Chapter Summaries

Long Yaochen pushed Zhang Lexuan past Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Huo Yuhao, rejecting Tang Ya’s invitation to join the Tang Sect and provoking Bei Bei. As Huo Yuhao questioned whether the Tang Sect could help him, a mysterious god entered his Sea of Spirit and introduced himself as Old Tang.

• Bei Bei approached Zhang Lexuan, but she answered his concern coldly, while Tang Ya tried to recruit Long Yaochen into the Tang Sect.
• Long Yaochen pointed out that the Tang Sect lacked even a Soul King and said it was not qualified to invite him, then pushed Zhang Lexuan away.
• Bei Bei angrily threatened Long Yaochen, while Huo Yuhao wondered whether joining the Tang Sect could help him take revenge.
• A blue-gold light entered Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit, bound the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and revealed itself as a god called Old Tang.

Old Tang appeared in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit and persuaded him to accept a blue-gold seed that would guide and strengthen him. Huo Yuhao returned to the gates of Shrek City with the seed inside him, while Long Yaochen and Zhang Lexuan disappeared into the distance.

• Old Tang restrained Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then told Huo Yuhao that Long Yaochen was taking the destiny and opportunities meant for him.
• Old Tang urged Huo Yuhao to reclaim what was his, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm tried to warn him against accepting the mysterious seed.
• Huo Yuhao questioned the price and Old Tang said the seed was for justice and righteousness, but added that refusing would leave it there with them.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the seed, which calmed his mind and left a faint blue-gold gleam in his Spirit Eye; Old Tang then disappeared into sleep.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his senses at Shrek City’s gates as Long Yaochen and Zhang Lexuan departed, and Bei Bei promised Tang Ya he would make the Tang Sect great again.

Tang San secretly sent a fragment of divine consciousness out of his confinement chamber, while Long Yaochen found the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife at the Treasure Pavilion and awakened Electrolux’s response. The chapter ended with Electrolux telling him to buy it.

• Tang San used a flaw in the confinement chamber to send out a fragment of divine consciousness, then privately vowed to kill the God of Destruction once his plan succeeded.
• Ma Xiaotao brought Long Yaochen, Wang Dong, and Zhang Lexuan to the Treasure Pavilion’s Treasure Appreciation Fair in Shrek City.
• Long Yaochen sensed Electrolux reacting to a dangerous display and recognized the black bag’s contents as the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife.
• Long Yaochen picked up the bag, and gray air from within him suppressed the knife’s vicious aura despite Ma Xiaotao and Zhang Lexuan trying to stop him.
• Electrolux’s voice sounded clearly in Long Yaochen’s Sea of Spirit and told him to buy the knife.

Long Yaochen returned to Shrek with the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife, which Electrolux and Divinity purified into Life Gold. Electrolux gained strength from it but warned Long Yaochen that completing his martial soul would cause Divinity to tear him apart.

• Ma Xiaotao paid for the Spirit-Devouring Carving Knife after Long Yaochen suppressed its evil aura, and the group returned to the academy.
• Wang Dong watched Long Yaochen meditate in Dormitory 108 and considered revealing her true identity, but held back.
• The carving knife entered Long Yaochen's Sea of Spirit, where Electrolux used Long Yaochen's Divinity to purge its evil energy and claim the Life Gold.
• Electrolux regained a more solid form after absorbing the Life Gold and thanked Long Yaochen.
• Electrolux warned Long Yaochen that completing his martial soul would make the Divinity tear him apart.

Long Yaochen learned that creating a Moon Martial Soul could preserve his humanity when his divine power fully awakened, and Electrolux laid out a dangerous ritual to achieve it. After resolving to seek the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Long Yaochen teased Wang Dong and considered bringing Zhang Lexuan into the plan.

• Electrolux explained that Long Yaochen's fully restored Martial Soul would burn away his humanity, but a dark side could preserve it.
• Long Yaochen proposed creating a moon to balance his sun, and Electrolux agreed that he could help carve off part of his Martial Soul and use external power to form a second one.
• Electrolux identified Zhang Lexuan's Moon Martial Soul and the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well as key to the ritual, warning that it could fail fatally or weaken Long Yaochen's primary Martial Soul.
• Electrolux said the best time for the ritual would be when Long Yaochen absorbed his Fourth Soul Ring and suffered a backlash from his Divinity.
• Long Yaochen woke to find Wang Dong waiting for him, teased her with another Mark of Sun Chasing, and decided he would have to bring Zhang Lexuan into his plan.

After three months of teaching Freshman Class One and enduring Ma Xiaotao’s visits and the attention of admirers, Long Yaochen reviewed the Freshman Grand Competition assessment list for Zhang Lexuan. Huo Yuhao trained under Old Tang and vowed to defeat Long Yaochen, while Long discovered that he had not been assigned to any group.

• Zhang Lexuan organized Freshman Class One’s instruction, while Long Yaochen acted as her teaching assistant and disciplined troublesome students.
• Ma Xiaotao repeatedly visited Long Yaochen to suppress her Evil Fire, and her arguments with Wang Dong gave him a headache; Zhang Lexuan often pulled him away.
• Zhang Lexuan handed Long Yaochen the Freshman Grand Competition assessment list, and threatened to tell Ma Xiaotao he had asked her to collect love letters if he refused to check it.
• Huo Yuhao trained under Old Tang, who ordered him to win the competition and defeat Long Yaochen, whom Huo Yuhao blamed for stealing his destiny.
• Long Yaochen noticed that Wang Dong was grouped with Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, then found his own name missing from all twenty-two groups.

Zhang Lexuan announced that Long Yaochen would skip the Freshman Assessment teams and face the winning group alone in the finals. Huo Yuhao challenged the decision in class, and Long Yaochen’s amusement turned to irritation as the chapter ended.

• Zhang Lexuan told Long Yaochen that Mu En had placed him directly in the finals, where he would fight the winning team alone.
• Zhang Lexuan assigned the freshmen to teams, placing Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao together while Wang Dong regretted not being grouped with Long Yaochen.
• Zhang Lexuan announced that the assessment winner would still have to defeat Long Yaochen to claim the true championship.
• Huo Yuhao stood up and questioned why Long Yaochen was treated as superior to everyone else.
• Long Yaochen told Huo Yuhao the rule was meant to protect him, but Huo Yuhao insisted Long Yaochen had no right to the special treatment, provoking Long Yaochen's anger.

Long Yaochen humiliated Huo Yuhao in class, while Wang Dong chose to leave with Long Yaochen instead of discussing tactics with Huo Yuhao. After Wang Dong’s Sea God Mark briefly stirred and was burned away by Long Yaochen’s power, Long Yaochen wondered what Huo Yuhao would do next.

• Long Yaochen overwhelmed Huo Yuhao with his aura, knocked him to the floor, and warned him to earn the right to challenge him.
• Zhang Lexuan ended the confrontation and dismissed the students to coordinate with their teams for the Freshman Assessment.
• Wang Dong rejected Huo Yuhao’s invitation to discuss tactics and followed Long Yaochen, leaving Huo Yuhao alone and resentful.
• Wang Dong told Long Yaochen that Huo Yuhao’s aura felt familiar, and Long Yaochen suspected it was connected to the Sea God aura and his own use of the Mark of Sun Chasing.
• A sea-blue radiance briefly appeared in Wang Dong’s mind before a golden sun burned it away, and Long Yaochen resolved to use his power more cautiously.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao won their first match and went undefeated through the round-robin, but Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong’s conflict worsened. After Wang Dong relaxed around Long Yaochen, Huo Yuhao resolved to defeat him, encouraged by a voice in the depths of his Sea of Spirit.

• Huo Yuhao laid out a plan for the opening match, but Wang Dong objected to his commanding tone before they took the stage.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Detection Sharing helped Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao defeat their opponents, and Wang Dong questioned Huo Yuhao after he appeared to make an attack harsher.
• Wang Dong’s team won ten consecutive matches and qualified for the elimination round, while Wang Dong grew increasingly frustrated with Huo Yuhao’s tactics and criticism.
• Wang Dong left Huo Yuhao and went to speak with Long Yaochen, showing a relaxed expression that deepened Huo Yuhao’s resentment.
• A voice in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit urged him to defeat Long Yaochen, and Huo Yuhao said he understood.

The Freshman Assessment finals began amid rumors about Huo Yuhao's hidden weapons and Dai Huabin's strength, but Du Weilun revealed that winning the match would only earn a team the right to challenge Long Yaochen's special team. The academy offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone with light and fire attributes as the championship prize, and Ma Xiaotao confronted Long Yaochen for neglecting her.

• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo watched the finalists and discussed Long Yaochen's likely victory and the prospect of recruiting students for the Soul Tool Department.
• Du Weilun announced that the final match's winner would be named the outstanding team, then revealed that a special team that had skipped the elimination rounds would face the winner that afternoon for the championship.
• Du Weilun announced that the championship reward was a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone with light and fire attributes, prompting Huo Yuhao to resent the academy's apparent confidence in Long Yaochen.
• Wang Dong looked toward Long Yaochen, who smiled at her, and then noticed Ma Xiaotao suddenly appear beside him.
• Ma Xiaotao accused Long Yaochen of ignoring her for days and questioned whether his promises to take responsibility had only been meant to coax her.

Long Yaochen reassured Ma Xiaotao before watching Huo Yuhao’s team face Dai Huabin’s team in the finals. Huo Yuhao’s hidden strength began to surface as the Hell White Tiger overwhelmed his teammates.

• Long Yaochen convinced Ma Xiaotao that he would win and promised to watch the match.
• Dai Huabin taunted Huo Yuhao, then opened the fight with his White Tiger Intense Light Wave, which Wang Dong blocked.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao restrained Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu while Huo Yuhao defeated Cui Yajie with a concealed weapon and Spirit Shock.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu fused into the Hell White Tiger, which struck Wang Dong and forced Xiao Xiao to defend her.
• A voice in Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit urged him to reveal his true strength, and blue-gold light ignited in his eyes as Long Yaochen recognized the moment.

Huo Yuhao defeated Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu by shattering their Hell White Tiger with a powerful spiritual attack, then stopped himself from striking the injured Dai Huabin. That afternoon, Long Yaochen faced Huo Yuhao’s team alone, and the match began with him charging at Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao used Vast Sea Soul-Suppressing Strike to destroy the Hell White Tiger, knocking Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu out of the fight.
• Huo Yuhao tried to attack Dai Huabin, but the referee stopped him and declared Huo Yuhao’s team the winner.
• Long Yaochen challenged Huo Yuhao to an afternoon match, while Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, and Mu En watched from the stands.
• Long Yaochen entered the arena alone against Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and their teammate, despite the crowd’s shock.
• Long Yaochen asked Electrolux how long he could fight at full strength, then vanished at the referee’s signal and charged Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao battled Long Yaochen, eventually drawing blood and prompting him to reveal his martial soul and three Soul Rings. After healing and powering up with Prayer Light, Long Yaochen summoned the Spear of No Darkness as the fight escalated.

• Wang Dong blocked Long Yaochen's punch while Xiao Xiao's cauldrons failed to pin him down, and Huo Yuhao directed the team’s attack.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao coordinated their assault with Xiao Xiao's slowdown skill, allowing Huo Yuhao's Spirit Shock to create an opening.
• Wang Dong's Butterfly Wing Guillotine cut Long Yaochen's cheek, but he knocked her back and remarked that he had learned what being hurt felt like.
• Long Yaochen revealed his Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon and three purple Soul Rings, then used Prayer Light to heal himself and double his attributes while restoring his stamina.
• Long Yaochen summoned the Spear of No Darkness with his third Soul Skill.

Long Yaochen overwhelmed Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao with his Spear of No Darkness, then resisted Huo Yuhao’s Vast Sea Soul-Suppressing Strike with his Sacred Armor of Radiant Sun. As Huo Yuhao refused to concede, Long Yaochen stood ready to attack again.

• Long Yaochen’s Spear of No Darkness blasted Wang Dong to the arena floor and forced Xiao Xiao’s cauldrons back.
• Huo Yuhao panicked when Old Tang failed to answer, while Tang San recognized the divine quality of Long Yaochen’s spear and considered him a dangerous variable.
• Long Yaochen hurled his spear at Huo Yuhao, shattering Xiao Xiao’s cauldrons and leaving her unconscious.
• Old Tang told Huo Yuhao to use the Vast Sea Soul-Suppressing Strike, but Long Yaochen’s Sacred Armor of Radiant Sun blocked the spiritual attack.
• Huo Yuhao tried to use the strike again, but his spiritual power faltered, and he refused Old Tang’s order to concede.

Long Yaochen defeated Huo Yuhao in the Freshman Assessment final, and Yan Shaozhe intervened to stop Huo Yuhao’s last attack before declaring Long Yaochen the champion. As Long Yaochen received a Soul Bone and turned down a place in the Soul Tool Department, Huo Yuhao was left feeling ignored and considered leaving Shrek.

• Huo Yuhao refused to surrender and urged the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to unseal its Spiritual Origin, but it warned that doing so would draw attention.
• Long Yaochen launched another attack with the Spear of No Darkness, and Yan Shaozhe appeared to suppress the explosion before it could hit Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao protested Yan Shaozhe’s intervention, but Yan Shaozhe ignored him and announced Long Yaochen as the Freshman Assessment champion.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Long Yaochen the Light Demon-Breaking Right Arm Bone, which Long Yaochen accepted while deciding to consult Elder Yi before using it.
• Qian Duoduo offered to make Long Yaochen a core disciple of the Soul Tool Department, but Long Yaochen refused and went to find Wang Dong.
• Huo Yuhao watched the others celebrate Long Yaochen and began thinking that he wanted to leave Shrek and take his talent elsewhere.

After defeating Wang Dong, Long Yaochen learned that the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone could worsen the imbalance in his body, so he chose to save it for later. Huo Yuhao was left questioning whether he could rely on anyone but himself.

• Long Yaochen teased Wang Dong after their match, while Ma Xiaotao scolded her for injuring him and Zhang Lexuan reported that Xiao Xiao had suffered no lasting harm.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Old Tang for failing to respond during the match, and Old Tang warned that Long Yaochen had taken too many of his opportunities for him to catch up at Shrek.
• Back in Dormitory 108, Long Yaochen revealed the jade-white Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, which made Wang Dong’s Light Goddess Butterfly react to its aura.
• Electrolux advised Long Yaochen not to absorb the Soul Bone because its pure light could worsen the imbalance in his Divinity, but said it might be useful after he split his martial soul.
• Long Yaochen put the Soul Bone away, leaving Wang Dong to wonder why he had refused to use it.

At Shrek Academy’s freshman assignment ceremony, Long Yaochen and several others became Martial Soul Department core disciples, while Huo Yuhao was rejected because of his low Soul Power, weak Soul Ring, and conduct. The Soul Tool Department offered Huo Yuhao an observation slot, and Long Yaochen resolved to prevent Huo Yuhao from acquiring Ice Empress.

• Du Weilun announced the Martial Soul Department’s core disciples, including Long Yaochen, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Ning Tian.
• Huo Yuhao waited for his name, then heard Du Weilun say he would not become a Martial Soul Department core disciple because of his low Soul Power and Soul Ring and his harmful conduct during the assessment.
• Qian Duoduo offered Huo Yuhao an observation slot as a Soul Tool Department core disciple.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the rejection with a cold smile and considered pursuing Soul Tool technology, while Old Tang urged him to endure until he obtained his second martial soul.
• Long Yaochen recognized Huo Yuhao’s growing hostility and decided to consult his teacher about stopping Huo Yuhao from obtaining Ice Empress.

Long Yaochen helped Zhang Lexuan confront her grief over the hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring before joining First-Year Class One for its first lesson. Zhang Lexuan returned to teaching with a brighter expression, and the class officially began.

• Long Yaochen comforted Zhang Lexuan by urging her to honor the dead by becoming stronger, easing some of her months-long grief.
• Zhang Lexuan accompanied Long Yaochen to First-Year Class One, where Wang Yan introduced himself as the vice homeroom teacher.
• Long Yaochen took the empty seat beside Wang Dong, who questioned him about why Zhang Lexuan seemed more relaxed.
• Wang Dong supported the still-recovering Xiao Xiao after she laughed, while blaming Long Yaochen for their injuries.
• Zhang Lexuan addressed the students and declared them the official members of First-Year Class One.

Long Yaochen became Class One, Year One’s class monitor and learned martial soul theory under Wang Yan. Outside the academy, Huo Yuhao learned he had received only an observation slot in the Soul Tool Department, and his frustration shifted toward the power of Soul Tools.

• Zhang Lexuan announced that Long Yaochen would be the class monitor, and the students accepted the appointment without objection.
• Wang Yan taught the class about martial soul theory, and Long Yaochen filled gaps in his knowledge.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei visited Huo Yuhao’s grilled-fish stall and asked whether he had become a core disciple.
• Huo Yuhao revealed that he had only received an observation slot in the Soul Tool Department, prompting Tang Ya to urge Bei Bei to ask Great-Grandfather Xuan about the decision.
• Huo Yuhao asked Tang Ya about Soul Tools and privately resolved to use one to shoot Long Yaochen down from the sky.

Long Yaochen asked Electrolux whether Ultimate Ice could strengthen the fire attribute of his Eternal Blazing Sun Holy Dragon before he split his Martial Soul, and they agreed to risk the more difficult plan. He arranged to leave Shrek for a week with Long Xiaoyao, informed Mu En, and was still in the Sea God Pavilion when Bei Bei arrived.

• Long Yaochen proposed using Ultimate Ice to raise his fire attribute before splitting his Martial Soul, and Electrolux agreed that they would attempt the dangerous plan.
• Long Yaochen contacted Long Xiaoyao with his Black Dragon Scale and left Wang Dong cultivating in the dormitory.
• Long Yaochen told Mu En and Zhang Lexuan that he planned to leave for a week and that Long Xiaoyao would pick him up the next day.
• Mu En cautioned Long Yaochen not to let Long Xiaoyao make trouble over his earlier mistreatment at Shrek.
• Bei Bei entered the Sea God Pavilion to speak with Mu En, spotted Zhang Lexuan, and then stiffened when he saw Long Yaochen.