Chapter Summaries

Lin Ciyan observed Huo Yuhao’s advancement assessment and discovered that Tang San had left a divine sense imprint to help him grow. He agreed to attend the Treasure Appreciation Fair, where he promised Wang Dong an answer about taking her as his disciple.

• Han Ruoruo told Lin Ciyan that Huo Yuhao had returned from summer training at level twenty-three with unusually powerful spiritual abilities.
• Lin Ciyan secretly watched Huo Yuhao defeat three upper-year Soul Guidance Department students using Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Interference, and tactical misdirection.
• After the assessment, Lin Ciyan used his system to detect a divine sense imprint in Huo Yuhao’s memory and suspected Tang San had left it to guide his growth.
• Wang Dong invited Lin Ciyan to the Treasure Appreciation Fair and told him she had reached level twenty-seven.
• When Wang Dong asked Lin Ciyan to take her as his disciple, he promised to give her an answer at the fair.

Lin Ciyan took Han Ruoruo to the Treasure Appreciation Fair, where he used his wealth and VIP privileges to buy treasures for his students and a pair of earrings for her. Their warm moment was interrupted when two girls hurried over to greet them.

• Lin Ciyan and Han Ruoruo arrived at the Treasure Appreciation Pavilion and began browsing its exhibition.
• Lin Ciyan told Han Ruoruo he managed Shrek Academy trading houses and earned around twenty million Gold Soul Coins annually, then offered to buy anything she liked.
• Lin Ciyan bought treasures for Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong, including a Soul-Warming Jade, Void Spirit Jade, and Light Dragon Crystal.
• Han Ruoruo admired the Flowing Rosy Glow Earrings, so Lin Ciyan bought them with his Shrek Industry Alliance VIP card and put them on her.
• Two girls hurried over and called out to Lin Ciyan and Han Ruoruo.

Lin Ciyan accepted Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao as disciples and lavishly bought them cultivation treasures at the Treasure Appreciation Pavilion. After they returned toward Shrek Academy, Elder Lin watched them leave and accepted his spending as an investment in the academy's own.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao asked Lin Ciyan to take them both as disciples, and he agreed after Xiao Xiao said his cultivation method had improved her Soul Power growth.
• Lin Ciyan gave Xiao Xiao Ten-Thousand-Year Soul-Warming Jade and Void Spirit Jade, and gave Wang Dong a Light Dragon Crystal as gifts for becoming his disciples.
• Lin Ciyan bought Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao several additional treasures as they browsed the exhibition, while Jiang Nannan noticed how generously he treated them.
• Lin Ciyan spotted a spiritual power set arranged for Huo Yuhao and inferred that Qian Duoduo had prepared it to support Huo Yuhao's Soul Tool studies.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao promised to work hard as Lin Ciyan led them back toward Shrek Academy, and Elder Lin watched them leave from the second floor.

Lin Ciyan rescued Huo Yuhao from six attackers sent by Dai Huabin’s faction and defeated them in seconds, leaving Huo Yuhao with proof linking the ambush to the White Tiger Duke Mansion. Lin Ciyan departed as Ma Xiaotao arrived to help, then returned to the city and gained Slacking Value for his effortless victory.

• While walking through Shrek City with Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, Lin Ciyan sensed Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection and six hostile Soul Power auras outside the city.
• Huo Yuhao fled six ambushers—one Soul Emperor and five Soul Kings—after recognizing the danger, and sent up a distress signal as they closed in.
• Lin Ciyan appeared between Huo Yuhao and the attackers, then used his soul skills to freeze, pin, and cripple all six in under thirty seconds.
• Lin Ciyan found a White Tiger Duke Mansion token on the unconscious Soul Emperor and gave it to Huo Yuhao, warning him not to let hatred become a heart demon.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived, and Lin Ciyan left Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to explain the ambush to her.
• Lin Ciyan returned to Shrek City, gained 2000 Slacking Value, and thought of Zhang Lexuan as he went to rest.

Lin Ciyan watched the core disciples' free-for-all to select Shrek Academy's reserve team, then revealed himself as the tournament captain. He welcomed the seven selected students with a promise of relaxed training, leaving them amused and Xuan Zi irritated.

• Lin Ciyan watched the core disciples gather for the reserve-team assessment and recalled that Dai Huabin had been expelled after his ambush of Huo Yuhao.
• Xuan Zi began the free-for-all without warning, and Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao joined Bei Bei's group while He Caitou provided fire support.
• Huo Yuhao's group used spiritual interference and Wang Dong and Huo Yuhao's Golden Road fusion skill to eliminate twelve opponents, while Bei Bei's group defeated six more.
• Xuan Zi announced that Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, Bei Bei, Xu Sanshi, Jiang Nannan, and He Caitou had been selected as the reserve team.
• Lin Ciyan introduced himself as the rank sixty-eight Soul Emperor and captain, promised the team relaxed cultivation, and drew a pointed look from Xuan Zi.

After two weeks of training, Lin Ciyan’s seven reserve students met Shrek’s official tournament team. Xuan Zi announced that Lin Ciyan would face all thirteen official and reserve members alone, and Lin Ciyan eagerly accepted the challenge.

• Lin Ciyan encouraged Bei Bei to measure his progress against his past self instead of comparing himself to others.
• Xuan Zi brought the seven reserve members to meet the six official team members, led by Ma Xiaotao and including Dai Yueheng, Chen Zifeng, Xi Xi, Ling Luochen, and Gongyang Mo.
• The reserve and official team members introduced themselves and their Soul Power levels, with Huo Yuhao recognizing Dai Yueheng as Dai Huabin’s older brother.
• Xuan Zi changed the planned friendly match into a one-versus-thirteen fight, pitting Lin Ciyan against all six official members and seven reserves.
• Lin Ciyan entered the field, unleashed his Level 68 Soul Emperor aura and Holy Radiance Qilin, and invited the thirteen to attack.

Lin Ciyan fought all thirteen official and reserve team members at once and eliminated them in under ten minutes. The stunned academy leaders watched him finish the assessment and ask whether he could leave to eat with Lexuan.

• Ma Xiaotao organized the official and reserve teams into a formation while Xuan Zi, Yan Shaozhe, and Qian Duoduo watched.
• Lin Ciyan used Earth-Walking Technique to eliminate Xiao Xiao, Xu Sanshi, and He Caitou within seconds.
• Lin Ciyan suppressed Ma Xiaotao and eliminated Xi Xi, Jiang Nannan, and Bei Bei while repelling Dai Yueheng.
• Lin Ciyan overpowered Ling Luochen and Yao Haoxuan, leaving Ma Xiaotao, Dai Yueheng, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong.
• Ma Xiaotao and Dai Yueheng attacked alongside Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong's Golden Road, but Lin Ciyan blocked their attacks and eliminated all four.
• After Lin Ciyan defeated all thirteen fighters, he asked Xuan Zi if anything else remained before he went to eat with Lexuan.

Elder Xuan split the students into two teams for combat practice, setting Ma Xiaotao against Ling Luochen. After Ling Luochen held back Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Flame, their clash ended when Lin Ciyan stopped the spar and Ma Xiaotao flew away in anger.

• Elder Xuan assigned Ma Xiaotao, Xi Xi, Bei Bei, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, and Huo Yuhao to one team, and Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, Gongyang Mo, Yao Haoxuan, Xu Sanshi, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao to the other.
• Gongyang Mo and Yao Haoxuan strengthened Dai Yueheng’s team while Ling Luochen’s ice briefly matched Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Flame.
• Ling Luochen used her Absolute Ice Domain to weaken Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Meteor Shower, then charged her and was knocked back by Ma Xiaotao’s fiery punch.
• Ling Luochen looked toward Lin Ciyan, who stopped Ma Xiaotao from pressing the attack and reproached her for hitting Ling Luochen too hard.
• Ma Xiaotao flew out of the assessment area, and Lin Ciyan helped Ling Luochen up and gave her a bottle of pills.

After Dai Yueheng's team narrowly won the spar, Lin Ciyan returned to his room on Sea God Island. Ling Luochen visited him at night, claimed she was still hurt, and asked to experience Martial Soul Resonance with him again.

• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao impressed Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo, who suspected Lin Ciyan's guidance had strengthened their martial souls.
• Dai Yueheng's team narrowly defeated Bei Bei's team, and Xuan Zi dismissed everyone until their next morning's training.
• Lin Ciyan went to his room, reflected on the trouble caused by his relationships, and began circulating the Relaxation Breathing Method.
• Ling Luochen knocked on Lin Ciyan's door and entered, saying she could not sleep and that her chest still hurt.
• Lin Ciyan treated Ling Luochen's bruise with the power of the Five Elements, and she asked to experience Martial Soul Resonance with him again.

Lin Ciyan helped Ling Luochen refine her ice martial soul through resonance, while Ma Xiaotao secretly watched and confronted him afterward. She demanded that he stay away from Ling Luochen and threatened to cut ties when he challenged her claim over him.

• Lin Ciyan resonated with Ling Luochen’s ice Soul Power for about two hours, advancing her toward Ultimate Ice and earning 500 Slacking Value.
• Ling Luochen thanked Lin Ciyan, held him close, and then left his room after saying good night.
• Ma Xiaotao watched Ling Luochen leave, burst into Lin Ciyan’s room, and demanded to know what was between them.
• Lin Ciyan reminded Ma Xiaotao that they had never agreed to exclusivity and pointed out that Zhang Lexuan had been with him first.
• Ma Xiaotao insisted Lin Ciyan could not be with Ling Luochen and threatened to cut ties with him.

Lin Ciyan confronted Ma Xiaotao after she eavesdropped on his encounter with Ling Luochen, and the two reconciled as he helped purify her Evil Fire. The chapter left an icy blue-haired girl plotting to use Ma Xiaotao’s earlier attack on her as an opportunity.

• Lin Ciyan used his Ultimate Ice to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Flame and confronted her about listening outside his window.
• Lin Ciyan kissed Ma Xiaotao, and she accepted that he would not belong to only one woman.
• Lin Ciyan and Ma Xiaotao became intimate, and their ice and fire auras helped make her Evil Fire purer and more controlled.
• Ma Xiaotao agreed to stay with Lin Ciyan but asked him not to let her witness another scene like the one with Ling Luochen.
• An icy blue-haired girl watched the moon from another pavilion and said Ma Xiaotao’s attack had given her the perfect opportunity.

Zhang Lexuan took charge of Shrek Academy’s tournament team as it set out for Star Luo City, where Huo Yuhao would face memories of his past. Meanwhile, Dai Huabin rejected his forced return to the Star Luo Empire and followed a mysterious stranger toward the Sun Moon Empire in search of power and revenge.

• Elder Xuan announced that Zhang Lexuan would lead the team to the tournament, and she reunited with Lin Ciyan before their departure.
• Zhang Lexuan and Lin Ciyan shared a private moment, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen reacted to their closeness.
• Zhang Lexuan, Lin Ciyan, the main team, and the reserve team left Shrek Academy for Star Luo City, troubling Huo Yuhao with thoughts of the White Tiger Duke Mansion.
• A black-robed stranger offered Dai Huabin power and revenge after his expulsion from the academy.
• Dai Huabin accepted the stranger’s offer and followed him toward the Sun Moon Empire.

Lin Ciyan used his support ability to accelerate the Shrek Academy team toward the border military camp, then helped Wang Dong fly more comfortably and efficiently. The team reached the camp and presented its credentials to the commander.

• Lin Ciyan bought and activated the Auspicious Cloud Protection Aura, then used Grace of Bathing Light to increase the team's movement speed in stacks.
• Zhang Lexuan led the team onward as Lin Ciyan maintained their acceleration, and they covered nearly two hundred li before taking a brief rest.
• As the team prepared to fly, Lin Ciyan offered to accompany Wang Dong, whose flying became smoother and used less Soul Power under his light attribute.
• The team flew to the border military camp in two hours, where Zhang Lexuan presented Shrek Academy's credentials to the commander.

Lin Ciyan confronted the Duke of White Tiger, Dai Hao, accusing him of hypocrisy and neglecting his illegitimate sons. After Lin Ciyan revealed his ties to Shrek Academy and the Star Luo royal family, Dai Hao backed down, leaving the onlookers stunned.

• Dai Hao greeted the Shrek Academy team and recognized Lin Ciyan, whose casual manner prompted him to ask whether Lin Ciyan objected to him.
• Lin Ciyan accused Dai Hao of profiting from soldiers’ deaths, living in luxury, and neglecting his illegitimate sons while claiming to be a devoted husband and father.
• Huo Yuhao trembled as Lin Ciyan exposed the abuse in Dai Hao’s manor, and Dai Hao warned Lin Ciyan against making careless claims.
• Lin Ciyan summoned his martial soul and cited his status, powerful connections, and friendship with Princess Jiujiu when Dai Hao asked about the consequences of his accusations.
• Dai Hao recalled Emperor Xu Jiawei’s warning not to provoke Lin Ciyan and conceded, telling him, “I have been taught.”

Lin Ciyan led Shrek Academy’s team into the Mingdou Mountain Range to eliminate the Death's Hand Bandit Gang. As the assault began, the team found evidence of the bandits’ atrocities, and Lin Ciyan watched for their suspected Evil Soul Master leader to appear.

• Lin Ciyan rebuked Dai Hao over his hypocrisy, then joined Zhang Lexuan and the others as they left the duke’s camp.
• After receiving intelligence about the Death's Hand Bandit Gang, Zhang Lexuan appointed Lin Ciyan to lead the mission, and he assigned roles to the team.
• The team traveled into the Mingdou Mountain Range using Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection Sharing to navigate traps and reach the bandits’ valley.
• The group found slain bandits and horrifying remains inside the cave, and Lin Ciyan urged Huo Yuhao to search for hidden threats.
• Lin Ciyan’s holy buff strengthened the team as the Inner Court and reserve members fought the bandits, while he waited for the suspected leader to emerge.

Lin Ciyan neutralized the bandits’ chain of corpse explosions, defeated the Messenger of Death, and confronted Xuan Zi after discovering he had been absent during the danger. The chapter left Xuan Zi facing the group’s disappointment over breaking his promise to provide backup.

• Lin Ciyan used the Holy Radiance Qilin and Light of the Five Elements to absorb and purify the corpses’ explosive energy, saving the Shrek group.
• Lin Ciyan found the Messenger of Death hiding in the cave, pierced his shoulder with Extreme Ice Thrust, and knocked him into a wall with a punch.
• Xuan Zi arrived after the danger had passed, and Lin Ciyan questioned where he had been.
• Lin Ciyan revealed that Xuan Zi had been resting beneath a crooked tree with chicken legs and liquor instead of staying near the group.
• Zhang Lexuan reminded Xuan Zi that he had promised Dean Yan to remain with them and provide backup, leaving him unable to answer.

Lin Ciyan confronted Xuan Zi over his repeated negligence and forced him to acknowledge the lives harmed by his mistakes. After Xuan Zi vowed to resign and apologize, Lin Ciyan healed the group from lingering evil energy, and they prepared to travel to Star Luo City.

• Lin Ciyan accused Xuan Zi of endangering the Inner Court disciples and cited records of past incidents that had injured or disabled students.
• Xuan Zi erupted with his Level 98 pressure, but Lin Ciyan resisted it and challenged him to accept responsibility.
• Xuan Zi admitted he had been negligent, said he would resign as a Sea God Pavilion Elder, and promised to apologize to the families of harmed disciples.
• At the campfire, Lin Ciyan discovered that Huo Yuhao and the others had absorbed lingering evil energy and used Grace of Bathing Light to cleanse them.
• Lin Ciyan and Zhang Lexuan volunteered to take the first watch before the group set out for Star Luo City, while Xuan Zi watched them from a distant tree and left to reflect.

Lin Ciyan took charge of Shrek Academy’s tournament team as it continued toward Star Luo City, while Mu En accepted Elder Xuan’s resignation and sentenced him to ten years of service and reflection on Sea God Island. The team reached the edge of the Mingdou Mountain Range, with the tournament and a refreshed shop awaiting them.

• Lin Ciyan told the team that Elder Xuan would resign and laid out his plans to help injured members recover before the tournament.
• Mu En accepted Elder Xuan’s resignation, confined him to Sea God Island for ten years, and ordered him to clean, reflect, and submit weekly self-criticisms.
• Mu En gave Lin Ciyan full authority over Shrek Academy’s tournament decisions, and Elder Lin supported the decision.
• Lin Ciyan’s group resumed its journey, and he earned the team’s trust as Huo Yuhao and the others grew confident in him.
• Lin Ciyan and the group reached the edge of the Mingdou Mountain Range, where he received a system notification about the tournament shop’s refreshed limited-time items.

Lin Ciyan led Shrek Academy’s team to Star Luo City and took charge of its tournament preparations after Mu En gave him full authority. The chapter ended with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy dismissing the sixteen-year-old captain’s threat, while Meng remained curious about him.

• Lin Ciyan and Zhang Lexuan led Shrek Academy’s group through Star Luo City to the Star Emperor Hotel, where they shared a room and spoke privately about the tournament.
• Wang Yan explained that Shrek would compete in the opening knockout match, and Lin Ciyan eased the reserve team’s anxiety by emphasizing their strengths.
• Zhang Lexuan received Mu En’s message assigning Lin Ciyan full responsibility for tactics, lineups, and personnel; Lin Ciyan named a provisional first-round lineup and let the recovering veterans rest.
• Lin Ciyan examined Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, found that Wang Dong’s evil energy remained, and told both disciples to meet him for guidance that night.
• At the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, students laughed at the idea of a sixteen-year-old Shrek captain, but Meng considered Lin Ciyan intriguing and remained curious about him.

Lin Ciyan led Shrek Academy through the opening ceremony of the continental tournament, where Emperor Xu Jiawei recognized him and the crowd welcomed the team. Shrek was drawn for the first elimination match against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy, and Lin Ciyan sent the reserve team to compete.

• Lin Ciyan led Shrek Academy to Star Luo Square and told the team to stand proudly as representatives of Shrek.
• Meng Hongchen noticed Lin Ciyan when the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy arrived and called him interesting.
• Emperor Xu Jiawei opened the tournament, exchanged a discreet nod with Lin Ciyan, and showed him special attention.
• The announcer drew Shrek Academy against Tianling Advanced Soul Master Academy for the first match of the elimination round.
• Lin Ciyan steadied Shrek's reserve team and urged them to enter the arena and win.