Chapter Summaries

Gu Yuena turned Ye Guyi’s attempt to demand a meal into a lavish class feast, where the students worried over Huo Yuhao’s disappearance. A week into the term, Huo Yuhao returned to class, and the Ice Empress sensed a familiar aura from him.

• Ye Guyi asked Gu Yuena to make up for leaving without saying goodbye by treating her to a meal, and Gu Yuena agreed.
• Zhou Sichen, Cao Jinxuan, Yin Chen, and the rest of Second Year Class One joined the outing, which grew into a class-wide feast at Tingchao Pavilion.
• Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong worried that they had been unable to contact Huo Yuhao during the break, while Yin Chen suspected he had gone to the Extreme North.
• Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo noticed Huo Yuhao’s absence, and Wang Yan went to ask Fan Yu about him.
• A week after classes began, Huo Yuhao arrived at the classroom looking thinner but resolute, and the Ice Empress sensed a familiar aura from him.

Yin Chen sensed that Huo Yuhao had returned from the Extreme North with another source of Ultimate Ice, but chose not to investigate. In the first Martial Soul class of the new term, Han Ruoruo explained the rules for the students’ Upgrade Assessment in the Beast Fighting Zone.

• The Ice Empress briefly sensed A-Tai’s aura in Shrek Academy, then dismissed it as her imagination.
• Yin Chen sensed Ultimate Ice in Huo Yuhao when he entered the classroom and suspected he had gained a new Martial Soul in the Extreme North.
• Huo Yuhao remained in Year Two, Class One beside Wang Dong after his return.
• Han Ruoruo announced that Class One and Class Two would take their Upgrade Assessment in the Beast Fighting Zone, battling Soul Beasts of their own choosing for a score of at least sixty.
• Han Ruoruo warned the students to choose a suitable challenge, cautioning them against both cowardice and recklessness because a failed rescue could mean death.

Han Ruoruo explained the rules for the students’ Soul Beast assessment, and Dai Huabin publicly reminded Huo Yuhao of their bet. The second-year classes arrived at the Beast Fighting Zone, where their assessments were to take place.

• Han Ruoruo explained that assessment scores depended on performance as well as victory, with different standards for Power Attack and Control System students.
• Dai Huabin stopped by Huo Yuhao’s seat, reminded him of their bet, and left with Zhu Lu.
• Yin Chen observed the exchange and decided not to interfere in Huo Yuhao and Dai Huabin’s personal conflict.
• The next morning, Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo led second-year Class One to the Beast Fighting Zone alongside second-year Class Two.
• Yin Chen exchanged greetings with his roommate, Xie Huanyue, as the classes reached the vast Beast Fighting Zone.

Yin Chen, Gu Yuena, and the other students entered Shrek Academy’s Beast Fighting Arena for their Upgrade Assessment. The students received forms that would record their challenges and determine whether they passed or were eliminated.

• Lan Susu marveled at the Beast Fighting Zone, and Yin Chen confirmed that Shrek Academy kept ten-thousand-year soul beasts there.
• Yin Chen noticed Gu Yuena’s brief coldness at the sight of soul beasts being held captive.
• The teachers led the students into the enormous Beast Fighting Arena, where the bloodied sand and towering stands unsettled them.
• Wang Yan ordered Year Two’s Class One and Class Two to line up and receive their Upgrade Assessment Forms.
• The students saw that the forms would record their challenge and assessment order, with a final pass-or-eliminate verdict.

Huo Yuhao publicly confirmed his wager with Dai Huabin before the Upgrade Assessment, challenging him to settle it according to their final scores. Dai Huabin accepted, while Zhu Lu warned him that Huo Yuhao might have a plan.

• Huo Yuhao left the line and confronted Dai Huabin in front of the students and teachers.
• Huo Yuhao asked Dai Huabin whether he regretted their wager, and Dai Huabin restated that the loser would kneel, kowtow, and admit he was trash.
• Huo Yuhao asked the witnesses to confirm that the wager would be settled by their Upgrade Assessment scores, and Dai Huabin agreed.
• Huo Yuhao returned to his line, prompting the students to erupt in whispers as Dai Huabin grew furious.
• Zhu Lu warned Dai Huabin that Huo Yuhao's confidence seemed suspicious, but Dai Huabin dismissed her concern and vowed to defeat him.

Ye Guyi and Yin Chen bet on whether Dai Huabin or Huo Yuhao would win, while Yin Chen and Gu Yuena anticipated Huo Yuhao’s new power and planned revenge. The students gathered in the Beast Fighting Arena for their Upgrade Assessment, overseen by Du Weilun and a panel of senior teachers.

• Ye Guyi bet that Dai Huabin would defeat Huo Yuhao and challenged Yin Chen to wager a meal at Tingchao Pavilion.
• Yin Chen told Gu Yuena that Huo Yuhao’s return from the Extreme North meant he had gained Ultimate Ice and that Dai Huabin would suffer for his past humiliation.
• The proctoring teachers allowed the conflict to proceed, viewing competition as a way to bring out the students’ potential.
• Wang Yan, Han Ruoruo, and the teachers led the students from both classes into the Beast Fighting Arena and handed out their assessment forms.
• Twenty veteran teachers prepared to guide Soul Beasts, protect students, and judge the one-on-one assessments.
• Du Weilun took his place as chief examiner alongside four senior teachers on the judging panel.

Yin Chen began the Soul Beast assessment by choosing a thousand-year opponent, surprising the watching students with his confidence. As the arena gate opened, a furious beast unleashed a wave of heat and bloodlust from the darkness, leaving Yin Chen facing the imminent fight.

• Du Weilun received Yin Chen's assessment form and watched closely because Yan Shaozhe had placed great hopes in him.
• Yin Chen told the referees that he specialized in both power attack and control.
• When offered a Soul Beast from one hundred to one thousand years old, Yin Chen chose the maximum age.
• The referee started the assessment, and the arena's massive iron gate rose to reveal a dark tunnel.
• A raging Soul Beast roared from the tunnel and sent a surge of dark-red flames and scorching heat into the arena.

Yin Chen effortlessly froze a thousand-year Blazing Demon Lion with Ultimate Ice, leaving the students and teachers stunned by a power unlike his known Time System martial soul. Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized the Ice Empress’s aura in Yin Chen’s ice, while Yin Chen declared his assessment over.

• A thousand-year Blazing Demon Lion charged Yin Chen, who froze the beast and the surrounding arena with a single raised hand.
• Wang Yan, Han Ruoruo, and the other students and teachers were shocked that Yin Chen could wield such powerful ice despite his known Time System martial soul.
• Gu Yuena watched with a thoughtful expression, while Huo Yuhao trembled as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized the Ice Empress’s aura in Yin Chen’s power.
• Huo Yuhao calmed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and promised to help investigate Yin Chen after the assessment.
• Yin Chen turned to the stunned referee teacher and announced that his assessment was over.

Yin Chen passed the assessment by instantly defeating a thousand-year Soul Beast and earned a perfect score of 150, then revealed that his second martial soul had the Ultimate Ice attribute. His classmates reeled at learning he had Twin Martial Souls, while Yin Chen returned to Class One with his deeper secrets still concealed.

• The referee announced that Yin Chen had passed the assessment and earned 150 points for defeating the thousand-year Blazing Demon Lion with perfect control.
• Du Weilun explained the scoring rules and praised Yin Chen's decisive performance, while the students made way for him as he returned to Class One.
• Ye Guyi asked when Yin Chen had gained an ice attribute, and Yin Chen revealed that it came from his second martial soul.
• The crowd, including Lan Susu, Lan Luoluo, and Dai Huabin, reacted with shock to Yin Chen's Twin Martial Souls.
• Yin Chen teased the twin sisters by mussing their hair and reflected that even Xu Jiujiu knew only a small part of his secrets.

Xie Huanyue passed the Upgrade Assessment with a decisive victory over a thousand-year Diamond Ape, followed by Ye Guyi and Gu Yuena, who each defeated their thousand-year opponents with ease. The assessment continued, with Class One’s remarkable strength drawing attention.

• Xie Huanyue chose a thousand-year opponent and withstood the Diamond Ape’s attacks before knocking it down with one counterpunch.
• Du Weilun announced that Xie Huanyue had passed with a score of 145 points.
• Ye Guyi revealed her four-ring Holy Angel Martial Soul and defeated a thousand-year Shadow Demon Leopard, earning 150 points.
• Gu Yuena defeated a thousand-year Phantom Color Snake without moving from her place and earned 150 points.

Huo Yuhao chose a hundred-year Soul Beast for his assessment, prompting ridicule until he revealed two hundred-thousand-year blood-colored Soul Rings that overwhelmed the beast and stunned the arena. Yin Chen recognized the Titan Snow Demon King's aura in Huo Yuhao and reassured the Ice Empress that A-Tai had not truly died.

• Huo Yuhao chose a hundred-year Soul Beast, and the crowd mocked him while Dai Huabin assumed he had surrendered.
• A hundred-year Wind Spirit Wolf charged Huo Yuhao, who revealed two blood-colored Soul Rings and subdued it with his aura.
• The students and teachers were shocked by Huo Yuhao's two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, while Dai Huabin lost his confidence.
• The Ice Empress sensed A-Tai's aura on Huo Yuhao and questioned Yin Chen about what had happened.
• Yin Chen told the Ice Empress that the Titan Snow Demon King had not truly died, and she calmed down.

Huo Yuhao’s apparent hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings panicked the Soul Beasts in Shrek Academy’s Beast Pen, prompting Gong Changlong to halt the assessment. Gong Changlong awarded Huo Yuhao full marks, and Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Huabin about their wager.

• The Ice Empress learned that the Titan Snow Demon King was alive and dismissed concern over why he had chosen Huo Yuhao.
• Gong Changlong rushed into the arena after Huo Yuhao’s Soul Rings sent the Beast Pen’s Soul Beasts into a riot.
• Gong Changlong postponed the remaining assessments, then awarded Huo Yuhao full marks for intimidating the Wind Spirit Wolf.
• Du Weilun announced Huo Yuhao’s score of one hundred and fifty points and the assessment’s suspension.
• Huo Yuhao approached Dai Huabin and asked him to confirm that their wager depended on the assessment scores.

Huo Yuhao revealed that his score beat Dai Huabin’s by one point, forcing Dai Huabin to kneel and admit defeat. As the arena reacted, Gong Changlong confronted Huo Yuhao about his apparent hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, and Huo Yuhao explained they were created by his Simulation skill.

• Huo Yuhao announced that he had scored 150 points while Dai Huabin had scored 149, declaring that Dai Huabin had lost.
• Dai Huabin vomited blood, knelt before Huo Yuhao, admitted defeat, and called himself trash before leaving the arena; Zhu Lu followed him.
• Yin Chen explained Dai Huabin’s choice to honor the bet, then teased Ye Guyi about losing her wager and paying for Tingchao Pavilion’s most expensive meal.
• Gong Changlong questioned Huo Yuhao about his two apparent hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao told Gong Changlong that the rings were simulations created by his Spirit Eyes martial soul’s second skill.

Huo Yuhao revealed his Titan Snow Demon martial soul when Gong Changlong attacked him, and his Ultimate Ice stopped the elder’s flames. Gong Changlong recognized the power behind Huo Yuhao’s second martial soul, while Du Weilun regretted that the Martial Soul Department had let him join the Soul Tool Department.

• Gong Changlong challenged Huo Yuhao to prove himself and struck at him with a powerful palm.
• Huo Yuhao transformed with his Titan Snow Demon martial soul and met Gong Changlong’s attack with an ice-covered fist.
• Huo Yuhao was knocked back, but his Ultimate Ice left frost on Gong Changlong’s palm and astonished the elder.
• Huo Yuhao told Gong Changlong that his second martial soul was the Titan Snow Demon, without revealing its full name.
• Du Weilun realized Huo Yuhao possessed Twin Martial Souls and Ultimate Ice, and regretted that the Martial Soul Department had let him go.

After Huo Yuhao revealed his Twin Martial Souls, Ultimate Ice, and Torso Bone, Yan Shaozhe regretted dismissing him and ordered the Martial Soul Department to apologize and make him a core disciple. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao asked Yin Chen about his second martial soul and learned that it was the Ice Jade Scorpion.

• Gong Changlong recognized that Huo Yuhao possessed a Torso Bone, and the second-year Upgrade Assessment was suspended.
• News of Huo Yuhao's wager with Dai Huabin, simulated hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, and Ultimate Ice spread throughout Shrek's Outer Court.
• After Du Weilun reported Huo Yuhao's abilities, Yan Shaozhe regretted overlooking him and ordered Du Weilun to offer an apology and grant him Martial Soul Department core disciple status.
• Huo Yuhao visited Yin Chen and awkwardly asked about his second martial soul.
• Yin Chen revealed that his second martial soul was the Ice Jade Scorpion, leaving Huo Yuhao stunned.

Huo Yuhao’s Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed the Ice Empress’s aura in Yin Chen and learned that the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus had likely helped Yin Chen fuse with her. After Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was warned not to act rashly, the chapter ended with Yin Chen walking through Shrek City with the recovered Zhang Lexuan.

• Huo Yuhao fled after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recognized the Ice Empress’s aura on Yin Chen.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm panicked at the thought that the Ice Empress had become Yin Chen’s second martial soul.
• A-Tai guessed that Yin Chen had used the Hundred-Thousand-Year Snow Lotus to fuse with a second martial soul and preserve the Ice Empress’s soul origin.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm considered acting against Yin Chen, but Electrolux, Huo Yuhao, and A-Tai cautioned him against it.
• Huo Yuhao tried to comfort Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who lamented that his plan to be with the Ice Empress had failed.
• Yin Chen strolled through Shrek City with Zhang Lexuan, who had recovered from her injuries.

Zhang Lexuan spent time with Yin Chen after recovering from her injuries, and their chance encounter with Beibei and Tang Ya helped her feel at ease about her past feelings. As they continued their walk, Zhang Lexuan tentatively took Yin Chen’s hand.

• Zhang Lexuan and Yin Chen chatted about Huo Yuhao and enjoyed milk tea while walking together.
• Zhang Lexuan saw Beibei and Tang Ya holding hands and realized the sight no longer hurt her as it once had.
• Beibei teased Yin Chen, assuming he had won Zhang Lexuan over, while Tang Ya worried about making a good impression.
• Zhang Lexuan warmly welcomed Tang Ya and asked her to take care of her little brother, easing Tang Ya’s nervousness.
• After Beibei and Tang Ya left, Zhang Lexuan took Yin Chen’s hand, and he turned to look at her.

Yin Chen realized that Gu Yuena had grown cold toward him after seeing him hold hands with Zhang Lexuan. The chapter revealed that Gu Yuena felt a deep soul-level affinity with Yin Chen because they both felt isolated from the world, and left her feelings unexplained to him.

• Yin Chen took Zhang Lexuan's hand as they walked through Shrek City.
• Ye Guyi spotted Yin Chen and Zhang Lexuan holding hands, and Gu Yuena crushed her ice cream cone while watching them.
• Days later, Yin Chen noticed Gu Yuena treating him with deliberate coldness.
• Ye Guyi confronted Yin Chen about his hand-holding with Zhang Lexuan, prompting him to suspect Gu Yuena was jealous.
• Gu Yuena's loneliness and her soul-level resonance with Yin Chen were revealed as the deeper source of her attachment.

Yin Chen invited Gu Yuena to the Treasure Appraisal Fair to ease the jealousy she felt over his closeness with Zhang Lexuan. Gu Yuena accepted, and after arriving dressed up for their evening together, she asked him to compare her beauty with Zhang Lexuan’s.

• Yin Chen recognized that Gu Yuena was jealous and decided that spending time alone with her would be better than trying to explain himself.
• Yin Chen invited Gu Yuena to the Treasure Appraisal Fair, and she accepted despite worrying that she would seem too easy to coax.
• Yin Chen arranged to meet Gu Yuena at the girls’ dormitory and chose not to invite Ye Guyi or Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo.
• Yin Chen waited beneath the parasol tree, and Gu Yuena emerged in a silver gown for their outing.
• Yin Chen praised Gu Yuena’s appearance, and she asked whether she was more beautiful than Senior Sister Zhang Lexuan.

Yin Chen and Gu Yuena bickered their way through Shrek City, easing Gu Yuena’s gloom before heading to Treasure Pavilion. Gu Yuena took Yin Chen’s arm as they entered the pavilion with a special academy invitation.

• Yin Chen teased Gu Yuena about his love life, and she accused him of being a shameless playboy.
• Yin Chen and Gu Yuena argued through Shrek City until they both laughed and Gu Yuena’s mood improved.
• Yin Chen showed Gu Yuena the academy invitation and followed its map to Treasure Pavilion.
• Gu Yuena pinched Yin Chen for looking at the pavilion’s welcoming girls, then accepted his reassurance that she was more beautiful.
• Gu Yuena linked arms with Yin Chen and entered Treasure Pavilion, where a welcoming girl escorted them inside.