a bottle of Purple Sun Pills to anyone who could beat him and warned the class not to question him if none could.

Xiao Yan’s Purple Sun Pills drew attention and prompted Xiong Hui to challenge him. During their spar, Xiao Yan revealed his Little Fire Dragon Martial Soul and Dragon’s Breath, whose Dragon Might made Zhou Yi drop to her knees.

• Xiao Yulü revealed that one Purple Sun Pill had helped him break through, startling the students and drawing Ning Tian’s interest in Xiao Yan’s background.
• Xiong Hui challenged Xiao Yan for the Purple Sun Pills, and Mu Jin took the class to the training field to watch their match.
• Xiong Hui used his Thick Earth Bear Martial Soul and Bear’s Strength, while Xiao Yan fought without his own Martial Soul and unleashed the self-created skill Blazing Fist—Earthly Fiend.
• After ten rounds, Xiao Yan recited lines from “Heaven and Earth are Unkind,” concealed his purple Soul Ring, and possessed himself with Little Fire Dragon.
• Xiao Yan fired Dragon’s Breath at Xiong Hui, and its Dragon Might made Zhou Yi’s legs give way and drop her to her knees.