Recaps

Dai Huabin provoked commoner students in the cafeteria, but Chen Doudou and Jiang Nannan intervened, and Jiang Nannan received only a token fine for striking him. Tang Ya watched the encounter and grew concerned about her mission, while Xiao Xiao joined Chen Doudou’s table and asked whether he had liked her gift.

• Dai Huabin insulted commoners and knocked down a student, who challenged him to face Senior Chen.
• Huo Yuhao helped the fallen student and condemned Dai Huabin, while Chen Doudou stopped Dai Huabin from fighting in the cafeteria.
• Jiang Nannan kicked Dai Huabin across the cafeteria, and Chen Doudou fined her one Copper Soul Coin despite her rule-breaking.
• Dai Huabin left with Zhu Lu after threatening to defeat them at the freshman assessment.
• Tang Ya wondered why Wang Dong recognized neither Jiang Nannan’s movements nor the familiar-looking boy, then resolved to hurry her ancestor’s task along.
• Xiao Xiao sat with Chen Doudou, Jiang Nannan, and Huo Yuhao and asked Chen Doudou if he had liked her gift.

Chen Doudou learned he might be placed in a first-year class alongside Xiao Xiao and Huo Yuhao, despite believing himself an upperclassman. Mu Jin was assigned to supervise a talented group including Chen Doudou and looked forward to proving herself against Shrek and Zhou Yi.

• Chen Doudou reluctantly told Xiao Xiao he liked her gift of clothes, while keeping its nature from Jiang Nannan and Huo Yuhao.
• Jiang Nannan told Chen Doudou and Huo Yuhao that they might be placed in a first-year class together, and Xiao Xiao celebrated the chance to share a class with Chen Doudou.
• Wang Yan assigned Mu Jin a talented student group that included Chen Doudou and explained that His Holiness the Pope had made the decision.
• Mu Jin accepted the homeroom teacher post and resolved to lead her students to success and take revenge on Zhou Yi and Shrek.

The first-year students received their class assignments, placing Chen Doudou in Class Three with Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao, and Wang Dong. Dai Huabin vowed to challenge Chen Doudou at the freshman assessment, while Mu Jin arrived to introduce herself as the class's homeroom teacher.

• The posted roster put Chen Doudou in Class Three, prompting Dai Huabin to dismiss him and promise to prove himself at the freshman assessment.
• Ning Tian found she had been assigned to Class One and vowed with Wu Feng to defeat Chen Doudou fairly at the assessment.
• Wang Dong took the seat beside Chen Doudou, and Huo Yuhao gave Xiao Xiao a seat on Chen Doudou's other side.
• Wang Dong introduced herself to Chen Doudou, who recognized her as Tang Wutong and told her she could call him Doudou.
• Mu Jin entered the classroom and introduced herself as the students' homeroom teacher.

Mu Jin introduced the academy’s freshman assessment, and Dai Huabin challenged Chen Doudou after learning he would skip the strength test. Chen Doudou effortlessly matched Dai Huabin’s 150 laps, taunted him, and left him furious enough to faint.

• Mu Jin explained that the top ten students in the freshman assessment would become reserve members of the inner academy, then began a strength test.
• Dai Huabin punched the measuring machine for a result of one thousand jin and challenged Chen Doudou, but Mu Jin excused Chen from the test because the academy already knew his strength.
• Dai Huabin accused Chen Doudou of avoiding the test and challenged him to an endurance run, while Zhu Lu suspected Chen was not afraid but simply unconcerned.
• Dai Huabin led the run and pushed through 150 laps, but Chen Doudou finished beside him without appearing tired.
• Chen Doudou mocked Dai Huabin for lacking strength and resumed running, prompting Dai Huabin to collapse and faint.

Chen Doudou continued running far beyond the other students’ limits, prompting Wang Dong to push herself until she fainted while trying to catch up. After Chen Doudou revived her, Xiao Xiao hurriedly pulled Wang Dong away from him and struggled to explain her jealousy.

• The students watched Chen Doudou keep running steadily after Dai Huabin collapsed, and Wang Dong resolved not to lose to him.
• Wang Dong chased Chen Doudou around the track but failed to close the final distance and fainted after completing three hundred laps.
• Chen Doudou caught Wang Dong, carried her to a bench, and used his first soul skill, Dance of the Life Stars, to restore her strength.
• Wang Dong thanked Chen Doudou in embarrassment, but Xiao Xiao stepped between them and pulled Wang Dong away from his embrace.
• Xiao Xiao privately wondered why seeing Wang Dong in Chen Doudou’s arms upset her, while Wang Dong suspected Xiao Xiao had tightened her grip on purpose.

Mu Jin announced that the freshman assessment would be fought in academy-assigned teams of three, then revealed Chen Doudou, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao as one team. Dai Huabin took heart from Mu Jin’s claim that Chen Doudou was auxiliary-type and believed his own team could beat them.

• Mu Jin told the freshmen that the assessment in one month would use academy-assigned three-person teams.
• Mu Jin announced Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and Cui Yajie as Team One, and Chen Doudou, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao as Team Two.
• When students questioned Chen Doudou’s auxiliary-type classification, Mu Jin insisted the academy had verified it, and Chen Doudou played along by asking to run fewer laps.
• Xiao Xiao celebrated being on Chen Doudou’s team, while Wang Dong hid her relief and denied wanting to be grouped with him.
• Dai Huabin concluded that his team’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill could overwhelm Chen Doudou’s team and anticipated victory.

Chen Doudou, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao spent their first team outing eating and shopping instead of training. Xiao Xiao tried on new shoes and tricked Chen Doudou into holding her sweaty stockings, leaving him stunned as she realized she had run a hundred laps that afternoon.

• Wang Dong suggested that the team visit the Soul Fighting Arena, but Xiao Xiao and Chen Doudou persuaded her to eat first.
• Xiao Xiao led Chen Doudou and Wang Dong to Heavenly Fragrance Tower, where she served Chen Doudou food and made Wang Dong feel like an outsider.
• Xiao Xiao spotted shoes at Cloud Brocade Pavilion, and the owner gave them to her because the shop belonged to Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Xiao tried on the shoes and accepted the shop owner's offer to try black thigh-high stockings.
• Xiao Xiao stuffed her damp white stockings into Chen Doudou's hand, and he froze when he realized what he was holding.
• Xiao Xiao remembered that she had run a hundred laps that afternoon.

Wang Dong secretly bought the same shoes and stockings as Xiao Xiao before the group went to the Soul Fighting Arena to demonstrate their abilities. Chen Doudou revealed that he had a third martial soul, leaving Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong stunned.

• Xiao Xiao teased Chen Doudou after he found her sock, while Wang Dong grew jealous of their closeness.
• Wang Dong returned to Cloud Brocade Pavilion, tried on the shoes and stockings in private, and resolved to prove herself to Chen Doudou.
• Xiao Xiao demonstrated the control and defensive abilities of her Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron and its two soul skills.
• Wang Dong demonstrated the speed and attacks of her Light Goddess Butterfly martial soul and its two soul skills.
• Chen Doudou asked whether they wanted to see his first, second, or third martial soul, shocking Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong.