Chapter Summaries

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.