Chapter Summaries

Ma Xiaotao woke after Yin Chen suppressed her Evil Fire and discovered that the tormenting flames had vanished, replaced by controlled Soul Power. She confronted Yin Chen for looking at her while her clothes were soaked, but he teased her that his gaze was part of the payment for his help.

• Ma Xiaotao woke in an icebound forest and sensed that her Evil Fire was gone and her Soul Power had slightly improved.
• Ma Xiaotao realized her soaked clothes clung to her body and accused Yin Chen of being a pervert.
• Ma Xiaotao dried her clothes with flames and regained some strength.
• Yin Chen admitted he had openly admired her and said her appearance could count as payment for suppressing her Evil Fire.

Yin Chen bantered with Ma Xiaotao after helping suppress her Evil Fire, and she realized she could control her temper before leaving the woods. Yin Chen returned to Freshman Class One, where the silent class focused on him.

• Ma Xiaotao teased Yin Chen about considering him when he grew older, but he joked that their age gap made them unsuitable.
• Ma Xiaotao became angry at Yin Chen's remark but discovered that her Evil Fire no longer easily controlled her temper.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Yin Chen, promised to protect him at Shrek Academy, and left the woods.
• Yan Shaozhe used Soul Power to melt the ice sculptures and restore the woods.
• Yin Chen returned to the Freshman Class One classroom, and the students fell silent and stared at him.

Yin Chen returned to class and faced the gossip stirred up by Ma Xiaotao pulling him away. He shut down the Lan twins’ teasing and frightened the other students back into studying.

• Yin Chen calmly walked through the classroom despite everyone watching him.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo blocked Yin Chen and questioned his relationship with Ma Xiaotao, claiming Xu Jiujiu had told them to keep an eye on him.
• Yin Chen flicked both twins on the forehead, scolded them for neglecting cultivation, and exposed their excuse as a pretext for gossip.
• Yin Chen warned the eavesdropping students that he could ask Teacher Wang to have Teacher Zhou take over their lessons.
• Zhou Sichen and the other students hurried back to their seats and pretended to study, leaving Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo surprised by Yin Chen’s authority.

Yin Chen quieted gossip about Ma Xiaotao after settling the twin sisters, but Ye Guyi and Gu Yuena both pressed him for an explanation. He showed Gu Yuena the heavenly treasure Ma Xiaotao had given him, though she sensed he was withholding part of the truth.

• Yin Chen forgave Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo for gossiping and sent them back to their seats.
• Ye Guyi asked Yin Chen what Ma Xiaotao had taken him to do, but he refused to satisfy her curiosity.
• Gu Yuena quietly asked Yin Chen what had happened, leaving him unable to dismiss her as he had the others.
• Yin Chen claimed he had helped Ma Xiaotao and she had paid him with a heavenly treasure, then showed Gu Yuena the jade box.
• Gu Yuena sensed the treasure's immense energy and realized Yin Chen had not told her everything.

Yin Chen apologized to Ye Guyi for treating her differently from Gu Yuena and offered to take her out for dinner. The group shared a lively meal in Shrek City, while Zhou Sichen tried and failed to join them.

• Gu Yuena stopped pressing Yin Chen about the jade box, and Ye Guyi accused him of double standards for explaining it to Gu Yuena but not to her.
• Yin Chen sincerely apologized to Ye Guyi and offered to treat her to dinner, easing most of her anger.
• After classes, Yin Chen took Ye Guyi, Gu Yuena, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo to an expensive restaurant in Shrek City.
• Zhou Sichen tried to mooch the meal, but Yin Chen chased him away.
• Ye Guyi ordered generously, and the group enjoyed a lively, harmonious dinner.

Yin Chen’s life at Shrek Academy settled into a demanding routine, and his meals improved as Yan Shaozhe invested in him. Meanwhile, Castorice used Fate Alteration to strip luck from selected Holy Spirit Cult members and transfer their opportunities to Star Luo Empire Soul Engineers.

• Yin Chen trained, studied, sparred, and continued suppressing Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire as winter approached.
• Yin Chen noticed that Yan Shaozhe had arranged increasingly valuable Soul Beast meat for his meals and understood it as an effort to strengthen his loyalty to Shrek Academy.
• Yin Chen reflected that he intended to take control of Shrek Academy and had already begun repaying the Star Luo Empire’s investment in him.
• Castorice learned that Fate Alteration could exchange and transfer more than damage after studying and testing her fifth soul skill.
• Castorice used her position in the Holy Spirit Cult to link the fortunes of detestable Evil Soul Masters to Star Luo Empire Soul Engineers, causing the former to lose opportunities while the latter gained breakthroughs.

Yin Chen reflected on using Fate Alteration to advance the Star Luo Empire while avoiding the attention of Tang San, then continued cultivating as the first-year students reached the end of their term. Wang Yan announced their month-long vacation, but his serious turn after praising the class left the students waiting for what came next.

• Yin Chen considered how his Fate Alteration gift could improve the Star Luo Empire and decided not to change Huo Yuhao's fate lest Tang San notice.
• Yin Chen's cultivation reached the peak of rank forty-seven, while Gu Yuena advanced to rank thirty-nine and Ye Guyi to rank thirty-eight.
• Wang Yan announced that the students had finished their first year and could prepare to go home for a month-long vacation.
• Wang Yan thanked the class for its hard work and shared honor, then turned serious as the students waited for his next words.

Wang Yan warned Year One, Class One that they had to reach Soul Power Level 20 and pass the promotion assessment to remain at Shrek Academy, urging them to train during the vacation. As the students prepared to leave, Yin Chen learned that Ye Guyi would travel with her teacher, while Ye Guyi asked Gu Yuena about her plans.

• Wang Yan explained that students needed to reach Soul Power Level 20 and obtain a second Soul Ring to qualify for the next school year.
• Wang Yan urged the class to train and prepare during vacation, leaving the students anxious about expulsion if they failed the promotion assessment.
• Yin Chen packed his things calmly because he already knew the academy's rules.
• Ye Guyi told Yin Chen she had no home and would likely travel with her teacher during the break.
• Yin Chen kept Ye Guyi's connection to Qian Renxue secret, and Ye Guyi asked Gu Yuena whether she was going home.

Gu Yuena told Ye Guyi she came from a secluded sect before leaving Shrek Academy. Yin Chen went to the library to find books for the new Self-Created Soul Skill he was developing and ran into Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao.

• Gu Yuena told Ye Guyi that she did not belong to any empire and came from a secluded sect, while Yin Chen privately recognized the truth behind her excuse.
• The final gathering before departure ended, and Gu Yuena said goodbye to Yin Chen by Sea God Lake.
• Yin Chen recalled Wang Yan's advice to study ancient texts as he went to the Outer Court library for research on his Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Yin Chen met Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong, and Xiao Xiao on their way back to the dormitory, and Wang Dong showed her respect for his treatment of Huo Yuhao.

Yin Chen met Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong on his way to the library, congratulated Huo Yuhao on becoming a rank-one Soul Engineer, and wondered what opportunity Huo Yuhao would find in the Extreme North now that Yin Chen had taken its greatest treasures. After Yin Chen left, Xiao Xiao gushed over him, while Wang Dong bristled at being called jealous.

• Yin Chen congratulated Huo Yuhao on passing the Soul Tool Department's assessment and becoming a rank-one Soul Engineer.
• Yin Chen reflected that he had already obtained the Ice Empress and Snow Empress's opportunities in the Extreme North and wondered what Huo Yuhao would find there.
• Huo Yuhao asked whether Yin Chen was going to the library, and Yin Chen confirmed that he planned to borrow books.
• Xiao Xiao shyly told Yin Chen to see her next year, and Yin Chen replied before continuing toward the library.
• Xiao Xiao excitedly praised Yin Chen after he left, and Wang Dong bristled when Xiao Xiao accused her of jealousy.

As the students played around before parting for the holidays, Yin Chen went to the Outer Court library to gather books for developing a new soul skill. Han Ruoruo helped him find the volumes, and they said goodbye until the next year.

• Xiao Xiao teased Wang Dong about being jealous, then ran around Huo Yuhao as Wang Dong chased her.
• Yin Chen entered the Outer Court library and searched for books to support his new soul skill research.
• Yin Chen found Han Ruoruo reading and told her he planned to borrow books during the break.
• Han Ruoruo helped Yin Chen locate several obscure tomes and shared that Shrek Academy was her home.
• Yin Chen registered the books and said goodbye to Han Ruoruo until next year.

Yin Chen said farewell to his friends and traveled with the Lan sisters back to Star Luo City, where he reunited with Uncle Hui at Snow-Listening Pavilion. As he resolved to keep Uncle Hui healthy, Yin Chen reflected that he would offer him immortality only if he could choose it for himself.

• Yin Chen said goodbye to Xie Huanyue and met Ye Guyi, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo outside the girls' dormitory.
• Ye Guyi introduced Yin Chen and the Lan sisters to her teacher, Qian Renxue, while the Ice Empress warned Yin Chen that she could not see through her.
• Yin Chen and the Lan sisters traveled by carriage to Star Luo City, where he escorted Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo home before heading to Snow-Listening Pavilion.
• Yin Chen reunited with Uncle Hui, who had waited for him beneath the old plum tree despite the cold.
• Yin Chen decided to help Uncle Hui stay healthy and someday offer him the choice of immortality, knowing that eternal life could become a curse.

Yin Chen reunited with Xu Jiujiu in Star Luo City, where she welcomed him with a meal she had prepared herself, and he recounted his experiences at Shrek Academy. He revealed that he had gained a second martial soul, leaving Xu Jiujiu and Uncle Hui stunned.

• Uncle Hui welcomed Yin Chen back to the Snow-Listening Pavilion and led him to a feast prepared by Xu Jiujiu.
• Xu Jiujiu revealed that she had learned to cook the dishes for Yin Chen, and they shared a warm meal together.
• Yin Chen told Xu Jiujiu about Gu Yuena and Ye Guyi, while Xu Jiujiu quietly assessed the girls’ significance in his life.
• Yin Chen recounted his trip to the Extreme North and announced that he had obtained the Ice Jade Empress Scorpion as a second martial soul.
• Xu Jiujiu dropped her chopsticks and Uncle Hui jumped to his feet in shock as Yin Chen revealed the auras of his two martial souls.

Yin Chen revealed that his second martial soul had an ultimate attribute and that he had reached rank forty-seven, while Huo Yuhao fled two Nirvana Corpses in the Extreme North. The pursuit ended when an enormous beast crushed the monsters and knocked Huo Yuhao unconscious, as the story shifted to Ming Capital.

• Yin Chen told Xu Jiujiu and Uncle Hui that his second martial soul had an ultimate attribute and his Soul Power had risen to rank forty-seven.
• Huo Yuhao fled two Soul King-level Nirvana Corpses through the Extreme North using a Soul Tool Thruster and Spirit Detection.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm directed Huo Yuhao toward a massive iceberg as the Nirvana Corpses closed in.
• The iceberg revealed itself as a gigantic beast, which crushed both Nirvana Corpses with one blow and sent Huo Yuhao flying unconscious.
• The narration shifted to Ming Capital, the open, prosperous, soul-tool-powered heart of the Sun Moon Empire.

Castorice arrived at a Holy Spirit Cult stronghold in Ming Capital with her protector Feiyan, where cultists greeted her as their Saintess. After a young attendant brought tea, Castorice stopped her from leaving by asking her name.

• Castorice removed her hood and the Holy Spirit Cult members knelt to welcome her as their Saintess.
• The Soul Sage elder bowed to Castorice, while Feiyan followed her into the stronghold as her Dao Protector.
• Castorice sat in the stronghold's room as Feiyan stood beside her.
• A young attendant brought tea for Castorice and Feiyan and began to retreat.
• Castorice asked the attendant what her name was.

Castorice made Nana her maid and used her authority to arrange the return of Nana’s parents, whose souls the Holy Spirit Cult had held captive. Nana left in disbelief, realizing the Saintess had granted her long-held wish.

• Castorice recognized Nana as a character from the original work and chose her as a useful maid.
• Nana reluctantly accepted the position, hiding her hatred of the Holy Spirit Cult and her fear of refusing.
• Castorice implied that Elder Lin should address the Holy Spirit Cult’s control over Nana’s family.
• Elder Lin told Nana that her parents would be returned to her, and Castorice confirmed the order with a faint smile.
• Nana understood that Castorice had arranged her parents’ release and went to follow Elder Lin.

Castorice turned Nana’s gratitude for granting her parents peace into a bond of loyalty, then learned that joining Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and its tournament reserve team depended on proving her strength. The chapter left Castorice facing Jing Hongchen’s condition.

• Nana thanked Castorice for allowing her parents’ souls to rest in peace, and Feiyan remarked that Castorice had gained a loyal subordinate.
• Nana returned in a maid outfit, pledged her life to Castorice, and was sent away to rest until the next day.
• Castorice asked Elder Lin about the arrangements with Hallmaster Jing Hongchen.
• Elder Lin reported that Jing Hongchen had agreed to enroll Castorice as a transfer student and reserve her a spot on the academy’s tournament team.
• Elder Lin explained that Castorice would have to prove her strength to earn the reserve-team spot.

Castorice accepted Jing Hongchen’s test for a place representing Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, recognizing that success could give her a public identity and help conceal her ties to the Holy Spirit Cult. She planned to keep growing stronger while using Fate Alteration to build her own force of Soul Engineers.

• Feiyan mocked the soul engineers and offered to let Castorice demonstrate the Holy Spirit Cult’s strength, and Castorice agreed to the test.
• Elder Lin was relieved when Castorice accepted, while she understood that Jing Hongchen’s condition gave him a way to justify either including or excluding her.
• Castorice considered how her Death Martial Soul could lead others to label her an Evil Soul Master, and concluded that an academy’s reputation and protection could help legitimize her.
• Castorice reminded Feiyan that Ye Xishui was also a soul engineer, but Feiyan insisted Ye Xishui’s strength came from being a Limit Douluo.
• Castorice resolved to use Fate Alteration to transfer the fortune of powerful Evil Soul Masters and cultivate a Soul Engineer force of her own.

During his month in Star Luo City, Yin Chen and Xu Jiujiu became a couple, and he shared a tender farewell with her before leaving for Shrek Academy. The chapter ended with the new semester beginning as Shrek City came alive again.

• Yin Chen spent time with Xu Jiujiu and his friends during his vacation in Star Luo City.
• Yin Chen and Xu Jiujiu made their feelings clear with a kiss and officially became a couple.
• Xu Yun learned about the relationship, complained that Yin Chen would become her uncle-in-law, and punched him.
• As Yin Chen prepared to leave, Xu Jiujiu kissed him goodbye and said they could take their relationship further after he came of age.
• Yin Chen returned toward Shrek Academy as the new semester began and Shrek City filled with activity.

Yin Chen, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo returned to Shrek Academy as second-year students and reunited with their classmates. Ye Guyi announced that she had reached rank forty, and Yin Chen recognized that Gu Yuena had also become a Soul Ancestor and had already stabilized her cultivation.

• Yin Chen, Lan Susu, and Lan Luoluo entered the academy in their yellow second-year uniforms and greeted the senior students at the gate.
• Yin Chen arrived at the second-year Class One classroom and found Zhou Sichen, Gu Yuena, and Ye Guyi among the returning students.
• Ye Guyi revealed that she had reached rank forty after purifying Nirvana Corpses during the holiday.
• Yin Chen sensed that Gu Yuena had also broken through level forty and had stabilized her realm earlier than Ye Guyi.
• Ye Guyi announced that she, Gu Yuena, and Yin Chen were all Soul Ancestors, shocking the class.