Chapter Summaries

After the round-robin matches, Wang Yan asked Liu Yuan and the others about studying their rare Martial Souls, then sought Xuan Zi’s advice. Xuan Zi discussed the students’ backgrounds and potential and decided to personally inspect Liu Yuan and the others during the elimination rounds.

• Wang Dong'er bragged about crushing anyone, and Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er teased her about facing the elimination rounds.
• Wang Yan introduced himself to Liu Yuan and asked to study the students’ Martial Souls, but Liu Yuan put off the discussion until after the New Student Assessment.
• Wang Yan reported to Xuan Zi that he had encountered several rare Martial Souls, including those of Wang Dong'er, Di Qiu'er, Huo Yuhao, and Liu Yuan.
• Xuan Zi explained that the academy was observing Di Qiu'er because of her background and judged Huo Yuhao’s Body Martial Soul worth cultivating despite his modest talent.
• Xuan Zi told Wang Yan to arrange a suitable match so he could personally inspect Liu Yuan and the other students.

After accepting a task that offered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for curing a severe poison and finding a way to improve the issuer’s strength, Liu Yuan traveled to the task’s world. There he discovered a ruined treasure basin and met Dugu Yan, whose body was saturated with poison, leaving him unsure whether he could help her.

• Liu Yuan finished cultivating after Huo Yuhao brought him dinner from Shrek City, and the two continued cultivating together.
• At midnight, Liu Yuan found a task offering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as payment for resolving the issuer’s poison and providing a method to grow stronger.
• Liu Yuan accepted the task and traveled to another universe, where he found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well surrounded by a badly damaged landscape.
• Dugu Yan approached Liu Yuan and told him to give up the task, while her poisoned breath revealed that poison had spread throughout her body.

Liu Yuan learned that Tang San had stripped the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well of most of its power, leaving Dugu Yan with a failing cultivation site and only six years to live. Dugu Yan offered herself as an alternative payment, then revealed that she wanted revenge on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan rather than Tang San.

• Liu Yuan assessed Dugu Yan's condition, and she said his knowledge reminded her of Tang San.
• Dugu Yan explained that Tang San had taken nearly all the herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and weakened its source, while Dugu Bo later died from a poison backlash.
• Dugu Yan said the ruined well could still retain about one-tenth of its former effects for thousands of years, but she had only six years left because her Soul Bone was full of poison.
• Dugu Yan offered herself as an alternative payment, but Liu Yuan rejected the suggestion and asked about her plans for revenge.
• Dugu Yan said she wanted revenge on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then asked whether Liu Yuan was confident he could help her.

Liu Yuan used a Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone to absorb the poison destroying Dugu Yan’s body, fulfilling her mission and earning the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After Dugu Yan departed, Liu Yuan was transported away, and the valley disappeared, leaving a huge pit.

• Liu Yuan told Dugu Yan he was ninety percent certain he could help her and proposed giving her a Poison Sac.
• Liu Yuan revealed the Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone, and Dugu Yan recognized it as an External Soul Bone like Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances.
• Dugu Yan absorbed the Eight Spider Lances and used their devouring ability to draw the Jade Scale Snake Poison out of her body.
• Dugu Yan’s poison problem was solved, and she handed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well over to Liu Yuan before leaving.
• A multicolored light enveloped Liu Yuan and transported him away, while the valley vanished and left a huge pit.

After completing his mission, Liu Yuan returned to the tournament and saw Dai Huabin’s team brutally defeat Wang Dong’er’s team. The semifinal draw matched Liu Yuan’s team against Dai Huabin’s, giving Liu Yuan and Di Qiu’er the chance to answer the provocation.

• Liu Yuan declined to claim the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well immediately and considered storing it in Electrolux’s Undead Demiplane.
• Liu Yuan’s team easily advanced through the round of sixteen and quarterfinals, while Wang Yan repeatedly remarked that their opponents were too weak.
• Di Qiu’er defeated Xie Huanyue with a powerful punch and then followed Liu Yuan’s group toward Area Four.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu overwhelmed Wang Dong’er, and the examiner stopped Dai Huabin’s attack before Wang Dong’er was seriously hurt.
• Liu Yuan stopped Huo Yuhao and Di Qiu’er from confronting Dai Huabin immediately and agreed to wait for their next matches.
• The semifinal draw paired Liu Yuan’s team against Dai Huabin’s team the following morning.

Liu Yuan’s team faced Dai Huabin’s team in the New Student Assessment semifinals after Xiao Xiao traded insults with Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu. The match began with both sides wary of each other, while Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe watched from the platform.

• Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao arrived excited for the semifinals, and Wang Dong'er urged Liu Yuan to defeat Dai Huabin’s team.
• Dai Huabin mocked Liu Yuan’s team, and Xiao Xiao angrily insulted Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu before a teacher intervened.
• Xuan Zi watched the teams from the platform, and Yan Shaozhe joined him as they discussed Liu Yuan and the Golden Dragon Martial Soul girl.
• Liu Yuan’s team and Dai Huabin’s team took their positions in the arena, where Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu built momentum for their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The assessment teacher signaled the match to begin as Dai Huabin kept his wary gaze fixed on Liu Yuan.

Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu opened their semifinal match against Liu Yuan’s team by immediately using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger. As the beast charged and Cui Yajie tried to ambush Liu Yuan with Charm, Huo Yuhao and the young girl defeated her before she could complete the attack.

• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger, prompting teachers to debate whether using their ultimate move at the start was wise.
• Mu Jin argued that Dai Huabin had resorted to the fusion skill because he feared facing Liu Yuan alone, while Zhou Yi criticized the tactic.
• The Hell White Tiger charged Liu Yuan and revealed that Cui Yajie had been hiding behind it to launch an ambush.
• Huo Yuhao used Soul Shock to interrupt Cui Yajie's Charm, and the young girl followed by striking her with the cauldron.
• Cui Yajie was knocked unconscious, and Dai Huabin angrily called her trash.

Liu Yuan defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu’s Hell White Tiger in the assessment, brutally pinning it down before shattering it with his spear. After the victory, he and Di Qiu’er noted that only their six-person group remained.

• Liu Yuan intercepted the Hell White Tiger’s attack on Xiao Xiao and fought it with the Origin Willow Soul-Breaking Spear.
• Liu Yuan pierced and severed the Hell White Tiger’s claws, then used an Origin Willow wooden hand to repeatedly slam its head into the ground.
• Wang Dong’er cheered Liu Yuan on until Zhou Yi glared at her, while Yan Shaozhe spoke with Xuan Zi about the match.
• Liu Yuan unleashed a golden spear attack that shattered the Hell White Tiger and knocked Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu unconscious, securing his team’s victory.
• Dai Huabin woke up and threatened Liu Yuan, who ignored him; Liu Yuan then high-fived Wang Dong’er as the others gathered.
• Liu Yuan told Di Qiu’er that only their six-person group remained, and she responded with a knowing smile.

After the semifinals, Liu Yuan arranged to fight Di Qiu'er in the finals, while Shrek's leaders argued over whether Huo Yuhao and Nanmen Yun'er should be recruited by the Soul Guidance Department. The chapter ended as Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er faced each other in the expanded Assessment Area, ready to fight.

• Di Qiu'er warned Liu Yuan that Dai Huabin wanted to kill him, and Liu Yuan asked her to fight him violently in the afternoon using all her abilities except the Golden Dragon Spear.
• At the finals, Huo Yuhao noticed Fan Yu on the high platform and learned that the Soul Guidance Department teacher had come to watch him.
• Fan Yu urged Qian Duoduo to recruit Huo Yuhao, while Yan Shaozhe claimed he planned to make all six finalists Core Disciples.
• Xuan Zi said the Soul Guidance Department could take Di Qiu'er but forbade them from recruiting Huo Yuhao because of his exceptional Body Martial Soul potential.
• Wang Yan removed the partitions and refereed as Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er prepared to fight in the spacious Assessment Area.

Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er began the second half of their agreed duel after their teammates withdrew and left Huo Yuhao on the field to maintain Spirit Sharing. Liu Yuan unleashed a deadly chrysanthemum-petal attack, prompting the teachers to recognize his power as Ultimate Wood.

• Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er exchanged attacks while Huo Yuhao shared his Spiritual Detection and Ning Tian boosted their teammates.
• Di Qiu'er shattered Xiao Xiao's cauldron, while Liu Yuan bound Nanmen Yun'er and shielded Huo Yuhao's group with a wooden wall.
• Xiao Xiao and Ning Tian withdrew, leaving Huo Yuhao on the field to keep Spirit Sharing active as Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er prepared to fight alone.
• Liu Yuan summoned a Wood Dragon and attacked Di Qiu'er with a Wood Man and a field of chrysanthemums that transformed into countless blades.
• Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo recognized Liu Yuan's power as Ultimate Wood as the petal blades swept toward Di Qiu'er.

Liu Yuan defeated Di Qiu'er in the New Student Assessment final, and Xuan Zi called an emergency Sea God Pavilion meeting to report that Liu Yuan possessed the Ultimate Wood attribute. The Elders welcomed the discovery, recognizing its importance to Shrek Academy and the Golden Ancient Tree.

• Liu Yuan used a flower-petal killing formation and a Soul Suppressing Cauldron to defeat Di Qiu'er, winning the championship for Freshman Class Five.
• Ning Tian checked Di Qiu'er after the match, and Liu Yuan confirmed she had recovered before agreeing to fight her again.
• Wang Yan announced Liu Yuan's team's victory, and Du Weilun said the New Student Assembly would award the top teams and assign first-years to classes the next morning.
• Xuan Zi convened a Sea God Pavilion meeting and told Mu En and the Elders that Liu Yuan's Martial Soul was Ultimate Wood.
• The Elders reacted with delight because Ultimate Wood could help bring out the Golden Ancient Tree's power, while Lin Huiqun teased Xuan Zi for finally being reliable.

Mu En rebuked Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe for failing to prepare to lead Shrek Academy, then decided to focus on its younger generation. He planned to invite Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er to the Sea God Pavilion and ask whether they would become his closed-door disciples.

• Mu En said he had little time left, prompting the elders to protest and Xuan Zi to insist Shrek Academy needed him.
• Mu En criticized Xuan Zi for avoiding responsibility and Yan Shaozhe for wasting his talent and suitability to inherit the Sea God Pavilion.
• Mu En said he would put his hopes in the younger generation, especially Liu Yuan, whose Martial Soul might develop dual ultimate attributes.
• Mu En decided to accept Liu Yuan as his closed-door disciple, though he first wanted to meet him and learn whether Liu Yuan would agree.
• Mu En also decided to invite Di Qiu'er and ask her to become his closed-door disciple, joking that the two could close the gate together.

The new students gathered to hear the New Student Assessment results, rewards, and class assignments. Liu Yuan, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao were named champions and Core Disciples, then Du Weilun took them to collect their rewards.

• Liu Yuan attended the announcement with Huo Yuhao after recovering from the previous night's celebration, and spotted Zhou Yi and Wang Dong'er suffering from hangovers.
• Du Weilun announced Dai Huabin's team in third place, Di Qiu'er's team in second, and Liu Yuan's team as champions.
• Du Weilun announced that the top three teams would receive Academy assistance obtaining suitable Soul Rings, with an additional special reward for the champions.
• Du Weilun named Liu Yuan, Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, Di Qiu'er, Ning Tian, Dai Huabin, Wu Feng, Wang Dong'er, and Xie Huanyue as Core Disciples.
• Du Weilun assigned the new students to four classes, placing Liu Yuan and his teammates in Class One with Tian Ning as homeroom teacher and Wang Yan as a co-teacher.
• Du Weilun took Liu Yuan, Xiao Xiao, and Huo Yuhao to the Academic Affairs Director's office to collect their rewards.

Liu Yuan and his friends received the New Student Assessment reward, a Great Strength Baboon Left Leg Bone, which Liu Yuan gave to Xiao Xiao. Yan Shaozhe then approached Liu Yuan and invited him to come with him for a private discussion.

• Du Weilun gave Liu Yuan a Soul Tool pouch containing a Great Strength Baboon Left Leg Bone and asked the team to keep the reward confidential.
• Liu Yuan gave the Soul Bone to Xiao Xiao, explaining that it suited her martial soul and that he already had plenty of Soul Bones.
• Yan Shaozhe arrived with Di Qiu'er, and Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao recognized him as the dean of Shrek Academy.
• After Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao left for class, Yan Shaozhe invited Liu Yuan to accompany him, and Liu Yuan accepted.

Yan Shaozhe brought Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er to Sea God Island, where Liu Yuan resonated with the Golden Ancient Tree and entered a vision of its golden world. The tree began to speak to him and seemed to offer a gift before Liu Yuan's consciousness faded.

• Yan Shaozhe led Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er across Sea God Lake to Sea God Island and Sea God Pavilion.
• The pavilion glowed gold, and Liu Yuan's Origin Willow Martial Soul emerged as he entered a deep state of resonance with nature.
• Di Qiu'er slapped Yan Shaozhe's hand away when he tried to wake Liu Yuan, and Mu En told everyone to let him continue.
• Liu Yuan's awareness reached more plants, whose auras nourished him and the sleeping Electrolux while his Soul Power rose.
• A golden orb appeared in Liu Yuan's Spirit Sea, where he saw the Golden Ancient Tree begin to take human form and heard it speak of a gift before his consciousness faded.

After resonating with the Golden Ancient Tree, Liu Yuan awoke in the Sea God Pavilion with his Soul Power raised to rank forty and a new domain. He learned that Electrolux had recovered and met the waiting elders, who explained what had happened during his three-day unconsciousness.

• Liu Yuan woke after three days and discovered that his Soul Power had risen from rank thirty-five to rank forty and that he had gained a domain.
• Electrolux awakened in Liu Yuan's Spirit Sea, thanked him for providing energy, and asked to purify a portion of the Gold of Life.
• Liu Yuan agreed to give Electrolux some Gold of Life, and Electrolux urged him to meet the people waiting outside.
• Liu Yuan followed Mu En's summons to the Sea God Pavilion meeting hall and greeted the gathered elders.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that the Golden Ancient Tree had cleansed Liu Yuan and drawn an unprecedented amount of its stored energy, turning the island's plants golden before Mu En moved him indoors.
• The elders revealed that Liu Yuan had remained unconscious for three days, and they accepted the Golden Ancient Tree's energy expenditure as a benefit kept within the academy.

Mu En privately asked Liu Yuan to become his disciple and succeed him as Sea God Pavilion Master, and Liu Yuan accepted. After learning that Mu En planned to send him and Di Qiu'er to obtain Soul Rings with Xuan Zi, Liu Yuan questioned Xuan Zi’s reliability, prompting Mu En to choose Xiao Song instead.

• Mu En dismissed the Elders and spoke alone with Liu Yuan, offering to take him as his disciple and make him the next Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Mu En explained Shrek Academy’s uncertain future and promised Liu Yuan powerful Soul Rings and Soul Bones; Liu Yuan accepted and called him Teacher.
• Mu En told Liu Yuan that he had also taken Di Qiu'er as his final disciple after she stayed by Liu Yuan while he was unconscious.
• Mu En said Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er would soon reach Rank 40 and suggested Xuan Zi take them to obtain Soul Rings.
• Liu Yuan questioned whether Xuan Zi was reliable, reminding Mu En of a past expedition that had cost Inner Court disciples their lives.
• Mu En decided Xiao Song should accompany Liu Yuan and Di Qiu'er instead of Xuan Zi.

Liu Yuan learned more about the Nature Domain and received access to Sea God Island’s cultivation resources and the Treasure Gathering Pavilion from Yan Shaozhe. After Xian Lin'er confronted Yan Shaozhe at Sea God Pavilion, Liu Yuan returned to class, where his friends welcomed him and Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu watched him coldly.

• Liu Yuan explained to Mu En that the Nature Domain came from the Life Core and could help him move through plants and control them, though using those abilities consumed considerable power.
• Yan Shaozhe welcomed Liu Yuan as his junior martial brother, offered him Inner Court-level resources, and gave him a VIP card for the Treasure Gathering Pavilion.
• Yan Shaozhe teased Liu Yuan about Di Qiu'er’s feelings for him, but Xian Lin'er arrived and scolded Yan Shaozhe for his behavior.
• Mu En summoned Xian Lin'er and Yan Shaozhe into Sea God Pavilion, and Liu Yuan left for the Outer Courtyard.
• Liu Yuan returned to Class One, where Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, Xiao Xiao, and Di Qiu'er welcomed him while Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu looked hostile.

Liu Yuan thanked Di Qiu'er for trying to help him and revealed to his friends that he had become a Sea God Pavilion elder’s disciple. Xian Lin'er then offered Huo Yuhao the choice of becoming a Core Disciple in either department or a Dual-Core Disciple, leaving the decision to him.

• Wang Dong'er and Liu Yuan were reported for talking in class by Zhu Lu, and Wang Yan told Wang Dong'er to sit properly.
• After class, Liu Yuan told Wang Dong'er not to give Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu a reason to target them, then thanked Di Qiu'er for trying to help him.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao congratulated Liu Yuan after learning that he had become a disciple of an important Sea God Pavilion figure.
• Dai Huabin remained hostile toward Liu Yuan but hesitated to act after learning the academy valued him.
• Xian Lin'er visited Liu Yuan and explained that Huo Yuhao could choose to become a Martial Soul Department Core Disciple, a Soul Guidance Department Core Disciple, or a Dual-Core Disciple.

Huo Yuhao chose to pursue both Soul Master and Soul Guidance studies, and Xian Lin'er agreed to give him eight months to prove he could handle both. While Huo Yuhao went to the Soul Guidance Department, Liu Yuan had Electrolux purify the Spirit-Eating Carving Knife, revealing the Gold of Life, and Electrolux asked how Liu Yuan wanted to use what remained.

• Huo Yuhao told Xian Lin'er he wanted to pursue both fields, and she granted him a trial period of eight months with a warning that he would lose his Core Disciple treatment if his progress suffered.
• Xian Lin'er took Huo Yuhao to the Soul Guidance Department to handle the formalities, while Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er teased each other about the demands of his dual studies.
• Liu Yuan returned to the dormitory, took out the Spirit-Eating Carving Knife, and asked Electrolux to purify it.
• Electrolux used purification power to remove the evil thoughts and curses, revealing the knife's true form as the Gold of Life.
• Electrolux said he needed a small portion of the Gold of Life to stabilize his divine consciousness and asked Liu Yuan what he would do with the rest.