Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao arrived at Shrek Academy to register as freshmen, drawing attention with their appearance and extraordinary Soul Power. Their registration left the admissions senior stunned by Xiao Xiao’s twin Martial Souls and Xiao Yan’s rank-forty-six cultivation at age eleven.

• Uncle Fu drove Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao through Shrek City to the academy’s east gate during freshman enrollment.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao joined the crowded registration queue, where their appearance caused a commotion.
• A senior student invited the siblings to register at a quieter desk, and Xiao Xiao stated that she was eleven, had the Nine Phoenix Flute and Three Lives Soul-Suppressing Cauldron, and possessed rank-thirty-five Soul Power.
• Xiao Xiao told the senior student that her brother was even stronger, prompting the senior to ask Xiao Yan for his details.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was eleven, wielded the Fuxi Zither, and had rank-forty-six Soul Power, leaving the senior student speechless.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao arrived at Shrek Academy to enroll, and Xiao Yan insisted on meeting Dean Yan Shaozhe. After learning their ages and cultivation levels, Yan Shaozhe accepted both siblings and summoned Du Weilun.

• The registration student was stunned by Xiao Yan's level forty-six Soul Power and took him and Xiao Xiao to the Outer Court offices.
• Xiao Yan redirected the student to Yan Shaozhe's office, where the dean was waiting after receiving a letter from Xiao Zhan.
• Yan Shaozhe recognized Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao as Xiao Zhan's children and asked to hear their enrollment information.
• The registration student reported that eleven-year-old Xiao Xiao had Twin Martial Souls and level thirty-five Soul Power.
• Yan Shaozhe was shocked to learn that eleven-year-old Xiao Yan had level forty-six Soul Power, accepted both siblings, and summoned Du Weilun.

Du Weilun arranged Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao’s enrollment at Shrek Academy after learning of their extraordinary Soul Power Levels. Xiao Yan chose Mu Jin’s Class Nine and secured separate dorm rooms, leaving Xiao Xiao disappointed that she could not stay with him.

• Du Weilun saw Xiao Yan’s and Xiao Xiao’s registration details, including Xiao Yan’s Level 46 Soul Power, and received Yan Shaozhe’s order to make special arrangements for them.
• Du Weilun thanked the senior student who had handled their registration and promised to add a commendation to her file.
• Xiao Yan chose Mu Jin’s Class Nine to avoid Zhou Yi’s harsh teaching methods, and Xiao Xiao chose to follow her brother.
• Du Weilun waived the siblings’ fees, completed their enrollment, and gave them student uniforms, badges, and keys.
• Du Weilun arranged a single dorm room for each sibling, and Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Xiao from complaining that she could not share a room with him.

Xiao Yan met Mu En, the Sea God Pavilion Master, who gave him a token and admitted he could not teach Xiao Yan about his zither Martial Soul. After entering his dormitory, Xiao Yan used a new technique to clean the room and began cultivating.

• Du Weilun brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao to the dormitory, where he recognized the frail old man as Mu En, the Level 99 Sea God Pavilion Master.
• Mu En sensed Xiao Yan’s unusual harmony with heaven and earth and gave him a Sea God Pavilion token, saying Xiao Yan could seek him out with questions.
• Xiao Yan entered his dormitory and sent Xiao Xiao upstairs when she tried to persuade him to let her stay in his room.
• Xiao Yan used Void Zither Playing and the Dust-Cleansing Melody to gather the dust and cobwebs and send them out the window.
• Xiao Yan made his bed, sat down to meditate, and began circulating the Art of the Fuxi Emperor.

Xiao Yan entered his Sea of Consciousness after sensing a disturbance and found that Electrolux had been knocked back by the Eastern Emperor Bell while studying its runes. Electrolux remained determined to investigate the divine patterns despite Xiao Yan’s warning about the bell’s dangerous backlash.

• Xiao Yan sensed an impact in his Sea of Consciousness and stopped cultivating to investigate.
• Xiao Yan found Electrolux rubbing a bruise after the Eastern Emperor Bell had repelled him.
• Xiao Yan recalled how the Eastern Emperor Bell had first suppressed Electrolux’s soul fragment, then stabilized it within his Sea of Consciousness.
• Electrolux explained that studying the Eastern Emperor Bell’s runes gave him insights into magic and the laws of life and death.
• Xiao Yan warned Electrolux to study the bell cautiously, but Electrolux insisted that the knowledge was worth enduring its backlash.

Xiao Yan prepared for Shrek Academy’s first day of classes while continuing his Fuxi Zither cultivation and showing Xiao Xiao around the city. In Class Nine, Xiao Xiao shielded him from the girls’ attention and led him to seats at the back as the new term was about to begin.

• Xiao Yan urged Electrolux to keep working on the Soul Spirit Contract, then returned to cultivating the Art of the Fuxi Emperor.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao explored Shrek City and avoided the crowded, uncomfortable academy dining hall, spending Xiao Zhan’s stored Gold Soul Coins on food.
• On the first morning of classes, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao entered Class Nine, where his appearance left the girls staring at him.
• Xiao Xiao hurried in front of Xiao Yan, pulled him to the back of the classroom, and complained that Shrek’s girls were scary.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao settled by the window as the first class of the new term was about to begin.

Ning Tian approached Xiao Yan to make friends, but Wu Feng insulted him and refused to apologize. Xiao Yan trapped Wu Feng in a terrifying illusion, leaving her terrified and desperate to avoid any future connection between him and Ning Tian.

• Ning Tian brought Wu Feng to the seats in front of Xiao Yan and introduced herself, while Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Xiao as his younger sister.
• Wu Feng called Xiao Yan a pretty boy, and Ning Tian demanded that she apologize; Wu Feng stubbornly refused.
• Xiao Yan sent an illusion into Wu Feng's Sea of Consciousness, where she watched Ning Tian marry Xiao Yan, have a child named Xiao Feng, and endure a painful wedding night and childbirth.
• Wu Feng snapped out of the illusion after two seconds and burst into tears, then apologized to Xiao Yan and slapped herself.
• Wu Feng clung to Ning Tian and sobbed while the nearby students stared; Xiao Xiao asked if she was crazy, and Xiao Yan said she should know better now.

Mu Jin led Class Nine’s first-day introductions, during which Ning Tian revealed her level-thirty-one Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda. Xiao Yan then stunned the class by revealing he was an eleven-year-old level-forty-six Soul Master with the Fuxi Zither Martial Soul.

• Mu Jin introduced herself as Class Nine’s homeroom teacher and invited the freshmen to share their names, Soul Power Levels, and Martial Souls.
• Li Dazhuang and the other students introduced themselves, while Mu Jin encouraged them and highlighted their strengths.
• Wu Feng gave a subdued introduction as a level-twenty-five Battle Soul Master with the Red Dragon Martial Soul.
• Ning Tian introduced herself as a level-thirty-one Soul Master and demonstrated her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, impressing Mu Jin and the class.
• Xiao Yan announced that he was level forty-six and possessed the Fuxi Zither, leaving Mu Jin, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and the entire class stunned.

Xiao Xiao and Xiao Yan introduced their Martial Souls to Class Nine and performed their jointly composed support piece, Lingshu: Yuan-Gathering Melody. The melody doubled the freshmen’s perception of worldly energy and cultivation speed for about a week, leaving Mu Jin eager to make use of its effects.

• Xiao Xiao introduced herself as Xiao Yan’s eleven-year-old sister, revealed her level-thirty-five Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls, and announced their welcome gift.
• Xiao Xiao summoned the Nine Phoenix Flute while Xiao Yan summoned the Fuxi Zither, and they performed Lingshu: Yuan-Gathering Melody for Class Nine.
• The duet calmed the freshmen and drew worldly energy through their meridians, allowing them to sense their surroundings with unusual clarity.
• Xiao Xiao explained that the melody had no offensive power but roughly doubled the class’s ability to sense worldly energy and cultivate Soul Power.
• Mu Jin asked how long the enhancement lasted, and Xiao Yan said its effect would gradually fade after about a week.

Xiao Yan's Lingshu: Yuan-Gathering Melody doubled Class Nine's cultivation speed for seven days, and Mu Jin made him class monitor. After class, he agreed to play the melody regularly in exchange for permission for himself and Xiao Xiao to skip lessons when they wanted to practice.

• Mu Jin was shocked to learn that the Lingshu: Yuan-Gathering Melody's effect lasted seven days, then turned the lesson into meditation so the freshmen could take advantage of it.
• Mu Jin guided the students through meditation, giving advice tailored to their Martial Souls while leaving Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao alone.
• Mu Jin announced Xiao Yan as Class Nine's class monitor, and the students supported the decision.
• Mu Jin asked Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao to play the melody more often, and Xiao Yan agreed to do so once every half month if they received freedom to leave lessons and practice their instruments.
• Mu Jin agreed to let Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao skip lessons when they wished, as long as they caused no trouble.

Xiao Yan watched Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi’s wager match and discovered Huo Yuhao secretly using Spiritual Detection Sharing to help Bei Bei. Xiao Yan crushed the spiritual link and sent its backlash into Huo Yuhao, leaving him unconscious and allowing Xu Sanshi to defeat Bei Bei.

• Xiao Yan left Mu Jin’s office with Xiao Xiao and distracted her questions about the teacher with a giant lollipop.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Xiao, and Li Dazhuang followed the crowd to watch Bei Bei and Xu Sanshi fight in the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Xiao Yan detected Huo Yuhao using Spiritual Detection Sharing to secretly assist Bei Bei and judged it to be cheating.
• Xiao Yan used his Spiritual Millstone to destroy Huo Yuhao’s spiritual network and send the backlash into Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, knocking him unconscious.
• Bei Bei lost his enhanced awareness, and Xu Sanshi struck him off the arena with Profound Underworld Shock to win the match.

After leaving the Soul Fighting Arena, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao went to a secluded grove beside Sea God Lake to cultivate with the Fuxi Zither and Nine Phoenix Flute. Their powerful music drew a woman in red, whose Evil Fire had overwhelmed her, toward them.

• Xiao Yan left the arena with Xiao Xiao after telling Li Dazhuang to cultivate carefully.
• Xiao Xiao asked Xiao Yan to practice music and cultivate, motivated by Ning Tian's level thirty-one Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao settled beside Sea God Lake and began playing Breaking the Formation: Sea Absorbing Melody.
• Their music refined the surrounding energy of heaven and earth and drew it into their bodies as they cultivated.
• A woman in red, consumed by Evil Fire, sensed the pure energy gathering in the grove and raced toward them.

Xiao Yan stopped Ma Xiaotao’s evil-fire rampage with his fourth soul skill and Three Variations of Plum Blossom, leaving her unconscious. As Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao waited for the approaching Inner Court experts, Xiao Yan decided they should demand compensation for the attack.

• Xiao Yan sensed Ma Xiaotao approaching and told Xiao Xiao to retreat and stay out of the fight.
• Ma Xiaotao burst into the forest and attacked Xiao Yan while overcome by evil fire.
• Xiao Yan revealed four Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and used Lock Law: Frequency Sync to target Ma Xiaotao’s soul frequency.
• Xiao Yan played Three Variations of Plum Blossom, suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s Soul Power and extinguishing her berserk consciousness until she fell unconscious.
• Xiao Xiao recognized Ma Xiaotao as Yan Shaozhe’s personal disciple and worried they should flee.
• Xiao Yan said they would demand an explanation and compensation, then waited for Yan Shaozhe and the others as they approached.

After Ma Xiaotao attacked them, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao persuaded Yan Shaozhe to compensate them for the academy’s failure to prevent the incident. Yan Shaozhe promised to send compensation to their dormitory, and Xiao Yan expected a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone for Xiao Xiao.

• Yan Shaozhe arrived with three inner academy teachers and slapped a teacher who threatened to expel Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao.
• Xiao Yan claimed that he and Xiao Xiao had been severely injured while defending themselves from Ma Xiaotao, and Xiao Xiao joined his act.
• Xiao Yan said the incident had damaged Xiao Xiao’s foundation and threatened her ability to absorb a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring as her fourth ring.
• Yan Shaozhe accepted responsibility and promised to deliver reasonable compensation to their dormitory.
• After Yan Shaozhe left with Ma Xiaotao, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao headed back to the dormitory to await their compensation.

Xiao Yan received a high-grade Soul Bone from Yan Shaozhe as compensation for the earlier incident. Yan Shaozhe then asked him to cure Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix, and Xiao Yan claimed he could eliminate the evil fire and refine her Martial Soul to Ultimate Fire—if they paid him more.

• Xiao Xiao stayed in Xiao Yan’s room to cultivate, but he sent her back to her own room when night fell.
• Xiao Yan sensed Yan Shaozhe and Ma Xiaotao waiting outside the freshman dormitory and went out to meet them.
• Yan Shaozhe gave Xiao Yan a sixty-thousand-year Earth-Shaking Desolate Bear Right Arm Bone as compensation, and Xiao Yan accepted it.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Xiao Yan’s zither music had calmed Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire Phoenix and asked whether he could cure it.
• Xiao Yan promised to eradicate Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and refine her Phoenix Martial Soul to Ultimate Fire, then demanded more payment.

Yan Shaozhe promised to seek Sea God Pavilion approval for a reward in exchange for Xiao Yan helping Ma Xiaotao achieve Ultimate Fire. The next morning, as Xiao Xiao prepared to absorb a sixty-thousand-year Earth-attribute soul bone, she urged Xiao Yan to take it instead.

• Yan Shaozhe recognized the value of Ma Xiaotao's potential Ultimate Fire and told Xiao Yan he needed Sea God Pavilion approval before deciding on payment.
• Xiao Yan returned to his dormitory, confident Mu En would offer a generous reward given Shrek Academy's difficult circumstances.
• Xiao Xiao pounded on Xiao Yan's door the next morning, and he teased her by threatening to withhold the soul bone.
• Xiao Yan opened the box and explained that the sixty-thousand-year Earth-Shaking Desolate Bear Right Arm Bone suited Xiao Xiao's Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron Martial Soul.
• As Xiao Xiao reached for the soul bone, she stopped and insisted Xiao Yan absorb it because it was precious and could strengthen him further.

Xiao Xiao absorbed a sixty-thousand-year Earth-Shaking Desolate Bear Right Arm Bone with Xiao Yan’s help, and the siblings spent the next three months cultivating and sparring at Shrek Academy. They returned to Class Nine just as Mu Jin announced that the Freshman Assessment would begin the following day and that the students would be grouped first.

• Xiao Yan reminded Xiao Xiao that his powerful Spirit Rings made the Soul Bone unnecessary for him, so she claimed the Earth-Shaking Desolate Bear Right Arm Bone for herself.
• Xiao Xiao fused with the Soul Bone while Xiao Yan used the Fuxi Zither to suppress its wild energy and guide it through the process.
• Xiao Xiao tested her newfound strength by punching at Xiao Yan, but he stopped her with one finger.
• Over the next three months, Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao cultivated, sparred, and played music by Sea God Lake while skipping regular classes; Xiao Yan still performed for Class Nine there twice a month.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xiao returned to Class Nine, where Mu Jin announced that the Freshman Assessment would begin the next day with student grouping.

Mu Jin had Class Nine form three-person teams for the Freshman Assessment, but Xiao Yan chose not to team up with Xiao Xiao so she could train on her own. The class completed its teams with Xiao Yan entered as a team of one, and everyone expected him to win the championship regardless.

• Mu Jin explained the team requirements and told Class Nine to report their groups before class ended.
• Xiao Yan declined to team up with Xiao Xiao, saying the assessment would not give her a chance to train if she relied on him.
• Ning Tian invited Xiao Xiao to team up with her and Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao accepted, eager to challenge her brother.
• Xiao Yan threatened to intensify Xiao Xiao's daily sparring after she boasted about giving him a hard time, and Xiao Xiao quickly apologized.
• Mu Jin organized all sixty-seven students into twenty-two combat teams, while Xiao Yan remained alone on the list.
• Class Nine accepted Xiao Yan's solo entry as natural and expected him to claim the championship.

Xiao Yan tested Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao in combat, then used the Dream Arena to train their teamwork until they earned a draw. The training left them exhausted, and Xiao Yan returned to his dorm to cultivate while Xiao Xiao went back to her room.

• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao tried to attack Xiao Yan together, but their poor coordination let him dismantle their formation and point out their weaknesses.
• Xiao Yan used the Fuxi Zither to place the three in the Dream Arena, where they lost nineteen matches before coordinating well enough to draw the twentieth.
• Xiao Yan warned the exhausted trio that continuing would endanger their mental strength, so they left for dinner with Ning Tian paying.
• Wu Feng fell asleep face-first on the barbecue stall's table, and Ning Tian carried her back toward the dormitory after compensating the startled stall owner.
• Xiao Yan refused Xiao Xiao's attempt to stay in his room, then cultivated the Art of the Fuxi Emperor as she returned to her own room.

Xiao Yan, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao began the freshman assessment, where the three girls won their first match in seconds. Xiao Yan then defeated three opponents with a single zither note, leaving his classmates and the referee stunned.

• Xiao Yan joined Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao at the assessment area, where he was assigned to District Five and the girls to District Eight.
• Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao revealed their levels before their match against Chen Zixuan's team, shocking their opponents.
• Ning Tian boosted Wu Feng and Xiao Xiao, who quickly knocked all three opponents off the platform and won for Class Nine.
• Xiao Yan faced three Class One Soul Grandmasters alone while Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Xiao Xiao watched from nearby.
• Xiao Yan used Void Zither Playing to send all three opponents flying off the platform in one second, then prompted the stunned referee to announce the result.