Chapter Summaries

Shen Yi introduced Tang Wulin and Xu Mengqing as the forging and design representatives, revealing their exceptional ranks and silencing Yang Nianxia’s objections. She announced a free-for-all to select the class monitor and vice class monitors, and Xu Mengqing began planning how his friends could build factions before the contest.

• Tang Wulin stood before the class as Shen Yi introduced him as the Forging Representative and revealed he was a fourth-rank blacksmith.
• Yang Nianxia questioned why Xu Mengqing was appointed Design Representative, and Shen Yi revealed that he was a fifth-rank Mecha Designer.
• Shen Yi announced that a free-for-all at the Grand Arena would determine the class monitor and vice class monitors, with the last three students standing taking the positions.
• Shen Yi gave the class fifteen minutes to prepare and form factions before the contest.
• Xu Mengqing told Xie Xie and Xu Xiaoyan to form factions, while deciding not to ask Gu Yuena or Tang Wulin to do the same.

Xu Mengqing, Tang Wulin, Gu Yuena, and Yang Nianxia formed a team for the class monitor melee and entered Shrek Academy’s Simulation Pods. The chapter left them on the verge of entering the simulated forest.

• Xu Xiaoyan joined a five-person group by saying she feared pain and did not want a class position, then gave Xu Mengqing a triumphant look.
• Xie Xie formed a three-person group with two Agility Attack System Spirit Masters.
• Yang Nianxia joined Xu Mengqing, Tang Wulin, and Gu Yuena after learning about their secondary professions, and the four agreed he would act as their tank.
• Shen Yi led the 101 students to a circular hall and explained that the class monitor melee would take place in an illusory forest.
• Xu Mengqing, Tang Wulin, Gu Yuena, and Yang Nianxia entered four adjacent Simulation Pods, and their consciousnesses went blank as the simulation began.

Xu Mengqing defeated an ambushing Spirit Master with his Blue Silver King Martial Soul, then found Yang Nianxia shouting for his companions in the forest. Their reunion was interrupted by three students, including an arrogant girl with a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul, and Yang Nianxia began chatting with them.

• Xu Mengqing sensed an ambusher, shattered his black thread attack, and trapped him in metallic Blue Silver Grass before killing him in the simulation.
• Xu Mengqing searched the forest with Blue Silver Perception and found Yang Nianxia calling loudly for him and Tang Wulin.
• Xu Mengqing warned Yang Nianxia that shouting could reveal his position, but Yang Nianxia said he had lured Xu Mengqing over.
• A girl with a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul and two male students confronted them, and Yang Nianxia introduced himself and explained he was looking for his companions.

Xu Mengqing and Yang Nianxia fought Zheng Yiran and her brothers over the class monitor position. After defeating Zheng Long and Zheng Hu, Yang Nianxia faced Zheng Yiran, who managed to coil around him and attack despite his powerful defenses.

• Zheng Yiran demanded that Xu Mengqing and Yang Nianxia withdraw, then ordered Zheng Long and Zheng Hu to attack them with poison.
• Xu Mengqing blocked Zheng Long's poison with a Blue Silver Shield while Yang Nianxia pretended to suffer from the attack.
• Yang Nianxia seized Zheng Long and slammed him into the ground, while Xu Mengqing threw Zheng Hu into a tree and defeated him.
• Xu Mengqing revealed that he had Twin Martial Souls, and Yang Nianxia charged Zheng Yiran after she refused to withdraw.
• Zheng Yiran scattered Yang Nianxia's attack with her snake's mist, coiled around him, and struck at his neck while her snake sprayed poison at his head.
• Yang Nianxia activated his third Spirit Skill and expanded into a three-meter-tall form, but Zheng Yiran remained wrapped around him and continued her attack.

Xu Mengqing and Gu Yuena helped Yang Nianxia defeat Zheng Yiran, then Xu Mengqing exposed and eliminated two attackers trying to ambush him. Xie Xie joined them, and the four formed a team before advancing deeper into the trial grounds.

• Xu Mengqing recognized Gu Yuena approaching, and she offered to help Yang Nianxia against Zheng Yiran.
• Gu Yuena froze Zheng Yiran with Ice Seal, allowing Yang Nianxia to break her apart and eliminate her.
• Xu Mengqing sensed an ambush through Blue Silver Perception, counterattacked, and eliminated the two attackers with Blue Silver Earth Spikes and Cyan Light Blades.
• Xie Xie emerged from hiding and explained that he and his companions had been targeting scattered opponents.
• Xu Mengqing, Gu Yuena, Yang Nianxia, and Xie Xie agreed to fight together and headed deeper into the trial grounds.

Wu Zhangkong explained why Tang Wulin was best suited to become class monitor, citing his leadership and judgment. Tang Wulin and the others then witnessed a gray-haired youth wielding a Death Scythe kill a wounded Winged Tiger Spirit Master.

• Shen Yi asked Wu Zhangkong who would become class monitor, and he predicted Tang Wulin would win because of his character and leadership.
• Wu Zhangkong contrasted Tang Wulin's initiative with Xu Mengqing's reluctance to take responsibility, while praising both students' ability to unite and command their group.
• A wounded Winged Tiger Spirit Master burst from the bushes as a black figure and two companions pursued him.
• The black figure attacked with a chilling aura, and the Winged Tiger Spirit Master turned to fight before being overwhelmed and losing his damaged wing.
• Xu Mengqing recognized the black figure as a gray-haired youth carrying a Death Scythe, and the youth killed the Winged Tiger Spirit Master.
• One of the youth's companions praised him as captain, but the gray-haired youth remained expressionless and ordered them to go.

Xu Mengqing’s group discussed the formidable Undying Xu Yucheng and revealed their Martial Souls before setting out deeper into Trial Forest. They encountered a seven-person team led by a blue-haired youth, with Xu Xiaoyan among its members.

• Yang Nianxia identified Xu Yucheng as the powerful wielder of the Dark Demon Scythe and warned that his Martial Soul’s backlash made him physically fragile.
• Tang Wulin revealed that he and Xu Mengqing both had Blue Silver Grass, and Yang Nianxia learned that Xu Mengqing possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Xu Mengqing and Yang Nianxia agreed to cooperate and settle their competition for a class committee position once only their team remained.
• After checking that Yang Nianxia had recovered, Xu Mengqing led Tang Wulin, Yang Nianxia, Xie Xie, and Gu Yuena deeper into Trial Forest.
• Xu Mengqing’s group stopped when they encountered seven students led by a blue-haired youth, with Xu Xiaoyan walking behind him.

Yang Nianxia told Tang Wulin and the others about the Continent Ranking List and the renowned freshmen in their class. Xu Mengqing suspected that Wu Sidu’s Nether nickname pointed to a Hell White Tiger Martial Soul, and Gu Yuena proposed that Wu Sidu might perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill by herself.

• Yang Nianxia warned Tang Wulin that Luo Guixing was a powerful Space System controller with a group of allies, and described Zheng Yiran as a poison Spirit Master suited to chaotic battles.
• Yang Nianxia explained the Continent Ranking List and said Xu Yucheng ranked nineteenth, Luo Guixing seventeenth, Zheng Yiran thirtieth, and he himself twenty-seventh on the Youth Genius Ranking List.
• Yang Nianxia revealed that Wu Sidu ranked ninth and was a four-ringed Star Luo genius and Level-Four Mecha designer known as Nether.
• Xu Mengqing guessed that Wu Sidu’s Martial Soul was the Hell White Tiger, and Tang Wulin and Xie Xie questioned how one person could bear it.
• Gu Yuena suggested that Wu Sidu might be able to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill alone, and Xu Mengqing silently agreed.

Xu Mengqing explained that Wu Sidu possessed a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then his group was forcibly relocated when the competition terrain shrank. They allied with Wu Sidu to face Luo Guixing's team, and Xu Mengqing revealed his three purple Spirit Rings and golden claws as Gu Yuena supported them with wind.

• Xu Mengqing claimed Wu Sidu could use a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Tang Wulin and Gu Yuena judged her powerful enough to dominate their class.
• Xu Mengqing led his group away from Luo Guixing's team, but the competition's terrain shrank after half an hour and placed both groups near each other.
• Luo Guixing ordered his team to clear the battlefield, and Yang Nianxia proposed an alliance with Wu Sidu against them.
• Wu Sidu agreed to join forces and led the group toward Luo Guixing's team.
• Yang Nianxia, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie released their Martial Souls, while Xu Mengqing revealed three purple Spirit Rings and golden claws; Gu Yuena gave them wind support.

Luo Guixing's team eliminated two opponents before Wu Sidu revealed her four-thousand-year-ring strength and attacked them. As the battle turned against Wu Sidu, Tang Wulin and his allies intervened, and Tang Wulin caught her as he pulled her to safety.

• Luo Guixing's team quickly defeated two members of Xu Mengqing's side with coordinated attacks.
• Wu Sidu avoided Luo Guixing's Space Lock, revealed four purple Spirit Rings, and charged into Luo Guixing's team.
• Wu Sidu knocked away the shield-bearing youth and wounded two Agility Attack System fighters, but Luo Guixing's vortex blocked her attack.
• Luo Guixing's teammates and Xu Xiaoyan restrained Wu Sidu with Traction and ice-based control skills.
• Tang Wulin used a Blue Silver Vine to hold Wu Sidu in place while a towering ally broke the control effects and ice attacks filled the battlefield.
• Tang Wulin pulled Wu Sidu into his arms and caught her.

Xu Mengqing broke Luo Guixing’s Spatial Imprisonment and killed the War Thunder Mace Spirit Master with a single Dark Gold Dreadclaw strike. Luo Guixing then teleported Bai Juyi and Rong Dahuo beside Xu Mengqing to launch a coordinated attack.

• Xu Mengqing tore through Luo Guixing’s Spatial Imprisonment with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw and killed the Spirit Master wielding the War Thunder Mace.
• The watching students fled the battlefield, while Yang Nianxia was shocked by the strength of Xu Mengqing’s attack.
• Xu Mengqing chose a leopard-type Spirit Master as his next target, prompting Luo Guixing to order his teammates to focus their attacks on him.
• Luo Guixing used Short-Range Spatial Teleportation to move Bai Juyi and Rong Dahuo beside Xu Mengqing.
• Bai Juyi used Traction and Thousand-Jun Shield Strike to attack Xu Mengqing as Rong Dahuo unleashed a strengthened Fire Phoenix Assault.

Xu Mengqing used his Blue Silver King to break Luo Guixing’s encirclement and turned the fight around. He instantly killed Jin Haiqian and Rong Dahuo, leaving Bai Juyi and Luo Guixing to face him.

• Jin Haiqian and Luo Guixing joined Bai Juyi and Rong Dahuo in attacking Xu Mengqing, with Luo Guixing using Spatial Suppression.
• Xu Mengqing unleashed his Blue Silver King, whose metallic grass disrupted the attacks and blocked the battlefield.
• Xu Mengqing counterattacked Jin Haiqian with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw and killed him in one strike.
• Xu Mengqing used Blue Silver Grass to trap Rong Dahuo, then killed him with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw.

Xu Mengqing and his allies eliminated Luo Guixing's team through a surprise attack and coordinated Spirit Skills. With the battlefield cleared, Xu Mengqing turned his attention to Wu Sidu and Yang Nianxia.

• Bai Juyi used Fortress Shield Wall to defend against Xu Mengqing, but Tang Wulin struck him from behind while Xu Xiaoyan covered the attack, eliminating him.
• Luo Guixing realized Xu Xiaoyan had been helping the opposing side and tried to restrain Xu Mengqing with Spatial Imprisonment.
• Xu Mengqing broke through the Spatial Imprisonment with a Blue Silver Long Spear, while Gu Yuena disrupted Luo Guixing's teleportation and left him exposed to the spear.
• Gu Yuena eliminated the last support-type Spirit Master with an Ice Cone, completing the elimination of Luo Guixing's four-man team.
• Xu Mengqing turned his attention to Wu Sidu, who stared at him in disbelief and glared resentfully at Yang Nianxia.

Xu Mengqing arranged for Gu Yuena to face Wu Sidu one on one, while he watched to study Wu Sidu’s Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Gu Yuena used several elements to evade Wu Sidu and trap her in a growing storm.

• Xu Mengqing promised Wu Sidu a fair one-on-one duel and chose Gu Yuena to fight her.
• Wu Sidu attacked at high speed, but Gu Yuena dodged with spatial movement and left an afterimage.
• Gu Yuena fired ice cones combining ice, space, and fire, disrupting Wu Sidu’s movement.
• Wu Sidu split into two figures and tried to flank Gu Yuena, who vanished into a tornado and falling snow.
• Wu Sidu charged through the snow, but Gu Yuena raised an earthen wall and disappeared as wind, earth, and snow engulfed Wu Sidu.

Gu Yuena trapped Wu Sidu in a storm of fused elements while Xu Mengqing uncovered an ambush in the woods and fought off Xu Yucheng’s group with Tang Wulin. Xu Mengqing and Tang Wulin eliminated every ambusher and headed back toward the arena.

• Gu Yuena used her fused elemental storm to conceal herself and wear Wu Sidu down, then pulled Wu Sidu back into the storm after she escaped with Hell Stab.
• Xu Mengqing led Tang Wulin into the woods, revealed the hidden ambushers, and discovered that Xu Yucheng was leading them.
• Xu Mengqing blocked Xu Yucheng’s Demon Scythe Sweep with Holy Dragon’s Blessing, then struck him hard enough to eliminate him.
• Tang Wulin eliminated one opponent, then defeated the last ambusher at Xu Mengqing’s direction.
• Xu Mengqing and Tang Wulin released their Martial Soul states and returned toward the arena.

Wu Sidu transformed into the Hell White Tiger and attacked Gu Yuena, who revealed the Silver Dragon Spear and met her charge head-on. Their clash left Wu Sidu and the watching students astonished by Gu Yuena’s physical strength, and the battle continued.

• Wu Sidu activated her Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill, transforming into the five-meter-long Hell White Tiger as Xu Mengqing assessed its power and limitations.
• The Hell White Tiger charged Gu Yuena, but Gu Yuena vanished through space and reappeared behind it with the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Gu Yuena thrust at the Hell White Tiger, which narrowly evaded and turned to face her as the two fighters prepared to clash again.
• Wu Sidu launched Hell White Tiger Slash, and Gu Yuena met the attack with her spear, creating a powerful blast of energy.
• Yang Nianxia, Wu Sidu, Tang Wulin, Xu Xiaoyan, and Xie Xie were surprised by Gu Yuena’s strength as her spear held against the Hell White Tiger’s claws.

Gu Yuena defeated Wu Sidu’s Hell White Tiger with a compressed elemental sphere, and Yang Nianxia withdrew from the assessment after seeing the attack’s devastation. Xu Mengqing and the others returned from the Simulation Space to find nearly a hundred people watching them.

• Wu Sidu unleashed the Hell White Tiger’s ultimate attack as her Soul Power ran out, but Gu Yuena countered with a compressed five-colored elemental sphere.
• Xu Mengqing shielded Gu Yuena and the others with Holy Dragon’s Blessing as the attacks collided, eliminating Wu Sidu in the explosion.
• Xu Mengqing restored Gu Yuena’s strength, and the group approached the stunned Yang Nianxia to continue their agreed competition.
• Yang Nianxia panicked at the approaching group and voluntarily withdrew from the assessment arena.
• Xu Mengqing, Gu Yuena, Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Xu Xiaoyan returned from the Simulation Space and found nearly a hundred people watching them.

Xu Mengqing and Gu Yuena withdrew from the class monitor contest, and Tang Wulin was appointed class monitor with them as joint vice monitors. After Xu Mengqing kept his secondary-profession committee role, students registered for the remaining positions and the class dismissed for the morning.

• Shen Yi ended the contest and invited Xu Mengqing and Gu Yuena to decide who would become class monitor, but both withdrew.
• Xu Xiaoyan and Xie Xie also withdrew, earning two thousand contribution points to divide between them.
• Shen Yi appointed Tang Wulin class monitor and Gu Yuena and Xu Mengqing joint vice monitors, with Xu Mengqing also serving as a committee member for three secondary professions.
• Students registered for the remaining secondary-profession committee positions, while Gu Yuena chose not to register.
• After Shen Yi dismissed the class, Tang Wulin acknowledged that he would need to earn his classmates' acceptance step by step.

Xu Mengqing sought a Spirit Soul for his upcoming fourth breakthrough, and Gu Yuena explained that he could challenge Spirit Pagoda’s tower with a team to obtain discounted, high-quality Spirit Souls. The chapter ended with Xu Mengqing asking Xu Xiaoyan what rank she had reached.

• Xu Mengqing and the others encouraged Xu Xiaoyan not to doubt her place at Shrek Academy.
• Xu Mengqing asked Gu Yuena to find out how he could obtain another Spirit Soul, surprising the others with his rapid progress toward Rank 40.
• Class One finalized its officer group, with Tang Wulin, Xu Mengqing, Gu Yue, Wu Sidu, and Luo Guixing holding the seven positions.
• Gu Yuena told the group that Spirit Pagoda’s 108-floor tower challenge offered discounted Spirit Souls to approved teams of up to seven people under thirty.
• Xu Mengqing asked Xu Xiaoyan what rank she was.

Xu Mengqing crafted Tier 5 Soul Guidance Cores and began designing an automated auxiliary workbench, then discussed his plans with his teacher, Yang Tian. Yang Tian agreed to find him a Forging instructor in Heaven Dou City during the holidays.

• Xu Mengqing arranged for Xu Xiaoyan and Gu Yuena to challenge the tower with him, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie stayed behind.
• Xu Mengqing went to the Mecha Association and crafted several Tier 5 Soul Guidance Cores for his new automated auxiliary workbench.
• Xu Mengqing considered how the workbench would need special metals and thought about learning Forging.
• Yang Tian visited Xu Mengqing's workshop, examined the blueprint, and questioned how Xu Mengqing would control the workbench's mechanisms.
• Xu Mengqing asked Yang Tian to teach him Forging, and Yang Tian agreed to take him to meet a potential instructor in Heaven Dou City during the holidays.